Dr. Larry W. Leonard District Superintendent lwleonard@midsoutnaz.org August 2014 THE NEW MIDSOUTH DISTRICT: ALL ABOUT THE NEW JERUSALEM Isaia 43:19 "See, I am doing a new ting! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in te wilderness and streams in te wasteland." Mattew Henry says about tis passage: "Te deliverance from Babylon is foretold, but tere is reference to greater events. Te redemption of sinners by Crist, te conversion of te Gentiles, and te recall of te Jews are described. All tat is to be done to rescue te sinners, and to bring te believer to glory, is little, compared to tat wonderful work of love, te redemption of man." Te "new" ting God is doing in te MidSout District as very little to do wit increasing numbers of curces, lowering budgets, and creating a family friendly environment. Tis "new" ting is an escalation of te opportunity to reac te lost to Crist, to make disciples, and teac tem to obey His teacing. Welcome to te MidSout District Curc of te Nazarene! Over te next few monts we ave some exciting and istorical moments awaiting us. Retreat in Tennessee, September 19-21 Women's Retired Ministers and Mates Retreat, September 30-October 1 Retreat in Pigeon Forge, TN, October 14-16 Leadersip NMI Prayer Retreat, October 17-18 Pastor's Soul Care wit Dan Spaite, November 10-11 Training: Partnersip, November 20 Pastoral Ministerial Cristmas Dinner: Dec. 4 (Jackson), Dec. 5 (Mempis), Dec. 6 (Camp Garner Creek) Training wit Eddie Estep, January 20 Pastoral Women's Breakaway in Nasville, January 31 Retreat in Mississippi, February 6-7 Women's Next Steps, February 19 Family & Marriage Enricment Retreat, February 20-21 Your Serve, Marc 7 Improve Pastor's Soul Care wit Gordon McDonald, Marc 9-10 Men's Ministry Retreat, Marc 12-13 Prime Time Retreat wit Mark Murpy, April 6-8 Board of Ministry-Ministerial Interviews, April 16-17 Women's Breakaway in Mempis, April 25 MIDSOUTH GRAND CELEBRATION AT THE NEW TABERNACLE AT CAMP GARNER CREEK, District Assembly May 31-June1, NMI Convention June 2, Family Camp June 2-7. Out wit te Old... In wit te New... HE IS DOING A NEW THING. SEE IT SPRINGING UP!
Rev. David Hill SDMI Co-Cairman dcnaz3@comcast.net Rev. Ron Ray SDMI Co-Cairman ronald.ray@outlook.com Sunday Scool Make te Connection People of Prayer Engaged in te Word Making Cristlike Disciples As te District SDMI Board, it is an onor for us to serve te great people of te newly formed MidSout District. It is our task and responsibility to provide te programs and ministries tat will enable us to grow and mature as Crist s disciples. To accomplis tis, tere will be variety of events, activities, and ministries trougout te year in Cildren and Adult areas. We anticipate tis being a fantastic year as we partner togeter using te resources God as graciously given us to fulfill te Great Commission and make Crist-like disciples. During tis first curc year we will be serving as one board wit co-cairpersons, co-directors, co-councils, etc. For your reference and convenience, a list of te SDMI Board follows below. Please pray for tese leaders as we organize in tis worty undertaking to acieve wit God s elp a great beginning for SDMI on te MidSout District. Co-Cairs David Hill, Nasville Donelson & Ronald Ray, Vicksburg First Secretary Micelle Lunsford, Fly Treasurer Mattew Mullins, Hermitage Co-Cildren s Directors Jack Busby, New Albany First & Crystal Petty, Jason Capel Co-Adult Directors Ron Bailey, Clarksville First & Dale Scneidmiller, Ocean Springs Co-NMI Presidents Mary Friedeman, DaySpring Community & Becky Hancock, Nasville Betel Co-NYI Presidents Toni Cildress, Laurel Bresee & Jason Underwood, Gateway Community SDMI: Sunday Scool Disciplesip Ministries International Ministerial Members Ken Dove, Nasville Grace Howard Green, Grenada First Myron Hairston, Victory Praise & Worsip Micelle Lunsford, Fly Lay Members Jan Forman, Nasville First Carolyn Lanier, One Accord Community Linda Horne, Ocean Springs Tom Middendorf, Nasville Grace Cristy Tomas, Clarksville Grace Space does not allow us to name everyone, but tank you to all camp directors, counselors and workers for making tis a great Cildren s Summer Camp season. You are absolutely some of te best cildren s ministers anywere! Te total impact made on cildren s lives may not easily be seen, but in time te stories tat will be told make tis one of our best investments. Tank you for your dedication and commitment to cildren and seeing Crist and His Kingdom come fort in teir lives. WOMEN S RETREAT September 19-21 Garner Creek Retreat Center - Dickson, TN Special Guests, Kim McLean & Devon O Day O, te Cross For more information, contact Rut Candler, Co-Women s Ministries Director, at (931)362-4397 or mcgee55@att.net. 5t Annual TREVECCA LEGACY CELEBRATION October 17 Crafted especially for Senior Adults Trevecca Community Curc in Nasville on te campus of Trevecca Nazarene University 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Registration and Refresments 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Celebration featuring Te Collingswort Family. Cost: $25 wic includes breakfast and lunc. Register at trevecca.edu/tlp2014 or call (615)248-1355. It s time for Cildren s Bible Quizzing! Get involved teacing & learning God s Word. Te Bible focus for tis year is te book of Exodus. Order te materials by visiting gokidsquiz.com. Form a team in your curc or partner wit anoter curc to form a team. For more details contact: Bet Busby at betlynnbusby@yaoo.com Ester Simmons at esteresimmons2@gmail.com
Mrs. Mary Friedeman NMI Co-President Mrs. Becky Hancock NMI Co-President friedy@bellsout.net becky.ancock52@gmail.com Greetings to all of our MidSout District family! We are looking forward to ow tis new partnersip can furter te Great Commission and te work of Nazarene missions around te world. Togeter we ave a combined fourteen years as district NMI presidents and are te beneficiaries of a wealt of knowledge, experience, and love for missions from our colleagues on te MidSout NMI council. Let s get acquainted! Mary Friedeman is a part-time cildren s pastor at te Dayspring Community Curc in Clinton, NMI: Nazarene Missions International MS, were er usband, Matt, is te pastor. Tey started tis curc in 2000. Matt also is a professor of evangelism and disciplesip at Wesley Biblical Seminary in Jackson, MS. Tey ave been married for tirty years and ave six cildren: Caleb (25) as been yout and worsip pastor at DaySpring for te past 3 years. In August, e will begin is P.D. studies in New Testament at Weaton. Josua (22) teaces at te International Scool of Tegucigalpa in Honduras. Elija (21) spent te summer in Papua New Guinea and will be a senior at Asbury University, were teir only daugter Hanna (19) will be a sopomore. Ezekiel (16) and Isaia (13) are still at ome. Mary attended Asbury and majored in Frenc and Cristian Ministries. One of er college experiences was a summer in France. Se went to Etiopia in 2008. Her primary vocation as been omescooling te Friedeman cildren. Se is very passionate about family disciplesip. Mary loves elping cildren grow in teir knowledge of and love for God. Se also desires to provide encouragement to parents and practical tools for raising world-cangers for God s kingdom. Becky Hancock as been an NMI district council member for 25 years, te last four as TN district NMI president. Se and er usband Micael ave been married for forty years; for 24 of tose tey ave pastored te Nasville Betel curc in Nasville, TN. Becky, wose Music Education degree is from Olivet Nazarene University, as taugt private piano for 35 years. After a summer in Uruguay during college, Becky s love for missions was furter strengtened troug trips to Guatemala, Nigeria, India and Sri Lanka; and to Papua New Guinea were er sister, Katy Radcliffe, and er family ave been missionaries at Kudjip Nazarene Hospital since 1985. Becky and Micael ave tree adult cildren and five grandcildren. Teir son, Dr. Brannon Hancock, is wife Gloria and teir tree cildren ave just moved to Indiana were Brannon will be a professor at Indiania Wesleyan Seminary. Teir daugter, Katerine Matis and er usband Wayne live in Nasville wit teir two cildren. Son Natan is a performer and makes is ome base in NYC. Becky as a love for women s ministries, particularly discipling in prayer and Bible study, as well as reading and writing. We feel a kinsip troug our sared passion for missions and ave felt te Lord s and at work as we ave begun planning togeter. We are excited and encouraged tat as we all join forces, te Lord can expand our vision and effectiveness for reacing te least and te lost, ere at ome and around te world. MidSout District Leadersip Retreat Pigeon Forge, TN OCTOBER 14-16, 2014 Registration information can be found at tnnaz.org
Rev. Toni Cildress NYI Co-President tonicildress7@gmail.com Rev. Jason Underwood NYI Co-President pastorjasonunderwood@gmail.com Our students all around te MidSout district are getting on buses, flooding te malls for back to scool sopping, and tweeting teir scedules to eac oter to see wo tey will be in class wit. In yout ministry tis is te beginning of a new year for us as well. We ave said goodbye to seniors tat we ave spent countless ours wit, and we are welcoming a new group of students. We are truly excited about ministry wit you in te year aead. Togeter we ave te cance to sape students to make a life long commitment to Crist. In all we do tis year our prayer is tat we lean on Jon 3:30 He must become greater; I must become less. Endless It feels like years ago tat students from TN crossed te creek for 2 weeks of camp togeter at CGC. Tis year we saw over 800 students attend camp! Our ope is tat we did not leave wat we learned tere but we are seeking new ways to serve te kingdom in our communities. Students from Mississippi traveled to Sell Knob, Missouri, on July 18 to spend a week at Camp Table Rock. As usual, te teens enjoyed te muc anticipated wake boarding, cliff jumping, swimming, and basketball/volleyball tournaments. But wat tey learned spiritually was by far te very best part of camp! Eac one was taugt ow to evangelize teir own little corner of te world by saring teir own personal testimony of God s love, forgiveness, and ope. We witnessed many students crying out to God in repentance and for a life tat is oly and pleasing to Him. Several received salvation. Needless to say, camp was awesome!! As you are aware, te Mississippi district and te Tennessee district voted to merge and become te MidSout district. Immediately following District Assembly, te NYI councils from bot districts eld a summit to discuss te future plans for te MidSout NYI. Bot councils are excited about te opportunities tat merging our districts will bring. Tis year te MidSout NYI will operate wit co-councils fully representating bot MS and TN. We collectively decided our goal would be to maintain a ministry tat is focused on te students of te MidSout as well as offering support to te local yout ministry. In te coming days tere will be many adjustments made as we seek to accomplis our goals. We are currently working on updating a new web site as well as new social media outlets to reflect te cange to MidSout. NYI: Nazarene Yout International NYC July 7-11, 2015 No, we re not talking about New York City! NYC is a yout conference tat appens every four years for ig scool students. It is a once in a lifetime event tat as seen countless students make a commitment for teir role in te future of te curc and today. Te first payment for tis trip will be in November! Tere is no time to waste in making plans and encouraging your students to attend. For more information contact Matt Taylor, NYC coordinator, at mtaylor@nfcn.org.
Attendance Report for July Capital Mission Area SS AM BridgePoint... 8...39 Brookaven First... 32...40 Crystal Springs... 8...9 DaySpring Community... 93...252 Hazelurst... 12...15 Hillside Community... 21...23 Jackson Emmanuel... 10...25 New Beginnings Cristian... 0...86 One Accord Community... 38...85 Kosciusko... 8...10 Meridian Fitkins Memorial... 169...295 Meridian Nortside... 29...46 Quitman...NR... NR Resurrection Ministries... 7...12 Vicksburg First... 26...35 Vicksburg Hispanic... 8...8 Clarksville Mission Area Camden... 16...27 Clarksville First... 78...377 Clarksville Grace... 226...449 Clarksville Korean... 30...60 Clarksville Park Lane... 96...138 Dickson Ligtouse... 0...30 Dover... 75...88 Erin... 179...205 Fulton... 32...60 Gray s Capel... 60...60 Griffin s Capel... 60...102 Jason Capel... 96...162 Long Creek... 20...20 Paris... 56...58 Pine Hill... 58...92 Waverly... 163...269 Woodlawn Community... 55...123 Costal Mission Area Crossroads... 144...163 Gloster... 36...45 Gulf Coast Family... 34...49 Hattiesburg First... 36...52 Iglesia Taller del Maestro-Lucedale.. 0...22 Iglesia Taller del Maestro-Oc Spgs.. 60... 113 Laurel Bresee... 20... 30 LifeLine... 0... 9 LifePointe Community... 31... 37 Long Beac Community... 5... 0 Magnolia... 20... 30 Palabra de Vida...NR...NR Prentiss...NR...NR Victory Praise & Worsip Center... 15... 22 Waynesboro Trinity... 15... 25 Columbia Mission Area Columbia First... 35...65 Columbia Grace... 448...571 Elmore... 38...50 Fly... 22...87 Jones Capel... 47...77 Lawrenceburg Grace... 37...47 Lawrenceburg Vaugan Mem... 6...16 Lewisburg First... 34...40 Mount Wesley-Akin... 21...38 Nasville New Life Korean... 17...21 Pleasant Point... 27...30 Savanna... 11...16 Spring Hill Restoration Comm... 67...177 Summertown... 23...30 Hills Mission Area Batesville...NR... NR Clarksdale... 9...16 Cleveland First...NR... NR.Columbia First... 10...23 Divine Grace...NR... NR Fellowsip... 15...25 SS AM Greenville First... 9...11 Grenada First... 33...34 Houlka...NR... NR New Albany... 23...14 Oxford... 52...74 Oxford Hispanic...NR... NR Pearson Capel... 63...92 Ripley Hispanic...NR... NR Rosebloom... 40...52 Sentobia N.O. Nabors...NR... NR Starkville Wesley Comm... 19...29 Sunflower... 8...12 Tupelo...NR... NR Union... 15...28 Way of te Cross... 20...24 Mempis Mission Area Covington... 13...15 Crossroads Community... 33...54 Dyersburg... 19...23 Mempis Calvary... 301...455 Mempis Crist Like... 15...45 Mempis Eastside... 27...68 Mempis Emmanuel... 40...80 Mempis Faitful Believers... 11...30 Mempis Friendsip... 36...91 Mempis Grace... 110...179 Mempis Holiness Tabernacle... 45...80 Mempis Hope Tabernacle... 18...24 Mempis New Hope... 42...50 Mempis Refresing Springs... 10...28 Millington... 25...25 Soutaven...NR... NR Soutaven Spanis...NR... NR Nasville Nort Mission Area Asland City Fait Comm... 48...105 Gallatin... 246...323 Goodlettsville... 231...422 Greenbrier New Walk... 0...53 Hendersonville... 67... 111 Hermitage... 342...589 Higland... 26...31 Joelton... 11...15 Madison... 16...25 Madison Hispanic... 14...98 Nasville Betel... 55...96 Nasville First... 642...927 Nasville Grace... 223...322 Nasville Inglewood... 28...60 Nasville Wites Creek... 26...43 Old Hickory... 90...129 Portland... 97...162 Springfield... 35...46 Sumner County Living Spgs... 0...26 Nasville Sout Mission Area Brentwood Concord Comm... 134...188 Franklin Comm of Fait... 64...152 Gateway Community... 162...282 Kingston Springs... 17...22 Nasville Bell Road... 24...35 Nasville Blakemore... 40...62 Nasville Crist... 30...56 Nasville Community Fellowsip... 9...16 Nasville Donelson... 28...37 Nasville First Calvary Korean... 30...68 Nasville Glencliff Hispanic... 47...130 Nasville Immanuel... 6...11 Nasville Kaleo... 20...25 Nasville Trevecca Comm... 477...742 Nasville Trinity... 15...30 Nasville Westwind Comm... 15...15 TOTAL... 7410...12325