Awana Times Newsletter (Winter 2008)
“…that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe
in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.
For with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and
with the mouth he confesses resulting in Salvation.” Romans
10:9-10
FROM THE COMMANDERS:
The start of a new year is often the start of new resolutions. I need to lose weight, or exercise more or spend more time with my family, etc. All of these things are good, of course, and are fine to pursue. The problem that most people have is sticking to their resolutions. In 2 Corinthians 5:17, Paul gives us a wonderful promise that we can depend upon. The Bible says that “if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.” We are a new creation if we accept God’s gift of salvation through Jesus Christ. Jesus wants us to place our trust in Him and repent of our sins. The Bible says that he is faithful and will forgive our sins – He does the work. We become a new creation spiritually! Now that is a new year’s resolution worth doing! We hope that everyone has a happy and blessed new year!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
The
Awana Bible Quiz will be held on February 16, 2008 at Liberty
Baptist Church in Hampton, VA. There will be a Bible Quiz Coach’s
meeting on January 19th at 10:30 AM at Liberty. Colonial will have
six teams competing. Good luck!
The Sparks-A-Rama will be held on March 1st at Denbigh Baptist Church in Newport News, VA. The Awana T&T Games will be held on March 8th at Denbigh Baptist Church as well. There will be a coaches meeting on January 26th at 9:00 AM at Denbigh for both Sparks and T&T. Team members and try outs will be held in the upcoming weeks. Please stay tuned for announcements!
LEADER SPOTLIGHT:
Our
Leader Spotlight is on Kathleen Tubbs! Kathleen is currently working
as a secretary in the Cubbies club. She has been in this position
for several years and does a great job! She first wanted to work in
Awana because she likes the teaching aspect of Awana and wanted to
serve on Wednesday nights. She loves interacting with parents and
other leaders who love the Lord and are committed to learning God’s
Word. She is the mother of two (Steven, a Cubbie – 4 years old and
Amanda – 2 ½ years old) and is EXPECTING TWINS! You can help
Kathleen and Daniel (her husband who also works in Cubbies) by
picking names for their expected twins. We know that one will be a
boy and the other a girl! We appreciate Kathleen’s faithfulness to
the Awana ministry and we wish her the best with the new additions!
SPECIAL AWANA NIGHTS:
- Jan. 16th “Goofy Glasses Night” Wear your funkiest glasses and earn prizes!
- Jan. 23rd “Double Points Night” Clubbers can get twice the amount of Awana points to be used for the Monthly store.
- Jan. 30th “Crazy Shoe Night” Wear your craziest shoes! Prizes will be awarded.
- Feb. 6th “Bring a Friend Bonus Night & Uniform Inspection” Clubbers receive extra points for each friend brought to club. Uniform inspection will also be done that night.
- Feb. 13th “Chocolate Kiss Night” Clubbers receive “kisses” for each section said.
- Feb. 20th “Patriotic Night” Show your love for the USA by dressing patriotically. Prizes will be awarded.
- Feb. 27th “March Madness Begins!” T & T clubbers will begin our annual March Madness competition where we see who can put the New Testament books of the Bible in order the fastest.
AWANA Reminders:
- Parents, please bring your child between 6:30 PM and 6:40 PM. Leaders may not be in their rooms prior to 6:30. Flag Time will start promptly at 6:45.
- Clubbers, please tell a friend about AWANA. Let’s let other kids know the fun you’re having playing games and learning the Word of God.
- Parents, please have your child prepared for each Awana night knowing that points will be awarded if the child participates – see point breakdown sheet.
- Clubbers and leaders, please participate in the dress up nights coming up. They are a lot of fun and prizes will be awarded.
- Clubbers are reminded to wear tennis shoes to game time so they can participate. No “heelies” will be permitted.
- Parents, please see the “Parent Handbook” which gives information regarding your child’s classroom location on campus and schedule of events for that night.
AWANA IS A TEAM EFFORT OF CLUBBER, PARENT, AND LEADER.
THANK YOU!!!
We would like to say a BIG “THANK YOU” to everyone who donated items to the Christmas store! We had plenty of gifts, wrapping paper, tape, etc. for all the clubbers and the clubbers had a GREAT time!!
Another huge thank you to all the wonderful volunteers we had for the Christmas store! We appreciate everyone who helped, from grandparents to the youth group! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Lastly, thank you to all our wonderful Awana workers! You all have done a great job!!!
In Christ,
Don and Becky Broyles
Paul and Michele Burkhart
AWANA Co-Commanders
If you have any questions, please contact us at awanacbc@gmail.com.