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Welcome to CEF of Lancaster County! Locally, CEF of Lancaster County ministers to children throughout the county in our after-school Good News Clubs® and JYou Connection™ or JYC™ clubs held in the public schools as well as summer ministries including Camp Good News®, VBS and 5-Day Clubs®. In addition, we offer an opportunity for youth to serve as summer missionaries sharing the gospel with children as Christian Youth in Action® or CYIA™. Child Evangelism Fellowship, also known as CEF, is a Bible-centered, worldwide organization composed of born-again believers whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and to establish (disciple) them in the local church for Christian living. CEF has over 2,900 missionaries overseas, approximately 2,200 of whom are nationals. In the USA and Canada 700 full-time workers and an estimated 40,000 volunteers serve the ministry. CEF was founded by Jesse Irvin Overholtzer in 1937. Growing up in a religious family, Jesse at the age of 12 was convicted of his own sin and sought counsel from his mother. He was told, Son, you are too young. It wasnt until Overholtzer was in college that he heard the Gospel and trusted Christ as his Savior. Later as a pastor Mr. Overholtzer read one of Charles Spurgeons sermons which stated, A child of five, if properly instructed can as truly believe and be regenerated as an adult. The Lord used this statement in Mr. Os life to lead him to begin the ministry of Child Evangelism Fellowship when he was 60 years old. The ministry has grown into the largest evangelistic outreach to children in the world. CEF is currently ministering in countries around the world and in every state in the U.S. To learn more about CEFs global mission, visit cefonline.com