Crossroads Hosts Healing Mission

Pastor Ron Hershberger reports that their annual Healing Mission with Dr. John David Hicks was a great boost for their church. In a Sunday through Wednesday meeting, over 50 came forward for healing with many confirmations during and after prayer. Healings ranged from deafness to pain, depression, fibromyalgia, arthritis, etc. There were 10 conversions or renewed commitments to Jesus Christ. Their attendance started out very good and improved each evening and ended with over 60 by the concluding service. He wants to thanks all those who attended from 5 neighboring Nazarene congregations.

He concluded with an update about their new location, "Our new building is serving us well. New people are coming every week now. We just built some new rooms. We are planning on opening the pre-school academy January 3rd."

Prayer Request For Kara Blankenship

Rev. Brian and Sherri Blankenship, pastor and wife of our Sikeston Eastside church, has asked that we please pray for thier daughter, Kara. She has been diagnosed with Arnold Chiari Malformation of the Brain, Type II. In Chari Malformations an excess of cerebellar(from the cerebellum) known as the cerebellar tonsils extends down through the opening into the upper portion of the spinal canal. When this happens these cerebellar tonsils put pressure on the brain stem and spinal cord. Kara has problems with neck and shoulder pain, and with blurred vision(and eyes that bounce up and down). They will meet with the neurologist on Dec. 4th to determine the extent of the problem (she will have two tests), and find out what the options are (mostly surgery). Please pray for God's complete healing for our daughter. Thanks you.

iPod Update from The Barkers!

Terry and Diane Barker, our missionaries to Ethiopia, sent in an iPod update: "I thought that I would email you a picture of the first iPods going out. Now to be honest these are not the actual people that they are given to. You can understand that we cannot spread the photos of actual underground evangelists. Nevertheless, the iPods are going out and we are grateful to the Missouri District for all their support."

During the NMI convention last August, our churches pledged over $23,000 for the Jesus Film project in Ethiopia! One man pledged to personally pay for 10 iPods for underground evangelists and at the Ladies retreat in September the women gave another $1,500 to buy even more iPods.

STL South County Hosts Veteran's Day Celebration

According to Pastor Mike Morrison, the St. Louis South County Church of the Nazarene honored the veterans by having a special service in their honor on Sunday, November 12, 2006. They had a military color guard, showed pictures of the veterans during the service, and had a special display set up in the foyer. They had a total of 103 in attendance.

Eldon Sponsors W&W Trip to Ecuador

Jerry Frye reports that 18 people (14 from Eldon church, two from the Jefferson City church, Fred from Pinecrest, and Henry Woody from Kansas City) flew to Quito, Ecuador on November 4th. The team divided with 8-12 men working at the seminary property building trusses and 7-8 men working at the site of a new construction at the Eucaliptos Church in North Quito, about 20 minutes from the McKellip's and the Hall's home. The church runs 40-70. They were there from the evening of the 4th until the morning of the 12th when they returned to Kansas City. They got the walls up, the concrete poured and 6 trusses built. When they left, one truss was in place. Bruce and his workers will place the other trusses this week.

Union Quiz Team Places 1st at Olathe Invitational

The Union Word of Life quiz team took home a first place trophy from Olathe College Church of the Nazarene’s annual invitational quiz. They competed against 37 other teams in the B Division. Melissa Colter (holding trophy) was the top individual quizzer overall in the B Division. This is the first year of quizzing for all for members of the quiz team.

Pinecrest Water Tower Nears Completion

The new water tower at Pinecrest is almost complete. When finished, the tower will be 40 feet tall and provide 55,000 gallons of fresh water for the campground. It is located near the RV park at one of the highest spots on the campground. This project is being funded with private gifts from our Missouri friends and from the annual Pinecrest Capital Fund that churches voluntarily send in each year.

Dr. J. K. Warrick Speaks at POP for Pastors

Dr. J. K. Warrick spoke to about 60 of our pastors and associates during the latest "Pastoring on Purpose" or POP meeting on November 2nd. He spoke about "Missional Leadership" and how to facilitate a church's cultural transformation from maintenance to mission. Pop's are held throughout the year to encourage an equip pastors.