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BRO. J. E. PUTNAMWI District Superintendent

JOHN 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

During this two-month time period of May and June, we will have celebrated two wonderful holidays that address parent-hood - Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, respectively. In May, the Wisconsin Dis-trict ladies come together and partici-pate in an annual event called “Ladies’ Retreat.” Since I have been superinten-dent, each year I have been honored to address the fine women of Wisconsin at this retreat. This year the theme for the Women’s Division Mother’s Memo-rial fund drive is “FASHIONED” FOR PURPOSE. This theme was also used as the theme of the Ladies’ Retreat here in Wisconsin. I really believe that this is a great theme! It has really ignited my thinking about the purpose for God fashioning all of us.

My mind was drawn to God’s very purpose in creating mankind, and I real-ized once again that God has made you and me to be like HIM! Now, that may sound like an impossible task, but in re-ality that is exactly why we have been wonderfully and fearfully made in His image and likeness. I realize that His image, even before creation itself, was the fleshly body of JESUS CHRIST, but His likeness is all that His invisible Spirit is! I JOHN 4:8 tells us plainly…for God is love. So, for the Creator to fashion us for a purpose, He has fash-ioned us to…LOVE!

The very image of the invisible God said it best in JOHN 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my dis-ciples, if ye have love one to another. Then Continued on page 15

to think that when we receive Christ in us…the Holy Spirit…according to ROMANS 5:5 which states...the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us. Thus our Christian development throughout our life should be a constant growth in the LOVE OF GOD! No wonder the Apostle Paul wrote in ROMANS 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God; they are the sons of God. So, based on the authority of scripture every one of us that claim to be “born again” of water and Spirit are “Led By Love”! You and I were fashioned by God for this purpose!

Here comes the challenging part! As people of God we all are to be “leaders” to a certain extent. We should all first and foremost be in the “soul winning” process of leading people to Christ Je-sus! And as leaders within the body of Christ, we who are called to the “five-fold gifting” of spiritual ministry in the church, or those who are elected leaders that lead organizational boards, depart-ments or committees, should not only be “led by love…but we should all lead by the same.” Love should be the pri-mary purpose in our leadership!

The Word of God speaks to all of us that if we love God, that we should also love His Word, and be obedient to His Word, not just the verses of scripture that seem comfortable for us to follow, but in those areas that challenge our hu-man personalities and quirks. This is our constant challenge in leadership; that we all need to lead others exactly how we are led by God through and by His love.

For example, submission to author-ity for some is a hard “pill” to swallow, especially for those who are leaders themselves, and are not fully submit-ted to their leadership. Why? Because if they are not leading by love, then they will not obey out of love. I don’t care who we are or what position we may hold in

FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINE

The basic and fundamental doctrine of this organization shall be the Bible standard of full salvation, which is repentance, baptism in water by immersion in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the initial sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. We shall endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit until we all come into the unity of the faith, at the same time admonish-ing all brethren that they shall not contend for their different views to the disunity of the body.

FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINE

The basic and fundamental doctrine of this organization shall be the Bible standard of full salvation, which is repentance, baptism in water by immersion in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the initial sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. We shall endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit until we all come into the unity of the faith, at the same time admonish-ing all brethren that they shall not contend for their different views to the disunity of the body.

WDN EDITORCraig LundtPO Box 688

Beloit, WI 53512wdn@wisconsinupci.org

WDN SECTIONAL REPSSection 1: Heather PolandSection 2: Melissa Taylor

Section 3: Simon ChappellSection 4: April Peckham

Section 5: Kathy Fry

WDN Proofreader: Dede Sharp

DISTRICT OFFICERSSuperintendent:

Rev. John E. PutnamSecretary-Treasurer: Rev. E.A. Kaske

Honorary Board Member: Rev. John Grant

PRESBYTERSSection 1: Rev. Dale Pace

Section 2: Rev. James BookerSection 3: Rev. Ed Herman

Section 4: Rev. Rufus ParkerSection 5: Rev. Paul Bennett

DEPARTMENTSForeign Missions: Rev. M.W. Rogers

Home Missions: Rev. Rick KeilleyDeaf Ministry: Renee Strand

Ladies Ministries: Sis. Barb HilderbrandSunday School: Rev. Geoff Albertson

Youth Ministries: Rev. Tim VikRevival Commission: Rev. Michael HookMultimedia Ministry: Rev. Scott Jacobs

Men’s Ministry: Rev. Steve RogersMusic Ministry: Sis. Darlene Boyte

Purpose Institute: Rev. J.D. PutnamPrayer Force: Rev. Don Rogers

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her respective section. Dede Sharp and Joanne Putnam do the proofreading for the WDN to help ensure that it is error free. :-)WDN: What is your vision for the Wis-consin District News?BRO. LUNDT: My vision is to publish and distribute the district news through many technologies like: website, social media, etc. to reach as many people as possible. I feel that we need to use the same methods of communication that the majority of the population is cur-rently using to get their news. It would be great for the WDN to be used as an evangelistic tool. Another main goal of the publication is to help cast the vision of the district superintendent, district board and other department leaders.

WDN: What can the local church do to help facilitate this vision?BRO. LUNDT: Local churches can help us spread the ‘good news’ by promot-ing the WDN in their announcements, church website, and social media posts. Also, they can send their sectional rep information about anything new and/or exciting that they are doing in their local assembly. These submissions can both inform and encourage readers.

Bro. Craig Lundt, Wisconsin District News

WDN: Tell us about yourself and your family.BRO. LUNDT: I was born and raised in Wisconsin. My wife, Loretta, and I are 4th and 3rd generation Apostolic/Pentecostal. I was baptized as a child in the Clintonville church and received the Holy Ghost on our district camp-grounds. I am now striving to train up my children, Caden (12), Araya (10), and Haven (6), in the way they should go. Two of our children received the Holy Ghost at home, and all three have been baptized in Jesus’ name!

WDN: How long have you been editor of Wisconsin District News?BRO. LUNDT: I have been working with the Wisconsin District News for 10 years now. My wife and I started as Section One reps in 2004. In 2010, I be-came the editor for the WDN.

WDN: What do you like most about be-ing editor?BRO. LUNDT: One of the things I like most is using my artistic talents and past news experience to help further the kingdom of God. I also love the oppor-tunity to help others share their testimo-

nies of salvation, healing, miracles, etc.

WDN: What does the Wisconsin Dis-trict News offer the Wisconsin Dis-trict?BRO. LUNDT: The WDN helps the district departments promote what is happening throughout the state. This publication reports on previous events, promotes upcoming events and is a great place for people to share their tes-timonies.

WDN: Who are the sectional represen-tatives and what is their role in the de-partment?BRO. LUNDT: WDN Sectional Reps are Heather Poland (Sec. 1), Melissa Taylor (Sec. 2), Simon Chappell (Sec. 3), April Peckham (Sec. 4), and Kathy Fry (Sec. 5). Each rep is responsible for reporting or generating articles on ministries and events happening in his/ Continued on page 15

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BY SIMON CHAPPELLAs a follow-up from

last year, the Pentecostals of Sheboygan County in She-boygan Falls, WI, hosted another chaplaincy training class. Pastor John D. Putnam, in conjunction with Purpose Institute, organized two classes: Level 1 and Level 2. I attended the Level 1 class last year, so this year I took the Level 2 training.

A chaplain is a minister or trained lay representative, attached to a secular institu-tion for the purpose of facili-tating spiritual care. Institu-tions that typically retain chaplains are hospitals, nurs-ing homes, law enforcement

and fire, large companies, prisons and jails. Chaplains may also be found at the state level and even at the federal level of government.

Our training this year was again provided by Bro. Sidney Poe, the Education Director of the UPCI De-partment of Chaplaincy. Ad-ditional training was provid-ed by Bro. William Dillon, the founder and Division Commander of the Depart-ment of Chaplaincy. A pre-sentation on Prison Chap-laincy was given by Bro. Dustin Owens. The format of the Level 2 class was Friday evening and Saturday during the day. Lots of time sitting

on metal-folding chairs, but absolutely worth it!

The Level 1 class is more of an introduction to chap-laincy and covers a wide range of subjects to enable the student to begin basic chaplaincy after the class. The Level 2 is more of a deep dive into fewer subjects, but each important for the chap-lain as they advance in their duties.

Bro. Poe spent a lot of time covering the core values of a chaplain. This led into further teaching on profes-sionalism and ethics within the chaplaincy. A panel dis-cussion on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was

very useful and led nicely into training by Bro. Dillon about Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM).

If you are interested in chaplaincy or are even just wondering if chaplaincy would be a good ministry for you, then I recommend at-tending a Level 1 class. Pas-tor Putnam has not yet ar-ranged any dates for further classes, but I’m sure they’ll be advertised when the dates are finalized. While you are waiting, feel free to visit the UPCI Department of Chap-laincy website (Occupational Chaplains of America) at http://ocachaplains.com/

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BY DYLAN MALLASSenior Bible Quiz-

zing for the Wiscon-sin District continued its 2014 season with two tournaments in the month of March: March 1st at Calvary Gospel Church in Madison and March 29th at Apostolic Faith Church in Racine. The top four teams and the top three teams were honored in the interme-diate and experienced divisions. The top seven quizzers in each division were also honored.

In the intermedi-ate division, on March 1st, the first placed team hailed from Apostolic Faith Church in Ra-cine, the second placed team also from Racine, the third placed team from Apostolic Worship Center in Elton, and the fourth placed team from Pentecostal Assembly in Eau Claire. Individual awards in the intermedi-ate division were given to quizzers from Racine, Eau Claire, Elton, Apple-ton and Shawano. In the experienced division, on March 1st, the first placed team hailed from Calvary Gospel Church in Madi-son, the second placed team from Apostolic Faith Church in Racine, and the third placed team from Pentecostal Apos-

tolic Church in Peshtigo. Individual awards were given to quizzers from Madison, Racine, Peshti-go and Parkway.

In the intermediate division, on March 29th, the first placed team hailed from Apostolic Faith Church in Racine, the second placed team from Pentecostal As-sembly in Eau Claire, the third placed team also from Racine, and the fourth placed team from Bartlett, IL. Indi-vidual awards were given to quizzers from Racine, Eau Claire, Bartlett, and Appleton. In the experi-enced division, on March 29th, the first placed team hailed from Cornerstone

Worship Center in Fond du Lac, the second placed team from Apostolic Faith Church in Racine, and the third placed team from Pentecostal Apos-tolic Church in Peshtigo. Individual awards were given to quizzers from Madison, Racine, Peshti-go and Parkway.

Our next tournament will take place on May 24th in Fond du Lac. Due to regional tourna-ments taking place across the country in April, there will be no official Wis-consin state tournament in April. We send prayers with our teams heading to regional tournaments and are expecting excel-lence from those teams.

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BY SIMON CHAPPELL

The Wisconsin District Minister’s Conference is an opportunity for the pas-tors and ministers of Wisconsin to gather together. It is a time of fellowship, busi-ness, spiritual refreshing and ensuring that we are all in unity and seeking the same vision for our state.

While the temperatures outside were the typical cold days of late March, the spiritual temperature inside was nice and toasty. Rev. Raymond Woodward, Execu-tive Presbyter for Canada, was the Re-gional Presbyter who oversaw the business meetings and was the primary speaker.

Bro. Woodward preached all three services during the conference. He spoke on “Embracing the Vision,” “When in Trouble Plead the Blood,” and “The Mantle.” There is no way to describe these

messages in just a few words, so I strong-ly encourage you to buy the DVDs from Bro. Jacobs at Media Missions.

During the Wednesday morning business meeting, Bro. John E. Putnam was re-elected as District Superinten-dent. Bro. M. W. Rogers was re-elected as Global Missions Director. Bro. Geoff Albertson was elected as Sunday School Director with Bro. Dustin Owens elected as Sunday School Secretary. Bro. Tim Vik was re-elected as Youth Ministries Direc-tor. Sis. Barb Hilderbrand was re-elected as Ladies’ Ministry Director. Bro. Scott Jacobs was re-elected as Media Missions Director. Bro. Tony Tamel was elected as the Appeals Council representative.

Thursday morning saw the ratification of board appointed positions. The follow-ing were all ratified by the membership:

District calenDar of eventsMAY 17 – Jr. Bible Quiz—Eau Claire/Appleton23 & 24 – PI Eau Claire24 – Senior Bible Quiz—Fond du Lac31 – Mother’s Memorial Ends

JUNE 1 – SOC Drive Ends6 & 7 – JR Bible Quiz State Finals, Green Bay14 & 15 – Senior Bible Quiz Finals, Parkway Apostolic, Oak Creek 15 – Father’s Day Offering16 – Music Practice for Family Camp All Sections—ATC, Appleton, 7 p.m. 16 – 20—WI Junior Camp—Shawano23 – 27—WI Youth Camp—Shawano29 – July 4—WI District Family Camp, Shawano

JULYJune 29-July 4 – WI Family Camp21-25 – JR Bible Quiz Nationals, Branson, MO

AUgUST 1 – SFC Scholarship deadline2-6 – SR Quiz National Finals, St. Louis7 & 8 – Commune-ity Youth Workers Meeting, St. Louis, MO 15 & 16 – PI—Appleton, Madison16 – New Generation Meeting, Sections 4 & 5, Thorp 22 & 23 – PI—Eau Claire29-30 – PI—Oak Creek30 – WYM Six Flags for SFC

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Bro. Steve Rogers for Men’s Ministry, Bro. Craig Lundt for District News, Bro. Mike Hook for Revival Commission, Sis. Darlene Boyte for Music Ministry, Bro. Rich Thomas for North American Mis-sions Secretary, Bro. John D. Putnam for Purpose Institute, Bro. Ernest Martinez for Spanish Ministry and Bro. Aaron Soto for Young Ministers Coordinator.

My favorite fact from the conference was that worldwide, our organization re-ports for the past year an average of 299 people baptized in Jesus’ name and an average of 363 people receiving the Holy Ghost every single day.

My favorite report from the confer-ence was that the General Manager of the Osthoff Resort, where we meet, was filled with the Holy Ghost during the fi-nal service.

“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye

shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,

and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”

Acts 1:8

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BY HANNAH LEDUC

#321Launch #wilaunch14

“Launch,” Wisconsin’s Hyphen 2014 Conference on March 7th and 8th in Madison, was a spiritual countdown for the young adults to take off with beau-tiful worship and inspired speakers. The rumbling of the launch pad began Friday night with Tim Vik, WI Youth Presi-dent, speaking about “There’s No King in Israel” from Judges 21:25 – “In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.” He encouraged Hypheners to call the King back into our lives as this culture in-creasingly does what is right in their own eyes. #GodisKing

#CalltheKingback Bro. Mike Ensey, Gen-

eral Youth President, taught on Friday concerning “Who Are You Following?” He warned attendees to watch the voices in their lives and to make space for God to speak in their lives. In the Saturday session, he followed up with “Who’s Following You?”

In 1 Cor. 11:1 Paul states “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.” Bro. Ensey said “…as a hyphen, a connector, you are a con-nection point to someone’s salvation. Nothing is more fulfilling than finding, dis-covering, and fulfilling the purpose God has for your life,” he said. #whosfollow-ingwho #BefollowersofmeSaturday sessions also in-cluded “Activating Spiritual Growth” with Andrew and

Christina Grant. They dis-cussed how using spiritual gifts is a lifestyle and neces-sary as we are in a constant spiritual battle. They encour-aged those in the breakout session to step out and learn and grow in their gift under their pastor’s authority. #toea-chisgiven #Fulltime #lifestyle

Other breakout sessions included “Marriage and Ministry” with Shane and Vana Maki and “Living as a Disciple” with Dana Glo-doski.

Joseph and Melissa Campbell taught split ses-sions on “Digital Purity.” Sis. Campbell discussed the promises of this digital age: 1. You will always be listened to, 2. You never have to be alone, and 3. We are in con-trol. She demonstrated, however,

that: 1. God always listens, 2. God has a plan for us, wants intimacy with us, and 3. Only the Lord is in control. #cleartheclutter #notalone #sur-rendertoHimGarren Griffith, the Re-gional Campus Ministries Coordinator, was also at the Hyphen Conference to connect with interested Hy-pheners and college students. Bro. Griffith coordinates a campus ministry at Indiana State and a P7 group in Ter-ra Haute, Ind. #YourCampus-Now #campusrevival #CMIWI

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Bill Rosser, Rodney Busch, Bill West, Mark McLernon, Wade Hulwi and Dan Friedbauer, from the Pentecostals of the Fox Cities in Menasha, Wiscon-sin, ignoring the distance because of their desire to help children, traveled to New Beginnings on Febru-ary 1, 2014. For the next five days, they shared their skills and labor at the Anna Grace Farmer Adoption Center and at the Erwin Maternity

Care Home.Their work at the Anna

Grace Farmer Adoption Center included construct-ing a special room for stor-ing business files and deco-rations that are used year after year for special events. (This did not include adop-tion files as they are kept in a fireproof vault.) They also added several lights in the upper storage area that will help us find the “treasures” stored there.

BY AMANDA BURDEN At the Maternity Care Center, their special skills came in handy as they opened up a wall section that suffered termite damage many years ago. Because of their skills, the affected area was repaired and the surfaces were restored to their origi-nal condition. They complet-ed many smaller tasks that our regular adoption staff could never complete.

Thank you, guys! We appreciate your sacrifice of time and talents for the sake of children.

New Beginnings is a faith-based, non-profit organization devoted to placing children in loving, Christian homes. We are not an adoption law firm. We believe that every child should be able to experience the security of being in a stable home and the nurture and care of loving parents. See more at: newbeginningsadoptions.org

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BY TANYA AGUINAGA

The Prayer Conference was held on March 29th in Thorp. It opened with an amazing move of God as the praise team led worship by singing “Victor’s Crown”! Then Rev. Paul Plowman began by say-ing, “Everything in Pentecost started in a prayer meeting.” It’s something I think we all know, but a great reminder because we get so caught up in plan making that we forget to take time in prayer. If we want to have God move in our lives, community and churches, we need to be praying and not just planning the next event.

Sis. Spears shared how sometimes we do things just because we are told to (such as “clap your hands unto the Lord” and everyone claps their hands or “let’s all pray” and everyone starts to pray), but understanding why we do something is so powerful! We need to be equipped to be the prayer warrior we need to be. It’s okay to ask God why. He knew we would ask and that is why He gave us His Word. Search the Word for what you need to understand in order to be equipped.

We learn what the purpose of things are by observing what they do, but what were we created for? We were supposed to grow in an intimate relationship with God. When we have that intimate rela-tionship with our Heavenly Father, we have trust in Him. Then we start to live and breathe to worship Him, talk with Him, to be with Him in His presence and ultimately to rule and reign with Him. Sis. Spears asked a question that we have all heard (or will hear), “If God is going to do something no matter if I pray or not, why should I pray?” We pray to have His will on earth as it is in Heaven. It is nec-essary to have His will in our lives. We do what we do for God because of our love for Him, to please Him. We really don’t pray to receive, we pray for our re-lationship with God. Relationship begets rewards (Never seen the righteous for-

saken)…Intimacy brings forth life (Ask and it shall be given). We need to pray according to His will! Prayers are meant to be answered. That is why we are asked to pray.

God created Adam and what God in-tended for Adam He intended for all of us (Gen 1:26-28). We need to rise above our low self-esteem because He has cre-ated us for so much more! He has given us dominion (Psalms 8:4-6). We need to come out of our circumstances and stand on top of them!

We represent God and when you rep-resent someone you are “re-presenting” them. How can we “re-present” God if we don’t have a relationship with Him?

Sis. Spears asked, “When was the last time someone saw you re-presenting Him?”

It made me think…when was the last time someone saw God through who I am? Am I that close to God? Have I spent that much time with Him that I think like Him? Oh, that His mind be in me!

God wanted free, moral human be-ings that would choose to love Him, to seek Him and to want His will in their lives. God chose us to have authority here on earth and that’s why we pray. He chose to work on earth through man. Praying

releases Him to work. Many times we see needs that only God can intervene in and we wonder why God hasn’t. It’s simple; we have not because we ask not.

As Sis. Spears put it, “Either He’s powerless or He’s waiting on His people to shake something in the prayer realm.” Sometimes we get so caught up in our own circumstances or agendas that we forget His will. The needs are massive; they’re bigger than our headaches!

Bro. Spears said, “Praying general prayers will get you general answers. Pray-ing specific prayers will get you specific

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BY LORETTA LUNDT

“No matter your stage in life… stress can be a part of it.” Sis. Joanne Putnam.

Even though I’m not a minister’s wife, I am always blessed and encour-aged by the message and fellowship at the ladies’ sessions during district conference. This year we had two treats during our Wednesday session. First, Sis. Angie Welke did a great job with her hat prop performance show-ing the ‘hats’ we wear as women and how to wear those hats gracefully. Second, Bro. Kurz taught us practi-cal biblical guides on how to handle stress in our lives.

He taught that your response to the negative will determine your rela-tionship with Jesus and your level of joy. Discouragement is Satan’s most effective weapon. Discouragement causes us to lose hope and joy – mak-ing us weak. When discouraged we feel dissatisfied with the past and don’t trust God for the future. When we deal with stress in a Biblical man-ner, we can have gratitude for things of the past and hope for the future.

We are more than a conqueror! Whatever state I am, be content (Phil. 4:11). God has called us to do

what He knows we can do. Don’t run on feelings – run on TRUTH! John 16:33 tells us we’ll have tribu-lation, but “be of good cheer.” Isaiah 54:17 says, “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper.”

It’s a choice. Choose to live by faith! Choose faith over doubt. One of my favorite lines, “I conquer the world for a moment, then the mo-ment is gone,” is from a song by Mi-chael W. Smith. That is why we need to be persistent: to continue to con-quer our moments.

“Nothing can take the place of persistence!” (Calvin Coolidge) Thomas Edison said, “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this – you haven’t.” Bro. Kurz shared a true story about a man who hiked the Appalachian Trail. A difficult feat for anyone but even more so for Trevor Thomas, a blind man, who persisted. First, he didn’t give up as person after person refused to take him with them on their journey. Then he didn’t give up through the long challenging days of the journey. Even though he fell, was hurt physically, and battled poor weather and terrain, he didn’t give up until he had reached his destination.

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answers.” We need to be aware of what is going

on around us and have an understanding of these things so we can pray specifically. We need to know what we are talking about and what our world needs. We need to learn to talk with God when we have problems and we need to step up to the plate for our nation! We need to pray spe-cifically! We are comfort seekers; we like what feels good and we want it now. “We serve a crock pot God in a microwave

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BY MELISSA TAYLOR

The theme of the 2014 Sheaves For Christ (SFC) campaign is “Be.” The theme comes from 1 Timothy 4:12, where Paul encourages Timothy to “be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.”

SFC 2014 is calling young people of the United Pentecostal Church to be an example. At the April Elev8 Rally, Wis-consin Youth President Tim Vik chal-

lenged the young people of Section 2 to “be” in his message titled “Being Be.” His challenge entailed being faithful and be-ing an example no matter how young you are. He also urged young people to be faithful and to be an example concerning SFC.

This year, Wisconsin Youth Minis-tries (WYM) tried a different strategy to convey and promote the 2014 Sheaves for Christ campaign. In the past, WYM pre-sented the vision and need directly to the district’s pastors at SFC Kickoff Break-

fasts. This year, WYM presented the vi-sion not only to pastors, but also youth leaders and youth groups at the sectional rallies.

At the Section 2 rally, Youth President Tim Vik laid out a SFC challenge that is quite compelling. This year, Wisconsin Youth President Tim Vik and Ohio Youth President LJ Harry are entering a “Big 10” SFC competition. Wisconsin, represent-ing the Wisconsin Badgers, will compete with Ohio, representing the Ohio State Buckeyes, to see which district can raise

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world.” We live in a “Now” time and when there is something we need, we don’t want to wait, we want to see results now. We need to remember to pray for the un-seen root of what we are asking.

Pray for glory and miracles. Bro. Spears shared how we need to be cleansed. “Glory cannot come until there’s holiness. Holi-ness calls for cleansing.”

It’s not just a look; it’s more than just having your name on a roll. We NEED our relationship with God and an understand-ing of the times we live in! God is seeking a meek, humble and clean spirit to be intimate with. One who is more than the walk or the talk, someone who IS the part. When we become desperate for God, He answers! It’s crisis time… God wants to move but He wants us to be cleansed! We need to get ready for the last days instead of looking for signs of be-ing in the last days. We need to get ready!

His heart breaks just as ours! If we are going to ask Him for what we need, we need to be ready to pay the price to receive what we ask for! It’s for our good and not for our hurt that we go through things. The judgments are tied with the laws of God. Judgment and mercy meet at the cross. Our prayers MUST count in perilous times! We need to learn to zero in! We don’t have time to pray the way we want, we have to pray the way we NEED to pray! The enemy attacks where you are not prepared! The en-emy would rather destroy one child of God than 100 of those that don’t even know God. Every move, every breath, every service, every gathering and every prayer counts!

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more funds for SFC. Incentives for young people raising funds in this competition are motivating. Those who raise $100 for this “Big 10” challenge will be invited to a free pizza party at Youth Camp and to a free breakfast at Winter Youth Conven-tion. At the rally, WYM gave away “Be” pins and hats to the young people who attended.

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What if he had admitted defeat before he reached the end? Would we even know his name? What if we admit defeat just at the moment before we have the victory? Was the trial all for naught? Persist so you can be victori-ous.

Kevin Rondo, a stranger to Trevor, helped him along the first leg of his jour-ney. Sometimes the people around us need some help along their journey as well. Let’s be encouragers and helpers to those around us. “This gives us more to give.” You never know when you’re the one who is going to need the help in return.

Being overly dependent on God is a great place to be! Jesus is saying, “…I just want to be with you…You go to

bed, I’m on watch tonight.” We can come boldly

to the throne of grace. We don’t have to rely on our own strength. Don’t rehearse your problem under the guise of prayer. Focus on the solu-tion: Jesus. Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understand-ing. In all thy ways acknowl-edge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”

Bro. Kurz recommended these books: Finding Peace by Charles Stanley, In Pur-suit of Peace by Joyce Meyer and The Kneeling Christian by an unknown Christian. Bro. Kurz offers training via his DVDs and Work-books that are available from trainingforlifeministries.com: “Overcoming Fear,” “Doubt and Worry,” “Over-coming Discouragement” and “Overcoming Anxiety.”

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The Treasure Hunt DVD is an exciting spiritual journey designed to help individuals search for the eternal riches found in the Bible. Your guide is Robert Kurz, founder of Training for Life Ministries. He shares his personal search for truth using the Bible as a map to explore the areas of faith, sin, repentance, water baptism, the gift of the Holy Spirit, and Christian living.

The Treasure Hunt – Searching for Eternal

Riches DVD

$4.99

The Treasure Hunt Gift Card (Digital Downoad)

99¢

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the body of Christ, submission to God-ordained authority is not an optional item for any one of us to follow. Why? Because God knows us humans, and I believe He knows that if we are going to follow His will in our lives, then we need to willingly submit in “love” rather than having an attitude that we submit just because we have to. The epistle of James tells us in JAMES 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypoc-risy.

18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

If we try to lead others outside

WI District United Pentecostal Church

Family Camp 2014June 29 – July 4WI District Campgrounds, Shawano, WI

Morning Bible TeacherRev. Arlo Moehlenpah

Evening EvangelistRev. Bill Davis

Evening Services at 7 p.m. Sunday – Friday

Morning Prayer 7 a.m. Monday - Friday

Morning Bible Class & Children’s Classes10 a.m. Monday – Friday

Choir Practice 12 noon Monday – FridayDarlene Boyte Choir & Music Director

GraduationCeremony

Sunday, June 29at 7 p.m.

Reception for graduates &their guests following

evening service.

Children’s Ministrywith

EvangelistShannon PeacockForms available from your church office or at www.wisconsinupci.org

WI District Campgrounds—W7895 St. John’s Church Rd.—Shawano, WI 54166

WDN: Everyone has at least one “go-to” verse to encourage them. What is your “go-to” verse?BRO. LUNDT: One of my favorite scriptures since my youth has been Isaiah 40:31, “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”

Interview conducted by April Peckham, WDN Representative Section 4

Getting AcquaintedContinued from page 3

Led by Love...Continued from page 2

of leading by and through the love of God, then we will always try leading by and through “insecurity” which is born out of fear…not love. That is what Paul explains to us in Romans.

ROMANS 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Fa-ther.

16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

The truth is we all need to consis-tently check our own motives, desires, and reasons of why we do what we do, and if our purpose is not birthed out

of the love of God, then we need to re-evaluate, re-think our positions, and lead others by how God leads us…by HIS LOVE!

Junior Camp MONDAY - FRIDAYJUNE 16th - 20th, 2014

9-12 - NINE THROUGH TWELVE

$145 - ONE HUNDRED FORTY FIVE DOLLARS

CHRISTIAN LIFE COLLEGE DRAMA TEAMBROTHER BRANDON BALLSISTER PATRICIA GIWA

Evangelists

Need Staff Info?Need Camper Info?Bethany Welch

gobernie05@hotmail.com715.735.6378

Bro. & Sis. Owenswisundayschool@yahoo.com

920.251.9365

Staff Registration: Monday @ 9:00 AMCamper Registration: Monday @ 1:00 PMCamp Dismissed: Friday @ 2:00 PM

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