NCN Global News Summary	Volume 0815	April 11, 2008
Prayer for Haiti Due in part to a tense political crisis, violence and rising food costs have been creating immense hardships in Haiti, one of the world's poorest countries. Also, Massachusetts Senate offices and the United Nations intervened to help ensure a Nazarene high school mission team would return home from Haiti. read more 2008 USA/Canada Easter attendance reports released The Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International Department has released the 2008 Easter attendance report. read more Fraleys say goodbye after 30 years of ministry in France After 30 years ministering with the Church of the Nazarene in France, David and Carolita Fraley retired as missionaries on April 1. David Fraley shares some of his thoughts on their years of service and the church in France. read more Eastern Mediterranean hosts global youth leaders Many from North, South, and Central America, Europe, and Africa traveled to the Holy Land hoping that walking in places like Nazareth and the Via Dolorosa would give them new insights into Scripture. But what most were talking about by the end of the first Global Youth Ministry Summit was the people they’d met. read more In Memoriam (4.11.2008) The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who have recently passed away. Notices were received from April 7-11, 2008. read more Additional NCNNews.com Stories This Week Global News The emergence of holiness literature for West Africa “A people without writings are a people that waste away” --an African thinker The Church of the Nazarene in West Africa incorporated this truth in organizing a literature workshop from February 18-22, dedicated to the imperative: “Let this be written for a future generation…”(Psalm 102:18). read more Phiri to head AIDS ministry in Africa Theola Phiri has been appointed AIDS Ministries coordinator with Nazarene Compassionate Ministries/Helping Hands Africa effective April 1, succeeding Jeanet Sibanda. read more From Cuba to Canada, the Family of God is One Canada Central District Superintendent D. Ian Fitzpatrick recently returned from a trip to Cuba. He reflects about how the "strangers" he met really felt more like family. read more One of Cuba's most beloved Nazarene pastors passes away Luciano Morejón, one of Cuba’s oldest pastors, passed away April 8. “He always served it with much integrity and love, putting his own life in danger, to please the one who called him, Jesus Christ," reported Cuba District Superintendent Leonel Lopez. read more Despite challenges, Eastern Mediterranean Nazarene schools pass 50-year mark The tension in which school workers and students exist is foreign to much of the western world, but these days—early March 2008—are peaceful compared to the mid-1970s when a bomb fell through the office and chapel of the school. (Slideshow) read more First missionaries from Ukraine to start the work of the church in Moldova Sergei and Irina Talalai are the first Nazarene missionaries from Ukraine and were recently sent to start the work of the Church of the Nazarene in Kishenev, Moldova. (Slideshow) read more Syria welcomes first Work and Witness team Three men from the Virginia District became the first-ever Work and Witness team in Syria. They worked in the area for 10 days in January. read more EvangeCube continues to be a strong influence in the MAC Region After six years of use in the Mexico and Central America (MAC) Region, the EvangeCube is still a strong influence. Thousands of people have made decisions for Christ when the gospel has been presented through the EvangeCube. read more Project Refocus taught in MAC Central Region Forty-two leaders representing fifteen districts in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala gathered in Guatemala recently to receive training in Project Refocus. (Slideshow) read more Headquarters Headlines Warrick ministers in Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia J.K. Warrick, jurisdictional general superintendent for the South America Region, recently emphasized God’s simple yet profound truth in John 3:16 that drew people to altars as he preached throughout Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia. read more Collegiate News MidAmerica Nazarene in need of associate professor of counselor education MidAmerica Nazarene University is seeking an assistant or associate professor of counselor education in their new school counseling track. read more Retirement reception to be held for NNU president Northwest Nazarene University and its Board of Trustees formally invite the Treasure Valley community to honor President Richard A. Hagood by attending a reception Friday, April 25, in the Brandt Center Grand Lobby from 3-6 P.M. read more NNU students take medical mission trip to Mexico During spring break, 16 Northwest Nazarene University students from the nursing and biology departments took what they had been learning in the classroom and put it into practice. Equipped with approximately $40,000 worth of donated medical supplies, medicine, toys, soaps, toothpaste, and toothbrushes, the team was well prepared for what was ahead of them. read more NTS partners with YouthFront to explore youth spiritual formation Nazarene Theological Seminary will offer a special course this summer on youth spirituality and spiritual formation in conjunction with YouthFront. This one-week intensive course will meet June 23-27 at YouthFront South Camp, located just south of the Kansas City area. read more NTS holds Compassionate Ministry Leadership Summit Nazarene Theological Seminary and Nazarene Compassionate Ministries recently co-sponsored the first-ever Compassionate Ministry Leadership Summit, held March 10-12. The event was created to specifically focus on a Christian response to pressing issues of social justice. (Slideshow) read more PLNU hosts successful Nazarene Student Leadership Conference From April 2-5, approximately 125 Associated Student Body leaders, vice presidents, deans, directors, and counselors from U.S. Nazarene schools took part in the annual Nazarene Student Leadership Conference held at Point Loma Nazarene University. (Slideshow) read more SNU seeks provost Southern Nazarene University is seeking a provost, or campus operating officer, to be in consultation with the president. read more Trevecca receives grant for Center for Social Justice The Memorial Foundation of Hendersonville, Tennessee, has awarded Trevecca Nazarene University a $100,000 grant in support of the newly formed J.V. Morsch Center for Social Justice. read more NCN Sports ONU star, son of NBA great , trades basketball dream for Marine Corps Ryan Paxson, sophomore guard and son of Chicago Bulls' VP of basketball operations and former player John Paxson, helped the Olivet Nazarene University men's basketball team to the nationals in each of the last two seasons, but he won't be back to make it three in a row. read more NCN Sports Week: April 4-10 A weekly recap of Nazarene colleges and universities competing in NCAA and NAIA athletics. 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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