Congratulation to our Wichita Falls Lakeview church on the arrival of their new pastor, Eric Deluna. Pastor Deluna has been serving on staff these past several years at Fort Worth First Church with Pastor CB Glidden. Prior to that he and his wife, Teresa, served at River Oaks Church with Pastor Hector Orozco. We are very excited for the Delunas and our Lakeview congregation!   

 

Last week Susan and I had the privilege of serving with a number of highly qualified volunteers through the West Texas Disaster Relief team in Orange, Texas.  The previous weekend, district disaster response coordinator, Marcia Nikl, had been onsite in Orange with 15 additional volunteers. Altogether, there were 30 volunteers involved. I want to thank each of these who participated. Pictured here are team members with Pastor Maxine Williams of the Port Arthur Grace Church of the Nazarene. Her church became the interim home for many of her neighbors during the hurricane last September. Some are still living in the church. Several have given their hearts to Jesus.

 

I had the wonderful privilege of installing Pastor Calvary Callender and his wife Ceresa at Lantana Community Church of the Nazarene on January 14. I want to congratulate this wonderful couple and the Lantana congregation. I know that great and missional days are ahead. 

 

 I am pleased to report that we had a great round of licensure and ordination candidates interviews with the ministerial credential board recently. It appears that we will be nominating 9 candidates to our District Assembly for ordination this year. We also have 50 license ministers; 11 of these will be receiving 1st time license.

 

Incidentally, soon you will be receiving your district assembly packets from our district secretary, Pastor Earl Robertson. Thank you for making every effort to get all of your allocations taken care of. Let's finish very strong! You can get an up-to-date report on Funding the Mission by CLICKING HERE.