Arizona District Church of the Nazarene

Serving Arizona, Southern Nevada, Southern Utah, and Bard, California

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	February 2020
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2	3	4	5	6	7 Church Planting Seminar Church Planting Seminar February 7, 2020 - February 8, 2020 @ TBD Church Planting Essentials Church planting can be a daunting challenge. This training will give very practical tools and steps to help the planter and planting team in the process of planting a healthy church. See more details District Office Closed District Office Closed February 7, 2020 District Office is open Monday - Thursday from 8 AM to 5 PM See more details District Children's Winter Camp District Children's Winter Camp February 7, 2020 - February 8, 2020 @ Camp Pinerock, 1400 Pine Dr, Prescott, AZ 86303, USA See more details • • •	8 Church Planting Seminar Church Planting Seminar February 7, 2020 - February 8, 2020 @ TBD Church Planting Essentials Church planting can be a daunting challenge. This training will give very practical tools and steps to help the planter and planting team in the process of planting a healthy church. See more details District Children's Winter Camp District Children's Winter Camp February 7, 2020 - February 8, 2020 @ Camp Pinerock, 1400 Pine Dr, Prescott, AZ 86303, USA See more details • •
9	10 PLNU Seminar by the Sea PLNU Seminar by the Sea February 10, 2020 - February 14, 2020 @ Christian Scripture Plan ahead to join us for a week long intensive seminar at PLNU! Come learn from professors, pastors, and theologians on relevant topics that will enhance you and your ministry. Generally these week intensives begin on Monday with an opening lunch at 12PM and end at 5PM. Classes continue Tuesday -Thursday from 8AM-5PM. On Friday class begins at 8AM and end at 12PM. Some meals and snacks are included- all this for only $79! Limited housing is also available for an additional cost. Please email Maira Lopes at mlopes@pointloma.eduif you are interested in participating. See more details •	11 PLNU Seminar by the Sea PLNU Seminar by the Sea February 10, 2020 - February 14, 2020 @ Christian Scripture Plan ahead to join us for a week long intensive seminar at PLNU! Come learn from professors, pastors, and theologians on relevant topics that will enhance you and your ministry. Generally these week intensives begin on Monday with an opening lunch at 12PM and end at 5PM. Classes continue Tuesday -Thursday from 8AM-5PM. On Friday class begins at 8AM and end at 12PM. Some meals and snacks are included- all this for only $79! Limited housing is also available for an additional cost. Please email Maira Lopes at mlopes@pointloma.eduif you are interested in participating. See more details •	12 PLNU Seminar by the Sea PLNU Seminar by the Sea February 10, 2020 - February 14, 2020 @ Christian Scripture Plan ahead to join us for a week long intensive seminar at PLNU! Come learn from professors, pastors, and theologians on relevant topics that will enhance you and your ministry. Generally these week intensives begin on Monday with an opening lunch at 12PM and end at 5PM. Classes continue Tuesday -Thursday from 8AM-5PM. On Friday class begins at 8AM and end at 12PM. Some meals and snacks are included- all this for only $79! Limited housing is also available for an additional cost. Please email Maira Lopes at mlopes@pointloma.eduif you are interested in participating. See more details 2020 PLNU Wiley Lectures with Dr. Brent Strawn 2020 PLNU Wiley Lectures with Dr. Brent Strawn February 12, 2020 - February 16, 2020 @ The Greatest Story Never Told: Rethinking the Bible as the Poetry of God Each year the School ofTheology and Christian Ministry sponsors an academic lecture series, the H. Orton Wiley Lecturesin Theology, designed to engage topics of interest in Christianministry, theology, and biblical studies. This year the Wiley LectureSeries will be held February12-14, 2020 on our campus and feature Dr. Brent Strawn,professor of Old Testament at the Divinity School at Duke University (and aproud alum of PLNU!). This year’s series, entitled, “The Greatest Story Never Told:Rethinking the Bible as the Poetry of God,” asksa novel and thought-provoking question: What if the Bible is less like a storyand more like a poem? This series of four (free) public talks will bringtogether the reading of the Bible and ways of engaging poetry in order toexplore what poetry has to offer Bible readers and what it means to think ofthe Bible as poetry. Brent A. Strawn is Professor of Old Testament at Duke University and a Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. He is an alumni of PLNU ('92) and the School of Theology and Christian Ministry (then known as the Religion and Philosophy Department). He has authored and edited numerous books and articles, including The Bible and the Pursuit of Happiness: What the Old and New Testaments Teach Us about the Good Life (2012), The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law (2014), and The Old Testament Is Dying: A Diagnosis and Recommended Treatment (2017). Strawn is an ordained elder in the North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church and regularly speaks and preaches at churches across the country. He has appeared on CNN on matters ranging from Easter celebrations to Pope Francis to gun violence, and served as both translator and member of the editorial board for The Common English Bible. Lecture 1 - The Bible is Not a Story Wednesday, February 12, 2020 from 11 – 11:50 a.m. Crill Performance Hall Lecture 2 - What Is Poetry and Why Is It Better Than Narrative? Wednesday, February 12, 2020 from 1:30 – 2:20 p.m. Crill Performance Hall Lecture 3 - The Bible and Poetry Thursday, February 13, 2020 from 9:30 – 10:20 a.m. Crill Performance Hall Lecture 4 - The Bible as Poetry Friday, February 14, 2020 from 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Crill Performance Hall More information can befound here: https://www.pointloma.edu/news/2020-wiley-lectures-dr-brent-strawn-plnu-92 **Note: all lecturesare free and open to the public. No tickets. See more details • •	13 PLNU Seminar by the Sea PLNU Seminar by the Sea February 10, 2020 - February 14, 2020 @ Christian Scripture Plan ahead to join us for a week long intensive seminar at PLNU! Come learn from professors, pastors, and theologians on relevant topics that will enhance you and your ministry. Generally these week intensives begin on Monday with an opening lunch at 12PM and end at 5PM. Classes continue Tuesday -Thursday from 8AM-5PM. On Friday class begins at 8AM and end at 12PM. Some meals and snacks are included- all this for only $79! Limited housing is also available for an additional cost. Please email Maira Lopes at mlopes@pointloma.eduif you are interested in participating. See more details 2020 PLNU Wiley Lectures with Dr. Brent Strawn 2020 PLNU Wiley Lectures with Dr. Brent Strawn February 12, 2020 - February 16, 2020 @ The Greatest Story Never Told: Rethinking the Bible as the Poetry of God Each year the School ofTheology and Christian Ministry sponsors an academic lecture series, the H. Orton Wiley Lecturesin Theology, designed to engage topics of interest in Christianministry, theology, and biblical studies. This year the Wiley LectureSeries will be held February12-14, 2020 on our campus and feature Dr. Brent Strawn,professor of Old Testament at the Divinity School at Duke University (and aproud alum of PLNU!). This year’s series, entitled, “The Greatest Story Never Told:Rethinking the Bible as the Poetry of God,” asksa novel and thought-provoking question: What if the Bible is less like a storyand more like a poem? This series of four (free) public talks will bringtogether the reading of the Bible and ways of engaging poetry in order toexplore what poetry has to offer Bible readers and what it means to think ofthe Bible as poetry. Brent A. Strawn is Professor of Old Testament at Duke University and a Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. He is an alumni of PLNU ('92) and the School of Theology and Christian Ministry (then known as the Religion and Philosophy Department). He has authored and edited numerous books and articles, including The Bible and the Pursuit of Happiness: What the Old and New Testaments Teach Us about the Good Life (2012), The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law (2014), and The Old Testament Is Dying: A Diagnosis and Recommended Treatment (2017). Strawn is an ordained elder in the North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church and regularly speaks and preaches at churches across the country. He has appeared on CNN on matters ranging from Easter celebrations to Pope Francis to gun violence, and served as both translator and member of the editorial board for The Common English Bible. Lecture 1 - The Bible is Not a Story Wednesday, February 12, 2020 from 11 – 11:50 a.m. Crill Performance Hall Lecture 2 - What Is Poetry and Why Is It Better Than Narrative? Wednesday, February 12, 2020 from 1:30 – 2:20 p.m. Crill Performance Hall Lecture 3 - The Bible and Poetry Thursday, February 13, 2020 from 9:30 – 10:20 a.m. Crill Performance Hall Lecture 4 - The Bible as Poetry Friday, February 14, 2020 from 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Crill Performance Hall More information can befound here: https://www.pointloma.edu/news/2020-wiley-lectures-dr-brent-strawn-plnu-92 **Note: all lecturesare free and open to the public. No tickets. See more details • •	14 PLNU Seminar by the Sea PLNU Seminar by the Sea February 10, 2020 - February 14, 2020 @ Christian Scripture Plan ahead to join us for a week long intensive seminar at PLNU! Come learn from professors, pastors, and theologians on relevant topics that will enhance you and your ministry. Generally these week intensives begin on Monday with an opening lunch at 12PM and end at 5PM. Classes continue Tuesday -Thursday from 8AM-5PM. On Friday class begins at 8AM and end at 12PM. Some meals and snacks are included- all this for only $79! Limited housing is also available for an additional cost. Please email Maira Lopes at mlopes@pointloma.eduif you are interested in participating. See more details 2020 PLNU Wiley Lectures with Dr. Brent Strawn 2020 PLNU Wiley Lectures with Dr. Brent Strawn February 12, 2020 - February 16, 2020 @ The Greatest Story Never Told: Rethinking the Bible as the Poetry of God Each year the School ofTheology and Christian Ministry sponsors an academic lecture series, the H. Orton Wiley Lecturesin Theology, designed to engage topics of interest in Christianministry, theology, and biblical studies. This year the Wiley LectureSeries will be held February12-14, 2020 on our campus and feature Dr. Brent Strawn,professor of Old Testament at the Divinity School at Duke University (and aproud alum of PLNU!). This year’s series, entitled, “The Greatest Story Never Told:Rethinking the Bible as the Poetry of God,” asksa novel and thought-provoking question: What if the Bible is less like a storyand more like a poem? This series of four (free) public talks will bringtogether the reading of the Bible and ways of engaging poetry in order toexplore what poetry has to offer Bible readers and what it means to think ofthe Bible as poetry. Brent A. Strawn is Professor of Old Testament at Duke University and a Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. He is an alumni of PLNU ('92) and the School of Theology and Christian Ministry (then known as the Religion and Philosophy Department). He has authored and edited numerous books and articles, including The Bible and the Pursuit of Happiness: What the Old and New Testaments Teach Us about the Good Life (2012), The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law (2014), and The Old Testament Is Dying: A Diagnosis and Recommended Treatment (2017). Strawn is an ordained elder in the North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church and regularly speaks and preaches at churches across the country. He has appeared on CNN on matters ranging from Easter celebrations to Pope Francis to gun violence, and served as both translator and member of the editorial board for The Common English Bible. Lecture 1 - The Bible is Not a Story Wednesday, February 12, 2020 from 11 – 11:50 a.m. Crill Performance Hall Lecture 2 - What Is Poetry and Why Is It Better Than Narrative? Wednesday, February 12, 2020 from 1:30 – 2:20 p.m. Crill Performance Hall Lecture 3 - The Bible and Poetry Thursday, February 13, 2020 from 9:30 – 10:20 a.m. Crill Performance Hall Lecture 4 - The Bible as Poetry Friday, February 14, 2020 from 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Crill Performance Hall More information can befound here: https://www.pointloma.edu/news/2020-wiley-lectures-dr-brent-strawn-plnu-92 **Note: all lecturesare free and open to the public. No tickets. See more details District Office Closed District Office Closed February 14, 2020 District Office is open Monday - Thursday from 8 AM to 5 PM See more details South Asian Partnership Mtg South Asian Partnership Mtg February 14, 2020 - February 15, 2020 @ Sun City Church Of The Nazarene, 14636 N Del Webb Blvd, Sun City, AZ 85351, USA The South Asia Field is made up of four Countries: Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (not including Creative Access) Come hear stories about… • How unreached people groups are being engaged (SA Field is less than 1% Christian) • The planting of new churches in new communities • Ministry to children in Development Centers & other programs • How the Jesus Film ministry is playing an essential role in church planting and evangelism Learn how you and/or your church can be a part of what God is doing on the SA Field through… • Congregational partnership opportunities • Serving as a Mission Corps volunteer • Child sponsorships • Short term mission teams • Participating on a Jesus Film or Work & Witness team • Support of pastoral education and more… Friday Night: 6:00 P.M. to 9:15 P.M. •Dinner(cost $10.00 per person) •Opening Remarks •Overview of South Asia Field •Interview Panel with Field Leaders •Vision Trip Report •Updates on Pastoral Education •NMI, SDMI ,NYI, NCM •Communications •Jesus Film •Introduction of new Field Strategy Coordinator. •Final Prayer Saturday: 8:15 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. •Breakfast& Lunch (cost 15.00 per person) •Devotional moment •Compassion 575 Report •NCM Canada Report •Work and Witness •Evangelism& Discipleship Update •Entering new communities w/ Jesus Film •Leadership Development&Pastoral Education •The Role of Compassionate ministry in South Asia & building sustainability •Wrap up thoughts and closing prayer Please RSVP: Ted Diehr: tdiehr@comcast.net Questions: call 713-301-8684 See more details • • • •	15 South Asian Partnership Mtg South Asian Partnership Mtg February 14, 2020 - February 15, 2020 @ Sun City Church Of The Nazarene, 14636 N Del Webb Blvd, Sun City, AZ 85351, USA The South Asia Field is made up of four Countries: Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (not including Creative Access) Come hear stories about… • How unreached people groups are being engaged (SA Field is less than 1% Christian) • The planting of new churches in new communities • Ministry to children in Development Centers & other programs • How the Jesus Film ministry is playing an essential role in church planting and evangelism Learn how you and/or your church can be a part of what God is doing on the SA Field through… • Congregational partnership opportunities • Serving as a Mission Corps volunteer • Child sponsorships • Short term mission teams • Participating on a Jesus Film or Work & Witness team • Support of pastoral education and more… Friday Night: 6:00 P.M. to 9:15 P.M. •Dinner(cost $10.00 per person) •Opening Remarks •Overview of South Asia Field •Interview Panel with Field Leaders •Vision Trip Report •Updates on Pastoral Education •NMI, SDMI ,NYI, NCM •Communications •Jesus Film •Introduction of new Field Strategy Coordinator. •Final Prayer Saturday: 8:15 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. •Breakfast& Lunch (cost 15.00 per person) •Devotional moment •Compassion 575 Report •NCM Canada Report •Work and Witness •Evangelism& Discipleship Update •Entering new communities w/ Jesus Film •Leadership Development&Pastoral Education •The Role of Compassionate ministry in South Asia & building sustainability •Wrap up thoughts and closing prayer Please RSVP: Ted Diehr: tdiehr@comcast.net Questions: call 713-301-8684 See more details 2020 PLNU Wiley Lectures with Dr. Brent Strawn 2020 PLNU Wiley Lectures with Dr. Brent Strawn February 12, 2020 - February 16, 2020 @ The Greatest Story Never Told: Rethinking the Bible as the Poetry of God Each year the School ofTheology and Christian Ministry sponsors an academic lecture series, the H. Orton Wiley Lecturesin Theology, designed to engage topics of interest in Christianministry, theology, and biblical studies. This year the Wiley LectureSeries will be held February12-14, 2020 on our campus and feature Dr. Brent Strawn,professor of Old Testament at the Divinity School at Duke University (and aproud alum of PLNU!). This year’s series, entitled, “The Greatest Story Never Told:Rethinking the Bible as the Poetry of God,” asksa novel and thought-provoking question: What if the Bible is less like a storyand more like a poem? This series of four (free) public talks will bringtogether the reading of the Bible and ways of engaging poetry in order toexplore what poetry has to offer Bible readers and what it means to think ofthe Bible as poetry. Brent A. Strawn is Professor of Old Testament at Duke University and a Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. He is an alumni of PLNU ('92) and the School of Theology and Christian Ministry (then known as the Religion and Philosophy Department). He has authored and edited numerous books and articles, including The Bible and the Pursuit of Happiness: What the Old and New Testaments Teach Us about the Good Life (2012), The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law (2014), and The Old Testament Is Dying: A Diagnosis and Recommended Treatment (2017). Strawn is an ordained elder in the North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church and regularly speaks and preaches at churches across the country. He has appeared on CNN on matters ranging from Easter celebrations to Pope Francis to gun violence, and served as both translator and member of the editorial board for The Common English Bible. Lecture 1 - The Bible is Not a Story Wednesday, February 12, 2020 from 11 – 11:50 a.m. Crill Performance Hall Lecture 2 - What Is Poetry and Why Is It Better Than Narrative? Wednesday, February 12, 2020 from 1:30 – 2:20 p.m. Crill Performance Hall Lecture 3 - The Bible and Poetry Thursday, February 13, 2020 from 9:30 – 10:20 a.m. Crill Performance Hall Lecture 4 - The Bible as Poetry Friday, February 14, 2020 from 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Crill Performance Hall More information can befound here: https://www.pointloma.edu/news/2020-wiley-lectures-dr-brent-strawn-plnu-92 **Note: all lecturesare free and open to the public. No tickets. See more details • •
16 2020 PLNU Wiley Lectures with Dr. Brent Strawn 2020 PLNU Wiley Lectures with Dr. Brent Strawn February 12, 2020 - February 16, 2020 @ The Greatest Story Never Told: Rethinking the Bible as the Poetry of God Each year the School ofTheology and Christian Ministry sponsors an academic lecture series, the H. Orton Wiley Lecturesin Theology, designed to engage topics of interest in Christianministry, theology, and biblical studies. This year the Wiley LectureSeries will be held February12-14, 2020 on our campus and feature Dr. Brent Strawn,professor of Old Testament at the Divinity School at Duke University (and aproud alum of PLNU!). This year’s series, entitled, “The Greatest Story Never Told:Rethinking the Bible as the Poetry of God,” asksa novel and thought-provoking question: What if the Bible is less like a storyand more like a poem? This series of four (free) public talks will bringtogether the reading of the Bible and ways of engaging poetry in order toexplore what poetry has to offer Bible readers and what it means to think ofthe Bible as poetry. Brent A. Strawn is Professor of Old Testament at Duke University and a Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. He is an alumni of PLNU ('92) and the School of Theology and Christian Ministry (then known as the Religion and Philosophy Department). He has authored and edited numerous books and articles, including The Bible and the Pursuit of Happiness: What the Old and New Testaments Teach Us about the Good Life (2012), The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law (2014), and The Old Testament Is Dying: A Diagnosis and Recommended Treatment (2017). Strawn is an ordained elder in the North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church and regularly speaks and preaches at churches across the country. He has appeared on CNN on matters ranging from Easter celebrations to Pope Francis to gun violence, and served as both translator and member of the editorial board for The Common English Bible. Lecture 1 - The Bible is Not a Story Wednesday, February 12, 2020 from 11 – 11:50 a.m. Crill Performance Hall Lecture 2 - What Is Poetry and Why Is It Better Than Narrative? Wednesday, February 12, 2020 from 1:30 – 2:20 p.m. Crill Performance Hall Lecture 3 - The Bible and Poetry Thursday, February 13, 2020 from 9:30 – 10:20 a.m. Crill Performance Hall Lecture 4 - The Bible as Poetry Friday, February 14, 2020 from 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Crill Performance Hall More information can befound here: https://www.pointloma.edu/news/2020-wiley-lectures-dr-brent-strawn-plnu-92 **Note: all lecturesare free and open to the public. No tickets. See more details •	17	18 South MA South MA February 18, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am New Life Community Church of the Nazarene, 3367 N Geronimo Ave, Tucson, AZ 85705, USA Light breakfast and coffee will be provided. Our focus will be on sharing our hearts with each other and praying for each other and our churches. See more details •	19 NorthWest MA NorthWest MA February 19, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Prescott Church of the Nazarene, 2110 Willow Creek Rd, Prescott, AZ 86301, USA See more details •	20	21 District Office Closed District Office Closed February 21, 2020 District Office is open Monday - Thursday from 8 AM to 5 PM See more details District Ladies' Retreat District Ladies' Retreat February 21, 2020 - February 23, 2020 @ Camp Pinerock, 1400 Pine Dr, Prescott, AZ 86303, USA For registration information click on the following link: https://arizonadistrict.org/womens-ministries/ See more details • •	22 District Ladies' Retreat District Ladies' Retreat February 21, 2020 - February 23, 2020 @ Camp Pinerock, 1400 Pine Dr, Prescott, AZ 86303, USA For registration information click on the following link: https://arizonadistrict.org/womens-ministries/ See more details •
23 District Ladies' Retreat District Ladies' Retreat February 21, 2020 - February 23, 2020 @ Camp Pinerock, 1400 Pine Dr, Prescott, AZ 86303, USA For registration information click on the following link: https://arizonadistrict.org/womens-ministries/ See more details •	24	25 Studies & Credential Board Mtg Studies & Credential Board Mtg February 25, 2020 TBD District License Interviews See more details •	26	27	28 District Office Closed District Office Closed February 28, 2020 District Office is open Monday - Thursday from 8 AM to 5 PM See more details •	29