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Dear
NEO Family,
These
have been exciting days on the District. How thankful I am for the great
spirit and participation we had at District Assembly.
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Every pastor and every church helped us thank God for the good work He is
doing in our midst. What a great team we have in NEO!
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Our General Superintendent, Stan Toler, and Missionary Davide Cantarella,
preached incredible sermons... just what we needed. We laughed and cried and
renewed our commitment to the Lord of the church!
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I still can hardly believe the level of giving for our local church giving
goals! Dr. Human says he never remembers us reaching 100% for our District
Giving Goal and this year we were 103%! And we were at 103% for World
Evangelism Fund and over 95% for both SNU and Pensions and Benefits! Thanks
be to God and generous NEO Nazarenes!
NYI
President, Ryan Amey, reports that we had one of the best youth camps he can
remember. Over 250 youth and sponsors from NEO participated in Camp
Luminous. I was at Bristow last Sunday and one of those campers, Jason,
reported that this camp had the two priorities to making it a GREAT CAMP:
lots of fun and God moments. Thanks be to God. I also want to thank our
pastors and churches for supporting the camp with your prayers. Kids camp is
only a month away at Cave Springs!
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Kidz
Kamp
July
19-22, 2013
Sky
Ranch at Cave Springs
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General
Conventions & Assembly
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By
the time you receive this update, many NEO Nazarenes will be in Indianapolis
for the quadrennial Conventions and Assembly of the denomination. If you
can’t attend, you can still participate through live streaming of the
services and plenary sessions. And please pray daily for these meetings that
God’s spirit would offer guidance, unity, passion for mission and spiritual
renewal.
When:
June 19 - 27, 2013
Where:
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Live Streaming is available of worship services and plenary sessions For detailed information, visit http://web.nazarene.org/site/PageNavigator/GA13_Home.html |
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NEO
May Statistics
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Attendance
for May
2012-13
2013-14
SDMI
3035
2718
Morning
Worship 3841
3580
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I
Want to Celebrate. . .
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David
Stevens, Vinita. . . In spite of a large number of
people on vacation, we averaged the same as a year ago.. There is something
to be said about remaining faithful even in the hard times. I am thankful for
faithful folks. We have started the paperwork on a young ministerial
candidate. It is inspiring to see his passion for God’s work grow. We also
have a new piano player, and this is a great help.
Mark
Hiehle, Claremore. . . One of our members had
a daughter who was in the middle of the tornado in Moore. Her house was
totally destroyed except for the small closet that she was in along with 5
dogs. She and her father prayed together over the phone the entire time
the tornado destroyed her home. Her amazing story is on our church
website at www.claremorenaz.com. In
response to the tornado that hit Moore, an offering was taken to minister to
those affected. Just under $4,200 was given.
Scottie
Behm, Chelsea. . . We celebrated the life of Fred
Hemphill who was a World War II veteran, and we are so thankful that he was
surrounded by such a wonderful family and with the help of hospice; he was
able to live out his days at home. Fred was one of the pioneering
members of Chelsea Church; he was obedient in faith to the Lord. The military
honors shared at the cemetery, were very touching. On Mother’s day, our
joyful celebration also included a gift of a rosebush for each mom to take
home. We also returned a redbud tree to the spot Fred Hemphill once planted
one, years before on the southeast corner of the church.
Casey
Hollingsworth, Miami New Life. . . The ways in
which our church continues to reach out and support our teachers,
administrators, and students in Miami! We had a "Teacher
Appreciation" service where we honored those who work with our
students. We had approximately 25 teachers, administrators, and support
personnel who attended our service and luncheon. We concluded our after
school program, H.Y.P.E. (Helping Young People Excel) for the summer in a
strong fashion. We averaged 35 kids who attended this important
outreach! Praise God, our schools/community know that we are a church who
truly cares!
Brian
Stephens, Broken Arrow First. . . We continue to grow;
we took in 4 new members, we received a good response from the marriage
series, and we had over 200 attend our Spring Fling event.
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Once
again, Danny Dyer and our Regional NYI Council rose to the occasion and
provided nearly 1000 youth of our region a fantastic opportunity to connect,
play, worship, and hear from God. The entire event went extremely well this
year. Bailey and Jeremiah were a great team who led us to the throne of God.
Many, many teens and sponsors were touched by the power of the Holy Spirit
this past weekend. Extravaganza is very much "kingdom work!" Danny
Dyer was honored on Saturday night for his 11 years serving as our Regional
President.
Our
youth are worth every ounce of energy we put forth. May God be praised for
life change through NYI!
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Guymon
Church of the Nazarene
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Guymon
Church of the Nazarene is inviting any and all to a Prayer Encounter on
September 19 – 22. Cory Jones and Daniel and Carol Ketchum are facilitating
and leading this Encounter as we pray: “Lord, Teach Us to Pray.” For more
information, go to www.guymonnazarene.org.
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