Did You Know? A Backward Glance at our AWANA Year

Did you know…?

   *AWANA has been around for 6 decades?  Here at SRBC, we have been a part of AWANA since 1988.

   *AWANA stands for Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed, taken from II Timothy 2:15?

   *AWANA is a global ministry, serving in 133 countries worldwide?

   *The AWANA program reaches more than 5 million kids every week?  Our weekly impact in the Steamboat Rock area reaches 80 to 100 kids.

   *The AWANA curriculum and discipleship program is designed for kids ages 2-18?  The clubs are called Puggles, Cubbies, Sparks, Truth and Training (T&T), Trek, and Journey. Our own church has Cubbies (3-4 years), Sparks (K-2nd), and T&T (3-5th).

   *Over 470,000 volunteers participate weekly in their local church’s AWANA program? It takes almost 50 volunteers to run our AWANA program from week to week. 

   *AWANA programs can be found in prisons, refugee camps, slums, and many hard-to-reach areas in our world?

   *AWANA missionaries serve regions in the United States and in other countries of the world? 260 field staff serve in the United States and across the globe. Our field missionary, Ron Glenn, went to be with the Lord last year. Our church is now being represented by Tim Sandvall from California for the interim.

   *Our AWANA evening is comprised of three parts: Games, Small Group (learning verses), and Large Group (devotional)?

   *This past year, the first Wednesday night of each month is called Family Meal Night? All AWANA families are invited to eat a meal together and then continue to stay for a special focus night.  These have included Pastor Appreciation Night, Camp Night, Helping Hands Warm Hearts, Picture of the Cross, and others.

   *A highlight of each year is the Grand Prix where the T&T clubbers build and race their own pine derby car?

    *The final AWANA Club night of the school year is our Awards Night where outstanding work is acknowledged? This year’s theme was the Red Carpet Awards Night and each of our clubbers received recognition for their memorization work.

   *Do You Know that our AWANA Club needs YOU to help our boys and girls know Jesus? We need leaders, listeners, game directors, teachers for the preschoolers, teachers for the devotionals, kitchen help, other volunteers, and we all can pray.  We will be looking for you in September when our next year’s AWANA program starts again!

Because Kids Matter to God,

Shari Coelho

Children’s Ministry Director