Well, we completed day FOUR of our VBS experience and have enjoyed watching all our campers' creativity with their SUPER COLOR SPIRIT! We have stayed focused on our mission and have learned that following Jesus Changes the Game! Before we get into all our VBS fun for the day… your kids may have come home telling you about our [...]
Hard to believe our VBS Gaming Adventure is over half way complete! Boy, have we had fun!! “Hump Day” can sometimes come with low energy- but NOT today. The kids were full of energy thanks to our amazing GAMING leader team. So much energy and cheer! The kids worked hard at their daily and weekly memory verses and our kids [...]
Well, we completed the second day of our VBS experience and had fun getting our GAME on! Our campers have stayed focused on our mission and recognizing that FOLLOWING JESUS CHANGES THE GAME! Today we saw some awesome dress up costumes including Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Dominoes, Twister, Clue, and more! Our campers were very busy at all the rotations today! [...]
A Fond Farewell At Canyon Springs Our church has been in a series called “Get out of the boat,” detailing the faith Peter took when he stepped out of the boat to walk on water toward Jesus. From the beginning, this church has given my family great opportunities to step out of the boat. I will never forget the steps [...]
And that’s a wrap! WOW!! It felt GOOD to get back to AWANA this year after a year hiatus due to Covid. We started the year off in a series called “Level Up!” Kids journeyed through the book of Exodus. This video game-themed series encouraged our kids in their quests to grow spiritually. Our AWANA kids took a look at [...]
Team COLOR Week Candy of the Week: Jelly Beans Each clubber started with a cup full of 10 jelly beans! So many colors and flavors! Jelly Bean Facts: Did you know... There are about 400 jelly beans in a pound! There is a Jelly Bean University where you can major in Beanology. It takes 7 to 21 days to make [...]
BARF Night (aka Bring A Real Friend) This week's theme was BARF Night. This means that our AWANA kids can bring a real friend to enjoy all the AWANA fun! There were so many friends here of all ages and sizes! They got the true AWANA welcome when they played games, heard the message about a greater reward and learned some [...]
Last night was Crazy Sock Night (and there were lots of wild and wacky socks!). More importantly, though, it was the first week of our series on CANDY! The candy of the week was....chocolate! The clubbers were thrilled to get to snack on M&Ms during table time - and I'm sure it helped them to memorize even more Bible verses! [...]
Our AWANA Kick Off last night was awesome! The Cove was packed with over 50 kindergarten through 3rd graders, who were loved and guided by 28 fearless AWANA leaders! In addition, we had 31 clubbers joining us for the very first time! It was so great to be able to share with them what AWANA is all about and what we get to [...]
We celebrated the end of our AWANA year with an awards ceremony at the Cove on Wednesday night. Parents and siblings were invited as we recognized our clubbers for all their hard work over the past seven months. Each table came on stage and awards were given for: handbook completions, attendance, color team points winner and sportsmanship. We also recognized [...]
