b'Heres to YouAND YOUR NEW MINISTRY YEARSome events are momentous. As they touch our lives today, they also have great bearing on our futures: the birth of a baby, a graduation, a promotion, an electionor the reopening of club. How a church embraces ministry to children this fall could have an enormous impact on the Churchs future.Will the church of 2050 find us full of faith today?Will todays childrentomorrows churchremember how their Awana club gave them a front-row seat to what faith looks like in a pandemic? Will memories of your welcomes and joy not only greet them today, but also travel into their memories and fortify them as adults? Will the spirituality of their parents, teachers and pastors today strengthen them into their futures and continue to have great significance in their livesno matter what they may face?The events of 2020 caused many of our churches to make hard and heartbreaking decisions. As weenvision what this fall will look like, consider how the new ministry year is more than going back tonormal; it is the beginning of the future Church, marked by a momentous return of a generation backto club.As you make plans to resume club we desire to partner with you. Use this guide as you think through your current situation and the impact you can have on kids for the Church of 2050.Our prayer is that your Awana clubs will come alive again with childrens laughter, voices and childish prayers. May you dare to plan and dream again of raising this COVID-impacted generation to become the greatest generation of resilient disciples this world has ever seen.Heres to you who believe in the spiritual possibilities of your childrens lives and futures. Heres to your club and the impact it has on building disciples for the future. And heres to the Church of 2050. May it be faith-filled and God-honoring, with adults whowhen they were childrenwere impacted by your return to Awana clubs in the fall of 2021.Valerie BellCEO, Awana 2'