Dear Parents,
We want to thank each of you for enrolling your child in the AWANA program. It is exciting to have you as part of our team as we train each of these clubbers to become “A Workman Who Is Not Ashamed”! All of us – clubbers, leaders and parents – have important roles to play in order to accomplish this goal.
Thank you for your patience with us as we get organized and rolling. We are working to make sign in and out move faster and more smoothly. It is our goal to have everyone checked in and to their places by 6:30 in order for them to have the advantage of the full 90 minutes. We want to make sure each clubber is safe while they are with us and released to the correct person at the end of club time, so everyone must have a security sticker.
Teaching the skills of “A Workman Who Is Not Ashamed” includes Bible memorization as well as responsibility, sharing with others in the community, and stewardship. AWANA is based on a reward system to encourage the clubbers to develop these areas in their lives. Here are some areas where you as a parent can join our team. Each clubber needs to do the following each week -
* Arrive on time to club * Wear their uniform**
* Bring their Bible * Bring their Awana book**
* Memorize their verses * Bring an offering
* Bring a friend * Participate in Awana Sports
Each of the above earns the clubber badges and jewels for their uniforms and also points for “money” to shop at a special “Awana Store” with lots of fun prizes and gifts a couple of times during the year. Please help your child with these areas.
Thank you again for your help and being a part of our team!! Please feel free to contact us with questions and/or if we can be of assistance to your family

Blessings In Christ!
The TDF Awana Staff

This encouraging information is from a recent Awana alumni study report:

Awana is a leading children's and youth ministry. We have been influencing the spiritual lives of young children through teenagers for nearly 60 years. God's calling on Awana is to use the Bible as the bedrock tool for raising kids who know, love and serve Jesus Christ. Today we equip over 17,000 churches and millions of parents worldwide to build a scripturally sound foundation for thier children's faith. As the children mature, we teach teens about biblical character, values and an unshakable fiath that endures for a lifetime.

Since our founding, Awana has seen a biblical principle take root in the lives of countless youth in the U.S and in more than 100 countries overseas. The principle is this: Parents and churches that work together to strategically teach God's Word through the course of childhood move kids progressively toward spiritual maturity. The outcome: life-defining, long-lasting impact.

Download the Awana Alumni Survey Report to see how that principle has paid off in the lives of Awana alumni.

awana.org/alumni-study/alumni-study,default,pg.html

I'm Extremely Grateful for Awana

Jacquelyn Ashton credits her parents and Awana more than anyone for shaping her life and faith — particularly her love for God’s Word and her hunger for sharing it with others.
“I’m extremely grateful for Awana,” said Jacquelyn, a Norwich, Connecticut native who participated in Awana programs for 13 years. “I want my kids to go through Awana because it’s a great program. I really think it’s important to know God’s Word. We take it for granted. It is a sword. It can help us against every obstacle we come against. It’s a strong foundation in my life.”
Nine years after graduating from high school and completing participation in Awana, Jacquelyn teaches Spanish at a Christian school near the east coast. She has dreamed of moving with her husband, a pastor, overseas to translate the Bible
for a people group. She said her parents’ mentoring and missions involvement and the teaching she received in Awana nurtured her heart for God’s Word and for spiritually lost people in developing countries. As Jacquelyn noted, “How will people know the truth unless they hear it in their own language?”

From Mr. Steve:
Hey parents! I wanted to give you this link to a great resource for parents! This is from our friends at Awana, and I believe it can be a great assistance to you in your job as a trainer of champions! Please bookmark the site and check it frequently. I know I'm going to!

parenthelps.awana.org/