Dr. Larry W. Leonard District Superintendent lwleonard@tnnaz.org February 2014 PROGRESS IN PARTNERSHIP January was filled with exciting progress in the newest partnership pursuit for the Tennessee District Church of the Nazarene. As I reported in the January issue of the Tennessee District newsletter, we are studying the potential of a merger partnership with the Mississippi District Church of the Nazarene. The Board of General Superintendents has given unanimous approval for the two districts to study the possibility of merging into one district. Acting on the guidelines from Dr. Gustavo Crocker, the jurisdictional general superintendent, a Merger Commission was appointed to begin the process. Mississippi representatives were Dr. Crawford Howe, interim district superintendent; clergy representative, Pastor Scott Samuell; and lay representatives, Mr. Chuck Farnham and Mr. Henry Greer. Tennessee representatives were Dr. Larry Leonard, district superintendent; clergy representative, Dr. Mark Lindstrom; and lay representatives, Dr. Gerald Skinner and Mr. Michael Johnson. The Merger Commission met on January 20, 2014, in Memphis at Grace Church of the Nazarene. Dr. Bob Broadbooks, USA/Canada regional director, convened the meeting at the direction of Dr. Crocker. The commission team voted unanimously to name the newly proposed district the MidSouth District Church of the Nazarene, should the two districts approve the merger at the respective district assemblies on April 10 for Mississippi and on June 25 for Tennessee. To provide appropriate strategy preparation for the presentation of this merger, the commission appointed six subcommittees comprised of equal numbers of district members from Mississippi and Tennessee, with a balance of lay and clergy representatives. The subcommittees responsibility is to develop the how to of merger. The six subcommittees were Mission/Vision, Finance and Legal, Communication/Technology, Mission Area Coordinators, Operations/Auxiliaries, and Events. On February 3-4, 55 representatives from Mississippi and Tennessee met at Memphis Grace Church of the Nazarene to develop the strategy for merger implementation. Following each prayer and devotional session and each committee meeting, the power of the Holy Spirit was extremely evident. Members were constantly commenting on how the Spirit of the Lord had brought such camaraderie and oneness of spirit. Truly, excitement is in the air for these two districts. I will give you another update when the subcommittees reports are edited and submitted to the Ministry Resource Center. The commission will meet at least one more time to finalize our reports, which will go to the Mississippi District assembly April 10, followed by a vote of the district assembly delegates regarding merging with Tennessee. The Tennessee District will hear the report and recommendation and will vote on the merger at its district assembly, pending the approval of the Mississippi District. Please continue to pray diligently regarding this partnership opportunity. We sincerely seek the perfect will of God.
Rev. David Hill, SDMI Chairman 403 Page Place Mt. Juliet, TN 37122 dcnaz3@comcast.net Sunday School Make the Connection People of Prayer Engaged in the Word Making Christlike Disciples Another GREAT day for our churches... MARCH 1, 2014 IMPROVE YOUR SERVE First Church of the Nazarene, Nashville, Tennessee Keynote Speaker Rev. Gene Tanner Lead Pastor, Valparaiso Church of the Nazarene Registration at 8:00AM (upper level foyer) Register NOW for $15.00 After February 20th $20 Walk-in Registration $25 Childcare (Birth-6th grade) available with optional pizza lunch $5/each A valuable day of training for ministry leaders, directors, teachers, and all God s servants. Plenary Gatherings Three Workshop Sessions with over 30 Workshops Opportunity to Connect with Other Servants Lunch On-line registration available at www.facebook.com/tennesseesdmi. SDMI: Sunday School Discipleship Ministries International Gene Tanner is Lead Pastor at Valparaiso, Indiana Church of the Nazarene, and our keynote speaker at IYS. In the churches where Gene has served there has been significant growth and mobilization to connect with the community. He is in his 21st year in Valparaiso where the church has experienced growth by more than 1,000. He is a prolific speaker and educator, teaching in numerous conferences across America, Europe and Africa. He has also spoken at the European pastors conference in Barcelona, and taught in Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. He has recently been invited to present a paper at the annual roundtable on faith and religion at Oxford University, England. Gene will speak twice and lead a workshop at Improve Your Serve. TO REGISTER: Go to improveyourserve.blogspot.com or like us on the Tennessee SDMI or Improve Your Serve Facebook page. Workshop details, schedule, and printable materials are available for download. For more information contact Dave Hill at dcnaz3@comcast.net. District Men s Retreat I Am A Warrior Evening March 7 Lunch March 8 Camp Garner Creek Great line-up of speakers including Ron Gilbert, Randy Durien, Steve Estep & special guest Col. Jeff Hawkins; Tony Suggs, Worship Leader. For more information, contact Pastor Nick Deford at (615)483-4356 or pastornickdeford@gmail.com. SINGLES SPRING CONFERENCE MARCH 28-29 Trevecca Community Church, Nashville, Tenneessee Guest speakers: Dr. Joeann Ballard, Founder, Neighborhood Christian Center Memphis LeeAnn Courvoisier, Founder, Re-Route Joe Drake, Bikers for Christ Joanne Scaife, Founder, Living Single Ashley Ramps, TV Host, Christian Television Network Mayra Zimmer, President, TN Latin Chamber Adonis & Heather Lenzy, Authors of Dating in Black & White: Keeping Relationships on Target. Sessions for singles of all ages, single parents, and senior singles. Friday Dinner, Saturday Breakfast & Lunch Included Online Registration now available at www.eventbrite.com (search TN Singles Conference ) Prime Time Retreat March 31-April 2, 2014 Speakers: Larry & Gay Leonard Musicians: The Hancock Brothers To reserve your room, send $50, before March 15 to: Sharron Shands, 511 Jones Pointe C-4, Old Hickory, TN 37138. For more information call Sharron at (615) 337-5381.
Mrs. Becky Hancock, President 504 W. Angela Circle Goodlettsville, TN 37072 becky.hancock52@gmail.com Jesus said, I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached in all the world, what this woman has done will be told and people will remember her. Mark 14:9 NCV It is my favorite picture in the Scriptures of a passionate worshipper. If you have ever seen the woman anointing Jesus feet dramatized, it is a moving experience to see this lavish display of adoration. When I get to heaven, I want to fall at His feet. Likewise, if you have ever participated in a foot washing, you will be impacted by following Christ s example of loving service to fellow believers. Our feet represent our going and Jesus went about doing good during His short life on earth. We can go and do good deeds representing Him during our life on earth. Nazarenes have named their love gifts for buildings and real estate as our Alabaster Offering because we want to worship Jesus in our giving as this woman did physically with her bottle of costly perfume. I trust your church will be generous in pouring the perfume on places in all the world that need land and buildings for Kingdom expansion. We can hardly wait to be together on March 1 for our annual Improve Your Serve day at Nashville First. It has proven to be an exciting day of training and inspiration. NMI will have three workshops Panel on Partnerships with pastors and lay leaders who have experience. Nathan Biswas, our national leader from Bangledesh. Pastor Greg Nash on Growing Missional Children. Please bring your church leaders and equip them for service! Visit http://www.improveyourserve.blogspot.com to read all about our day IYS is also a district BLITZ for CCK s! (Testing you to see if you know the acrostics! Ha!) If you have Crisis Care Kits, they can be brought that day and the district NMI will help transport them (cost is $18/ banana box of 6 kits or $3/kit made out to TN NMI) rather than you mailing them. Every church can do this and we will reach our goal of 100 boxes (600 kits)! NMI: Nazarene Missions International On March 7 we will be sending another team to Cuba. Columbia Grace Church is leading the way with others from our district going along. Wouldn t it be great to have sent at least one person from every church on a trip to Cuba during our 3-year partnership? Who might be the one to go next year from YOUR congregation?! I hope you don t mind me sharing a personal note and photo this month. Michael and I celebrated 40 years of marriage and my 62nd birthday on a Disney cruise in January. We know we are senior adults but we re kids at heart and this was a delight! We are grateful to God for His grace through the years. Thanks for being our Tennessee district friends. We cherish your part in our lives through more than half of these years, living here since 1990!
Rev. Jason Underwood, NYI President 584 Franklin Road Franklin, TN 37069 E-mail: pastorjasonunderwood@gmail.com Hey everyone! I hope that you are staying warm as we finish off the last few weeks of winter. This was in my devotion s this morning and I thought of you all as I read it. Ephesians 3:20-21 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. I have to be honest with you today, God has done immeasurably more than I could imagine within the TNYI this year already. I want to give Him the glory for allowing us to reach all generations including the youth that we have the chance to minister to. I have walked away from each of our events this year and been in awe of the way that our students have worshiped, learned, and grown together. Here are some highlights and what else is in store. This year s event was Amazing! Thank you to Jamin Wentworth and his team for not only giving us a venue to compete but allowing us to worship and understand why we do this event. To use our gifts from God, for God. Thank you to Trevecca Community for opening up their building. One of the highlights of the weekend was a duet sung by two ladies that have different home churches. They realized each others love of music last year when they competed against each other, this year they teamed up! What a great display of what our district is intended to look like. We may worship in different home churches but we are all one big TNYI family! NYI: Nazarene Youth International The TNYI is proud to be a part of the district Improve Your Serve March 1. www.facebook.com/tnnyi Who: All those who placed 1st at Extravaganza Arts, made a sports team, or won an individual sport. Spectators are welcomed as well. What: A venue to display gifts and talents through competition with other students from around the Southeast region. When: April 3rd- 5th Where: Trevecca Nazarene University, 333 Murfreesboro Rd., Nashville, TN Cost: $160.00 ALL FORMS MUST BE SUBMITTED by February 6th. I love you and there s nothing you can do about it! For information on workshops directed toward youth ministry look on our website and facebook page. www.tnnyi.com
Attendance Report for January Clarksville Mission Area SS AM Clarksville First... 152...454 Clarksville Grace... 262...507 Clarksville Korean... 35...70 Clarksville Park Lane... 102...163 Dover... 61...85 Gray s Chapel... 57...62 Long Creek... 26...26 Woodlawn Community... 88...158 Columbia Mission Area Brentwood Concord Comm... 133...199 Columbia First... 40...67 Columbia Grace... 497...618 Franklin Community... 66...169 Gateway Community... 175...285 Lawrenceburg Grace... 36...51 Lawrenceburg Vaughan... 12...20 Lewisburg... 28...39 Nashville New Life Korean... 22...29 Pleasant Point... 17...17 Spring Hill Restoration Comm... 80...223 Fly Mission Area Elmore... 38...59 Fly... 17...70 Jones Chapel... 42...63 Mt. Wesley-Akin Chapel... 19...35 Savannah... 13...16 Summertown... 5...21 Memphis North Mission Area Covington... 10...14 Crossroads Community... 39...53 Dyersburg... 19...27 Memphis Calvary... 396...478 Memphis New Hope... 46...70 Millington... 25...25 Memphis South Mission Area Memphis Christ Like... 15...50 Memphis Eastside... 26...78 Memphis Emmanuel... 45...86 Memphis Faithful Believers... 12...34 Memphis Friendship... 41...101 Memphis Grace... 136...183 Memphis Holiness Tabernacle... 50...90 Memphis Hope Tabernacle... 15...21 Memphis Refreshing Springs... 13...27 Nashville East Mission Area SS AM Hermitage... 417...669 Madison... 13...23 Madison Hispanic... 65...129 Nashville Bethel... 56...99 Nashville First... 733...985 Nashville Grace... 228...340 Nashville Inglewood... 26...54 Nashville Whites Creek... 27...52 Old Hickory... 96...123 Nashville North Mission Area Ashland City Faith Comm... 58...110 Gallatin... 212...307 Goodlettsville... 277...513 Greenbrier New Walk... 0...58 Hendersonville... 51...93 Highland... 24...29 Joelton... 11...16 Portland... 107...190 Springfield... 35...47 Sumner Cty. Living Springs... 0...31 Nashville South Mission Area Kingston Springs... 15...25 Nashville Bell Road... 21...33 Nashville Blakemore... 20...60 Nashville Calvary Korean... 32...71 Nashville Christ... 33...48 Nashville Community Fellowship... 15...23 Nashville Donelson... 32...40 Nashville Glencliff Hispanic... 18...112 Nashville Kaleo... 26...25 Nashville Immanuel... 0...19 Nashville Trevecca Comm... 505...801 Nashville Trinity... 18...46 Nashville Westwind... 18...19 Waverly Mission Area Camden... 12...16 Dickson Lighthouse... 12...54 Erin... 192...260 Fulton... 26...43 Griffin s Chapel... 72...106 Jason Chapel... 90...173 Paris... 49...41 Pine Hill... 59...89 Waverly... 167...258 TOTAL... 6779...11073 Thanks to ALL churches for 100% reporting for 95 consecutive months. Welcome New Nazarenes Gallatin ~ Pastor Alan Thompson Glenda Porter; Harold & Anne Kemp; Ed & Donna Richardson Long Creek ~ Pastor Ellis Clark Andy & Debbie Shelton Memphis Friendship ~ Pastor Ron Allen Canisha Clark Millington ~ Pastor John Bonds Michelle Smith Waverly ~ Pastor Daron Brown Don & Linda Nichols; David & Penny Denton Baptized Columbia Grace ~ Pastor Mark Lindstrom Benton Wall; Natasha Wilson; Sungi Wilson; Preston Ghasemnezhand Gallatin ~ Pastor Alan Thompson Shelby Perry Jason Chapel ~ Pastor James Spruill Chloe McIntyre; Scotty Worcester; Isaac Adkisson; Peyton Krantz; Chloe Sliman; Hailey Long; Ryan Young; Braden Crowell; Ivy Adkisson; Kyle Crowell; Heather Muncy; Matthew Poole; Carol Wiser Memphis Eastside ~ Pastor Albertha Bragg Lesly Sales; Norma Sales Luis; Yeimi Zuniga
February 20 9:00-11:30 AM @ DMRC Please RSVP at (615) 255-2929 Daron Brown, Speaker The Discipline of Reading Family Camp Meeting May 27 - June 1 Camp Garner Creek Speakers: Dr. Talmadge Johnson & Dr. Ian Fitzpatrick Song Evangelists: Bob & JenniferWilkerson nmi convention & ASSEMBLY June 24-26 Memphis Calvary SUNDAY SCHOOL 1. Nashville First...733 2. Nashville Trevecca Community...505 3. Columbia Grace...497 4. Hermitage...417 5. Memphis Calvary...396 6. Goodlettsville...277 7. Clarksville Grace...262 8. Nashville Grace...228 9. Gallatin...212 10. Erin...192 NUMERICAL GAIN 1. Gateway Community...40 2. Memphis Grace...17 3. Gallatin...14 4. Memphis Emmanuel...13 Memphis Friendship...13 6. Crossroads Community...11 Memphis New Hope...11 8. Columbia First... 8 9. Dover... 6 Long Creek... 6 Nashville Kaleo... 6 Paris... 6 PERCENTAGE GAIN 1. Memphis Friendship... 46.43% 2. Memphis Emmanuel... 40.63% 3. Crossroads Community... 39.29% 4. Memphis New Hope... 31.43% 5. Long Creek... 30.00% Nashville Kaleo... 30.00% 7. Gateway Community... 29.63% 8. Columbia First... 25.00% Memphis Christ Like... 25.00% 10. Clarksville Korean Body of Christ... 16.67% MORNING WORSHIP 1. Nashville First...985 2. Nashville Trevecca Community...801 3. Hermitage...669 4. Columbia Grace...618 5. Goodlettsville...513 6. Clarksville Grace...507 7. Memphis Calvary...478 8. Clarksville First...454 9. Nashville Grace...340 10. Gallatin...307
Funding the Mission giving 2013-2014 Unified & TNU as of Jan. 31 World Evan. & P & B as of Jan. 31 Funding the Mission Funding the Mission Unified TNU WEF P & B Reported Income Income Updated Ashland City Faith Community 149,687.02 1/27/2014 3,931.92 2,598.38 7,762.45 3,219.48 Brentwood Concord Community 332,586.00 12/31/2013 11,481.38 6,458.28 20,668.89 6,458.28 Camden 19,973.07 1/28/2014 770.25 433.27 1,578.09 433.27 Clarksville First 198,741.00 12/9/2013 6,906.80 4,136.31 8,545.96 2,757.04 Clarksville Grace 280,799.97 10/31/2013 13,258.39 7,457.85 19,383.48 6,304.66 Clarksville Korean 54,015.00 12/29/2013 2,161.08 1,215.67 2,970.87 1,215.67 Clarksville Park Lane 226,631.84 1/31/2014 7,433.93 3,725.70 11,554.20 4,181.60 Columbia First 58,399.14 1/9/2014 2,230.00 1,255.00 3,040.00 1,255.00 Columbia Grace 569,170.03 12/31/2013 21,472.23 12,078.64 30,316.81 12,078.64 Covington 7,713.50 11/9/2013 480.00 360.00 504.00 315.00 Crossroads Community 83,891.94 1/26/2014 3,251.34 1,828.89 7,905.59 1,828.89 Dickson Lighthouse 12,696.47 12/16/2013 50.00 50.00 297.86 326.10 Dover First 19,239.00 11/27/2013 1,193.84 671.55 1,555.96 671.55 Dyersburg First 0 622.43 389.01 954.83 510.21 Elmore 30,993.00 1/17/2014 1,239.00 697.00 1,705.00 697.00 Erin 255,612.03 1/5/2014 5,370.23 3,020.76 27,348.69 5,134.89 Fly 47,182.34 1/10/2014 1,762.00 1,187.00 2,596.00 1,061.00 Franklin Community of Faith 0 6/6/2013 4,919.00 2,767.00 5,735.00 2,346.00 Fulton First 35,472.33 1/19/2014 1,112.00 662.00 1,833.59 762.00 Gallatin First 367,180.00 1/27/2014 14,298.93 9,612.04 17,253.58 7,301.09 Gateway Community 447,755.67 11/30/2013 17,910.23 10,074.50 24,339.61 9,733.48 Goodlettsville 637,347.17 1/7/2014 24,030.23 13,517.79 33,043.49 13,543.81 Gray s Chapel 65,213.00 1/13/2014 439.08 246.98 3,428.50 1,500.00 Greenbrier New Walk 12,423.00 8/24/2013 471.00 265.00 648.00 280.00 Griffin s Chapel 85,703.74 12/31/2013 2,791.74 1,573.23 5,050.37 1,820.21 Hendersonville 97,101.27 12/29/2013 3,875.08 2,421.94 5,057.62 2,116.10 Hermitage 323,773.00 8/30/2013 2,502.92 533.90 0 1,295.39 Highland 25,166.19 2/2/2014 875.00 525.00 1,385.00 600.00 Jason Chapel 177,063.00 12/31/2013 4,500.00 2,530.00 8,824.23 3,581.00 Joelton 5,902.86 9/30/2013 375.73 229.84 538.72 232.84 Jones Chapel 0 0 0 20.00 0 Kingston Springs 12,482.00 9/30/2013 551.32 344.59 693.15 266.60 Lawrenceburg Grace 69,744.59 1/15/2014 2,245.00 1,265.00 3,108.00 747.00 Lawrenceburg Vaughan Memorial 0 0 0 0 0 Lewisburg First 34,125.00 12/31/2013 0 0 0 0 Long Creek 16,258.91 11/5/2013 964.91 603.07 2,111.74 482.45 Madison 19,695.05 10/31/2013 787.82 398.20 1,042.15 424.20 Madison Hispanic 53,891.00 12/31/2013 1,937.67 1,089.38 2,638.48 1,089.38 Memphis Calvary 635,682.00 1/31/2014 21,053.00 11,842.00 32,213.00 13,177.00 Memphis Christ Like 0 0 0 20.00 0 Memphis Eastside 11,435.24 1/7/2014 216.97 122.05 577.49 238.17 Memphis Emmanuel 0 0 0 0 0 Memphis Faithful Believers 0 0 0 20.00 0 Memphis Friendship 57,753.00 12/31/2013 2,313.00 1,308.00 2,967.00 1,116.00 Memphis Grace 262,441.02 1/13/2014 11,435.97 6,412.98 13,584.02 5,633.74 Memphis Holiness Tabernacle 0 100.00 100.00 200.00 200.00 Memphis Hope Tabernacle 0 150.00 150.00 20.00 0 Memphis New Hope 51,563.65 1/13/2014 2,689.46 1,210.27 3,316.38 1,210.27 Memphis Refreshing Springs 0 0 0 220.00 250.00 Millington 16,109.26 1/29/2014 733.00 451.14 1,634.09 450.14 Mount Wesley-Akin Chapel 24,842.54 11/30/2013 1,137.54 710.97 1,295.11 544.06 Nashville Bell Road 31,894.00 11/30/2013 3,574.00 2,024.00 1,155.00 719.00 Nashville Bethel 117,789.04 11/30/2013 1,654.58 508.83 3,773.80 1,506.00 Nashville Blakemore 66,691.73 2/2/2014 2,198.36 1,236.58 3,401.23 1,391.42 Nashville Christ 0 0 0 200.00 0 Nashville Community Fellowship 26,321.88 12/30/2013 991.94 557.97 1,363.92 557.97 Nashville Donelson 61,326.92 1/26/2014 2,410.00 1,490.00 3,410.00 1,290.00 Nashville First 1,772,529.34 1/30/2014 54,738.60 33,290.47 80,890.44 33,124.12 Nashville First Korean 0 1,000.00 800.00 1,200.00 300.00 Nashville Glencliff Hispanic 0 1,828.00 1,144.00 3,284.00 1,194.00 Nashville Grace 527,091.93 1/13/2014 21,243.93 11,214.15 27,219.77 11,236.32 Nashville Immanuel 15,334.88 12/31/2013 569.85 320.54 783.54 320.54 Nashville Inglewood 36,030.80 11/19/2013 1,800.35 1,012.68 2,530.47 1,012.68 Nashville Kaleo 0 676.55 380.63 930.33 380.63 Nashville New Life Korean 20,569.00 12/31/2013 523.00 301.00 926.00 400.00 Nashville Trevecca Community 908,243.41 12/31/2013 27,601.00 15,526.00 37,490.00 15,526.00 Nashville Trinity 44,015.75 1/14/2014 1,674.16 936.54 2,277.86 941.72 Nashville Westwind 8,969.76 9/9/2013 708.00 576.00 840.00 576.00 Nashville Whites Creek 49,903.80 11/30/2013 366.00 229.00 886.00 203.00 Old Hickory 146,951.45 12/31/2013 5,618.06 3,160.16 7,623.73 3,235.18 Paris First 40,713.06 1/11/2014 1,507.40 849.24 2,718.14 851.85 Pine Hill 62,552.53 12/15/2013 2,459.54 1,423.05 3,253.22 1,342.97 Pleasant Point 8,092.00 11/5/2013 397.95 221.04 418.44 175.41 Portland 265,894.83 1/29/2014 9,782.09 5,542.93 13,549.37 5,542.93 Savannah 23,528.00 1/18/2014 700.00 375.00 786.00 375.00 Spring Hill Restoration 67,201.00 12/31/2013 2,547.91 1,433.11 3,503.37 1,433.11 Springfield First 4,549.00 9/11/2013 1,501.00 843.00 3,848.00 635.00 Summertown First 13,152.40 2/2/2014 488.66 284.87 685.68 280.78 Sumner County Living Springs 19,043.56 1/6/2014 0 401.43 1,069.95 404.41 Waverly First 279,452.72 1/12/2014 10,588.56 5,956.08 14,516.23 12,011.96 Woodlawn Community 122,937.00 1/20/2014 5,203.56 2,937.12 7,146.70 2,926.97 Total 10,634,235.63 372,384.47 213,505.60 553,188.19 219,284.18 We appreciate churches utilizing Funding the Mission and reporting the monthly income. 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