Faith Baptist Church : AWANA

Faith Baptist Church

Faith Christian School

Welcome to AWANA! Check out our calendar of events HERE!

Kevin Carver,
Commander

II Timothy 2:15

AWANA clubs is a youth program that is designed to bring boys and girls to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and train them to serve Him. Our AWANA club is divided into three different clubs: Cubbies, Sparks, and T and T.

AWANA is held on Tuesday nights from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of this web-page to see each week's themes.

Cubbies

Cubbies is designed for boys and girls during the two years before they start Kindergarten. This is normally ages 3 & 4. The only requirement is that they are potty-trained. The Cubbies memorize Bible verses and have some neat hands-on projects to do with mom or dad. During the evening, Cubbies learning about our great God through a Bible story lesson, playing games, eating a special snack, and enjoying a puppet show.

Sparks

Sparks is a club for boys and girls who are in Kindergarten, First Grade, or Second Grade. The Sparks are divided into those three different age brackets during the evening. During the evening, the Sparks have Green Meadow Time (a Bible lesson), Sparkle Time (Handbook memory and recitation), and Game Time. The Sparks also have special sections in their books in which they get to do projects with mom or dad.

T and T (Truth and Training)

T and T encompasses four clubs:

· Girls 3rd & 4th grades
· Girls 5th & 6th grades
· Boys 3rd & 4th grades
· Boys 5th & 6th grades

The four T and T books include sections of Bible memory, Bible study, special activities, and creative humor. Each evening, the T and T clubs have a Bible lesson, handbook time which includes Bible memory verses, and game time.

AWANA Specifics:

· Our AWANA club is run through Faith Baptist Church in Hamilton, NJ.
· We meet every Tuesday from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, beginning in early September.
· Each evening of AWANA is accompanied by a nightly theme. Themes may include: black out night, store night, pudding night, measles night, popcorn night, pizza night, backwards night, or Bible Hero night.
· We have some special activities that we do every year: AWANA Olympics, Sparks-A-Rama, AWANA Grand Prix, and AWANA Camp.
· The clubbers in all of the clubs learn memory verses and recite memory work to earn awards.
· Our clubbers each wear a club specific uniform. The uniform demonstrates which club they belong to and what awards they have received.
· To find out more about our AWANA club, you can visit us on the web at www.FBCchurch.org, e-mail our commander at Awana@FBCchurch.org, or call Faith Baptist Church at 609-585-9186.

AWANA Calendar 2008-2009

Date	Theme	Description
September
Sept. 2nd	Opening Night	Everyone that comes gets an ice cream sandwich
Sept. 9th	Pasta Night	Come and play some messy games with pasta
Sept. 16th	Buddy Night	Bring a friend and receive an AWANA memento
Sept. 23rd	In Your Face Night	One clubber in each group w/ the most sections puts a pie in ?’s face
Sept. 30th	Store Night	The very first store night
October
Oct. 7th	Backwards Night	Wear and do everything backwards
Oct. 14th	Cotton Candy Night	Everyone can eat or take home some cotton candy
Oct. 21st	Parents’ Night	Parents and grandparents are invited to club
Oct. 28th	Store Night	Snack / Candy / Drinks Store
November
Nov. 4th	Candy Bar Crazies	Scavenger hunt during game time
Nov. 11th	Veterans’ Night BlueNight	Dress in red, white, and blue or camoflage for Veterans’ Day
Nov. 18th	Armed Forces Night	Making care packages for our soldiers
Nov. 25th	Craft Store Night	The store will be selling crafts or craft kits
December
Dec. 2nd	Measles Night	Every section said will get a measles sticker on clubbers and leaders
Dec. 9th	Christmas Carol Night	Each club will sing Christmas carols as a ministry
Dec. 16th	Christmas Party Night	Christmas parties
Dec. 23rd	Vacation	No AWANA - Keep Christ in Christmas!
Dec. 30th	Vacation	No AWANA - Have a wonderful New Year!
January
Jan. 6th	Chips Night	Everyone gets a bag of chips for coming back to AWANA
Jan. 13th	Create A Hat Night	Make or bring a hat. Prizes for winners!
Jan. 20th	Olympics	T & T Olympics, Sparks and Cubbies make a food project
Jan. 27th	Store Night	Store Night
February
Feb. 3rd	Sparks A Rama	Sparks A Rama for Sparks and T & T make a food project
Feb. 10th	Old Car Night	Bring an old car to race in the closing
Feb. 17th	Bible Quizzing Night	During the Bible lesson we will do some AWANA Bible Quizzing
Feb. 24th	Pudding Night	Everyone receives a pudding cup
March
Mar. 3rd	Store Night	Snack / Candy / Drinks Store
Mar. 10th	Picture / Poster Night	Make and bring a picture or poster about AWANA
Mar. 17th	Scrumdillyitious Night	Everyone who does two or more sections gets a brownie sundae
Mar. 24th	Ocean Night	Bring an ocean stuffed animal. Prizes for winners!
Mar. 31st	Youth Group Night	The FBC youth group will be with us in various capacities
April
Apr. 7th	Dress Your Leader Night	Everyone can bring something to dress their leader in
Apr. 14th	Vacation	No AWANA - Have a Blessed Easter
Apr. 21st	Store Night	Last Store Night - Spend It All!
Apr. 28th	Awards Night	Awards in the Auditorium - Ice cream sundaes in the Fellowship Hall

Important Dates to Remember

Sat, Oct. 4th	AWANA Ministry Conference
November	Verse Challenge Month
Tues, Jan. 20th	Awana Olympics - T&T groups (*Double game time for T&T Jan. 6th and Jan. 13th)
Tues, Feb. 3rd	Sparks-A-Rama - Sparks
Sat, Feb. 21st	AWANA Bible Quizzing
Sat, Mar. 14th	Grand Prix
Apr. 17 & 18th	Awana Camp - 2nd thru 6th

AWANA Worker Meeting Dates - 3rd Sunday Eve. of most months
Please plan to be there - if there is a conflict let Kevin or Doreen know.

Sept. 14th * Sunday evening after church
Oct. 19th Sunday evening after church
Nov. 16th Sunday evening after church
Jan. 18th Sunday evening after church - Emphasis: Olympics / Sparks-A-Rama
Feb. 15th Sunday evening after church - Emphasis: Grand Prix
Mar. 15th Sunday evening after church - Emphasis: AWANA Camp
Apr. 19th Sunday evening after church - Emphasis: Awards night
May 3rd * Sunday evening after church - Year-in-Review (Directors and Secretaries only)

*Not a 3rd Sunday