It’s our desire that every child who walks through our doors will experience the Grace of God and begin learning what it means to walk by faith. We present biblical truths using fun, creative teaching methods, exciting music and zany activities. In the ‘Imagination Station’ environment we build relationships and discover how the things we've learned connect to real life. Come see how much fun learning about our God can be.
Our Young Adults Ministry is called RESPONSE to clearly define the simplicity of the Christian life: we are RESPONDERS to the Grace of God made visible in Jesus. We endeavor to confront twenty-somethings with the raw truth of the gospel in relevant ways with the creative use of media, music and teaching. Our hope is for every young adult who attends Good News to meet Jesus and to RESPOND to Him, holding nothing back. We also want to make sure everyone gets connected in community with other young adults and with older church members who will challenge, encourage, and care for them. Ultimately we aim to challenge young adults to wholeheartedly RESPOND to God, while impacting their world for Jesus.
At Good News we believe that a profound need in the church and in society is a robust, biblical ideology of masculinity. With this motivation, we challenge men to ‘fix their eyes on Jesus’ who was the greatest man to walk the face of our planet. Throughout the year our men’s ministry holds several Men’s Breakfasts’, periodic training events and a yearly retreat. We emphasize cross-generational interaction so that the wisdom of our fathers is passed on to the next generation. Our vision is to build a community that is packed with strong, compassionate, sacrificial husbands, fathers, brothers, uncles and grandfathers who are willing to stand in the shadow of the One of whom Pilate said, “Behold, The Man.” (John 19:5)
The Women's Ministry of Good News Bible Church desires to cultivate a welcoming and loving environment that provides opportunities for women to connect and establish meaningful relationships. The most important of all relationships, of course, is that with the Lord Jesus. Our desire is that we understand and embrace the grace of God and the value He places on us as women. As we respond to His grace in our lives, and find our identity in Him, we discover the resources to become the women He intends us to be and fulfill that purpose for which He has created us. This is evidenced as we reach out to other women-especially those outside of our church family-trusting that, they too, will discover and respond to God's grace. From women's Bible studies, retreats, breakfasts and other events, we seek to encourage each other in our daily walk of faith and provide opportunities for women to connect and establish meaningful relationships.
The vision of Good News extends beyond Lycoming County. Since our inception we have involved ourselves with a diverse missionary family. We currently support church planting endeavors in Africa, Papua New Guinea, Brazil, and we contribute to support ministries in Florida. Our exposure to cross-cultural ministries enriches our lives, challenges our perceptions, and enhances our sense of purpose in life.