Dear Awana Commander,

As you know, we are fully faith supported. We trust to God for the provision of our financial other needs. These needs are communicated to churches and individuals to create a network that embraces our vision and supports us prayerfully and financially.

Prayer is the most important way you can support the Awana ministry here in Eastern Colorado. Please make the Awana ministry, Chad & Karen Smith, the Awana churches, and all the Awana leaders a priority on your prayer list.

Currently the ministry in Eastern Colorado is not receiving enough monthly support to cover the expenses of the ministry. Through several special offerings the ministry is now in the black, however, it still needs approximately $1200 more a month to cover our expenses. Would you or leaders from your church help us with this need?

If your church has not yet added the Eastern Colorado Awana Ministry to their mission budget, would you please ask them to consider the ministry's needs? Our hope is that one day all the Eastern Colorado Awana churches will realize the importance and benefits of helping their Awana Missionary stay on the job.

Basic Training	Awana Ministry Conference Awana Ministry Conferences help you to grow as an Awana volunteer every year. Learn effective, innovative ideas for evangelism and discipleship through an inspiring message and a variety of practical workshops. Leaders can choose the sessions that benefit their unique ministry - from Puggles® to Journey™. Even if you have been to conference before, unique workshops are offered each year. Attendees leave excited to serve and armed with ideas and skills to immediately apply to their ministries. If you have been to conference once or many different times, there is always something new to learn. We look forward to seeing you and your leaders in August. T&T Awards Update In our last edition, we told you about Awana's desire to make the T&T program more applicable to "tweens". We wanted to let you know before you start ordering awards for the 2009-2010 club year, that T&T awards will be changing in the 2010-2011 club year. This will include the awards for all books in T&T as well as the book awards. Stay tuned for more information as we get it. Ministry Support Opportunity Have you been wondering how you or your clubbers might be able to support the Eastern Colorado Ministry? We have a new idea for you. The Eastern Colorado Awana Ministry has been offered a unique support raising opportunity. A local photographer has generously offered to donate $5.00 of the purchase of a signed photograph. He specializes in landscape, floral, and architectural photographs. These photos are great for gifts. You can check out his photos at his ebay shop here You can also view them by doing a search on Ebay for Awana, and then look for the photos. Awana at Home Awana has developed a new program that each church can begin using this year. Awana at Home is designed to emphasize and maximize parental involvement in your Awana club. This new program will show you how to help partner with parents to make a lasting effect on their children as the church and parent work together to disciple the child. The goal of Awana at Home is to help parents conduct a once a week family devotional experience based on the three aspects of Awana Clubs (Game Time, Handbook Time, Bible Time). Check out the new Ministry Guide for the new directors kit. In addition, a workshop will be offered at conference to help explain this exciting new ministry.

Has it been a while since your church has had a Basic Training? Do you have a lot of new leaders who have never been trained? We would love to come to your church and provide a Basic Training for you. You will learn how to run an effective Game Time, improve your Handbook Time, and have a dynamic Council Time like never before! Contact us now to get your training on the calendar.
Upcoming Dates
Colorado Springs Awana Conference Aug. 21-22 Denver Awana Conference Aug. 28-29

Eastern Colorado Awana News
Support, Ministry Conference, T&T Awards, Support Opportunity, Awana at Home	June 22, 2009