AWANA MISSIONARIES:
Steve Schenk
123 Hawthorne Glen Trail
Beavercreek, OH 45440
SteveS@awana.org/
Home phone 937-429-3548
 December
2006 Praise & Prayer
Praise the Lord
2006
has been a fruitful year of ministry for us.
Scores of young people trusted Christ as Savior as the Lord allowed us to
visit their churches and present the gospel message. We were able to speak
with hundreds of Awana leaders for encouragement and training. 26
churches started new Awana clubs in Ohio representing thousands of
children who will learn God’s Word, along with thousands of opportunities
for local churches to reach families for Christ.
During
December we were able to take a little time off to spend with family; Betsy
& Brent came home from Oklahoma, plus we were in Columbus for a few days to
celebrate the holidays. Jud & Sara, along with our granddaughters Livvy &
Amelia, were able to spend more time with us since they live so close.
Steve
visited two clubs this past month to talk about being a missionary and
to emphasize the real message of Christmas. He was also invited to speak at
the chapel services of a local Christian school. Another church who
recently remodeled their fellowship hall needed our help to put down a new
game square, which we were glad to do. A church in Brown county asked Steve
to preach on a Sunday morning then stay for a lunch and training for their
children’s workers.
Steve & our
partner missionary in Ohio, Dean Birdsall, met with a group of pastors in
Richland county to help them get started with a combined teen ministry in
their community. Together, these churches will be able to provide
increased ministry and fellowship opportunities for their young people.
The first
weekend of December we conducted our annual Christmas ministry team
meeting, with 52 people in attendance. We appreciate their faithfulness
in serving across the state.
Pam
serves as the Trek director at our home church,
ministering to the junior high students. This past month we took the group
to a Living Christmas Tree concert at a church in Columbus, then out to eat
at Bob Evans. The week before Christmas we went caroling at a nursing home,
then out for pizza. We praise the Lord for the chance we have to make a
difference in these young lives from inner city Dayton.
Pray With Us
Ai-Wang-Le
means “Love, Hope, Joy” in Chinese, and these are the symbols being used for
the Awana initiatives to reach that country for Christ. Please pray for
wisdom as God opens doors for this ministry.
www.AiWangLe.com
Pray for
those churches who are staring new clubs in the New Year. We expect around
4-6 groups to get started for the first time.
Event
season starts in January as we offer Grand Prix races, Bible Quizzing, and
Awana games across the state. Each activity will draw unsaved family
members as spectators, so pray for clear gospel presentations by the
speakers. More details are at our website,
www.OhioAwana.org
Continue to
pray for the leadership of AWANA Clubs International and for the missionary
team here in Ohio as we serve the Lord in the upcoming year. We want to be
sure that everything we accomplish is a result of God working through us.
Spring Hills Baptist Church Awana
The
purpose of the Spring Hills Baptist Church Awana
program is to evangelize, challenge and
train the youth of our community by providing
Bible-based, Christ-centered weekly club
programs.
The Spring Hills Awana program includes
“clubs” currently for ages 3 through the 6th
grade. Each
club includes the key elements of games and
activities, Bible memorization, handbooks, and
awards. Every
year the Spring Hills Awana program includes
many special activities and events such as:
- Visits
from missionaries
- Special
theme nights (sports, Hawaiian, cowboy,
wild hair, etc.)
- Store
nights (where clubbers spend Awana dollars
they’ve earned)
- Awana
Grand Prix (pinewood car race)
- Swim
night
The
Spring Hills Awana clubs meet September thru
April on Wednesdays from 6:10 PM to 8:00 PM.
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AWANA is an
International program designed to support
local churches to equip leaders and impact
their communities with the gospel of grace in
Christ. Our church is thus proud to be a
partner with the Southern Ohio AWANA
Missionary family: the Schenks - Steve and
Pam. [email:
awana@mics.net]
They ask for prayer in the following ways: 1.
That God will raise up qualified leaders in
the hundreds of clubs throughout this region.
2. That God will also bring forth qualified
Pastors to lead each Church congregation in
the region - the person for the church!! 3.
That in His time, each child and family
exposed to the gospel of Christ will make a
conscious decision to become a follower of Him
and in so doing, reach out to others that they
too may come to know Christ personally!!
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