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

THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA

No. 4 Vol. XXXVI December 2008

Work & Witness to Where?!! Venice Church Partners with LPCCC

Southern Florida

District Prime Time Day February 13, 2009 10:30am

Cost is $25.00 (Lower than last year)

(Includes Delicious Buffet Lunch)

At the New St. Lucie County Civic

Center in Fort Pierce

Special Guests: Tim & Mary Alice Lovelace

Reservations to:

Fort Pierce First Church of the Nazarene

611 Gardenia Ave, Fort Pierce, FL 34982

By January 30, 2009

Lake Placid

Camp & Conference Center’s

New Playground

Venice Church of the Nazarene

partnered with

Lake Placid Camp & Conference

Center to purchase and construct

this new playground

Thanks to all who helped

make this possible! Venice Church volunteers and LPCCC staff met for prayer before construction began

Construction begins

Some assembly required! Finished product

Improve Your Serve January 31, 2009

Fort Lauderdale First Church 2300 SW 15th Ave, Fort Lauderdale

9:00 am to 2:30 PM

Registration begins at 8:30 am Cost: $10/pre-registration; $15 after Jan. 15th; $20/door

For those who must bring their children,

child care will be provided.

The cost will be the same for children this year due to the

expense of childcare and food.

Registration forms will be sent to the churches in December.

Many different workshops will be offered in all areas of

church ministry.

Plan now to bring a good group from your church!

Zone Stats Chairpersons should report SS Stats to Randy

Rupert by calling 863-452-5165, faxing 863-453-4885 or

emailing to rsr1953@comcast.net by Wednesday following

the last Sunday of the month.

Southern Florida District SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT

OCTOBER 2008 Rev. Ted Underwood, SSM Chairman

SS AM RL EM SUN COAST ZONE (Kirk Zahniser 941-365-2654) Bradenton Bayshore 44 110 87 150 Bradenton First 312 652 1289 23 Bradenton First Haitian N/R N/R 130 Bradenton First Hispanic N/R N/R 128 Coastal Community N/R N/R 45 Englewood 13 48 74 North Port 16 14 12 6 Palmetto N/R N/R 71 Sarasota First 77 289 218 22 Sarasota Trinity 35 56 42 Venice 206 356 748 Sun Coast Totals 703 1525 2799 201

FORT LAUDERDALE ZONE (Foster Schmitt 954-942-6010) Ft. Lauderdale Faith 31 112 116 Ft. Lauderdale First N/R N/R 86 Ft. Lauderdale First Hispanic N/R N/R 131 Ft. Lauderdale Manor N/R N/R 228 Ft. Laud. Metropolitan Haitian N/R N/R NR Hollywood 64 74 65 Margate Shema Christ Fellowship 0 34 43 4 Margate Siloe Haitian N/R N/R NR New Covenant Comm. N/R N/R 210 Pompano Beach 116 177 221 12 Ft. Lauderdale Zone Totals 211 397 1100 16 FORT MYERS ZONE (John Denby 941-391-0770) Ft. Myers First 188 237 347 Ft. Myers Palm Bch. Blvd. 28 27 80 32 Ft. Myers Solid Rock Haitian 129 558 92 Immokalee 98 139 172 Lehigh Acres 72 126 193 Naples Faith Community 54 56 82 Naples First 111 166 196 Naples First Hispanic 175 190 196 Naples Iglesia del Nazareno 26 28 129 Naples New Haitian 152 290 310 North Ft. Myers 26 52 85 Port Charlotte 58 36 200 128 Punta Gorda 45 66 85 Fort Myers Zone Totals 1162 1586 2167 160

MIAMI ZONE (Oswald Grant 305-235-2523) Carol City Ebenezer 42 83 165 Goulds 15 35 53 Hialeah Good Shepherd 250 560 367 Homestead 41 56 100 Homestead Haitian 45 78 106 Key Largo 15 21 57 Miami Bet-El 65 125 112 Miami Bethany 1027 720 714 Miami Calvary 45 105 134 Miami Central 67 76 118 Miami Deliverance 134 210 223 Miami First 15 47 101 Miami Grace 17 25 46 Miami Holy Haitian 55 85 104 Miami Hope Haitian 185 256 246 Miami Hosanna 82 127 92 Miami Lakes N/R N/R Miami Peniel 201 207 373 Miami So. Miami Heights 17 68 59 North Miami Beach 40 92 133 North Miami Haitian 162 460 573 Princeton 101 181 225 Redland 119 221 283 Miami Zone Totals 2740 3838 4432 0

NORTH CENTRAL ZONE (Tim Taylor 863-465-7625) Arcadia First 44 58 82 Avon Park First 45 61 100 18 Lake Placid 18 38 75 Okeechobee His House 24 33 78 Sebring 78 157 243 North Central Zone Totals 227 347 578 14

PALM BEACH ZONE (Bunny McLellan 561-743-0611) Delray Beach Unitee Haitian 95 116 102 Lake Worth El Mesias 70 70 87 Lake Worth First 135 203 327 Lake Worth Getsemani 55 55 38 Lake Worth New Life 266 396 498 Lantana Betel N/R N/R 18 Northlake Blvd. 31 59 78 Pahokee First Hispanic 29 32 48 Riviera Bch. Philadelphia N/R N/R N/R West Palm Bch. Belen 161 161 257 West Palm Bch. First 22 31 46 West Palm Bch. Maranatha 38 33 96 Palm Beach Zone Totals 902 1156 1595 0

TREASURE COAST ZONE (Ted Underwood 772-465-1622) Fort Pierce First 95 202 211 80 Fort Pierce First Haitian 96 207 141 Fort Pierce Philadelphia Haitian 134 138 209 Indiantown Evangelical 107 140 193 Palm City New Hope Fellowship 174 396 250 Port St. Lucie 19 33 65 Port St. Lucie Haitian 65 108 112 Treasure Coast Zone Totals 690 1224 1181 80

DISTRICT TOTALS 6635 10073 13079 471 Total # Reporting Churches 68

Duane Coplin, District Treasurer ∙ 133 S Collier Blvd C404, Marco Island, FL ∙34145

CHURCH Total Approved %PD PAID DUE PAID DUE PAID DUE PAID DUE Specials

Arcadia First 8% 677 6000 0 4674 0 2671 1246 8769 340Avon Park First 42% 2548 3825 1784 2677 1275 1274 4086 5473 2997Bradenton Bayshore 37% 2239 8900 1597 6200 1356 3100 9791 6918 1823 First 21% 12460 47350 0 41867 4984 18940 26803 62912 11922 Haitian 0% 63 4404 0 3126 0 1786 0 6698 0 Spanish 39% 900 378 0 895 511 0 400 1517 500Carol City Eben 37% 3616 2051 0 3967 184 2083 3749 4752 220Delray Beach (H) 8% 63 152 0 150 0 86 0 321 0Englewood 0% 63 3692 0 2628 0 1501 0 5630 1255Ft. Laud. Faith 1% 63 2825 0 2021 0 1155 0 4330 0 First 1% 63 3371 0 2403 0 1373 0 5149 50 Manor 4% 100 10641 0 7519 0 4296 1300 14811 200 Spanish 21% 63 2038 0 1470 840 0 652 2498 374Ft. Myers First 47% 8964 11654 5773 8660 4124 4123 16081 14846 6641 Palm Beach Blvd 1% 63 3253 0 2320 0 1326 0 4972 0 Solid Rock 9% 63 122 0 129 0 74 0 276 0Fort Pierce First 8% 2714 9485 0 8539 0 4880 806 17492 1365 Haitian 24% 900 2552 600 1816 840 541 600 4577 0 Philadelphia 19% 129 55 0 129 0 74 0 276 0Goulds 1% 63 1787 0 1294 0 740 0 2774 0Hialeah Good Shep 0% 63 8448 0 5957 0 3404 0 12765 0Hollywood 34% 2584 6028 1808 4220 1034 2411 5000 7918 4910Homestead 35% 2281 1521 1597 1065 913 608 0 5704 689 Haitian 42% 200 -16 0 129 80 -6 0 276 0Immokalee 1% 63 2313 0 1663 0 950 0 3563 0Indiantown Evangelical 5% 200 858 0 741 0 423 0 1587 950Key Largo 12% 63 1379 0 1009 576 0 0 2162 0Lake Placid 53% 2215 2215 1550 1551 1052 720 3654 2991 1643LW El Mesias 30% 1000 1562 1000 794 300 725 500 3344 1100 First 18% 1209 8907 1369 5712 1209 2837 2643 12531 5352 Getsema 1% 63 2490 0 1787 0 1021 0 3829 0 New Life 2% 63 2602 0 1865 0 1066 120 3877 130Lantana Betel 37% 290 69 187 64 0 144 0 538 0Lehigh Acres 30% 3533 8245 2474 5772 1413 3298 5300 12367 845Margate Shema 19% 832 2193 318 1799 184 1026 682 3855 451 Siloe 9% 63 122 0 129 0 74 0 276 0Miami Bethany 0% 63 19530 0 13714 0 7837 0 29388 0 Beth-El 38% 1945 4977 975 3870 2461 308 4084 6298 2175 Calvary 12% 1693 6475 0 5718 864 2403 864 11388 0 Central 17% 1000 6000 0 4900 280 2520 2900 7599 1127 Deliverance 15% 130 1174 91 822 104 417 391 1564 0 First 9% 985 2174 50 2161 0 1264 0 4738 140 Grace 9% 63 122 0 129 0 74 0 276 0 Holy 1% 63 2436 0 1749 0 999 0 3747 0 Hope 19% 1000 4272 0 3691 1050 1059 1650 6259 0 Hosanna 2% 63 958 0 714 0 408 0 1530 0 Lakes (S) 1% 63 1464 0 1068 0 611 0 2290 0 Peniel 3% 150 3070 150 2104 0 1288 0 4830 160 SM Heights 31% 3798 3708 2625 2629 1501 1501 535 10724 570Naples Faith 13% 1196 4540 238 3777 230 2064 1009 7594 575 First 61% 16559 10536 11591 7376 6626 4212 24839 15804 4271 Hispanic 1% 63 2295 0 1650 0 943 0 3535 0 Iglesia (S) 47% 184 0 129 0 0 74 0 276 475 New Ha 1% 450 8690 0 6398 0 3656 0 13711 500N Ft Myers 20% 200 7381 0 5307 500 2532 4886 6485 589N Miami Beach 40% 2200 3088 900 2801 1200 915 3300 4632 705 Haitian 13% 63 7824 0 5520 789 2365 2958 8871 964North Port 16% 63 485 0 383 49 170 200 621 324N.P. Coastal Community 0% 0 184 0 129 0 74 0 276 0North Lake Blvd 41% 4092 4092 2864 2864 1637 1636 3405 8869 3882Okeechobee 8% 1072 4183 0 3678 0 2102 370 7511 5609Pahokee Spanish 2% 63 764 0 578 0 330 0 1238 0Palm City 42% 37838 4464 0 29611 0 16921 26571 36882 150Palmetto 1% 63 2521 0 1808 0 1033 0 3875 0Pompano Beach 17% 63 30787 0 21594 0 12340 18480 27793 2740PB New Covenant Community 0% 63 4794 0 3399 0 1942 0 7283 0Port Charlotte 31% 1570 864 0 1704 974 0 200 3451 682Port St Lucie 1% 63 2499 0 1793 0 1024 0 3842 100 Haitian 6% 200 720 0 644 0 368 0 1380 0Princeton 0% 63 12605 0 8867 0 5067 0 19001 4614Punta Gorda 47% 3129 0 2190 0 0 1251 0 4693 340Redland 23% 3953 12506 1677 9844 1650 4934 6297 18391 2102Riviera Beach 9% 63 122 0 129 0 74 0 276 0Sarasota First 19% 3396 12935 982 10449 3178 3354 3368 21128 1936 Trinity 38% 1000 2848 400 2294 770 769 3102 2671 1377Sebring 20% 1053 8420 737 5894 821 2968 4216 9994 1027Venice 41% 7406 27862 7406 17282 7406 6701 30000 22902 5998W Palm Beach Belen 40% 63 3434 0 2447 0 1398 5000 244 0 First 5% 435 3916 305 2741 0 1741 0 6527 0 Maranatha 6% 63 3472 0 2474 0 1414 750 4551 0

TOTALS 24% 148226 418643 53368 343443 52965 173785 232788 617512 86889

District Receipts as of Nov. 17, 2008 General Treasurer receipts as of Nov. 7, 2008Dist. Ministries Education Pensions W. Evangelism

Nazarene Sunday School Ministries Southern Florida District

Rev. Ted Underwood, Chairman 611 Gardenia Ave.

Fort Pierce, FL 34982 (772) 465-1622, Fax (772) 465-1521

E-mail: pastorted@fortpiercechurch.com

Nazarene Youth International Southern Florida District

Mr. Johnnie Denby 198 Beeney Road SE

Port Charlotte, FL 33952 Cell (941) 380-9504

E-mail: johnnied61@comcast.net

TED’S TOPICS

THE DISCIPLESHIP PLACE – OUR SUNDAY SCHOOLS The mission of Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) is to

carry out the Great Commission to children, youth, and adults in preparation for a lifetime

of Christian holiness.

Our purpose is to:

1) Teach the Word of God until people are sanctified wholly and maturing in Christian

discipleship. 2) Help Christians mature spiritually by involving them in soul-winning ministries,

reaching and teaching others to be disciples and make disciples of Jesus Christ. 3) Identify and visit un-churched people, inviting them to enroll in a small group and

attend regularly.

Don’t give up on your Sunday School: revitalize it! Don’t ignore it: boost it! Renew the

focus of each class on evangelism, discipleship, outreach, service, and compassion. Help

your people move beyond Sunday to an everyday lifestyle of being discipled and disci-

pling.

What if the goal of each class was to take Sunday’s lesson into a daily lifestyle of inten-

tionally helping someone else follow Jesus more closely? What would happen if every

class ended with the question, “To whom are you going to re-teach this lesson?” Making

disciples is our mission and it happens primarily through one conversation at a time. Let’s

change lives for Christ!

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM YOUR SDMI BOARD

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your loved ones a very Merry

Christmas from Ted Underwood, May Bell Lin, Trisha Spear, Beverly Burgess, John

Denby, Sr., Gary Durham, Lisa Koch, Pascal Permis, Roy Shuck, Charmaine Underwood,

Brad Fink, Suzanna Underwood, John Coate, Kathy Polk, Jamey Underwood, Foster

Schmitt, Oswald Grant, Tim Taylor, Bunny McLellan, and Kirk Zanhiser.

TOP TEN IN MW ATTENDANCE 1. Miami Bethany 720 2. Bradenton First 652 3. Hialeah Good Shepherd 560 4. Fort Myers Solid Rock 558 5. North Miami Haitian 460 6. Lake Worth New Life 396 7. New Hope Fellowship 396 8. Venice 356 9. Naples New Haitian 290 10. Sarasota First 289

TOP TEN IN MW NUMERICAL GAIN 1. Fort Myers Solid Rock 815% 2. Fort Pierce Philadelphia 236% 3. Miami Hosanna 59% 4. Sarasota Trinity 51% 5. Port St. Lucie Haitian 37% 6. Homestead Haitian 30% 7. Naples First Hispanic 28% 8. Fort Pierce First 27% 9. Sarasota First 24% 10. Punta Gorda 22%

TOP TEN IN SS ATTENDANCE 1. Miami Bethany 1027 2. Bradenton First 335 3. Lake Worth New Life 266 4. Hialeah Good Shepherd 250 5. Venice 206 6. Miami Peniel 201 7. Bradenton Bayshore 194 8. Fort Myers First 188 9. Port Charlotte 186 10. Miami Hope Haitian 185

TOP TEN IN SS NUMERICAL GAIN 1. Fort Pierce Philadelphia 436% 2. Fort Myers Solid Rock 279% 3. Bradenton First 102% 4. North Port 100% 5. Sarasota Trinity 59% 6. Fort Pierce First 36% 7. Naples Faith Community 35% 8. Miami Central 34% 9. Avon Park 31% 10. Naples First Hispanic 30%

THANKS SO MUCH TO EVERYONE

FOR A WONDERFUL ENCOUNTER!!!

IT IS A WONDERFUL BLESSING TO

REALIZE HOW MANY LIVES WERE

TOUCHED AND CHANGED BY THIS

WEEKEND!!!

A SPECIAL THANKS TO

JOSH MOORE

FROM OUR POMPANO CHURCH

FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT

HE PUT INTO THIS WEEKEND TO

MAKE IT SPECTACULAR!!!!

ALSO TO TREAVOR POUND FOR

HIS WORK IN ASSISTING JOSH AS

CO-COORDINATOR!

GREAT JOB GUYS!!!

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DISTRICT TNT

HAVE YOU GOTTEN IN YOUR

REGISTRATIONS YET!!!???

DON’T BE LATE, GET THEM IN

TODAY!!!!

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WE WANT TO WISH EVERYONE

A VERY

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

ENJOY YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS

DURING THIS WONDERFUL SEASON

AND REMEMBER TO

KEEP “CHRIST” IN CHRISTMAS!!!!

JOHNNIE DENBY (NYI President)

and your

NYI COUNCIL New Nazarenes: Arcadia: Kyle Bogart, Greg Bogart,

Caroline Rathmael, Aaron Singh

Congratulations to the FT. MYERS, NORTH CENTRAL, and TREASURE COAST ZONES FOR HAVING

100% OF THEIR CHURCHES REPORTING THIS MONTH!!! Miami Zone had 95%, Palm Beach zone had 83%, Bra-denton zone had 63%; Ft. Lauderdale zone had 40%; and 68 churches reported; 13 did not. Thanks to all of those churches that took time to report. We truly appreciate it. Let's do better next month!!

Nazarene Missions International Southern Florida District

Dennis Moore, President 7515 Seabreeze Dr.

Lake Worth, FL 33467-6453 (561) 968-7845, Fax (561) 968-7825

E-Mail: dmoorenmi@gmail.com www.sfnazarene.org

La Cruz La Croix

A very Merry Meaningful Mission Christmas from your NMI Council

More than a Mission Encounter It was more than an Encounter for 211 teens and leaders who showed they could “Get Lit” for Jesus:

Provided food and clothing to 300+ homeless. Served lunch to 200 at Salvation Army Soup Kitchen. Roofed and walled 2 “Habitat for Humanity” homes. Cleaned 200+ kennels for homeless dogs & cats. Sorted 25+ pallets of food and building supplies Several more expressed a call to missions – and so much more….

Josh Moore did a great job leading Encounter with 15 service projects.

Over 200 gathered at Ft. Myers 1st Church - (Thanks Ft. Myers 1st & Pastor Brummett)

Trevecca Nazarene University President Dan Boone takes a break with 3 teens eating lunch at the Humane Society.

District Superintendent David Nixon works at an ice cream social for the Hidden Oaks Assisted Living Center

District NYI President Johnnie Denby calls his team to “Get Lit” and to make a difference at “Habitat for Humanity”.

January 17 – Hispanic Mission Congress - Pahokee January 31 – Improve Your Serve training – Ft. Laud. First The Southern Florida FLAME (052010) is published

monthly except July and August at Lake Placid, FL in the interest of the Southern Florida District Church of the Nazarene, Dr. David F. Nixon, District Superinten-dent, 2680 Placid View Drive, Lake Placid, FL 33852. Phone: 863-531-0181 E-mail: sfdnazofc@aol.com Website: www.sfnazarene.org Periodicals postage paid at Lake Placid, Florida and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Southern Florida FLAME, 2680 Placid View Drive, Lake Placid, FL 33852

Domestic Work & Witness

Trip a Total Success

LPCCC partnered with Pastor David Shore

and the Venice Church of the Nazarene con-

gregation to fund and construct a new play-

ground called KIDZ ZONE. This 75’ x 36’

playground area will be a blessing to chil-

dren for years to come. We would also like

to thank the other Southern Florida District

churches along with LPCCC’s buildings and

grounds team that helped with this project.

I believe that this will be a start of many

successful domestic work & witness pro-

jects. My challenge to the Southern Florida

District is to pray about the possibility of

your church partnering with LPCCC for

future endeavors

Anthony Haney

Manager

Serving Jesus Christ by Serving Others...

Merry Christmas to All...

May we sing together with the an-gels, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill to men”! For “unto us a Savior is born”, and his name is Jesus! We have so much to celebrate, a Counselor, Prince of Peace, Mighty God, Everlasting Fa-ther and a Friend who is forever faithful! Enjoy the “gifts” God has so graciously given you!

And to All, Love, Joy & Peace! From Dr. & Kaye Nixon and

District Office Staff