Awana Ministries
The word AWANA is an acronym for Approved Workman Are Not Ashamed. The AWANA club is designed in part to teach children how to understand the Bible and apply its teachings to everyday life. The primary purpose is to bring each child to believe and know that the only way to Heaven is to acknowledge that we are all sinners and that Jesus alone paid for those sins by dieing on the cross and rising from the dead in final payment for all our sins thereby reconciling us with God.
We accomplish this learning process for the older groups, through a very structured system of “points”. These are earned through participation in games, Bible and handbook memorization and involvement in a teaching segment called council time.
The ages of club members is as follows:
Cubbies – 3 or 4 year olds
Sparks – Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd grade
Truth & Training – 3rd-6th grade
Members of each group climb in “rank” based upon progress made in their handbook. The handbook is age appropriate and challenging at each level. Memorization and projects are included in every book which is divided into sections. Completion of a section results in the awarding of “points” for team standing and AWANA dollars to be redeemed at the AWANA store. The Cubbies operate on a different merit system that is age appropriate and does not involve AWANA dollars. Till a club member can read, parents assistance is required; after that, parents are still very important to the success of each clubber.
To help offset the expense of supplies, merit badges, awards, and the like, each club member is required to pay a nominal due each week of $.25 cents. We meet in the lower auditorium and begin at 7:00pm and end at 8:15pm. Please contact Jack with any questions, at 330-453-7272.
AWANA Minstries will continue each Wednesday night at 7:00pm.
Awana Calendar 2023-2024 – Important Nights
Sept. 20 – Tool Night
Oct. 25 – Costume Night/ Superhero Night
Nov. 8 – Fellowship Dinner 6:15pm
Nov. 15 – Minute to Win it Night
Nov. 22 – No Church
Dec. 6 – Operation Barnabas
Dec. 20 – No Church
Dec. 27 – All Church event night
Jan. 17 – Heroes of the Bible – find your Bible hero and tell us why you chose them and what they did that made them a hero
Feb. 21 – Nature Night – Dress in your favorite seasons colors and bring your favorite seasons item (ex. Spring – a flower or Summer – sand bucket or floatie)
March 6 – Grand Prix – Concessions start at 6:15pm
March 20 – Gameshow night – enjoy a night of snacks and playing games like Jeopardy, Figure It Out, Pictureka or Generation Gap
March 27 – No Church
April 17 – Scavenger Hunt
May 15 – Awana Closing Ceremony – Fellowship dinner at 6:15pm