From Dr. Michael Staples, National Field Director of Scripture Union. Read more updates below.

Minnie Hutchinson has been engaged in outreach to children for decades. This wonderful woman of God from Church of Ascension in Orlando spearheaded an outreach to children in Orlando from 6 different churches and youth for a week long program to assist St. John the Baptist Church and its surrounding community. Several young people found the experience to be very uplifting and had opportunities to engage ministry with Children and families whom they otherwise would not have had that opportunity to connect with.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Scripture Union Staff’s Training in Orlando

In May , our Regional Staff gathered in Orlando to strategize for the year our outreach programs to children. Staff felt that it gave them an Excellent opportunity to interact with each other and problem solve. One of our Regional Directors felt very energized by process.

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Church of Our Savior has a heart for their community.

This year church of Our Savior in Palm Bay completely transformed their church grounds into a castle! They did the second week of our Superkids program from Matthew. This year they had over 75 children from all backgrounds and ethnicities preregister with a total of over 97 by the end of the week tally. Pastor Loren Fox was so very pleased with the turn out as the numbers had more than doubled from last year. They finished the week with an evening barbecue that was well attended and the church is looking to do follow up work with these children through an after school program in the fall.

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Building a National Children’s Ministry Strategy

What does it take to build a National Strategy?

I marveled the other day at how small our world is through the work of our Lord. I received a telephone call from the seminary where I did my doctoral work; Fuller Seminary. The student who called me on behalf of their scholarship fund was a young woman from India. When she asked about where I was serving the Kingdom I told her Scripture Union. As it turned out; she had spent years as a child going to the Scripture Union Summer Camps in India. I would also learn that she had lived for many years in the small village of Kathanur where I had served a seminary in India for many years. Scripture Union is in 130 countries.

How do we reach the most vulnerable among us? Increasingly we see evidence around us of children whose lives are subject to poor education, unstable homes, abandonment and abuse, child hunger and poverty, poor role models and more. Reaching these children is an ever increasing priority and yet it cannot be done by simply passing out a track or inviting a child to come to church. It is imperative that we find ways to take God’s love to them where they are. This is the value of our Scripture Union Programs in that we keen about going to where the children are or finding ways to connect with them in their places of context. As we seek to build a national movement; we need to raise up national prayer partners and those who would become advocates for children around this country and all over the globe. As the Lord speaks to you about this; please contact me because I want to begin to put together teams of concerned believers who want to see our nation changed for Christ.

Discipleship of Children
We are giving away a free children’s app called Guardian’s of Ancora. It is ideal for children ages 8 – 11. This groundbreaking game is an amazing opportunity for children you know to discover the incredible adventures of the Bible for themselves!

Available for Apple, Android and Kindle Fire devices, Guardians of Ancora is a world-class digital game – an amazing virtual world that 8 to 11 year olds can enter and a place where Bible stories come alive! This is a wonderful opportunity for families to promote a safe game while helping their children to develop a knowledge of scripture.

Thank you all for standing with me in prayer as we seek to expand the outreach to children around the globe.

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Free Children’s Game: Guardians of Ancora.

We are now offering a free App to help children ages 8 through 11 years of age to learn the bible and have fun praying a real great game. This is a joint project we are doing with Scripture Union England. You can download this App for free from Google Play, iTunes etc

• iOS version on the Apple App Store: http://ancora.click/1LFbK4j
• Android version on Google Play Store: http://ancora.click/1g5cjr6
• Kindle version on Amazon App Store: http://ancora.click/1KmsWtn

These are links you can download.

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Upcoming Preaching Events:
August 23rd in Columbia, SC @ Trinity Church
September 27th in Detroit, MI @ New Hope Assembly
October 18th in Greenville, SC @ First Assembly of God

Contact Dr. Staples if you would like to schedule him to speak at your church or event at 863 860 5200.