We'd love for you to invite your friends and join us on December 14th! Live reindeer will be here (and Santa Claus too!), and we'll have crafts, a movie, popcorn, and hot cocoa!

If you'd like to help with the event (greeting, serving food, directing traffic, helping with craft stations, clean-up, etc), please sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B084FADAF2DA6FC1-46093980-reindeer

In December, the teens are all invited to gather together for a Christmas party at Caleb’s house! We’ll have cookies & other snacks, hot cocoa, ice skating on Campbell Lake, a fire, sledding, and fellowship. Please bring sleds, ice skates, warm clothes, and friends! Please call/text Caleb at 907-529-6195 for directions or talk to him on Sunday!

We’ve been enjoying our Bread Sundays, so for the Christmas season we’re going to have Cookie Sunday, an opportunity for our bakers in the church to share their favorite Christmas cookies! On Sunday, December 8th, we invite you to stay after the first service or come early for the 2nd service so you can enjoy a time of cookies and fellowship! If you enjoy baking, we’d love for you to bring a plate of cookies to share!

Ladies, we’d love to have you join us for a night of fellowship and an opportunity to meet other women in the church! We’ll have light snacks and desserts (you’re welcome to bring your favorite snack to share as well!) and we will be offering a wreath-making project (with live greens…perfect for the Christmas season!) for those who are interested in participating. Spectators are welcome to come and visit if you’d rather not craft! :)

Please RSVP on the form below so we can be prepared with enough wreath supplies.

And as always, we’d love for you to bring your friends!

Join us in the theater for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe! The movie is PG and is 2 hrs 23 minutes. We’ll be serving free popcorn!

Join us for a time of fellowship and praise to our Savior! We’ll start the evening at 5:30 by sharing a meal together in the Gathering Room, and then at 6:30 we’ll enter the Theater for a time of praise and worship. Nursery will be provided starting at 6:30.

If you’re a middle school teen, we’d love for you to stay after the second service for pizza and games!

On Sunday, November 10th, we invite you for a time of fellowship and sharing bread together between the 1st and 2nd service. Stay after the 9:30 service ends, or come early for the 11:00 service and partake in some delicious homemade bread provided by bakers in our church.

If you’d like to volunteer to bring some fresh bread, email Anna here.

If you’re a high school teen, we’d love for you to stay after the second service for pizza and games!

Join us at the church for pizza, a short time of work either inside or outside as we get the property ready for winter, and then a time of prayer for the upcoming addition project.

Please fill out the form below if you plan to attend so we are prepared with enough food!

Caleb Davis is our new Teen Ministry Leader, and he’d like to get to know our high school students! Join him for moose dogs and s’mores around the fire after church on October 6th!

For our final “summer” service (when we all still meet together at 10 am), we’re gathering outside with all ages worshiping together! The music and the sermon will both be a bit shorter to accommodate the attention span of kids. :) Come dressed for whatever weather we get that morning!

After the service, we’re hosting a potluck-style cookout. The church will provide the meat, buns, and condiments, but the sides will be potluck-style, so feel free to bring chips, salad, fruit/veggies, or a dessert to share!

Starting on September 8th, we’ll switch back to two Sunday services at 9:30 & 11:00 am.

Wednesday nights on the Awaken property we will be hosting Firestarter: a time of fellowship, sharing a meal together, discipleship, and connection. It will start at 6:30 pm with a meal, we’ll have a short teaching at 7 pm, and then fellowship around the fires. We’ll have nursery care and an elementary class for kids from 7:00 - 7:30.

You can also learn about Firestarter and see how to get involved in serving at the event by going to https://www.awakenalaska.com/firestarter

The final night of Firestarter will be August 28th! On this night, dinner will be potluck-style, so please bring a main dish or a side or dessert to share!

We are hosting a dessert auction to support Immigrant Connection Alaska, as we prepare to open our doors to clients this month! We are raising funds to help cover legal fees for those who cannot afford them and/or operating costs. You can participate by bringing a dessert to be auctioned off or bidding on a dessert. Johanna will receive the desserts on Sunday morning. The bidding will start after the service and close during the cookout. If you’re willing to bring a dessert, please email Johanna at immigrantconnectionak@gmail.com.

It’s Spring clean-up time at Awaken on a couple Wednesday nights in May! This is partly to get ready for our weekly summer Firestarter events, and partly just to take good care of our church building and property. From blowing and raking leaves, picking up trash, to splitting and stacking firewood, there’s a place for everyone of all ages and abilities to serve. It’s a great opportunity to serve together as a family and enjoy fellowship with others in the church. Dinner will be at 6:30, and work will wrap up at 8:30.
Work nights will be held on May 22nd and May 29th.

Awaken teens have been invited to join the youth group from Trailhead Wesleyan in Wasilla for “extreme sledding” at Hatcher Pass! We’ll plan to leave the church shortly after the second service and head to Hatcher Pass. We expect to return to the church around 5:30 pm. Please click on the link to the event on Trailhead Wesleyan’s site to read all the details and fill out a waiver which is required for the sledding (we also will have paper copies of the waiver at church).

https://trailheadak.org/events/2024/04/07/student-ministries-extreme-sled-day

Make sure your teen has snow gear that will keep them warm and dry! If you have a sled to bring (no tubes), that would be great! Lunch will be provided.

Please sign up on the form below if your student plans to attend:

Join us as we celebrate our resurrected Savior this Easter! Services will be a the normal times of 9:30 & 11:00 am.

Join us for some pre-Easter fun for the family! The event will start at 12:00 with some games, crafts, and fellowship, and the hunt will take place at 12:30. We will also be bringing back the teen & adult egg hunt! There will be 5 eggs hidden (more difficultly!) around the property that can be turned in and exchanged for a gift card! Following the egg hunt, we’ll be showing the Veggie Tale’s Easter Carol movie in the theater with free popcorn too! We’d love for you to bring your friends and family!

Due to the nature of our winter and our current state of melting and mess, we’d highly recommend boots for the hunt! :)

If you would like to help with the event, please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B084FADAF2DA6FC1-48439751-help

Join us as we remember the sacrifice Christ made for us on the Cross. We’ll share Communion, worship, and hear a short message. Nursery will be provided for young children, and children are also welcome in the service.

Men, join us for Saturday morning breakfast! This will happen the first Saturday of each month. No need to RSVP - just show up!

We’d love for you to join us on Christmas Eve as we celebrate the birth of our Savior! This year we will have three identical Christmas Eve service options - one in the morning at 10:30 am, and then evening options at 4:30 pm and 6:00 pm. We will celebrate with songs, a short message, and candle-lighting. These are family-friendly services so there won’t be children’s programming offered that day, but we welcome the noise and life that all the little ones will bring to the service!

Men, join us for Saturday morning breakfast! This will happen the last Saturday of each month. No need to RSVP - just show up!

If you’re a teen, we’d love for you to stay after the second service for lunch, games, and hanging out!

Join us for some fall clean-up as well as some Clubhouse (that’s what we call that interesting building at the front of our property!) renovations as we create a space for teens out there! We’ll be meeting to work from 6 -8 pm and dinner will be provided!

On Sunday, September 10th, we’ll be resuming our two Sunday morning service schedule. Services will take place at 9:30 and 11:15 am. Nursery and children’s programming will be available during both services. Teens will meet in the Gathering Room during the 11:00 service.

Join us for some fall clean-up as well as some Clubhouse (that’s what we call that interesting building at the front of our property!) renovations as we create a space for teens out there! We’ll be meeting to work from 6 -8 pm and dinner will be provided!

We have a Missions Team coming to Alaska to help us host VBS, and while they are here they will also be partnering with us to host a Marriage Refresher Conference. Sessions will include the following topics:

Purpose of Marriage
How to understand each other: Communication and conflict resolution
How to build trust in marriage
How to love your wife; How to respect your husband
Finance in marriage

One session will be for the whole group and you'll get to choose a couple additional sessions. 

Dinner (tacos!) and childcare will be provided! Please RSVP on the form below so we can prepare accordingly.