Awana Celebration
May 14 , 2025
We had our annual Awana Celebration on May 14 with the Awana Store afterward with prizes for achievement in Bible Study. |
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 | Pastor Doug Thompson welcomed the crowd of Awana boys and girls with their parents, Awana Leaders, and church members who came to celebrate with us. Our Awana Leader. Becky Ridgway was our Mistress of Ceremony. |
After the welcome, Awana Aliza led us in the pledges to the American and Awana flags and the Bible, the way we start all our Awana meetings. She is shown here with Becky Ridgway and Pastor Doug Thompson. Leigh Ridgway produced a slide show of Awana meetings and events on the screens.
Since our Awana Program is ongoing with the students making advancements, we started with current recognitions for Bible learning and reciting. The red vests are for the younger Sparks Awanas and the green for the older Truth & Training Awanas. |  |
 | We started with the youngest Awanas, who are called Cubbies and are in preschool. There were awards for achievement and attendance. Their leader is Wanda Willey. |
The next age division in Awanas is called Sparks and includes Kindergarten through the Second grade. The boys and girls receive certificates and other awards based on achievement.Billy Ridgway is one of the Awana leaders for the younger Sparks group. |  |
Teresa Lamb as one of the Sparks leaders presents special medal awards.
 | The oldest group of Awanas has the title Truth & Training and includes Grades Three to Five. |
The two Awanas on the left are receiving their T&T Alpha awards for completing their first year in T&T. They are shown alongside some of the Sparks Awanas.
Becky Ridgway discussed a recent study on the Attributes of God with this older group |  |
 | Becky continued the discussion with Aliza Roper who had done outstanding work in the Awana program |
Aliza on the left received a unique special award for her outstanding work. |  |
Aliza on the left holds her Timothy Trophy, awarded for the highest performance in the Bible Study curriculum of Awana.
| Becky continued the discussion with Aliza Roper who had done outstanding work in the Awana program |
The last major group award was in recognition of faithfulness in attendance. This included all the ages of the Awanas. With 34 Awana meetings during the year, there were three Awanas who had missed only one! |  |
An outstanding cross-section of the group of boys and girls who have attended Awana this year. At right is Betty Archer, one of the Awana leaders.
 | Gratitude was expressed to the Awana leaders, some of whom are seated here. Front row Johnny Huffman, Billy Ridgway, Pastor Doug Thompson, Tony Mode. Second row Barbara Floyd, Wanda Willey, Further back Betty Archer and Marsha Thompson. |
After this Celebration program, the Awana children were directed to the "Store" of prizes they could claim based on the points they had accumulated during the entire year with their faithful study and reciting of Bible verses. There were many nice gifts and the children are always very excited about this event in the Awana program.