Spilyqy Tymoo, Wgrtp Springs, Oregon
March 3, 2005
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By Brian Moncnsen
Spilyay Tymoo
Seventy-seven kids from
Warm Springs Elementary
School walked away from class
on a Tuesday afternoon.
They weren't actually cutting
class. In fact, they were accom
panied by eight adults, as they
walked across a lawn to the
Warm Springs Presbyterian
Church on Warm Springs Street
for Good News Club.
Good News Club is a club
for elementary school children
from kindergarten through fifth
grade that meets for one hour a
week. The teachers and leaders,
all volunteers from the Madras
and Warm Springs areas, lead
the children through lessons
from the Bible and songs about
biblical themes such as God's
love and kindness.
Good News Clubs are a min
istry of Child Evangelism Fel
lowship (CEF), a national orga
nization devoted to teaching
children about Jesus Christ and
the Christian faith since 1937.
Good News Club teachers and
leaders are all volunteers and
each receive training to make
the one-hour sessions move
quickly and keep the children
interested in the message.
Children are encouraged to
learn and memorize verses from
the Bible that explain the Chris
tian faith, like John 3:16.
Through what they learn at
the club meetings, they have the
opportunity, either at the club
or on their own, to decide to
accept Jesus Christ and the
Christian faith.
Children can receive prizes at
Good News Club, either imme
diately in a "grab bag"-style, for
reciting a Scripture verse or
prizes earned over the course
of a quarter, like a Good News
Club T-shirts for children who
memorize a set of verses.
Children can receive paper
bound Bibles The children are
each interviewed so volunteers
Students invited to art, culture program
Eight students between 15
and 18 years old who are inter
ested in creating art and explor
ing their own culture will join a
group of eight Native youth
from the Portland area for Jour
neys in Creativity: Explorations
in Native Art and Culture, a
program at the Oregon College
of Art and Craft in Portland,
sponsored by the college, The
Museum at Warm Springs, and
Kah Nee Ta High Desert Resort
and Casino, June 17-22.
The program includes visual
art workshops, field trips, and
live performances, with each day
beginning at 9 a.m. and ending
between 7 to 8 p.m. Participants
have an opportunity to explore
the life of a college art student
at the well-equipped studios of
Oregon College of Art and
Craft.
The program includes field
trips to local art museums and
galleries and visits to book and
Leanne Smith-Lucero is a
fifth-grader at Warm Springs
Elementary. She excels in all
her classes, especially math and
reading. "Leanne is a very hard
worker who always tries her
hardest, and she's right at the
top of all our academic pro
grams, " said school principal
Dawn Smith.
Leanne said her favorite subjects at school are math
and reading. She also likes PE. Outside of school,
she likes to read and to read her bike.
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Girls in first and second grades at Warm Springs Elementary School sing at Good News Club at
Warm Springs Presbyterian Church. Good News Club meets every Tuesday starting at 1 p.m.
can better know the child and
their spiritual experience and
needs. If a child indicates he
does or doesn't they don't have
a Bible, they are provided one,
even if they might have one at
home they've forgotten about.
"We give them one anyway,"
Moore said. "We figure hope
fully it'll get into the hands of
an adult."
The boys and girls from each
of the two shifts are separated
on opposite ends of a large
room at the Presbyterian
Church. Gladys Grant, who has
been involved as a Good News
Club teacher for 25 years, leads
the program for the girls, while
Phyllis Moore, who was an el
ementary school teacher for 20
years, leads the program on the
boys side of the room.
Moore taught fifth and sixth
grades in Madras, and those
skills help in teaching children
at Good News Clubs. She had
been teaching in Good News
Clubs in Culver and Metolius for
13 years before Grant needed
help.
"Jim Cunningham, who was
director at the time, was going
to be gone and asked if I'd take
the boys one week," she said.
art supply stores like Powell
Books in downtown Portland.
Two public performances featur
ing storytelling and traditional
dance are scheduled during the
week.
Students will stay in housing
near the college in the West Hills
section of Portland. Transporta
tion, all meals, housing and bed
ding are provided, and chaper
ones accompany the students 24
hours a day.
Interested students must ap
ply to be considered for the pro
gram. They must complete an
application form, submit a let
ter of recommendation from a
teacher, community leader or
other non-related adult who
knows the student well, as well
as a letter about 200 words long
stating why the student is inter
ested in the program.
Students may also submit ex
amples of their artwork. The
works cannot be returned, how
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Through a series of events,
Moore ended up teaching the
boys full-time. "It's a challenge,"
she said. "They're sweet and I
see real potential."
But it takes creativity, pa
tience and a lot of help to keep
the boys, who can include as
many as 20 at a time, quiet and
focused on the message. On this
particular Tuesday, 19 boys
from the older grades attended,
while 10 from the younger
grades attended the second
hour. Twenty-nine girls came to
the first hour, while 21 attended
during the second hour.
"You can tell the difference
with kids who have grown up in
Sunday school and who have
been read to," Moore said. Most
of the children in Good News
Club at Warm Springs don't
have either, and that, she said,
has an effect on their attention
spans.
She said there is a difference
between the children from the
older group that may have at
tended Good News Club dur
ing their earlier grades from the
times they started.
"There's a payoff," she said.
"You can see how far they've
come."
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Applications are available at
The Museum at Warm Springs
and at the Warm Springs Post
Office. All materials must be
submitted to Oregon College of
Art and Craft or The Museum
at Warm Springs by Friday,
April 15. Applicants will be
notified by May 2.
Selected Journeys in Creativ
ity applicants must attend a one
day orientation in Warm Springs
June 11. For more information,
contact Dora Smith at The Mu
seum at Warm Springs at 553
3331. Additionally, a meeting
to provide information on the
program is scheduled for 7 p.m.
March 29 at The Museum at
Warm Springs.
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At 1 p.m., Grant, Moore, and
the six other volunteers, who
help in presenting the program
and maintaining decorum (these
are elementary school children,
after all) walk to the front door
at Warm Springs Elementary
School to gather the children
from the older group, from
grades three to five. A couple
boys run to greet the volunteers
from one direction, and then a
couple girls do the same from
another.
"The teachers here do a good
job about reminding the kids
(when it's time to leave for Good
News Club)," Moore said.
She said the club helps teach
discipline in a classroom and
respect for authority, things
which only help when they go
back to school.
With the boys and girls groups
each taking different routes, the
children walk in single-file lines
to the church and meet in their
ends of the meeting room.
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