Vol. 41 - No. 2 OCTOBER 2013

2013 SDMI Convention in Review District Leadership Christmas Dinner

(District Advisory Board/Dept. Heads/Ministry Staff

Retired Ministers/Missionaries/Chaplains & Spouses)

Monday, December 2, 2013

6:00 PM

Lake Placid Camp & Conference Center

Jerry Nelson is our

featured guest artist.

Cost is $10/per person

if postmarked by Nov. 16

($15/per person after the 16th)

Send reservations with

payment to:

Southern Florida District

2680 Placid View Drive, Lake Placid, FL 33852

Please call LPCCC @ 863-465-2197 for room reservations.

(Limited availability.)

Congratulations to those elected to serve on the SDMI Board for a 2 year term:

Ministerial: Jason Hawk & Roy Shuck

Lay: Gail Escobar, Melissa Nehrbass and Diane Rudd New SDMI Chairman, Rev. Tony Miller, presents Rev.

Ted and Sharon Joy with the “Never Alone” statue.

Dr. Stan Toler

Guest Speaker

Distinguished Service Award

for 50 years of Ministry

Dr. David Nixon presents the District Retirement plaque

to Rev. Ted Underwood.

Jerry Nelson Concert pianist

AUGUST 2013 STATS CONGRATULATIONS

Top Ten Churches AUGUST 2013

TOP S.S. ATTENDANCE

Miami Bethany 654 Lake Worth New Life 300 Princeton/Princeton Hispanic 296 Bradenton First 266 Venice 256 Naples First Spanish 233 Palm City New Hope Fellowship 231 Miami Hope Haitian 210 Naples First 206 Miami Peniel 197

TOP A.M. WORSHIP ATTENDANCE Miami Bethany 842 Bradenton First 459 Palm City New Hope Fellowship 450 Hialeah Good Shepherd 450 North Miami 426 Venice 409 Lake Worth New Life 350 Miami Hope Haitian 276 Sarasota First/Presencia de Dios 264 Naples New Haitian 247

TOP GAIN S.S. ATTENDANCE Miami South Miami Heights 137.6%Miami First 137.5% West Palm Beach Betel 120.0% Englewood 110.0% West Palm Beach First 107.7% Miami Jesus Mi Fiel Amigo 100.0% Princeton/Princeton Hispanic 97.3% Carol City Ebenezer 92.3% Naples First 77.6% Miami Deliverance 68.9%

TOP GAIN AM ATTENDANCE

Carol City Ebenezer 113.6% Belle Glade Evangelical 100.0% Sebring 96.5% Homestead 80.0% Miami Jesus Mi Fiel Amigo 55.6% Palm Beach Gardens Northlake Blvd 45.2% Key Largo La Familia 44.7% Port St Lucie 34.3% North Port Coastal Community 31.5% Miami Emmanuel 30.0%

Zone Stats Chairpersons should report SS Stats to Brandt Brantley at bbrantley@redlandnazarene.net, cell phone: 305-986-1580 or fax: 305-647-6584 by Wednesday fol-lowing the last Sunday of the month.

John K. Paul, District Treasurer

4374 23rd Ave. SW Naples, FL 34116

Email: jkpaul44@gmail.com

Contact Vanessa Sackett at the district office with any questions regarding Fund-ing the Mission Receipts 863-531-0181.

FUNDING THE MISSION

SS AM RLSUN COAST ZONE (Kirk Zahniser 941-365-2654)

Bradenton Bayshore 70 98 550

Bradenton First 266 459 1290

Bradenton First Haitian 40 151 130

Englewood 21 31 229

North Port 6 7 12

North Port Coastal Community 80 171 200

Palmetto 8 30 71

Sarasota First / Presencia de Dios 191 264 220

Sarasota Trinity 34 47 56

Venice 256 409 748

Sun Coast Zone Totals 972 1667 3506

FT. LAUDERDALE ZONE (Trish Spear 954-942-6010)

Ft. Lauderdale Faith 48 112 116

Ft. Lauderdale First 63 45 88

Ft. Lauderdale Manor 69 100 228

Ft. Lauderdale Spanish 30 40 131

Hollywood 28 39 128

Hollywood Primera 24 37 63

Margate Shema Christ Fellowship 18 24 33

Margate Siloe 68 109 488

Pembroke Pines 28 87 40

Pompano Beach First / Haitian 68 113 176

Ft. Lauderdale Zone Totals 444 706 1491

FORT MYERS ZONE (John Denby 941-391-0770)

Ft. Myers First 123 200 367

Ft. Myers Solid Rock 39 84 92

Immokalee 113 144 172

Lehigh Acres 82 125 193

Naples Faith Community 34 37 82

Naples First 206 136 196

Naples First Spanish 233 235 196

Naples Iglesia del Nazareno 38 54 129

Naples New Haitian 146 247 310

North Ft. Myers 37 75 85

Port Charlotte Genesis Christian 177 79 210

Punta Gorda First 36 54 153

Fort Myers Zone Totals 1264 1470 2185

MIAMI ZONE (Oswald Grant 305-235-2523)

Carol City Ebenezer 25 94 165

Goulds First 15 45 53

Hialeah Good Shepherd 130 450 367

Homestead 28 63 100

Homestead Haitian 35 60 106

Key Largo The Family of Key Largo 25 55 57

Miami Beth-El 59 92 112

Miami Bethany 654 842 714

Miami Calvary 60 130 134

Miami Central 47 96 126

Miami Deliverance 152 198 223

Miami Emanuel 19 52 50

Miami First 19 45 46

Miami Grace 8 10 45

Miami Holy Haitian 49 101 104

Miami Hope Haitian 210 276 246

Miami Hosanna 106 160 218

Miami Jesus Mi Fiel Amigo 32 56 64

Miami Peniel 197 199 373

Miami Restoration 12 20 15

Miami South Miami Heights 19 22 37

North Miami 145 426 573

North Miami Beach 40 92 150

Opa-Locka My Father's House 20 45 60

Princeton / Princeton Hispanic 296 147 349

Redland 149 153 283

Miami Zone Totals 2551 3929 4770

NORTH CENTRAL ZONE (Angelo Trunzo pastor@sebring.com)

Arcadia First 59 58 90

Avon Park 45 45 165

Lake Placid 20 38 127

Okeechobee 24 42 78

Sebring 84 167 243

North Central Zone Totals 232 350 703

PALM BEACH ZONE (Dan Cupp 772-696-2877)

Belle Glade Evangelical 50 50 99

Boca Raton Eglise de Jesus Christ Du Nazareen25 25 54

Delray Beach Unitee Haitian 48 67 102

House of Grace 35 50 110

Lake Worth El Mesias 25 25 87

Lake Worth First 130 149 371

Lake Worth Getsemani 10 10 38

Lake Worth New Life 300 350 498

Pahokee First Hispanic 30 32 48

Palm Beach Gardens Northlake Blvd. 31 61 96

West Palm Beach Belen 12 24 257

West Palm Beach Betel 22 26 18

West Palm Beach First 27 34 43

West Palm Beach Maranatha 20 30 96

Palm Beach Zone Totals 765 933 1917

TREASURE COAST ZONE (Diane Rudd 772-283-8343)

Fort Pierce First 77 141 211

Fort Pierce First Haitian 104 164 141

Fort Pierce Philadelphia 89 154 209

Indiantown Evangelical 95 109 193

Palm City New Hope Fellowship 231 450 250

Port St. Lucie 34 47 103

Port St. Lucie Evangelical 91 132 112

Treasure Coast Zone Totals 721 1197 1219

TOTALS 6949 10252 15791

Total # Reporting Churches: 84

Total # NR 0

CHURCH

Paid Paid Paid Paid

Arcadia First 2,186 1,096 1,096 2,900

Avon Park 2,545 1,202 1,202 8,368

Belle Glade Evangelical 109 49 49 120

Boca Raton Eglise de Jesus Christ 0 0 0 0

Bradenton Bayshore 4,712 2,120 2,120 5,183

Bradenton First 30,400 0 14,764 32,015

Bradenton First Haitian 0 0 0 0

Carol City Ebenezer 1,437 670 670 1,745

Delray Beach Unitee Haitian 0 0 0 0

Englewood 0 0 0 0

Fort Lauderdale Faith 0 0 0 0

Fort Lauderdale First 0 0 0 0

Fort Lauderdale Manor 800 200 390 0

Fort Lauderdale Spanish 0 0 0 0

Fort Myers First 2,833 1,275 1,275 3,116

Fort Myers Solid Rock 183 94 94 379

Fort Pierce First 2,719 1,224 1,224 3,845

Fort Pierce Haitian 0 0 0 0

Fort Pierce Philadelphia 1,000 450 450 1,100

Goulds First 0 0 0 0

Hialeah Good Shepherd 0 0 0 0

Hollywood 3,161 1,423 1,423 3,477

Hollywood Primera Iglesia 0 0 0 0

Homestead 2,545 1,146 1,146 2,506

Homestead Haitian 227 110 110 268

House of Grace 0 0 0 0

Immokalee 0 0 0 0

Indiantown Evangelical 333 150 150 367

Key Largo La Familia 0 0 0 0

Lake Placid 2,648 1,191 1,191 3,050

Lake Worth El Mesias 0 0 0 0

Lake Worth First 2,273 1,191 1,191 3,216

Lake Worth Getsema 0 0 0 0

Lake Worth New 400 300 500 300

Lehigh Acres 2,944 1,505 1,505 3,719

Margate Shema Christ Fellowship 1,348 638 638 1,560

Margate Siloe Haitian 0 0 0 0

Miami Berea 0 0 0 0

Miami Beth-El 506 238 238 960

Miami Bethany 490 25 221 539

Miami Calvary 2,290 1,031 1,031 2,748

Miami Central 1,275 575 575 1,402

Miami Deliverance 0 0 0 0

Miami Emanuel 0 0 0 0

Miami First 79 35 35 87

Miami Grace 192 86 86 211

Miami Holy 0 0 0 0

Miami Hope 500 225 225 550

Miami Hosanna 0 0 0 0

Miami Jesus Mi Fiel Amigo 436 196 196 479

Miami Peniel 317 143 143 348

Miami Restoration (now inactive) 0 0 0 0

Miami So Miami Heights 1,141 514 514 1,651

Naples Faith Community 110 0 0 500

Naples First 6,551 2,963 2,963 7,244

Naples Hispanic 433 195 195 477

Naples Iglesia 133 60 60 147

Naples New Haitian 0 0 0 0

North Fort Myers 2,347 1,200 1,200 2,934

North Miami Beach 964 493 493 1,205

North Miami Haitian 0 0 0 0

North Port 356 172 172 421

North Port Coastal Community 258 119 119 1,318

Northlake Blvd 1,987 919 919 2,451

Okeechobee 673 303 303 1,596

Pahokee First Hispanic 0 0 0 0

Palm City New Hope Fellowship 19,297 0 8,860 23,119

Palmetto 812 374 374 914

Pompano Beach 4,880 2,200 2,200 5,370

Port Charlotte Genesis Christian 2,404 1,104 1,104 2,699

Port St Lucie 1,139 513 513 1,878

Port St Lucie Evangelical 500 225 225 550

Princeton 5,466 2,587 2,587 0

Punta Gorda 1,661 748 748 1,827

Redland 5,506 0 2,478 6,056

Sarasota First 4,425 2,084 2,084 4,875

Sarasota Trinity 1,564 738 738 2,931

Sebring 2,017 908 908 2,565

Venice 17,502 7,874 7,874 19,251

West Palm Beach Belen 0 0 0 0

West Palm Beach First 1,025 461 461 1,243

West Palm Beach Iglesia Betel 125 56 56 138

West Palm Beach Maranatha 1,313 393 395 959

Other 3,900

TOTALS 159,376 45,788 72,477 178,877

2013-2014 Receipts as of September 20, 2013

Education Pensions WEFDistrict

mailto:bbrantley@redlandnazarene.commailto:bbrantley@redlandnazarene.com

Nazarene Sunday School Ministries Southern Florida District

Rev. Tony R. Miller, Chairman 1616 59th St. W.

Bradenton, FL 34209 (941) 812-1917 (cell) , (941) 794-1685 (office)

(941) 794-3257(fax), E-mail: tmiller2196@gmail.com Make the Connection

Nazarene Youth International Southern Florida District

Rev. Ben Wallace, President 1616 59th Street W

Bradenton, FL 34209 Cell: (941)-405-7349

E-mail: bwallace@fcnbonline.org

To Our Southern Florida District Family-

Thank you for the wonderful surprise at the SDMI Convention. We have been blessed

by God to serve 42 years of our 50 years of ministry on our home district. The reflec-

tions of positions held throughout the years was fun to hear. Dennis, how did you get

all of that information?

We appreciate the very generous love offering, the Distinguished Service Award and

other gifts. Your kind words and hugs will never be forgotten! Wow! What a farewell

party! Thank you Dr. Nixon, Marsha, the SDMI Board,

and all who helped in any way.

We love you! We will never forget you! You will always

be in our thoughts and prayers.

We’d love to hear from you!

Ted and Sharon Joy

214 Tennerton Lane. Murfreesboro, TN, 37129

We want to thank Pastor Ted for

his many years of ministry to the Southern Florida District. We

will greatly miss Ted & Sharon Joy as they move to Tennes-

see to be near their children and grandchildren.

We are pleased to announce that Rev. Tony Miller, Pastor of

Bradenton First Church, has been appointed to serve as SDMI

Chairman for the Southern Florida District for the remainder of

Pastor Ted Underwood’s term.

I proclaim this will be a year of looking forward! I will never forget a most embarrass-

ing moment when my wife Hydie and I failed to look forward. We were in Pigeon

Forge, Tennessee on a Pastor and spouse retreat, enjoying a day of shopping when

we both were walking toward each other-but looking backwards. We both knew we

were approaching one another but for some unexpected reason glanced backwards.

The results? The two of us looked like crash dummies as our heads and bodies col-

lided. It hurt! She thought I was at fault by not watching, and I thought she was at

fault. When we realized it was both of our faults, we broke out with hilarious laughter.

Think about it. God puts eyes on the front of our heads for a reason; to look forward.

That is what we can do in the months to come. Look forward to great days of minis-

try! Look forward to teach people about Jesus in our Sunday School class and look

forward to what new thing God might do in you.

Rev. Tony R. Miller

Tony & Heidi Miller

Southern Florida District NYI

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Nazarene

Talent

November 15th—17th

Lake Placid Camp & Conference Center

Teens, 6th-12th grade, join us for some fun and friendly competi-tion! This is your chance to display the talents God has given you. Pick up a registration form from your pastor/youth pastor or check out www.sfnazarene.org.

Register by November 1st

Ted & Sharon Joy

Underwood

COST: $65 (Students & adults)

There have been a couple of churches who have inquired about Teen Bible Quizzing. We do not currently have a quizzing program but I would like to know if there is any other interest. One of our Miami churches has volunteered to direct a quizzing program for the Southern Florida District. If you have students that would like to be a part of Bible Quizzing please let us know. You can call either of these two people:

Ben Wallace- (941) 405-7349 Charline Boucard- (305) 807-6405

Ted & Sharon Joy Underwood

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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

Southern Florida Obtaining Harvesters

Urgent financial assistance is needed from the 18,000 Nazarenes attending our 85 churches. The Thanksgiving growing season has been overwhelming and harvesters are desperately needed for immediate service.

If we had thousands of acres growing wheat – wouldn’t we want the best equipment to yield the highest number of bushels for our harvest?

The truth is we ARE “soul winning” farmers and there is a huge harvest to reap. Instead of thousands of bushels – there are thousands of souls waiting for eternal harvesting in every corner of our world.

Giving generously to the Thanksgiving Offering (World Evangelism Fund) in your church is a way we help secure harvesters (missionaries and more) to reap millions of souls for God’s eternal Kingdom. Southern Florida needs to raise over $500,000 for our “harvesters”. Make an eternal difference with your gift!

Some fantastic Thanksgiving Offering/World Evangelism videos are free at: http://medialibrary.nazarene.org/guide?q=WEF

New – JC series yields 500 bushels an hour

International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church – November 3. Great free DVD at: https://secure.persecution.com/email/idopemail092013.aspx?source=EMAIL109

Ecuador Project: Great Team = Great Wall

This is the Work & Witness team of 26 who went to Quito, Ecuador to assist in constructing a retaining wall at the Nazarene Seminary. They placed over 66 tons of rock and concrete in the wall. Thanks to Pastor Roy Shuck for leading the team and to SFD Missionaries Dwight & Carolyn Rich for hosting us so well. Thanks to all who contributed.

I was elected NMI/Missions President – Yikes! Relax! A New Missions Presidents’ Orientation is planned, November 2 at Lake Worth First Nazarene. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. The cost is $5 for lunch. Learn the how, when, where and why of missions. A “MUST” for all new presidents and pastors. Email or call Dennis Moore to pre-register.

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THE NEXT CHAPTER

On September 29th, Gil Hodges stepped

down as head chef. Lake Placid Camp & Conference Center has been blessed by the service of Chef Gil as head chef for the past 7 years. Cooking has been a part of his life for over 60 years and he has prepared approximately 1,242,500 meals during his time of serving Jesus Christ by serving others at LPCCC. Chef Gil’s culi-nary talents have been appreciated by many.

We are blessed to introduce Jeff Gillis as head chef of LPCCC as of September 30

th. Jeff comes to us with many years of

culinary experience. Jeff and Peggy Sue, his wife, along with their 4 daughters look forward to calling LPCCC home. Please pray as this transition takes place. We know you will enjoy the tasty fare Chef Jeff will be preparing. Bon e´ petit!

Anthony Haney, Executive Director