Northeast Oklahoma District Church of the Nazarene

Dear NEO family,

One of the good NEO laymen looked across the table and said to me this week, “Pray that I am doused with salt so that I will remain thirsty for God….I am desperate to see God work in our community!” I believe God honors desperate prayers. I have been reading in I Samuel in recent days. In chapter one it tells us Hannah kept on praying to the Lord (v. 12) in desperation. She acknowledged to the priest Eli that she was deeply troubled and pouring out her soul to the Lord (v.15). Eli responded, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.” And God did hear her prayer and granted her request. Praise God, He still draws near to us as we humbly and wholeheartedly seek him!

Rev. Fred Wenger will be leading a prayer revival at Tulsa 1st Church this weekend. Services are at 7pm on Friday and 6pm on Saturday. Fred has been a long time friend and has been used of God to help shape me and many other servants of Christ.

The 22nd annual edition of Southern Nazarene University’s Commission Unto Mexico was filled with experiences of “love in action”.For the 115 participants from the U.S.A., those “love in action” experiences happened during mobile medical clinics, construction projects, soccer clinics and daily children’s ministry events, all organized in conjunction with six churches in northeastern Mexico. SNU Senior Sarah Etsell from Moore, OK summed up the feelings of this year’s participants by saying, “I had an amazing time.”

This over-the-New-Year’s-holiday mission trip has often been billed as “a Work and Witness adventure for all ages.” This year’s December 27 to January 3 trip to the coal mining region around Sabinas in the Mexican state of Coahuila was no exception. The participants included some entire families, including a family of four from Ohio and a pastor and his wife and three children from Great Bend, KS. The oldest participant was a 71-year-old retiree while the youngest was a nine-year-old boy. Many on the trip live in central Oklahoma, but there were also participants from seven other U.S. states. Five different denominations were represented although the majority of the participants were from Nazarene churches.

SNU is planning to return to the same region next year, as it is one of the safest portions of the country with many needs for help. A big thanks to those from NEO who participated: Rev. Geoffrey Gunter, Paul Fuhrmeister, Paula Gettys, Adrian Castoe, Liberty Gettys, Peter Lauchlin, Michael Fuhrmeister and Terry Westhusin.

NEO DISTRICT LEADERS – December 2010

Sunday School/Discipleship Average Attendance
Tulsa Regency Park +80
Tulsa Fuente de Vida +40
Owasso +20
Tulsa Hills +19
Drumright +17
Wagoner +17
Tulsa Fe y Esperanza +15
Collinsville +11
Sand Springs +7
Tulsa Reg Pk Hispanic +7

AM Worship Average Attendance
Tulsa Regency Park +54
Tulsa Family +53
Barnsdall +17
Tulsa Fuende de Vida +15
Owasso +13
Tulsa Reg Pk Hispanic +12
Collinsville +8
BA Connection +7
Wagoner +6
Coweta +4
Pryor +4

Thanks for your partnership in the work of Christ in NEO! You are loved!

Dave McKellips