AUGUST 2004
Editor: Robin Wagganer, San Jose First
by Rev. John Calhoun
I am encouraged to hear
from various sources a resonance with our challenge:
1+1=Many
Each
Christian, a new Christian
Each
congregation, a new congregation
Each
pastor, a new pastor
I know this is within
God's will and purpose and am confident that those who dare believe it can
happen will find it to be true.
PALCON
The Pastor's and Leader's
Conference just held at PLNU was a great success. Those in attendance were
presented insights and inspiration. Thanks to everyone that joined in the
prayer support for this important time for our church. The prayers were
definitely felt and many good things are expected.
NYI
Our District NYI
President, Shawn Sampson, has resigned his position in order to enroll at
Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena. We wish his family well.
Brent Kall is the Vice
President and will lead the District NYI during this change.
Q2004: Living the Word
The 2004 General NYI
Bible Quiz Tournament was held June 22-26 and the Northern California District
was represented by a team of All-Stars. After several competitions within our
district the top quizzers were invited to be on the All-Star team.
A round of applause,
please, as our NorCal All-Stars tied for 2nd place in their competition pool of
9 teams!
A special round of
applause also goes to Abe Powers who, as an individual quizzer, finished 3rd
overall from a tournament pool of 175 participants.
Congratulations to each
member of the team. We know that
quizzing takes many hours of study and we appreciate you representing
our district so well!
Our Northern California
District Team:
Geneva Wall
Samuel Myers
Derek Hagemeier
Brandon Hagemeier
Abe Powers
Rick Powers (Coach)
(Official Q2004 Teams Photo)
by Rev. John Wilcox, Santa Cruz
A Moment in Missions
Around the world the
Church of the Nazarene has a total of 45 International Universities, Bible
Schools and Seminaries. One of the needs that these schools all share is the
need of prayer, lifting in intercessory prayer the faculty, staff and students
at these schools. The global Church of the Nazarene needs pastors, pastors that
have been trained with a holiness message so that they have the tools to share
the good news of Jesus to those in their native language. A suggestion to help
you think about this need is to spend every coffee break this week, with a cup
of coffee, a quiet place, and a time of prayer. The Lord will bless you, as
well as hear and answer your prayers for these people that are serving Him by
going to school or by educating.
LINKS: Loving,
Interested, Nazarene, Knowing and Sharing!
Have you made contact
this year with your LINKS missionary? Just a reminder that Christmas is just
around the corner. Each church needs to send the LINKS Christmas money to our
District NMI Treasurer Donna Rickard. If you plan on sending a package for
Christmas (and your missionary would love to get one), consider mailing the
package at least 2 if not 3 months ahead of time, due to the overseas delivery
time.
LINKS is Nazarenes joining
hands to support our missionaries through:
Prayer
Letters
and Cards
Packages
Special
Needs and Requests
Marie Johnson's 100th
birthday was given by her local church, International Christian Center (San
Jose Central) About 200 persons attended, 57 being her own offspring and
family. Many of her family are in ministry and some are professors at PLNU.
District Superintendent
John Calhoun presented Marie with a gift from the district - a clock with the
inscription "The Northern California District Church honors Marie Johnson
on her 100th birthday for living an exemplary life in word, thought and deed in
her service to Jesus Christ."
(Rev.
Calhoun presents clock) (Plaque for the educational building, now named in her honor)
She reads without
glasses, has all of her teeth and lives alone in the same house in Los Gatos
since 1944. Marie exchanges email with her Apple computer, is a member of the
church board and has been a very positive encourager to all of her pastors and
fellow church members.
Congratulations to Marie
on this great milestone and thank you for being such an inspiration to us!
August 21, 2004 is the
final District Workday for Hana Korean (East Bay) in San Leandro. We have had
great support in previous workdays and Gene Box and Larry Fitch have been
especially good to move this project forward. The "Launch Sunday" for
this new church is September 4. Please support Pastor Samuel Chun with your
work effort and also your prayers.
Come for all day or any
part of the day on August 21 to make final preparations for the opening of this
new church.
If you need more information,
directions, or wish to speak with someone about supplies, contact Rev. Samuel
Chun at (510) 481-5001 or you may call Larry Fitch (home: (925) 432-6319,
office: (925) 939-3100 or cell (925) 575-4309).
Thank you in advance for
your efforts and continue to pray for this ReStart and the Castro Valley
community.
by Carol Van Buskirk, Cupertino New Life
The building projects at
PLNU are not done yet, but here are some pictures taken on July 16, 2004 to
keep you updated on the progress!
(Nease Hall nears completion)
(Accounting, Business and Economics Building)
(Administration
building)
To my District family, I
want to express sincere thanks for all the cards and kind words of sympathy in
the loss of my mother. Your love and support has been wonderful, and I greatly
appreciate all that you have done for me.
29th Annual District NYI
All-Nighter
3 September 2004
The 29th Annual District
All-Nighter is just around the corner! Be sure to sign up so you won't be left
out!
This event is open to
Junior High and High School students and will be held on September 3rd. We are
going to start the event at San Jose First Church of the Nazarene, at 4801 Alum
Rock Ave. San Jose, CA. Be sure to check the NYI site before heading out as the
new San Jose First Church, known as The Point, may be completed and ready for
it's initiation.
The cost for the event
will be $ 35.00 per teen and sponsors are $ 25.00.
To view the agenda and
download registration forms, visit www.norcalnyi.org
or contact Dean Golden for
more information.
Doubletree Hotel
San Francisco Airport
835 Airport Blvd.
Burlingame, CA 94010
Sept. 13-15
Special Guests:
Dr. Jerry and Toni Porter
Dr. Norm and Judy Shoemaker
by Robin Wagganer, San
Jose First
Silly me! I must watch
too many movies or I've read too many...well, comic books. I thought that I would be inundated
with pieces from all over our District and deciding what to include each month
would be tough.
Maybe things will change
down the road, but for now I would like to encourage you to contribute. Tell us
what you are doing to reach out to your local community. Share stories of
celebrations from your Church.
Where are our Lois Lanes
and Jimmy Olsens? Having someone report from the All-Nighter would be fun!
Pictures from the Hana Korean work days would be a great way to show the
progress of the efforts!
We lead such busy lives
that it's tough to maintain friendships with our next-door neighbors, much less
our District community. By sharing through The Bridge, we can all be a little
closer than geography may allow.
And I could pretend to be
a female Perry White!