Final Night of AWANA

Firmly AWANA stands
Led by the Lord's commands
"Approved workmen are not ashamed"
Boys and girls for His service claimed

Hail! AWANA!
On the march for youth
Hail! AWANA!
Holding forth the truth
Building lives on the Word of God AWANA stands

Our Savior following
With steps unfaltering
And love unaltering
His banner over us
In service glorious
We'll fight victorious
For Christ our King!

Youth on the march!



The theme song for AWANA which we sang at the beginning of the AWANA ceremony. It was the final AWANA night, we sang the theme song, said the pledge to the American flag, and the AWANA flag.

Layla walked away with a participation award. Yippee!!! Which really means either you joined late in the year and didn't finish a book, or in Layla's case other than the intro verses didn't recite any other verses. Next year, like her big sister did this year, she'll get called on stage for being one of the children in Cubbies who finished her book.

Jory's spark class learned over 1100 verses this year. Eleven hundred verses. How awesome is that? Jory was called on stage because he completed one book. And I learned you can do extra credit too. SCORE! Through Jory, I've come to realize that I'm competitive but seemingly only with him. Odd. Right now, he's not competitive at all, which sometimes really irks me.

Jory used his AWANA cash and bought the girls a purse. Then he later discovered it wasn't a purse, but a drum, until he finally figured out it was actually a bank shaped like a purse complete with a handle. And with some more of his money, he bought a calendar for his new room. My boy is so considerate and smart. I love this kid!

Then after the ceremony, we went to the gym where they were not one, but two jumpers and free hot dogs and chips!

A great night had by all. I'm so proud of TTT and very thankful to the people who turned us on to AWANA.