About Us

WHAT IS AWANA?

Awana is an international, Bible-centered children's and youth ministry providing local churches with weekly clubs and programs for preschool through high school. The goal is to equip churches to reach children and teenagers, and their families, with the gospel of Christ and train them to serve Him. The acronym Awana comes from the first letters of Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed, taken from 2 Timothy 2:15.

Awana began in 1950 as a youth program at the North Side Gospel Center in Chicago, Illinois. Lance Latham, the church pastor, worked with Art Rorheim to develop a program that would appeal to young people, reach them with the gospel and train them in the Lord’s work. Other churches heard about the success of the Awana program and asked if they could use it. By 1960, Awana had registered 900 clubs.

Today, more than 10,400 churches in the United States run Awana clubs. There are clubs in all 50 states. Awana can also be found in 3,200 churches in 109 other countries and six continents.

ABOUT US:

Our Awana Club was established in the fall of 2007. The club consists of Puggles, Cubbies, Sparks and T & T. God is doing some amazing things through the Awana program at Virginia Beach Free Will Baptist Church as our Clubbers are following Jesus and inviting their friends to do the same. Our Wednesday evening program begins at 6:30 p.m. with a flag ceremony. All Clubbers are required to Check-In with our Club Secretary prior to entering their assigned classrooms. Sparks and T&T clubbers and leaders assemble in one room for opening ceremonies and then separate for the remainder of the evening.

A completed Registration Form must be submitted for each clubber.

It is our Prayer to integrate Trek (Middle School) and Journey (High School) into our exiting Youth (Teen) Ministry "Because the Christian Walk NEVER Stops”.

Please visit www.awana.org for more information on the Awana Ministry.