Northeast Oklahoma District Church of the Nazarene

Happy Easter!

I am praying for the churches across NEO as people gather this Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. I pray that it will be another time of AWAKENING in our churches. Just think...the Spirit that raised Christ from the grave is at work within us! And he wants to manifest his ability to make dead things alive again in our day. May we be continue to be awakened by His Spirit, living in His presence and walking in His purposes! Grace and peace, Dave

NEO Training Day Saturday, April 21 9am – 3pm Broken Arrow First Church

Nazarene Safe™ provides resources to equip local Churches of the Nazarene in creating safe environments for God’s family. While a wide range of topics will be addressed through Nazarene Safe™, the initial focus is preventing sexual misconduct. The Manual of the Church of the Nazarene states that the business of the local church board shall be: “To adopt and implement a plan to reduce the risk that individuals placed in positions of authority within the church will use the position of trust or authority to engage in misconduct. The plan for each local church must take into consideration its own unique circumstances” (Paragraph 129.30).  Nazarene Safe™ is designed to help you fulfill this mandate. Leslie Hart, the official trainer for Nazarene Safe, will be the keynote speaker at our Training Day on April 21. She will speak to all participants in the morning sessions and to the children’s workers in the afternoon. Dr. Blair Spindle, youth ministries training specialist for the SNU Zone, will be working with youth workers in the afternoon. Adult workshops are also planned for adult teachers. Register for NEO Training Day through your local church.

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Northwest Zone Work and Witness Opportunity in Cleveland

What: Work and Witness Opportunity in Cleveland, OK at the Church of the Nazarene. (We are not independent churches, but interdependent, organized to facilitate the mission of each local church through mutual support, the sharing of resources and collaboration. This is a project of the NW Zone but others from the District are welcome to participate). When: April 20 - 21 (the 21st is a Training Day on the District so all adult, children and youth workers will have training that day at Broken Arrow) Project Leaders: For the church, Lynn Quick, 918 629 7607 (cell); For the District, Brian Loderhose, 918-520-1361 (cell) Workers Needed: 14 each day - 4 to remove the gutters and do soffit work: 4 to paint the gym roof, 2 to tile the floor, 2 to cut trim in the classroom, 2 to lay carpet.  Plus cooks, drink carriers, chief bottle washers. Equipment Needed: Church will supply paint, carpet, tile, etc. We will need  a diesel 4 wheel drive articulating boom lift and an additional siding brake. Welcome New Staff Kathy Cott Children's Pastor at Tulsa Hills Bethany Henry Children's Coordinator at Tulsa Family

NEO March Statistics

Attendance for March                                          2011-12            2010-11           SDMI                                    3128                        2986           Morning Worship              4050                        3963

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I Want to Celebrate. . .

Don Engie, Grove Lakewood Community. . . About a month ago Tammy and her daughter Daytona began coming to church @ Grove. Our oldest Daughter Lynna invited Daytona, and her mother came shortly after. Tammy immediately loved the church and the direction we were going – and understood the process we were in here. Both Daytona and Tammy asked for prayer for her husband Robert. He had not been to church in a long time due to some hurt feelings at another church. We began to meet and pray that God would change his heart.  Shortly after, Robert asked his wife to find his Bible for him. And this last week, Robert came with his family to church! This is a great young family – continue to pray with us that God would do in Robert’s heart-, what only He can do.  We have seen God add a total of 12 people here in Grove the past 2 months, and we are excited about what God is doing! Joel Heid, Dewey. . . We are seeing new families coming and express that they want to be  a part of our church.  We continue to believe that as we pray God works among us in ways that He does not if we don’t.  A. J. Gordon said  “We can do more than pray after we have prayed, but we can never do no more than pray until we have prayed.” Brad Farnsworth, Tulsa Connection. . . Sent the entire congregation into the surrounding community as a part of our morning service on March 11 to hand out food bags to needy individuals and invite people to our Easter service. Each groups of four reported back with positive results! Scott Behm, Chelsea. . . I noticed their youthful grins as two of our eldest members, a husband and wife, told me they are each cancer free now. We all praised God for the answered prayers for this couple. We celebrated the seed of love planted by Jesus as he went to go to sit at the right hand of the Father in heaven. We also celebrated the seed of hope planted by "Armadillo" Jim and Sheila Schmidt with his "Abundance Bunny" care package with the theme "I Cried Too" which was sent to each child directly impacted by the 9/11 terrorists attacks. They could have planted seeds of bitterness, but Jim and Sheila decided to plant seeds of care and compassion. Our teens took a field trip to meet Linda, a true master potter, at the Atlas Life building in downtown Tulsa; the kids said it felt like Christmas morning. The wonderful anticipation was greatly surpassed in that the teens (also my boys Brett and Andrew) were thoroughly captivated by her hands-on live potter’s wheel demonstration. We also hope to have Linda come out to Chelsea to the church in December as part of our Christmas party celebration. We had a recent high attendance day of 42 during our Sunday AM worship service when we had several surprise guests who came to help us create a live sermon demonstration. We had some wonderful excitement as we brought Numbers 21:8 to life in the church. Our children and the congregation anticipate remembering that message for a long time. We then connected this lifting to the desire to lift up Jesus as we praised the Lord. We also exalted Jesus as we heard His promise (in John 3:14) "that everyone who believes may have eternal life." Steve Davis, Sapulpa. . . 5 New Members 3–month tithe challenge continuing Increase in first-time guests Greater unity in the body Moving of God’s Holy Spirit in our services James Wilson, Pawhuska. . . Children’s ministry continues to grow. Doug Gunsalus, Glenpool South County Community. . . We are very excited about how the cooperative effort has been working with Tulsa Hills.  This is giving us the needed space and time to deliver a full ministry experience for our people. David Stevens, Vinita. . . We are having some of the best days the Church has ever seen. God is moving, people are growing as disciples. Two of our regular members approached me this month, feeling that the Lord was leading them to be baptized. Both had been baptized when they were younger, but they have grown in their faith and wanted to do this as an act of obedience. It was a glorious Sunday morning service on March 18! Christian Writing Workshop A day of facts, fun, & fellowship May 19, 2012 Cushing Church 116 E. Maple Cushing, OK Taught by Donna Clark Goodrich Author of 23 books, 700 articles, stories & devotionals For more info, contact the District Office or Cushing Church