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Need a Reason to Work in Awana Again This Year?

Hey leaders,

I took a summer break from blogging; did anyone notice? Smile

Hopefully your summer break has been great! As another ministry year approaches, are you in search of a reason to work in Awana again?

Maybe not. Maybe you've been counting down the days until Awana starts since your Awards Night a couple of months back...praise the Lord! But if you are in need of some motivation, check out the recently released Awana Alumni Study.

Now if that doesn't light your fire, your wood's wet!

BTW, you may also find the study to be a helpful leader recruiting tool as you begin another year. For that matter, you may know people in other churches that would be encouraged by this and the rest of our Modern-day Joseph initiative.

At the end of the day, we all know that God does these amazing things in kids' lives. But how generous of Him to allow us a part in it!

Inside Info: Believe it or not, I've just been handed concept art for the cover of the Sparks WingRunner™ handbook for next year. In the meantime, I hope you're as excited about the new Sparks for this year as we are. (Incidentally, I heard last week that nearly 20,000 HangGlider™ handbooks have already been shipped to churches for use this fall. Our prayers go out with each one.)

Published Monday, July 28, 2008 11:00 AM by RedBlueGreenYellow

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Tuesday, August 05, 2008 9:11 AM by dwcash

# re: Need a Reason to Work in Awana Again This Year?

Thanks for the link to the survey results. It is so encouraging to know that we can be effective in fighting against the national trend of "church-raised" teens leaving the faith. But we can't do it alone, we must engage the parents!

-David
Friday, September 19, 2008 3:53 PM by puppynebula

# re: Need a Reason to Work in Awana Again This Year?

I think that the old books are a little bit better. Our church has already received both the new T&T books and the sparks books. on the first night this year, I saw the Hang glider on the check in desk, and my reaction was, "That's not Sparky".

What do you think?

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