AWANA is a worldwide children’s Bible club with an emphasis on Scripture memory and Christian living.
AWANA exists to reach boys and girls with the Gospel of Christ and train them to serve Him.
When We Meet
2025 - 2026 AWANA CLUB!
Wednesday Nights
6:00 – 7:30 pm
BE WATCHING FOR OUR 2025 - 2026 KICK OFF in SEPTEMBER!!
We are getting ready to begin our 2025 - 2026 AWANA Club Season and are very excited to have all the clubbers with us again this fall!!
Our first official club meeting will be held in September from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. Keep an eye out on social meeting for our Fall Kick-Off event as it gets closer!
Our Cubbies will meet in the lower level of the church and our Sparks and T& T meet in the Brick Center. At 7:30 pm, parents should pick up their Cubbies in the lower level of the church and all Spark and T & T clubbers can be picked up at the Brick Center.
We will meet on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 to 7:30 pm at the church and in our new Brick Center! AWANA Club Registration can be found on our home page of our website.
AWANA is open to the community! All kids PreK (3 years old) through those currently in 6th grade are welcome!
Programs:
- Cubbies (3-4yrs)(potty trained)
- Sparks (K-2nd grade)
- Truth & Training (3rd-6th grade)
Schedule:
- Game Time: Kids have a time of fun and learn sportsmanship and teamwork, no matter their athletic ability.
- Book Time: Kids work one-on-one with their Leaders and LITs (JH/HS leaders in training) memorizing, reciting, and applying Bible verses from their Handbooks.
- Large Group Time: Kids gather together for worship, a practical Bible message, awards and announcements. We have a lot of fun with special guests and theme nights, too!
AWANA was founded in 1941 and reaches more than 1.5 million children in 12,000+ churches in 100+ denominations every week. Clubs are also established in over 13,000 churches, schools, and orphanages in 100+ countries outside the U.S.
AWANA derives its name from the first letters of “Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed” from 2 Timothy 2:15:
“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.”
Children
We provide care for your little ones that is both safe and uniquely Christian.
Check-in
We teach your little ones during both services in order to enable you to participate in the worship service, a small group, and/or another ministry.
Each child begins at a check-in station to recieve a name tag and parent tag to present upon pickup.
Nursery
Our clean and safe nursery is located just outside our auditorium doors. Our nursery check-in location can be seen on our campus map.
Our nursery is available during all worship services.
Sunday School
Our 2025 - 2026 Sunday School year will begin on Sunday, September 7th, 2025 at 9:00 am. Classes are available for those in Preschool (potty trained) through Adults. We will have an additional Adult Mortar Group which will meet at 10:30 am in the Brick Center. Registration for our Sunday School can be found on the home page of our church website.
Sunday School runs from September 7th, 2025 to Sunday, May 17th, 2026. While our 10:30 am Adult Mortar Group continues to meet much of the summer, the rest of our Sunday School classes are on summer break from May 25th - August 31st.
Children’s Church
During our summer 9:00 am worship service, children Pre-K through those currently in First Grade will sit with their families in the service until the praise and worship song just before the sermon when they are dismissed for age-appropriate worship on the lower-level in our Preschool Department.
Community Connections Carnival and Vacation Bible School
Our 2025 VBS will be held on June 16 - 20, 2025 from 9:00 to 11:30 am. Our VBS is for youth from preschool (potty-trained) through those just completing 6th grade this year. Registration forms can be found on our facebook page or contact the church office at 815-645-2526. Your kids are going to enjoy our week at WONDER JUNCTION this summer!
Our 2025 Community Connections Carnival is going to be on Monday, July 21st from 6 - 8 pm on the church campus. There will be a free dinner (walking taco's and hot dogs) available all evening in the Brick Center and plenty of fun and exciting games being held outside!! Families and kids of all ages have always loved this event! This is open to everyone in the community! Please join us! ** Rain Date is Wednesday, July 23. **
Youth Group
Times
Our youth group includes both Junior High and High School students. We meet on the first and third Sundays of each month from 12-2:00 pm during the school year. After we have lunch together, one of the groups will have a lesson while the other group plays a game. Halfway through, the groups will switch. Special events are planned during the summer months.
JR and SR HIGH BIBLE STUDY: Jr and Sr High Youth Bible Study will meet from 7 to 8 pm in the Adult SS Classroom in the church. The 2025 - 23026 study will begin in August once school is back in session. All Jr and Sr High Youth are invited to join this weekly Bible Study led by Associate Pastor David Bogner.
Service Projects: Our teens do a service project every month to reach out into our community. Some of our activities include serving at the Rockford Rescue mission, visiting our widows, making blankets and collecting donations for the women's pregnancy center, serving at our local food bank (Bread of Life), caroling at Christmas time, and sending packages to our military and college students.
Other Activities - Youth Bible Study
Our teen Bible Study meets every Wednesday evening in the church sanctuary from 7 to 8 pm. We follow the Meridian school calendar.
For more information on our youth Bible study or events, please contact Associate Pastor David Bogner at 815-289-3246 or davidbogner4@gmail.com.
During the summers and school breaks, we have Bible Studies, go to summer and winter camps, High School retreats, conferences and community activities. Our summer Bible Study will be held the first Wednesday (June 4th, July 2nd, and August 6th) at the Bogner Home in Stillman Valley.
See all our youth events for 2024 - 2025 in our CHURCH CALENDAR.
We also have a YOUTH MINISTRY PACKET available for all Jr and Sr High Youth and their parents to read through.
Volunteer
Mortar Groups
Families & Singles
Sunday Groups
FALL 2024:
Our Adult SS Classes, known as "MORTAR GROUPS" will be begin meeting on Sunday, September 8th, 2024. We will have a Mortar Group meet at 9:00 am and another Mortar Group meet at 10:30 am.
During the school year, our 9:00 am Mortar Group meets in the Adult SS Classroom at the church. The 10:30 am Mortar Group meets in the Brick Center.
We call our Adult classes "MORTAR GROUPS" as this name fits with our emphasis that at the Red Brick Church we know God makes bricks with a building in mind (1 Peter 2:5).
Sunday School is also provided for children preschool through high school during the 9:00 am worship service.
Men
Men's Mortar Group
Our Men's Mortar Group meets monthly during the school year. We meet on the last Thursday of every month from 6:30 to 8:00 pm in the Brick Center. All men and invited and encouraged to attend our monthly meetings!
Ladies
Women of the Word
The Tuesday evening “Women of the Word” study meets from 6:30 to 8:00 pm beginning Tuesday, September 3rd in the Brick Center.
Moms and More
The THURSDAY morning “Mom’s and More” study meets from 9:00 to 10:30 am beginning on Thursday, September 5th in the Brick Center. Free childcare is provided for the Thursday morning study.
Both studies will be doing the "Behold and Believe: A Bible Study on the "I Am" Statements of Jesus. Workbooks can be purchased at the study. Both studies are open to all ladies in the community. Registration for either study can be found on the home page of our church webstie. Please join us!
Seniors
Senior Fellowship
Our Senior Fellowship gets together on the 4th Tuesday of every month for breakfast at the Sunrise Restaurant in Byron at 9:00 am (weather permitting in the winter). This is open to anyone in our church family and community 55 years of age and older. Please feel free to join us when you are able.
We also have several inter-generational activities to bring our youth and seniors together.
Many of our small groups do not meet weekly during the summer.
See the full schedule on our calendar.