Handbook time in Awana can be a source of stress for the leader and the clubber if not done properly. Recently, Awana added to their Club Clinic a video to help you train and remind your leaders about Handbook Section Standards which include the following: 1. Complete all requirements in one sitting 2. Two helps … [Read more…]
We all have them. A clubber who struggles to learn, or who knows that they get two helps and so they use them. But what is a help? A help is defined in the role books as “any sort of assistance that you give a clubber. A help should not include more than three … [Read more…]
This past Sunday night at our club, there was a boy struggling with a few verses in the Start Zone. I was busy during their handbook time, but I was able to break free to talk to him for a little bit to see if he needed help. He said he did want me to … [Read more…]
I am going through some evaluations from one of many fall conferences. As I am reading them (and I’m still going through them), a comment made by a workshop leader that was noted on the form really stood out to me. The workshop was on Handbook Time Ideas and I won’t name the workshop … [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…]