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Our ministry here in Central and Western Kansas depends on the financial support of churches and individuals. Our current support level is at 90%. Please click here to find out more about our ministry and how you can partner with us financially!

Have you seen the brand new Awana Store? Awana is thrilled to announce that the new online Awana Store is now LIVE at http://awana.org/store (and at the Shop Awana button above)! It’s been completely redesigned for you to make browsing and ordering more enjoyable. A bright, new look and convenient features are waiting to treat your family and church. Be among the first to check it out! And when you go, be sure to look at the helpful video on the home page.

Please note: All previous MCO and Store logins are now obsolete. If you have an ART login, that will work for the online Awana Store as well. If you've not created an ART account yet, you can register for an account on the store site.

Central/Western Kansas RoadShow - PCD 2010 - Join other Pastors, Commanders and Directors for a time of fun, refreshment and helpful information. The RoadShow will excite, motivate and provide you with tools for your upcoming Awana Club year.

At the Awana RoadShow you will:

Network with other pastors, commanders and directors
Be motivated to begin another club year
Get the dates for upcoming Awana events
Gain ideas for a successful ministry season
Enjoy refreshments & fun
Learn about recently updated Sparks and T&T handbooks
See new material from Awana

Gather your Awana team, and motor over to the RoadShow. An offering to help with the RoadShow costs will be taken.

Please let us know how many will be attending from your church. Mike and Kris Reed / (316) 283-0351.

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Basic Training: Something for both new and veteran Awana leaders!

Whether you're getting ready for your first club year or your 60th, the new Awana Basic Training program has something for you. Interactive DVDs, improved role books and a step-by-step run through of a typical club night all highlight this event. Participants will learn all the nuts and bolts of Awana, plus practical tools for discipline, recruiting volunteers, presenting the gospel, and much more.

Not only will you leave Basic Training ready to kick off your Awana Club, but you will also be spiritually renewed. The result is a sense of confidence and excitement about the upcoming club year while also igniting a passion for children's ministry.

Basic Training locations:

August 7 @ Central Baptist Church, 904 Wheat Rd., Winfield, KS
August 14 @ Faith Bible Church, 102 Coronado St., Lyons, KS
August 21 @ Immanuel Baptist Church, 1415 S. Topeka St., Wichita, KS
August 28 @ Emmanuel Mennonite Church, 415 E. Green St., Meade, KS

Basic Training will not be offered at Fall Awana Ministry Conference this year so we encourage you to advantage of these trainings!

Basic Training is provided free of charge and anyone from your church is welcome to attend. The training is 8:00am-3pm. Lunch is $6 per person. Please download the Basic Training Registration Form here.

Awana Ministry Conference! Come join us for a live simulcast celebrating a legacy of 60 years of ministry through Awana Clubs. This live, nation-wide event will be held on September 11, 2010 from 8:30am – 3:45pm with three area locations to choose from! To learn more about this conference and to register, check out the online calendarand the conference brochure! To learn more about the 60 years of Awana, check out (www.awana60years.org).

Prison dads learn meaning of 'father'

By Rick Jervis, USA TODAY
ANGOLA, La. — Keith Morse met his father when he was 7 years old in the visiting hall at Louisiana State Penitentiary, better known as Angola state prison. Today, Morse is serving a life sentence in the same prison for murder. It's here that he sees his own 16-year-old son once a year during the day-long Returning Hearts celebration, a program that reunites inmate fathers with their kids... [Read entire article from USA Today...]

MOPS Int'l and Awana Partnership!

We see this as a simple solution for busy families. Moms can bring their children to the Awana program where they will experience a Christian community with Christian adults and peers who care about them and where they can get to know God. Moms connect with other moms going through the same stage of life that they are. Moms will grow to have closer connection with the other moms and with the church. No more stop and go ... families stay and grow together through MOPS and Awana. [Read more...]

Do you Know Joe?

Summit ’10 offers youth an opportunity to connect with others, build authentic Christian community and be challenged to know, love, serve and celebrate God. At the most recent gathering, video testimonials of how Awana and 24-7 Ministries have impacted their lives -- helping them be "Modern Day Josephs".

Joseph of Genesis is an incredible picture of how we as parents, pastors, volunteers and denominational leaders hope our children will turn out. He is an ideal target for how we want our kids to grow spiritually and morally. We might not choose the circumstances that he had to endure, but we certainly would prefer to see our children respond to life in the same way as Jacob’s famous son. Excerpted from the book Raising a Modern-Day Joseph by Larry Fowler.

Awana e-brochure is here!

The Awana e-brochure gives churches their first glimpse of the new Third Sparks book - SkyStormer; unpacks the latest T&T updates including new uniforms for both 3rd/4th and 5th/6th age groups; previews of the new Game Director materials; the new Awana VerseMinder application; and much more! Check it out online using the interactive Flash-based viewer, just like the online ministry catalog! Note that many of the resources linked from this e-brochure require an ART (Awana Resources and Tools) account, which is an exclusive member benefit of all churches registered with Awana.

Club Clinic

At Club Clinic you will find short, interactive training to address common club challenges – all online! Whether you are a pastor, commander, director, leader, secretary or game director, visit often and explore new topics as they are added to Club Clinic every several weeks! A regular dose of VitaPaks will reinforce great principles and provide fresh ideas for your club! The two modules that are currently out there:

VitaPack 10-A02: Game Time Essentials - Learn four Game Time essentials that will help make Game Time in your club a success and keep kids wanting to return each week!
VitaPak 10-AO1: The Five-Count - Learn how to use the five-count, a simple and fun method of discipline, effectively in your Awana Club.

Note that Club Clinic requires an ART (Awana Resources and Tools) account, which is an exclusive member benefit of all churches registered with Awana.

The Reed Family: Mike and Kris with their children Megan, Katie, Ben and Emily

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For more information, please contact:

Mike & Kris Reed Awana Missionaries to Central and Western Kansas 504 S. Quail Ct. Newton, KS 67114 Phone: (316) 283-0351 E-mail: MikeR [at] awana [dot] org

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