Rev.

Douglas Wyatt
District Superintendent
Rev. Doug Wyatt
620-931-5835;
djwyatt@cox.net
Mrs. Joni Wyatt
620-931-5976;
joniwyatt@cox.net

The East
Kentuckian

Eastern Kentucky District

Church of the Nazarene
P.O. Box 999
Richmond, KY. 40476
Phone/Fax859-623-3782
E-Mailalewis@ekdnaz.org

Volume LXIII, Issue 7

July 2015

Boards & Committees

General Superintendent in
Jurisdiction
Dr. J. K. Warrick
District Superintendent
Rev. Douglas Wyatt
Office Administrator
Annette Lewis
District Secretary
Rev. Dwayne Mills
District Treasurer
Rev. Jim Webster
Advisory Board
Dr. Carson Castleman
Chuck Copley
Rev. Larry Dillon
Bette Edwards
Rev. David Robirds
Rev. James Webster
Ministerial Studies Board
Rev. Lonnie Blosser
Rev. Sandra Good
Rev. Dwayne Mills
Rev. Meredith Moser
Rev. Curtis Napier, Sr.
Rev. Roy Penix
Rev. Robert S. Pocai
Rev. Wes Shoemaker, Sr.
Ministerial Credentials Board
Rev. Kevin Campbell
Rev. Scott Hill
Rev. David Mills
Dr. Garrett Mills
Rev. David Robirds
Rev. David Rodgers
Rev. Steve Wheeler
Court of Appeals
Rev. Carl Baker
Lola Brickey
Rev. Scot Crothers
Howard Slibeck
Finance Committee
Advisory Board, Dept. Heads,
District Sec., District Treas.
Kelly Adkins
Rev. Scot Crothers
Dianne Hall
Rev. Norman Potter
Marie Raney
Rev. Wes Shoemaker, Jr.
Howard Slibeck

Welcome New Pastors!

Carthage Church
Rev. John and Lisa Waters
Corbin Church
Rev. Chris and Kristin Gilmore
London Church
Rev. Jared and Janaye Burgess
EKD is glad to have you join our family!

Welcome to our newest Nazarene!

Simon William McLean
Parents: Pastor Luke and Sarah McLean
Of Ashland First
8lbs 15oz
Born: July 10, 2015

Go ye into all the world!

We celebrated 100 years
of Nazarene
Missions.

You brought baby supplies for

NYI.

EKD is a Mission Priority One District

100% Participation in Alabaster for the 10th Year in a Row
100% Praying for World Evangelism
$27,852 Given in Overpayment This Year100% Goes to
Opening Work in New Fields
54 Churches Involving Children and Youth in Missions

Missy Verdin shared ways for

families to become involved in
missions. Scott shared incredible
stories of Gods grace extended to
each of us.

What if your church did

missions locally and
globally?

Eastern Kentucky District Church of the Nazarene

Annual Womens Retreat
October 2-4, 2015
Cumberland Falls State Park Corbin, KY
Registration Form
*All forms and Fees Must be in by August 1
(Refunds are not possible after this date)

We hope you join us for 2 nights and 3 days of fantastic fun, fellowship, and Spiritual renewal
as we learn what it means to Grow Deep, Live Tall
Special Speakers: Robyn Campbell, Leah Edwards and Joni Wyatt
Worship led by: Amy Blosser
We will begin Friday at 7pm and commence on Sunday at 12 noon.
Visit www.parks.ky.gov for more information on the location
Name: _____________________________ Email Address:_________________________
Address:__________________________________________________________________
Phone #: ____________________ Church:_______________________________________
Retreat Cost Per Person: Includes 2 nights of lodging, Saturday dinner, conference fee, T-Shirt
Please Circle the room type requested and list roommates
T-Shirt Size: S M L XL XXL
Lodge rooms - 2 Queen beds (1-4 people per room):
1 Person: $280 2 People: $165
Roommates:_________________________________
3 People: $135 4 People: $120
____________________________________
Cottages - Full Kitchens, 2 rooms, 4 Queen beds (4-8 people, 6 cottages available, largest groups served first)
4 People: $165 5 People: $140
Roommates: __________________________________
6 People: $135 7 People: $125 8 People $120
______________________________________
Conference, T-shirt, and Dinner Only (No lodging) $50
Special Requests (ex: Food allergies, Physical limitations, no stairs; etc.) We will try our best to accommodate!
_________________________________________________________________________________
Please complete and Mail with payment (Payable to EKD) to:
E KY District Office c/o Annette Lewis
P.O. Box 999

{ } Yes, We would like to have a Team.

Team Captain:___________________
Address:_________________
_________________
Phone: __________________
Email:___________________
Team Member:__________________
Team Member:__________________
Team Member:__________________
{ } $200 Fee Enclosed
{ } Will pay $200 Fee at Registration

Eastern KY District
Church of the Nazarene
SDMI Golf Scramble Fundraiser
for
Children/Youth Ministries

{ } Yes, We would like to sponsor a hole.

Name:_________________________
Address:_______________________
_______________________
Phone: ________________________
Email:_________________________
I would like for my sign to read:
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
{ } $100 Sponsorship Enclosed
{ } Yes, We would like to make a donation.
Name:_________________________
Address:_______________________
_______________________
Phone: ________________________
Email:_________________________
{ } $____ Donation Included
Please return to: EKD Mens Ministry
1632 Tug River Rd.
Inez, KY 41224
*Hole Sponsors - $100
(Sign will be placed at hole with your name/church
name/business name during the golf outing)

Saturday
Sept. 26, 2015
at
Eagle Trace
Golf Course Morehead, KY
(Registration Deadline is
Friday, September 18, 2015 Please make sure to email
confirmation if you plan on paying at registration)
4 Person Scramble playing best ball
$200 per team ($50 per player) Includes Green Fees,
Cart Fees, and Lunch following the Outing
Prizes for: Closest to the Pin, Longest Drive, Longest Putt
Also special prizes for 1st and 2nd
place
8:00 AM Registration
9:00 AM Shotgun Start

Thank you for your support!

Nazarene Youth International

SONFEST

At MVNU, Mt
Vernon, Ohio.
Sept. 26th, 2015.
Colton Dixon
Leeland
I am They
And more!
$12.00 in advance
for 10 or more,
$20.00 per at the
gate!

GOODBYE,
AND GOOD
LUCK TO
OUR FRIEND
BRANDON
MOORE
WE LOVE
YOU!

Allan Krebs, President

11996 Kite Lane
Union, Ky 41091
859-485-6833

Sherry Storms, Treasurer

191 Sawyers Rd.
Keavy, Ky 40737
606-280-4800

krebscrckt7@aol.com

HSKENLEIGH@VONAGE@YAHOO.COM

NYC 2015

Louisville, Kentucky
EKD had 52 students, along with 13 adult Sponsors, attend the week long

incredible

event in Louisville! It was an

experience watching the Lord move
in our Students as well as our Adults! We had fantastic times of reflection in the
evenings after we returned to our hotel. There were a lot of confessions and tears,
as well as praise reports for what the Lord had done! Let me say again! THANK
YOU so much to all who supported us in Prayer as well as financially!

EKD YOUTH RALLY

Hosted by Covington Central COTN
Featuring MVNU PR Group Transformed
Saturday, August 1st, from 6:00pm 11:00pm
Cost 2.00 per student
Music, Food, Games, Dodgeball, Sand Volleyball,
and much more!
Miss Your Friends From NYC? Blast, Camp, last
chance to get together before School starts back!

NYI COUNCIL MEETING

Saturday August 29th, at Mt Sterling, Church of the Nazarene!

10:00 AM Meeting
Lunch at 12:00 PM

District Calendar

Evangelism & Church Growth

Director: Scott A. Hill
Email: scotthcpp@aol.com

July 30 DAB meeting

August 28-30 Ministers and Mates Retreat,
Hyatt Place, Lexington
August 29 NYI Council Meeting
September 25-26 NMI Regional W&W Retreat
Colombus, OH
September 26 SDMI Golf ScrambleEagles Trace, Morehead
October 2-4District Womens Retreat
Cumberland Falls State Park, Corbin
October 16-18 District NYI Fall Retreat
October 18-19 NMI Appalachian Conference
Turkey Creek
Looking Ahead: December 5 Ministers and
Mates Christmas Dinner Blue Licks State Park

Mount Vernon Nazarene University

Website: www.mvnu.edu; Phone: 740-392-6868
District Trustees:
Angela Castleman (Email: angela.castleman@indwes.edu)
Rev. Roy Penix (Email: revroy329@bellsouth.net)
District Rep:
Robyn Campbell (Email: robyn.cambell@mvnu.edu)
Financial Aid:
Jared Sponseller (Email: jared.sponseller@mvnu.edu)
Church Relations:
Mike Williams (Email: mike.williams@mvnu.edu)

Dates to Remember:
Aug 10-14 DCPI Training
Sept 26SonFest
Oct 9Festival of Joy/Grandparents Day
Nov 5-6 Board of Trustees Meeting
Nov 13-14MVNU Homecoming

Ministerial Studies Opportunities

Lonnie Blosser, Chair
640 Simon Kenton Ave.
Maysville, KY 41056

Roy Penix, Sec.

P.O. Box 489
Inez, KY 41224

606-301-1806; lblosser87@gmail.com

606-298-4074; revroy329@bellsouth,net

MVNU Seminars & Conferences (Call toll free 1-888470-0050, or email church.relations@mvnu.edu
to register)

Eastern Kentucky News

Prayer Requests

Eastern Kentucky DistrictNew leadership

team
ChurchesAll open churches on district
seeking new pastors (North Middletown,
Pineville)

PrimeTime News
How did it get so late so soon? Its night
before its afternoon. December is here
before its June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon? Dr. Seuss
Whether you are 9 or 90, you have to admire the wisdom
of our friend, Dr. Seuss!

Please visit our new Eastern Kentucky District Facebook

page! Look for upcoming events and important updates!

Pastors Profile
Introducing Pastor Vernon Adams, serving now at North
Middletown, but has been faithful for many, many years
across EKD, serving where God led him. Thank you Pastor
Adams!
Tell us a little about your family:
Married 51 years to one of 12 siblings (Sue)
One child (JaDawna) and one grandson (Seth), special inlaws Many little adopted ones through child care

Do you see growing older as a positive time in your life or

one filled with many obstacles? Which of the two questions
most accurately defines your thinking?
Its late. Turn out the lights. The party is over. My time has
passed!
Its late! Turn UP the lights! My remaining time is precious
and not to be wasted. God has a powerful purpose for my
twilight!
I hope you enthusiastically chose B! Psalm 71:18 declares
now that I am old and gray, do not abandon me O, God.
Let me proclaim your power to this new generation, your
mighty miracles to all who come after me!

Describe yourself in 7 words: Funny, witty, storyteller,

loves children, perfectionist, indecisive Evangelist

Gods awesome power has never depended on our age or

physical strength. Its still early enough! You are still young
enough to make a mighty difference for Christ in the lives
of others. So late so soon?......NO, NO share Christ
today with everyone you meet.

What would the title of a movie about your life be? A

Country Boy and His Dog God

Mark your calendar Festival of Joy at MVNU, October 9,

2015

Tell us about your first pet:

No dogs or cats.but Charlotte. Second grade. Beautiful. I
cried when she moved to another school. I was ready to
marry her, but saw later that the responsibilities of such a
union would have been overwhelming.
Today, you may have one super power what will it be?
Today (and its a long day) Jesus is on earth and every child
gets to sit on His lap and every teen may stand at His side.
He blesses them all (a blessing that lasts a lifetime). And no
one goes to bed hungry tonight!
What would your goal in life have been had God not called
you to preach?
To succeed and excel in whatever field of life. I liked farming, and I especially liked athletics, as it seemed I always
had a basketball or baseball in my hand.
Whats the strangest thing you believed as a child that you
later found out was not true?
It must have been some things about Santa, whom I believed in much longer than I dare to tell you.

Love and blessings to all. Bette Edwards

Pastors Profile-c (ont)
We are bringing your favorite meal what should it include?
You have brought my favorite meal when it includes the
company of a close relative, a dear friend, or a small child
to entertain or to be entertained by.
Tell us about your call to preach:
Sometime after conversion, each night when I lay down to
sleep, sleep left me, for sermons kept coming to me and I
saw myself in the pulpit preaching them. Now I have often
felt that I did not do well in the pulpit, but I have never
doubted that that was where God wanted me to be.
Give one idea of how to reach more people for Christ across
EKD:
Jesus must have had it right: GO OUT into the streets and
lanes..GO OUT into the highways and hedges and compel
them to come in that my house may be filled. (Luke 14).
But this going out must have with it the experience and passion that Isaiah had (Isaiah 6).

June 2015
CHURCH
Ashland Zone
Argilite
Ashland First
Ashland Grace
Ashland Plaza
Catlettsburg First
Catlettsburg So.
Durbin
Flatwoods
Lloyd
New Beginnings
So. Shore
Straight Creek
Summit
Twin Fork
Worthington
Wurtland
Totals
Big Sandy Zone
Beauty
Inez
Paintsville

SS
38
NR
NR

48
NR
NR

60
11
73
26
11

90
18
141
48
18

61

89

50
30
58
NR

76
64
58
NR

36
88
NR

36
91
NR

542

777

Bluegrass Zone
Beattyville
Irvine
Ravenna
Richmond First

17

62
347
229
158
148
307
45
251
114
185
95
112
110
111
250
370
2894

21

32

114
143

117
166

185
377

NR

44
38
60
30
28

Richmond Rosemont

RL

65
49
78

NR

Turkey Creek
Totals

Waco
Totals

MW

NR

110
56
94
59
32
NR

200

Corbin Cumberland Zone

Corbin
54
Cumberland
9
Harlan Fisher
22
London
32
Mount Vernon
17
Pineville
8
Whitesburg
5
Totals
147

351

78
19

27
35
27
16
7
209

153
131
436
501
107
53
1381

150
50
30
75
41
33
41
420

CHURCH
Mount Sterling Zone
Clintonville
Flemingsburg
Mount Sterling
North Middletown
Paris
Totals

SS

MW

9
71
50
7
34
171

RL

9
101
70
10
41
231

25
220
351
140
225
961

North Kentucky Zone

Augusta Riverview NR
NR
Carthage
8
36
Covington Central
71
85
Cov. Eastside
22
27
Crosspoint Comm
137
405
Dayton
20
23
Erlanger Grace Pointe
54
203
Erlanger
24
24
Fairhope Comm
24
24
Florence Comm.
25
63
Generations Ind
98
132
Immanual
NR
NR
Maysville
84
110
Newport
NR
NR

96
105
472
94
737
80
803
68
22
70
100
123
450
276

Totals
Olive Hill Zone
Grahn
Grayson
Morehead
Olive Hill
Totals
Grand Totals
Churches NR

567

NR

1132

NR
63

NR
24
87
1857
11

79
NR
37
203
3069

3496

60
232
87
143
522
10051

Our Shares for Others

Because Our Mission is Bigger than Ourselves
WEF
Recd
Argillite
Ashland First
Ashland Grace
Augusta River Community
Beattyville
Beauty
Cannonsburg New Beginning
Carthage
Catlettsburg First
Catlettsburg Southside
Clintonville
Corbin
Covington Central
Covington Eastside
Cumberland
Dayton
Durbin
Erlanger
Erlanger GracePointe Comm
Flatwoods
Flemingsburg
Florence Community

P&B
Recd
202
618
376

82
618
376

DISTRICT
Recd
620
1373
835

572

234

234

331
1575
50
500

131
665

556
2859
900

MVNU
Recd

SDMI
Recd

NYI
Recd

NMI
Recd

17.00
49.54
32.84

28.00
82.37
50.08

37.00
109.84
66.87

520

31.00

31.00

42.00

131
665

289
1477

10.00
52.00

18.00
92.00

24.00
111.00

390

390

860

30.00

30.00

40.00

660
177

222
64

222
80

491
161

19.00
9.00

31.00
9.00

40.00
12.00

623
278

260

260

580

20.00
15.16

35.00
15.16

47.00
20.21

613
1000

251
350

33.42
400

850

33.42
125.00

44.56
150.00

1791

730

730

1622

78.00

78.00
115.00

103.00

300

Grahn
Grayson
Harlan
Immanuel
Independence Generations
Inez
Irvine
Lloyd
London
Maysville
Maysville Crosspointe Comm
Morehead
Mount Sterling
Mount Vernon
Newport
North Middletown
Olive Hill
Paintsville
Paris
Pineville
Ravenna
Richmond First
Richmond Rosemont
Russell-Plaza Community
South Shore
Straight Creek
Summit
Turkey Creek
Twin Fork
Waco
Walton Fairhope Comm
Whitesburg
Worthington
Wurtland
Total

40.00
413
757

178
293

544
650

23.00
39.00

23.00
39.00

30.00

293

635

275

566

1261

42.26

42.26

56.35

1204

502

50
300

200
114

50
250

50
556

50.00
15.20

50.00

15.20

420

176

176

391

2022

827

827
411

1838
914

189

84
313

625
452

12.92

64.76
54.84
14.23
37.53
14.23

86.34
73.12
24.00
50.04
36.20

607
200

100.00

200.00

483

20.00

204

303

64.76

303

623

241

35
411

40
913

32.01

54.66

73.00

19,880

7889

8027

18719

746.11

1388.51

1366.43

7/1/15

7/13/15

7/13/15