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By Sue Williams
Brooksville Baptist Church will begannother fun-filled year of Awana on Wednesday in the Family Life Center.
Awana is a program offered to children in or around our community ages 3-18.
Awana is held during the ten months school is in session, every Wednesday evening beginning at 6:45 p.m. and ending 8:30 p.m.. The evening is divide into four parts: Circle Time, Book Time, Game Time and Council Time.
The acronym Awana comes from the first letters of Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed (2 Timothy 2:15).
Awana began in 1950 as a youth program at the North Side Gospel Center in Chicago, Illinois. Lance Latham, the church pastor, worked with Art Rorheim to develop a program that would appeal to young people, reach them with the gospel of Christ and train them in the Lord's work. Other churches heard about the success of the Awana program and asked if they could use it. By 1960, Awana had registered 900 clubs.
Today, there are more than 10,000 churches in the United States that have Awana clubs. There are clubs in all 50 states. Awana can also be found in over 3,000 churches in 110 other countries.
Children are rewarded for attendance, good behavior and book accomplishments with fun trips such as skating parties, swimming at GSC, carnivals, Picnics and the annual Awana Derby held each spring.
Buses are provided for those who need transportation in the Pleasant Hill, Town of Grantsville, Annamoriah and Munday areas. If interested in riding one of the buses, call 354-6967 and leave a message.
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