September 2013 THE RIVER IN YOU. Dr. Larry W. Leonard District Superintendent

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September 2013 Dr. Larry W. Leonard District Superintendent lwleonard@tnnaz.

Chambers observes: A river reaches places its source never knows.

effects of our lives may appear to be. We have nothing to do with the outflow-- This is the work of God, that you believe... (John 6:29).

The Church of Jesus Christ, as His body to the world, is designed to flow with rivers of living water to countless numbers of people. That living water restores His created beings.

1 September 2013 Dr. Larry W. Leonard District Superintendent THE RIVER IN YOU In his book MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST, Oswald Chambers expresses a truth from John 7:38: He who believes in me... out of his heart will flow living waters. Chambers observes: A river reaches places its source never knows. Jesus has said that, if we have received His fullness, rivers of living water will flow out of us, reaching in blessing even to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8) regardless of how small the visible effects of our lives may appear to be. We have nothing to do with the outflow-- This is the work of God, that you believe... (John 6:29). God rarely allows a person to see how great a blessing he is to others. The Church of Jesus Christ, as His body to the world, is designed to flow with rivers of living water to countless numbers of people. That living water restores His created beings. It is life, healing, provision, and salvation, literally even to the ends of the earth. Unfortunately, we rarely get to personally witness all the blessings that His living water brings to countless thousands when we cheerfully give of our resources through the various agencies set up within the organized Church of Jesus Christ. It is easy to see our contributions as taxes given to prop up an institution. But just this past June at General Assembly, we saw actual faces and clasped the hands of living beings from dozens upon dozens of other countries, who are recipients of living water flowing out of us through the grace and provision of Jesus Christ, because we gave our World Evangelism Fund offerings. Every Sunday morning that you hug a retired pastor or pastor s spouse, you have physically touched one for whom you have provided through that living water springing up within you by your giving to Pensions and Benefits. Every week you will be blessed by worship leaders, Bible study teachers, and leaders in your church who received their knowledge and skills from one of our Nazarene universities you supported through your giving to Nazarene higher education. Many of our pastors and staff members receive their biblical, theological, and practical education through the Tennessee District Course of Study. A large number of our churches are in existence today because of the resources that flow through the Tennessee District. Resources have been given in order that the Tennessee District may guarantee loans so that churches can have buildings, New Church pastors can receive assistance, continued training, and guidance, and congregations can be assisted in securing their new pastors--all through your giving to the Tennessee District Unified Fund. It is hard to believe that we have finished almost one-third of our fiscal year for the Tennessee District Church of the Nazarene. Springs of living water are flowing through all of these entities listed above. However, for the springs to gush up within us, we all need to see this ministry of giving as Christ springing up within us, not as our efforts to manufacture the spring. As Chambers also says: If you find that His life is not springing up in you as it should, you are to blame--something is obstructing its flow. Was Jesus saying to stay focused on the Source so that you could be blessed personally? No, you are to focus on the Source so that out of you will flow rivers of living water --irrepressible life (John 7:38). The spiritual principle of giving is never based on ability. The three issues in spiritual giving are PRIORITY, TRUST, and OBEDIENCE. We must pray to the Lord of the harvest that He will send His resources to bring rivers of living water out of our hearts to be a blessing to others of His creation. It is a blessing and joy to serve with those who are living out our calling to be rivers of living water.

SDMI: Sunday School Discipleship Ministries International Rev. David Hill, SDMI Chairman 403 Page Place Mt. Juliet, TN 37122 E-mail: dcnaz3@comcast.

..People of Prayer, Engaged in the Word, Making Christlike Disciples We are blessed on the Tennessee District with great leaders & directors in Sunday School Discipleship

Pastor Nick Deford Men s Ministries Director Welcome 24th Annual Tennessee District Women s Retreat Friday ~ Sunday September 20-22, 2013 Camp Garner Creek Come worship, relax,

org/welcome/current-activites for forms and publicity materials. Contact Kelly Mixon, Registrar at (931) 552-4130 or kcmixon@charter.net for more info.

Moody & Nina Gunter with musicical guests The Hoppers and Awaken. $25 per person. Nov. 2: "Honk" at TNU, 7:00 p.m., $15/ticket.

Printed & on-line resources are available for your congregation, small group, or class. Be sure and register in September or October Visit engagetheword.

2 SDMI: Sunday School Discipleship Ministries International Rev. David Hill, SDMI Chairman 403 Page Place Mt. Juliet, TN Sunday School Make the Connection We Are...People of Prayer, Engaged in the Word, Making Christlike Disciples We are blessed on the Tennessee District with great leaders & directors in Sunday School Discipleship Ministries. This month we welcome Pastor Nick Deford, Nashville Immanuel church. Pastor Nick Deford Men s Ministries Director Welcome 24th Annual Tennessee District Women s Retreat Friday ~ Sunday September 20-22, 2013 Camp Garner Creek Come worship, relax, learn, and fellowship! DR. NINA GUNTER, Retreat Speaker ALLISON DURHAM SPEER, Special Music Saturday afternoon Fall Festival and biggest yard sale ever! Check out tnnaz.org/welcome/current-activites for forms and publicity materials. Contact Kelly Mixon, Registrar at (931) or kcmixon@charter.net for more info. DISTRICT SINGLES UPCOMING EVENTS Sept. 26: Leeland Concert at TNU, $10/ticket. Meet at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 18: Trevecca Legacy Partners, hosted by Drs. Moody & Nina Gunter with musicical guests The Hoppers and Awaken. $25 per person. Nov. 2: "Honk" at TNU, 7:00 p.m., $15/ticket. For more info on these events, contact District Single Directors Jay & Tammy Daughtry at tdaughtry@trevecca.edu. Engage the Word is a 40-day reading plan of God s Word. Printed & on-line resources are available for your congregation, small group, or class. Be sure and register in September or October Visit engagetheword.com or text ETW2013 to to sign up. FREE WEBINAR FOR PARENTS A free four-part webinar series is coming in the fall for parents. This series will be excellent for parents looking for help with their children. In addition, going through all four parts of this webinar will provide you with essential training to lead a small group in this content. The first webinar in the series is The Foundation, Monday, October 7 at 7:00 p.m. CDT. Once you register, you will receive an with all the information you will need to join the webinar. Please DiscipleshipPlace@nazarene to register.

NMI: Nazarene Missions International Mrs. Becky Hancock, President 504 W. Angela Circle Goodlettsville, TN 37072 E-mail: becky.hancock52@gmail.com LOOKING UP!

This prayer for every church on our district and ALL houses of worship around the globe would bring so much glory to our great God!

We will be able to hear about it first-hand as we host Yosvany Roig in Tennessee. As Work/Witness Coordinator, Yosvany makes plans for and hosts all teams.

So we have been the recipients of this man s ministry efforts as we have taken our teams to Cuba.

My challenge is for every church to send a person to Cuba on a team in the next two years. Monday, Sept. 9th, 7 pm ~ Cuba Team Reunion at Nashville Bethel Tuesday, Sept.

3 NMI: Nazarene Missions International Mrs. Becky Hancock, President 504 W. Angela Circle Goodlettsville, TN LOOKING UP! II Chronicles 6:20, May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, this place of which You said You would put Your name there! This prayer for every church on our district and ALL houses of worship around the globe would bring so much glory to our great God! At our district convention in July, I used Solomon s prayer for the temple to pray for US and for our Cuban partners. I know that the Lord is pleased The temple in Camaguey is progressing. We will be able to hear about it first-hand as we host Yosvany Roig in Tennessee. As Work/Witness Coordinator, Yosvany makes plans for and hosts all teams. He buys all building materials and hires local crews for each job. At present, he has seven projects under construction spread over a distance of 450 miles. So we have been the recipients of this man s ministry efforts as we have taken our teams to Cuba. You will be blessed to bring a delegation from your church to the Tuesday night service in Nashville or Saturday night service in Memphis! My challenge is for every church to send a person to Cuba on a team in the next two years. Monday, Sept. 9th, 7 pm ~ Cuba Team Reunion at Nashville Bethel Tuesday, Sept. 10th, 7 pm ~ Nashville Area Rally at Brentwood Concord Community Wednesday, Sept. 11th, 7 pm ~ Hispanic Church rally at Madison Hispanic Thursday & Friday, Sept. 12th & 13th ~ Camp Garner Creek (no services) Saturday, Sept. 14th, 5 pm ~ Memphis Area Rally at Memphis Eastside Sunday, Sept. 15th, 11 am ~ Nashville Kaleo Sunday, Sept. 15th, 5-7 pm ~ Taste The Nations event at Trevecca Community Church Work & Witness Coordinator, Mick Holcomb & Mission Call Coordinator, Jared Bouton at the Saratoga Church in Camaguey Cuba. September LINKS birthday for Fly & Nashville East Mission Areas: Twylla Woods on Sept. 22nd. ARMM Association of Retired Ministers & Missionaries Receive an Alabaster offering for buildings and real estate needs globally. 8th Annual ARMM Retreat October Branson, MO For more information or to register contact Juanita West at (405) or juanitawest@cox.net

NYI: Nazarene Youth International Rev. Jason Underwood, NYI President 584 Franklin Road Franklin, TN 37069 E-mail: pastorjasonunderwood@gmail.

In youth ministry this is the beginning of a new year for us as well. We have said goodbye to seniors that we have spent countless hours with, and we are welcoming a new group of students.

In all we do this year my prayer is that we lean on John 3:30, He must become greater; I must become less.

4 NYI: Nazarene Youth International Rev. Jason Underwood, NYI President 584 Franklin Road Franklin, TN The past few weeks the song Back to school, Back to school from the movie Billy Madison has been rolling around in my head. Our students all around the state are back in the classroom. In youth ministry this is the beginning of a new year for us as well. We have said goodbye to seniors that we have spent countless hours with, and we are welcoming a new group of students. I am truly excited about ministry with you in the year ahead. Together we have the chance to shape students to make a life long commitment to Christ. In all we do this year my prayer is that we lean on John 3:30, He must become greater; I must become less. Summer Recap: It feels like years ago that we all crossed the creek for 2 weeks of camp together at CGC. This year we saw over 700 attend camp to hear about the Kingdom. My hope is that we did not leave what we learned there but we are seeking new ways to serve the kingdom in the places that God has placed each of us. Thank you to the hundreds of you that came out to support TNYI. We estimated over 400 in attendance this year as we filled Heritage Chapel at Nashville First at our convention. This year you elected great leadership to take us to the next level. Executive Council Jason Underwood, President Jamin Wentworth, Vice President Daniel Medders, Treasurer Members at Large Matt Alexander Stephen Kihnley Daniel Meadow Titus Smith Matt Taylor Coming Soon: Extravaganza Sports is coming November Registration forms are due October 2nd and can be found on our website. Information about all upcoming events will be available at or on our facebook page You can also follow us on I love you and there s nothing you can do about it! DARKNESS to LIGHT FREE TRAINING EVENT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 STEWARDS of CHILDREN TREVECCA UNIVERSITY 9:00 AM ~ NOON Stewards of Children teaches adults how to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. For more information or to register visit: stewardstrevecca.eventbrite.com

5 Attendance Report for August Clarksville Mission Area SS AM Clarksville First Clarksville Grace Clarksville Korean Clarksville Park Lane Dover Gray s Chapel Long Creek Woodlawn Community Nashville North Mission Area SS AM Ashland City Faith Comm Gallatin Goodlettsville Greenbrier New Walk Hendersonville Highland Joelton Portland Springfield Sumner Cty. Living Springs Columbia Mission Area Brentwood Concord Comm Columbia First Columbia Grace Franklin Community Gateway Community Lawrenceburg Grace Lawrenceburg Vaughan Lewisburg Nashville New Life Korean Pleasant Point Spring Hill Restoration Comm Fly Mission Area Elmore Fly Jones Chapel Mt. Wesley-Akin Chapel Savannah Summertown Memphis North Mission Area Covington Crossroads Community Dyersburg Memphis Calvary Memphis New Hope Millington Memphis South Mission Area Memphis Christ Like Memphis Eastside Memphis Emmanuel Memphis Faithful Believers Memphis Friendship Memphis Grace Memphis Holiness Tabernacle Memphis Hope Tabernacle Memphis Refreshing Springs Nashville East Mission Area Hermitage Madison Madison Hispanic Nashville Bethel Nashville First Nashville Grace Nashville Inglewood Nashville Whites Creek Old Hickory Clarksville Grace ~ Pastor Steve Estep Ashley Beaubien; Brody Beaubien Cardwell; Sierra Blystone; Donnie Bryant; Troy Coulter; Karen Kelly; Logan Potter; Sarah & Mary Thomas; Kim & Tanner Sigears Nashville Grace ~ Pastor Ken Dove Diana & Kimberly Dove; Aidan Mauthe; Kaylee Rumbley; Kyle Welch Baptized Nashville South Mission Area Kingston Springs Nashville Bell Road Nashville Blakemore Nashville Calvary Korean Nashville Christ Nashville Community Fellowship Nashville Donelson Nashville Glencliff Hispanic Nashville Kaleo Nashville Immanuel Nashville Trevecca Comm Nashville Trinity Nashville Westwind Waverly Mission Area Camden Dickson Lighthouse Erin Fulton Griffin s Chapel Jason Chapel Paris Pine Hill Waverly TOTAL Thanks to ALL churches for 100% reporting for 89 consecutive months. Welcome New Nazarenes Clarksville Grace ~ Pastor Steve Estep Luke & Jackie Brown; Christen & Trent Corley; Elizabeth Groover Memphis Friendship ~ Pastor Ron Allen Arthur, Veronica, Artravis, Justin & James Houston; Elexis & Jessica Houston; Cedric, Lucenda, DeAndre & DeShara Edwards; Ricky & Kathy Miller; Sharon Taylor; Aubrey Williams; Catherine Thomas; Contina Luckett Waverly ~ Pastor Daron Brown Emily Davis; Jamie & April McCarson; Vanessa Mathews; Chris & Cortney Buchanan; Jill Field; Alisha & Joshua Jackson; Florence Lundeen; Ruth Thomas Pine Hill ~ Pastor Lawrence Golden Mike, Jennifer, Michael & Kyle Combs; Glen Winstead; Orey Martin; Beau Burney; Mike & Tracey Brown; Mike, DeAnna & Mikey Detillion; Darlene Castle; Bradley Golden Waverly ~ Pastor Daron Brown Lydia Stirman; Alisha Jackson; Addie & Haley Irons; Mateo Batchelder; Emily Davis; Becca Simons; Addison Philpott Woodlawn ~ Pastor Tracey Hoskins Kellyann & William Glendenning Jr.

RETIRED MINISTERS & MATES RETREAT September 24 & 25 at Camp Garner Creek Guest Speaker ~ Dr. Don Walter, Director Pensions & Benefits Music ~ Dave Clark Registration (Tuesday): 2:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Dinner: 6:00 p.

6 RETIRED MINISTERS & MATES RETREAT September 24 & 25 at Camp Garner Creek Guest Speaker ~ Dr. Don Walter, Director Pensions & Benefits Music ~ Dave Clark Registration (Tuesday): 2:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Dinner: 6:00 p.m. followed by the evening gathering. Breakfast (Wednesday): 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Morning gathering: 9:00 a.m. Lunch: 11:45 a.m. Departure Please call the District Ministry Resource Center (615) and make your reservation. TREVECCA LEGACY PARTNERS CELEBRATION Save the Date! Friday October 18, 2013 Featuring Gospel Music by The Hoppers Drs. Moody & Nina Gunter invite all Prime Timers to a special day on Trevecca s campus at Trevecca Community Church in Nashville. Registration & Refreshments: 7:30 AM 9:00 AM Celebration: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Cost: $25 per person For questions or registration call the Office of External Relations at (615) or visit Registration deadline is October 1, Mark Your Calender... Save This Date TOP TEN AUGUST SUNDAY SCHOOL 1. Nashville First Nashville Trevecca Community Columbia Grace Hermitage Memphis Calvary Goodlettsville Clarksville Grace Nashville Grace Gallatin Erin NUMERICAL GAIN 1. Memphis Calvary Memphis Emmanuel Hendersonville Jones Chapel Nashville Blakemore Memphis Friendship Portland Clarksville Grace...10 Clarksville Korean Body of Christ...10 Memphis Eastside...10 Madison Hispanic...10 PERCENTAGE GAIN 1. Memphis Emmanuel % 2. Jones Chapel % 3. Nashville Blakemore % 4. Summertown % Camden % 6. Memphis Friendship % 7. Memphis Faithful Believers % 8. Hendersonville % 9. Clarksville Korean Bodyof Christ % 10. Covington % Memphis Eastside % MORNING WORSHIP 1. Nashville First Nashville Trevecca Community Hermitage Columbia Grace Clarksville Grace Clarksville First Goodlettsville Memphis Calvary Nashville Grace Gallatin District Ministers Retreat October 15 ~ 17 Pigeon Forge, Tennessee Music Road Inn PLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS

7 Funding the Mission giving Unified & TNU as of Aug. 30 World Evan. & P & B as of Sept. 3 Funding the Mission Funding the Mission Unified TNU WEF P & B Reported Income Income Updated Ashland City Faith Community 41, /28/ , Brentwood Concord Community 91, /31/2013 3, , , , Camden 9, /26/ Clarksville First 44, /1/2013 3, , , , Clarksville Grace 0 4, , Clarksville Korean Clarksville Park Lane 88, /31/2013 2, , , , Columbia First 16, /12/ Columbia Grace 164, /31/2013 3, , , , Covington 4, /2/ Crossroads Community 35, /26/2013 1, , Dickson Lighthouse Christian 0 6/20/ Dover First 9, /26/ Dyersburg First 0 7/1/ Elmore 0 6/5/ Erin 73, /17/2013 2, , , , Fly 13, /9/ Franklin Community of Faith 0 6 1, , Fulton First Gallatin First 21, /9/2013 9, Gateway Community Goodlettsville 250, /27/2013 9, , , , Gray s Chapel Greenbrier New Walk 12, /24/ Griffin s Chapel 27, /31/2013 1, , Hendersonville 30, /18/2013 1, , Hermitage 323, /30/2013 2, Highland 7, /1/ Jason Chapel 39, /31/ , Joelton Jones Chapel Kingston Springs Lawrenceburg Grace Lawrenceburg Vaughan Memorial Lewisburg First Long Creek Madison 8, /31/ Madison Hispanic Memphis Calvary 226, /31/2013 5, , , , Memphis Christ Like Memphis Eastside 3, /29/ Memphis Emmanuel 0 6/29/ Memphis Faithful Believers 0 6/4/ Memphis Friendship 16, /31/ Memphis Grace 69, /29/2013 2, , , , Memphis Holiness Tabernacle 0 6/5/ Memphis Hope Tabernacle 0 6/7/ Memphis New Hope 16, /31/ Memphis Refreshing Springs 0 6/29/ Millington 2, /3/ Mount Wesley-Akin Chapel 4, /30/ Nashville Bell Road 10, /28/ Nashville Bethel 39, /1/2013 1, , Nashville Blakemore 30, /25/ , Nashville Christ Nashville Community Fellowship 11, /29/ Nashville Donelson 9, /4/ Nashville First 593, /27/ , , , , Nashville First Korean Nashville Glencliff Hispanic , Nashville Grace 206, /2/2013 8, , , , Nashville Immanuel 3, /31/ Nashville Inglewood Nashville Kaleo Nashville New Life Korean Nashville Trevecca Community 381, /31/2013 9, , , , Nashville Trinity 10, /28/ Nashville Westwind Community 3, /27/ Nashville Whites Creek 9, /12/ Old Hickory 45, /31/2013 1, , , , Paris First 11, /7/ Pine Hill 13, /28/ Pleasant Point 4, /2/ Portland 113, /26/2013 4, , , , Savannah Spring Hill Restoration Community 17, /31/ Springfield First Summertown First 4, /18/ Sumner County Living Springs 6, /31/ Waverly First 87, /12/2013 3, , , , Woodlawn Community 47, /31/2013 1, , , Total 3,317, ,233, , , , We appreciate churches utilizing Funding the Mission and reporting the monthly income. If you need any assistance, please contact the District Office at (615) 255~2929 and we will be glad to assist you.

BELIEVING THE UNCONVENTIONAL

December 2013 Dr. Larry W. Leonard District Superintendent lwleonard@tnnaz.org BELIEVING THE UNCONVENTIONAL Conventional wisdom paralyzes our imagination. We have been taught so many stereotypes that when