NCN Global News Summary	Volume 0722	June 1, 2007
2007 USA/Canada Commencement Reports Over the last month, each of the Nazarene institutes of higher education on the USA/Canada Region conducted their 2007 Commencement ceremonies. The following is a list of reports from each school. read more "To make Christlike disciples in Australia" Making the Church of the Nazarene's statement of mission their own, Aussie Nazarenes aim to utilize a "blessing strategy" to make Christlike disciples in Australia. read more Cheryl Stevens, wife of SDMI director, sustains serious fall while traveling in Scotland Cheryl Stevens, wife of Sunday School & Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) Director Woodie J. Stevens, sustained a broken hip from a fall while traveling in Scotland. Stevens required surgery the following day. read more Nazarene Christian Academy graduates first class of seniors Twenty-five years ago, a childcare was started as a community outreach ministry for Texas' Fort Worth First Church of the Nazarene. Since then, the program has developed into a prominent Christian school and is responsible for turning the church around. read more Mount Vernon’s Kot named Academic All-America Player of the Year Laura Kot, a member of the MVNU women’s fastpitch softball team, was honored as Academic All-America Player of the Year when the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division Softball Teams were announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America on May 30. read more Additional NCNNews.com Stories This Week Global News June 2-3 is the World Weekend of Prayer for Children at Risk Facilitated by Viva, a partner of Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, over 2 million Christians in more than 100 countries and Zimbabwe are expected to pray for some of the most vulnerable children worldwide over the course of this weekend. read more Prepared for such a time as this: CNC witnesses record class of graduates Caribbean Nazarene College witnessed its largest class of graduating students on May 26. President Scoffield Eversley conferred 31 degrees and 10 diplomas. read more USA/Canada News Ohio pastor wins Beacon Hill Press Rendezvous trip A Kenton, Ohio pastor has won the opportunity to rest, refocus, and refuel in Palm Springs, California. read more African choir from “American Idol” appears at Arizona District NMI convention According to the Arizona Republic, the African Children’s Choir that touched the hearts of millions of U.S. television viewers last month as part of the American Idol – “Idol Gives Back” television special made an appearance at a Nazarene gathering this week. read more Second season of "American Bible Society Presents" to include feature on L.A. church's outreach ministry A Los Angeles Church of the Nazarene making a difference on skid row will be profiled June 10 on a syndicated TV program by one of the U.S.’s largest and oldest Bible organizations. read more Collegiate News Trevecca initiates doctoral program in clinical counseling Trevecca Nazarene University will offer their second doctorate--an Ed.D. in clinical counseling--beginning this fall. read more Olivet unveils Robert M. Kring Scholarship for youth ministry The Robert M. Kring Scholarship was recently established for students preparing for a life of youth ministry. Kring was one of the first full-time youth pastors on the Olivet region. read more NCN Sports Johnson leaves Olivet to take head baseball coach position at SNU Olivet Nazarene University Director of Athletics Jeff Schimmelpfennig announced this week that head baseball coach Elliot Johnson has stepped down after eight seasons at the university to take a similar position at Southern Nazarene University. read more For a full text edition of this week's Global News Summary, click here: Printable Global News Summary (PDF) For daily updates of Nazarene news, see ncnnews.com throughout the week. Be sure to click on "Forward to a Friend" below to share any stories appearing in this week's NCN News.
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