AWESOME YEAR BEGINS!

Awana at Ridgeville Bible chapel began with a bang! The line up for registration was out the door! Praise God!
What a great night! We of course ran behind, a regular occurance on the first night of the year, but next week we should be running on our regular schedule.
The leaders and directors were impressed with the clubbers and we had a great time in lesson and game time. With the new renovated gym, we were actually able to hear people talking....what a difference some new sound pannels can make.

As for next week clubbers, there's always room for more. Bring a friend or two to Awana. And don't forget your handbooks and uniforms. If you don't have a uniform, you're probably still working through your "Start Zone" or "Flight 3:16". But once you finish those intro manuals, you'll recieve your uniform and handbook.
See you all next week. And I hope we'll have those new basketball hoops up and ready to go.
Make sure you check out the Commander's challenge for a chance to win some extra Awana coupons. The store will be opening in a few weeks.
See you next Tuesday!!!

AWANA BEGINS TONIGHT!

The long wait is over. Awana at Ridgeville Bible Chapel begins tonight. Come out and register at 6:10 pm. Club begins at 6:30. New and seasoned parents are welcome to stay and see what we do at club.
Remember to bring running shoes and your handbooks from last year if you have them. And don't forget your uniforms!
See you in a few hours!

Less than one week to Awana!

It's less than one week to our first club night at Ridgeville! Can't wait to see all the clubbers again and have great times singing, playing games and memorizing God's word together.
Don't forget to get to the chapel early for registration on the 11th!
See you then!
And check out the Awana calendar page, all of this years crazy and wacky theme nights are ready to go!

AWANA BEGINS IN TWO WEEKS

Awana at Ridgeville Bible Chapel begins in two short weeks. Hope all you clubbers and parents are ready, because we are. When you arrive, don't be suprised if you don't reconize the place. Over the summer, a number of large scale renovations have been done to our kitchen and more specifically the gym. You won't even reconize it! We added new sound barriers, changed the color scheem from the famous 70's reto to a more contemporary style and added new moveable basketball hoops which can be stored in the case of a function.
So things are getting set......get those handbooks and uniforms dusted off and see you soon!

Awana begins on September 11th at 6:30pm. Bring out new friends who can also join the fun.....and look for our ad in the Voice of Pelham over the next two weeks and point it out to anyone who is looking for a great time of games, Bible study, fun lessons and singing on Tuesday nights.

Recovering from the MCMAC Chinese conference

Now I know what Goliath felt like. The August long weekend saw the family and I ministering to a group of Chinese Chrstians from Mississauga at Brock University. As one of my Awana churches, I've had the privilidge of ministering to them in the past and have formed a great friendship with their Pastor and church family over the past year. That's why it was a great privilidge, when asked, to minister to their children and adults. The topics I taught on ranged from the Armor of God (specifically the Shield of Faith), to facing the most difficult of challenges (David and Goliath), to the true gift of Christmas.

HAD TO RISE TO THE CHALLENGE OF LEADING SONG TIME FOR THE CHILDREN'S PROGRAM. FOR ANY WHO KNOW HOW BAD I SING, YHOU UNDERSTAND!

FORGET WHERE'S WALDO, WHERE'S BOBBY? HERE'S A HINT, HE'S THE ONLY CAUCASION IN THE PICTURE!

Now it's time to recover before heading to Oakville to do some Awana missionary traning. Special thanks to Hopedale Bible Chapel for lending us their building for this weekend.

And as always, we are planning the year ahead at our own club at Ridgeville. Looking forward to some productive weeks of planning.

THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER

It certainly has been a hot summer so far! I've had to water my garden almost everyday, as I'm sure many of you have. Had a chance to go to Safari Niagara with the kids a few times, enjoying the splash pad on a number of occasions.
As for the Awana year coming up, I'm busy preparing not only our club at Ridgeville Bible Chapel, but planning out what will undoublty be a busy year in the Golden Horseshoe area. I have a Bible camp that I'm looking after the weekend of August 3-6th, then onto more missionary training the following weekend, planning a possible golf tournment for Awana dads and leaders, a fundraising banquet for our missionary work and the big Awana conference coming up!
As well as the normal speaking on Sundays. So it's going to be a busy couple of weeks!
I hope everyone is having a blessed and relaxing summer and I'm looking forward to seeing you all at club in a short few weeks!