Training Options

Training in person for Good News Club Volunteers

We desire to help prepare you to minister even more effectively to children in a Good News Club, in your church, and in your community! We offer high quality training that is proven effective. However God has called you to serve Him in ministering to children, we are eager to assist you and to equip you more fully.

Child Evangelism Fellowship® is a willing and specialized partner in reaching the children in YOUR communities. CEF of North Alabama offers many opportunities through out the year to plug into ministry and receive training that leads to confident and effective ministry in a variety of settings. Whether you are seeking to volunteer in Good News Club® or Summer Missions, you want to optimize your church’s impact or strengthen your skills in a Sunday School and other teaching environment, CEF® can help!

We provide training for: Good News Club volunteers, church children’s volunteers, youth groups, those wanting to minister to children in their communities, parents, grandparents, and more!

Training Options

Locally: Good News Club training/Teacher Training Seminars, Super Seminars, Teaching Children Effectively Level 1, Teaching Children Effectively Level 2, and Quick Start. Trainings are available in person and via Zoom.

Children’s Ministries Institute - Online and at CEF headquarters in Warrenton, Missouri.

Good News Club Training

Child Evangelism Fellowship of North Alabama, local churches, and believers are working together to take the good news of Jesus to children through Good News Club® in public schools and in the community!

*The GNC Training is for new and returning GNC volunteers. The training is required for those teaching the Bible lesson or memory verse or counseling a child for salvation. (If you a attended a GNC training in the last few years, you are up-to-date on your training. You are welcome to attend again but not required.)

*The GNC Training is also excellent for children’s ministry volunteers and leaders, pastors, teachers, and parents.

Included are sessions on how to guide a child to the Savior with careful counseling questions, to teach Gospel-packed Evangelistic Bible lessons to kids, to help kids know & apply Bible verses to their lives, how to conduct a GNC, and more!

Please fill out the interest form at the bottom for more information or to be informed of future scheduled trainings! Or contact us tat nal.gnc@cefalabama.com or 256-353-3139.

Holiday Party Club Outreach Events & Training

Did you know that Party Clubs are great way to share the Gospel with kids?

You can have an Easter Party, Valentine Party Club, Pumpkin Party Club, Christmas Party Club, and more! These one-time clubs for children use the special day to share about the love of the Savior who died and came alive for them! You could have this one-time club in your church, home, backyard, neighborhood park, and more!

CEF Press® Party Kits provide colorful visuals and text, and most have a resource PowerPoint CD or digital download! They include reproducible invitations and memory verse tokens; craft, game, song, and snack ideas and a clear presentation of the Gospel message. Spanish texts sold separately. (Click here to go to CEF Press Party Club kits.)

EACH KIT OR CD RANGES FROM $11.99-13.75. EACH KIT DOWNLOAD IS ONLY $2.49!

We at CEF in North AL also offer egg-cellent training for you, your teaching team, or your church. This training is at no cost to you and can be either in person or over Zoom. Contact us today for more information! nal.gnc@cefalabama.com or 256-353-3139

Super Seminars

Local trainings can be held in person or over Zoom! We offer a large variety of session topics such sharing the Gospel, counseling for salvation, classroom management, teaching Bible lessons and verses, helping saved children to grow, and more!

Click here for a complete list of available sessions.

Our teacher trainer works with you in the scheduling of trainings. Sessions are designed for 30-45 minutes teaching segments. Some have the option to go longer if a demonstration of what is taught is wanted. Contact Kathryn for more information at 256-353-3139 or nal.gnc@cefalabama.com.

Teaching Children Effectively, Level 1

TCE Level 1 is practical in-depth learning experience designed to equip students with basic skills and effective methods to evangelize children and immediately begin a neighborhood or public school outreach ministry. Emphasis is placed on organizing and conducting meaningful classroom activities which can enrich children spiritually. Three required practicum sessions conducted during the course provide each student with evaluated experience in applying the theory taught. This course is often taught over 4 full Saturdays every other week or 3 hours one day a week for 10 weeks, but schedules can vary.

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Teaching Children Effectively, Level 2

TCE Level 2 is those who have taken TCE Level 1 and are ready for more. It designed to provide information and practical methods which will enable the student to effectively guide the saved child in progressive spiritual growth. The course is centered on the principle that true teaching of the Word of God produces change. Students gain skills which will enable them to offer practical help to children as they establish and develop a personal relationship with God. Students are required to participate in teaching five children’s classes applying the methods learned in the course to enhance classroom study. This course is often taught over 4 full Saturdays every other week or 3 hours one day a week for 10 weeks, but schedules can vary.

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Children’s Ministries Institute

Several classes are also available online from CEF USA at CEF’s Children’s Ministries Institute. (click here to go)

Some courses are free, while others have a cost. There are also free demonstrations of CEF Bible lessons and songs. (click here to see available courses)

Free Demos!

Did you know that CEF has FREE demos of the Bible lessons, the Wordless Book, counseling for salvation, and songs? Here is how you can find them:

1. Go to cefcmi.com and create a free account.

2. Click on "courses" at the top or the book symbol on the left sidebar.

3. Scroll through the courses until you reach the lesson series that you want, for example Jesus: God Who Saves. You will see the picture of the series for each “course.” They are listed alphabetically.

4. Click the image or title to enter.

5. Click "take this course" on the right side. It is free.

6. All the demos in that series will now be unlocked for you.

7. The next time that you login, this course will be in your "my courses" for easy access. It is a graduation cap icon on the left sidebar. You can also access it from the courses tab at the top and then selecting the my courses button.