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Nazarenes in the News: April 8, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Global Ministry Center
Nazarenes in the News is a compilation of online news articles featuring Nazarene churches or church members.
Siloam manager only Canadian selected for U.S. government-sponsored program
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(NCN News submissions, April 6) Siloam Mission's volunteer manager, Lindsay Poggemiller-Smith, has been selected by the United States Consulate as the only Canadian to attend a government-sponsored International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP).
On Monday, April 11, Poggemiller will join 18 other participants from all over the world - including Afghanistan, Kenya, China, Haiti and more - in a three-week group project focusing on volunteerism in the United States.
The U.S. Congress established the IVLP program to promote cultural and professional exchanges between the U.S. and other countries.
Participants compete for an extremely limited number of grants every year. More than 200 former and current heads of state are alumni of the program, including Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom, Mary Robinson of Ireland, Gerhard Schroeder, Nicolas Sarkozy, Anwar Sadat, and Hamid Karzai.
For the rest of this story, click here.
Ohio church partners with 10-year-old boy to help children in Malawi
Oregon, Ohio
(NCN News submissions, April 4) What can happen when one little boy dreams big with God?
What can happen when he put others before himself?
Aiden just turned 10 years old. He's an ordinary boy from Oregon, Ohio. For his 10th birthday, he decided that other children in Malawi having clean water were more important than gifts for himself. He began to ask his family members to not give him gifts, but to instead give money towards a clean-water well.
Digging a well in Malawi is no small venture, but Aiden knows that with God all things are possible and the dream doesn't just stop with donating what little money he has. He wants to dig a well. Partnering with Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, Aiden has chosen to place his well in the village of Lilongwe, Malawi, at the site of a child development center, which houses 300 orphans.
For the rest of this story from Hope Community Church of the Nazarene, click here.
Coshocton Church of the Nazarene youth group a part of 31-hour famine
Coshocton, Ohio
(Coshocton Tribune, April 3) After a busy night constructing a makeshift shelter and trying to keep it standing, Krista Meddings has a new appreciation for her possessions.
"I'm so blessed to have a bed and food to go home to," the 18-year-old Coshocton High School senior said.
As a Core leader with the youth ministry team at Coshocton Church of the Nazarene, Meddings engaged in a learning experience with her peers she never will forget. The second annual 31-hour famine to raise funds and awareness for world hunger took place from 10 a.m. Friday to 5 p.m. Saturday at the church.
"The 30-hour famine has been around for a while, but we decided to do it differently and take it to another level with 31 hours," said youth Pastor Brian Daniels. "We thought we would step it up a notch and add an hour every year. The 31 hours was actually the kids' idea. This youth group is the most exciting and dynamic group I've ever worked with."
For the rest of this story and photos, click here.
NNU students make first flight
Houston, Texas
(Idaho Press-Tribune, April 6) Three Northwest Nazarene University students took to the air Tuesday to conduct science experiments in a zero-gravity environment.
The three are part of a group of six students dubbed Team Super-Hydro participating in NASA's 2011 Microgravity University in Houston. The team, one of 23 selected by NASA this year, is investigating the properties of new nanomaterials with extreme water-repellant qualities in a zero-gravity environment.
After extensive preparations Monday, team members Grady Turner of Nampa; Weston Patrick of Wasilla, Alaska; and Chad Larson of Medford, Ore., embarked on an about-two-hour flight aboard a specially equipped NASA jet Tuesday.
The jet completed 30 parabolic motions - swooping, roller-coaster-like movements - to produce periods of zero gravity at the top and periods of double gravity at the bottom. Two additional cycles allowed the students to experience gravity levels like those on the surfaces of Mars and the moon.
For the rest of this story, click here.
Calgary First Church centennial celebration
Calgary, Alberta
(Nazarene News-Canada, April 1) The Calgary First Church of the Nazarene will be holding their Centennial Celebration on Saturday, April 9, 2011. The reception will begin at 5:00 p.m., with the evening program starting at 7:00 p.m. The guest speaker will be General Superintendent Dr. Jerry Porter, and music will be provided by the Ambrose University College Choir. For information, please send an email to centennial@firstnaz.ca.
Siloam manager only Canadian selected for U.S. government-sponsored program
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(NCN News submissions, April 6) Siloam Mission's volunteer manager, Lindsay Poggemiller-Smith, has been selected by the United States Consulate as the only Canadian to attend a government-sponsored International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP).
On Monday, April 11, Poggemiller will join 18 other participants from all over the world - including Afghanistan, Kenya, China, Haiti and more - in a three-week group project focusing on volunteerism in the United States.
The U.S. Congress established the IVLP program to promote cultural and professional exchanges between the U.S. and other countries.
Participants compete for an extremely limited number of grants every year. More than 200 former and current heads of state are alumni of the program, including Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom, Mary Robinson of Ireland, Gerhard Schroeder, Nicolas Sarkozy, Anwar Sadat, and Hamid Karzai.
For the rest of this story, click here.
Ohio church partners with 10-year-old boy to help children in Malawi
Oregon, Ohio
(NCN News submissions, April 4) What can happen when one little boy dreams big with God?
What can happen when he put others before himself?
Aiden just turned 10 years old. He's an ordinary boy from Oregon, Ohio. For his 10th birthday, he decided that other children in Malawi having clean water were more important than gifts for himself. He began to ask his family members to not give him gifts, but to instead give money towards a clean-water well.
Digging a well in Malawi is no small venture, but Aiden knows that with God all things are possible and the dream doesn't just stop with donating what little money he has. He wants to dig a well. Partnering with Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, Aiden has chosen to place his well in the village of Lilongwe, Malawi, at the site of a child development center, which houses 300 orphans.
For the rest of this story from Hope Community Church of the Nazarene, click here.
Coshocton Church of the Nazarene youth group a part of 31-hour famine
Coshocton, Ohio
(Coshocton Tribune, April 3) After a busy night constructing a makeshift shelter and trying to keep it standing, Krista Meddings has a new appreciation for her possessions.
"I'm so blessed to have a bed and food to go home to," the 18-year-old Coshocton High School senior said.
As a Core leader with the youth ministry team at Coshocton Church of the Nazarene, Meddings engaged in a learning experience with her peers she never will forget. The second annual 31-hour famine to raise funds and awareness for world hunger took place from 10 a.m. Friday to 5 p.m. Saturday at the church.
"The 30-hour famine has been around for a while, but we decided to do it differently and take it to another level with 31 hours," said youth Pastor Brian Daniels. "We thought we would step it up a notch and add an hour every year. The 31 hours was actually the kids' idea. This youth group is the most exciting and dynamic group I've ever worked with."
For the rest of this story and photos, click here.
NNU students make first flight
Houston, Texas
(Idaho Press-Tribune, April 6) Three Northwest Nazarene University students took to the air Tuesday to conduct science experiments in a zero-gravity environment.
The three are part of a group of six students dubbed Team Super-Hydro participating in NASA's 2011 Microgravity University in Houston. The team, one of 23 selected by NASA this year, is investigating the properties of new nanomaterials with extreme water-repellant qualities in a zero-gravity environment.
After extensive preparations Monday, team members Grady Turner of Nampa; Weston Patrick of Wasilla, Alaska; and Chad Larson of Medford, Ore., embarked on an about-two-hour flight aboard a specially equipped NASA jet Tuesday.
The jet completed 30 parabolic motions - swooping, roller-coaster-like movements - to produce periods of zero gravity at the top and periods of double gravity at the bottom. Two additional cycles allowed the students to experience gravity levels like those on the surfaces of Mars and the moon.
For the rest of this story, click here.
Calgary First Church centennial celebration
Calgary, Alberta
(Nazarene News-Canada, April 1) The Calgary First Church of the Nazarene will be holding their Centennial Celebration on Saturday, April 9, 2011. The reception will begin at 5:00 p.m., with the evening program starting at 7:00 p.m. The guest speaker will be General Superintendent Dr. Jerry Porter, and music will be provided by the Ambrose University College Choir. For information, please send an email to centennial@firstnaz.ca.
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--Compiled by NCN News
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