The Southern Florida District Church of the Nazarene is a family rich in culture and heritage united to win people to Christ and to equip believers for service

THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA

No 7 Vol XXXV March 2008

Pastorsrsquo Preparation Days April 18 amp 19 2008

Lake Placid Camp amp Conference Center 2665 Placid View Drive Lake Placid FL 33852 District Office 863-531-0181

All pastors will meet at LPCC on Friday April 18 at 900 am and should plan to stay overnight or return for sessions continuing through noon Saturday Please call Marsha at the District Office 863-531-0181 as soon as possible to reg-ister If staying overnight in the Inn you will need to bring your own bedding and towels diams Pastorrsquos Reports are due diams All district license renewals new licenses and applicants for ordination must interview with the Ministerial Cre-

dentials Board diams New district license applicants and ordination applicants need to be accompanied by their spouse for interview diams NO ONE will be interviewed by the Credentials Board if the application is incomplete or not received by the

April 10 deadlinediams All ordinands must be interviewed by the General Superintendent at District Assembly May 10-13

Dwight M Gunter II the Senior Pastor of Trevecca Community Church of the Nazarene in Nashville Tennessee will be our guest speaker for Pastor Prep Days Dr Gunter who also teaches Pastoral Administration and Leadership as well as Pastoral Theology as an adjunct professor at Trevecca Nazarene Univer-sity will hold the following four sessions

1 The Preaching Passion A general look at the passionprofession of preaching

2 The Technological Flea Market How to use technology and resources available

3 Tell Me a Story The concept of series preaching preaching plans and narrative preaching

4 The Worship Gathering Focuses on planning a worship service thematically as an extension of the sermon

REMINDERREMINDER Ladies Day Ladies Day --

Saturday March 29 2008Saturday March 29 2008 Cost $30 by March 12 $35 after March 12

Dwight M Gunter II Guest Speaker

Rachel Crabb Guest Speaker

ATTENTION RETIRED MINISTERS You are invited to take in the seminar and lunch on Friday April 18 for Pastor Prep Days at Lake Placid Camp amp Con-ference Center

Zone Stats Chairpersons should report SS Stats to Vanessa Sackett 863-531-0181 or sfdnazvsaolcom by Wednesday following the last Sunday of the month

Southern Florida District SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT

January 2008 Rev Ted Underwood SSM Chairman

SS AM RLSUN COAST ZONE (Kirk Zahniser 941-365-2654) Bradenton Bayshore 114 174 105 Bradenton First 411 930 1016 Bradenton First Haitian NR NR 131 Bradenton First Hispanic NR NR 105 Englewood 16 55 123North Port 11 14 23 Palmetto NR NR 58 Sarasota First 99 262 273 Sarasota Trinity 22 40 83 Venice 278 488 590Sun Coast Totals 951 1963 2507 FORT LAUDERDALE ZONE (Foster Schmitt 954-942-6010) Ft Lauderdale Faith 22 136 89 Ft Lauderdale First NR NR 123 Ft Lauderdale First Hispanic 49 90 131 Ft Lauderdale Manor 100 174 235 Ft Laud Metropolitan Haitian NR NR NR Hollywood 51 81 85 Margate Shema Christ Fellowship 24 39 53 Margate Siloe Haitian NR NR NR New Covenant Comm NR NR NR Pompano Beach 130 207 240Ft Lauderdale Zone Totals 376 727 956

FORT MYERS ZONE (John Denby 941-380-9504) Ft Myers First 240 306 386Ft Myers Palm Bch Blvd 0 39 114 Ft Myers Solid Rock Haitian 123 217 78 Immokalee 100 162 159 Lehigh Acres 84 155 155 Naples Faith Community 38 69 71 Naples First 123 198 339 Naples First Hispanic 138 149 236 Naples Iglesia del Nazareno 28 34 NR Naples New Haitian 141 350 365 North Ft Myers 38 110 85 Coastal Community 41 70 127 Port Charlotte 167 41 188 Punta Gorda 46 70 71Fort Myers Zone Totals 1307 1970 2374

MIAMI ZONE (Oswald Grant 305-235-2523) Carol City Ebenezer NR NR 140 Goulds 20 45 54 Hialeah Good Shepherd NR NR 57 Homestead 38 49 56 Homestead Haitian 40 61 NR Key Largo 15 22 53 Miami Bet-El 56 107 109 Miami Bethany 705 1077 370 Miami Calvary 59 110 137 Miami Central 55 87 118 Miami Deliverance 142 198 NR Miami First NR NR 132 Miami Grace 20 33 59 Miami Holy Haitian 52 79 277 Miami Hope Haitian NR NR 246 Miami Hosanna 78 85 116 Miami Lakes NR NR NR Miami Peniel 199 303 337 Miami So Miami Heights 41 77 105 North Miami Beach 47 90 143 North Miami Haitian 153 530 465 Princeton 98 167 277 Redland 131 244 299Miami Zone Totals 1949 3273 3550 NORTH CENTRAL ZONE (Tim Taylor 863-465-7625) Arcadia First 42 78 102 Avon Park First 57 94 141 Lake Placid 32 93 52 Okeechobee His House 37 68 107 Sebring 130 171 221 Wauchula Hispanic NR NR 10North Central Zone Totals 298 504 633 PALM BEACH ZONE (Bunny McLellan 561-743-0611) Delray Beach Unitee Haitian NR NR 75 Lake Worth El Mesias 81 81 87 Lake Worth First 117 172 301 Lake Worth Getsemani NR NR NR Lake Worth New Life NR NR 489 Lantana Betel NR NR 35 Northlake Blvd 35 70 73 Pahokee 8 12 73 Pahokee First Hispanic NR NR 51 Riviera Bch Philadelphia NR NR NR West Palm Bch Belen NR NR 258 West Palm Bch First 26 34 57 West Palm Bch Maranatha NR NR 104Palm Beach Zone Totals 267 369 1603 TREASURE COAST ZONE (Ted Underwood 772-465-1622) Fort Pierce First 156 172 206 Fort Pierce First Haitian 103 229 146 Indiantown Evangelical 109 129 209 Palm City New Hope Fellowship 209 424 370 Port St Lucie 18 26 23 Port St Lucie Haitian 66 105 NR Fort Pierce Philadelphia Haitian 121 125 NRTreasure Coast Zone Totals 782 1210 954

DISTRICT TOTALS 5930 10016 12577 Total Reporting Churches 62

Phil Rice District Treasurer middot 3713 Bay Creek Dr Bonita Springs FL middot 34134 middot 239-947-2634 FAX 2394943214

CHURCH Total Approved PD PAI D DUE PAI D DUE PAID DUE PAI D DUE Specials

Arcadia First 36 177 5968 1430 2528 1072 1189 4929 3551 1163Avon Park First 82 7497 1874 4828 1207 2759 690 10911 2022 2807Belle Glade 0 0 200 0 129 0 74 0 276 0Bradenton Bayshore 59 4761 7800 3489 4600 4249 374 12734 4600 3049

First 51 42484 10621 0 34199 13679 5863 35773 37512 7728Haitian 0 0 3158 0 2034 0 1162 0 4358 0

Spanish 52 0 1750 0 1127 644 0 2415 0 543Carol City Eben 31 1149 4917 543 3364 1009 1223 3662 4710 525Delray Beach (H) 0 0 915 0 589 0 337 0 1263 0Englewood 37 0 4502 0 2899 0 1657 5592 621 1537Ft Laud Faith 40 1250 1875 805 1207 460 690 1725 2587 0

First 5 200 3380 150 2156 100 1218 200 4741 82Manor 44 1600 900 0 1610 0 920 2111 1339 1219Metrop 0 0 200 0 129 0 74 0 276 0Spanish 79 1087 1000 1344 0 768 0 2395 485 1014

Ft Myers First 74 16312 4078 10505 2626 5179 2324 19421 8717 31188Palm Beach Blvd 100 591 0 381 0 218 0 816 0 0Solid Rock 49 307 -7 193 0 0 110 0 414 0

Fort Pierce First 30 4810 8000 1650 6600 943 3771 5485 12193 2532Haitian 24 1800 4113 1220 2588 1080 1096 800 7360 0Philadelphia 44 200 0 100 29 0 74 0 276 0

Goulds 33 2000 89 345 1000 0 769 0 2883 200Hialeah Good Shep 0 0 9300 0 5989 0 3422 0 12834 0Hollywood 82 9226 1025 5942 660 3018 755 10378 3769 2638Homestead 80 4199 0 2704 0 1391 154 3150 2644 578

Haitian 59 200 0 0 129 100 -26 100 176 0I mmokalee 0 0 1403 0 903 0 516 0 1936 0I ndiantown Evangelical 18 700 1320 0 1301 0 744 500 2288 150Key Largo 11 0 1785 0 1149 657 0 0 2463 0Lake Placid 109 4892 0 3151 0 1800 0 8300 -1549 2119LW El Mesias 49 1000 2126 700 1313 1200 -50 2324 1990 1318

First 39 2548 8734 2548 4718 0 4152 9799 5770 4539Getsema 0 0 2719 0 1751 0 1000 0 3752 0New Life 0 0 3064 0 1973 0 1128 0 4229 0

Lantana Betel 97 290 0 187 0 80 27 400 0 200Lehigh Acres 75 9536 2377 6144 1528 3073 1311 11508 4931 895M argate Shema 52 1129 1495 1130 560 966 0 1403 2219 1134

Siloe 0 0 200 0 129 0 74 0 276 0M iami Bethany 11 0 15009 0 9666 5523 0 0 20712 350

Beth-El 73 5484 1803 2050 2643 2682 0 7933 2123 9Calvary 16 2098 6780 266 5452 514 2753 1857 10395 225Central 13 0 5870 0 3780 228 1932 2448 5652 746Deliverance 0 0 579 0 373 0 213 0 799 0First 12 2045 3158 100 3251 0 1915 0 7181 25

Grace 81 200 0 100 29 50 24 200 76 0Holy 0 0 1802 0 1160 0 663 0 2487 0Hope 87 1358 162 642 337 576 -17 1890 208 0Hosanna 0 0 1934 0 1245 0 712 0 2669 150Lakes (S) 0 0 200 0 129 0 74 0 276 0Peniel 9 50 1650 50 1045 200 426 200 2146 75SM Heights 101 8311 0 5352 0 3059 0 11813 -344 28276

Naples Faith 7 0 6174 0 3976 0 2272 1500 7020 315First 95 30654 0 19741 0 10153 1128 38073 4230 5238Hispanic 0 0 3836 0 2470 0 1412 0 5294 75I glesia (S) 89 200 0 129 0 0 74 276 0 225New Ha 9 1000 7559 1000 4512 0 3150 500 11311 0

N Ft Myers 29 250 6607 0 4416 1059 1464 5330 4133 993N Miami Beach 72 4200 1791 1800 2058 2205 0 6500 1768 2162

Haitian 50 4504 4503 2900 2900 1658 1657 6216 6214 1294New Covenant Community 0 0 200 0 129 0 74 0 276 0North Port 0 0 513 0 330 0 189 0 707 316North Lake Blvd 82 6870 763 4424 492 2528 281 7318 3216 5032Okeechobee 7 0 5837 0 3759 0 2148 1310 6745 954Pahokee 0 0 1610 0 1037 0 592 0 2221 0

Spanish 33 80 1938 10 1290 380 363 1790 995 447Palm City 66 46298 0 0 29816 13439 3599 44543 19349 626Palmetto 0 0 2804 0 1806 0 1032 0 3869 25Pompano Beach 59 22753 15689 14654 10103 8374 5773 31720 21330 3083Port Charlotte 0 0 3296 0 2123 0 1213 0 4548 175Port St Lucie 73 1686 722 1180 371 674 212 2425 898 2644

Haitian 85 200 0 100 29 0 74 276 0 70Princeton 68 15581 0 0 10034 0 5734 20501 1000 2540Punta Gorda 101 4010 0 2582 0 1476 0 5699 -166 2295Redland 80 17930 -2 8550 2996 4620 1978 17325 7416 4896Riviera Beach 0 0 300 0 193 0 110 0 414 0Sarasota First 82 14741 0 7195 2298 5425 0 13515 6828 1148

Trinity 34 969 3681 500 2495 500 1211 3416 3001 2323Sebring 70 4000 1474 2000 1525 1500 515 5560 1994 1903Venice 87 16167 15284 20254 0 11574 0 44705 -1303 65919W Palm Beach Belen 0 0 1060 0 683 0 390 0 1463 0

First 31 2000 3153 1000 2319 812 1084 1525 5587 148M aranatha 0 0 2842 0 1830 0 1046 0 3921 514

TOTALS 55 333584 231462 146068 217822 123653 84284 443194 336569 202374

District Receipts as of Feb 20 2008 General Treasurer receipts as of Feb 8 2008Dis t Minis tries Education Pensions W Evangelism

Nazarene Sunday School Ministries Southern Florida District

Rev Ted Underwood Chairman

611 Gardenia Ave Fort Pierce FL 34982

(772) 465-1622 Fax (772) 465-1521 E-mail pastortedfortpiercechurchcom

Nazarene Youth International Southern Florida District

Mr Johnnie Denby

198 Beeney Road SE Port Charlotte FL 33952

(941) 889-7655 Cell (941) 380-9504 E-mail johnnied61comcastnet

TEDrsquoS TOPICS DISTRICT LADIES DAY- SATURDAY MARCH 29 2008

Jacaranda Trace in Venice 1000 am ndash 300 pm Theme ldquoThe Personal Touchrdquo with guest speaker and author Rachel Crabb

Cost is $30 by March 12 (includes buffet lunch) $35 after March 12 $40 walk-ins Send registrations to Fort Pierce Church ATTN Pam Lee 611 Gardenia Ave Ft

Pierce FL 34982 Come early and enjoy danish coffee and juice LIMITED TO THE FIRST 300- GET YOUR REGISTRATIONS IN NOW

CHILDRENrsquoS TALENT MARCH 1st 2008

945am ndash 200pm ndash Registration 9-930 East Coast- Ft Lauderdale First West Coast- Venice

The theme this year is ldquoOLD TESTAMENT HEROESrdquo Categories for talent are Drama Creative Writing Oral Presentation Interpretive Dance

Gymnastics Solos Duets Trios Quartets Instrumental Solos Puppets Skits Mime (sign language) Arts and Crafts Needlework and Cooking

Help your kids share their talents for Jesus (Bring a sack lunch)

PRIME TIMERS- Be watching the FLAME next month for information on PRIME TIME CENTENNIAL RETREAT- Sept 30-Oct 3 2008 in KANSAS CITY

This will also include the Association of Retired Ministers and Missionaries in this Momentous Prime Time Centennial Retreat

YOUNG ADULTS ages 22 through 35-Be watching the Flame

for information on Breckenridge rsquo08

TOP TEN IN MW ATTENDANCE 1 Miami Bethany 1077 2 Bradenton First 930 3 North Miami Haitian 530 4 Venice 488 5 PC New Hope Fellowship 424 6 Fort Myers First 306 7 Sarasota First 262 8 Redland 244 9 Fort Pierce First Haitian 229 10 Fort Myers Solid Rock 217

TOP TEN IN MW NUMERICAL GAIN 1 North Port 367 2 Miami Bethany 292 3 Miami Grace 175 4 Sarasota First 46 5 Immokalee 37 6 North Fort Myers Northside 17 7 Port St Lucie Haitian 15 8 Bradenton Bayshore 14 9 Naples Faith Community 13 10 Pompano Beach 12

TOP TEN IN SS ATTENDANCE 1 Miami Bethany 705 2 Bradenton First 411 3 Venice 278 4 Fort Myers First 240 5 PC New Hope Fellowship 209 6 Miami Peniel 199 7 Port Charlotte 167 8 Fort Pierce First 156 9 North Miami Haitian 153 10 Naples New Haitian 141

TOP TEN IN SS NUMERICAL GAIN 1 North Port 267 2 Miami Grace 186 3 Miami Bethany 103 4 Okeechobee His House 37 5 Immokalee 37 6 North Miami Beach 27 7 Naples First 26 8 Pompano Beach 26 9 Bradenton First 23 10 Naples First Hispanic 20

Thanks to everyone that participated in the NYI Sessions at

Improve Your Serve We trust that the information Rick Underwood

shared was helpful to everyone He did a great job

Thanks for your support of the District NYI ___________________________________

TNTTNU

Please keep the Teens in your prayers as we head off to Nashville at the

end of this month to represent Southern Florida at TNTTNU

GO SO FLO

___________________________________

UPCOMING EVENTShellip NYI CONVENTION ndash May 9-10th

We will be mailing out information in the next little bithellip

Be on the look out for that

YOUTH CAMP ndash June 30 ndash July 4th A package of information will be

forthcoming on this event as well Keep an eye out

ldquoThe Flamerdquo and our website at

SFNazareneorg are also additional tools for finding

NYI information

Congratulations to the churches of the Ft Myers and Treasure Coast Zones for making the 100 Club this month North Central Zone-83 Miami Zone-78 Sun Coast Zone-70 Ft Lauderdale Zone-60 and Palm Beach Zone-38 21 churches were in the NO REPORT CLUB this month 75 of our churches reporting This is better we are moving in the right direction UP Help your zone be in the 100 CLUB next month Call your zone chairperson by Wednesday following the last Sunday Help our district do better

Childrenrsquos Quizzing

District Meet March 29 at Venice Minimum score of 75 at Zone Meet

to qualify

Regional Meet April 12 in Orlando Minimum score of

80 at District Meet to qualify

The Southern Florida FLAME (052010) is published monthly except July and August at Lake Placid FL in the interest of the Southern Florida District Church of the Nazarene Dr David F Nixon District Superintendent 2680 Placid View Drive Lake Placid FL 33852 Phone 863-531-0181 E-mail sfdnazofcaolcom Website wwwsfnazareneorg Periodicals postage paid at Lake Placid Florida and at additional mailing offices POSTMASTER Send address changes to The Southern Florida FLAME 2680 Placid View Drive Lake Placid FL 33852

Nazarene Missions International Southern Florida District

Dennis Moore President

7515 Seabreeze Dr Lake Worth FL 33467-6453

(561) 968-7845 Fax (561) 968-7825 E-Mail NMIPresidentsfnazareneorg

La Cruz La Croix

The Easter Lamb for a change we can really believe Today we hear a lot about change The gentle loving in-nocent ldquoLamb of Godrdquo was brutally slaughtered sacrificed ndash to offer the world an eternal change from condemnation to a life of heavenly rejoicing As we comfortably enjoy the Easter season let us not forget those around us and around our world who desperately need the change only the Lamb of God can bring Please do your part as a Chris-tian and this year give sacrificially to the Easter Offer-ing for World Evangelism

Mission Convention 59-510 Elijah (4) and Sydney (3) are Mission-ary Kids They live with their parents Scott amp Emily Armstrong near Guate-mala City Guatemala They will ac-company their parents to the South-ern Florida Friday Night Youth and Mission Rally May 9th at Bradenton First As our special speakers the Armstrongs will be flying directly from Guatemala for the convention Elijah and Sydney will also visit our out-standing Childrenrsquos Convention on Saturday May 10th

7th Annual Hispanic Mission Congress was held at Hialeah Good Shepherd Nazarene Hispanic Coordinator Dr Roberto Hodgson was the featured speaker The group had fun competition for some of the best food in the world Shown above are some of the winners The event was chaired for the 7th year by Rev Jorge Diaz There were also special activities para nintildeos y joacutevenes

Award of Excellence = Advancement Each church overpaying its World Evangelism Fund goal by 3 or more is honored with an Award of Excellence More importantly ALL those dollars are used to enterexpand new areas for the Church of the Nazarene in 2008 East Timor Fiji Iraq Poland Reacuteunion Sierra Leone Sri Lanka Sudan Vanuatu Zanzibar and 3 new creative access areas where security is so delicate their name canrsquot be given

New Nazarenes

Bradenton First Bill Barber Kim Barber Carole Bowden Thelma Bow-den Susan Butler Tracy Carpenter Eric Carpenter Debbie Cassidy Ron Cassidy Carol Cookson Betsy Davis Ron Davis Donna Falcone Megan Falcone Joshua Keith Sharon Keith Olivia Kelly Scott Kelly Teresa Kelly Steve Miller JD Minnix Bev Minnix Kristi Orr Michael Orr Fred Palermo Tracey Palermo Vera Pendergraft Joan Pio Irwin Pio San-dra Williams Tom Williams John Winney

Bradenton Bayshore Phillip Adams Mia Grant Jean Keller Cassandra Laviani Melina Prevatte Amanda Reedy Anna Reedy Hailee Rolon Vanessa Spencer Chris Taylor Ernest Vohringer Chelsea Wilkinson Kelli Young

Now is the time to schedule your annual church meeting In our Manual para-graph 113-11315 the timing procedure

and purpose of this important event in the life of the local church are presented Every church member should consider the Manual paragraph 39 when electing officers to serve the con-gregation When establishing the date for your annual church meeting please keep in mind that all reports and related informa-tion including budget payments need to be in by March 31 2008

Zone Stats Chairpersons should report SS Stats to Vanessa Sackett 863-531-0181 or sfdnazvsaolcom by Wednesday following the last Sunday of the month

Southern Florida District SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT

January 2008 Rev Ted Underwood SSM Chairman

SS AM RLSUN COAST ZONE (Kirk Zahniser 941-365-2654) Bradenton Bayshore 114 174 105 Bradenton First 411 930 1016 Bradenton First Haitian NR NR 131 Bradenton First Hispanic NR NR 105 Englewood 16 55 123North Port 11 14 23 Palmetto NR NR 58 Sarasota First 99 262 273 Sarasota Trinity 22 40 83 Venice 278 488 590Sun Coast Totals 951 1963 2507 FORT LAUDERDALE ZONE (Foster Schmitt 954-942-6010) Ft Lauderdale Faith 22 136 89 Ft Lauderdale First NR NR 123 Ft Lauderdale First Hispanic 49 90 131 Ft Lauderdale Manor 100 174 235 Ft Laud Metropolitan Haitian NR NR NR Hollywood 51 81 85 Margate Shema Christ Fellowship 24 39 53 Margate Siloe Haitian NR NR NR New Covenant Comm NR NR NR Pompano Beach 130 207 240Ft Lauderdale Zone Totals 376 727 956

FORT MYERS ZONE (John Denby 941-380-9504) Ft Myers First 240 306 386Ft Myers Palm Bch Blvd 0 39 114 Ft Myers Solid Rock Haitian 123 217 78 Immokalee 100 162 159 Lehigh Acres 84 155 155 Naples Faith Community 38 69 71 Naples First 123 198 339 Naples First Hispanic 138 149 236 Naples Iglesia del Nazareno 28 34 NR Naples New Haitian 141 350 365 North Ft Myers 38 110 85 Coastal Community 41 70 127 Port Charlotte 167 41 188 Punta Gorda 46 70 71Fort Myers Zone Totals 1307 1970 2374

MIAMI ZONE (Oswald Grant 305-235-2523) Carol City Ebenezer NR NR 140 Goulds 20 45 54 Hialeah Good Shepherd NR NR 57 Homestead 38 49 56 Homestead Haitian 40 61 NR Key Largo 15 22 53 Miami Bet-El 56 107 109 Miami Bethany 705 1077 370 Miami Calvary 59 110 137 Miami Central 55 87 118 Miami Deliverance 142 198 NR Miami First NR NR 132 Miami Grace 20 33 59 Miami Holy Haitian 52 79 277 Miami Hope Haitian NR NR 246 Miami Hosanna 78 85 116 Miami Lakes NR NR NR Miami Peniel 199 303 337 Miami So Miami Heights 41 77 105 North Miami Beach 47 90 143 North Miami Haitian 153 530 465 Princeton 98 167 277 Redland 131 244 299Miami Zone Totals 1949 3273 3550 NORTH CENTRAL ZONE (Tim Taylor 863-465-7625) Arcadia First 42 78 102 Avon Park First 57 94 141 Lake Placid 32 93 52 Okeechobee His House 37 68 107 Sebring 130 171 221 Wauchula Hispanic NR NR 10North Central Zone Totals 298 504 633 PALM BEACH ZONE (Bunny McLellan 561-743-0611) Delray Beach Unitee Haitian NR NR 75 Lake Worth El Mesias 81 81 87 Lake Worth First 117 172 301 Lake Worth Getsemani NR NR NR Lake Worth New Life NR NR 489 Lantana Betel NR NR 35 Northlake Blvd 35 70 73 Pahokee 8 12 73 Pahokee First Hispanic NR NR 51 Riviera Bch Philadelphia NR NR NR West Palm Bch Belen NR NR 258 West Palm Bch First 26 34 57 West Palm Bch Maranatha NR NR 104Palm Beach Zone Totals 267 369 1603 TREASURE COAST ZONE (Ted Underwood 772-465-1622) Fort Pierce First 156 172 206 Fort Pierce First Haitian 103 229 146 Indiantown Evangelical 109 129 209 Palm City New Hope Fellowship 209 424 370 Port St Lucie 18 26 23 Port St Lucie Haitian 66 105 NR Fort Pierce Philadelphia Haitian 121 125 NRTreasure Coast Zone Totals 782 1210 954

DISTRICT TOTALS 5930 10016 12577 Total Reporting Churches 62

Phil Rice District Treasurer middot 3713 Bay Creek Dr Bonita Springs FL middot 34134 middot 239-947-2634 FAX 2394943214

CHURCH Total Approved PD PAI D DUE PAI D DUE PAID DUE PAI D DUE Specials

Arcadia First 36 177 5968 1430 2528 1072 1189 4929 3551 1163Avon Park First 82 7497 1874 4828 1207 2759 690 10911 2022 2807Belle Glade 0 0 200 0 129 0 74 0 276 0Bradenton Bayshore 59 4761 7800 3489 4600 4249 374 12734 4600 3049

First 51 42484 10621 0 34199 13679 5863 35773 37512 7728Haitian 0 0 3158 0 2034 0 1162 0 4358 0

Spanish 52 0 1750 0 1127 644 0 2415 0 543Carol City Eben 31 1149 4917 543 3364 1009 1223 3662 4710 525Delray Beach (H) 0 0 915 0 589 0 337 0 1263 0Englewood 37 0 4502 0 2899 0 1657 5592 621 1537Ft Laud Faith 40 1250 1875 805 1207 460 690 1725 2587 0

First 5 200 3380 150 2156 100 1218 200 4741 82Manor 44 1600 900 0 1610 0 920 2111 1339 1219Metrop 0 0 200 0 129 0 74 0 276 0Spanish 79 1087 1000 1344 0 768 0 2395 485 1014

Ft Myers First 74 16312 4078 10505 2626 5179 2324 19421 8717 31188Palm Beach Blvd 100 591 0 381 0 218 0 816 0 0Solid Rock 49 307 -7 193 0 0 110 0 414 0

Fort Pierce First 30 4810 8000 1650 6600 943 3771 5485 12193 2532Haitian 24 1800 4113 1220 2588 1080 1096 800 7360 0Philadelphia 44 200 0 100 29 0 74 0 276 0

Goulds 33 2000 89 345 1000 0 769 0 2883 200Hialeah Good Shep 0 0 9300 0 5989 0 3422 0 12834 0Hollywood 82 9226 1025 5942 660 3018 755 10378 3769 2638Homestead 80 4199 0 2704 0 1391 154 3150 2644 578

Haitian 59 200 0 0 129 100 -26 100 176 0I mmokalee 0 0 1403 0 903 0 516 0 1936 0I ndiantown Evangelical 18 700 1320 0 1301 0 744 500 2288 150Key Largo 11 0 1785 0 1149 657 0 0 2463 0Lake Placid 109 4892 0 3151 0 1800 0 8300 -1549 2119LW El Mesias 49 1000 2126 700 1313 1200 -50 2324 1990 1318

First 39 2548 8734 2548 4718 0 4152 9799 5770 4539Getsema 0 0 2719 0 1751 0 1000 0 3752 0New Life 0 0 3064 0 1973 0 1128 0 4229 0

Lantana Betel 97 290 0 187 0 80 27 400 0 200Lehigh Acres 75 9536 2377 6144 1528 3073 1311 11508 4931 895M argate Shema 52 1129 1495 1130 560 966 0 1403 2219 1134

Siloe 0 0 200 0 129 0 74 0 276 0M iami Bethany 11 0 15009 0 9666 5523 0 0 20712 350

Beth-El 73 5484 1803 2050 2643 2682 0 7933 2123 9Calvary 16 2098 6780 266 5452 514 2753 1857 10395 225Central 13 0 5870 0 3780 228 1932 2448 5652 746Deliverance 0 0 579 0 373 0 213 0 799 0First 12 2045 3158 100 3251 0 1915 0 7181 25

Grace 81 200 0 100 29 50 24 200 76 0Holy 0 0 1802 0 1160 0 663 0 2487 0Hope 87 1358 162 642 337 576 -17 1890 208 0Hosanna 0 0 1934 0 1245 0 712 0 2669 150Lakes (S) 0 0 200 0 129 0 74 0 276 0Peniel 9 50 1650 50 1045 200 426 200 2146 75SM Heights 101 8311 0 5352 0 3059 0 11813 -344 28276

Naples Faith 7 0 6174 0 3976 0 2272 1500 7020 315First 95 30654 0 19741 0 10153 1128 38073 4230 5238Hispanic 0 0 3836 0 2470 0 1412 0 5294 75I glesia (S) 89 200 0 129 0 0 74 276 0 225New Ha 9 1000 7559 1000 4512 0 3150 500 11311 0

N Ft Myers 29 250 6607 0 4416 1059 1464 5330 4133 993N Miami Beach 72 4200 1791 1800 2058 2205 0 6500 1768 2162

Haitian 50 4504 4503 2900 2900 1658 1657 6216 6214 1294New Covenant Community 0 0 200 0 129 0 74 0 276 0North Port 0 0 513 0 330 0 189 0 707 316North Lake Blvd 82 6870 763 4424 492 2528 281 7318 3216 5032Okeechobee 7 0 5837 0 3759 0 2148 1310 6745 954Pahokee 0 0 1610 0 1037 0 592 0 2221 0

Spanish 33 80 1938 10 1290 380 363 1790 995 447Palm City 66 46298 0 0 29816 13439 3599 44543 19349 626Palmetto 0 0 2804 0 1806 0 1032 0 3869 25Pompano Beach 59 22753 15689 14654 10103 8374 5773 31720 21330 3083Port Charlotte 0 0 3296 0 2123 0 1213 0 4548 175Port St Lucie 73 1686 722 1180 371 674 212 2425 898 2644

Haitian 85 200 0 100 29 0 74 276 0 70Princeton 68 15581 0 0 10034 0 5734 20501 1000 2540Punta Gorda 101 4010 0 2582 0 1476 0 5699 -166 2295Redland 80 17930 -2 8550 2996 4620 1978 17325 7416 4896Riviera Beach 0 0 300 0 193 0 110 0 414 0Sarasota First 82 14741 0 7195 2298 5425 0 13515 6828 1148

Trinity 34 969 3681 500 2495 500 1211 3416 3001 2323Sebring 70 4000 1474 2000 1525 1500 515 5560 1994 1903Venice 87 16167 15284 20254 0 11574 0 44705 -1303 65919W Palm Beach Belen 0 0 1060 0 683 0 390 0 1463 0

First 31 2000 3153 1000 2319 812 1084 1525 5587 148M aranatha 0 0 2842 0 1830 0 1046 0 3921 514

TOTALS 55 333584 231462 146068 217822 123653 84284 443194 336569 202374

District Receipts as of Feb 20 2008 General Treasurer receipts as of Feb 8 2008Dis t Minis tries Education Pensions W Evangelism

Nazarene Sunday School Ministries Southern Florida District

Rev Ted Underwood Chairman

611 Gardenia Ave Fort Pierce FL 34982

(772) 465-1622 Fax (772) 465-1521 E-mail pastortedfortpiercechurchcom

Nazarene Youth International Southern Florida District

Mr Johnnie Denby

198 Beeney Road SE Port Charlotte FL 33952

(941) 889-7655 Cell (941) 380-9504 E-mail johnnied61comcastnet

TEDrsquoS TOPICS DISTRICT LADIES DAY- SATURDAY MARCH 29 2008

Jacaranda Trace in Venice 1000 am ndash 300 pm Theme ldquoThe Personal Touchrdquo with guest speaker and author Rachel Crabb

Cost is $30 by March 12 (includes buffet lunch) $35 after March 12 $40 walk-ins Send registrations to Fort Pierce Church ATTN Pam Lee 611 Gardenia Ave Ft

Pierce FL 34982 Come early and enjoy danish coffee and juice LIMITED TO THE FIRST 300- GET YOUR REGISTRATIONS IN NOW

CHILDRENrsquoS TALENT MARCH 1st 2008

945am ndash 200pm ndash Registration 9-930 East Coast- Ft Lauderdale First West Coast- Venice

The theme this year is ldquoOLD TESTAMENT HEROESrdquo Categories for talent are Drama Creative Writing Oral Presentation Interpretive Dance

Gymnastics Solos Duets Trios Quartets Instrumental Solos Puppets Skits Mime (sign language) Arts and Crafts Needlework and Cooking

Help your kids share their talents for Jesus (Bring a sack lunch)

PRIME TIMERS- Be watching the FLAME next month for information on PRIME TIME CENTENNIAL RETREAT- Sept 30-Oct 3 2008 in KANSAS CITY

This will also include the Association of Retired Ministers and Missionaries in this Momentous Prime Time Centennial Retreat

YOUNG ADULTS ages 22 through 35-Be watching the Flame

for information on Breckenridge rsquo08

TOP TEN IN MW ATTENDANCE 1 Miami Bethany 1077 2 Bradenton First 930 3 North Miami Haitian 530 4 Venice 488 5 PC New Hope Fellowship 424 6 Fort Myers First 306 7 Sarasota First 262 8 Redland 244 9 Fort Pierce First Haitian 229 10 Fort Myers Solid Rock 217

TOP TEN IN MW NUMERICAL GAIN 1 North Port 367 2 Miami Bethany 292 3 Miami Grace 175 4 Sarasota First 46 5 Immokalee 37 6 North Fort Myers Northside 17 7 Port St Lucie Haitian 15 8 Bradenton Bayshore 14 9 Naples Faith Community 13 10 Pompano Beach 12

TOP TEN IN SS ATTENDANCE 1 Miami Bethany 705 2 Bradenton First 411 3 Venice 278 4 Fort Myers First 240 5 PC New Hope Fellowship 209 6 Miami Peniel 199 7 Port Charlotte 167 8 Fort Pierce First 156 9 North Miami Haitian 153 10 Naples New Haitian 141

TOP TEN IN SS NUMERICAL GAIN 1 North Port 267 2 Miami Grace 186 3 Miami Bethany 103 4 Okeechobee His House 37 5 Immokalee 37 6 North Miami Beach 27 7 Naples First 26 8 Pompano Beach 26 9 Bradenton First 23 10 Naples First Hispanic 20

Thanks to everyone that participated in the NYI Sessions at

Improve Your Serve We trust that the information Rick Underwood

shared was helpful to everyone He did a great job

Thanks for your support of the District NYI ___________________________________

TNTTNU

Please keep the Teens in your prayers as we head off to Nashville at the

end of this month to represent Southern Florida at TNTTNU

GO SO FLO

___________________________________

UPCOMING EVENTShellip NYI CONVENTION ndash May 9-10th

We will be mailing out information in the next little bithellip

Be on the look out for that

YOUTH CAMP ndash June 30 ndash July 4th A package of information will be

forthcoming on this event as well Keep an eye out

ldquoThe Flamerdquo and our website at

SFNazareneorg are also additional tools for finding

NYI information

Congratulations to the churches of the Ft Myers and Treasure Coast Zones for making the 100 Club this month North Central Zone-83 Miami Zone-78 Sun Coast Zone-70 Ft Lauderdale Zone-60 and Palm Beach Zone-38 21 churches were in the NO REPORT CLUB this month 75 of our churches reporting This is better we are moving in the right direction UP Help your zone be in the 100 CLUB next month Call your zone chairperson by Wednesday following the last Sunday Help our district do better

Childrenrsquos Quizzing

District Meet March 29 at Venice Minimum score of 75 at Zone Meet

to qualify

Regional Meet April 12 in Orlando Minimum score of

80 at District Meet to qualify

The Southern Florida FLAME (052010) is published monthly except July and August at Lake Placid FL in the interest of the Southern Florida District Church of the Nazarene Dr David F Nixon District Superintendent 2680 Placid View Drive Lake Placid FL 33852 Phone 863-531-0181 E-mail sfdnazofcaolcom Website wwwsfnazareneorg Periodicals postage paid at Lake Placid Florida and at additional mailing offices POSTMASTER Send address changes to The Southern Florida FLAME 2680 Placid View Drive Lake Placid FL 33852

Nazarene Missions International Southern Florida District

Dennis Moore President

7515 Seabreeze Dr Lake Worth FL 33467-6453

(561) 968-7845 Fax (561) 968-7825 E-Mail NMIPresidentsfnazareneorg

La Cruz La Croix

The Easter Lamb for a change we can really believe Today we hear a lot about change The gentle loving in-nocent ldquoLamb of Godrdquo was brutally slaughtered sacrificed ndash to offer the world an eternal change from condemnation to a life of heavenly rejoicing As we comfortably enjoy the Easter season let us not forget those around us and around our world who desperately need the change only the Lamb of God can bring Please do your part as a Chris-tian and this year give sacrificially to the Easter Offer-ing for World Evangelism

Mission Convention 59-510 Elijah (4) and Sydney (3) are Mission-ary Kids They live with their parents Scott amp Emily Armstrong near Guate-mala City Guatemala They will ac-company their parents to the South-ern Florida Friday Night Youth and Mission Rally May 9th at Bradenton First As our special speakers the Armstrongs will be flying directly from Guatemala for the convention Elijah and Sydney will also visit our out-standing Childrenrsquos Convention on Saturday May 10th

7th Annual Hispanic Mission Congress was held at Hialeah Good Shepherd Nazarene Hispanic Coordinator Dr Roberto Hodgson was the featured speaker The group had fun competition for some of the best food in the world Shown above are some of the winners The event was chaired for the 7th year by Rev Jorge Diaz There were also special activities para nintildeos y joacutevenes

Award of Excellence = Advancement Each church overpaying its World Evangelism Fund goal by 3 or more is honored with an Award of Excellence More importantly ALL those dollars are used to enterexpand new areas for the Church of the Nazarene in 2008 East Timor Fiji Iraq Poland Reacuteunion Sierra Leone Sri Lanka Sudan Vanuatu Zanzibar and 3 new creative access areas where security is so delicate their name canrsquot be given

New Nazarenes

Bradenton First Bill Barber Kim Barber Carole Bowden Thelma Bow-den Susan Butler Tracy Carpenter Eric Carpenter Debbie Cassidy Ron Cassidy Carol Cookson Betsy Davis Ron Davis Donna Falcone Megan Falcone Joshua Keith Sharon Keith Olivia Kelly Scott Kelly Teresa Kelly Steve Miller JD Minnix Bev Minnix Kristi Orr Michael Orr Fred Palermo Tracey Palermo Vera Pendergraft Joan Pio Irwin Pio San-dra Williams Tom Williams John Winney

Bradenton Bayshore Phillip Adams Mia Grant Jean Keller Cassandra Laviani Melina Prevatte Amanda Reedy Anna Reedy Hailee Rolon Vanessa Spencer Chris Taylor Ernest Vohringer Chelsea Wilkinson Kelli Young

Now is the time to schedule your annual church meeting In our Manual para-graph 113-11315 the timing procedure

and purpose of this important event in the life of the local church are presented Every church member should consider the Manual paragraph 39 when electing officers to serve the con-gregation When establishing the date for your annual church meeting please keep in mind that all reports and related informa-tion including budget payments need to be in by March 31 2008

Nazarene Sunday School Ministries Southern Florida District

Rev Ted Underwood Chairman

611 Gardenia Ave Fort Pierce FL 34982

(772) 465-1622 Fax (772) 465-1521 E-mail pastortedfortpiercechurchcom

Nazarene Youth International Southern Florida District

Mr Johnnie Denby

198 Beeney Road SE Port Charlotte FL 33952

(941) 889-7655 Cell (941) 380-9504 E-mail johnnied61comcastnet

TEDrsquoS TOPICS DISTRICT LADIES DAY- SATURDAY MARCH 29 2008

Jacaranda Trace in Venice 1000 am ndash 300 pm Theme ldquoThe Personal Touchrdquo with guest speaker and author Rachel Crabb

Cost is $30 by March 12 (includes buffet lunch) $35 after March 12 $40 walk-ins Send registrations to Fort Pierce Church ATTN Pam Lee 611 Gardenia Ave Ft

Pierce FL 34982 Come early and enjoy danish coffee and juice LIMITED TO THE FIRST 300- GET YOUR REGISTRATIONS IN NOW

CHILDRENrsquoS TALENT MARCH 1st 2008

945am ndash 200pm ndash Registration 9-930 East Coast- Ft Lauderdale First West Coast- Venice

The theme this year is ldquoOLD TESTAMENT HEROESrdquo Categories for talent are Drama Creative Writing Oral Presentation Interpretive Dance

Gymnastics Solos Duets Trios Quartets Instrumental Solos Puppets Skits Mime (sign language) Arts and Crafts Needlework and Cooking

Help your kids share their talents for Jesus (Bring a sack lunch)

PRIME TIMERS- Be watching the FLAME next month for information on PRIME TIME CENTENNIAL RETREAT- Sept 30-Oct 3 2008 in KANSAS CITY

This will also include the Association of Retired Ministers and Missionaries in this Momentous Prime Time Centennial Retreat

YOUNG ADULTS ages 22 through 35-Be watching the Flame

for information on Breckenridge rsquo08

TOP TEN IN MW ATTENDANCE 1 Miami Bethany 1077 2 Bradenton First 930 3 North Miami Haitian 530 4 Venice 488 5 PC New Hope Fellowship 424 6 Fort Myers First 306 7 Sarasota First 262 8 Redland 244 9 Fort Pierce First Haitian 229 10 Fort Myers Solid Rock 217

TOP TEN IN MW NUMERICAL GAIN 1 North Port 367 2 Miami Bethany 292 3 Miami Grace 175 4 Sarasota First 46 5 Immokalee 37 6 North Fort Myers Northside 17 7 Port St Lucie Haitian 15 8 Bradenton Bayshore 14 9 Naples Faith Community 13 10 Pompano Beach 12

TOP TEN IN SS ATTENDANCE 1 Miami Bethany 705 2 Bradenton First 411 3 Venice 278 4 Fort Myers First 240 5 PC New Hope Fellowship 209 6 Miami Peniel 199 7 Port Charlotte 167 8 Fort Pierce First 156 9 North Miami Haitian 153 10 Naples New Haitian 141

TOP TEN IN SS NUMERICAL GAIN 1 North Port 267 2 Miami Grace 186 3 Miami Bethany 103 4 Okeechobee His House 37 5 Immokalee 37 6 North Miami Beach 27 7 Naples First 26 8 Pompano Beach 26 9 Bradenton First 23 10 Naples First Hispanic 20

Thanks to everyone that participated in the NYI Sessions at

Improve Your Serve We trust that the information Rick Underwood

shared was helpful to everyone He did a great job

Thanks for your support of the District NYI ___________________________________

TNTTNU

Please keep the Teens in your prayers as we head off to Nashville at the

end of this month to represent Southern Florida at TNTTNU

GO SO FLO

___________________________________

UPCOMING EVENTShellip NYI CONVENTION ndash May 9-10th

We will be mailing out information in the next little bithellip

Be on the look out for that

YOUTH CAMP ndash June 30 ndash July 4th A package of information will be

forthcoming on this event as well Keep an eye out

ldquoThe Flamerdquo and our website at

SFNazareneorg are also additional tools for finding

NYI information

Congratulations to the churches of the Ft Myers and Treasure Coast Zones for making the 100 Club this month North Central Zone-83 Miami Zone-78 Sun Coast Zone-70 Ft Lauderdale Zone-60 and Palm Beach Zone-38 21 churches were in the NO REPORT CLUB this month 75 of our churches reporting This is better we are moving in the right direction UP Help your zone be in the 100 CLUB next month Call your zone chairperson by Wednesday following the last Sunday Help our district do better

Childrenrsquos Quizzing

District Meet March 29 at Venice Minimum score of 75 at Zone Meet

to qualify

Regional Meet April 12 in Orlando Minimum score of

80 at District Meet to qualify

The Southern Florida FLAME (052010) is published monthly except July and August at Lake Placid FL in the interest of the Southern Florida District Church of the Nazarene Dr David F Nixon District Superintendent 2680 Placid View Drive Lake Placid FL 33852 Phone 863-531-0181 E-mail sfdnazofcaolcom Website wwwsfnazareneorg Periodicals postage paid at Lake Placid Florida and at additional mailing offices POSTMASTER Send address changes to The Southern Florida FLAME 2680 Placid View Drive Lake Placid FL 33852

Nazarene Missions International Southern Florida District

Dennis Moore President

7515 Seabreeze Dr Lake Worth FL 33467-6453

(561) 968-7845 Fax (561) 968-7825 E-Mail NMIPresidentsfnazareneorg

La Cruz La Croix

The Easter Lamb for a change we can really believe Today we hear a lot about change The gentle loving in-nocent ldquoLamb of Godrdquo was brutally slaughtered sacrificed ndash to offer the world an eternal change from condemnation to a life of heavenly rejoicing As we comfortably enjoy the Easter season let us not forget those around us and around our world who desperately need the change only the Lamb of God can bring Please do your part as a Chris-tian and this year give sacrificially to the Easter Offer-ing for World Evangelism

Mission Convention 59-510 Elijah (4) and Sydney (3) are Mission-ary Kids They live with their parents Scott amp Emily Armstrong near Guate-mala City Guatemala They will ac-company their parents to the South-ern Florida Friday Night Youth and Mission Rally May 9th at Bradenton First As our special speakers the Armstrongs will be flying directly from Guatemala for the convention Elijah and Sydney will also visit our out-standing Childrenrsquos Convention on Saturday May 10th

7th Annual Hispanic Mission Congress was held at Hialeah Good Shepherd Nazarene Hispanic Coordinator Dr Roberto Hodgson was the featured speaker The group had fun competition for some of the best food in the world Shown above are some of the winners The event was chaired for the 7th year by Rev Jorge Diaz There were also special activities para nintildeos y joacutevenes

Award of Excellence = Advancement Each church overpaying its World Evangelism Fund goal by 3 or more is honored with an Award of Excellence More importantly ALL those dollars are used to enterexpand new areas for the Church of the Nazarene in 2008 East Timor Fiji Iraq Poland Reacuteunion Sierra Leone Sri Lanka Sudan Vanuatu Zanzibar and 3 new creative access areas where security is so delicate their name canrsquot be given

New Nazarenes

Bradenton First Bill Barber Kim Barber Carole Bowden Thelma Bow-den Susan Butler Tracy Carpenter Eric Carpenter Debbie Cassidy Ron Cassidy Carol Cookson Betsy Davis Ron Davis Donna Falcone Megan Falcone Joshua Keith Sharon Keith Olivia Kelly Scott Kelly Teresa Kelly Steve Miller JD Minnix Bev Minnix Kristi Orr Michael Orr Fred Palermo Tracey Palermo Vera Pendergraft Joan Pio Irwin Pio San-dra Williams Tom Williams John Winney

Bradenton Bayshore Phillip Adams Mia Grant Jean Keller Cassandra Laviani Melina Prevatte Amanda Reedy Anna Reedy Hailee Rolon Vanessa Spencer Chris Taylor Ernest Vohringer Chelsea Wilkinson Kelli Young

Now is the time to schedule your annual church meeting In our Manual para-graph 113-11315 the timing procedure

and purpose of this important event in the life of the local church are presented Every church member should consider the Manual paragraph 39 when electing officers to serve the con-gregation When establishing the date for your annual church meeting please keep in mind that all reports and related informa-tion including budget payments need to be in by March 31 2008

The Southern Florida FLAME (052010) is published monthly except July and August at Lake Placid FL in the interest of the Southern Florida District Church of the Nazarene Dr David F Nixon District Superintendent 2680 Placid View Drive Lake Placid FL 33852 Phone 863-531-0181 E-mail sfdnazofcaolcom Website wwwsfnazareneorg Periodicals postage paid at Lake Placid Florida and at additional mailing offices POSTMASTER Send address changes to The Southern Florida FLAME 2680 Placid View Drive Lake Placid FL 33852

Nazarene Missions International Southern Florida District

Dennis Moore President

7515 Seabreeze Dr Lake Worth FL 33467-6453

(561) 968-7845 Fax (561) 968-7825 E-Mail NMIPresidentsfnazareneorg

La Cruz La Croix

The Easter Lamb for a change we can really believe Today we hear a lot about change The gentle loving in-nocent ldquoLamb of Godrdquo was brutally slaughtered sacrificed ndash to offer the world an eternal change from condemnation to a life of heavenly rejoicing As we comfortably enjoy the Easter season let us not forget those around us and around our world who desperately need the change only the Lamb of God can bring Please do your part as a Chris-tian and this year give sacrificially to the Easter Offer-ing for World Evangelism

Mission Convention 59-510 Elijah (4) and Sydney (3) are Mission-ary Kids They live with their parents Scott amp Emily Armstrong near Guate-mala City Guatemala They will ac-company their parents to the South-ern Florida Friday Night Youth and Mission Rally May 9th at Bradenton First As our special speakers the Armstrongs will be flying directly from Guatemala for the convention Elijah and Sydney will also visit our out-standing Childrenrsquos Convention on Saturday May 10th

7th Annual Hispanic Mission Congress was held at Hialeah Good Shepherd Nazarene Hispanic Coordinator Dr Roberto Hodgson was the featured speaker The group had fun competition for some of the best food in the world Shown above are some of the winners The event was chaired for the 7th year by Rev Jorge Diaz There were also special activities para nintildeos y joacutevenes

Award of Excellence = Advancement Each church overpaying its World Evangelism Fund goal by 3 or more is honored with an Award of Excellence More importantly ALL those dollars are used to enterexpand new areas for the Church of the Nazarene in 2008 East Timor Fiji Iraq Poland Reacuteunion Sierra Leone Sri Lanka Sudan Vanuatu Zanzibar and 3 new creative access areas where security is so delicate their name canrsquot be given

New Nazarenes

Bradenton First Bill Barber Kim Barber Carole Bowden Thelma Bow-den Susan Butler Tracy Carpenter Eric Carpenter Debbie Cassidy Ron Cassidy Carol Cookson Betsy Davis Ron Davis Donna Falcone Megan Falcone Joshua Keith Sharon Keith Olivia Kelly Scott Kelly Teresa Kelly Steve Miller JD Minnix Bev Minnix Kristi Orr Michael Orr Fred Palermo Tracey Palermo Vera Pendergraft Joan Pio Irwin Pio San-dra Williams Tom Williams John Winney

Bradenton Bayshore Phillip Adams Mia Grant Jean Keller Cassandra Laviani Melina Prevatte Amanda Reedy Anna Reedy Hailee Rolon Vanessa Spencer Chris Taylor Ernest Vohringer Chelsea Wilkinson Kelli Young

Now is the time to schedule your annual church meeting In our Manual para-graph 113-11315 the timing procedure

and purpose of this important event in the life of the local church are presented Every church member should consider the Manual paragraph 39 when electing officers to serve the con-gregation When establishing the date for your annual church meeting please keep in mind that all reports and related informa-tion including budget payments need to be in by March 31 2008