As I’ve traveled around in different circles, one of the common comments about Awana is that it is not focused enough on missions. This generally comes from churches that have used a mid-week program that is heavily focused on missions. Awana can, and has had a strong emphasis on missions, and reaching children for … [Read more…]
If you’ve been involved in Children’s Ministry for any length of time, then you may have heard of Karl Bastian. He calls himself a kidologist and owns the web site kidology.org. What is kidology? Simply put, it is the study of kids. In children’s ministry, we need to do our best to reach children, … [Read more…]
I just completed my 52nd year on this Earth and I am beginning my 53rd. Yes, I just had a birthday. There are times in life that it just seems natural to reflect on where you’ve been and where you are going. This past year has been a year of transition for me. Last September, … [Read more…]
I always try to stay “on-top” of what is happening at Awana, so when it was posted back in mid-June that the new ministries division of Awana would “unveil ” something on July 7th, I marked my calendar anticipating the unveiling. I replied to the original tweet announcing the date for the unveil to see … [Read more…]
Have you seen the Awana Ministry Catalog for the 2014-15 year? If you’re like me, you always scan through looking for what’s new from Awana. Some things that you will notice are awards for Bible Quizzing and AwanaGames. That may lead you to ask why they are there. Awana has restructured the role of … [Read more…]