Sep 2010 Family Newsletter, Northeastern District Christian and Missionary Alliance

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September already? Yes, the Summer months are racing to an end withLabor Day marking the unofficial finish line. I trust you have enjoyed this morerelaxed season of the year and have granted yourselves more than a little downtime to be refreshed, revived and rejuvenated.

September also is a month of beginnings. For those in school, or withschool-age children, a new school year is about to start. September generallysignals the beginning of a new season of church ministries and programs.Youth and children’s ministries, Sunday School, small groups, women’s andmen’s ministries (if they suspended meetings during the Summer) all gear upagain in September.

One other very important beginning in September is the commencement ofMissionary Conference tours in the District. Whether you are on the District or

Inter-district tour schedule, you have by now been notified of who will be comingto your church and when. I’m sure plans are being made by your missionscommittees to welcome and bless your missionary guests. Your hospitality tothese servants and fellow workers will be greatly appreciated by them. Byhospitality I’m referring not only to their accommodations, meals andentertainment but also, maybe more importantly, to the enthusiasm and interestwith which they are embraced by your congregation while with you. Please doall you can to build excitement and to encourage strong participation by yourcongregations. Use the materials sent from National Office to spark interest andanticipation. Educate them about the funding of C&MA missionaries, the GreatCommission Fund (GCF) and the Faith Promise. Remember it is an Alliancegoal to increase from 40 to 60 the percentage of Alliance people who support

our ministries and missionaries through their giving to the GCF. Please takeresponsibility in helping us reach that goal to the glory of God.

Have a great Labor Day weekend and a wonderful beginning to the newchurch season.

Keep looking up,

Dan

Thoughts from Dan VOLUME 9 ISSUE 9

The Northeastern District of The Christian and Missionary Alliance; 6275 Pillmore Drive; Rome, NY 13440

Phone 315-336-4720 Email: [email protected] Website: www.nedcma.org

Northeastern District

Family Newsletter

Inside this issue:

Church Health/MultiplicationNortheastern District StaffRekindle the FlameShell Point/ACRL

Retirement Opportunity

District Items of InterestDistrict CalendarDistrict Directory Updates

Parsonage to ParsonageEvangelism Minute

SEPTEMBER 2010



Following Hard after God’s Heart

Imagine the excitement, planning, preparation, apprehension, stress and trustfactor it takes to make a move. Multiply that if the move is from Coast to CoastArriving a bit travel weary from Washington State after enjoying the exciting“camping experiences” in a number of states, the Ankeny Five (Luke, Heidi,Sam, Jacob and Braden) are beginning the settling process to their new locatio

in Cicero, New York. The Ankenys will be ministering bi-vocationally with theCochran’s as church planters. God heard our prayers and on Sunday, August 1the Ankeny’s safely arrived following thousands of miles traveled! A wonderfugroup of people already associated with the church plant welcomed the Ankenyand helped them unload their belongings the following Friday. Each familymember will have opportunities to impact their community for Christ as theirwebs of influence are developed and foster based on God givenopportunities.

Welcome Ankenys

to theNortheastern District Family!

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District SuperintendentRev. Daniel D. Miller

Director ofChurch Health and

Multiplication

Rev. Jon A. Martin

District BusinessManager/BookkeeperMr. Frank E. Whiting

Administrative Assistant/Executive Secretary to the

District SuperintendentMrs. Tracy M. Murphy

Church Healthand Multiplication

Administrative AssistantMrs. Debra A. Martin

Church Health and Multiplication Northeastern

District

Office Staff

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Shell Point has teamed with the Alliance Development Fund(ADF) to offer a Minister and Missionary Savings Plan. This is f

C&MA official workers and involves a matched contribution(from 25 up to 100 percent) of between $500 and $1,500

annually. Your part goes into a special ADF account and ismatched by Shell Point/ACRL annually. This combined

investment gains interest while being managed by ADF. If useto purchase retirement services at Shell Point/ACRL, the who

investment with interest can be applied to the actual cost fordoing this. If not, you get your actual investment with its intereback to be used as you like. To learn more about this win-wi

opportunity, email your expression of interest [email protected] or call 1-888-878-3060.

Mars Alliance Churchjust outside of Pittsburg, PA

November 9–11, 2010hosted by the

Western Pennsylvania District.

For information on speakers,topics, workshops and

registration, go towww.rekindletheflame.net

and click onUpcoming Gatherings on the sidebar or call

Lynette NorrisGathering Administrator

at 814-938-6920.

Shell Point/ACRL Retirement Opportunity

Jacob Luke Heidi Braden Sam



District Items of Interest Northeastern District

Family NewsletterArticles for the October

Newsletter should be sent [email protected]

by Monday, September27, 2010

Looking for Pastors orInterim Pastors in NY

Arcade, Deferiet, FrewsburgGeneva, Port Crane

SchenectadyWalton and Whitesville

Looking for Assistant orAssociate Pastors in NY

Kingston, Oswego,Poughkeepsieand Syracuse

Pa

Giving to theGreat Commission Fund

from our District Churches o$854,877 for seven months

of 2010 is 91% comparedto the same time in 2009.

September 3—6, 2010,DLBCC

Rome, NY

Speaker: Dr. Daniel Shayestehwww.ExodusfromtheDarkness.org.au

Concert with Bryan DuncanSunday, 7:00 PM

For further information contactDelta Lake Bible Conference Center

315-336-7210or visit www.deltalake.org

Membership Certificate Orders Please contact Debra at the

District Office315-336-4720 ext. [email protected]

Great Commission Fun

Delta Family Retreat “OPEN DOORS” Banners

The large banners used at Districtand Prayer Conference are

available to churches.Please contact the

District Office if interested.

SEPTEMBER6 LABOR DAY HOLIDAY – District Office Closed7 CMTeam Mtg., District Office, 10:00 AM7 DEXCOM Agenda Items Due at District Office9 Evangelism Comm. Teleconference, 3:00 PM

12 Missions Tours Begin21 DEXCOM Meeting, District Office, 10:00 AM24-25 AWM Fall Refocus on Missions, DLBCC27 Newsletter Items Due at District Office28 DMC Mtg., Baldwinsville, 10:00 AM28 LO&CC Agenda Items Due at District Office

OCTOBER12 Ordination/Consecration In-Service Training,

(Continuing Ed), DLBCC, 10:00 AM-3:30 PM19 LO&CC Mtg., District Office, 10:00 AM 21 Missions Comm. Mtg., District Office, 10:00 AM25 Newsletter Items Due at District Office26 CMTeam Mtg., District Office, 10:00 AM26 DEXCOM Agenda Items Due at District Office

Reports to DEXCOM(District Committees, etc.) and other

items for DEXCOM considerationmust be received at the District Officeat least two weeks before scheduled

DEXCOM meetings in order to beplaced on their Agenda. It is veryimportant to have information to

Tracy Murphy ([email protected])by September 7 for the

September 21 DEXCOM meeting.

Arcadedelete e-mail

Ohio and Mr. Kenneth R. Allen, Jr. [email protected]

Rev. Timothy P. Armstrong95 Seneca St., Wellsville, NY 14895

Rev. Brendon J. Cochran [email protected]

Rev. Muhannad Moses [email protected]

Missions Committee (pg 4)Mrs. Joyce E. Mertz – 607-348-5188

REMINDER to churchcongregations October is

Clergy Appreciation Month! May this be a time when pastoral

staffs receive a fresh touch fromthe Lord through thanksfrom their beloved.

Directory Updates

District Calendar

Alliance Women Ministries/Fall RefocusSeptember 24-25, 2010

Delta Lake Bible Conference CenterFor more information visit: nedcma.org

Alliance Women Ministries



There is no cookie cutter Pastor’s wife. Aren’t you glad? We come in all shapes and sizes andtalents. None of us is the same. God gifted each of us uniquely to serve Jesus, to help our husbands,to equip the saints, and to witness for Christ in the communities where He called us to live.

Some Pastors’ wives feel like a jack (or should I say Jill) of all trades. In our passion to pleasepeople and to serve Christ, we can stretch ourselves too thin until we’re too tired to effectively serveChrist, our husbands, the saints, or our communities.

To prevent ministry burnout, I spent days in prayer and personal evaluation of my passionsand my gifting. The outcome of that time was the following personal mission statement:“My purpose is to share the hope of Christ through writing and speaking by leading

unbelievers into a relationship with Jesus Christ and guiding believers into a deeper walk with Him.”It is simple, yet it covers a broad range of ministries. When I grow weary, I read it and

determine if I am doing something out of God’s will. When asked to do something, I read it, and askGod if this project fits into His purpose for me.

I encourage you to take quiet time and develop a personal mission statement. Being in God’swill and doing the work He planned for you to do is a joy. May each of you know fulfillment as youserve Christ, help your husband, equip the saints, and witness in your community.

Praying for you always to do what God called you to do,

Elaine

Parsonage to Parsonage

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Summer is a great time of warm weather and family vacations. It is also a great time for evangelism. Manychurches plan Vacation Bible Schools which is still a very good means of outreach. This year at New LifeBible Church in Walworth, we did a “VBS Weekend”. We launched our program on a Friday evening withintroductions to the event including songs and games. We continued Saturday with each age group rotatingfrom Bible class, to song time, to crafts, snacks and recreation. Each age group visited five Bible stationsduring the day. Our theme was “Soul Survivor On Danger Island”, where the children learned life lessonsfrom Hezekiah, Joshua, David, Gideon, and Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. We were able to pray with

eleven children to receive the Lord through out the two days.We preceded the event by making a float and entering it in two local parades. We handed out over 1500invitations along with other church information and Gospel tracts during those times. Hopefully the seedssown will bear forth a bountiful harvest.

Events are a good way to impact others with the Gospel, but so is personal evangelism. Your EvangelismCommittee wants to encourage you to be a faithful ambassador of our Lord and His Gospel. Pray who theLord would have you share His Truth with this week.

Fellow Servant of ChristPastor Tom Howell

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