Our Ministries

  

What is a typical day at Awana?

On any given night we may have 5-18 kids who come to Awana on Sundays from 4-6 pm to learn about God! We open in prayer, say our pledges and then have praise and worship time with Noel Neri leading the kids in fun praise songs (clapping and dancing too!) Then we split off into a large group time where Pastor Mike shares a lesson from the Bible and kids read along and ask questions. Next we head to small group time where kids work through their Awana books and memorize verses. Last, but definitely not least is Game Time! The kids love game time, where we play silly games, learn teambuilding skills, and have lots of fun! And each night we close with a song and prayer. Transportation is available for those who do not have a ride.

 

Why is Awana important?

For many of our kids, Awana is one of the few positive things about their week, and most importantly, this is a chance for a seed to grow in their heart for God. When they learn Bible verses at this age, it will be there in their heart as they go through school and are faced with many decisions between right and wrong.

 

I’m too busy. I’ll pray about it. Why Me?

Pray about it… You should! The problem is that too often “I’ll Pray About It� becomes the “Christian� way of saying “No�. Truth is, everyone in our church should be on their knees praying for a revival and praying for these children. We should be just as excited about Jesus as the kids are when they learn about John 3:16!

 

We need volunteers to serve as:

Bookkeeper(s) to help check kids in on Sundays and total up their Awana points.
Small Group Leader for 3rd – 5th graders learning their memory verses.
Sparkys Assistant – K-2nd graders
Trek Small Group Leader, Games,

Van Driver

                                            Summer Martin

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.� (Matthew 7:21)

 

An Invitation

“Therefore encourage one another and build up one another�

Those of us in the In Touch Ministry view these words from 1 Thessalonians 5:11 as part of our “marching orders�. We gather at church at 10:00 am on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month to pray for the physical and spiritual needs of individuals and of other ministries.

After reviewing the weekly prayer sheet, each one of us take a group of people from the list and writes a note of encouragement to each person.

The needs are many and the laborers of the “In Touch� Ministry are few. We enthusiastically invite anyone who is interested in this ministry of encouragement to join us.

 

 

 

Women's Ministry Tuesday  Bible Study -10:00 to 11:00.

"Living Like You Belong to God"

See how God can make a difference in each of our lives!

LOOK WHAT WE’RE DOING IN JESUS’ NAME

When I finally started to the prison ministry, I had my answer to “Why me?� Romans  8:28. Everything in my life had prepared me for this. JFJ takes in a weekly Bible Study to 9 prisons across central Florida including the girl’s prison. We sing praise and worship, pray, have snacks and then the girls are actively involved in a weekly study. The girls have answer sheets so that they may go over the scripture and write the answers. It is good to see the girls help each other. This is a very small prison, only 24 girls. We started out with 4-6 girls attending the Bible study. Now we have 12-18 girls a week. We make sure that the praise and worship is culturally significant.  We praise and worship so loudly at times that the other girls will come just to find out what it is all about. Many girls have accepted Christ as their savior and have been baptized in a near by church. Others have rededicated their lives to Christ. We even had a Muslim girl give her life to Christ and now she is witnessing to her parents!!!

Now this will really blow your socks off!!! At the back of the prison property is a three room building that Prison officials gave to JFJ Ministry to rehab into more ministries. The first rehabbed room is the Boutique (a jam-packed Target).It is bright pink and purple with the Word of God everywhere.  The girls earn points by going to school, doing chores and random acts of kindness to their fellow mates.  The girls come to the boutique twice a month to spend their points. We have scented shampoo, conditioner, body wash, lotion, perfumes, jeans, t-shirts, shoes, jewelry, games, toys, stuffed animals, hair weaves, baby clothes, candy, sheets, bedspreads and more. I thank my church for the many donations you have given. I remind the girls that the Boutique is our way to honor Jesus. The girls LOVE IT!!!! And so do I. Come and join us, we still need volunteers.

The first and third wednesday of every month is Church Visitation Day.

If you wish to participate, please contact June McDonald at 727-733-6396.