Global Nazarene Communications Network - News Nazarene Communication Network Global News Summary - Volume - 1404 for - Friday, 24 January 2014
Australia pioneer Marion Berg passes away
Pioneer Australian Nazarene Marion (Scoular) Berg passed away on January 23 in Brisbane, Australia. She was the widow of A. A. E. Berg, who is considered the founder of the Church of the Nazarene in Australia.
Born April 25, 1923, in Scotland, Marion was a Nazarene for more than 65 years and served as a district Nazarene Missions International president.
Marion is the mother of Peter Berg, co-pastor of the Mt. Gravatt East Church of the Nazarene in Brisbane, and Marion Isobel Berg; aunt of Loy Hearn of NewStart River City church plant, Oriel Hill of Meadowlands church, and of the late John Kerr. She was the great aunt of Charlton, Christine, and Jillian Kerr; Kammy Crowther, Roland Hearn, and Brad Hearn; Karen, Byron, and Garon Hill; and Anthony and Steve Higgs.
Her son Peter writes: "We thank the Lord that it was a peaceful transition and the she is now with Him."
A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held at 10 a.m. on February 1 in the auditorium of The Plains Retirement Village, 333 Underwood Rd, Eight Mile Plains, QLD.
The Berg family requests no flowers, however donations may be made in her honor to Nazarene Compassionate Ministries — either through your local church or to the Australia Northern Pacific District Treasurer Brett Crowther.
Condolences may be to sent to:
Rev. Peter Berg
PO Box 282
Sunnybank QLD 4109 Australia
jpberg@bigpond.net.au--Australia Northern Pacific District
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Ministry of Mary Orjala remembered
Retired missionary Mary Orjala passed away on January 11. Mary, with her late husband, Paul, served as a missionary for 17 years in Haiti and France.
Mary partnered with her husband in starting the Church of the Nazarene in Haiti and taught Bible and health classes at Nazarene Theological Seminary-Haiti. After Paul established the missions program at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, Mary taught courses in linguistics. She also taught French at MidAmerica Nazarene University.
She was a devoted wife and mother who stood with and enabled her husband and children to seek to become the persons God had created them to be. Her greatest joy was loving and serving the Lord.
Mary is survived by her children, C. Jeanne Serrao, F. Lorie Beckum, and Jon Orjala, their spouses, six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul, in 2005.
Her memorial service will be held January 25 at 11 a.m. in the main sanctuary of Olathe, Kansas, College Church of the Nazarene.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Paul R. Orjala Endowed Scholarship at Nazarene Theological Seminary. Visit nts.edu and click on "Support NTS." Note "Endowed Scholarship Fund" in gift information and write "Paul Orjala" in the comments.
Condolences may be sent to the family in care of:
Randy and Lorie (Orjala) Beckum
14724 South Village Drive
Olathe, KS 66062
lbeckum@mnu.edu--Orjala family via Global Mission
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Oregon church vandalized while recovering from fires
In the last six months, the Arlington Church of the Nazarene building was burned twice and has now been vandalized.
On January 11, Pastor David Gossett discovered a rock was thrown through the church's youth center door. The congregation began meeting in the youth center in July after the church's first fire.
According to the Associated Press, taunting messages were also scratched on a truck in the parking lot.
Gossett said he planned to bring up the possible purchase of a security system and cameras at the church's board meeting this month.
The church posted the following message on its Facebook page:
"As we woke up on Saturday we found someone had thrown a rock through the glass of the upstairs door to the Youth Center. This has once again taken us by surprise. We have been through a lot this year. There seems to be someone out for us, but as we move past this latest event may we remember the words of Matthew 5:10:
"'You're blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God's kingdom.' (MSG)
"May we be driven deeper into the Kingdom of God. May we be driven to a place where our first emotions are not anger and a want for retribution, but to love and forgiveness."
Repairs on the 120-year-old church building began in October and were nearing completion prior to the second fire in November. The church will continue rebuilding with the help of Portland First Church of the Nazarene, which recently donated $13,000 toward the rebuild.
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Olivet, MNU partnership brings Doctor of Education program to Kansas
Olivet Nazarene University and MidAmerica Nazarene University announced a collaborative partnership to offer a Doctor of Education in Ethical Leadership degree program on the MNU campus in Olathe, Kansas. Through the agreement, associates of MNU and qualified applicants throughout the surrounding region will gain convenient access to the three-year doctoral program that is designed to meet the needs of today's leaders, regardless of their chosen career fields.
"When it comes to the demand for ethical leaders, there are no geographical boundaries," said Olivet President John C. Bowling. "We have always had an outstanding relationship with our colleagues at MidAmerica Nazarene University, and so we are thrilled to enter into this collaboration."
"This partnership represents an exciting and innovative way to offer new opportunities to our students," said MNU President David J. Spittal. "The core values of both institutions are consistent, and our mutual desire is to deliver high quality programs and excellence in all we do."
Doctoral students will complete the program through a hybrid format. On-campus courses will take place on the MNU campus one Saturday each month, August through May. Students will also attend three weeklong learning intensives — one week each summer of the program — held on Olivet's campus in Bourbonnais, Illinois.
"The Ed.D. is focused on helping leaders become transformational leaders who integrate and apply ethical vision and leadership skills into ethical leadership," said Houston Thompson, dean of Olivet's School of Professional Studies and director of the Ed.D. program. "The concurrent design of the program enables a learner to complete all of the coursework and dissertation in three years."
Ed.D. students will be enrolled through Olivet and will receive their degrees under Olivet's authority and accreditation agreements.
To learn more about enrolling in the Ed.D. in Ethical Leadership degree program, visit graduate.olivet.edu or call 1-877-9OLIVET.--Olivet Nazarene University
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Bank error in your favor; collect $815
Capalaba Community Church of the Nazarene in Brisbane, Australia, was moved by the reports and images of Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Led by local Nazarene Missions International President Sherrynne Cutts, the church decided to give its entire Christmas Day offering to Nazarene Compassionate Ministries to help rebuild lives and homes in the Philippines.
Encouraged by the news that NCM found an anonymous donor to match funds raised and sent by December 31, the small but growing congregation of senior citizens, students, and recent immigrants, gave AU$815 (US$750) to help those whose lives had been shattered.
Despite repeated attempts, Lead Pastor Steve Walsh was unable to transfer the funds to NCM before the deadline due to technical problems. When Walsh explained the situation to Marina Fugazza, a customer experience specialist at the church's local bank, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia decided to give the church an extra AU$815 to add to its donation to NCM. And despite missing the deadline, NCM was able to match the entire amount raised.
--Church of the Nazarene Asia-Pacific Region
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Additional NCNNews.com Stories This Week
Regional News
Africa
Storm damages NTC-Central Africa campus
A freak storm in Lilongwe, Malawi, hit the Nazarene Theological College-Central Africa campus this week, damaging several structures.
The college shares the campus with a private school. The roof of one block of primary classrooms was blown off, which damaged some of the walls and classroom contents. Part of the roof of a faculty house was also torn off and the storm destroyed several sections of the campus' brick security fence.
Workers removed most of the books from the primary school library located in the damaged block of classrooms.
"We are thankful that no students were at the school at that time," said Marquita Mosher, wife of NTC-Central Africa Principal David Mosher. "None of the faculty or students of NTCCA were harmed. We are not sure when power will be restored to this area. We are not sure of the extent of the damage to Area 25."
Continued prayer is requested for the campus.--Church of the Nazarene Africa Region via Out of Africa
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New NYI regional council meets in South Africa
Africa Regional Nazarene Youth International Coordinator Ronald Miller met with the new Africa Region Youth Ministries Team in early January. Representatives from each field were chosen by their peers to attend the meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, where they participated in a time of planning, strategizing, and acting upon those plans.
The meetings proved to be a productive time where attendees evaluated their strengths, coordinated with others, and took steps toward getting youth ministry moving on the region.
"It was an honor to have the NYI council meet," said Praise Nkosi, an Africa South Field representative. "It gave us an opportunity to feel the pulse of the NYI on the Africa Region. Personally, it helped me to know how to strategize and plan ahead for the NYI in the South Field. We had an opportunity to meet other NYI leaders in Africa, but above all we got to exchange ideas and also sharpen each other, as the saying goes: 'As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another' (Proverbs 27:17)."
Miller was pleased with the meetings and is optimistic about the future and youth ministry on the Africa Region.--Church of the Nazarene Africa Region via Out of Africa
Related: Regional Council helps Africa NYI focus on ministry in context
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Asia-Pacific
Work & Witness team builds more than buildings in central Philippines
A Work and Witness team arrived at Dulag, Philippines, Church of the Nazarene on January 8 to begin a building project that involved more than metal, wood, and nails.
The church and residence in Dulag were completely destroyed (one wall left standing in the church) by the more than 195 mph winds that struck the Philippine islands on the morning of November 8 as Super Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) made landfall.
In the days and weeks following the storm, the true scope of devastation was realized. The storm's 200-mile-wide path leveled entire towns in the Central Visayas region, destroying agricultural lands, devastating the fishing industry, and leaving more than 8,000 dead or missing. The area is home to more than 350 Nazarene congregations. Many churches were either completely destroyed or severely damaged, and the homes of many church members were leveled.
Within just a few hours of the storm's passing, Nazarene Disaster Response teams were on the ground conducting rapid assessments, coordinating life-saving aid, and facilitating an ongoing response that lasted for several months yet to come.
The Philippine Field Office is attempting to connect each church that was destroyed with at least one Work and Witness team. Numerous teams are scheduled to arrive in the Philippines over the coming months.
Work teams also have the opportunity to engage with children in the community through Child Safety Places. Children are some of the most vulnerable victims of disasters, so Nazarene Disaster Response and Nazarene Compassionate Ministries are working with local officials to establish locations where children can undergo psychosocial counseling, debriefing, and have an opportunity to "just be kids." Hygiene kits, School Pal-Paks, and nourishing food packs are provided to the children and families. In addition, area teachers are being debriefed, counseled, and then trained so that they can return to their schools and continue the emotional healing of their students.
More important than the physical building of the church is the relationship building with the Philippine church families who are seeing first-hand, what it means to belong to a global church family like the Church of the Nazarene.--Church of the Nazarene Asia-Pacific Region
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Building destroyed at Melanesia Nazarene Bible College
A storm with high winds swept through the Melanesia Nazarene Bible College campus in the highlands of Papua New Guinea on January 6.
The storm blew down many trees, broke branches, and scattered debris across the campus. A large tree fell on one of the student houses, but no one was injured.
The houses have sleeping rooms on each end and a common room in the middle. While only one of the sleeping rooms was destroyed, the damage requires the entire student house to be rebuilt from the foundation up for approximately US$2,700.
To partner with the region in rebuilding this house, send an email to rcc@apnaz.org.--Church of the Nazarene Asia-Pacific Region
Related: Tropical cyclone passes over Mango Tree Centre
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Eurasia
Damascus Nazarenes reach out to community
In the nearly three years since Syria's civil war began, millions of civilians have been caught in the crossfire between the Syrian government's military and opposition forces, creating a time of severe hardship and turmoil for believers and nonbelievers alike.
Members of the Church of the Nazarene in Damascus awake every day to death and danger. The neighborhood where the pastor lives, and where the Nazarene school is located, has been shelled multiple times, but the congregation continues to reach out to people in need, regardless of their religious background. The church has registered 2,500 families, of which only 100 are associated with the church.
The church conducts 12 gatherings each week to connect with the families and deliver an inspirational message. Every month, the church tries to give each family on the list a package of food (and sometimes blankets, mattresses, and medicine according to need).
The church also hosts a medical clinic, which is open three times per week, welcoming an average of 50 people every week.
The Nazarene school in Damascus managed to enroll 193 students in spite of the constant uncertainty and violence plaguing the community. This is only about 40 fewer than their normal enrollment. Due to the economic instability, most families cannot pay the tuition for their children, so Nazarene Compassionate Ministries provided a grant, along with NCM scholarships, to help students attend the school.
A new student named Elia joined the third grade. He cried in class almost every day for the first few weeks because he was afraid when he leaves his parents in the morning that he will never see them again. The teacher began to tell Elia how he could put his trust in Jesus and pray for protection. It took some time, but with the help of his teachers and the encouragement he gets from the chapel services, Elia is learning to trust God during fearful times and can now spend the day studying and playing with his new friends.
In Aleppo, the Nazarene church continues its gatherings even when there are electricity outages. The church is helping about 15 families with food staples and soap. The congregation also used tithe money to fund one man's surgery to remove a tumor.--Church of the Nazarene Eurasia Region
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A reason to stay
In the mountains of northeastern Armenia, political and environmental changes over the past 25 years have caused poverty to descend and linger throughout the region. Where the fall of the Soviet Union upended the economy and earthquakes devastated the landscape, it is now livestock — namely a few hundred sheep and chickens — that are ushering in a new set of possibilities for the people of Akhuryan and Maralik through a project with Foods Resource Bank, a partner of Nazarene Compassionate Ministries.
A history of hardship
Akhuryan and Maralik are located in the northeastern province of Shirak, one of the rural country's most impoverished regions. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the state-owned industries that formed the majority of Armenia's employment began to shut down, leaving the country to rebuild its economy. As the nation's 600 collective farms were split into more than 330,000 small-scale plots overnight, agriculture, previously a marginal sector of the economy, became a refuge for many of the newly unemployed, offering some measure of food security and partial employment.
But without the knowledge and technical skills needed to farm effectively, Armenians continued to struggle. When an earthquake hit Shirak in 1988, it devastated the area, leaving thousands of people without homes. Many took up residence in domiks, old Soviet shipping containers, and due to the slow economy, some have taken decades to move out. Many men have given up on finding work locally and have migrated to other countries, leaving women at the head of one in three households, according to the United Nations' International Fund for Agricultural Development.
"Young men and husbands are immigrating, mainly to Russia," said Anna Artsrunyan, NCM coordinator for Armenia. "Sometimes, they are not coming back. They are getting married there and having their own families."
For the rest of the story, see Engage magazine.
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Mesoamerica
GMC Flags of the Nations: Haiti
Since September 1, 2009, each week the Church of the Nazarene's Global Ministry Center (GMC) proudly flies a flag of one of the many nations in which the denomination is present in ministry. Leaders were invited to send a national flag to be flown at the GMC alongside the flag of the United States*. The national flags rotate weekly, and photos of them raised are sent to the church leaders of that country.
This week: Haiti
The Church of the Nazarene officially entered Haiti in 1950.
Haiti had a population of 9,893,934 in 2013. That same year, Haiti reported 599 Churches of the Nazarene, 566 of which had been officially organized. Haiti has 116,976 total members.
Haiti has eight Phase 2 districts and three Phase 3 districts. It is a part of the Mesoamerica Region.
Previous flags featured:
Argentina
Aruba
Belize
Benin
Bolivia
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Chile
Colombia
Côte d'Ivoire
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia
France
Gabon
Guatemala
Germany
Ghana
Guam
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Conakry
Guyana
Haiti
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Liberia
Madagascar Mali
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Paraguay
Peru
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Suriname
Swaziland
Togo
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Venezuela
NOTE: Some countries cannot be represented in this project in order to maintain security of those working there.
This week's flags will be flown at half staff until sundown on Tuesday, December 18 in remembrance of the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting.
* = The weekly highlighted flag is raised on the middle of three poles in compliance with U.S. government protocols. It flies to the left of the GMC host-nation United States flag, which flies above the host-state flag of Kansas. The Christian flag flies on the third pole.
The Global Ministry Center is the mission and service hub of the Church of the Nazarene.
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USA/Canada
Nazarenes in the News
Nazarenes in the News is a compilation of online news articles featuring Nazarene churches or church members.
Bethany First Church member named Oklahoman of the Year
Bethany, Oklahoma
(Oklahoma Health Care Authority, January 13) The Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) is proud to announce that CEO Nico Gomez was recently named an Oklahoman of the Year by Oklahoma Magazine. Gomez was one of only six men and women honored with this designation which recognizes exceptional contributions to community and state.
"I am truly humbled by this recognition," Gomez said. "I believe it is really reflective of the great work by the great people I have the honor of leading at the Oklahoma Health Care Authority who work daily to make a positive difference for someone else."
Gomez has a master's degree in business administration with an emphasis in health care administration from Southern Nazarene University and serves as an adjunct faculty member for the university, teaching Leadership in Health Care.
For the rest of the story, click here.
Minnesota Nazarene has heart for Haiti
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
(Albert Lea Tribune, January 17) Before Lonnie Berger went to Haiti for the first time two years ago, he did not quite know what to expect.
He flew into Port-au-Prince and took a four-hour land-rover trip to the small mountain village of Bleck in the northeast part of the country. During the course of that trip, he encountered many patients who did not have so much as aspirin for headaches.
Many people were at serious risk of stroke. Berger, an emergency room physician at Lake Region Hospital, did what he could on that first trip, but he knew he wanted to do more. So he came back a year later. Then he came back again after less than a year.
Now, just four months after his last trip, Berger is returning to Haiti from Jan. 25 to Feb. 1 on another medical mission trip through the First Church of the Nazarene in Fergus Falls.
For the rest of the story, click here.
Southern Florida youth participate in Miami outreach
Miami, Florida
(NCN News submissions) A total of 197 teens and adult sponsors from Southern Florida District churches and two local high schools participated in the district's Youth Mission Encounter: Miami Edition 2014, held January 17 through 19. Participants were divided into 20 teams to repaint the exterior of 20 homes in Jordan Commons, a Habitat for Humanity community located just a few blocks from the Princeton Church of the Nazarene in south Miami.
Leaders Treavor Pound (pastor of Redland Church of the Nazarene) and Eric Skelton (pastor of Lehigh Acres Church of the Nazarene) emphasized teen volunteers should "be Jesus" to the homeowners and everyone they encountered in the community.
"These teens have been a true blessing to me," said Bertha Neal, one of the homeowners. "They have done a wonderful job repainting my house. I could never have been able to make my house look so nice."
For the rest of the story, click here.
New Jersey church hosts African children's choir
Cape May, New Jersey
(NBC40.net, January 16) When local pastor Andrew Everin got the phone call asking his church to host a Children's Choir from Africa, he said he was excited to have them and tonight, that choir had the chance to perform at the Church of the Nazarene in Cape May.
For the rest of the story and a video, click here.
Stories to share? Send them to submitnews@ncnnews.com.--Compiled by NCN News
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Tax time help for ministers, churches
How does a minister determine the fair market value of a home? Is money spent for Work and Witness trips tax deductible? Is the cost of taking a new church family to lunch a legitimate business expense?
Inquiries like these are all too familiar to ministers and church treasurers. These and a variety of related questions are answered in the latest editions of Reporting Procedures for Congregations and Preparing Tax Returns for Clergy. These easy-to-use resources are filled with information prepared by church tax specialists Dan Busby, J. Michael Martin, and John Van Drunen of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).
The guides are designed to simplify the unique tax concerns faced by churches and pastors — matters that even paid preparers may not be aware of. In particular, the guide for clergy includes two examples of completed returns.
Normally $10 each, the resources are free through the Church of the Nazarene's accreditation agency, ECFA.
"Dan Busby and his staff devote their lives to the promotion of best financial practices in the church," said Don Walter, director of Pensions and Benefits USA. "Their knowledge of clergy tax issues, combined with their desire to see the church function with candor and integrity, make them ideal sources for the information in these guides.”
Reporting Procedures for Congregations and Preparing Tax Returns for Clergy may be accessed here.--Pensions and Benefits USA
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M15 planners seek input for USA/Canada regional conference
The USA/Canada Regional Office announced last week that Kansas City, Missouri, will host Mission 2015 (M15), the region's mid-quadrennial conference. M15 is the region's largest all-church gathering between general assemblies and will take place February 9 through 11, 2015. The conference theme, "Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future," will set the trajectory for the event.
M15 planners would like the input of pastors, church leaders, educators, and laity as they begin preparation for the conference. A brief M15 survey can be accessed online or through the M15 Facebook site.
"We want to hear from people all across the USA/Canada Region as we contemplate this event," said Bob Broadbooks, USA/Canada regional director. "We hope M15 will be a significant event in the life of our church."
For more information on M15, see last week's announcement. --Church of the Nazarene USA/Canada Region
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Global Ministry Center News
In Memoriam
The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received January 20-24, 2014.
Ronald L. Barber, 76, of Troy, Ohio, passed away on January 23. He was a retired minister, serving in Ohio. He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Barber, in 2012.
Marion (Scoular) Berg, 90, of Brisbane, Australia, passed away on January 23. She was the widow of A. A. E. Berg, founder of the Church of the Nazarene in Australia. A. A. E. Berg passed away in 1979. (story)
Channie Edwards, 97, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, passed away on January 17. She was the widow of retired minister Joe Edwards Sr., who served in Oklahoma. Joe Edwards Sr. passed away in 1995.
Wilma (Carl) Elliott, 90, of Washington, Illinois, passed away on January 19. She was the widow of retired minister Efton Elliott, who served in Illinois. Efton Elliott passed away in 2000.
George Hazlett, 74, of Tallmadge, Ohio, passed away on January 18. He was a retired minister, serving in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Myrna Hazlett, and is survived by his second wife, Jan Hazlett.
Robert Helfrich, 83, of Hingham, Massachusetts, passed away on January 21. He was a minister and educator, serving in Ohio, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Michigan. He is survived by his wife, Theodora (Thompson) Helfrich.
Martha "Lorene" Korody, 94, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away on January 22. She was the widow of retired minister M. R. Korody, who served in Missouri, Oklahoma, Alaska, New Mexico, California, and Illinois. M. R. Korody passed away in 1990.
Marguerite Lupplace, 90, of Mesquite, Texas, passed away on January 5. She was the widow of retired minister and evangelist Oliver Ballard Jr., who served in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Texas. Oliver Ballard Jr. passed away in 1988. Marguerite is survived by her second husband, Wayne Lupplace.
Mary (Campbell) Orjala, 89, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away on January 11. She was a retired missionary, serving in Haiti and France. She was preceded in death by her husband, retired educator and missionary Paul Orjala, who served in California, Missouri, Haiti, and France. Paul Orjala passed away in 2005. (story)
For previous editions of In Memoriam, see the "Passings" section on ncnnews.com by clicking here.
Note: Please join with us in prayer for the families who have lost loved ones. Click on names for full stories, funeral information, local online obituaries, and/or guest books (if available). To submit an entry of a minister or church leader, send to submitnews@ncnnews.com.--Compiled by NCN News
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GMC employment opportunities
The following positions are available at the Church of the Nazarene's Global Ministry Center:
Global Ministry Center Media — Video Production Manager
Nazarene Compassionate Ministries — Computer Programming Coordinator
USA/Canada Nazarene Youth International — Program Assistants (2)
Located in Lenexa, Kansas, the Global Ministry Center is the administrative, mission, and service hub for the denomination's ministries in 159 world areas. All GMC positions report to this location. For contact information, click on one of the job titles listed above.
Our Non-Discrimination Policy
The Church of the Nazarene Global Ministry Center offers equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, disability, race, religion, creed, sex, or veteran status. The Global Ministry Center is an "at will" employer.
Our Faith-Based Organization
We are a faith-based organization. Acceptance of our Christian Code of Conduct is required and membership in the Church of the Nazarene is required for certain positions. The GMC and applicable remote work sites are smoke, alcohol, and drug free Christian workplaces.
Application Processing
Our Human Resources Office receives and processes many employment applications annually for a limited number of positions. While we regret that we cannot respond to each applicant, we do contact those individuals possessing the skills, education/training, and experience that best match the requirements of the open position for which the application was submitted.
An application must be completed by all applicants and an application must be completed for each position for which one wishes to be considered. Applications are retained for one year. Resumes are not necessary for entry-level positions, but they are preferred for professional level positions. Resumes may be submitted by mail.
Applying for Employment with the GMC
Application forms may be requested by calling (913) 577-0500, or obtained in person from Human Resources at the Church of the Nazarene Global Ministry Center, 17001 Prairie Star Parkway, Lenexa, Kansas, 66220, Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 4:30 Central Time. Completed applications may be mailed to the attention of the Human Resources Office at the same address.
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Resources
There's an app for that: Teaching the Articles of Faith
Several countries on the Asia-Pacific Region lead the world in app use. World Mission Communications Asia-Pacific combined this penchant with one of the region's priorities, cohesive education, through the development of the Articles of Faith StudyMap app.
The interactive mobile application for iPhone and iPad helps users develop a comprehensive understanding of what it means to be Nazarene.
Encourage technology users to download the application or integrate it into membership and discipleship classes. Click here to visit the App Store.--Church of the Nazarene Asia-Pacific Region
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Collegiate News
SNU mourns 2 leaders
Southern Nazarene University mourns the loss of charter Foundation Board of Directors member Jack Imel who passed away on January 2 in Idaho, and former Foundation Board member and alumnus Carl Sawyer, who died on December 27 in Florida.
"Jack and Joan Imel have been among our most loyal and committed alumni in the entire history of SNU," said Loren Gresham, SNU president. "Their service to the Foundation Board of Directors from its inception has been remarkable. We will sorely miss Jack's presence at our meetings, and will continue to pray for Joan.
"And, sadly, just prior to the news of Jack's passing we received the news that our colleague and friend, Carl Sawyer, had lost his battle with cancer. We remember fondly the Sawyers and their association with SNU. Carl was a generous person who shared with the church and SNU the resources he had been entrusted from God. Our prayers are with Marcia and his family."
Carl Sawyer's passions were his personal Christian faith, his family, friends, and the Southern Nazarene University athletic programs. A member of SNU's first varsity men's basketball team and the Class of 1966, he was a major supporter of SNU Athletics and was the lead donor of the Sawyer Athletic Center. He also provided significant financial assistance through scholarship endowments for students.
A member of the Class of 1957, Jack Imel was known for serving others through his personal Christian faith, his spirit of compassion, spiritual sensitivity, and business insights. An avid advocate for his alma mater, Imel founded the Imel Work Incentive Scholarship Program to provide on-campus employment for students in financial need, and established permanent endowments providing financial aid for students pursuing studies in music and the natural and social sciences. The significant contributions of Jack and Joan Imel were recognized by their alma mater when the university named the Imel Townhouses complex in their honor.
These servant leaders will long be remembered for their caring spirit, generosity, and service to SNU.--Southern Nazarene University
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Trevecca biology program receives grant for cancer research
Trevecca Nazarene University biology students will soon have a new research opportunity through a new Biology Department grant. Team Emmett awarded the department a $10,000 grant for research on esophageal cancer.
Team Emmett was founded in honor of Emmett James Stallings IV, who died of esophageal cancer when he was only 31. His widow, Wendy Stallings, and his friends formed the 501(c)(3) nonprofit "dedicated to the elimination of esophageal cancer, primarily through funding innovative research, but also through raising awareness and sharing stories."
The grant from Team Emmett is the first one it has awarded. Wendy Stallings said the organization wanted to help a local institution that is already engaged in research. A member of Team Emmett's Board of Directors read about Trevecca's cancer research and encouraged Alisha Russell, chair of Trevecca's Biology Department, to apply.
"This grant will allow for the purchase of the biologicals and anti-cancer compounds needed to contribute knowledge about esophageal cancer," Russell said. "It will also allow students to spend the summer doing novel and important research on Trevecca's campus, using their God-given gifts to study how to kill cancer cells — using science to work toward helping others. I am so excited about this grant from Team Emmett! It will allow students to grow as researchers while contributing to scientific knowledge in an area of great importance — understanding the mechanisms that keep cancer cells alive."
In the spring, biology students at Trevecca can apply for positions on this research team, which will begin the study of esophageal cancer in the summer of 2014.
Visit Team Emmett's blog for more information about the grant.--Trevecca Nazarene University
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Olivet named Best Christian Workplace for 9th year
Best Christian Workplaces Institute announced Olivet Nazarene University qualified as one of five higher education workplaces named as Best Christian Workplaces in the U.S. for 2014. This is the ninth consecutive year Olivet has earned this honor.
To be certified, an organization must complete the BCWI employee engagement survey and meet predetermined standards of excellence.
Olivet employees voluntarily and anonymously answered more than 50 questions about how well Olivet is doing in the areas of staff calling and passion, trustworthy culture, talent management, strategy and execution, innovation and staff involvement, authentic Christian leadership, personal development, compensation and benefits, and teamwork. Additional open-ended questions also gave employees the opportunity to share more information about how their employer is doing and suggestions for improvement.
"Our employees continue to have a high level of engagement and love the contribution that they are making to the mission of the university," said David Pickering, director of Business and Human Resources for Olivet. "Our students ultimately benefit from having employees who enjoy their work atmosphere and feel that their work has a purpose."
The Best Christian Workplaces Institute's vision is that Christian workplaces would be the world's best and most effective workplaces. Its employee survey is one way of helping Christian organizations achieve that.
"We believe Christian workplaces should set the standard as the best, most effective workplaces in the world," said Al Lopus, BCWI president. "It takes intentional effort to create a healthy, even flourishing workplace culture."--Olivet Nazarene University
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PLNU professor debuts new exhibit 'Hither and Yon'
Point Loma Nazarene University Professor David Adey recently opened an exhibit titled "Hither and Yon." The solo exhibit, which opened at Scott White Contemporary Art in La Jolla, California, on January 11 was accompanied by the premier of a full-length documentary on Adey that same evening.
Dale Schierholt's film, Art by Constraint, premiered before a full crowd at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla. The full documentary aired on local television on Friday, January 17 on San Diego's KPBS.
Since January of 2013, Adey has committed his full attention to creating the immense body of work contained in "Hither and Yon" during a yearlong hiatus from the classroom. This sabbatical allowed him to serve as the first-ever artist-in-residence at Scott White Contemporary Art. Throughout this process, Schierholt documented Adey through film and interview.
In "Hither and Yon," Adey utilizes a diverse range of materials and techniques to investigate the concept of constraints as a metaphor for the human condition. Each piece within the exhibit underwent a methodical process for its creation within the bounds of a self-realized constraint.
Adey admits that it's often the constraints and boundaries he sets for himself during the conceptualizing phase that inform his work.
"Constraint gives you something to push up against, a tool to make creative decisions," Adey said.
With this approach, Adey is able to find not only artistic freedom, but also a common thread that unites these seemingly tangential mediums.
Some of Adey's most iconic works in this series involve carefully deconstructed consumer images pulled from various Google searches. Using fragments of skin from hundreds of models and celebrities, he creates elaborate pinned collages reminiscent of complex entomological displays. The piece Gravitational Radius uses exclusively fashion and celebrity images. Adey exploits their two-dimensional nature by extruding them into three-dimensional space. Each decontextualized body fragment is transformed into a thin membrane of flesh, as its source and identity are lost. The final product is a homogenized mosaic of push-pinned skin that is macabre by nature, but somehow strikingly beautiful.
Other works in "Hither and Yon" encompass a wide range of materials and concepts such as cold war-era electronics, plastic and paper cups, and buckets. He also produced a collaborative piece with an actuary, yet his voice and vision remain clear and consistent. His work reflects a practiced and methodical process that results in works that are not only visually elaborate, but also intellectually stimulating and conceptually provocative.
Prior to this exhibit, Adey's work was featured at the 2010 California Biennial hosted by the Orange County Museum of Art in Newport Beach, California, and was also included in Here Not There: San Diego Art Now (2010) at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. His solo exhibition at Luis de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles was selected by The Huffington Post as one of "Southern California's Top 10 Exhibitions for 2010," and a recent exhibition at the La Jolla Athenaeum was named "Exhibition of the Year" by the San Diego Fine Art Society. In addition, Adey also exhibited in Miami, Detroit, Boston, Finland, and Berlin.
A 1994 graduate of PLNU, Adey received his Masters of Fine Arts at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in 2002, before returning to his alma mater as a member of the faculty in 2003. "Hither and Yon" runs at Scott White Contemporary Art through February 15, 2014.--Point Loma Nazarene University
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NCN Sports
ANU basketball finishes record-breaking season
Africa Nazarene University's basketball team recently completed its most successful season in 14 years. ANU previously experienced just three winning seasons during that time, which was also filled with first round exits from invitational tournaments.
In 2013, fortunes changed for the team. Guided by the university's three C's — Character, Competence and Community — they won games and became a feared force in its league. Under the leadership of captain Bryan Jarret and team manager Robert Mayaka, the team completed a record-breaking 28-3 season and finished at the top of its division.
Coach Mike Oluoch (2012-present) utilized analysis, rules, weekly meets, tactics, as well as physical fitness in the 2013 strategies.
ANU Sports Coordinator Pauline Njeru was a great support to the team in all aspects. The ANU community as a whole, led by Professor Rodney Reed and U.S.-based visiting faculty including Stephen and Carla Lovett, was a constant presence and support for the team in its games.
The successful season came to a close with ANU finishing third overall in the National Basketball League. Their efforts did not go unnoticed by ANU Vice Chancellor Leah Marangu — the team's number one enthusiast — who lauded the team for its great performance. This memorable season will forever be enshrined in ANU history.--Africa Nazarene University
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Global Nazarene Communications Network - News Nazarene Communications Network Global News Summary - Volume 1405 - Friday, 31 January 2014
Swaziland prime minister thanks Church of the Nazarene
At a recent ordination service in Swaziland, Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini thanked the Church of the Nazarene for its work in the country.
Dlamini, who is a member of Mbabane Church of the Nazarene, expressed his appreciation in a letter he personally delivered to General Superintendent Eugénio R. Duarte at the January 6 service:
"We, as a Nation, are immensely grateful for the generosity of the Nazarene Church," read the letter. "On behalf of His Majesty's Government I ask that you convey that message of thanks to your Headquarters and add the assurance that a very welcome increase in funding would be spent effectively and efficiently in expanding existing facilities.
"It remains for me to thank you for traveling to Swaziland to perform this Ordination ceremony, and trust that you will have the opportunity to spend a little time seeing some of our country. Please accept our best wishes for a safe journey home afterwards and communicate the message that representatives of the Nazarene Church will always be welcome in the Kingdom of Swaziland."
Duarte expressed his appreciation to Dlamini.
"It was a special honor for me to meet him and to fulfill the assignment that the church gave me to represent Nazarenes from all over the world," he said.
Duarte was pleased with the ordination service, which opens the door for additional ministry opportunities in Swaziland through ministers "who are committed to the values, doctrine, and mission of our church."
Swaziland is led by King Mswati III, who previously complimented the Church of the Nazarene and its endeavors in his country.
The Church of the Nazarene denomination entered Swaziland in 1910 through Nazarene missionary Harmon Schmelzenbach. While the Schmelzenbach family faced many obstacles in establishing work in the country, General Superintendent Hiram F. Reynolds dedicated the country's first Nazarene church in 1914.
More than 100 years later, the country has 139 organized Churches of the Nazarene and 14,622 members. The country is also home to Southern Africa Nazarene University, Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital, and more than 30 Nazarene schools and child development centers.
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One Heart - Many Hands Cuba enters Phase 2
One Heart – Many Hands announced this week that all necessary building materials for this summer's volunteer projects in Havana, Cuba, have been assembled and are ready to be loaded onto a 40-foot sea container. A ship will then depart from Port Everglades, Florida, docking in Cuba 12 hours later.
The shipment is the first container sent to Church of the Nazarene congregations in Cuba from the U.S. in more than 50 years due to trade and travel restrictions that were recently lifted for humanitarian missions.
"This progress represents the completion of Phase One of our Hearts for Cuba plan," said OHMH President George Sisler. "It also a serves as a major milestone toward bridging renewed friendship with our neighbors to the south."
Phase Two of the Hearts for Cuba plan is also already underway as OHMH continues assembling medical supplies for a second shipment.
"We look forward to the spring when we'll join the Cuban Ministry of Health in welcoming these gifts that will be used to help the sick and injured throughout that nation," Sisler said.
Phase Three's summer volunteer projects are also developing according to schedule. Sisler says that while all seats are taken for OHMH's first week in country, "if you are interested in volunteering with a team for any of three remaining weeks, please contact our office immediately by phone or email so we can reserve your seat."
Week One: June 28 - July 05, 2014 (Full)
Week Two: July 5 - July 12, 2014 (Nearly full)
Week Three: July 12 - July 19, 2014
Week Four: July 19 - July 26, 2014
Projects planned include painting the exterior of local handicapped and elderly families' homes. Other basic home repairs, including installing handicapped accessible modifications, along with other community-based projects are planned.
One Heart – Many Hands was founded by Church of the Nazarene member Dr. Gary Morsch in 1993. Every four years, the organization coordinates a week-long service project that precedes the denomination's General Assembly. During the 2013 20th anniversary project in Indianapolis, Indiana, more than 1,800 volunteers completed 120 projects throughout the city.--One Heart – Many Hands
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New York Nazarene plays prominent off-field role in Super Bowl
For New York Nazarene Shandon Melvin, the Super Bowl is more than just four hours of football strung together by new commercials.
Melvin, a member of The Bridge Church of the Nazarene in Malverne, New York, oversees many important aspects of the Super Bowl's marketing as the creative director for the National Football League. He is personally responsible for the Super Bowl logo and organizes the creation of banners, flags, T-shirts, and hundreds of other designs used to promote the NFL’s championship game.
He also supervises the creation of the Vince Lombardi Trophy at Tiffany and Co. in Manhattan, New York, and transports it to the host city. Melvin also manages the application of the new logo as it is painted on the stadium field, which is MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, this year. The Seattle Seahawks will face the Denver Broncos on February 2.
Melvin, a 10-year employee of the NFL, is the son of Steve and Shawn Melvin, who pastor the Mayfield First Church of the Nazarene on the Kentucky District.
The Melvins have seven children, but Shandon is not the only member of the family affiliated with one of the world’s biggest sporting events. In 2008, the NFL outsourced the creation of the Super Bowl XLIV logo and Stu Melvin, Shandon's younger brother, won the design. Several other Melvin brothers are in the advertising and design fields and have had their work featured in Super Bowl commercials and on the Jumbotrons during the games.
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Kudjip hospital constructs new operating theatre
Kudjip Nazarene Hospital in Papua New Guinea is well on its way to getting a new operating room, known as a theatre.
Significant progress has been made in just a few short weeks thanks to a team of workers led by Adam Peterson and Jordan Thompson.
The hospital has served the people of Papua New Guinea for more than 40 years. It cares for more than 50,000 patients annually, which includes performing more than 800 major surgeries and delivering 1,200 babies. Every year, several hundred people receive Christ as their Savior in the hospital and new churches are planted as a result of hospital conversions.
Continued prayer is requested as the hospital builds its new facility and for the doctors and staff that will use the new theatre as they work to meet the medical and spiritual needs of those in Papua New Guinea.
For more information on Kudjip hospital, click here.
To see photos and read additional stories from Dr. Erin Meier's blog, click here.--Church of the Nazarene Asia-Pacific Region
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The other 119 hours by Brooklyn Lindsey
“Most teenagers and their parents may not realize it, but a lot of research in the sociology of religion suggests that the most important social influence in shaping young people’s religious lives is the religious life modeled and taught to them by their parents.”1
A few years ago, I sat with a group of ministry friends and Christian Smith, a leading American sociologist who has spent years researching the faith development of teenagers. We were able to spend a time in dialogue on the findings of his research. The findings were astounding; they proved the faith importance of teenagers is directly related to the faith importance of their parents.
My silent question, as we talked about the ramifications on our goals in youth ministry, was how in the world did I end up with a high faith importance? My parents were holding on with everything that was in them just to keep our family together and to keep food on the table. The more I thought on this and the more I remembered I realized that it was the church. The adults in the church lived their Christian lives out loud in front of me, beside me, and behind me.
As much as it goes against youth pastor pride, I have to say that we aren’t the most important influence when it comes to the faith development of teenagers. We rank a high second but there is a more influential group that we should be lifting up in the church.
What you don’t know about teenagers is that they need their parents more than they let on. No matter how incredible, how awful, how amazing, how absent, how abusive, how overbearing, how enabling, how encouraging, every teenager wants the unconditional love of a parent.
My husband worked in foster care for a few years while in seminary and it always baffled us to hear teenagers from abusive family situations talk about going home. Going home was all they wanted; even if it was a difficult place for them to be, they would rather be home than anywhere else.
In our focus to enhance our youth ministries, we have forgotten that homes and parents need our support more than anything else. Teenager’s hearts are in the hands of the adults in their lives. When teens show up for church one hour a week, we supplement what they are getting during the other 119 hours that they are awake. We are the vitamins; parents are the meal.
What does that mean for us, the church?
We can’t ignore it.
If we continue to throw a cool youth leader at a group of teens without offering support to their parents and without offering opportunities for other Christian adults to interact with them in formative ways, we weaken the chances that the teens’ faith will stick and be an important thing for them beyond youth ministry. If you want to reach out to teenagers in your church, start talking to parents and finding out their needs. Then communicate these needs with other adults in the church and come up with some creative ways to respond. They aren’t going to ask you for it, but teenagers will definitely thank you for it later.
We need to recruit and train our church body to be a “spiritual family.”
When my family was struggling during my early teen years, I needed a spiritual family to help me. It’s not something I asked for when I walked in the church doors. “Hi, my name is Brooklyn, and I’m pretty sure I need a spiritual family—where can I sign up for one?” No teenager is ever going to do that. But it’s what I needed.
I needed mentors to begin conversations with me, ask me questions, and walk with me through life stuff. This type of family existed at church and it’s a big reason why I spend my life in the church today. We have the power to change how teenagers (future adults) respond to Jesus for the rest of their lives.
What are you doing to mentor and lead the next generation? What are you doing to lovingly support the parents, teachers, and coaches who shape them every day? Your answer matters. It was the difference between a life with Christ and a life without him for me—you could be that difference for a young person in your church.
1Christian Smith with Melinda Lundquist Denton, Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers (New York: Oxford Press, 2005), p. 56.
Brooklyn Lindsey is middle school pastor and Saturday Night campus pastor, with her husband, Coy, at Highland Park Church of the Nazarene in Lakeland, Florida.
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Additional NCNNews.com Stories This Week
Regional News
Eurasia
Ask the missionary: Time for a tune-up
Teanna Sunberg is a missionary who serves with her husband, Jay, on the Eurasia Region's Central Europe Field. She recently shared with Engage magazine about her experience as a missionary in a new culture.
Question: What should a missionary never do? -- Jimmy Claros
It was a frosty weekday morning as I waited at the stop light by the zoo. Memories sped through the race track of my mind. That corner seemed to become God's meeting place for me. I drove the same path twice a day, but so often, right there at the zoo intersection, God would speak to me about my attitude, my behavior, my expectations, my selfish desires. It was almost as if He had built a pit stop portal for Teanna at the corner of the zoo. Anthropomorphically speaking, the God of creation would throw on a pair of grease-stained overalls and give my soul a little tune-up when it needed it — and it needed it frequently. Still does.
On that particular frosty morning, I had been ruminating over the issue of the girls' schooling. It is a deal breaker for a lot of missionary families and it deserves its rightful place in our spirit-directed decision making. But, at that intersection on that Monday, the Engineer tapped the back of my humming motor and said, "Let go of the expectation that your kids will have your definition of an ideal school experience. Lean into what I have provided for them. Be thankful."
For the rest of the story, see Engage magazine.
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GMC Flags of the Nations: Ireland
Since September 1, 2009, the Church of the Nazarene's Global Ministry Center (GMC) proudly flies a flag each week of one of the many nations in which the denomination is present in ministry. Leaders were invited to send a national flag to be flown at the GMC alongside the flag of the United States*. The national flags rotate weekly, and photos of them raised are sent to the church leaders of that country.
This week: Ireland
The Church of the Nazarene officially entered Ireland in 1987.
Ireland had a population of 4,775,982 in 2013. That same year, Ireland reported one Church of the Nazarene that had been officially organized. Ireland has 93 total members.
Ireland is a Pioneer Area district on the Eurasia Region.
For more information about the Church of the Nazarene in Ireland, click here.
Previous flags featured:
Argentina
Aruba
Belize
Benin
Bolivia
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Chile
Colombia
Côte d'Ivoire
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia
France
Gabon
Guatemala
Germany
Ghana
Guam
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Conakry
Guyana
Haiti
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Liberia
Madagascar Mali
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Paraguay
Peru
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Suriname
Swaziland
Togo
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Venezuela
NOTE: Some countries cannot be represented in this project in order to maintain security of those working there.
* = The weekly highlighted flag is raised on the middle of three poles in compliance with U.S. government protocols. It flies to the left of the GMC host-nation United States flag, which flies above the host-state flag of Kansas. The Christian flag flies on the third pole.
The Global Ministry Center is the mission and service hub of the Church of the Nazarene.
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Global Ministry Center News
GMC employment opportunities
The following positions are available at the Church of the Nazarene's Global Ministry Center:
Global Ministry Center Media — Video Production Manager
Nazarene Compassionate Ministries — Computer Programming Coordinator
USA/Canada Nazarene Youth International — Program Assistants (2)
Located in Lenexa, Kansas, the Global Ministry Center is the administrative, mission, and service hub for the denomination's ministries in 159 world areas. All GMC positions report to this location. For contact information, click on one of the job titles listed above.
Our Non-Discrimination Policy
The Church of the Nazarene Global Ministry Center offers equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, disability, race, religion, creed, sex, or veteran status. The Global Ministry Center is an "at will" employer.
Our Faith-Based Organization
We are a faith-based organization. Acceptance of our Christian Code of Conduct is required and membership in the Church of the Nazarene is required for certain positions. The GMC and applicable remote work sites are smoke, alcohol, and drug free Christian workplaces.
Application Processing
Our Human Resources Office receives and processes many employment applications annually for a limited number of positions. While we regret that we cannot respond to each applicant, we do contact those individuals possessing the skills, education/training, and experience that best match the requirements of the open position for which the application was submitted.
An application must be completed by all applicants and an application must be completed for each position for which one wishes to be considered. Applications are retained for one year. Resumes are not necessary for entry-level positions, but they are preferred for professional level positions. Resumes may be submitted by mail.
Applying for Employment with the GMC
Application forms may be requested by calling (913) 577-0500, or obtained in person from Human Resources at the Church of the Nazarene Global Ministry Center, 17001 Prairie Star Parkway, Lenexa, Kansas, 66220, Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 4:30 Central Time. Completed applications may be mailed to the attention of the Human Resources Office at the same address.
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In Memoriam
The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received January 27-31, 2014.
Ruth Bohler, 92, of Lizella, Georgia, passed away on January 24. She was the widow of retired minister Frank Bohler, who served in Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. Frank Bohler passed away in 1998.
Beverly Cox, 87, of North Liberty, Iowa, passed away on January 24. She was the widow of retired minister Raymond Cox, who served in South Dakota, Idaho, and Iowa. Raymond Cox passed away in 2006.
Wanda (Wireman) Everman, 72, of Stanton, Kentucky, passed away on January 27. She was the wife of retired evangelist Wayne Everman, who served in Kentucky.
E. Pauline (Cole) Hyatt, 88, of Nashville, Tennessee, passed away on January 24. She was the widow of retired minister and educator Earl Hyatt, who served in Tennessee and Florida. Earl Hyatt passed away in 1993.
Frank Keys, 90, of Muncie, Indiana, passed away on January 26. He was a music pastor, serving in Indiana and Florida. He is survived by his wife, Melva (Austin) Keys.
Ida Mae Mickey, 83, of Arvada, Colorado, passed away on January 30. She was the widow of retired minister and evangelist Bob Mickey, who served in Colorado. Bob Mickey passed away in 1991.
For previous editions of In Memoriam, see the "Passings" section on ncnnews.com by clicking here.
Note: Please join with us in prayer for the families who have lost loved ones. Click on names for full stories, funeral information, local online obituaries, and/or guest books (if available). To submit an entry of a minister or church leader, send to submitnews@ncnnews.com.--Compiled by NCN News
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Resources
Stories Volume 1 - 2014 now available
The Church of the Nazarene's Stories DVD series connects churches around the world through the personal accounts of Nazarenes from diverse backgrounds.
This resource, formerly known as the World/Global Mission DVD, is delivered three times a year through an email newsletter. The videos are a collaborative effort between Global Ministry Center communications personnel and regional communications offices and are available to view or download online at nazarene.org/stories.
Volume 1 — 2014
Resurrections: Débora's Story
Débora left her timidity and abusive past behind when a friend introduced her to Jesus. Through her work with the local Church of the Nazarene, Débora found new life and started a family.
The Resurrections video series tells the stories of lives turned around through the power of Christ.
Resurrections: Yara's Story
Yara and her family fled to Lebanon in fear after their home in Syria was bombed. A local Nazarene church offered the refugees help and a safe place.
Together We Are
The devastation from Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolonda) was unprecedented, but together we are a making a difference. The Church of the Nazarene is impacting lives across the central Philippines by providing relief supplies and emotional support.
Melodie — World Mission Broadcast
Backpacks are changing the way radio is produced around the world. Melodie, a teenager from Madagascar, uses her World Mission Broadcast backpack studio to produce a children's show called Who are Jesus' Friends? in Malagasy.
New Life in Troy
A young pastor shares about God's provision when you follow Him. After leaving their Nebraska home behind, Michael and his wife, Kate, find success with a new church plant in Troy, Missouri.
One Thing — Child Sponsorship
Sponsored as children through Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, Sherwin, Cosmos, Eleazar, and Ernalyn explain the benefits of the program and the opportunities it has given them and their families.
To subscribe to the Stories email, visit nazarene.org/stories.
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Collegiate News
Ambrose Student Council launches fundraiser for water filters
The Ambrose University College Student Council launched a fundraising campaign to raise CA$45,000 for the purchase of 300 clean water filters for schools in Cambodia. Partnering with Samaritan's Purse Water Projects, all funds received will go toward the purchase of BioSand Water Filters.
"The fundraising period began at the Christmas banquet and is projected to end in April on the last day of classes, but if students are passionate about this we could continue with fundraising for this project next year as well," said Laura Trabadello, AUC vice president of Social Justice.
What began as a conversation between Samaritan's Purse and an Ambrose professor on how Ambrose students could become involved in the water projects eventually turned into a series of meetings between representatives from Ambrose Student Council and Samaritan's Purse.
"We began to dream up what an initiative like this could look like at Ambrose," Trabadello said. "God's hand was in absolutely all of our planning stages, and I believe that he is the one who gave us the drive and strength to keep working on it, even when the project seemed far bigger than what we thought we were capable of."
The Student Council is excited to see how God will work in the weeks and months ahead as the students engage their passion and creativity. At CA$150 per filter, 14 filters have already been purchased. As an added incentive to donate, the Student Council will purchase one water filterfor every 15 filters purchased from donations. The Student Council is also hosting various fundraising events that involve staff and students to encourage donations over the course of the semester.
According to Samaritan's Purse, while more than 1.2 million people in over 30 countries have already benefitted from the water filters, an additional 1.1 billion people are living without access to clean water.
"We are the answer to these insurmountable problems," said Shannon Parrott, Samaritan's Purse ministry funds developer. "These water projects meet needs in Jesus' name."
Trabadello further explained the project.
"This project raises awareness for the need for clean water in impoverished areas of the world, and the transforming effects that safe drinking water has on a family," she said. "The great thing about the Samaritan's Purse Water Projects is that they are not simply giving handouts to those who need clean water. A family must work with Samaritan's Purse to receive and build the filter in their homes. The filter is then a source of pride for the families, because they have contributed to the well–being of their household. Yet I find that the true beauty of these projects comes from the very heart of this holistic ministry — the sharing of the living water of Christ.
"We would love to have support in this project from outside the Ambrose community as well, if anyone feels called to do so in any way. We are excited about where God is going to take this project, because we must remember that it is his work that he has invited us to participate in. We are so privileged to be able to serve God and our neighbours overseas in this way."
To contribute to the Ambrose Student Council's fundraising campaign, contact Laura Trabadello at LTrabadello@my.ambrose.edu.--Ambrose University College
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MNU nursing lab gets major boost from grants
The nursing skills lab at MidAmerica Nazarene University recently received major improvements with the help of a grant from the John W. and Effie E. Speas Memorial Trust, Bank of America, trustee. The improvements were necessary due to unprecedented enrollmentgrowth in recent years.
The lab, located in the Cook Center, features beds with patient simulators — lifelike mannequins that respond to stimuli — and other equipment that assists students in learning nursing skills. The grant of $84,980 purchased new equipment that helps nursing students train on the same equipment they will use in a hospital or doctor's office setting. Among the many items purchased were five wall-mounted diagnostic systems with equipment to look into patients' eyes, noses, ears; 11 patient headwalls (used to control the application or use of oxygen and suction); 10 units of oxygen supply tubes; six intravenous (IV) pumps, and four IVs for practicing insertion of IV into forearms.
Enrollment in MNU's nursing program has grown from 76 students in 2008 to 567 students in the spring of 2013. To keep up with this growth, updates to the lab were needed, and the Speas Trust generously helped meet the need.
"We are so appreciative of the individuals and organizations who donated to enable us to teach our students," said Michelle Hamlin, clinical coordinator and assistant professor in the Nursing Department. "We have high expectations of our students to be good clinicians, and it all starts here in the lab. Now students can turn on suction and use oxygen as it is actually practiced in hospitals."
New beds and electronic charting equipment also simulate today's hospital settings.
"The beds enable students to raise and lower patients, and to change patient positions in bed," she said. "And learning how to do electronic charting is important because few hospitals use paper charts today."
Nursing student at MNU get realistic skills training through Medium to Low Fidelity Simulations with patient simulators that talk, express pain, and can stop breathing. This allows students to practice basic nursing skills in a setting where no live patients can be harmed. This type of simulation is typically done with larger groups of students working on skills such as inserting IVs, listening to heart rate and breathing sounds, and dispensing medication. This area of the lab was recently expanded by 560 square feet thanks to a donation of $150,000 over three years by the Olathe Medical Center. Click the following link for a video tour of the improvements in the nursing skills lab.
In another building, students perform High Fidelity Simulations, clinical experiences delivered at the highest level of realism without risking the safety and quality of care of a real patient. In this Virtual Patient Center, students perform entirely in the role of a registered nurse to develop critical thinking skills combined with nursing skills. Nursing faculty do not interact with students during the HFS experience. Instead, the faculty design and control medical situations in an individual patient room where three to five students carry out the scenario in an enclosed space that mimics a patient's room or an intensive care unit.
The nursing program has several additional sources of grant support and scholarships, including a generous anonymous donor in 2012, the Kansas Board of Regents, a private foundation, and the Robert W. Johnson Foundation.
MNU is the proud recipient of five consecutive years of funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's New Careers in Nursing scholarship program. The scholarship exists to encourage students into the nursing field and promote diversity. MNU is one of 52 select institutions nationwide to receive the funding.--MidAmerica Nazarene University
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Civil rights leader honored at MNU celebration
MidAmerica Nazarene University students, faculty, staff, honored guests, and community members gathered at Olathe, Kansas, College Church of the Nazarene for the 8th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration on January 21. Sponsored by community partners, the event featured remarks from city leaders, music by Vance Ashworth, student involvement, and the featured speaker, civil rights leader and pastor Charles Johnson.
Johnson is also the recipient of the 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Living Legacy Award. Johnson's 52-year career as a minister and community leader in Meridian, Mississippi, put him in the path of the famous Mississippi Burning trial. As a key African American witness in the case, Johnson played an important role for the Federal Justice Department, offering clarity to the event that lead to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The founder of the Meridian Action Committee, the Opportunities Industrialization Center, and pastor of Fitkin's Memorial Church of the Nazarene in Meridian, Johnson shared a platform with King, traveled with him, and lead a march through Meridian following King's assassination in 1968. Johnson later received a presidential appointment to the National Manpower Board by U.S. President Jimmy Carter and served on Mississippi Governor Cliff Finch's Colonel Staff.
Johnson's civil rights experience is the subject of a new book by Chet Bush, Called to The Fire. Bush's account of Johnson's life is a story of love, conviction, adversity, and redemption in the pursuit of God's call and the fight for justice and equality. Bush and Johnson appeared that evening at an author's lecture and book signing at MNU's Mabee Library. The two also spoke in an undergraduate class and were guests at a special reception.
Johnson's remarks at the celebration were well received by an audience of more than 1,000. Giving three main points, he said dreams should be God-inspired, dreams can put one in danger (but being in God's will is the safest place), and that dreams don't make you popular but if you fulfill the dream God plans for you, you have found success.
"God is calling us to stand up for what is right and not what is popular," he remarked.
MNU's Leader Scholars we also honored at the event. These students of diverse ethnicities are chosen based on criteria that espouse the life principles of Martin Luther King Jr. The scholarship recipients perform extracurricular activities and service projects mean to promote diversity and justice at MNU and in the surrounding community.--MidAmerica Nazarene University
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NNU design alum heads to Super Bowl with Seahawks
Northwest Nazarene University alumnus Cody Pearson departed on January 30 to attend Super Bowl XLVIII as a part of the Seattle Seahawks' marketing and design team.
Through a recommendation from a fellow design alumnus, Pearson began a one-year internship with the Seahawks and Seattle Sounders Soccer Club shortly after graduating in May 2013. He joined a select trio of talented designers who create many of the marketing materials for both teams. It is common for National Football League and Major League Soccer teams to outsource their marketing and design, but Pearson had the unique opportunity of being part of the Seattle-based franchise's in-house creative team.
Since the start of his internship, Pearson has worked on a variety of projects. Seahawks fans may recognize one design in particular from its unveiling on November 3.
"The logo commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Seahawks' first playoff team has been one of my favorite projects so far," Pearson said. "It was used on a lot of different pieces that weekend, like autographed footballs and a patch on the players' jerseys. It was really exciting to see my work become part of a professional sports team's history."
When he's not making history, Pearson can be found in the Seahawks and Sounders' practice facility working on designs for anything from player cards and posters to social media graphics and Web ads.
John Weaver, creative director for the Seahawks and Sounders and Pearson's manager, speaks highly of Pearson's work.
"Cody has proven to be an extremely talented designer with a great attitude and a willingness to take on a variety of projects," Weaver said. "This combination has allowed him to become an integral part of our marketing team in a short time. By nature, the sports industry is fast-paced and deadline-driven, and Cody has jumped right in to take each challenge in stride."
Pearson's continued contributions have also led to unexpected surprises — including the opportunity to attend the Super Bowl as a member of the Seahawks organization.
He continues to receive bigger and better projects, and no matter what he's working on, and he is quick to attribute his current success to the training he received at NNU.
"My education definitely prepared me for where I am now," he said. "At NNU, I was able to not only develop my skill-set and put together a portfolio that I was proud of, but also build relationships with professors and classmates that helped me succeed."
Read the full story on the NNU News website.--Northwest Nazarene University
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Morrison Foundation grant provides new pianos for NNU
Northwest Nazarene University received a $50,000 grant from the Harry W. Morrison Foundation for the purchase of new pianos for the university's music department to further students' education and skill development. The grant, in combination with university funds, allows for the purchase of five new Boston pianos to be housed in student practice rooms in NNU's Fine Arts Building.
From its beginning in 1952, the Morrison Foundation has been committed to the financial support of educational, medical, church, cultural, and community service organizations, mostly in the state of Idaho. This is the Morrison Foundation's fourth major grant to NNU, providing a total of $216,450 to the university since 2005. Recent gifts from the foundation have supported the University Fund Campaign in 2005, the purchase of SimMan — a human-like learning apparatus — for the nursing department in 2009, and the Leah Peterson Learning Commons Campaign in 2012.
The recently gifted Boston pianos, designed by Steinway & Sons and built by Kawai America Corporation, were delivered to campus last week by Dunkley Music. Among the new instruments are one Performance Edition 6-foot-4 inch grand piano, one Performance Edition 7-foot piano and three Performance Edition vertical pianos.
NNU Professor of Music and Piano Instructor Walden Hughes shared his excitement about the new instruments.
"These pianos are of the highest quality and will serve NNU well over the next century," he said. "NNU music students are indeed fortunate to have them available to enhance their musical education on campus."
The Morrison grant also enables NNU to progress one step closer to the university's goal of receiving the seal of an All-Steinway School. All-Steinway schools demonstrate a commitment to excellence in education and musical equipment for the study and practice of their students. As the name also indicates, pianos owned by these institutions are exclusively designed by Steinway and Sons. According to Hughes, NNU is two-thirds of the way to attaining this status.--Northwest Nazarene University
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Trevecca Business Professionals hosts Gigi's Cupcakes founder at luncheon
The Trevecca Nazarene University Association of Business The Trevecca Nazarene University Association of Business Professionals will host another networking luncheon on Tuesday, February 11, on Trevecca's campus. That event — Celebrating the Work, Wisdom, and Wit of Women — will feature guest speaker Gina "Gigi" Butler, founder of Gigi's Cupcakes.
Butler, who came to Nashville to pursue a career in the music industry, cleaned houses during the day and sang in music venues at night. After a decade of trying to start a music career, Butler decided to change directions and focus on her financial future.
She decided to use her family's recipes for delicious, from-scratch cupcakes and open her own cupcake bakery. When banks would not loan her the needed start-up money, she leveraged her personal credit cards and opened Gigi's Cupcakes in 2008, with only $33 left to her name. Gigi's Cupcakes was a quick success in Nashville, and soon Gigi's Cupcakes locations were popping up all over the South. In 2012, Gigi's Cupcakes franchises had sales of $33 million.
The luncheon will also feature Kelly King, an alumna of Trevecca and a partner in the PwC assurance practice, based in Nashville. Karyn Williams will provide music and serve as emcee.
The Trevecca Association of Business Professionals, an organization of alumni of Trevecca's business programs, helps Nashville business professionals connect with each other, serve the community, and engage in outreach to the city. The Association is pleased to have sponsors Exceptional Coaching Solutions, Momentum Healthware, PENSKE, and Symbion Healthcare for this luncheon.
Tickets, which are $25 in advance or $30 at the door, can be purchased here. Proceeds from this event will fund scholarships for business students at Trevecca.--Trevecca Nazarene University
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NCN Sports
NCN Sports Update
Final won-lost records and rankings for Nazarene colleges and universities competing in NCAA and NAIA athletics this year. Records and rankings as of January 30, 2014.
Season Results:
Record Key: Overall Wins-Losses-Ties (Conference Wins-Losses-Ties), national ranking.
Eastern Nazarene College Lions
Quincy, Massachusetts
NCAA Division III, The Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC)
Men's Basketball: 12-4 (6-4)
Women's Basketball: 5-12 (1-9)
Men's Cross Country: Results
Women's Cross Country: Results
Men's Soccer: 3-14 (1-8)
Women's Soccer: 11-8-1 (4-4-1)
Men's Tennis: 2-0 (0-0)
Women's Tennis: 1-10 (0-8)
Women's Volleyball: 14-15 (2-5)
MidAmerica Nazarene University Pioneers
Olathe, Kansas
NAIA Division I, Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC)
Men's Basketball: 14-8 (6-4)
Women's Basketball: 17-2 (9-1), NAIA No. 5
Football: 5-5 (5-4)
Men's Soccer: 14-5-3 (5-1-1), NAIA No. 6
Women's Soccer: 12-4-4 (3-2-2)
Women's Volleyball: 27-3 (9-0), NAIA No. 8. HAAC champs.
Mount Vernon Nazarene University Cougars
Mount Vernon, Ohio
NAIA Division II, Crossroads League (formerly Mid-Central College Conference)
Men's Basketball: 4-18 (1-10)
Women's Basketball: 3-17 (2-19)
Men's Cross Country: Results
Women's Cross Country: Results
Men's Golf: Results
Men's Soccer: 7-10-1 (2-6-1)
Women's Soccer: 10-9-2 (5-3-1)
Women's Volleyball: 14-19 (8-10)
Northwest Nazarene University Crusaders
Nampa, Idaho
NCAA Division II, Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC)
Men's Basketball: 5-12 (3-6)
Women's Basketball: 12-6 (5-5)
Men's Cross Country: Results
Women's Cross Country: Results
Men's Golf: Results
Women's Golf: Results
Men's Soccer: 5-7-5 (5-6-3)
Women's Soccer: 2-12-3 (1-10-3)
Women's Volleyball: 18-6 (14-4)
Olivet Nazarene University Tigers
Bourbonnais, Illinois
NAIA Division II, Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC)
Men's Basketball: 10-11 (8-4)
Women's Basketball: 15-7 (4-4)
Men's Cross Country: NAIA No. 6, Results. CCAC champs.
Women's Cross Country: NAIA No. 5, Results. CCAC champs.
Football: 3-8 (1-5)
Men's Golf: Results
Women's Golf: Results
Men's Soccer: 15-5-2 (8-3-0). CCAC champs.
Women's Soccer: NAIA No. 14, 17-4-2 (9-1-1). CCAC champs.
Men's Swimming: Results
Women's Swimming: Results
Men's Tennis: 1-1 (0-0)
Women's Tennis: 1-0 (0-0)
Women's Volleyball: 21-21 (13-5)
Point Loma Nazarene University Sea Lions
San Diego, California
NCAA Division II, Pacific West Conference (PacWest)
Men's Basketball: 11-8 (6-7)
Women's Basketball: 9-8 (7-6)
Women's Cross Country: Results
Women's Golf: Results
Men's Soccer: 7-8-3 (5-4-3)
Women's Soccer: 12-7-1 (7-4-1)
Men's Tennis: 8-17 (0-0)
Women's Tennis: 10-16 (0-0)
Women's Volleyball: 30-7 (16-4). NCCAA national champs.
Southern Nazarene University Crimson Storm
Bethany, Oklahoma
NCAA Division II, Great American Conference (GAC)
Men's Basketball: 8-9 (6-5)
Women's Basketball: 8-9 (5-6)
Men's Cross Country: Results
Women's Cross Country: Results
Football: 0-11 (0-10)
Men's Golf: Results
Women's Golf: Results
Men's Soccer: 2-16-0 (1-8-0)
Women's Soccer: 9-9-0 (5-5-0)
Women's Tennis: 11-9 (5-1)
Women's Volleyball: 27-12 (12-2).
Trevecca Nazarene University Trojans
Nashville, Tennessee
NCAA Division II, Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC)
Men's Basketball: 6-13 (3-5)
Women's Basketball: 11-7 (8-1)
Men's Cross Country: Results
Women's Cross Country: Results
Men's Golf: Results
Women's Golf: Results
Men's Soccer: 8-9-1 (5-3-0)
Women's Soccer: 6-10-2 (4-4-2)
Women's Volleyball: 17-15 (6-8)
Key:
Record = Wins-Losses-Ties
NAIA - National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
NCAA - National Collegiate Athletic Association
NCCAA - National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association
NAIA Coaches' Poll used
Previous NCN Sports Updates:
2012-2013 Nazarene Athletics Review
2011-2012 Nazarene Athletics Review
2010-2011 Nazarene Athletics Review
2009-2010 Nazarene Athletics Review
2008-2009 Nazarene Athletics Review
2007-2008 Nazarene Athletics Review
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