AWANA
Equipping Churches and Parents to Raise Spiritually Strong Kids for Life
Awana helps churches and parents worldwide raise children and youth to know, love and serve Christ! We do this through:
-Fully integrated programs for ages 2 to 18
-The best evangelism tools to reach unsaved children, youth and families
-Teaching that builds an enduring biblical faith
-Resources bringing churches and parents together to disciple the next generation
-Initial and ongoing volunteer training
-Healthy mentor and peer relationships
-Dynamic fun for children, teens and adults alike!
For nearly 60 years, Awana has been a leader in children's ministry, equipping churches and parents to raise kids who know, love and serve Christ.
Based in the Chicago area, Awana is the only organization with fully integrated evangelism and discipleship programs for ages 2 to 18 that actively involve parents, church leaders and mentors. Each week, more than a million children and youth, 250,000 volunteers and 300-plus field staff take part in Awana in over 17,000 churches in the U.S. and internationally.
Awana works with churches from 100 different denominations in the U.S. It began as a children's program at the North Side Gospel Center in Chicago in 1941. Lance Latham, North Side's senior pastor, collaborated with the church's youth director, Art Rorheim, to develop weekly clubs that would appeal to churched and unchurched kids, lead them to trust Christ for salvation and grow them in enduring faith and service to God.
Other churches learned about the success of the program and inquired about its availability. In 1950, Latham and Rorheim founded Awana as a parachurch organization. By 1960, 900 churches had started Awana programs. By 1972 Awana had begun its first international club. Today children and youth in more than 100 countries participate in Awana programs, and millions of adults are alumni.
Harvest Baptist Church currently offers the following Awana programs. Awana is currently held during the school year on Sunday nights from 4:00 to 5:30pm.
Puggles
Awana Puggles is an enriching program for your pre-Cubbies kids (usually older 2- and younger 3-year-olds) that presents basic biblical concepts:
Cubbies
Awana Cubbies is a program tailored for pre-school age children. Games, puppets, crafts, awards and other activities transform our preschool program into a lively weekly experience where fun and learning go hand in hand.
Sparks
Sparks is the Awana club for children in kindergarten through second grade. Sparks builds on the material taught in our preschool clubs. The curriculum takes kids a step deeper into God's Word.
Truth & Training
Truth & Training is the Awana program for 3rd grade to 6th grade children. The name Truth & Training reflects the passion of Awana to teach third- through sixth-grade boys and girls the truth of God's Word and to train them to follow Christ in their daily lives.
More Information
For more information about our Awana's program or to enroll your child in one of these programs contact Brian Jobe or Cathy Jobe at (816) 220-9887