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May 2017    
Issue No. 19
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Dr. Roger Mardis Joins FON Board


The Friends of Nazareth Board, in a unanimous vote, welcomed Dr. Roger Mardis to the Board during its quarterly meeting on May 4, 2017. Roger is Senior Pastor of Agape Baptist Church, Scottsboro, AL. He has made multiple trips to the Holy Land. He was welcomed by FON Board Members: Dr. Mimi Brookshire; Dr. Ross O'Brien, Chris Underwood, Lynda Murchison and Bobby Austin. 

Roger, along with Board Member, Chris Underwood, will be leading a team of sixteen mission volunteers to Nazareth Baptist School from July 4-15, 2017. Some of the group will be engaged in VBS ministry and the others will be performing construction ministry. The team plans to completely renovate the Primary School property. This property is tired and as rented property lacks Christian artwork/murals and pops of color. The owner of the property welcomes the upgrades. Liza Shehadah, Vice Principal, narrated a detailed video of the changes that she and her staff at the NBS 1st-3rd Grade school desire. Thanks to a willing team and wonderful donors, all of her requests should be honored.

Roger's term with Friends of Nazareth is until 2022. We are excited to see how God uses his love for the Holy Land and missions to enrich and enlarge the spiritual capacity of NBS. 
 
Friends help friends go to camp...
Last call...$125.00 provides one scholarship for a child in Nazareth to attend an Evangelistic Summer VBS/Day Camp or overnight camp at Baptist Village. Your gifts spread the Gospel throughout Galilee.


 
 Photo Journal
 
A team from Central Baptist Church, Sanford,FL was part of a mission team that helped at NBS by teaching and doing some painting. Alan Brumback is the Lead Pastor of CBC. Thank you, team!

Volunteers from Central Baptist Church, Sanford, FL painted the computer room at the NBS Main Campus.

Nazareth Baptist School was recognized as one of the top schools for academics in Israel. NBS is the ONLY ranked school that accepts students without a rigid standard of admission's test. It is also the only ranked K-12 school. Forty-three percent of all NBS graduates received exceptional rankings on their standardized tests. This is a remarkable honor.

Pastor Ray Bentley, Maranatha Chapel, San Diego, CA introduced his tour group to the ministry of NBS. The visitors were able to hear about the school, see the facilities and learn about the ministry of NBS. The church gifted NBS with a financial offering.


Young Life students from the USA visited NBS. They attended classes, interacted with the students and shared the love of Christ throughout Nazareth.

Jeff Moes, Senior Pastor, Sunnybrook Community Church, Sioux City, Iowa traveled to Nazareth to meet with the local Global Leadership Summit team. (Jeff is back left). The team is preparing for the 2017 Summit that will be hosted in October by NBS and Nazareth Evangelical College. The Global Leadership Summit is led by Dr. Bill Hybels of Willowcreek Church.

Summer volunteers in SC teamed with CiCi's Pizza for a FON fundraiser. CiCi's gave a portion of their proceeds to FON to help with camp expenses. Our Friends of Nazareth volunteers are awesome. Thanks for encouraging them and for helping them by donating to their mission trip fund. FON has volunteers from AL, FL, GA, OK, SC, TN, TX and VA serving this summer.


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Thank you for partnering with FON: 

FON is the  ONLY 501 (c)(3) Corporation dedicated to providing ministry/financial support to Nazareth Baptist School (NBS).  The school is a private Baptist school, recognized by the Israeli Ministry of Education as an Evangelical school. NBS is committed to maintaining its Baptist roots and evangelistic calling.

Note: Since 1991 NBS has not received any Southern Baptist Cooperative Program or other SBC funds. FON is fully reliant on donations from its Friends to support its ministry with NBS.

No other organization is dedicated and committed to helping NBS enrich and enlarge its capacity for ministry. FON operates through partnerships with churches, Christian schools and individuals that help it enrich and enlarge the school's evangelism and discipleship programs.



About Friends of Nazareth - 
A NEMA Corporation

Friends of Nazareth (NEMA-FON) is a faith-based ministry. We operate with a 100% volunteer staff. Therefore, about 95% of your gifts go directly for ministry with the Nazareth Baptist School.

NEMA-FON is an IRS approved 501 (c)(3) Non-Profit Corporation. Allowable gifts  are tax deductible to US donors. No goods or services are provided in exchange for the gifts other than the joy of giving to a faith-based organization that supports Christian education in the Holy Land.  Note: FON may use up to 5% of donations for administrative purposes.

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Friends of Nazareth
3482 Keith Bridge Road
#215
Cumming, GA 30041


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(256) 764.1000

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