Mark your calendars for these upcoming Awana events:

February 8 – Theme Night: Crazy Hair

February 29 – Sparks Store

March 7 – T & T Store

March 28 – No Awana – Spring Break

May 2 – Sparks Store

May 9 – T & T Store

May 30 – Closing Ceremony

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Parents and Church Members, you are invited to come and enjoy our closing ceremony in the Sanctuary with Cubbies, Sparks and Truth in Training on Wednesday, May 18th at 6:00 pm.  This is our fourth year for Awana Clubs…it has been such a blessing to this church. A big thank you to all Awana leadership, your involvement has made the difference in our clubs.  And to all the children who have participated, you have done a great job!  Awana will not meet during the summer months. Our official kick-off date will be August 17th.  Parents, Cubbies will need to go to their rooms on the Preschool Hall, Sparks and Truth in Training will meet on the 2nd floor North. Please have them in place by 5:45.

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Wednesday, November 17

The children will have the opportunity to support their favorite college before the big game!  We would like for  them to wear their favorite team colors instead of their uniform for this one night only.  Awana will go on as usual with opening ceremony, handbook time, group time.  They will be given the opportunity to show their team spirit during game time.
Go team!

Remember Awana will not meet the next week November 24th due to Thanksgiving.

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AWANA Store for Truth in Training

Wednesday, October 20

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Awana Kick Off Wednesday, August 18

5:00 pm Supper Starts • 5:30 pm Awana Meeting for Parents

Please remember to make your supper reservations!  For this week only, supper will begin at 5:00 pm.  While you are finishing your meal, at 5:30 pm Awana Leadership will share important information in an effort to start off the new year smoothly.  Parents, if you cannot come to supper please try to be present for the meeting.  Our Awana Clubs will begin at 6:00 pm with Puggles and Cubbies going to the preschool hall, and Sparks and Truth in Training in the Chapel.

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Wednesday Night Supper Menu

Hot Dogs, Hamburgers (and all the trimmings), Baked Beans, Potato Chips, Ice Cream, Tea/Lemonade

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August 1, 8, 15, & 22 from 5:00 – 6:15 pm in the Chapel
All four classes are necessary to complete the course, however arrangements can be made to make up any one of the four if necessary.

Awana Leadership

August 4 & 11 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm, 3rd Floor Awana Game Room
Leader training for all clubs
Both nights nursery and children’s activities will be provided.  Kindergarten – 6th grade, 2nd floor north

Awana Kick Off

August 18 5:30 pm – Parents and Clubbers meeting in Fellowship Hall
Awana activities will begin at 6:00 pm with Cubbies on the preschool hall and Sparks and Truth in Training in the Chapel

Preschool and Children’s Sunday School Leadership

August 8, 5:00 – 6:15 pm on 3rd floor, room 321 – Infant – 6th grade
For veteran and first time teachers alike, important and necessary information as we gear up for the new year.  Curriculum and a variety of useful items will be discussed.

“…and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.”  II Timothy 3:15

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This is our third year for Awana Clubs…it has been such a blessing to this church. All the children who have been involved have done a great job. Come and enjoy our closing ceremony in the Sanctuary with Cubbies, Sparks and Truth in Training on Wednesday, May 19th at 6:00 pm.   Parents, Cubbies will need to go to their rooms on the Preschool Hall, Sparks and Truth in Training will meet on the 2nd floor North. Please have them in place by 5:45. Awana will not meet during the summer months. Our official kick-off date will be August 18th.

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Parents please be reminded that Awana will not meet over the next two weeks.  We will start back on January 6th at 6:00 p.m.  Please encourage your children to review over these weeks. Speaking for the Awana leadership, Wednesday evenings are a time when we come together in support  of your efforts to impress scriptures upon the hearts of your children that they may know Christ! We are looking forward to the New Year and all the opportunities God will bring to us!  Merry Christmas.

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Awana Store
Wednesday, October 7th

Attention all Sparks and Truth in Training clubbers:  Our Awana Store will be open on October 7th for the first time this year.
Each club will have time during the evening to shop.  Earn as many shares as you can to purchase the items in our store. Remember to bring your shares as we do not have a credit or lay-away plan. Be careful with your shares, if  lost we cannot replace them.  Our next  Awana Store date is planned for December 16th.  Shop till you drop!

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It really is an exciting time of the year.  It is time to take stock of where we have been and time to recast the vision for where we are going.  To do that, it is beneficial to once again look closely at our Growing in Grace vision statement.  As I considered this statement this week, I was presented with a profound opportunity to offer thanks and praise unto our God.  By His grace, we have accomplished so many of our goals.  We have continued to develop ministries for our young people that are family integrated.  We have deepened our ethic of biblical membership.  We have completed the updates to our By-Laws and now have a biblical model of Baptist policy.  And providentially, we have even updated the flooring and paint in our kitchen and fellowship hall as a result of the flooding in May.  God is so good and so sovereign that He even uses our difficulties to help us fulfill our vision!

So what are we looking at for the 2009-2010 church year?  There are three particular things on my heart for us as a congregation; things that the staff and pastors will be giving ample planning and consideration to in the coming weeks.

First is PRAYER.  Preaching through the Lord’s prayer again has been an incredibly blessed experience.  It has reminded me again that even as a pastor, I need to continue to challenge myself to be a true prayer warrior.  Our second goal under the “Spiritual Growth” section of our vision statement is to “Develop a congregational culture of intentional prayer.”  This Fall, I want to bring us back to the importance of prayer.  We will be reenlisting people to be involved in our Intercessory Prayer Room Ministry.  We will be considering how to give prayer a more central role in our services and meetings. We will also be considering how to give special emphasis to family prayer.

Second is EVANGELISM.  Every single one of us has been commissioned by Christ to be an ambassador of the gospel.  Currently, our principle outlet for evangelistic involvement is our GRACE outreach ministry.  We want to continue to support this ministry, but I really want us to go beyond it.  This year, we will begin considering how to teach and encourage more relational, hospitality, and event evangelism as a congregation.  We all have different spiritual gifts, and we would all do well to consider how we can use our gifts, talents, and even our homes to reach people with the gospel.

Third is MISSIONS.  This has been an ongoing priority for us here at Morningview.  Led by the excellent leadership of our Missions and Ministry Team, we have taken very significant steps in defining our vision in this area with our “Mission Action Plan.”  Even now, we are discussing the formalization of missions partnerships that will help us focus on specific people groups and goals for the next five to ten years.

Worthy of specific mention is our developing partnership in Ecuador.  We have the opportunity to continue a legacy begun by one of our senior adult members, Dottie Gilbert.  Right now, the political climate has shifted dramatically and the Baptist pastors in Ecuador need theological education if they want to continue ministering the truth in that nation.  We have an exciting opportunity to help build and staff a Baptist Seminary there in Patate, Ecuador.  Construction has already begun, and they need $24,000 to finish the first level of the teaching facilities and start classes in January of 2010.  To completely finish the building, a total of $89,000 is needed.

This Sunday, our Missions and Ministry Team will be meeting to consider this incredible opportunity, and I believe a formal commitment to this work will be presented to us within a few weeks.  Please join me in praying specifically for this effort and overall for God’s leadership in all aspects of our ministry.  We have a great year ahead of us and much that we must continue to do.  I love you all dearly!

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Awana has been a blessing to the children and adults who have been involved this year.  The Awana closing ceremony will be Wednesday, May 27th at 6:00 pm in the sanctuary.

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