Northeast Oklahoma District Church of the Nazarene

Merry Christmas!

It is an honor and joy to serve with you.

Grace and peace,

Dave

Welcome New Staff

David and Frances Smith (Claremore - Youth), prev. Chr. Ed

Dustin Wine (Sapulpa - Youth)

New Pastor Coming to Grove

Pastor Don Engie has accepted a unanimous call to serve the Grove Lakewood Community Church of the Nazarene. We are excited to have Don, Jaci, Lynna, Breana, and new baby, Elijah, coming home to NEO! The Engies first Sunday in Grove will be January 15th.

North American Preliminary Statistics

We have received from the North American Regional office the preliminary statistics for the church year just completed.  Together our 80 districts now have 5,002 active churches in our region.  This is a net gain of 8.  This is good news considering that for the previous two years we had losses-a net loss of 15 churches in 2010 and a net loss of 24 churches in 2009.  72 new churches have been started and 26 new churches were organized.  We have 432 churches in the pipeline moving toward organization.  We must make the starting and organizing of new churches a priority in your ministry.  Your influence in these areas will mean many more souls entering the Kingdom and being discipled into Christlikeness. As you know these are challenging days for the American and Canadian church. However, in the Church of the Nazarene we are rejoicing that there were over 56,000 conversions, over 20,000 baptisms and over 52,000  Nazarenes received (approximately 27,000 by profession of faith). We realized an increase in membership and discipleship ministries.  Our present full membership of 655,286 is an all-time high for our region and is the third year in a row that a record has been reached. The troubling statistic is that this is the sixth year in a row that we have experienced a decrease in worship attendance. Please make this a matter of prayer and your influence to turn this around is critical.

Holy Convocation January 10-12 at Family Church

This is not a conference; it is a time of prayer and fasting, a gathering of people from across the country who are desperate for an encounter with God and for His glory to fall upon them. On Tuesday, January 10th the Holy Convocation will begin at 10:00 am. It will probably wrap up each evening around 6 pm, or as the Lord leads. Feel free to come and go as you would need to. For those of you planning on coming, if you haven't already, would you please email DanBohiMinistry@aol.com  and let them know the number in your group so they get a good count to make sure we have enough room at the Church?  Thank you!

Spiritual Renewal Weekend February 24-26 at Central Church

NYI Winter Retreat February 3-5, 2012 Christmas Alive Come along for the ride that tells the true story of Christmas!  Witness Mary, Joseph, the Wise Men and a beyond-the-manger look at Jesus of Nazareth. Dec. 3, 10, 17, 22, 23 6 - 9 pm Muskogee First Church