Local Commander: Dan Miller
Local Commander: Dan Miller
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What is Awana?
What happens at Awana meetings?
What age groups are served by Awana?
Awana is an international, Bible-centered children's and youth ministry providing local churches with weekly clubs and programs for preschool through high school. The goal is to reach children and teenagers, and their families, with the gospel of Christ and train them to serve Him. The acronym Awana comes from the first letters of Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed, taken from 2 Timothy 2:15.
Awana began in over fifty years ago (in 1950) as a youth program in a church in Chicago, Illinois. Local church leaders worked to develop a program that met three basic objectives:
- Appeal to young people
- Reach them with the gospel
- Train them in the Lord’s work.
God blessed the work done by the believers in that Chicago church and news of the program's success grew. By 1960, Awana had registered 900 clubs.
Today, more than 10,400 churches in the United States have Awana programs. There are clubs in all 50 states, and Awana can also be found in 3,200 churches in 109 other countries on six different continents.
Note: Cubbies check in at Room #5
in the basement
Sparks check in upstairs
T & T check in upstairs
Trek check in with leaders, currently in the Pastor's Office.
6:30 – 6:35 Opening Ceremony are according to check in location.
Sparks remain Upstairs, T&T goes Downstairs and Trek goes into Pastor’s Office
| Group | Sparks | T&T |
| Time | Activities | |
| 6:30 – 6:45 |
Opening (pledges, prayer & songs) Location: Sanctuary |
|
| 6:45 – 7:00 |
Large Group/Message Location: Sanctuary |
|
| 7:00 – 7:25 | Games | Handbook Time |
| 7:25 – 7:50 | Handbook Time | Games |
| 7:50 – 8:00 |
Awards & Closing Location: Sanctuary |
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| Group | Age Level | Director |
| Cubbies | Preschoolers | Carol Willison |
| Sparks | Kindergarten through 2nd Graders | Denise Jacobsen |
| Truth & Training | 3rd - 6th Graders | Traci Miller |
| Trek | Junior High (7th - 8th Graders) | Pastor Mark Smeltzer |
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