The CTC Bible Club

The CTC Bible Club
by Cindy Jones

In this negative, seemingly hopeless world, something miraculous has happened at my school. It is so easy to believe all the things you hear about all the bad in the world. However, not everything is bad in my world. Of course, I work in a public school as a counselor and frankly hear daily sad hopeless stories. It would be easy to focus entirely on the negative of this world until something reminds you that God is still ever present in this world. That he still is calling us to Him.

I guess this all started about a month ago when a student from Independence expressed her disappointment that she had to miss Bible Club at her school to come to the Career Tech Center. She said her grandmother told her she should start one at the center. She was telling me this almost jokingly when I said why not?! She said, "I could!" And that was just the beginning... The CTC Bible club is now in the 3rd week and we have already had to move into a bigger room with over 50 students showing up each week to fellowship together and learn more about Jesus. I am sure some just come to miss a few minutes of class or eat the homemade brownies, but they are there. Hearing the word of God! I did forget to mention that these are students from all the 4 high schools in the county. Our slogan at the center is "Bringing Students Together" - I think we have truly met that expectation. What a blessing it is to be a part of such a diverse group of young people who have so many issues, heartaches, etc., but come together each Wednesday to hear the Word!

Pretty cool that her grandmother suggested she start a Bible Club! Aren't grandparents the absolute best?!!!