First Baptist Church
Monday, September 06, 2010
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First Baptist Church Awana Club for kids in grades K-6
 

See the schedule of events for the year below...
 
 
 

Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed

2 Timothy 2:15
 
 
 
What happens at Awana on Wednesday nights at 6:30pm
  • Check in with either the T & T secretary (3-6 grades) or the Sparky secretary (K-2 grades).  Please arrive a few minutes early for this.  We collect the .25 dues, make sure the clubbers have their uniform on, shirt tucked in, brought their handbook and Bible.  They earn Awana bucks for this and extra if they bring a friend and/or participate in the special nightly activities.  Each clubber will receive one handbook free of charge.   
  • Opening Ceremony and Prayer.  This starts at 6:30pm.  The clubbers and leaders stand at attention on the appropriate line for either T&T girls, T&T boys, or Sparky.  At this time we sing the Awana song, say the theme verse, say the Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag, Awana Flag, Christian Flag and to the Bible.
  • Clubbers and leaders then go split into 3 different groups.  Sparks, T&T girls and T&T boys.  They are on a rotation schedule for the next 3 parts of the night.
  • Game time.  The kids love this time.  They play organized games around the Awana Circle on color teams.
  • Council time.  Singing and Bible lessons taught by the Directors.
  • Handbook time.  Clubbers recite memorized Bible verses out of their handbooks to leaders. 
  • Closing Ceremony.  All the clubbers and leaders are back at attention on their circle color. 
 
 
Special Events
  •  Store Night.  Clubbers get to spend the Awana Bucks they have earned.  They earn this during Check in time, Handbook Time, Game Time and participation in Special nightly events. 
  • Money for Missions.  Our Awana Club has a Missionary we help support.  You can see more about him on awanaia.org.
  • Awana Games.  Our clubbers go and compete with other clubs playing Circle Games.  There are rules and regulations for this event.  More information will be available as it gets closer or you can look on the awanaia.org website for information.
  • Bible Quiz.  Our clubbers go and compete with other Clubs on how well they know the scripture verses they have memorized.  There are rules and regulations for this event.  More information will be available as it gets closer or you can look on the awanaia.org website for information.
  • Grand Prix Race Day.   Clubbers get a derby car to design and build.  The day before the big race we will have a work day.  This is where kids can bring in their car for last minute help with adult supervision. 
 
 
What We Believe
 
Calendar of Events
 9/8/10
Nature Walk
 9/15/10
Bring a Friend
 9/22/10
Money for Missions
9/29/10
Special Speaker
 10/6/10
Wacky Hair Night
 10/13/10
Smile Contest
 10/27/10
Pastor Appreciation Night
 10/27/10
Store Night
 11/3/10
Money for Missions
 11/10/10
Special Speaker
 11/17/10
Bring Canned Goods
 11/24/10
No Awana
 12/1/10
Father / Daughter Night
 12/8/10
Store Night
 12/15/10
Inside Out Night
 12/22/10
Money for Missions
 12/29/10
No Awana
 1/5/11
Bring a Friend
 1/12/11
Special Speaker
 1/19/11
Ice Cream/Parents Night
 1/26/11
Mother / Son Night
 2/2/11
Store Night
 2/9/11
Crazy Socks Night
 2/16/11
Grand Prix
 2/23/11
Special Speaker
 3/2/11
Money for Missions
 3/9/11
 
 3/16/11
Paper Airplane Night
 3/23/11
No Awana - Gospel Hall
 3/30/11
Crazy Hat Night
 4/6/11
Final Money for Missions
 4/13/11
Final Store Night
 4/20/11
Awards Night
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
THE BIBLE
We believe that the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, is supernaturally inspired, so that it is inerrant in the original manuscripts and preserved by God in its verbal and plenary inspiration, so that it is a divinely authoritative standard for every age and every life. (Matthew 5:18; 1 Corinthians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:21)

GOD
We believe in one God that eternally exists and reveals Himself in three persons - Father, Son, Holy Spirit - having each the same nature, attributes and perfections, worthy of the same worship and confidence.  (Matthew 3:16-17, 28:19; John 1:1-2, 14, 10:30, 14:15-17; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 2 Corinthians 13:14)

We believe in God as absolute and sole Creator and Sustainer of the universe, and that creation was by divine command, from nothing and not through an evolutionary process. (John 1:3, 10; Acts 17:24-25; Genesis 1:1)  We believe that God, by His sovereign choice and out of love for men, sent Christ into the world to save sinners. (John 3:16; 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 John 4:14)

GOD THE SON
We believe that Jesus Christ was fully God in the flesh and fully man, that He was born of a virgin and that He lived a sinless life, in which He taught and performed mighty works and wonders and signs exactly as revealed in the four gospels. We believe that He was crucified, shed His blood, died to pay the penalty for our sins and was raised bodily from the dead on the third day. Forty days later He ascended to the Father's right hand where He is Head of the Church and intercedes for believers. From there He is coming again personally, bodily and visibly to this earth to set up His millennial kingdom. (Isaiah 7:14, 9:6; Hebrews 1:1-2, 7:25; Luke 1:30-35; Ephesians 4:8; John 1:1-5, 10-14, 14:3; Colossians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Acts 1:3,11; Revelation 20:4)

GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person and is God, possessing all the divine attributes. He convicts of sin, regenerates, indwells, baptizes and seals all believers at the moment of their salvation, filling them in response to yieldedness with the goal of conforming them to the image of Christ. (John 3:5, 16:7-11; Acts 5:3-4; Ephesians 1:13, 4:30, 5:18; 1 Corinthians 6:19, 12:13)

MAN
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin the race fell, inherited a sinful nature and became alienated from God. We believe that all men are morally corrupt, and of themselves utterly unable to remedy their lost condition. (Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 1:18, 3:23, 5:12; Ephesians 2:1-3, 12)

SALVATION
We believe that salvation is a gift of God and is received by man through personal faith in Jesus Christ and His sacrifice for sin. We believe that man is justified by grace through faith apart from works and that all true believers, once saved, are kept secure in Christ forever. (Acts 13:38-39; Romans 4:5, 6:23, 8:1, 38-39; John 10:27-29; Ephesians 2:8-9)

THE CHURCH
We believe that the true Church is composed of all persons who are regenerated by the Holy Spirit through saving faith in Jesus Christ; that they are united together in the body of Christ of which He is Lord and Head; and are commissioned for the God-given tasks of worshiping, fellowship, teaching, evangelizing and exercising the spiritual gifts. (Acts 2:42,47; Romans 12:5; Ephesians 1:22-23, 5:23-24; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; 2 Corinthians 11:2)

We believe that the establishment and continuance of the local church is clearly taught in the New Testament Scriptures. (Acts 14:27, 20:17, 28-32; 1 Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-11)

We believe that the local church is autonomous and free of any external authority or control.  (Acts 13:1-4, 20:28; Romans 16:1, 4; 1 Corinthians 3:9, 16, 5:4-7, 13; 1 Peter 5:1-4)

THE ORDINANCES
We believe the ordinances for the believer are water baptism by immersion and the Lord's supper as a memorial. They are, however, not to be regarded as a means of salvation. But both of which are an evidence of obedience and fellowship with the Lord. (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:38, 41, 8:12, 35-38; Luke 22:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-29)

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
We believe that a Christian should walk in holiness and not after the flesh, with the goal of being conformed to the image of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As a new creation, walking in the Spirit, the Christian learns to grow in faith, in obedience to Scripture, in prayer, in fellowship with the saints and in a life of service. We believe that the Christian will stand before the judgment seat of Christ to have his life evaluated according to his deeds. (Galatians 5:16-26; Hebrews 10:25; Ephesians 4:20-24; Hebrews 11:6, 12:1-2; John 17:17; Ephesians 6:18; Romans 8:29; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 3:10-15)

THE SECOND COMING
We believe in the personal, premillennial and imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead, of the believer to everlasting glory and the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment. (1Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52; Titus 2:11-13; John 14:1-6; Matthew 25:46; Revelation 20:11-15; 2 Peter 3:10)