Adyson Hammock
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The AWANA program is back for the 2023- 2024 school year for Friendship Baptist Church. The sign-up party to kick off AWANA was moved to
Wednesday, Sep. 13, due to Hurricane Idalia, but it will still be a blast. The sign-up party will begin at 5:45 p.m. with a pizza supper, at Friendship
Baptist Church, located at 14364 140th St., in Live Oak. Registration for the new AWANA year will be open, and the first 30 kids to register will receive a special back-to- school treat. There will be several water activities for the youth to participate in. Please wear a modest swimsuit – no two-piece suits. Activities will include a water slide kickball game, twin water slide racing and a baby pool for the little ones.
The word AWANA stands for “Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed” and comes from the Bible verse 2 Timothy 2:15: “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needed not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” AWANA classes include: Puggles, infant through 3-years-old; Cubbies, 3 to 5 years- old; Sparks, Kindergarten through second grade; T&T, third through fifth grade; TREK, sixth through eighth grade and Youth, ninth through 12th grade.