Correction

Hi ladies,

Katherine just got home from Summit and she brought with her a book AWANA: God’s Miracle.

It is a great book and I would recommend to anyone who is interested in AWANA. Too often older ministries get dismissed for the “latest and greatest” but when you read the story of how God started this ministry and the heart of the men behind it, it puts it in a different light.

I just wanted to make a correction on the e-mail about Art and Katherine. The Fairmont Fair was started because there were more kids lined up for the movies than for church. The Fair was and continues to be an outreach opportunity that many AWANA clubs provide for the kids in their communities. The founding of AWANA is much more complicated.

To make amends for my error, I am going to share a story from the book.

Personal Bank Account:
Art’s challenge to AWANA leaders from the1960’s

"If you had a bank account that credited your account each morning with $86,400,” Art would say, “that carried over no balance from day to day and allowed you to keep no cash in your account, and every evening canceled the money that you had failed to use during the day, what would you do? Draw out every cent, of course.

You do have such a bank account and its name is “time”. Every morning it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it rules as lost the time you have failed to invest to good purpose…Awana leader, have you taken inventory of one of your most treasured possessions in life ‘time?’

Draw on the 86,400 seconds of each day of the coming year. Invest them in the lives of boys and girls. Use each day’s deposit of seconds to advance the message of our wonderful Lord, He’s coming very soon."

“In God’s sight, every day is equally important,” Art says. “At the end of a day, I often say, “Okay, Lord, were you pleased with the day?” That’s what really counts. Whatever He has for me tomorrow is fine, but I’ve learned to pack everything I can into each day.”

Love,
Jill