Answering The Call
by Grace Dulcé
What began for ALCF member Gina Covello as a two-year volunteer assignment with Kid’s Club, has become a lifelong commitment and friendship with two young girls whom she came to know deeply through this weekly after school program at Brentwood Academy in East Palo Alto. Gina, a former high school teacher, felt God’s calling through ALCF’s weekly service announcements.
“It’s funny because when God calls you, He really calls you.”
The goal of ALCF’s Kids Club is not to just teach kids biblical lessons and values, but to help them apply God’s Word to situations and circumstances in their own lives given the challenges they face at home, in their neighborhoods, and at school. Read more 
Legacy of a Self-Proclaimed Geek
How God Used Kenny Gibbs to Serve 5ifty6ixers
by Chequita Parker and Mark Arevalo
It’s Sunday morning in the Worship Center. As the doors of the GX room open and close, the sounds of intermittent guitar riffs, drum beats, and voices raised in praise, echo, and then fade away. Worshipers in the sanctuary settle down to listen to the weekend’s video announcements. However, upstairs in classroom 5, everything is going full throttle. Welcome to 5ifty6ix, ALCF’s community of fifth- and sixth-grade children. These preteens are busy—chatting about school, the latest movies, and YouTube clips. They’re playing foursquare, foosball, and video games. In other words, they’re having a great time just being themselves. And sitting with the kids in this organized chaos of activity is the amazing “Mr. Kenny”. Read more
Letters to God
The SAFARI Kids’ Prayer Wall
by Lovisa Brown
[Volume 1, Issue 2, Summer 2007]
Jerusalem’s Western Wall is the only remaining structure from the original temple that Jesus knew. For thousands of years, people have prayed there—a great number of them writing their prayers on paper, wedged between the bricks.
This page is our wall, covered with prayers by some of ALCF’s SAFARI kids. We invite you to agree with them in prayer as they seek God for answers.
Boy in Jerusalem lighting candle (photo: George Hsia; graphic design: Monique Funnié)
