The Great ShakeUP is an annual, four week program that equips leaders, parents and clubbers to reach more kids for Christ and get them into your Awana clubs at little or no cost to the church. The classic Awana Clubs mottos — "The other boy for Christ" and "The other girl for Christ" — sum up the purpose of The Great ShakeUP: teaching kids to reach kids with the gospel of Jesus Christ. In the first two weeks, you teach your clubbers practical ways to invite their friends to Awana. In the third week, you get clubbers' parents directly involved. Week four is the big EVENT: a special club night when clubbers, leaders and parents pull together to share the gospel with kids who desperately need Christ.

Jude 23 exhorts Christians to pull others out of the fire and save them. In a culture that's bombarding our children and youth with unprecedented pressures, temptations and hopeless options, it's more important than ever that Christians, young and old, share the one solution that can meet the deepest needs of kids and families in your community: Jesus Christ. For nearly 60 years, reaching kids with the gospel of Christ has been at the heart of Awana Clubs. We want to serve you as you "shake things up" for the gospel in your community.

Click through the buttons on the left to get an overview of key phases of The Great ShakeUP.

You set the dates for your Great ShakeUP! Use The Great ShakeUP either near the beginning of the club year or just after the Christmas break to kick off the second half of your club year. These are the perfect times for new clubbers to join the fold! But you can use The Great ShakeUP to impact your community at any time throughout the club year.

Can't wait to get started? Check out the sets of resources organized by theme in the left column; you can choose which theme to use. Over the next two years, we will create additional themes and lessons to give you four years' worth of material. We've prepared Large Group Time messages, a special song and other materials for you to use. Get your leaders on board, help kids invite friends and even get parents involved. We provide the materials; you and your clubbers bring the kids. Together we will make your Great ShakeUP a big success for the glory of God!

Check out PowerUP, a powerful resource to help motivate kids to progress in their handbooks so they receive all that the Awana Clubs curriculum has to offer.