Building a Lego-cy
Each year our club has our annual ” Building a Lego-cy” contest. Clubbers (in all clubs) are divided into four teams according to the color they play for during game time. For each quarter a clubber brings during this contest (we usually run the contest for three weeks) they earn a Lego block to add [...]
A boy, changed by the Gospel, leads his parents to Christ.
William started attending Awana in Alexandria, Egypt, a few years ago. He immediately got excited about being part of the program. He worked hard to learn every verse, determined to finish each level. His parents don’t read or write, but he diligently worked on his own to master the Scripture memory. Like many who hide [...]
Leaders Reaching Children in Nepal
I am a Bible college graduate. Right after graduating, I started working in the church among the children. But I did not know how to teach them properly. I was in need of some kind of tool to teach to the children. That was the time I have received an invitation letter to attend Awana [...]
We didn’t call them but they came!
“We didn’t call them but they came”. Those are the words of Jerome Siakor, Awana Missionary to Liberia. In his country, kids are everywhere. All you have to do is clap your hands or whistle and you’ll be surrounded by a group of children in just a few minutes. I went to Liberia on April [...]
Leaders are very creative – Awana club in Kherson, Ukraine
Visiting Awana club in Kherson children told me how they learn to help each other. Leaders of this club is very creative. They look for new ideas for reaching more and more children. That time they paid clubbers Awana money for each new friend who came to the Awana meet. Then they had Awana shop [...]
Kids wanting to join the fun at Liberia’s first Seed Planters Conference
Liberia’s first Awana Leader’s Training (Seed Planters Conference) was held April 2012. Children came from homes everywhere to join in the games. We anticipated 80 kids but 190 came! These children came to the gate and wanted to join in the fun. We couldn’t accommodate anymore children. Hopefully, a club will start in their neighborhood [...]
Faces of Awana in India
Today there are more than 4,000 Awana clubs reaching 328,000 boys and girls with the Gospel in India. To find out more about what God is doing in South Asia through Awana and how you can help, log onto the South Asia web page. You will find articles, testimonies, videos, and photos that will keep you updated.
Incurable Disease Healed in India
Abhishek Chhetri is just 4 years old. Just a month ago, he joined Awana club. He was a regular clubber. He was not Christian. We were observing him. He had a disease of swelling. His whole body was swelling. We prayed for him. He was getting well day-by-day. Later, we came to know that it [...]
Aashish Abraham, Awana Missionary in India
I, Aashish Abraham (“Hindu name” Muthugopal Krishnasamy) grew up in a strong orthodox Hindu family. From childhood I saw my parents fulfilling all rituals and rites to please our family gods (more than hundreds). In spite of this, our life was still without peace and hope. The search for the only TRUE & LIVING GOD [...]
Girl in Zambia Changed by Reading God’s Word
My name is Yvette Mwape. I live in Woodlands; I am 11 years old, and I go to church and Awana at the GO Centre near Media Complex. I started Awana in October 2007. Why I started going to Awana is because the games are exciting and the Bible stories are interesting. Because of joining [...]
Awana Leader in Nepal Sees Spiritual Changes
Warm greetings in the name of Almighty God from Nepal. “At first, Yuba Tamang attended Awana to play games, but when he joined the club and understood more, then he accepted Christ as Savior. Many changes took place in his life. Now he brings his brother and never fights with anyone. He respects his parents [...]
Cinthia’s Family Comes to Jesus in Brazil
Cinthia is 6 years old (shown here in the yellow headband with her grandma and her mom holding her little sister). Cinthia recently won 2nd place in her Oanse’s Scripture memory competition. Through her involvement in Oanse at her church in Brazil, her mom, grandma, and other family members have come to church and are [...]
Esther is Being Used by God in Zambia
Abandoned as a baby, Esther felt unwanted and unloved. Through an Awana club in Zambia, she realized God truly cared about her. “Thank you and the Lord Almighty for the wonderful program of Awana,” Esther is now an Awana leader and recently expressed to our workers, “This program has given me understanding of the love of [...]
Unwanted Boy in India Finds His Eternal Family
Working in a brothel in India, Shanti hoped to give birth to a daughter who could grow up and earn money by working as a prostitute. So when her baby was a boy, she was angry. Instead of caring for her infant son, Rohit, Shanti starved him and pressed lit cigarettes into his back when [...]
8 Year Old Oleg in Ukraine Learns to Pray
Oleg is now 8. He has attended Awana club for over 3 years already in Cherkasy, Ukraine. His parents are nonbelievers. Actually both of his parents were raised in an orphanage. They do not attend church, but they allow their son Oleg and their daughter Nastya to come to Awana club. In Awana Oleg learned [...]
Curiosity Replaces Crime with Christ in Kenya
Duncan lives far from the places where tourists visit when they come to enjoy the game preserves not far from his home in Kenya, East Africa. His home is in Kibera, one of the largest slums in the world—right in the middle of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city. With little to do in his free time, [...]
Introducing Awana’s Newest App!
Do you have a smartphone or tablet? We have an app for you! The new Adopt-a-Club app for Android and iOs devices is a fun and interactive way for kids and adults alike to learn more about what God is doing around the world through the ministry of Awana. View the latest photos and videos, [...]
Small Child With a Big Faith
Georgina* was born into bleak circumstances. Her parents were very poor and her father deserted the family, leaving them destitute and hopeless. But Georgina discovered hope one day when she accepted an invitation to a local Awana club. There, she heard the story of Jesus and His love for her. She eagerly trusted Christ as [...]
What drives a 10-year-old to consider suicide?
I can hardly imagine the pain Nayerly was feeling when, at 10 years old, she thought her life wasn’t worth living. Praise God that her story has a wonderful ending! Growing up in Venezuela, first Nayerly was abandoned by her father, and then her mother died a few years later. Nayerly’s grandmother took her in [...]
Two Brave Girls in Nepal
My name is Lalita Magar. Now, I am fourteen years old. I had been attending Awana club for six years. Two weeks after I first started attending I took my sister Manita with me to Sunday school. Since my parents were of a different religion and they did not like us going to church, they [...]
Change in Russia
The church in Chegvevka, Russia, began its first Awana club meeting at the city’s House of Culture to attract as many children as possible. An Awana missionary who visited their third meeting was surprised to see a large sign displayed in public announcing the meeting in the formerly communist center where atheism had been taught [...]
Finish Strong – Change the Ending Mission Month
Tips to help you finish the month strong. Remember your enthusiasm and passion is contagious. Kids love decorations. Have fun decorating your Awana rooms with the “Planting Seeds that Reap Eternal Rewards” theme. Teach your Awana clubbers about stewardship during council time this month. Download the “Give God Your Best” or “Our Part in Bringing [...]
Kids Can Make a Difference
After making earrings for her teacher and friend, 11 year old Rebecca’s father told her that she could open a store. But, Rebecca had an even better idea. She decided to make the jewelry and sell it to raise funds so kids around the world could hear the gospel. Rebecca made her jewelry to raise [...]
Getting Started-Change the Ending Mission Month
Tips to help you get started. Remember your enthusiasm and passion is contagious. Decide which Mission Month resources to incorporate into your Mission Month plan. Introduce Mission Month by showing the Change the Ending Video to clubbers and their parents during council time. Send a letter or email home to the parents of your clubbers [...]
