AUGUST 2005
Editor: Robin Wagganer
by Rev. John Calhoun
"A Missional Church
Invents New Ways to Love Others" Remember that? It is not a slogan on the
dust bin of ecclesiology yet. One example to tell is that of Vallejo Korean
Church of the Nazarene under the leadership of The Rev. Samuel Choi.
This pastor and
congregation has invested in several computers in order to offer free classes
using Windows XP in the Korean language. These classes are held at a local
hotel conference room and given on a first come first served basis. After the
first series of classes, they have already received and baptized 4 new members
by profession of faith that came through this ministry.
Let us all remember that
before we can expect unbelievers to come to church, the church must first come
to them."
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Rev. Tim
King, Salinas
This is just a reminder of the upcoming Sunday School 2005 Fall Emphasis. In June, all churches received a promotional packet with posters and information about the emphasis. You can also encourage churches to go to the website for more ideas of how to implement this important emphasis:
Connecting a New Generation
2005 Sunday School Emphasis for the Local Church
Weekly Emphases & Activities:
September 25 Preparation Sunday
October 2 Bless the Babies
October 9 Promote the Preschoolers
October 16 Cherish the Children
October 23 Treasure the Teens
October 30 Focus on Families
A letter from David W. Graves, Director, Sunday School
Ministries
As I’m sure you are aware, this is a critical time in history for reaching out to children and youth. Demographically, more than one-third of the world’s population is children and youth. Statistics show the prime age to win a child to Christ is the "4/14 window" – the ages between 4 and 14. However, the number of young adults who profess to be Christian is decreasing markedly. Pluralism and postmodern thought are influencing many young families today.
Growing out of a mutual concern for children and youth, Children’s Ministries, Nazarene Youth International, and Nazarene Compassionate Ministries have partnered in a Decadal Emphasis on Children and Youth – "Connecting a New Generation," an emphasis that will run until January 2012.
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Centennial Faith Projections 2009
Dr. Jerry Porter challenged all of us at our recent District Assembly in his message, "Taking Responsibility for Results." He then asked for each church to present its Faith Projections for the year 2009 (the end of the denomination's centennial year.)
Some are still working on this and we will add their's to the chart as they come in.
|
Church |
Members |
SS Att |
Sunday Worship Att |
New Ministry Initiatives |
Daughter Congre-gations |
|
Alameda New Beginnings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Antioch Family |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Arcata |
100 |
120 |
150 |
1 |
0 |
|
Castro Valley |
200 |
300 |
300 |
20 |
2 |
|
Clearlake |
100 |
100 |
200 |
0 |
1 |
|
Concord Christ Community |
1000 |
750 |
|
40 |
|
|
Crescent City |
90 |
50 |
100 |
2 |
5 |
|
Cupertino New Life |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Daly City El Shaddai Spanish |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Daly City Western Korean |
|
|
|
|
|
|
East Bay Korean(Hana) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eureka First |
800 |
400 |
600 |
12 |
2 |
|
Fortuna |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fremont Central |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Gilroy Cornerstone Spanish |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hayward Casa de Oracion |
400 |
600 |
400 |
5 |
5 |
|
Hayward First |
300 |
300 |
250 |
2 |
3 |
|
Hayward First Samoan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
International Christian Center |
300 |
150 |
200 |
5 |
1 |
|
Livermore Discovery |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marin Hamilton Community |
200 |
|
200 |
1 |
1 |
|
McKinleyville Nazarene Family |
125 |
75 |
100 |
5 |
2 |
|
Monterey Living Hope |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Napa |
350 |
600 |
500 |
2 |
2 |
|
Oakland Bayview Fellowship |
350 |
150 |
250 |
4 |
3 |
|
Palo Alto CrossRoads |
125 |
100 |
150 |
10 |
1 |
|
Petaluma Hillside |
350 |
400 |
500 |
40 |
1 |
|
Pittsburg First |
85 |
80 |
140 |
5 |
1 |
|
Salinas Iglesia
del Naz. Oasis |
2000 |
|
2500 |
25 |
10 |
|
Salinas New Life |
200 |
300 |
500 |
5 |
1 |
|
San Bruno |
120 |
100 |
100 |
3 |
1 |
|
San Bruno Samoan |
|
100-300 |
200 |
1 |
|
|
San Francisco Chinese |
100 |
90 |
100 |
1 |
0 |
|
San Francisco Chinese Gospel |
300 |
100 |
200 |
5 |
1 |
|
San Francisco Golden Gate Com. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
San Francisco New Life |
120 |
|
100 |
|
|
|
San Francisco New Start |
|
|
|
|
|
|
San Francisco Sunset Chinese |
|
|
|
|
|
|
San Jose Cambrian Park |
200 |
200 |
200 |
2 |
1 |
|
San Jose Valley |
200 |
75 |
150 |
3 |
1 |
|
San Ramon Christ Community |
80 |
100 |
160 |
2 |
1 |
|
Santa Clara |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Santa Cruz |
450 |
450 |
200 |
5 |
1 |
|
Santa Rosa |
450 |
300 |
400 |
3 |
2 |
|
Sonoma Valley |
120 |
120 |
200 |
5 |
2 |
|
Sunnyvale |
200 |
100 |
300 |
4 |
2 |
|
The Point |
800 |
800 |
1,200 |
20 |
2 |
|
The Point Spanish Ministry |
700 |
600 |
800 |
10 |
4 |
|
Ukiah Valley First |
50 |
60 |
65 |
|
|
|
Vallejo First |
150 |
120 |
180 |
3 |
1 |
|
Vallejo Korean |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vallejo New Life Filipino |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Watsonville |
125 |
150 |
130 |
5 |
1 |
|
Willits |
60 |
50 |
50 |
|
|
|
Willow Creek |
60 |
85 |
100 |
5 |
1 |
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by Abe Powers, Napa
As a sixteen-year-old
guy, I'm pretty competitive. I want to win. So in preparation for Bible
Quizzing Nationals, I really had to work and pray very hard that my competitive
spirit in Quizzing would not take precedence over my desire for the Lord's will
to be done in everything-including competition. I continually had to remind
myself that Quizzing is not primarily about competition. It's about getting
into the Word of God and finding a deeper relationship with Him. I also had to
stifle the desire to quiz for myself, not thinking about the team. So I
determined going into nationals that I would quiz for God first, my team
second, and leave everything else to fall in its place.
I was on a team of five youth who earned their way onto the national team through a grueling process at our regional competition. Since we made the team, we had the responsibility of representing the Point Loma region for nationals. In the English tournament, there was one team from