Gate City's Awana club meets on Sunday nights during the school year from 5:30--7:00 PM.  Awana is a ministry designed to reach children with the gospel of Jesus Christ and train them to serve Him. Our goal at GCBC  is simple: We're here to have fun with a purpose — to win and grow kids for Christ!

To view the 2011-2012 Awana calendars, please use the links to the right.

Cubbies
The Awana club for 3 and 4 year olds  uses games, puppets, crafts, awards and other activities to provide a lively weekly experience where fun and learning go hand in hand. Friendly characters such as Cubbie Bear, Luv E. Lamb, Ern. E. Elephant, Zip E. Zebra and Gigi Giraffe take preschoolers on a thrilling journey through God’s Word. Caring, committed volunteer leaders from our church nurture your children spiritually as Christian role models and teachers. Bible-centered handbooks and club activities help your children begin to build a solid understanding of the basics of Christianity at an early age.

Your kids will reap immediate benefits from their involvement in this exciting program. Just look at what they will learn after only two years:
• Approximately 55 memory verses
• Key basic truths about God, Jesus Christ, salvation and the Bible
• The gospel message and their need to trust Christ as Savior

The Awana club for children in kindergarten through second grade builds on the material taught in our preschool club. The aim of the curriculum is to take youngsters a step deeper into God’s Word while giving unsaved boys and girls regular opportunities to hear the gospel and come to faith in Jesus Christ. After being immersed in solid foundational teaching at the preschool level, boys and girls frequently come to an understanding of their need to trust Christ as their personal Savior while in Sparks.

Sparks
The Sparks program is firmly grounded in Scripture. The three handbooks feature:
• Basic truths about God, Jesus Christ, salvation and the Bible
• An increased emphasis on Scripture memory over our preschool materials. In three years, a child will learn and review 68 verses, many of which cover salvation and key Christian doctrine
• Clear and consistent presentation of the gospel message

Sparks club meetings combine learning with fun to create an atmosphere of irresistible excitement. Club meetings are divided into three segments:
1) Bible teaching, worship, award presentations and the gospel message

2) Small group interaction and completion of Bible-based lessons

3) Age-appropriate games on the Awana game circle
Along the way, Sparky, the friendly firefly, encourages boys and girls to learn verses and complete assignments throughout the three handbooks.

Truth and Training
The Truth & Training program teaches third through fourth-grade boys and girls the truth of God’s Word and to trains them to follow Christ in their daily lives. Our goal is that many of today’s young people will become tomorrow’s church leaders. T&T is the program that trains the leaders of tomorrow — today.

T&T is equipped with a variety of dynamic tools to accomplish this mission:
• Four handbooks of increasing difficulty which teach children that life’s ultimate adventure is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
• A cast of fun characters that boys and girls learn from and follow on interesting journeys in the handbooks

• Weekly meetings that expose children to the gospel message, Scripture memory, Bible study, awards, team- oriented games and gut-busting fun

By the time a child has completed T&T, he will have:
• Learned and reviewed approximately 310 verses
• Studied dozens of passages from the Old and New Testament
• Regularly heard and read the gospel message
• Discovered the Bible’s response to questions like “How does God want me to live my life?” and memorized verses to back up these answers
• Completed missions projects that help him see the world through God’s eyes