AWANA NEWS!!!!!!

It's a busy week! (Remember there is no Wed night supper this week.)

T&T - Grand Prix time!!  All racers need to be in the gym with their cars between 5:30 - 5:45 for weigh in.  Races start promptly at 6.  Everybody's car will race at least 4 times.  The top 8 cars will race in semifinal matches (also 4 times each).  Then the top 4 cars will race 4 times each to determine the winner.  Trophies will be given for the top 3 fastest cars, for a kids' choice on design and for a judges' choice on design.

Parents and family members are encouraged to come cheer on your racer!

**After this week you only have 4 more weeks to finish your book**  The T&T March Madness Memory Verse challenge will finish on April 10.  Winners will be announced on April 17.

Sparks - Sparks will be dropped off and picked up from the opposite side of the gym this week.  They will be upstairs over the hallway side for both drop-off and pick up.  Sparks will get to see the Grand Prix races for 30 minutes in the middle of their Awana time.  Sparks are welcome to attend all of the races if a parent is with them the whole time.

**Including this week, you have 5 weeks to say verses and finish your books.**

Cubbies - You will be having a race themed night as well, racing cars and becoming race cars.  Cubbies are welcome to attend all of the races if a parent is with them the whole time.

Can't wait to see you all on Wed night.  Please feel free to email me with any questions you have about the Grand Prix race.

IMPORTANT REMINDER:  We won't be having Awanas next week due to Spring Break.

Cathy Davenport

Awana Commander

Awana News:   

March 20 

T&T and Sparks - special Mission Time this week (rescheduled because of snow).  Our wonderful WMU ladies will be back this week to tell our clubbers all about Annie Armstrong and the offering we take up at Easter time.   

Cubbies - Bear Hug #21   

March 27

** Next week will be our Awana Grand Prix.  All 3rd - 6th graders are invited to make a car to enter into the races.  Car kits are available in the Awana office for $5 **

** Only cars made from an Awana Grand Prix car kit can be entered into the races.  A new car must be made each year to enter. **   

April 3 - NO CLUB (Spring Break)  

Wednesday Activities Cancelled

Due to current conditions and incoming inclement conditions tonight, all Wednesday Evening Activites have been cancelled at both campuses for March 6, 2013. 

  

Don't forget to set your clocks forward 1 hour this Saturday, March 9th. 

Face Your Fear

at Colossal Coaster World VBS Training!!!

Please join us on Monday, March 11, 2013 to prepare

for our colossal adventure

and share ideas for some colossal fun.

We will meet at Indian Springs Baptist Church

5:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

After hearing Pastor Joel and Pastor Dave preach this past Sunday , I ran across this verse and encouraging word that I would like to share.

God Empowers You to Build His Kingdom

Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses . . . in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left. 2 Corinthians 6:4,7

All Christians have a responsibility both to practice and to proclaim their faith. Evangelism is not optional. But what about when hard times come? Don’t we get a break? Aren’t we exempt from the “Great Commission”—at least until our lives calm down?

Not really. Trials aren’t an excuse for not sharing our faith; on the contrary, they are an opportunity to speak out for God. The apostle Paul says as much in the passage above. It is during these times that God gives us the strength to endure in order to keep going in our task of kingdom building. In fact our endurance fuels our message.

Trials didn’t stop Paul from announcing the Good News; they should not deter us either.

Don't forget to check out our Upcoming Events Page.  We have a lot of opportunities where we can practice and share our faith through Parent's Night Out, CentriKid Camp, VBS and AWANA's.

Happy New Year to you and yours!!
Several weeks ago, I was reading the Bible, and I came across a verse that really spoke to me and I wanted to share with you.  The verse is from 3 John verse 4.  "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in truth."  As I read this verse, I was reminded how important it is to pray for my children.  Since the day God blessed us with our children, Roc and I began to pray for them.  We prayed for their salvation and God answered that prayer.  We pray for God to use them and let their lights shine in a dark world.  We pray that God would protect their hearts, minds and bodies. I will never forget the morning of August 30, 2010.  I prayed as I did every morning that God would protect Ro and Noah and keep them from harm.  A few hours later, I was sitting in a staff meeting and heard about a school shooting at Central High School, where Ro was a freshman at the time.  The Lord gave me a peace that Ro was okay.  I remembered praying just a few hours prior that God would protect him and He did.  Prayer is a powerful thing.  I believe in prayer and I pray for my children. I saw a sign one day and it read, "If you are not praying for your child, who is?"
My prayer for my children and for the precious children that God has entrusted to me as a Children's Minister is "that my children are walking in truth".
Remember to tell your children every day that you love them AND remember to pray for them.  God has entrusted them to your care.