Pictured above are Awana handbooks from 1961 to the present. These handbooks encompass my entire lifetime. Let me show some of the timeline to give you some perspective. Going from left to right (oldest to current): Copyright 1953, Second Printing 1961 This was actually the second book for “Pals” (i.e. 9 year olds) – … [Read more…]
The Awana year is coming to a close and clubs are beginning to plan for the 2017-18 Awana year. Some clubs may be looking at changing from paper record-keeping to a computer/web based system or you may be looking at switching the record-keeping database that you use. Each year we contact the main software developers, … [Read more…]
I was brought to your children’s ministry by a friend. I may have taken the attention of my friend more than I should have during your lesson and because of that, you asked my friend to never bring me back to your ministry. You banned me from being there. As I travel around the many … [Read more…]
Easter is a time that we gather with family and for those of us who follow Jesus, it is a special time to remember all that He did for us. In my family, since my father passed away, it generally falls to me to prayer before meals. This year, my young great nieces were given … [Read more…]
I was watching a message online a few weeks ago and the speaker referenced that he was going to use a “real” Bible. What he meant by a real Bible was a hard copy, that he was not reading it from a tablet or an iPad. I was doing an Awana training a few years … [Read more…]