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Our family is very excited to be serving churches in Central/Western Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle!

Kris and I have been married for 17 years this past May. We were both raised in Ohio and have lived in Ohio our entire lives before making the move to our current home in Newton, Kansas. We have four children: Ben (15), Emily (13), Megan (10) and Katie (8). Before becoming an Awana Missionary, Mike worked at Nationwide Insurance for 23 years. Kris has been a stay-at-home mom and part-time attorney. We had the privilege of being introduced to Awana in 1989. Kris served in our Awana Club back in Ohio for 15 years, first as a Sparks leader and Sparks director, and then the last 12 years as club secretary. Mike served in Awana for 14 years as commander. We both served on the Southern Ohio Ministry Team for two years.

We began serving as Awana missionaries in September, 2004. God has shown Himself to our family in so many wonderful ways as we have been obedient to the calling to full-time service in Awana and His leading us to relocate to a different area of the country. We are often humbled as we see how God is working through us to share the Awana Ministry with churches in Central/Western Kansas and Northwest Oklahoma. His timing, His plans and His location are always perfect! We look forward to serving and strengthening churches as they reach their communities for Christ through Awana.

Our Ministry Verse:

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5-6

Our Mission:

To introduce the ministry of Awana to local churches, equipping them to impact their community and the world for Christ. Helping churches to..."Reach boys and girls with the gospel of Christ and train them to serve Him."

Our Passion:

We share your passion to reach children and youth, and their families, with the gospel! In addition to supporting your local Awana club, we are also advocates of children's ministry at the local church level.

We will fulfill this role by:
  • Proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Advocating children's ministries by being a resource to pastors and church leaders
  • Starting, training and supporting local Awana clubs across our territory
  • Recruiting, training and mentoring volunteers and lay leaders in local churches
  • Providing leadership for running events including AwanaGames, Sparks-A-Rama and Bible Quizzing

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Our Support Needs:

 Awana missionaries are 100-percent faith supported, which means we must raise all the funding for our ministry and living expenses. We are completely dependent upon the gifts of God's people to meet our living and working expenses.

We sincerely appreciate and thank God for each and every church, family, and individual who help to meet our ministry needs both through your faithful prayers and financial support. At this time, we are receiving approximately 90% of our needed monthly ministry support.

If you are or your church is supporting us financially, we thank you so much for your investment in our ministry. If your church has not yet added us to their missions' budget, would you please ask them to consider our needs? Please also pray with us that individuals of God's choosing will join hands with us financially to provide the needed resources to carry out our service as your Awana missionaries.

Awana Clubs International now offers several methods to give to the Awana Missionaries, including credit card donations via an online account, Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) directly from your checking account for regular giving, and workplace-based giving (including matching donation programs and the Combined Federal Campaign). Check out more at the Donate web site.

To find out more about how you can begin the support process, please complete the "Declaration of Intent to Support" form and mail it into Awana Headquarters.

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

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