Calvary Mission Organizations

Awana is an international, Bible-centered children’s and youth ministry providing local churches with weekly clubs and programs for preschool through high school. Our 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. Today, more than 10,400 churches in the United States run Awana. There are clubs in all 50 states. Awana can also be found in 3,200 churches in 109 other countries and six continents.