AWANA Handbook. FSBC, Salina (785) :15pm 8:00pm August 22 th through May 8 th

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1 AWANA Handbook FSBC, Salina (785) :15pm 8:00pm August 22 th through May 8 th

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3 Dear AWANA Parent(s), I wanted to take just a moment to thank you for having your child(ren) participate in First Southern Baptist Church s AWANA Program. I am so excited about our AWANA year. I have no doubt God has many great things planned for our ministry this year. I also wanted to commend you for getting involved with AWANA. I have three grown children and all of them were involved in AWANA. The ministry was able to lay an amazing biblical foundation in each of their lives. To this day, they still know many verses they hid in their hearts years ago. I am so happy you have chosen to have your child(ren) involved in AWANA too. If you already have a home church, I would encourage you to continue there. Feel free to use our AWANA ministry as a supplement to your family ministry. If you do not have a church home you attend regularly or you are new to Salina, please accept this as your open invitation to worship with us on any Sunday morning. We have Bible Study every Sunday morning at 9:00 am. There is a class geared for every person in the family. At 10:30, we join together in worship of our great God and King. To help facilitate the worship of the parents, we do have a Kid s Worship service geared to your kids during our regular service. For more information, check out our website at If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. I will enclose my contact information below. It s going to be a great AWANA year. I have no doubt it will be a very rewarding time for you and your family. In Christ, Greg Savage Senior Pastor First Southern Baptist Church John 3:30 gsavage@fsbcsalina.com Cell: (620)

4 AWANA Calendar 8- August Registration 15- August Registration 22- August Tie Dye Day 29-August Twin Night(Dress like a friend) 5- September AWANA Love Offering 12- September What I Want To Be When I Grow Up (Dress up) 19- September M&M (Me and my friend) 26-September Favorite Team(Wear Team Apparel) 3- October AWANA Love Offering 10- October Duct Tape Night 17- October MisMatched Night(shoes, socks, etc.) 24- October Pastor Appreciation Night/ Pumpkin Night (wear orange) 31- October NO AWANA Reach out to your neighbors. 7- November Red, White and Blue Night (USA) AWANA Love Offering 14- November Pajama Night 21- November Thanksgiving Break( No AWANA) 28- November Measles Night (Focus on Completion of verses) 5- December AWANA Love Offering 12- December Noah/Stuffed Animal Night 19- December Crazy Hair Night 26- December Christmas Break (No AWANA) 2- January Christmas Break (No AWANA) 9- January AWANA Love Offering Backwards Night 16- January Tootsie Roll Night (For verses ) 23- January Souper Bowl Canned Food Drive (Food Bank) 30- January Hat Night (Favorite Hat) 6- February AWANA Love Offering 13- February Conversation Heart Night 20- February Crazy Sock Night 27- February Pajama Night 6- March AWANA Love Offering 13- March Spring Break (NO AWANA) 20- March Glow Stick Night (Wear Glow Sticks) 27- March Camo Night 3- April AWANA Love Offering 10- April Leader/Listener Appreciation Night 17- April Crazy Night (Hair, socks, hat, glasses) 24- April Promotion Night (Focus on completing book) 1-May Pizza Night (bring $2.50) 8- May Award Night

5 Staff Directory Senior Pastor- Greg Savage- Associate Pastor Lane Mills- Club Commander- Ryan Kejr- Club Secretary- Cindy Bray- Cubbies Leader- Amanda Fox- Sparks Leader- Jenny Kejr- T&T Girls Leader- Roberta Mugler- T&T Boys Leader John Harvey- Trek Leader- Karla Humfeld- Uniforms/Books/Bibles As always, we want to make our club more uniform, and are asking that our students wear their uniform, bring their book, and Bible to AWANA every night. Each club will have its own incentive for students to reach the goal. Once the participation goal is reached, students will receive a reward. Since we are asking our student to be in uniform, we will also be asking our workers to either wear a club shirt, or an AWANA lanyard. This will help you be able to identify our workers and know who to ask questions if questions arise. Drop Off/Pick UP In order to create a safer environment for our AWANA club members, we ask that you follow the drop-off pick-up procedures outlined below. Please do not drop off before 6:05 pm and pick up is at 8:00pm Cubbies and Sparks will be signed in and out of the youth room. T & T Boys will be dropped off and picked up in the fellowship hall. T & T Girls will be dropped off and picked up in the choir room. Trek will be asked to report to the youth room and will be dismissed from there without a parental pick-up. Please use the doors facing Magnolia for drop off and pick up, as the other doors may be locked.

6 Game Time Game Time is a 30-minute period that promotes teamwork and fun competition. Game Time usually provides many teachable moments and helps the students improve their character in a competitive environment. Please have your child wear tennis shoes. Love Offering The first Wednesday night of each month is designated love offering night. All of the offering money collected goes directly to our AWANA missionary, Tyler O Donnell. Tyler and his wife Katie serve the AWANA clubs in Wichita and surrounding areas. The money that is collected goes directly to them for their use to help start new clubs, and offer support to clubs that need support. If you have any questions about Tyler or his ministry, you can him at tylero@awana.org. Wednesday Night Meals/Reservations/Cost We do serve meals on Wednesday night. The meal begins at 5:15. If you plan to bring your family for the meal, please call to make a reservation with the church office by noon on Monday. The cost of the meal is $5 for adult and youth, $3 for school age, $1 for preschool and under- $15 max per family. Cancellation Information In the event of inclement weather, we will use the FSBC Facebook page, , Channel 12, and KSAL radio to notify you that AWANA is cancelled for the night. Discipline We use 3-count for discipline. A leader will forewarn the clubber that he/she is going to get a 3 count for whatever standard is being broken. If a student gets a 3 count in one night, the clubber will be placed with the commander for the evening. The commander will notify the parent/guardian of the behavior and the action that was taken by the club. The student will be welcomed back the next week to try again. If problems continue, a discipline plan will be put in place for the clubber. Reward Plan Each club will have their own reward/incentive plan that will be based on behavior, uniforms, books, and Bibles. Weekly If you are interested in receiving a weekly for updates, please provide your address. AWANA Cell Phone Policy For kids in Cubbies, Sparks, and T&T we ask parents to keep cell phones and tablets at home. If the child brings a cell phone or tablet we will check-in their phone in a secure location, and they can pick them up at the end of the night. Students in Trek can bring a cell phone or tablet unless they become a distraction. If you need your child during AWANA, please call the church office (785) This phone will be manned on Wednesday nights.

7 Ages 3-5 Cubbies is the AWANA club for 3, 4, & 5 year olds. Your preschooler will hear a Bible story, play games, sing songs and do a craft all centered around the weeks Bible verse. Memorization is not stressed, however repetition and integration into the weekly activities is how your child will learn the truths of the Bible and the Good News of the Gospel. All Cubbies must be 3years old and potty-trained by August 31 st to enroll. We do have snacks each Wednesday Night, so please be looking for the sign-up sheet to help us out. Date Bear Hug Verse 8/22 Bear Hug A 1 John 4:10 8/29 Bear Hug B Jesus loves me motto 9/5 Bear Hug 1 Romans 3:23 9/12 Bear Hug 2 Romans 5:8 9/19 Bear Hug 3 Revelation 4:11 9/26 Bear Hug 4 Psalm 139:14 10/3 Bear Hug 5 Ephesians 6:1 10/17 Bear Hug 6 Review 10/24 Bear Hug 7 Matthew 4:10 10/31 NO AWANA Halloween 11/7 Bear Hug 8 Jeremiah 10:10 11/14 Special Day 1 Psalm 100:4 11/21 NO AWANA Thanksgiving 11/28 Bear Hug 9 Psalm 31:14 12/5 Bear Hug 10 Review 12/12 Bear Hug 11 John 10:27 12/19 Special Day 2 Christmas 12/26 NO AWANA Christmas Break

8 1/2 NO AWANA Christmas Break 1/9 Bear Hug 12 Isaiah 53:6 1/16 Bear Hug 13 Psalm 23:4 1/23 Bear Hug 15 Mathew 1:21 1/30 Bear Hug 16 1 John 5:11 2/6 Bear Hug 17 Matthew 6:11 2/13 Special Day 3 Valentine s Day 2/20 Bear Hug 19 1 John 4:14 2/27 Bear Hug 20 1Timothy 1:15 3/6 Bear Hug 21 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 3/13 NO AWANA Spring Break 3/20 Bear Hug 22 Review 3/27 Bear Hug 23 Mark 16:15 4/3 Bear Hug 24 Romans 10:15 4/10 Bear Hug 25 Acts 16:31 4/17 Special Day 3 Easter 4/24 Bear Hug 26 Review 5/1 Pizza Night $2.50 each child 5/8 Awards Night

9 Kindergarten-2nd Grade The Sparks section is quite a switch from Cubbies. Instead of the kids all doing the book together throughout the year they do it at their own pace. To get through the book it is recommended to try and learn two verses each week. Each Sparky will receive the Flight 3:16 Entrance Booklet their first week and will finish it the following week. After they have finished the booklet they will get their book for the year. First year Sparks will start in the green HangGlider book. If they get through it early in the year they will have time to go back and do the marked review verses. Once that is done and if enough time is left in the year, they will have an extra credit book, HangGlider Frequent Flyer, they can do. follow. Second year Sparks book is the blue WingRunner book, with the review and WingRunner Frequent Flyer book to Third year is the red SkyStormer book that is followed by review and the SkyStormer Frequent Flyer book. Generally Kindergartens are first year Sparks, but if a 1st or 2nd grader is starting for the first time they will still receive the HangGlider book. Once they have finished that book they will be given the second year book and so on to get caught up with their grade. In each book there are different sections to pass and once they do, they will receive a jewel or patch to put on their red vest. They will get the jewel the week after they have completed that section during closing ceremony. The back of their books shows where the jewel goes on the vest. Other awards for finishing the books will be given at the end of the year award ceremony.

10 3rd-6th Grade What is T&T? T&T is an acronym for Truth and Training. Students are separated into a club for boys and a club for girls. The T&T Club time is broken down into four periods, Game Time, Bible Verse Time, Small Group, and Large Group. Each period has a different goal that will keep the students learning and allow the students to enjoy the evening. Game Time is a 30 minute period that promotes teamwork, and fun competition. Game Time usually provides many teachable moments and helps the students improve their character in a competitive environment. Bible Verse Time is a 20 minute period that allows the students to memorize and recite scripture. Reciting Bible verses is the one of the main goals of AWANA and as the students work through the handbook the students will be rewarded for their accomplishments. Our hope is that the student will be equipped with scripture for the rest of their life. Small Group Time is a 20 minute period that allows students to work with a mentor to understand the handbook lesson and Bible passages. Understanding scripture is a huge part of T&T. Small Group Time is focused to allow mentors to pray and teach the Bible to groups of 4 to 6 students. The Bible is more than just a book it equips us for every day, trains us how to respond to the others and reveals God, so we can know and follow Jesus. Large Group Time is a 20 minute period that focuses the evening on the handbook lesson and Bible passage. During Large Group Time the entire T&T club is brought together to learn about the Bible. Typically the evening will have a theme such as, Jesus the Savior, God as Creator, or Grace in Action, and Large Group Time will highlight the theme and challenge the students to think how the Biblical Truth applies to their life on Wednesday and every other day. Prayer Request: Please pray that we teach the truth of Jesus gospel with courage and train the students to follow him. Please call or if you have any questions or comments.

11 Agents of Grace- In this handbook T&T kids will explore some of the fundamental doctrines of Christianity! In these 32 lessons, they will spend time learning about the character and nature of God, the structure and sequence of the Bible, the redemption narrative, and key discipleship practices! Each section includes an introductory activity, a Bible study, a prayer section guiding them specifically how to pray for different countries in the world, and optional extra credit opportunities to dive deeper in their scripture memory and study of God s word. Kids will also be challenged to memorize the books of the Bible, and to bring a friend to their T&T club. Date Lesson Title Memory Verse Key Thought Start Zone 8/22 The Gospel Ephesians 2:8-9 God Created, man sinned, Jesus saves. 8/29 The Bible Romans 10:17 The Bible is Special, and you can learn how to read it. Unit 1- God is 9/5 1.1 God is Our Savior Titus 3:4-5 We can t be saved by anything we do. God alone can be our Savior. 9/ God is our Hope Romans 15:13 God s hope is being sure that He says will happen, will definitely happen. 9/ God is our 1 John 2:1 God is with us, supports us, and speaks for us. Advocate 9/ God is our Psalm 46:1 God is our strength when we are weak. Strength 10/3 1.5 God is our Peace John 16:33 God has promised to be our peace if we have a relationship with Him. 10/ Unit 1 Review (All Unit 1 verses) Unit 2- The Bible 10/ The Bible is God s Revelation Romans 1:20 Everything God wants you to know He has revealed it to you in the Bible. 10/ The Bible is 2 Timothy 3:16-17 God is the author of the Bible God s Inspired Word 10/31 NO AWANA Halloween 11/7 2.3 The Bible Lights Our Path John 14:26 The more time you spend learning about God, the more the Holy Spirit will help you understand. 11/ The Bible is True and Useful Psalm 12:6 God gave us the Bible to know how to have a relationship with Him. 11/21 NO AWANA Thanksgiving Break 11/ The Bible is the Standard 2 Peter 3:2 The Holy Spirit told the prophets and apostles what to write. 12/5 2.6 The Bible is Trustworthy 2 Peter 1:16 The Bible is the authority I can read when I have questions. 12/ Hebrews 4:12 The Bible is not like any other book you will ever read. 12/ Unit 2 Review (All Unit 2 Verses)

12 Date Lesson Title Memory Verse Key Thought 12/26 NO AWANA Christmas Break 1/2 NO AWANA Christmas Break Unit 3- Jesus I Am 1/9 3.1 I am the Bread of Life John :6:35 We all have to decide that Jesus is the Bread of Life and the only way to receive eternal life. 1/ I Am the Light of the World John 8:12 Following Jesus begins with the simple step of accepting Jesus as your savior. 1/ I Am the Gate John 10:7 We must walk through the door. 1/ I Am the Good Shepherd John 10:14 As the Good Shepherd, Jesus protects us and knows us. 2/6 3.5 I Am the John 11:25 Jesus is life and has power over death and sin. Resurrection and the Life 2/ I Am the Way, the Truth, and the John 11:25 When life is scary you can trust that Jesus is the only way to God. Life 2/ & 3.8 Unit 3 Review John 15: 5 (All Unit 3 verses) By getting to know God better, you can become more like Jesus. Unit 4- Agents of 2/ Agents of Courage Joshua 1:9 When you focus on God and trust Him, He will give you courage. 3/6 4.2 Agents of Philippians 2:3 You need to accept Jesus to be humble. Humility 3/13 NO AWANA Spring Break 3/ Agents of Wisdom James 1:5 God speaks through His Word and we need to study it. 3/ Agents of Obedience John 14:15 When you choose to obey, you are loving and honoring God. 4/3 4.5 Agents of Honor Romans 12:10 You won t always feel like helping others, but when you do you honor God. 4/ Agents of Hope Psalm 43:5 When you depend on God you can do what He says because He will give us strength. 4/ Agents of Grace 1 Corinthians 15:10 You can only do what God has called you to do because of His grace. 4/ Unit 4 Review (All Unit 4 Verses) 5/1 Pizza Night Finish Handbook 5/8 Awards Night

13 7th - 8th Grade The goal of Trek is to equip our young teens in the Gospel. Our group verse is 1 Timothy 4:12 Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity. The book we will be using this year is His Story. We begin with an opening to personalize the lesson. Then the lesson is taught and we go over how they filled in the questions in their book. We then divide up to recite the memory verse. Finally, we play a game. Date Lesson Verse 8/ John 1:1-3 8/ Romans 4:17 9/5 1.3 Genesis 1:27 9/ Job 38:4, / Mark 10:6 9/ Genesis 1:26 10/3 1.7 Genesis 1:31 10/10 Review Say all Unit 1 Verses 10/ Peter 5:8 10/ Corinthians 10:13 10/31 NO AWANA Halloween 11/7 2.3 Genesis 3:4-5 11/ Hebrews 4:13 11/21 NO AWANA Thanksgiving Break 11/ Romans 5:12 12/5 2.6 Ephesians 2:12 12/ & Review Hebrews 9:22 & Say all Unit 2 Verses 12/ Genesis 7:15 12/26 NO AWANA Christmas Break 1/2 NO AWANA Christmas Break 1/9 3.2 Genesis 22: / Exodus 6:6 1/ Isaiah 9:7 1/ John 1:14,17 2/6 3.6 Hebrews 9:15 2/ Corinthians 15:3-4 2/20 Review Say All Unit 3 Verses 2/ Acts 1:9 3/6 4.2 Acts 2:42 3/13 No AWANA Spring Break 3/ Acts 9:18 3/ Philippians 3:12 4/ Thessalonians 4: / Corinthians 5:10 4/ Revelation 21:3-4 4/24 Review Say all Unit 4 Verses 5/1 Pizza and Starlite Golf Bring $2.50 for pizza 5/8 Award Night

14 Cost/Dues Cubbies Item # to order Size Cost Vest $ Honeycomb $ Handbook Sparks Item # to order Size Cost Vest SM M L XL 2X 3X $ Hang Glider Book $ Wing Runner Book $ Sky Stormer Book $ T & T Item # to order Size Cost Green Shirt 3rd-4th AS AM AL AX $ Blue Shirt 5th-6th YM YL AS AM AL AX $ Agents of Grace $ Trek Item # to order Size Cost Shirt AS AM AL AX A2X $ Book His Story $11.00 Club Dues = $18.00 per Child ($54 family limit) $18.00 X = $ Children $ Children Total Due= Scholarships available by request. Contact Cindy or the church