Keeping It Fun
One of the goals of Awana is to keep it fun. This seems to be a rather superficial goal, but only if we don’t understand the reason. Would anyone want to do something that they don’t enjoy? Of course not! These children that we are reaching with the Bible and the love and grace of God would avoid us like the plague if they did not enjoy coming to Awana.
However, when these children (and adults as well) enjoy what is going on, they WILL be back. This goes beyond the games. During the lessons, try to keep things fun. Last night at Bethany, KS our speaker grabbed the kids attention with juggling. It fit with his message of being used by God. The kids listened. They loved it… THEY WILL BE BACK!
Bible memorizing. Can this be fun? Yeah! We’ve written the verse on balloons, one word per balloon. Read the verse together then have a child pop a balloon. Read it again. Continue until each balloon is gone and the children are quoting the verse by memory because there are no words left on the balloons. They loved it!
The only caution I have for our church and others is to not neglect the Word of God for the sake of fun.
Now, go have fun.
