district news fall 2010
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District News publication of the New Mexico Assemblies of God.TRANSCRIPT
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S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 0
S P E C I A L P O I N T S O F
I N T E R E S T
Women’s Ministries
Conference
Men’s Conference
72 Hours of Vision
SAMs Camp
Royal Rangers Merit Camp
Girls Retreat
1% Report
Superintendent’s
Report 2
Secretary/Treasurer’s
Report 3
Women’s Ministries 4
Men’s Ministries 6
Student Ministries 7
Royal Rangers 8
Girls’ Ministries 9
Senior Adult Ministries 10
1% Report 11
News of the District 11
How to Reach Us 12
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E
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W E C A N ’ T A F F O R D T H I S !
Superintendent Micheal E. Dickenson
I am convinced that
healthy ministers
contribute to
healthy churches,
and healthy
churches
contribute to
healthy ministers.
The statistics are not new, and every day they scream out to us who are involved in ministry. At a casual glance, they reflect words and numbers on a printed page, but in reality every one of them has a name, a face, and a location. America’s Dilemma: More than 20,000 ministers left the ministry last year! Many felt discouraged, hurt and alone. Most of us have read or heard some of these stats.
90% of pastors report working between 55 and
75 hours per week! 90% feel they were inadequately trained to cope
with the ministry demands! 90% said the ministry is completely different
than what they thought it would be! 94% of clergy families feel the pressures of the
pastor’s ministry! Every hour in America a church closes, never to
reopen again! Time and space do not permit us to consider all of the statistics available to us through The Fuller Institute, George Barna and Pastoral Care, Inc. However, as I read through some of these recently and thought about you, our ministers and churches of New Mexico, my heart cry was “We can’t afford this!” But what is our responsibility to respond to these things, and what can we do? One of the priorities we are committed to in New Mexico is developing Healthy Churches and Healthy Ministers! I am convinced that healthy ministers contribute to healthy churches, and healthy churches contribute to healthy ministers. It really is a partnership that we want to foster in every way possible. We are grateful for ministries like Pastoral Care that we introduced at District Council earlier this year. You will find a wealth of resources available through their website at pastoralcareinc.com. Here in our district we have kicked off two ministries specifically designed to contribute to this cause in different ways. Our recently implemented New Mexico School of Ministry (NMSOM) is an incredible resource that is designed to provide a high level of training for anyone involved in ministry. One of the goals of NMSOM is to contribute to the health and effectiveness of our ministers.
The second area of focus is Church Development Cohorts. The focus of this ministry is to partner with all of our churches as they strive to become healthy growing churches. Cohorts are about Church Development; they’re about Leadership Development; they’re about Building and Transforming Churches. Already, more than half of our New Mexico churches are involved in this process, and over the next couple of years, the goal is to have every church involved as we train more coaches to assist with the process. For more information on this, check out our New Mexico District website, and as opportunities develop, I urge you to get involved! I want to personally encourage every church and minister to take advantage of every possible option and resource to help us all to be healthy and growing! It is our joy and honor to serve you, and we pray for you daily as you serve in ministry throughout New Mexico. Let’s make a difference…until He comes!
Congratulations to Pastor Melvin and Kathy Suttle and Roswell First Assembly of
God as they celebrate the church’s 85th anniversary.
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Secretary/Treasurer Marcus McClain
N E W M E X I C O S C H O O L O F M I N I S T R Y
U P D A T E S
The New Mexico District School of Ministry (NMSOM) had a rousing start in September with a total of 28 students coming together at Harvest Fellowship here in Albuquerque for the first classes of our school and academic year. I am gratified by the part icipation and enthusiasm surrounding NMSOM. Our students arrived well prepared and ready to learn; our instructors have eagerly agreed to teach; and our District at large has shown great support for this new endeavor. All of our students earned high marks and demonstrated diligence at the first class sessions, and almost everyone registered again for the October classes. With our new registrants, we anticipate having about 39 students for our upcoming October courses. NMSOM students rock! I believe there are several reasons why the School of Ministry promises to be such a success. We offer quality instruction in our home state at the hands of learned senior pastors, many of whom are already known and respected by our students. We also offer the opportunity for our students to fellowship with other students around the state and establish mentorships with caring pastors. Lastly, I believe it is the school’s affordability that attracts many. Our students pay just $25 to register for each credential level (certified, licensed, and ordained) and $55 per course, in addition to textbook costs. NMSOM is truly cost-effective, quality, religious instruction.
However, we have already noticed that these nominal fees still pose a hardship for some of our students, and we are beginning a campaign to establish a NMSOM scholarship fund based on student financial need. We solicit ideas from you about potential resources for our scholarship fund. What a privilege it is for us to help potential ministers in our District answer the call of God to ministry! Please join me in this impor-tant effort to prepare ministers for service to God.
I am gratified by the
participation and
enthusiasm surrounding
NMSOM.
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Women’s Ministries Becky Dickenson
THIRSTY!
Women’s Conference 2010
“Come all you who thirst, Come to the waters...Seek the Lord while He may be
found. Call upon Him while He is near...For as the rain comes down, and the
snow from heaven...So shall my word be that goes forth from My mouth...it [email protected]
Thank you to everyone who attended, labored and prayed. This was the
conference that I’ve been dreaming about for several years! The Word was
central, the Worship was powerful, the altar time effective and the fellowship
sweet.
We arrived Thirsty and the Holy Spirit quenched us, not to the point of
satisfaction but rather, to the point of awakening in each of us our great need
for more of Him!
Becky
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Men’s Ministries Kent Barnard
Guest Speaker,
Evangelist Dave Roever
Men’s Conference September 2010 Las Cruces, NM
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Student Ministries Jeral Dickenson
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Royal Rangers Bart Garrison
Royal Rangers
July 2010
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Girls’ Ministries Sally Frazee
Girls’ Retreat
July 2010 Cook
Canyon Ranch
Shaving cream water fun at Girls’ Retreat
Girls’ Ministries District Honorees Celebration
July 17, 2010
Photo left: Girls’
Retreat
Leadership Team
Robin Garvin, Girls Retreat keynote
speaker
Photo left:
Girls’
Retreat
Missions
Project
Winners
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Senior Adult Ministries Greg Burchfield
SAMs
Camp
Meeting
August
2010
Silver
City Rev. Sam and Bobbye Austin
SAGU’s Harvester’s Quartet
L-R: Caleb, Dustin, Irbey, Josiah
Guest Speaker, Rev. Sam Austin
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City /church Pastor
Alamogordo-First Crispin**
Alamogordo Mtn. View Lindsey**
ABQ All Nations Fragua+
ABQ Azusa Derry+
ABQ Copper Pointe Woodward +
ABQ Evangel B Franks+
ABQ Harvest Fellowship C. Johnson**
ABQ Revival Church Sutherland+
ABQ Tramway Comm. Kofahl**
Anthony, Alfa y Omega Ramirez**
Artesia, Trinity Temple Argo**
Aztec Steen +
Belen, First Assembly G. MacPherson+
Bloomfield, Assembly Wolfard**
Carlsbad, Calvary Price**
Carlsbad, First Coates**
Carson Living Waters Peters+
Clayton, First R. Floyd **
Clovis, Bethel Perry**
Clovis New Life Caldwell+
Edgewood, East Mtn Cox+
Eunice Reed**
Farmington New Hope G. Smith+
Farmington, Oasis Joslin**
Grants, Lighthouse T. Garrison+
1 Percent Report for July/August
Hobbs Bethel Hurst+
Hobbs, First Eidson+
Las Cruces, Abndt Life Pinckard**
Las Cruces Central Tucker+
Las Cruces, Faith Elliott+
Logan, First Garrison**
Lordsburg, Assembly Cooper+
Los Alamos Amburgey+
Los Lunas, Hosanna Crider+
Mescalaro Family Worship Luna+
Midway, Midway Assembly Sons+
Mountainair, First Rimer**
Nara Visa, Assembly Haisten**
Newcomb, Assembly Hammond+
Ojo Encino, Assembly Watchman+
Polvadera, First Gates+
Portales, Trinity Assembly K. Fulfer**
Prewitt Droll+
Radium Springs, Assembly Sullivan**
Ribera, El Valle De Cristo Youts**
Roswell First Suttle*
San Ysidro, Christian Life Loeffler+
Santa Clara Victory Bevill**
Santa Fe, Christian Life Bauman**
Santa Rosa, First Hay+
Shiprock, First Wash Lee+
Silver City, Glad Tidings Burchfield**
Socorro, Family Christian G. Floyd+
Springer, First Clevenger**
Taos Christian Family Gutierrez**
Texico, First Burris**
Tucumcari, First Owen**
Yatahey Calvary Assembly Phillips+
+Giving to 1% Program
*Giving to 1+1 Program
**Giving to both 1% and 1+1 Programs
Thanks so much to the churches
who so faithfully and consistently
provide their support for these
programs.
Your contributions create a vital
lifeline that enables the New Mexico
District to provide programs which
make a difference and expand the
vision of ministries throughout New
Mexico.
If you would like more information
regarding either of these ministries,
please feel free to contact the
District Secretary/Treasurer’s
office.
OPEN CHURCHES
Tularosa
Hobbs First
Hobbs Bethel
Las Vegas
NEWLY CREDENTIALED)
Tal Burdine (Provisional) Rio Rancho Grace
Bob Clevenger (Certified) Springer
Paul Hesch (Certified) Arroyo Hondo
Cody Stoval (Certified) Farmington Oasis
TRANSFERRED OUT
Robert Caldwell (O) Ill
Jacob Colon (C) Az
Dale Griswold (L) W. Tx
James Trewern (O) Az
Jan Trewern (L) Az
LICENSE DEADLINE
ALL FORMS AND APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO
THE DISTRICT OFFICE, POSTMARKED BY DECEMBER 1,
2010, TO BE CONSIDERED FOR LICENSE.
IF YOU NEED A PACKET OR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE
CONTACT DEVONNA AT (505) 899-5399 or
dcumminsnmaog.org.
REMINDER
Remember, District Affiliated churches can submit their Monthly Ministry reports electronically. Go to www.nmaog.org and click on the Resources tab. Select Church and then choose District Church Monthly Ministry Report. Click on District Church Monthly Ministry Report again. Complete the boxes in red and hit the submit button at the top-right side of the page. The report will come directly to my office and a copy will be forwarded to your Presbyter. Thank you.
Marcus McClain
News of the District
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Deadline for articles and/or information to be included in
the next issue
November 15, 2010
NEW MEXICO DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Superintendent Micheal Dickenson
Assistant Superintendent David Vistine
Secretary - Treasurer Marcus McClain
EXECUTIVE PRESBYTERS Northwest, Randy Joslin
West Central , Clyde Johnson
SECTIONAL PRESBYTERS East Central, Lemuel Perry
Southwest, David Crispin
Northeast, David McCarty
Native American, Wm. D. Lee
Southeast, Melvin Suttle
MINISTRY DIRECTORS
Student Ministries Jeral Dickenson
Women’s Ministries Becky Dickenson
Men’s Ministries Kent Barnard
Girls’ Ministries Sally Frazee
Royal Rangers’ Commander Bart Garrison
Senior Adult Ministries Greg Burchfield
Worship Ministries Scott Caldwell
Check us out on the web at
www.nmaog.org
UPCOMING EVENTS
October 2010
1-2 Royal Rangers Trace
1-2 Girls’ Ministries Leadership Conference
3-9 National Royal Rangers Week
4-6 Presbyters Meeting
9 Royal Rangers District Staff Meeting
10 National Ministers Appreciation Day
31 Children’s Ministries Day
November 2010
4-5 Campus Days at SAGU 11-13 Speed the Light 72 Hours of Vision Tour 24-26 Thanksgiving Holiday-District Office Closed
NEEDED!
One of our local churches is in need
of two 40-count double communion
serving trays and two bread trays. If
you have these items to donate,
please call Lisa at the District Office
at 505-899-5399. Thank you.
New Mexico District Council 6640 Caminito Coors NW,
Albuquerque, NM 87120
505.899.5399
fax 505.899.5859
email: [email protected]
New Mexico Honor Students
Spring 2010
Dean's List: President’s List
Brandon Woodward – Albuquerque Crystal Heider—Albuquerque
Cynthia Garofalo – San Jose Deborah Martin—Edgewood
Katrina Ortiz – Santa Fe Jason Walsh—Las Cruces
Melissa Holguin – Anthony Vanessa Garcia—Santa Fe