Have you ever thought about how being an IOT is like running a relay race? It takes a team to win the race, with every member contributing. Each time you teach a TCE course you are handing off that baton to your students. Sheri Sylverson, CEF director and IOT, captured this thought in her recent e-mail newsletter for River Valley CEF in Arizona. Sheri's associate director, Dorothy Delano, gave us permission to share these thoughts with you. So…here is our guest blogger, Sheri Sylverson!
As Christians we are to run the race in order to win; and we are definitely in a race...a race against time as we seek to tell children of Jesus Christ and His saving blood. This isn't a sprint or a dash but rather more of a relay. Each of us in our own way is running a leg of this race, carrying our own baton. Each partner in this relay will share in the reward, when we cross the finish line into heaven.
Until that time, though, each person needs to remain faithful to his or her specific spot on the team; whether it is teaching, helping, praying, baking snacks, encouraging, or anything else. We are running together to save precious lives.
TCE 1 is Effective
Teaching Children Effectively, Level 1 is effective, according to the students currently taking the course. Six women work hard every Saturday as they learn new concepts and are challenged to use what they now know in reaching children with the Gospel. Five of the students currently work in a local Good News Club and they are already putting their new skills to use.
Wordless Book Works Wonders
On the first day of Teaching Children Effectively Level 1, the students were taught how to use the Wordless Book. The following week, Cheryl Shaffer taught four children a craft at her church. Somehow the conversation turned to knowing Jesus and Cheryl realized she didn't have anything with her! Not a Bible, a tract, or even the little Wordless Book. She hurried upstairs and got a Bible from the pastor. Thankfully, Cheryl had just presented the Wordless Book to a TCE Level 1 instructor for evaluation the previous Saturday. She clearly presented the Gospel to the children and three of them asked Jesus to be their Savior.
Not only did Cheryl get an "A" on her Wordless Book presentation, she also gets an "A" for Adapting to a tough situation, being Accountable in sharing what she knew, and taking Action when a need presented itself.
Isn’t that a great testimony? Also a great reminder to be faithful in running the race. Are you faithfully handing off that baton to those TCE students so they can continue the race, even when you're out of the picture? Thanks, Sheri, for a great reminder.
Did you know that you, too, can be a guest blogger? You can! Do you have some inspiring thoughts for other IOTs or some stirring testimonies? Just e-mail them to Lynda.Pongracz@cefonline.com. We will take care of editing and formatting for the blog. We look forward to hearing from you! In the meantime, keep running that race!
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