Hope for the Children

“Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. (Mark 10:14) ” 

M Hope for the Children – Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Dear CBM Family:

So far this year, our after-school character building clubs and the Leadership in Training (LIT) club have been serving 97 elementary school children and 10 teens, helping them to grow in their faith. Altogether, the children have recited 89 Bible verses.

As I reflect on my years as a missionary, I am amazed at what God has done in my life and the places he has led me to. It was back in February 2004, that I stepped out in faith, letting go of my secular job to become a career missionary with the Children’s Bible Ministries. March 2006, the Lord appointed me to Baltimore City where I was born and reared to reach the children with the gospel. My first time out of the country was to India, in 2017. And now the Lord is giving me another opportunity to serve Him out of the country. I will leave with the Greater Grace Church team from August 1 until August 18th. We will be headed to Uganda with Pastor Muhima and to Namable, Kenya with Pastor Joseph Okana. I will be teaching children, visiting schools and orphanages, and assisting with leadership training.

I am excited to be able to see Kenya because I have been involved with the Kenyan community of Baltimore for some time now. However, for me to go, I will need your support. My financial obligation is $3,000, which covers all expenses. Will you please help me get there? Whatever amount you can give will be highly appreciated by this missionary. Join me in reaching the children around the world!

Should the Lord lead you to give, please make a check payable to CBM of Md., Inc. designate it for African

Missions and send it to 1600-B Emory RD Upperco, MD 21155. You may also give online at www.cbmmd.org.

Click on the Give Tithe.ly tab, select African Missions from the drop-down menu, complete the form and submit. I also have a cash app ($missionary06) and Zelle (4437631835). What an eternal impact you will be making!

Again, thank you so much for your prayerful consideration.

Joyfully serving Him,

Missionary Denise Morgana

Helping Kids Have an Everyday Faith

Message by Lisa Molite, Elementary Director, Community Christian Church, White Marsh, Maryland

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:4-9 (NIV)”

All Christian parents want their children to have a faith that is part of their everyday life, not just a Sunday affair. Too often, though, as children grow up, God becomes like the fine china a bride receives as a wedding gift, sitting in a cabinet and rarely used.

By contrast, your favorite coffee mug is so much a part of every single day, you feel as if you couldn’t live without it. You may even take it out of the dishwasher and wash it separately if you want to use it at that moment. This is the place that God should occupy in our lives and in our children’s lives—not just one spoke in the wheel of the interests and activities that make up our lives but at the hub joining all of the spokes together. God, speaking through Moses, gave us some practical steps we can take to make that happen. “Talk about them [these commandments] when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Organizations like CBM play an essential role in this, along with the churches and family upbringing. So, I want to encourage you to keep on doing what you’re doing.

Banquet was a wonderful Success!

The banquet was a real celebration of what God has been doing through CBM. The theme was inspired by our overnight camp. Our decorators, Tia Moore and Erica Omotosho, decorated each table with a globe, different country flags and little suitcases with “Deut. 6:4-9” on the luggage tags. There were also cards for the guests to write words of wisdom to be read to the campers.

After dinner, Susan Gaztañaga gave a slide show presentation on CBM.

Brooklyn Ready shared her testimony next. She started with the after school Character-Building Club at Hampstead Elementary School in Carroll County when she was in kindergarten and continued through fifth grade. She said it felt good to see that she wasn’t the only Christian in the school. She learned that Jesus was the best friend she could ever have.

Grace Mwangi then testified. Beginning as a camper, she became a camp counselor, then a Summer Missionary Intern and co-leader of the Leaders in Training club for teens.

“Bible Bucks” Motivate Children in Character-Building Clubs

This year, 100 children consistently attended four in-person Character-Building Clubs and two virtual clubs. They could earn five “Bible Bucks” each time they attended, brought their Bibles to the meeting and recited the memory verse.

Teachers handed out prizes each month to the students who earned the most Bible Bucks. By the end of the year, 151 verses had been memorized, and the 12 students among all the clubs who had memorized the most verses were treated to a pizza party on May 13.

The two little five year olds in the front row (fraternal twins) memorized more verses than any of the older children!

You can support CBM by:

Praying:

• For CBM teaching at the Kenyan Christian Fellowship national conference June 30-July 3

• For CBM teaching at the Chinese Christian Church retreat at Skycroft Conference Center July 7-9

• That churches and individuals will participate in the food drive for the overnight camp (drop off food items at 3400 Brehms Lane on Wednesdays between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.—link to the list of needed items can be found at https://www.cbmmd.org/camp).

• Giving:

• You can donate to CBM online and designate which project you want your contribution to support.

• Step 1: Go to www.cbmmd.org. Click on the red “Donate” button in the top right corner.

• Step 2: Click on the green “Give” button.

• Step 3: Enter the amount you want to give, and select the area of support from the dropdown menu: General Funds, Project J (Lois Jones), Project M (Denise Morgan), and Summer Interns!

  Scholarship

  Fund (for camp), Expansion Project (Refuge Baltimore). You can also set up recurring gifts to go out automatically at whatever time you designate. There will be a small fee to cover the service.

• Prefer to write a check? Make it out to “Children’s Bible Ministries of MD,” write your designation on the memo line and mail it to 1600-B Emory Road, Upperco, MD 21155.

Praise God from whom all Blessings flow!!

Each time we go out on the mission field, CBM aims to “MAKE A DIFFERENCE”!

Praising God for seeing us all through another year! Ups and downs are always a part of the growing process. I thank God for every challenge and every opportunity to grow. We praise God for meeting every need of this ministry.

Example: We were looking for a building to start a Refuge— a safe place where children can escape the dangers of this world, learn who God is and be safe in Him. God led us to the Belair-Edison Area Revitalization (B.E.A.R.) Community Outreach Center located at 3400 Brehms Lane in the Belair Edison area of Baltimore City. We have established a partnership with Ray Askins, Director of the B.E.A.R. Community Outreach Center. A team of volunteers sent by our national office (in Townsend, Tennessee) and Faith Xtreme Refuge (in Winter Haven, Florida), came to help us with some of the renovations.

To God be all the glory!

Loving you with the love of Christ,

Denise Morgan
Area Director

Email: cbmofmd@gmail.com