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Volume 2, Issue 5

April/May 2007

Christ Has Risen! Happy Easter!

HELPING YOUR NEIGHBOR…
WORLD EVANGELISM FUND - EASTER OFFERING FOR EVANGELISM
EVERYONE CAN HELP ROLL THE STONE AWAY!

“Easter! What a blessed time. When the women went to the tomb on that first Easter morning, the tomb was empty. The stone had been rolled away. The angels in brilliant light announced, “He is not here. He has risen.”
We can help to roll the stone away to let the light shine in our world. We can have a part in eliminating the darkness and letting the light of our Savior shine to change lives. The Easter Offering does just that.
Each of us can roll the stone away and bring the Light of the World to the lives of darkness.”
Mission Connection, Sue Call, East Central U.S.A., General Council Representative

NE DISTRICT NMI MESSENGER

Nazarene Missions International

Easter Offering and WEF

Even though Easter Sunday is April 8, after the church year closes, you can still use your Easter Offering to pay your World Evangelism Fund. When submitting funds make sure they are credited to the 2006-2007 church year.
Overpayment of the WEF is used to open new works. You can also help a struggling church pay their WEF obligation.
Just contact Dr. Jossie or Gerry Perry if you wish to help in this way. Your church will still get credit and the church receiving the gift will have help getting their WEF paid.
The Rhode Island Mission Area held a Thanksgiving service last fall and took an offering. They donated the offering to help two struggling churches in the mission area pay their WEF in full.

Inside this issue:

April Emphasis	2
Annual Reports	2
Celebrating our NE Heritage	3
May Emphasis	4
New Mission Statement	5
Youth W&W Trip	5
District W&W Trip	6

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APRIL EMPHASIS - MISSION EDUCATION

Wes Eby, former General NMI Office staff, writes and I concur, “Mission Education is vital to the health of every community of faith, for without ongoing mission education, the Great commission will not be a priority. Every NMI leader must ensure that mission education is included in the life of every local Nazarene church.”

“MISSION PRIORITY ONE” CHANGES ANNOUNCED…
A directive has come from our General NMI Director that MPO requirements have been changed. The use of Adult, Youth and Children Curriculum has been changed from a requirement to recommendation. All societies are encouraged to use the curriculum for Mission Education but it is not a requirement. The use of the Curriculum will become part of the #4 requirement in Mission Education.
Other sources of education include Global Glimpses, World Mission DVD, Mission Connection, New England Missionary Messenger, Mission Books, tapes and CDs to name a few.
This will be reflected on your NMI report. PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE BRAIN ANEURYSM SURGERY OF OUR DISTRICT NMI SECRETARY, SHERYL WEISEN, REPORTS MAY BE A BIT DELAYED AS OTHERS TAKE OVER THIS RESPONSIBILITY.

NMI YEARLY REPORTS

NMI reports will be mailed to churches as close to April 1 as possible. They are due back to Joyce Klittich, interim district NMI secretary, by April 31. Pastors, remember that you have BOTH Church reports and NMI reports - Two separate reports.

DID YOU KNOW?

66% of the world’s 6.3 billion people live in the 10/40 window
The church of the Nazarene is in 33 of the 66 countries of the 10/40 window
There are 1.6 million members in the Church of the Nazarene
95% of the believers in Ethiopia are Nazarenes
1200 new churches were planted in Ethiopia last year.
50% of world population is under 24
30% of world population is under 15
There are 4 Nazarene churches in Iraq
89% of world does not have a "personal relationship" with Jesus Christ.
Prayer is the greatest thing we can do to advance God's Kingdom

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NEW ENGLAND DISTRICT NMI CONVENTION
May 23 – 24, 2007

Celebrating our New England Heritage
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Ketchum, General Director of Nazarene Missions International.
Where: Wollaston Church of the Nazarene and Eastern Nazarene College
Wednesday, May 23
6:30 p.m. Pre-service music
7:00 p.m. - Service begins
Following evening service –
Pastor’s and President’s Reception
and Teen Pizza Bash
Thursday, May 24
8:00 a.m. Communion and Prayer time
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Business Sessions
Noon – Work and Witness Luncheon
All pastors will be recognized and gifts given to each church NMI President
Delegates include Pastors and full time associates, lay members of the district advisory board, Local NMI Presidents (outgoing and newly elected), local NMI delegates, missionaries on the district, past district presidents who reside on the district they served. Please encourage your folk to put these dates on their calendars and make it a priority.

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MAY EMPHASIS – MISSIONARY HEALTH CARE

May is the time to promote Medical Plan. It can be promoted right now with some fun ideas. Remember Medical Plans cover four areas: Memorial Roll, Distinguished Service Award, Gifts from the Heart and Medical Plan Offering. Here are some ideas to promote each of these: Memorial Roll--When a church member dies, honor their memory by placing them on the Memorial Roll.
(Each certificate $50)
Distinguished Service Award--Recognize church members for their years of service.
(Each award $100)
Gifts from the Heart--Encourage children to honor their Children's Pastor
Jenny Albertson, District Missionary Health Care Secretary
Medical Plan Offering--Have your local NMI Council dress up as nurses/doctors and take everyone's blood pressure for $1 per person OR get teens involved--create a walking mummy! Sell band-aids, gauze, and medical tape for a set price to plaster on their youth pastor or senior pastor or NMI President.
*Another great idea is take a special "911" offering. Set a goal of $911. Encourage donations of $9.11 from adults and $.91 from children. To find more great ideas for promoting Medical Plan events, see your NMI District Handbook given you at the 2006 District Assembly.

“Being Missional
Means Living Missional”

REGIONAL NMI CONFERENCE THIS FALL

We are delighted to hear that some presidents and pastors plan to attend the NMI Regional Conference in the fall. Please E-mail us and let us know if your NMI president or pastor plan to attend. See enclosed flier and register as soon as possible…
District Superintendents, District NMI Presidents, District NMI Council members and Local presidents and pastors who serve as presidents of NMI on the Eastern Region are invited.
It would be great to have every church help their NMI president attend. Registration is $120 for 6 meals and 2 nights lodging. For questions E-mail Gerry Perry at gerryperry2@comcast.net.

CHILDREN’S NEWS…
ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS LEFT FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE “Books For Pastors” project. Send you project money to District Treasurer, Rick Smith. Make sure you list it as Children’s Project –Books for Pastors, Tools for Ministry” and give the name of your church.

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TO MAKE CHRISTLIKE DISCIPLES IN THE NATIONS
is the new mission statement for our church.

Isaiah 56:6-7
“And Foreigners (all) who bind themselves to the Lord to serve him….these will I bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer...for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”

Each district and local NMI council member is asked to pray about who to disciple. And how to disciple them in Christlikeness with the same passion for global mission we feel so deeply. Dr. Ketchum suggests it starts by deepening authentic relationship through the Word and prayer.
What is the difference between disciple-making and mentoring?” Disciple-making is spiritual transformation with the goal of Christlikeness or holiness. Mentoring is leadership formation toward effectiveness.
NMI will continue to challenge every local church globally to pray, to engage youth and children, to shape global awareness, and to give for missions. How? By making
disciples.
Eventually, we will develop others to lead in our places. Global passion for holiness evangelism and discipleship does not flame-out when we pass it on. Our mission blazes more brightly when we strive to make Christlike disciples in the nations.
- Excerpts from Article by
Dr. Daniel Ketchum, Heartline

PRAYER REQUESTS

Sheryl Weisen (aneurysm surgery)
Neal Estey (cancer surgery)
Pam & Shanya Turner - Cancer (Frank’s (council member) wife and daughter)
Florence Knight on the loss of her daughter (38 years of age)
District NMI Convention and District Assembly preparations
Our district missionaries
Our LINKS missionaries
Eunice Brubaker, General NMI President, cancer
NCM’s Child Sponsorship program – several children need sponsors

LINKS UPDATE—New Email Address
Stanley and Sherri Hall: thehalls4@gmail.com

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YOUTH NEWS
Teen Work and Witness Trip to New Orleans during spring break..

A group of 29 traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana during the February school vacation week in New Hampshire. The group was made up of students and adults from churches in the greater Nashua Area, with 8 being from Community Chapel Church of the Nazarene. We were most surprised by the level of devastation and disrepair the area is still in 18 months following the hurricane. The people down there are either uninsured or wrestling with their insurance companies to receive some compensation. There's so much work still left to be done, it saddened us. Most of our time during that week was spent demolishing one house, working on the roof and gutting the interior of another home and just general clean-up (i.e., landscaping, picking up debris, trash etc.) in the neighborhood. Spending just that little bit of time in that area really re-shapes your perspective on what is important in life.
Steve Guertler, Nashua Church of the Nazarene

DISTRICT BULGARIAN WORK AND WITNESS TRIP...

To help construct a Church in a Bulgarian village or work on the District Center.
July 18-July 30, 2007
Places are still available but please contact Frank Turner at 603-673-5977 or
E-mail <rtu1750553@aol.com> as soon as possible if you would like to go.
Cost: $2000. includes all transportation, food, lodging, insurance and visa.

DID YOU KNOW? Cont…….

Several Christian evangelical organizations have partnered to provide the “Global Status of Evangelical Christianity Map.” This is a beautiful map that shows each language and people group of the world regarding their exposure to the Gospel as well as the impact of the JESUS film and Bible translations. It is available for a nominal fee at www.worldmap.org. This map is a great resource to post, showing the global work that has been accomplished and what still needs to be done to reach every tongue, tribe, and nation.
The World Mission Web site has been redesigned. Log on to http://www.nazareneworldmission.org/ to find the latest Nazarene missions news, stories from the field, missionary profiles, links to regional sites, and more.
Check the Web for information about mission education. Log on to <www.nazarenemissions.org>. Click on to “Education” and then “Mission Education”. There is an overabundance of information. There are ideas, resources, downloads, definitions, missions fast facts, suggestions of other helpful web sites, and even a section on “Conquering Mission Education Challenges” section under “Promotional Ideas.”

JESUS Film Update

Ministry teams have reported 42,992,322 evangelistic contacts from January 1998 through March 13, 2007. Of these contacts, 7,535,299 (17.5% of contacts) have indicated decisions for Christ and there have been 2,338,607 (31.0% of decisions) initial discipleship follow-ups. There have been 11,077 new mission churches started and 14,230 new pastors are in training.
The JESUS Film Harvest Partners office has moved to 15055 W. 116th Street, Olathe, KS 66062. 913·451-5921 E-Mail: prayers@jfhp.org. Please update your records.

Birthdays & Anniversaries of District & Links mIssionaries

April 1 Neal Estey
April 14 Merritt Mann
May 2 Rev. & Mrs. Maurice Clinger
May 11 Dr. & Mrs. J. Elton Wood
May 18 Dr. Donald Reed
May 24 Alexandra Sunberg (1997)

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Leadership Tip
"People always work harder with greater effectiveness when they see some higher -
or should we say some eternal - dimension to their service to Christ, His Church, and His world. A clear vision of mission challenges people to make decisions about their involvement."
-from Iron Sharpens Iron,
Dan Whitney and Neil Wiseman

District Work and Witness trip to El Salvador April 14-22, 2007
District Work and Witness trip to Bulgaria July 18-30
World Evangelism Fund that we will meet our goal of 100%

Nazarene Missions International

JESUS FILM UPDATE

Ministry teams have reported 42,992,322 evangelistic contacts from January 1998 through March 13, 2007. Of these contacts, 7,535,299 (17.5% of contacts) have indicated decisions for Christ and there have been 2,338,607 (31.0% of decisions) initial discipleship follow-ups. There have been 11,077 new mission churches started and 14,230 new pastors are in training.
The JESUS Film Harvest Partners office has moved to 15055 W. 116th Street, Olathe, KS 66062. 913·451-5921 E-Mail: prayers@jfhp.org. Please update your records.

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