{"id":1109,"date":"2023-08-04T02:06:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T02:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teambarke.com\/DLCLCN\/?page_id=1109"},"modified":"2023-08-07T18:49:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T18:49:19","slug":"patch-club-september-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teambarke.com\/DLCLCN\/?page_id=1109","title":{"rendered":"Patch Club- September 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3><strong>Patch Club &#8211; September 2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<strong>&#8220;I pledge allegiance to the Awana flag&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>which stands for the Awana clubs&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>whose goal is to reach boys and girls&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>with the Gospel of Christ and&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>train them to serve Him.&#8221;<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<strong>&#8220;I pledge allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ whose name I love and whose praise I sing.<\/strong><br>\n<strong>As a faithful sailor in Patch the Pirate Club, I will do my best to serve my Savior and obey His Word.&#8221;<\/strong>\n\n\n\n<strong>&#8220;We are Awana Cubbies, we&#8217;re happy all day long.<\/strong><br>\n<strong>We know that Jesus loves us! That&#8217;s why we sing this song.<\/strong><br>\n<strong>We hop because we&#8217;re happy and we jump and shout for joy.<\/strong><br>\n<strong>For Jesus is a friend to us.<\/strong><br>\n<strong>He loves each girl and boy.&#8221;<\/strong><br>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ew1MaHM0_0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br>\n<strong>My problem with this song is that we&#8217;re not happy all the time. Life is hard. There are trials that come. Saying we&#8217;re happy all the time gives a false view or false reality of life.&nbsp;<\/strong>\n\n<strong>&#8220;We&nbsp; are &#8220;Sparks&#8221; for Jesus, &#8220;Sparks&#8221; to light the world,<\/strong><br>\n<strong>We will shine for Jesus as we tell each boy and girl!<\/strong><br>\n<strong>We will hide God&#8217;s Word in our hearts;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>We will serve Him right from the start;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>From His love we never can part for we are<\/strong><br>\n<strong>&#8220;Sparks!&#8221; &#8220;Sparks!&#8221; &#8220;Sparks!&#8221; &#8220;Sparks!&#8221; &#8220;Sparks&#8221; to light the world.&#8221;<\/strong><br>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ePgBKxa46ZI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br>\n<strong>Tell each boy and girl what?? They fail to give the real message.&nbsp;<\/strong>\n\n<strong>&#8220;I am off on the Ultimate Adventure!<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Trusting Jesus all along the way.<\/strong><br>\n<strong>To the truth of God&#8217;s Word I will surrender,<\/strong><br>\n<strong>No matter where I am from day to day.<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Chorus:<\/strong><br>\n<strong>In the sky, undersea, in the wild, Christ with me.<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Here at home, around the world,<\/strong><br>\n<strong>His love is clear to see.<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Won&#8217;t you come along with me on the Ultimate Adventure!<\/strong><br>\n<strong>I will train for the mission He has for me.<\/strong><br>\n<strong>I will trust in Him to give the victory.<\/strong><br>\n<strong>As I read His Word and pray, He gives direction,<\/strong><br>\n<strong>As I follow Him each and every day.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uI8wwV1xqPk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br>\n<strong>These are good truths but\u2026.again they fail to mention what truth they are surrendering to. There are lots of truths in God&#8217;s word that we need to obey.&nbsp;<\/strong>\n\n<strong>&#8220;Firmly Awana stands, led by the Lord&#8217;s commands,<\/strong><br>\n<strong>&#8220;Approved workmen are not ashamed,&#8221;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Boys and girls for His service claimed!<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Hail! Awana! On the march for youth;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Hail! Awana! Holding forth the truth.<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Building lives on the Word of God Awana stands!<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Our Savior following with steps unfaltering,<\/strong><br>\n<strong>And love unaltering, His praise we sing,<\/strong><br>\n<strong>His banner over us, in service glorious,<\/strong><br>\n<strong>We&#8217;ll fight victorious for Christ our King!<\/strong><br>\n<strong>YOUTH ON THE MARCH!&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iVPo-jl9Ms0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br>\n<strong>This song seems like empty lyrics to me.&nbsp;<\/strong>\n\n\n<strong>&#8220;Oh climb aboard our jolly ship, travel on life&#8217;s sea&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Our Captain is the son of God, he will faithful be<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Oh come and join our happy crew,<\/strong><br>\n<strong>we still have lots of room for you,<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Oh climb aboard our jolly ship, travel on life&#8217;s sea.&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>We sail with Patch the Pirate, across the ocean blue&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>We want to please our savior, in all we say and do&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>We serve the king of heaven, and proudly bear his sword&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>We sail with Patch the Pirate, to the glory of the Lord.&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Come sail with us we&#8217;re heaven bound, everyone can go&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>The fare was payed with Jesus blood, many years ago&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>We love to sing our saviors praise,&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>We&#8217;ll bless his name through all our days,&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Come sail with us we&#8217;re heaven bound, everyone can go&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>We sail with Patch the Pirate, across the ocean blue&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>We want to please our savior, in all we say and do&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>We serve the king of heaven, and proudly bear his sword&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>We sail with Patch the Pirate, to the glory of the Lord.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cKScknJ4BYc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br>\n<strong>This song is so much better because it mentions that life is a sea. Life is sometimes calm and sometimes rough. This song also mentions the faithfulness of God. It also mentions that God&#8217;s word is a sword (Ephesians 6)&nbsp; and also gives the message of the cross and the hope of heaven. It&#8217;s much more scripture based than the Awana songs.&nbsp;<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<strong>&nbsp;The Patch adventure &#8220;Ocean Commotion&#8221; changed this for me. That adventure is about the story of Noah&#8217;s ark. In the course of that adventure Patch and crew are trying to warn the outlanders of the impending storm but the outlanders won&#8217;t believe them.&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>&nbsp;Alberta Einstein: &#8220;But why won&#8217;t they believe us?&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Bootstrap Ben: &#8220;They believe the lies of Wise Guy, Alberta, and they are afraid.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Sissy Seagull: &#8220;It&#8217;s kind of like what happened when Noah was building the ark. No one believed him when he said a storm was coming.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Alberta Einstein: &#8220;They probably called Noah crazy too&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Sissy Seagull: &#8220;Or a cuckoo bird&#8221;<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Pearl: &#8220;Or a trouble maker.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"y_id_ef63_13d3_6b35_a71a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Uq_T197_XY\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patch Club &#8211; September 2019 &#8220;I pledge allegiance to the Awana flag&nbsp; which stands for the Awana clubs&nbsp; whose goal is to reach boys and girls&nbsp; with the Gospel of Christ and&nbsp; train them to serve Him.&#8221; &#8220;I pledge allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ whose name I love and whose praise I sing. 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