NMI PURPOSE STATEMENT
To mirror the character and purpose of God in proclaiming
His gospel to all the peoples of the world - through prayer,
education, involvement, and giving by the total church.
Nazarene Compassionate
Ministries
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Crisis
Care Kits
Crisis Care Kits (CCKs) are a cooperative effort between
Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Incorporated (NCMI) and
Nazarene Missions International (NMI).
This year our church family will strive to put together 100
Crisis Care Kits.
Each month we will highlight a new item to be brought
into the church, then at the end of the year we will
assemble the kits so they can be sent to meet needs of those
in crisis around the world.
SCHEDULE FOR DONATIONS:
July
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1 medium size bottle of shampoo (12 to 18oz.), please tape
flip-tops closed
August
- 2 bars of soap (no travel size)
September
- 1 medium toothpaste (4.0 to 6.4 oz.)
October
- 3 toothbrushes
November
- 1 box of Band-Aids (30 or more)
December
- 1 fingernail clipper
January
- 1 sturdy hair comb
February
- 2 hand towels
March
- 4 pocket-size packages of facial tissue
April -
1 Beanie Baby-size stuffed toy
May
- $2.00 donation for storage fee
June
- assemble kits to have ready
Crisis Care Kits are made by Nazarene volunteers and are a
tangible way that people can get involved in the disaster
response process. Thousands of Crisis Care Kits are made,
stored, and distributed globally each year as needs
inevitably arise around the world. The kits have gone to
places like Belize, California, Dominican Republic,
Greensburg, KS, Haiti, Jamaica, Jordon, Louisiana,
Philippines, Senegal. Sri Lanka, Ukraine, and Zambia. Your
generosity makes an incredible difference!
YOU can make a difference!!
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Other Events and Facts
about Missions in the Nazarene Church
Deputation:
Sunday August 1,
2010 we will have Ed & Lynn WIttung, Missionaries
from Paraguay and Bolivia, as
guest speakers
at our 10:30 a.m. worship service followed by a time of
fellowship, we will use this Sunday as our finger-food
fellowship.
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The
Wittung’s Biography
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Ed and Lynne Wittung were assigned as career
missionaries for the Church of the Nazarene to Bolivia
in June 1995. Ed is the national coordinator for the
JESUS Film Project and Work & Witness coordinator. He
also works directly with all six districts in Bolivia
and is the treasurer for the National Retirement Board.
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Lynne is the treasurer for the Mission Council in
Bolivia. They spent almost nine months in language study
prior to their current assignment in Bolivia.
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Ed, from Van Wert, Ohio, grew up on the Northwest Ohio
District. He received his B.A. degree from Mt. Vernon
Nazarene University in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, in 1984. He
received a Masters of Divinity degree in missions from
Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri,
in 1994. While living in Kansas City, Ed worked in the
Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Office, part of the
World Mission Department, at Nazarene Headquarters.
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Lynne
grew up in Lancaster, Ohio, and attended Mt. Vernon
Nazarene University where she and Ed met. She received
her B.A. degree in music education from Catawba College
in Salisbury, North Carolina, in 1990. While living in
Kansas City area, she taught music in the Kansas City
School District and began to work on her Masters in
Music Education degree at the University of Missouri.
She is currently working on her Masters in Education
through an extension program provided by Framingham
State College, outside Boston, Massachusetts.
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Prior to their missionary appointment, the Wittungs
served as youth ministers in Virginia and North
Carolina. They pastored the First Church of the Nazarene
in Statesville, North Carolina. They also served as
ministers of music at the Metropolitan Church of the
Nazarene while living in the Kansas City area.
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The Wittungs have two children: Philip and John.
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Work and WItness
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District Nazarene Missions plans a trip, usually once a year
to somewhere outside of North Carolina to help fulfill a
need for work and to bear witness of our Christian walk.
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In 2009 - Barbara Korns
and John Loprete went to Alaska to help winterize the
Maranatha Nazarene Campground.
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In 2010 -
the first two
weeks in October a trip is being planned to go to Belize
in Central America. Anyone interested in going see
Barbara Korns for details ASAP, applications are due
July 18, 2010
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In 2011 - October or
November the plan is to go to Papua New Guinea - cost
will be approximately $4000.00
L.I.N.K.S.
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The LINKS program
(Loving, Interested Nazarenes, Knowing and Sharing) of the
Church of the Nazarene is a network of personal connections
between missionaries and Nazarenes around the world.
Missionaries are assigned to districts and, then on the
district level, connected to local churches. This gives each
church an opportunity to become personally acquainted with
the missionary family and their field of service. Typically,
churches send cards, cash gifts, packages, and other
remembrances to their LINKS missionaries.
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David & Carolita Fraley
are our LINKS family, they served in France until
retirement in 2009. You can write to them at 1126 West
Edwards Nampa, ID 83686 or email
davidfraley@q.com
. David & Carolita Fraley pioneered the opening of the
Church of the Nazarene in France in 1979 and served all
their missionary career in France, until retirement in
2009. David has been a church-planting pastor, District
Superintendant, Director of Pastoral Training, President
of France Publications for France and involved in
Personal Evangelism and Sports Evangelism. Carolita has
worked in training Sunday School workers, Women's
Ministries, Hospitality, and personal Evangelism. They
are presently pastoring Canyon Hill Church of the
Nazarene in Caldwell, Idaho.
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Hobbies and favorites: they both love to read, and
listen to classical music. David enjoys bird-watching
and puzzles. His favorites are college basketball games
and colors of white, black, red, navy and light blue.
Carolita enjoys water color painting and cooking. her
favorite colors are off-white,/ivory, and pastels. both
love playing with their 5 little grandsons and 1
granddaughter.
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Prayer request: spiritual renewal in France, growth in
the organized churches in France, the six ordained
ministers who pastor in some difficult circumstances,
the Nazarene missionary couple and one Mission Corps
couple who are providing leadership for the church in
France, David and Carolita in their pastorate, their
son, Mark, diagnosed with cancer and has finished full
course of chemotherapy, God's blessing as they share
missions in Faith Promise and Missions services, for
Carolita, who is representative on the NMI Global
Council for NW Region, pray for continued good health
and their retirement years.
You can’t give more than Jesus gave . . .
But you can help spread the message of his love . . .
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