AMC 2018 Workshop List - San Jose, Oct. 8
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You Need How Many Volunteers?
So you need 80 volunteers to run your Awana program? No problem! We can help with that! Hear how one volunteer superstar successfully staffs her club with 80+ volunteers year after year. Come for a fresh perspective, a philosophy that works, some lively discussion and stimulating ideas that will inspire you to meet the volunteer challenges your Awana program is facing.
Does Your Church Know the Awana American Child?
When you see your clubbers, do you wonder what their lives are like outside of those couple of hours a week? Are their signs you're seeing, but don't know what they mean? Come learn what a shifting church, family and secular culture mean to children's lives today and why kids' futures need to be grounded in discipleship, not just kid programming.
Journey Students: Let’s Talk About Being ‘Witnesses’
Hey Journey Students! Is this you? - Why am I scared to death to talk about Jesus with my friends? When does it become MY faith versus my Christian home life? How should I handle those really BORING books of the Bible? What should I do when schoolwork impacts my personal time with Jesus? How can I resolve the tough atheist questions posed on Social media? Be there, okay?
Awana Secretary? Help! What do I do with all these details?
Come learn from a seasoned expert on all things related to record keeping and product ordering for Awana clubs. This is for new Awana Secretaries or a refresher for experienced Awana Secretaries. We talk about your role and responsibilities, tips and shortcuts, and cover all the details of handbooks, points, record keeping, and awards.
The Electronic Awana Secretary - ARK
Want to have an 'Electronic Secretary' handling the details of club? ARK is a record-keeping program to keep track of attendance, dues, addresses, etc. It also tracks what sections each clubber has passed each week. Learn all about this software through demonstration and discussion. We will also discuss MOZO.
Maximizing Parent Power
The involvement of parents has greater potential to transform your Awana club than any other single factor. Can you imagine if all the parents of kids in your handbook group worked with their children at home so they would be prepared each week? Learn from the expert on how this can happen in your club.
Camp! Videos and Fun for Scholarship Camp
Love High Sierra Scholarship Camp? So do we, and this is the workshop to discuss everything related to camp. Come watch videos, reconnect with camp friends, and ask question about becoming a counselor, the requirement to attend camp, and everything else - try to stump the ultimate camp veteran guy!
Discipleship: Process. Patience. Purpose.
Discipleship is essential to the Awana ministry, but it’s hard to measure discipleship (and easy to measure handbook completion!) On top of that, it really takes patience to see results! Unpack the process of discipleship with two experts and learn how you can reap a wonderful harvest for God’s glory as you disciple the children in your care.
Recruit Retain Equip Volunteers
Whether you need Large Group teachers, Small Group leaders, or Game coaches, come learn the seven keys that will help you activate and retain dedicated and excited volunteers in your club.
Sharing the Gospel: Highly Relational, Highly Biblical
The gospel is at the very core and foundation of Awana. As believers, we are called to share the gospel, but we don’t always feel comfortable doing it. Learn from Ed Gossien, VP of US Field Operations for Awana. You will have a chance to get comfortable using your faith story to communicate salvation to children in a way that is highly relational and highly biblical.
Teaching a Bible Lesson to Wiggly Preschoolers
Each one of you can make a difference in the lives of wiggly preschoolers, helping them learn to know, love, serve the Lord Jesus Christ! Learn and practice techniques to make your lesson time work well for wiggly preschoolers.
Teaching Preschoolers to Memorize Scripture
Awana provides great resources to help you disciple preschoolers through Scripture memory. In this workshop you will discover tips and helpful insight to make Scripture memory go smoothly and stick with Preschoolers.
Positive Discipline for Preschoolers
Preschoolers are amazing, but tears and tantrums will happen. Come look together at preschoolers abilities and limitations, as well as what we need to do to be successful in working with them using a positive approach that is consistent, caring, and sensitive. Learn lots of creative ideas for your preschool ministry, including ideas for special needs children.
Sharing the Gospel with Preschool Children
Even little ones are anxious to learn about the Gospel message. In this workshop we will explore what keeps us from sharing the gospel with preschoolers and younger children and why it is so important for us not to skip over this age group. We will also explore creative age-appropriate activities to use when sharing the gospel message.
A Heart for Missions: Teaching Young Children How to Serve at Home and Around the World
It is never too early to teach young children how to serve others. In this workshop we will learn how to help young children begin to develop a heart for missions. We will explore lesson ideas, craft projects, games and activities, and age appropriate service ideas for teaching missions that you can put to use in your own ministry.
Help! I’m a new Awana Director!
Stepping into a new role, especially one like an Awana Ministry Director, can be overwhelming. There seems to be endless decisions to make, but you will find that this is going to be one of the best opportunities of your life as you get a front row seat to what God is doing at your church. This workshop walks you through four key areas of leadership.
The Well-Disciplined Club in 2018
We want the best for the kids who attend our club, but sometimes we’re faced with kids who challenge the rules. Here’s how to look behind the child’s behavior and discover the “why.” The workshop also addresses both minor and severe behavioral issues and looks at the biblical pattern of discipline from 2 Timothy 2:15. Come learn how to create a classroom environment of consistency, excitement, and energy.
Ministry Outside the Box
The traditional Awana club with Game Time, Small Group Time, Large Group Time, and wearing traditional uniforms and awards, might not fit every situation. Let’s take a look at some non-traditional ways of using Awana including outreach style clubs, shorter formats, Sunday morning, and using the Essentials books.
Think Outside the Game Square - Games that work anywhere
Where we're going we don't need game squares, but they can help. Experience non-traditional and creative games to liven up Game Time so your older kids will not just want to come each week, but bring new friends to experience the fun and excitement (and sweatiness).
Game Director Basics+
This is for new Game Directors and a refresher for experienced Game Directors. Learn standard Awana Game Square Games with variations, along with Game Square discipline, points and scoring, and team spirit fun to keep it exciting for kids and leaders.
Awana Go/Verse-A-Thon: It's a Worldwide Win Win Situation
In today’s self-indulgent culture, how can you teach your kids it’s not all about ME ... it’s BIGGER than me? Create new energy and excitement in your club while making an impact in the lives of your own clubbers and kids around the world. Awana GO and the Verse-A-Thon equips you to disciple and grow your kids to love and serve God and others.
Understanding Honor-Shame and Freedom-Guilt Worldviews
The greatest blind spots have to do with one’s own worldview, which can lead to judgmental attitudes toward others. Since the Bible was largely written in an honor-shame context, we are in danger of Scripture twisting if we only use the western Guilt-Freedom filters. Come learn the stumbling blocks of ignoring worldview differences when sharing your faith.
How to Evangelize Muslims without Extraction
‘Bridge Building’ is an approach to build trust with Muslims in order to have productive two-way communication. Will your words or actions build bridges or barriers? Barrier-building results in “Christianizing” and extraction. Bridge Building results in true evangelism. Come learn how to build bridges to the Kingdom of God.
Preschool / Kindergarten Play time and Activities
For Cubbies and Kindergarten Sparks. Do you enjoy play time with your preschoolers and kindergartners? Do your kindergarten Sparks seem overwhelmed playing with the bigger 1st/2nd graders? Come join us for new and exciting Play Time ideas - be ready to get up and move! You’ll depart with a whole lot of new ideas for your little ones.
Leaders That Stick
Engaged leaders stay. Learn why equipping and empowering leaders is so important, some new ways to do it, and why it matters so much to leader retention. See live leader testimonies describing how they felt equipped, engaged, and committed to keep serving for the long term.
Maximizing Parent Power
The involvement of parents has greater potential to transform your Awana club than any other single factor. Can you imagine if all the parents of kids in your handbook group worked with their children at home so they would be prepared each week? Learn from the expert on how this can happen in your club.
Effectively Reaching Kids with the newest T&T
Has your club already transitioned to the new T&T curriculum? Are you still struggling with the transition? We all need to remember whom we are engaging each week, because your ministry should be centered on the kids, who they are and what they need. Your ministry will be more effective if you understand those you are discipling - this workshop will offer help for your club.
Small Groups that Transform Lives
Can you lead a small group of older elementary age kids that transforms their lives into disciples of Jesus? How could this work? Come discover how spiritual transformation is a journey and it looks different for each kid. It is not a list of things you do, but rather a godly relationship you build.
Developing a Missional Youth Group
Creating a missional culture is more than just adding some outward programs to your current youth model. Instead, it goes to the heart and identity of God, to who our students are, and who students are becoming. Come discuss how we can best communicate the gospel given the current culture our students live in, helping them live ‘on-mission’ for the gospel daily.
10 Steps to Take When Planning Your Will
Plan your will so the State does not do it for you. Includes a discussion on Revocable Living Trusts as well as Power of Attorney Documents for Financial and Health Care. Presented by an experienced expert in estate planning.
Awana Around The World
Want to know how to leave an eternal legacy for the Kingdom? Come see how the Lord is blessing Awana reaching over 4 million boys and girls in 122 countries on a weekly basis and how YOU Can be engaged!
How to Memorize the Bible
Memorize large passages of the Word of God? Yes! Your workshop leader has memorized over 10 books of the Bible and speaks them from the heart full time with Wordsower Ministries. Learn techniques to help your clubbers and yourself hide large passages of God’s Word in your heart.
The New Memorization Study Bible: now in the Awana catalog
Technology has information at our fingertips. But our relationship with God needs to be one of the heart, not the smartphone. Get engaged with the Word of God in a refreshing and amazing new way: The Memorization Study Bible. Memorize verses, chapters, and even whole books of the New Testament using powerful techniques learned in Jerusalem.
Discipleship and Spiritual Growth in Sparks
Bringing about spiritual transformation in younger children won’t just happen. We have to know what the Creator intended, and what it takes to bring about the changes necessary to transform. How do you do this with your younger children? Come learn how to focus on three things to transform the lives of your small group of early elementary kids.
Finding Hope in Jesus, Leaders, and Children
What do you think children see and hear about the world they live in? Children aren’t oblivious to the destruction around them, yet we simply can’t allow ourselves to get lost in the hopelessness of the world. Discover the hope to which God has called you and your role as an Awana leader to show children how God provides hope.
Gospel Confusion
Exactly what is the gospel? The Gospel Wheel organizes key verses we all know, to be able explain the gospel more clearly to our clubbers, friends, and neighbors. Many popular gospel invitations use jargon that is unfamiliar to the unchurched. Learn gospel invitations that clearly lead an interested person to place their trust in Christ for eternal life.
Sparks Large Group Time Effectiveness
How do you engage K-2nd graders with God’s Word in a way that is clear, understandable, and encourages your Sparks to obey what they have learned from the Large Group teaching? Come discuss teaching approaches that fit the learning styles and abilities of our younger clubbers.
The Craft of Storytelling
Have you ever had an awesome idea for Large Group time or an anecdote to captivate your small group? Did the idea fizzle out or were you able to craft it into a teachable story? Did your story end up fizzling out anyway? Come learn how Jesus told stories so you can transform your storytelling and impact children like never before.
Unpacking Scripture Using Homiletics
Homiletics is for everyone who wants to study & understand God's word. It is a tool to help you analyze a passage of scripture to more fully understand what God is saying to His people (you!). It is also an effective tool for helping to create a message that relates God's word to your audience.
Toolbox to lead others to Christ
During this session, you will learn simple tools for leading others to Christ. These methods are easy to remember and really work. Yes – God will use you to lead someone to Christ! Join us for this fun-filled, life-changing time of hands-on learning.
Small but Mighty: Small Club Solutions
We want kids to succeed and experience all that Awana offers. There are ways that you can adapt your program to make your current challenges an opportunity for your kids. Uncover the advantages and disadvantages of serving small Awana clubs and look at ways to meet small club needs.
Why Clubs Have Parents Signing Sections For Their Own Children
What?! Kids can have their parents sign off sections now? Yes! But how? Has your club been looking for ideas to better engage parents in the discipling of their children? If so, come discover how the challenging journey of one club resulted in stronger ministry to clubbers and more engaged and fulfilled leaders. Got questions? Like how did they train the parents? What about awards and record-keeping and accountability? Don’t miss this opportunity to be challenged by and equipped with a new method for life-long discipleship.
Making Scripture Memory Meaningful
One of the guiding principles of Awana is the importance of Scripture memory, but this goes beyond mindlessly repeating words. Our desire is for children to retain what they’ve memorized in God’s Word and to transform it into everyday action. Come learn techniques for lasting Scripture memory.
[named.] - Building and passing on Your Gospel-Centric Identity
Last year’s AMC centered around the theme [named.] This workshop impacted leaders like no other - your identity in Christ is what counts, nothing else. So what does that mean for Awana leaders? What does that mean for the kids in our clubs? What does it mean for me? Come experience personal impact in a workshop like never before.
Maximizing Your Middle School Ministry with Trek
Are you using Trek to help your middle school students understand how their story connects to God’s story? Come learn the major issues to address with your middle schoolers and how their unique age-group characteristics offer the opportunity to take these years head on with God’s Word and the Trek curriculum.
Awana Basics - for all New Leaders
Awana Basics - Leadership Matters & Club Demonstration
This workshop begins with an exploration and discussion of the importance, characteristics and responsibilities of good leaders. Learn how leaders can continuously grow in their role. This workshop also demonstrates a club setting, helping new leaders recognize their responsibilities during each segment. You’ll role play as both children and leaders during this time.
Awana Basics - Welcome/Dismissal Time & Interaction/Game Time
This workshop will show how a well-planned welcome and dismissal can get club off to a strong start and end with anticipation for the following week. This workshop will also explain the ‘Why?’ of Game (Interaction) Time and how a well-organized Game Time is an integral part of an effective club.
Awana Basics - What is Awana? & Gospel Urgency
This workshop includes an overview of the Awana ministry, its mission, its purpose, and focus. We will also convey the heart of Awana and the basic structure of the program and how that structure can fit into various churches. The workshop also teaches the value and urgency of the Gospel, and guidelines to share the Gospel using a versatile tool that works with anyone, anywhere, in any situation.
Awana Basics - Large Group Time & Small Group Time
This workshop will explain the purpose of Large Group Time to help leaders develop strategies in presenting effective, impactful lessons. This workshop will also equip leaders with an understanding of how to run a healthy small group, with a goal to make life-long disciples of Jesus.
Awana Basics - Puggles and Cubbies
As a new Puggles and/or Cubbies Leader, this combined training will help you develop an understanding of how to use the curriculum and discover strategies to help you engage and disciple the youngest Awana clubbers: Puggles ages 2-3, and Cubbies ages 4-5.
Awana Basics - Sparks Clubs (early elementary)
This workshop will help new leaders develop an understanding of how to use the Sparks curriculum and strategies to engage with the Sparks children. This workshop will also discuss the necessity of a well-disciplined program and learn how the five-count, three-count, and positive points system applies to an effective club.
Awana Basics - T&T Club (upper elementary)
This training will teach new leaders how to use the T&T curriculum and strategies to engage the T&T age kids in discipleship. The second half of this workshop will discuss the necessity of a well-disciplined program and learn the five-count, three-count, and positive points system applies to an effective club.
Awana Basics - Trek & Journey (Middle School & High School)
As a new Trek or Journey Leader, you will develop and understand the components of the Awana Youth Ministry curriculum and how to apply techniques for effectively engaging middle school students (Trek) and high school students (Journey) to make life-long disciples of Jesus.
So you need 80 volunteers to run your Awana program? No problem! We can help with that! Hear how one volunteer superstar successfully staffs her club with 80+ volunteers year after year. Come for a fresh perspective, a philosophy that works, some lively discussion and stimulating ideas that will inspire you to meet the volunteer challenges your Awana program is facing.
Does Your Church Know the Awana American Child?
When you see your clubbers, do you wonder what their lives are like outside of those couple of hours a week? Are their signs you're seeing, but don't know what they mean? Come learn what a shifting church, family and secular culture mean to children's lives today and why kids' futures need to be grounded in discipleship, not just kid programming.
Journey Students: Let’s Talk About Being ‘Witnesses’
Hey Journey Students! Is this you? - Why am I scared to death to talk about Jesus with my friends? When does it become MY faith versus my Christian home life? How should I handle those really BORING books of the Bible? What should I do when schoolwork impacts my personal time with Jesus? How can I resolve the tough atheist questions posed on Social media? Be there, okay?
Awana Secretary? Help! What do I do with all these details?
Come learn from a seasoned expert on all things related to record keeping and product ordering for Awana clubs. This is for new Awana Secretaries or a refresher for experienced Awana Secretaries. We talk about your role and responsibilities, tips and shortcuts, and cover all the details of handbooks, points, record keeping, and awards.
The Electronic Awana Secretary - ARK
Want to have an 'Electronic Secretary' handling the details of club? ARK is a record-keeping program to keep track of attendance, dues, addresses, etc. It also tracks what sections each clubber has passed each week. Learn all about this software through demonstration and discussion. We will also discuss MOZO.
Maximizing Parent Power
The involvement of parents has greater potential to transform your Awana club than any other single factor. Can you imagine if all the parents of kids in your handbook group worked with their children at home so they would be prepared each week? Learn from the expert on how this can happen in your club.
Camp! Videos and Fun for Scholarship Camp
Love High Sierra Scholarship Camp? So do we, and this is the workshop to discuss everything related to camp. Come watch videos, reconnect with camp friends, and ask question about becoming a counselor, the requirement to attend camp, and everything else - try to stump the ultimate camp veteran guy!
Discipleship: Process. Patience. Purpose.
Discipleship is essential to the Awana ministry, but it’s hard to measure discipleship (and easy to measure handbook completion!) On top of that, it really takes patience to see results! Unpack the process of discipleship with two experts and learn how you can reap a wonderful harvest for God’s glory as you disciple the children in your care.
Recruit Retain Equip Volunteers
Whether you need Large Group teachers, Small Group leaders, or Game coaches, come learn the seven keys that will help you activate and retain dedicated and excited volunteers in your club.
Sharing the Gospel: Highly Relational, Highly Biblical
The gospel is at the very core and foundation of Awana. As believers, we are called to share the gospel, but we don’t always feel comfortable doing it. Learn from Ed Gossien, VP of US Field Operations for Awana. You will have a chance to get comfortable using your faith story to communicate salvation to children in a way that is highly relational and highly biblical.
Teaching a Bible Lesson to Wiggly Preschoolers
Each one of you can make a difference in the lives of wiggly preschoolers, helping them learn to know, love, serve the Lord Jesus Christ! Learn and practice techniques to make your lesson time work well for wiggly preschoolers.
Teaching Preschoolers to Memorize Scripture
Awana provides great resources to help you disciple preschoolers through Scripture memory. In this workshop you will discover tips and helpful insight to make Scripture memory go smoothly and stick with Preschoolers.
Positive Discipline for Preschoolers
Preschoolers are amazing, but tears and tantrums will happen. Come look together at preschoolers abilities and limitations, as well as what we need to do to be successful in working with them using a positive approach that is consistent, caring, and sensitive. Learn lots of creative ideas for your preschool ministry, including ideas for special needs children.
Sharing the Gospel with Preschool Children
Even little ones are anxious to learn about the Gospel message. In this workshop we will explore what keeps us from sharing the gospel with preschoolers and younger children and why it is so important for us not to skip over this age group. We will also explore creative age-appropriate activities to use when sharing the gospel message.
A Heart for Missions: Teaching Young Children How to Serve at Home and Around the World
It is never too early to teach young children how to serve others. In this workshop we will learn how to help young children begin to develop a heart for missions. We will explore lesson ideas, craft projects, games and activities, and age appropriate service ideas for teaching missions that you can put to use in your own ministry.
Help! I’m a new Awana Director!
Stepping into a new role, especially one like an Awana Ministry Director, can be overwhelming. There seems to be endless decisions to make, but you will find that this is going to be one of the best opportunities of your life as you get a front row seat to what God is doing at your church. This workshop walks you through four key areas of leadership.
The Well-Disciplined Club in 2018
We want the best for the kids who attend our club, but sometimes we’re faced with kids who challenge the rules. Here’s how to look behind the child’s behavior and discover the “why.” The workshop also addresses both minor and severe behavioral issues and looks at the biblical pattern of discipline from 2 Timothy 2:15. Come learn how to create a classroom environment of consistency, excitement, and energy.
Ministry Outside the Box
The traditional Awana club with Game Time, Small Group Time, Large Group Time, and wearing traditional uniforms and awards, might not fit every situation. Let’s take a look at some non-traditional ways of using Awana including outreach style clubs, shorter formats, Sunday morning, and using the Essentials books.
Think Outside the Game Square - Games that work anywhere
Where we're going we don't need game squares, but they can help. Experience non-traditional and creative games to liven up Game Time so your older kids will not just want to come each week, but bring new friends to experience the fun and excitement (and sweatiness).
Game Director Basics+
This is for new Game Directors and a refresher for experienced Game Directors. Learn standard Awana Game Square Games with variations, along with Game Square discipline, points and scoring, and team spirit fun to keep it exciting for kids and leaders.
Awana Go/Verse-A-Thon: It's a Worldwide Win Win Situation
In today’s self-indulgent culture, how can you teach your kids it’s not all about ME ... it’s BIGGER than me? Create new energy and excitement in your club while making an impact in the lives of your own clubbers and kids around the world. Awana GO and the Verse-A-Thon equips you to disciple and grow your kids to love and serve God and others.
Understanding Honor-Shame and Freedom-Guilt Worldviews
The greatest blind spots have to do with one’s own worldview, which can lead to judgmental attitudes toward others. Since the Bible was largely written in an honor-shame context, we are in danger of Scripture twisting if we only use the western Guilt-Freedom filters. Come learn the stumbling blocks of ignoring worldview differences when sharing your faith.
How to Evangelize Muslims without Extraction
‘Bridge Building’ is an approach to build trust with Muslims in order to have productive two-way communication. Will your words or actions build bridges or barriers? Barrier-building results in “Christianizing” and extraction. Bridge Building results in true evangelism. Come learn how to build bridges to the Kingdom of God.
Preschool / Kindergarten Play time and Activities
For Cubbies and Kindergarten Sparks. Do you enjoy play time with your preschoolers and kindergartners? Do your kindergarten Sparks seem overwhelmed playing with the bigger 1st/2nd graders? Come join us for new and exciting Play Time ideas - be ready to get up and move! You’ll depart with a whole lot of new ideas for your little ones.
Leaders That Stick
Engaged leaders stay. Learn why equipping and empowering leaders is so important, some new ways to do it, and why it matters so much to leader retention. See live leader testimonies describing how they felt equipped, engaged, and committed to keep serving for the long term.
Maximizing Parent Power
The involvement of parents has greater potential to transform your Awana club than any other single factor. Can you imagine if all the parents of kids in your handbook group worked with their children at home so they would be prepared each week? Learn from the expert on how this can happen in your club.
Effectively Reaching Kids with the newest T&T
Has your club already transitioned to the new T&T curriculum? Are you still struggling with the transition? We all need to remember whom we are engaging each week, because your ministry should be centered on the kids, who they are and what they need. Your ministry will be more effective if you understand those you are discipling - this workshop will offer help for your club.
Small Groups that Transform Lives
Can you lead a small group of older elementary age kids that transforms their lives into disciples of Jesus? How could this work? Come discover how spiritual transformation is a journey and it looks different for each kid. It is not a list of things you do, but rather a godly relationship you build.
Developing a Missional Youth Group
Creating a missional culture is more than just adding some outward programs to your current youth model. Instead, it goes to the heart and identity of God, to who our students are, and who students are becoming. Come discuss how we can best communicate the gospel given the current culture our students live in, helping them live ‘on-mission’ for the gospel daily.
10 Steps to Take When Planning Your Will
Plan your will so the State does not do it for you. Includes a discussion on Revocable Living Trusts as well as Power of Attorney Documents for Financial and Health Care. Presented by an experienced expert in estate planning.
Awana Around The World
Want to know how to leave an eternal legacy for the Kingdom? Come see how the Lord is blessing Awana reaching over 4 million boys and girls in 122 countries on a weekly basis and how YOU Can be engaged!
How to Memorize the Bible
Memorize large passages of the Word of God? Yes! Your workshop leader has memorized over 10 books of the Bible and speaks them from the heart full time with Wordsower Ministries. Learn techniques to help your clubbers and yourself hide large passages of God’s Word in your heart.
The New Memorization Study Bible: now in the Awana catalog
Technology has information at our fingertips. But our relationship with God needs to be one of the heart, not the smartphone. Get engaged with the Word of God in a refreshing and amazing new way: The Memorization Study Bible. Memorize verses, chapters, and even whole books of the New Testament using powerful techniques learned in Jerusalem.
Discipleship and Spiritual Growth in Sparks
Bringing about spiritual transformation in younger children won’t just happen. We have to know what the Creator intended, and what it takes to bring about the changes necessary to transform. How do you do this with your younger children? Come learn how to focus on three things to transform the lives of your small group of early elementary kids.
Finding Hope in Jesus, Leaders, and Children
What do you think children see and hear about the world they live in? Children aren’t oblivious to the destruction around them, yet we simply can’t allow ourselves to get lost in the hopelessness of the world. Discover the hope to which God has called you and your role as an Awana leader to show children how God provides hope.
Gospel Confusion
Exactly what is the gospel? The Gospel Wheel organizes key verses we all know, to be able explain the gospel more clearly to our clubbers, friends, and neighbors. Many popular gospel invitations use jargon that is unfamiliar to the unchurched. Learn gospel invitations that clearly lead an interested person to place their trust in Christ for eternal life.
Sparks Large Group Time Effectiveness
How do you engage K-2nd graders with God’s Word in a way that is clear, understandable, and encourages your Sparks to obey what they have learned from the Large Group teaching? Come discuss teaching approaches that fit the learning styles and abilities of our younger clubbers.
The Craft of Storytelling
Have you ever had an awesome idea for Large Group time or an anecdote to captivate your small group? Did the idea fizzle out or were you able to craft it into a teachable story? Did your story end up fizzling out anyway? Come learn how Jesus told stories so you can transform your storytelling and impact children like never before.
Unpacking Scripture Using Homiletics
Homiletics is for everyone who wants to study & understand God's word. It is a tool to help you analyze a passage of scripture to more fully understand what God is saying to His people (you!). It is also an effective tool for helping to create a message that relates God's word to your audience.
Toolbox to lead others to Christ
During this session, you will learn simple tools for leading others to Christ. These methods are easy to remember and really work. Yes – God will use you to lead someone to Christ! Join us for this fun-filled, life-changing time of hands-on learning.
Small but Mighty: Small Club Solutions
We want kids to succeed and experience all that Awana offers. There are ways that you can adapt your program to make your current challenges an opportunity for your kids. Uncover the advantages and disadvantages of serving small Awana clubs and look at ways to meet small club needs.
Why Clubs Have Parents Signing Sections For Their Own Children
What?! Kids can have their parents sign off sections now? Yes! But how? Has your club been looking for ideas to better engage parents in the discipling of their children? If so, come discover how the challenging journey of one club resulted in stronger ministry to clubbers and more engaged and fulfilled leaders. Got questions? Like how did they train the parents? What about awards and record-keeping and accountability? Don’t miss this opportunity to be challenged by and equipped with a new method for life-long discipleship.
Making Scripture Memory Meaningful
One of the guiding principles of Awana is the importance of Scripture memory, but this goes beyond mindlessly repeating words. Our desire is for children to retain what they’ve memorized in God’s Word and to transform it into everyday action. Come learn techniques for lasting Scripture memory.
[named.] - Building and passing on Your Gospel-Centric Identity
Last year’s AMC centered around the theme [named.] This workshop impacted leaders like no other - your identity in Christ is what counts, nothing else. So what does that mean for Awana leaders? What does that mean for the kids in our clubs? What does it mean for me? Come experience personal impact in a workshop like never before.
Maximizing Your Middle School Ministry with Trek
Are you using Trek to help your middle school students understand how their story connects to God’s story? Come learn the major issues to address with your middle schoolers and how their unique age-group characteristics offer the opportunity to take these years head on with God’s Word and the Trek curriculum.
Awana Basics - for all New Leaders
Awana Basics - Leadership Matters & Club Demonstration
This workshop begins with an exploration and discussion of the importance, characteristics and responsibilities of good leaders. Learn how leaders can continuously grow in their role. This workshop also demonstrates a club setting, helping new leaders recognize their responsibilities during each segment. You’ll role play as both children and leaders during this time.
Awana Basics - Welcome/Dismissal Time & Interaction/Game Time
This workshop will show how a well-planned welcome and dismissal can get club off to a strong start and end with anticipation for the following week. This workshop will also explain the ‘Why?’ of Game (Interaction) Time and how a well-organized Game Time is an integral part of an effective club.
Awana Basics - What is Awana? & Gospel Urgency
This workshop includes an overview of the Awana ministry, its mission, its purpose, and focus. We will also convey the heart of Awana and the basic structure of the program and how that structure can fit into various churches. The workshop also teaches the value and urgency of the Gospel, and guidelines to share the Gospel using a versatile tool that works with anyone, anywhere, in any situation.
Awana Basics - Large Group Time & Small Group Time
This workshop will explain the purpose of Large Group Time to help leaders develop strategies in presenting effective, impactful lessons. This workshop will also equip leaders with an understanding of how to run a healthy small group, with a goal to make life-long disciples of Jesus.
Awana Basics - Puggles and Cubbies
As a new Puggles and/or Cubbies Leader, this combined training will help you develop an understanding of how to use the curriculum and discover strategies to help you engage and disciple the youngest Awana clubbers: Puggles ages 2-3, and Cubbies ages 4-5.
Awana Basics - Sparks Clubs (early elementary)
This workshop will help new leaders develop an understanding of how to use the Sparks curriculum and strategies to engage with the Sparks children. This workshop will also discuss the necessity of a well-disciplined program and learn how the five-count, three-count, and positive points system applies to an effective club.
Awana Basics - T&T Club (upper elementary)
This training will teach new leaders how to use the T&T curriculum and strategies to engage the T&T age kids in discipleship. The second half of this workshop will discuss the necessity of a well-disciplined program and learn the five-count, three-count, and positive points system applies to an effective club.
Awana Basics - Trek & Journey (Middle School & High School)
As a new Trek or Journey Leader, you will develop and understand the components of the Awana Youth Ministry curriculum and how to apply techniques for effectively engaging middle school students (Trek) and high school students (Journey) to make life-long disciples of Jesus.