Urban Initiative Planned

The Missouri District has been invited to join the Illinois District on April 20 & 21 for a District Urban Initiative. Dr. Oliver Phillips will be bringing a team from Nazarene headquarters to conduct the two-day workshop. This meeting will benefit pastors, staff and key people. The meeting will start Friday evening at 4 PM and finish about noon on Saturday. It is being held at the Good Samaritan Church of the Nazarene in Collinsville, IL. The event is being provided to us at no cost and even our Friday evening meal will be provided, but we must pre-register. Those from the Missouri District interested in attending, please pre-register with Pat here at our district office. For more information and a PDF flyer, visit our Web site at http://www.monaz.org/forms/Urban_Initiative.pdf.

Shonda Broach Undergoes Chemotherapy

Shonda Broach, our pastor's wife from House Springs, has requested prayer for herself and her family during her chemotherapy, which started yesterday, March 1st. She did have her second cancer surgery two week ago and she reports she did fine. She specifically asked that our office would pass along her thanks to everyone on the district for your prayers, cards, and support. She stated that the doctors are very optimistic about her long-term prognosis, then she added with a chuckle, "If we can just make it through this year!". Thanks for your continued prayers on her behalf.

Update (3/8/07) - Jeremy reports that Shonda did have her first chemotherapy treatment last week. Although the treatments did make her pretty sick for several days, she is feeling better now. She will have several more rounds of chemo every three weeks. He would like to thank everyone for their continued prayers.

Missouri District Auto-Care

With the upcoming NYC event in St. Louis this summer, Mark Hager, our district Auto-Care director, would like to have a district-wide Auto-Care week in the City. The district is sure to have some great exposure and most likely we will have a better chance to share the gospel to many folks that week. Mark will be organizing the administrative details, but he will need the interested men and women of the district to volunteer for working that week. He will need mechanics at all levels, set-up and clean-up volunteers, as well as folks to prepare and donate snacks. If anyone is interested in some sort of volunteer work that week, please contact him via email at pastor@crosshavencommunity.org. Start praying now!

Jonathan Humbert Installed as Bernie Pastor

Rev. Mike Palmer installed Jonathan and Donna Humbert as the new pastor of the Bernie Church last Sunday, February 11th. Rev. Palmer's wife, Mary, was also on hand for the installation service. A total of 60 were there to witness this important milestone. The Humberts moved to Missouri from Texas. He is a graduate of NBC and prior to that he was on staff from 1997- 1999 at the St. Louis Webster Groves Church of the Nazarene.

Philip Burkhart To Lead Worship at Camp Meeting

Philip Burkhart is an accomplished soloist and respected worship leader, performing in many facets of music, ranging from classical to Broadway. In 2003, he performed and led worship for Nazarene Youth Conference in Houston TX. In 2005, he enjoyed the privilege of serving as a leader of worship for the Global NYI Worship Team at General Assembly in Indianapolis, IN. Philip has also toured Europe on two different occasions, ministering to people in England, Scotland, France, Switzerland, and Germany.

Philip is a graduate of MidAmerica Nazarene University, where he is currently the Director of Worship Ministries. Beyond performing and leading worship at larger events, he is the Pastor of Worship Arts at Grace Community Church in Spring Hill, KS, and founder of Striving To Serve Ministries. He frequently leads worship programs for teen camps, retreats, Fellowship of Christian Athletes events, along with many denominational events.

McCoys Accepted as Mission Corps Volunteers to Belize

Rick & Jill McCoy and their 6 children from our Ferguson Church have been accepted to serve as Mission Corps volunteers to Belize. They are currently trying to sell their home and business and raise enough funds to support themselves for a year in Belize. Rick will be teaching electricity to high school youth and help with the construction of 4 high school classrooms.

If you would like to donate to their support you may send it to the Ferguson church marked for the McCoys. The McCoys also need to take these supplies with them and would appreciate any of the following items: Christian DVD movies, ChristianDVD devotional series, Christian educational DVDs, portable DVD players and cords, and PA equipment such as microphones, cords or speaker cables. You can contact Rick McCoy through the Ferguson Church office or visit their website at http://www.mccoymissions.org/.

District Single's Ski Trip Planned

Melodie Eisenhofer, Missouri District Single’s Director, will be taking our district singles to Buena Vista, Colorado from Feb. 28th - March 4th. The cost of $285 includes 7 meals (Breakfast and supper on Thurs., Fri., and Sat. and Breakfast on Sun.), gas, lessons, ski equipment, and ski lift ticket for two days, and room. Non-skiing participants are welcome to come along for $130, which includes 7 meals, gas, and room. They will be leaving on Wednesday evening after regular work hours. The postmark deadline has been extended to (Mon.) Feb. 5th. Any questions can be related to Melodie Eisenhofer at 573-721-3112.