A Vision for Christian Children’s and Youth Workers

Yes, the following is an extreme example of what may be the future for Christians in the United States. Will it ever be this bad in the United States? Only the Lord knows for sure, but Revelation doesn’t paint a pretty picture anywhere in the world. A growing number of pastors seem to believe we’ll [...]

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Proud Parent: Seeing a Goal Through to the End

My oldest son is 13 years-old and I know I don’t tell him enough how proud of him I am. He does a lot of great things and he’s a great kid. Like most parents, I probably harp on him too much for what he’s not doing right as opposed to taking more time to [...]

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Barna Has It Wrong

For those who don’t know George Barna, he’s a Christian researcher that studies trends in the church. I’m sitting in Awana Commander College and they are quoting his statistics heavily, statistics you’ll find in Barna’s books like Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions. These statistics basically say we get ‘em while they are kids or we [...]

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Awana at Home – Week 08

This week focuses on the core message of Awana, being a worker approved by God. Awana is actually an acronym which means: Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed Game Time: For this game time, the recommendation is to play a Bible trivial game. You can go out and buy one of the various ones out there, [...]

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Awana at Home – Week 07

Week 07′s lesson is  a reminder that everyone is a sinner. However, just because everyone sins, that doesn’t give us the license to do it. This is a central theme during Bible Time for this week. Game Time: The game recommended is a kids’ version of Trivial Pursuit. I looked for it at various stores [...]

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Awana at Home – Week 06

Week 06 picks up where week 05 ended: looking at Saul. These two weeks together are a good set of lessons on how God can change us from the people we are to the people He wants us to be. Game Time: The game time was for the children to have a race to completely [...]

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Review: Raising a Modern Day Joseph

The book Raising a Modern Day Joseph was hyped a couple of years ago by Awana and I was intrigued by some of the things they said went into it, so I bought it, setting it aside to read later. So it sat on one of my bookshelves until about a week ago, when I [...]

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Balloon Animals for Children’s Ministry

You want to have a hit for children’s ministry? Learn how to twist balloon animals and other types of balloon art. It’s not hard at all. In fact, several basic patterns can be taught in about 15 minutes. I know, because I’ve taught it to junior high level youth (12-14 years old) in that time [...]

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