New England Territory Summons (NETS) 2021
“A DYNAMIC PRAYER CONFERENCE!”
The WNOP Regional NETS 2021 was a dynamic prayer conference! God’s presence and power led each speaker’s message as a symphony, leading every session into a crescendo of intercessory prayer!
Bro. Kevin Horne, MA/RI District Secretary and Pastor, ignited the conference Thursday afternoon with a powerful lesson on “Intimacy with God.” From the depths of that intimacy, God wants to use us. We must come forth with a love and desire to help people. Everything in the kingdom of God flows from an intimate relationship with Jesus.
Sis. Juli Jasinski, WNOP Kids Prayer Coordinator, MA/RI District Prayer Coordinator, and Pastor, focused us on prayer and the many options we must pray through prayer walks, Zoom prayer, WNOP resources and all the powerful testimonies of what God is doing locally, nationally, and internationally through prayer. As the world scurries to teach our children about ungodly religious practices, the Church must arise and teach our children to pray. God wants to use our kids through prayer.
Evangelist Victor Jackson magnificently preached “Breaking Bread.” In this message he emphasized that “fellowship” is really pouring (depositing) into one another's lives. And he shared how brokenness in his life birthed the fullness of his ministry.
Friday morning, Sis. Jasinski taught and ignited faith within us with the message: “A More Beautiful Question.” We learned how such a tiny word “if” is such a big word in the Bible in which there are many conditional “ifs” such as in II Chronicles 7:14. "What If...?" Sis. Jasinski exhorted,“release your faith,” “use the five principals of prayer, and the gifts of the Spirit.” She asked, “What if God does what He promises He will do?” Therefore, we should write down those dreams and directives He gives us.
Bishop John Hanson, CT District Superintendent and Pastor, cautioned and directed us with his message “When the Devil Took Jesus to Church,” (this helped launch Christ’s ministry in Capernaum and sealed His fate). “Jesus was a nobody, a hick from the sticks,” yet He is God who doesn’t need anything. God showed us in Matthew 4:1-4 how we “can manage our flesh when the devil comes to put a chink in your armor. Satan desired to get Jesus to use His gifts in the wrong way.” Bishop Hanson exhorted us to: “pass the motive test; humble yourself. No matter how insignificant you are, you can get the job done.”
Bishop Rick Stoops, ME District Superintendent and Pastor, preached a telling message about being “Saved to Serve.” “Some of the greatest prophesies of our time,” he said, “came from the Old Testament book of Exodus, from the land of Egypt before the exodus of God’s people.” God did supernatural things through His people. “God has always used imperfect people.” Bishop Stoops encouraged us to get out of our homes and be willing to extend ourselves into every area of ministry. “Unless we use the gifts of the Holy Ghost, we get self-absorbed." He said, "It’s time for the church to rise up and serve.”
Bro. Jonathan Robidas, Pastor in Worchester MA, released a supernatural move of God as he shared the power of angelic obedience to the voice of God. "If we allow God to pray through us and His will for every situation, He will dispatch His ministering and warring angels to each situation. The angels are waiting to be dispatched…" Motion activates the power of God. Align yourself with God and let the Word of God come out of your mouth. "God has angels ready to move, but we must make a demand for them to be released.”
Bro. Les Odell, Pastor in Springfield MA, shared the testimony of their obedience to pack up from Colorado and move with his wife to start a church in Springfield, MA. Through the power of prayer and fasting they received a multi-million dollar building for $50,000. There also was the strong testimony of one of the church members who faithfully prayed for her family, and as a result many would be baptized on Sunday. “Thank God for the power of prayer.”
Bro. Joe Garcia, WNOP Southwest Regional/SoCal District Prayer Coordinator and Pastor, gave a powerful testimony of how God delivered him from addictions through the power of God and the prayers of his wife. Hearing that, the meeting broke out into vibrant intercessory prayer!
Bishop Jay Stirnemann, MA/RI District Superintendent and NETS Host Pastor, closed out Friday night with a message called “Marked for the Mission.” Bishop Stirnemann passionately stated, “We, who sigh and cry for the lost, the captives, the godless, will be marked by God and rewarded. He asked, “What’s the mission God has marked us for?” He answered, “to execute vengeance upon the heathen and punishment upon the people…this honor has all His saints” (Psalm 149:7-9). Bishop Stirnemann continued,“We are marked to use the two-edged sword. God’s people need to pray so that God’s power will come against the enemies of the Church. We need to do damage to the enemy. Are you a warrior or a whimp? We need people who can get a hold of God. Thy Kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Quickly the Holy Ghost fell, and all were led into a deep sigh and cry for the lost.
Saturday morning opened with tongues and interpretation. The Lord spoke, “For I will help you, I will clear away the darkness. I will clear away the fog. I will clear away the things that hinder and the obstacles that are in your way. For I am God and I change not. I say be about your father’s business. Be looking singularly to the things I have called you for. I will be with you and bless you and prosper you saith the Lord.”
Bro. Joe Garcia burned into our hearts the message “Never Again,” will I curse the ground because of man, even though his heart is evil. “God said it to Himself or promised Himself, “Never Again.” “The first thing Noah did outside the ark was to build an altar to worship God, with part of the ark used to build a fire. God pays attention to how we worship,” said Bro. Garcia. He said this was all to make Noah, an example for our dependence on God. “We must be transformed so that we can colonize this world for the Kingdom of God,” exhorted Bro. Garcia. There immediately followed a spirit of sacrifice and giving that permeated the sanctuary and many laid offerings on the altar.
Bishop Daniel McAllister, VT/NH District Superintendent and Pastor, delivered a powerful closing message entitled “Hyde and Seek.” “Jesus is building His Church. Hell cannot stop the Church.” He reminded us we are all “broken people” and weak, we need Jesus, especially in those “Hyde” moments of weakness. We must not cover up our Hyde moments, those things we are needy in. Reading from the book of Timothy, he defined “perilous times.” It means to reduce the strength of something, to reduce it from a higher place to a lower place. “We are in a battle,” explained Bishop McAllister, “as Satan is stretching us into lowering our standards.” It’s not about us, it’s about God. Mr. Hyde must be uncovered, so that we can help broken people.
Sis. Kara McCoy, National Children's Evangelist, did an outstanding job leading the Kids Prayer Summons at NETS (A full report will be featured in the next Prayer Connect). Sis. McCoy is an ordained minister with the United Pentecostal Church International. She travels nationally out of South Texas as both a children’s and North American Missions enrolled evangelist.
The pictures below speak volumes of the great things that transpired. Also included are a couple of power-packed testimonies. What a dynamic prayer conference that took place when we all met at the NETS!
Patty Daszewski
WNOP Travel Coordinator
Bethel UPC
Long Island, New York
Note: Photo contributions by Stan & Juli Jasinski and Patty Daszewski
