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Newsletter, June 7, 2023

June 7, 2023NewsletterETNMI

Thanks You, East Tennessee Nazarenes, from the Fraziers

I received a cool thank you note, with an African giraffe on the front, in the mail today.

Then note was from Russell and Carla Frazier.

E TN Nazarenes make such notes possible!

To those of you who hosted the Fraziers in your church, those who attended one of the deputation services,

those who prayed for the services, and to those who gave in wonderful offerings that totaled $8,977 for the week, THANK YOU!

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GREAT MISSIONARY BOOKS!

Many of our churches have been asking for missionary reading books…well, here they come!

These two books are not available through traditional missionary books outlets…

“Overcoming: Life Lessons from My Missionary Journey” by Wellington Obotte, the first native African missionary to African nations. Many E Tennesseans will fondly remember Wellington and Hellen Obotte’s two week tour of our district, delighting and challenging us! Twenty copies of this book will be available for $20 donation for each book, at the NMI Registration Area at District Assembly….Thanks to Martha Bean, former district NMI President of Indianapolis district, now a member of Lebanon First Church of the Nazarene, for all the years that you served as arranger of deputation for the Obottes, and thank you for arranging to make the books available to us at E TN District NMI Convention!

“Notes from a Mozambique Prison” Former missionary Hugh Friberg, who was imprisoned in Mozambique along with Armand Doll, has finally written that story. The book,” Notes from a Mozambique Prison,” was recently released and is available for purchase in print or Kindle format on Amazon.com. Many years ago, “The Toothpaste Express,” about this imprisonment, was one of our NMI (NWMS) reading books about this shared experience.

Newsletter, May 31, 2023

May 31, 2023NewsletterETNMI

Thanks to these 39 E TN NMI for sending NMI Reports…

Cleveland New Hope Cowan Real Life Hilltop Newport Brownington Estill Springs Elizabethton Cleveland First Lenoir City Warren Chapel Sweetwater Murfreesboro 1st Knoxville South Shelbyville Maryville Crossville Agape Fayetteville Pleasant View Decherd Smyrna Knoxville House Church Network Chapman’s Chapel Eastside Community Barfield Athens Beulah Chapel Tullahoma 1st Chattanooga Grace Lebanon 1st Mount Juliet Himesville Tullahoma Westside New Life Pleasant Green Mount Vernon Knoxville 1st Mount Hermon
*If your NMI does not report (even though your pastor answered questions about NMI on his report) there is no way your Memorial Rolll/DSA names, and other significant information, can be reported in Assembly Booklet. PLEASE take a few minutes to report, using any of three ways to report provided at http://etnmi.org/forms/

No Reading Books/Curriculum Available from Global NMI,
but Here’s a Gift for You

The MidSouth District NMI has commissioned a free curriculum, with a study for adults and one for children. The adult curriculum is authored by missionary TeAnna Sunberg, and the children’s curriculum is from Kid Min Creatives.

The MidSouth district has generously shared the free curriculum, so it is available to all districts who wish to use it.

To access the curriculum, click here:

midsouthnmi.org/curriculum

Please read through the materials; then share your opinions or issues with use of materials*, either on line, or at the workshop. *As I studied the excellent children’s material, I noticed that the link to printables does not work. I’ve report the issue to the creators of the material, and hope to have a solution by the time of our NMI Workshop** at District NMI Convention

We will explore ways to use these, and other mission materials at our 2023 District NMI Workshop, 3:00 PM, est, Tuesday, July 11, at Cleveland 1st Church of the Nazarene…Assembly/NMI Convention registration will open at Lee University soon after our workshop**, leaving you time for dinner before the opening service of district assembly.

Send email (click live link below) to indicate number from your church that will attend workshop

butler_sandra@hotmail.com

Another Gift for You

Our E TN retired missionary, Geneva Silvernail, has written yet another wonderful story about her experience as a missionary in Africa.

This one, about a wedding in what is now eSwatini, is perfect to use at this time of year…June weddings! Be sure to find the story attached to this newsletter!

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Can’t Wait to See NMI Gift Baskets for W&W at Family Camp

Wednesday, 5/31-Sunday, June 6/4

Our car us is packed with beautiful, unique gift baskets that churches on the Tullahoma/Decherd zones are sending to Family Camp with us tomorrow.

Several years ago, NMI began a tradition of having a Gift Basket Silent Auction to benefit W&W projects, at Family Camp. The baskets are beautiful and provide lots of entertainment! Baskets will be in the (air conditioned!) room by ladies bathroom in the building behind the tabernacle.

Newsletter, May 3, 2023

May 3, 2023NewsletterETNMI

May is Missionary Month in E TN!

We will be ABUNDANTLY blessed to have our Links missionaries, Russell & Carla Frazier, in services May 21-25, while our E TN SENT missionaries, Joshua & Katie Haun began deputation in E TN us this past Sunday at Barfield, and will be at Cookeville, (Sunday AM ,Sunday PM), Athens PM, and Elizabethton (Wednesday PM) this week. For their complete schedule go to

http://etnmi.org/upcoming-events/

From our Links Missionaries, Russell & Carla Frazier: We have a website where you can find out information about us and our ministry. The website is

www.frazierministry.com

You will find there a bio and a flyer that you might like to use to publicize the service. Both of them can be found on this page:

http://www.frazierministry.com/documents/

Links Missionaries, Russell & Carla Frazier – Times for all Frazier services will be on next newsletter

5/21 Sunday AM Service: Shelbyville First
Sunday PM Service: Tullahoma First – Tullahoma Mission Area Rally
5/22 Monday –Fraziers: Crossville-Cumberland/ Cookeville Mission Area Rally
5/23 Tuesday -Fraziers:Lebanon First-Lebanon Mission Area Rally
5/24Wednesday -Fraziers: New Life in Oak Ridge-Knoxille Mission Area Rally
5/25 Thursday -Fraziers: Chattanooga Grace- Chattanooga Mission Area Rally
5/26 Friday -Fraziers: Athens – Loudon Zone Rally

ABOUT OFFERINGS FOR ALL SERVICES

For Frazier services, for AREA WIDE services involving churches from multiple zones/ mission areas: Write check to GLOBAL TREASURER, CHURCH of the NAZARENE… Be sure to identify your church on your check (church name & ID number); Any loose cash in offering should be credited to host church. Host church will send all church checks to: Church of the Nazarene GTS. PO Box 854116, Kansas City, MO 64184-3116

For Haun services, if sending check:
Write check to GLOBAL TREASURER, CHURCH of the NAZARENE; Write Joshua Haun Deputation on memo line; then send one check from church for offering to: Church of the Nazarene GTS. PO Box 854116, Kansas City, MO 64184-3116

Some have had questions about “Love Offerings” for the Hauns…here’s their answer:

“We are allowed to accept any cash offerings as a personal “love offering ” gift. But if we are written a check by the church for any among we are required to submit it into our deputation account even if it was received as a love offering. The reason is because earmarked charitable giving through an organization muct be received by the sponsoring organization.”

IMPORTANT NEWS FOR ALL NMI PRESIDENTS AND CHILDREN’S WORKERS

In this week’s edition of NMI Central, the first issue of Kids Kaleidoscope will be included. Kids Kaleidoscope is a part of NMI Central the first Wednesday of each month with children’s activities that align with that week’s story. NMI Central is available in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. Visit

www.nazarene.org/nmi-central

to subscribe.