As summer quickly approaches and plans are made for Vacation Bible Schools and summer camps, I always wonder how churches handle their ministries. Does your Awana club work with, or against, other ministries in the church and even other children’s ministries? It has always been a goal of mine to integrate the children’s ministries together … [Read more…]
If you’re like me, then it is inevitable that as a clubber approaches the “bring a friend section” in their handbooks, that they begin to look for alternatives. I recently had a clubber ask me, “are there verses I can learn or something?” Now while learning verses like the great commission that instruct us to … [Read more…]
So as we minister to children and try to train them in the things of God, we find that there are times when the focus becomes an item, or a goal, and not the desire to learn the things of God. When we notice that the focus is becoming the incentive or an item, then … [Read more…]
Yes, I have been working on a new CommanderBill.net community. I hope it will be more interactive, allowing members of the community to post what worked well with their theme nights and what needed to be “tweaked”. By sharing our successes and failures, I am hopeful that it will strengthen all of our ministries. The … [Read more…]
So I was wandering around the Awana web site yesterday. As I entered the Resources & Tools (A.R.T.) area I was amazed to see something new called the Awana Club Clinic. Here is what the site says about the Club Clinic: “Does your club need a boost? A fresh infusion of energy? A new way of … [Read more…]