The Good News Club 29 November 2004 Tina Hinz of The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier in Iowa reports on the progress of after-school Good News Clubs in Iowa elementary schools. The clubs, of which there are currently 1,300 nationwide, are a ministry of the international Child Evangelism Fellowship and offer Bible lessons, missionary stories, songs, Scripture memorization activities and review games for public school students age 5-12. The clubs are allowed follwing a 2001 Supreme Court ruling that religious groups can use public schools like other community groups, and schools are lawfully required to distribute Good News invitations to all students. Said Rita Kehoe, a first-grade teacher who volunteers for one of Iowa's Good News Clubs, "'When you teach public school, you can't use sin and obeying God in your lesson, and it's frustrating when you see kids being disruptive and can't use the Bible as guidance.'" But now, "'Since it's after school, you can.'"
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