What a blessing the Awana Ministry Conference at Abilene Baptist Church was yesterday. A day that gives me the extra oomphh I need to get going! Our key note speaker was Rev. Brad Whitt the pastor at Abilene and his love and excitement for Awana was wonderful to see and hear!

Our Kick-Off is next Sunday, Sept. 16th! We'll have a hotdog supper and parents you are invited and highly encouraged to come and stay with your children. You'll meet their leaders and learn some of what will be going on during our Awana year.

I can't wait to see you all there!!

Tentative Awana Schedule for 2012-2013

 Awana Schedule for 2012-2013

September  16 - Kick Off Day

September 23 - Awana

September 30 - Fall Festival

October 7 -         No Awana (Inservice Day)

October 14 -       Mashed Potato Day

October 21 -       Awana

October 28 -       Trunk or Treat

November 4 -    Bad Hair Day

November 11 -  Awana

November 18 – No Awana (Thanksgiving Holiday)

November 25 -  Fisherman Masquerade

December 2 -     Awana Christmas Store

December 9  -    Jesus Birthday Celebration

December 16 -  No Awana (Christmas Holidays)

December 23 – No Awana (Christmas Holidays)

December 30 -  Fun Day

January 6 -          Awana

January 13 -        Honor Your Military Day

January 20 -        No Awana (MLK Holiday

January 27 -        Awana

February 3 -        Soup-Er Bowl Sunday

February 10 -     Awana

February 17 -     No Awana (President’s Day Holiday)

February 24 -     Awana

March 3 -             Awana

March 10 -           Awana

March 17 -           Grand Prix

March 24 -           Awana

March 31 -           March Madness (Contest between boys and girls begins)

April 7 -                 No Awana (Spring Break begins)

April 14 -              Awana

April 21 -              Popcorn Day

April 28 -              Awana Store

May 5 -                 In Your Face Day (Contest ends) – Last Day of Awana for this year

May 12 -               No Awana (Mother’s Day)

May 19 -               Awards Ceremony

**This schedule is not written in stone so there may be some changes along the way. I will let you know ahead of time though.

What is Awana?

~Borrowed from the Awana site. ~

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 over 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!

Each week, more than 1.5 million kids ages 2 to 18 participate in Awana. Over 12,000 churches in the U.S. and nearly 13,000 internationally run Awana programs that change young lives through biblical truth.

Now a few words from me...

Where else can you go and have fun, fellowship, games, and most importantly learn God's Word with leaders and volunteers who love you...who love having fun...and who are learning with you, too.  Where else can you go and have giggles about silly adults who will let you put pies in their face, put make-up on your male leaders face, decorate them like a Christmas tree, let you squirt them with mustard and ketchup, and so much more!  

At Tignall Baptist we take learning about God and learning Scriptures seriously.  Every week the clubbers are led in a Bible study and the Salvation plan is shared --EVERY WEEK! 

Now...what can you do? Make sure you bring your children each week.  Invite their friends. Study with them each week so that they can learn the verses. Ask them questions. You'll be surprised at how much you will learn right along with your children.  Make sure they wear tennis shoes so that they'll be safe in game time. Make sure they bring their Bible and if they don't have one let their leader know and we'll be happy to get them one. 

Your children will be in a safe, friendly, loving atmosphere. They will have trained leaders who love them and enjoy them. 

Please plan to bring your children and any other children you know to our first Awana meeting of our new year - Sept. 16, at 4:45 p.m. till 6:15 p.m.  We have a club for ages 3 thru 8th grade. 

See you there!

Leaders, volunteers...Our Awana Training Conference is on September 8 at Abilene Baptist Church in Augusta.  I hope you'll be able to go.  We always get wonderful information and training at the Conference and it gives you that ooomphhh that you need to start a new year.  Let me know as soon as possible if you can go.  Thanks for your love and dedication to helping our children know, love, and serve him!

New year in Awana!

Awana at Tignall Baptist will be starting back on September 16th.  We're looking forward to a great year of fun, fellowship, and learning God's Word. If your child has never been involved in Awana then they are in for a fun and exciting time! We start at 4:45 pm. and end at 6:15 p.m. on Sunday afternoons.  We have a club for Cubbies (3 & 4 years old), Sparks (Kindergarten thru 2nd grade), Truth & Training Boys and Girls (3rd & 4th grade - Ultimate Adventure and 5th and 6th grade - Ultimate Challenge) and Trek (7th and 8th grade).  Plan to bring your children for fun with leaders who love the Lord and love playing and teaching His Word! See you there!