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Church of the Nazarene
We are a district with a one hundred year old past and a missional future. The 91 active congregations, ReStart churches and NewStart church plants are reaching out to over 100,000 people every week in Western Pennsylvania. Whether you live in one of our cities, our numerous small towns or in the rural countryside, we probably have a congregation of people near you...a congregation that will welcome you, love you, help you connect with God and offer you the opportunity to serve Him.
We hope you find everything you need as you visit our website. Perhaps you, too, will find out that "Our Church Can Be Your Home."
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Dear Nazarenes:
I want to bring you up-to-date on the latest information available to us regarding the crisis situation in Haiti. This is a first-person account of some of the things I experienced as I arrived in Haiti on the afternoon of 12 January 2010 for district assemblies.
The United States Geological Survey reported that the magnitude 7.0 quake—the most powerful to hit Haiti in a century—struck shortly before 5 p.m. Eastern Time and was centered about 10 miles (15 kilometers) southwest of Port-au-Prince. It could be strongly felt in eastern Cuba more than 200 miles away, witnesses said.
The earth became like an angry ocean.
Status Report
Here is what we know as of Friday 15 January 2010:
- The dire situation in Haiti continues with extreme shortages of food, water, shelter, fuel, and medical care. Roughly one third of the population of 9 million has been affected, and at least 50,000 are estimated to have lost their lives.
- What we take for granted in terms of infrastructure in developed countries (electricity, water, sewers, and roads) simply doesn't exist in Haiti. This lack of basic needs is adding to the difficulties of providing assistance to people.
- It is not easy to land planes at the Port-au-Prince International Airport due to congestion. This situation needs to improve quickly so that helpers and larger quantities of supplies can be brought in to meet the overwhelming demands of the dear people of Haiti.
- Haitian Nazarenes are working to distribute food, water, tents, and blankets and to provide medical attention. Simultaneously, our international church continues working around the clock to join the efforts of others in meeting the needs.
It is worth noting that the value of World Evangelism Fund dollars and the faithful giving you have provided to this country can be found in the 500+ churches and nearly 116,000 Nazarenes who are serving the dislocated people of Haiti on behalf of the Church of the Nazarene.
The Immediate Needs
The best thing to do is pray:
- For all Haitians but especially for our people who need food, water, patience, comfort, and strength. There is no place for people to stay. They sleep on the ground in the open air, sometimes using cardboard boxes to lie on, if they can find them.
- For initial responders—search and rescue personnel; medical teams who are setting up clinics on our seminary campus near Petionville; firemen, police, and others who are going into Haiti to stabilize the country.
Cash donations are needed in order to provide emergency supplies and assistance:
- I ask you to give generously and sacrificially
- Connect to this link for important information about giving
- This is a link to a video I recorded 15 January 2010
The Long Road Ahead
In the next few months our seminary and other locations will become staging grounds for scores of Work & Witness teams to build churches and homes and to repair the Nazarene Seminary in Haiti. More information will be available at www.nazarene.org and through your church as details are worked out and logistics are put in place.
In Closing
Here are some words from John Smee, regional director for the Caribbean:
"Sixty years ago the Church of the Nazarene began in Haiti with two members. Now 116,000 Haitian Nazarenes, living in the poorest nation of the Western Hemisphere are facing death and destruction, and yet they remain strong and resilient, true to their faith. They are depending on Nazarenes around the world to pray and give as they seek to rebuild their lives, their towns, and their country. God bless you for your prayers and the support Haitians are already receiving."
There is simply no adequate answer to the question "why?" We must leave that for some future time. "Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face" (1 Corinthians 13:12). So let us focus on this question: "How can I help?" As we respond to this question our great Nazarene family around the world will make a difference for the future of the Haitian Nazarenes and the Haitian people. This will please the heart of our Lord!
Thank you for your faithful response.
J. K. Warrick
Chair, Board of General Superintendents
Church of the Nazarene
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The Missional Leader: Equipping Your Church to Reach a Changing World
Speaker: Alan Roxburgh
March 23, 2010
Time: 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (Registration 9 a.m.)
Location: Mount Vernon Nazarene College (Free Enterprise Business Center)
Missional churches are not about a particular program or isolated projects (such as mission trips or youth ministry). At the very heart of a missional church is a gathering of people who are concerned with the bigger purpose of bringing God?s word into the larger community outside their walls. In The Missional Leader, Alan J. Roxburgh gives church and denominational leaders, pastors, and clergy a clear model for leading the change necessary to create and foster a missional church focused outward to spread the message of the Gospel into the surrounding community. The Missional Leader emphasizes principles rather than institutional forms, shows how to move away from "church as usual," and demonstrates what capacities, environments, and mindsets are required to lead a missional church.
To register, call 1-888-470-0050. Registration deadline is March 16, 2010. For more information, contact Rev. Chris Easton, pastor of Butler First Church of the Nazarene at
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Recently, as a result of the homegoing of Mrs. Marion Acton and the generosity of her daughter and son-in-law, Lucille and Bob Bollinger, the home where Marion lived in Nazarene Village became available for rent. Our desire, in keeping with the wishes of Mrs. Acton and the Bollingers, is to rent the home, if possible, to a retired Nazarene minister or missionary or the surviving spouse of a Nazarene minister or missionary. This offer is available for a limited time, after which the home may be rented to another qualified and approved person.
If you are interested in renting this home in Nazarene Village, a retirement community situated on the grounds of Mt. Chestnut Nazarene Center, please call the office of the Pittsburgh District Church of the Nazarene at 724-287-5867 or email us at
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. Ask for Mr. Phil Heckman, Executive Director, who can give you information about the house and cost of rental.
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 This year, 2009, will be the last year that the Pittsburgh District Journal will be printed by Nazarene Publishing House. Future journals will be electronically published and availabe on-line from the district website (www.pghnazarene.org) and from the general church website (www.nazarene.org). For this year, the printed journals are not expected to arrive until late October or early November (last year, they arrived in January). To facilitate the need for information, the 2009 Pittsburgh District Journal is available on-line now by clicking on the link below. If you desire, you may print as many copies of the file as you need.
The available file is an audited edition of the journal. The General Secretary's office at the Global Ministry Center in Lenexa, Kansas, has made the journal available as a PDF file.
Click the following link to view or download the file:
2009 Pittsburgh District Journal - audited (PDF File)
2009 Pittsburgh District Journal - unaudited (WORD File)
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