Neighborhood KidZ Club

Spring 2009 Western Pines (Katy, TX)

This original community began with a tarp on the ground. Click HERE for the complete history of the humble, yet dynamic beginning of Neighborhood KidZ Club.

Spring 2013 The Summit (Katy, TX)

The Summit is a mobile home community in Katy with one bus stop at the end of a very long road filled with over 100 mobile homes. On Tuesdays the children would come straight off the bus to enjoy Bible Club with friends from their community as well as Garden Villa which was right next door.

Summer 2013 Garden Villa (Katy, TX)

Bible Club in The Summit was so successful that the Norwoods bought a modular home that was placed in a strategic location right next to the office and playground in Garden Villa, a mobile home community adjacent to The Summit. This location is the 2nd NKC to also host After-School Tutoring. With the addition of the building, the children from The Summit began attending activities in Garden Villa.

Fall 2013 The Gallery Apts. (Katy, TX)

This location of Neighborhood KidZ Club proved that NKC could be successful in apartment complexes, in addition to mobile home communities. This Club was founded and is run by Cornerstone Presbyterian Church showing an effective model that can encourage other churches to reach outside their walls.

Summer 2014 Laundry Love (Irving, TX)

A laundromat in Irving, Texas proved to be the perfect place for Neighborhood KidZ Club. The children at a local church donated quarters for Laundry Love, a ministry at a local laundromat. While the parents are washing their clothes for free, the children are engaged in Bible stories, crafts, and games.

Spring 2015 Pineview Terrace (Katy, TX)

Pineview Terrace is a small community with apartments and single family homes. NKC Bible Club met in the common area near the neighborhood swimming pool. Currently, the children and youth from this community are invited to attend activities in the nearby Garden Villa community. Our prayer is that a church would adopt this community and build a stronger ministry to reach children, youth, and families.

Fall 2015 Boys and Girls Club – STEM Academy (Brookshire, TX)

Neighborhood KidZ Club partners with Boys and Girls Club at the STEM Academy in Brookshire. Since Boys and Girls Club was already established at the local elementary school, Neighborhood KidZ Club provided the curriculum, structure, and volunteers to create Bible Club for many of the children in this after-school program.

Fall 2015 Five Oaks (Spring, TX)

This location proves that you don’t have to have a public place to host a Bible Club. As part of an outreach by WoodsEdge Community Church, a church member opened her home as a safe place to present the Gospel to neighborhood children. Neighborhood KidZ Club has been able to offer Bible lessons, resources, and organizational structure for Bible Club, After-School Tutoring, and Summer Reading to this already established Bible Club.

Spring 2016 Long Point Apartments (Houston, TX)

Houston’s First Baptist Church already had an apartment ministry when two church leaders came to visit Western Pines for a tour and to hear details about the structure of Neighborhood KidZ Club.  In a follow-up conversation, one leader commented, “We basically want to copy everything that you are doing.” The ministry is thriving, and serving in multiple communities.

Spring 2016 Northwest Pines (Houston, TX)

The ripple effect for the beginning of this Neighborhood KidZ Club is quite an amazing God-story. During Fall 2015 Bible Club at Western Pines, Schalee Lodge was invited to speak with the children to help them better understand the memory verse, Hebrews 11:8, “By Faith, Abraham obeyed when he was called . . . and he set out, not knowing where he was going.” Schalee, blinded from a plane crash, was delighted to share how she totally trusted Sarge, her guide dog, just as Abraham had to trust God. The children learned so much that day, but that was only the beginning of God’s plan. Schalee is part of Grace Bible Church that had been prayerfully trying to discern how to reach children in their area with the Gospel. With direction and encouragement from Peggy Norwood, the Northwest Pines mobile home community was discovered and welcomed a Bible Club in their beautiful, spacious community center.

Fall 2016 Trinity Hunters Place (Katy, TX)

Family Life Assembly of God was also looking for a way to reach out to children beyond their walls. This mobile home community is on the same road as Garden Villa, The Summit, and Pineview Terrace, but was untapped. Today it is a thriving ministry!

Fall 2016 Larry Taylor Homes (Apex, NC)

This NKC began because God was tugging on a young mom’s heart in Katy, TX. Lauren found herself driving around Katy while praying and seeking God’s guidance on where she should begin to reach out to children with the Gospel. She discovered a sign for Neighborhood KidZ Club in Garden Villa, and soon her prayer was answered as she had the opportunity to teach Bible Club at Western Pines. Shortly after that semester, her husband was transferred to Apex, North Carolina. Lauren had many challenges to overcome, but her heart’s desire to reach children never wavered. She found a mobile home park near her home and began Bible Club on the grassy area in the midst of these mobile homes.

Spring 2017 Nottingham Place Apartments (Katy, TX)

Nottingham Place is another example of a successful apartment ministry. This particular complex allows NKC to meet in their conference room. The children look forward to seeing their friends at Bible Club each week.

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Crime Reduction

It is truly remarkable to see what God has accomplished through Neighborhood KidZ Club (NKC) in a short period of time. Lives have been changed, families transformed, and neighborhoods have been affected.

– 42% Crime drop in KidZ Club’s original Neighborhood

Neighborhood KidZ Club collaborated with Harris County Sheriff’s Department to conduct a study of crime rates in the area of the Western Pines Mobile Home Community, NKC’s original location. The study compared the four years prior to the presence of NKC (2007 – 2010) to the four years after NKC was founded (2011 – 2014).

The report revealed a 42% drop in crime since NKC was founded. This is the kind of change that happens when people are faithful in sharing the Gospel.

Word Camp

After three successful weeks at Sports Camp, leaders recognized a “spark” in the youth who attended. Many of the youth wanted to participate and lead in worship, and they wanted to learn more of God’s Word. With a desire to “keep the fire going”, the NKC staff decided that “Word Camp” was the answer. The plan developed that the group would read through the gospel of John, complete weekly Bible homework assignments, meet for dinner and homework discussion, and attend church on Wednesday nights.

Word Camp has been a huge success with students continuing to attend church after the completion of the assigned study. They look forward to spending time with their Christian friends, meeting new friends, and being involved in the games, worship, and Bible Study at CrossCulture, the youth program at Family Life Assembly of God.