Caravan Office Announces Online Registration : Jul 1, 2009
Why should you register your Caravan program online? Here are the top 10 reasons:
1. Streamlines paperwork (no more faxes or snail mail)!
2. Enables you to manage your Caravan students and effortlessly transfer them to other Caravan programs online!
3. Makes it easy to register your church online!
4. Links your Caravan program with others across the world!
5. Allows your church to qualify for purchasing the Bresee Award!
6. Gives you member-only blog articles on building a Caravan ministry or modifying the program to a kids’ club!
7. Gives you member-only blog articles on empowering Caravan volunteers!
8. Gives you member-only blog articles on badge-earning ideas for Caravan!
9. Helps you stay in contact easily with the Caravan office!
10. Invites you to share Caravan thoughts and ideas through the Community Forum!
Sign up today for the 2008-09 season! If you have already registered your Caravan program with the Caravan Office for the 2008-09 season, there is no additional cost. Contact us at
caravan@nazarene.org.
How to Request Awards? : Feb 11, 2009
1. Registration
a. Go to http://caravan.nazarene.org/.
b. Click on registration at the top of the page.
c. Follow the link to register.
d. Enter your information.
e. Select your church. It is best to search by your church's zip code.
f. Confirm your information. Submit your registration.
g. You will be sent an email to confirm your registration. Follow the instructions in the email to complete your registration.
2. Log In
a. Go to http://caravan.nazarene.org/.
b. In the upper right-hand corner, enter your username and password in the two boxes.
c. Click Member's Section to enter the website.
3. Add Students
a. Under the heading Manage Students, click Add Students.
b. Enter each student's first and last name and current level. Click Submit Info. It is helpful to have the student's six-year record form in front of you as you add each of your students.
c. Complete the student's past history by checking each box next to the year(s) the student has completed. (Note: Only the first year of the student's current level is available to check on this page. You can check the second year's box by clicking on List Students or by clicking on the student's name.)
d. Click Submit Info.
e. Once you have successfully added one student, click Add Another Student.
f. Review your list of students by clicking List Students in the left-hand column. You can edit each student's individual record by clicking on the student's name.
4. Request Awards
a. Click Awards in the left-hand column. All students eligible for the Bunker, Winans, Lillenas, and Bresee awards will be listed under the appropriate heading.
b. To request the award, click the icon with the blue arrow to the right of the award.
c. Click OK to certify that the student has completed all the requirements to receive the award.
d. Choose the address the award should be sent to. The default address is your church's address.
e. For Bresee awards, choose if you would like to order the Bresee medal. This will be billed to your church.
f. Click Request Award.
g. Completed award requests will have a red timer icon on the right on the Awards page.
h. As your award is processed, you will see the icons change to reflect its current location.
Grow! Caravan Theme 2008-09 : Jul 28, 2008
The New Caravan Theme for 2008-2009
GROW!
- Grow Mentally
- Grow Physically
- Grow Spiritually
- Grow Socially
Luke 2:52 tells us Jesus grew mentally as He grew in wisdom, physically as He grew in stature, spiritually as He grew in favor with God, and socially as He grew in favor with men. Encourage your Caravan children to grow in all these areas.
John Wesley spoke of continual growth that occurs all throughout our Christian lives. Wesley wrote "Yet he still grows in grace, in the knowledge of Christ, in the love and image of God."
Just as continued physical growth in children is easily measured year-by-year; children are growing at measurable rates mentally, socially and spiritually as well. By keeping this in focus, we can better help them grow beneficially in all these areas. This year emphasize the need of continual growth in Christian experience in the lives of Caravan children.
As you plan the Caravan year:
- Plan activities to help children grow in positive ways.
- Create excitement in children as they sense the amazing changes taking place within them.
- Encourage them to grow mentally, physically, spiritually and socially for Christ.
