by: Melissa Garris PPT by: Gary Bodenschatz Last year our end of year Awards Ceremony was quite a hit. We modeled the entire ceremony after the game show “Are you Smarter Than a 5th grader”, but we called it “Are you Smarter Than an Awana Clubber?” We had three main segments… “Are you Smarter … [Read more…]
If you “like me” on FaceBook, or follow me on Twitter, then you probably saw comments about my Awana closing program. It is always good to review and evaluate the things we do, and so this year, I will post my personal evaluation of our closing program here this year in hopes that it helps … [Read more…]
As I put the final touches on the Awana closing celebration, different obstacles are presenting themselves. The latest is a technical issue. Things seldom go exactly the way we would like them to go and we may refer about going to “Plan B”. That’s what I’ve stated lately, I’m looking at Plan B and C … [Read more…]
Many clubs try to make their closing awards program a “big” production. This year I may be going a little overboard, and I’m doing that for several reasons, but that’s not the reason for this post. When planning your closing program, you need to consider many factors, especially if you have children with special needs. … [Read more…]
This may only be November, but I have been thinking about and planning our closing awards program (held in May) for a couple of months now. This week I am confirming some aspects of it and it is 5 months away! Some people may think I’m crazy for planning so far in advance, but really, … [Read more…]