There are tons of ways that you can choose to use the awards system in a Kids 4 Truth program. Our desire at Kids 4 Truth is to make the curriculum and program as flexible as possible to meet the needs of each local church. However, many churches using Truth Cards may find it difficult to know how to handle bonus patches. Here are just a few scenarios to help you out:
Bonus Patches: Choose from one of 4 choices of how to earn the bonus award.
- Recite all 10 TruthCards for the Doctrinal theme at one time.
- Complete and Turn in all 10 WebNumbers Activities for the Doctrinal Theme. (Those can be found here.)
- If the child has purchased the TruthBook, he/she can recite the Bonus Questions for 5 out of the 10 units for the Doctrinal Theme.
- If the child has purchased the TruthBook, he/she can fill in the blanks for all ten units within the Doctrinal Theme. (Note: if your family uses this for family devotionals...you can fill the blanks in the oldest child’s TurthBook and it counts for the entire family. Child is responsible to show TruthBook to his/her small group leader.)
Other ideas for the bonus patch:
- Attendance & Responsibility – Faithfully attend and bring your Bible, TruthBook and Awards Standard during the time we study each doctrinal theme. (I never expect perfection as many times it is not a child’s fault if he/she doesn’t get to attend – so I normally recommend about 75% of the time.)
You may also be having trouble remembering how the other award patches are earned if you are only using TruthCards in your ministry. Our clubs administrator has just created award coupon cards with a description of how each award is earned on the back so that leaders, parents, and children will see immediately how awards are earned. This document is an editble PDF that can be printed on business cards and included with the truth cards either on a ring or in the truth card wallet. Please visit the "How to Earn Awards" section of the Downloads on EquipU to download this file!
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