It is my commitment to serve our living and personal God by building a program that rests on the foundation of the Midland Bible Children’s program, “Helping parents grow Godly kids,” and AWANA’s purpose, “Reaching boys and girls with the gospel of Christ that they might know, love and serve Him.”

I will seek every opportunity to express the Joy I experience due to a life trusting in Christ so our club is characterized by fun, laughter and the happiness that only the grace of God provides.

I have a great desire for a well structured club, scripture memorization, and a clear gospel message, but my deepest passion is FUN. Being a follower of God is exciting and unpredictable thanks to the Holy Spirit’s leading, and I want to help parents, leaders, and clubbers express the FUN of being a believer in Christ in their own lives.

– David Curtis, AWANA Commander

Want to know what it’s like at AWANA game time? Imagine this:

Four kids take off at the blow of a whistle into a dead sprint around the Awana circle. After one lap they pass the baton to one of their friends waiting with an outstretched arm. As the second kid grabs the baton and begins his own sprint, his teammates are cheering wildly on the sidelines. He hears them, but everything is a blur of energy and adrenaline. He finishes his own laps and turns to the final objective to bring his team to victory: his team’s pin standing up in the Circles interior; knock that down and they will be victorious. As he runs towards his goal, he notices a kid from an opposing team approaching their own pin. A photo finish, both kids extend their arms and reach for victory.

This is just a taste of what it’s like every week at Awana game time. This is the part of Awana most kids think of when they hear the word “fun.” There is a wide variety of Awana games played, and we do different ones each week to mix things up.

Knowing scripture and being able to recall it is a valuable asset for a disciple of Christ. It’s to this end that we task the children to memorize scripture verses from their Awana handbook each week. This is the portion of Awana most kids would consider “work.”

When the kids say the verses in a section of their book, the Awana leader assigned to your kids group signs off that section and gives the student an “Awana Buck.” (Awana Bucks are rewards given to kids for completing goals. They can be spent to buy prizes at the Awana Store.) If the student finishes two sections during Handbook Time, they are further rewarded by being allowed to go to the “bonus room.” The bonus room in a place where the kids can do fun activities and games for the remainder of handbook time.

As much as we love Game Time and Handbook Time, they are not as important to the mission and purpose of Awana as Council Time. During council time the children will be exposed to the Gospel, the good news of Jesus. Jesus is the reason we get together, we have fun and study. It’s during this portion of the evening that your kid will have the best opportunity to hear and respond to the saving message of Christ.