Thursday, March 22, 2012

Spring? Summer?

The kids have been thoroughly confused as to what season it actually is!  One of the students at AWANA last night insisted that it was summer already!  And they all think Blacktop should be starting soon because it is just so nice out!

We had an AMAZING night at AWANA last night!  Started off the night a little rough!  There was so much energy in the house that I was sure we were in for it.  With 17 kids in the 2nd grade class (shout out to ALL the wonderful helpers in there last night!) we had nearly record numbers of kids!  YAY!  And then to get to listen to them work so hard to memorize God's word.... WOW!  I was just so blessed last night.  I would really love to thank each and every one of my leaders (because you are ALL truly amazing) but we would be here a very long time because Wednesday nights have truly been blessed with the best of the best!  So as we finish up the year I just want to give another blanket THANK YOU!!  I can't even put into words how much you all have meant to me and these kids.

As a reminder to everyone we have ONE more week of normal AWANA.  Then we will be taking a week off for Spring Break.  And the final night is the AWANA CARNIVAL which will take place Wednesday April 11th.  The schedule will start off like normal with dinner (pizza!) at 5:30pm.  We will then go to the sanctuary to sing.  The carnival will begin at 6:30pm with everyone in the Ministry Center!  We will wrap up at the normal time, 7:45.

Another big thing coming up... EASTER!  Reminder: Breakfast is at 8:30 am! With the service at 10!
The AWANA kids have also been invited to sing their version of "Great is the Lord" during the service!  Every AWANA student that comes and sings will receive 500 points!  

One final AWANA related announcement.  I am going to be collecting their books next week to hold on to them for next year.  So PLEASE help you students make sure they have their books with them!  They will get 200 points for turning them in.

I can't believe it but we are also planning things for the end of the year Celebration of Learning for Sunday School which will be held on Sunday, May 20th.  We are going to be doing the musical called "God of the City" for the celebration.  So please encourage your kids to listen the the CD of songs provided by Miss Earlene and to be there for children's singing time right at the beginning of Sunday School!

Yay!  Lots going on!  I hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine!
Thanks for reading!