SIXTIETH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY JOURNAL OF THE Canada …

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SIXTIETH

ANNUAL ASSEMBLY JOURNAL

OF THE

Canada Pacific District

Church of the Nazarene

Session held at

Victoria First Church of the Nazarene

Victoria, BC

June 25 - 26, 2015

Dr. J. D. Porter Rev. Earl R. Wood

General Superintendent District Superintendent

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DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES OF THE CANADA PACIFIC DISTRICT

Year Place Gen. Supt. Dist. Supt. Dist. Sec.

1956 Vancouver G.B. Williamson Edward Lawlor H. Hoffman

1957 Vancouver G. B. Williamson Bert Daniels H. Hoffman

1958 Vancouver D.I. Vanderpool Bert Daniels H. Hoffman

1959 Vancouver S. Young Bert Daniels H. Hoffman

1960 Vancouver H. Benner Bert Daniels H. Hoffman

1961 Vancouver H. Powers Bert Daniels G. MacDonald

1962 Vancouver G.B. Williamson Bert Daniels B. Fleming

1963 Vancouver V.H. Lewis Bert Daniels B. Fleming

1964 Vancouver S. Young Roy Yeider B. Fleming

1965 Vancouver H. Power Roy Yeider B. Fleming

1966 Abbotsford H. Benner Roy Yeider Wm. Bahan

1967 Vancouver G. Coulter Roy Yeider Wm. Bahan

1968 Royal View V.H. Lewis Roy Yeider Wm. Bahan

1969 Abbotsford O. Jenkins Roy Yeider Wm. Bahan

1970 Abbotsford S. Young Roy Yeider E. Culbertson

1971 Vancouver E. Stowe Roy Yeider E. Culbertson

1972 Vancouver E. Lawlor Roy Yeider E. Culbertson

1973 Vancouver G. Coulter Roy Yeider E. Culbertson

1974 Prince George C. H. Strickland Daniel Derksen E. Culbertson

1975 Abbotsford O. Jenkins Daniel Derksen R. Shafto

1976 Penticton E. Stowe Daniel Derksen R. Shafto

1977 Vancouver W. Greathouse Daniel Derksen S. R. G. Hall

1978 Victoria G. Coulter Daniel Derksen S. R. G. Hall

1979 Penticton V.H. Lewis Daniel Derksen S. R. G. Hall

1980 Abbotsford E. Stowe Daniel Derksen S. R. G. Hall

1981 Vancouver W. Greathouse Daniel Derksen S. R. G. Hall

1982 Abbotsford J. Johnson Charles Muxworthy R. Feltmate

1983 Abbotsford J. Johnson Charles Muxworthy Mrs. E Westmacott

1984 Victoria V.H. Lewis Charles Muxworthy Mrs. E. Westmacott

1985 Vancouver V.H. Lewis Charles Muxworthy Mrs. E. Westmacott

1986 Abbotsford W. Greathouse Charles Muxworthy Mrs. E. Westmacott

1987 Victoria W. Greathouse Charles Muxworthy Elwyn A. Grobe

1988 Vancouver J. Johnson Charles Muxworthy Elwyn A. Grobe

1989 Abbotsford J. Johnson Charles Muxworthy Elwyn A. Grobe

1990 Victoria J. Knight Charles Muxworthy Elwyn A. Grobe

1991 Guildford J. Knight Charles Muxworthy Elwyn A. Grobe

1992 Abbotsford W. Prince Charles Muxworthy Elwyn A. Grobe

1993 Victoria W. Prince Charles Muxworthy Elwyn A. Grobe

1994 Guildford P. Cunningham Charles Muxworthy Elwyn A. Grobe

1995 Abbotsford P. Cunningham Charles Muxworthy Elwyn A. Grobe

1996 Victoria J. H. Diehl W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe

1997 Guildford J. H. Diehl W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe

1998 Abbotsford J. Bond W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe

1999 Victoria J. Bond W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe

2000 Guildford J. Porter W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe

2001 Kelowna J. Porter W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe

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2002 Abbotsford W. T. Johnson W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe

2003 Victoria W. T. Johnson W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe

2004 Guildford J. Middendorf W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe

2005 Abbotsford J. Middendorf W.G. Campbell Elwyn A. Grobe

2006 Victoria P. Cunningham Earl R. Wood Elwyn A. Grobe

2007 Guildford P. Cunningham Earl R. Wood John McKnight

2008 Abbotsford W.T. Johnson Earl R. Wood John McKnight

2009 Victoria J. H. Diehl Earl R. Wood John McKnight

2010 Guildford J. D. Porter Earl R. Wood John McKnight

2011 Abbotsford J. D. Porter Earl R. Wood John McKnight

2012 Victoria J. K. Warrick Earl R. Wood John McKnight

2013 Guildford J. K. Warrick Earl R. Wood Norayr Hajian

2014 Abbotsford J. D. Porter Earl R. Wood Norayr Hajian

2015 Victoria J. D. Porter Earl R. Wood Norayr Hajian

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CANADA PACIFIC DISTRICT ORDINATION CLASS OF 2015

(pictured left to right):General Superintendent, Dr. J. D. Porter,

Rev. Brian Postlewait, Rev. Rebecca Postlewait, Danae Linse, Rev. Brandon Linse

and District Superintendent, Rev. Earl Wood

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Contents

Page

1. Official Directory 6

A. District Officers 6

B. District Boards and Standing Committees 7

C. Assembly Committees 9

D. District Auxiliary Organizations 9

E. Church Directory 12

F. Elders 25

G. Deacons 28

H. Retired Elders 29

I. District Licensed Ministers 30

J. Consecrated Deaconesses 31

K. Retired Missionaries 31

L. Commissioned Ministers of Christian Education 31

M. Ministers Serving Connectional Interests 31

II. General Information 32

J. Where to send Monies 33

III. Daily Proceedings 34

IV. Reports 46

A. District Officers 46

1. District Superintendent 46

2. SDMI Chair 51

3. NMI President 56

4. NYI President 59

5. Ambrose University & Seminary President 61

6. National Director 64

B. District Boards and Standing Committees 69

1. Advisory Board 69

2. Board of Ministerial Credentials 71

3. Board of Ministry 72

C. Assembly Committees 75

1. Finance 75

2. Christian Action 82

3. Memorial Service 83

4. Nominating Committee 85

5. Pastoral Support 86

6. Secretary of Elections 94

V. Auxiliary Conventions 96

VI. Financial and Statistical 106

1. District Treasurer 106

2. District NYI Treasurer 110

3. District NMI Treasurer 111

4. District SDMI Treasurer 113

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I. Official Directory

A. District Officers

General Superintendent - Dr. J. D. Porter, 17001 Prairie Star Parkway, Lenexa, Kansas 66220

District Office – Mail: c/o 9012 - 160th

St. Surrey, BC V4N 3A5

(E-mail: [email protected]; fax: 604-589-7076; 604-841-2453)

District Superintendent – Rev. Earl R. Wood (Vernita), 9223 - 209B Pl., Langley, BC V1M 1T1

(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-968-2006; 604-888-3535)

District Director – Rev. Lorna Bartram, 9012 - 160th


(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-841-2453)

District Secretary – Rev. Norayr Hajian, 69 – 12th

Ave. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4J9

(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 867-334-2490)

District Treasurer – Rev. Harry Schell, 22759 Balabanian Cir., Maple Ridge, BC V2X 8Z5


District Office – Clerical – Lee Wedley, 9012 - 160th


(E-mail: [email protected])

District Office – Finance – Eleanor Lungren, 9012 - 160th



District NMI President – Don Johnson, 2088 Emerson St., Abbotsford, BC V2T 3H7


District NYI President – Rev. Calvin Black, 485 Montcalm Ave., Victoria, BC V8Z 4S8


Chairperson SDMI – Rev. Lorna Bartram, 9012 - 160th



Nazarene Comp. Warehouse Director – Dell Marie Wergeland, No. 2, 831 Devonshire, Victoria,

BC V9A 4T5 (E-mail: [email protected]; 250-479-9342)

Legal Secretary – Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett, 4277 Quadra St., Victoria, BC V8X 1L5


National Director, Church of the Nazarene Canada – Rev. Dr. Clair MacMillan, 20 Regan Rd.,

Unit 9, Brampton, ON L7A 1C3 (fax: 1-905-846-1775; 1-888-808-7490)

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B. DISTRICT BOARDS AND STANDING COMMITTEES

Advisory Board

Earl R. Wood, ex officio (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-968-2006; 604-888-3585)

Elders

To 2016 Gary Nawrocki, 2194 Lang Cres., Nanaimo, BC V9S 5R9


To 2017 Gary Bennett, 4119 Mariposa Height, Victoria, BC V8Z 6P5

(E-mail [email protected]; cell: 250-888-9567; 250-479-8431)

To 2018 Neil Allenbrand, 1145 Woodlands Dr., Penticton, BC V2A 3X5


Lay Members

To 2016 Mark Kennedy, No. 703, 6282 Kathleen Ave., Burnaby, BC V5H 4J4


To 2017 Liliana Arias, No.45, 2951 Panorama Dr. Coquitlam, BC V3E 2W3

(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-812-8460: 604-942-8460)

To 2018 Peter Steunenberg, 16470-108B Ave., Surrey, BC V4N 5B6


Board of Ministry

Earl Wood, chairman; Norayr Hajian, secretary

To 2016 Wesley Campbell, Andrew Tarrant

To 2017 Neil Allenbrand, Gary Nawrocki

To 2018 Melony Barber, Robert Gray

To 2019 Kathleen Smedley, John McKnight

Board of Directors of Canadian Nazarene College to 2017

Earl R. Wood, ex officio; Patrick Wiens, Monica Wood

Ministry Development Centre

Board of Ministry

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Christian Action

Earl Wood, ex officio, Douglas Woods (Chair) Melony Barber and Anne Scarrow

Church Properties

District Advisory Board

Court of Appeals

Earl Wood, ex officio; John McKnight, Charles Muxworthy, Harry Schell, Melvin Tucker,

Douglas Woods

District Camp Board

To 2016 Hayley Tarrant (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-749-8734)

To 2017 Pamela Castillo (E-mail: [email protected]; 778-995-8687)

To 2018 Sara Epp (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-866-3264)

To 2019 Cristina Choriego (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-765-4088)

ex officios: District Superintendent, SDMI Chairperson, NYI President, Camp Coordinator,

Camp Treasurer, Directors of District Camps. Consultant: District Director

C. ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES

Finance

Earl Wood ex officio, Advisory Board, Local Pastors, Local Church Treasurers, and NMI, NYI

and SDMI Treasurers

Ministerial Benevolence

District Advisory Board

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D. DISTRICT AUXILIARY ORGANIZATIONS

1. Sunday School & Discipleship Ministries

Chairperson – Rev. Lorna Bartram, 9012 - 160th



Treasurer – Rev. Harry Schell, 22759 Balabanian Cir., Maple Ridge, BC V2X 8Z5


Elected Members

2016 Lilia Choriego, Unit 6, 3640 No. 5 Rd., Richmond, BC V6X 2T7


2017 Teresa Fuergutz, 14012 - 112A Ave., Surrey, BC V3R 8E3


2018 Rev. Aaron Austin, 726 Como Lake Ave., Coquitlam, BC V3J 3M6


Appointed Members

Children’s Camp Director – Heather Johnson, 2088 Emerson St., Abbotsford, BC V2T 3H7


Family Retreat Directors – Andrew & Hayley Tarrant P.O. Box 1686, Hope BC V0X 1L0


Jr. High & Sr. High Camp Director – Matthew Wood, BSMT, 35315 McKinley Dr., Abbotsford,

BC V3G 3E2 (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-832-2479)

Women’s Retreat Directors – Hayley Tarrant, No. 202, 1275 Scott Dr., Hope BC VOX 1L4 and


Kari Larsen, Camp Squeah, No.4, 27915 Trans Canada Hwy., Hope, BC V0X 1L3


Men’s Retreat Director – Tim Larson, No.4, 27915 Trans Canada Hwy., Hope, BC V0X 1L3


Ex-Officio Members

District Superintendent – Rev. Earl R. Wood (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-968-2006)

NMI President – Don Johnson, 2088 Emerson St., Abbotsford, BC V2T 3H7


NYI President – Rev. Calvin Black, 485 Montcalm Ave., Victoria, BC V8Z 4S8


Consultant – District Director, Rev. Lorna Bartram

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2. District NMI Officers

President – Don Johnson, 2088 Emerson St., Abbotsford, BC V2T 3H7


Vice President – TBS

Secretary – Gail Reddicopp, 11205 Lansdowne Dr., Surrey, BC V3R 4Z6

E-mail: [email protected]; 604-584-5421)

Treasurer – Rev. Harry Schell, 22759 Balabanian Cir., Maple Ridge, BC V2X 8Z5


Work & Witness Coordinator – Eddie Beer, 7454 - 17th

Ave., Burnaby, BC V3N 1L4


Praying Coordinator – Gracia Castillo, No.3, 10051 - 155 St., Surrey, BC V3R 0S1


Discipling Coordinator – Ruth Harter, #7, 1518 Hwy. 3A, Keremeos, BC V0X 1N6


Giving Coordinator – Heather Keats, 883 Grove St., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4C7


Educating Coordinator – Shirley Schell, 22759 Balabanian Cir., Maple Ridge, BC V2X 8Z5


Deputation – Lilia Choriego, Unit 6, 3640 No. 5 Rd. Richmond, BC V6X 2T7


LINKS – Lilia Choriego, Unit 6, 3640 No. 5 Rd., Richmond, BC V6X 2T7

JESUS Film – Merv Black, 616 Polyanthus Cr., Victoria, BC V8Z 2J4

(E-mail:[email protected]; 250-479-3079)

WM Broadcast – TBS

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3. District NYI Council

President – Rev. Calvin Black, 485 Montcalm Ave., Victoria, BC V8Z 4S8


Vice-President – Matthew Wood, BSMT, 35315 McKinley Dr., Abbotsford, BC V3G 3E2


Treasurer – Lara Gray, Unit 36, 20966 – 77A Ave., Langley, BC V2Y 0K9


Camp Coordinator – Rev. Patrick Wiens, 5285 Willet Rd,, Abbotsford, BC V3G 2E8

(E-mail: [email protected]: cell: 604-850-4539; 604-744-9399)

District Trainer – Rev. Graham McMahon, 9883 Inglewood Cres., Chilliwack, BC V2P 5L7


Student Reps:

Youeal Abera – Legacy Grace Kim – Logos Korean

Cristian Andrade – Living Hope Madison Landers – Victoria

Ian Beer – Primera Ryan Stewart – Victoria

Alex Cameron – Legacy Brandon Stuppard – Abbotsford

Matthew Huang – Surrey Chinese Rigel Wagner – Legacy

4. ZONE ORGANIZATIONS

Northern – Northern Lights Christian Fellowship, All Nations (Dawson Creek), Tupper,

Whitehorse

Central – Fort Fraser

Okanagan – Kelowna, Penticton, Lighthouse Christian Fellowship (Kamloops)

Fraser Valley – Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Hope, Living Hope Langley

Greater Vancouver – Betel Iglesia Hispana, Community (Como Lake), Legacy, Mission

Possible, Primera Iglesia Hispana, Surrey Chinese, Holy Trinity, Vancouver First, Logos Korean

Vancouver Island – Courtenay/Comox, Cowichan Valley, Esquimalt, Nanaimo, Southside

Community, Victoria First

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E. CHURCH DIRECTORY

1. Organized Churches

ABBOTSFORD (Organized 1924) (007-0010)

Location – 2390 McMillan Rd., Abbotsford, BC V2S 7R3


Pastor – (6/25/10) Patrick Wiens (Peggy) 5285 Willet Rd., Abbotsford, BC V3G 2E8


Review Date –12/2015

Assoc. Minister – (07/01/11) Matthew Wood (Monica), BSMT, 35315 McKinley Dr., Abbotsford,

BC V3G 3E2 (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-832-2479)

Youth Minister – (07/01/11) Matthew Wood (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-832-2479)

Office Admin. – Tanya Learn, 2390 McMillan Rd., Abbotsford, BC V2S 7R3


Director Open Door Child Care Center – Jennifer St. Jean, 2390 McMillan Rd., Abbotsford, BC

V2S 7R3 (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-217-9047 604-859-8406)

NMI Pres. – Willa Byggdin, No. 108, 35230 Delair Rd. Abbotsford, BC V3G 2W5

(Email: [email protected]; 604-852-3414)

NYI Min. Pres. – Matthew Wood (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-832-2479)

Pastor Community Groups – Graham McMahon, 9883 Inglewood Cres., Chilliwack, BC V2P 5L7


Prime Timers Min. – Stephanie McLeod, 35840 Heatherstone Pl., Abbotsford, BC V3G 1E6


Church Board Sec. – Allan McLeod, BSMT 3080 McCrae St., Abbotsford, BC V2S 5T2

([email protected]; 604-807-1815)

Church Treas. – Dave Wood, 33180 Capri Ct., Abbotsford, BC V2S 5N5

(Email:[email protected]; 604-309-3582)

AGAPE (Vancouver) (Inactive) (007-0122)

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ALL NATIONS (formerly Dawson Creek Community) (Organized 1940) (007-0050)

Location – 433 - 95th Ave., Dawson Creek, BC, V1G 1H4


Pastor – (7/13/14) Megan Polowski, No. 309, 900 - 100A Ave., Dawson Creek, BC V1G 0C7

(E-mail: [email protected]: cell: 306-940-4975)

Review Date – Appointment

BETEL IGLESIA HISPANA (Organized 2000) (007-0107)

Location – 8098 - 11th Ave., Burnaby, BC V3N 2N7 (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-522-4040)

Pastor – (8/1/94) David Maldonado (Dina), 8094 - 11th Ave., Burnaby, BC V3N 2N7



CHILLIWACK (RESTART 2011) (Organized 1953) (007-0040)

Location – (Mail: 9883 Inglewood Cresc., Chilliwack, BC V2P 5L7)


Pastor – (7/1/11) Graham McMahon (Karyn), 9883 Inglewood Cres., Chilliwack, BC V2P 5L7



Church Treas. – Daniel Muller (E-mail:[email protected]; cell: 778-240-0925)

Church Board Sec. – Brittany Muller (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-799-1395)

COMMUNITY (formerly Como Lake) (Organized 1946) (007-0030)

Location – 724 Como Lake Ave., Coquitlam, BC V3J 3M6


Co-Pastors – Aaron Austin and Rigoberto Castillo

(08/01/08) Aaron Austin, (Tanya) 726 Como Lake Ave., Coquitlam, BC V3J 3M6


Review Date – (8/2016)

(4/18/04) Rigoberto Castillo (Gracia) No. 3, 10051 - 155th St., Surrey, BC V3R 0S1


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Review Date – (9/2015)

NMI Pres. – Gail Reddicopp, 11205 Landsdowne Dr., Surrey, BC V3R 4Z6


Church Board Sec. – Bernice Muir, No. 414, 509 Carnarvon St., New Westminster, BC V3L 5S4


Church Treas. – Rob Anderson (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-936-1302)

COURTENAY/COMOX (CTM – Started 2014) (007-0003)

Location – 4018 Maitland St., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 3X1 (250-735-3337)

Co-Pastors (14/02/02) – Calvin and Melony Barber, 4018 Maitland St., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 3X1

(Email: [email protected])

COWICHAN VALLEY (Organized 1989) (007-0053)

Location – 3036 Sherman Rd., Duncan, BC V9L 2B8

(E-mail:[email protected]; fax: 250-597-0056; 250-748-8000)

Pastor – (02/01/08) R. Wayne Lee (Maria) 6146 Denali Dr., Duncan, BC V9L 5N4

(Email: [email protected]; cell: 250-701-3192; 250-709-4347)


Church Secretary – Gayleen Nelson, 1011 Holmes St., Duncan, BC V9L 2C9


Music Dir. – Maria Lee, 6146 Denali Dr., Duncan, BC V9L 5N4


NMI Pres. – Jean Wheatley, 6466 Diana Dr., Duncan, BC V9L 5V3


Women’s Min. Dir. – Maria Lee, 6146 Denali Dr., Duncan, BC V9L 5N4


Men’s Ministry Director – Jim Tansky, 6029 Falaise Rd., Duncan, BC V9L 2H4

Church Board Sec. – Larry Squire, 6319 Fairview Pl., Duncan, BC V9L 3Y6


Church Treas. – Sheena McCuaig, No. 39, 3144 Sherman Rd., Duncan BC V9L 4B4


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ESQUIMALT (Organized 1954) (007-0141)

Location – 886 Craigflower Rd., Victoria, BC V9A 2X5


Pastor – (8/2/98) Barry S. Goodwin (Janette), No. 120 – 290 Island Hwy., View Royal, BC V9B

1G5 (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-888-2409; 250-383-3442)

Review Date – 10/2015

Korean Youth Minister – (1/09) Abraham Woo (Suzanna), No. 13, 4021 Saanich Rd., Victoria,

BC V8X 1Z2 (E-mail: [email protected]; 778-402-6534)

NYI Pres. – Carlos Rodriguez, 606 Catherine St., Victoria, BC V9A 3T6


NMI Pres. – Joanne Deelstra, 6609 Helgesen Rd., Sooke, BC V9Z 0V7


SSM Supt. – Danielle Siegl, 3120 Harriet Rd., Victoria, BC V9A 1T8


Church Board Sec. – Allen Young, No. 405, 420 Parry St., Victoria, BC V8V 2H7


Church Treas. – Colin Leavett-Brown, 2921 Merle Dr., Victoria, BC V9B 2H9


FARMINGTON (Inactive) (007-0060)

FORT FRASER COMMUNITY (Organized 1978) (007-0065)

Location – (Mail: Box 256) Highway 16 East, No. 774, Fort Fraser, BC V0J 1N0

Pastor – TBS


Church Board Sec. – Yvonne Melo, Box 256, Fort Fraser, BC V0J 1N0


Church Treas. – Bonnie Hebert, Box 241, Fort Fraser, BC V0J 1N0 (250-690-7516)

FRASER VALLEY KOREAN (Inactive) (007-0043)

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HOLY TRINITY (Organized 1996) (007-0125)

Location – 998 E. 19th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5V 1K7 (604-874-2022)

Pastor – (7/06/92) Tekeste Genzebu (Genet), 21528 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Maple Ridge, BC

V2X 3G4 (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 778-865-0495; 604-466-5705)


Church Board Sec. – Lewi Weldeslasie, c/o the Church

Church Treas. – Genet Genzebu, 21528 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Maple Ridge, BC V2X 3G4

(604-466-5705)

HOPE (Organized 2009) (007-0067)

Location – (Mail: P.O. Box 1686, Hope BC V0X 1L0)

Pastor – (23/5/11) Andrew Tarrant (Hayley) P.O. Box 1686, Hope, BC V0X 1L0



Church Board Sec. – Tim Larson, No. 4 – 27915 Trans Canada Hwy., Hope BC V0X 1L3


KELOWNA (Organized 1979) (007-0068)

Location – 1305 W. Highway 33, Kelowna, BC V1X 1Z3

E-mail: [email protected]; fax: 250-868-2236; 250-868-2238)

Pastor – (01/01/12) R. Wayne Siewert (Marilyn) No. 301, 773 Glenmore Rd., Kelowna, BC V1V

3B9 (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-215-7750; 250-763-7750)

Review Date – 1/1/2016

NMI Pres. – Ilene Lorenz, No. 205 - 1620 Burtch Rd., Kelowna, BC V1Y 9A9


Church Leadership Com. Sec. – Donna Martens (E-mail: [email protected])

Church Treas. – Judy Luescher, 1195 Velrose Dr., Kelowna, BC V1X 6R7


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LEGACY (formerly Guildford) (Organized 1940) (007-0150)

Location – 9012 - 160th St., Surrey, BC V4N 3A5


Pastor (2/28/10) – Robert Gray (Lara) Unit 36, 20966 – 77A Ave., Langley, BC V2Y 0K9



Assoc. Pastor/HHCC Director – Lorna Bartram, c/o 9012-160th St., Surrey, BC V4N 3A5

(Website: helpinghandsonline.ca; cell: 604-841-2453; 604-582-9700)

Executive Admin. – Kim Deepwell (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-589-4670)

Worship Leader – Jeff Wiens (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-961-6774)

Prime Time Min. Dir. – Veronica Williams (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-584-4980)

NMI Pres. – Florence Beugelink (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-987-2855; 604-591-9880)

SDMI Chair – Mary Jane Holmquist (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 778-245-2001)

Missional Communities – George Klassen (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-585-9974)

Sunday Gatherings – Bruce Wergeland (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-510-2006)

Work & Witness Coord. – Peter Steunenberg (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-589-3300)

Board Minutes Sec. – Kim Deepwell (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-589-4670)

Finance Chair – Brett Hockley E-mail: [email protected]; cell 778-237-0299)

LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (Kamloops) (Organized 1995) (007-0066)

Location – 702 Columbia St., Kamloops, BC V2C 2V4


Pastor – (1/02/07) Brandon Linse (Danae) 710 Columbia St., Kamloops, BC V2C 2V4



Church Board Sec. –Lana Belcourt, No. 136, 1655 Ord Road Kamloops, BC V2B 7V6 (250-682-1608)

Church Treas. – Thomas Koester, 233 Blueberry Pl., Kamloops, BC V2H 1M4


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LIVING HOPE (Langley) (Organized 1943) (007-0070)

Location – 19991 - 49th Ave., Langley, BC V3A 3R7

(E-mail [email protected]; 604-530-7017)

Co-Pastors – (12/9/12) – Desmond and Eileen Cook, 20976 - 42nd

Ave., Langley, BC V3A 5A1



Assoc. Pastor – (12/9/12) Magally Figueroa, 2805 E. 8th

Ave., Vancouver, BC V5M 1W8

(Email: [email protected]; cell: 604-785-9966; 604-215-1032)

NMI Pres. – Zulma Lozano (cell: 604-552-0173)

NYI Min. Dir. – Cristian Andrade, 12184 – 97th

Ave., Surrey, BC V3V 2C9

E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 778-384-4791)

Church Board Sec. – Karen Neufeld, 26482 - 29B Ave., Aldergrove, BC V4W 3B4


Church Treas. – Karen Neufeld, 26482 - 29B Ave., Aldergrove, BC V4W 3B4


LOGOS KOREAN (Organized 2008) (007-0165)

Location – (Mail: 10883 - 154A St., Surrey, BC V3R 0X5) 9012 - 160th

St., Surrey, BC V4N 3A5

(E-mail: [email protected]; fax/phone: 604-588-9578)

Pastor – (08/04/04) Sung Mun Kim (Esther), 10883 - 154A St., Surrey, BC V3R 0X5

(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-719-6428; fax/phone: 604-588-9578)


Associate Minister (1/1/11) – Jin Sang Doo, 8111 - 164A St., Surrey, BC V4M 0H5


Youth Minister (14/09/04) – Jung Hee Lee, No. 308 15915 84 Ave., Surrey, BC V4N 0W7

(cell: 778-241-4451; 604-593-1501)

NMI Pres. – Suk-Hee Kim, No. 320, 15110 - 108 Ave., Surrey, BC V3R 0T6


NYI Pres. – Jung Hee Lee, No. 308, 15915 – 84 Ave., Surrey, BC V4N 0W7 (604-593-1501)

Church Bd Sec. – Eun Jung Kim, 10883 - 154A St., Surrey, BC V3R 0X5 (778-938-9578)

Church Treas. – Jung Hee Lee, No. 308, 15915 – 84 Ave., Surrey, BC V4N 0W7 (604-593-1501)

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MAPLE RIDGE (Inactive) (007-0072)

NANAIMO (Organized 1958) (007-0071)

Location: 2150 Departure Bay Rd., Nanaimo, BC V9S 3V6

(E-mail:[email protected]; fax /phone: 250-585-5553)

Pastor – (10/1/04) Gary Nawrocki (Lise), 2194 Lang Cres., Nanaimo, BC V9S 5R9



Children’s Min. Dir. – Cathy McKnight, No. 101, 6251 Pleasant Valley Ridge Pl., Nanaimo

V9T 0B3 (E-mail: [email protected]; 250-933-6841)

Worship Dir. – Lemuel Mayona, 1130 Nelson St., Nanaimo, BC V9S 2K3


NMI Pres. – Mary Lay, 6119 Denver Way, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6J2


Senior Adult Min. – Dale Wellar, 2176 Duggan Rd., Nanaimo, BC V9S 5L4


Church Board Sec. – Cathy Fee, 253 Twiggly Wiggly Rd., Nanaimo, BC V9R 6T4


Church Treas. – Brenda Michaelis, 2520 Highland Blvd., Nanaimo, BC V9S 3N8


NORTHERN LIGHTS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (Organized 2003) (007-0025)

Location: (Mail: Box 1629) 4908 - 47th

St., Chetwynd BC V0C 1J0 (250-788-6740)

Pastor – (8/1/13) Lorraine R. Mickelson, P.O. Box 1492, Chetwynd, BC V0C 1J0



Church Board Sec. – Fran Neuls, Box 177, Chetwynd BC V0C 1J0

(cell: 250-788-5860; 250-788-2498)

Church Treas. – Lucy Williams, Box 743 Chetwynd, BC V0C 1J0

(cell: 250-401-8952)

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PENTICTON (Organized 1949) (007-0090)

Location – 523 Jermyn Ave., Penticton, BC V2A 2E2


Pastor – (1/1/89) Neil B. Allenbrand (Heather), 1145 Woodlands Dr., Penticton, BC V2A 3X5



Assoc. Pastor – (4/15/05) Jamie L. Weberg (Kristin), 150 Dunant Cres., Penticton BC

V2A 3E9 (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-488-1359; 250-770-2909)

NMI Pres. – Barbara Taggart, 1294 Green Lake Rd., Oliver, BC V0H 1T0

(E-mail: [email protected]; phone/fax: 250-498-8847)

Christian Life Chairperson (SS) – Martha Filipenko, 750 Hudson St., Penticton, BC V2A 8S9


Women’s Ministry Dir. – Tammy Morrish, 1411 Ridgedale Ave., Penticton, BC V2A 2S3

(250-493-2251)

Church Board Sec. – Marcia Patterson, 112 Stevens Court, Penticton, BC V2A 8A2

(250-490-0883)

Church Treas. – Don Ericson, No.103 - 232 Kinney Ave., Penticton, BC V2A 3N9


PRIMERA IGLESIA HISPANA (Organized 1989) (007-0124)

Location – 998 E. 19th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5V 1K7

(E-mail: [email protected]: 604-874-2022)

Pastor – (4/1/87) Willy Choriego (Lilia), No. 6, 3640 No. 5 Rd., Richmond, BC V6V 2T7

(E-mail [email protected]; cell 778-709-7074, 604-278-6540)


Music Dir. – Mario Beer, 7454 - 17th



NMI Pres. – Karla Beer, 7454 – 17th Ave., Burnaby, BC V3N 1L4


SDMI Dir. – Cristina Choriego, #B1, 420 Ash St., New Westminster, V3M 3M9


Adult Min. Dir. – Carlos Corea, 7137 Elwell St., Burnaby, BC V5L 1K7


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Men’s Min. Dir. – Eddie Beer, 7454 - 17th



Women’s Min. Dir. – Miuriel Corea, 7137 Elwell St., Burnaby, BC V5L 1K7

(cell: 778-388-1551; 604-521-1902)

Work & Witness Coord. – Eddie Beer, 7454 - 17th



Church Treas. – Juan Jose Maradiraga, 7137 Elwell St., Burnaby, BC V5L 1K7


PRINCE GEORGE (inactive) (007-0101)

RICHMOND (Inactive) (007-0103)

ROYAL VIEW (Inactive) (007-0080)

SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY (Organized 1945) (007-0100)

Location – (Mail: Box 1172, Port Alberni, BC V9Y 7M1) 4190 Victoria Dr., Port Alberni, BC


Pastor 1/12/14 – David Jacob Zvonar (Desneige) 4307 Burde St., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 3K7



SDMI Supt. – Lynne Schingnitz, 7935 Beaver Creek Rd., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 7L5

(250-724-4593)

NMI Pres. – Vern Lucas, 4664 Bute St., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 3M7

(cell: 250-730-2756; 250-724-2756)

Church Treas. – Cathy Craig, 4594 Alwyn Rd., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 5V1


SURREY CHINESE (formerly Surrey Agape) (Organized 2000) (007-0127)

Location – 9012 - 160th St., Surrey, BC V4N 3A5


Pastor– (06/09/09) Chin-Yen (Jennifer) Huang (David Kuo), 16027 - 80th Ave., Surrey, BC

V4N 0X1 (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 778-926-9012; 604-507-4889)


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Worship Leader – David Kuo, 16027 - 80th Ave., Surrey, BC V4N 0X1

(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-507-4889

Sister Fellowship Leader – Julia Wang, No. 60 10038 – 150 St., Surrey, BC V3R 0M8

(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 778-288-3321; 604-496-3321

NMI Min. Pres. – David Kuo, (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-507-4889)

Church Board Sec. – Eileen Tsai, No. 111, 10698 – 151A St., Surrey, BC V3R 8T5


Church Treas. & Young Adult Leader – Grace Xu, No. 41, 16318 - 82 Ave., Surrey, BC V4N 0N9

(cell: 778-317-0412)

TUPPER (Organized 1941) (007-0110)

Location – (Mail: Box 601, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4H4) 15982 Gundy Rd., Tupper, BC

V1G 4H4 (E-mail: [email protected]; 780-353-2606; 250-782-0484)

Pastor – (7/1/04) Ruth Smith Czerniak, Box 57, Gordondale, AB T0H 1V0

(E-mail [email protected]; cell 250-782-0484; 780-353-2602)


Church Board Sec. – Loretta Pratt (250-786-5406)

Church Treas. – Cheri Nelson

VANCOUVER FIRST (Organized 1937) (007-0120)

Location – 998 E. 19th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5V 1K7

(E-mail: [email protected]; fax 604-677-9576; 604-874-2022)

Pastor (Interim) (10/15/15) – Kathleen Smedley (Matthew), 2147 E. 36th

Ave., Vancouver, BC

V5P 1C9 (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-871-0054)

Review Date –

NMI Pres. – Douglas Woods, No. 3, 12011 Greenland Dr., Richmond, BC V6V 2E6


Church Board Sec. – Mark Kennedy (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-588-1985)

Church Treas. – Charlie Louie (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-980-9790)

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VICTORIA FIRST (Organized 1946) (007-0140)

Location – 4277 Quadra St., Victoria, BC V8X 1L5


Pastor – (9/9/90) Gary M. Bennett (Cheryl), 4119 Mariposa Heights, Victoria, BC V8Z 6P5



Assoc. Pastor – (6/6/96) Calvin M. Black (Ceri), 485 Montcalm Ave., Victoria, BC V8Z 4S8


Youth Pastor – Calvin M. Black, (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-888-3536)

Executive Pastor – Heather Prendergast, 984 McKenzie Ave., Apt. 328, Victoria, BC V8X 4E7


NMI Pres – Lois Black, 616 Polyanthus Cres., Victoria, BC V8Z 2J4


Assoc. Minister: Children and Family Min. – Mary Ann Timmins, 1414 Monterey Ave.,

Victoria, BC V8S 4S1 (E-mail: [email protected]; 250-519-0200)

Senior Adult Min. Dir. – Dell Marie Wergeland, 3865 Wilkinson Rd., Victoria, BC V8Z 5A3


Church Board Sec. – Gordon Eisenhuth, 788 Mapleton Pl., Victoria, BC V8Z 5W2 (250-479-3798)

Church Treas. – David Morrical, 2592 Estevan Ave., Victoria, BC V8R 2S9


WHITEHORSE (Organized 1963) (007-0160)

Location – 2111 Centennial St., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3Z6

(E-mail:[email protected]; 867-633-4903)

Pastor – (6/1/87) Norayr Hajian (Heather), 69 - 12th Ave., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4J9



Assoc. Pastor – (06/01/02) Clayton Keats (Heather), 883 Grove St., Whitehorse, YT. Y1A 4C7


Children Pastor – (6/5/2014) Heather Keats, 883 Grove St., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4C7


NMI Pres. – Pauline Chambers, 557A Grove St., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5J8


mailto:[email protected]

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Church Board Sec. – Janilyn Kooy, 107B Copper Rd., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2Z7


Church Treas. – Heather Keats, 883 Grove St., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4C7


Work & Witness Coord. – Tanya Harrison (E-mail: [email protected])

Filipino Ministry – Merlyn Maningas, 4b, 2002 Centennial St., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3Z7


Youth Ministry – Sarkis Hajian, 79a – 12th

Ave., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4K2


Prayer Ministry – Marie Fast, 126 Rainbow Rd., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5K1


2. Compassionate Ministry

MISSION POSSIBLE (CMC)

Location – 543 Powell St., Vancouver, BC V6A 1G8


Executive Director – (11 /3/07) Brian K. Postlewait (Becky), 5318 Bruce St., Vancouver, BC

V5P 3M3 (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-551-1063)

Admin. Assist. – Alyse Kotyk (E-mail: [email protected])

Chief Operations Officer – Matthew Smedley (E-mail: [email protected])

MP Maintenance Manager – Dave Greaves (e-mail: [email protected])

Director of Communication & Development – Rod Janz (E-mail: [email protected])

Community Life Coordinator – Andy Smith (E-mail: [email protected])

Community Life Assistant – Linda Green (E-mail: [email protected])

Community Life Assistant – Jenny Hawkinson (E-mail: [email protected])

Community Life Assistant – Shelimar Lakowski (E-mail: [email protected])

Employment Advisor – Jen Langerud (E-mail:[email protected])

Lead Technician – Andrew Pryce

Lead Technician – Ewan Kirk

Lead Technician – Theo Rosengren

Drive – Doug Martin

MP Neighbours Coordinator – Jay Hockley

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Board of Directors – Randy Ferrario (Chair),Ted Devries (Vice-Chair), Ken Jarvis (Secretary),

Jon Scott (Treasurer), Mark Kennedy, David Emri, Les McAusland

F. ELDERS

1983 PAS Allenbrand, Neil B., 1145 Woodlands Dr., Penticton, BC V2A 3X5

(Penticton) (250-493-8338)

2009 PAS Austin, Aaron, 726 Como Lake Ave., Coquitlam, BC V3J 3M6

(Community) (778-996-4971)

2006 U Austin, Kevin, No. 45, 13819 - 232nd St., Maple Ridge BC V4R 0C7

(Legacy) (604-614-4678)

1955 RA Bahan, William, 3946 Olympic View Dr., Victoria, BC V9C 4B1

(Victoria First) (250-478-5392)

1994 PAS Barber, Calvin, 4018 Maitland St., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 3X1

(Southside Community) (250-735-3337)

1994 PAS Barber, Melony, 4018 Maitland St., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 3X1

(Southside Community) (250-735-3337)

1985 PAS Bennett, Gary M., 4119 Mariposa Heights, Victoria, BC V8Z 6P5


1999 PSV-FT Black, Calvin M., 485 Montcalm Ave., Victoria, BC V8Z 4S8


1951 RA Boyd, Warren, No. 218, Tabor Court, 31954 Sunrise Cresc., Abbotsford, BC

V2T 1N6 (Abbotsford) (604-859-7920)

1963 RA Campbell, Wesley, No. 107, 5700 Andrews Rd., Richmond, BC V7E 6N7

(Vancouver First) (604-274-3363)

2010 PAS Castillo, Rigoberto, No. 3, 10051 - 155th

St., Surrey, BC V3R 0S1

(Community) (778-994-3914)

1984 PAS Choriego, Willy, Unit #6, 3640 No. 5 Rd., Richmond, BC V6V 2T7

(Primera Iglesia Hispana) (604-278-6540)

2007 PAS Czerniak, Ruth, Box 57, Gordondale, AB T0H 1V0

(Tupper) (780-353-2602)

2013 PSV-PT Figueroa, Magally, 2805 E. 8th

Ave., Vancouver, BC V5M 1W8

(Living Hope, Langley) (604-215-1032)

1953 RA Fleming, Bruce, No. 229, 32853 Landeau Pl., Abbotsford, BC V2S 6S6

(Abbotsford) (604-859-4339)

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1993 PAS Genzebu, Tekeste, 21528 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Maple Ridge, BC

V2X 3G4 (Holy Trinity) (604-466-5705)

2000 PAS Goodwin, Barry, No. 120 – 290 Island Hwy., View Royal, BC V9B 1G5

(Esquimalt) (250-383-3442)

2003 PAS Gray, Robert, Unit 36, 20966 – 77A Ave., Langley, BC V2Y 0K9

(Legacy) (604-315-1973)

1989 PAS Hajian, Norayr, 69 - 12th Ave., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4J9

(Whitehorse) (867-334-2490)

1962 RA Hart, Russell E., No. 17, 3063 Hornsberger Rd., Salmon Arm, BC

V1E 4M1 (Kelowna) (250-804-0369)

1953 RA Helm, Wallace, A136 - 4579 Chatterton Way, Victoria, BC V8X 4Y7


1965 RA Hemphill, Leonard, No. 209, 105 Gorge Rd. E., Victoria, BC V9X 6Z3


1999 SPC Horn, Jason, 6249 Lane Rd., Duncan, BC V9L 4E2

(Cowichan Valley) (250-701-0711)

1969 RA Johnson, Arnold, Box 887, Merritt, BC V1K 1B8

(Lighthouse Christian Fellowship) (250-378-4534)

2005 PSV-FT Keats, Clayton, 883 Grove St., Whitehorse, YT. Y1A 4C7

(Whitehorse) (867-456-2921)

2005 PAS Kim, Sung Mun, 10883 - 154A St., Surrey, BC V3R 0X5)

(Logos Korean) (604-588-9578)

2002 U King, Victoria, No. 218, 12151 - 224th

St., Maple Ridge, BC V2X 7N5

(Legacy) (604-466-1540)

2004 U Laycock, Pamela, 7798 Queen’s Cresc., Prince George, BC V2N 3H4

(Prince George) (250-640-1411)

2008 PAS Lee, Robert Wayne, 6146 Denali Dr., Duncan, BC V9L 5N4

(Cowichan Valley) (250-709-4347)

2015 PAS Linse, Brandon Cody, 702 Columbia St., Kamloops, BC V2C 2V4


2010 PAS Maldonado, David, 8094 - 11th Ave., Burnaby, BC V3N 2N7

(Betel Iglesia Hispana) (778-867-3462)

1989 SPC McAusland, Leslie, No. 51, 8418 - 163rd

St. Surrey, BC V4N 6K8

(Legacy) (604-593-3201)

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1970 RA McKnight, John, No. 101, 6251 Pleasant Ridge Pl. Nanaimo, BC V9T 0B3

(Nanaimo) (250-933-6841)

2011 PAS McMahon, Graham, 9883 Inglewood Cres., Chilliwack, BC V2P 5L7

(Chilliwack) (604-701-9569)

1993 U Meers, Jon T., 310 Stevens Dr., Kamloops, BC V2H 1L5


1967 RU Morden, Elva Bates, Bevan Lodge, No. 216, 33386 Bevan Ave., Abbotsford,

BC V2S 5G6 (Abbotsford) (604-853-4065)

1952 RA Muxworthy, Charles J., No. 11, 21164 - 88th Ave., Langley, BC V1M 2E9

(Legacy) (604-882-8407)

1991 U Muxworthy, Peter, 9243 - 206th St., Langley, BC V1M 2W8

(Legacy) (604-882-6530)

1988 PAS Nawrocki, Gary, 2194 Lang Cres., Nanaimo, BC V9T 5R9

(Nanaimo) (250-756-4929)

1973 U Outhouse, Glenn, No. 8, 5721 - 213A St., Langley, BC V2Y 2N2

(Living Hope) (604-530-7680)

1950 RA Palmer, Cyril A., No. 313, 3235 Skaha Lake Rd., Penticton, BC V2A 6G5

(Penticton) (250-770-7948)

2011 PAS Polowski, Megan, No. 309, 900 – 100A Ave., Dawson Creek, BC V1G 0C7

(All Nations, Dawson Creek) (306-940-4975)

2004 DA Postlewait, Brian K., 5318 Bruce St., Vancouver, BC V5P 3M3


2012 SPC Scarrow, Anne, No. 6, 12011 Greenland Dr., Richmond, BC V6V 2E6


1984 RA Schell, Harry, 22759 Balabanian Cir., Maple Ridge, BC V2X 8Z5

(Legacy) (604-463-9835)

1999 U Seibel, Kevin, 561 Baxter Ave., Victoria, BC V8Z 2G8


2013 PAS Siewert, R. Wayne, No. 301, 773 Glenmore Rd., Kelowna, BC V1V 3B9

(Kelowna) (250-215-7750)

2004 RA Sim, David Clarke, 6948 Mountainview Dr., Oliver BC V0H 1T4

(Living Hope) (250-498-0124)

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2009 PSV-FT Smedley, Kathleen, 2147 E. 36th

Ave., Vancouver, BC V5P 1C9


2010 PAS Tarrant, Andrew, P.O. Box 1686, Hope BC VOX 1L0

(Hope) (604-749-7707)

1997 U Taylor, Martin, 7 Kerry Circle, R.R. #1, Ennismore, Ontario, K0L 1T0

(Chilliwack) (705-292-6428)

1960 RA Tucker, Melvin, No. 312, 3035 Cook St., Victoria, BC V8T 3S8


2008 PSV-FT Weberg, Jamie L., 150 Dunant Cres., Penticton BC V2A 3E9

(Penticton) (250-770-2909)

1998 PAS Wiens, Patrick, 5285 Willet Rd., Abbotsford BC V3G 2E8

(Abbotsford) (604-744-9399)

1980 DS Wood, Earl R., 9223 - 209 B Pl., Langley, BC V1M 1T1

(Legacy) (604-888-3535)

1970 RA Woods, Douglas C., No. 3, 12011 Greenland Dr. Richmond, BC V6V 2E6


2001 GA Zweigle, Grant, Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, Ortigas Ave.

Extension, Kaytikling, Tay Tay 1920, Rizal, Philippines (as of Jan. 2015)

(Vancouver First)

G. DEACONS

2006 PSV-FT Bartram, Lorna, c/o 9012 - 160th

St., Surrey, BC V4N 3A5

(Legacy) (604-841-2453)

2015 SPC Postlewait, Rebecca Suzanne, 5318 Bruce St., Vancouver, BC V5P 3M3

(Vancouver First) (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-551-8606)

2002 RA Sim, Lillian, 6948 Mountainview Dr., Oliver, BC V0H 1T4

(Living Hope) (250-498-0124)

2011 SPC Smedley, Matthew, 2147 E. 36th



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H. RETIRED ELDERS

1955 RA Bahan, William, 3946 Olympic View Dr., Victoria, BC V9C 4B1

(Victoria First) Date retired 1995 (250-478-5392)

1951 RA Boyd, Warren, No. 218, Tabor Court, 31954 Sunrise Cresc., Abbotsford, BC

V2T 1N6 (Abbotsford) Date retired 1988 (604-859-7920)

1963 RA Campbell, Wesley, No. 107, 5700 Andrews Rd., Richmond, BC V7E 7N7

(Vancouver First) Date retired 2005 (604-274-3363)

1953 RA Fleming, Bruce, No.229, 32853 Landeau Pl., Abbotsford, BC V2S 6S6

(Abbotsford) Date retired 1989 (604-859-4339)

1962 RA Hart, Russell E., No. 17, 3063 Hornsberger Rd., Salmon Arm, BC

V1E 4M1 (Kelowna) Date retired 1999 (250-804-0369)

1953 RA Helm, Wallace, No. A136, 4579 Chatterton Way, Victoria, BC V8X 4Y7


1965 RA Hemphill, Leonard, No. 209, 105 Gorge Rd. E., Victoria, BC V9X 6Z3


1969 RA Johnson, Arnold, Box 887, Merritt, BC V1K 1B8

(Lighthouse Christian Fellowship) Date retired 1999 (250-378-4534)

1970 RA McKnight, John, No. 101, 6251 Pleasant Ridge Place, Nanaimo, BC V9T

0B3 (Nanaimo) Date retired 2004 (250-933-6841)

1967 RU Morden, Elva Bates, Bevan Lodge, No. 216, 33386 Bevan Ave., Abbotsford,

BC V2S 5G6 (Abbotsford) Date retired 1998 (604-853-4065)

1952 RA Muxworthy, Charles J., No. 11, 21164 - 88th Ave., Langley, BC V1M 2E9

(Legacy) Date retired 1995 (604-882-8407)

1950 RA Palmer, Cyril A., No. 313, 3235 Skaha Lake Rd., Penticton, BC V2A 6G5

(Penticton) Date retired 1986 (250-770-7948)

1984 RA Schell, Harry, 22759 Balabanian Cir., Maple Ridge, BC V2X 8Z5

(Legacy) Date retired 2003 (604-463-9835)

2004 RA Sim, David Clarke, 6948 Mountainview Dr., Oliver, BC V0H 1T4

(Living Hope) Date retired 2007 (250-498-0124)

1960 RA Tucker, Melvin, No. 312, 3035 Cook St., Victoria, BC V8T 3S8


1970 RA Woods, Douglas C., No. 3, 12011 Greenland Dr., Richmond, BC V6V 2E6

(Vancouver First) Date retired 2007 (604-214-7702)

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I. DISTRICT LICENSED MINISTERS

2013 PAS (1) Cook, Desmond Edward, 20976 - 42nd


(Living Hope) (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-530-5696)

2013 PAS (1) Cook, Eileen Blanch, 20976 - 42nd


(Living Hope) (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-530-5696)

2014 U (3) Deepwell, Savannah Joy, No. 19, 8277 – 161 St., Surrey, BC V4N 0N3

(Legacy) (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-866-2333)

2012 PAS (1) Huang, Chin-Yen (Jennifer), 16027 - 80th

Ave. Surrey, BC V4N 0X1

(Surrey Chinese) (E-mail: [email protected]; 604-507-4889)

2009 PSV-PT (4) Keats, Heather Darlene, 883 Grove St., Whitehorse YT Y1A 4C7

(Whitehorse) (E-mail: [email protected]; 867-456-2921)

2015 PSV-PT (4) Maningas, Merlyn G., 4B 2001 Centennial St., Whitehorse, Yukon V1A 3Z6

(Whitehorse) (E-mail: [email protected]; 867-393-2168)

2013 PAS (2) Mickelson, Lorraine Rita, P.O. Box 1492, Chetwynd, BC V0C 1J0

(Northern Lights Christian Fellowship)


2014 U (1) Patterson, Michael Anthony, 112 Stevens Court, Penticton V2A 8A2

(Penticton) (E-mail: [email protected]; 250-490-0883)

2015 PSV-PT (2) Prendergast, Heather Jean, 984 McKenzie Ave., Apt 328, Victoria, BC V8X

4E7 (Victoria) (E-mail: [email protected]; 250-812-3100)

2009 PSV-FT (3) Wood, Matthew Vernon, BSMT 35315 McKinley Dr., Abbotsford, BC V2T

0B9 (Abbotsford) (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-832-2479)

2014 PAS (4) Zvonar, David Jacob, 4307 Burde St., Port Alberni, BC V9Y 3K7

(Southside) (E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 250-731-6164)

2013 GA (2) Zweigle, Aisling Labhaoise, Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary,

Ortigas Ave. Extension, Kaytikling, Tay Tay 1920, Rizal, Philippines

(as of Jan. 2015) (E-mail: [email protected])

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J. CONSECRATED DEACONESSES

1957 Bryant (Rennick), Mrs. Rachel, No. 210 B The Cascades, 45586 McIntosh

Dr., Chilliwack, BC V2P 7W8 (Chilliwack) (604-793-9765)

K. MISSIONARIES RETIRED

1967 RU Morden, Elva Bates, Bevan Lodge, No. 216, 33386 Bevan Ave.,

Abbotsford, BC V2S 5G6 (604-853-4065)

L. COMMISSIONED MINISTER OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

CED Friesen, Val, 160A St., Surrey, BC V4N 3E4 (Legacy)

(E-mail: [email protected]; 604-589-5560; 604-589-2976)

M. MINISTERS SERVING

CONNECTIONAL INTEREST

1999 SPC Horn, Jason, 6249 Lane Rd., Duncan, BC V9L 4E2


1989 SPC McAusland, Leslie, No. 51, 8418 - 163rd

St. Surrey, BC V4N 6K8


2014 SPC Postlewait, Rebecca Suzanne, 5318 Bruce St., Vancouver, BC V5P 3M3


2012 SPC Scarrow, Anne, No. 6, 12011 Greenland Dr., Richmond, BC V6V 2E6

(E-mail: [email protected]; cell: 604-202-1980, 604-270-4940)

2011 SPC Smedley, Matthew, 2147 E. 36th



Legend

PAS – Pastor; RA – Retired Assigned; RU – Retired Unassigned; U – Unassigned; PSV-FT

Pastoral Service Full Time; PSV-PT Pastoral Service Part Time; DS –District Superintendent;

STU – Student; GA – General Assignment; MIS – Missionary; CED – Christian Education

Minister; CHP – Chaplain;

SPC – Interdenominational/Special Service; DA – District Assignment; DIA – District Interim

Assigned; TRF – in process of transfer.

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II. General Information

A. TRANSFERRED OUT

Harold Hoffman to the Canada West District (Elder)

B. MINISTERS ORDAINED

Brandon Linse – Elder

Rebecca Postlewait - Deacon

C. GRANTED RENEWAL OF MINISTER'S LICENSE

Desmond Cook

Eileen Cook

Savannah Deepwell

Chin-Yen (Jennifer) Huang

Heather Keats

Lorraine Mickelson

Michael Patterson

Matthew Wood

David Zvonar

Aisling Zweigle

C. GRANTED A MINISTER’S LICENSE

Heather Prendergast

Merlyn Maningas

D. MINISTER’S LICENSE NOT RENEWED

Paulette Carelli

E. APPROVED FOR SPECIAL SERVICE ROLE CODE

Jason Horn, Les McAusland, Rebecca Postlewait, Anne Scarrow,

Matthew Smedley

F. CHURCHES INACTIVE

Agape (Vancouver), Farmington, Fraser Valley Korean,

Maple Ridge, Prince George, Richmond, Royal View

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E. WHERE TO SEND MONIES

World Evangelism Fund, 10% Mission Specials and National Board (RRSP)

Pension Plan

Payable to: Church of the Nazarene Canada

Mail to: Church of the Nazarene Canada

20 Regan Rd., Unit 9, Brampton, ONT L7A 1C3 (fax 1-905-846-1775; 1-888-808-7490)

District Life and Health Plan

Payable to: Church of the Nazarene-Ins

Mail to: Rev. Harry Schell,

22759 Balabanian Circle, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 8Z5 (604-463-9835)

District Budget Receipts (see note);

District RRSP (Primerica Funds);

Ambrose Fund - Ambrose University College;

Harvest Fund

Payable to: Canada Pacific District

C/O Eleanor Lungren

9012 – 160th

Street

Surrey, BC V4N 3A5 (604-841-2453)

NOTE: District Budget Receipts now includes the District Ministries Fund, NMI, SDMI,

NYI and Liability Insurance payments previously budgeted and paid separately by local

churches to the respective groups.

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III. Daily Proceedings

FIRST DAY

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Evening Session: 7:00 pm

The evening service began with a musical prelude. District Superintendent, Earl Wood, then

welcomed everyone to the 60th

Assembly and Conventions. He spoke about General

Superintendent, Dr. Jerry Porter’s various roles in the church and the work he does; he expressed

appreciation for him. District Superintendent, Earl Wood, opened the meeting in prayer. The

worship team then led in the singing of I Stand Amazed in the Presence; I Need You, O I Need

You; a prayer and In The Name of the Father; Jesus, All For Jesus and a final prayer. District

Superintendent, Earl Wood, thanked the worship team.

District Superintendent, Earl Wood, acknowledged the sacrifice, the good work and the

contributions of the clergy and their families. He stated that sometimes the work is wearying and

difficult, but everyone understands that and gives thanks for the work done in the church. He

specifically thanked the spouses for their hard work and patience; both in and out of the home

and the church. He asked the spouses of the pastors to stand and each was presented with a little

memento. He then asked all members of the clergy to stand, both active and retired; each one

was also given a small gift.

District Superintendent, Earl Wood, said the Holy Spirit is in the business of saving souls and it is

wonderful to be reminded that God is faithful. He offered congratulations to the churches that

have increased at least 5% over the past year. Growth awards were handed out to Primera 19%;

Logos 14.3%; Southside 13.2%; Nanaimo 12%; Surrey Chinese 12%; Cowichan Valley 11.5%;

Living Hope 10.9%; Whitehorse 10%; Penticton 8.4%; Holy Trinity 8%; and Esquimalt 7.7%.

District Superintendent, Earl Wood, thanked Rev. Dr. Gary and Cheryl Bennett for hosting the

Assembly and Conventions and commented on the floral displays on the dais and around the

building. He acknowledged the care and hospitality and introduced Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett who

welcomed us. Dr. Bennett said he wants this to be a destination District Assembly and said it is

a privilege to see the dedication and the love of his people as they prepared for this Assembly

and thanked them for their efforts. He said a prayer and introduced District Director, Rev. Lorna

Bartram.

Rev. Lorna Bartram remarked that coming here feels like a holiday and echoed what Dr. Bennett

said about his people and that it also relates to him as well. She spoke about listening to the

Victoria team kibitz joyfully back and forth while they were preparing for this Assembly. She

gave some announcements and an offering was taken, during which the instrumentalists played

Guide Me Now Thy Great Jehovah. The worship team then led in the singing of Your Presence

Lord; My Hope is Built on Nothing Less; Christ Alone, and Cornerstone, followed by a prayer.

General Superintendent, Dr. Jerry Porter, expressed his delight at being here in the Victoria

church and told a story about when he was a young missionary. He exhorted us to cast all our

anxiety on God because he cares for us. He said it is the grace of God that draws us and saves us

from hell. We grow in the grace of God and Jesus Christ and in the fruit of the Spirit. Nowhere

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in scripture does it say to pray for grace; we get grace when we humble ourselves. He told

young pastors to live lives of humility and humble themselves before God and to each other.

You can become proud of your humility and therefore lose the humility you are seeking.

Practice gratitude – a grateful heart equals humility. The grace of God fills the humble heart and

raises it above the storm. Ungratefulness closes up the window of grace. Anytime you feel you

need more grace express sincere gratitude to God and each other. God resists the arrogant;

arrogant people can not learn anything because they already know it all. They become cynical,

judgmental, and nothing can touch them. Humble ourselves before God and thank Him. Every

annual conference is a means of grace, which never comes to arrogant people. Thank the Lord

even for the difficult things, and the people around you and what they add to your life. Even if

they have flaws, thank God for them.

The Assembly was then officially organized. In order that official delegates and alternates can

participate on the vote for the District Superintendent renewal later in the evening, Dr. Porter

asked if anyone had alternates to be seated. Forms were handed out to the delegates. Motion to

seat the alternates was moved, seconded and carried.

After telling the story of how Earl and Vernita met, Dr. Porter told us that next month they

celebrate 43 years of marriage. They have two sons and five grandchildren. He outlined Earl’s

career in the church. He told us he has asked all the District Superintendent’s to open their

assemblies with a message. Rev. Earl Wood then gave his 10th

report as District Superintendent.

The District Superintendent said he is nervous because he has never preached a report before.

He thanked everyone for joining us. He said it is appropriate to begin the report by offering

thanks to his wife, the District office team, the members of the District Advisory Board, the

leaders of our auxiliary councils and leadership teams as well as to the camps, ladies retreat and

summer ministry directors. We have to remember that the work of the church matters in Gods

eyes and the Assembly is a celebration of the work of the church and the service of our Lord.

We are all called to serve God in some way; the Assembly gives us the opportunity to respond to

God with our ministry. We will see the ordination of two candidates and the presentation of a

number of District licenses. He thanked everyone who responded to the call of God.

Our number one priority as a District church family is the worship of God. Our organization

focuses on leadership development, compassionate ministry and church planting. All around the

world our focus shifts from being “me” centered to sharing in God’s love and concern for all

people. Caring about and for people is intrinsic to who we are. There are well organized charities

such as the Victoria Compassionate Warehouse and Mission Possible, but we are all called.

District Superintendent, Earl Wood, thanked those who led Work & Witness teams on our District

and around the world. He outlined some of these projects. Tupper had its first indoor washroom

installed with the help of Victoria First Church. One positive aspect of the project was the

enabling of the church steeple bell. When the District Superintendent tried to ring the only church

bell on the District, it got restuck. The Tupper people were very gracious about it.

He spoke about church planting and how it is changing. Currently we have five new projects in

process: Tagish Lake (Rev. Norayr Hajian, Whitehorse church) Chilliwack (Rev. Graham

McMahon), Maple Ridge (Rev. Robert Gray), Courtenay/Comox (Rev. Calvin and Rev. Melony

Barber) and a ministry to Hispanic peoples (Rev. Magally Figueroa). He asked the leaders of

these projects to come to the altar so we can pray for them. He asked each of them what it is

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about their church /ministry plant that excites them; each gave a few details. He thanked them

for their reports and asked us to keep these folk in our prayers.

Camp and summer programs also come with a requirement for training and experience and these

ministries are used by God to bring more people into relationship with Him than any other kind

of ministry. Summer ministries are very demanding but are well worth the cost of time and

finances. District Superintendent, Earl Wood, said he is reminded of the critically important role

of children and youth ministries in the ongoing systematic teaching of the Scriptures. He urged

everyone to meet this responsibility to train children to give their lives to the Lord and become

active in the church.

He also spoke on the Pastors’ and Leaders Conference (PALCON) and urged the pastors to take

advantage of this weekend in August at Ambrose University to learn and be ministered to.

There was a break for the singing of Bless the Lord, O My Soul.

District Superintendent, Earl Wood, continued and said the Bible says to worship the Lord with

gladness and come before him with joyful song; humble yourselves before Him. Music raises

his heart and helps him worship and he realizes he is preaching to the choir. It is foundational

for us and was the first act of the people when they reached the shore of the Red Sea. They sang

and praised the Lord as they witnessed His deliverance. This is repeated over and over again in

the Scriptures to the point it becomes normative. For those who grew up in the church our

earliest memories include worship services and wonderful musicians, some of whom he named

from when he was growing up. Testimonies would be given, communion was offered and the

preaching of the Word was always included. When they were in their 20s this continued and he

remembers the voices of the soloists with tears running down their faces as they offered their

songs to God. There are some things about worship which should remain constant – we should

come before God with a sense of awe and adoration, He is worthy to be worshipped – He is the

creator of the universe and He is the holy God. He is to be feared above all gods, the gods of

other nations fall before Him. He believes we, in our society, need to be reminded of who God is

and who we are in relationship with Him. We commemorate the sacrifice of Jesus every week

when we meet to worship Him.

He spoke of a message given by General Superintendent, Dr. J. K. Warrick, about the importance

of worship – we are never more a church than when we meet to worship. There is a built-in need

in the human heart and spirit to worship God. There is none beside Him. Corporate worship

reminds us that we stand as a member of the whole family of God and are reminded that the

world did not begin on the day we were born and will not end on the day we die. Worship gives

us inspiration to do better is some areas of our lives. There is something liberating when we

stand in the congregation and offer everything to the God of the universe and say “Let the whole

earth tremble before You”. He quoted several scriptures around this. If you find life’s obstacles

difficult to deal with - welcome to the club. We do not know when life will face upheaval.

When nothing seems normal God comes among us as we gather in His presence and we are not

the same. He prepares us for what lies ahead. Private worship does not duplicate corporate

worship. The scriptures call us to gather together to praise our Lord. Worship is what they do in

heaven. The Bible says the angel was joined by a vast army to praise God. Rev. Wood quoted

several more scriptures. Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, His faithful love endures

forever. By faith we see ourselves as God sees us, for who we can become. Our spirits are

renewed and refilled with assurance as we worship Him. God comes down to us and makes us

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new. In true worship we will discover our place in the mission of God, which becomes our

mission. Our goal is not souls, our goal is God.

He spoke of how David was strengthened as he contemplated the task given him by God. He

had to displace nations and how many nights did he lose sleep in worrying? But his task came

into proper perspective as he worshipped the Lord. God wants to lead us as He led David into

mission. Worship leads us from the status quo to whatever God wants us to accomplish. He will

speak to us as we worship. His mission becomes our mission. As we worship God, His

perspective on our life becomes our perspective and our Lord will pour out a fresh infilling of the

Holy Spirit, renewed energy, determination. We come to feel that Jesus is in us and among us.

We are created to worship. He quoted Dr. Warrick for most of this section on worship.

Garry Preston led in the singing of Praise Him, Praise Him!

Dr. Porter asked for a motion to receive the report of the District Superintendent. Moved,

seconded, and carried.

Vernita Wood thanked everyone for coming and thanked the Lord for His blessings over the past

year.

Rev. Dr. Gary Nawrocki expressed gratitude for District Superintendent Earl and Vernita Wood.

On behalf of everyone on the District, he presented them with a gift which will hopefully give

them a little getaway.

Dr. Porter asked the District Advisory Board to come forward and lay hands on Vernita and pray

for her and her hip surgery.

He then asked Rev. Norayr Hajian, District Secretary, to come forward and give a vote for the

renewal of the District Superintendent for another four-year term. The District Secretary called

the tellers and asked the delegates to stand to receive their ballots. The ballots will be counted

and the results given tomorrow morning.

Rev. Lorna Bartram invited everyone to stay and enjoy the ice cream social. She reminded

everyone to please register and pick up their meal tickets. She closed the evening in prayer.

SECOND DAY

Friday, June 26, 2015

Morning Session: 8:30 am

Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett opened the morning with a prayer and led in the singing of the National

Anthem, O Canada. This was followed by the singing of Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners.

Dr. Jerry Porter recommended the special edition of Holiness Today and outlined the contents.

A video on Nazarene Essentials was shown. He encouraged us to make full use of the Nazarene

Publishing House and explained the updates there.

He asked us to think about our responsibilities for results to see what the church can do by 2020.

He outlined our core values and our mission – to make Christ-like disciples in the nations.

Everything we do must agree with that mission. Jesus told the story of Lazarus and the rich man

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who died and went to hell and asked Lazarus to bring him water (Luke 16:19-31). He then

encouraged us to speak with friends and neighbors who don’t know the Gospel and bring them

the Word. Jesus talked more about hell than any other prophet in scripture. The eternal realities

are not visible to the eye but they are more real than anything we can see. We can and we must

share the good news. The eternal destiny of our generation is at stake – Vision 2020. The first 50

years this church went from 0 to 5,000 churches, but we have held at that and gained barely one

member each in decade. We need to inspire and encourage our people to gather together and

worship. Since 2005 the Canada Pacific District has decreased by 44 members and 477 who

actually worship, but gained 499 for SDMI attendance and increased by one church. This is not

acceptable. The goal is to get to 3.5 million members, 2.5 million in worship, 25 million for

SDMI and 50,000 churches around the world. In Acts 6, Luke describes multiplying disciples,

and Dr. Porter described how it can work. He described how it would be if the church was

growing so fast we couldn’t keep up, and how wonderful that would be. He described some of

the options for the church – shrink the church, maintain the church, grow at the current rate,

grow by multiplication. We want to stand before the Lord with fruit, not excuses. He outlined

some of the goals set by some American churches for growth. In Alabama each new pastor has

to take training in planting churches. The goal for USA/Canada is to double in five years. We

have to redefine church. The people are the church. If a group meets at Tim Hortons for Bible

study, that is the church.

He then told the story of a prince who gave money to each of his servants before leaving town.

Like the prince asked an accounting of his servants, Jesus will ask an accounting of us when He

returns. The Lord expects that which is in our care to grow. We have to count souls, not dollars.

Numbers tell us how we are doing. Fruit, not just faithfulness; results, not just following a role.

Be faithful to methods that produce results. Our culture is changing, so the methods that worked

50 years ago do not work today. He asked everyone to fold their arms, and then to reverse it and

notice that it is uncomfortable. He did the same with clenched hands. Our comfort is not the

most important aspect of the church. The Church of the Nazarene, in her most glorious hour, is

liberal in her methods but conservative in her message (L. Guy Nees). We have to find what it

takes in today’s world to have a healthy, growing church. We have to learn to be bold leaders

and take responsibility for results – every one of us, not just the leaders. We need to be repentant

for the status quo and ask the Lord to forgive us. We should be asking God what He wants us to

do. In Mark 6, God could not do what He wanted to do because of the resistance of the people.

When we move beyond the walls of our comfort zone we feel fear. That is the devil telling us to

get back in the box. The Lord said to Joshua, do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.

If each person would bring one person who does not know Christ we could double the church in

one week. What would you have to do to double the church in a year? Change everything if that

is what it takes. If we knew we had six months before the Lord’s return what would we do? We

can not blame God or leave the responsibility to Him. God can not do what He wants to do

unless we are in partnership with him. Each one win one, disciples making disciples, pastors

training pastors, churches launching churches. We need church in the schools and the homes, in

the workplace. Ask God to give us a discomfort with the status quo and that we will no longer

be satisfied with things as they are. What are the results the Lord would like to see on the

Canada Pacific District? If you are part of a shrinking church there is a unique set of problems;

if a dying church or a stagnant church - still another set of different problems; a growing church -

still another set of different problems. You are going to have problems anyway so choose the

problems of a growing church.

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Dr. Porter gave demonstrations of doubling the church – if you work for 30 days and get paid

$10,000 per day you would earn $300,000, but if you choose to earn one penny per day,

doubling daily, you would earn $10,000,000. If doctrine was the reason we grow we’d have the

biggest church in the world. Cultural, social methods are what work to reach people. Countries

like Bangladesh are concerned with spreading the Gospel to their friends and family. The

Brazilian church plans to double in the next five years. In one year the Dominican Republic

went from 538 members to 1,079 members with each one reach one. God wants to help us

accomplish this to His glory. Children are receptive and a church in the United States has a 44-

day camp. They used social service agencies to reach underprivileged children who need help

with meals to come for 44 days. Children, students, those with needs and non-church goers are

receptive people. One-third of North America works on Sunday. Why just have worship on

Sunday morning? Use the beautiful buildings we have more than just one hour a week. Find out

what others are doing that works. With God’s help we will dream some big dreams if we get out

of our comfort zones into the obedient zones. Not everything we try will be successful, but we

are with God in learning, and we will see Christians and churches reproducing.

Every pastor was asked to accept this challenge and was given two faith projection cards to fill out

with the help of their delegates to commit to what they will do over the next five years to grow

their church. They were advised to remember that at an auction the highest bid wins, so think big.

All cards were then handed in to the District Superintendent. All the pastors laid their hands on

District Superintendent, Earl Wood, and the General Superintendent prayed for God’s blessing on

the faith projection cards. Dr. Porter asked us to work toward these goals as if we knew the Lord

would return in five years. Use our efforts more wisely, and we can do it with God’s help.

Note: Following is the aggregate response from the Vision 2020 Faith Projection cards collected

at this year’s Assembly.

38 new churches by 2020

3,122 members by 2020

3,737 people in weekly Worship by 2020

2,153 people involved in SDMI (receiving weekly Christian education) by 2020

Dr. Porter then announced the results of last night’s vote to re-elect Rev. Earl Wood for another

four years. 77 votes were cast. There were 73 yes votes and 4 no. The District Superintendent

was returned for another four years. The District Superintendent expressed his emotions

regarding the faith projections and his gratitude for the results of the vote. The General

Superintendent led in prayer for the District Superintendent and said our prayers release God to

do His will in us.

ORGANIZATION OF THE DISTRICT ASSEMBLY

General Superintendent, Dr. J. D. Porter, called the Assembly to order. He called the District

Secretary, Rev. Norayr Hajian to give his recommendations. Rev. Hajian recommended the

appointments of Moira Bandurka, Recording Secretary; Rev. Lorna Bartram, District Director;

Lee Wedley, Clerical and Statistical Secretary; Dennis Rainka, Election Secretary; Lilia

Choriego and Glenda Leavett-Brown, Pages; Dr. Gary Nawrocki, Assembly Reader and Rev.

Norayr Hajian and Lee Wedley, Journal Editing Committee.

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The two centre sections of the Sanctuary plus the platform and the counting room were

designated to be within the bar. Rev. Hajian also recommended that the morning business

session continue until 12:00 noon, that the afternoon session be held from 1:15 pm to 5:00 pm or

adjournment and that the evening session be held from 7:00 pm to adjournment.

Special Orders for the day were:

- 1:15 pm – Memorial Service Report

- 7:00 pm – Ordination Service

District Secretary, Rev. Hajian moved the adoption of all of the above-recommendations and

appointments to this 60th

Canada Pacific District Assembly. The motion was seconded and carried.

The Nominating Committee report was read and received on motion. The Board of Tellers was

asked to take their positions. Ballots were handed out for Advisory Board, Ministerial; Advisory

Board, Lay and Board of Ministry. A vote was taken and the tellers were dismissed to count the

ballots.

District Superintendent, Earl Wood, introduced the National Director, Dr. Clair MacMillan, to

bring his report. This is Dr. MacMillan’s 15th

report to our District. He spoke about the various

responsibilities of the National Board and some of the changes required by the Canadian

government, the gift catalogue published by NCMC and the Child Sponsorship Program of the

Nazarene Church. He spoke about various resources available to both clergy and lay people and

strongly urged the churches to take advantage of Dr. Riley Coulter knowledge in estate planning,

whose travel is paid for by the National office. He spoke about the beginning of Compassionate

Ministries and its founder, Rev. Elaine Bumstead. He asked us to pray for the General

Superintendent and the demands on him. He said he enjoys seeing the church coming into the

hands of younger people who have the energy to do what needs to be done. The General

Superintendent then asked us to keep the National Board in our prayers.

Rev. Terry Fach, Chaplain of Ambrose University, brought the report from Ambrose on behalf

of Dr. Smith and Dr. Riley Coulter. They are expecting about 900 students this year. He

outlined some of the changes taking place. Young people are being called to give their lives in

service and taking their places in the world. He shared some ways in which faith is being

instilled in the students. It’s important to remember that they are emerging adults, the same is

true of their faith; it is a journey. They are asking questions about their faith. Is it relevant?

How do I experience God’s empowering presence? What does it mean to be good stewards of

this earth? There is great spiritual hunger on campus and a passion for prayer and service. He

thanked us for our generosity and prayers and for directing students to them. The District

Superintendent thanked Rev. Fach for his report and for the ministry work of Ambrose University.

District Superintendent, Earl Wood, then greeted Dr. Coulter and, in his introduction, said Dr.

Coulter knows more about fishing than anyone here needs to know. Dr. Coulter is the part-time

Director of Financial Services for the Church of the Nazarene, which is talking to people about

estate planning. This is his 28th

Assembly year. Dr. Coulter offered to come to any church, at no

expense to that church, to do a two hour format on wills, personal directives and powers of

attorney. It can be a community event, not just a church event and there is no cost to anyone

attending. It can help with probate costs as well as bringing glory to God. Less than 50% of

adult Canadians have a will and fewer than that are up-to-date. He spoke about tithing and the

value of our estates as it increases during our lives. He spoke about tithing our assets, not just

our cash flow. Tithe the assets on your death from your estate. Younger people are not as

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committed to tithing. His contact information is on the brochure, which was handed out. The

church will benefit long term by this planning. The General Superintendent thanked him for his

report and encouraged us all to pray for Ambrose University and its work.

A DVD on the Pastors’ and Leaders Conference (PALCON) was shown inviting people to

participate from August 11 to 13, 2015. Registration can be done on-line.

There was a ten minute break after which a video was shown about Rev. Dr. Grant and Aisling

Zweigle and their work and experiences at Nazarene Theological Seminary in the Philippines.

The General Superintendent asked that we continue to pray for them and all missionaries around

the world.

The results of the votes were reported. Neil Allenbrand was elected to the Advisory Board

Ministerial, Peter Steunenberg was elected to the Advisory Board Lay Member and John

McKnight and Kathleen Smedley were elected to the Board of Ministry. The General

Superintendent congratulated those elected as well as those who were willing to serve.

District Director, Lorna Bartram gave the announcements. LAMP flashlights were made

available. She spoke on the summer camps – the scope of ministries and said this ministry in

particular is vital to the health of the District. She thanked everyone for their generosity last year

and said they are trying to raise $3,500 this year.

The General Superintendent asked the pastors to give their reports, beginning with our host

pastor, Gary Bennett (Victoria First). He was followed by Norayr Hajian (Whitehorse), Pat

Wiens (Abbotsford), Barry Goodwin (Esquimalt), Graham MacMahon (Chilliwack), Tekeste

Genzebu (Holy Trinity), Kathleen Smedley (Vancouver First), Andrew Tarrant (Hope), David

Maldonado (Betel), Brian Postlewait (Mission Possible), Aaron Austin and Rigoberto Castillo

(Community).

Following the reports we were adjourned for lunch, which featured Mission Possible. Rev. Brian

Postlewait and Rev. Matt Smedley recounted stories of a few of their clients, gave a few statistics

and showed a short video.

AFTERNOON SESSION

1:30 pm

The afternoon began with an instrumental prelude. District Superintendent, Earl Wood, then

introduced the Memorial Service. Rev. Calvin Black delivered a couple of readings and spoke of

the Christian beliefs around death. He then led in the singing of He the Pearly Gates Will Open.

This was followed by a reading from Psalms. A worship team from Cowichan Valley Church of

the Nazarene led the singing of What a Day That Will Be. Dr. Gary Nawrocki read the names of

the deceased. A yellow rose was placed in a vase for each person. Rev. Barry Goodwin closed

in prayer.

Following the Memorial Service, the General Superintendent asked for a motion to accept the

District Advisory Board Report. It was moved, seconded and carried. The Board of Ministry

Report was also, moved, seconded and carried. There was one change in the Board of

Ministerial Credentials – the name of Merlyn Maningas was added to the list of people being

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granted a new District Minister’s License. Then the adoption of the report was moved, seconded

and carried.

Mark Kennedy spoke on the Finance Committee Report and pointed out the Appendix 111

inducement to support the Ambrose University Scholarship Program. This past year has been

beneficial in that District funding has been good and other funding is up significantly. Adoption of

the report was moved, seconded, carried.

Upon request, the Christian Action report was read by Rev. Melony Barber. This report speaks

to the role of women in the church and their significance in ministry. It also recognizes that

women suffer a disproportionate amount of prejudice, abuse, both physical and otherwise and

various forms of discrimination forced upon women and puts the church on record as being

opposed to such treatment. It encourages us to speak out against such treatment and encourage

women to become more involved in ministry, both ordained and lay. The acceptance of this

report was then moved, seconded and carried.

The Treasurer’s report was given by Rev. Harry Schell. He pointed out that “unaudited” does

not mean it is not correct. The first page is the balance sheet for the past year. Total assets and

liabilities for 2015 are $1,774,990. The second page shows where the money came from and

how it was spent. He noted that we spent more than we received on purpose and this will be

done again next year. Page three shows the balances of the various funds. Further details can be

obtained from Harry Schell. Motion to receive the audit review report moved, seconded and

carried.

Dr. Porter spoke about Nazarene Theological Seminary, our other training institution for pastors.

A gift certificate for on-line training was given to each of the pastors present.

The remaining pastor’s reports were given. Robert Gray (Legacy), Willy Choriego (Primera),

Sung Mun Kim (Logos Korean), Melony Barber (Courtenay/Comox), Megan Polowski –

(Dawson Creek), Brandon Linse (Kamloops), Eileen Cook (Living Hope, with a Spanish

interpretation by Magally Figueroa), Wayne Lee (Cowichan Valley), Wayne Siewert (Kelowna),

David Zvonar (Port Alberni), Gary Nawrocki (Nanaimo). The General Superintendent thanked

everyone for their reports, then asked Don Johnson to present the NMI Council, which was done.

Dr. Porter said the General Board asks the churches to give 5.5% of their income for evangelism.

Some churches went way over the top. He thanked them for their generosity. The following

churches received recognition for going over their goal: Dawson Creek went over by 103%;

Primera, 110%; Penticton, 110%; Community, 117%; Betel, 143%; Whitehorse, 131%; Hope,

137%; Nanaimo, 146%; Abbotsford, 148%; Victoria First, 254%. It was noted that two churches

have paid their World Evangelism Fund for the last 10 years – Victoria First and Whitehorse,

nine of the last ten years – Nanaimo, eight of ten years - Vancouver First. The General

Superintendent thanked everyone for making it possible for missionaries around the world to

spread the Gospel. He said the number of missionaries has decreased from five years ago and we

need to get back on board with missions.

The District Superintendent brought the pastors reports for Ruth Czerniak (Tupper) and Neil

Allenbrand (Penticton). He then asked the General Superintendent to lead a prayer for Rev.

Jamie Weberg, which he did.

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There was a motion to authorize the District Secretary to edit and publish the minutes; carried.

Dr. Porter expressed appreciation to Victoria First Church for hosting this Assembly so well. He

said we will not turn back. We expect a different kind of future. He told us he lost 70 pounds

over three years because he decided one day that he has to make a change. He made a decision

to change his life and it’s no different for us. If we are satisfied with our church the way it is

then keep doing the same thing, but if you want to see change you need to make a decision and

ask God to do the impossible for us. A.W.Tozer said if He can do it for anyone He can do it for

us. We need to embrace that kind of faith that will change our conduct and we will no longer

tolerate baby steps. We need to take great strides for God.

District Secretary, Norayr Hajian, announced that dinner would be at 5:00 pm and the Ordination

Service at 7:00 pm. District Superintendent, Earl Wood, then said that NMI will make a

presentation during the dinner service. We were dismissed.

During dinner, NMI President, Don Johnson, introduced the kitchen staff and thanked them for

all their hard work and service. He then spoke about the introduction of the “bike and backpack”

program introduced last year. He would like to see the District raise $6,000 again this year to

further the reach of the Jesus Film. He then introduced Eddie Beer, leader of the Work &

Witness team from Primera which went to León, Nicaragua last summer. He told us about all

the supplies that were donated, causing a problem with the shipping, and how United Airlines

stepped in and carried it for free. There is no water in this area of the city and the houses are

made of cardboard. He spoke about the number of children and families they impacted. A slide

show of the trip was shown.

Don Johnson then spoke about the NMI Work & Witness Fund, which will give up to $2,000

toward the project costs of a trip. $11,000 was given out last year from this fund. He said

anyone who would like to be part of one of these teams and impact people’s lives but are unable

to travel themselves can be part of a team by donating money to the Work & Witness Fund.

Peter Steunenberg headed a team from Legacy, Vancouver First and Betel which went to

Guatemala. He said the days were upwards of 32 degrees Celsius with 100% humidity. They

were given two rooms to house three women and a group of men. Bed was foam on the floor.

He spoke about being asked to do daily programs with the kids for which they were not prepared

and of how they had to make up a curriculum on the spot. Various projects were outlined and

they were able to send twelve kids to camp.

ORDINATION SERVICE

7:00 pm

The evening began with an instrumental prelude. District Superintendent, Earl Wood, remarked

how important this evening is. He thanked Dr. Porter for his ministry at this Assembly and all

year long as well. We have heard his challenge and his encouragement which means a lot to us.

The congregation expressed their appreciation. The District Superintendent then introduced Dr.

Gary Bennett, who welcomed everyone and opened in prayer. Scott Wilms and the worship

team led in the singing of I’m Forgiven Because You Were Forsaken; God of Justice, Savior to

All; I Have Decided to Follow Jesus; Blest Be the Tie That Binds.

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District Superintendent, Earl Wood, thanked the worship team and introduced the National

Director, Dr. Clair MacMillan, who led in a pastoral prayer. The District Superintendent then

presented two new District Minister’s Licenses to Heather Prendergast and Merlyn Maningas.

The candidates for renewal of their District Minister’s Licenses were called up and presented

with their renewal licenses (some were granted in absentia).

District Director, Lorna Bartram then introduced some announcements and prayed for the offering.

After the offering the congregation sang Holiness Unto the Lord, led by Kevin Seibel, during

which District Secretary, Norayr Hajian, led the ordinands into the sanctuary. Rev. Hajian

presented Brandon Linse and Rebecca Postlewait to the General Superintendent for ordination,

Brandon as Elder and Rebecca as Deacon. There was a responsive reading. Dr. Riley Coulter

and his sister, Cheryl Bennett, sang I Will Not Forget Thee.

General Superintendent, Dr. Porter, then brought the message, called “Beautiful Feet”. Scripture

does not talk about any other body part but does talk about beautiful feet. He quoted Romans

10:9-15 (If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God

raised him from the dead...). He asked what Paul was thinking when he made this statement.

Saying there is no difference between Jew and Gentile is like saying there is no difference

between Japanese and African. In what way are we all alike? Everyone who calls on the name

of the Lord will be saved. He asked for six volunteers and placed them on the altar, the stair and

the floor. He gave each of them one word to say: “Saved, Call, Believe, Hear, Preach or Sent”.

Jesus sent the church to preach so the lost would hear and believe because they called on the

name of Jesus and were saved. These are the six steps for people to come to Christ. Someone is

sent to preach to the unsaved that hear and call on the name of the Lord so they can be saved. He

underlined which of those steps is the responsibility of Jesus. The person who is wrapped up in

sin hears, believes, calls on the name of the Lord and will be saved. Every one of us is called by

Christ to witness.

Dr. Porter then quoted Acts 1:8, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on

you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of

the earth”. What does a witness do? He tells the truth about what he saw – a witness by

definition. An eye witness says this is what I saw, this is what I heard, and this is what I

experienced. That is what we are called to do. He told the story of the blind man who could not

answer any questions about why he was no longer blind or who healed hm. All I know is that

this morning I was blind and now I can see. The most impacting message ever is never preached

in the pulpit – it is your own personal story. We need to tell our stories over a diet coke or a cup

of coffee and then people might choose to believe it. If there is a relationship between your

testimony and your life they might choose to follow the call. How beautiful are the feet of those

who bring good news! Jesus rescues me from me. We could preach a beautiful sermon on the

feet of Jesus or how beautiful are those who turn from their sin and are born again. Those are

great messages. Paul is not talking about those feet or the feet of those who hear him and receive

the call. He is talking about how beautiful are the feet of those who preach the message of the

Good News. Some people always have good news while others always bring bad news. We

always look forward to seeing those who bring good news. The best news in town is Jesus

Christ. He spoke again about the 2020 pledge cards and how they impacted in the Dominican

Republic. One man brought five people to the Lord in one year. We are too embarrassed and do

not want to offend people even though they are hopelessly lost. Go ahead, buy them a Tim

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Horton’s doughnut and share the Gospel with them. The people in the pews are who will rescue

Canada.

He spoke about conjunctivitis and how contagious it is, and then asked how contagious are you?

He then quoted John 17:15: “My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you

protect them from the evil one”. To be contagious you have to have the Holy Spirit virus. You

have to know God and stay close to Him to have the virus and protect you from evil. You have to

be close enough to the unsaved so they get the virus. We do not want to be quarantined in church.

If we sneeze we want those close to us to get the virus. Then he talked about a Matthew party.

Matthew 9:9-13 (The Message). The longer we are in the church the fewer people we know

outside of it and that needs to change. Go where the unchurched go and take part in their

activities. Be with them as much as possible and love them the way Jesus loved them. He then

asked all the pastors, youth leaders, missions’ presidents to think of how they came to Christ. He

asked everyone to commit to bringing one person to Christ over the next year. The seed you plant

will not die. He asked for a show of hands of those who will make the commitment and of those

who will try to be a bridge for someone else to bring them to church. He then led in prayer.

The ordination candidates were escorted to the platform and all the elders went up behind them.

He thanked the spouses for all their work, prayers and support of our pastors. He prayed the

spouses would find great joy and fulfillment in helping their partners in the work of the Lord.

All the elders laid hands on the Ordinands and the General Superintendent prayed over each one

and ordained them Elder/Deacon in the Church of the Nazarene. Elders prayed over each of

them as well. The Ordinands were escorted out into the reception area by District Secretary,

Norayr Hajian and General Superintendent, Dr. Porter. District Superintendent, Earl Wood,

made a few remarks and then closed the evening with prayer and a benediction. We were

adjourned and invited to the Ordination Tea in the fellowship hall.

Respectfully submitted,

MOIRA BANDURKA, Recording Secretary

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IV. Reports

A. DISTRICT OFFICERS

1. District Superintendent

STAND TOGETHER

Dr. and Mrs. Porter, Dr. MacMillan, Dr. Coulter, Rev. Fach, pastors and spouses, members and

friends of this Assembly:

Thank you for joining us for these days of worship.

It is appropriate that I begin my report with offerings of thanks. First and foremost thanks to my

wife, Vernita. It is great to share life and ministry with you.

Thank you to the dedicated and talented team of co-servants in our District Office: Rev. Lorna

Bartram, District Director; Rev. Harry Schell, Treasurer; Ms. Lee Wedley, Clerical Assistant;

Ms. Eleanor Lungren, Book Keeper; Rev. Norm Hajian, District Secretary. You are a delight to

work with. Thanks for ‘standing together’ with me as we attempt to serve our Lord through our

service to the people of our District.

Thank you as well to the members of our District Advisory Board and the leaders of our

auxiliary councils and leadership teams: Rev. Neil Allenbrand, Ms. Liliana Arias, Mr. Graeme

Bartle (treasurer retired in November, 2014), Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett, Mr. Mark Kennedy, Rev.

Dr. Gary Nawrocki, Rev. Harry Schell (Treasurer), Mr. Peter Steunenberg, and Rev. Lorna

Bartram (SDMI), Rev. Calvin Black (NYI) and, Mr. Don Johnson (NMI). You are visionary,

courageous, gentle, generous and wise. You are highly valued by your District family.

I also offer thanks to our camps, ladies retreat and summer ministry directors: Kerri Larsen

(Ladies’ Retreat), Heather Johnson (children’s camps), Rev. Andrew and Hayley Tarrant

(family camp), Matt and Monica Wood (Junior and Senior High Youth Camps), as well as the

many people who join your respective teams to serve in whatever capacity they are needed. Your

District family appreciates you and the service you offer.

The Holy Spirit, through our local churches, has been at the work of saving people from their sins,

drawing folks into a personal relationship with God and cleansing the hearts and minds of those

who have submitted themselves to God. We rejoice with you as you have been faithful in

carrying out your ministry in the communities in which God has placed you. It is wonderful

indeed, to be reminded that God is still bringing people to salvation and as such is establishing his

Kingdom among us. Congratulations to those local churches which have experienced increases of

at least 5% in the number of members received by profession of faith during the past year.

Primera 19% Living Hope 10.9%

Logos 14.3% Whitehorse 10% Southside 13.2% Penticton 8.4%

Nanaimo 12% Holy Trinity 8%

Surrey Chinese 12% Esquimalt 7.7%

Cowichan Valley 11.5%

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The closing pages of my report contain important information by way of charts which indicate

our current numerical status as well as finance information.

We ought to remember that the work of the Lord as embodied by his churches is not trivial in

God’s eyes. The work of the church matters and is in no way peripheral to the importance of what

happens in our world, according to Ephesians I. Therefore, a central aspect of our annual District

Assembly is the celebration of the reality of the call of God upon us. We believe God draws us

and invites us to enter into a faith relationship. As we experience the love of God toward us there

is something within us that naturally causes us to desire to serve our Lord – to become his

followers. The call comes to all of us as children of God. There are wonderful and stirring

examples everywhere across our District of your response to the call of God lived out in the

course of your day to day life. The District Assembly also gives us the opportunity to reflect on

and respond to the specific call of God to full time Christian ministry. We are preparing to enter

into a service of worship during which we will witness the Ordination to the Christian Ministry, of

Brandon Linse (currently pastoring our Kamloops congregation) and, Rebecca Postlewait

(currently serving in her fourth year at the Women and Families Centre at Union Gospel Mission

in Vancouver). We will also be presenting District Licenses during the Friday evening service to

those who are preparing themselves for ordination. Thank you to all of you who understand that

the call of God to ministry is really a call to prepare (both in terms of education and training) for

ministry. We must continually strive to be at our best in our service to God whether we are lay

persons who volunteer our time and talents and who read and study the scriptures and spend time

in prayer for the people we minister to or, professional clergy who are answering the specific call

of God to serve in pastoral leadership. Leadership development therefore, remains a key priority

in our District strategy to minister to the people of our neighborhoods.

The people of the Church of the Nazarene Canada Pacific District are called to love God and

serve Him. Our relationship to God as our Father, Saviour and, Sanctifying Enabler is lived out

in our lives – in our worship and in our acts of service and acts of generosity and kindness

(which form an integral aspect of our worship).

I will restate what I stated in my report last year: Our number one priority as a District church

family is the worship of God. Our District organization (boards, auxiliary organizations etc.,) is

primarily focusing on three aspects of this priority: leadership development; church planting;

and compassionate ministry.

Compassionate ministry is simply a modern way of stating we care about others wherever they

might live around the world. As we experience the saving and cleansing grace of God our focus

naturally shifts from being primarily ‘me’ centered to being attentive to God and identifying with

and sharing in God’s passionate love and concern for the well being of people - who are loved by

God. So the idea of caring about and for people becomes intrinsic to who we are. When we serve

people we are worshipping God.

There are noteworthy formalized compassionate ministries with which we are associated:

Mission Possible and the Victoria Warehouse. These works are well organized and highly

effective and creative in their responses to what they believe God is calling them to do in terms

of alleviating very real felt needs of people as well as attempting to give people a hand up – to

actually effect restoration and renewal. We are very thankful for the ministry of Rev. Brian

Postlewait, Executive Director of Mission Possible and Ms. Dell Marie Wergeland, Executive

Director of the Victoria Warehouse. Thank you for your valued leadership among us.

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Compassionate ministries are worked out by virtually every worshipping community on our

District, in unique and practical response to the needs of people wherever they live in the world.

The statistical component of my report shows significant financial contributions not only to the

World Evangelism Fund directly, but also to Mission Specials. Your generosity reflects the

commitment of the people of God to attempt to make a practical, positive difference in people’s

lives. Jesus’ teachings and his way of life have always served as our primary model in our

thinking about and responding to people – especially to the needy and marginalized people in our

communities and in our world. Specifically I offer thanks to those who joined Work & Witness

Teams and offered positive, substantive ministry at considerable personal investment of time and

finances, both on our District and on other Districts in other parts of our world. Our Legacy

Church partnered with the District NMI in sponsoring and sending a group of young adults to

Dawson Creek and Tupper in the Peace River Country as well as to Courtenay/Comox on

Vancouver Island to offer VBS programming assistance. Coupled with that team, our Victoria

First Church Congregation recruited a team of folks to travel to Tupper to do much need electrical

and renovation work which warmed the hearts of our Tupper pastor and congregants. One notable

result of the team’s efforts is that the church property was serviced to make it possible for a brand

new education unit, fellowship area and wash room facility to be located adjacent to the old log

church sanctuary building. The new unit was built and transported to the church property by the

Oilman’s Association of Dawson Creek, at no cost to the Tupper church family.

Work & Witness Teams traveling to other world areas included: Legacy to Belize; Primera to

Nicaragua; Whitehorse to Haiti; and Victoria to Philippines. I believe our Lord will bless you as

you focus outwardly.

The Church Planting aspect of our worship of God will be talked about and prayed about

extensively during our time together at this Assembly. What we actually do in terms of church

planting will undoubtedly change (perhaps so as to become unrecognizable in comparison to our

historic approaches) as a result of the call, conviction and compulsion placed within us by the

Holy Spirit as Dr. Porter ministers to us. Currently however, we have five planting projects in

process along with at least one specific people group embedded within the life and ministry of a

previously existing congregation. The works I refer to are Tagish Lake, Yukon Territory, a second

new ministry (as yet to be named) under the auspices of our Whitehorse Church Family,

Chilliwack, Maple Ridge, Courtenay/Comox and a ministry to Hispanic peoples led by Rev.

Magally Figueroa under the auspices of our Langley, Living Hope church family.

We are very thankful to those who lead these ministry projects as well as to those who support

the projects through prayer and in other ways.

Leadership Development is somewhat more difficult to report on as an act of our corporate worship

of God, in that leadership development permeates either intentionally or as a byproduct of the work

itself, almost all we do as a District. It should also be stated that leadership development is not

aimed solely toward our professional clergy but rather includes lay members of our family as well.

We are also providing learning, development and training experiences for several generations.

The LAMP ministry is intentionally offering several opportunities each year for cross generational

leadership development aimed at helping people recognize that there is a place of meaningful

ministry for God’s people to serve Him wherever we might happen to be living and whatever our

station in life might be. We are grateful to Lorna Bartram for her vision, passion and commitment

to the call and implementation of the Leadership Development and Mentoring Program.

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The summer ministry opportunities for youth in our camping, VBS, day camp programs etc., also

come with a built in requirement and provision of leadership teaching and training. Approximately

forty of our youth and their leaders are making their final preparations to travel to Louisville Kentucky

in a few days. There they will join thousands of other young people at Nazarene Youth Congress for

several days of worship including fellowship and service to the local community. We are especially

thankful to Hayley Tarrant and to the NYI council for your investment of yourselves in our youth in

this way. It ought to be remembered that summer ministries is still used by God to draw more people

into personal relationship with himself than through any other single ministry on the roster. I urge us

as pastors and people to pro actively plan to use the built in potential of summer ministries to

introduce people to Jesus, to lead people to salvation and to heart cleansing submission to the Lordship

of Jesus. Summer ministries are usually quite demanding projects but are well worth the investment of

time, effort and finances. They pay large dividends in terms of developing our corps of leaders.

As I think about these aspects of our ministry (and about lay and clergy leadership development in

particular) I am reminded of the critically important roles of children’s and youth ministries in the on

going systematic teaching of the Scriptures. I urge our pastors and lay leaders as well as our District

auxiliaries to consider your opportunities and responsibility to influence and assist in teaching our

children and youth the Bible and in training our people what it means to be followers of Jesus and

full participants in the life and ministry of His Church.

Leadership development is of course, a significant aspect of our investment in the lives of our pastoral

team. Pastors’ Professional Days (in cooperation with the National Board of the Church of the

Nazarene Canada and incorporating the leadership of Dr. Riley Coulter as a co-planner/collaborator)

continues to be well participated in and valued as a development tool. We also plan an annual retreat

for pastors’ and spouses designed to offer rest, as well as spiritual renewal. This year we are

participating in the Pastors’ and Leaders Conference (PALCON) hosted at Ambrose University in

Calgary during August and we urge our pastors to take advantage of this valuable opportunity to learn,

fellowship and be ministered to.

I began my report both last year and this year, by referring to our Assembly/Conventions gathering as

‘days of worship’. I did so intentionally because I believe we, in our society, need to be reminded of

who God is and of who we are in relation to Him.

General Superintendent, Dr. J.K. Warrick, at the recent Leadership Conference held in conjunction

with M15 in Kansas City, preached a message that has been ringing in my ears and resonating in my

heart ever since. His message was essentially a reminder of the primacy and importance of worship.

Everything else we give ourselves to as followers of Jesus, as part of the church ought to flow out of

our worship of God. Community bridging events, outreach projects, even teaching the curriculum are

lent meaning, direction and divine effectiveness as we receive input in, and as a result of, our

worship of God. It will likely be in the context of corporate, congregational worship that God will

stir our hearts with conviction – moving us to repentance. It will surely be in the context of

congregational worship that our hearts will be blessed with renewed passion. It will be in the context

of worship that God will speak a word of clarity to inspire our minds. It will most often be in the

context of congregational worship that the call of God to his mission will be felt and heard and

embedded and listened to and responded to. As we worship God, His perspective on the issues of our

life, will come into focus.

Perhaps as we spend these few days together, in the presence of God – worshipping Him, a new tone

will be established for us in our settings of service. Perhaps our Lord will pour out upon us a fresh

infilling of the Holy Spirit. Could it be that a renewed passion for the needy people in our

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neighbourhood will be given to us. Maybe renewed power and patience and wisdom and insight will

be gifted to us. Maybe renewed energy and hope and determination and a new desire to submit and

commit will be offered to us.

Perhaps as Dr. Porter seeks to call us to effective, faithful service and as Rev. Fach leads us in

thinking about worship, we will together feel that Jesus Himself, the Great Head of the Church, is

among us with assurance and reassurance – building our courage and confidence that he is able to do

in and through us, abundantly more than we are able to ask or even imagine.

What victories do you long for? What breakthroughs are you needing as you bear the burdens of your

friends, loved ones and your church families?

Dr. Warrick says: “we were created for worship.” Something happens when we come together to

worship. The effects of corporate worship are not easily duplicated (if at all) by private worship (as

wonderful, necessary and vital as private worship is). The Scriptures call us to come together to

praise our Lord. The residents of Heaven, be they saints or angels seem to be occupied, if not pre-

eminently occupied with worship. It’s what they do. It’s what goes on in heaven. As far as that’s

concerned it’s what goes on everywhere throughout the universe, and certainly on planet earth.

“Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice! Tell all the nations, “The Lord reigns!”

“Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!

“Let the fields and the crops burst out with joy!

“Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise, for the Lord is coming to judge the earth.

“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.” (I Chron. 16)

As the congregation sings of the might and majesty of God somehow our problems and burdens

don’t seem so unmanageable. As the church family praises God for his unfathomable and

inexhaustible love somehow we don’t feel so alone, so vulnerable, so defeated.

As we recount and proclaim what the Bible teaches us about the nature and character of God we see

ourselves not only as we actually are but by faith we see ourselves the way God sees us: for whom

we can become. For whom God can make us into. And our spirit responds with hope, joy,

expectation, exhilaration and excitement.

Referring once again to Dr. Warrick’s message he says: “God comes down to us and makes us to be

new. We discover that His grace IS sufficient. In true worship we will discover OUR place in the

‘mission of God’. We believe in a God who speaks and when we hear God speak the mission of

GOD becomes OUR mission. Meaningful worship always leads to mission. Our goal is not souls our

goal is God.”

As we spend time together over the next few hours and as Dr. Porter and Rev. Fach minister to us

may we receive a fresh glimpse of God. May we hear anew his voice speaking to us: calling our

name, gracing us with his empowering Holy Spirit and creating within us a receptivity

to his mission for us.

May God bless you.

STAND TOGETHER


REV. EARL R. WOOD, District Superintendent

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2. Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries

District Superintendent Wood, Delegates, Pastors and friends:

They came together by land and sea, over the mountains, across rivers (well, across bridges across

rivers), across valleys and mountains to make their way to the Harbour City, Nanaimo. They

sacrificed their time and their money with great heart and soul to come to the first-ever, annual,

inter-generational Ministry Festival. More than 65 people, some starting the trek as early as

5:00am, came from Nazarene churches across the Island and the Lower Mainland to “learn things”

(as Scott Bakula of NCIS New Orleans says). The Ministry Festival was a joint venture of LAMP,

NYI and SDMI. We invited Dr. Joel Thiessen, Associate Professor of Sociology at Ambrose

University and Helen Thiessen, Director of Enrolment Management at Ambrose and the NYI Field

Representative for Canada. Dr. Joel spoke to us about Passing on the Faith and the attributes of

Flourishing Congregations. Our composition of attendees was inter-generational, multi-cultural and

represented 10 churches. You can enjoy a few of the pictures elsewhere in this booklet. A

pre-determined goal of the festival was to take Professor Joel’s research and insights and “DO”

something about it on several levels – individual, local and District.

The night before the Festival, our SDMI Council, NYI representatives and LAMP leadership

team (some fortunately overlap roles so it’s not as big a group as it may seem), the District

Superintendent and individuals representing pre-teens, mid-teens, senior-teens and young adults

gathered together for dinner at TWU with Helen and Joel in preparation for Saturday’s Festival.

That wonderful day was built upon the previous year’s trek, same day, same month when we were

graciously hosted by the Cowichan Valley church for T.E.A. – Training, Equipping, Action. This

year we expanded the scope of the day and the generous folks of the Nanaimo church, under the

leadership of Pastor Gary Nawrocki hosted us all – and what an excellent job they did – a model

of servant leadership. The Festival concept grew out of the LAMP+(plus) retreat held in February

of 2014. That event brought together young adults all the way through to mid-70 year olds and the

purpose was essentially to foster a greater understanding of how to pass on the faith. A year later,

Dr. Joel came for that very purpose – to inform, educate, encourage and support us in the pursuit

of passing the faith from generation to generation. There were many significant points that Dr.

Joel made but one that was particularly poignant and insightful was what researchers have

identified as the way millennials define their world view.

Moralistic Therapeutic Deism

• Moral – believe in being good, moral beings

• Therapeutic – religion serves the individual

• Deism – God exists, but is distant from humans

• Individualism – choice, identity, relativism, subjectivity

It was a day of fascinating insights which gave us much to consider and to do in the months ahead.

We touched a lot of other bases on that Saturday, as well, featuring the ministries of Ambrose,

NYI and NYC, LAMP, SDMI and our Camping program.

Before beginning to write an annual report I always try to read the previous year. Then I try and

reread that report, and perhaps older ones at least once during the year. The reason is this…as a

leader I believe that my report has to mean more to me than an annual obligation that is read and

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forgotten. Long ago I decided that if these annual exercises were going to have any meaning for

the author (me) I needed to use them as a form of accountability and a road map of sorts, a

measuring stick for what has transpired and a guide for the path ahead, if only for myself. I ask

myself a few leadership questions, among them, “Did I or we accomplish anything that we said

we would do and if so does it matter in the grand scheme of things?”, and, “Where are we heading

if we keep going in the same direction – 1 year, 5 years, 10 years down the road and what am I

leaving behind if we do?” I am so glad to report that we can say ‘Yes’, the CPD SDMI did much

of what we set out to do a year ago and undoubtedly the most rewarding achievement was to

co-sponsor the Ministry Festival.

One of the great benefits of times together such as this weekend and other like gatherings is that

they pull all of us together and we connect. Then, over time we reconnect and become better

acquainted. Each exposure to one another builds upon the last – camp is a perfect and easily

relatable example of this – and that repetitive exposure creates an ongoing relational catalyst as

connections grow. As connections increase they ground us on many levels, even organizationally.

Those connections sometimes give us the encouragement we need for the road we will travel

during the in-between times, ‘til we gather together again. From a structural and organizational

perspective, this cycle of gathering and dispersing is very important. It helps sustain us; it

sustains the relational tone amongst us, it develops the quality of our leaders, their relationships

with one another and their commitment to their ministry - on down the line and over time.

Experiences and events that build relationship (local and district, etc.) make a very real

contribution to the development of leaders, sometimes, and I would go as far as to say often, this

begins in childhood. With care and nurture, over time, those relationships contribute to character

development, the instilling of Christ-like values and a sense of God’s call on young lives. They

can also pave the way and contribute to full-blown leadership roles. But, be mindful that these

things do not happen by chance or accident and they often do not happen quickly – they happen

because some very real human being, someone like you, invested themselves in someone else

and by so doing contributed to the passing on of faith to another generation. There are probably

no accidental disciples or leaders but rather leaders and disciples exist because of the

commitment of others who engage in mentoring, encouraging, leading them. That is the essence

of the mission of SDMI.

One of the best examples I can attest to in this vein is camping ministry or camp-like ministry (ie.

LAMP weekend retreats, church events sustained over a weekend, etc.). Concentrated and regular

times in the life of the church, much like our time together here, which form building blocks for

the relationships that sustain our faith. I’ve yet to come across anything quite like the model of

summer camp and statistics would indicate that 1,000’s upon 1,000’s even 100,000’s of thousands

would agree. Why? Because camp is life forming, life affirming, and life changing and one of the

building blocks and priorities of your district SDMI is to continuously consider and strengthen our

commitment to the support of our camping ministry. If we have to choose where we will invest

our time and resources, and we do have to decide, then the ministry of camping is proven to make

an incredible difference in people’s lives. We have said ‘yes’ to doing whatever we can through

SDMI to build, elevate and support this ministry – it is a significant venue for discipleship.

The SDMI District council has both elected and appointed membership. One of the goals of this

past year was to expand the number of appointed membership and we have begun to make some

headway in this area, although not formally or fully. To our elected members, Teresa (Fuergutz),

Aaron (Austin) and Lilia (Choriego), Earl (Wood) ex officio, thank you for your willing servant

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hearts and practical contributions this past year. I look forward to another year of building on the

foundations developed so far and appreciate the opportunity to work alongside each of you in

ministry.

Some closing thoughts...Today’s world is changing at a pace that outstrips all of history. Consider

this small example; “Christianity, the world’s most popular religion, took nearly 19 centuries to

attract 600 million adherents. By contrast, a business-sector infant-WhatsApp-announced this week

that it has just hit 700 million users, after starting at zero six years ago.” (Christianity Today) We

are in an era unlike any before; the pace of change is stunning. Individuals live “connected” yet in

isolation (eg. more than 50% of adults now live alone) and we can be connected through

technology on a global and local scale, simultaneously. There are so many amazing, enlightening

and wonderful things about the technological resources at our fingertips but the trend toward a

virtual, image, icon, video, media and social media based communications world naturally spawns

less actual human interaction, less direct speech to one another, less filtering out of ideas, emotions,

thought, expression, nuance, communication, in real time, with real people, in your real face. There

is evidence this is impacting us to falsely think we are in real relationships yet the heart feels alone.

The irony of our digital reality is that what appears to be extremely “social” is the means by which

people are increasingly isolated. The very technology that connects them isolates them because it

lacks flesh and blood. The upside though, is that the essential needs of people and their need to

belong, to be connected has not changed and the church, as the original relationship mecca can

intersect people where they most need to be met – relationally. Relationships are still the key no

matter the reality of our day – digital or otherwise.

Reading about trends in church planting helps us here. One leader says “As for successful

ministries in the Bay Area (San Francisco) we ask the question; what are the needs and aches of

the place we’re living in, and how do we respond to that?” and… our ministry may include

anything from Netflix fasts to making a budget, to limiting coffee to manage anxiety.”

“The distinction, says Adam Smallcombe, is in…what people are really seeking. Smallcombe,

who is originally from Australia, emphasized the “community void” in Silicon Valley: “People

are desperate for community. Everyone’s moving in, and tech companies are trying to provide

that community as much as possible, so that we all never leave work. But there’s a community

and relationships that people are looking for...”

Ambitious as this may sound, for some start-up churches, nothing seems out of reach. Provided

they meet people where they are – on phones, at Dolores Park, or at work – they can successfully

serve the unique, sometimes evasive needs of their communities.” (Christianity Today)

Every article I read about new and emerging methods and models of ministry came to the same

conclusion …methods and models are the means by which to convey the message of Christ’s

love and the message, if received is the source of a stable community of believers because that is

what meets the needs of people – regardless of who the people are or where they come from

socially, economically, politically. Relationship with our heavenly father and with one another is

the key to meeting the needs of people – in any age.

If you are involved in “people to people” ministry you know this truth – let me encourage you to

keep at it, do not become disheartened in your ministry to one another and to others. It seems to

me we have to continuously make the choice to serve, to give, to hang in or we begin to lose heart.

And here is why I think that happens, not always but typically – people meet people, people like

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people, people get better acquainted, people work together, people start to see things they hadn’t

previously seen back in the early days of relational “innocence” and reality begins to set in. Mix

that with time, reputations, history and you’ve guessed it – people don’t always like each other,

get along, have the same values, viewpoints, etc., etc. so they begin to fall away, shift churches,

you know that drill. Tom Nees, our Conventions speaker a few years back helped us greatly to

understand what is behind this reality - the church is a “family system” and because it is a family

system it is relational by nature and this is where the rub comes – no need to say more.

It’s nothing new; pretty much standard issue issues – people are people and what hinders and helps

the church, is us. So help yourself and others and get this sorted out - there are going to be issues,

and plenty of them. Do not be disheartened by this. It is to be expected – although it is unfortunate,

it is real and understanding it is the difference maker, I believe, in helping people get to the place

where their faith is in Christ and not the church, its people or its leaders. The real difference maker

that will preserve the generations, pass on the faith, engage in effective discipleship, whatever you

wish to call it, is for people to firm their faith in Christ ALONE. Responding to God’s grace in

your life, responding to his call on your life and being who you are supposed to be for whomever

God places in your life, whenever and wherever that happens to happen is a difference maker.

Staying faithful to Him and yes, to the church because that’s what He has called us to do, too, is the

real difference maker in the kingdom - Christ’s body, the church.

SDMI is generally speaking deeply rooted in the fabric of every local church whether you know

and identify it as that or not. Such things as Christian education, small group ministries,

discipleship ministries, camp investments, age-related and inter-generational, congregational and

outreach ministries and more…are what SDMI is all about. There is a strong likelihood that the

health of these ministries in your local church is related to the general health of your church.

Think on this for a while and see if it isn’t so. I believe that at the heart of every church lies the

strength and health that is evidenced through the ministries you are engaged in, ministry to those

who are a part of the congregation (within) and those who are yet to be (without) and that a

balance, almost akin to breathing, between these two elements of ministry, whatever form they

may take, must be developed because they are the life-blood of the church.

I was graphically reminded of this truth at the close of the Ministry Festival when we gave

people the opportunity to do something real and tangible in terms of their personal engagement

and commitment to others. As they began to write out the names of individuals whom they

would shepherd/disciple over the year ahead or indefinitely, it would have been wonderful if 10

people submitted responses in self-addressed envelopes but more than 50 did and reports

afterward indicated that many of those people wrote the names of several individuals whom they

are committed to shepherding-discipling. What an incredible testimony to God’s work in and

among his people without the necessity of a model, method or program – although those are

valid too. First and foremost, being obedient people, seeking to share the love of Christ with

others as the Lord leads is available to all of us. Too often we seem to have a murky grasp of

what discipleship means but be encouraged by this example and follow where you are led. Keep

the faith and pass it on. Be cautious to ensure that the method and the means of our/your ministry

does not become the message – the means by which we convey the ministry of Christ is

absolutely NOT the message.

I would encourage you to not get stuck on the means and method of ministry. Rather get stuck on

listening to the voice of the Spirit. Get stuck on obedience. Get stuck on doing what that means

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FOR YOU. Get at it, do whatever you sense you ought to do. Of course you have to align your

actions with scripture; you have to pray, listen, use all of the tools available

(ie. discipleshipplace.org would be one), vet your sense of calling with others – all the usual

ways to discern God’s leading. Above all do no harm, do no harm as much as it lies within you

and if you aren’t totally sure but you think maybe there is something you are supposed to do and

it’s a good thing, then go forward and you’ll find your way. You don’t need to fit into someone

else’s method or model before you minister. Don’t fall prey to that crippling idea. The message

is the key and you may very well be the one to unlock the door that leads someone to the Lord.

Ultimately you and I only answer to the Lord and we can move out; we can move forward; we

can take steps of faith by using what’s in our own hands. You have something to offer others and

the Lord so do it.

“So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and

teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be

built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God

and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown

here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people

in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to

become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.

From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament,

grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.” Ephesians 4:11-16


REV. LORNA BARTRAM, SDMI Chair

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3. District NMI President

District Superintendent Wood, NMI Council Members, Members of the Convention, guests:

In recent days I have been reminded over and over again that with the passage of time there are

great changes to our lives. My children have been surprising me more than usual in their

achievements recently, not only with their growing stature (as all of them are now taller than my

wife and Noah is getting close to my height), but also in their rites of passage. My oldest

daughter, Erica, is going into grade 12 next fall, is essentially an apprentice chef, and is learning

to drive. My youngest daughter, Sarah, is going into grade 8 in the fall with her last year in

Middle School and High School on the horizon. My son, Noah, is starting to prepare himself

with career goals for the future as he is selecting his courses for grade 10.

I am reminded that when I was first selected as the District NMI President in June 2002, Erica was

getting excited about going into Kindergarten the following September, and Sarah was only six

months old. I feel blessed to be presenting to you today my 12th

report as District NMI President.

God is good, and has been blessing me these past 12 years as I have served in this capacity.

Nazarene Missions International has changed in this time frame as well. When I started in 2002

Dr. Nina Gunter was the Nazarene Missions Internal Director, and then Dr. Daniel Ketchum took

over when Dr. Gunter was elected as a General Superintendent. In February of this year we saw

Mrs. Lola Brickley take the helm of NMI. She is a long time leader in NMI, first elected as a

local NWMS President in 1985. She was elected as the District NMI President of Eastern

Kentucky District in 2001, and then to the Global NMI Council in 2007 where she was serving in

the capacity of Vice President when the Board of General Superintendents elected her to be the

new Global Director of Nazarene Missions International.

The Church of the Nazarene, as a denomination, has changed in many ways as well. We can

report today a worldwide membership of 2.2 million people, worshipping in 159 world areas, with

702 missionaries sent from 35 world areas. In 2002 my predecessor reported that the Church was

found in only 143 world areas, and predominately the source of missionaries was still the United

States. We are truly a more global denomination today.

While the demographics of the church may have changed over the years, the call God places on

people to serve the church has not. The LINKS program of the Church of the Nazarene is a good

way to support those missionaries that are serving God in many different capacities around the

world. For this next year we will continue supporting the Armstrong and Martinez families as our

LINKS missionaries. I encourage everyone to get to know these missionaries and to communicate

with them as a church or as individuals to find out how you can support them through prayer and

other needs.

Another way to support missionaries is to have them visit our District and share with us their

experiences of God’s love in other parts of the world. In the beginning of April Ricki and Bub

Honea came to our District from Guatemala to tell us about the work they are doing as Work &

Witness Coordinators in the Northern Zone of the MAC Region. They enjoyed their time with us,

as they were able to re-connect with some people who visited there on past Work & Witness trips.

This coming August we will also have the opportunity to re-connect with Tonya Kucey as she will

be visiting August 10-14 from Haiti.

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Speaking of Work & Witness, this past year there were three Work & Witness teams that went

out from this District. The Primera church sent a team to Nicaragua in August 2014, the

Whitehorse church sent a team to Haiti in March, and the Legacy church sent a team to Belize in

May. What a great way for individuals to see, first hand, the diversity of God’s church, and of

the Church of the Nazarene. By meeting, and working side by side, with fellow Christians in

different countries and different cultures, we are better able to empathize with their needs, and

appreciate the differences as well as the similarities between us. It is for this reason that the

District NMI Council has encouraged more teams to come from this District by supporting them

with Work & Witness grants.

This past year we issued grants to a total of five groups, the three groups mentioned already, as

well as to a project organized by the Victoria church and NCMC Warehouse to the Philippines,

and again to the Victoria church who sent a group to Tupper to help with some renovations there.

The District Council is happy to support these Work & Witness teams with funds toward the

project cost, but the fund is becoming depleted. Over this next year we will be looking for ways

to replenish the fund so that future Work & Witness teams can benefit from it. If you, or your

church, feel that you would like to help teams from this District to experience Work & Witness,

and are unable to participate yourself, consider donating to the District Work & Witness Grant

fund as a way of being involved.

This year NMI is celebrating its 100th

Anniversary in October. To help celebrate this milestone

the Canada Pacific District has adopted a project in the Eurasia Region to help send Jesus Film

teams to remote areas by purchasing a motorcycle and backpack full of audio-visual equipment.

This “Bike and a Backpack” project was introduced last year at the Convention in Abbotsford, and

to date we have raised enough money for one Bike and a Backpack. The project is not over yet

though. The Anniversary project goes until the end of 2015, and any further money raised will go

toward a second “Bike and Backpack”. What a great opportunity for the churches to hear about

the affective work of the Jesus Film as an evangelistic tool, and of the great work of Jesus Film

Harvest Partners and how they use the Church of the Nazarene in follow-up visits and establishing

churches in the wake of a Jesus Film team visit. I encourage all of you to promote this project this

year, and to help us fund another “Bike and a Backpack”.

Other ways that you can be involved in Nazarene Missions is through Prayer and Missions

Education. There are many different ways you can keep up to date with the latest Nazarene news.

Through online sources such as NCN and the Nazarene.org website you can see the latest news

pertaining to Nazarene members and churches. Through Nazarene Compassionate Ministries you

can hear about how the Church responds to the needs of people all around the world, and not just

during great disasters such as the recent earthquakes in Nepal. With the Prayer Mobilization Line

you can find out about the prayer requests of the Church.

Each year there are well prepared Mission Education packets available, and Mission reading

books available, through the Nazarene Publishing House. With recent financial concerns the

NPH has curtailed a lot of their normal operations, but these materials are still available through

their website and order forms. Do not be discouraged in purchasing these worthwhile

publications as they too provide you church with much needed information regarding the Church

of the Nazarene around the world.

The World Evangelism Fund is the way local Nazarenes support the worldwide spread of the

Gospel of Jesus Christ through the Church of the Nazarene. This fund is used to support

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missionaries, supply literature in native languages, start new churches, train new pastors and

train church leaders. Without the WEF the Church of the Nazarene would not be able to fulfill

the goal of making Christlike Disciples in the Nations. The WEF goal for each church is 5.5% of

their income minus the amount given to missions.

When a church gives 5.7% of their current income, or $1,000 over their WEF Goal of 5.5% of

their current income, they are recognized as a World Evangelism Church of Excellence. This

past year we have 10 such churches. These churches have demonstrated their over whelming

support for the work of the Church of the Nazarene around the world, and they are to be

commended. Abbotsford (8.4%), All Nations (5.7%), Betel Iglesia Hispana (8.0%), Community

(6.5%), Hope (7.7%), Nanaimo (8.7%), Penticton (6.0%), Primera Iglesia Hispana (6.1%),

Victoria First (15.3%), and Whitehorse (7.3%).

Through the combined efforts of all of the churches on the District the total giving of WEF on

the Canada Pacific District this past year was $184,605.43. The 5.5% WEF Goal for the District

was only $154,339.07. This means that for the second year in a row the Canada Pacific District

has paid its WEF over 100% and is recognized as a World Evangelism District of Excellence.

Our final percentage of WEF payment was 119.6%. Thank you for your generosity and support

for World Evangelism.

When a single church is involved in missions through participation in Discipling, Prayer,

Education, and Giving they succeed in meeting the requirements to be recognized by Nazarene

Missions International as a Mission Priority One church. This year these churches are to be

recognized for this achievement. Abbotsford, Community, Nanaimo, Penticton, Primera Iglesia

Hispana and Victoria First.

This past year I met with my Council four times, and enjoyed each of these encounters. Through

the modern wonders of Skype our Council can interact affectively from Whitehorse, Penticton,

Kelowna, and Victoria while we sit around a table in Surrey. I want to thank Bobbi, Gail,

Shirley, Harry, Gracia, Lilia, Merv, Heather, Barb, Ruth, and Eddie for all they have done for the

District NMI.

And finally, I want to thank my family for supporting me this past year. To my children, and

especially to my wife Heather, I love you.


DON JOHNSON, NMI President

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4. NYI President

District Superintendent Earl, Pastors, delegates, and friends, it is my privilege to bring you my

9th consecutive report to you as NYI District President. This past year we have had some great

times of worship, travel, adventure, and service. I want to highlight a few.

Camps Last July our Jr. High Camp was held at Camp Squeah. Matt Wood led 30 teens in a week of

endless activity and worship. Our Speaker this year was Ryan Wood who spoke on the theme

"Created to be" which outlined how God has made us to be His very good creations and called us

to use our gifts for his glory. It was a great week with lots of hikes, high ropes, meaningful

discussions, and lasting relationships formed.

Our Sr. High Camp was held at Camp Squeah last August and had 25 campers. Our speaker was

Alison Springer who challenged the campers to be courageous in our pursuit of God. There were

very dynamic times of worship and teaching. We went tubing at Lake Kawkawa and had some

great hikes as well.

Because of our NYC trip we are inviting junior and senior high and young adults to join together

for an awesome NYI camp August 28-31 at Camp Squeah. It's going to be a great four days of

hiking, tubing, worship, and camping. You can register online at www.camps.pacnaz.ca.

Life Between the Trees

“Life Between the Trees” is a Social Justice weekend where we come together and serve the

community around our host Church. This past year was hosted by Legacy Nazarene. In the fall

of 2014 we brought teens to serve at a mission in New Westminster, worked with a Youth For

Christ outreach Bus, and sorted clothes and furniture in a thrift store. Matt Smedley challenged

the teens to follow God's call in their lives and respond to the needs in their community. It was a

great weekend of worship and service.

Legacy Youth Conference

During March spring break a van load of teens went out to attend the Legacy Youth Conference

at Ambrose University. We had six participants and God was with us on our trip to Calgary. The

group stayed at Helen and Joel Thiessen's house. Helen is Regional Director of NYI as well as

Enrolment Coordinator for Ambrose. Joel is a Professor of Sociology at Ambrose. It was great

for the teens to see people in leadership there investing in them. We also enjoyed connecting with

a Calgary Nazarene youth group. The Conference challenged our teens to look at the example of

the rich young ruler and surrender all we have to God.

NYC 2015

This summer we are excited about bringing another group of teens to NYC 2015 in Louisville,

KY. This quadrennial event is always an amazing time of connecting with other teens from all

over North America. Teens will spend the week in worship, service, and recreation with 6,000

other Nazarene Youth. The theme for NYC is “Thy Kingdom Come”. Youth will be challenged to

see the ways in which God is calling them to help His kingdom become a reality on earth. Hayley

Tarrant is our NYC coordinator and has done an incredible amount of work to pull off this trip.

We have 40 participants from Canada Pacific leaving next Saturday for Louisville. Please pray for

travelling mercies and that our teens will experience and respond to God's call on their lives.

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It is a privilege to work with teens and see the excitement and enthusiasm for faith that makes a

difference in our world. Unfortunately, some of our teens are becoming disillusioned because

they do not see our faith or our churches really having an impact in their communities. It is a

challenge to us, their leaders, to not only live out our faith in the church and in our families but

imagine the ways that we could have more of an impact on the community around us and bless

them by getting out of our churches and engaging in service. Youth are looking for a purpose and

a mission that goes beyond having more people attend Sunday morning worship than the week

before. But they need to be paired with and mentored by people of faith who are living it out in

the real world. Please encourage your churches to connect their youth with our District events.

Encourage them to reach out to the youth in their communities. God has placed your church in

your neighbourhood just within reach of teens who need to see your faith.

We are called to a ministry through which God transforms us and his Church to bring glory to

Him. Listen to this encouragement from Hebrews:

“We have no doubts about what we’re doing or why, but it’s hard going and we need your

prayers. All we care about is living well before God. Pray that we may be together soon.

May God, who puts all things together, makes all things whole,

Who made a lasting mark through the sacrifice of Jesus,

The sacrifice of blood that sealed the eternal covenant,

Who led Jesus, our Great Shepherd, up and alive from the dead,

Now put you together, provide you with everything you need to please him,

Make us into what gives him most pleasure,

By means of the sacrifice of Jesus, the Messiah.

All glory to Jesus forever and always! Oh, yes, yes, yes.”

Hebrews 13:18-21 (MSG)


REV. CALVIN BLACK, NYI President

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5. Ambrose University & Seminary President’s Report

This has been a growth season for the university and the seminary. While we are having to face

some significant financial challenges – along with other institutions of higher education in this

province – we have much for which we are encouraged.

1. Enrolment Headcount for the winter semester bucked the typical trend for January increasing a

welcome 3% over the fall numbers – so that this semester we now have over 850 students

enrolled in one of the Ambrose programs.

A very successful open house was held on campus on February 26th

. Attendance was

comparable to the February, 2014 open house, and the number of applications received is

encouraging. It is too early in the enrolment cycle to make accurate predictions about fall

numbers, but our enrolment team is working hard to bring Ambrose opportunities to the

attention of high school students graduating this spring, and to those who might be ready

for graduate work in our seminary.

2. Recent and upcoming events

During the first week of March we hosted our annual Global Impact Days. This year our

speaker was Dr. Jeff Van Duzer, Provost – and former Dean of the School of Business and

Economics – at Seattle Pacific University. The theme of the event was Why Business

Matters to God, the title of a book published by Dr. Van Duzer in 2010 which explores the

theology of business. His thought-provoking presentations were accessible to students from

all disciplines and sparked many interesting conversations.

This year’s Downey Lectureship in mid-February was provided by Dr. Amos Yong of

Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California. Dr. Yong explored the influence that Pentecostal

theology and ethos has had upon the church worldwide and examined the challenges and

opportunities that its impact presents.

During Reading Week in February we were pleased to host our annual pastors’ conference

on campus. Pastors from five provinces and a number of different denominations joined

together for two days in sessions led by Charles and Hilary Price, Darrel Johnson, and

Mark Buchanan around the theme of The Joy of the Lord is Your Strength.

Upcoming, we anticipate that around 130 graduates will cross the stage this year. Dr. Bruce

Hindmarsh of Regent College in Vancouver will be our commencement speaker.

3. Personnel Updates

We have several active faculty searches ongoing at present: English and Education, Sociology,

Biology, and a professor for the Canadian Chinese School of Theology at Ambrose Seminary.

It is essential that we appoint the right person to each of these positions; pray with us for

wisdom for both candidates and search committees in the coming months. Due to financial

constraints, we have put on hold the searches we might otherwise have had in Business and

History – and yet, we fully hope and plan to fill these positions for the fall of 2016.

4. Finances

This has been a challenging year for Ambrose – financially. With the Alberta economy in

serious crisis – affecting our provincial grant, but also the capacity of our Alberta-based

donors to support us at this time – we are in lean mode. We will have to freeze salaries,

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despite the increase in the cost of living in Calgary; and we will have to make some

adjustments in staffing as we move into the next fiscal year.

But, as noted, the University continues to grow – and so we are doing everything in our

power to limit our costs while not inadvertently undercutting our momentum. We need to

grow – not only to expand our mission and impact, but so that we have the minimal crucial

mass of students to be able to offer our full range of programs. We have a responsibility to

our constituency to sustain a rather wide range of options: seminary, school of ministry,

arts and sciences, education and business. Each is vital to our mission.

In all of this, we are deeply grateful for the support that comes through our churches and our

Districts. Thank you. Thank you for believing in our mission, for recognizing that the full

scope of what we do is part of the ministry of the COTN through this University and Seminary.

5. Accreditation Renewal Ambrose is accredited by three different bodies: the arts and science programs by the

Quality Council of Campus Alberta; the Seminary by the Association of Theological

Schools; and the School of Ministry by the Association for Biblical Higher Education.

In October of last year the Campus Alberta Quality Council sent a visiting team to campus to

conduct a full review of our arts and science programs, including our education and business

programs. The outcome of the review was positive and, although there is some policy work that

needs to be done, all of our programs will continue to receive full Province of Alberta

certification.

The ATS conducted a full accreditation review of the Seminary in the fall of 2012. While our

accreditation was renewed, they also called for what the ATS calls a “focus visit” to address

two areas of concern: the distinctive identity of the Seminary within the University; and, the

question of financial sustainability. The visiting team was encouraged by the strengthening of

the distinctive identity of the Seminary within the University and noted a number of initiatives

that have contributed to this. However, the team continued to express concerns about the

financial viability of the Seminary within the context of our current overall financial situation

and has requested a further report on finances to the Commission later this year.

6. Vision 2020.

At its April 2015 meetings, the Ambrose Board will be invited to endorse what we are

calling vision 2020: a set of strategic objectives that will be the focus of our time and

energy over the next five years. Here are some highlights of Vision 2020:

Profile the distinctive Ambrose mission – Christian liberal arts studies, with an imbedded

theological seminary, school of ministry and two professional programs (business and

education) – effectively “branded” to our key constituencies. This includes profiling how

Ambrose is unique in that it has incorporated the very best of the Bible college movement

into its School of Ministry, but more, into the whole of what it means to be a University.

Develop the campus so that it can accommodate upwards of 1500 students – along the

lines of the master campus plan adopted by the Board in the fall of 2014 (including a

chapel, a second gym, additional classroom and residence facilities; with between 1000-

1200 students studying at Ambrose by 2020).

Sustain the vital institutional culture – with a religious ethos (theological, ethical and

spiritual) that infuses the whole of the Ambrose program and mission, with worship and

Christian discipleship central to the identity and mission of the university.

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Reach a position of financial sustainability, with less dependence on government and

denominational funding and more accessible tuition rates.

A continuing education department, with a thriving eCampus and online course offerings

to match flexible modular and non-traditional course offerings on campus and in an

extension format (including a vibrant Spring/Summer school)

7. Ambrose Board Transitions

Each year we anticipate transitions on our Board of Governors as members complete their

maximum terms and step aside. However, through a combination of term completions and

resignations, we have an unprecedented number of vacancies to fill this spring.

Mr. Alex Baum from Calgary, Alberta and Mrs. Sandra Manning, also from Alberta, were

members of the Board of Governors before the amalgamation of the Alliance and Nazarene

schools. Their terms were extended beyond the usual term limit to allow for increased

continuity on the Board during the transition from two institutions to one. This year both

governors complete their extended terms and will be stepping away from the Board. We are

extremely grateful to both for their outstanding service over the years.

Rev. Dale Thistle, from Moncton, New Brunswick, has been appointed to the Ambrose Board, and

its Nazarene forerunner, by the Church of the Nazarene for a great many years, and he has served

as board secretary. June 30th, 2015 sees the completion of his final term on the Ambrose Board.

Other vacancies arising as a result of resignations over the past twelve months leave us

with the potential of five vacancies to fill this spring. Depending on the nature of a Board,

introducing five new members at one time can be detrimental to the cohesion of a Board, so

it is unlikely that we will fill all the vacancies at this time. However, we do have some very

strong candidates that we are currently pursuing and, where the appointment needs to be

made by one of the denominational Boards, a recommendation with full details will be

submitted to that body.

New terms begin on July 1st of the year of appointment, concluding on June 30

th of the

fourth year. Governors are eligible to serve for two full terms, or a total of eight years,

unless a time-limited extension to the second term is granted by the Board in response to a

set of exceptional circumstances.

8. In Conclusion Finally, I am always grateful for opportunities to preach in Nazarene churches. And as a special

bonus, I was pleased in the last year to visit three Nazarene institutions of higher education. I was

the plenary speaker for the NTC/Manchester Clergy Conference in May of 2014; in October I led a

faculty seminar for the faculty of Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary in Manila; and in

November I was on site at NTS/Kansas City where I gave the plenary lectures for their annual fall

theology lectureship. Upcoming, I am looking forward to leading a seminar on conversion and

transformation in connection with the Central District Assembly and, of course, we are all eager

here at Ambrose to host PALCON (in August), where I am privileged to be one of several plenary

session speakers.

Respectfully submitted, GORDON T. SMITH, PhD, President

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6. National Director

The Church of the Nazarene has been in continuous operation in Canada since 1902. Shortly

following World War II, the Government of Canada enacted legislation requiring every

charitable receipt-granting organization to be supervised by a nationally incorporated board of

directors, resident within the country. “The Executive Board of the Church of the Nazarene in

Canada” was incorporated in 1946 by an act of Parliament. It was empowered by the General

Board of the Church of the Nazarene to be the “lawful authority of the Church of the Nazarene in

Canada in all matters relative to the acquiring, holding, selling and conveying of property within

the Dominion, as outlined in the Articles of Incorporation.” This responsibility continues to be

the core of our responsibility.

Over the past 50 years – and particularly in the past decade – the responsibility of the National

Church Corporation has continued to evolve. Two factors have influenced that development.

First, changes in governmental regulations that affect us; and second, the unique opportunities

that come our way to act on behalf of the Church of the Nazarene International in responding to

needs in various parts of the world. The Church of the Nazarene International pays us to manage

its interests in Canada.

During 2014 we were called upon by Canada Revenue Agency and Industry Canada to revise

and renew our National Incorporation in order to continue to be compliant with federal

regulations and policies. While that process was at times tedious and time consuming we were

able to complete the work at a special general meeting of the corporation on November 29th

,

2014. Thanks to each of you who made time to participate in that conference call that brought the

process to its completion. We have received the certificate of continuance and I am pleased to

report that it is done – and hopefully won’t need to be redone for another 70 years!

National Director’s Responsibilities

National Office

In recent years, the Church of the Nazarene International has increasingly called upon us to

manage its interests within Canada and through Canada, in many areas around the world.

Through the National Office we handle payroll and retirement services for our Canadian

missionaries. We manage the compliance issues that arise with the government regarding

taxation and other employment matters for our and other church employees. We manage the

retirement accounts for our pastors and oversee the group insurance plan that covers our pastors

and their families.

We also manage the Joint Ministry Agreement with the Church of the Nazarene International.

This agreement has been necessitated by ongoing changes in government regulations concerning

money given for charitable purposes. By law, Canadian churches are forbidden to transfer such

funds outside of Canada unless they have a written agreement in place to track and verify the use

of those funds. This agreement is the product of ongoing complex negotiations between our tax

lawyer, Mr. Robert Hayhoe of Miller-Thompson LLP, and the General Church’s legal counsel.

In order to be compliant with the above-mentioned agreement, the Church of the Nazarene

International maintains a holding account to receive all World Evangelism Funds, mission

specials, and other income from our Canadian churches. That account can only be accessed by

the General Treasurer and General Secretary of the Church of the Nazarene International;

virtually all Church of the Nazarene funds moving into and out of Canada flow through this

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account. We continue to adapt to these changing requirements to assure that our Districts and

local churches remain in compliance with all current law.

Through the National Office we operate the Church Loan Fund Canada, arranging financing to

local churches for acquiring or developing properties. Currently we have about $2 million on

loan to local churches, with several applications pending. This fund is made available

particularly to churches that would have difficulty qualifying for financing in the commercial

loan market.

The National Office maintains a website; we publish a weekly newsletter, edited by Diane

McCrae. It is distributed by email to hundreds of individuals and all of our local churches. Dr.

William Stewart publishes a quarterly newsletter we call ACORN (Association of Canadian

Retired Nazarenes); it is distributed to retired Nazarene pastors and laypeople across Canada and

around the world.

About five years ago, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Canada (NCMC) began producing and

distributing a gift catalogue designed to make “gift-giving” to international ministries an option

for our people. Every year, particularly at Christmastime, many people make use of this resource

to combine compassionate outreach with their desire to give something to friends and family

members. The National Office, in cooperation with NCMC, coordinates the Canadian participation

in the Child Sponsorship program of the General Church.

These are exceedingly complex activities. Throughout 2014 the National Office staff was made

up of executive assistant, Eric White, bookkeeper Aml Nasr and office assistant, Diane McCrae,

all “half-time” employees. Eric manages the office and brings skilled leadership to our work.

When I accepted this position, the National Board asked me to give attention to four priorities in

addition to being the executive officer of the corporation.

District Coordination First, the Board asked me to help to develop and optimize resources for the Districts and the

District Superintendents.

Financial Resources

Prior to 1997 each of the Districts applied for and received financial assistance for home mission work

from the International Department of Home Missions. Since 1997, the USA/CANADA Regional

Office has provided an annual grant to the National Office to assist us in funding the mission of the

Church of the Nazarene in Canada. We have an ongoing commitment to assure that those funds are

used where they will do the most good – always in missional activity and never for administrative

overhead. We thank our Regional Director, Dr. Robert Broadbooks and the USA/CANADA regional

office for this ongoing support.

We do not receive any funding from local churches to operate the National Office or any of the

initiatives the Districts ask us to undertake on their behalf. We do have a small amount of income

that comes to us from the annual proceeds of investments that have been committed to us over the

years. We are seeking ways to expand that resource, in order to make more funds available to

advance the work of the Districts.

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Other Resources

While the word “resources” immediately draws our minds to fiscal matters, it is not restricted to

that. We continue to provide the SourceBook for Clergy Development Canada to people who

have sensed God’s call to prepare for ordained ministry. We offer this at no cost on our National

website and on the International Church website. This important resource continues to influence

the preparation of ministers for the church. We are beginning to reap the benefits of this tool that

has been part of our process of clergy preparation for the past 19 years. With the recent changes

in the USA/CANADA Regional structure, we are reviewing the role that this SourceBook should

play in the development of our future ministers, recognizing that this tool has been approved by the

Canadian Districts, the International Board of Education and General Board. I am pleased that Dr.

Larry Dahl and Rev. Doug Herbert now represent Canada on the Regional Course of Study Advisory

Committee. We thank Dr. Dan Copp of Clergy Services and Dr. Dean Blevins for their work in

the ongoing refinement of ministerial preparation in Canada and the United States.

I continue to conduct the annual Ministry Assessment program initiated by my predecessor 19

years ago. In March 2014 we conducted the Assessment Center in Canada Central District with 14

candidates. All candidates were deemed to “have gifts and grace consistent with ordained ministry

in the Church of the Nazarene,” and were commended to the Canada Central District Board of

Ministry for further development. I thank Ian and Pat Fitzpatrick for coordinating and facilitating

the event.

During 2014 we began to work with Dr. Dean Blevins, the Regional Education Coordinator for

the USA/Canada Region. We are currently engaged in the preliminary steps of having the

graduate program at Ambrose validated by the International Course of Study Advisory

Committee. I thank Dean for his assistance to Ambrose School of Ministry in overseeing this

complex process.

Helen Thiessen continues to serve Canada as our national Nazarene Youth International

President. In that capacity she also represents Canada in the International NYI Council. The

primary responsibility in this position is to facilitate the relationships of our five District

Nazarene Youth International District Presidents. In addition, Helen has helped us expand and

develop our strategy to enlist and engage our NYI personnel in our five Districts as they pursue

the mission of the Church of the Nazarene Canada.

I thank Richard Bahan for serving as our Canadian Representative on the Global Missions

Council. Richard is working with our five Canadian NMI Presidents to visit our District NMI

conventions in June. Richard brings energy and insight to the coordination of our five NMI

councils and their work in their respective Districts.

Dr. Riley Coulter continues to serve as President of Canadian Nazarene College Limited, the

official custodian of the Church of the Nazarene’s interest in Ambrose University. Dr. Coulter

also serves as Chancellor of Ambrose and in that capacity has overseen our annual Ambrose

Clergy Days program. During 2014 Dr. Coulter used Clergy Days to assist our Canadian pastors

to fulfill their continuing education responsibility by bringing Dr. Gary Bennett to each of our

Districts as a resource person in “Preaching.”

President Gordon T. Smith of Ambrose will be meeting with the CNC Ltd. Board on Wednesday of

this week as we continue to shape the role of CNC Ltd. in the future of Nazarene higher education in

Canada. We continue to work with him, the Ambrose Board and the CNC Ltd. Board in serving the

post-secondary educational needs on the Church of the Nazarene in Canada.

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Peer Accountability for District Superintendents

Second, the Board asked that I develop a system of peer accountability for the Canadian District

Superintendents. To that end, we have made a commitment to meet regularly to pray with and for

one another, and to maintain the highest degree of spiritual transparency as we work to advance

the Gospel in our respective fields of responsibility. I believe that God is honoring this initiative.

We work together in two ways: first, as the Executive Committee of the National Board; and

second, as the “Administrator’s Fellowship.”

When we meet as “Administrator’s Fellowship” we occasionally include our wives and share a time

of relaxed conversation and enjoyable activity. We intentionally avoid “talking shop” during these

times and focus on keeping the joy of holiness alive in us. Without exception we have come to

anticipate and relish these times of renewal. Our discussions in this capacity are “off the record,”

freeing us to “dream dreams and see visions” about where God is directing the Church of the

Nazarene.

As the Executive Committee, we give prayerful consideration to the concerns and ministry

opportunities that arise between the meetings of the Board. We work together to assure that as a

denomination in Canada we keep faith with the mission that God has given to the Church of the

Nazarene.

Mission and Vision

Third, the Board asked me to help keep us focused on the mission of the Church of the Nazarene.

This year the Executive Committee has specifically asked me to help us focus on the global

mission statement of the Church of the Nazarene: “Our purpose if to make Christ-like disciples

in the nations.” We continue to do so by engaging in effective evangelism, by experiencing and

promoting the holy life, and by raising another generation of competent and Spirit filled leaders.

Representing the Church of the Nazarene Canada

Fourth, the Board asked me to be the spokesman for the Church of the Nazarene and its

representative in the larger church community and the wider society. In this capacity I have had

ongoing contact with a number of organizations including, ALPHA Canada, Arrow Leadership

Development, Church Planting Canada, The Micah Challenge, Church Growth Canada, The

Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada, the Wesleyan Church, the Evangelical Fellowship of

Canada, Focus on the Family Canada, the Interfaith Chaplaincy Committee and Bridges of Love –

Urban Ministry, Scripture Union Canada. New opportunities are arising constantly for us to take our

place among other organizations that are seeking to make the Gospel of Jesus Christ known in our

world.

Each year there are numerous events scheduled to which I am invited as the leader of the Church

of the Nazarene Canada. Whenever possible I plan to attend or ask someone to go in my place. In

addition, I am occasionally contacted by the media to comment on a variety of social and moral

issues that impact the life of Canadians and the church.

Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Canada

When I began serving as National Director, it became part of my responsibility to give executive

direction to Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Canada. Over the course of these 10 years the work

of NCMC has continued to expand, largely through the tireless activity and vision of Rev. Elaine

Bumstead. Elaine and her team have served us and the International Church in coordinating our

NCMC work, particularly in South Asia and in Central Africa. Last year I drew your attention to the

fact that NCMC had developed to the point that it needed someone to serve as Executive Director; I

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requested your consent in designating someone to serve in this crucial role. I have followed through on

that, and after consultation with the Executive Committee I am pleased to announce my appointment

of Rev. Elaine Bumstead as Executive Director of Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Canada. In

many respects Elaine has functioned in this capacity for several years as our Director of International

Programs and our Executive Representative on the Canadian Food Grains Bank. In this new position

Elaine chairs the NCMC Committee and gives direction to all NCMC personnel and activities.

Conclusion

I continue to see it as good stewardship of our National and District resources for me to function

in this dual capacity as National Director and as Superintendent of Canada Atlantic District. The

staff we have in place in each office makes it possible for me to invest my time focusing on the

large issues, leaving the critically important detail work to others who are skilled and fulfilled in

those matters. I solicit your prayers as we move forward in proclaiming Christian Holiness to our

generation.

I thank each of you for your participation continued support and encouragement as members of

the National Board and The Church of the Nazarene Canada Inc. And finally, I thank my wife

Donna for her unfailing support and encouragement in these days.


REV. DR. CLAIR MACMILLAN, National Director

Church of the Nazarene Canada

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B. DISTRICT BOARDS AND STANDING COMMITTEES

1. Advisory Board

The District Advisory Board (Rev. Earl Wood, Chair; Rev. Neil Allenbrand; Rev. Dr. Gary

Bennett, Rev. Dr. Gary Nawrocki, Mark Kennedy, Liliana Arias, Peter Steunenberg and Harry

Schell, Treasurer) met six times in person during the 2014-15 Assembly year. Items dealt with

included, but were not limited to, the following:

1. Organization of the District Advisory Board and District Office:

Rev. Earl Wood, Chair;

Rev. Lorna Bartram, District Director;

Lee Wedley, Office Secretary;

Eleanor Lungren, Bookkeeper;

Graeme Bartle, Treasurer;

Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett, Advisory Board Secretary;

Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett, Legal Secretary;

Rev. Norayr Hajian, District Secretary;

Rev. Harry Schell, Group Insurance Administrator; and

Schmidt, Berg and Company, Certified General Accountants, District Auditor.

2. Appointment of Advisory Board Acting Committees:

Finance Committee: Mark Kennedy (Chair), Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett, Graeme Bartle

Property Committee: Members of the Advisory Board

Board of Church Extension: Rev. Earl Wood (Acting Chair), Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett

3. Approved the appointment of Rev. Harry Schell as Treasurer effective December 1, 2014

due to Graeme Bartle’s resignation.

4. Approved the transfer out of ministerial credentials for:

Harold Hoffman to Canada West District (Elder’s Credentials)

5. Approved SPC Role Code designation for Jason Horn, Les McAusland, Rebecca Postlewait,

Anne Scarrow and Matthew Smedley.

6. Rev. Dr. Gary Nawrocki, Pastor of the Nanaimo church, was moved from an appointed

status to an elected status.

7. Betel ~ approved insurance premium payments for 2014 and 2015 to Rogers Insurance.

8. Kelowna ~ declared the Kelowna Church to be in crisis.

9. Legacy ~ approved the sale of two lots to the rear of the Legacy church property.

10. Lighthouse Christian Fellowship, Kamloops ~ approved disbursement of inheritance gift

funds held in trust by the Canada Pacific District.

11. Nanaimo ~ approved building renovation agreement with the child care centre using the

church.

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12. Prince George ~ approved increase in monthly rent of the Prince George property and to take

care of necessary repairs and painting as recommended by the property managers.

13. Southside, Port Alberni ~ approved a request for a loan from the National Board to enable

them to bring their building project to occupancy stage.

14. Ambrose Student Leadership Scholarship Fund ~ approved $1,000 each year to C. Clarke and

C. Yurkowski for four years plus a one time scholarship of $1,000 to R. Poon.

15. PALCON ~ approved travel bursary of $300 per CPD participant (approximate total

$6,000).

16. Belize Work & Witness ~ accepted and approved the application for the Belize project.

17. District Investments ~ approved investments with PDSL (Primerica) be transferred to RBC

Dominion Securities.

18. Received monthly reports from the District Treasurer and the District Director.

19. Approved pastoral appointments to the respective churches (2015-2016) as follows:

a) All Nations (Dawson Creek) ~ Megan Polowski;

b) Betel Iglesia ~ David Maldonado;

c) Chilliwack ~ Graham McMahon;

d) Cowichan Valley ~ Wayne Lee;

e) Fort Fraser ~ pending;

f) Holy Trinity ~ Tekeste Genzebu;

g) Hope ~ Andrew Tarrant;

h) Kelowna ~ Wayne Siewert;

i) Lighthouse Christian Fellowship (Kamloops) ~ Brandon Linse;

j) Living Hope (Langley) ~ Desmond and Eileen Cook;

k) Logos Korean ~ Kim Sung Mun;

l) Northern Lights Fellowship (Chetwynd) ~ Lorraine Mickelson;

m) Primera Iglesia ~ Willy Choriego;

n) Southside ~ David Zvonar;

o) Surrey Chinese ~ Jennifer Huang;

p) Tupper ~ Ruth Czerniak; and

q) Whitehorse ~ Norayr Hajian.

REV. EARL R. WOOD, Chairman REV. DR. GARY BENNETT, Secretary

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2. Board of Ministerial Credentials

Report No. 1

We recommend the following:

1. That the following Elder be transferred out:

Harold Hoffman to the Canada West District

Report No. 2

1. That the following be granted renewal of District Minister’s License:

Eileen Cook Lorraine Mickelson

Desmond Cook Michael Patterson

Savannah Deepwell Matthew Wood

Jennifer Huang Aisling Zweigle

Heather Keats David Zvonar

2. That the following be granted a District Minister’s License:

Merlyn Maningas

Heather Prendergast

3. That the following was not renewed: District Minister’s License, as per her request,

having voluntarily withdrawn her membership:

Paulette Carelli

4. That the following be elected to Elders Orders:

Brandon Linse

5. That the following be elected to Deacon Orders:

Rebecca Postlewait


REV. EARL R. WOOD, Chairman REV. NORAYR HAJIAN, Secretary

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3. Board of Ministry (Studies)

We recommend that the following candidates be placed in the indicated level of the Course of

Study (advisors to these candidates in parentheses). This report represents educational status of

the individuals listed.

Ministerial Studies Report

Level One: Advisor

Cristian Andrade Living Hope (Rev. Magally Figueroa)

Sherry Berlinski Lighthouse C.F. (Rev. Brandon Linse)*

Desmond Cook Living Hope (Rev. Earl Wood)

Eileen Cook Living Hope (Rev. Earl Wood)

Carlos Corea Primera (Rev. Willy Choriego)

Jennifer Huang Surrey Chinese (Rev. Robert Gray)

David Lopez Living Hope (Rev. Magally Figueroa)

Michael Patterson Penticton (Rev. Neil Allenbrand)

Curt Roy Tannock Whitehorse (Rev. Norayr Hajian)

Christopher Tew Nanaimo (Rev. Dr. Gary Nawrocki)

Rob Webster Lighthouse C.F. (Rev. Brandon Linse)*

*Pastor Brandon Linse being ordained 2015

Elder’s Tract

Level Two:

Elizabeth Corpeno Living Hope (Rev. Magally Figueroa)

Ruth Mariana Medina Betel (Rev. David Maldonado)

Lorraine Mickelson Chetwynd (Rev. Ruth Czerniak)

Heather Prendergast Victoria (Rev. Dr. Gary Bennett)

Aisling Zweigle Vancouver First (Rev. Kathleen Smedley)

Level Three:

Savannah Deepwell Legacy (Rev. Robert Gray)

Matthew Wood Abbotsford (Rev. Pat Wiens)

Level Four:

Lilia Choriego Primera (Rev. Willy Choriego)

Heather Keats Whitehorse (Rev. Norayr Hajian)

Merlyn Maningas Whitehorse (Rev. Norayr Hajian)

Graduates:

Brandon Linse

Rebecca Postlewait

David Zvonar

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Board of Ministry – Studies

Guidelines and Recommendations

1. The Board of Ministry (Studies) serves those persons who have been properly enrolled by

their Pastor with the Studies Secretary. Also, through its Secretary, the Board of Ministry

(Studies) will develop, approve and register the Continuing Education Units (CEU) for

Elders on the Canada Pacific District. A record of CEU’s earned can be obtained upon

request at [email protected].

2. There are seven general courses in the Ministerial Course of Studies: Elder; Deacon of

Christian Education; Deacon of Compassionate Ministries; Deacon of Music; Deacon of

Youth Ministries; Deacon of Administration; and Deacon of Chaplain Ministries. Elders and

Deacons cannot be ordained until they have finished their course work.

3. The recommended mode of preparation in Canada for full-time Christian service is

enrolment at Ambrose University followed by enrolment at Nazarene Theological

Seminary. Other modes of preparation for full-time service include enrolment at Nazarene Bible

College in Colorado Springs, CO; or online through Northwest Nazarene University:

(http://nnu.edu/academics/online-programs/course-of-study-ministry/) Transcripts of courses

completed before entering the Course of Study will be evaluated by the Board of Ministry

(Studies) and appropriate credits assigned. Credit may also be granted for courses such as

classroom seminars, college distance education, etc., after course outlines and grades are

submitted to the Studies Secretary.

4. Each candidate is instructed to acquire the Sourcebook for Ministerial Development Canada

(available online at http://nazarene.ca/reportsanddocuments.html) in order that he or she may

become familiar with the details of ministerial preparation. We strongly encourage

observation of the pattern of ministerial licensing found in the Sourcebook; specifically, at

least one year of ministry experience is required prior to the conferring of a Local Minister’s

License (ref. pp. 13-14, 69).

5. The Board of Ministry (Studies) and advisors to the students (appointed each year) desire to

maintain contact with the students throughout the year for encouragement, support and

accountability. Advisors should help candidates work through the assignments in the

Sourcebook as a means of assuring adequate preparation for ministry.

6. College students should submit documentary evidence of academic progress. A student’s

transcripts will be evaluated by the Board of Ministry (Studies) Secretary and appropriate

credit assigned.

7. Candidates should be prepared to appear for interviews as called upon by the Board of

Ministry at the time and place specified.

8. The Secretary requests a yearly report from each candidate of work completed over the

course of the year. It is the candidate’s responsibility to do this. If no report is submitted it

will be assumed no work was completed in the Assembly year.

http://nnu.edu/academics/online-programs/course-of-study-ministry/

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9. Candidates are reminded that upon entry to the Course of Study the student has ten years to

complete the course work (Manual 427.4) and must complete two courses per year (Manual

427.3).

Procedures

1. For information or guidance, contact your Advisor.

2. For a copy of the Sourcebook go online to the website of the Church of the Nazarene, Canada.

3. For general information contact the District Board of Ministry (Studies) Secretary, Rev.

Dr. Gary Nawrocki, 2194 Lang Crescent, Nanaimo, B.C. V9S 5R9

(email: [email protected]) or call 1.250.585.5583.


REV, EARL WOOD, Chairman REV. DR. GARY NAWROCKI, Secretary

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C. ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES

1. Finance Committee

A. District Growth, Planting and Leadership Development

District Growth, Planting and Leadership Development (GPL) provides for ministries on the

District beyond the direct oversight of local churches. Contributions to these ministries come

from the Church of the Nazarene Canada, National Board; Church of the Nazarene

International, Property Trust Fund, and giving from local churches. In order to further these

endeavours we recommend:

1. That we express our appreciation to our Church of the Nazarene Canada, National Board

and the Church of the Nazarene International for their cooperation and help in GPL.

B. District Operating Budget The District Operating Budget provides for the oversight and implementation of our combined

ministry in the areas of local churches as well as SDMI, NMI and NYI, NCMC, etc. Funds for

this are contributed mostly by local churches. In order to establish a fair and equitable basis for

allocating to the local churches funding for these ministries, we recommend:

1. That all budget allocations for the local churches be income based in line with the General

Church policies as adapted to our particular needs.

2. The starting point for all budget calculations will be the amount raised for all purposes; this

being defined as “all funds received by the local church for which they have, will or could

issue an official charitable receipt for income tax purposes as established by the Canada

Revenue Agency through the Income Tax Act.

3. That there be an allowed deduction from the amounts raised for all purposes consisting of

all monies paid to the World Evangelism Fund along with any monies paid to 10% Mission

Special Funds and other approved specials such as Compassionate Ministries Warehouse,

Mission Possible Compassionate Ministries.

4. That from this adjusted income base, each local church will contribute monthly to the

following extended church ministries:

World Evangelism Fund not less than 5.5%

Ambrose University not less than 4%

District Operations and Ministries not less than 9%

5. That the amount contributed for District Operations and Ministries will include

allocations to our District NMI, NYI, SDMI and District Liability Insurance fund.

6. That 4% funds for Ambrose University be sent to CPD office for forwarding to Ambrose.

The District will forward 3% of the 4% to Ambrose. The retained 1% will be placed in a

District managed Scholarship Fund.

7. That 5.5% WEF funds be sent to Church of the Nazarene Canada, Brampton, Ontario. See

Remittance Information Page at close of this report book.

8. That travel reimbursement for district meetings is for any actual cash travel costs incurred.

9. That the District Advisory Board be authorized to appoint an Accounting firm to perform an

Accounting Review for the 2015/16 fiscal period.

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C. Local Church Financial Administration

In order to facilitate the administration of church finances at a local church level we recommend:

1. That each church establish a Finance Committee in order to plan effectively for local, District,

and general expenses; arrange an annual review of the church financial records, and ensure

compliance with provincial and federal requirements. This will include compliance with the BC

Society Act and completion of the annual federal Registered Charities Information Return,

(T3010B and Schedules); filing T-4 summary, and WCB returns, at appropriate times. Copy of

the filed BC report and federal CRA return no longer need to be sent to Canada Pacific District

office as they are available to the public online at the CRA website.

2. That as church plants become established churches (separately incorporation under the

Societies Act), an application to CRA for a business number be sought in order to be in

compliance with government charities regulations ensuring your charitable status and to

enable issuance of T-4 forms, charitable receipts and for collection of HST rebates.

Every church must ensure that all payments made by them to the Canada Revenue

Agency/Receiver General indicate the properly assigned BN (business account number).

3. That all churches and affiliated organizations adopt April 30 as fiscal year-end.

4. That all of our churches should be registered with the WCB.

5. That all of our churches maintain proper records of all income and expenditures and comply

with the required retention of same as stipulated by CRA, provincial authorities, insurance and

all other pertinent authorities. An information and compliance grid defining the terms of

reference for record retention is available through the District office at your request.

6. That the minimum each Pastor is required to contribute to the National Board Pension Plan

(RRSP), to the Canada Pacific District Plan, or to a private pension plan, is 5 percent of

their annual salary, housing allowance and other taxable benefits of the participant. A

matching 5 percent contribution is required by the local church. Churches or pastors who

require assistance in establishing or responding to the RRSP Pension Plan are welcome to

contact the District office for assistance in this process.

7. That recognizing the need to provide, in some cases, for the accumulation of funds for

property acquisition or building, and other rare circumstances our churches adhere to the

procedure outlined for these situations in Appendix 1 attached, taken from the document

issued by the Board of General Superintendents in 2009 titled Funding the Mission, Page 4.

It must be noted that for all registered charities, approval for the accumulation of funds

must first be granted by the Canada Revenue Agency and such approval must be

documented with a copy to the District office to be included in the application process

described in Appendix 1.

8. That each of our churches consider carefully the information given in Appendix 11

attached regarding designated giving, taken from the document issued by the Board of

General Superintendents in 2009 titled Funding the Mission, Page 5. We recommend that

all of our churches establish a written policy on designated funds and that this policy be

made known to all donors.

SEE APPENDIX 1, 2 AND 3, FOLLOWING, WHICH ARE PART OF THIS REPORT PER ITEMS 7 AND 8

GRAEME BARTLE, Secretary REV. DR. GARY BENNETT, Chairman

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APPENDIX 1

Administrative procedures for unusual financial events

The Rare Circumstance Adjustment

Local churches often receive significant gifts of cash or property from donors who want to support

the mission of the church in a major way. In other cases, rare circumstances that cause the local

church to experience extenuating circumstances may occur in either case, the standard definition

of church income, might represent an unfair burden on the local church. Therefore, a plan is in

place to provide adjustments under rare circumstances.

Unusual gifts or circumstances that are clearly outside the church’s normal activity will be

considered for an adjustment to church income. The exemption should be requested during the

affected assembly year and approved by the District Superintendent and District Advisory Board.

Upon approval by the District, a team appointed by the Board of General Superintendents will

consider the request. The decision will be based on the stated circumstances, church-giving

patterns and history of denominational faithfulness.

To submit a request for the rare circumstance adjustment: Write a summary of the unusual circumstance(s)

Complete the request form

Obtain approval signature of the District Superintendent

Obtain the recommendation of the District Advisory Board

Send the request to the General Treasurer during the affected Assembly year.

Pastors (and their District Superintendent) will be notified within 30 days of receipt of application.

RARE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE GENERALLY DEFINED AS:

A designated gift over $50,000 or valued at more than 25% of the church’s total income

Large non-cash donations such as real estate

Catastrophic loss

Other circumstances beyond the ordinary function of the local church

Sometimes events and circumstances put an otherwise faithful congregation in a situation where

the standard formula just does not work. The Rare Circumstance Adjustment is designed for

flexibility, generosity and grace. This adjustment helps the local church facing rare circumstances

to continue to be a supportive team player in the global mission.

TEAM OF EVALUATORS:

Stewardship Ministries Director (Chair) ● General Treasurer

Global Ministry Center Statistician ● NMI Representative

Pensions and Benefits Representative ● Local Pastor

Others as appointed by the BGS

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APPENDIX 11

Budget Procedures Concerning Designated Giving (Implemented prior to the Assembly year 2011-2012)

Generally, a gift from a donor to a church is a transfer of a donor’s entire interest in the donated

property. The donor relinquishes all present and future dominion and power over the gift. (Note A)

However, churches often receive donations specifically designated by the donor for missions

offerings, building fund offerings and donations to benevolence funds. While experts in the field

disagree on the legal obligation of the church to meet donor expectations, there is no doubt that the

church has a moral obligation to meet donor expectations when it receives designated gifts. In short,

mission offerings should only be used for missions; capital funds should only be used for capital

expenditures, etc. (Note B)

How does an income-based fund allocation system, such as that selected by the General Board for

implementation in the 2010-2011 Assembly year work with designated funds?

Basically, the church can go down two different paths:

1. WITH A DESIGNATED GIFT POLICY*

Establish a designated giving policy that includes shared percentages. The policy must clearly

communicate to donors that a percentage of all donations, including designated funds will be shared

with the broader mission of the Church of the Nazarene. This policy needs to be established by the

Church Board and communicated prior to the receipt of any designated donations. Churches that

choose this option will want to start immediately, utilizing the months prior to the beginning of the

2010-2011 Assembly year to develop and communicate the policy. Communication needs to occur

frequently through annual reports, during appeal requests, on gift receipts and by other means.

EXAMPLE: WITH A DESIGNATED GIFT POLICY

J. Smith donates $10,000 to Second Nazarene for purchase of kitchen equipment. Since the church has

established a designated giving policy that indicates a percentage of all gifts to denominational interests,

a portion of the gift will be used for fund allocations. From the gift $550 goes to WEF, $400 to

Ambrose, and $900 to the District. A total of $8,150 is available for the purchase of kitchen equipment.

2. WITHOUT A DESIGNATED GIFT POLICY*

Use all designated funds according to their intended use. Submit all fund obligations (5.5% To

WEF, 4% to Ambrose and 9% to the District) from undesignated funds, basically tithes and

offerings. This requires no modification or church policy and is basically how Nazarene churches

have operated in the USA/Canada for the last 100 years.

EXAMPLE: WITHOUT A DESIGNATED GIFT POLICY

J. Smith donates $10,000 to First Nazarene designated for purchase of kitchen equipment. Since the

church has no stated policy indicating that a portion of all designated gifts will be contributed to the

global mission, the entire find allocation associated with the gift ($550 is contributed to WEF, $400 to

Ambrose and $900 to the District) must come from other, undesignated offerings. A total of $10,000 is

available to the purchase of kitchen equipment.

* Every church should have a written policy on designated funds regardless of the option they

choose. Sample policies are available upon request from Stewardship Ministries.

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Note A. This is true except in the uncommon case where a gift is received in trust or with a written

reverter clause.

Note B. Laws regarding the use of designated donations should be researched through CRA

(Canada Revenue Agency) and in consult with a tax professional.

APPENDIX III

District Leadership Scholarship Fund (To be implemented in the Assembly year 2015-2016)

Ambrose University has developed a scholarship program in concert with local churches and the

Canadian Districts which provides three sources of funding to assist successful applicants in

caring for their educational obligations. When an application is made to Ambrose for the Strategic

Leadership Scholarship, a copy of the same application must be forwarded to the District Office.

Once approval of the application has been given by Ambrose, and also by the District Advisory

Board, the District will provide a scholarship to add to the funding provided by the applicant’s

local church. The District funds will be drawn from the District Leadership Scholarship Fund.

Access to the funds would only be provided to applicants from local churches where the church

has remitted their Ambrose financial assignment (4%) to the District office for the current year.

Students can potentially receive $2,000 from Ambrose; $2,000 from their local church and $1,000

from the Canada Pacific District. This funding would potentially be available for up to five years

of enrolment at Ambrose provided the criteria are met.

LOCAL FINANCIAL RESTRAINTS:

The Ambrose scholarship policy requires that local churches contribute to the pool of scholarship

funds but there may be occasions when local situations are such that only limited local funding

may be available. In such cases, the local church may request additional funding from the District

Scholarship Fund in order to make it possible for the local church to match the Ambrose

scholarship. There would be a necessary cap placed on the number of applicants who may request

funding in lieu of their local church’s contribution.

FUNDING SOURCE PROPOSAL:

At the present time our District is receiving 4% on behalf of Ambrose from each local church. It

has been recommended by the international church that we provide 3% to our university.

Therefore, the District Advisory Board recommends that we continue to receive 4% from local

churches and then remit ¾ of what has been received that is designated for Ambrose. The District

would retain the ¼ portion and place it in its Scholarship Fund which would be made available to

any local church needing to top up its share of the matching grant formula designated by the

Ambrose Leadership Scholarship. The District would continue to provide its $1,000 contribution.

BENEFITS OF THE PROPOSAL:

The setting up of a Scholarship Fund on the District would allow local churches to make

contributions which would be added to the District fund. The District would then issue T4A’s as

required each year. There are several advantages to this approach which include: providing

support for Leadership Development for our District youth; and, providing support for the work of

the LAMP program; support and structure for scholarship funding for youth looking to pursue

post-secondary education thereby providing an inducement to attend Ambrose; no additional

funds, over and above what is already being submitted annually by local churches or the District

are required to support this program; and, funding submitted to Ambrose from the churches on our

District would remain unchanged.

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2015/2016 DISTRICT BUDGET PLAN

For the year ending April 30, 2016

With actual results up to April 30, 2015

DISTRICT OPERATIONS

INCOME

INCOME Actual to

April 30/15

Budget

2015/16

District

Operations

Growth

Planting Development

Property

Trust Fund

District Budget Receipts

Maple Ridge Administration

Expense recoveries

Pro D Days Receipts

Web Ministry Receipts

District Assembly Receipts

Pastor’s Retreat Income

Other Income

National Church Field Grant

National Church Special Grant

Nat’l Church Investment Income

Harvest Receipts

Allocated from Property Trust

Interest various funds

217,177

3,810

700

5,760

5,140

6,181

21,000

25,000

4,576

55,852

210,000

0

2,500

1,400

5,000

4,000

0

21,000

0

8,000

4,000

36,000

176,763

1,400

5,000

33,237

2,500

4,000

21,000

4,000

137,916

8,000

-137,916

36,000

Sub-Total $345,196 $291,900 $183,163 $202,653 -$93,916

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2015/2016 DISTRICT BUDGET PLAN For the year ending April 30, 2016

With actual results up to April 30, 2015

DISTRICT OPERATIONS

EXPENDITURES

EXPENDITURES Actual to

April

30/15

Budget 2015/16

District Operations

Growth Planting

Development

Property Trust

Fund

District Salaries (Includes

District Superintendent, District Director, Support Staff,

District Secretary, District Legal Secretary and District Treasurer)

117,871 120,250 72,063 47,653 534

CPP, EI, Group Health, WCB

Office Rental

Liability Insurance Office Supplies and costs

Bank Charges

Audit Fees

District Assembly

Pastor’s Retreat Professional Development/Palcon

District Meetings

Hospitality

D.S. Business Expenses

Communications Costs

D.S. Conference District NMI budget allocations

District SDMI budget allocations

District NYI budget allocations

General Assembly

Other Expenses

D.S. Northern Travel

Christmas Gifts

Chilliwack Restart

Dawson Creek Hispanic #3

Hope Logos Korean

Maple Ridge

Northern Lights Tupper

Leadership Dev./Outreach grants LAMP

Courtenay/Comox

Ambrose Scholarships

8,555

9,225

27,097

1,386

2,269

9,200

9,722

9,002

5,360

4,053

766

21,461

8,138

4,823

8,000

10,000

5,000

3,000

9,095

3,128

2,398

60,119

6,000

5,004

2,004

3,000

10,000

2,004

1,704

12,467

5,277

3,000

10,000

9,400

28,000

2,000

1,800

9,600

9,000

9,000

7,500

4,000

1,800

23,000

8,000

4,000

8,000

10,000

5,000

3,000

4,000

1,500

60,000

6,000

4,800

1,800

2,400

10,000

2,000

1,700

12,000

10,000

6,000

5,640

28,000

1,200

1,080

3,200

9,000

-

-

2,400

1,080

13,800

4,800

4,000

8,000

10,000

5,000

3,000

4,000

900

4,000

3,760

-

800

720

3,200

-

9,000

7,500

1,600

720

9,200

3,200

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

600

60,000

6,000

4,800

1,800

2,400

10,000

2,000

1,700

12,000

10,000

3,200

Sub-Total $390,128 $389,550 $183,163 $202,653 $3,734

Net Amount -$44,932 -$97,650 0 0 -$97,650

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2. Christian Action Committee

As a Christian, holiness, missional church we value our theological roots which, from the

beginning, have recognized the significance of women in ministry. This is not a recent liberal

shift, but a long historical acknowledgement that God calls both men and women to equal roles

of leadership in Christ’s Church.

We applaud the women of the Canada Pacific District who serve so effectively as pastors,

chaplains, and other key leadership roles in local churches. Sometimes these Spirit filled ladies

have ministered in the midst of misunderstanding. Such misunderstanding has stemmed at times

from a distorted interpretation of scriptures that have missed the background of scripture.

The Apostle Paul perhaps best captures the whole tenure of Christian scriptures in regard to the

equality of both men and women in Galatians 3:28. “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor

free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” He clearly articulates that in Christ

there are societal changes. The Church of the Nazarene has from its beginning recognized the

New Testament call for the church to be an “in Christ” society. What we understand by this is that

an “in Christ” society is a church in which salvation has profound social implications. We believe

that Christ’s purpose was to create in himself one new man, a new humanity, one new society.

Early Church history indicates the church’s embracement of the significance of women in the life

of the church. Christ himself on the day of his resurrection lifted the status of women by first

announcing his resurrection to Mary Magdala and then instructing her to tell the twelve. In

addition, the Apostle Peter, on the Day of Pentecost in his preaching, quotes the Old Testament

Prophet Joel of a future day of transformation. “I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons

and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream

dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and

they prophesy.” Acts 2:17-18, / NIV Joel 2:28-32.

We acknowledge there are what appear at first difficult scripture passages which pose problems

such as I Timothy 2:9-14, and I Corinthians 14:33-35. However, we believe further careful

examination behind such passages indicates such actions are not founded on trans-cultural values

which are for all times, but apply for a specific time and circumstance.

Nazarene history includes numerous chapters where women have emerged and responded to what

they knew was the call of God. They have dared to go as Deborah did to places where men would

not go and provide leadership. Nazarene women like Susan N. Fitkins, Ada F. Bresee, Mary Hunt

Winans, and Mary Elizabeth Vennum. They traveled to the four corners of our globe preaching,

planting churches, and caring for the needy. These and countless others were like those of the first

century church which Paul identified as hard workers in his letter to the Roman Church: Phoebe,

Priscilla, Mary and Persis. Today we continue that affirmation. Our Church has been blessed and

enriched with such leadership as Dr. Nina Gunter, Dr. Carla Sunberg of NTS and others. We

thank God for His call to both genders to serve where ever He is at work through His Spirit.

As a Church let us go on record that we are opposed to all acts of discrimination toward women.

We recognize the reality that women experience disproportionate prejudice, violence, physical

and mental abuse, poverty, disease during war and peace both within and without religious

communities. Such discrimination of women continues to be expressed in forced servitude, child

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marriages, spousal abuse, and genocide of infant females, genital cuttings, honour killings,

prostitution, sexual assault, rape and human trafficking.

What action should be taken? Speak out on behalf of women who are oppressed and

discriminated. Become a voice that affirms women in ministry. What steps can local churches

take? We urge each local Nazarene congregation to continue to encourage women who have

experienced the call of God to take steps toward ordination, to involve women in local

ministries, and take steps to affirm women in leadership roles.

Members: Earl Wood (ex officio), Douglas Woods (Chair), Anne Scarrow (Secretary),

Melony Barber and David Maldonado

3. Memorial Service Committee

Introductory Remarks – “Remembering Loved Ones and Friends” ~ Rev. Calvin Black

Funeral Blues Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,

Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,

Silence the pianos and with muffled drum

Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let airplanes circle moaning overhead

Scribbling on the sky the message 'He is Dead'.

Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,

Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,

My working week and my Sunday rest,

My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;

I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,

Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,

Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;

For nothing now can ever come to any good.

by W.H. Auden

1 Corinthians 15:50-57 The Message (MSG)

50 I need to emphasize, friends, that our natural, earthy lives don’t in themselves lead us by their

very nature into the kingdom of God. Their very “nature” is to die, so how could they “naturally”

end up in the Life kingdom?

51-57 But let me tell you something wonderful, a mystery I’ll probably never fully understand.

We’re not all going to die—but we are all going to be changed. You hear a blast to end all blasts

from a trumpet, and in the time that you look up and blink your eyes—it’s over. On signal from

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that trumpet from heaven, the dead will be up and out of their graves, beyond the reach of death,

never to die again. At the same moment and in the same way, we’ll all be changed. In the

resurrection scheme of things, this has to happen: everything perishable taken off the shelves and

replaced by the imperishable, this mortal replaced by the immortal. Then the saying will come true:

Death swallowed by triumphant Life!

Who got the last word, oh, Death?

Oh, Death, who’s afraid of you now?

It was sin that made death so frightening and law-code guilt that gave sin its leverage, its

destructive power. But now in a single victorious stroke of Life, all three—sin, guilt, death—are

gone, the gift of our Master, Jesus Christ. Thank God!

Congregational singing led by Rev. Calvin Black – He the Pearly Gates Will Open

Scripture Reading from Psalms by Kevin Seibel

Special Music: “What a Day That Will Be” by Denise Rice, Jean Wheatly, Mel Steven, Rev.

Wayne and Maria Lee ~ Cowichan Valley Church of the Nazarene

Rev. Dr. Gary Nawrocki read the Memorial Roll names and a yellow rose was placed in a vase

for each person as their name was read.

Abbotsford ~Jean Boyd, Elizabeth Foye, Mary Jensen

Cowichan Valley ~ Douglas Rice

Hope ~ Ileane Pacquin

Kelowna ~ Jack Furbank, Frances Stratton, Agnes Wedlund

Nanaimo ~ Bibianne Dzuba, Gordon Lay

Northern Lights, Chetwynd ~ Jim Bottomiller, Sheila Duckhorn, Fran Rosenau

Penticton ~ Richard Ahtila, Robert Miller

Southside Community ~ Frances Hopkins, Rudoplh Johansonr

Vancouver First ~ William Burke, Ernst Schalt

Victoria First ~ Barb Duncanson, Dave Edgar, Harry Steele

Closing Prayer – Rev. Barry Goodwin


CATHY McKNIGHT, HEATHER PRENDERGAST & ELAINE SEIBEL

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4. Nominating Committee

Report No. 1

Recommendations for District Assembly Committees

1. Worship – Earl Wood, J.D. Porter, Lorna Bartram and Gary Bennett

2. Journal Editing Committee – Lee Wedley and Norayr Hajian

3. Recording Secretary – Moira Bandurka

Report No. 2

Recommend that all elections be by plurality vote.

Nominations for Elected Boards

1. Advisory Board: term to expire 2018

The ministerial candidates are Neil Allenbrand, Melony Barber, Barry Goodwin, Robert Gray

and Andrew Tarrant (vote for one)

The lay candidates are Karla Pasquier, Peter Steunenberg and Peggy Wiens (vote for one)

2. Board of Ministry: two terms to expire 2019 (two highest number of votes)

The candidates are Willy Choriego, Magally Figueroa Barry Goodwin, John McKnight,

Kathleen Smedley and Douglas Woods (vote for two)

Report No. 3

Appointments for Standing Boards and Committees: 1. Memorial Service Committee ~ Cathy McKnight, Heather Prendergast and Elaine Seibel

2. Finance Committee is Earl Wood (ex officio), Advisory Board, District Treasurer, Local

Church Pastors, Local Church Treasurers and NMI, SDMI & NYI Treasurers

3. Christian Social and Moral Action Committee is Earl Wood (ex officio), Melony Barber,

Anne Scarrow and Douglas Woods (Chair)

4. Pastoral Support Committee is the lay members of the District Advisory Board

5. Ministerial Benevolence Committee is the District Advisory Board

6. Church Properties Committee is the District Advisory Board

7. Ministry Development Center Committee is the Board of Ministry

8. The Court of Appeals Committee is Earl Wood (chair), John McKnight, Charles

Muxworthy, Harry Schell, Mel Tucker and Douglas Woods


REV. NORAYR HAJIAN, Secretary REV. EARL R. WOOD Chairman

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5. Pastoral Support

These guidelines are considered minimal. This report is reviewed each year and changes are

made annually. It would be best that each local Church Board review these recommendations

annually.

1. Financial Package

The pastor’s salary should be reviewed annually, upgrading the salary as the church is

financially able; action to be reported to the District Superintendent. A pastor’s payroll

calculation sheet is attached as APPENDIX 1

2. Vacation Time

The local church should arrange for its pastoral staff to take two days off each week; as well

as allowing paid time for annual vacation, attendance at church camps, Pastor’s Retreat,

District Assembly and Professional Development Days. See APPENDIX II for

recommended vacation allowances.

3. Pastoral Housing

Suitable housing arrangements, in the form of a housing allowance, a church-provided

parsonage, or a church-rented accommodation, is considered an essential part of the pastor’s

compensation package. Details are attached as APPENDIX III

4. Health and Life Insurance

It is crucial that our pastors and family health needs are covered. Details are attached as

APPENDIX IV

5. Pension Plan

All of our churches are responsible for enrolling their pastor in a Registered Retirement

Savings Plan - a matching contribution plan with the minimum being 5% from the pastor or

other eligible church workers, and 5% from the local church. Details are attached as

APPENDIX V

6. Expense Reimbursements

Travel, workshops, books, meetings and hospitality should be made available to your

pastor(s) at no cost to them. Details are attached as APPENDIX VI

7. Sabbatical

We recommend each local church provide its pastor a paid sabbatical/study leave of at least

three months after the completion of each seven consecutive years of service to that

congregation in accordance with the Manual article No. 129.10. This is in order to

encourage the lifelong learning of the pastor in spiritual, emotional, and educational

dimensions. Details are attached as APPENDIX VII

8. Other Related Information

a. The local church should pay any pulpit supply speakers no less than $100 per service for

churches with less than 100 in average worship attendance, and no less than $150 per

service for churches with more than 100. In addition, travel and entertainment should be

reimbursed, where such is required.

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b. That any interim or supply pastor who is paid more than $500 in one year be issued a T4

slip as this is considered income, not an honorarium. Please note that while it is the

responsibility of the recipient of such honorarium to report this as additional employment

income, it is the responsibility of the local church to ensure that Canada Pension Plan,

Employment Insurance, and Income Tax are deducted from these amounts.

c. That the local church grant each pastor two weeks yearly leave (including Monday

through Sunday) for professional development that includes further education, personal

spiritual enrichment, and special speaking assignments. That this be financially supported

by the local church as far as possible.

d. That pastors appointed to home mission churches be assured of livable salaries, thus

permitting the pastor to devote full-time to the development of the church. To assure the

effectiveness of the recommendations, we urge all members to support the Church

Extension program.

e. Reimbursements not considered part of pastoral compensation package are travel,

workshops, courses, books and periodicals and Assembly attendance.

f. Compensation Worksheet is available through the District office.


Mark Kennedy

on behalf of the lay members of the District Advisory Board

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APPENDIX I

FINANCIAL PACKAGE

Calculation of Recommended Compensation

The following Pastor’s Compensation Grid includes three factors: (1) the church category

determined by the average yearly a.m. worship attendance; (2) the pastor’s total years in full-

time pastoral service; and, (3) the pastor’s level of completed education. To calculate the

recommended pastor’s compensation: (1) check church size category based on average a.m.

worship attendance; (2) utilize the grid to cross-reference church category with total years in

full-time ministry; and, (3) add to this figure the completed education level adjustments.

It is recommended that the salary of an associate pastor should take into account their educational

level and years of experience and be set to a maximum of 85 percent of the pastor’s salary.

Church Categories (based on a.m. attendance)

A 1-25 B 26-50 C 51-75 D 75-100

E 101-150 F 151-200 G 201-300 H 300 +

***Pastor’s Compensation Grid (total years in ministry x church category size)

Yrs. Cat. A Cat. B Cat. C Cat. D Cat. E Cat. F Cat. G Cat. H

0 32,300 34,300 36,300 40,400 44,400 48,400 52,500 56,500

2 34,300 36,300 38,300 42,400 46,400 50,500 54,500 58,500

4 36,300 38,300 40,400 44,400 48,400 52,500 56,500 60,600

6 38,300 40,400 42,400 46,400 50,500 54,500 58,500 62,600

8 40,400 42,400 44,400 48,400 52,500 56,500 60,600 64,600

10 42,400 44,400 46,400 50,500 54,500 58,500 62,600 66,600

12 44,400 46,400 48,400 52,500 56,500 60,600 64,600 68,600

14 46,400 48,400 50,500 54,500 58,500 62,600 66,600 70,700

16 48,400 50,500 52,500 56,500 60,600 64,600 68,600 72,700

18 50,500 52,500 54,500 58,500 62,600 66,600 70,700 74,700

20+ 52,500 54,500 56,500 60,600 64,600 68,600 72,700 76,700

In most cases compensation packages less than $40,000 may required the pastor to seek

additional employment and would be at that time considered to be bi-vocational. We encourage

our churches to follow or exceed the above examples.

Pastor’s Completed Education Level

Level 1 ~ No Formal Post-Secondary Education + $0.00

Level 2 ~ Bible College Certificate and/or Ordination + $2,800.00

Level 3 ~ Bachelors Degree (B.A., Th.B., etc.) + $4,600.00

Level 4 ~ Masters Degree (M.A., M.Div., etc.) + $6,700.00

Level 5 ~ Doctorate Degree (D.D., D.Min, Ph.D., etc.) + $8,600.00

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APPENDIX II

VACATION TIME

a. The local church should grant its pastor(s) an annual paid vacation based on total years of

full-time pastoral service in the Church of the Nazarene, in accordance with the following

guidelines:

up to 2 years ~ two weeks vacation;

3 to 9 years ~ three weeks vacation;

10 to 18 years ~ four weeks vacation; and

over 18 years ~ five weeks vacation.

At least two of those weeks should be consecutive and include Sundays. The time of the

vacation should be of the pastor’s choosing, in harmony with the local church program, and

the local church should provide and pay the pulpit supply.

b. The local church should enable its pastor to serve at least one week in the District Summer

Camp Program. Their participation in these camps or any other denominational

responsibilities, such as Pastors’ and Spouses’ Retreat, or District or General Assemblies,

shall not be considered as part of the pastor’s days off, vacation or professional development

time.

APPENDIX III

PASTORAL HOUSING

Where the church does not supply a parsonage, then in addition to basic salary, the pastor shall

be given a housing allowance adequate to cover their monthly mortgage or rent, taxes and

utilities.

1. Box 30 on the T4 Slip should only be completed if a rent free parsonage is being

provided by the local church. The amount to be reported in Box 30 should equal

the Fair Market Value rent for the housing. This amount would be subject to

Employment Insurance deductions.

2. If a housing allowance is provided in lieu of not providing a parsonage, then that

amount forms part of the pastor’s wage and the amount reported in Box 30 of the

T4 would be nil.

3. If the pastor wish to reduce deducted at source, they must prepare a Form T1223

Clergy Residence Deduction and attach it to Form T1213 Request to Reduce Tax

Deductions at Source for years(s)______. This will trigger the Canada Revenue

Agency to issue a letter of authority to permit the employer church to reduce the

pastor tax deducted at source. It can take the Canada Revenue Agency up to six

weeks to process such a request so it should be submitted by the pastor each

October for the following year. Without the letter of authority no additional

reduction is available.

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APPENDIX IV

HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE

a. Each church should assume the responsibility of covering the cost of the provincial medical

plan.

b. All of our churches should enroll their Pastors in the District Group Plan of extended health

insurance through Great West Life Insurance Company (effective November 1, 2014). All

District churches, including home mission churches, should carry at least 50 percent of the

premiums. The pastor or local church should contact the Plan Administrator for current costs

and other details. This plan is available through the Administrator, Rev. Harry Schell, 22759

Balabanian Circle, Maple Ridge, BC, V2X 8Z5; email: [email protected]; telephone:

604.463.9835. (Please note that there is a time limit for application to the plan; the pastor or

full-time employee is required to enroll within 30 days of their hire date, or they may have to

undergo a physical examination.)

c. BC Medical Plan/Yukon Health Plan is a taxable benefit; if paid by the local church, it needs

to be included in Box 40 and Box 14 of the T4’s.

APPENDIX V

PENSION PLAN

Two options through the District office are:

(1) The Canadian Nazarene group RRSP with Standard Life: To enroll in this option contact the

National Office. Contributions should be sent to the National Office by the 20th

day of each

month. The contributions will then be deposited with Standard Life on or before the first day

of the month immediately following receipt of the contributions. An administration fee is

required for each participant, amounting to 2 percent of each contribution submission. This

fee is to be paid by each local church on behalf of each plan member for whom it is

responsible. Contributions are to be remitted to the Church of the Nazarene Canada.

Information is available from the National Office.

(2) A District group RRSP is also available through the District office. Contributions should be

sent to the District office by the 8th

of each month. The contributions will then be deposited

with Primerica Financial Services upon receipt. These contributions may be registered or

non-registered. There is no administration fee. Contributions are to be remitted to the Canada

Pacific District. Information is available from the District office.

(3) CPP payment not paid on housing amount should be added to the RRSP.

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APPENDIX VI

EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS

a. Travel - The pastor should be reimbursed for automobile expenses related to the performance

of pastoral duties. This is a local church expense and should not be considered as pastoral

compensation. We further recommend the reimbursement be calculated on a basis that fairly

reimburses for the portion of automobile expenses used for ministry; including wear and tear,

replacement, insurance, fuel, and so on. This should be reimbursed on a regular monthly

basis. This reimbursement may be calculated in one of two ways:

(1) A reasonable per kilometre reimbursement as per Canada Revenue Agency

allowances. A vehicle use log is required.

(2) A regular monthly allowance. If provided as an allowance, the pastor will maintain a

vehicle log for church use to justify this expense on their tax return.

(3) Pastor’s car allowances are required to be included as part of the total employment

income (Box 14) on their Income Tax T4 or T4A slip; it is specified in Box 32. It

should be reconciled annually, except when an approved reimbursement rate (mileage

rate) is set by the Church Board.

(4) Car allowance is a taxable benefit; however, direct car expense reimbursements of

actual expenditure by the pastor are not part of the pay package and are not

considered a taxable benefit.

(5) It is recommended that the employing church issue a Form T2200 Declaration of

Conditions of Employment.

b. Workshops, Courses, etc.: Arrangements should be made to enable the pastor to attend

refresher courses, workshops, seminars and other occasions regularly for the revitalization of

ministry. Many local churches budget up to $500 per year for this non-taxable

reimbursement

c. Books and Periodicals: Reading material is an occupational expense. The local church should

provide at least $300 per year for the pastor to purchase study books for their personal

library.

d. District Meeting Expenses: When the pastor is expected to attend District meetings or

retreats on behalf of the local church, the expenses related to travel, lodging, meals and

registration are paid by the local church. Churches should also cover costs of the pastor’s

spouse.

e. Other Expenses - If hosting of guests is an expectation for the pastor, or if the spouse of the

pastor is expected to attend church functions such as weddings and funerals, and there are

related expenses (such as child care or loss of work time), then those expenses should be paid

by the local church. An appropriate amount should be budgeted for such depending upon the

family situation and local church expectations.

f. The local churches and their pastors should focus on local church ministries and evaluate the

amount of time spent out of the local church. As an example, the Church Board should be

informed as to pastoral ministries out of the church and, as much as possible; pastors should

limit their service on external boards to two major boards.

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APPENDIX VII

SABBATICAL

A Sabbatical is an extended time away from routine ministry for the purpose of renewal,

retooling, and receiving a fresh vision.

A. What a Sabbatical Is:

1. It is a time apart from the pastorate;

2. It is a time for rest and reflection;

3. It is a time for renewed focus and vision;

4. It is a time to "pull things together" mentally and spiritually;

5. It is a time to be stimulated by new learning;

6. It is a time to concentrate on family relationships;

7. It is a time to evaluate the past and envision the future; and

8. It is a time for the local church to grow.

B. What a Sabbatical Is Not:

1. It is not an extended vacation;

2. It is not a step toward resignation or dismissal;

3. It is not a time to seek a new pastorate or some other ministry; and

4. It is not a time to do things that distract from the purpose of renewal.

In summary, the pastoral sabbatical is a structured program that allows the pastor (and family) to

take a leave of absence from his or her pastoral assignments for a specified period of time for

personal and spiritual renewal, after which he or she returns to the pastorate and resumes the

pastoral responsibilities.

A Tenure-Related Sabbatical is granted on the basis of tenure and is meant to be both an

incentive and an enablement for pastoral longevity. The following is the policy for the General

Church of the Nazarene as outlined in the Manual 129.10: "In order to encourage the lifelong

learning of the pastor in spiritual, emotional and educational dimensions, the church board may

consider supporting a sabbatical/study leave for the pastor during the seventh consecutive year

of service in one congregation." The sabbatical also serves as a preventative measure to help

pastors and their families avoid burn-out. It is an intentional ministry that is carefully planned by

the pastor and the Church Board, with the approval of the District Superintendent. It would be

helpful for this planning process to begin at least a year in advance of the proposed sabbatical.

Length ~ A tenure-related sabbatical should be considered when the pastor has served at least

seven consecutive years at the same church. A rule of thumb is to give two weeks of sabbatical

for each year of pastoral ministry served. Generally, a sabbatical of this nature would not exceed

three months; however, that decision would be reached by the local church.

Nature ~ Sabbaticals should emphasize rest and renewal. There should be a total disconnection

from the local church except for periodic exchange of progress reports and contact in case of

emergencies. This generally means at least part of the sabbatical would be taken at some

geographical location away from the area where the church is located. The pastor on a tenure-

related sabbatical would have complete control of his or her schedule and activities.

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Funding ~ One of the most important principles underlying the sabbatical concept is that the

local church would continue to provide the pastor and family with regular salary and benefits

during the course of the sabbatical. In the case of a tenure-related sabbatical, additional costs

such as housing, travel, and other needs can be negotiated between the pastor and the local

church board. With reference to the crisis intervention sabbatical, some emergency funds could

be made available through the district office, other local churches, or the National Board.

Interim Pastor ~ The selection of this person is extremely important to the success of the

program. In the case of the tenure-related sabbatical, the church and pastor should consider this

question in advance in consultation with the District Superintendent

Evaluation ~ At the conclusion of the sabbatical, the pastor, a designated member of the local

church board and the District Superintendent should dialogue regarding the positives and

negatives of the sabbatical experience. It would be helpful to have a written documentation of

the evaluation.

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6. Secretary of Elections

ASSEMBLY

Ballots Cast: 77 - Yes 73; No 4

District Superintendent Re-election:

Re-elected: Earl R. Wood

Ballots Cast: 79

Advisory Board: term expires 2018

Ministerial (vote for one):

Neil Allenbrand (Penticton), Melony Barber (Courtenay/Comox), Barry Goodwin (Esquimalt),

Robert Gray (Legacy), Andrew Tarrant (Hope)

Elected: Neil Allenbrand

Advisory Board: term expires 2018

Lay Member (vote for one):

Karla Pasquier (Primera), Peter Steunenberg (Legacy), Peggy Wiens (Abbotsford)

Elected: Peter Steunenberg

Board of Ministry: (vote for two ~ by plurality); two terms expire 2019

Willy Choriego (Primera), Magally Figueroa (Living Hope), Barry Goodwin (Esquimalt),

John McKnight (Nanaimo), Kathleen Smedley (Vancouver First)

Elected: John McKnight and Kathleen Smedley


DENNIS RAINKA, Chairperson, Board of Tellers

CONVENTIONS

SDMI Ballots Cast: 56

Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries Board: term expires 2018 (vote for one):

Aaron Austin (Community), David Lopez (Living Hope)

Elected: Aaron Austin

District Camp Board: (vote for two – by plurality) two terms expire 2019

Cristian Andrade (Living Hope), Aaron Austin (Community), Cristina Choriego (Primera)

Elected: Cristina Choriego

NYI Ballots Cast: 43

NYI President Re-election: Calvin Black

Re-elected Calvin Black

NYI Vice-President Re-election: Matthew Wood

Re-elected Matthew Wood

NYI Treasurer: Lara Gray

Elected: Lara Gray

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NYI Student Reps:

Youeal Abera – (Legacy) Grace Kim – (Logos Korean)

Cristian Andrade – (Living Hope) Alvin Kim – (Logos Korean)

Emmanuel Agbenoxevi – (Legacy) Madison Landers – (Victoria)

Ian Beer – (Primera) Brittany McMillan – (Legacy)

Alex Cameron – (Legacy) Susan Pasqual – (Primera)

Jordie Fooks – (Abbotsford) Ryan Stewart – (Victoria)

Matthew Huang – (Surrey Chinese) Brandon Stuppard – (Abbotsford)

Sonya Huang – (Surrey Chinese) Rigel Wagner – (Legacy)

Elected:

Youeal Abera, Cristian Andrade, Ian Beer, Alex Cameron, Matthew Huang, Grace Kim,

Madison Landers, Ryan Stewart, Brandon Stuppard and Rigel Wagner


GLENNDA BARTRAM, Chairperson, Board of Tellers

NMI Ballots Cast: 71

NMI Secretary Re-election: term expires 2018

Gail Reddicopp (Community)

Re-elected: Gail Reddicopp

NMI Treasurer Re-election: term expires 2018

Harry Schell (Legacy)

Re-elected: Harry Schell

NMI W&W Coordinator Re-election: term expires 2018

Eddie Beer (Primera)

Re-elected: Eddie Beer

NMI Council Members: (two year term) (vote for four):

Sherry Anthony (Southside) Norma Meza (Primera)

Carla Pasquier (Primera) Bobbi Outhouse (Living Hope)

Merv Black (Victoria) Anne Scarrow (Vancouver First)

Evila Castillo (Community) Shirley Schell (Legacy)

Magally Figueroa (Living Hope) Matthew Smedley (Vancouver First)

Mary Lay (Nanaimo) Barb Taggart (Penticton)

Zulma Lozano (Living Hope)

Elected: Merv Black, Magally Figueroa, Shirley Schell, Matthew Smedley


GRACIA CASTILLO, Chairperson, Board of Tellers

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V. Auxiliary Conventions

SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2014 ~ 8:45 am

SDMI, NMI and NYI CONVENTIONS

Our Conventions began with breakfast together with approximately 140 in attendance, a growing

group since beginning our combined conventions a few years ago. During the meal we

introduced a new initiative that will be implemented during the coming church year. Participants

were divided by colour into intergenerational table groups and were asked during breakfast to

create a team name. Lots of fun was had and a few intergenerational connections made during

this process. The idea is to engage in a Compassionate Ministries project over the course of the

year and report back at the next Ministry Festival or at next year’s Conventions. Facilitators will

be assigned to each group and the plan is to use the technological devices and methods at our

disposal to connect with one another across the District to complete our projects. The actual

project(s) were introduced later in the morning. This concept came out of the Ministry Festival, a

combined effort of SDMI, LAMP and NYI, held in April at the Nanaimo church.

Following breakfast each auxiliary had its own meeting in a separate part of the building to care

for financial reports and to identify their goals for the coming year. Following this time we all

came together in the Sanctuary.

District Superintendent, Earl Wood, welcomed everyone and thanked the SDMI, NMI and NYI

auxiliaries for their part in the work of the church. Each one has an elected leader and he thanked

Lorna Bartram, Don Johnson and Calvin Black for all their hard work leading these outreaches.

They do this because they believe the Lord has called them to serve in this capacity, so they do it

willingly, and the District would be seriously hindered without them and their councils.

Don Johnson has been the Nazarene Missions International leader for 12 years. He spoke about

the new global NMI Director, Lola Brickley, and he outlined her NMI history. Don’s son Noah

was introduced and Don explained how he is always on his ipod communicating with his friends.

Don encouraged everyone to use kids like Noah to bring out the talents in their youth – they can

make photos, videos, access the internet. Use them. Find ways to funnel that talent into NMI.

Our LINKS missionaries this year are the same as last year – the Armstrong and Martinez

families. Don encouraged each church to keep in contact with them and would like them to feel

support and love from our District family. This year is the 100th

anniversary of NMI and we are

still promoting the bike and a backpack project for the Jesus film. He handed out toy bikes to all

the NMI Local Presidents to help them remember to promote this ministry. Our goal is to raise

another $6,000 by the end of this year to buy another bike and a backpack. Don reminded

everyone about the importance of the World Evangelism Fund (WEF). When a church gives

5.7% of their receipts they are recognized as a World Evangelism Church of Excellence and are

to be commended. Don reviewed what some of the churches on the District gave – those who

gave more than 5.7%. The District paid its WEF over 5.7 and has been recognized as a District

of Excellence for the second year in a row. Don recognized Mission Priority One churches,

awards for which were handed out in the Missions business meeting. He closed by thanking all

the people on the District Council and his family for all their support and help.

Rev. Calvin Black has been leading Nazarene Youth International for nine years. Part of his

report highlighted Camp Squeah last year with Rev. Ryan Wood who spoke on “Created to Be”.

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It was a great week with lots of activities and discussions. Calvin spoke about the various camps

and the guest speakers and teachers and activities they engaged in. Camp this year includes

junior and senior high and young adults rather than the usual separate camps because of the

group attending NYC July 5 to 12. Teen camp is from August 28 to 31 and those eligible were

invited to attend.

“Life Between the Trees” was hosted by Legacy Church and included Youth Unlimited. Matt

Smedley of Mission Possible, challenged the teens to follow God’s call for their lives. Three

youth went to the Legacy Youth Conference sponsored by Ambrose University. It is a good

opportunity for teens to mix with those in leadership and they had a great time seeing the

leadership of those in youth ministry at Ambrose. Next week NYI heads to Louisville, KY and

this is always an amazing event where teens will be taking part in youth projects around the ,

among many other events and activities. The theme is “Thy Kingdom Come” and youth will be

challenged to see the ways God is calling them to bring God’s kingdom into their world. Calvin

asked everyone to pray for the teens and their leaders, that they would have a genuine experience

of God’s call on their lives. Hayley Tarrant is the NYC leader for our District and was also

heavily involved in the preparations for NYC at the general church level as the designer for

NYC. Calvin also praised the work of Matt Wood who has been an amazing help this past year.

Calvin Black said it is a privilege to work with teens and that they need to see our faith and our

churches having an impact in the community. We need to always seek ways to take our faith

outside the walls of our churches and bring God’s kingdom into our neighbourhoods and

communities. Youth need to be mentored by people who are living out their faith in real and

meaningful ways, so please connect them with Godly people of faith who can encourage them,

pray for them and recognize their talents, strengths and abilities and come alongside and lead

them into the mission of God. He quoted Hebrews 13:18-21 (The Message), where it says: “We

have no doubts about what we are doing or why we need your prayers . . . by means of the

sacrifice of Jesus - oh yes, yes, yes.”

Rev. Lorna Bartram, Chair of Sunday School Discipleship and Ministries International, shared

her report. She spoke of the first-ever inter-generational Ministry Festival hosted at the Nanaimo

church. This was a joint venture for LAMP, NYI and SDMI. The guest speakers were Dr. Joel

Thiessen, Associate Professor of Sociology at Ambrose and Helen Thiessen, Director of

Enrolment Management and the NYI Field Representative for Canada. She spoke about

experiences and events that build relationships and how those relationships contribute to the

development of character and a sense of God’s call on young lives. She spoke of the impact of

summer church camps on the lives of children and how it has proven to make an incredible

difference in people’s lives. She discussed how fast the world is changing and how as

individuals we are more connected than ever through technology and yet more alone because of

less actual human interaction. Lorna spoke about what SDMI is and how it is deeply rooted in

the church. She exhorted us not to get stuck on the method of ministry, but to pray and listen and

to find our own way to minister as the Lord leads. Obedience to the voice of the spirit is more

critical than anything and the Lord will open opportunities as we allow him. She ended by

reading Ephesians 4:1-16 and then introduced Dell Marie Wergeland for and NCMC report.

Dell Marie Wergeland, Director of the Nazarene Compassionate Warehouse in Victoria, asked

everyone to stand and greet the person beside them without using their hands or their face. Dell

Marie said the Kelowna church started something that is catching on all over – the third world

baby shower. It so impacted the Warehouse volunteers that the non-Christian ladies started

sharing the idea with their friends. Five Island churches are now having third world baby showers.

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NMI, Victoria First and the Bowden (Correctional) Institute in Alberta donated a Quonset 10 x

50 (a building made of corrugated metal and having a semicircular cross section) for a skill

development centre to train pastors and students in the Philippines. Each one attending has a

course in skill development. One man went into Bowden Institute and started a course with 120

inmates who held a walkathon inside the jail. 600 of 800 participated to raise over $7,000 for the

centre in the Philippines. The inmates are impacting an environment in the Philippines which is

plagued with drug trade and violence.

The Victoria Warehouse inherited a barn full of sewing notions and Crossroads Ministry (100

Huntley Street) came alongside to provide 700 beds for Liberia. A cruise line gave a number of

chairs which also went to Liberia. A doctor from Liberia flew to Victoria specifically to say

thank you for all the supplies sent there – blankets, bandages, soap, etc. Our church in Liberia is

able to provide community health assistance because of our connection.

A video was shown of earthquake relief in Nepal. We sent over 80 disaster relief kits and 200

water filters. The Lord is opening doors in Nepal. Tents, kits for families of eight, food for a

month per family were also sent. Three of those tents are being used as churches right now. Dell

Marie thanked everyone who brought supplies for the Warehouse. Because we cared and we

gave, people have been fed, not only physically but spiritually.

Dell Marie gave an update on the Canadian Food Grains Bank and how it works. Elaine

Bumstead is a world renowned expert on foods distribution and portions of her report were

shown. We are celebrating 30 years of Christian response to world hunger. NCM became

involved in 1988. The process varies from country to country depending on which ones have to

be underground. She told a story of a man from Eritrea who said the difference between living

in Eritrea and living in Canada was wondering IF he was going to eat instead of deciding WHAT

he was going to eat. In 2012 we sent 450 railway cars of food. A response to the words of Jesus

– “when I was hungry . . . if you do it to the least of these . . .” $1,000 given to the Food Grains

Bank becomes $10,000 by the time it gets matched, depending on access to program funding

from a variety of agencies. $1,200,532 in 2012 value cost us less than $300,000. She discussed

what happens in creative access countries where the rebel forces actually help guard the

distribution. She discussed the difference made by helping women start income producing

businesses. Churches are being multiplied because of these ministries and the Jesus film. In

Bangladesh 12 to 20 new churches start up every month. Christmas Catalogue giving has made

a huge difference because it has allowed us to augment the work being done.

Lorna Bartram talked about our hopes to develop a new Compassionate Ministries Project involving

the Canadian Food Grains Bank as a potential project source. This project idea was a part of our

breakfast time together and will be developed during the course of the next year.

A farmer in Ontario has designated a 78 acre field of grain specifically to sell to raise money for the

bank. It costs $500 to plant per acre, which yields 90 bushels or 7,000 loaves of bread. Information

can be obtained at http://seedsof.life. Perhaps, if the Lord leads in this direction, we will utilize the

ministry of the Food Grains Bank to engage in a unique cross-district NCM project.

We were dismissed for a short coffee break.

District Superintendent, Earl Wood, introduced the Concert of Prayer. The one thing all the

people of the world have in common and can do is pray. He pointed out the various prayer

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stations around the Sanctuary and asked people to spend the next few minutes moving from

station to station, spending a few minutes in quiet, non-directed, corporate prayer.

The District Superintendent introduced Rev. Terry Fach, Chaplain at Ambrose University. Rev.

Fach spoke on meaningful worship in our churches. Aka facilitating a conversation about the

place and meaning of excellent worship in the church. He quoted some of Psalm 78 – “we will

not hide things we have heard and known…so they will obey God’s commands”. His goal today

is to stimulate excitement about creating an attitude and environment of excellence in terms of

worship in our churches. Non-negotiables in theology and worship – what are they? What is

your greatest concern? What excites you about the future? Our background is from a free

worship tradition (no written prayers) but there are things that tether us to the Christian tradition.

In 2009 Floyd Cunningham said holiness people tread a middle path – a hybrid tradition. We are

influenced by the revivalist movement over the last 150 years. Preliminaries, sermon, invitation

to receive Christ was the order most of us have experienced. He realized over the years how

much spiritual impact the worship had on the people in his church. Very few people know much

about Christian worship, and have very little knowledge of the theology or background.

The motivation behind contemporary worship was to give innovation in worship to the churches,

but it un-tethered the church from some essentials. Contemporary worship has made worship

accessible but it has not asked people to deny themselves or what worship is fitting to give to a

triune God. Corporate worship is the pulse, or heart, of a church’s life. There is confusion

around the purposes of worship. Is it to attract more people? To save people? To feel more or

better? Is it an emotional drug? Teachers and writers are now calling for a contemporary

worship that challenges people to grow in grace and reorienting our relationship with God. Rev.

Fach hopes we can become more inclusive of people with disabilities, children, youth, and

elderly in our worship. There are essentials. Historically the Christian church has always moved

from prayer and worship to believing to living. We assume first we get our beliefs right and then

we’ll do worship. Christians were influenced by Jesus and the Gospels which did affect some of

the patterns of worship. Worship is not primarily about belief it is about what we experience in

worship that shapes the love in our hearts. What do you love more than anything else? Is it the

kingdom of God? If so, you have experienced some good worship.

Individualistic forms of worship give little growth for a lifetime experience and commitment.

We need to focus on shaping the desires of the heart over the long term.

There is a four-fold pattern for Christian worship and it is in Acts 2. As groups got bigger the

full meals shrank to the bread and wine. Look at the story of the road to Emmaus to get the full

story of the progression – it is a rich text for worship. Jesus has drawn them together because of

their faith. He asks if they’ve read the Prophets, they share bread and realize that they are in the

presence of God and they go into the world changed by that encounter. The Wesley brothers

wrote over 100 hymns just about communion. He advised us to question how we translate

corporate worship into meaningful worship and because it is important.

Rev. Fach outlined worship practices: the language we use, choosing words for worship

thoughtfully, planning with diversity and inclusion in mind. Wise is the congregation which

studies and sings the songs – they give us a voice to express our emotions in our relationship

with God. Expressing despair, grief and anxiety is where many young people live, and if we do

not have a language for that, it is one more way worship falls short. Worship includes lament

itself, as real and authentic. It is where we live and we need to lay it before God.

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We need to be intentional about what we say in order for worship to be transformational. Trust

the Holy Spirit to do what He can do. Beginnings and endings really matter. Have something

that when we hear and say words we know we are coming into the presence of the Holy God, His

wonder and grace. Support worship musicians and help them become thoughtful and sensitive in

choosing music. We need to worship well and to teach worship well. Musicians often have to

make difficult transitions in the service. He said that curation is what museum directors do –

they decide what should go where. Somebody needs to do the curation of worship.

In closing, Rev. Fach said that in Christian spirituality there is both a mysticism and asceticism.

Personal worship is coming together with Jesus himself, that’s the goal. Also the call to be

ascetical – the discipline of Christian worship. Jesus is the inventor of the asceticism – “if you

want to follow me and be my disciples, deny yourselves”. There is a way of practicing – Jesus

teaching the Lord’s Prayer for instance. Think about a way to adopt a disciplined, practiced

approach to your worship, practice it for the long haul and trust the Holy Spirit to lead you.

The District Superintendent thanked Rev. Fach and dismissed us for lunch.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON

1:30 p.m. Lunch

Rev. Lorna Bartram led us through the lunch program which included a focused time on summer

camp ministry where Cristy Choriego shared her personal experience as a camper and leader and

how those two experiences were both essential to her Christian faith. She also shared a written

reflection from Rachel Poon expressing the impact camp has had on her life and her leadership.

Rachel is a current graduate from Ambrose University. A camp offering was also taken.

Rev. Andrew Tarrant shared about the Rendezvous Program he and Hayley are involved in. The

program helps missionary kids find their way through various transitions and experiences that

are unique to their personal life experience because they were born into a missionary family.

Don Johnson introduced Pauline Chambers, a member of the Whitehorse Work & Witness team

that recently went to Haiti. She walked us through their experiences and ministry which was

greatly successful for both the givers and receivers.

Following lunch we re-convened in the sanctuary for a time of worship during which the election

results were shared and a commissioning of those elected took place as well as prayer for the

team heading to NYC in Louisville.

After an instrumental, Rev. Terry Fach led a brief worship service. He read from Psalm 95 – a

call to worship, followed by a prayer, then the singing of Your Name. There was a responsive

reading affirming our faith, the reading of Psalm 136 from the hymn books followed by a

scripture reading from Psalm 51, the singing of Lord, I Need You, a prayer of confession, the

singing of Jesus Messiah, a thanksgiving prayer and a wonderful time of shared communion.

District Superintendent, Earl Wood, thanked everyone for being here and dismissed us after

reminding us that the Sunday morning Celebration Service starts at 10:30 am.


MOIRA BANDURKA, Recording Secretary

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NMI RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2015- 2016

Mission Awareness

Create mission atmosphere/awareness/commitment by mission-focused activities (i.e.,

events, prayer, stewardship, and involvement) throughout the year.

Use the NMI theme, “To Make Christlike Disciples in the Nations (globally)” whenever

appropriate.

Strive to meet Mission Priority One Goals.

Local NMI Goals

Encourage every church that does not have an active mission society, to have its church

Board/Pastor appoint a world mission representative to promote and circulate information

regarding NMI in his or her local church.

Encourage payment of World Evangelism Fund (WEF) in full. Churches that give at least

5.7 percent, or $1,500, whichever is less, to WEF will receive the World Evangelism

Church of Excellence award. WEF giving beyond 5.5 percent invests in new world areas and

new works in the USA and Canada (please refer to NMI Handbook, p. 25).

Participate in Alabaster, Compassionate Ministries, World Mission Broadcast offerings,

Memorial Roll ($50 CND), Distinguished Service Awards ($100 CND), and Gifts for the Heart

(please refer to NMI Handbook, p. 25). Send money for the above to: Church of the Nazarene

Canada, 20 Regan Rd., Unit 9, Brampton, ON L7A 1C3. Additional order forms may be

obtained from NMI Website (www.nazarenemissions.org) or the District NMI President.

To access 2013-2017 Handbook go to Nazarene Missions International website; choose

NMI Resources; Local President’s Resources and Supplies; Handbook & Constitution;

then choose the language you want; then 2013-2017 Handbook. You may bookmark if

and/or print a copy.

MISSION PRIORITY ONE (MPO)

The achievement goals are based on the four objectives of NMI (see Guidelines that follow). A

record of a church’s participation in these four objectives should be kept throughout the year.

The District will send a report form near the end of the church year for the local NMI president

to submit the church’s participation in these objectives.

MISSION PRIORITY ONE GUIDELINES

PRAYING (NMI Handbook 2013-2017, p 9 and chapter 2, p15)

Objective: Interceding for leaders and churches and for the Holy Spirit to draw all people to Christ.

Strategy: The church prays for global missions.

Helpful Ideas:

Provide regular prayer requests to the church. Possible sources are Prayer Mobilization Line

via e-mail subscription or the NMI Website [www.nazarene.org], missionaries’ newsletters,

personal contact with missionaries, etc. Disseminate through worship folders, handouts,

pastoral prayer, announcements, church newsletters, church Websites, etc.

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Emphasize praying and fasting. Fasting can include food, time, places, favorites, etc.

Establish specific times for prayer and/or form a prayer chain/network.

Plan total church participation in World Day of Prayer, Nazarene World Week of Prayer and

prayer for the Persecuted Church, 10/40 Window, Jesus Film Harvest Partners and other

designated calls to prayer, p10.

DISCIPLING (NMI Handbook 2013-2017, p10 and chapter 3, p17)

Objective: Involving and mentoring future mission leaders, especially youth and children, to

make Christlike disciples in the nations.

Strategy: The church provides opportunities, especially for children and youth, to become

involved in the mission of the church and to respond to God’s call.

Helpful Ideas:

Disciple and mentor intentionally the next generation to become fully devoted followers of

Christ.

Plan a celebration of mission commitment for children and youth.

Encourage children and youth who sense God’s call to missionary service to contact the local

church and district mission call coordinators.

Provide global awareness with Children’s Ministries, NYI, SDMI, etc., utilizing children’s

youth missions resources.

Use resources from Mission Connection.

Plan for visiting missionaries to interact with children and youth.

Encourage children and youth to give sacrificially to missions, especially to the World

Evangelism Fund, Alabaster, and Nazarene Compassionate Ministries.

Involve everyone in Faith Promise mission events (for more information, see NMI

Handbook, chapter 4, p26).

Participate in Crisis Care Kits and School Pal-Paks projects.

Cooperate with zone/mission area and District mission projects and activities.

Enlist youth for summer ministries — local church, District, and global levels.

Participate in special missions emphases at camps, retreats, etc.

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GIVING (NMI Handbook 2013-2017, p10 and chapter 4, p23)

Objective: Devoting ourselves and our resources, especially the World Evangelism Fund, to

extend Christ’s kingdom.

Strategy: The church gives at least 5.5 percent of current income for the World Evangelism Fund.

(WEF)

Helpful Ideas:

Plan an effective Faith Promise event (for more information, NMI Handbook, chapter 4, p26).

Promote Easter and Thanksgiving offerings.

Send WEF giving weekly or monthly to Church of the Nazarene Canada, 20 Regan Rd.,

Unit 9, Brampton, ON L7A 1C3.

Explore NMI and Stewardship Websites for creative ideas, resources, and videos to motivate

giving.

EDUCATING (NMI Handbook 2013-2017 p10-11, chapter 5, p29)

Objective: Informing people of the world’s needs and enabling our church to meet those needs

in Christ.

Strategy: The church will use mission resources and participates in ministries to develop global

awareness.

Make NMI mission books/tapes/CDs available to the congregation. Report the number of

books read or heard on tape/CD.

Participate in mission service projects (such as Work & Witness and other mission trips, NCM

centres, community projects, etc.) and/or hands-on missions activities (Crisis Care Kits,

School Pal-Paks, relief shipments, missionary care packages, etc.). (For more information, go

to the NMI Website www.nminazarene.org and [email protected]).

Schedule one or more services with a mission speaker (local, zone/area, District, and/or

regional events; Faith Promise) and/or provide interaction with a missions speaker (District

teen/children’s camps, missions events, District NMI convention, missions workshops, etc.)

Use multimedia missions resources (such as Nazarene Stories DVD, Nazarene Media

Library, missions Websites, videos, Nazarene Communications Network News, etc.), and/or

utilize missions publications and communications (such as adult mission education, youth

mission education, children’s mission education, and/or International Mission Education

Journal, Mission Connection. Global Glimpses, Engage magazine, Nazarene Compassionate

Ministries magazine, Holiness Today, missionaries’ newsletters, regional newsletters, etc.)

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LOCAL CHURCH MISSION PRIORITY ONE (MPO) REQUIREMENTS

1. The church prayed for missions.

2. The church discipled and involved children and youth in local and global missions.

3. The church gave at least 5.5 percent of current income for WEF.

4. The church participated* in each of the four categories that follow:

a. NMI missions books/tapes/CDs

b. Missions service projects and/or hands-on missions activities

c. Missions speakers

d. Multimedia missions resources and/or missions publications/communications

*”Participate” is defined as involvement in one or more activities in each category.

(NMI Handbook, p. 11)

Where to Get Forms

The MPO forms (in multiple languages) may be accessed on the NMI website by typing

“Forms” in the Search window.

Mission Projects

Children’s project — Child Sponsorship ($390 CND).

Youth project — hot lunches for school children in Haiti ($500 CND).

Encourage children and youth to participate in above projects with funds to be sent to the

District NMI Treasurer by March 15.

Work & Witness Projects: It is important in terms of accountability to the church on the

local, District, and general levels that all local churches collaborate with the District

Superintendent and District NMI council in planning a Work & Witness project (please refer

to NMI Handbook, pp. 21-22).

Work & Witness Fund Policy:

When a District Work & Witness team is going on an official project (i.e., local, national, or

international), the team may apply to the District NMI council for a one-time grant toward

the project’s building costs, as follows:

1. Application for the funds shall be in writing, on an official Work & Witness team

application form with a projected cost & amount raised by team attached;

2. Application, award, and grant process to be coordinated by the current District Work &

Witness Coordinator with final approval from the District NMI Council;

3. $2,000 is the maximum grant awarded per team/per trip;

4. Consideration for an award of the grant will be given to the type of project, project

location, make up of team (i.e., pastors, youth), dollar amount the team is already

planning to give toward the project’s building costs, balance of the existing account, etc.;

5. The grant shall not be applied toward the personal expenses of any individual;

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6. Consideration for a grant will also be given to a local Canada Pacific District church for

its “hosting expenses” or building project’s costs of an official Work & Witness

team/project;

7. The District NMI council also agrees to continue to promote this Work & Witness Fund

through its meetings, conventions, correspondence, web page, etc., and to accept new

donations toward the Work & Witness Fund.

Support of Missionaries

Bolster deputation tours with the District NMI funds so that churches in the northern area are

included in one tour each year (Dawson Creek, Fort Fraser, Tupper, and Whitehorse).

Support of our adopted LINKS missionaries will be paid by the District NMI Treasurer

according to our NMI Budget. The District NMI will be receiving funds from the Canada

Pacific District Ministries Fund. (List not published due to privacy issues.)

Cash gifts for LINKS missionaries (i.e., birthdays, anniversaries) should be sent to the

Church of the Nazarene Canada, 20 Regan Rd., Unit 9, Brampton, ON L7A 1C3 at least

two months prior to the event. You will receive 10 percent giving credit for these gifts

(please refer to NMI Handbook 2013-2017, p. 25). Proper notification of the donor is sent to

the missionary.

The following minimum deputation offering scale is recommended:

Sunday morning $ 400 - $500

Sunday evening $ 250 - $350

Weeknight $ 225 - $325

Faith Promise $ 700 - no limit

District NMI Convention $ 1,000 - no limit

Deputation offering cheques are to be made payable to the Church of the Nazarene

Canada. The cheque is to be given to the missionary, who will send it to the Brampton

office on your behalf.

Annual Missions Budget

Set District NMI Budget at $8,000 to be received from Canada Pacific District Ministries.


GAIL REDDICOPP, Secretary BOBBI OUTHOUSE, Chairperson

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VI. Financial and Statistical

A. DISTRICT TREASURER’S REPORT

The financial records of the Canada Pacific District have been reviewed by Schmidt, Berg and

Company, Certified General Accountants for the year ending April 30, 2015.

The following three pages are selected excerpts taken from the Financial Statements report and

include the Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Operations and an excerpt from the

Notes to the Financial Statements regarding the various fund balances. For a complete

understanding of the District financial operations you may request the full report fomr Dustruct

Treasurer, Rev. Harry Schell at [email protected].

The financial statements, including all notes and recommendations by the Accountants, will be

reviewed and approved by the District Advisory Board.


REV. HARRY SCHELL, District Treasurer

SCHMIDT, BERG & COMPANY

CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS

REVIEW ENGAGEMENT REPORT

To the Members of Church of the Nazarene Canada Pacific District:

We have reviewed the statement of financial position of CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

CANADA PACIFIC DISTRICT as at April 30, 2015 and the statements of operations, changes

in net assets and cash flows for the year then ended. Our review was made in accordance with

Canadian generally accepted standards for review engagements and accordingly consisted

primarily of enquiry, analytical procedures and discussion related to information supplied to us

by the organization, except as explained below.

A review does not constitute an audit and consequently we do not express an audit opinion on

these financial statements.

The current year financial records for the Betel Church of the Nazarene were not made available

for our review. As a result, no revenue or expenses have been reported for this fund.

Except for the effect of adjustments, if any, which we might have determined to be necessary had

we been able to complete our review of Betel Church transactions, as described in the preceding

paragraph, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that these financial

statements are not, in all material respects, in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for

not-for-profit organizations.

Signed Schmidt Berg & Company CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS

Surrey, British Columbia

June 19, 2015

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Statement of Financial Position – (Unaudited)

Year Ended April 30, 2015 General Restricted Auxiliary Ministry

Fund Funds Funds 2015 2014

ASSETS

CURRENT

Cash - 19,696 16,566 36,262 57,040

Accounts receivable 42,005 1,834 - 43,839 30,110

GST receivable 729 - - 729 1,345

Prepaid expenses 11,420 - - 11,420 11,653

Current portion of church loans receivable - 11,796 - 11,796 18,088

Current portion of church loans receivable - 105,390 - 105,390 159,919

54,154 138,716 16,566 209,436 278,155

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1,219,446 50,627 1,270,073 1,206,553

CHURCH NOTES RECEIVABLE - 143,481 - 143,481 134,456

CHURCH LOANS RECEIVABLE - 152,000 - 152,000 107,000

- 1,514,927 50,627 1,565,554 1,448,009

$54,154 $1,653,643 $67,193 $1,774,990 $1,726,164

LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES

CURRENT

Cheques written in excess of funds on deposit 30,431 86,582 - 117,013 14,261

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 23,723 - 745 24,468 23,710

Current portion of bonds payable - 105,390 - 105,390 159,919

54,154 191,972 745 246,871 197,890

BONDS PAYABLE - 152,000 - 152,000 107,000

$54,154 $343,972 $745 $398,871 $304,890

FUND BALANCES

Internally Restricted - 1,270,442 - 1,270,442 1,287,657

Externally Restricted - 39,229 - 39,229 61,420

Externally Restricted for Auxiliary Ministries - - 66,448 66,448 72,197

- $1,309,671 $66,448 1,376,119 $1,421,274

$54,154 $1,653,643 $67,193 $1,774,990 $1,726,164

(selected excerpt from the complete Financial Review Engagement report from

Schmidt, Berg and Company, Certified General Accountants)

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Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

Year Ended April 30, 2015 General Restricted Auxiliary Ministry

Fund Funds Funds 2015 2014

REVENUE

Revenue Internally Designated - 28,000 - 28,000 27,127

Revenue Externally Designated - - - 28,264

District Budgets 174,061 43,116 23,000 240,177 234,519

Grants, Contributions and Events 5,760 33,950 44,314 84,024 77,300

Investment Income - 79,745 683 80,428 49,327

Other 420 280 19,398 20,098 84,286

$180,241 $185,091 $87,395 $452,727 $500,823

EXPENDITURES

District Events and Ministries 32,722 - 93,144 125,866 203,581

Salaries and Benefits 75,236 49,590 - 124,826 119,947

Church Growth, Planting & Leadership - 146,074 - 146,074 135,143

District Administration and Travel 36,051 16,349 - 52,400 47,978

General Assembly - - - 5,188

Benevolence - 6,150 - 6,150 25,373

Insurance 27,097 - - 27,097 24,887

Legal and Accounting 3,600 7,200 - 10,800 10,459

Interest Paid On Bonds - 5,262 - 5,262 5,278

Office Space Rental 5,535 3,690 - 9,225 7,543

$180,241 $234,315 $93,144 $507,700 $585,377

EXCESS OF REVENUES OVER EXPENSES BEFORE UNDERNOTED ITEMS - (49,224) (5,749) (54,973) (84,554)

Return of Trust Funds - Kamloops - (20,263) - (20,263) (90,234)

Unrealized Gain (loss) on Investments - 30,081 - 30,081 107,684

EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF REVENUES

OVER EXPENDITURES - $(39,406) $(5,749) $(45,155) $(67,104)

(selected excerpt from the complete Financial Review Engagement report from

Schmidt, Berg and Company, Certified General Accountants)

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Notes to Financial Statements

Year Ended April 30, 2015 (unaudited)

INTERNALLY RESTRICTED FUNDS Internally restricted funds represent funds designated by the Advisory Board to be used for particular ministries as described in Note 14 and consists of:

Opening Balance

Designated Investment

Income

Designated Fund

Income

Expenses

Excess (deficiency)

Inter-fund Transfer

Closing Balance

Property Trust Fund 1,272,231 78,673 30,081 8,862 99,892 (119,381) 1,252,742

Ministerial Care Fund 11,044 - 2,424 3,150 (726) - 10,318

Church Growth/Plant - - 99,922 219,303 (119,381) 119,381 -

Assembly /Conference Fund 4,382 - 3,000 - 3,000 - 7,382

$1,287,657 $78,673 $135,427 $231,315 $(17,215) - $1,270,442

EXTERNALLY RESTRICTED FUNDS

Externally restricted funds accounts for amounts designated by the donors for particular programs as described in Note 14 and consists of:

Opening Balance

Designated Investment

Income

Designated Fund

Income

Expenses

Excess (deficiency)

Inter-fund Transfer

Closing Balance

Kamloops Fund 52,516 1,051 - 20,263 (19,212) - 33,304

Pastoral Benevolence 8,904 21 - 3,000 (2,979) - 5,925

$61,420 $1,072 - $23,263 $(22,191) - $39,229

(selected excerpt from the complete Financial Review Engagement report from Schmidt, Berg and Company, Certified General Accountants)


REV. HARRY SCHELL, District Treasurer

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B. DISRICT NYI TREASURER’S REPORT

Balance on Hand – June 30, 2014 $1,275.98

Income

Budget Payments 5,000.00

“Life Between the Trees” 926.02

Legacy Youth Conference 379.00

Spring Retreat 1,190.50

Bank Interest 0.68

Total Income 7,496.20

Expenditures

District Convention 1,398.42

NYI Leadership Conference 1,201.30

Legacy Youth Conference 912.25

Legacy Youth Conference ~ Travel 476.25

Shared Web Ministry 350.00

Spring Retreat 1,254.59

Life Between the Trees 796.54

Total Expenses $6,389.35

Net Income 1,106.85

Balance on Hand – April 30, 2015 $2,382.83


MATT WOOD, Treasurer

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DISTRICT NMI TREASURER’S REPORT

May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015

Opening Balance $44,231

Budget

2014/15

Fund

Reductions

Actual to

date

Proposed

2015/2016

INCOME

Deputation Offerings - - -

Church Allocations 8,000 8,000 8,000

Investment / Bank Interest 500 672 500

Other Receipts - -

Total $8,500 $8,672 $8,500

EXPENDITURES

District Council Expense

President 500 500 500

Secretary 50 50 50

Treasurer 50 50 50

Office Supplies 50 112 50

District Convention 1,500 1,727 1,500

District Web Page 350 350 350

Missionary and General

IDEA Fund - - -

General Convention Delegates 3,000 3,000

General Council Rep 100 100

LINKS – Missionaries 800 800 800

Missionary Christmas 600 600 600

Missionary Tour Travel 2,500 2,572 2,500

President’s Seminar - - -

Work & Witness Grants 11,000 3,000

Youth/Junior

Child Sponsorship 390 390 390

Haiti Hot Lunches 500 500 500

Total Expenditures $10,490 $11,000 $7,651 $13,390

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NMI CLOSING BALANCES

Main Bank Account $1,620

Membership Shares 109

Term Deposits 32,527

Accounts Receivable

Accounts Payable

Total $34,256

NMI FUND BALANCES TO

APRIL 30, 2015

IDEA Fund $ 350

District NMI 15,771

General Council -

General Convention 5,471

President’s Seminar

Work & Witness 15,126

Total $34,256


REV. HARRY SCHELL, Treasurer

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D. DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL AND DISCIPLESHIP

MINISTRIES 2014 - 2015

TREASURER’S REPORT

Income Actuals

2014- 2015

District Budget Allocation 10,000

LAMP Program Receipts 1,116.23

Donations 9,345.00

Investment Income 6.90

Ladies Retreat Income 6,428.71

General Camp Donations 5,962.42

Ministry Festival 1,780.00

Other Camp Income 107.60

Camp Registrations 30,101.00

Other Camp Income 2,284.97

Total Income $67,132.83

Expenditures

SDMI General Expense 466.46

LAMP Program 4,447.19

Ladies Retreat 7,532.57

Camp Expenses 45,810.55

Office Costs 2,332.55

Bank Charges 229.18

District Assembly 3,081.35

Meeting Costs 128.35

Total Expenditures $64,028.20


REV. HARRY SCHELL, Treasurer

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45 15 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 60Betel Iglesia Hispana4 25 0 10Rev. David Maldonado

22 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21Chilliwack5 30 0 0Rev. Graham R. McMahon

45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45Community6 38 0 16Rev. Aaron M. Austin

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52 1 0 0 1 6 0 5 1 47Cowichan Valley*8 50 0 18Rev. Robert Wayne Lee

39 8 0 8 0 3 0 0 3 44Esquimalt9 62 0 3Rev. Barry S. Goodwin

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12 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 12Holy Trinity13 7 0 5Rev. Tekeste W. Genzebu

40 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 41Hope14 17 0 0Rev. Andrew M. Tarrant

64 8 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 70Kelowna15 53 0 32Rev. R. Wayne Siewert

314 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 312Legacy Church*16 128 0 90Rev. Robert Gray

46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46Lighthouse Christian Fellowship17 37 0 25Rev. Brandon C. Linse

46 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 41Living Hope18 43 0 8Mr. Desmond E Cook

Mrs. Eileen B. Cook

28 4 0 4 0 4 0 2 2 28Logos Korean19 32 0 18Rev. Sung Mun Kim

25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25Maple Ridge20 0 0 0

83 4 0 4 0 10 0 0 10 77Nanaimo*21 85 0 18Dr. Gary P. Nawrocki

49 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 52Northern Lights Christian Fellowship22 19 0 25Rev. Lorraine R. Mickelson

131 12 0 10 2 13 2 1 10 130Penticton23 169 0 32Rev. Neil Allenbrand

47 0 0 0 0 9 0 3 6 38Primera Iglesia Hispana24 45 0 8Rev. Willy R. Choriego

48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48Prince George25 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Richmond26 0 0 0

34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34Royal View27 0 0 0

53 3 0 2 1 7 0 0 7 49Southside Community28 41 0 12Rev. David J. Zvonar

34 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 30Surrey Chinese29 23 0 9Pastor Jennifer Huang

22 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21Tupper30 13 0 2Rev. Ruth Czerniak

113 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 113Vancouver First31 88 0 36Rev. Kathleen Smedley

278 15 0 12 3 8 0 6 2 285Victoria First32 297 0 0Rev. Gary M. Bennett

29 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 27Whitehorse*33 54 0 0Rev. Norayr "Norman" Hajian

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Betel Iglesia Hispana4 8 0 12 8 25 12 45 20 0 8 8 0 0 25 0

Chilliwack5 36 36 0 0 26 26 62 62 34 31 0 0 0 0 0

Community6 18 17 10 2 42 10 70 29 20 10 33 0 4 29 0

Courtenay/Comox7 1 1 4 2 25 18 30 21 0 10 0 0 0 0 0

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Esquimalt9 25 13 4 1 100 48 129 62 25 10 0 0 5 20 10

Farmington10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fort Fraser Community11 0 0 1 1 11 11 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fraser Valley Korean12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Holy Trinity13 6 1 1 1 16 5 23 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 0

Hope14 9 9 1 1 14 14 24 24 9 0 0 0 0 24 0

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Legacy Church*16 45 29 20 5 80 80 145 114 29 70 60 0 15 129 0

Lighthouse Christian Fellowship17 6 8 3 8 12 21 21 37 21 12 0 0 0 0 0

Living Hope18 22 11 7 5 91 64 120 80 11 14 0 0 10 46 35

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Maple Ridge20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nanaimo*21 22 5 7 5 132 20 161 30 12 22 0 0 9 43 20

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Vancouver First31 21 20 13 10 118 42 152 72 35 37 0 0 11 8 0

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Abbotsford1 238,692 14,823 5,531 0 20,354 0 20,574 1,250 21,824 9,144 0 9,144

Agape2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All Nations3 8,881 459 356 0 815 0 750 0 750 334 0 334

Betel Iglesia Hispana4 20,385 1,121 0 0 1,121 0 1,834 0 1,834 815 0 815

Chilliwack5 21,679 1,130 0 0 1,130 0 1,850 0 1,850 822 0 822

Community6 59,078 3,529 2,016 0 5,545 0 5,880 0 5,880 2,683 0 2,683

Courtenay/Comox7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cowichan Valley*8 87,302 3,037 2,150 0 5,187 0 4,977 100 5,077 2,213 0 2,213

Esquimalt9 138,125 6,297 2,323 0 8,620 0 10,304 0 10,304 4,580 0 4,580

Farmington10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fort Fraser Community11 30,095 1,251 825 0 2,076 0 1,781 0 1,781 939 0 939

Fraser Valley Korean12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Holy Trinity13 4,091 0 0 0 0 0 350 0 350 0 0 0

Hope14 17,880 1,274 0 0 1,274 0 2,085 0 2,085 927 0 927

Kelowna15 116,762 3,797 3,141 531 7,469 0 6,235 0 6,235 2,723 0 2,723

Legacy Church*16 438,551 19,142 2,045 100 21,287 1,524 21,243 716 21,959 9,441 0 9,441

Lighthouse Christian Fellowship17 65,961 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 3,700 100 3,800 800 0 800

Living Hope18 57,700 2,797 3,818 0 6,615 0 4,596 0 4,596 2,043 0 2,043

Logos Korean19 50,400 50 50 0 100 0 400 0 400 0 200 200

Maple Ridge20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nanaimo*21 165,566 12,925 5,027 0 17,952 0 13,372 1,935 15,307 5,943 0 5,943

Northern Lights Christian Fellowship22 45,034 2,366 400 0 2,766 0 3,873 0 3,873 1,721 0 1,721

Penticton23 368,808 19,867 17,463 0 37,330 7,634 27,186 4,259 31,445 12,232 0 12,232

Primera Iglesia Hispana24 71,710 2,764 2,186 0 4,950 0 5,950 1,000 6,950 2,650 0 2,650

Prince George25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Richmond26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Royal View27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Southside Community28 88,209 2,248 752 0 3,000 0 3,976 0 3,976 1,444 0 1,444

Surrey Chinese29 45,975 999 450 0 1,449 0 1,634 150 1,784 726 0 726

Tupper30 28,107 511 100 0 611 0 600 0 600 0 0 0

Vancouver First31 217,876 9,695 16,351 0 26,046 0 15,864 0 15,864 7,051 100 7,151

Victoria First32 547,161 69,764 13,558 0 83,322 6,103 44,103 12,832 56,935 22,375 100 22,475

Whitehorse*33 135,848 7,658 23,049 0 30,707 0 9,553 0 9,553 4,246 0 4,246

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187,659 40,019 3,886 (5,185) 38,720 2,448 11,255 (7,035) 4,220 7,981 (70) 7,911 Increase / (Decrease)

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Abbotsford1 1,375 270 143,809 22,140 0 83,026 250,620 301,942 2,000,000 0 Yes

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All Nations3 1,611 0 0 8,150 540 540 10,841 12,740 154,000 0 Yes

Betel Iglesia Hispana4 0 0 24,000 0 0 0 24,000 27,770 0 0 Yes

Chilliwack5 590 0 52,233 1,276 1,915 22,411 78,425 82,227 307,000 0 Yes

Community6 0 4,773 24,940 2,738 630 27,498 60,579 74,687 965,000 0 Yes

Courtenay/Comox7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yes

Cowichan Valley*8 0 0 23,562 21,145 1,224 3,160 49,091 61,568 413,600 0 Yes

Esquimalt9 8,951 0 36,000 24,076 2,863 13,386 85,276 108,780 650,000 0 Yes

Farmington10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 No

Fort Fraser Community11 0 0 0 0 1,499 871 2,370 7,166 133,100 0 Yes

Fraser Valley Korean12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 No

Holy Trinity13 0 0 1,800 0 0 0 1,800 2,150 0 0 Yes

Hope14 0 0 26,832 9,055 2,957 1,362 40,206 44,492 0 0 Yes

Kelowna15 4,070 0 37,840 14,907 0 18,293 75,110 91,537 1,382,000 0 Yes

Legacy Church*16 27,840 56,471 73,390 32,639 12,301 121,231 323,872 378,083 4,807,000 674,334 Yes

Lighthouse Christian Fellowship17 12,520 0 22,810 7,321 1,669 17,020 61,340 66,940 300,000 0 No

Living Hope18 0 0 30,000 0 0 21,435 51,435 64,689 700,689 0 Yes

Logos Korean19 9,000 0 30,800 6,000 300 3,600 49,700 50,400 0 0 Yes

Maple Ridge20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 No

Nanaimo*21 55,476 35,241 21,622 22,689 427 28,230 163,685 202,887 1,500,000 256,000 Yes

Northern Lights Christian Fellowship22 275 6,757 13,090 0 635 0 20,757 29,117 490,000 41,109 Yes

Penticton23 7,634 0 99,174 71,453 8,440 73,251 259,952 348,593 2,510,000 0 Yes

Primera Iglesia Hispana24 5,550 0 22,302 4,520 2,950 12,468 47,790 62,340 0 0 Yes

Prince George25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 No

Richmond26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 No

Royal View27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 No

Southside Community28 16,637 0 18,578 12,421 0 16,125 63,761 72,181 1,500,000 288,886 No

Surrey Chinese29 0 0 29,700 400 4,150 15,001 49,251 53,210 0 0 No

Tupper30 4,114 0 0 10,683 0 7,489 22,286 23,497 70,000 0 No

Vancouver First31 498,000 9,651 78,583 1,460 2,520 33,153 623,367 672,428 5,977,198 442,035 Yes

Victoria First32 78,658 0 169,391 10,856 15,404 45,233 319,542 488,377 2,621,900 0 Yes

Whitehorse*33 8,256 0 61,200 0 0 38,761 108,217 152,723 864,540 0 Yes

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336,927 97,975 1,001,014 387,727 69,714 547,214 2,440,571 3,024,523 24,400,438 1,036,778

403,630 15,188 40,642 (103,798) (9,290) 56,330 402,702 456,001 2,945,589 665,586

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