AWANA

Awana is our weekly, Wednesday evening ministry for your children, teaching them the full gospel of Jesus Christ.  Our Awana program coincides with the school year (August - May). We meet at The Ark, with opening games at 6:00pm, followed by Awana from 6:30 - 8:00pm.

Awana leads kids to know, love and serve Christ.  Awana helps churches and parents work together to develop spiritually strong children and youth who faithfully follow Jesus Christ. Our programs offer a proven approach for evangelizing and discipling kids in the church and community. As a ministry leader for nearly 60 years, Awana is making an impact. A recent national survey found Awana to be as important to our alumni's spiritual foundation as all other church activities combined. Among alumni who participated in our programs for at least six years, 92.7 percent still attend church at least weekly as adults!

Awana stands for Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed and comes from the Bible verse 2 Timothy 2:15: "Be diligient to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

This ministry rewards your children for learning their Bible and completing character building activities.  Younger children learn through games, crafts, and puppets - wonderful learning tools for their age.  As they grow, the children are introduced to small group interaction, apologetics and life application of the gospel.

Below is a listing of the Awana Club for the various age groups and a description of the Awana approved curriculum that is used in that particular club.  These clubs are run by individuals with a passion for sharing their faith with your children.  Uniforms are available and the younger children wear vests on which they display their awards earned.

The Awana clubs offers fun, friendship and serious Christian teaching that supports the teaching your children are receiving at home.  Living their faith can be difficult for children, especially as they grow.  Awanan provides a safe, comfortable place to learn and grow along with peers who share their faith.  Awana is an excellent choice for parents like you who would like their children to learn Chrisitian values while participating in a club.

Come, check out our clubs!

 

Puggles
Age 2 and 3
An enriching program for your pre-Cubbies kids (usually older 2- and younger 3-year-olds) that presents basic biblical concepts:
  • We are a unique creation of God.
  • God loves us very much.

Awana Puggles teaches toddlers simple lessons through teaching cards, activities, music and more. Awana Puggles leaders have a leader’s guidebook to help them plan and direct club time and communicate the lesson.

Cubbies
Preschool
The Cubbies curriculum features two handbooks written in a fun, storybook style that appeals to preschoolers. The handbooks contain 24 Bear Hug sections along with six optional special-day sections. Each section combines basic Scripture memory with parent-child activities to help a child grasp a simple biblical truth. Two extra-credit handbooks containing additional memory verses and character-building activities are also available.

Before starting a handbook, newcomers to Cubbies are taken through an introductory brochure that gives parents and children a brief overview of the program and presents God’s plan of salvation at a preschooler’s level.

Sparks
Grade K-2
The Sparks program is firmly grounded in Scripture. The three handbooks feature:
  • Basic truths about God, Jesus Christ, salvation and the Bible
  • A clear and consistent presentation of the gospel message
  • An increased emphasis on Scripture memory over our preschool materials. In three years, a child will learn and review over 65 verses, many of which cover salvation and key Christian doctrine, establishing a foundation of biblical wisdom.

 

Truth and Training
Grade 3-6
The name Truth & Training reflects the passion of Awana to teach third- through sixth-grade boys and girls the truth of God’s Word and to train them to follow Christ in their daily lives. Our goal is that many of today’s young people will become tomorrow’s church leaders. T&T is the program that trains the leaders of tomorrow — today.

Exciting features to get kids excited about God’s Word
T&T is equipped with a variety of dynamic tools to accomplish this mission:

  • Four handbooks of increasing difficulty which teach children that life’s ultimate adventure is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
  • A cast of fun characters that boys and girls learn from and follow on interesting journeys in the handbooks
  • Weekly meetings that expose children to the gospel message, Scripture memory, Bible study, awards, team-oriented games and gut-busting fun
  • A Bible-centered curriculum that helps kids build a firm foundation for their faith, hide God’s Word in their heart and apply the truths of Scripture to their daily lives
  • Interactive CDs that use exciting high-tech games to teach and reinforce key biblical truths