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Nazarene Missions International
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Carole Eatock
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NWIL Work & Witness Trip
June 8-19, 2019
Calling all adventurers! June 8th thru June 19th, 2019 we will be heading to South America. Join us on a trip to central Ecuador and see what God can do with your willing spirit on another continent. Our team will continue construction on a child development center that will serve the local community and create a base for evangelism.
Next Summer, join us for an amazing adventure in service. We need your help to build an effective team. Work and Witness touches the lives and hearts of people you never thought you would meet. It also transforms the lives and hearts of those who go and serve.
Application, Health Questionnaire, Medical Release Form and other important information can be found on the district website.
Full details please click: Ecuador
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Nazarene Youth International
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Bible Quizzing Information
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2018
09/15 - Smithfield
11/17 - Rockford Samuelson Rd
11/30-12/01 - St. Louis
2019
01/19 - Cuba
03/16 - Galesburg |
 -Ministry Call-
NMI with the collaboration of NYI and SDMI has been trying to compile a list of children and youth who have expressed a call into ministry. The goal of NMI's Ministry Call is to educate, inform and guide those children and youth called into ministry get as much help in following through with those calls. Being able to pray for them by name and introducing them to opportunities to develop in their particular area of ministry.
If you know of a student who feels called into ministry please contact
Matt Jones
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Mark your calendars
July 22-26, 2019
July 27-31, 2020
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District Celebrate Life
January 26, 2019
Pekin First |
Field Celebrate Life
May 16-18, 2019
Olivet Nazarene University |
 We have some exciting news to share with you. NWIL has a new Celebrate Life Director. Austin Smith from Pekin First. Austin is a 2018 graduate of Olivet Nazaren
e University and is the Assistant Director at South Side Community Center in Peoria. He served on the NYI Council for years and enjoys being a teen camp counselor. He is very familiar with all things Allies and is looking forward to this new opportunity.
Kim Brock will be assisting him this year as we make this transition.
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District Celebrate Life
January 26, 2019
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Pekin First
Deadline: January 7, 2019
Participant Cost: $20.00
Sponsor Cost: $5.00
All registrations postmarked after January 7th
will pay $40.00 per participant
Checks payable to: NWIL-NYI
Please mail all Registration Forms & Money to:
Pekin First
Attn: Celebrate Life
3514 Broadway St.
Pekin, IL 61554
Please click below for all registration forms and information. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Celebrate Life Director, Austin Smith.
Austin Smith Kim Brock
District Celebrate Life Director Assistant Celebrate Life Director
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Nazarene Youth Conference 2019
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JULY 8-14, 2019
"Nazarene Youth Conference (NYC) is a vibrant, life-changing youth event held every four years in different locations across the United States and Canada. High School students from all around North America belonging to the Church of the Nazarene gather together in a time of worship, teaching, and community outreach, united by a common belief in Jesus Christ."
"Love God. Love Others. Simple, but challenging. Sometimes described as two pillars of following Jesus, we will explore the connective nature of our relationship with God and others while learning what it means to live out His love in our world."
Below is the NYC 2019 Google Folder. Please click for all details.
For questions, please contact Sherry Sherwood, NWIL-NYC Coordinator
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Sunday School Discipleship International
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"Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Matthew 28:19-20
As you are going,
THINK BIG:
Every relationship, every interaction, all inclusive.
And make disciples,
START SMALL:
You. Be one. Be a Christ-like disciple. Re-present Jesus.
Baptizing them, immersing them in Jesus,
GO DEEP:
Pray. Empty yourself. Sacrifice.
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Ellyn Book
District SDMI Director
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Lisa Abbott
District Children's Director
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If you haven't already, please join the newly created Facebook group
NWIL Children's Bible Quizzing
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Information will be posted regarding
upcoming meets and events.
Schedule 2018-2019
11/03/18 - Galesburg
02/02/19 - Pekin First
04/27/19 - Eureka Grace
Rosie Furston
Children's Quizzing Director
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Children's Ministry Workers
If you're on Facebook, check out
NWIL Children's Ministry and request to join! We will be sharing children's ministry ideas, borrowing curriculum, bouncing ideas off one another and encouraging each other as we all seek to point kids toward Christ.
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Mark your
calendars
June 24-27, 2019
June 22-25, 2020
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These are all district events. Everyone is invited. Church leaders, members and attendees will be equipped, encouraged and empowered for ministry.
Convention - March 23, 2019
District Assembly - May 3-4, 2019
Team Day - August 3, 2019
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The Great Commission Report is now available on the district website. You can access it anytime you would like. Choose CHURCHES tab dropdown and choose bottom option Great Commission Statistics. You can view a month or year to date or last year's numbers.
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For generations, Nazarenes have supported the World Evangelism Fund. Working together, we accomplish so much as the Body of Christ. Become a part of missions work and partner with the Church of the Nazarene to make Christlike disciples in the nations. In the Funding the Mission plan, the World Evangelism Fund is the vehicle through which we deliver the message of hope - and your church drives that mission.
OCTOBER 2018 REPORT
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Revival
Nove
mber 14-18, 2018
Wednesday-Saturday 7:00pm
Sunday 10:45am & 6:30pm
Evangelist:
Rev. Larry & Tamla Leckrone
Smithfield Church of the Nazarene
155 S. Main
Smithfield, IL
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Encounter 2018 is in the books for Havana Church of the Nazarene and it was a good one. The following came as participants: Bill & Linda Fairburn, Dean Hall, Frank Wiggins, Eddie Wise, Joanne Piluski, Lisa Duckwiler and Gary and Jennifer Brown. The following served as helpers for Encounter: Bob & Carolyn Whetsell, Anna Pierson, Sue Roat-Hall, Jerry Burgard, Melissa Roat, Lori Munson, Eleanor Roat (off site Prayer coordinator), and Pastor Jim and Arla Jeanne Buchanan.
Thanks to all of you for your prayers and thanks to all who have taken up the Bible reading challenge. New discipleship groups have been formed and I have already heard and seen improved Bible reading habits from some. This is so vitally important to spiritual growth and development.
The Havana City Center facility that was provided for us to use free of charge was a very good facility. It served us well. Thanks to Mayor Brenda Stadsholt and the City of Havana for helping us with this. Lewistown Nazarene once again loaned us their Encounter props and we say thanks to them too. To God be the glory for all that He has done. -
Pastor Jim Buchanan
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 Feed His Children is a ministry of Crossbridge Community Church. We have partnered with several area schools to provide supplemental groceries to families who may be struggling.
Crossbridge Community Church delivers the food to the schools twice a month and the food is distributed by the schools. The school determines who receives the food, not Crossbridge Community. We are also in 5 high school pantries and manage several micropantries.
Follow us on Facebook. Feed His Children
Full details about this ministry click: FHC
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NWIL District Prayer Force
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Every Person Prayed for and Discipled!
Wouldn't it be awesome if every person living in Northwestern Illinois was being prayed for by name? We have a strategy to do just that! We envision that every man, woman, teen, and child in every one of the 30 counties across the District are being continually prayed for by name specifically for their eternal salvation and faithful discipleship.
2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." Therefore, every person deserves
to be prayed for by name.
If you would like more information about the prayer force,
contact:
Ray Barker
(309) 645-7716 (phone or text)
raybarker@aol.com
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~2018~
11/15 - POPS - Canton First
11/10 - NMI, NYI, SDMI Meeting 9am - New Hope
11/17 - NYI Quiz
11/30-12/1 - St. Louis Invitational - St. Louis
12/13 - POPS - New Hope
~2019~
01/10 - POPS - Galesburg
01/15 - BOM Executive Meeting 9:00am-8:00pm - Peoria First
01/16 - BOM Interviews - 8:30am-5:00pm - Peoria First
01/19 - NYI Quiz - Cuba
01/22 - SDMI Meeting - Peoria
01/24 - MST/ZF online mtg. 9:30am-11:30am
01/26 - Celebrate Life - Pekin First
01/29 - DAB - 6:30pm-9:00pm - Peoria First
02/02 - Children's Quiz - Pekin First
02/07 - POPS - Southside Community Center
02/09 - NMI, NYI, SDMI Meeting 9am - New Hope
02/09 - Go Make Disciples - Peoria First
02/11-02/13 - M19 - Kansas City, MO
02/16 - Sterling Invitational - Sterling First
02/21 - MST/ZF Meeting - 9:30am-2pm - Peoria First
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District Office Holiday Hours
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The District Office will be closed December 21, 2018-January 4, 2019. Phone messages will be checked daily.
District phone: 309-682-6945.
In case of an emergency, please contact Jim Book. 309-678-2357.
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Are exciting things happening in your church? We would love to share it with our district family. Please send a short article and pictures to
NWIL District Office
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News from the NWIL District Office
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We are pleased to announce that our District Administrator,
Rev. Jim Book, has been certified with the Myers & Briggs Foundation as a Certified Practitioner of the MBTI step I & step II instruments. We look forward to using this training in our ministerial preparation program and other applicable ways. You can contact
Rev. Book
if you would have interest in using these instruments and training in the ministry of your local church.
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General Assembly & Conventions 2021
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General Convention June 23 - July 26, 2021
General Assembly June 27-July 2, 2021
Indianapolis, IN
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J. Todd Keller
Minister. For more information, be sure and visit our
