Please REVIEW the following volunteer opportunities:
Small Group Leader
Meets with same group of kids each week at club and accompanies them to each station. The ideal ratio is one leader to five kids.
As a small group leader your focus is on building relationship with each child as you participate together in games, counsel time (where they have a Bible lesson) and handbook time. You help kids as they recite memorized scriptures and complete sections in their handbooks to earn awards. You keep attendance and follow up with your kids to keep them tracking with the program.
Time Commitment:
Wednesday evenings 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Training:
- Attend Awana Training - 1 night leading up to season start.
- Complete Safety protocol documents and online training if necessary
Season: Sept – Nov and Jan – April (we break for most of Dec and for summer)
Sparks Director
Oversee the Sparks program at Awana which focuses on kids in Kindergarten through 2nd grade. You are in a mentoring role for your small group leaders and ensure that they all understand the program and are functioning in their intended role. You keep track of points for the Sparks teams at Game time. You are also the first line in making sure sparks is adequately staffed each week. Your direct report is the Awana commander..
Time Commitment:
- Wednesday evenings 6:00pm to 8:30pm
- 30 minutes spent each week in leader follow up
Training:
- Attend Awana Training - 1 night leading up to season start.
- Complete Safety protocol documents and online training if necessary
Season: Sept – Nov and Jan – April (we break for most of Dec. and for summer)
T&T Director
Oversee the T&T program at Awana which focuses on kids in 3rd grade through 5th grade. You are in a mentoring role for your small group leaders and ensure that they all understand the program and are functioning in their intended role. You keep track of points for the T&T teams at Game time. You are also the first line in making sure T&T is adequately staffed each week. Your direct report is the Awana commander.
Time Commitment:
- Wednesday evenings 6:00pm to 8:30pm
- 30 minutes spent each week in leader follow up
Training:
- Attend Awana Training - 1 night leading up to season start.
- Complete Safety protocol documents and online training if necessary
Season: Sept – Nov and Jan – April (we break for most of Dec. and for summer)
Listener
As a listener at Awana you are present during handbook time each week for Sparks, T&Ts or for both groups. You will be trained to understand how the handbook works and how to coach kids through it. Since each leader most likely cannot get around to each child every week, you are there to back them up and help kids get signed off in their books. You may be asked to sub if a small group leader is ill or may help run the Awana Store we have from time to time.
Time Commitment: Wednesday evenings 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Training:
- Attend Awana Training - 1 night leading up to season start.
- Complete Safety protocol documents and online training if necessary
Season: Sept – Nov and Jan – April (we break for most of Dec. and for summer)
Records and Hospitality
This role involves greeting kids and leaders each week and assisting them with check in at our kiosks. It may also include assisting at the connect counter in registering new clubbers or selling Awana resources to parents. Once club is underway, you become the record keeper for the night as kids complete sections in their books you to make sure it gets recorded. You work closely with Lisa and also assemble awards to be given out each evening by end of club.
Time Commitment: Wednesday evenings 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Training:
- Attend Awana Training - 1 night leading up to season start.
- Complete Safety protocol documents and online training if necessary
Season: Sept – Nov and Jan – April (we break for most of Dec. and for summer)
Security Team
We need at least two adults (preferably 3) each club night to be present from 6:15 to 8:30. They will wear security vests, carry radios and patrol the area around our parking lot and church entrance areas. Since our kids play games outside and move between floors at outdoor stairwells we want to have watching eyes and a presence to discourage anyone who may otherwise approach them.
Time Commitment: Wednesday evenings 6:15pm to 8:15pm
It does not have to be the same team every week but we would like parents signing up for this position to commit to serving at least twice a month in this capacity.
Season: Sept – Nov and Jan – April (we break for most of Dec. and for summer)
Set Up/ Tear down and A/V Tech Support
In this role you show up early to assist with set up for club each week. Once club is beginning, you transition to running sound for opening ceremony, game time and closing ceremony. Once club is over you begin tear down and clean up under Awana Commander’s supervision.
Time Commitment: Wednesday evenings 5:45pm to 8:45pm
Training:
- Attend Awana Training - 1 night leading up to season start.
- Attend sound board training with pastor Drew Dowler or Joe Hoiberg
Season: Sept – Nov and Jan – April (we break for most of Dec. and for summer)
Games Staff
As part of the games team you report to the Games director at club by 6:00 and begin unpacking equipment from our storage and prepping the game circle for that evening’s games. During game time you set and re-set equipment for the games, assist with instruction, help keep score and support the games director however needed. Once games are done for the night, you stay as a team clearing the games area and re-storing the equipment in the storage container. On occasion if the games director cannot be present you may be called upon to run the games.
Time Commitment: Wednesday evenings 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Training:
- Attend Awana Training - 1 night leading up to season start.
- Complete Safety protocol documents and online training if necessary
Season: Sept – Nov and Jan – April (we break for most of Dec. and for summer)
Awana Store Keeper
You are over all inventory for our Awana Store during the club year. You track inventory of our Awana Store and let Lisa know when orders need to be placed.
Once a quarter, you and who ever you may recruit – will plan and implement a store for kids where they can redeem their hard earned Awana bucks for prizes. They earn these bucks for finishing handbook work, saying verses, demonstrating leadership qualities, etc. It would be available to the kids during their handbook time so you would need to be present for the entire club time on those nights. Often the store is themed based on the season we are in such as Christmas or Valentines. We have a small budget for this but seek donations for these prizes as well from local vendors – You would drive this effort.
Time Commitment:
- Once a quarter – plan and implement store
Training: Attend one on one training with Lisa Strawhorn
Season: Sept – Nov and Jan – April (we break for most of Dec. and for summer)
