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Thank you for supporting KiDs Beach Club September 17 on North Texas Giving Day. We could not do what we do without you! Through your generosity we were able to raise $31,615 with $10,000 coming in the form of a matching gift from one enthusiastic KBC donor.

With your support of KiDs Beach Club® we will be able to continue taking the Word of God into our public schools. We started the year with 163 clubs and plan to be at more than 200 by Thanksgiving. Your support is a big reason that will become a reality for us.

Gifts continue to come in as a result of the Giving Day campaign. Included in the above total is $1,500 that was given through our own website. If you were not able to make a gift to KiDs Beach Club® on North Texas Giving Day and would still like to support our efforts, please visit www.kidsbeachclub.org/give.

Thank you again for helping make Jesus Cool at School!

The 2015-2016 school year is absolutely going to be a banner season in the life of KiDs Beach Club®. We have expanded our staff and continue to take on new church partners. Plus, we are celebrating the 10th anniversary since our first Beach Club launched in 2006. We enter the year full of emotion, having served in hundreds of different communities since then; it’s hard to believe KBC will be celebrating 10 years of ministry in January.

A question that is often asked is, “Where does the resolve to remain dedicated to ministering to children within public schools come from?” Early in our ministry the Lord gave the staff a verse from the book of Revelation that reveals a great promise to “an open door” provided we keep His word and NOT deny His name. It is our desire to doors at more than 200 elementary school open to making Jesus Cool at School!™

“I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.” Rev.3:8 (NKJV) 

In just a few weeks, you will have an opportunity to help us grow even more. We are asking all of our KBC family and friends to graciously give a donation on North Texas Giving Day on September 17. God continues to open doors, and we need your support that will allow us to continue our amazing growth path that helped us expand by more than 15 percent last year. With your help, we distributed nearly 11,000 Bibles last year alone. In our first 10 years, a total of 6,359 children have made Jesus their Forever Friend. God is paving the way for KiDs Beach Club® and we need your continued support to assist with the cost to equip, screen and train thousands of volunteers

On September 17, to help motivate your giving, KBC is honored to announce a matching donor. The first $10,000 you give to KBC will be matched dollar for dollar. This enthusiastic donor believes in and faithfully supports our mission and vision.

If you are one of our many Bibles for Beach Club Benefit Dinner and Auction supporters, that event which usually happens in September, has moved to April 16, 2016.   Since we won’t have a dinner and auction this year, we are asking if you would consider making your 2015 tax-deductible gift on September 17 as part of North Texas Giving Day. We need your help to fill in the gap.

As a result of your generous giving last year, KBC started Bibles For Beach Club, which provides a KiDs Beach Club® Explorer Study Bible, to every child in every Beach Club. 10,886 children received their own copy of God’s Word. An amazing story unfolded at the very first “Great Treasure Day” on February 3, 2015 at Highlands Elementary School. When the Bibles were being staged for distribution, they were stacked by each child’s small group and not alphabetically. The very first name to be called was Jesus O! Only God could have orchestrated such an event; that out of so many children and so many Beach Clubs, the name of the first recipient would be the same as His Son, Jes 

While nearly 11,000 children will attend Beach Clubs this year, there are millions still to reach. We’re not stopping until Jesus returns. Please partner with us! For more information visit our Giving Day website.

September 17 will be a big day for KiDs Beach Club® as we take part in North Texas Giving Day, which raised more than $26 million last year to support nearly 1,600 organizations in North Texas.

Please visit www.northtexasgivingday.org on September 17 beginning at 6 a.m., Central, and continuing through midnight, to make a gracious donation. The first $10,000 given directly to KiDs Beach Club® will be matched by an enthusiastic KBC donor. Additionally, every gift of $25 or more will go further with more than $2 million in bonus funds and prizes through the North Texas Giving Day program.

All gifts you make to KiDs Beach Club® on September 17 will allow us to continue on our amazing growth path that helped us grow by more than 15 percent last year. With your help, we distributed nearly 11,000 Bibles last year alone. In our first 10 years, a total of 6,359 children have made Jesus their Forever Friend. God is paving the way for KiDs Beach Club® and we need your continued support to assist with the cost to equip, screen and train thousands of volunteers.

Every gift made through NorthTexasGivingDay.org on September 17 will help our chances of winning prizes given throughout the day, ranging from $500 to $5,000! With more than 70 total prizes being awarded on Giving Day, our chances to maximize your gift are great.

Even if you do not make your home in North Texas, please consider making a gift that will directly benefit all of KiDs Beach Club®, which makes its corporate home the area. 

Click here for more information about North Texas Giving Day.

Make sure you get Saturday, April 16, 2016 on your calendar for the annual Bibles for Beach Club Benefit Dinner & Auction. The 10th anniversary celebration of KiDs Beach Club® will take place at the Hurst Conference Center in Hurst, Texas and we want you to be a part of it. It’s the primary fundraiser for Bibles for Beach Club program and its success is vital to our mission of connecting kids to Christ, putting Bibles in their hands.

The event was originally scheduled for this September so if you had planned to make your 2015 gift to KiDs Beach Club® at that time, please participate in North Texas Giving Day on September 17. All gifts up to $10,000 will be matched dollar-for-dollar thanks to the generosity of one enthusiastic KBC donor.

The 2016 Bibles for Beach Club Benefit Dinner & Auction will be a celebration of KiDs Beach Club® where we will share several success stories that night from young adults who benefited from our ministry.

Volunteers, please be on the lookout for young people who would be willing to share their testimony about how KiDs Beach Club® impacted their life and drew them closer to Jesus. It would be great if they can join us in April, but if they can’t make it we would still be interested in hearing their story. Please contact KBC Vice President for Marketing and Communications Dave Crome at dcrome@beachclubs.org.

Click here for more information about the Bibles for Beach Club Benefit Dinner & Auction.

On the day of Great Treasure Day last spring, one Beach Club in North Texas had a new third-grade student attend for the first time.

The club leader had just the right number of Bibles on hand for the students who were previously enrolled. Since every child in every Beach Club gets a Bible, club leaders have to submit their Bible order two weeks in advance so they will have the right number of Bibles on hand for Great Treasure Day. This club leader was sad to realize that she didn’t have an extra Bible to give to the young boy and that he would have to wait two weeks to get his own Bible.

As she contemplated how to solve this dilemma, one of the Beach Club members stepped forward and solved the problem. The student, who had been a part of the club for two years, already had a Bible at home. He took his new Bible and scratched through his own name on the label his club leader had placed inside, wrote the name of the new boy and handed it to his friend. “You need this more than I do,” he said so his friend could have a Bible that day.

The boy’s generosity was certainly a touching moment, but what made it even more special was what happened in club later that semester. The recipient of that KiDs Beach Club® Explorer’s Study Bible continued to attend club in the weeks that followed, and just before Easter, made Jesus his Forever Friend.

God used the kindness of a friend and the power of His Word to draw that young boy into a relationship.

Certainly the heart of that child had a lot to do with that moment, but his gesture would not have been possible without your support of our Bibles for Beach Club program and our mission to connect kids to Christ.

Growing up in Houston at age 16, I found my self-driving the 38 miles to the Gulf of Mexico to sit on the Galveston sea wall to watch people. There you would see the occasional surfer trying to surf. All the locals knew that if you really wished to catch a wave to surf you would go off West Beach. Soon I found myself searching surf shops for a good inexpensive board. Not long I was paddling out to the open Gulf to experience the thrill of catching a wave and surfing. The most critical point in surfing is looking back to where the waves are first forming to catch a wave. Now it’s paddle, paddle, paddle and pop-up to begin enjoying the ride.

I discovered there are four very important elements to riding a wave. First, you have to determine to get off the sea wall. This is the moment when you purpose in your mind to make a difference no matter the cost. Second, you have to find a surfboard. This is when you discover your God-given talent and the tools He has for you. Third is taking your surfboard and learning to surf. It’s at this moment when you begin looking for God’s place like a Beach Club in order to begin using your new tools. Finally, once you have spotted your wave you jump onboard and enjoy the ride. Finding your spot in a Beach Club allows you to ride the wave the Lord has for you. With each wave you ride, I pray you become more skilled, joyfully fulfilled and personally committed to riding waves with excellence.

Blessings,

Jack Terrell
Founder & President