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Welcome to the HangGlider ® handbook
Dear Parent or Gaurdian,
We encourage you to invest in your
child’s growing faith by reading and
discussing the sections with your
child, helping him or her to memo-
rize the verses, and living out the
truths of the Bible in your home.
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bedtime, while driving, or during
daytime breaks are a great way to
instill God’s truths in your child’s
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Bible Biographies
You will see 12 Bible biographies
in the handbooks. Sparks-age chil-
dren want the truth! And they are
eager to know factual details from
the Bible.
These biographies are dramat-
ic retellings that make the histori-
cal characters and settings come
alive for Sparkies. In some places,
we have added details beyond what
Scripture gives us. These details are
based on our research and best
guesses about what might have
happened. However, we have been
very careful not to include anything
that changes the facts or truth of
the Bible! We hope you enjoy these
Bible-based teaching tools for you
and your child.
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S - P - A. Chloe began scribbling
letters on a piece of paper.
“Whatcha doing, Chloe?” Joel
asked. He had just arrived at
Chloe’s house.
R - K - S. Chloe put down her
pencil and stared at the paper.
“I’m trying to find out what these
six letters stand for,” she said.
“Why are you trying to do that?”
asked Joel. He looked at the
letters on her paper.
“Because each letter stands for an
important word in a Bible verse
we need to know for Sparks,” said
Chloe.
“Well, we’ll never find those words
by staring at those letters!” said Joel.
“Why don’t we ask Mrs. Torres? She’s
our Sparks leader, and she lives right
down the street!”
“Good idea! But we better go ask
our moms first,” said Chloe.
A few minutes later, the two kids
arrived at Mrs. Torres’ house.
“Hi, Mrs. Torres!” they greeted.
“Well, hello, kids. How nice to see
you!” said Mrs. Torres, smiling.
“We’re trying to find out what these
letters stand for, and we knew you
could help us,” said Chloe.
“Of course!” said Mrs. Torres. “The
first S is for Savior. Jesus is the
Savior. He’s the reason we have club.”
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is for Savior.
S is for Savior.
To finish this section:
• Tell your leader what “S”
stands for.
• Say 1 John 4:14.
To finish this section:
• Say John 3:16.
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1 John 4:14
… The Father has sent His Son To be the Savior of the world.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, That He gave His only Son,That whoever believes in Him should not perishBut have eternal life.
World – everyone
Perish – separated from
God forever
Eternal – goes on
forever and ever
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God showed His power when He sent His Son, Jesus, to earth to be the Savior of the world.
God is powerful to save everyone who trusts in Jesus as Savior.
P is for Power.
To finish this section:
• Tell your leader what “P” stands for.
• Say Psalm 147:5.
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is for Power.
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5“Bye,” said Chloe.
The kids waved goodbye as they
ran back to Chloe’s house. Chloe
found her Bible and she opened it
to look for the verse.
“Where’s the book of Psalms
again?” Chloe asked.
“I think it’s somewhere in the
middle,” said Joel.
“Here it is!” cried Chloe. “Psalm
147:5 says: Great is our Lord, and
abundant in power …”
“Looks like the P is for Power!”
said Joel.
hanks, Mrs. Torres,” said Chloe as
she wrote the word Savior on her
paper. “Do you know what the P
stands for?” she asked.
“Yes, I do,” said Mrs. Torres. “But I
think it would be much more fun
for you two to look up the verse
in the Bible!”
“OK!” said Chloe and Joel
together.
“Look up Psalm 147:5 and come
back and tell me what you think
the P stands for,” said Mrs. Torres.
“Sounds like a good plan!” said Joel.
“We’ll see you soon, Mrs. Torres.”
Psalm 147:5
Great is our Lord,And abundant in power …
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The Bible is God’s Word to us.
In the Bible, God said He would send Jesus Christ to earth to die for our sins. Jesus came to earth just as the Bible said.C
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• Tell your leader what “A” stands for.
• Say 1 Corinthians 15:3.
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“Yeah, that’s so cool, I love it,” said
Chloe.
“Hey, Sparky, we need to find what
the letter A means,” said Chloe.
Sparky started to fly round and
round. He shaped a big letter with
his shiny, sparkling tail. Soon his
letter lit up the sky. “Wow! Nice
work, Sparky,” said Joel. “It looks
like a C.”
“It sure does!” said Chloe.
“Hey, guess what! The Bible book
of Corinthians starts with a C,”
said Joel.
“Yeah, I memorized
1 Corinthians 15:3 in Sparks,”
said Chloe. “Let’s see … I think it
says that Christ died for our sins in
accordance with the Scriptures.”
“That’s it!” said Joel, looking proud
of himself. “And the word Scriptures
is just another name for the Bible.”
“Thanks, Sparky!” said Chloe.
“You’re welcome. Bye,” said Sparky.
(Chloe thanked Sparky even
though she knew Sparky didn’t
REALLY know the answer.)
hloe wrote the word Power
on her paper. Joel carried the
Bible as they walked back to Mrs.
Torres’ house.
Suddenly, Joel saw something in
the sky. “What’s that?” he asked,
pointing his finger.
“It looks like some sort of flying
bug! I bet it’s our friend Sparky!”
shouted Chloe.
“Hi, kids!” said Sparky. “Do you
like my new light?” Sparky flew in
circles above them.
“Cool!” said Joel.
1 Corinthians 15:3
… Christ died for our sins In accordance with the Scriptures.
is for Accordance with the Scriptures.
A is for Accordance with the Scriptures.
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The words accordance with the Scriptures remind us that God always keeps His promises.
Jesus came to the earth to save us from sin.
This really happened, just as God said it would in the Bible.
C
To finish this section:
• Tell your leader what “R” stands for.
• Say 1 Corinthians 15:4.
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1 Corinthians 15:4
That He was buried, That He was raised on the third dayIn accordance with the Scriptures.
hloe looked at the paper. “So
far we know the S is for Savior,
the P is for Power, and the A
is for Accordance with the
Scriptures,” she said.
“Right! And all we have left are
the letters R, K and S,” said Joel.
“Maybe Mrs. Torres can help us
with the rest.”
“Hey, you!” said a voice behind
them.
Chloe and Joel turned around. It
was their friend, Jacob. He was
playing with his yo-yo.
“Hi, Jacob!” said Chloe and Joel
together.
“What are you two doing?” said
Jacob, looking at Chloe’s paper.
“We’re trying to learn more about
these six letters for Sparks. Do you
have any idea what the R or the K
stands for?” asked Chloe.
“Yeah, I looked at my big brother’s
Sparks book,” said Jacob. “I
remember that the R is for
Raised. Jesus died on the cross,
was buried and was raised (or was
alive again) three days later.”
“I’ll put that on my paper,” said
Chloe. “R is for Raised.”
R is for Raised.
He died on the cross, was buried and was raised (or was alive again) three days later.
is for Raised.
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“W
is for Keep.
e’re almost finished!” said Chloe.
“All we need now are the letters K
and S.”
“Jacob, can you tell us what the K is
for too?” she asked.
Jacob didn’t answer right away.
He was playing with his yo-yo and
thinking.
“Please, Jacob?” Chloe begged. It was
hard for her to be patient.
“Sorry, Chloe,” said Jacob. “I can’t
seem to remember what the K is for.”
“Come on. KEEP thinking!” said Joel.
“KEEP – that’s it!” shouted Jacob.
“The word for the letter K is Keep.”
“That sounds sort of strange,” said
Joel. “Are you sure that’s right? Do
you remember the Bible verse that
goes with that word?”
“No,” said Jacob. “But I DO
remember the verse was from the
book of James. My brother’s name is
James, and he kept saying, ‘My name
is in the Bible verse! My name is in
the Bible verse!’ We couldn’t KEEP
him quiet,” Jacob said, laughing.
“You just said it again!” said Chloe,
pointing at Jacob. “You just said
KEEP again.”
“You’re right, I did!” Jacob smiled at
Chloe.
Then Joel opened Chloe’s Bible.
“Let’s just look through the book of
James and see if we find any verses
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is for Keep.
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K is for Keep.
To finish this section:
• Tell your leader what “K” stands for.
• Say James 2:10.
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Law – God’s rules in
the Bible
Fails – disobeys
with the word keep in them.” Joel
began flipping through the pages
of the Bible.
“This is exciting!” said Jacob,
jumping up and down. “It’s like
we’re solving a mystery or
something.”
“Well, here’s something,” said Joel.
“James 2:10 says: For whoever keeps
the whole law but fails in one point
has become accountable for all of it.
“Hmm, I kind of remember that
verse,” said Jacob.
“OK,” said Chloe. “I’ll just write it on
the paper, and we’ll check it with Mrs.
Torres. K is for Keep,” she wrote.
“Let’s go!” shouted Joel.
“Yeah, let’s KEEP walking!” said
Jacob. Chloe pointed at him, and they
all giggled as they walked to Mrs.
Torres’ house.
James 2:10
For whoever keeps the whole lawBut fails in one point Has become accountable for all of it.
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is for Saved.
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A few minutes later, Mrs. Torres
came back with her Bible and four
large glasses of juice.
“Thanks, Mrs. Torres,” said the kids.
Mrs. Torres opened her Bible to
Acts 16:31. She began to read,
… “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you
will be saved …”
“That’s it!” shouted Joel. “The last
S is for Saved.”
“But do you understand what this
verse means?” asked Mrs. Torres.
“Oh, I do!” said Chloe. “We talked
about this in Sparks last week. It
means we need to believe, or trust,
Jesus as the one who saves us
from our sin.”
“That’s right, Chloe,” said Mrs.
Torres. “I hope and pray that in
Sparks this year, each of you will
trust Jesus as your Savior. And if
you have already trusted Jesus,
I pray you will get to know Him
and God’s Word much better.”
“I hope so too, Mrs. Torres,” said
Chloe. “And I’m going to go
ask my friend Emma to come to
Sparks with me so she can hear
about Jesus too!”
“Good for you, Chloe,” said Mrs
Torres.
inally, the kids arrived at Mrs.
Torres’ house. Chloe knocked on
the door.
“Well, hello again! And hello,
Jacob!” said Mrs. Torres as she
opened the door.
“Hi, Mrs. Torres!” said Jacob.
“I was beginning to wonder what
happened to you,” said Mrs. Torres.
“Mrs. Torres, you’ll never believe
it, but we found all the letters but
one!” said Chloe, out of breath.
“Well, let’s hear them,” said Mrs.
Torres.
Chloe read from the paper. “The S
is for Savior. The P is for Power.
The A is for Accordance with
the Scriptures. The R is for
Raised. The K is for Keep.”
“Wow! Great job. How did you find
all the letters?” asked Mrs. Torres.
The kids all looked at each other
and smiled. “Well, we had a little
help from our friends,” said Joel.
“Right on!” said Jacob.
“But we still need to find what the
last S stands for,” said Chloe.
“I can help with that!” said Mrs.
Torres. “Sit down here while I go
get my Bible and something for us
to drink.”
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is for Saved.
Bring a FriendGod wants all children to learn about the Bible, God’s Book.
Bring one new boy or girl to any Awana® club in the church
where your Sparks club meets.
I brought
to
on .
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THE BIBLE, GOD’S BOOK
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Saved – not
being punished
for my sin
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earned your
HangGlider
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S is for Saved.
To finish this section:
• Tell your leader what “S” stands for.
• Say Acts 16:31.
To finish this section:
• Ask your Sparks leader to tell you when
and how he or she became a Christian.
• Say 1 John 4:14.
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Acts 16:31
… “Believe in the Lord Jesus, And you will be saved …”
1 John 4:14
… The Father has sent His Son To be the Savior of the world.
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God talks to us through the Bible.
Chloe put a yellow hat on her
favorite doll. Then she set her
dolls in chairs around the tiny
table. It was time for an evening
tea party!
But the doll tea party did not last
very long. Chloe’s mother came to
the door.
“Chloe, are you ready to read the
Bible with me?”
“Umm ... ” Chloe looked at her
dolls. She really wanted to finish
the tea party. “I guess,” she said,
slowly. “But what’s so special about
the Bible? Why do we need to read
it every night?” Chloe asked.
“Good question!” said Chloe’s
mom. “God wants to talk to
us, and He wants us to listen
to what He says. God talks
to us through His Word, the
Bible. That’s why it’s such a
special book!”
“Wow! You mean, God talks to
me? What does He talk to me
about?” asked Chloe.
“Well, in the Bible, God tells you
about who He is and about His
Son, Jesus Christ,” answered
Chloe’s mom.
“Oh, I see now!” Chole said.
“Girls, the tea party will just have
to wait! Mom and I are going to
read the Bible.”
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There are three names for God’s Book:
1. The Bible
2. The Word of God
3. The Scriptures
To finish this section:
• Say the three names for God’s Book.
• Say John 20:31.
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John 20:31
… These are written So that you may believe That Jesus is the Christ, The Son of God …
We talk to God in prayer.
Chloe and her mom finished their
time of Bible reading. They liked
learning about how God created
the world and all the animals and
people in it.
“Would you like to pray now,
Chloe?” asked Chloe’s mom.
Chloe was surprised. “Me? You
want ME to pray?” she asked,
feeling shy for once. “But I don’t
know how to pray!”
“That’s OK, Chloe,” said Chloe’s
mom. “When you pray, you talk
to God. God talks to US in the
Bible. And we talk to HIM
through prayer.”
“But what do I say?” asked Chloe.
“One way to talk to God is to
thank Him for being so good to
us,” said Chloe’s mom.
“OK. I guess I can do that,” said
Chloe. Chloe bowed her head and
closed her eyes. “Dear God,” she
prayed, “thank you for being so
good. Thank you for giving me
my dolls, and my friend Emma,
and Mom and Dad. Thank you for
creating the world. Amen.”
To finish this section:
• Say Psalm 118:1.
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Psalm 118:1
Oh give thanks to the LORD, For He is good …
The Bible tells us about God who loves us.
All of a sudden, Chloe heard the
door open. She dashed to the door.
Daddy was home!
Chloe jumped up and threw her
arms around her dad. He held her
tight. “I love you so much, Chloe,”
said Dad.
“I love you too, Daddy!” said Chloe.
Then Dad bent down on one knee
and looked at Chloe. “But always
remember you have a Father in
heaven who loves you even more
than I do. God loves us so much
that He sent His only Son, the
Lord Jesus, to be our Savior.”
YOU DID IT!You earned your HangGlider
Pilot Wings and Red Jewel 1!
To finish this section:
• Say 1 John 4:19.
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1 John 4:19
We love Because He first loved us.