Shawn Thornton, Senior Pastor of Calvary Community Church in Westlake Village, CA spoke on ReThink ——————————————————————– Shawn helped taught us to rethink our role in Awana. So often we focus on our role in Awana and making it through the night. He helped us to rethink who we are here on Earth. Ambassadors are: – … [Read more…]
Larry Fowler Executive Director of Global Training spoke on: Recalibrate What’s your job in Awana? It is not a Spark’s leader, etc… but to get the Word of God into the heart of a child Simply reciting the verse is not the target. Remembering is a better target Target is not long term memory, it … [Read more…]
Jonathan Falwell gave the keynote on Generation after Generation. He gave us six things we must pass on to the next generation: 1) Absolute commitment to God’s Word Youth today see the Bible similar to a text book. Teaching us how to live our lives and not as the Word of God 2) culture of … [Read more…]
This is an example of working with a special needs child and how communication is key for the success of reaching the child and the family. Several years ago, a young boy who we’ll call “J” came to our church and Awana Club. “J” is on the autism scale and though he is what I would … [Read more…]
No one is perfect and the reason for this series of posts is to share mistakes I have made in ministry in hopes that you will learn from my mistakes, as well as my successes. If we do not learn from the past, then we are bound to repeat it. I pray that you never … [Read more…]