What is Awana?
Awana is an international, Bible-centered children's and youth ministry providing local churches with weekly clubs, programs and training for students in preschool through high school. Our goal is to equip churches to reach kids, 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 as 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 churches to start Awana.
Today, more than 12,000 U.S. churches run Awana with programs in all 50 states. Awana can also be found in over 3,900 churches in 109 other countries and six continents.
Awana at CABC
Awana at Chinese American Bible Church will have the following five groups for children between Preschoolers and Grade 8:
Cubbies - Preschoolers
Sparks - Kindergarteners - 2nd Grades
Truth & Training (T&T) - 3rd - 6th Grades (Boys)
Truth & Training (T&T) - 3rd - 6th Grades (Girls)
Trek - 7th - 8th Grades