Ministers
& Mates Retreat
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We
had a great Ministers and Mates Retreat on Aug. 24 – 26 at the Hilton
Promenade in Branson. Rev. James Peterson led our worship and our
District Superintendent, Dave McKellips, spoke on “Guard Your Heart”. Time
was spent connecting with other pastors and spouses, especially through our
zones. We thank our churches for supporting their pastors’ attendance and for
your financial support to the District which underwrote the weekend.
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Family
Church and
Connection
Church Merging
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Twelve
years ago, Pastor Brad Farnsworth joined with Pastor Brett Rickey and close
to 100 people from Central Church to begin Family Church. God blessed and
used Pastor Brad for eight years as Pastor to Children and Youth. Four years
ago, Pastor Brad again stepped out in faith to begin Connection Church with
twenty plus people from Family Church. As Family Church faced a need to call
a new pastor, the board had a growing sense that Pastor Brad was the man for
the hour, so the boards of Connection Church and Family Church began to
prayerfully consider a merger. Last Sunday, both church congregations voted
to approve the merger of the two congregations with Pastor Brad Farnsworth
serving as Lead Pastor.
We
congratulate Pastor Brad and all the leaders of Family and Connection Church.
The leadership teams of both churches will begin working together immediately
to merge their ministries, with their first service combined on Sept. 16. The
church will be deciding later what name to use for the united congregation.
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Helping
Victims of Fire in NEO/Manna House
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Several
of our Nazarene families were impacted by the recent fires that touched our
state. If you would like to give to assist these families, please give
through our compassionate ministries center, Manna House, and designate your
gift for Fire Victims.
Manna
House assists hundreds of families every month. Director Howard Essary tells
me they could use another lady to work in clothing on Wednesdays, 9:30am –
1:00pm.
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This
fall, from September 30 through November 11, 2012, the Church of the Nazarene
Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries office is delighted to provide a
40–day Bible reading emphasis especially for you. Available in print, online,
and via your smartphone, Engage
the Word is an intergenerational Bible reading plan designed for
everyone in your church family. There is no cost to sign up and participate.
Engage
the Word is easy, but it will make a difference! Visit
www.engagetheword.nazarene.org
for a full list of available resources to help with this transformational
emphasis.
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TEACH
2012
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We
are less than a month away from the TEACH Conference of the South Central
Educational Zone. This conference has an outstanding line up of speakers -
Hal Perkins, Woody Stevens, Corey Jones, and Greg Love – and will be
simulcast to four sites on our zone, including Tulsa Central.
How blessed we are to participate in these inspirational and
educational sessions. If you can’t commit for the entire conference, come
when you can and be inspired!(Friday 7pm; Saturday 9am and 1:30pm)
Registration is free:
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Discover
the Power of Prayer, 2012 Prayer Conference sponsored by
Crossroads Tabernacle. October
23-25 in Fort Worth. Featured speakers: Corey Jones and Dan
Bohi.
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District
News
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This
Sunday, September 2 - Installation of Rev. Brian
Stephens as Lead Pastor at Broken Arrow First!
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Revival
at Bristow
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September
8-12 with Chic Shaver
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9/2/12 - Begin Adventure
in Acts Bible Study
10/6/12 - Invitational
Quiz (Tulsa Central)
11/17/12 - Invitational
Quiz (Muskogee)
1/12/13 - Invitational
Quiz (Owasso)
3/9/13 - Invitational
Quiz (Broken Arrow)
4/13/13 - District Quiz
(Collinsville)
6/22/13 - World Quiz
(Indianapolis)
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