November/December 2017 Praying You Will Have A Wonderful Thanksgiving & Christmas! District Advisory Board Rev. Ken Bushey, Steve Deckard, Phillip (P.J.) Doerner, Rev. Steve Greene Doug Jones, Bruce Marshall, Amy Meek, Rev. Jane Muncie, Rev. Darin Nossett, Rev. Brian Rogers, Tim Scott and Rev. David Warren Gary Ritter, District Treasurer Sandi Miller, Office Manager Rev. Tim and Cindy Crump, District Servants Check out our website: www.swidnazarene.org
New Nazarenes On Sunday, November 5th, Lay Minister Matt Roberts of our Haleysburg Church received Brooklynn Ault into membership. We welcome Brooklynn to SWID! On Sunday, October 29. Pastor Jerry Richardson of our Orleans Church received six new Nazarenes into membership. The above picture from left to right are: Jerry & Mary McClintock, Judy Burch, Pastor Richardson, and Shirley & Wayne Bowden. Pictured in the left photo is Wanda Chapman who was on a walker and unable to stand with the others. SWID NYI LOCK-IN November 17-18 Sports & Recreation Center Rose Hulman, Terre Haute, IN Cost is $20 If you have any questions please send to SWID NYI: swidnyi812@gmail.com
CHURCH SDMI Worship CHURCH SDMI Worship Mackey 195 238 Bicknell 52 132 Mitchell 60 62 Bloomington Eastview 24 44 MTR Cowboy - CTM 33 Bloomington First 108 122 Nashville Parkview NR NR Boonville 12 19 NA Christ s Comm 174 218 Brazil 95 109 Newburgh 12 20 Brownstown 84 111 Newburgh NewLife 35 100 Calvary Community 37 47 Oakland City 76 128 Carbon 6 7 Oasis of Hope 13 16 Cayuga 25 23 Odon 37 43 Chandler NR NR Orleans 15 41 Clarksville Parkwood 12 38 Owensville 16 34 Cloverdale 48 47 Patricksburg 15 15 Columbus First 326 248 Peter s Switch 76 59 Community of Hope 41 77 Petersburg 30 60 Cory Community 99 142 Point Township 265 152 Crossroads Community 73 112 Princeton New Life NR NR Crothersville NR NR Restoration 62 143 Dale 15 27 Rockport 91 95 Dana NR NR Rockville NR NR Evansville Beacon 8 9 Salem 10 40 Evansville Faith/Haitian 59 76 Shalom Hisp-CTM NR NR Evansville First 52 57 Shoals NR NR Evansville Grace 50 56 Spencer 48 71 Fort Branch 17 22 Springs Valley 30 36 Francisco NR NR St. Bernice 19 30 Freedom 32 63 Stinesville 58 71 Freetown 18 25 Sullivan 30 60 Georgetown 12 21 Tell City 60 34 Grandview 20 22 Terre Haute First 113 163 Greencastle 49 57 Terre Haute South 12 19 Greene County IN IN The Point 288 624 Haleysburg 41 41 Turning Point 34 52 Harmony Chapel 39 34 Union Chapel 40 48 Heartland 124 46 Valley Mission 89 100 Huntingburg 58 90 Vincennes First 74 116 Jasper 21 27 Washington 82 28 Jordan 12 12 Winslow 35 49 Kurtz 38 67 Zion Community 87 90 NR signifies the church did not report IN - Church is inactive
April 3-16 Tegucigalpa, Honduras Cost: $1545 Douglas C. Jones SWID Work & Witness Coordinator (812) 829-6203 jonesdd@sbcglobal.net Individuals interested in being a part of this W&W team need to contact Douglas Jones, using information listed above. An application, attached with this notice, along with a refundable payment of at least $100 to cover plane ticket reservation should be submitted ASAP, if remotely interested, to reserve a position. Final ticket reservations must be submitted to American Airlines by early December and full ticket payment made by first of next year. The full project cost of $1545 would need to be completed by late February, 2018. If you have any questions, please call or contact Douglas Jones. An application form is available on the District website (www.swidnazarene.org/nimi/). The annual Thank Offering for World Evangelism Fund (WEF) enables Nazarenes to take the message of the gospel where the church is not yet. The 2017 Thank Offering for WEF is taken world-wide on Sunday, November 19. The World Evangelism Fund was created to allow missionaries to work more effectively and to encourage all churches to support missions. The World Evangelism Fund goes directly toward accomplishing the mission of the Church of the Nazarene, to make Christlike disciples in the nations. The World Evangelism Fund is the funding that operates the Church of the Nazarene and its entire mission effort, from the operation of the Global Ministry Center to districts and churches around the world. The World Evangelism Fund comes from the generosity of Nazarenes around the world. Promotional materials specific to the Thank` Offering are available to be downloaded or printed, free of charge, and can be found at www.nazarene.org/generosity. Some of these resources include posters, bulletin inserts, and clip art. Offering envelopes are available, free of charge, through the Nazarene Publishing House, www.nph.com. Christy Boes, SWID NMI President Go and make disciples of all nations Matthew 28:19
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the District SDMI Board Dr. James Hicks, Chairman Alissa DeKemper Brett Doninger Andrew Johnson Dede Jones Garrett Lee Stan Loutner Eric Parker Jonathan Scott Christy Boes, ex officio Mark Thompson, ex officio May God s love reach down and enfold you as you celebrate the birth of His son, Jesus Christ! SWID SDMI Chairman Dr. James Hicks bfcn2@sbcglobal.net
CHURCH WEF SWID CHURCH WEF SWID Mackey 3,435 4,521 Bicknell 965 891 Mitchell 500 0 Bloomington Eastview 1,510 1,637 MTR Cowboy -CTM 0 0 Bloomington First 5,450 5,302 Nashville Parkview 2,850 4,684 Boonville 285 462 NA Christ s Comm 5,293 6,298 Brazil 3,714 3,589 Newburgh 0 317 Brownstown 3,553 3,731 Newburgh NewLife 3,392 2,884 Calvary Community 2,307 1,956 Oakland City 17,490 3,315 Carbon 0 171 Oasis of Hope 259 251 Cayuga 0 0 Odon 1,485 2,358 Chandler 857 873 Orleans 1,162 1,127 Clarksville Parkwood 226 916 Owensville 0 0 Cloverdale 935 955 Patricksburg 100 173 Columbus First 4,233 7,827 Peter s Switch 0 0 Community of Hope 696 0 Petersburg 1,635 1,582 Cory Community 3,811 4,469 Point Township 3,267 3,184 Crossroads Community 2,108 4,344 Princeton New Life 2,814 3,416 Crothersville 0 0 Restoration 3,726 3,557 Dale 490 605 Rockport 1,157 860 Dana 0 0 Rockville 485 266 Evansville Beacon 0 0 Salem 143 122 Evansville Faith 1,488 2,444 Shalom Hisp - CTM 50 423 Evansville First 1,892 1,801 Shoals 815 503 Evansville Grace 910 2,399 Spencer 4,000 4,730 Fort Branch 354 321 Springs Valley 1,148 707 Francisco 1,500 482 St. Bernice 180 0 Freedom 1,681 1,460 Stinesville 1,779 1,698 Freetown 160 0 Sullivan 1,005 1,105 Georgetown 1,410 125 Tell City 2,070 1,681 Grandview 400 307 Terre Haute First 5,407 5,779 Greencastle 1,558 1,777 Terre Haute South 0 0 Greene County IN IN The Point 2,225 4,400 Haleysburg 0 618 Turning Point 500 1,224 Harmony Chapel 1,852 999 Union Chapel 1,217 1,176 Heartland 1,776 1,720 Valley Mission 4,164 3,975 Huntingburg 1,890 1,825 Vincennes First 1,222 3,641 Jasper 150 200 Washington 852 822 Jordan 0 0 Winslow 995 963 Kurtz 900 900 Zion Community 1,887 711
Experience the Holy Land (10-Day Biblical Tour of Israel With Optional Jordan Extension) November 6-15, 2018 Cost: $2895.00 from Chicago (ORD) (Price includes: $590 US & Intl. departure taxes/fuel & $150 gratuities) Additional departure cities available upon request Register Online: RegisterNow.ittworld.com Tour Code: Crump18 For further information, contact: Rev. Tim Crump Cell: 217 413-1579 Email: tcrump@swidnazarene.org http://www.swidnazarene.org/2018-swid-israel-trip/ Early bird savings with an initial deposit of: $500.00 $90 by 12/7/17 $80 by 1/7/18, $70 by 2/7/18, $60 by 3/7/18 and $50 by 4/7/18 Purple & Gold Days At Olivet Nazarene University A special Olivet visit event, individually designed for high school seniors and their parents. Register today at OLIVET.EDU November 17-18, December 1-2 A Birth Is About To Take Place - Northside Community Church of the Nazarene Please be in prayer for our new church plant under the direction of Pastor Nate Denning, who with the support and assistance of Pastor Martin Hodge and the people of our Mackey Church will be birthing in August of 2018. They are already working with their core team as they prepare to launch this new endeavor. We are excited to announce that they are recipients of a $10,000 Hope Grant. This grant is provided by the denomination for a select number of plants. If you would like to be a part of this new endeavor, please send your gift to the District office @ 3827 Austin Drive, Bedford, IN 47421. Designate your gift - New Church Plant NEW PASTORS We welcome Rev. Steve & Mary Kochersperger to our Fort Branch and Owensville churches. Their first Sunday was October 1. We also welcome Rev. Joshua and Ashley Nichols as our pastor and wife at Odon. First Sunday was October 8.
SWID Teen Bible Quizzing November 2017 Quiz Results The third quiz meet of the 2017-18 season was hosted by St. Bernice Church on November 11, 2017 with 45 quizzers from 9 churches (Bloomington 1st, Brazil, Crossroads, Mackey, Odon, Restoration, Spencer, St. Bernice, Winslow) participating: Team Trophies: Gold Division: Mackey A (Allie Wilderman, Andrew Alvey, Kael Marvel, Trinity Marvel; Dawn Marvel, coach) Silver Division: Restoration (Andrea Lee, Jadon Bushey, Larry Gibbs, Seth Jones; Tracy Lee, coach) Bronze Division: Odon (Faith Shands, Kayden Allen; Vickie Scott, coach) Individual Awards: 1. Kael Marvel (Mackey) 2. Sky VanTreese (Bloomington 1st) 3. Allie Wilderman (Mackey) 4. Adam Lee (St. Bernice) 5. Mareena Bailey (Brazil) 6. Nickolas Caldemeyer (Winslow) 7. Faith Shands (Odon) 8. Sabrina Newforth (Spencer) 9. Sydney Gleason (Bloomington 1st) 10. Seth Jones (Restoration) All-stars representing SWID at St. Louis Invitational, Dec. 1-2: A Team 1. Kael Marvel (Mackey) 2. Allie Wilderman (Mackey) 3. Adam Lee (St. Bernice) 4. Mareena Bailey (Brazil) 5. Faith Shands (Odon) B Team 1. Sky Van Treese (Bloomington 1st) 2. Sydney Gleason (Bloomington 1st) 3. Ashley McKinney (Mackey) 4. Nickolas Caldemeyer (Winslow) 5. Sabrina Newforth (Spencer) The next District Invitational is Dec. 9 at Columbus 1st Church of the Nazarene.
Baptisms On October 29, Pastor Darrell Wineinger had the privilege to baptize Randall Sergent, Mary Jane Brown, Becky Sergent, and Jackie Crews. (They appear in the picture left to right with Pastor Wineinger at the far right). NEW SWID ATTENDER We welcome Emerson Hazel Scott who was born on Thursday, October 19 weighing 7 lbs 11 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. We congratulate Rev. Jonathan & Sara Scott in the birth of their daughter. Southwest Indiana District Church of the Nazarene 3827 Austin Drive, Bedford, IN 47421 Phone (812) 279-6621 Fax (812) 279-8508 Email: swidoffice@swidnazarene.org Website: www.swidnazarene.org