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TJ Sipes serve as missionaries to Mississippi and West Tennessee.

This Web site brings together resources and information to help churches in this area to run their Awana Clubs ministry more effectively.

 
Returning Hearts Celebration: a Day for Families, a Memory for All Time -- Returning Hearts Celebration is part of an extraordinary ministry, Awana Lifeline, that unites children for an unforgettable day with their incarcerated dads on prison grounds. They enjoy games, prizes, food, laughter, and Bible teaching while learning about a Savior who offers freedom from sin and the cycle of crime that many times exists in families for generations. It is a time when fathers who may not have seen their children in years can ask for forgiveness and begin reconciliation with their daughters and sons. For many, it is an opportunity to share the Gospel with their children. [Awana LifeLine Promotional Flyer]

Returning Hearts Celebration has touched the lives of several hundred inmate dads, 1,200 children and countless volunteers. This great day of renewal is only possible with your help. [Volunteer application]

  • A total of 40 children accepted Christ as their Savior with the assistance of their inmate fathers at the Returning Hearts Celebration on May 3, at the Avoyelles Correctional Center in Cottonport, Louisiana. Despite the early morning rain, this event was attended by 84 volunteers, 68 children, and 34 inmate fathers. [View event photos]

  • A total of 64 children accepted Christ as their Savior with the assistance of their inmate fathers at the Returning Hearts Celebration on May 31, at the Hunt Correctional Center in Saint Gabriel, Louisiana. Skies were clear and temperatures held in the mid-90s for this event, attended by 85 volunteers, 110 children, and 68 inmate fathers. [View event photos]

    September 13, 2008: Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola [Download volunteer flier (500kb)]

For more information of this life-changing event, please visit www.awana.org/lifeline.

  Awana Orientation Training -- Dates and locations have been set for the summer basic training events. Check out the calendar for all the details and registration form.

The new Sparks Handbook has landed at the Awana Online Store! - Be one of the first to order the new Sparks HangGlider Handbook and get ready to soar through 12 exciting Bible biographies that virtually come alive on the page. Drama, music and sound effects will keep Sparkies coming back for more. [Order HangGlider online] [Sparks 2008 Update page].

Our children and youth are ill-equipped for spiritual and moral challenges today – and for leading the home, church and community tomorrow. In fact, many will leave their faith behind after high school. Awana offers a solution. We are calling and equipping parents and churches to work together to raise kids who know, love and serve Christ. Inspired by the life of Joseph from the Old Testament, whose trust in God and character carried him through trials and temptations. [Read more...]

For more information, please contact:
TJ Sipes
Missionaries to Mississippi
and West Tennessee
4992 Hwy 15 N
Ecru, MS 38841
Phone: (662) 488-9291
E-mail: TJS [at] awana [dot] org

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