Top 10 Awana Podcasts of 2022-2023

Whether listening to our Awana Clubs or Resilient Disciples podcasts once a week was a hit or miss, or you are just learning we have podcasts, this blog is for you! We put together a list of our top 10 most-listened-to podcasts of the past season. Check them out and then tune in to our new season, which begins this week!

Don’t forget to set a reminder to check back once a week for new episodes. Both the Awana Clubs Podcast and Child Discipleship Podcast are available wherever you get podcasts.

Top 10 Awana Clubs Podcast Episodes (in no particular order):

• Your Awana Store: Awana Missionary Andrea Perkins interviews Children’s Minister Victoria Hurst about preparing for every aspect of the Awana store and making it work for your club.
• How to Share the Gospel With Kids: Awana Community Engagement Manager Melanie Hester and Chief Ministry Officer, Ed Gossien, break down how to share the Gospel with kids in today’s cultural moment.
• Awana Awards: Go on a journey with Awana missionary Andrea Perkins and understand the heart behind Awana awards, and how they can help celebrate your kids and leaders.
• The Awana Grand Prix: Awana Missionary Scott Conner interviews his friend Pastor Jason Dillehay on how Awana Grand Prix is not only an important night of fun, but also an effective way to share the Gospel with kids and their parents.
• Long-Game Discipline: Awana Missionary Linnea Sandvall gives applicable tips, ideas and wisdom on how to view discipline as a part of your discipleship of the kids God has given you to lead.
• How to Instill Biblical Worldview: Awana missionary Hunter Williams uses the Bible, data and experience to help us understand why we must teach our kids a biblical worldview as soon as possible and how to share this worldview well.
• Second Half Planning: Awana missionary Andrea Perkins gives month-by-month and applicable advice on how to plan ahead for the second half of your Awana club year.
• How to Prepare for the New Club Year: Gain tips and wisdom on how to use your summer to prepare for the next club year. Awana Missionaries Cindy Vesperman, Kevin Chewning and Tim Bennett share their experiences, applicable for clubs of all sizes!
• How to Lead a Small Group: Awana missionary Linnea Sandvall fully explains the intention behind small groups and then gives seven tips for making your small group time thrive.
• Awana Bible Quiz and Games: Learn from long-time leaders about the value of Bible Quiz and Awana Games.

Top 10 Child Discipleship Podcast Episodes (in no particular order):

• Jared Kennedy: Keeping Your Children’s Ministry on Mission Jared Kennedy is editor for The Gospel Coalition and author of Keeping Your Children’s Ministry on Mission: Practical Strategies for Discipling the Next Generationand The Beginner’s Gospel Story Bible.
• George Barna: The “Single Most Important” Investment You Can Make in Your Ministry Learn how today’s generation of kids is facing unprecedented circumstances, and how we can respond to help make resilient disciples.
• Shawn Thornton: The Power of a Loving, Caring Adult for Every Child Senior Pastor Shawn Thornton shares how his life was impacted by loving caring, adults, and how that fuels his passion for child discipleship today.
• Andy Crouch: Technology, Culture and Faith The well-known author, musician and public Speaker discusses how to engage with technology, culture and faith for the next generation.
• Cynthia Dixson: We Disciple Kids … We are Not Childcare Cynthia Dixson, from Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, stresses the importance of listening to the kids we are discipling, and how church leaders can connect with families who may seem hard to reach.
• Lacy Finn Borgo: God Always Bats Last Lacy Finn Borgo, author, teacher and spiritual director, explains our need to be with Jesus in order to lead kids to Him so God can have the last bat over their lives.
• How to Institute and Uphold a Child Protection Policy Jeff Dalrymple, executive director of the Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention, discusses the critically important work of protecting our kids from abuse. Sally Wagenmaker ESQ, from the ECAP team, and Awana Missionary Andrea Perkins also join the conversation.
• Spiritual Formation and Discipleship Through Music Dave and Jess of Doorpost Songs share how their ministry is built on discipleship, what it’s like to engage in ministry as a family and how churches can help cultivate worship with their kids … and adults!
• Chuck Peters: Genuine Child Discipleship Director of Lifeway Kids Chuck Peters wakes us up to the reality that if we truly want to disciple the next generation, we need to have genuine relationships with them just like Jesus did with His disciples.
• Phil and Diane Comer: Facing Apathy in the Home and Church These founders of Intentional Parents use Scripture, examples and wisdom to help you fight against apathy when discipling children. Then, Awana hosts Ross and Kellie further discuss how to be intentional disciplemakers in your home and church.

The Awana Clubs Podcast is the audio home for all things Awana Clubs. Each week get equipped, engaged and inspired by local leaders and parents who are committed to resilient child discipleship. New episodes are available every Tuesday!

The Child Discipleship Podcast is a conversation with leaders and experts from within the world of children’s ministry, inside and outside the church. Each episode provides insights and potential solutions for your ministry and your family to help today’s kids form a lasting faith in Jesus. New episodes come out every Thursday!