Summit 2010, our National Awana Journey Competition will be held in Chicago, April 12 -15, 2010. This will also be the celebration of the 60th year of the Awana Ministry. Not only will we enjoy Bible Quizzing, AwanaGames, Fine Arts and Volleyball, but will honor our co-founder Art and Winnie Rorheim. There will also be a special Citation Ceremony where all of our 2010 Citation Achievers will be recognized and honored. Many exciting things are being planned. If you are a Journey Director please plan to bring your Journey group to this exciting time of spiritual challenge and great national competition. Check out www.Awana.org and click Summit 10 for all the information you need to get registered.

 

Texas Lead Missionary and Regional Missionaries Brad and Margie Iverson have moved to Texas, at last. They live in Keller, Texas just north of Fort Worth. If you need a special speaker for an Awana event, closing program, or even pulpit supply Brad may be available. Brad was a Senior Pastor for 25 years and loves to share the Word with passion and insight. You can contact Brad at  BradI@Awana.org or give him a call at 951-285-8333 to schedule him to speak at your church or club.

 

 

 

Do you have a passion to see children and youth in Texas won to Christ, a love for the Awana Ministry and a desire to help support our Texas Ministry? We need a volunteer who will contact farmers and ranchers in Texas concerning a support rasising ministry STEER Inc., whereby they can give funds to Awana Texas at little cost to them, but time. Contact Brad if you are interested in more information.

 

Awana Commander College 101 and 201 will be held at Southwestern Baptist Theogical Seminary, Fort Worth, TX  March 11-13, 2010. This is a wonderful 3 days of training and encouragement for your Awana Commander. If you have never attended Commander College you need to register for 101. Southwestern Seminary has rooms available for lodging at $80. per night. Please contact them directly.

We will also be having Commander College 101 at Houston Baptist University, 7502 Fonderan Road, Houston, TX  77074 on March 25-27, 2010. We suggest for lodging Crowne Plaza Hotel, 9090 Southwest Parkway, Houston, TX  77074. They are offering a special rate of $89. per night for either a King suite or a double queen suite. Call them at 713-995-0123

All Texas Commander College will cost $325. for early registration. They will start on Thursday morning at 8:00 AM with registration and conclude on Saturday at noon with graduation and lunch. Registration includes the classes, all materials and meals. It does not include lodging or travel.

At Commander College 101 we cover the 5 Major Hats of a Commander; Advocate, Leader, Shepherd, Administrator and Communicator.

At Commander College 201 we cover: The Discovery of Excellence, Getting Along with the Youth Pastor, Making volunteers Stick, Discovering your Commander Color, Communicating like Jesus; Running an Excellent Club, and much, much more.

Pastors, consider investing in your Commander who will guide your Awana Club to even greater effectiveness.

 

As we develop the ministry in Texas we are realizing that we need a state office in Texas from which to coordinate our ministry, in this the biggest state for Awana. Please pray as we are in the early stages of searching for a suitable property that would become the first in the nation, Texas State Office. As we move ahead we also have the need for donations to help fund the state ministry. If you would like to be a blessing by giving of your resources to help us build the ministry of Awana in Texas, please send your gift to:
Awana Clubs International
One East Bode Road
Streamwood, IL 60107

Please designate your gift for the Texas State Ministry Account # 701.

Our goal is that our Texas team of Missionaries will also be partially supported from these funds. Please support your local church first, and then if God leads consider a gift of whatever amount to the Texas ministry. If God leads you to give the "widows mite", praise the Lord! We also will rejoice over the larger gifts as well. It's not the size of the gift, but the heart that says, "I love you Lord." and gives to His work that is important.

If you have questions please contact me, Brad Iverson, and I will be happy to answer your questions. These are exciting days for the ministry of Awana in Texas! 

Has God called you to serve Him full time with your life? Do you have a passion to see children and youth brought to Jesus Christ? Have you ever prayed and wondered if God might use you as an Awana Missionary? We currently need about 15 more Awana Missionaries in the Lone Star State. I would love to talk and pray with you about this wonderful opportunity to serve the Lord with your life. Drop me an email with your phone number, and we can discuss the opportunities, the requirements and the process of this life changing step. God does desire to use you. Will you say, "Here am I Lord, send me"?

We currently need:

Missionary of Development (works in helping churches to start Awana)

Missionary of Church Care ( serves existing Awana churches in training and encouragemnt)

Missionary of Outreach ( raises, trains and coordinates volunteers to do Awana events)