by Terry Armstrong | Nov 13, 2021 | Around the District
The Champaign zone met together this evening at Champaign First for an evening of celebration, worship and the Word. Thank you to Pastor David J. Allison for putting together the information. Pastor Juan Loredo and Champaign First for hosting. In addition, it was...
by Terry Armstrong | Nov 12, 2021 | Around the District
Becky and I are attending, along with our District SDMI Chairman, B.J. Thelander, the Regional Leadership Conference at the Ridgecrest Conference Center in Black Mountain, North Carolina. The opening service with Dr. Gustavo Crocker was inspirational and encouraging....
by Terry Armstrong | Nov 7, 2021 | Around the District
This morning Becky and I traveled to Beardstown to join Pastor Jerimy and Janna Wooley and the wonderful congregation of Beardstown. Pastor Jerimy spoke an excellent word out of 1 Samuel 1. In addition, we got to be part of their Thanksgiving Church dinner. The food...
by Terry Armstrong | Nov 7, 2021 | Around the District
Teens gathered at Decatur First for the third Quiz Meet of the 2021-2022 season today.There were four teams, representing three different churches. We had 10 total quizzers. Top Five were: Henry – Belleville EmmanuelMary – PittsfieldJohn – Belleville...
by Terry Armstrong | Nov 6, 2021 | Around the District
Seventeen pastors and lay leaders gathered at Salem Grace to participate in CPR (Church Planting Refresh) training led by Rev. Mark Bane, USA/Canada Director of Evangelism and New Church Development for the Church of the Nazarene. It was 8 hours of inspiration,...
by Terry Armstrong | Oct 31, 2021 | Around the District
Many of our churches provided outreach activities for children with fall festivals, harvest parties or ‘trunk or treat’. Sunday night we stopped by Godfrey as they were reaching out to families in their community. Pastor Greg and Anita are doing a great job of making...
