Faith, Fun and Family Bonding: the Perfect Recipe

What event can you incorporate into your club’s calendar to bring parents and kids together, renew excitement after the holidays, and extend your club outreach? Awana Grand Prix!

Awana Grand Prix is a racing event with a 55-year track record of fun and heart-pumping excitement. Each year Awana clubs from around the country host Grand Prix events, where thousands of young people and their families hear the gospel message.

During the event, kids race small wooden vehicles that they’ve crafted with the help of a parent or other adult. The race is held in a large room with space for a track, participants, officials, and spectators. Churches can ask their local Awana missionary or ministry team members for advice or assistance in running the races; some missionaries even have tracks for churches to borrow.

But Awana Grand Prix is more than just building a race car and seeing how fast it can run down the track. The event helps to build a bond between kids and their parents as they work together to design the best car ever. Parents, and grandparents as well, are drawn into the creative excitement of helping their young people participate. And everyone who attends the event hears the good news that God loves them and sent His Son to rescue them from sin. Be sure to line up a speaker to give a clear gospel presentation – either an Awana leader, your church pastor, your Awana Missionary, or a guest speaker.

An Awana Grand Prix race is a proven way for you to accomplish several goals for your Awana club:

• Bring family members to the church to hear the gospel.
• Build and strengthen relationships among the club leadership, parents, and kids.
• Involve parents, grandparents, and other family members in club activities.
• Provide an opportunity for adults in the church to serve the Lord by helping make cars or volunteering on race day.
• Draw boys and girls back after the holidays and help boost club attendance
• Host an exciting club event that kids will look forward to year after year.

You can find more information about Awana Grand Prix by searching on the Internet or through social media channels such as Pinterest. And all the supplies you need are available through the Awana Store. Your Awana Missionary Ministry Team members are available to help you, plus many websites have advice about building cars and running the race. Check with your Awana Ministry Director for rules specific to your club.

Set the wheels in motion this month and run an exciting outreach event that will have a lasting impact for years to come – perhaps even for all eternity.