Serving God through community and connections

We are beginning to plan for 2009 in Greensboro, NC April 16-19 at the Sheraton and Koury Convention Center. Our theme will be Serving God through community and connections. And yes, we will have opportunities for you to do just that!

Summit ’08 – Loving God through community and connections is now in the record books. Still want more? Here’s some other details you might be interested in.

See highlights of Summit '08

Forums
Are you one of the over 1,000 students that attended Summit? People are still talking – check out the forums to find out what’s the buzz.

Fine Arts
Congratulations to our top finishers in Fine Arts:

Vocal
1st – Josiah Baker, Tulsa Bible, OK
2nd – Bethany Polinkas, Peniel Baptist, FL

Instrumental
1st – Philip and Paige Tang, Evangelical Community, TN
1st – Jared and Rachel Hall, Calvary Memorial, VA
2nd – Lydia Falconnier, West Park Baptist, TN

Piano
1st – Matthew Swift, Gold Country Baptist, CA
2nd – Austin Gress, Red Bridge Baptist, MO

Expressive Arts
1st – Hannah Lockhard, Palmcroft, AZ
2nd – Jean-Marc Balmet, Sienne Balmet, Tana Richards, Gold Country Baptist, CA
2nd – Kayla Woody, Elmdale Baptist, AR

Public Speaking
1st – Shaney Lee, Grace Covenant, TX
1st – Nicole Hunt, Mountain Springs, CO
2nd – Adam Hardy, Bayshore Bible, TX
2nd – Emily Burch, Evangelical Community, TN

Creative Writing
1st – Courtney Holt, LaSierra Community, CA
2nd – Jessica Bernardo, New Life, MN

Visual Arts
1st – S. Paul Brueggemann, Mountain Springs, CO
2nd – Gavin Dillehay, Grace Evangelical, IL

In addition to the Awana scholarship, remember that scholarship money is available from Bethel College.

When it is time to redeem your scholarship please send an e-mail to Kathleend@awana.org stating that you are ready to have your money sent to the college or university that you have chosen to attend. Please include the name and address of the school and if the check should be sent to anyone’s attention.

Bible Quiz
How was your BQ IQ? Congrats to our top finishers

1st Place Gold Country Baptist Church #2, Shingle Springs, CA
2nd Place Gold Country Baptist Church #1, Shingle Springs, CA
3rd Place Grace Bible Church, Charlotte, NC

The following alphabetically-listed churches were also competing in the Platinum level quizzing:

Biltmore Baptist Church #1, VA
Calvary Memorial Church, VA
Galeton Community Church #3, CO
New Life Church #1, MN
Oakwood Baptist Church #3, TN
Taylor Creek Church, WA
Trinity Baptist Church #1, CO

When it is time to redeem your scholarship please send an e-mail to Kathleend@awana.org stating that you are ready to have your money sent to the college or university that you have chosen to attend. Please include the name and address of the school and if the check should be sent to anyone’s attention.

AwanaGames®
Competition was fierce at University of North Florida for AwanaGames. Several new record times were set and one was even set and broken! Click here to see the new records. Congratulations to the top three teams:

1st Place Team New England #1
2nd Place West Cabarrus Church
3rd Place Red Bridge Baptist #1

Survey Monkey
Remember to give us your feedback at survey monkey! We value your input. - Click Here to take survey

Citation Ceremony
Congratulations to our Citation Achievers! We hope you will consider a chance to dig deeper at Awana and consider attending the Citation Discover Awana, August 4 -7, 2008 right here at HQ. For more information contact TonyaT@awana.org Are you ready to make a commitment? You can apply for an internship by simply sending an e-mail to intern@awana.org – catchy name, right?

If you’d like to get a copy of your picture you can do that here. Be sure to make extra copies, moms love that stuff!