What is it?
Why should I encourage it?
How do I prepare for it?
Gil Korthals
Iowa Awana Ministry Team
Co-Commander, Bondurant Federated Church

A competition where clubbers compete against clubbers from other churches in how well they know the Bible verses and other material they have been memorizing.
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Consists of boys and girls teams from each handbook
Covers the first four Discoveries/Challenges of each book
Oral Quiz (12 M/C questions) & Written Quiz (12 ques.)

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To encourage clubbers in Bible memorization, review books.
Provide competition for clubbers to show Bible knowledge.
Give clubbers a greater love for a working knowledge of the Bible.
Everyone learns about salvation, so they can accept
Christ.

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Really strengthens and deepens the verses the kids have learned.
Motivates clubbers to make progress in their books.
Grows, strengthens and stretches your club, kids and leaders.
Interact with other churches, both leaders and kids.
Kids see that they are not alone in studying God’s
Word and are encouraged.
Gives your high achievers a place to be challenged.
Gives your non-atheletes a place to shine.

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Boys compete against boys generally and girls against girls. Exception is when low numbers, then combine.
Each team consists of 1-6 boys or girls.
A ‘full’ team is 2 - 6 kids (max points available).
2-4 kids do the Oral Quiz, two do the Written.
If a lot of boys or girls for a particular handbook, can split and have two teams for that book.
A single person can be a team but only half the points available.

Oral Quiz
 Each M/C question worth 10 points
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12 questions = 120 points possible per clubber
Two clubbers per team = 240 total points possible
Written Quiz
 Each question worth 10 points but partial credit possible.
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12 questions = 120 points possible per clubber
Two clubbers per team = 240 total points possible
Perfect Team score = 480 points

2 nd Boy
Bondurant
Federated
Grace
West
Urbandale
Baptist
1 st Baptist
Colfax
1 st
Federated
Calvary
Baptist
1 st Boy
Bondurant
Federated
Grace
West
Urbandale
Baptist
1 st Baptist
Colfax
1 st
Federated
Calvary
Baptist
2 nd Girl
Bondurant
Federated
Grace
West
1 st Girl
Bondurant
Federated
Grace
West
Urbandale
Baptist
1 st Baptist
Colfax
1 st
Federated
Calvary
Baptist
Urbandale
Baptist
1 st Baptist
Colfax
1 st
Federated
Calvary
Baptist
Evangelical
Free
Church
Evangelical
Free
Church
Evangelical
Free
Church
Evangelical
Free
Church
1 st
Baptist
Perry
1 st
Baptist
Perry
1 st
Baptist
Perry
1 st
Baptist
Perry
Front
Screen

 Two to four practice sessions
 Split up by handbook
 Recruit coach/helper for each handbook
 Note cards (flash cards)
 Study guides
 Practice questions – yes, homework!
 Practice oral quiz, especially for first timers
 Online quiz/questions

Study guides and practice questions – most useful website
 http://www.2timothy215.net/
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Memorization Tools (some have a cost)
 http://www.quizzinggame.com/
 http://showcase.netins.net/web/awanapmc/Choose_A_T&T_Book.shtml
http://mt.verseminder.com/welcome/aid/3/tabid/139/default.aspx
http://www.getintheword.com/Products.aspx?Product=MemoryMan&Page=Download
Bible verse flash cards
 http://www.barnescomputer.net/Personal/awanaT&Tbook.html

Click on Book 1 to get this page.
Practice
Questions
Study Guide

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Emphasize that they get out of it what they put in
Beware of ‘None of the above’ answers in Oral Quiz
Get parents involved – parents meeting before first practice, e-mails with copies of homework, …
Homework on colored paper to match book
Start small, maybe only observe the first year
Commander doesn’t have to be the coach
Don’t forget purpose is to deepen knowledge of the Word.
That is winning.
Bring three volunteers to be scorekeeper, room monitor, paper corrector.
Invite 2 nd graders & parents to watch