Illinois-Wisconsin Awana Newsleer

Illinois-Wisconsin Awana Newsle er
Summer 2015
2015 AMC Loca ons
2015 Awana Ministry Conference
One Mission …
to reach children everywhere with the gospel of Jesus Christ and engage
them in long-term discipleship.
Many Methods …
a unique church culture and a variety of family needs require di erent
methods to ful ll the mission.
Discover new ministry solu ons that will equip you and grow your ministry at this year’s Awana Ministry Conference. Design your club to t your
speci c ministry goals.
www.awana.org/where-we-serve/illinois-wisconsin
MARION — IL
August 10, 2015
CHAMPAIGN — IL
August 11, 2015
EAST PEORIA — IL
August 17, 2015
CASEY — IL
August 18, 2015
MONMOUTH — IL
August 18, 2015
MOLINE — IL
August 18, 2015
OTTAWA — IL
August 20, 2015
FREEPORT — IL
August 24, 2015
ROCK FALLS — IL
August 25, 2015
GALENA — IL
August 26, 2015
TROY — IL
August 29, 2015
ROCKFORD — IL
October 3, 2015
MEDINAH — IL
October 17, 2015
MADISON — WI
October 24, 2015
MILWAUKEE — WI
October 31, 2015
WAUSAU — WI
November 7, 2015
Want to Make an Impact in the Lives of Kids?
Awana GO is a missions program designed for churches and clubs looking
for dynamic, meaningful and kid-friendly ways to "go into all the world
and make disciples". If you are looking to make an impact beyond the
four walls of your church -this program is for you!
Can you duplicate your club in the number of children you are reaching
through your Awana global outreach e orts? What is your club goal this
club year? (i.e.- $10 reaches one child - $1000 reaches 100 children)
FREE Missions Curriculum
Awana Global Outreach (GO) contains all the ingredients for you to easily
integrate missions in your club and to make a di erence in the lives of
your kids and kids around the world.
www.awana.org/go
Awana Lifeline
At Awana Lifeline™ our vision is
that every child would have a
godly father and mother who
are building a legacy of faith in
Christ. To this end, our mission
is to glorify God by inspiring and
equipping men and women,
families, churches and communi es to develop godly parents.
Returning Hearts Celebra on
focuses on crea ng an environment of reconcilia on between
inmate parents and their children through an unforge able
Part of our Awana Ministry Family
Youth Missions Interna onal is an organiza on that
empowers young people to con nually live and
share their faith in the global communi es they
serve. The two divisions of YMI are:
Mission Di erently and Base Sports.
www.ymimissions.org
This newest division of YMI exists to train and
equip local churches to reach out with the Gospel
of Christ through sports. Whether running High
Power Sports Camps or Clubs, Base Sports o ers
your church quality resources and training that
will empower you to impact your community
Looking for mission trip opportuni es, internships,
and training? Mission Di erently is the mission
training and sending division of Youth Missions Interna onal. Whether you are a church, school, individual high school or college student, go here to nd
your next mission opportunity!
day of games, food, rela onship
building and Bible teaching.
Most importantly, they have the
opportunity to reconcile with
their children by asking for their
forgiveness and invi ng them to
accept Christ's o er of salvaon. This begins the healing
process, breaking the power of
sin and the cycle of crime.
The rst Returning Hearts Celebra on in Illinois occurred in
Decatur on April 11, 2015. That
was also the rst RHC at a female prison in the country! A
highlight video is online on the
LifeLine Media page:
p://awanalifeline.org/#/media
www.awanalifeline.org
Technology Tools for
Awana Ministries
Let’s be honest, you started serving so that you could introduce more kids to Jesus Christ. Too o en however, you’re
split between connec ng with students, comple ng administra ve tasks, keeping up-to-date with training and checking
in with other leaders and parents.
www.awana.org/mozo
How do you keep life change in kids your primary focus?
We want to help you do just that!
Awana is building a suite of technology tools that will
streamline your ministry so that you can focus on what
ma ers most.
What?
This technology will help
you mul ply your e orts.
With tools that make administra ve tasks, communica on, and leader training more e cient and easier than ever to access,
you can spend more me
inves ng in kids.
How?
No need to be ed to an
Excel sheet or a three-ring
binder during check-in or
when tracking students’
progress. Whether it’s
from the app on your Android, iOS device, or your
desktop, if you can access
the web, you have full access to these tools.
The rst Vantage Conference was held at Awana—Streamwood, IL on May 1st.
This was the rst annual conference, that ministered to Awana leaders and
those serving in children’s ministry.
Find more at: h p://vantage.awana.org/
Join us live, onsite at Awana HQ next year April 22, 2016
Stream the conference at home, at the o ce or with your team at church
Watch the conference later with your leaders and your church. Par cipants
who buy a site license will able to download all the conference resources.
When?
This technology suite will
be available August 1 of
2015, with pre-sales beginning July 1, 2015.
Are you an Awana leader, part of a
church that uses Awana or are you interested in the ministry and desire to
know how culture, trends, the unchangeable truth of the Gospel and the
church will shape children's and youth
ministy? Then don't miss the Vantage
Conference.
Conference par cipants will experience live worship and awesome speakers covering relevant topics, and will
leave equipped with a number of free
resources and special o ers.
vantage.awana.org
Upcoming Events
LEAD: Equip Experience
The LEAD Experience is like nothing we have done before! Its designed to develop a holis c Chris an leader
serving in children's or youth ministry. Unlike Commander College, it is not speci c to any one posi on in club.
In LEAD: Equip we will explore the importance of children's ministry, understanding your calling, personal spiritual development, in uence, vising cas ng, serving in community, and much more. The experience will be delivered by a combina on of online and live training. Training dates will be announced later this year.
Updated Role Books for Summer 2015
We are in the process of simplifying our role books in response to our changing customer preferences and increased access to training content online. We want to honor those customers who prefer a printed book while
be er managing the volume of content that we deliver through role books. They will also re ect the updated
language that is being used to describe our ministry. E ec ve June, 2015, there will be eight role books available: Commander, Secretary, Game Director, Puggles, Cubbies, Sparks, T&T, AwanaYM. Books will be approximately 40 pages (half of their current size). Leader and Director books will be combined into one book. Each
book will be available in a printed and an e-reader format (not a downloadable pdf but like a Kindle or ibook).
IL-WI Awana Missionaries
It is our desire to be humble servants to the churches in Illinois and Wisconsin and to strive to meet their needs
to help them in reaching children, youth and their families for Jesus Christ through the ministry of Awana.
Awana missionaries are 100% faith supported and depend en rely on dona ons to cover all their expenses,
including their salary. Your support will enable them to Reach Kids, Equip Leaders and Change the World.
Please let us know how we can be of assistance to your ministry. We look forward to serving with you.
Ken & Denise Krup
Don & Nancy Estep
Bruce & Marti Brumfield
J.P. & Cheryl Morgan
Tim & Sherry Thomas
State Director: IL-WI
Central / Southern IL
Northern IL
Northern IL
Southern WI
919 Barbara Ave
194 N Western Ave
302 Red Hawk Rd
11781 Covey Lane
750 Summerset Dr
South Elgin, IL 60177
Decatur, IL 62522
Hampshire, IL 60140
Huntley, IL 60142
Johnson Creek, WI 53038
847.931.0015
217.963.2972
224.545.3660
847.669.3026
920.699.1977
KenK@awana.org
Dona ons:
DonE@awana.org
Dona ons:
BruceB@awana.org
Dona ons:
JPM@awana.org
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TimT@awana.org
Dona ons:
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