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…]
As the Awana year begins, you may find yourself faced with a child who has special needs. The statistics are that you will probably, at some point in time, have a child with a special need. Special needs come in many forms, and there is no one way to run a program with a special … [Read more…]