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Near the middle of the KiDs Beach Club® Explorer’s Study Bible, is an inset page about “How to Know God.” It’s on glossy paper and is full of color and is designed to be an attention getter for children and their parents when they read the Bible. It reinforces what is already taught in Beach Club.

Last year on Great Treasure Day, a group of Beach Club volunteers passed out their Bibles by surf teams. As soon as each team was presented their Bible they got their picture and went into their small group time. One third-grade boy sat down with his Bible and opened it up to that page and said, “Look, this is what our Bible story teacher has been telling us about – The ABC’s. This is what I want to do!”

So his small group leader went through each letter explaining what each one is making sure he understood.

A – Admit You’re a Sinner
Ask for forgiveness and turn away from sin: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

B – Believe that Jesus is the Son of God and He Died for Your Sin
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9

C – Choose to Follow Him
“Jesus said, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.” Luke 9:23

The boy prayed with his leader that day to receive Christ.

About a week later, the club leader called to follow up with the child’s mother. She immediately told a story about how he has brought his Bible to the dinner table every night. He would read through the Gospel with his family and pray before they could start dinner.

The boy’s mother said she thought he had such a mature understanding at such a young age. The mother admitted that she had not really had these kinds of conversations with her kids before. She also has two older girls, including one in college, and they had not really had spiritual conversations as a family. That changed because of her young son. Praise God!

Your support of our Bibles for Beach Club program helped put a Bible in this child’s hands and that helped connect him to Christ. It also opened a dialogue in his family so that they, too, might come to know the Lord.

KiDs Beach Club® has ramped up its efforts on social media. We’re not just on Facebook. We’re also on Twitter and Instagram as well as Vimeo, YouTube and LinkedIn and provide unique content to each platform. You can find us at @KiDsBeachClub throughout most social media and we encourage you to engage with us there. Invite your friends to follow us, too.

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LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/kids-beach-club

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.