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SIXTIETH
ANNUAL ASSEMBLY JOURNAL
OF THE
Canada Pacific District
Church of the Nazarene
Session held at
Victoria First Church of the Nazarene
Victoria, BC
June 25 - 26, 2015
Dr. J. D. Porter Rev. Earl R. Wood
General Superintendent District Superintendent
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DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES OF THE CANADA PACIFIC DISTRICT
Year Place Gen. Supt. Dist. Supt. Dist. Sec.
1956 Vancouver G.B. Williamson Edward Lawlor H. Hoffman
1957 Vancouver G. B. Williamson Bert Daniels H. Hoffman
1958 Vancouver D.I. Vanderpool Bert Daniels H. Hoffman
1959 Vancouver S. Young Bert Daniels H. Hoffman
1960 Vancouver H. Benner Bert Daniels H. Hoffman
1961 Vancouver H. Powers Bert Daniels G. MacDonald
1962 Vancouver G.B. Williamson Bert Daniels B. Fleming
1963 Vancouver V.H. Lewis Bert Daniels B. Fleming
1964 Vancouver S. Young Roy Yeider B. Fleming
1965 Vancouver H. Power Roy Yeider B. Fleming
1966 Abbotsford H. Benner Roy Yeider Wm. Bahan
1967 Vancouver G. Coulter Roy Yeider Wm. Bahan
1968 Royal View V.H. Lewis Roy Yeider Wm. Bahan
1969 Abbotsford O. Jenkins Roy Yeider Wm. Bahan
1970 Abbotsford S. Young Roy Yeider E. Culbertson
1971 Vancouver E. Stowe Roy Yeider E. Culbertson
1972 Vancouver E. Lawlor Roy Yeider E. Culbertson
1973 Vancouver G. Coulter Roy Yeider E. Culbertson
1974 Prince George C. H. Strickland Daniel Derksen E. Culbertson
1975 Abbotsford O. Jenkins Daniel Derksen R. Shafto
1976 Penticton E. Stowe Daniel Derksen R. Shafto
1977 Vancouver W. Greathouse Daniel Derksen S. R. G. Hall
1978 Victoria G. Coulter Daniel Derksen S. R. G. Hall
1979 Penticton V.H. Lewis Daniel Derksen S. R. G. Hall
1980 Abbotsford E. Stowe Daniel Derksen S. R. G. Hall
1981 Vancouver W. Greathouse Daniel Derksen S. R. G. Hall
1982 Abbotsford J. Johnson Charles Muxworthy R. Feltmate
1983 Abbotsford J. Johnson Charles Muxworthy Mrs. E Westmacott
1984 Victoria V.H. Lewis Charles Muxworthy Mrs. E. Westmacott
1985 Vancouver V.H. Lewis Charles Muxworthy Mrs. E. Westmacott
1986 Abbotsford W. Greathouse Charles Muxworthy Mrs. E. Westmacott
1987 Victoria W. Greathouse Charles Muxworthy Elwyn A. Grobe
1988 Vancouver J. Johnson Charles Muxworthy Elwyn A. Grobe
1989 Abbotsford J. Johnson Charles Muxworthy Elwyn A. Grobe
1990 Victoria J. Knight Charles Muxworthy Elwyn A. Grobe
1991 Guildford J. Knight Charles Muxworthy Elwyn A. Grobe
1992 Abbotsford W. Prince Charles Muxworthy Elwyn A. Grobe
1993 Victoria W. Prince Charles Muxworthy Elwyn A. Grobe
1994 Guildford P. Cunningham Charles Muxworthy Elwyn A. Grobe
1995 Abbotsford P. Cunningham Charles Muxworthy Elwyn A. Grobe
1996 Victoria J. H. Diehl W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe
1997 Guildford J. H. Diehl W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe
1998 Abbotsford J. Bond W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe
1999 Victoria J. Bond W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe
2000 Guildford J. Porter W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe
2001 Kelowna J. Porter W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe
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2002 Abbotsford W. T. Johnson W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe
2003 Victoria W. T. Johnson W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe
2004 Guildford J. Middendorf W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe
2005 Abbotsford J. Middendorf W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe
2006 Victoria P. Cunningham Earl R. Wood Elwyn A. Grobe
2007 Guildford P. Cunningham Earl R. Wood John McKnight
2008 Abbotsford W.T. Johnson Earl R. Wood John McKnight
2009 Victoria J. H. Diehl Earl R. Wood John McKnight
2010 Guildford J. D. Porter Earl R. Wood John McKnight
2011 Abbotsford J. D. Porter Earl R. Wood John McKnight
2012 Victoria J. K. Warrick Earl R. Wood John McKnight
2013 Guildford J. K. Warrick Earl R. Wood Norayr Hajian
2014 Abbotsford J. D. Porter Earl R. Wood Norayr Hajian
2015 Victoria J. D. Porter Earl R. Wood Norayr Hajian
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CANADA PACIFIC DISTRICT ORDINATION CLASS OF 2015
(pictured left to right):General Superintendent, Dr. J. D. Porter,
Rev. Brian Postlewait, Rev. Rebecca Postlewait, Danae Linse, Rev. Brandon Linse
and District Superintendent, Rev. Earl Wood
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Contents
Page
1. Official Directory 6
A. District Officers 6
B. District Boards and Standing Committees 7
C. Assembly Committees 9
D. District Auxiliary Organizations 9
E. Church Directory 12
F. Elders 25
G. Deacons 28
H. Retired Elders 29
I. District Licensed Ministers 30
J. Consecrated Deaconesses 31
K. Retired Missionaries 31
L. Commissioned Ministers of Christian Education 31
M. Ministers Serving Connectional Interests 31
II. General Information 32
J. Where to send Monies 33
III. Daily Proceedings 34
IV. Reports 46
A. District Officers 46
1. District Superintendent 46
2. SDMI Chair 51
3. NMI President 56
4. NYI President 59
5. Ambrose University & Seminary President 61
6. National Director 64
B. District Boards and Standing Committees 69
1. Advisory Board 69
2. Board of Ministerial Credentials 71
3. Board of Ministry 72
C. Assembly Committees 75
1. Finance 75
2. Christian Action 82
3. Memorial Service 83
4. Nominating Committee 85
5. Pastoral Support 86
6. Secretary of Elections 94
V. Auxiliary Conventions 96
VI. Financial and Statistical 106
1. District Treasurer 106
2. District NYI Treasurer 110
3. District NMI Treasurer 111
4. District SDMI Treasurer 113
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I. Official Directory
A. District Officers
General Superintendent - Dr. J. D. Porter, 17001 Prairie Star Parkway, Lenexa, Kansas 66220
District Office – Mail: c/o 9012 - 160th
St. Surrey, BC V4N 3A5
(E-mail: [email protected]; fax: 604-589-7076; 604-841-2453)
District Superintendent – Rev. Earl R. Wood (Vernita), 9223 - 209B Pl., Langley, BC V1M 1T1
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-968-2006; 604-888-3535)
District Director – Rev. Lorna Bartram, 9012 - 160th
St. Surrey, BC V4N 3A5
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-841-2453)
District Secretary – Rev. Norayr Hajian, 69 – 12th
Ave. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4J9
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 867-334-2490)
District Treasurer – Rev. Harry Schell, 22759 Balabanian Cir., Maple Ridge, BC V2X 8Z5
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-463-9835)
District Office – Clerical – Lee Wedley, 9012 - 160th
St. Surrey, BC V4N 3A5
(E-mail: [email protected])
District Office – Finance – Eleanor Lungren, 9012 - 160th
St. Surrey, BC V4N 3A5
(E-mail: [email protected])
District NMI President – Don Johnson, 2088 Emerson St., Abbotsford, BC V2T 3H7
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-859-3272)
District NYI President – Rev. Calvin Black, 485 Montcalm Ave., Victoria, BC V8Z 4S8
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-888-3536)
Chairperson SDMI – Rev. Lorna Bartram, 9012 - 160th
St. Surrey, BC V4N 3A5
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-841-2453)
Nazarene Comp. Warehouse Director – Dell Marie Wergeland, No. 2, 831 Devonshire, Victoria,
BC V9A 4T5 (E-mail: [email protected]; 250-479-9342)
Legal Secretary – Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett, 4277 Quadra St., Victoria, BC V8X 1L5
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-479-1733)
National Director, Church of the Nazarene Canada – Rev. Dr. Clair MacMillan, 20 Regan Rd.,
Unit 9, Brampton, ON L7A 1C3 (fax: 1-905-846-1775; 1-888-808-7490)
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B. DISTRICT BOARDS AND STANDING COMMITTEES
Advisory Board
Earl R. Wood, ex officio (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-968-2006; 604-888-3585)
Elders
To 2016 Gary Nawrocki, 2194 Lang Cres., Nanaimo, BC V9S 5R9
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-756-4929)
To 2017 Gary Bennett, 4119 Mariposa Height, Victoria, BC V8Z 6P5
(E-mail [email protected]; cell: 250-888-9567; 250-479-8431)
To 2018 Neil Allenbrand, 1145 Woodlands Dr., Penticton, BC V2A 3X5
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-493-8338)
Lay Members
To 2016 Mark Kennedy, No. 703, 6282 Kathleen Ave., Burnaby, BC V5H 4J4
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-431-9928)
To 2017 Liliana Arias, No.45, 2951 Panorama Dr. Coquitlam, BC V3E 2W3
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-812-8460: 604-942-8460)
To 2018 Peter Steunenberg, 16470-108B Ave., Surrey, BC V4N 5B6
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-589-3300)
Board of Ministry
Earl Wood, chairman; Norayr Hajian, secretary
To 2016 Wesley Campbell, Andrew Tarrant
To 2017 Neil Allenbrand, Gary Nawrocki
To 2018 Melony Barber, Robert Gray
To 2019 Kathleen Smedley, John McKnight
Board of Directors of Canadian Nazarene College to 2017
Earl R. Wood, ex officio; Patrick Wiens, Monica Wood
Ministry Development Centre
Board of Ministry
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Christian Action
Earl Wood, ex officio, Douglas Woods (Chair) Melony Barber and Anne Scarrow
Church Properties
District Advisory Board
Court of Appeals
Earl Wood, ex officio; John McKnight, Charles Muxworthy, Harry Schell, Melvin Tucker,
Douglas Woods
District Camp Board
To 2016 Hayley Tarrant (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-749-8734)
To 2017 Pamela Castillo (E-mail: [email protected]; 778-995-8687)
To 2018 Sara Epp (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-866-3264)
To 2019 Cristina Choriego (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-765-4088)
ex officios: District Superintendent, SDMI Chairperson, NYI President, Camp Coordinator,
Camp Treasurer, Directors of District Camps. Consultant: District Director
C. ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
Finance
Earl Wood ex officio, Advisory Board, Local Pastors, Local Church Treasurers, and NMI, NYI
and SDMI Treasurers
Ministerial Benevolence
District Advisory Board
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D. DISTRICT AUXILIARY ORGANIZATIONS
1. Sunday School & Discipleship Ministries
Chairperson – Rev. Lorna Bartram, 9012 - 160th
St. Surrey, BC V4N 3A5
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-841-2453)
Treasurer – Rev. Harry Schell, 22759 Balabanian Cir., Maple Ridge, BC V2X 8Z5
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-463-9835)
Elected Members
2016 Lilia Choriego, Unit 6, 3640 No. 5 Rd., Richmond, BC V6X 2T7
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-278-6540)
2017 Teresa Fuergutz, 14012 - 112A Ave., Surrey, BC V3R 8E3
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-589-0989)
2018 Rev. Aaron Austin, 726 Como Lake Ave., Coquitlam, BC V3J 3M6
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 778-996-4971)
Appointed Members
Children’s Camp Director – Heather Johnson, 2088 Emerson St., Abbotsford, BC V2T 3H7
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-859-3272)
Family Retreat Directors – Andrew & Hayley Tarrant P.O. Box 1686, Hope BC V0X 1L0
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-749-7094)
Jr. High & Sr. High Camp Director – Matthew Wood, BSMT, 35315 McKinley Dr., Abbotsford,
BC V3G 3E2 (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-832-2479)
Women’s Retreat Directors – Hayley Tarrant, No. 202, 1275 Scott Dr., Hope BC VOX 1L4 and
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-749-8734)
Kari Larsen, Camp Squeah, No.4, 27915 Trans Canada Hwy., Hope, BC V0X 1L3
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-860-4403)
Men’s Retreat Director – Tim Larson, No.4, 27915 Trans Canada Hwy., Hope, BC V0X 1L3
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-860-4403)
Ex-Officio Members
District Superintendent – Rev. Earl R. Wood (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-968-2006)
NMI President – Don Johnson, 2088 Emerson St., Abbotsford, BC V2T 3H7
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-859-3272)
NYI President – Rev. Calvin Black, 485 Montcalm Ave., Victoria, BC V8Z 4S8
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-888-3536)
Consultant – District Director, Rev. Lorna Bartram
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2. District NMI Officers
President – Don Johnson, 2088 Emerson St., Abbotsford, BC V2T 3H7
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-859-3272)
Vice President – TBS
Secretary – Gail Reddicopp, 11205 Lansdowne Dr., Surrey, BC V3R 4Z6
E-mail: [email protected]; 604-584-5421)
Treasurer – Rev. Harry Schell, 22759 Balabanian Cir., Maple Ridge, BC V2X 8Z5
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-463-9835)
Work & Witness Coordinator – Eddie Beer, 7454 - 17th
Ave., Burnaby, BC V3N 1L4
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-961-7842; 604-523-2808)
Praying Coordinator – Gracia Castillo, No.3, 10051 - 155 St., Surrey, BC V3R 0S1
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-239-1064)
Discipling Coordinator – Ruth Harter, #7, 1518 Hwy. 3A, Keremeos, BC V0X 1N6
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-499-8856)
Giving Coordinator – Heather Keats, 883 Grove St., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4C7
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 867-334-7009; 867-456-2921)
Educating Coordinator – Shirley Schell, 22759 Balabanian Cir., Maple Ridge, BC V2X 8Z5
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-463-9835)
Deputation – Lilia Choriego, Unit 6, 3640 No. 5 Rd. Richmond, BC V6X 2T7
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-278-6540)
LINKS – Lilia Choriego, Unit 6, 3640 No. 5 Rd., Richmond, BC V6X 2T7
JESUS Film – Merv Black, 616 Polyanthus Cr., Victoria, BC V8Z 2J4
(E-mail:[email protected]; 250-479-3079)
WM Broadcast – TBS
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3. District NYI Council
President – Rev. Calvin Black, 485 Montcalm Ave., Victoria, BC V8Z 4S8
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-888-3536)
Vice-President – Matthew Wood, BSMT, 35315 McKinley Dr., Abbotsford, BC V3G 3E2
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-832-2479)
Treasurer – Lara Gray, Unit 36, 20966 – 77A Ave., Langley, BC V2Y 0K9
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-888-1108)
Camp Coordinator – Rev. Patrick Wiens, 5285 Willet Rd,, Abbotsford, BC V3G 2E8
(E-mail: [email protected]: cell: 604-850-4539; 604-744-9399)
District Trainer – Rev. Graham McMahon, 9883 Inglewood Cres., Chilliwack, BC V2P 5L7
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-701-9596; 604-392-5226)
Student Reps:
Youeal Abera – Legacy Grace Kim – Logos Korean
Cristian Andrade – Living Hope Madison Landers – Victoria
Ian Beer – Primera Ryan Stewart – Victoria
Alex Cameron – Legacy Brandon Stuppard – Abbotsford
Matthew Huang – Surrey Chinese Rigel Wagner – Legacy
4. ZONE ORGANIZATIONS
Northern – Northern Lights Christian Fellowship, All Nations (Dawson Creek), Tupper,
Whitehorse
Central – Fort Fraser
Okanagan – Kelowna, Penticton, Lighthouse Christian Fellowship (Kamloops)
Fraser Valley – Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Hope, Living Hope Langley
Greater Vancouver – Betel Iglesia Hispana, Community (Como Lake), Legacy, Mission
Possible, Primera Iglesia Hispana, Surrey Chinese, Holy Trinity, Vancouver First, Logos Korean
Vancouver Island – Courtenay/Comox, Cowichan Valley, Esquimalt, Nanaimo, Southside
Community, Victoria First
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E. CHURCH DIRECTORY
1. Organized Churches
ABBOTSFORD (Organized 1924) (007-0010)
Location – 2390 McMillan Rd., Abbotsford, BC V2S 7R3
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-859-4717)
Pastor – (6/25/10) Patrick Wiens (Peggy) 5285 Willet Rd., Abbotsford, BC V3G 2E8
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-850-4539; 604-744-9399)
Review Date –12/2015
Assoc. Minister – (07/01/11) Matthew Wood (Monica), BSMT, 35315 McKinley Dr., Abbotsford,
BC V3G 3E2 (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-832-2479)
Youth Minister – (07/01/11) Matthew Wood (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-832-2479)
Office Admin. – Tanya Learn, 2390 McMillan Rd., Abbotsford, BC V2S 7R3
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-832-0277; 604-859-4717)
Director Open Door Child Care Center – Jennifer St. Jean, 2390 McMillan Rd., Abbotsford, BC
V2S 7R3 (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-217-9047 604-859-8406)
NMI Pres. – Willa Byggdin, No. 108, 35230 Delair Rd. Abbotsford, BC V3G 2W5
(Email: [email protected]; 604-852-3414)
NYI Min. Pres. – Matthew Wood (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-832-2479)
Pastor Community Groups – Graham McMahon, 9883 Inglewood Cres., Chilliwack, BC V2P 5L7
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-701-9569)
Prime Timers Min. – Stephanie McLeod, 35840 Heatherstone Pl., Abbotsford, BC V3G 1E6
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-870-9942)
Church Board Sec. – Allan McLeod, BSMT 3080 McCrae St., Abbotsford, BC V2S 5T2
([email protected]; 604-807-1815)
Church Treas. – Dave Wood, 33180 Capri Ct., Abbotsford, BC V2S 5N5
(Email:[email protected]; 604-309-3582)
AGAPE (Vancouver) (Inactive) (007-0122)
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ALL NATIONS (formerly Dawson Creek Community) (Organized 1940) (007-0050)
Location – 433 - 95th Ave., Dawson Creek, BC, V1G 1H4
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-719-7425)
Pastor – (7/13/14) Megan Polowski, No. 309, 900 - 100A Ave., Dawson Creek, BC V1G 0C7
(E-mail: [email protected]: cell: 306-940-4975)
Review Date – Appointment
BETEL IGLESIA HISPANA (Organized 2000) (007-0107)
Location – 8098 - 11th Ave., Burnaby, BC V3N 2N7 (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-522-4040)
Pastor – (8/1/94) David Maldonado (Dina), 8094 - 11th Ave., Burnaby, BC V3N 2N7
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 778-867-3462)
Review Date – Appointment
CHILLIWACK (RESTART 2011) (Organized 1953) (007-0040)
Location – (Mail: 9883 Inglewood Cresc., Chilliwack, BC V2P 5L7)
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-701-9569)
Pastor – (7/1/11) Graham McMahon (Karyn), 9883 Inglewood Cres., Chilliwack, BC V2P 5L7
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-701-9569)
Review Date – Appointment
Church Treas. – Daniel Muller (E-mail:[email protected]; cell: 778-240-0925)
Church Board Sec. – Brittany Muller (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-799-1395)
COMMUNITY (formerly Como Lake) (Organized 1946) (007-0030)
Location – 724 Como Lake Ave., Coquitlam, BC V3J 3M6
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-936-3503)
Co-Pastors – Aaron Austin and Rigoberto Castillo
(08/01/08) Aaron Austin, (Tanya) 726 Como Lake Ave., Coquitlam, BC V3J 3M6
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 778-996-4971)
Review Date – (8/2016)
(4/18/04) Rigoberto Castillo (Gracia) No. 3, 10051 - 155th St., Surrey, BC V3R 0S1
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 778-994-3914)
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Review Date – (9/2015)
NMI Pres. – Gail Reddicopp, 11205 Landsdowne Dr., Surrey, BC V3R 4Z6
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-584-5421)
Church Board Sec. – Bernice Muir, No. 414, 509 Carnarvon St., New Westminster, BC V3L 5S4
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-540-2364)
Church Treas. – Rob Anderson (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-936-1302)
COURTENAY/COMOX (CTM – Started 2014) (007-0003)
Location – 4018 Maitland St., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 3X1 (250-735-3337)
Co-Pastors (14/02/02) – Calvin and Melony Barber, 4018 Maitland St., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 3X1
(Email: [email protected])
COWICHAN VALLEY (Organized 1989) (007-0053)
Location – 3036 Sherman Rd., Duncan, BC V9L 2B8
(E-mail:[email protected]; fax: 250-597-0056; 250-748-8000)
Pastor – (02/01/08) R. Wayne Lee (Maria) 6146 Denali Dr., Duncan, BC V9L 5N4
(Email: [email protected]; cell: 250-701-3192; 250-709-4347)
Review Date – Appointment
Church Secretary – Gayleen Nelson, 1011 Holmes St., Duncan, BC V9L 2C9
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-748-8684)
Music Dir. – Maria Lee, 6146 Denali Dr., Duncan, BC V9L 5N4
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-709-4347)
NMI Pres. – Jean Wheatley, 6466 Diana Dr., Duncan, BC V9L 5V3
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-748-6034)
Women’s Min. Dir. – Maria Lee, 6146 Denali Dr., Duncan, BC V9L 5N4
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-709-4347)
Men’s Ministry Director – Jim Tansky, 6029 Falaise Rd., Duncan, BC V9L 2H4
Church Board Sec. – Larry Squire, 6319 Fairview Pl., Duncan, BC V9L 3Y6
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-746-6267)
Church Treas. – Sheena McCuaig, No. 39, 3144 Sherman Rd., Duncan BC V9L 4B4
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-746-6136)
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ESQUIMALT (Organized 1954) (007-0141)
Location – 886 Craigflower Rd., Victoria, BC V9A 2X5
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-382-0812)
Pastor – (8/2/98) Barry S. Goodwin (Janette), No. 120 – 290 Island Hwy., View Royal, BC V9B
1G5 (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-888-2409; 250-383-3442)
Review Date – 10/2015
Korean Youth Minister – (1/09) Abraham Woo (Suzanna), No. 13, 4021 Saanich Rd., Victoria,
BC V8X 1Z2 (E-mail: [email protected]; 778-402-6534)
NYI Pres. – Carlos Rodriguez, 606 Catherine St., Victoria, BC V9A 3T6
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-532-2113: 250-294-1272)
NMI Pres. – Joanne Deelstra, 6609 Helgesen Rd., Sooke, BC V9Z 0V7
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-818-4206; 250-642-0616)
SSM Supt. – Danielle Siegl, 3120 Harriet Rd., Victoria, BC V9A 1T8
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-532-6873)
Church Board Sec. – Allen Young, No. 405, 420 Parry St., Victoria, BC V8V 2H7
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-479-7278)
Church Treas. – Colin Leavett-Brown, 2921 Merle Dr., Victoria, BC V9B 2H9
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-478-7879)
FARMINGTON (Inactive) (007-0060)
FORT FRASER COMMUNITY (Organized 1978) (007-0065)
Location – (Mail: Box 256) Highway 16 East, No. 774, Fort Fraser, BC V0J 1N0
Pastor – TBS
Review Date – Appointment
Church Board Sec. – Yvonne Melo, Box 256, Fort Fraser, BC V0J 1N0
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-690-7496)
Church Treas. – Bonnie Hebert, Box 241, Fort Fraser, BC V0J 1N0 (250-690-7516)
FRASER VALLEY KOREAN (Inactive) (007-0043)
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HOLY TRINITY (Organized 1996) (007-0125)
Location – 998 E. 19th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5V 1K7 (604-874-2022)
Pastor – (7/06/92) Tekeste Genzebu (Genet), 21528 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Maple Ridge, BC
V2X 3G4 (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 778-865-0495; 604-466-5705)
Review Date – Appointment
Church Board Sec. – Lewi Weldeslasie, c/o the Church
Church Treas. – Genet Genzebu, 21528 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Maple Ridge, BC V2X 3G4
(604-466-5705)
HOPE (Organized 2009) (007-0067)
Location – (Mail: P.O. Box 1686, Hope BC V0X 1L0)
Pastor – (23/5/11) Andrew Tarrant (Hayley) P.O. Box 1686, Hope, BC V0X 1L0
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-749-7707)
Review Date – 5/2019
Church Board Sec. – Tim Larson, No. 4 – 27915 Trans Canada Hwy., Hope BC V0X 1L3
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-860-4403)
KELOWNA (Organized 1979) (007-0068)
Location – 1305 W. Highway 33, Kelowna, BC V1X 1Z3
E-mail: [email protected]; fax: 250-868-2236; 250-868-2238)
Pastor – (01/01/12) R. Wayne Siewert (Marilyn) No. 301, 773 Glenmore Rd., Kelowna, BC V1V
3B9 (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-215-7750; 250-763-7750)
Review Date – 1/1/2016
NMI Pres. – Ilene Lorenz, No. 205 - 1620 Burtch Rd., Kelowna, BC V1Y 9A9
(E-mail: [email protected]; 778-484-3645)
Church Leadership Com. Sec. – Donna Martens (E-mail: [email protected])
Church Treas. – Judy Luescher, 1195 Velrose Dr., Kelowna, BC V1X 6R7
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-765-7017)
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LEGACY (formerly Guildford) (Organized 1940) (007-0150)
Location – 9012 - 160th St., Surrey, BC V4N 3A5
(E-mail: [email protected]; fax: 604-589-7076; 604-589-4670)
Pastor (2/28/10) – Robert Gray (Lara) Unit 36, 20966 – 77A Ave., Langley, BC V2Y 0K9
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-315-1973; 604-888-1108)
Review Date – 04/2016
Assoc. Pastor/HHCC Director – Lorna Bartram, c/o 9012-160th St., Surrey, BC V4N 3A5
(Website: helpinghandsonline.ca; cell: 604-841-2453; 604-582-9700)
Executive Admin. – Kim Deepwell (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-589-4670)
Worship Leader – Jeff Wiens (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-961-6774)
Prime Time Min. Dir. – Veronica Williams (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-584-4980)
NMI Pres. – Florence Beugelink (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-987-2855; 604-591-9880)
SDMI Chair – Mary Jane Holmquist (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 778-245-2001)
Missional Communities – George Klassen (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-585-9974)
Sunday Gatherings – Bruce Wergeland (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-510-2006)
Work & Witness Coord. – Peter Steunenberg (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-589-3300)
Board Minutes Sec. – Kim Deepwell (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-589-4670)
Finance Chair – Brett Hockley E-mail: [email protected]; cell 778-237-0299)
LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (Kamloops) (Organized 1995) (007-0066)
Location – 702 Columbia St., Kamloops, BC V2C 2V4
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-372-0633)
Pastor – (1/02/07) Brandon Linse (Danae) 710 Columbia St., Kamloops, BC V2C 2V4
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-852-3549; 778-471-5372)
Review Date – Appointment
Church Board Sec. –Lana Belcourt, No. 136, 1655 Ord Road Kamloops, BC V2B 7V6 (250-682-1608)
Church Treas. – Thomas Koester, 233 Blueberry Pl., Kamloops, BC V2H 1M4
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-578-7137)
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LIVING HOPE (Langley) (Organized 1943) (007-0070)
Location – 19991 - 49th Ave., Langley, BC V3A 3R7
(E-mail [email protected]; 604-530-7017)
Co-Pastors – (12/9/12) – Desmond and Eileen Cook, 20976 - 42nd
Ave., Langley, BC V3A 5A1
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-626-6282; 604-530-5696)
Review Date – Appointment
Assoc. Pastor – (12/9/12) Magally Figueroa, 2805 E. 8th
Ave., Vancouver, BC V5M 1W8
(Email: [email protected]; cell: 604-785-9966; 604-215-1032)
NMI Pres. – Zulma Lozano (cell: 604-552-0173)
NYI Min. Dir. – Cristian Andrade, 12184 – 97th
Ave., Surrey, BC V3V 2C9
E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 778-384-4791)
Church Board Sec. – Karen Neufeld, 26482 - 29B Ave., Aldergrove, BC V4W 3B4
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-617-4091; 604-856-9423)
Church Treas. – Karen Neufeld, 26482 - 29B Ave., Aldergrove, BC V4W 3B4
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-856-9423)
LOGOS KOREAN (Organized 2008) (007-0165)
Location – (Mail: 10883 - 154A St., Surrey, BC V3R 0X5) 9012 - 160th
St., Surrey, BC V4N 3A5
(E-mail: [email protected]; fax/phone: 604-588-9578)
Pastor – (08/04/04) Sung Mun Kim (Esther), 10883 - 154A St., Surrey, BC V3R 0X5
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-719-6428; fax/phone: 604-588-9578)
Review Date – Appointment
Associate Minister (1/1/11) – Jin Sang Doo, 8111 - 164A St., Surrey, BC V4M 0H5
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 778-837-4523; 604-496-0252)
Youth Minister (14/09/04) – Jung Hee Lee, No. 308 15915 84 Ave., Surrey, BC V4N 0W7
(cell: 778-241-4451; 604-593-1501)
NMI Pres. – Suk-Hee Kim, No. 320, 15110 - 108 Ave., Surrey, BC V3R 0T6
(E-mail: [email protected])
NYI Pres. – Jung Hee Lee, No. 308, 15915 – 84 Ave., Surrey, BC V4N 0W7 (604-593-1501)
Church Bd Sec. – Eun Jung Kim, 10883 - 154A St., Surrey, BC V3R 0X5 (778-938-9578)
Church Treas. – Jung Hee Lee, No. 308, 15915 – 84 Ave., Surrey, BC V4N 0W7 (604-593-1501)
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MAPLE RIDGE (Inactive) (007-0072)
NANAIMO (Organized 1958) (007-0071)
Location: 2150 Departure Bay Rd., Nanaimo, BC V9S 3V6
(E-mail:[email protected]; fax /phone: 250-585-5553)
Pastor – (10/1/04) Gary Nawrocki (Lise), 2194 Lang Cres., Nanaimo, BC V9S 5R9
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-756-4929)
Review Date – 11/18
Children’s Min. Dir. – Cathy McKnight, No. 101, 6251 Pleasant Valley Ridge Pl., Nanaimo
V9T 0B3 (E-mail: [email protected]; 250-933-6841)
Worship Dir. – Lemuel Mayona, 1130 Nelson St., Nanaimo, BC V9S 2K3
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-751-4081)
NMI Pres. – Mary Lay, 6119 Denver Way, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6J2
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-933-5830)
Senior Adult Min. – Dale Wellar, 2176 Duggan Rd., Nanaimo, BC V9S 5L4
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-755-6127; 250-758-0538)
Church Board Sec. – Cathy Fee, 253 Twiggly Wiggly Rd., Nanaimo, BC V9R 6T4
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-753-2909)
Church Treas. – Brenda Michaelis, 2520 Highland Blvd., Nanaimo, BC V9S 3N8
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-619-7812)
NORTHERN LIGHTS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (Organized 2003) (007-0025)
Location: (Mail: Box 1629) 4908 - 47th
St., Chetwynd BC V0C 1J0 (250-788-6740)
Pastor – (8/1/13) Lorraine R. Mickelson, P.O. Box 1492, Chetwynd, BC V0C 1J0
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-788-6740)
Review Date – Appointment
Church Board Sec. – Fran Neuls, Box 177, Chetwynd BC V0C 1J0
(cell: 250-788-5860; 250-788-2498)
Church Treas. – Lucy Williams, Box 743 Chetwynd, BC V0C 1J0
(cell: 250-401-8952)
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PENTICTON (Organized 1949) (007-0090)
Location – 523 Jermyn Ave., Penticton, BC V2A 2E2
(E-mail: [email protected]; fax: 250-492-4013; 250-492-4028)
Pastor – (1/1/89) Neil B. Allenbrand (Heather), 1145 Woodlands Dr., Penticton, BC V2A 3X5
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-770-0560; 250-493-8338)
Review Date – 03/2019
Assoc. Pastor – (4/15/05) Jamie L. Weberg (Kristin), 150 Dunant Cres., Penticton BC
V2A 3E9 (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-488-1359; 250-770-2909)
NMI Pres. – Barbara Taggart, 1294 Green Lake Rd., Oliver, BC V0H 1T0
(E-mail: [email protected]; phone/fax: 250-498-8847)
Christian Life Chairperson (SS) – Martha Filipenko, 750 Hudson St., Penticton, BC V2A 8S9
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-492-8936)
Women’s Ministry Dir. – Tammy Morrish, 1411 Ridgedale Ave., Penticton, BC V2A 2S3
(250-493-2251)
Church Board Sec. – Marcia Patterson, 112 Stevens Court, Penticton, BC V2A 8A2
(250-490-0883)
Church Treas. – Don Ericson, No.103 - 232 Kinney Ave., Penticton, BC V2A 3N9
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-493-4377)
PRIMERA IGLESIA HISPANA (Organized 1989) (007-0124)
Location – 998 E. 19th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5V 1K7
(E-mail: [email protected]: 604-874-2022)
Pastor – (4/1/87) Willy Choriego (Lilia), No. 6, 3640 No. 5 Rd., Richmond, BC V6V 2T7
(E-mail [email protected]; cell 778-709-7074, 604-278-6540)
Review Date – Appointment
Music Dir. – Mario Beer, 7454 - 17th
Ave., Burnaby, BC V3N 1L4
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-374-8593: 604-523-2808)
NMI Pres. – Karla Beer, 7454 – 17th Ave., Burnaby, BC V3N 1L4
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-961-7742: 604-523-2808)
SDMI Dir. – Cristina Choriego, #B1, 420 Ash St., New Westminster, V3M 3M9
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-765-4088)
Adult Min. Dir. – Carlos Corea, 7137 Elwell St., Burnaby, BC V5L 1K7
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-329-0360; 604-521-1902)
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Men’s Min. Dir. – Eddie Beer, 7454 - 17th
Ave., Burnaby, BC V3N 1L4
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-961-7842; 604-523-2808)
Women’s Min. Dir. – Miuriel Corea, 7137 Elwell St., Burnaby, BC V5L 1K7
(cell: 778-388-1551; 604-521-1902)
Work & Witness Coord. – Eddie Beer, 7454 - 17th
Ave., Burnaby, BC V3N 1L4
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-961-7842; 604-523-2808)
Church Treas. – Juan Jose Maradiraga, 7137 Elwell St., Burnaby, BC V5L 1K7
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-353-8651)
PRINCE GEORGE (inactive) (007-0101)
RICHMOND (Inactive) (007-0103)
ROYAL VIEW (Inactive) (007-0080)
SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY (Organized 1945) (007-0100)
Location – (Mail: Box 1172, Port Alberni, BC V9Y 7M1) 4190 Victoria Dr., Port Alberni, BC
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-724-7275)
Pastor 1/12/14 – David Jacob Zvonar (Desneige) 4307 Burde St., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 3K7
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-731-6164)
Review Date – Appointment
SDMI Supt. – Lynne Schingnitz, 7935 Beaver Creek Rd., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 7L5
(250-724-4593)
NMI Pres. – Vern Lucas, 4664 Bute St., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 3M7
(cell: 250-730-2756; 250-724-2756)
Church Treas. – Cathy Craig, 4594 Alwyn Rd., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 5V1
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-720-7129; 250-724-4407)
SURREY CHINESE (formerly Surrey Agape) (Organized 2000) (007-0127)
Location – 9012 - 160th St., Surrey, BC V4N 3A5
(E-mail: [email protected]; 778-926-9012)
Pastor– (06/09/09) Chin-Yen (Jennifer) Huang (David Kuo), 16027 - 80th Ave., Surrey, BC
V4N 0X1 (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 778-926-9012; 604-507-4889)
Review Date – Appointment
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Worship Leader – David Kuo, 16027 - 80th Ave., Surrey, BC V4N 0X1
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-507-4889
Sister Fellowship Leader – Julia Wang, No. 60 10038 – 150 St., Surrey, BC V3R 0M8
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 778-288-3321; 604-496-3321
NMI Min. Pres. – David Kuo, (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-507-4889)
Church Board Sec. – Eileen Tsai, No. 111, 10698 – 151A St., Surrey, BC V3R 8T5
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 778-831-7088; 604-498-0318)
Church Treas. & Young Adult Leader – Grace Xu, No. 41, 16318 - 82 Ave., Surrey, BC V4N 0N9
(cell: 778-317-0412)
TUPPER (Organized 1941) (007-0110)
Location – (Mail: Box 601, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4H4) 15982 Gundy Rd., Tupper, BC
V1G 4H4 (E-mail: [email protected]; 780-353-2606; 250-782-0484)
Pastor – (7/1/04) Ruth Smith Czerniak, Box 57, Gordondale, AB T0H 1V0
(E-mail [email protected]; cell 250-782-0484; 780-353-2602)
Review Date – Appointment
Church Board Sec. – Loretta Pratt (250-786-5406)
Church Treas. – Cheri Nelson
VANCOUVER FIRST (Organized 1937) (007-0120)
Location – 998 E. 19th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5V 1K7
(E-mail: [email protected]; fax 604-677-9576; 604-874-2022)
Pastor (Interim) (10/15/15) – Kathleen Smedley (Matthew), 2147 E. 36th
Ave., Vancouver, BC
V5P 1C9 (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-871-0054)
Review Date –
NMI Pres. – Douglas Woods, No. 3, 12011 Greenland Dr., Richmond, BC V6V 2E6
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-214-7702)
Church Board Sec. – Mark Kennedy (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-588-1985)
Church Treas. – Charlie Louie (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-980-9790)
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VICTORIA FIRST (Organized 1946) (007-0140)
Location – 4277 Quadra St., Victoria, BC V8X 1L5
(E-mail: [email protected]; fax 250-479-1447; 250-479-1733)
Pastor – (9/9/90) Gary M. Bennett (Cheryl), 4119 Mariposa Heights, Victoria, BC V8Z 6P5
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-888-9567; 250-479-8431)
Review Date – 10/2016
Assoc. Pastor – (6/6/96) Calvin M. Black (Ceri), 485 Montcalm Ave., Victoria, BC V8Z 4S8
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-888-3536)
Youth Pastor – Calvin M. Black, (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-888-3536)
Executive Pastor – Heather Prendergast, 984 McKenzie Ave., Apt. 328, Victoria, BC V8X 4E7
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-812-3100)
NMI Pres – Lois Black, 616 Polyanthus Cres., Victoria, BC V8Z 2J4
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-479-3079)
Assoc. Minister: Children and Family Min. – Mary Ann Timmins, 1414 Monterey Ave.,
Victoria, BC V8S 4S1 (E-mail: [email protected]; 250-519-0200)
Senior Adult Min. Dir. – Dell Marie Wergeland, 3865 Wilkinson Rd., Victoria, BC V8Z 5A3
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-479-9342)
Church Board Sec. – Gordon Eisenhuth, 788 Mapleton Pl., Victoria, BC V8Z 5W2 (250-479-3798)
Church Treas. – David Morrical, 2592 Estevan Ave., Victoria, BC V8R 2S9
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-595-2855)
WHITEHORSE (Organized 1963) (007-0160)
Location – 2111 Centennial St., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3Z6
(E-mail:[email protected]; 867-633-4903)
Pastor – (6/1/87) Norayr Hajian (Heather), 69 - 12th Ave., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4J9
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 867-334-2490)
Review Date – Appointment
Assoc. Pastor – (06/01/02) Clayton Keats (Heather), 883 Grove St., Whitehorse, YT. Y1A 4C7
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 867-334-2491)
Children Pastor – (6/5/2014) Heather Keats, 883 Grove St., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4C7
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 867-334-7009; 867-456-2921)
NMI Pres. – Pauline Chambers, 557A Grove St., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5J8
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 867-333-9809)
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Church Board Sec. – Janilyn Kooy, 107B Copper Rd., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2Z7
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 867-334-1790)
Church Treas. – Heather Keats, 883 Grove St., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4C7
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 867-334-7009; 867-456-2921)
Work & Witness Coord. – Tanya Harrison (E-mail: [email protected])
Filipino Ministry – Merlyn Maningas, 4b, 2002 Centennial St., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3Z7
(E-mail: [email protected]; 867-393-2168)
Youth Ministry – Sarkis Hajian, 79a – 12th
Ave., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4K2
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 867-335-4245)
Prayer Ministry – Marie Fast, 126 Rainbow Rd., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5K1
(E-mail: [email protected]; 867-667-2024)
2. Compassionate Ministry
MISSION POSSIBLE (CMC)
Location – 543 Powell St., Vancouver, BC V6A 1G8
(E-mail: [email protected]; fax 604-253-0418; 604-253-4469)
Executive Director – (11 /3/07) Brian K. Postlewait (Becky), 5318 Bruce St., Vancouver, BC
V5P 3M3 (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-551-1063)
Admin. Assist. – Alyse Kotyk (E-mail: [email protected])
Chief Operations Officer – Matthew Smedley (E-mail: [email protected])
MP Maintenance Manager – Dave Greaves (e-mail: [email protected])
Director of Communication & Development – Rod Janz (E-mail: [email protected])
Community Life Coordinator – Andy Smith (E-mail: [email protected])
Community Life Assistant – Linda Green (E-mail: [email protected])
Community Life Assistant – Jenny Hawkinson (E-mail: [email protected])
Community Life Assistant – Shelimar Lakowski (E-mail: [email protected])
Employment Advisor – Jen Langerud (E-mail:[email protected])
Lead Technician – Andrew Pryce
Lead Technician – Ewan Kirk
Lead Technician – Theo Rosengren
Drive – Doug Martin
MP Neighbours Coordinator – Jay Hockley
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Board of Directors – Randy Ferrario (Chair),Ted Devries (Vice-Chair), Ken Jarvis (Secretary),
Jon Scott (Treasurer), Mark Kennedy, David Emri, Les McAusland
F. ELDERS
1983 PAS Allenbrand, Neil B., 1145 Woodlands Dr., Penticton, BC V2A 3X5
(Penticton) (250-493-8338)
2009 PAS Austin, Aaron, 726 Como Lake Ave., Coquitlam, BC V3J 3M6
(Community) (778-996-4971)
2006 U Austin, Kevin, No. 45, 13819 - 232nd St., Maple Ridge BC V4R 0C7
(Legacy) (604-614-4678)
1955 RA Bahan, William, 3946 Olympic View Dr., Victoria, BC V9C 4B1
(Victoria First) (250-478-5392)
1994 PAS Barber, Calvin, 4018 Maitland St., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 3X1
(Southside Community) (250-735-3337)
1994 PAS Barber, Melony, 4018 Maitland St., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 3X1
(Southside Community) (250-735-3337)
1985 PAS Bennett, Gary M., 4119 Mariposa Heights, Victoria, BC V8Z 6P5
(Victoria First) (250-479-8431)
1999 PSV-FT Black, Calvin M., 485 Montcalm Ave., Victoria, BC V8Z 4S8
(Victoria First) (250-888-3536)
1951 RA Boyd, Warren, No. 218, Tabor Court, 31954 Sunrise Cresc., Abbotsford, BC
V2T 1N6 (Abbotsford) (604-859-7920)
1963 RA Campbell, Wesley, No. 107, 5700 Andrews Rd., Richmond, BC V7E 6N7
(Vancouver First) (604-274-3363)
2010 PAS Castillo, Rigoberto, No. 3, 10051 - 155th
St., Surrey, BC V3R 0S1
(Community) (778-994-3914)
1984 PAS Choriego, Willy, Unit #6, 3640 No. 5 Rd., Richmond, BC V6V 2T7
(Primera Iglesia Hispana) (604-278-6540)
2007 PAS Czerniak, Ruth, Box 57, Gordondale, AB T0H 1V0
(Tupper) (780-353-2602)
2013 PSV-PT Figueroa, Magally, 2805 E. 8th
Ave., Vancouver, BC V5M 1W8
(Living Hope, Langley) (604-215-1032)
1953 RA Fleming, Bruce, No. 229, 32853 Landeau Pl., Abbotsford, BC V2S 6S6
(Abbotsford) (604-859-4339)
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1993 PAS Genzebu, Tekeste, 21528 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Maple Ridge, BC
V2X 3G4 (Holy Trinity) (604-466-5705)
2000 PAS Goodwin, Barry, No. 120 – 290 Island Hwy., View Royal, BC V9B 1G5
(Esquimalt) (250-383-3442)
2003 PAS Gray, Robert, Unit 36, 20966 – 77A Ave., Langley, BC V2Y 0K9
(Legacy) (604-315-1973)
1989 PAS Hajian, Norayr, 69 - 12th Ave., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4J9
(Whitehorse) (867-334-2490)
1962 RA Hart, Russell E., No. 17, 3063 Hornsberger Rd., Salmon Arm, BC
V1E 4M1 (Kelowna) (250-804-0369)
1953 RA Helm, Wallace, A136 - 4579 Chatterton Way, Victoria, BC V8X 4Y7
(Victoria First) (250-385-6804)
1965 RA Hemphill, Leonard, No. 209, 105 Gorge Rd. E., Victoria, BC V9X 6Z3
(Victoria First) (250-382-7084)
1999 SPC Horn, Jason, 6249 Lane Rd., Duncan, BC V9L 4E2
(Cowichan Valley) (250-701-0711)
1969 RA Johnson, Arnold, Box 887, Merritt, BC V1K 1B8
(Lighthouse Christian Fellowship) (250-378-4534)
2005 PSV-FT Keats, Clayton, 883 Grove St., Whitehorse, YT. Y1A 4C7
(Whitehorse) (867-456-2921)
2005 PAS Kim, Sung Mun, 10883 - 154A St., Surrey, BC V3R 0X5)
(Logos Korean) (604-588-9578)
2002 U King, Victoria, No. 218, 12151 - 224th
St., Maple Ridge, BC V2X 7N5
(Legacy) (604-466-1540)
2004 U Laycock, Pamela, 7798 Queen’s Cresc., Prince George, BC V2N 3H4
(Prince George) (250-640-1411)
2008 PAS Lee, Robert Wayne, 6146 Denali Dr., Duncan, BC V9L 5N4
(Cowichan Valley) (250-709-4347)
2015 PAS Linse, Brandon Cody, 702 Columbia St., Kamloops, BC V2C 2V4
(Lighthouse Christian Fellowship) (250-852-3549)
2010 PAS Maldonado, David, 8094 - 11th Ave., Burnaby, BC V3N 2N7
(Betel Iglesia Hispana) (778-867-3462)
1989 SPC McAusland, Leslie, No. 51, 8418 - 163rd
St. Surrey, BC V4N 6K8
(Legacy) (604-593-3201)
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1970 RA McKnight, John, No. 101, 6251 Pleasant Ridge Pl. Nanaimo, BC V9T 0B3
(Nanaimo) (250-933-6841)
2011 PAS McMahon, Graham, 9883 Inglewood Cres., Chilliwack, BC V2P 5L7
(Chilliwack) (604-701-9569)
1993 U Meers, Jon T., 310 Stevens Dr., Kamloops, BC V2H 1L5
(Lighthouse Christian Fellowship) (250-578-2668)
1967 RU Morden, Elva Bates, Bevan Lodge, No. 216, 33386 Bevan Ave., Abbotsford,
BC V2S 5G6 (Abbotsford) (604-853-4065)
1952 RA Muxworthy, Charles J., No. 11, 21164 - 88th Ave., Langley, BC V1M 2E9
(Legacy) (604-882-8407)
1991 U Muxworthy, Peter, 9243 - 206th St., Langley, BC V1M 2W8
(Legacy) (604-882-6530)
1988 PAS Nawrocki, Gary, 2194 Lang Cres., Nanaimo, BC V9T 5R9
(Nanaimo) (250-756-4929)
1973 U Outhouse, Glenn, No. 8, 5721 - 213A St., Langley, BC V2Y 2N2
(Living Hope) (604-530-7680)
1950 RA Palmer, Cyril A., No. 313, 3235 Skaha Lake Rd., Penticton, BC V2A 6G5
(Penticton) (250-770-7948)
2011 PAS Polowski, Megan, No. 309, 900 – 100A Ave., Dawson Creek, BC V1G 0C7
(All Nations, Dawson Creek) (306-940-4975)
2004 DA Postlewait, Brian K., 5318 Bruce St., Vancouver, BC V5P 3M3
(Vancouver First) (604-551-1063)
2012 SPC Scarrow, Anne, No. 6, 12011 Greenland Dr., Richmond, BC V6V 2E6
(Vancouver First) (604-270-4940)
1984 RA Schell, Harry, 22759 Balabanian Cir., Maple Ridge, BC V2X 8Z5
(Legacy) (604-463-9835)
1999 U Seibel, Kevin, 561 Baxter Ave., Victoria, BC V8Z 2G8
(Victoria First) (250-474-9190)
2013 PAS Siewert, R. Wayne, No. 301, 773 Glenmore Rd., Kelowna, BC V1V 3B9
(Kelowna) (250-215-7750)
2004 RA Sim, David Clarke, 6948 Mountainview Dr., Oliver BC V0H 1T4
(Living Hope) (250-498-0124)
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2009 PSV-FT Smedley, Kathleen, 2147 E. 36th
Ave., Vancouver, BC V5P 1C9
(Vancouver First) (604-871-0054)
2010 PAS Tarrant, Andrew, P.O. Box 1686, Hope BC VOX 1L0
(Hope) (604-749-7707)
1997 U Taylor, Martin, 7 Kerry Circle, R.R. #1, Ennismore, Ontario, K0L 1T0
(Chilliwack) (705-292-6428)
1960 RA Tucker, Melvin, No. 312, 3035 Cook St., Victoria, BC V8T 3S8
(Victoria First) (250-382-2466)
2008 PSV-FT Weberg, Jamie L., 150 Dunant Cres., Penticton BC V2A 3E9
(Penticton) (250-770-2909)
1998 PAS Wiens, Patrick, 5285 Willet Rd., Abbotsford BC V3G 2E8
(Abbotsford) (604-744-9399)
1980 DS Wood, Earl R., 9223 - 209 B Pl., Langley, BC V1M 1T1
(Legacy) (604-888-3535)
1970 RA Woods, Douglas C., No. 3, 12011 Greenland Dr. Richmond, BC V6V 2E6
(Vancouver First) (604-214-7702)
2001 GA Zweigle, Grant, Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, Ortigas Ave.
Extension, Kaytikling, Tay Tay 1920, Rizal, Philippines (as of Jan. 2015)
(Vancouver First)
G. DEACONS
2006 PSV-FT Bartram, Lorna, c/o 9012 - 160th
St., Surrey, BC V4N 3A5
(Legacy) (604-841-2453)
2015 SPC Postlewait, Rebecca Suzanne, 5318 Bruce St., Vancouver, BC V5P 3M3
(Vancouver First) (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-551-8606)
2002 RA Sim, Lillian, 6948 Mountainview Dr., Oliver, BC V0H 1T4
(Living Hope) (250-498-0124)
2011 SPC Smedley, Matthew, 2147 E. 36th
Ave., Vancouver, BC V5P 1C9
(Vancouver First) (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-871-0054)
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H. RETIRED ELDERS
1955 RA Bahan, William, 3946 Olympic View Dr., Victoria, BC V9C 4B1
(Victoria First) Date retired 1995 (250-478-5392)
1951 RA Boyd, Warren, No. 218, Tabor Court, 31954 Sunrise Cresc., Abbotsford, BC
V2T 1N6 (Abbotsford) Date retired 1988 (604-859-7920)
1963 RA Campbell, Wesley, No. 107, 5700 Andrews Rd., Richmond, BC V7E 7N7
(Vancouver First) Date retired 2005 (604-274-3363)
1953 RA Fleming, Bruce, No.229, 32853 Landeau Pl., Abbotsford, BC V2S 6S6
(Abbotsford) Date retired 1989 (604-859-4339)
1962 RA Hart, Russell E., No. 17, 3063 Hornsberger Rd., Salmon Arm, BC
V1E 4M1 (Kelowna) Date retired 1999 (250-804-0369)
1953 RA Helm, Wallace, No. A136, 4579 Chatterton Way, Victoria, BC V8X 4Y7
(Victoria First) Date retired 1988 (250-385-6804)
1965 RA Hemphill, Leonard, No. 209, 105 Gorge Rd. E., Victoria, BC V9X 6Z3
(Victoria First) Date retired 2002 (250-382-7084)
1969 RA Johnson, Arnold, Box 887, Merritt, BC V1K 1B8
(Lighthouse Christian Fellowship) Date retired 1999 (250-378-4534)
1970 RA McKnight, John, No. 101, 6251 Pleasant Ridge Place, Nanaimo, BC V9T
0B3 (Nanaimo) Date retired 2004 (250-933-6841)
1967 RU Morden, Elva Bates, Bevan Lodge, No. 216, 33386 Bevan Ave., Abbotsford,
BC V2S 5G6 (Abbotsford) Date retired 1998 (604-853-4065)
1952 RA Muxworthy, Charles J., No. 11, 21164 - 88th Ave., Langley, BC V1M 2E9
(Legacy) Date retired 1995 (604-882-8407)
1950 RA Palmer, Cyril A., No. 313, 3235 Skaha Lake Rd., Penticton, BC V2A 6G5
(Penticton) Date retired 1986 (250-770-7948)
1984 RA Schell, Harry, 22759 Balabanian Cir., Maple Ridge, BC V2X 8Z5
(Legacy) Date retired 2003 (604-463-9835)
2004 RA Sim, David Clarke, 6948 Mountainview Dr., Oliver, BC V0H 1T4
(Living Hope) Date retired 2007 (250-498-0124)
1960 RA Tucker, Melvin, No. 312, 3035 Cook St., Victoria, BC V8T 3S8
(Victoria First) Date retired 2000 (250-382-2466)
1970 RA Woods, Douglas C., No. 3, 12011 Greenland Dr., Richmond, BC V6V 2E6
(Vancouver First) Date retired 2007 (604-214-7702)
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I. DISTRICT LICENSED MINISTERS
2013 PAS (1) Cook, Desmond Edward, 20976 - 42nd
Ave., Langley, BC V3A 5A1
(Living Hope) (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-530-5696)
2013 PAS (1) Cook, Eileen Blanch, 20976 - 42nd
Ave., Langley, BC V3A 5A1
(Living Hope) (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-530-5696)
2014 U (3) Deepwell, Savannah Joy, No. 19, 8277 – 161 St., Surrey, BC V4N 0N3
(Legacy) (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-866-2333)
2012 PAS (1) Huang, Chin-Yen (Jennifer), 16027 - 80th
Ave. Surrey, BC V4N 0X1
(Surrey Chinese) (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-507-4889)
2009 PSV-PT (4) Keats, Heather Darlene, 883 Grove St., Whitehorse YT Y1A 4C7
(Whitehorse) (E-mail: [email protected]; 867-456-2921)
2015 PSV-PT (4) Maningas, Merlyn G., 4B 2001 Centennial St., Whitehorse, Yukon V1A 3Z6
(Whitehorse) (E-mail: [email protected]; 867-393-2168)
2013 PAS (2) Mickelson, Lorraine Rita, P.O. Box 1492, Chetwynd, BC V0C 1J0
(Northern Lights Christian Fellowship)
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-788-6740)
2014 U (1) Patterson, Michael Anthony, 112 Stevens Court, Penticton V2A 8A2
(Penticton) (E-mail: [email protected]; 250-490-0883)
2015 PSV-PT (2) Prendergast, Heather Jean, 984 McKenzie Ave., Apt 328, Victoria, BC V8X
4E7 (Victoria) (E-mail: [email protected]; 250-812-3100)
2009 PSV-FT (3) Wood, Matthew Vernon, BSMT 35315 McKinley Dr., Abbotsford, BC V2T
0B9 (Abbotsford) (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-832-2479)
2014 PAS (4) Zvonar, David Jacob, 4307 Burde St., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 3K7
(Southside) (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-731-6164)
2013 GA (2) Zweigle, Aisling Labhaoise, Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary,
Ortigas Ave. Extension, Kaytikling, Tay Tay 1920, Rizal, Philippines
(as of Jan. 2015) (E-mail: [email protected])
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J. CONSECRATED DEACONESSES
1957 Bryant (Rennick), Mrs. Rachel, No. 210 B The Cascades, 45586 McIntosh
Dr., Chilliwack, BC V2P 7W8 (Chilliwack) (604-793-9765)
K. MISSIONARIES RETIRED
1967 RU Morden, Elva Bates, Bevan Lodge, No. 216, 33386 Bevan Ave.,
Abbotsford, BC V2S 5G6 (604-853-4065)
L. COMMISSIONED MINISTER OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
CED Friesen, Val, 160A St., Surrey, BC V4N 3E4 (Legacy)
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-589-5560; 604-589-2976)
M. MINISTERS SERVING
CONNECTIONAL INTEREST
1999 SPC Horn, Jason, 6249 Lane Rd., Duncan, BC V9L 4E2
(E-mail: [email protected]; 250-701-0711)
1989 SPC McAusland, Leslie, No. 51, 8418 - 163rd
St. Surrey, BC V4N 6K8
(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-593-3201)
2014 SPC Postlewait, Rebecca Suzanne, 5318 Bruce St., Vancouver, BC V5P 3M3
(Vancouver First) (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-551-8606)
2012 SPC Scarrow, Anne, No. 6, 12011 Greenland Dr., Richmond, BC V6V 2E6
(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-202-1980, 604-270-4940)
2011 SPC Smedley, Matthew, 2147 E. 36th
Ave., Vancouver, BC V5P 1C9
(Vancouver First) (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-871-0054)
Legend
PAS – Pastor; RA – Retired Assigned; RU – Retired Unassigned; U – Unassigned; PSV-FT
Pastoral Service Full Time; PSV-PT Pastoral Service Part Time; DS –District Superintendent;
STU – Student; GA – General Assignment; MIS – Missionary; CED – Christian Education
Minister; CHP – Chaplain;
SPC – Interdenominational/Special Service; DA – District Assignment; DIA – District Interim
Assigned; TRF – in process of transfer.
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II. General Information
A. TRANSFERRED OUT
Harold Hoffman to the Canada West District (Elder)
B. MINISTERS ORDAINED
Brandon Linse – Elder
Rebecca Postlewait - Deacon
C. GRANTED RENEWAL OF MINISTER'S LICENSE
Desmond Cook
Eileen Cook
Savannah Deepwell
Chin-Yen (Jennifer) Huang
Heather Keats
Lorraine Mickelson
Michael Patterson
Matthew Wood
David Zvonar
Aisling Zweigle
C. GRANTED A MINISTER’S LICENSE
Heather Prendergast
Merlyn Maningas
D. MINISTER’S LICENSE NOT RENEWED
Paulette Carelli
E. APPROVED FOR SPECIAL SERVICE ROLE CODE
Jason Horn, Les McAusland, Rebecca Postlewait, Anne Scarrow,
Matthew Smedley
F. CHURCHES INACTIVE
Agape (Vancouver), Farmington, Fraser Valley Korean,
Maple Ridge, Prince George, Richmond, Royal View
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E. WHERE TO SEND MONIES
World Evangelism Fund, 10% Mission Specials and National Board (RRSP)
Pension Plan
Payable to: Church of the Nazarene Canada
Mail to: Church of the Nazarene Canada
20 Regan Rd., Unit 9, Brampton, ONT L7A 1C3 (fax 1-905-846-1775; 1-888-808-7490)
District Life and Health Plan
Payable to: Church of the Nazarene-Ins
Mail to: Rev. Harry Schell,
22759 Balabanian Circle, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 8Z5 (604-463-9835)
District Budget Receipts (see note);
District RRSP (Primerica Funds);
Ambrose Fund - Ambrose University College;
Harvest Fund
Payable to: Canada Pacific District
C/O Eleanor Lungren
9012 – 160th
Street
Surrey, BC V4N 3A5 (604-841-2453)
NOTE: District Budget Receipts now includes the District Ministries Fund, NMI, SDMI,
NYI and Liability Insurance payments previously budgeted and paid separately by local
churches to the respective groups.
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III. Daily Proceedings
FIRST DAY
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Evening Session: 7:00 pm
The evening service began with a musical prelude. District Superintendent, Earl Wood, then
welcomed everyone to the 60th
Assembly and Conventions. He spoke about General
Superintendent, Dr. Jerry Porter’s various roles in the church and the work he does; he expressed
appreciation for him. District Superintendent, Earl Wood, opened the meeting in prayer. The
worship team then led in the singing of I Stand Amazed in the Presence; I Need You, O I Need
You; a prayer and In The Name of the Father; Jesus, All For Jesus and a final prayer. District
Superintendent, Earl Wood, thanked the worship team.
District Superintendent, Earl Wood, acknowledged the sacrifice, the good work and the
contributions of the clergy and their families. He stated that sometimes the work is wearying and
difficult, but everyone understands that and gives thanks for the work done in the church. He
specifically thanked the spouses for their hard work and patience; both in and out of the home
and the church. He asked the spouses of the pastors to stand and each was presented with a little
memento. He then asked all members of the clergy to stand, both active and retired; each one
was also given a small gift.
District Superintendent, Earl Wood, said the Holy Spirit is in the business of saving souls and it is
wonderful to be reminded that God is faithful. He offered congratulations to the churches that
have increased at least 5% over the past year. Growth awards were handed out to Primera 19%;
Logos 14.3%; Southside 13.2%; Nanaimo 12%; Surrey Chinese 12%; Cowichan Valley 11.5%;
Living Hope 10.9%; Whitehorse 10%; Penticton 8.4%; Holy Trinity 8%; and Esquimalt 7.7%.
District Superintendent, Earl Wood, thanked Rev. Dr. Gary and Cheryl Bennett for hosting the
Assembly and Conventions and commented on the floral displays on the dais and around the
building. He acknowledged the care and hospitality and introduced Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett who
welcomed us. Dr. Bennett said he wants this to be a destination District Assembly and said it is
a privilege to see the dedication and the love of his people as they prepared for this Assembly
and thanked them for their efforts. He said a prayer and introduced District Director, Rev. Lorna
Bartram.
Rev. Lorna Bartram remarked that coming here feels like a holiday and echoed what Dr. Bennett
said about his people and that it also relates to him as well. She spoke about listening to the
Victoria team kibitz joyfully back and forth while they were preparing for this Assembly. She
gave some announcements and an offering was taken, during which the instrumentalists played
Guide Me Now Thy Great Jehovah. The worship team then led in the singing of Your Presence
Lord; My Hope is Built on Nothing Less; Christ Alone, and Cornerstone, followed by a prayer.
General Superintendent, Dr. Jerry Porter, expressed his delight at being here in the Victoria
church and told a story about when he was a young missionary. He exhorted us to cast all our
anxiety on God because he cares for us. He said it is the grace of God that draws us and saves us
from hell. We grow in the grace of God and Jesus Christ and in the fruit of the Spirit. Nowhere
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in scripture does it say to pray for grace; we get grace when we humble ourselves. He told
young pastors to live lives of humility and humble themselves before God and to each other.
You can become proud of your humility and therefore lose the humility you are seeking.
Practice gratitude – a grateful heart equals humility. The grace of God fills the humble heart and
raises it above the storm. Ungratefulness closes up the window of grace. Anytime you feel you
need more grace express sincere gratitude to God and each other. God resists the arrogant;
arrogant people can not learn anything because they already know it all. They become cynical,
judgmental, and nothing can touch them. Humble ourselves before God and thank Him. Every
annual conference is a means of grace, which never comes to arrogant people. Thank the Lord
even for the difficult things, and the people around you and what they add to your life. Even if
they have flaws, thank God for them.
The Assembly was then officially organized. In order that official delegates and alternates can
participate on the vote for the District Superintendent renewal later in the evening, Dr. Porter
asked if anyone had alternates to be seated. Forms were handed out to the delegates. Motion to
seat the alternates was moved, seconded and carried.
After telling the story of how Earl and Vernita met, Dr. Porter told us that next month they
celebrate 43 years of marriage. They have two sons and five grandchildren. He outlined Earl’s
career in the church. He told us he has asked all the District Superintendent’s to open their
assemblies with a message. Rev. Earl Wood then gave his 10th
report as District Superintendent.
The District Superintendent said he is nervous because he has never preached a report before.
He thanked everyone for joining us. He said it is appropriate to begin the report by offering
thanks to his wife, the District office team, the members of the District Advisory Board, the
leaders of our auxiliary councils and leadership teams as well as to the camps, ladies retreat and
summer ministry directors. We have to remember that the work of the church matters in Gods
eyes and the Assembly is a celebration of the work of the church and the service of our Lord.
We are all called to serve God in some way; the Assembly gives us the opportunity to respond to
God with our ministry. We will see the ordination of two candidates and the presentation of a
number of District licenses. He thanked everyone who responded to the call of God.
Our number one priority as a District church family is the worship of God. Our organization
focuses on leadership development, compassionate ministry and church planting. All around the
world our focus shifts from being “me” centered to sharing in God’s love and concern for all
people. Caring about and for people is intrinsic to who we are. There are well organized charities
such as the Victoria Compassionate Warehouse and Mission Possible, but we are all called.
District Superintendent, Earl Wood, thanked those who led Work & Witness teams on our District
and around the world. He outlined some of these projects. Tupper had its first indoor washroom
installed with the help of Victoria First Church. One positive aspect of the project was the
enabling of the church steeple bell. When the District Superintendent tried to ring the only church
bell on the District, it got restuck. The Tupper people were very gracious about it.
He spoke about church planting and how it is changing. Currently we have five new projects in
process: Tagish Lake (Rev. Norayr Hajian, Whitehorse church) Chilliwack (Rev. Graham
McMahon), Maple Ridge (Rev. Robert Gray), Courtenay/Comox (Rev. Calvin and Rev. Melony
Barber) and a ministry to Hispanic peoples (Rev. Magally Figueroa). He asked the leaders of
these projects to come to the altar so we can pray for them. He asked each of them what it is
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about their church /ministry plant that excites them; each gave a few details. He thanked them
for their reports and asked us to keep these folk in our prayers.
Camp and summer programs also come with a requirement for training and experience and these
ministries are used by God to bring more people into relationship with Him than any other kind
of ministry. Summer ministries are very demanding but are well worth the cost of time and
finances. District Superintendent, Earl Wood, said he is reminded of the critically important role
of children and youth ministries in the ongoing systematic teaching of the Scriptures. He urged
everyone to meet this responsibility to train children to give their lives to the Lord and become
active in the church.
He also spoke on the Pastors’ and Leaders Conference (PALCON) and urged the pastors to take
advantage of this weekend in August at Ambrose University to learn and be ministered to.
There was a break for the singing of Bless the Lord, O My Soul.
District Superintendent, Earl Wood, continued and said the Bible says to worship the Lord with
gladness and come before him with joyful song; humble yourselves before Him. Music raises
his heart and helps him worship and he realizes he is preaching to the choir. It is foundational
for us and was the first act of the people when they reached the shore of the Red Sea. They sang
and praised the Lord as they witnessed His deliverance. This is repeated over and over again in
the Scriptures to the point it becomes normative. For those who grew up in the church our
earliest memories include worship services and wonderful musicians, some of whom he named
from when he was growing up. Testimonies would be given, communion was offered and the
preaching of the Word was always included. When they were in their 20s this continued and he
remembers the voices of the soloists with tears running down their faces as they offered their
songs to God. There are some things about worship which should remain constant – we should
come before God with a sense of awe and adoration, He is worthy to be worshipped – He is the
creator of the universe and He is the holy God. He is to be feared above all gods, the gods of
other nations fall before Him. He believes we, in our society, need to be reminded of who God is
and who we are in relationship with Him. We commemorate the sacrifice of Jesus every week
when we meet to worship Him.
He spoke of a message given by General Superintendent, Dr. J. K. Warrick, about the importance
of worship – we are never more a church than when we meet to worship. There is a built-in need
in the human heart and spirit to worship God. There is none beside Him. Corporate worship
reminds us that we stand as a member of the whole family of God and are reminded that the
world did not begin on the day we were born and will not end on the day we die. Worship gives
us inspiration to do better is some areas of our lives. There is something liberating when we
stand in the congregation and offer everything to the God of the universe and say “Let the whole
earth tremble before You”. He quoted several scriptures around this. If you find life’s obstacles
difficult to deal with - welcome to the club. We do not know when life will face upheaval.
When nothing seems normal God comes among us as we gather in His presence and we are not
the same. He prepares us for what lies ahead. Private worship does not duplicate corporate
worship. The scriptures call us to gather together to praise our Lord. Worship is what they do in
heaven. The Bible says the angel was joined by a vast army to praise God. Rev. Wood quoted
several more scriptures. Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, His faithful love endures
forever. By faith we see ourselves as God sees us, for who we can become. Our spirits are
renewed and refilled with assurance as we worship Him. God comes down to us and makes us
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new. In true worship we will discover our place in the mission of God, which becomes our
mission. Our goal is not souls, our goal is God.
He spoke of how David was strengthened as he contemplated the task given him by God. He
had to displace nations and how many nights did he lose sleep in worrying? But his task came
into proper perspective as he worshipped the Lord. God wants to lead us as He led David into
mission. Worship leads us from the status quo to whatever God wants us to accomplish. He will
speak to us as we worship. His mission becomes our mission. As we worship God, His
perspective on our life becomes our perspective and our Lord will pour out a fresh infilling of the
Holy Spirit, renewed energy, determination. We come to feel that Jesus is in us and among us.
We are created to worship. He quoted Dr. Warrick for most of this section on worship.
Garry Preston led in the singing of Praise Him, Praise Him!
Dr. Porter asked for a motion to receive the report of the District Superintendent. Moved,
seconded, and carried.
Vernita Wood thanked everyone for coming and thanked the Lord for His blessings over the past
year.
Rev. Dr. Gary Nawrocki expressed gratitude for District Superintendent Earl and Vernita Wood.
On behalf of everyone on the District, he presented them with a gift which will hopefully give
them a little getaway.
Dr. Porter asked the District Advisory Board to come forward and lay hands on Vernita and pray
for her and her hip surgery.
He then asked Rev. Norayr Hajian, District Secretary, to come forward and give a vote for the
renewal of the District Superintendent for another four-year term. The District Secretary called
the tellers and asked the delegates to stand to receive their ballots. The ballots will be counted
and the results given tomorrow morning.
Rev. Lorna Bartram invited everyone to stay and enjoy the ice cream social. She reminded
everyone to please register and pick up their meal tickets. She closed the evening in prayer.
SECOND DAY
Friday, June 26, 2015
Morning Session: 8:30 am
Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett opened the morning with a prayer and led in the singing of the National
Anthem, O Canada. This was followed by the singing of Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners.
Dr. Jerry Porter recommended the special edition of Holiness Today and outlined the contents.
A video on Nazarene Essentials was shown. He encouraged us to make full use of the Nazarene
Publishing House and explained the updates there.
He asked us to think about our responsibilities for results to see what the church can do by 2020.
He outlined our core values and our mission – to make Christ-like disciples in the nations.
Everything we do must agree with that mission. Jesus told the story of Lazarus and the rich man
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who died and went to hell and asked Lazarus to bring him water (Luke 16:19-31). He then
encouraged us to speak with friends and neighbors who don’t know the Gospel and bring them
the Word. Jesus talked more about hell than any other prophet in scripture. The eternal realities
are not visible to the eye but they are more real than anything we can see. We can and we must
share the good news. The eternal destiny of our generation is at stake – Vision 2020. The first 50
years this church went from 0 to 5,000 churches, but we have held at that and gained barely one
member each in decade. We need to inspire and encourage our people to gather together and
worship. Since 2005 the Canada Pacific District has decreased by 44 members and 477 who
actually worship, but gained 499 for SDMI attendance and increased by one church. This is not
acceptable. The goal is to get to 3.5 million members, 2.5 million in worship, 25 million for
SDMI and 50,000 churches around the world. In Acts 6, Luke describes multiplying disciples,
and Dr. Porter described how it can work. He described how it would be if the church was
growing so fast we couldn’t keep up, and how wonderful that would be. He described some of
the options for the church – shrink the church, maintain the church, grow at the current rate,
grow by multiplication. We want to stand before the Lord with fruit, not excuses. He outlined
some of the goals set by some American churches for growth. In Alabama each new pastor has
to take training in planting churches. The goal for USA/Canada is to double in five years. We
have to redefine church. The people are the church. If a group meets at Tim Hortons for Bible
study, that is the church.
He then told the story of a prince who gave money to each of his servants before leaving town.
Like the prince asked an accounting of his servants, Jesus will ask an accounting of us when He
returns. The Lord expects that which is in our care to grow. We have to count souls, not dollars.
Numbers tell us how we are doing. Fruit, not just faithfulness; results, not just following a role.
Be faithful to methods that produce results. Our culture is changing, so the methods that worked
50 years ago do not work today. He asked everyone to fold their arms, and then to reverse it and
notice that it is uncomfortable. He did the same with clenched hands. Our comfort is not the
most important aspect of the church. The Church of the Nazarene, in her most glorious hour, is
liberal in her methods but conservative in her message (L. Guy Nees). We have to find what it
takes in today’s world to have a healthy, growing church. We have to learn to be bold leaders
and take responsibility for results – every one of us, not just the leaders. We need to be repentant
for the status quo and ask the Lord to forgive us. We should be asking God what He wants us to
do. In Mark 6, God could not do what He wanted to do because of the resistance of the people.
When we move beyond the walls of our comfort zone we feel fear. That is the devil telling us to
get back in the box. The Lord said to Joshua, do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.
If each person would bring one person who does not know Christ we could double the church in
one week. What would you have to do to double the church in a year? Change everything if that
is what it takes. If we knew we had six months before the Lord’s return what would we do? We
can not blame God or leave the responsibility to Him. God can not do what He wants to do
unless we are in partnership with him. Each one win one, disciples making disciples, pastors
training pastors, churches launching churches. We need church in the schools and the homes, in
the workplace. Ask God to give us a discomfort with the status quo and that we will no longer
be satisfied with things as they are. What are the results the Lord would like to see on the
Canada Pacific District? If you are part of a shrinking church there is a unique set of problems;
if a dying church or a stagnant church - still another set of different problems; a growing church -
still another set of different problems. You are going to have problems anyway so choose the
problems of a growing church.
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Dr. Porter gave demonstrations of doubling the church – if you work for 30 days and get paid
$10,000 per day you would earn $300,000, but if you choose to earn one penny per day,
doubling daily, you would earn $10,000,000. If doctrine was the reason we grow we’d have the
biggest church in the world. Cultural, social methods are what work to reach people. Countries
like Bangladesh are concerned with spreading the Gospel to their friends and family. The
Brazilian church plans to double in the next five years. In one year the Dominican Republic
went from 538 members to 1,079 members with each one reach one. God wants to help us
accomplish this to His glory. Children are receptive and a church in the United States has a 44-
day camp. They used social service agencies to reach underprivileged children who need help
with meals to come for 44 days. Children, students, those with needs and non-church goers are
receptive people. One-third of North America works on Sunday. Why just have worship on
Sunday morning? Use the beautiful buildings we have more than just one hour a week. Find out
what others are doing that works. With God’s help we will dream some big dreams if we get out
of our comfort zones into the obedient zones. Not everything we try will be successful, but we
are with God in learning, and we will see Christians and churches reproducing.
Every pastor was asked to accept this challenge and was given two faith projection cards to fill out
with the help of their delegates to commit to what they will do over the next five years to grow
their church. They were advised to remember that at an auction the highest bid wins, so think big.
All cards were then handed in to the District Superintendent. All the pastors laid their hands on
District Superintendent, Earl Wood, and the General Superintendent prayed for God’s blessing on
the faith projection cards. Dr. Porter asked us to work toward these goals as if we knew the Lord
would return in five years. Use our efforts more wisely, and we can do it with God’s help.
Note: Following is the aggregate response from the Vision 2020 Faith Projection cards collected
at this year’s Assembly.
38 new churches by 2020
3,122 members by 2020
3,737 people in weekly Worship by 2020
2,153 people involved in SDMI (receiving weekly Christian education) by 2020
Dr. Porter then announced the results of last night’s vote to re-elect Rev. Earl Wood for another
four years. 77 votes were cast. There were 73 yes votes and 4 no. The District Superintendent
was returned for another four years. The District Superintendent expressed his emotions
regarding the faith projections and his gratitude for the results of the vote. The General
Superintendent led in prayer for the District Superintendent and said our prayers release God to
do His will in us.
ORGANIZATION OF THE DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
General Superintendent, Dr. J. D. Porter, called the Assembly to order. He called the District
Secretary, Rev. Norayr Hajian to give his recommendations. Rev. Hajian recommended the
appointments of Moira Bandurka, Recording Secretary; Rev. Lorna Bartram, District Director;
Lee Wedley, Clerical and Statistical Secretary; Dennis Rainka, Election Secretary; Lilia
Choriego and Glenda Leavett-Brown, Pages; Dr. Gary Nawrocki, Assembly Reader and Rev.
Norayr Hajian and Lee Wedley, Journal Editing Committee.
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The two centre sections of the Sanctuary plus the platform and the counting room were
designated to be within the bar. Rev. Hajian also recommended that the morning business
session continue until 12:00 noon, that the afternoon session be held from 1:15 pm to 5:00 pm or
adjournment and that the evening session be held from 7:00 pm to adjournment.
Special Orders for the day were:
- 1:15 pm – Memorial Service Report
- 7:00 pm – Ordination Service
District Secretary, Rev. Hajian moved the adoption of all of the above-recommendations and
appointments to this 60th
Canada Pacific District Assembly. The motion was seconded and carried.
The Nominating Committee report was read and received on motion. The Board of Tellers was
asked to take their positions. Ballots were handed out for Advisory Board, Ministerial; Advisory
Board, Lay and Board of Ministry. A vote was taken and the tellers were dismissed to count the
ballots.
District Superintendent, Earl Wood, introduced the National Director, Dr. Clair MacMillan, to
bring his report. This is Dr. MacMillan’s 15th
report to our District. He spoke about the various
responsibilities of the National Board and some of the changes required by the Canadian
government, the gift catalogue published by NCMC and the Child Sponsorship Program of the
Nazarene Church. He spoke about various resources available to both clergy and lay people and
strongly urged the churches to take advantage of Dr. Riley Coulter knowledge in estate planning,
whose travel is paid for by the National office. He spoke about the beginning of Compassionate
Ministries and its founder, Rev. Elaine Bumstead. He asked us to pray for the General
Superintendent and the demands on him. He said he enjoys seeing the church coming into the
hands of younger people who have the energy to do what needs to be done. The General
Superintendent then asked us to keep the National Board in our prayers.
Rev. Terry Fach, Chaplain of Ambrose University, brought the report from Ambrose on behalf
of Dr. Smith and Dr. Riley Coulter. They are expecting about 900 students this year. He
outlined some of the changes taking place. Young people are being called to give their lives in
service and taking their places in the world. He shared some ways in which faith is being
instilled in the students. It’s important to remember that they are emerging adults, the same is
true of their faith; it is a journey. They are asking questions about their faith. Is it relevant?
How do I experience God’s empowering presence? What does it mean to be good stewards of
this earth? There is great spiritual hunger on campus and a passion for prayer and service. He
thanked us for our generosity and prayers and for directing students to them. The District
Superintendent thanked Rev. Fach for his report and for the ministry work of Ambrose University.
District Superintendent, Earl Wood, then greeted Dr. Coulter and, in his introduction, said Dr.
Coulter knows more about fishing than anyone here needs to know. Dr. Coulter is the part-time
Director of Financial Services for the Church of the Nazarene, which is talking to people about
estate planning. This is his 28th
Assembly year. Dr. Coulter offered to come to any church, at no
expense to that church, to do a two hour format on wills, personal directives and powers of
attorney. It can be a community event, not just a church event and there is no cost to anyone
attending. It can help with probate costs as well as bringing glory to God. Less than 50% of
adult Canadians have a will and fewer than that are up-to-date. He spoke about tithing and the
value of our estates as it increases during our lives. He spoke about tithing our assets, not just
our cash flow. Tithe the assets on your death from your estate. Younger people are not as
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committed to tithing. His contact information is on the brochure, which was handed out. The
church will benefit long term by this planning. The General Superintendent thanked him for his
report and encouraged us all to pray for Ambrose University and its work.
A DVD on the Pastors’ and Leaders Conference (PALCON) was shown inviting people to
participate from August 11 to 13, 2015. Registration can be done on-line.
There was a ten minute break after which a video was shown about Rev. Dr. Grant and Aisling
Zweigle and their work and experiences at Nazarene Theological Seminary in the Philippines.
The General Superintendent asked that we continue to pray for them and all missionaries around
the world.
The results of the votes were reported. Neil Allenbrand was elected to the Advisory Board
Ministerial, Peter Steunenberg was elected to the Advisory Board Lay Member and John
McKnight and Kathleen Smedley were elected to the Board of Ministry. The General
Superintendent congratulated those elected as well as those who were willing to serve.
District Director, Lorna Bartram gave the announcements. LAMP flashlights were made
available. She spoke on the summer camps – the scope of ministries and said this ministry in
particular is vital to the health of the District. She thanked everyone for their generosity last year
and said they are trying to raise $3,500 this year.
The General Superintendent asked the pastors to give their reports, beginning with our host
pastor, Gary Bennett (Victoria First). He was followed by Norayr Hajian (Whitehorse), Pat
Wiens (Abbotsford), Barry Goodwin (Esquimalt), Graham MacMahon (Chilliwack), Tekeste
Genzebu (Holy Trinity), Kathleen Smedley (Vancouver First), Andrew Tarrant (Hope), David
Maldonado (Betel), Brian Postlewait (Mission Possible), Aaron Austin and Rigoberto Castillo
(Community).
Following the reports we were adjourned for lunch, which featured Mission Possible. Rev. Brian
Postlewait and Rev. Matt Smedley recounted stories of a few of their clients, gave a few statistics
and showed a short video.
AFTERNOON SESSION
1:30 pm
The afternoon began with an instrumental prelude. District Superintendent, Earl Wood, then
introduced the Memorial Service. Rev. Calvin Black delivered a couple of readings and spoke of
the Christian beliefs around death. He then led in the singing of He the Pearly Gates Will Open.
This was followed by a reading from Psalms. A worship team from Cowichan Valley Church of
the Nazarene led the singing of What a Day That Will Be. Dr. Gary Nawrocki read the names of
the deceased. A yellow rose was placed in a vase for each person. Rev. Barry Goodwin closed
in prayer.
Following the Memorial Service, the General Superintendent asked for a motion to accept the
District Advisory Board Report. It was moved, seconded and carried. The Board of Ministry
Report was also, moved, seconded and carried. There was one change in the Board of
Ministerial Credentials – the name of Merlyn Maningas was added to the list of people being
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granted a new District Minister’s License. Then the adoption of the report was moved, seconded
and carried.
Mark Kennedy spoke on the Finance Committee Report and pointed out the Appendix 111
inducement to support the Ambrose University Scholarship Program. This past year has been
beneficial in that District funding has been good and other funding is up significantly. Adoption of
the report was moved, seconded, carried.
Upon request, the Christian Action report was read by Rev. Melony Barber. This report speaks
to the role of women in the church and their significance in ministry. It also recognizes that
women suffer a disproportionate amount of prejudice, abuse, both physical and otherwise and
various forms of discrimination forced upon women and puts the church on record as being
opposed to such treatment. It encourages us to speak out against such treatment and encourage
women to become more involved in ministry, both ordained and lay. The acceptance of this
report was then moved, seconded and carried.
The Treasurer’s report was given by Rev. Harry Schell. He pointed out that “unaudited” does
not mean it is not correct. The first page is the balance sheet for the past year. Total assets and
liabilities for 2015 are $1,774,990. The second page shows where the money came from and
how it was spent. He noted that we spent more than we received on purpose and this will be
done again next year. Page three shows the balances of the various funds. Further details can be
obtained from Harry Schell. Motion to receive the audit review report moved, seconded and
carried.
Dr. Porter spoke about Nazarene Theological Seminary, our other training institution for pastors.
A gift certificate for on-line training was given to each of the pastors present.
The remaining pastor’s reports were given. Robert Gray (Legacy), Willy Choriego (Primera),
Sung Mun Kim (Logos Korean), Melony Barber (Courtenay/Comox), Megan Polowski –
(Dawson Creek), Brandon Linse (Kamloops), Eileen Cook (Living Hope, with a Spanish
interpretation by Magally Figueroa), Wayne Lee (Cowichan Valley), Wayne Siewert (Kelowna),
David Zvonar (Port Alberni), Gary Nawrocki (Nanaimo). The General Superintendent thanked
everyone for their reports, then asked Don Johnson to present the NMI Council, which was done.
Dr. Porter said the General Board asks the churches to give 5.5% of their income for evangelism.
Some churches went way over the top. He thanked them for their generosity. The following
churches received recognition for going over their goal: Dawson Creek went over by 103%;
Primera, 110%; Penticton, 110%; Community, 117%; Betel, 143%; Whitehorse, 131%; Hope,
137%; Nanaimo, 146%; Abbotsford, 148%; Victoria First, 254%. It was noted that two churches
have paid their World Evangelism Fund for the last 10 years – Victoria First and Whitehorse,
nine of the last ten years – Nanaimo, eight of ten years - Vancouver First. The General
Superintendent thanked everyone for making it possible for missionaries around the world to
spread the Gospel. He said the number of missionaries has decreased from five years ago and we
need to get back on board with missions.
The District Superintendent brought the pastors reports for Ruth Czerniak (Tupper) and Neil
Allenbrand (Penticton). He then asked the General Superintendent to lead a prayer for Rev.
Jamie Weberg, which he did.
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There was a motion to authorize the District Secretary to edit and publish the minutes; carried.
Dr. Porter expressed appreciation to Victoria First Church for hosting this Assembly so well. He
said we will not turn back. We expect a different kind of future. He told us he lost 70 pounds
over three years because he decided one day that he has to make a change. He made a decision
to change his life and it’s no different for us. If we are satisfied with our church the way it is
then keep doing the same thing, but if you want to see change you need to make a decision and
ask God to do the impossible for us. A.W.Tozer said if He can do it for anyone He can do it for
us. We need to embrace that kind of faith that will change our conduct and we will no longer
tolerate baby steps. We need to take great strides for God.
District Secretary, Norayr Hajian, announced that dinner would be at 5:00 pm and the Ordination
Service at 7:00 pm. District Superintendent, Earl Wood, then said that NMI will make a
presentation during the dinner service. We were dismissed.
During dinner, NMI President, Don Johnson, introduced the kitchen staff and thanked them for
all their hard work and service. He then spoke about the introduction of the “bike and backpack”
program introduced last year. He would like to see the District raise $6,000 again this year to
further the reach of the Jesus Film. He then introduced Eddie Beer, leader of the Work &
Witness team from Primera which went to León, Nicaragua last summer. He told us about all
the supplies that were donated, causing a problem with the shipping, and how United Airlines
stepped in and carried it for free. There is no water in this area of the city and the houses are
made of cardboard. He spoke about the number of children and families they impacted. A slide
show of the trip was shown.
Don Johnson then spoke about the NMI Work & Witness Fund, which will give up to $2,000
toward the project costs of a trip. $11,000 was given out last year from this fund. He said
anyone who would like to be part of one of these teams and impact people’s lives but are unable
to travel themselves can be part of a team by donating money to the Work & Witness Fund.
Peter Steunenberg headed a team from Legacy, Vancouver First and Betel which went to
Guatemala. He said the days were upwards of 32 degrees Celsius with 100% humidity. They
were given two rooms to house three women and a group of men. Bed was foam on the floor.
He spoke about being asked to do daily programs with the kids for which they were not prepared
and of how they had to make up a curriculum on the spot. Various projects were outlined and
they were able to send twelve kids to camp.
ORDINATION SERVICE
7:00 pm
The evening began with an instrumental prelude. District Superintendent, Earl Wood, remarked
how important this evening is. He thanked Dr. Porter for his ministry at this Assembly and all
year long as well. We have heard his challenge and his encouragement which means a lot to us.
The congregation expressed their appreciation. The District Superintendent then introduced Dr.
Gary Bennett, who welcomed everyone and opened in prayer. Scott Wilms and the worship
team led in the singing of I’m Forgiven Because You Were Forsaken; God of Justice, Savior to
All; I Have Decided to Follow Jesus; Blest Be the Tie That Binds.
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District Superintendent, Earl Wood, thanked the worship team and introduced the National
Director, Dr. Clair MacMillan, who led in a pastoral prayer. The District Superintendent then
presented two new District Minister’s Licenses to Heather Prendergast and Merlyn Maningas.
The candidates for renewal of their District Minister’s Licenses were called up and presented
with their renewal licenses (some were granted in absentia).
District Director, Lorna Bartram then introduced some announcements and prayed for the offering.
After the offering the congregation sang Holiness Unto the Lord, led by Kevin Seibel, during
which District Secretary, Norayr Hajian, led the ordinands into the sanctuary. Rev. Hajian
presented Brandon Linse and Rebecca Postlewait to the General Superintendent for ordination,
Brandon as Elder and Rebecca as Deacon. There was a responsive reading. Dr. Riley Coulter
and his sister, Cheryl Bennett, sang I Will Not Forget Thee.
General Superintendent, Dr. Porter, then brought the message, called “Beautiful Feet”. Scripture
does not talk about any other body part but does talk about beautiful feet. He quoted Romans
10:9-15 (If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God
raised him from the dead...). He asked what Paul was thinking when he made this statement.
Saying there is no difference between Jew and Gentile is like saying there is no difference
between Japanese and African. In what way are we all alike? Everyone who calls on the name
of the Lord will be saved. He asked for six volunteers and placed them on the altar, the stair and
the floor. He gave each of them one word to say: “Saved, Call, Believe, Hear, Preach or Sent”.
Jesus sent the church to preach so the lost would hear and believe because they called on the
name of Jesus and were saved. These are the six steps for people to come to Christ. Someone is
sent to preach to the unsaved that hear and call on the name of the Lord so they can be saved. He
underlined which of those steps is the responsibility of Jesus. The person who is wrapped up in
sin hears, believes, calls on the name of the Lord and will be saved. Every one of us is called by
Christ to witness.
Dr. Porter then quoted Acts 1:8, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on
you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of
the earth”. What does a witness do? He tells the truth about what he saw – a witness by
definition. An eye witness says this is what I saw, this is what I heard, and this is what I
experienced. That is what we are called to do. He told the story of the blind man who could not
answer any questions about why he was no longer blind or who healed hm. All I know is that
this morning I was blind and now I can see. The most impacting message ever is never preached
in the pulpit – it is your own personal story. We need to tell our stories over a diet coke or a cup
of coffee and then people might choose to believe it. If there is a relationship between your
testimony and your life they might choose to follow the call. How beautiful are the feet of those
who bring good news! Jesus rescues me from me. We could preach a beautiful sermon on the
feet of Jesus or how beautiful are those who turn from their sin and are born again. Those are
great messages. Paul is not talking about those feet or the feet of those who hear him and receive
the call. He is talking about how beautiful are the feet of those who preach the message of the
Good News. Some people always have good news while others always bring bad news. We
always look forward to seeing those who bring good news. The best news in town is Jesus
Christ. He spoke again about the 2020 pledge cards and how they impacted in the Dominican
Republic. One man brought five people to the Lord in one year. We are too embarrassed and do
not want to offend people even though they are hopelessly lost. Go ahead, buy them a Tim
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Horton’s doughnut and share the Gospel with them. The people in the pews are who will rescue
Canada.
He spoke about conjunctivitis and how contagious it is, and then asked how contagious are you?
He then quoted John 17:15: “My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you
protect them from the evil one”. To be contagious you have to have the Holy Spirit virus. You
have to know God and stay close to Him to have the virus and protect you from evil. You have to
be close enough to the unsaved so they get the virus. We do not want to be quarantined in church.
If we sneeze we want those close to us to get the virus. Then he talked about a Matthew party.
Matthew 9:9-13 (The Message). The longer we are in the church the fewer people we know
outside of it and that needs to change. Go where the unchurched go and take part in their
activities. Be with them as much as possible and love them the way Jesus loved them. He then
asked all the pastors, youth leaders, missions’ presidents to think of how they came to Christ. He
asked everyone to commit to bringing one person to Christ over the next year. The seed you plant
will not die. He asked for a show of hands of those who will make the commitment and of those
who will try to be a bridge for someone else to bring them to church. He then led in prayer.
The ordination candidates were escorted to the platform and all the elders went up behind them.
He thanked the spouses for all their work, prayers and support of our pastors. He prayed the
spouses would find great joy and fulfillment in helping their partners in the work of the Lord.
All the elders laid hands on the Ordinands and the General Superintendent prayed over each one
and ordained them Elder/Deacon in the Church of the Nazarene. Elders prayed over each of
them as well. The Ordinands were escorted out into the reception area by District Secretary,
Norayr Hajian and General Superintendent, Dr. Porter. District Superintendent, Earl Wood,
made a few remarks and then closed the evening with prayer and a benediction. We were
adjourned and invited to the Ordination Tea in the fellowship hall.
Respectfully submitted,
MOIRA BANDURKA, Recording Secretary
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IV. Reports
A. DISTRICT OFFICERS
1. District Superintendent
STAND TOGETHER
Dr. and Mrs. Porter, Dr. MacMillan, Dr. Coulter, Rev. Fach, pastors and spouses, members and
friends of this Assembly:
Thank you for joining us for these days of worship.
It is appropriate that I begin my report with offerings of thanks. First and foremost thanks to my
wife, Vernita. It is great to share life and ministry with you.
Thank you to the dedicated and talented team of co-servants in our District Office: Rev. Lorna
Bartram, District Director; Rev. Harry Schell, Treasurer; Ms. Lee Wedley, Clerical Assistant;
Ms. Eleanor Lungren, Book Keeper; Rev. Norm Hajian, District Secretary. You are a delight to
work with. Thanks for ‘standing together’ with me as we attempt to serve our Lord through our
service to the people of our District.
Thank you as well to the members of our District Advisory Board and the leaders of our
auxiliary councils and leadership teams: Rev. Neil Allenbrand, Ms. Liliana Arias, Mr. Graeme
Bartle (treasurer retired in November, 2014), Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett, Mr. Mark Kennedy, Rev.
Dr. Gary Nawrocki, Rev. Harry Schell (Treasurer), Mr. Peter Steunenberg, and Rev. Lorna
Bartram (SDMI), Rev. Calvin Black (NYI) and, Mr. Don Johnson (NMI). You are visionary,
courageous, gentle, generous and wise. You are highly valued by your District family.
I also offer thanks to our camps, ladies retreat and summer ministry directors: Kerri Larsen
(Ladies’ Retreat), Heather Johnson (children’s camps), Rev. Andrew and Hayley Tarrant
(family camp), Matt and Monica Wood (Junior and Senior High Youth Camps), as well as the
many people who join your respective teams to serve in whatever capacity they are needed. Your
District family appreciates you and the service you offer.
The Holy Spirit, through our local churches, has been at the work of saving people from their sins,
drawing folks into a personal relationship with God and cleansing the hearts and minds of those
who have submitted themselves to God. We rejoice with you as you have been faithful in
carrying out your ministry in the communities in which God has placed you. It is wonderful
indeed, to be reminded that God is still bringing people to salvation and as such is establishing his
Kingdom among us. Congratulations to those local churches which have experienced increases of
at least 5% in the number of members received by profession of faith during the past year.
Primera 19% Living Hope 10.9%
Logos 14.3% Whitehorse 10% Southside 13.2% Penticton 8.4%
Nanaimo 12% Holy Trinity 8%
Surrey Chinese 12% Esquimalt 7.7%
Cowichan Valley 11.5%
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The closing pages of my report contain important information by way of charts which indicate
our current numerical status as well as finance information.
We ought to remember that the work of the Lord as embodied by his churches is not trivial in
God’s eyes. The work of the church matters and is in no way peripheral to the importance of what
happens in our world, according to Ephesians I. Therefore, a central aspect of our annual District
Assembly is the celebration of the reality of the call of God upon us. We believe God draws us
and invites us to enter into a faith relationship. As we experience the love of God toward us there
is something within us that naturally causes us to desire to serve our Lord – to become his
followers. The call comes to all of us as children of God. There are wonderful and stirring
examples everywhere across our District of your response to the call of God lived out in the
course of your day to day life. The District Assembly also gives us the opportunity to reflect on
and respond to the specific call of God to full time Christian ministry. We are preparing to enter
into a service of worship during which we will witness the Ordination to the Christian Ministry, of
Brandon Linse (currently pastoring our Kamloops congregation) and, Rebecca Postlewait
(currently serving in her fourth year at the Women and Families Centre at Union Gospel Mission
in Vancouver). We will also be presenting District Licenses during the Friday evening service to
those who are preparing themselves for ordination. Thank you to all of you who understand that
the call of God to ministry is really a call to prepare (both in terms of education and training) for
ministry. We must continually strive to be at our best in our service to God whether we are lay
persons who volunteer our time and talents and who read and study the scriptures and spend time
in prayer for the people we minister to or, professional clergy who are answering the specific call
of God to serve in pastoral leadership. Leadership development therefore, remains a key priority
in our District strategy to minister to the people of our neighborhoods.
The people of the Church of the Nazarene Canada Pacific District are called to love God and
serve Him. Our relationship to God as our Father, Saviour and, Sanctifying Enabler is lived out
in our lives – in our worship and in our acts of service and acts of generosity and kindness
(which form an integral aspect of our worship).
I will restate what I stated in my report last year: Our number one priority as a District church
family is the worship of God. Our District organization (boards, auxiliary organizations etc.,) is
primarily focusing on three aspects of this priority: leadership development; church planting;
and compassionate ministry.
Compassionate ministry is simply a modern way of stating we care about others wherever they
might live around the world. As we experience the saving and cleansing grace of God our focus
naturally shifts from being primarily ‘me’ centered to being attentive to God and identifying with
and sharing in God’s passionate love and concern for the well being of people - who are loved by
God. So the idea of caring about and for people becomes intrinsic to who we are. When we serve
people we are worshipping God.
There are noteworthy formalized compassionate ministries with which we are associated:
Mission Possible and the Victoria Warehouse. These works are well organized and highly
effective and creative in their responses to what they believe God is calling them to do in terms
of alleviating very real felt needs of people as well as attempting to give people a hand up – to
actually effect restoration and renewal. We are very thankful for the ministry of Rev. Brian
Postlewait, Executive Director of Mission Possible and Ms. Dell Marie Wergeland, Executive
Director of the Victoria Warehouse. Thank you for your valued leadership among us.
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Compassionate ministries are worked out by virtually every worshipping community on our
District, in unique and practical response to the needs of people wherever they live in the world.
The statistical component of my report shows significant financial contributions not only to the
World Evangelism Fund directly, but also to Mission Specials. Your generosity reflects the
commitment of the people of God to attempt to make a practical, positive difference in people’s
lives. Jesus’ teachings and his way of life have always served as our primary model in our
thinking about and responding to people – especially to the needy and marginalized people in our
communities and in our world. Specifically I offer thanks to those who joined Work & Witness
Teams and offered positive, substantive ministry at considerable personal investment of time and
finances, both on our District and on other Districts in other parts of our world. Our Legacy
Church partnered with the District NMI in sponsoring and sending a group of young adults to
Dawson Creek and Tupper in the Peace River Country as well as to Courtenay/Comox on
Vancouver Island to offer VBS programming assistance. Coupled with that team, our Victoria
First Church Congregation recruited a team of folks to travel to Tupper to do much need electrical
and renovation work which warmed the hearts of our Tupper pastor and congregants. One notable
result of the team’s efforts is that the church property was serviced to make it possible for a brand
new education unit, fellowship area and wash room facility to be located adjacent to the old log
church sanctuary building. The new unit was built and transported to the church property by the
Oilman’s Association of Dawson Creek, at no cost to the Tupper church family.
Work & Witness Teams traveling to other world areas included: Legacy to Belize; Primera to
Nicaragua; Whitehorse to Haiti; and Victoria to Philippines. I believe our Lord will bless you as
you focus outwardly.
The Church Planting aspect of our worship of God will be talked about and prayed about
extensively during our time together at this Assembly. What we actually do in terms of church
planting will undoubtedly change (perhaps so as to become unrecognizable in comparison to our
historic approaches) as a result of the call, conviction and compulsion placed within us by the
Holy Spirit as Dr. Porter ministers to us. Currently however, we have five planting projects in
process along with at least one specific people group embedded within the life and ministry of a
previously existing congregation. The works I refer to are Tagish Lake, Yukon Territory, a second
new ministry (as yet to be named) under the auspices of our Whitehorse Church Family,
Chilliwack, Maple Ridge, Courtenay/Comox and a ministry to Hispanic peoples led by Rev.
Magally Figueroa under the auspices of our Langley, Living Hope church family.
We are very thankful to those who lead these ministry projects as well as to those who support
the projects through prayer and in other ways.
Leadership Development is somewhat more difficult to report on as an act of our corporate worship
of God, in that leadership development permeates either intentionally or as a byproduct of the work
itself, almost all we do as a District. It should also be stated that leadership development is not
aimed solely toward our professional clergy but rather includes lay members of our family as well.
We are also providing learning, development and training experiences for several generations.
The LAMP ministry is intentionally offering several opportunities each year for cross generational
leadership development aimed at helping people recognize that there is a place of meaningful
ministry for God’s people to serve Him wherever we might happen to be living and whatever our
station in life might be. We are grateful to Lorna Bartram for her vision, passion and commitment
to the call and implementation of the Leadership Development and Mentoring Program.
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The summer ministry opportunities for youth in our camping, VBS, day camp programs etc., also
come with a built in requirement and provision of leadership teaching and training. Approximately
forty of our youth and their leaders are making their final preparations to travel to Louisville Kentucky
in a few days. There they will join thousands of other young people at Nazarene Youth Congress for
several days of worship including fellowship and service to the local community. We are especially
thankful to Hayley Tarrant and to the NYI council for your investment of yourselves in our youth in
this way. It ought to be remembered that summer ministries is still used by God to draw more people
into personal relationship with himself than through any other single ministry on the roster. I urge us
as pastors and people to pro actively plan to use the built in potential of summer ministries to
introduce people to Jesus, to lead people to salvation and to heart cleansing submission to the Lordship
of Jesus. Summer ministries are usually quite demanding projects but are well worth the investment of
time, effort and finances. They pay large dividends in terms of developing our corps of leaders.
As I think about these aspects of our ministry (and about lay and clergy leadership development in
particular) I am reminded of the critically important roles of children’s and youth ministries in the on
going systematic teaching of the Scriptures. I urge our pastors and lay leaders as well as our District
auxiliaries to consider your opportunities and responsibility to influence and assist in teaching our
children and youth the Bible and in training our people what it means to be followers of Jesus and
full participants in the life and ministry of His Church.
Leadership development is of course, a significant aspect of our investment in the lives of our pastoral
team. Pastors’ Professional Days (in cooperation with the National Board of the Church of the
Nazarene Canada and incorporating the leadership of Dr. Riley Coulter as a co-planner/collaborator)
continues to be well participated in and valued as a development tool. We also plan an annual retreat
for pastors’ and spouses designed to offer rest, as well as spiritual renewal. This year we are
participating in the Pastors’ and Leaders Conference (PALCON) hosted at Ambrose University in
Calgary during August and we urge our pastors to take advantage of this valuable opportunity to learn,
fellowship and be ministered to.
I began my report both last year and this year, by referring to our Assembly/Conventions gathering as
‘days of worship’. I did so intentionally because I believe we, in our society, need to be reminded of
who God is and of who we are in relation to Him.
General Superintendent, Dr. J.K. Warrick, at the recent Leadership Conference held in conjunction
with M15 in Kansas City, preached a message that has been ringing in my ears and resonating in my
heart ever since. His message was essentially a reminder of the primacy and importance of worship.
Everything else we give ourselves to as followers of Jesus, as part of the church ought to flow out of
our worship of God. Community bridging events, outreach projects, even teaching the curriculum are
lent meaning, direction and divine effectiveness as we receive input in, and as a result of, our
worship of God. It will likely be in the context of corporate, congregational worship that God will
stir our hearts with conviction – moving us to repentance. It will surely be in the context of
congregational worship that our hearts will be blessed with renewed passion. It will be in the context
of worship that God will speak a word of clarity to inspire our minds. It will most often be in the
context of congregational worship that the call of God to his mission will be felt and heard and
embedded and listened to and responded to. As we worship God, His perspective on the issues of our
life, will come into focus.
Perhaps as we spend these few days together, in the presence of God – worshipping Him, a new tone
will be established for us in our settings of service. Perhaps our Lord will pour out upon us a fresh
infilling of the Holy Spirit. Could it be that a renewed passion for the needy people in our
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neighbourhood will be given to us. Maybe renewed power and patience and wisdom and insight will
be gifted to us. Maybe renewed energy and hope and determination and a new desire to submit and
commit will be offered to us.
Perhaps as Dr. Porter seeks to call us to effective, faithful service and as Rev. Fach leads us in
thinking about worship, we will together feel that Jesus Himself, the Great Head of the Church, is
among us with assurance and reassurance – building our courage and confidence that he is able to do
in and through us, abundantly more than we are able to ask or even imagine.
What victories do you long for? What breakthroughs are you needing as you bear the burdens of your
friends, loved ones and your church families?
Dr. Warrick says: “we were created for worship.” Something happens when we come together to
worship. The effects of corporate worship are not easily duplicated (if at all) by private worship (as
wonderful, necessary and vital as private worship is). The Scriptures call us to come together to
praise our Lord. The residents of Heaven, be they saints or angels seem to be occupied, if not pre-
eminently occupied with worship. It’s what they do. It’s what goes on in heaven. As far as that’s
concerned it’s what goes on everywhere throughout the universe, and certainly on planet earth.
“Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice! Tell all the nations, “The Lord reigns!”
“Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!
“Let the fields and the crops burst out with joy!
“Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise, for the Lord is coming to judge the earth.
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.” (I Chron. 16)
As the congregation sings of the might and majesty of God somehow our problems and burdens
don’t seem so unmanageable. As the church family praises God for his unfathomable and
inexhaustible love somehow we don’t feel so alone, so vulnerable, so defeated.
As we recount and proclaim what the Bible teaches us about the nature and character of God we see
ourselves not only as we actually are but by faith we see ourselves the way God sees us: for whom
we can become. For whom God can make us into. And our spirit responds with hope, joy,
expectation, exhilaration and excitement.
Referring once again to Dr. Warrick’s message he says: “God comes down to us and makes us to be
new. We discover that His grace IS sufficient. In true worship we will discover OUR place in the
‘mission of God’. We believe in a God who speaks and when we hear God speak the mission of
GOD becomes OUR mission. Meaningful worship always leads to mission. Our goal is not souls our
goal is God.”
As we spend time together over the next few hours and as Dr. Porter and Rev. Fach minister to us
may we receive a fresh glimpse of God. May we hear anew his voice speaking to us: calling our
name, gracing us with his empowering Holy Spirit and creating within us a receptivity
to his mission for us.
May God bless you.
STAND TOGETHER
Respectfully submitted,
REV. EARL R. WOOD, District Superintendent
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2. Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries
District Superintendent Wood, Delegates, Pastors and friends:
They came together by land and sea, over the mountains, across rivers (well, across bridges across
rivers), across valleys and mountains to make their way to the Harbour City, Nanaimo. They
sacrificed their time and their money with great heart and soul to come to the first-ever, annual,
inter-generational Ministry Festival. More than 65 people, some starting the trek as early as
5:00am, came from Nazarene churches across the Island and the Lower Mainland to “learn things”
(as Scott Bakula of NCIS New Orleans says). The Ministry Festival was a joint venture of LAMP,
NYI and SDMI. We invited Dr. Joel Thiessen, Associate Professor of Sociology at Ambrose
University and Helen Thiessen, Director of Enrolment Management at Ambrose and the NYI Field
Representative for Canada. Dr. Joel spoke to us about Passing on the Faith and the attributes of
Flourishing Congregations. Our composition of attendees was inter-generational, multi-cultural and
represented 10 churches. You can enjoy a few of the pictures elsewhere in this booklet. A
pre-determined goal of the festival was to take Professor Joel’s research and insights and “DO”
something about it on several levels – individual, local and District.
The night before the Festival, our SDMI Council, NYI representatives and LAMP leadership
team (some fortunately overlap roles so it’s not as big a group as it may seem), the District
Superintendent and individuals representing pre-teens, mid-teens, senior-teens and young adults
gathered together for dinner at TWU with Helen and Joel in preparation for Saturday’s Festival.
That wonderful day was built upon the previous year’s trek, same day, same month when we were
graciously hosted by the Cowichan Valley church for T.E.A. – Training, Equipping, Action. This
year we expanded the scope of the day and the generous folks of the Nanaimo church, under the
leadership of Pastor Gary Nawrocki hosted us all – and what an excellent job they did – a model
of servant leadership. The Festival concept grew out of the LAMP+(plus) retreat held in February
of 2014. That event brought together young adults all the way through to mid-70 year olds and the
purpose was essentially to foster a greater understanding of how to pass on the faith. A year later,
Dr. Joel came for that very purpose – to inform, educate, encourage and support us in the pursuit
of passing the faith from generation to generation. There were many significant points that Dr.
Joel made but one that was particularly poignant and insightful was what researchers have
identified as the way millennials define their world view.
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
• Moral – believe in being good, moral beings
• Therapeutic – religion serves the individual
• Deism – God exists, but is distant from humans
• Individualism – choice, identity, relativism, subjectivity
It was a day of fascinating insights which gave us much to consider and to do in the months ahead.
We touched a lot of other bases on that Saturday, as well, featuring the ministries of Ambrose,
NYI and NYC, LAMP, SDMI and our Camping program.
Before beginning to write an annual report I always try to read the previous year. Then I try and
reread that report, and perhaps older ones at least once during the year. The reason is this…as a
leader I believe that my report has to mean more to me than an annual obligation that is read and
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forgotten. Long ago I decided that if these annual exercises were going to have any meaning for
the author (me) I needed to use them as a form of accountability and a road map of sorts, a
measuring stick for what has transpired and a guide for the path ahead, if only for myself. I ask
myself a few leadership questions, among them, “Did I or we accomplish anything that we said
we would do and if so does it matter in the grand scheme of things?”, and, “Where are we heading
if we keep going in the same direction – 1 year, 5 years, 10 years down the road and what am I
leaving behind if we do?” I am so glad to report that we can say ‘Yes’, the CPD SDMI did much
of what we set out to do a year ago and undoubtedly the most rewarding achievement was to
co-sponsor the Ministry Festival.
One of the great benefits of times together such as this weekend and other like gatherings is that
they pull all of us together and we connect. Then, over time we reconnect and become better
acquainted. Each exposure to one another builds upon the last – camp is a perfect and easily
relatable example of this – and that repetitive exposure creates an ongoing relational catalyst as
connections grow. As connections increase they ground us on many levels, even organizationally.
Those connections sometimes give us the encouragement we need for the road we will travel
during the in-between times, ‘til we gather together again. From a structural and organizational
perspective, this cycle of gathering and dispersing is very important. It helps sustain us; it
sustains the relational tone amongst us, it develops the quality of our leaders, their relationships
with one another and their commitment to their ministry - on down the line and over time.
Experiences and events that build relationship (local and district, etc.) make a very real
contribution to the development of leaders, sometimes, and I would go as far as to say often, this
begins in childhood. With care and nurture, over time, those relationships contribute to character
development, the instilling of Christ-like values and a sense of God’s call on young lives. They
can also pave the way and contribute to full-blown leadership roles. But, be mindful that these
things do not happen by chance or accident and they often do not happen quickly – they happen
because some very real human being, someone like you, invested themselves in someone else
and by so doing contributed to the passing on of faith to another generation. There are probably
no accidental disciples or leaders but rather leaders and disciples exist because of the
commitment of others who engage in mentoring, encouraging, leading them. That is the essence
of the mission of SDMI.
One of the best examples I can attest to in this vein is camping ministry or camp-like ministry (ie.
LAMP weekend retreats, church events sustained over a weekend, etc.). Concentrated and regular
times in the life of the church, much like our time together here, which form building blocks for
the relationships that sustain our faith. I’ve yet to come across anything quite like the model of
summer camp and statistics would indicate that 1,000’s upon 1,000’s even 100,000’s of thousands
would agree. Why? Because camp is life forming, life affirming, and life changing and one of the
building blocks and priorities of your district SDMI is to continuously consider and strengthen our
commitment to the support of our camping ministry. If we have to choose where we will invest
our time and resources, and we do have to decide, then the ministry of camping is proven to make
an incredible difference in people’s lives. We have said ‘yes’ to doing whatever we can through
SDMI to build, elevate and support this ministry – it is a significant venue for discipleship.
The SDMI District council has both elected and appointed membership. One of the goals of this
past year was to expand the number of appointed membership and we have begun to make some
headway in this area, although not formally or fully. To our elected members, Teresa (Fuergutz),
Aaron (Austin) and Lilia (Choriego), Earl (Wood) ex officio, thank you for your willing servant
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hearts and practical contributions this past year. I look forward to another year of building on the
foundations developed so far and appreciate the opportunity to work alongside each of you in
ministry.
Some closing thoughts...Today’s world is changing at a pace that outstrips all of history. Consider
this small example; “Christianity, the world’s most popular religion, took nearly 19 centuries to
attract 600 million adherents. By contrast, a business-sector infant-WhatsApp-announced this week
that it has just hit 700 million users, after starting at zero six years ago.” (Christianity Today) We
are in an era unlike any before; the pace of change is stunning. Individuals live “connected” yet in
isolation (eg. more than 50% of adults now live alone) and we can be connected through
technology on a global and local scale, simultaneously. There are so many amazing, enlightening
and wonderful things about the technological resources at our fingertips but the trend toward a
virtual, image, icon, video, media and social media based communications world naturally spawns
less actual human interaction, less direct speech to one another, less filtering out of ideas, emotions,
thought, expression, nuance, communication, in real time, with real people, in your real face. There
is evidence this is impacting us to falsely think we are in real relationships yet the heart feels alone.
The irony of our digital reality is that what appears to be extremely “social” is the means by which
people are increasingly isolated. The very technology that connects them isolates them because it
lacks flesh and blood. The upside though, is that the essential needs of people and their need to
belong, to be connected has not changed and the church, as the original relationship mecca can
intersect people where they most need to be met – relationally. Relationships are still the key no
matter the reality of our day – digital or otherwise.
Reading about trends in church planting helps us here. One leader says “As for successful
ministries in the Bay Area (San Francisco) we ask the question; what are the needs and aches of
the place we’re living in, and how do we respond to that?” and… our ministry may include
anything from Netflix fasts to making a budget, to limiting coffee to manage anxiety.”
“The distinction, says Adam Smallcombe, is in…what people are really seeking. Smallcombe,
who is originally from Australia, emphasized the “community void” in Silicon Valley: “People
are desperate for community. Everyone’s moving in, and tech companies are trying to provide
that community as much as possible, so that we all never leave work. But there’s a community
and relationships that people are looking for...”
Ambitious as this may sound, for some start-up churches, nothing seems out of reach. Provided
they meet people where they are – on phones, at Dolores Park, or at work – they can successfully
serve the unique, sometimes evasive needs of their communities.” (Christianity Today)
Every article I read about new and emerging methods and models of ministry came to the same
conclusion …methods and models are the means by which to convey the message of Christ’s
love and the message, if received is the source of a stable community of believers because that is
what meets the needs of people – regardless of who the people are or where they come from
socially, economically, politically. Relationship with our heavenly father and with one another is
the key to meeting the needs of people – in any age.
If you are involved in “people to people” ministry you know this truth – let me encourage you to
keep at it, do not become disheartened in your ministry to one another and to others. It seems to
me we have to continuously make the choice to serve, to give, to hang in or we begin to lose heart.
And here is why I think that happens, not always but typically – people meet people, people like
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people, people get better acquainted, people work together, people start to see things they hadn’t
previously seen back in the early days of relational “innocence” and reality begins to set in. Mix
that with time, reputations, history and you’ve guessed it – people don’t always like each other,
get along, have the same values, viewpoints, etc., etc. so they begin to fall away, shift churches,
you know that drill. Tom Nees, our Conventions speaker a few years back helped us greatly to
understand what is behind this reality - the church is a “family system” and because it is a family
system it is relational by nature and this is where the rub comes – no need to say more.
It’s nothing new; pretty much standard issue issues – people are people and what hinders and helps
the church, is us. So help yourself and others and get this sorted out - there are going to be issues,
and plenty of them. Do not be disheartened by this. It is to be expected – although it is unfortunate,
it is real and understanding it is the difference maker, I believe, in helping people get to the place
where their faith is in Christ and not the church, its people or its leaders. The real difference maker
that will preserve the generations, pass on the faith, engage in effective discipleship, whatever you
wish to call it, is for people to firm their faith in Christ ALONE. Responding to God’s grace in
your life, responding to his call on your life and being who you are supposed to be for whomever
God places in your life, whenever and wherever that happens to happen is a difference maker.
Staying faithful to Him and yes, to the church because that’s what He has called us to do, too, is the
real difference maker in the kingdom - Christ’s body, the church.
SDMI is generally speaking deeply rooted in the fabric of every local church whether you know
and identify it as that or not. Such things as Christian education, small group ministries,
discipleship ministries, camp investments, age-related and inter-generational, congregational and
outreach ministries and more…are what SDMI is all about. There is a strong likelihood that the
health of these ministries in your local church is related to the general health of your church.
Think on this for a while and see if it isn’t so. I believe that at the heart of every church lies the
strength and health that is evidenced through the ministries you are engaged in, ministry to those
who are a part of the congregation (within) and those who are yet to be (without) and that a
balance, almost akin to breathing, between these two elements of ministry, whatever form they
may take, must be developed because they are the life-blood of the church.
I was graphically reminded of this truth at the close of the Ministry Festival when we gave
people the opportunity to do something real and tangible in terms of their personal engagement
and commitment to others. As they began to write out the names of individuals whom they
would shepherd/disciple over the year ahead or indefinitely, it would have been wonderful if 10
people submitted responses in self-addressed envelopes but more than 50 did and reports
afterward indicated that many of those people wrote the names of several individuals whom they
are committed to shepherding-discipling. What an incredible testimony to God’s work in and
among his people without the necessity of a model, method or program – although those are
valid too. First and foremost, being obedient people, seeking to share the love of Christ with
others as the Lord leads is available to all of us. Too often we seem to have a murky grasp of
what discipleship means but be encouraged by this example and follow where you are led. Keep
the faith and pass it on. Be cautious to ensure that the method and the means of our/your ministry
does not become the message – the means by which we convey the ministry of Christ is
absolutely NOT the message.
I would encourage you to not get stuck on the means and method of ministry. Rather get stuck on
listening to the voice of the Spirit. Get stuck on obedience. Get stuck on doing what that means
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FOR YOU. Get at it, do whatever you sense you ought to do. Of course you have to align your
actions with scripture; you have to pray, listen, use all of the tools available
(ie. discipleshipplace.org would be one), vet your sense of calling with others – all the usual
ways to discern God’s leading. Above all do no harm, do no harm as much as it lies within you
and if you aren’t totally sure but you think maybe there is something you are supposed to do and
it’s a good thing, then go forward and you’ll find your way. You don’t need to fit into someone
else’s method or model before you minister. Don’t fall prey to that crippling idea. The message
is the key and you may very well be the one to unlock the door that leads someone to the Lord.
Ultimately you and I only answer to the Lord and we can move out; we can move forward; we
can take steps of faith by using what’s in our own hands. You have something to offer others and
the Lord so do it.
“So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and
teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be
built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God
and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown
here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people
in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to
become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament,
grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.” Ephesians 4:11-16
Respectfully submitted,
REV. LORNA BARTRAM, SDMI Chair
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3. District NMI President
District Superintendent Wood, NMI Council Members, Members of the Convention, guests:
In recent days I have been reminded over and over again that with the passage of time there are
great changes to our lives. My children have been surprising me more than usual in their
achievements recently, not only with their growing stature (as all of them are now taller than my
wife and Noah is getting close to my height), but also in their rites of passage. My oldest
daughter, Erica, is going into grade 12 next fall, is essentially an apprentice chef, and is learning
to drive. My youngest daughter, Sarah, is going into grade 8 in the fall with her last year in
Middle School and High School on the horizon. My son, Noah, is starting to prepare himself
with career goals for the future as he is selecting his courses for grade 10.
I am reminded that when I was first selected as the District NMI President in June 2002, Erica was
getting excited about going into Kindergarten the following September, and Sarah was only six
months old. I feel blessed to be presenting to you today my 12th
report as District NMI President.
God is good, and has been blessing me these past 12 years as I have served in this capacity.
Nazarene Missions International has changed in this time frame as well. When I started in 2002
Dr. Nina Gunter was the Nazarene Missions Internal Director, and then Dr. Daniel Ketchum took
over when Dr. Gunter was elected as a General Superintendent. In February of this year we saw
Mrs. Lola Brickley take the helm of NMI. She is a long time leader in NMI, first elected as a
local NWMS President in 1985. She was elected as the District NMI President of Eastern
Kentucky District in 2001, and then to the Global NMI Council in 2007 where she was serving in
the capacity of Vice President when the Board of General Superintendents elected her to be the
new Global Director of Nazarene Missions International.
The Church of the Nazarene, as a denomination, has changed in many ways as well. We can
report today a worldwide membership of 2.2 million people, worshipping in 159 world areas, with
702 missionaries sent from 35 world areas. In 2002 my predecessor reported that the Church was
found in only 143 world areas, and predominately the source of missionaries was still the United
States. We are truly a more global denomination today.
While the demographics of the church may have changed over the years, the call God places on
people to serve the church has not. The LINKS program of the Church of the Nazarene is a good
way to support those missionaries that are serving God in many different capacities around the
world. For this next year we will continue supporting the Armstrong and Martinez families as our
LINKS missionaries. I encourage everyone to get to know these missionaries and to communicate
with them as a church or as individuals to find out how you can support them through prayer and
other needs.
Another way to support missionaries is to have them visit our District and share with us their
experiences of God’s love in other parts of the world. In the beginning of April Ricki and Bub
Honea came to our District from Guatemala to tell us about the work they are doing as Work &
Witness Coordinators in the Northern Zone of the MAC Region. They enjoyed their time with us,
as they were able to re-connect with some people who visited there on past Work & Witness trips.
This coming August we will also have the opportunity to re-connect with Tonya Kucey as she will
be visiting August 10-14 from Haiti.
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Speaking of Work & Witness, this past year there were three Work & Witness teams that went
out from this District. The Primera church sent a team to Nicaragua in August 2014, the
Whitehorse church sent a team to Haiti in March, and the Legacy church sent a team to Belize in
May. What a great way for individuals to see, first hand, the diversity of God’s church, and of
the Church of the Nazarene. By meeting, and working side by side, with fellow Christians in
different countries and different cultures, we are better able to empathize with their needs, and
appreciate the differences as well as the similarities between us. It is for this reason that the
District NMI Council has encouraged more teams to come from this District by supporting them
with Work & Witness grants.
This past year we issued grants to a total of five groups, the three groups mentioned already, as
well as to a project organized by the Victoria church and NCMC Warehouse to the Philippines,
and again to the Victoria church who sent a group to Tupper to help with some renovations there.
The District Council is happy to support these Work & Witness teams with funds toward the
project cost, but the fund is becoming depleted. Over this next year we will be looking for ways
to replenish the fund so that future Work & Witness teams can benefit from it. If you, or your
church, feel that you would like to help teams from this District to experience Work & Witness,
and are unable to participate yourself, consider donating to the District Work & Witness Grant
fund as a way of being involved.
This year NMI is celebrating its 100th
Anniversary in October. To help celebrate this milestone
the Canada Pacific District has adopted a project in the Eurasia Region to help send Jesus Film
teams to remote areas by purchasing a motorcycle and backpack full of audio-visual equipment.
This “Bike and a Backpack” project was introduced last year at the Convention in Abbotsford, and
to date we have raised enough money for one Bike and a Backpack. The project is not over yet
though. The Anniversary project goes until the end of 2015, and any further money raised will go
toward a second “Bike and Backpack”. What a great opportunity for the churches to hear about
the affective work of the Jesus Film as an evangelistic tool, and of the great work of Jesus Film
Harvest Partners and how they use the Church of the Nazarene in follow-up visits and establishing
churches in the wake of a Jesus Film team visit. I encourage all of you to promote this project this
year, and to help us fund another “Bike and a Backpack”.
Other ways that you can be involved in Nazarene Missions is through Prayer and Missions
Education. There are many different ways you can keep up to date with the latest Nazarene news.
Through online sources such as NCN and the Nazarene.org website you can see the latest news
pertaining to Nazarene members and churches. Through Nazarene Compassionate Ministries you
can hear about how the Church responds to the needs of people all around the world, and not just
during great disasters such as the recent earthquakes in Nepal. With the Prayer Mobilization Line
you can find out about the prayer requests of the Church.
Each year there are well prepared Mission Education packets available, and Mission reading
books available, through the Nazarene Publishing House. With recent financial concerns the
NPH has curtailed a lot of their normal operations, but these materials are still available through
their website and order forms. Do not be discouraged in purchasing these worthwhile
publications as they too provide you church with much needed information regarding the Church
of the Nazarene around the world.
The World Evangelism Fund is the way local Nazarenes support the worldwide spread of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ through the Church of the Nazarene. This fund is used to support
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missionaries, supply literature in native languages, start new churches, train new pastors and
train church leaders. Without the WEF the Church of the Nazarene would not be able to fulfill
the goal of making Christlike Disciples in the Nations. The WEF goal for each church is 5.5% of
their income minus the amount given to missions.
When a church gives 5.7% of their current income, or $1,000 over their WEF Goal of 5.5% of
their current income, they are recognized as a World Evangelism Church of Excellence. This
past year we have 10 such churches. These churches have demonstrated their over whelming
support for the work of the Church of the Nazarene around the world, and they are to be
commended. Abbotsford (8.4%), All Nations (5.7%), Betel Iglesia Hispana (8.0%), Community
(6.5%), Hope (7.7%), Nanaimo (8.7%), Penticton (6.0%), Primera Iglesia Hispana (6.1%),
Victoria First (15.3%), and Whitehorse (7.3%).
Through the combined efforts of all of the churches on the District the total giving of WEF on
the Canada Pacific District this past year was $184,605.43. The 5.5% WEF Goal for the District
was only $154,339.07. This means that for the second year in a row the Canada Pacific District
has paid its WEF over 100% and is recognized as a World Evangelism District of Excellence.
Our final percentage of WEF payment was 119.6%. Thank you for your generosity and support
for World Evangelism.
When a single church is involved in missions through participation in Discipling, Prayer,
Education, and Giving they succeed in meeting the requirements to be recognized by Nazarene
Missions International as a Mission Priority One church. This year these churches are to be
recognized for this achievement. Abbotsford, Community, Nanaimo, Penticton, Primera Iglesia
Hispana and Victoria First.
This past year I met with my Council four times, and enjoyed each of these encounters. Through
the modern wonders of Skype our Council can interact affectively from Whitehorse, Penticton,
Kelowna, and Victoria while we sit around a table in Surrey. I want to thank Bobbi, Gail,
Shirley, Harry, Gracia, Lilia, Merv, Heather, Barb, Ruth, and Eddie for all they have done for the
District NMI.
And finally, I want to thank my family for supporting me this past year. To my children, and
especially to my wife Heather, I love you.
Respectfully submitted,
DON JOHNSON, NMI President
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4. NYI President
District Superintendent Earl, Pastors, delegates, and friends, it is my privilege to bring you my
9th consecutive report to you as NYI District President. This past year we have had some great
times of worship, travel, adventure, and service. I want to highlight a few.
Camps Last July our Jr. High Camp was held at Camp Squeah. Matt Wood led 30 teens in a week of
endless activity and worship. Our Speaker this year was Ryan Wood who spoke on the theme
"Created to be" which outlined how God has made us to be His very good creations and called us
to use our gifts for his glory. It was a great week with lots of hikes, high ropes, meaningful
discussions, and lasting relationships formed.
Our Sr. High Camp was held at Camp Squeah last August and had 25 campers. Our speaker was
Alison Springer who challenged the campers to be courageous in our pursuit of God. There were
very dynamic times of worship and teaching. We went tubing at Lake Kawkawa and had some
great hikes as well.
Because of our NYC trip we are inviting junior and senior high and young adults to join together
for an awesome NYI camp August 28-31 at Camp Squeah. It's going to be a great four days of
hiking, tubing, worship, and camping. You can register online at www.camps.pacnaz.ca.
Life Between the Trees
“Life Between the Trees” is a Social Justice weekend where we come together and serve the
community around our host Church. This past year was hosted by Legacy Nazarene. In the fall
of 2014 we brought teens to serve at a mission in New Westminster, worked with a Youth For
Christ outreach Bus, and sorted clothes and furniture in a thrift store. Matt Smedley challenged
the teens to follow God's call in their lives and respond to the needs in their community. It was a
great weekend of worship and service.
Legacy Youth Conference
During March spring break a van load of teens went out to attend the Legacy Youth Conference
at Ambrose University. We had six participants and God was with us on our trip to Calgary. The
group stayed at Helen and Joel Thiessen's house. Helen is Regional Director of NYI as well as
Enrolment Coordinator for Ambrose. Joel is a Professor of Sociology at Ambrose. It was great
for the teens to see people in leadership there investing in them. We also enjoyed connecting with
a Calgary Nazarene youth group. The Conference challenged our teens to look at the example of
the rich young ruler and surrender all we have to God.
NYC 2015
This summer we are excited about bringing another group of teens to NYC 2015 in Louisville,
KY. This quadrennial event is always an amazing time of connecting with other teens from all
over North America. Teens will spend the week in worship, service, and recreation with 6,000
other Nazarene Youth. The theme for NYC is “Thy Kingdom Come”. Youth will be challenged to
see the ways in which God is calling them to help His kingdom become a reality on earth. Hayley
Tarrant is our NYC coordinator and has done an incredible amount of work to pull off this trip.
We have 40 participants from Canada Pacific leaving next Saturday for Louisville. Please pray for
travelling mercies and that our teens will experience and respond to God's call on their lives.
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It is a privilege to work with teens and see the excitement and enthusiasm for faith that makes a
difference in our world. Unfortunately, some of our teens are becoming disillusioned because
they do not see our faith or our churches really having an impact in their communities. It is a
challenge to us, their leaders, to not only live out our faith in the church and in our families but
imagine the ways that we could have more of an impact on the community around us and bless
them by getting out of our churches and engaging in service. Youth are looking for a purpose and
a mission that goes beyond having more people attend Sunday morning worship than the week
before. But they need to be paired with and mentored by people of faith who are living it out in
the real world. Please encourage your churches to connect their youth with our District events.
Encourage them to reach out to the youth in their communities. God has placed your church in
your neighbourhood just within reach of teens who need to see your faith.
We are called to a ministry through which God transforms us and his Church to bring glory to
Him. Listen to this encouragement from Hebrews:
“We have no doubts about what we’re doing or why, but it’s hard going and we need your
prayers. All we care about is living well before God. Pray that we may be together soon.
May God, who puts all things together, makes all things whole,
Who made a lasting mark through the sacrifice of Jesus,
The sacrifice of blood that sealed the eternal covenant,
Who led Jesus, our Great Shepherd, up and alive from the dead,
Now put you together, provide you with everything you need to please him,
Make us into what gives him most pleasure,
By means of the sacrifice of Jesus, the Messiah.
All glory to Jesus forever and always! Oh, yes, yes, yes.”
Hebrews 13:18-21 (MSG)
Respectfully submitted,
REV. CALVIN BLACK, NYI President
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5. Ambrose University & Seminary President’s Report
This has been a growth season for the university and the seminary. While we are having to face
some significant financial challenges – along with other institutions of higher education in this
province – we have much for which we are encouraged.
1. Enrolment Headcount for the winter semester bucked the typical trend for January increasing a
welcome 3% over the fall numbers – so that this semester we now have over 850 students
enrolled in one of the Ambrose programs.
A very successful open house was held on campus on February 26th
. Attendance was
comparable to the February, 2014 open house, and the number of applications received is
encouraging. It is too early in the enrolment cycle to make accurate predictions about fall
numbers, but our enrolment team is working hard to bring Ambrose opportunities to the
attention of high school students graduating this spring, and to those who might be ready
for graduate work in our seminary.
2. Recent and upcoming events
During the first week of March we hosted our annual Global Impact Days. This year our
speaker was Dr. Jeff Van Duzer, Provost – and former Dean of the School of Business and
Economics – at Seattle Pacific University. The theme of the event was Why Business
Matters to God, the title of a book published by Dr. Van Duzer in 2010 which explores the
theology of business. His thought-provoking presentations were accessible to students from
all disciplines and sparked many interesting conversations.
This year’s Downey Lectureship in mid-February was provided by Dr. Amos Yong of
Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California. Dr. Yong explored the influence that Pentecostal
theology and ethos has had upon the church worldwide and examined the challenges and
opportunities that its impact presents.
During Reading Week in February we were pleased to host our annual pastors’ conference
on campus. Pastors from five provinces and a number of different denominations joined
together for two days in sessions led by Charles and Hilary Price, Darrel Johnson, and
Mark Buchanan around the theme of The Joy of the Lord is Your Strength.
Upcoming, we anticipate that around 130 graduates will cross the stage this year. Dr. Bruce
Hindmarsh of Regent College in Vancouver will be our commencement speaker.
3. Personnel Updates
We have several active faculty searches ongoing at present: English and Education, Sociology,
Biology, and a professor for the Canadian Chinese School of Theology at Ambrose Seminary.
It is essential that we appoint the right person to each of these positions; pray with us for
wisdom for both candidates and search committees in the coming months. Due to financial
constraints, we have put on hold the searches we might otherwise have had in Business and
History – and yet, we fully hope and plan to fill these positions for the fall of 2016.
4. Finances
This has been a challenging year for Ambrose – financially. With the Alberta economy in
serious crisis – affecting our provincial grant, but also the capacity of our Alberta-based
donors to support us at this time – we are in lean mode. We will have to freeze salaries,
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despite the increase in the cost of living in Calgary; and we will have to make some
adjustments in staffing as we move into the next fiscal year.
But, as noted, the University continues to grow – and so we are doing everything in our
power to limit our costs while not inadvertently undercutting our momentum. We need to
grow – not only to expand our mission and impact, but so that we have the minimal crucial
mass of students to be able to offer our full range of programs. We have a responsibility to
our constituency to sustain a rather wide range of options: seminary, school of ministry,
arts and sciences, education and business. Each is vital to our mission.
In all of this, we are deeply grateful for the support that comes through our churches and our
Districts. Thank you. Thank you for believing in our mission, for recognizing that the full
scope of what we do is part of the ministry of the COTN through this University and Seminary.
5. Accreditation Renewal Ambrose is accredited by three different bodies: the arts and science programs by the
Quality Council of Campus Alberta; the Seminary by the Association of Theological
Schools; and the School of Ministry by the Association for Biblical Higher Education.
In October of last year the Campus Alberta Quality Council sent a visiting team to campus to
conduct a full review of our arts and science programs, including our education and business
programs. The outcome of the review was positive and, although there is some policy work that
needs to be done, all of our programs will continue to receive full Province of Alberta
certification.
The ATS conducted a full accreditation review of the Seminary in the fall of 2012. While our
accreditation was renewed, they also called for what the ATS calls a “focus visit” to address
two areas of concern: the distinctive identity of the Seminary within the University; and, the
question of financial sustainability. The visiting team was encouraged by the strengthening of
the distinctive identity of the Seminary within the University and noted a number of initiatives
that have contributed to this. However, the team continued to express concerns about the
financial viability of the Seminary within the context of our current overall financial situation
and has requested a further report on finances to the Commission later this year.
6. Vision 2020.
At its April 2015 meetings, the Ambrose Board will be invited to endorse what we are
calling vision 2020: a set of strategic objectives that will be the focus of our time and
energy over the next five years. Here are some highlights of Vision 2020:
Profile the distinctive Ambrose mission – Christian liberal arts studies, with an imbedded
theological seminary, school of ministry and two professional programs (business and
education) – effectively “branded” to our key constituencies. This includes profiling how
Ambrose is unique in that it has incorporated the very best of the Bible college movement
into its School of Ministry, but more, into the whole of what it means to be a University.
Develop the campus so that it can accommodate upwards of 1500 students – along the
lines of the master campus plan adopted by the Board in the fall of 2014 (including a
chapel, a second gym, additional classroom and residence facilities; with between 1000-
1200 students studying at Ambrose by 2020).
Sustain the vital institutional culture – with a religious ethos (theological, ethical and
spiritual) that infuses the whole of the Ambrose program and mission, with worship and
Christian discipleship central to the identity and mission of the university.
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Reach a position of financial sustainability, with less dependence on government and
denominational funding and more accessible tuition rates.
A continuing education department, with a thriving eCampus and online course offerings
to match flexible modular and non-traditional course offerings on campus and in an
extension format (including a vibrant Spring/Summer school)
7. Ambrose Board Transitions
Each year we anticipate transitions on our Board of Governors as members complete their
maximum terms and step aside. However, through a combination of term completions and
resignations, we have an unprecedented number of vacancies to fill this spring.
Mr. Alex Baum from Calgary, Alberta and Mrs. Sandra Manning, also from Alberta, were
members of the Board of Governors before the amalgamation of the Alliance and Nazarene
schools. Their terms were extended beyond the usual term limit to allow for increased
continuity on the Board during the transition from two institutions to one. This year both
governors complete their extended terms and will be stepping away from the Board. We are
extremely grateful to both for their outstanding service over the years.
Rev. Dale Thistle, from Moncton, New Brunswick, has been appointed to the Ambrose Board, and
its Nazarene forerunner, by the Church of the Nazarene for a great many years, and he has served
as board secretary. June 30th, 2015 sees the completion of his final term on the Ambrose Board.
Other vacancies arising as a result of resignations over the past twelve months leave us
with the potential of five vacancies to fill this spring. Depending on the nature of a Board,
introducing five new members at one time can be detrimental to the cohesion of a Board, so
it is unlikely that we will fill all the vacancies at this time. However, we do have some very
strong candidates that we are currently pursuing and, where the appointment needs to be
made by one of the denominational Boards, a recommendation with full details will be
submitted to that body.
New terms begin on July 1st of the year of appointment, concluding on June 30
th of the
fourth year. Governors are eligible to serve for two full terms, or a total of eight years,
unless a time-limited extension to the second term is granted by the Board in response to a
set of exceptional circumstances.
8. In Conclusion Finally, I am always grateful for opportunities to preach in Nazarene churches. And as a special
bonus, I was pleased in the last year to visit three Nazarene institutions of higher education. I was
the plenary speaker for the NTC/Manchester Clergy Conference in May of 2014; in October I led a
faculty seminar for the faculty of Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary in Manila; and in
November I was on site at NTS/Kansas City where I gave the plenary lectures for their annual fall
theology lectureship. Upcoming, I am looking forward to leading a seminar on conversion and
transformation in connection with the Central District Assembly and, of course, we are all eager
here at Ambrose to host PALCON (in August), where I am privileged to be one of several plenary
session speakers.
Respectfully submitted, GORDON T. SMITH, PhD, President
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6. National Director
The Church of the Nazarene has been in continuous operation in Canada since 1902. Shortly
following World War II, the Government of Canada enacted legislation requiring every
charitable receipt-granting organization to be supervised by a nationally incorporated board of
directors, resident within the country. “The Executive Board of the Church of the Nazarene in
Canada” was incorporated in 1946 by an act of Parliament. It was empowered by the General
Board of the Church of the Nazarene to be the “lawful authority of the Church of the Nazarene in
Canada in all matters relative to the acquiring, holding, selling and conveying of property within
the Dominion, as outlined in the Articles of Incorporation.” This responsibility continues to be
the core of our responsibility.
Over the past 50 years – and particularly in the past decade – the responsibility of the National
Church Corporation has continued to evolve. Two factors have influenced that development.
First, changes in governmental regulations that affect us; and second, the unique opportunities
that come our way to act on behalf of the Church of the Nazarene International in responding to
needs in various parts of the world. The Church of the Nazarene International pays us to manage
its interests in Canada.
During 2014 we were called upon by Canada Revenue Agency and Industry Canada to revise
and renew our National Incorporation in order to continue to be compliant with federal
regulations and policies. While that process was at times tedious and time consuming we were
able to complete the work at a special general meeting of the corporation on November 29th
,
2014. Thanks to each of you who made time to participate in that conference call that brought the
process to its completion. We have received the certificate of continuance and I am pleased to
report that it is done – and hopefully won’t need to be redone for another 70 years!
National Director’s Responsibilities
National Office
In recent years, the Church of the Nazarene International has increasingly called upon us to
manage its interests within Canada and through Canada, in many areas around the world.
Through the National Office we handle payroll and retirement services for our Canadian
missionaries. We manage the compliance issues that arise with the government regarding
taxation and other employment matters for our and other church employees. We manage the
retirement accounts for our pastors and oversee the group insurance plan that covers our pastors
and their families.
We also manage the Joint Ministry Agreement with the Church of the Nazarene International.
This agreement has been necessitated by ongoing changes in government regulations concerning
money given for charitable purposes. By law, Canadian churches are forbidden to transfer such
funds outside of Canada unless they have a written agreement in place to track and verify the use
of those funds. This agreement is the product of ongoing complex negotiations between our tax
lawyer, Mr. Robert Hayhoe of Miller-Thompson LLP, and the General Church’s legal counsel.
In order to be compliant with the above-mentioned agreement, the Church of the Nazarene
International maintains a holding account to receive all World Evangelism Funds, mission
specials, and other income from our Canadian churches. That account can only be accessed by
the General Treasurer and General Secretary of the Church of the Nazarene International;
virtually all Church of the Nazarene funds moving into and out of Canada flow through this
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account. We continue to adapt to these changing requirements to assure that our Districts and
local churches remain in compliance with all current law.
Through the National Office we operate the Church Loan Fund Canada, arranging financing to
local churches for acquiring or developing properties. Currently we have about $2 million on
loan to local churches, with several applications pending. This fund is made available
particularly to churches that would have difficulty qualifying for financing in the commercial
loan market.
The National Office maintains a website; we publish a weekly newsletter, edited by Diane
McCrae. It is distributed by email to hundreds of individuals and all of our local churches. Dr.
William Stewart publishes a quarterly newsletter we call ACORN (Association of Canadian
Retired Nazarenes); it is distributed to retired Nazarene pastors and laypeople across Canada and
around the world.
About five years ago, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Canada (NCMC) began producing and
distributing a gift catalogue designed to make “gift-giving” to international ministries an option
for our people. Every year, particularly at Christmastime, many people make use of this resource
to combine compassionate outreach with their desire to give something to friends and family
members. The National Office, in cooperation with NCMC, coordinates the Canadian participation
in the Child Sponsorship program of the General Church.
These are exceedingly complex activities. Throughout 2014 the National Office staff was made
up of executive assistant, Eric White, bookkeeper Aml Nasr and office assistant, Diane McCrae,
all “half-time” employees. Eric manages the office and brings skilled leadership to our work.
When I accepted this position, the National Board asked me to give attention to four priorities in
addition to being the executive officer of the corporation.
District Coordination First, the Board asked me to help to develop and optimize resources for the Districts and the
District Superintendents.
Financial Resources
Prior to 1997 each of the Districts applied for and received financial assistance for home mission work
from the International Department of Home Missions. Since 1997, the USA/CANADA Regional
Office has provided an annual grant to the National Office to assist us in funding the mission of the
Church of the Nazarene in Canada. We have an ongoing commitment to assure that those funds are
used where they will do the most good – always in missional activity and never for administrative
overhead. We thank our Regional Director, Dr. Robert Broadbooks and the USA/CANADA regional
office for this ongoing support.
We do not receive any funding from local churches to operate the National Office or any of the
initiatives the Districts ask us to undertake on their behalf. We do have a small amount of income
that comes to us from the annual proceeds of investments that have been committed to us over the
years. We are seeking ways to expand that resource, in order to make more funds available to
advance the work of the Districts.
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Other Resources
While the word “resources” immediately draws our minds to fiscal matters, it is not restricted to
that. We continue to provide the SourceBook for Clergy Development Canada to people who
have sensed God’s call to prepare for ordained ministry. We offer this at no cost on our National
website and on the International Church website. This important resource continues to influence
the preparation of ministers for the church. We are beginning to reap the benefits of this tool that
has been part of our process of clergy preparation for the past 19 years. With the recent changes
in the USA/CANADA Regional structure, we are reviewing the role that this SourceBook should
play in the development of our future ministers, recognizing that this tool has been approved by the
Canadian Districts, the International Board of Education and General Board. I am pleased that Dr.
Larry Dahl and Rev. Doug Herbert now represent Canada on the Regional Course of Study Advisory
Committee. We thank Dr. Dan Copp of Clergy Services and Dr. Dean Blevins for their work in
the ongoing refinement of ministerial preparation in Canada and the United States.
I continue to conduct the annual Ministry Assessment program initiated by my predecessor 19
years ago. In March 2014 we conducted the Assessment Center in Canada Central District with 14
candidates. All candidates were deemed to “have gifts and grace consistent with ordained ministry
in the Church of the Nazarene,” and were commended to the Canada Central District Board of
Ministry for further development. I thank Ian and Pat Fitzpatrick for coordinating and facilitating
the event.
During 2014 we began to work with Dr. Dean Blevins, the Regional Education Coordinator for
the USA/Canada Region. We are currently engaged in the preliminary steps of having the
graduate program at Ambrose validated by the International Course of Study Advisory
Committee. I thank Dean for his assistance to Ambrose School of Ministry in overseeing this
complex process.
Helen Thiessen continues to serve Canada as our national Nazarene Youth International
President. In that capacity she also represents Canada in the International NYI Council. The
primary responsibility in this position is to facilitate the relationships of our five District
Nazarene Youth International District Presidents. In addition, Helen has helped us expand and
develop our strategy to enlist and engage our NYI personnel in our five Districts as they pursue
the mission of the Church of the Nazarene Canada.
I thank Richard Bahan for serving as our Canadian Representative on the Global Missions
Council. Richard is working with our five Canadian NMI Presidents to visit our District NMI
conventions in June. Richard brings energy and insight to the coordination of our five NMI
councils and their work in their respective Districts.
Dr. Riley Coulter continues to serve as President of Canadian Nazarene College Limited, the
official custodian of the Church of the Nazarene’s interest in Ambrose University. Dr. Coulter
also serves as Chancellor of Ambrose and in that capacity has overseen our annual Ambrose
Clergy Days program. During 2014 Dr. Coulter used Clergy Days to assist our Canadian pastors
to fulfill their continuing education responsibility by bringing Dr. Gary Bennett to each of our
Districts as a resource person in “Preaching.”
President Gordon T. Smith of Ambrose will be meeting with the CNC Ltd. Board on Wednesday of
this week as we continue to shape the role of CNC Ltd. in the future of Nazarene higher education in
Canada. We continue to work with him, the Ambrose Board and the CNC Ltd. Board in serving the
post-secondary educational needs on the Church of the Nazarene in Canada.
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Peer Accountability for District Superintendents
Second, the Board asked that I develop a system of peer accountability for the Canadian District
Superintendents. To that end, we have made a commitment to meet regularly to pray with and for
one another, and to maintain the highest degree of spiritual transparency as we work to advance
the Gospel in our respective fields of responsibility. I believe that God is honoring this initiative.
We work together in two ways: first, as the Executive Committee of the National Board; and
second, as the “Administrator’s Fellowship.”
When we meet as “Administrator’s Fellowship” we occasionally include our wives and share a time
of relaxed conversation and enjoyable activity. We intentionally avoid “talking shop” during these
times and focus on keeping the joy of holiness alive in us. Without exception we have come to
anticipate and relish these times of renewal. Our discussions in this capacity are “off the record,”
freeing us to “dream dreams and see visions” about where God is directing the Church of the
Nazarene.
As the Executive Committee, we give prayerful consideration to the concerns and ministry
opportunities that arise between the meetings of the Board. We work together to assure that as a
denomination in Canada we keep faith with the mission that God has given to the Church of the
Nazarene.
Mission and Vision
Third, the Board asked me to help keep us focused on the mission of the Church of the Nazarene.
This year the Executive Committee has specifically asked me to help us focus on the global
mission statement of the Church of the Nazarene: “Our purpose if to make Christ-like disciples
in the nations.” We continue to do so by engaging in effective evangelism, by experiencing and
promoting the holy life, and by raising another generation of competent and Spirit filled leaders.
Representing the Church of the Nazarene Canada
Fourth, the Board asked me to be the spokesman for the Church of the Nazarene and its
representative in the larger church community and the wider society. In this capacity I have had
ongoing contact with a number of organizations including, ALPHA Canada, Arrow Leadership
Development, Church Planting Canada, The Micah Challenge, Church Growth Canada, The
Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada, the Wesleyan Church, the Evangelical Fellowship of
Canada, Focus on the Family Canada, the Interfaith Chaplaincy Committee and Bridges of Love –
Urban Ministry, Scripture Union Canada. New opportunities are arising constantly for us to take our
place among other organizations that are seeking to make the Gospel of Jesus Christ known in our
world.
Each year there are numerous events scheduled to which I am invited as the leader of the Church
of the Nazarene Canada. Whenever possible I plan to attend or ask someone to go in my place. In
addition, I am occasionally contacted by the media to comment on a variety of social and moral
issues that impact the life of Canadians and the church.
Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Canada
When I began serving as National Director, it became part of my responsibility to give executive
direction to Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Canada. Over the course of these 10 years the work
of NCMC has continued to expand, largely through the tireless activity and vision of Rev. Elaine
Bumstead. Elaine and her team have served us and the International Church in coordinating our
NCMC work, particularly in South Asia and in Central Africa. Last year I drew your attention to the
fact that NCMC had developed to the point that it needed someone to serve as Executive Director; I
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requested your consent in designating someone to serve in this crucial role. I have followed through on
that, and after consultation with the Executive Committee I am pleased to announce my appointment
of Rev. Elaine Bumstead as Executive Director of Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Canada. In
many respects Elaine has functioned in this capacity for several years as our Director of International
Programs and our Executive Representative on the Canadian Food Grains Bank. In this new position
Elaine chairs the NCMC Committee and gives direction to all NCMC personnel and activities.
Conclusion
I continue to see it as good stewardship of our National and District resources for me to function
in this dual capacity as National Director and as Superintendent of Canada Atlantic District. The
staff we have in place in each office makes it possible for me to invest my time focusing on the
large issues, leaving the critically important detail work to others who are skilled and fulfilled in
those matters. I solicit your prayers as we move forward in proclaiming Christian Holiness to our
generation.
I thank each of you for your participation continued support and encouragement as members of
the National Board and The Church of the Nazarene Canada Inc. And finally, I thank my wife
Donna for her unfailing support and encouragement in these days.
Respectfully submitted,
REV. DR. CLAIR MACMILLAN, National Director
Church of the Nazarene Canada
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B. DISTRICT BOARDS AND STANDING COMMITTEES
1. Advisory Board
The District Advisory Board (Rev. Earl Wood, Chair; Rev. Neil Allenbrand; Rev. Dr. Gary
Bennett, Rev. Dr. Gary Nawrocki, Mark Kennedy, Liliana Arias, Peter Steunenberg and Harry
Schell, Treasurer) met six times in person during the 2014-15 Assembly year. Items dealt with
included, but were not limited to, the following:
1. Organization of the District Advisory Board and District Office:
Rev. Earl Wood, Chair;
Rev. Lorna Bartram, District Director;
Lee Wedley, Office Secretary;
Eleanor Lungren, Bookkeeper;
Graeme Bartle, Treasurer;
Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett, Advisory Board Secretary;
Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett, Legal Secretary;
Rev. Norayr Hajian, District Secretary;
Rev. Harry Schell, Group Insurance Administrator; and
Schmidt, Berg and Company, Certified General Accountants, District Auditor.
2. Appointment of Advisory Board Acting Committees:
Finance Committee: Mark Kennedy (Chair), Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett, Graeme Bartle
Property Committee: Members of the Advisory Board
Board of Church Extension: Rev. Earl Wood (Acting Chair), Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett
3. Approved the appointment of Rev. Harry Schell as Treasurer effective December 1, 2014
due to Graeme Bartle’s resignation.
4. Approved the transfer out of ministerial credentials for:
Harold Hoffman to Canada West District (Elder’s Credentials)
5. Approved SPC Role Code designation for Jason Horn, Les McAusland, Rebecca Postlewait,
Anne Scarrow and Matthew Smedley.
6. Rev. Dr. Gary Nawrocki, Pastor of the Nanaimo church, was moved from an appointed
status to an elected status.
7. Betel ~ approved insurance premium payments for 2014 and 2015 to Rogers Insurance.
8. Kelowna ~ declared the Kelowna Church to be in crisis.
9. Legacy ~ approved the sale of two lots to the rear of the Legacy church property.
10. Lighthouse Christian Fellowship, Kamloops ~ approved disbursement of inheritance gift
funds held in trust by the Canada Pacific District.
11. Nanaimo ~ approved building renovation agreement with the child care centre using the
church.
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12. Prince George ~ approved increase in monthly rent of the Prince George property and to take
care of necessary repairs and painting as recommended by the property managers.
13. Southside, Port Alberni ~ approved a request for a loan from the National Board to enable
them to bring their building project to occupancy stage.
14. Ambrose Student Leadership Scholarship Fund ~ approved $1,000 each year to C. Clarke and
C. Yurkowski for four years plus a one time scholarship of $1,000 to R. Poon.
15. PALCON ~ approved travel bursary of $300 per CPD participant (approximate total
$6,000).
16. Belize Work & Witness ~ accepted and approved the application for the Belize project.
17. District Investments ~ approved investments with PDSL (Primerica) be transferred to RBC
Dominion Securities.
18. Received monthly reports from the District Treasurer and the District Director.
19. Approved pastoral appointments to the respective churches (2015-2016) as follows:
a) All Nations (Dawson Creek) ~ Megan Polowski;
b) Betel Iglesia ~ David Maldonado;
c) Chilliwack ~ Graham McMahon;
d) Cowichan Valley ~ Wayne Lee;
e) Fort Fraser ~ pending;
f) Holy Trinity ~ Tekeste Genzebu;
g) Hope ~ Andrew Tarrant;
h) Kelowna ~ Wayne Siewert;
i) Lighthouse Christian Fellowship (Kamloops) ~ Brandon Linse;
j) Living Hope (Langley) ~ Desmond and Eileen Cook;
k) Logos Korean ~ Kim Sung Mun;
l) Northern Lights Fellowship (Chetwynd) ~ Lorraine Mickelson;
m) Primera Iglesia ~ Willy Choriego;
n) Southside ~ David Zvonar;
o) Surrey Chinese ~ Jennifer Huang;
p) Tupper ~ Ruth Czerniak; and
q) Whitehorse ~ Norayr Hajian.
REV. EARL R. WOOD, Chairman REV. DR. GARY BENNETT, Secretary
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2. Board of Ministerial Credentials
Report No. 1
We recommend the following:
1. That the following Elder be transferred out:
Harold Hoffman to the Canada West District
Report No. 2
1. That the following be granted renewal of District Minister’s License:
Eileen Cook Lorraine Mickelson
Desmond Cook Michael Patterson
Savannah Deepwell Matthew Wood
Jennifer Huang Aisling Zweigle
Heather Keats David Zvonar
2. That the following be granted a District Minister’s License:
Merlyn Maningas
Heather Prendergast
3. That the following was not renewed: District Minister’s License, as per her request,
having voluntarily withdrawn her membership:
Paulette Carelli
4. That the following be elected to Elders Orders:
Brandon Linse
5. That the following be elected to Deacon Orders:
Rebecca Postlewait
Respectfully submitted,
REV. EARL R. WOOD, Chairman REV. NORAYR HAJIAN, Secretary
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3. Board of Ministry (Studies)
We recommend that the following candidates be placed in the indicated level of the Course of
Study (advisors to these candidates in parentheses). This report represents educational status of
the individuals listed.
Ministerial Studies Report
Level One: Advisor
Cristian Andrade Living Hope (Rev. Magally Figueroa)
Sherry Berlinski Lighthouse C.F. (Rev. Brandon Linse)*
Desmond Cook Living Hope (Rev. Earl Wood)
Eileen Cook Living Hope (Rev. Earl Wood)
Carlos Corea Primera (Rev. Willy Choriego)
Jennifer Huang Surrey Chinese (Rev. Robert Gray)
David Lopez Living Hope (Rev. Magally Figueroa)
Michael Patterson Penticton (Rev. Neil Allenbrand)
Curt Roy Tannock Whitehorse (Rev. Norayr Hajian)
Christopher Tew Nanaimo (Rev. Dr. Gary Nawrocki)
Rob Webster Lighthouse C.F. (Rev. Brandon Linse)*
*Pastor Brandon Linse being ordained 2015
Elder’s Tract
Level Two:
Elizabeth Corpeno Living Hope (Rev. Magally Figueroa)
Ruth Mariana Medina Betel (Rev. David Maldonado)
Lorraine Mickelson Chetwynd (Rev. Ruth Czerniak)
Heather Prendergast Victoria (Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett)
Aisling Zweigle Vancouver First (Rev. Kathleen Smedley)
Level Three:
Savannah Deepwell Legacy (Rev. Robert Gray)
Matthew Wood Abbotsford (Rev. Pat Wiens)
Level Four:
Lilia Choriego Primera (Rev. Willy Choriego)
Heather Keats Whitehorse (Rev. Norayr Hajian)
Merlyn Maningas Whitehorse (Rev. Norayr Hajian)
Graduates:
Brandon Linse
Rebecca Postlewait
David Zvonar
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Board of Ministry – Studies
Guidelines and Recommendations
1. The Board of Ministry (Studies) serves those persons who have been properly enrolled by
their Pastor with the Studies Secretary. Also, through its Secretary, the Board of Ministry
(Studies) will develop, approve and register the Continuing Education Units (CEU) for
Elders on the Canada Pacific District. A record of CEU’s earned can be obtained upon
request at [email protected].
2. There are seven general courses in the Ministerial Course of Studies: Elder; Deacon of
Christian Education; Deacon of Compassionate Ministries; Deacon of Music; Deacon of
Youth Ministries; Deacon of Administration; and Deacon of Chaplain Ministries. Elders and
Deacons cannot be ordained until they have finished their course work.
3. The recommended mode of preparation in Canada for full-time Christian service is
enrolment at Ambrose University followed by enrolment at Nazarene Theological
Seminary. Other modes of preparation for full-time service include enrolment at Nazarene Bible
College in Colorado Springs, CO; or online through Northwest Nazarene University:
(http://nnu.edu/academics/online-programs/course-of-study-ministry/) Transcripts of courses
completed before entering the Course of Study will be evaluated by the Board of Ministry
(Studies) and appropriate credits assigned. Credit may also be granted for courses such as
classroom seminars, college distance education, etc., after course outlines and grades are
submitted to the Studies Secretary.
4. Each candidate is instructed to acquire the Sourcebook for Ministerial Development Canada
(available online at http://nazarene.ca/reportsanddocuments.html) in order that he or she may
become familiar with the details of ministerial preparation. We strongly encourage
observation of the pattern of ministerial licensing found in the Sourcebook; specifically, at
least one year of ministry experience is required prior to the conferring of a Local Minister’s
License (ref. pp. 13-14, 69).
5. The Board of Ministry (Studies) and advisors to the students (appointed each year) desire to
maintain contact with the students throughout the year for encouragement, support and
accountability. Advisors should help candidates work through the assignments in the
Sourcebook as a means of assuring adequate preparation for ministry.
6. College students should submit documentary evidence of academic progress. A student’s
transcripts will be evaluated by the Board of Ministry (Studies) Secretary and appropriate
credit assigned.
7. Candidates should be prepared to appear for interviews as called upon by the Board of
Ministry at the time and place specified.
8. The Secretary requests a yearly report from each candidate of work completed over the
course of the year. It is the candidate’s responsibility to do this. If no report is submitted it
will be assumed no work was completed in the Assembly year.
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9. Candidates are reminded that upon entry to the Course of Study the student has ten years to
complete the course work (Manual 427.4) and must complete two courses per year (Manual
427.3).
Procedures
1. For information or guidance, contact your Advisor.
2. For a copy of the Sourcebook go online to the website of the Church of the Nazarene, Canada.
3. For general information contact the District Board of Ministry (Studies) Secretary, Rev.
Dr. Gary Nawrocki, 2194 Lang Crescent, Nanaimo, B.C. V9S 5R9
(email: [email protected]) or call 1.250.585.5583.
Respectfully submitted,
REV, EARL WOOD, Chairman REV. DR. GARY NAWROCKI, Secretary
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C. ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
1. Finance Committee
A. District Growth, Planting and Leadership Development
District Growth, Planting and Leadership Development (GPL) provides for ministries on the
District beyond the direct oversight of local churches. Contributions to these ministries come
from the Church of the Nazarene Canada, National Board; Church of the Nazarene
International, Property Trust Fund, and giving from local churches. In order to further these
endeavours we recommend:
1. That we express our appreciation to our Church of the Nazarene Canada, National Board
and the Church of the Nazarene International for their cooperation and help in GPL.
B. District Operating Budget The District Operating Budget provides for the oversight and implementation of our combined
ministry in the areas of local churches as well as SDMI, NMI and NYI, NCMC, etc. Funds for
this are contributed mostly by local churches. In order to establish a fair and equitable basis for
allocating to the local churches funding for these ministries, we recommend:
1. That all budget allocations for the local churches be income based in line with the General
Church policies as adapted to our particular needs.
2. The starting point for all budget calculations will be the amount raised for all purposes; this
being defined as “all funds received by the local church for which they have, will or could
issue an official charitable receipt for income tax purposes as established by the Canada
Revenue Agency through the Income Tax Act.
3. That there be an allowed deduction from the amounts raised for all purposes consisting of
all monies paid to the World Evangelism Fund along with any monies paid to 10% Mission
Special Funds and other approved specials such as Compassionate Ministries Warehouse,
Mission Possible Compassionate Ministries.
4. That from this adjusted income base, each local church will contribute monthly to the
following extended church ministries:
World Evangelism Fund not less than 5.5%
Ambrose University not less than 4%
District Operations and Ministries not less than 9%
5. That the amount contributed for District Operations and Ministries will include
allocations to our District NMI, NYI, SDMI and District Liability Insurance fund.
6. That 4% funds for Ambrose University be sent to CPD office for forwarding to Ambrose.
The District will forward 3% of the 4% to Ambrose. The retained 1% will be placed in a
District managed Scholarship Fund.
7. That 5.5% WEF funds be sent to Church of the Nazarene Canada, Brampton, Ontario. See
Remittance Information Page at close of this report book.
8. That travel reimbursement for district meetings is for any actual cash travel costs incurred.
9. That the District Advisory Board be authorized to appoint an Accounting firm to perform an
Accounting Review for the 2015/16 fiscal period.
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C. Local Church Financial Administration
In order to facilitate the administration of church finances at a local church level we recommend:
1. That each church establish a Finance Committee in order to plan effectively for local, District,
and general expenses; arrange an annual review of the church financial records, and ensure
compliance with provincial and federal requirements. This will include compliance with the BC
Society Act and completion of the annual federal Registered Charities Information Return,
(T3010B and Schedules); filing T-4 summary, and WCB returns, at appropriate times. Copy of
the filed BC report and federal CRA return no longer need to be sent to Canada Pacific District
office as they are available to the public online at the CRA website.
2. That as church plants become established churches (separately incorporation under the
Societies Act), an application to CRA for a business number be sought in order to be in
compliance with government charities regulations ensuring your charitable status and to
enable issuance of T-4 forms, charitable receipts and for collection of HST rebates.
Every church must ensure that all payments made by them to the Canada Revenue
Agency/Receiver General indicate the properly assigned BN (business account number).
3. That all churches and affiliated organizations adopt April 30 as fiscal year-end.
4. That all of our churches should be registered with the WCB.
5. That all of our churches maintain proper records of all income and expenditures and comply
with the required retention of same as stipulated by CRA, provincial authorities, insurance and
all other pertinent authorities. An information and compliance grid defining the terms of
reference for record retention is available through the District office at your request.
6. That the minimum each Pastor is required to contribute to the National Board Pension Plan
(RRSP), to the Canada Pacific District Plan, or to a private pension plan, is 5 percent of
their annual salary, housing allowance and other taxable benefits of the participant. A
matching 5 percent contribution is required by the local church. Churches or pastors who
require assistance in establishing or responding to the RRSP Pension Plan are welcome to
contact the District office for assistance in this process.
7. That recognizing the need to provide, in some cases, for the accumulation of funds for
property acquisition or building, and other rare circumstances our churches adhere to the
procedure outlined for these situations in Appendix 1 attached, taken from the document
issued by the Board of General Superintendents in 2009 titled Funding the Mission, Page 4.
It must be noted that for all registered charities, approval for the accumulation of funds
must first be granted by the Canada Revenue Agency and such approval must be
documented with a copy to the District office to be included in the application process
described in Appendix 1.
8. That each of our churches consider carefully the information given in Appendix 11
attached regarding designated giving, taken from the document issued by the Board of
General Superintendents in 2009 titled Funding the Mission, Page 5. We recommend that
all of our churches establish a written policy on designated funds and that this policy be
made known to all donors.
SEE APPENDIX 1, 2 AND 3, FOLLOWING, WHICH ARE PART OF THIS REPORT PER ITEMS 7 AND 8
GRAEME BARTLE, Secretary REV. DR. GARY BENNETT, Chairman
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APPENDIX 1
Administrative procedures for unusual financial events
The Rare Circumstance Adjustment
Local churches often receive significant gifts of cash or property from donors who want to support
the mission of the church in a major way. In other cases, rare circumstances that cause the local
church to experience extenuating circumstances may occur in either case, the standard definition
of church income, might represent an unfair burden on the local church. Therefore, a plan is in
place to provide adjustments under rare circumstances.
Unusual gifts or circumstances that are clearly outside the church’s normal activity will be
considered for an adjustment to church income. The exemption should be requested during the
affected assembly year and approved by the District Superintendent and District Advisory Board.
Upon approval by the District, a team appointed by the Board of General Superintendents will
consider the request. The decision will be based on the stated circumstances, church-giving
patterns and history of denominational faithfulness.
To submit a request for the rare circumstance adjustment: Write a summary of the unusual circumstance(s)
Complete the request form
Obtain approval signature of the District Superintendent
Obtain the recommendation of the District Advisory Board
Send the request to the General Treasurer during the affected Assembly year.
Pastors (and their District Superintendent) will be notified within 30 days of receipt of application.
RARE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE GENERALLY DEFINED AS:
A designated gift over $50,000 or valued at more than 25% of the church’s total income
Large non-cash donations such as real estate
Catastrophic loss
Other circumstances beyond the ordinary function of the local church
Sometimes events and circumstances put an otherwise faithful congregation in a situation where
the standard formula just does not work. The Rare Circumstance Adjustment is designed for
flexibility, generosity and grace. This adjustment helps the local church facing rare circumstances
to continue to be a supportive team player in the global mission.
TEAM OF EVALUATORS:
Stewardship Ministries Director (Chair) ● General Treasurer
Global Ministry Center Statistician ● NMI Representative
Pensions and Benefits Representative ● Local Pastor
Others as appointed by the BGS
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APPENDIX 11
Budget Procedures Concerning Designated Giving (Implemented prior to the Assembly year 2011-2012)
Generally, a gift from a donor to a church is a transfer of a donor’s entire interest in the donated
property. The donor relinquishes all present and future dominion and power over the gift. (Note A)
However, churches often receive donations specifically designated by the donor for missions
offerings, building fund offerings and donations to benevolence funds. While experts in the field
disagree on the legal obligation of the church to meet donor expectations, there is no doubt that the
church has a moral obligation to meet donor expectations when it receives designated gifts. In short,
mission offerings should only be used for missions; capital funds should only be used for capital
expenditures, etc. (Note B)
How does an income-based fund allocation system, such as that selected by the General Board for
implementation in the 2010-2011 Assembly year work with designated funds?
Basically, the church can go down two different paths:
1. WITH A DESIGNATED GIFT POLICY*
Establish a designated giving policy that includes shared percentages. The policy must clearly
communicate to donors that a percentage of all donations, including designated funds will be shared
with the broader mission of the Church of the Nazarene. This policy needs to be established by the
Church Board and communicated prior to the receipt of any designated donations. Churches that
choose this option will want to start immediately, utilizing the months prior to the beginning of the
2010-2011 Assembly year to develop and communicate the policy. Communication needs to occur
frequently through annual reports, during appeal requests, on gift receipts and by other means.
EXAMPLE: WITH A DESIGNATED GIFT POLICY
J. Smith donates $10,000 to Second Nazarene for purchase of kitchen equipment. Since the church has
established a designated giving policy that indicates a percentage of all gifts to denominational interests,
a portion of the gift will be used for fund allocations. From the gift $550 goes to WEF, $400 to
Ambrose, and $900 to the District. A total of $8,150 is available for the purchase of kitchen equipment.
2. WITHOUT A DESIGNATED GIFT POLICY*
Use all designated funds according to their intended use. Submit all fund obligations (5.5% To
WEF, 4% to Ambrose and 9% to the District) from undesignated funds, basically tithes and
offerings. This requires no modification or church policy and is basically how Nazarene churches
have operated in the USA/Canada for the last 100 years.
EXAMPLE: WITHOUT A DESIGNATED GIFT POLICY
J. Smith donates $10,000 to First Nazarene designated for purchase of kitchen equipment. Since the
church has no stated policy indicating that a portion of all designated gifts will be contributed to the
global mission, the entire find allocation associated with the gift ($550 is contributed to WEF, $400 to
Ambrose and $900 to the District) must come from other, undesignated offerings. A total of $10,000 is
available to the purchase of kitchen equipment.
* Every church should have a written policy on designated funds regardless of the option they
choose. Sample policies are available upon request from Stewardship Ministries.
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Note A. This is true except in the uncommon case where a gift is received in trust or with a written
reverter clause.
Note B. Laws regarding the use of designated donations should be researched through CRA
(Canada Revenue Agency) and in consult with a tax professional.
APPENDIX III
District Leadership Scholarship Fund (To be implemented in the Assembly year 2015-2016)
Ambrose University has developed a scholarship program in concert with local churches and the
Canadian Districts which provides three sources of funding to assist successful applicants in
caring for their educational obligations. When an application is made to Ambrose for the Strategic
Leadership Scholarship, a copy of the same application must be forwarded to the District Office.
Once approval of the application has been given by Ambrose, and also by the District Advisory
Board, the District will provide a scholarship to add to the funding provided by the applicant’s
local church. The District funds will be drawn from the District Leadership Scholarship Fund.
Access to the funds would only be provided to applicants from local churches where the church
has remitted their Ambrose financial assignment (4%) to the District office for the current year.
Students can potentially receive $2,000 from Ambrose; $2,000 from their local church and $1,000
from the Canada Pacific District. This funding would potentially be available for up to five years
of enrolment at Ambrose provided the criteria are met.
LOCAL FINANCIAL RESTRAINTS:
The Ambrose scholarship policy requires that local churches contribute to the pool of scholarship
funds but there may be occasions when local situations are such that only limited local funding
may be available. In such cases, the local church may request additional funding from the District
Scholarship Fund in order to make it possible for the local church to match the Ambrose
scholarship. There would be a necessary cap placed on the number of applicants who may request
funding in lieu of their local church’s contribution.
FUNDING SOURCE PROPOSAL:
At the present time our District is receiving 4% on behalf of Ambrose from each local church. It
has been recommended by the international church that we provide 3% to our university.
Therefore, the District Advisory Board recommends that we continue to receive 4% from local
churches and then remit ¾ of what has been received that is designated for Ambrose. The District
would retain the ¼ portion and place it in its Scholarship Fund which would be made available to
any local church needing to top up its share of the matching grant formula designated by the
Ambrose Leadership Scholarship. The District would continue to provide its $1,000 contribution.
BENEFITS OF THE PROPOSAL:
The setting up of a Scholarship Fund on the District would allow local churches to make
contributions which would be added to the District fund. The District would then issue T4A’s as
required each year. There are several advantages to this approach which include: providing
support for Leadership Development for our District youth; and, providing support for the work of
the LAMP program; support and structure for scholarship funding for youth looking to pursue
post-secondary education thereby providing an inducement to attend Ambrose; no additional
funds, over and above what is already being submitted annually by local churches or the District
are required to support this program; and, funding submitted to Ambrose from the churches on our
District would remain unchanged.
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2015/2016 DISTRICT BUDGET PLAN
For the year ending April 30, 2016
With actual results up to April 30, 2015
DISTRICT OPERATIONS
INCOME
INCOME Actual to
April 30/15
Budget
2015/16
District
Operations
Growth
Planting Development
Property
Trust Fund
District Budget Receipts
Maple Ridge Administration
Expense recoveries
Pro D Days Receipts
Web Ministry Receipts
District Assembly Receipts
Pastor’s Retreat Income
Other Income
National Church Field Grant
National Church Special Grant
Nat’l Church Investment Income
Harvest Receipts
Allocated from Property Trust
Interest various funds
217,177
3,810
700
5,760
5,140
6,181
21,000
25,000
4,576
55,852
210,000
0
2,500
1,400
5,000
4,000
0
21,000
0
8,000
4,000
36,000
176,763
1,400
5,000
33,237
2,500
4,000
21,000
4,000
137,916
8,000
-137,916
36,000
Sub-Total $345,196 $291,900 $183,163 $202,653 -$93,916
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2015/2016 DISTRICT BUDGET PLAN For the year ending April 30, 2016
With actual results up to April 30, 2015
DISTRICT OPERATIONS
EXPENDITURES
EXPENDITURES Actual to
April
30/15
Budget 2015/16
District Operations
Growth Planting
Development
Property Trust
Fund
District Salaries (Includes
District Superintendent, District Director, Support Staff,
District Secretary, District Legal Secretary and District Treasurer)
117,871 120,250 72,063 47,653 534
CPP, EI, Group Health, WCB
Office Rental
Liability Insurance Office Supplies and costs
Bank Charges
Audit Fees
District Assembly
Pastor’s Retreat Professional Development/Palcon
District Meetings
Hospitality
D.S. Business Expenses
Communications Costs
D.S. Conference District NMI budget allocations
District SDMI budget allocations
District NYI budget allocations
General Assembly
Other Expenses
D.S. Northern Travel
Christmas Gifts
Chilliwack Restart
Dawson Creek Hispanic #3
Hope Logos Korean
Maple Ridge
Northern Lights Tupper
Leadership Dev./Outreach grants LAMP
Courtenay/Comox
Ambrose Scholarships
8,555
9,225
27,097
1,386
2,269
9,200
9,722
9,002
5,360
4,053
766
21,461
8,138
4,823
8,000
10,000
5,000
3,000
9,095
3,128
2,398
60,119
6,000
5,004
2,004
3,000
10,000
2,004
1,704
12,467
5,277
3,000
10,000
9,400
28,000
2,000
1,800
9,600
9,000
9,000
7,500
4,000
1,800
23,000
8,000
4,000
8,000
10,000
5,000
3,000
4,000
1,500
60,000
6,000
4,800
1,800
2,400
10,000
2,000
1,700
12,000
10,000
6,000
5,640
28,000
1,200
1,080
3,200
9,000
-
-
2,400
1,080
13,800
4,800
4,000
8,000
10,000
5,000
3,000
4,000
900
4,000
3,760
-
800
720
3,200
-
9,000
7,500
1,600
720
9,200
3,200
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
600
60,000
6,000
4,800
1,800
2,400
10,000
2,000
1,700
12,000
10,000
3,200
Sub-Total $390,128 $389,550 $183,163 $202,653 $3,734
Net Amount -$44,932 -$97,650 0 0 -$97,650
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2. Christian Action Committee
As a Christian, holiness, missional church we value our theological roots which, from the
beginning, have recognized the significance of women in ministry. This is not a recent liberal
shift, but a long historical acknowledgement that God calls both men and women to equal roles
of leadership in Christ’s Church.
We applaud the women of the Canada Pacific District who serve so effectively as pastors,
chaplains, and other key leadership roles in local churches. Sometimes these Spirit filled ladies
have ministered in the midst of misunderstanding. Such misunderstanding has stemmed at times
from a distorted interpretation of scriptures that have missed the background of scripture.
The Apostle Paul perhaps best captures the whole tenure of Christian scriptures in regard to the
equality of both men and women in Galatians 3:28. “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor
free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” He clearly articulates that in Christ
there are societal changes. The Church of the Nazarene has from its beginning recognized the
New Testament call for the church to be an “in Christ” society. What we understand by this is that
an “in Christ” society is a church in which salvation has profound social implications. We believe
that Christ’s purpose was to create in himself one new man, a new humanity, one new society.
Early Church history indicates the church’s embracement of the significance of women in the life
of the church. Christ himself on the day of his resurrection lifted the status of women by first
announcing his resurrection to Mary Magdala and then instructing her to tell the twelve. In
addition, the Apostle Peter, on the Day of Pentecost in his preaching, quotes the Old Testament
Prophet Joel of a future day of transformation. “I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons
and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream
dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and
they prophesy.” Acts 2:17-18, / NIV Joel 2:28-32.
We acknowledge there are what appear at first difficult scripture passages which pose problems
such as I Timothy 2:9-14, and I Corinthians 14:33-35. However, we believe further careful
examination behind such passages indicates such actions are not founded on trans-cultural values
which are for all times, but apply for a specific time and circumstance.
Nazarene history includes numerous chapters where women have emerged and responded to what
they knew was the call of God. They have dared to go as Deborah did to places where men would
not go and provide leadership. Nazarene women like Susan N. Fitkins, Ada F. Bresee, Mary Hunt
Winans, and Mary Elizabeth Vennum. They traveled to the four corners of our globe preaching,
planting churches, and caring for the needy. These and countless others were like those of the first
century church which Paul identified as hard workers in his letter to the Roman Church: Phoebe,
Priscilla, Mary and Persis. Today we continue that affirmation. Our Church has been blessed and
enriched with such leadership as Dr. Nina Gunter, Dr. Carla Sunberg of NTS and others. We
thank God for His call to both genders to serve where ever He is at work through His Spirit.
As a Church let us go on record that we are opposed to all acts of discrimination toward women.
We recognize the reality that women experience disproportionate prejudice, violence, physical
and mental abuse, poverty, disease during war and peace both within and without religious
communities. Such discrimination of women continues to be expressed in forced servitude, child
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marriages, spousal abuse, and genocide of infant females, genital cuttings, honour killings,
prostitution, sexual assault, rape and human trafficking.
What action should be taken? Speak out on behalf of women who are oppressed and
discriminated. Become a voice that affirms women in ministry. What steps can local churches
take? We urge each local Nazarene congregation to continue to encourage women who have
experienced the call of God to take steps toward ordination, to involve women in local
ministries, and take steps to affirm women in leadership roles.
Members: Earl Wood (ex officio), Douglas Woods (Chair), Anne Scarrow (Secretary),
Melony Barber and David Maldonado
3. Memorial Service Committee
Introductory Remarks – “Remembering Loved Ones and Friends” ~ Rev. Calvin Black
Funeral Blues Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
Let airplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message 'He is Dead'.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.
He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.
The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
by W.H. Auden
1 Corinthians 15:50-57 The Message (MSG)
50 I need to emphasize, friends, that our natural, earthy lives don’t in themselves lead us by their
very nature into the kingdom of God. Their very “nature” is to die, so how could they “naturally”
end up in the Life kingdom?
51-57 But let me tell you something wonderful, a mystery I’ll probably never fully understand.
We’re not all going to die—but we are all going to be changed. You hear a blast to end all blasts
from a trumpet, and in the time that you look up and blink your eyes—it’s over. On signal from
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that trumpet from heaven, the dead will be up and out of their graves, beyond the reach of death,
never to die again. At the same moment and in the same way, we’ll all be changed. In the
resurrection scheme of things, this has to happen: everything perishable taken off the shelves and
replaced by the imperishable, this mortal replaced by the immortal. Then the saying will come true:
Death swallowed by triumphant Life!
Who got the last word, oh, Death?
Oh, Death, who’s afraid of you now?
It was sin that made death so frightening and law-code guilt that gave sin its leverage, its
destructive power. But now in a single victorious stroke of Life, all three—sin, guilt, death—are
gone, the gift of our Master, Jesus Christ. Thank God!
Congregational singing led by Rev. Calvin Black – He the Pearly Gates Will Open
Scripture Reading from Psalms by Kevin Seibel
Special Music: “What a Day That Will Be” by Denise Rice, Jean Wheatly, Mel Steven, Rev.
Wayne and Maria Lee ~ Cowichan Valley Church of the Nazarene
Rev. Dr. Gary Nawrocki read the Memorial Roll names and a yellow rose was placed in a vase
for each person as their name was read.
Abbotsford ~Jean Boyd, Elizabeth Foye, Mary Jensen
Cowichan Valley ~ Douglas Rice
Hope ~ Ileane Pacquin
Kelowna ~ Jack Furbank, Frances Stratton, Agnes Wedlund
Nanaimo ~ Bibianne Dzuba, Gordon Lay
Northern Lights, Chetwynd ~ Jim Bottomiller, Sheila Duckhorn, Fran Rosenau
Penticton ~ Richard Ahtila, Robert Miller
Southside Community ~ Frances Hopkins, Rudoplh Johansonr
Vancouver First ~ William Burke, Ernst Schalt
Victoria First ~ Barb Duncanson, Dave Edgar, Harry Steele
Closing Prayer – Rev. Barry Goodwin
Respectfully submitted,
CATHY McKNIGHT, HEATHER PRENDERGAST & ELAINE SEIBEL
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4. Nominating Committee
Report No. 1
Recommendations for District Assembly Committees
1. Worship – Earl Wood, J.D. Porter, Lorna Bartram and Gary Bennett
2. Journal Editing Committee – Lee Wedley and Norayr Hajian
3. Recording Secretary – Moira Bandurka
Report No. 2
Recommend that all elections be by plurality vote.
Nominations for Elected Boards
1. Advisory Board: term to expire 2018
The ministerial candidates are Neil Allenbrand, Melony Barber, Barry Goodwin, Robert Gray
and Andrew Tarrant (vote for one)
The lay candidates are Karla Pasquier, Peter Steunenberg and Peggy Wiens (vote for one)
2. Board of Ministry: two terms to expire 2019 (two highest number of votes)
The candidates are Willy Choriego, Magally Figueroa Barry Goodwin, John McKnight,
Kathleen Smedley and Douglas Woods (vote for two)
Report No. 3
Appointments for Standing Boards and Committees: 1. Memorial Service Committee ~ Cathy McKnight, Heather Prendergast and Elaine Seibel
2. Finance Committee is Earl Wood (ex officio), Advisory Board, District Treasurer, Local
Church Pastors, Local Church Treasurers and NMI, SDMI & NYI Treasurers
3. Christian Social and Moral Action Committee is Earl Wood (ex officio), Melony Barber,
Anne Scarrow and Douglas Woods (Chair)
4. Pastoral Support Committee is the lay members of the District Advisory Board
5. Ministerial Benevolence Committee is the District Advisory Board
6. Church Properties Committee is the District Advisory Board
7. Ministry Development Center Committee is the Board of Ministry
8. The Court of Appeals Committee is Earl Wood (chair), John McKnight, Charles
Muxworthy, Harry Schell, Mel Tucker and Douglas Woods
Respectfully submitted,
REV. NORAYR HAJIAN, Secretary REV. EARL R. WOOD Chairman
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5. Pastoral Support
These guidelines are considered minimal. This report is reviewed each year and changes are
made annually. It would be best that each local Church Board review these recommendations
annually.
1. Financial Package
The pastor’s salary should be reviewed annually, upgrading the salary as the church is
financially able; action to be reported to the District Superintendent. A pastor’s payroll
calculation sheet is attached as APPENDIX 1
2. Vacation Time
The local church should arrange for its pastoral staff to take two days off each week; as well
as allowing paid time for annual vacation, attendance at church camps, Pastor’s Retreat,
District Assembly and Professional Development Days. See APPENDIX II for
recommended vacation allowances.
3. Pastoral Housing
Suitable housing arrangements, in the form of a housing allowance, a church-provided
parsonage, or a church-rented accommodation, is considered an essential part of the pastor’s
compensation package. Details are attached as APPENDIX III
4. Health and Life Insurance
It is crucial that our pastors and family health needs are covered. Details are attached as
APPENDIX IV
5. Pension Plan
All of our churches are responsible for enrolling their pastor in a Registered Retirement
Savings Plan - a matching contribution plan with the minimum being 5% from the pastor or
other eligible church workers, and 5% from the local church. Details are attached as
APPENDIX V
6. Expense Reimbursements
Travel, workshops, books, meetings and hospitality should be made available to your
pastor(s) at no cost to them. Details are attached as APPENDIX VI
7. Sabbatical
We recommend each local church provide its pastor a paid sabbatical/study leave of at least
three months after the completion of each seven consecutive years of service to that
congregation in accordance with the Manual article No. 129.10. This is in order to
encourage the lifelong learning of the pastor in spiritual, emotional, and educational
dimensions. Details are attached as APPENDIX VII
8. Other Related Information
a. The local church should pay any pulpit supply speakers no less than $100 per service for
churches with less than 100 in average worship attendance, and no less than $150 per
service for churches with more than 100. In addition, travel and entertainment should be
reimbursed, where such is required.
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b. That any interim or supply pastor who is paid more than $500 in one year be issued a T4
slip as this is considered income, not an honorarium. Please note that while it is the
responsibility of the recipient of such honorarium to report this as additional employment
income, it is the responsibility of the local church to ensure that Canada Pension Plan,
Employment Insurance, and Income Tax are deducted from these amounts.
c. That the local church grant each pastor two weeks yearly leave (including Monday
through Sunday) for professional development that includes further education, personal
spiritual enrichment, and special speaking assignments. That this be financially supported
by the local church as far as possible.
d. That pastors appointed to home mission churches be assured of livable salaries, thus
permitting the pastor to devote full-time to the development of the church. To assure the
effectiveness of the recommendations, we urge all members to support the Church
Extension program.
e. Reimbursements not considered part of pastoral compensation package are travel,
workshops, courses, books and periodicals and Assembly attendance.
f. Compensation Worksheet is available through the District office.
Respectfully submitted,
Mark Kennedy
on behalf of the lay members of the District Advisory Board
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APPENDIX I
FINANCIAL PACKAGE
Calculation of Recommended Compensation
The following Pastor’s Compensation Grid includes three factors: (1) the church category
determined by the average yearly a.m. worship attendance; (2) the pastor’s total years in full-
time pastoral service; and, (3) the pastor’s level of completed education. To calculate the
recommended pastor’s compensation: (1) check church size category based on average a.m.
worship attendance; (2) utilize the grid to cross-reference church category with total years in
full-time ministry; and, (3) add to this figure the completed education level adjustments.
It is recommended that the salary of an associate pastor should take into account their educational
level and years of experience and be set to a maximum of 85 percent of the pastor’s salary.
Church Categories (based on a.m. attendance)
A 1-25 B 26-50 C 51-75 D 75-100
E 101-150 F 151-200 G 201-300 H 300 +
***Pastor’s Compensation Grid (total years in ministry x church category size)
Yrs. Cat. A Cat. B Cat. C Cat. D Cat. E Cat. F Cat. G Cat. H
0 32,300 34,300 36,300 40,400 44,400 48,400 52,500 56,500
2 34,300 36,300 38,300 42,400 46,400 50,500 54,500 58,500
4 36,300 38,300 40,400 44,400 48,400 52,500 56,500 60,600
6 38,300 40,400 42,400 46,400 50,500 54,500 58,500 62,600
8 40,400 42,400 44,400 48,400 52,500 56,500 60,600 64,600
10 42,400 44,400 46,400 50,500 54,500 58,500 62,600 66,600
12 44,400 46,400 48,400 52,500 56,500 60,600 64,600 68,600
14 46,400 48,400 50,500 54,500 58,500 62,600 66,600 70,700
16 48,400 50,500 52,500 56,500 60,600 64,600 68,600 72,700
18 50,500 52,500 54,500 58,500 62,600 66,600 70,700 74,700
20+ 52,500 54,500 56,500 60,600 64,600 68,600 72,700 76,700
In most cases compensation packages less than $40,000 may required the pastor to seek
additional employment and would be at that time considered to be bi-vocational. We encourage
our churches to follow or exceed the above examples.
Pastor’s Completed Education Level
Level 1 ~ No Formal Post-Secondary Education + $0.00
Level 2 ~ Bible College Certificate and/or Ordination + $2,800.00
Level 3 ~ Bachelors Degree (B.A., Th.B., etc.) + $4,600.00
Level 4 ~ Masters Degree (M.A., M.Div., etc.) + $6,700.00
Level 5 ~ Doctorate Degree (D.D., D.Min, Ph.D., etc.) + $8,600.00
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APPENDIX II
VACATION TIME
a. The local church should grant its pastor(s) an annual paid vacation based on total years of
full-time pastoral service in the Church of the Nazarene, in accordance with the following
guidelines:
up to 2 years ~ two weeks vacation;
3 to 9 years ~ three weeks vacation;
10 to 18 years ~ four weeks vacation; and
over 18 years ~ five weeks vacation.
At least two of those weeks should be consecutive and include Sundays. The time of the
vacation should be of the pastor’s choosing, in harmony with the local church program, and
the local church should provide and pay the pulpit supply.
b. The local church should enable its pastor to serve at least one week in the District Summer
Camp Program. Their participation in these camps or any other denominational
responsibilities, such as Pastors’ and Spouses’ Retreat, or District or General Assemblies,
shall not be considered as part of the pastor’s days off, vacation or professional development
time.
APPENDIX III
PASTORAL HOUSING
Where the church does not supply a parsonage, then in addition to basic salary, the pastor shall
be given a housing allowance adequate to cover their monthly mortgage or rent, taxes and
utilities.
1. Box 30 on the T4 Slip should only be completed if a rent free parsonage is being
provided by the local church. The amount to be reported in Box 30 should equal
the Fair Market Value rent for the housing. This amount would be subject to
Employment Insurance deductions.
2. If a housing allowance is provided in lieu of not providing a parsonage, then that
amount forms part of the pastor’s wage and the amount reported in Box 30 of the
T4 would be nil.
3. If the pastor wish to reduce deducted at source, they must prepare a Form T1223
Clergy Residence Deduction and attach it to Form T1213 Request to Reduce Tax
Deductions at Source for years(s)______. This will trigger the Canada Revenue
Agency to issue a letter of authority to permit the employer church to reduce the
pastor tax deducted at source. It can take the Canada Revenue Agency up to six
weeks to process such a request so it should be submitted by the pastor each
October for the following year. Without the letter of authority no additional
reduction is available.
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APPENDIX IV
HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE
a. Each church should assume the responsibility of covering the cost of the provincial medical
plan.
b. All of our churches should enroll their Pastors in the District Group Plan of extended health
insurance through Great West Life Insurance Company (effective November 1, 2014). All
District churches, including home mission churches, should carry at least 50 percent of the
premiums. The pastor or local church should contact the Plan Administrator for current costs
and other details. This plan is available through the Administrator, Rev. Harry Schell, 22759
Balabanian Circle, Maple Ridge, BC, V2X 8Z5; email: [email protected]; telephone:
604.463.9835. (Please note that there is a time limit for application to the plan; the pastor or
full-time employee is required to enroll within 30 days of their hire date, or they may have to
undergo a physical examination.)
c. BC Medical Plan/Yukon Health Plan is a taxable benefit; if paid by the local church, it needs
to be included in Box 40 and Box 14 of the T4’s.
APPENDIX V
PENSION PLAN
Two options through the District office are:
(1) The Canadian Nazarene group RRSP with Standard Life: To enroll in this option contact the
National Office. Contributions should be sent to the National Office by the 20th
day of each
month. The contributions will then be deposited with Standard Life on or before the first day
of the month immediately following receipt of the contributions. An administration fee is
required for each participant, amounting to 2 percent of each contribution submission. This
fee is to be paid by each local church on behalf of each plan member for whom it is
responsible. Contributions are to be remitted to the Church of the Nazarene Canada.
Information is available from the National Office.
(2) A District group RRSP is also available through the District office. Contributions should be
sent to the District office by the 8th
of each month. The contributions will then be deposited
with Primerica Financial Services upon receipt. These contributions may be registered or
non-registered. There is no administration fee. Contributions are to be remitted to the Canada
Pacific District. Information is available from the District office.
(3) CPP payment not paid on housing amount should be added to the RRSP.
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APPENDIX VI
EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS
a. Travel - The pastor should be reimbursed for automobile expenses related to the performance
of pastoral duties. This is a local church expense and should not be considered as pastoral
compensation. We further recommend the reimbursement be calculated on a basis that fairly
reimburses for the portion of automobile expenses used for ministry; including wear and tear,
replacement, insurance, fuel, and so on. This should be reimbursed on a regular monthly
basis. This reimbursement may be calculated in one of two ways:
(1) A reasonable per kilometre reimbursement as per Canada Revenue Agency
allowances. A vehicle use log is required.
(2) A regular monthly allowance. If provided as an allowance, the pastor will maintain a
vehicle log for church use to justify this expense on their tax return.
(3) Pastor’s car allowances are required to be included as part of the total employment
income (Box 14) on their Income Tax T4 or T4A slip; it is specified in Box 32. It
should be reconciled annually, except when an approved reimbursement rate (mileage
rate) is set by the Church Board.
(4) Car allowance is a taxable benefit; however, direct car expense reimbursements of
actual expenditure by the pastor are not part of the pay package and are not
considered a taxable benefit.
(5) It is recommended that the employing church issue a Form T2200 Declaration of
Conditions of Employment.
b. Workshops, Courses, etc.: Arrangements should be made to enable the pastor to attend
refresher courses, workshops, seminars and other occasions regularly for the revitalization of
ministry. Many local churches budget up to $500 per year for this non-taxable
reimbursement
c. Books and Periodicals: Reading material is an occupational expense. The local church should
provide at least $300 per year for the pastor to purchase study books for their personal
library.
d. District Meeting Expenses: When the pastor is expected to attend District meetings or
retreats on behalf of the local church, the expenses related to travel, lodging, meals and
registration are paid by the local church. Churches should also cover costs of the pastor’s
spouse.
e. Other Expenses - If hosting of guests is an expectation for the pastor, or if the spouse of the
pastor is expected to attend church functions such as weddings and funerals, and there are
related expenses (such as child care or loss of work time), then those expenses should be paid
by the local church. An appropriate amount should be budgeted for such depending upon the
family situation and local church expectations.
f. The local churches and their pastors should focus on local church ministries and evaluate the
amount of time spent out of the local church. As an example, the Church Board should be
informed as to pastoral ministries out of the church and, as much as possible; pastors should
limit their service on external boards to two major boards.
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APPENDIX VII
SABBATICAL
A Sabbatical is an extended time away from routine ministry for the purpose of renewal,
retooling, and receiving a fresh vision.
A. What a Sabbatical Is:
1. It is a time apart from the pastorate;
2. It is a time for rest and reflection;
3. It is a time for renewed focus and vision;
4. It is a time to "pull things together" mentally and spiritually;
5. It is a time to be stimulated by new learning;
6. It is a time to concentrate on family relationships;
7. It is a time to evaluate the past and envision the future; and
8. It is a time for the local church to grow.
B. What a Sabbatical Is Not:
1. It is not an extended vacation;
2. It is not a step toward resignation or dismissal;
3. It is not a time to seek a new pastorate or some other ministry; and
4. It is not a time to do things that distract from the purpose of renewal.
In summary, the pastoral sabbatical is a structured program that allows the pastor (and family) to
take a leave of absence from his or her pastoral assignments for a specified period of time for
personal and spiritual renewal, after which he or she returns to the pastorate and resumes the
pastoral responsibilities.
A Tenure-Related Sabbatical is granted on the basis of tenure and is meant to be both an
incentive and an enablement for pastoral longevity. The following is the policy for the General
Church of the Nazarene as outlined in the Manual 129.10: "In order to encourage the lifelong
learning of the pastor in spiritual, emotional and educational dimensions, the church board may
consider supporting a sabbatical/study leave for the pastor during the seventh consecutive year
of service in one congregation." The sabbatical also serves as a preventative measure to help
pastors and their families avoid burn-out. It is an intentional ministry that is carefully planned by
the pastor and the Church Board, with the approval of the District Superintendent. It would be
helpful for this planning process to begin at least a year in advance of the proposed sabbatical.
Length ~ A tenure-related sabbatical should be considered when the pastor has served at least
seven consecutive years at the same church. A rule of thumb is to give two weeks of sabbatical
for each year of pastoral ministry served. Generally, a sabbatical of this nature would not exceed
three months; however, that decision would be reached by the local church.
Nature ~ Sabbaticals should emphasize rest and renewal. There should be a total disconnection
from the local church except for periodic exchange of progress reports and contact in case of
emergencies. This generally means at least part of the sabbatical would be taken at some
geographical location away from the area where the church is located. The pastor on a tenure-
related sabbatical would have complete control of his or her schedule and activities.
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Funding ~ One of the most important principles underlying the sabbatical concept is that the
local church would continue to provide the pastor and family with regular salary and benefits
during the course of the sabbatical. In the case of a tenure-related sabbatical, additional costs
such as housing, travel, and other needs can be negotiated between the pastor and the local
church board. With reference to the crisis intervention sabbatical, some emergency funds could
be made available through the district office, other local churches, or the National Board.
Interim Pastor ~ The selection of this person is extremely important to the success of the
program. In the case of the tenure-related sabbatical, the church and pastor should consider this
question in advance in consultation with the District Superintendent
Evaluation ~ At the conclusion of the sabbatical, the pastor, a designated member of the local
church board and the District Superintendent should dialogue regarding the positives and
negatives of the sabbatical experience. It would be helpful to have a written documentation of
the evaluation.
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6. Secretary of Elections
ASSEMBLY
Ballots Cast: 77 - Yes 73; No 4
District Superintendent Re-election:
Re-elected: Earl R. Wood
Ballots Cast: 79
Advisory Board: term expires 2018
Ministerial (vote for one):
Neil Allenbrand (Penticton), Melony Barber (Courtenay/Comox), Barry Goodwin (Esquimalt),
Robert Gray (Legacy), Andrew Tarrant (Hope)
Elected: Neil Allenbrand
Advisory Board: term expires 2018
Lay Member (vote for one):
Karla Pasquier (Primera), Peter Steunenberg (Legacy), Peggy Wiens (Abbotsford)
Elected: Peter Steunenberg
Board of Ministry: (vote for two ~ by plurality); two terms expire 2019
Willy Choriego (Primera), Magally Figueroa (Living Hope), Barry Goodwin (Esquimalt),
John McKnight (Nanaimo), Kathleen Smedley (Vancouver First)
Elected: John McKnight and Kathleen Smedley
Respectfully submitted,
DENNIS RAINKA, Chairperson, Board of Tellers
CONVENTIONS
SDMI Ballots Cast: 56
Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries Board: term expires 2018 (vote for one):
Aaron Austin (Community), David Lopez (Living Hope)
Elected: Aaron Austin
District Camp Board: (vote for two – by plurality) two terms expire 2019
Cristian Andrade (Living Hope), Aaron Austin (Community), Cristina Choriego (Primera)
Elected: Cristina Choriego
NYI Ballots Cast: 43
NYI President Re-election: Calvin Black
Re-elected Calvin Black
NYI Vice-President Re-election: Matthew Wood
Re-elected Matthew Wood
NYI Treasurer: Lara Gray
Elected: Lara Gray
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NYI Student Reps:
Youeal Abera – (Legacy) Grace Kim – (Logos Korean)
Cristian Andrade – (Living Hope) Alvin Kim – (Logos Korean)
Emmanuel Agbenoxevi – (Legacy) Madison Landers – (Victoria)
Ian Beer – (Primera) Brittany McMillan – (Legacy)
Alex Cameron – (Legacy) Susan Pasqual – (Primera)
Jordie Fooks – (Abbotsford) Ryan Stewart – (Victoria)
Matthew Huang – (Surrey Chinese) Brandon Stuppard – (Abbotsford)
Sonya Huang – (Surrey Chinese) Rigel Wagner – (Legacy)
Elected:
Youeal Abera, Cristian Andrade, Ian Beer, Alex Cameron, Matthew Huang, Grace Kim,
Madison Landers, Ryan Stewart, Brandon Stuppard and Rigel Wagner
Respectfully submitted,
GLENNDA BARTRAM, Chairperson, Board of Tellers
NMI Ballots Cast: 71
NMI Secretary Re-election: term expires 2018
Gail Reddicopp (Community)
Re-elected: Gail Reddicopp
NMI Treasurer Re-election: term expires 2018
Harry Schell (Legacy)
Re-elected: Harry Schell
NMI W&W Coordinator Re-election: term expires 2018
Eddie Beer (Primera)
Re-elected: Eddie Beer
NMI Council Members: (two year term) (vote for four):
Sherry Anthony (Southside) Norma Meza (Primera)
Carla Pasquier (Primera) Bobbi Outhouse (Living Hope)
Merv Black (Victoria) Anne Scarrow (Vancouver First)
Evila Castillo (Community) Shirley Schell (Legacy)
Magally Figueroa (Living Hope) Matthew Smedley (Vancouver First)
Mary Lay (Nanaimo) Barb Taggart (Penticton)
Zulma Lozano (Living Hope)
Elected: Merv Black, Magally Figueroa, Shirley Schell, Matthew Smedley
Respectfully submitted,
GRACIA CASTILLO, Chairperson, Board of Tellers
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V. Auxiliary Conventions
SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2014 ~ 8:45 am
SDMI, NMI and NYI CONVENTIONS
Our Conventions began with breakfast together with approximately 140 in attendance, a growing
group since beginning our combined conventions a few years ago. During the meal we
introduced a new initiative that will be implemented during the coming church year. Participants
were divided by colour into intergenerational table groups and were asked during breakfast to
create a team name. Lots of fun was had and a few intergenerational connections made during
this process. The idea is to engage in a Compassionate Ministries project over the course of the
year and report back at the next Ministry Festival or at next year’s Conventions. Facilitators will
be assigned to each group and the plan is to use the technological devices and methods at our
disposal to connect with one another across the District to complete our projects. The actual
project(s) were introduced later in the morning. This concept came out of the Ministry Festival, a
combined effort of SDMI, LAMP and NYI, held in April at the Nanaimo church.
Following breakfast each auxiliary had its own meeting in a separate part of the building to care
for financial reports and to identify their goals for the coming year. Following this time we all
came together in the Sanctuary.
District Superintendent, Earl Wood, welcomed everyone and thanked the SDMI, NMI and NYI
auxiliaries for their part in the work of the church. Each one has an elected leader and he thanked
Lorna Bartram, Don Johnson and Calvin Black for all their hard work leading these outreaches.
They do this because they believe the Lord has called them to serve in this capacity, so they do it
willingly, and the District would be seriously hindered without them and their councils.
Don Johnson has been the Nazarene Missions International leader for 12 years. He spoke about
the new global NMI Director, Lola Brickley, and he outlined her NMI history. Don’s son Noah
was introduced and Don explained how he is always on his ipod communicating with his friends.
Don encouraged everyone to use kids like Noah to bring out the talents in their youth – they can
make photos, videos, access the internet. Use them. Find ways to funnel that talent into NMI.
Our LINKS missionaries this year are the same as last year – the Armstrong and Martinez
families. Don encouraged each church to keep in contact with them and would like them to feel
support and love from our District family. This year is the 100th
anniversary of NMI and we are
still promoting the bike and a backpack project for the Jesus film. He handed out toy bikes to all
the NMI Local Presidents to help them remember to promote this ministry. Our goal is to raise
another $6,000 by the end of this year to buy another bike and a backpack. Don reminded
everyone about the importance of the World Evangelism Fund (WEF). When a church gives
5.7% of their receipts they are recognized as a World Evangelism Church of Excellence and are
to be commended. Don reviewed what some of the churches on the District gave – those who
gave more than 5.7%. The District paid its WEF over 5.7 and has been recognized as a District
of Excellence for the second year in a row. Don recognized Mission Priority One churches,
awards for which were handed out in the Missions business meeting. He closed by thanking all
the people on the District Council and his family for all their support and help.
Rev. Calvin Black has been leading Nazarene Youth International for nine years. Part of his
report highlighted Camp Squeah last year with Rev. Ryan Wood who spoke on “Created to Be”.
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It was a great week with lots of activities and discussions. Calvin spoke about the various camps
and the guest speakers and teachers and activities they engaged in. Camp this year includes
junior and senior high and young adults rather than the usual separate camps because of the
group attending NYC July 5 to 12. Teen camp is from August 28 to 31 and those eligible were
invited to attend.
“Life Between the Trees” was hosted by Legacy Church and included Youth Unlimited. Matt
Smedley of Mission Possible, challenged the teens to follow God’s call for their lives. Three
youth went to the Legacy Youth Conference sponsored by Ambrose University. It is a good
opportunity for teens to mix with those in leadership and they had a great time seeing the
leadership of those in youth ministry at Ambrose. Next week NYI heads to Louisville, KY and
this is always an amazing event where teens will be taking part in youth projects around the ,
among many other events and activities. The theme is “Thy Kingdom Come” and youth will be
challenged to see the ways God is calling them to bring God’s kingdom into their world. Calvin
asked everyone to pray for the teens and their leaders, that they would have a genuine experience
of God’s call on their lives. Hayley Tarrant is the NYC leader for our District and was also
heavily involved in the preparations for NYC at the general church level as the designer for
NYC. Calvin also praised the work of Matt Wood who has been an amazing help this past year.
Calvin Black said it is a privilege to work with teens and that they need to see our faith and our
churches having an impact in the community. We need to always seek ways to take our faith
outside the walls of our churches and bring God’s kingdom into our neighbourhoods and
communities. Youth need to be mentored by people who are living out their faith in real and
meaningful ways, so please connect them with Godly people of faith who can encourage them,
pray for them and recognize their talents, strengths and abilities and come alongside and lead
them into the mission of God. He quoted Hebrews 13:18-21 (The Message), where it says: “We
have no doubts about what we are doing or why we need your prayers . . . by means of the
sacrifice of Jesus - oh yes, yes, yes.”
Rev. Lorna Bartram, Chair of Sunday School Discipleship and Ministries International, shared
her report. She spoke of the first-ever inter-generational Ministry Festival hosted at the Nanaimo
church. This was a joint venture for LAMP, NYI and SDMI. The guest speakers were Dr. Joel
Thiessen, Associate Professor of Sociology at Ambrose and Helen Thiessen, Director of
Enrolment Management and the NYI Field Representative for Canada. She spoke about
experiences and events that build relationships and how those relationships contribute to the
development of character and a sense of God’s call on young lives. She spoke of the impact of
summer church camps on the lives of children and how it has proven to make an incredible
difference in people’s lives. She discussed how fast the world is changing and how as
individuals we are more connected than ever through technology and yet more alone because of
less actual human interaction. Lorna spoke about what SDMI is and how it is deeply rooted in
the church. She exhorted us not to get stuck on the method of ministry, but to pray and listen and
to find our own way to minister as the Lord leads. Obedience to the voice of the spirit is more
critical than anything and the Lord will open opportunities as we allow him. She ended by
reading Ephesians 4:1-16 and then introduced Dell Marie Wergeland for and NCMC report.
Dell Marie Wergeland, Director of the Nazarene Compassionate Warehouse in Victoria, asked
everyone to stand and greet the person beside them without using their hands or their face. Dell
Marie said the Kelowna church started something that is catching on all over – the third world
baby shower. It so impacted the Warehouse volunteers that the non-Christian ladies started
sharing the idea with their friends. Five Island churches are now having third world baby showers.
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NMI, Victoria First and the Bowden (Correctional) Institute in Alberta donated a Quonset 10 x
50 (a building made of corrugated metal and having a semicircular cross section) for a skill
development centre to train pastors and students in the Philippines. Each one attending has a
course in skill development. One man went into Bowden Institute and started a course with 120
inmates who held a walkathon inside the jail. 600 of 800 participated to raise over $7,000 for the
centre in the Philippines. The inmates are impacting an environment in the Philippines which is
plagued with drug trade and violence.
The Victoria Warehouse inherited a barn full of sewing notions and Crossroads Ministry (100
Huntley Street) came alongside to provide 700 beds for Liberia. A cruise line gave a number of
chairs which also went to Liberia. A doctor from Liberia flew to Victoria specifically to say
thank you for all the supplies sent there – blankets, bandages, soap, etc. Our church in Liberia is
able to provide community health assistance because of our connection.
A video was shown of earthquake relief in Nepal. We sent over 80 disaster relief kits and 200
water filters. The Lord is opening doors in Nepal. Tents, kits for families of eight, food for a
month per family were also sent. Three of those tents are being used as churches right now. Dell
Marie thanked everyone who brought supplies for the Warehouse. Because we cared and we
gave, people have been fed, not only physically but spiritually.
Dell Marie gave an update on the Canadian Food Grains Bank and how it works. Elaine
Bumstead is a world renowned expert on foods distribution and portions of her report were
shown. We are celebrating 30 years of Christian response to world hunger. NCM became
involved in 1988. The process varies from country to country depending on which ones have to
be underground. She told a story of a man from Eritrea who said the difference between living
in Eritrea and living in Canada was wondering IF he was going to eat instead of deciding WHAT
he was going to eat. In 2012 we sent 450 railway cars of food. A response to the words of Jesus
– “when I was hungry . . . if you do it to the least of these . . .” $1,000 given to the Food Grains
Bank becomes $10,000 by the time it gets matched, depending on access to program funding
from a variety of agencies. $1,200,532 in 2012 value cost us less than $300,000. She discussed
what happens in creative access countries where the rebel forces actually help guard the
distribution. She discussed the difference made by helping women start income producing
businesses. Churches are being multiplied because of these ministries and the Jesus film. In
Bangladesh 12 to 20 new churches start up every month. Christmas Catalogue giving has made
a huge difference because it has allowed us to augment the work being done.
Lorna Bartram talked about our hopes to develop a new Compassionate Ministries Project involving
the Canadian Food Grains Bank as a potential project source. This project idea was a part of our
breakfast time together and will be developed during the course of the next year.
A farmer in Ontario has designated a 78 acre field of grain specifically to sell to raise money for the
bank. It costs $500 to plant per acre, which yields 90 bushels or 7,000 loaves of bread. Information
can be obtained at http://seedsof.life. Perhaps, if the Lord leads in this direction, we will utilize the
ministry of the Food Grains Bank to engage in a unique cross-district NCM project.
We were dismissed for a short coffee break.
District Superintendent, Earl Wood, introduced the Concert of Prayer. The one thing all the
people of the world have in common and can do is pray. He pointed out the various prayer
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stations around the Sanctuary and asked people to spend the next few minutes moving from
station to station, spending a few minutes in quiet, non-directed, corporate prayer.
The District Superintendent introduced Rev. Terry Fach, Chaplain at Ambrose University. Rev.
Fach spoke on meaningful worship in our churches. Aka facilitating a conversation about the
place and meaning of excellent worship in the church. He quoted some of Psalm 78 – “we will
not hide things we have heard and known…so they will obey God’s commands”. His goal today
is to stimulate excitement about creating an attitude and environment of excellence in terms of
worship in our churches. Non-negotiables in theology and worship – what are they? What is
your greatest concern? What excites you about the future? Our background is from a free
worship tradition (no written prayers) but there are things that tether us to the Christian tradition.
In 2009 Floyd Cunningham said holiness people tread a middle path – a hybrid tradition. We are
influenced by the revivalist movement over the last 150 years. Preliminaries, sermon, invitation
to receive Christ was the order most of us have experienced. He realized over the years how
much spiritual impact the worship had on the people in his church. Very few people know much
about Christian worship, and have very little knowledge of the theology or background.
The motivation behind contemporary worship was to give innovation in worship to the churches,
but it un-tethered the church from some essentials. Contemporary worship has made worship
accessible but it has not asked people to deny themselves or what worship is fitting to give to a
triune God. Corporate worship is the pulse, or heart, of a church’s life. There is confusion
around the purposes of worship. Is it to attract more people? To save people? To feel more or
better? Is it an emotional drug? Teachers and writers are now calling for a contemporary
worship that challenges people to grow in grace and reorienting our relationship with God. Rev.
Fach hopes we can become more inclusive of people with disabilities, children, youth, and
elderly in our worship. There are essentials. Historically the Christian church has always moved
from prayer and worship to believing to living. We assume first we get our beliefs right and then
we’ll do worship. Christians were influenced by Jesus and the Gospels which did affect some of
the patterns of worship. Worship is not primarily about belief it is about what we experience in
worship that shapes the love in our hearts. What do you love more than anything else? Is it the
kingdom of God? If so, you have experienced some good worship.
Individualistic forms of worship give little growth for a lifetime experience and commitment.
We need to focus on shaping the desires of the heart over the long term.
There is a four-fold pattern for Christian worship and it is in Acts 2. As groups got bigger the
full meals shrank to the bread and wine. Look at the story of the road to Emmaus to get the full
story of the progression – it is a rich text for worship. Jesus has drawn them together because of
their faith. He asks if they’ve read the Prophets, they share bread and realize that they are in the
presence of God and they go into the world changed by that encounter. The Wesley brothers
wrote over 100 hymns just about communion. He advised us to question how we translate
corporate worship into meaningful worship and because it is important.
Rev. Fach outlined worship practices: the language we use, choosing words for worship
thoughtfully, planning with diversity and inclusion in mind. Wise is the congregation which
studies and sings the songs – they give us a voice to express our emotions in our relationship
with God. Expressing despair, grief and anxiety is where many young people live, and if we do
not have a language for that, it is one more way worship falls short. Worship includes lament
itself, as real and authentic. It is where we live and we need to lay it before God.
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We need to be intentional about what we say in order for worship to be transformational. Trust
the Holy Spirit to do what He can do. Beginnings and endings really matter. Have something
that when we hear and say words we know we are coming into the presence of the Holy God, His
wonder and grace. Support worship musicians and help them become thoughtful and sensitive in
choosing music. We need to worship well and to teach worship well. Musicians often have to
make difficult transitions in the service. He said that curation is what museum directors do –
they decide what should go where. Somebody needs to do the curation of worship.
In closing, Rev. Fach said that in Christian spirituality there is both a mysticism and asceticism.
Personal worship is coming together with Jesus himself, that’s the goal. Also the call to be
ascetical – the discipline of Christian worship. Jesus is the inventor of the asceticism – “if you
want to follow me and be my disciples, deny yourselves”. There is a way of practicing – Jesus
teaching the Lord’s Prayer for instance. Think about a way to adopt a disciplined, practiced
approach to your worship, practice it for the long haul and trust the Holy Spirit to lead you.
The District Superintendent thanked Rev. Fach and dismissed us for lunch.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
1:30 p.m. Lunch
Rev. Lorna Bartram led us through the lunch program which included a focused time on summer
camp ministry where Cristy Choriego shared her personal experience as a camper and leader and
how those two experiences were both essential to her Christian faith. She also shared a written
reflection from Rachel Poon expressing the impact camp has had on her life and her leadership.
Rachel is a current graduate from Ambrose University. A camp offering was also taken.
Rev. Andrew Tarrant shared about the Rendezvous Program he and Hayley are involved in. The
program helps missionary kids find their way through various transitions and experiences that
are unique to their personal life experience because they were born into a missionary family.
Don Johnson introduced Pauline Chambers, a member of the Whitehorse Work & Witness team
that recently went to Haiti. She walked us through their experiences and ministry which was
greatly successful for both the givers and receivers.
Following lunch we re-convened in the sanctuary for a time of worship during which the election
results were shared and a commissioning of those elected took place as well as prayer for the
team heading to NYC in Louisville.
After an instrumental, Rev. Terry Fach led a brief worship service. He read from Psalm 95 – a
call to worship, followed by a prayer, then the singing of Your Name. There was a responsive
reading affirming our faith, the reading of Psalm 136 from the hymn books followed by a
scripture reading from Psalm 51, the singing of Lord, I Need You, a prayer of confession, the
singing of Jesus Messiah, a thanksgiving prayer and a wonderful time of shared communion.
District Superintendent, Earl Wood, thanked everyone for being here and dismissed us after
reminding us that the Sunday morning Celebration Service starts at 10:30 am.
Respectfully submitted,
MOIRA BANDURKA, Recording Secretary
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NMI RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2015- 2016
Mission Awareness
Create mission atmosphere/awareness/commitment by mission-focused activities (i.e.,
events, prayer, stewardship, and involvement) throughout the year.
Use the NMI theme, “To Make Christlike Disciples in the Nations (globally)” whenever
appropriate.
Strive to meet Mission Priority One Goals.
Local NMI Goals
Encourage every church that does not have an active mission society, to have its church
Board/Pastor appoint a world mission representative to promote and circulate information
regarding NMI in his or her local church.
Encourage payment of World Evangelism Fund (WEF) in full. Churches that give at least
5.7 percent, or $1,500, whichever is less, to WEF will receive the World Evangelism
Church of Excellence award. WEF giving beyond 5.5 percent invests in new world areas and
new works in the USA and Canada (please refer to NMI Handbook, p. 25).
Participate in Alabaster, Compassionate Ministries, World Mission Broadcast offerings,
Memorial Roll ($50 CND), Distinguished Service Awards ($100 CND), and Gifts for the Heart
(please refer to NMI Handbook, p. 25). Send money for the above to: Church of the Nazarene
Canada, 20 Regan Rd., Unit 9, Brampton, ON L7A 1C3. Additional order forms may be
obtained from NMI Website (www.nazarenemissions.org) or the District NMI President.
To access 2013-2017 Handbook go to Nazarene Missions International website; choose
NMI Resources; Local President’s Resources and Supplies; Handbook & Constitution;
then choose the language you want; then 2013-2017 Handbook. You may bookmark if
and/or print a copy.
MISSION PRIORITY ONE (MPO)
The achievement goals are based on the four objectives of NMI (see Guidelines that follow). A
record of a church’s participation in these four objectives should be kept throughout the year.
The District will send a report form near the end of the church year for the local NMI president
to submit the church’s participation in these objectives.
MISSION PRIORITY ONE GUIDELINES
PRAYING (NMI Handbook 2013-2017, p 9 and chapter 2, p15)
Objective: Interceding for leaders and churches and for the Holy Spirit to draw all people to Christ.
Strategy: The church prays for global missions.
Helpful Ideas:
Provide regular prayer requests to the church. Possible sources are Prayer Mobilization Line
via e-mail subscription or the NMI Website [www.nazarene.org], missionaries’ newsletters,
personal contact with missionaries, etc. Disseminate through worship folders, handouts,
pastoral prayer, announcements, church newsletters, church Websites, etc.
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Emphasize praying and fasting. Fasting can include food, time, places, favorites, etc.
Establish specific times for prayer and/or form a prayer chain/network.
Plan total church participation in World Day of Prayer, Nazarene World Week of Prayer and
prayer for the Persecuted Church, 10/40 Window, Jesus Film Harvest Partners and other
designated calls to prayer, p10.
DISCIPLING (NMI Handbook 2013-2017, p10 and chapter 3, p17)
Objective: Involving and mentoring future mission leaders, especially youth and children, to
make Christlike disciples in the nations.
Strategy: The church provides opportunities, especially for children and youth, to become
involved in the mission of the church and to respond to God’s call.
Helpful Ideas:
Disciple and mentor intentionally the next generation to become fully devoted followers of
Christ.
Plan a celebration of mission commitment for children and youth.
Encourage children and youth who sense God’s call to missionary service to contact the local
church and district mission call coordinators.
Provide global awareness with Children’s Ministries, NYI, SDMI, etc., utilizing children’s
youth missions resources.
Use resources from Mission Connection.
Plan for visiting missionaries to interact with children and youth.
Encourage children and youth to give sacrificially to missions, especially to the World
Evangelism Fund, Alabaster, and Nazarene Compassionate Ministries.
Involve everyone in Faith Promise mission events (for more information, see NMI
Handbook, chapter 4, p26).
Participate in Crisis Care Kits and School Pal-Paks projects.
Cooperate with zone/mission area and District mission projects and activities.
Enlist youth for summer ministries — local church, District, and global levels.
Participate in special missions emphases at camps, retreats, etc.
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GIVING (NMI Handbook 2013-2017, p10 and chapter 4, p23)
Objective: Devoting ourselves and our resources, especially the World Evangelism Fund, to
extend Christ’s kingdom.
Strategy: The church gives at least 5.5 percent of current income for the World Evangelism Fund.
(WEF)
Helpful Ideas:
Plan an effective Faith Promise event (for more information, NMI Handbook, chapter 4, p26).
Promote Easter and Thanksgiving offerings.
Send WEF giving weekly or monthly to Church of the Nazarene Canada, 20 Regan Rd.,
Unit 9, Brampton, ON L7A 1C3.
Explore NMI and Stewardship Websites for creative ideas, resources, and videos to motivate
giving.
EDUCATING (NMI Handbook 2013-2017 p10-11, chapter 5, p29)
Objective: Informing people of the world’s needs and enabling our church to meet those needs
in Christ.
Strategy: The church will use mission resources and participates in ministries to develop global
awareness.
Make NMI mission books/tapes/CDs available to the congregation. Report the number of
books read or heard on tape/CD.
Participate in mission service projects (such as Work & Witness and other mission trips, NCM
centres, community projects, etc.) and/or hands-on missions activities (Crisis Care Kits,
School Pal-Paks, relief shipments, missionary care packages, etc.). (For more information, go
to the NMI Website www.nminazarene.org and [email protected]).
Schedule one or more services with a mission speaker (local, zone/area, District, and/or
regional events; Faith Promise) and/or provide interaction with a missions speaker (District
teen/children’s camps, missions events, District NMI convention, missions workshops, etc.)
Use multimedia missions resources (such as Nazarene Stories DVD, Nazarene Media
Library, missions Websites, videos, Nazarene Communications Network News, etc.), and/or
utilize missions publications and communications (such as adult mission education, youth
mission education, children’s mission education, and/or International Mission Education
Journal, Mission Connection. Global Glimpses, Engage magazine, Nazarene Compassionate
Ministries magazine, Holiness Today, missionaries’ newsletters, regional newsletters, etc.)
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LOCAL CHURCH MISSION PRIORITY ONE (MPO) REQUIREMENTS
1. The church prayed for missions.
2. The church discipled and involved children and youth in local and global missions.
3. The church gave at least 5.5 percent of current income for WEF.
4. The church participated* in each of the four categories that follow:
a. NMI missions books/tapes/CDs
b. Missions service projects and/or hands-on missions activities
c. Missions speakers
d. Multimedia missions resources and/or missions publications/communications
*”Participate” is defined as involvement in one or more activities in each category.
(NMI Handbook, p. 11)
Where to Get Forms
The MPO forms (in multiple languages) may be accessed on the NMI website by typing
“Forms” in the Search window.
Mission Projects
Children’s project — Child Sponsorship ($390 CND).
Youth project — hot lunches for school children in Haiti ($500 CND).
Encourage children and youth to participate in above projects with funds to be sent to the
District NMI Treasurer by March 15.
Work & Witness Projects: It is important in terms of accountability to the church on the
local, District, and general levels that all local churches collaborate with the District
Superintendent and District NMI council in planning a Work & Witness project (please refer
to NMI Handbook, pp. 21-22).
Work & Witness Fund Policy:
When a District Work & Witness team is going on an official project (i.e., local, national, or
international), the team may apply to the District NMI council for a one-time grant toward
the project’s building costs, as follows:
1. Application for the funds shall be in writing, on an official Work & Witness team
application form with a projected cost & amount raised by team attached;
2. Application, award, and grant process to be coordinated by the current District Work &
Witness Coordinator with final approval from the District NMI Council;
3. $2,000 is the maximum grant awarded per team/per trip;
4. Consideration for an award of the grant will be given to the type of project, project
location, make up of team (i.e., pastors, youth), dollar amount the team is already
planning to give toward the project’s building costs, balance of the existing account, etc.;
5. The grant shall not be applied toward the personal expenses of any individual;
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6. Consideration for a grant will also be given to a local Canada Pacific District church for
its “hosting expenses” or building project’s costs of an official Work & Witness
team/project;
7. The District NMI council also agrees to continue to promote this Work & Witness Fund
through its meetings, conventions, correspondence, web page, etc., and to accept new
donations toward the Work & Witness Fund.
Support of Missionaries
Bolster deputation tours with the District NMI funds so that churches in the northern area are
included in one tour each year (Dawson Creek, Fort Fraser, Tupper, and Whitehorse).
Support of our adopted LINKS missionaries will be paid by the District NMI Treasurer
according to our NMI Budget. The District NMI will be receiving funds from the Canada
Pacific District Ministries Fund. (List not published due to privacy issues.)
Cash gifts for LINKS missionaries (i.e., birthdays, anniversaries) should be sent to the
Church of the Nazarene Canada, 20 Regan Rd., Unit 9, Brampton, ON L7A 1C3 at least
two months prior to the event. You will receive 10 percent giving credit for these gifts
(please refer to NMI Handbook 2013-2017, p. 25). Proper notification of the donor is sent to
the missionary.
The following minimum deputation offering scale is recommended:
Sunday morning $ 400 - $500
Sunday evening $ 250 - $350
Weeknight $ 225 - $325
Faith Promise $ 700 - no limit
District NMI Convention $ 1,000 - no limit
Deputation offering cheques are to be made payable to the Church of the Nazarene
Canada. The cheque is to be given to the missionary, who will send it to the Brampton
office on your behalf.
Annual Missions Budget
Set District NMI Budget at $8,000 to be received from Canada Pacific District Ministries.
Respectfully submitted,
GAIL REDDICOPP, Secretary BOBBI OUTHOUSE, Chairperson
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VI. Financial and Statistical
A. DISTRICT TREASURER’S REPORT
The financial records of the Canada Pacific District have been reviewed by Schmidt, Berg and
Company, Certified General Accountants for the year ending April 30, 2015.
The following three pages are selected excerpts taken from the Financial Statements report and
include the Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Operations and an excerpt from the
Notes to the Financial Statements regarding the various fund balances. For a complete
understanding of the District financial operations you may request the full report fomr Dustruct
Treasurer, Rev. Harry Schell at [email protected].
The financial statements, including all notes and recommendations by the Accountants, will be
reviewed and approved by the District Advisory Board.
Respectfully submitted,
REV. HARRY SCHELL, District Treasurer
SCHMIDT, BERG & COMPANY
CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS
REVIEW ENGAGEMENT REPORT
To the Members of Church of the Nazarene Canada Pacific District:
We have reviewed the statement of financial position of CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
CANADA PACIFIC DISTRICT as at April 30, 2015 and the statements of operations, changes
in net assets and cash flows for the year then ended. Our review was made in accordance with
Canadian generally accepted standards for review engagements and accordingly consisted
primarily of enquiry, analytical procedures and discussion related to information supplied to us
by the organization, except as explained below.
A review does not constitute an audit and consequently we do not express an audit opinion on
these financial statements.
The current year financial records for the Betel Church of the Nazarene were not made available
for our review. As a result, no revenue or expenses have been reported for this fund.
Except for the effect of adjustments, if any, which we might have determined to be necessary had
we been able to complete our review of Betel Church transactions, as described in the preceding
paragraph, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that these financial
statements are not, in all material respects, in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for
not-for-profit organizations.
Signed Schmidt Berg & Company CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS
Surrey, British Columbia
June 19, 2015
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Statement of Financial Position – (Unaudited)
Year Ended April 30, 2015 General Restricted Auxiliary Ministry
Fund Funds Funds 2015 2014
ASSETS
CURRENT
Cash - 19,696 16,566 36,262 57,040
Accounts receivable 42,005 1,834 - 43,839 30,110
GST receivable 729 - - 729 1,345
Prepaid expenses 11,420 - - 11,420 11,653
Current portion of church loans receivable - 11,796 - 11,796 18,088
Current portion of church loans receivable - 105,390 - 105,390 159,919
54,154 138,716 16,566 209,436 278,155
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1,219,446 50,627 1,270,073 1,206,553
CHURCH NOTES RECEIVABLE - 143,481 - 143,481 134,456
CHURCH LOANS RECEIVABLE - 152,000 - 152,000 107,000
- 1,514,927 50,627 1,565,554 1,448,009
$54,154 $1,653,643 $67,193 $1,774,990 $1,726,164
LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES
CURRENT
Cheques written in excess of funds on deposit 30,431 86,582 - 117,013 14,261
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 23,723 - 745 24,468 23,710
Current portion of bonds payable - 105,390 - 105,390 159,919
54,154 191,972 745 246,871 197,890
BONDS PAYABLE - 152,000 - 152,000 107,000
$54,154 $343,972 $745 $398,871 $304,890
FUND BALANCES
Internally Restricted - 1,270,442 - 1,270,442 1,287,657
Externally Restricted - 39,229 - 39,229 61,420
Externally Restricted for Auxiliary Ministries - - 66,448 66,448 72,197
- $1,309,671 $66,448 1,376,119 $1,421,274
$54,154 $1,653,643 $67,193 $1,774,990 $1,726,164
(selected excerpt from the complete Financial Review Engagement report from
Schmidt, Berg and Company, Certified General Accountants)
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Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
Year Ended April 30, 2015 General Restricted Auxiliary Ministry
Fund Funds Funds 2015 2014
REVENUE
Revenue Internally Designated - 28,000 - 28,000 27,127
Revenue Externally Designated - - - 28,264
District Budgets 174,061 43,116 23,000 240,177 234,519
Grants, Contributions and Events 5,760 33,950 44,314 84,024 77,300
Investment Income - 79,745 683 80,428 49,327
Other 420 280 19,398 20,098 84,286
$180,241 $185,091 $87,395 $452,727 $500,823
EXPENDITURES
District Events and Ministries 32,722 - 93,144 125,866 203,581
Salaries and Benefits 75,236 49,590 - 124,826 119,947
Church Growth, Planting & Leadership - 146,074 - 146,074 135,143
District Administration and Travel 36,051 16,349 - 52,400 47,978
General Assembly - - - 5,188
Benevolence - 6,150 - 6,150 25,373
Insurance 27,097 - - 27,097 24,887
Legal and Accounting 3,600 7,200 - 10,800 10,459
Interest Paid On Bonds - 5,262 - 5,262 5,278
Office Space Rental 5,535 3,690 - 9,225 7,543
$180,241 $234,315 $93,144 $507,700 $585,377
EXCESS OF REVENUES OVER EXPENSES BEFORE UNDERNOTED ITEMS - (49,224) (5,749) (54,973) (84,554)
Return of Trust Funds - Kamloops - (20,263) - (20,263) (90,234)
Unrealized Gain (loss) on Investments - 30,081 - 30,081 107,684
EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF REVENUES
OVER EXPENDITURES - $(39,406) $(5,749) $(45,155) $(67,104)
(selected excerpt from the complete Financial Review Engagement report from
Schmidt, Berg and Company, Certified General Accountants)
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Notes to Financial Statements
Year Ended April 30, 2015 (unaudited)
INTERNALLY RESTRICTED FUNDS Internally restricted funds represent funds designated by the Advisory Board to be used for particular ministries as described in Note 14 and consists of:
Opening Balance
Designated Investment
Income
Designated Fund
Income
Expenses
Excess (deficiency)
Inter-fund Transfer
Closing Balance
Property Trust Fund 1,272,231 78,673 30,081 8,862 99,892 (119,381) 1,252,742
Ministerial Care Fund 11,044 - 2,424 3,150 (726) - 10,318
Church Growth/Plant - - 99,922 219,303 (119,381) 119,381 -
Assembly /Conference Fund 4,382 - 3,000 - 3,000 - 7,382
$1,287,657 $78,673 $135,427 $231,315 $(17,215) - $1,270,442
EXTERNALLY RESTRICTED FUNDS
Externally restricted funds accounts for amounts designated by the donors for particular programs as described in Note 14 and consists of:
Opening Balance
Designated Investment
Income
Designated Fund
Income
Expenses
Excess (deficiency)
Inter-fund Transfer
Closing Balance
Kamloops Fund 52,516 1,051 - 20,263 (19,212) - 33,304
Pastoral Benevolence 8,904 21 - 3,000 (2,979) - 5,925
$61,420 $1,072 - $23,263 $(22,191) - $39,229
(selected excerpt from the complete Financial Review Engagement report from Schmidt, Berg and Company, Certified General Accountants)
Respectfully submitted,
REV. HARRY SCHELL, District Treasurer
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B. DISRICT NYI TREASURER’S REPORT
Balance on Hand – June 30, 2014 $1,275.98
Income
Budget Payments 5,000.00
“Life Between the Trees” 926.02
Legacy Youth Conference 379.00
Spring Retreat 1,190.50
Bank Interest 0.68
Total Income 7,496.20
Expenditures
District Convention 1,398.42
NYI Leadership Conference 1,201.30
Legacy Youth Conference 912.25
Legacy Youth Conference ~ Travel 476.25
Shared Web Ministry 350.00
Spring Retreat 1,254.59
Life Between the Trees 796.54
Total Expenses $6,389.35
Net Income 1,106.85
Balance on Hand – April 30, 2015 $2,382.83
Respectfully submitted,
MATT WOOD, Treasurer
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DISTRICT NMI TREASURER’S REPORT
May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015
Opening Balance $44,231
Budget
2014/15
Fund
Reductions
Actual to
date
Proposed
2015/2016
INCOME
Deputation Offerings - - -
Church Allocations 8,000 8,000 8,000
Investment / Bank Interest 500 672 500
Other Receipts - -
Total $8,500 $8,672 $8,500
EXPENDITURES
District Council Expense
President 500 500 500
Secretary 50 50 50
Treasurer 50 50 50
Office Supplies 50 112 50
District Convention 1,500 1,727 1,500
District Web Page 350 350 350
Missionary and General
IDEA Fund - - -
General Convention Delegates 3,000 3,000
General Council Rep 100 100
LINKS – Missionaries 800 800 800
Missionary Christmas 600 600 600
Missionary Tour Travel 2,500 2,572 2,500
President’s Seminar - - -
Work & Witness Grants 11,000 3,000
Youth/Junior
Child Sponsorship 390 390 390
Haiti Hot Lunches 500 500 500
Total Expenditures $10,490 $11,000 $7,651 $13,390
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NMI CLOSING BALANCES
Main Bank Account $1,620
Membership Shares 109
Term Deposits 32,527
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Payable
Total $34,256
NMI FUND BALANCES TO
APRIL 30, 2015
IDEA Fund $ 350
District NMI 15,771
General Council -
General Convention 5,471
President’s Seminar
Work & Witness 15,126
Total $34,256
Respectfully submitted,
REV. HARRY SCHELL, Treasurer
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D. DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL AND DISCIPLESHIP
MINISTRIES 2014 - 2015
TREASURER’S REPORT
Income Actuals
2014- 2015
District Budget Allocation 10,000
LAMP Program Receipts 1,116.23
Donations 9,345.00
Investment Income 6.90
Ladies Retreat Income 6,428.71
General Camp Donations 5,962.42
Ministry Festival 1,780.00
Other Camp Income 107.60
Camp Registrations 30,101.00
Other Camp Income 2,284.97
Total Income $67,132.83
Expenditures
SDMI General Expense 466.46
LAMP Program 4,447.19
Ladies Retreat 7,532.57
Camp Expenses 45,810.55
Office Costs 2,332.55
Bank Charges 229.18
District Assembly 3,081.35
Meeting Costs 128.35
Total Expenditures $64,028.20
Respectfully submitted,
REV. HARRY SCHELL, Treasurer
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Courtenay/Comox7 18 0 0Rev. Calvin Barber
Rev. Melony Barber
52 1 0 0 1 6 0 5 1 47Cowichan Valley*8 50 0 18Rev. Robert Wayne Lee
39 8 0 8 0 3 0 0 3 44Esquimalt9 62 0 3Rev. Barry S. Goodwin
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Farmington10 0 0 0
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20Fort Fraser Community11 12 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Fraser Valley Korean12 0 0 0
12 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 12Holy Trinity13 7 0 5Rev. Tekeste W. Genzebu
40 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 41Hope14 17 0 0Rev. Andrew M. Tarrant
64 8 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 70Kelowna15 53 0 32Rev. R. Wayne Siewert
314 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 312Legacy Church*16 128 0 90Rev. Robert Gray
46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46Lighthouse Christian Fellowship17 37 0 25Rev. Brandon C. Linse
46 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 41Living Hope18 43 0 8Mr. Desmond E Cook
Mrs. Eileen B. Cook
28 4 0 4 0 4 0 2 2 28Logos Korean19 32 0 18Rev. Sung Mun Kim
25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25Maple Ridge20 0 0 0
83 4 0 4 0 10 0 0 10 77Nanaimo*21 85 0 18Dr. Gary P. Nawrocki
49 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 52Northern Lights Christian Fellowship22 19 0 25Rev. Lorraine R. Mickelson
131 12 0 10 2 13 2 1 10 130Penticton23 169 0 32Rev. Neil Allenbrand
47 0 0 0 0 9 0 3 6 38Primera Iglesia Hispana24 45 0 8Rev. Willy R. Choriego
48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48Prince George25 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Richmond26 0 0 0
34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34Royal View27 0 0 0
53 3 0 2 1 7 0 0 7 49Southside Community28 41 0 12Rev. David J. Zvonar
34 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 30Surrey Chinese29 23 0 9Pastor Jennifer Huang
22 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21Tupper30 13 0 2Rev. Ruth Czerniak
113 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 113Vancouver First31 88 0 36Rev. Kathleen Smedley
278 15 0 12 3 8 0 6 2 285Victoria First32 297 0 0Rev. Gary M. Bennett
29 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 27Whitehorse*33 54 0 0Rev. Norayr "Norman" Hajian
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All Nations3 0 0 0 0 15 13 15 13 0 10 6 0 0 0 0
Betel Iglesia Hispana4 8 0 12 8 25 12 45 20 0 8 8 0 0 25 0
Chilliwack5 36 36 0 0 26 26 62 62 34 31 0 0 0 0 0
Community6 18 17 10 2 42 10 70 29 20 10 33 0 4 29 0
Courtenay/Comox7 1 1 4 2 25 18 30 21 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Cowichan Valley*8 9 9 1 1 155 37 165 47 10 37 0 0 3 30 21
Esquimalt9 25 13 4 1 100 48 129 62 25 10 0 0 5 20 10
Farmington10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fort Fraser Community11 0 0 1 1 11 11 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fraser Valley Korean12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holy Trinity13 6 1 1 1 16 5 23 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 0
Hope14 9 9 1 1 14 14 24 24 9 0 0 0 0 24 0
Kelowna15 0 5 0 2 2 53 2 60 5 1 0 0 0 53 20
Legacy Church*16 45 29 20 5 80 80 145 114 29 70 60 0 15 129 0
Lighthouse Christian Fellowship17 6 8 3 8 12 21 21 37 21 12 0 0 0 0 0
Living Hope18 22 11 7 5 91 64 120 80 11 14 0 0 10 46 35
Logos Korean19 4 2 7 6 21 21 32 29 2 12 0 0 0 0 0
Maple Ridge20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nanaimo*21 22 5 7 5 132 20 161 30 12 22 0 0 9 43 20
Northern Lights Christian Fellowship22 9 4 0 0 52 17 61 21 4 9 0 0 0 13 25
Penticton23 90 37 22 4 110 52 222 93 37 56 0 0 25 72 65
Primera Iglesia Hispana24 28 8 27 12 60 25 115 45 8 0 0 0 10 39 11
Prince George25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richmond26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Royal View27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southside Community28 17 7 5 4 95 50 117 61 21 40 0 0 9 8 5
Surrey Chinese29 4 3 3 0 16 16 23 19 3 16 0 0 3 0 0
Tupper30 13 10 2 1 8 8 23 19 16 8 12 0 0 0 0
Vancouver First31 21 20 13 10 118 42 152 72 35 37 0 0 11 8 0
Victoria First32 180 65 60 23 175 81 415 169 65 104 75 0 60 178 100
Whitehorse*33 14 8 4 0 48 11 66 19 19 8 30 0 0 29 21
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378 791 209 0 274 570 400 1,410 2,635 830 1,599 122 249 458 787
725 315 268 160 1,663 820 2,656 1,295 473 625 256 0 240 801 392
62 143 (19) (38) (64) 10 (21) 115 (73) (55) 18 0 (31) (10) (14)
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All Nations3 8,881 459 356 0 815 0 750 0 750 334 0 334
Betel Iglesia Hispana4 20,385 1,121 0 0 1,121 0 1,834 0 1,834 815 0 815
Chilliwack5 21,679 1,130 0 0 1,130 0 1,850 0 1,850 822 0 822
Community6 59,078 3,529 2,016 0 5,545 0 5,880 0 5,880 2,683 0 2,683
Courtenay/Comox7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cowichan Valley*8 87,302 3,037 2,150 0 5,187 0 4,977 100 5,077 2,213 0 2,213
Esquimalt9 138,125 6,297 2,323 0 8,620 0 10,304 0 10,304 4,580 0 4,580
Farmington10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fort Fraser Community11 30,095 1,251 825 0 2,076 0 1,781 0 1,781 939 0 939
Fraser Valley Korean12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holy Trinity13 4,091 0 0 0 0 0 350 0 350 0 0 0
Hope14 17,880 1,274 0 0 1,274 0 2,085 0 2,085 927 0 927
Kelowna15 116,762 3,797 3,141 531 7,469 0 6,235 0 6,235 2,723 0 2,723
Legacy Church*16 438,551 19,142 2,045 100 21,287 1,524 21,243 716 21,959 9,441 0 9,441
Lighthouse Christian Fellowship17 65,961 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 3,700 100 3,800 800 0 800
Living Hope18 57,700 2,797 3,818 0 6,615 0 4,596 0 4,596 2,043 0 2,043
Logos Korean19 50,400 50 50 0 100 0 400 0 400 0 200 200
Maple Ridge20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nanaimo*21 165,566 12,925 5,027 0 17,952 0 13,372 1,935 15,307 5,943 0 5,943
Northern Lights Christian Fellowship22 45,034 2,366 400 0 2,766 0 3,873 0 3,873 1,721 0 1,721
Penticton23 368,808 19,867 17,463 0 37,330 7,634 27,186 4,259 31,445 12,232 0 12,232
Primera Iglesia Hispana24 71,710 2,764 2,186 0 4,950 0 5,950 1,000 6,950 2,650 0 2,650
Prince George25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richmond26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Royal View27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southside Community28 88,209 2,248 752 0 3,000 0 3,976 0 3,976 1,444 0 1,444
Surrey Chinese29 45,975 999 450 0 1,449 0 1,634 150 1,784 726 0 726
Tupper30 28,107 511 100 0 611 0 600 0 600 0 0 0
Vancouver First31 217,876 9,695 16,351 0 26,046 0 15,864 0 15,864 7,051 100 7,151
Victoria First32 547,161 69,764 13,558 0 83,322 6,103 44,103 12,832 56,935 22,375 100 22,475
Whitehorse*33 135,848 7,658 23,049 0 30,707 0 9,553 0 9,553 4,246 0 4,246
Canada Pacific Supplemental 0 0 0
* Sponsored New Church this Year
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2,882,217 148,485 97,705 5,816 252,006 12,813 201,415 29,377 230,792 87,871 470 88,341
187,659 40,019 3,886 (5,185) 38,720 2,448 11,255 (7,035) 4,220 7,981 (70) 7,911 Increase / (Decrease)
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Richmond
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Abbotsford1 1,375 270 143,809 22,140 0 83,026 250,620 301,942 2,000,000 0 Yes
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All Nations3 1,611 0 0 8,150 540 540 10,841 12,740 154,000 0 Yes
Betel Iglesia Hispana4 0 0 24,000 0 0 0 24,000 27,770 0 0 Yes
Chilliwack5 590 0 52,233 1,276 1,915 22,411 78,425 82,227 307,000 0 Yes
Community6 0 4,773 24,940 2,738 630 27,498 60,579 74,687 965,000 0 Yes
Courtenay/Comox7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yes
Cowichan Valley*8 0 0 23,562 21,145 1,224 3,160 49,091 61,568 413,600 0 Yes
Esquimalt9 8,951 0 36,000 24,076 2,863 13,386 85,276 108,780 650,000 0 Yes
Farmington10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 No
Fort Fraser Community11 0 0 0 0 1,499 871 2,370 7,166 133,100 0 Yes
Fraser Valley Korean12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 No
Holy Trinity13 0 0 1,800 0 0 0 1,800 2,150 0 0 Yes
Hope14 0 0 26,832 9,055 2,957 1,362 40,206 44,492 0 0 Yes
Kelowna15 4,070 0 37,840 14,907 0 18,293 75,110 91,537 1,382,000 0 Yes
Legacy Church*16 27,840 56,471 73,390 32,639 12,301 121,231 323,872 378,083 4,807,000 674,334 Yes
Lighthouse Christian Fellowship17 12,520 0 22,810 7,321 1,669 17,020 61,340 66,940 300,000 0 No
Living Hope18 0 0 30,000 0 0 21,435 51,435 64,689 700,689 0 Yes
Logos Korean19 9,000 0 30,800 6,000 300 3,600 49,700 50,400 0 0 Yes
Maple Ridge20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 No
Nanaimo*21 55,476 35,241 21,622 22,689 427 28,230 163,685 202,887 1,500,000 256,000 Yes
Northern Lights Christian Fellowship22 275 6,757 13,090 0 635 0 20,757 29,117 490,000 41,109 Yes
Penticton23 7,634 0 99,174 71,453 8,440 73,251 259,952 348,593 2,510,000 0 Yes
Primera Iglesia Hispana24 5,550 0 22,302 4,520 2,950 12,468 47,790 62,340 0 0 Yes
Prince George25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 No
Richmond26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 No
Royal View27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 No
Southside Community28 16,637 0 18,578 12,421 0 16,125 63,761 72,181 1,500,000 288,886 No
Surrey Chinese29 0 0 29,700 400 4,150 15,001 49,251 53,210 0 0 No
Tupper30 4,114 0 0 10,683 0 7,489 22,286 23,497 70,000 0 No
Vancouver First31 498,000 9,651 78,583 1,460 2,520 33,153 623,367 672,428 5,977,198 442,035 Yes
Victoria First32 78,658 0 169,391 10,856 15,404 45,233 319,542 488,377 2,621,900 0 Yes
Whitehorse*33 8,256 0 61,200 0 0 38,761 108,217 152,723 864,540 0 Yes
Canada Pacific Supplemental 0 0
* Sponsored New Church this Year
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336,927 97,975 1,001,014 387,727 69,714 547,214 2,440,571 3,024,523 24,400,438 1,036,778
403,630 15,188 40,642 (103,798) (9,290) 56,330 402,702 456,001 2,945,589 665,586
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