We call our Mission Statement “Our Prayer.”

Our prayer is that all children and youth throughout the world will come to know, love and serve the Lord Jesus Christ

Rick & Mary have served as U.S. Missionaries for Northern Indiana, with Awana Clubs since 1996. They have been married since 1982 and have 4 grown children, plus two daughters (married to two of their sons), not to mention their 3 grandchildren. They reside in Kokomo from where they travel to visit Awana Clubs, Pastors & Awana Commanders. They currently minister to 121 churches that have adopted Awana into their family of ministries.

We provide training at all levels – Basic, Refresher, Special Topics, Commander College (3 levels), and our Annual Awana Ministry Conference for all Awana leaders. We also attempt to be an encourager and source of counsel to churches using Awana. Additionally, we raise the funds to keep our ministry in operation.

Awana has been around as an organization since 1950, starting at the North Side Gospel Center in Chicago. There are about 12,000 churches in the United States that use Awana clubs, and it is anticipated that there will be at least that many by the summer of 2013! Over 1,000,000 children are hearing the gospel each week in Awana Clubs somewhere in the world.

There are presently two missionary couples serving Indiana and about 85 other couples serving as U.S. Missionaries. “Northern Indiana” started as the northern third of Indiana, but was expanded to include a number of the clubs north of Indianapolis starting in April of 2010.