As Awana wraps up for the year and Vacation Bible School (VBS or whatever you may call your summer program) becomes the focus, are you doing anything to connect the ministries? Have you promoted it in your Awana club? Will they “plug” Awana to the children who attend? Or does each ministry stand alone and … [Read more…]
I once attended a church wherer Awana would draw about 100 children on a typical Wednesday night and once Awana ended for the summer, the program that replaced it drew 10 children. I always wondered why? Was it because the leadership accepted that children wouldn’t come during the summer? Was it a poorly run program? … [Read more…]
There is a question I have learned to like, that many parents and leaders in children’s ministry may dislike. That question? ………. WHY? WHY…. ….. do you do what you do? ….. have Vacation Bible School? ….. have Sunday School? ….. does attendance to midweek children’s ministry drop so drastically during the summer? ….. do we … [Read more…]
We will be celebrating Memorial Day this weekend in the U.S. The day is set aside to remember those who sacrificed their lives for the country and the freedoms the country claims. For some, there is no remembranceof those who lost their lives defending the U.S., just a day off from work, a time to … [Read more…]
Over the last week I watched as several people mocked and joked about the predicted rapture of the church. Sunday morning as I awoke, I wondered if we (the Church) had missed an opportunity to invite others to church or to share with them the love of God and Truth of His Word. Would there … [Read more…]