AWANA is a youth program that meets weekly throughout the school year. Each night is typically broken up into three segments; game time, handbook time and teaching time. AWANA games are often played around the "AWANA Circle" and are a fun competitive time between teams. Handbook time is where clubbers meet with their leaders to complete their book work and memorize Bible verses. Large group time typically involves a brief message (missionary story, Bible story, object lesson, etc.), music, special guests, candy, etc. We send the kids home tired but excited!

Different age groups are broken up into different 'clubs'.

• Cubbies: Ages 3-4 and entering Kindergarten in the next two years (limited to children of leaders).

• Sparks: Kindergarten through second grade.

• T&T (Truth and Training): third through sixth grade boys and girls meeting separately.

The above clubs meet weekly on Wednesdays at Berean throughout the school year from 6-8pm.

Trek and Journey

We also have a lively junior high program, Trek, for seventh and eighth graders as well as a high school program, Journey, for ninth through twelfth graders. These two groups meet on Tuesdays throughout the school year from 6:30-8:30pm at Berean.

Throughout the year we hold Winter retreats and Summer camps. We go on short-term missions trips, encourage our youth to get involved in serving at Church (we have a number of opportunities) and have special activity nights which can range from lock-ins to broom hockey to scavenger hunts to 'drive-in' movies outside and much more. We have a serious side too. Among other things we conduct a food drive during Halloween, collect shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child, hold fundraiser's for missionaries, occasionally help at the Union Gospel Mission and always honor our graduating high school seniors. We also have great Sunday school classes for all our kids. We're serious about ministering to youth and seek to make this an attractive, fun and meaningful place that kids are proud to bring their friends to.

For more information on youth ministry at Berean, please contact Pastor Mike at 924-8832.