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Jul 2024
Are You Ready to Bless Your Community? Are you ready to start blessing your community? Not sure where to start? We have created a series of training videos to help you feel confident in blessing your community! You can get them here. Be sure to gather a group of leaders to experience these together! Additionally, we have created some free resources to help you discover the gifts and assets of your community and congregation so you can bless your community as a congregation in ways that make sense in your context. You can grab the Community and Congregation Assessment Guide here. Regional Quiz 2024 Report Our NEO Children’s Quizzers traveled to SNU on June 15 to participate in the Regional Quiz 2024. Despite the heat and space challenges created by a failed a/c unit in the SNU auditorium, they had a fun day......
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13
Sep 2023
The past two Sundays I have had the privilege of worshipping with Sapulpa First Church of the Nazarene and Bartlesville First Church of the Nazarene. Both churches are flourishing. Both have great lead pastors and pastoral staff. But the reason I believe they are flourishing is because the pastors are helping equip and send everyday ministers into the mission field. The Scriptures are clear when Peter writes, “As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God” (1 Peter 4:10). Each one is gifted to minister to others. Unfortunately, we often don’t function like “each one” is essential for the ministry. We function like only a select few are gifted for ministry and the rest are called to support the gifted few in their work. Engagement, not just attendance, of all is the key for us in the Cycle......
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