Upcoming Events
Awaken Women: Bible Study
Awaken Women Bible study in which we will use our Bibles and study aides such as a confidence, Bible dictionary, commentaries, etc, to look into the context, history and culture of biblical times to help us accurately discern God’s voice and direction for our times.
Wednesday evenings at Awaken. This study will end on May 1, 2024.
Awaken Men Golf Tournament
Click the link to register: https://awakencolumbia.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2242960
Cost: $45
Tee Time: 10:00 AM
The Windermere Club
Awaken Women: Bible Study
Awaken Women Bible study in which we will use our Bibles and study aides such as a confidence, Bible dictionary, commentaries, etc, to look into the context, history and culture of biblical times to help us accurately discern God’s voice and direction for our times.
Wednesday evenings at Awaken. This study will end on May 1, 2024.
Awaken Women: Tea Party
Ladies Evening Tea with heavy hors d'eouvres, activity, & devotional time
Sign up here to bring food: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084BA5A629A3FB6-48517065-teaparty
Awaken Women: Bible Study
Awaken Women Bible study in which we will use our Bibles and study aides such as a confidence, Bible dictionary, commentaries, etc, to look into the context, history and culture of biblical times to help us accurately discern God’s voice and direction for our times.
Wednesday evenings at Awaken. This study will end on May 1, 2024.
Awaken Women: Bible Study
Awaken Women Bible study in which we will use our Bibles and study aides such as a confidence, Bible dictionary, commentaries, etc, to look into the context, history and culture of biblical times to help us accurately discern God’s voice and direction for our times.
Wednesday evenings at Awaken. This study will end on May 1, 2024.
Awaken Women: Bible Study
Awaken Women Bible study in which we will use our Bibles and study aides such as a confidence, Bible dictionary, commentaries, etc, to look into the context, history and culture of biblical times to help us accurately discern God’s voice and direction for our times.
Wednesday evenings at Awaken starting March 27, 2024. This study will end on May 1, 2024.
Good Friday Service
Join us for a Community Wide Good Friday Service on March 29, 2024 at 7:00 PM.
Awaken will join other local churches at First Northeast Baptist Church for a combined Good Friday Service!
First Northeast Baptist Church
311 Sparkleberry Lane
Columbia, SC 29229
Make sure to invite your friends and family!
Awaken Women: Bible Study
Awaken Women Bible study in which we will use our Bibles and study aides such as a confidence, Bible dictionary, commentaries, etc, to look into the context, history and culture of biblical times to help us accurately discern God’s voice and direction for our times.
Wednesday evenings at Awaken starting March 27, 2024. This study will end on May 1, 2024.
Young Adults Ministry Annual Camping Trip
Join the Young Adults Ministry on their annual camping trip for a weekend of community, games, the outdoors, good conversation, good food, and fellowship at Poinsett State Park!
Dates:
March 21, 2024 - 3PM Check-In
March 24, 2024 - 10AM Check-Out
Cost is $35 per person payable at time of registration. Deadline to signup is March 7, 2024.
Register here: https://awakencolumbia.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2157489
WHO: Singles, newlyweds, married with no kids, 20-30 somethings - all are welcome!
Contact Chloe Finnegan for more details!
finniganchloe@gmail.com
Awaken Partners Meeting
Mark your calendars!
Please plan to stay after our worship gathering for our 2024 Q1 partners meeting.
Contact elders@awakencolumbia.com for any questions.
Missions Bake Sale - Romania 2024
The missions team will have baked goods for sale to benefit our 2024 Romania missions team! These will be for sale before and after the worship gathering.
Contact Amy Azarias at azariasamy@gmail.com for more information!
IF: Gathering 2024
We are so excited to host the viewing of the IF Gathering at Awaken this year. This is an amazing event that we get to gather and watch with thousands of women from around the US!
February 23 7:00 PM-11:00 PM (Doors open at 6:30)
February 24 10:00 AM- 5:30 PM (Doors open at 9:30)
Tickets are $15 per person
Our menu for the gathering is snack foods for Friday night and a taco bar for Saturday's lunch. Please plan to eat breakfast before you come Saturday morning or bring it with you. We will provide all paper products, drinks, and coffee throughout both days.
Due to the amount of time we will be at the church, we ask that you sign up to bring at least two items- one for Friday's date and one for Saturday's date. There are two links. One is for IF Gathering registration and the other is for food sign up.
Sign up here:
IF Gathering
Food Signup
AWAKEN STUDENTS - 2024 Lift Tour
The LIFT Tour is a two-day weekend experience for middle and high school students. It is designed to intentionally create an environment where students can ENGAGE scripture through biblical teaching, EXALT Christ through true and genuine worship, and be EQUIPPED with the necessary tools needed to be salt and light for their generation.
We will be heading to Augusta on Friday and Saturday to be part of the Lift Tour and end with a time to connect playing mini golf!
Sign up here.
Contact Cortney Whitelaw at cortney@awakencolumbia.com for more information!
Kid's Night Out
Our Awaken Students and Romania Missions team are teaming up to host a Kids Night Out this Valentines Day! This is a night specifically for you parents, to have a safe place to take your kids while you go on a date night to invest in one another!
Drop off will begin at 5:30pm and pick-up will be 8:30pm. We will serve a light dinner and snacks, play some games, make crafts and end the night with a movie! Donations will be accepted (though not necessary) and will go towards helping support our Romania Team!
Sign-ups are needed for this, so be sure to sign-up today!!!
RNE Teacher’s & Staff Breakfast
RNE Teacher’s & Staff Breakfast: Local Outreach Opportunity
Provide and serve breakfast to the teachers and staff at RNE High School. This is a great way to “love our neighbors” right before Valentine’s Day. We will need people to provide the food, breakfast items like danishes, doughnuts, fruit, yogurt, and juice. We will also need people to volunteer to go to the school, set up the food and serve it.
Please contact Amy Azarias for more information.
Awaken Students: New Years Celebration
Awaken Students!!
Join as we kick off the year 2024 together at Stars and Strikes bowling alley! We will enjoy 1.5 hours of bowling and then 2 games of laser tag!!
Sign up! Invite your friends!
Can't wait to see you!!
The early bird cost is $20 until January 3, 2024 - afterwards it is $28 per person
Student drop off at Awaken by 6:00 p.m. Students will return approximately by 8:30 p.m.
Click here to sign up.
Young Adults 2024 Ministry Kickoff
The Young Adults ministry will kickstart their 2024 with a bonfire before their scheduled study nights restart.
Singles, newlyweds, married with no kids, 20-30 somethings
RNE Christmas Market
This Christmas, consider partnering with Awaken Church & RNE (Richland Northeast High School) by visiting the table in the foyer to pick up a card that has items needed for the RNE Christmas Market. Each card includes information for Christmas wishes that students will have the opportunity to pick out for themselves and their family members for Christmas this year.
Contact Amy Azarias for more information at azariasamy@gmail.com
NOTES:
Items can be dropped off at Awaken by December 13, 2023
Young Adults Christmas Party
Contact Chloe Finnegan or hello@awakencolumbia.com for more information.
Singles, newlyweds, married with no kids, 20-30 somethings.
ALL ARE WELCOME
Awaken Partner's Meeting
Our year-end Awaken Church Partner’s Meeting will take place on Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.
During this meeting we will present our 2024 budget and also vote on our three (3) elder candidates.
To meet required quorum, we need at least 50% of our church partners to attend the meeting. If you are not able to attend, you may submit a proxy ballot.
Snacks and childcare will be provided.
For any questions prior to the meeting, please reach out to elders@awakencolumbia.com
Awaken Missions: Soccer Outreach Ministry
Join our Awaken Missions team as they host a soccer outreach event in our local community.
The adult game will start at 6:30 p.m. and the kid’s game for 12 and under will start at 7:00 p.m. Pizza and a bible study will start at 7:45 p.m.
Free to all! Please share with your friends and family!
Contact Amy Azarias for more information at azariasamy@gmail.com
Freedom in Christ - Equip Class - Week 11
Freedom in Christ offers a unique approach to discipleship based on these 3 principles: Truth, Turning and Transformation. It’s holistic, transferable, and completely based on Biblical truth that anyone, anywhere, anytime can use. Our discipleship resources provide a clear pathway for every Christian to embrace who they are in Christ and deal with whatever is holding them back from experiencing the abundant life in Jesus Christ.
Romania Missions - Interest Meeting
Join our Awaken Missions leadership team in learning about the upcoming opportunities to serve in Romania 2024. This is an interest meeting only. Contact Amy Azarias for more information or you may email hello@awakencolumbia.com.
Awaken Young Adults - 4th Annual Friendsgiving
Contact Chloe Finnegan or hello@awakencolumbia.com for more information.
Freedom in Christ - Equip Class - Week 10
Freedom in Christ offers a unique approach to discipleship based on these 3 principles: Truth, Turning and Transformation. It’s holistic, transferable, and completely based on Biblical truth that anyone, anywhere, anytime can use. Our discipleship resources provide a clear pathway for every Christian to embrace who they are in Christ and deal with whatever is holding them back from experiencing the abundant life in Jesus Christ.
Night of Prayer and Worship
Join us at the Awaken Building for a night of prayer and worship. These nights have been a sweet time for the building up of the body of Christ on a smaller scale. Come alongside us as we spend time reading scripture, singing, and praying together.