September 2026

CEF of West Virginia is calling for prayer warriors to join us in praying the Lord of the harvest will call and raise up more to serve Him in His critical and unreached "harvest field" of children!

 Will you join us in prayer together, as we seek God's choice of leaders, teachers and volunteers to go forth into His harvest field of children? Will you pray the Lord of the Harvest will lead us to called and motivated people to train and go and reach the children in every county and chapter around West Virginia? Your faithful prayers are vital to reaching more children with the Gospel message and biblical life applications to see children choose Jesus and grow in Him!

CEF WV "Thanking"

God for…

…His recent opportunity to gather in prayer and worship with the 64 who gathered for our annual CEF WV State Prayer Summit

Click here for a 2026 / 2027 downloadable Prayer Guide.

…His blessing and leading through His continued working in the partnership between CEF's Children's Ministry Institute (CMI) and Appalachian Bible College. We were blessed to have Jeff Nichols, (USA Ministries Vice President) meet with Dr. Anderson to continue developing this partnership.

…His daily wisdom and strength to serve Him in reaching the children and families of West Virginia.

CEF WV "Trusting"

God for…

…God's next step and plan in developing relationships with college students at Appalachian Bible College and the academic accreditation partnership timing and development.

…God's calling and leading for more teachers to be trained in Good News Club^® / Junior Youth Challenge^® trainings.

…God's open doors for more locations for Good News Club^® / Junior Youth Challenge^® during the upcoming school year.

…God's blessings upon planning, preparations, and participation in Fall Party Clubs and Fair ministries during the autumn season.

Chapters "Trusting"

God for…

…His workers to begin/restart Good News Club^®/Junior Youth Challenge^® ministries for another school year.

…His calling for more churches to adopt Good News Club^®/Junior Youth Challenge^® locations.

…His calling more children to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ, grow in Him through discipleship, and be established in Bible teaching churches.

Every September, CEF Worldwide praises God for what He accomplished during the past ministry year.

Click below to view our 2025 Ministry Report

Will you join us in thanking God for His ministry opportunities and CEF of WV state and chapter leadership? You will find that this month we are featuring our "Teaching Children Effectively^TM  Level 1 (TCE^TM 1)" course. This in-depth course will enhance your community Good News Club^® and/or children's ministry department in your church.

Also, this month we are focusing on our CEF Cultural Point, "Importance of Prayer as Our Foundation". "It is not the work, we do, the meetings we hold or the decisions we make that bring the greatest advances in the work; it is the time spent before the throne of God in prayer, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that brings power, laborers and resources into the ministry." 

We need your help! We need your continued fervent prayers for the children! Our world and society have ramped it up even more and our children are in "spiritual crisis"! Let's come boldly into His throne room of grace and plead that more children will hear the truth of God's word, His applications for them today, and that the believers of today will stand strong upon His ways —
"God's Way and not human-devised ways!"

**, do you have children in your world? This Good News Club^® Adventure would be a GREAT adventure you can go on together! Click on video below.

Click to sign up the children in your world for the "Mailbox Club"! 

Teaching Children Effectively™ Level 1 is a course designed to equip local church members to reach children for Christ in various settings including a Good News Club^® in your community and public schools as well as other children's classes. Attention is focused on the lost condition of the child without Christ and the biblical basis for child evangelism. Special emphasis is placed on methods of evangelism, such as the Wordless Book and the evangelistic Bible lesson. Students are also instructed in how to plan and conduct evangelistic children's classes in various venues. The course provides practical training, thus enabling students to immediately begin children's classes in their neighborhood or local school.

TCE™ Level 1 classes are currently being offered. For more information and to register contact your local office or the state CEF office at 304.840.7015. For more information click here.

CEF of West Virginia, Inc.

State Director John Camp, Jr—304.840.7015

Administrative Assistant to State Director Jessica Schubring

CEF WV Hospitality & Facility Coordinator Joy Potter

Eastern Panhandle Randy Bradley—304.268.6111

Greater Huntington Nathan Sayre—304.654.2112

Kanawha Clyde Gwin—304.807.8444

Little Kanawha Valley Brenda Cunningham—304.945.7063

New River Area Joseph Weller—304.253.4554

North Central Jennifer Biller—304.669.9993

*Keith Weatherholt, Chairman

*Craig Johnson, Vice Chairman, Personnel Subcommittee

*Karen Weatherholt, Secretary, Personnel/Finance Subcommittee

*Becky Fernatt, Treasurer, Finance Subcommittee

Sandra Blaney, Personnel Subcommittee

Sandi Elliott, Prayer/Ministry Subcommittee

John Greenwald

Dale McClung, Finance Subcommittee

Jeff McComas, Personnel/Ministry Subcommittee

Jonathan Tobelmann, Prayer/Finance Subcommittee

(* Indicates State Board Officers)

CEF of WV, Inc.

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[email protected]

304.840.7015