Summer/Fall Awana at MFBC

Another Jengacrash is always popular but now we move on to other activities.

Mrs Becky led us in thinking about the Bible and preparing for a series on learning the books of the Bible.

After our pledges, the Awana group settled in for snack time. Johnny Huffman and Tony Mode accompany them.

Mrs Becky starts the new summer series on learning the books of the Bible. She distributed cards with the names of the Bible books.

Each Awana student was given some cards with Bible book names. They began to lay out these cards from the Old Testament in order, starting with Genesis.

Now each Awana was given a Bible and time to study the list of the Old Testament books so they could lay out the Bible book cards in the proper order.

Next they checked out the list of Old Testament books and learned how to search for verses.

The Awanas continued to study the list of books in the Bible through the Old Testament and then the New Testament

We finished this session by asking some questions about the Bible books and encouraged them to learn to recite the books in order.

At the end of this session we had time for individual questions and discussion of how to read and value God's Word.

The Awanas enjoy Bingo as part of the opening recreation.

After our sessions on memorizing the books of the Bible, we engaged the Awanas on the floor puzzle of the books of the Bible. This made use of what they had learned.

A closer look at the Awana group working on the Bible Books puzzle.

Billy Ridgway works with a group of Awanas who are looking up answers to Bible questions.

Johnny Huffman and Tony Mode work with another group of Awanas who are finding answers to questions in the Bible.

Billy's group worked well at finding scripture verses.

After this Scripture study they were all rewarded with a snack time.

For opening recreation the "stacking cups" game was chosen

The challenge is to make the cup stack as tall as possible

As we start the Awana meeting, Laura Mode and Johnny Huffman gather the group for pledges to American and Awana flag and the Bible .

Johnny Huffman organizes the process, standing us, picking an Awana to lead, and then seating us for the Awana pledge.

The Awana program makes it a practice to recognize birthdays and to sing "Happy Birthday".

The "stacking cups" game is popular for the introductory recreation time.

The challenge is to make the cup stack as tall as possible

We start the Awana meeting with pledges to American and Awana flag and the Bible. Johnny Huffman organizes the process.

This was an exciting night with one of the largest groups of advancements we have had. With 3 Sparks Awanas and 8 T&T Awanas being recognized for Scripture learning we were very proud.

We had a large group in attendance to continue the study of Genesis and God's creative actions.

Johnny Huffman stands us up and chooses an Awana to lead the pledges to the American and Awana flags and the pledge to the Bible.

After the pledges, Becky Ridgway, explains the agenda and moves us toward the presentation of achievement awards

We had three Spark Awanas who were recognized for advances in learning Bible verses.

We added two T&T Awanas who had made advances in Bible learning. A night of advancement that we could be proud of.

The first few minutes are given to the Awanas as a recreation time, which might be a variety of building kits.

The Awana boys and girls are enthusiastic about this time and the cups and Jenga blocks are popular choices.

Then there is the call to put up the building materials and prepare the group for the Awana session.

Johnny Huffman chooses an Awana to lead the pledges.This is the pledge to the Awana flag, done after the pledge to the American flag. Leaders Teresa Lamb, Betty Archer, Laura Mode, Tony Mode, Becky Ridgway and Johnny Huffman are seen in the circle of the pledge.

This is the pledge to the Bible. The Awana leading the pledge holds the Bible in front of himself.

After being seated and doing the Awana Pledge, Johnny Huffman questions the leader about his favorites as a strategy for getting the Awana boys and girls to know each other better, like "What is your favorite food?"

The Awana leaders are present and participating in this significant beginning of the Awana meetings. Bpb Wade, Ricky Ridgway, Barbara Porter, Leigh Miller, Teresa Lamb, Betty Archer, Laura Mode, Tony Mode.

The top priority is the spiritual growth of the boys and girls in Awana, as Becky's shirt says "Teaching Kids about Jesus is the best job ever". This young Awana girl has just earned her red Sparks vest by learning some of the truths from the Bible.

This was an amazing night when seven of our youngest Awana boys and girls have earned recognition by learning and reciting Bible truths

Becky leads this part of the Awana meeting, and it is good for all the Awanas, the younger Sparka Awanas and the older T&T Awanas, to participate in the honoring of the advancements in Bible learning.

Later, Becky teaches the younger Sparks group of the Awanas.

Given a choice of activity, the Awana boys are active in their beginning recreation time.

Some of the Awanas choose the coloring and drawing option at the table.

Johnny Huffman chooses an Awana to lead the pledges to the American and Awana flags and to the Bible.

All of us join the pledges. Awana leaders shown are Ricky Ridgway, Leigh Miller, Tony Mode, Laura Mode, Johnny Huffman, Becky Ridgway.

Becky Ridgway opens the meeting with the Awanas seated, and outlines the agenda for the evening.

We move to the time of recognizing advancements in Bible learning. Becky explains the additions to this Awana's red Sparks vest to indicate the results of her learning and saying Bible verses.

We honored the advancements in Bible learning for one Sparks Awana and three T&T Awanas.

After the advancements Becky explains the agenda for the meeting and has prayer before moving to snacks and then small group time where we work on learning scriptures.

The Sparks Awanas move to large group time with Becky next where she uses the posters to teach about God's plans to deal with sin and develop a special people.

The Awanas had enjoyed the stacking cups, but they were in for a surprise tonight to discover the "large stacking cups"! They jumped right in to make large stacks!

The Awana boys and girls jumped right in to do creative things with the big cups.

They made a big stack by the teaching poster for our lesssons

We moved to the pledges to the flags and to the Bible and then the response to the Awana pledge

Then there was the quiz by Johnny about favorites to get to know this Awana better.

Next was the presentation of the vests and recognition of achievement in Bible study.

An outstanding group of six of the younger Spark Awanas were recognized for hard work in memorizing and reciting Bible verses.

Another outstanding group of six composed of the older T&T Awanas was recognized for their dedicated work in Bible learning. With a total of twelve students honored for their work, this was a night to be proud of.