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The Bianco family is very excited to be serving churches in Central/Southern Maryland, Washington DC and Northern Virginia!

Bill and Judi have been married for over twenty years. They were both born and raised in Ohio their entire lives before making the move to their current home in Bowie, Maryland. They have two children: Nick (15), and Noah (10). Before becoming Awana Missionaries, Bill served as an associate and senior pastor for 15 years in Leavittsburg, Ohio and Judi has been a stay-at-home mom and high school English teacher. Bill has been involved with Awana since 1982 but recently since 1997 where he started an Awana Club and served as the Commander in the church he pastored. Judi served in the Awana Club back in Ohio, first as a Sparks leader and then as the JV Director. She also earned the Awana Timothy Award as a child. They both served on the Northern Ohio Ministry Team for two years.

They began serving as Awana missionaries in August, 2004. God has shown Himself to their family in so many wonderful ways as they have been obedient to the calling of Missionaries with Awana Clubs International and His leading them to relocate to a different area of the country. They are often humbled as they see how God is working through them to share the Awana Ministry with churches in Central/Southern Maryland, Washington DC and Northern Virginia. His timing, His plans and His location are always perfect! They look forward to serving and strengthening churches as they reach their communities for Christ through Awana.

Our Ministry Verse:

    "He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good: and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?." Micah 6:8

Our Hope, Vision and Mission:

    Our Hope: That all children and youth throughout our region and the world will come to know, love and serve the Lord Jesus Christ.
    Our Vision: To be a strategic partner with churches and ministries in our region in a global effort to ensure the opportunity for all children and youth to be evangelized and discipled in Christ.
    Our Mission: To work with our ministry partners in our region in creating and disseminating integrated programs, tools and training that equip leaders to evangelize and disciple children and youth for Christ.

Our Values:

We will glorify God and serve the body of Christ by committing ourselves to these values
  • We proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ with clarity and urgency
  • We commit to God's Word as our guide and standard.
  • We treat all people as created and loved by God.
  • We maintain a servant heart in all we do.
  • We manage God's resources with faithfulness and integrity.
  • We pursue excellence as unto the Lord.
  • We offer our support for local church Awana programs through accessible training and biblically accurate, doctrinally sound materials.

Newsletters:

Our Support Needs:

    Awana missionaries are 100-percent faith supported, which means we must raise all the funding for our ministry and living expenses. We are completely dependent upon the gifts of God's people to meet our living and working expenses.

    We sincerely appreciate and thank God for each and every church, family, and individual who help to meet our ministry needs both through your faithful prayers and financial support. At this time, we are receiving approximately 72% of our needed monthly ministry support, but $2,000 is still lacking.

    If you are or your church is supporting us financially, we thank you so much for your investment in our ministry. If your church has not yet added us to their missions' budget, would you please ask them to consider our needs? Please also pray with us that individuals of God's choosing will join hands with us financially to provide the needed resources to carry out our service as your Awana missionaries.

    To find out more about how you can begin the support process, please complete the "Declaration of Intent to Support" form and mail it into Awana Headquarters.

    Awana Clubs International now offers several methods to give to the Awana Missionaries, including credit card donations via an online account, Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) directly from your checking account for regular giving, and workplace-based giving (including matching donation programs and the Combined Federal Campaign). Check out more at the Donate web site.

For more information, please contact:
Bill & Judi Bianco
Awana Missionaries
15904 Perkins Lane
Bowie, Maryland 20716
Phone: (301) 249-1765
Fax: (301) 249-2514
E-mail: BillB [at] awana [dot] org

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