Pastor Jay //

We began to realize that Awana and other church life were parallel universes in our church. This year we have developed a plan to integrate and challenge the world’s of secular and sacred. Many of our children were coming or being dropped off at the church for Awana, but had no real idea of worship except for the opening ceremony. Also, we realized that the children were being told that the world of science was the only reality and worship/spirtuality were distinctly separate and mystical. We decided to purposefully intersect these worlds in Awana with “LabQuest.”

Once a month, we keep the 3d-6th grade after opening ceremony for a further time of worship, drama, etc. The “sermon” portion of the service is a look at Biblical Truth inductively beginning with a science experiment. The truths discovered in the science experiment will then reveal deeper spiritual truths about God. The goals of LabQuest are:

To whet the appetite of the children with worship.
To challenge secular teachings that there is no absolute truth in morality (even though Darwinism is often presented as absolute truth).
To instill a Biblical worldview in the children.
To teach the children to think critically about the world around them from a Biblical perspective.

I would be interested in hearing your ideas/comments.

Jay Raines, pastor, FBC Cameron, MO

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