Dr. Stephen and Marilyn Anthony - District Superintendent
Rev. Larry and Kathy Betz - Assistant to the District Superintendent
Karla & Ken Coll - District Office Administrator
Jerry and Debbie Collins - Camp Director of Buildings and Grounds
Lee & Chuck Yarber - Camp Office Administrator
Jason and Sammi Justice – Web Master
Cristy and Jason VanSteenburg - District Treasurer
Reta Steely - District NMI President
Rev. Gary Slusher - District Sunday School Ministries Chairman
Rev. Eric Skelton - District NYI President
News around the EMD:
 Flint First Church Presents Christmas Musical, Gloria
"Gloria" is a presentation of the birth of our lord and savior, Jesus Christ. This presentation features a 30 member choir, 35 piece orchestra, and many actors and actresses. The musical will be presented on, Friday, December 14th, 2007 at 7:00pm and again on Sunday, December 16th at 2:00pm. There is no charge, but a love offering will be taken to benefit the music ministry. Nursery will be available for those 3 years of age and under. If people want to reserve seats they can do so by contacting Anthony Morey at (810) 938 - 4534. The church address is : G3560 Beecher Road in Flint.
 We welcome Mr. Rob Paleno to the District Advisory Board. He has been elected to fill the remainder of Mark Burba’s term which runs through District Assembly 2009. Rob is a member of the Richfield Church and serves as the Church Board Secretary and his wife Missy is the Richfield Church Office Administrator. Rob grew up in the Warren Woods Church and both he and his wife are graduates of Olivet Nazarene University. They have 2 children, Megan who is a freshman at Olivet and Andrew who is a student at Davison High School. Rob works for Pioneer State Mutual Insurance Company in Flushing.
Holly Church begins morning services this Sunday at 10:30 AM. Rev. Brian Rudolph will be working with Dr. Anthony and pending assessment and finalization of his ministry action plan, he will be appointed the pastor of the church. Brian works for the State of Michigan in the Department of Environmental Quality. He is married to Beth and they have two daughters, Bailey and Bristol.
Eric Slade, pastor of Millington Church, has recently been sent to China on a business trip.
Rev. Ann Salyer, a licensed minister out of Chelsea Church, is working with Pastor Jeff Crowder in establishing a new ministry in Scio Township in Ann Arbor. They are temporarily using the building that formerly housed the Living Waters Church.
Rev. John Wright, pastor of Detroit New Hope Church, reports that their new building construction is progressing well and the contractor has assured them they would be able to occupy it before spring.
Congratulations to Rev. Vern and Deb Hazzard, pastor at Sandusky, they have become first time grandparents. They have a beautiful granddaughter born to their son Mike and his wife in Tennessee.
2008 NMI Convention and District Assembly will be held at Flint Central Church with General Superintendent Dr. Paul Cunningham presiding. The dates are as follows:
- NMI Convention – April 13 – 14, 2008
- District Assembly – April 14 – 15, 2008
Prayer Needs/Praises:
The father of Pastor Larry Crum (pastor of Rochester Church) has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and unless God intervenes the prognosis is that he may only have months to live. He will be having a biopsy soon to determine more. Please pray for him as well as Pastor Crum and family.
Ken Brier, Jr., son of Pastor Ken & Patti Brier from Cornerstone Church in Sterling Heights, was recently in a very serious automobile accident. He was hit by a car that crossed the freeway, flipping his car over. Ken was not seriously injured but the driver of the other car died in the accident.
Debbie Stroud’s (wife of Pastor Don Stroud –Filion Church) mother passed away on Friday, Dec. 7. Her memorial service will be this Saturday, Dec. 15 at the Wesleyan Church in Elkton, MI, at 2:00 PM. Wesleyan Church address is 5171 Whalen St,
Elkton, MI 48731. Please pray for Debbie and her family.
Pray for Terry Clees, Jr. , son of Pastor Terry Clees of Adrian Madison Church, as he continues to recover from his injuries while serving in Iraq.
Rev. Bob Cattane, pastor of Flint New Life Church (Eastside Mission Church) recently lost his job. Pray for an employment opportunity for the Cattanes.
Continue to pray for Jan Ballard of Port Huron First Church. As you may know, Jan has been battling cancer. She has been undergoing treatment and this week received a very positive report. She is also grieving the loss of her husband Rev. Dave Ballard who died the day after Thanksgiving.
Rev. David & Dana Hutsko’s, associate at Warren Woods, child, Aiden, as he recovers from recent surgery.
Pray for Jerry Collins, our Campground Facilities Manager, he is being treated for some intestinal problems.
Jerry Gardner, Youth Pastor of Flint Central as he has been treated for heart problems. |
Thanksgiving was a wonderful time at the Mission! Over 100 meals were served with many volunteers coming together to make it a great success once again. Thank you to all of you that came out to help make Thanksgiving great!