St Paul Church

Thanks to all who came to celebrate our AWANA year with our leaders and students. We especially appreciate the dedication of the parents and grandparents who invested the energy and effort to bring these beloved young people week after week and our large group of committed volunteers who invested so much energy and faith into the goal of the AWANA club — which is to reach boys and girls with the Gospel of Christ and train them to serve Him! We have had a fruitful year, with many enthusiastic and active young people age 3 thru 6th grade, and it is a joy to see them grow in their knowledge of the WORD and love for the Lord.

Following is a list of those volunteers that helped throughout the year:

• Piggies: Adam, Christina and Jan Boyer, Barb Leifheit
• Cubbies: Pat Smith, Diane Meinert
• Sparks: Sally Kuhlmeier, Vicki Thomas, April Zettle
• T & T: Mary Gallagher, Shirley Goeke, Connie Marty, Jean Bechtold, Joanne Meinert, Diane Schurch, Jim Kleckner
• Game Leaders: Duane Schurch, Paul Babler
• Leaders in Training: Heather Niedermeier, Maycee Zettle, Stephon Terpstra
• General Secretary: Amy McKee
• General Help: Fred Smith, Russ Ellis, Carol Olsen, Fred Meinert, Pastor Dick
• Commander: Deanna Babler

Thank you so much!

As our AWANA year comes to a close, we would like to invite all of the congregation and friends of our students to join us the evening of March 18th for our final club night of 2009. At 6:30 there will be a time for the club members to share favorite verses and some of the other things they have learned this year. We will also have refreshments and a chance for fellowship. We hope that you will come and offer your support and encouragement for these dedicated young people of our congregation and community!

Awana meeting schedule for March:

• March 4th at 6pm (Career Night — dress in your future attire)
• March 11th at 6pm (Beach Bum Night — shorts, tank tops, sandals!)
• March 18th at 6pm — parents, friends and congregation joining at 6:30pm

Awana meeting in January:

• 7th at 6pm - Crazy hat/sunglasses night
• 14th at 6pm - Pajama/slippers night
• 21st at 6pm - Cowboy/cowgirl night - boots, bandanas, stick ponies
• 28th at 6pm

We will be concluding this school year’s Awana gatherings on Friday, May 30th at 6pm with a pizza party and awards presentationl. We invite parents and all of our volunteers to be in attendance that evening to help us celebrate a wonderful first year! We will start up again in September, and we hope that many volunteers will again say “YES!” to the young people of our community by giving of your time, talent and/or treasure to help train them to know, love and serve the Lord.

If you will be attending the Pizza Party, please sign up on the bulletin board or let Deanna Babler, Diane Schurch or the church office know so that we will be sure to have enough pizza for everyone!

Special invitation to all of our members and friends: please join us at 7pm on Friday, May 30th. We will present special awards to each of our club members and conclude with ice cream for all! We hope to see you there!

Please join us at 7 PM on Wednesday, May 28th. We will present special awards to each of our club members and conclude with ice cream for all! We hope to see you there!

Congratulations to our AWANA clubbers who participated in the area Sparks-A-Rama and AWANA Games in Machesney Park on April 5th. Our St. Paul Sparkies were combined with members from Grace Family Bible Church for the competition and won first place for their division. The T&T’ers were combined with members from Park Hills EF Church in Freeport, and their team placed second. The events were very exciting and competitive, with

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