Good News Club

An introduction by James Richardson

There are many ‘Good News’ Clubs throughout the UK which exist mainly to accommodate children who are unable to attend Sunday School at their local church.

We have had our own Good News Club at Grace Baptist Church, Peel since 1994. It is held every Tuesday night at 6.30pm until 7.30pm during school term time. 

Each club begins with a few bible based songs, some with actions - which the children often enjoy!  We then have Bible lesson time, which normally lasts for 15-20 minutes.  The one taking the lesson will recount truths from the Bible which often provokes a mini "question and answer" session. 

We sometimes incorporate a 'Memory Verse' into the Bible lesson also.  After Bible lesson time we have a well deserved break time - (hopefully not the children's favourite part of the club, but it does often cause much excitement especially when the drink and biscuits arrive..!)  After the break the children then play various games such as 'stuck in the mud' and  'The Tomato Game' - which consists of one child sitting in the middle of a circle of children trying to make him or her laugh by asking questions to which the ONLY answer can be...."tomato"...!  Times have changed since I was at school....!

The Good News Club is for children aged approx 5-12 years old.

Our aim at the Club is to be a source of good in their lives, in a world where so little is seen. And we trust that what the children learn on a Tuesday night will indeed stand them in good stead for their future.

There is a verse in the Old Testament book of Proverbs (chapter 22 verse 6), which says, “Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”