Dear Leaders,
Happy Summer! I wanted to update everyone on what has been taking place in our family. My daughter graduated this year and will be attending comm. college. Natalie also earned her Citation. "Way to go Nat! Elijah eared his Third Book Award and Levi earned his First Book Award. Yeah! We took some vacation time and spent it with my parents and had a great time. Penny and I will be celebrating our 21st anniversary in two days :) "Thank you Lord for blessing me so much!" I am excited to report we have many new churches starting Awana. The excitement is in the air and I have been seeing a lot of Awana signs go up in front of churches. In one month we will be having our first Awana Conference. Thank you for your prayers and support and I hope to see you this Awana year.
We love you,
Raine & Penny Gunn
Texas Awana Missionaries
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Support
25 cents per week doesn't sound like much but, when fifty T&Ters bring it for the area missionary, that is $50.00 per month. I got a call from a commander who said the church would like to support me $50.00 per month. She said she has fifty T&Ters and asked each one to bring twenty five cents a week. She also told them that was like giving up one coke per month. Please consider supporting our ministry here in East and Southeast Texas. Please see the attached support form and pray, pray, pray.
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Tips To Restart Your Club
1. Make a list of all the materials you will need (Use the 2010 catalog)
2. Schedule a team meeting
3. Look at what didn't go right last year and make the changes
4. Look at what did go right last year and repeat it
5. Make a year calendar
6. Make sure you have games to play every night (not kick ball every other week)
7. If you have questions, refer to your Awana roll books first............. then call me :)
8. Put new paint on the game circle (Make the church look good)
9. Support your missionary :) and Pray for your missionary :)
10. Pray after every step you take
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Calendar
Orientation (No Basic Training) No cost, coffee and donuts at 8
July 31st 8:30 to 12:00
Second Baptist Angleton
Fall Leadership Conference Training and club specific workshops ($30.00 lunch included)
First Baptist Rosheron
16211 2nd Street
Rosharon, TX 77583
Contact: Raine Gunn
Fall Leadership Conference
September 11th 2010 (Simulcast)
Live Via Satellite
Awana leaders will gather together in churches across the country for a special live simulcast celebrating 60 years of ministry!
*FBC Grapeland, TX
*Westland Baptist Church 1407 S Grand Pkwy Katy TX.
Quiz February 26th 2011
Christchurch Baptist Fellowhip
Awana Games March 26th 2011
The Gym
2325 Atascocita Road Humble, TX
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Quotes
"Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."
"God does not ask your ability or your inability. He asks only your availability."
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Funny
A bus driver and a minister were standing in line to get into heaven. The bus driver approached the gate and St. Peter said, "Welcome, I understand you were a bus driver. Since I’m in charge of housing, I believe I have found the perfect place for you. See that mansion over the hilltop? It’s yours.
The minister heard all this and began to stand a little taller. He said to himself, "If a bus driver got a place like that, just think what I’ll get."
The minister approached the gate and St. Peter said, "Welcome, I understand you were a minister. See that shack in the valley?" St. Peter had hardly gotten the words out of his mouth when the shocked minister said, "I was a minister, I preached the gospel, I helped teach people about God. Why does that bus driver get a mansion, and I get a shack?"
Sadly St. Peter responded, "Well, it seems when you preached, people slept. When the bus driver drove, people prayed."