Recent Activities - Heritage Nazarene Church

Heritage Nazarene Church • Summer 2015 vol.3 no. 1
Circleville & Waverly, Ohio • 740-474-7350 • heritagenaz.org • 2264 Walnut Creek Pike, Circleville, OH 43113
Pastor Sean Hampton, who joined
our ministerial staff in January is
excited to head up our church’s
Mission Fulfillment Ministry. Pastor
Sean explained that he and those of
this department work to link together
God’s local people to fulfill needs
around the corner and around the
globe by working within the existing
structures of the church.
Go Campus – involves areas of
The fulfillment initiative is referred
to as “GO” and has three components.
Go Global – is concerned with the
Pastor Sean is looking forward the
first four Sundays of August when the
whole church will again participate
in the Go Month service to our
community.
Go Community – encompasses
You can find Pastor Sean on Sunday
mornings in the main church foyer
at the Mission Fulfillment area on
the south side (left) of the exit doors.
Stop by and get acquainted with
Pastor Sean and let him encourage
you to discover how God can use you
to serve through this local body.
needs outside of our community.
This includes, but is by no means
limited to, our missions endeavor
with Nazarene Missions International
and the church in Botswana.
local areas of ministry outside of
the church campus. Our nursing
home ministry and involvement
with Elizabeth’s Hope Pregnancy
Resources are included here.
service opportunities on the church
campus, such as serving in children’s
ministry, singing in the choir,
coaching Upward teams, grounds
maintenance and many more.
An recent Go Community project
involved meeting needs at Elizabeth’s
Hope with outside concrete work and
walls to divide existing rooms.
Recent Activities
Ashton Dupler is now serving
as Missions representative to
X-Factor Youth Ministries and
Kidzville Ministries.
We were able to train 5 new
people to serve during Tragedy
Into Triumph this year.
We now have a “GO” Mission
Ministry area in the lobby where
people can find information
to help them discover where
and how they can be the hands
and feet of Jesus. Resources
and guidance will inform their
discovery and provide them tools
as they look to serve on campus,
in our community, or around the
world.
We formed a Summer interest
Group which will meet
weekly alternating between
service projects and Bible
study-fellowship.
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Children’s Quizzing
Upward Sunday
We studied the book of Exodus this
year as we met weekly for lessons,
review, and games. Each quizzer was
responsible for learning 20 different
Bible verses (and retaining them!) and
doing weekly homework assignments.
So proud of these guys! Ohio
Christian University men’s basketball
team, after traveling all night from
Tennessee, showed up on Upward
Sunday and flat out made hundreds of
our childrens’ day!
We had two Blue Level teams who
competed as teams, and had three
Red Level quizzers who were scored
individually. Of the 13 quizzers,
one blue level and three Red Level
quizzers were new to quizzing.
Circleville Zone Quiz was held at
Pickerington. Blue-1 placed first in our
division and second overall out of 19
teams, missing tying first place by only
one point. Blue-2 placed third.
Noah Hamilton,
Madison Burris, and
Trent Boyer
The South Central Ohio District Quiz
was held at our church and Blue-1
placed third out of 20 teams and
Blue-2 eleventh. Rowen Lloyd was
recognized for having a perfect day,
missing no questions.
12 qualified for the Regional Quiz at
Mt. Vernon Nazarene University. Our
teams did not place but we did have
three quizzers with perfect rounds,
and one quizzer who only missed one
question!!!
Coach Sarah Hamilton reminds us
they start a new Quiz season in August
studying Joshua, Judges, and Ruth!
She hopes to see many new faces join
our quiz team next year!!!
Thanks Coach Tony Stockman for
all you are doing to build these young
men into champions on and off the
court.
Pine Car Derby
Caravan
Both Waverly & Circleville
completed their Caravan year
in May with 125 children
learning about scouting,
Jesus, and the Church of the
Nazarene. Many disciples
serve these children weekly
during the school year in
crafts, projects, classes, and
earning badges and ranks.
L-R Front: Sierra Burris, Blake Boyer,
Aubrey Christensen.
Middle: Adeline Christensen,
Hope Hoffman, Aidan Hamilton.
Back: Scott Boyer, Sara Hamilton,
Laurie O’Hara (District Quiz Dir.)
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Awards
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Connections & Communications
Update
One of the 8 new groups formed
during the marriage sermon series,
reached out to a couple in their
neighborhood who started coming
to the group and now attends
church here, regularly!
Scott, Lauren, Ashton, Deana, and Grant Dupler
Getting to Know:
DEANA DUPLER
I am one of a group of people who
work in Adult Ministries with Pastor
Jason and in Children’s Ministries
with Pastor David. We greet families
and help them use the computers to
check-in their children each Sunday.
I love helping new families get
connected to our church! It is a
privilege to get to know them and
their kids. We are blessed to be part
of a church that has small groups and
programs that can help people of all
ages grow in their walk with the Lord.
One of our main goals is to connect
with people so they feel part of the
Heritage family. God has given us
this big beautiful space to hold our
growing church. As we grow, we
want new people to feel a part of
our family: family members know
one another’s names; a family is
where you feel loved and feel like you
belong.
Each person who attends Heritage
regularly plays a huge role in this.
We all need to be looking around us
and getting to know people. We are
living examples to them of the love
Christ has for them. It is in the context
of that love, that people can start
trusting Christ. Look for someone you
don’t know and introduce yourself.
Greet them each week by name. If
you forget their name, just ask again;
most people don’t mind. As greeters,
we have to do it often. If they are
new or not in a group, invite them
to your small group or take them to
the foyer where Pastor Jason and our
team can help them get connected.
We are always looking for people
who have a heart to greet and see
people get connected. If this is your
passion, see me or Pastor Jason in the
Group Life Ministry area in the foyer.
We are also looking for people who
love to work with computers. We have
a team who gets our computers up
and running each Sunday and helps
troubleshoot when problems arise.
See me or Pastor David Tripp for
details.
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Sunday Morning leadership team:
Guest Services area led by Jayme
Holbrook, Community Café led by
Jack Hook, Group Life area led by
Dale Herron, and First Impression
teams led by Deana Dupler
Recently we started monthly
Discover Heritage NAZ gatherings.
This is an opportunity for people
new to the church to get a
snapshot of the church and ask
any questions they have about the
church.
Summer interest groups were
formed by a variety of people
using their interests, skills, and
hobbies to get together with
others over the summer months
for golf, hiking, running, fitness,
and community service projects.
We started PARENT TALK where
parents can gather together on
the last Sunday night of each
month. Besides fellowship and
encouragement there will be
discussion topics of interest to
parents. The current topic will be
in the Sunday bulletin two weeks
before.
Amanda Blankenship oversees
communications with Tom Sipes
assisting with publications &
graphics and Jim Esteph assisting
with soial media.
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New Hope Christian Academy
Receives STEM-Designation Equivalency
How does STEM differ from traditional educational approaches?
New Hope Christian Academy has
been granted formal STEM-designation equivalency for grades 6-12 in
the state of Ohio by the Ohio STEM
Subcommittee.
On May 21, 2015, the Subcommittee reviewed 9 applications for
STEM designation or equivalency and
approved 5 of those schools, including
NHCA.
During its review before the Subcommittee, New Hope was praised
as a “trailblazer” for STEM education
in nonpublic schools. NHCA is the
first nonpublic school in the state of
Ohio to receive this honor. In previous years, only public schools could
be considered for the designation.
With the help of Rep. Gary Scherer,
previous New Hope administrator Mr.
Michael Fluhart worked to pass House
Bill 362, which passed in 2014 and
allows the STEM-designation equivalency for nonpublic and community
schools. Dr. Frank Martin, current Administrator/Head of School purports
“through Mike’s leadership coupled
with the assistance of Rep. Gary
Scherer, New Hope is established as
a STEM school equivalent--now is the
time to build on that firm foundation.”
What is STEM?
STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics,
but it is more than an acronym. While
originally designed to encourage
students to pursue careers in these
areas, STEM education has evolved
into a unique approach to teaching
and learning that fosters creativity and
innovative thinking in all students.
STEM education is a direct response
to the realization that Ohio’s future
will be built on its capacity for innovation, invention and creative problem solving. This education produces
exactly the kind of thinkers, innovators and problem solvers our world
demands.
while allowing it to capitalize on the
uniqueness of its goal to train principled leaders and continue to emphasize the importance of the arts. NHCA
has adopted an L-STEAM (Leadership-Science, Technology, Engineering,
Arts, Math) focus for all grade levels.
According to Head of School, Dr. Frank
L. Martin III, “New Hope is poised to
strategically provide Circleville and
Pickaway County, as well as the state
and nation, principled leaders who
are true statesmen - men and women,
boys and girls who are young people
of integrity and wisdom who have
the courage and commitment to be
disciples of Christ making a difference
throughout the world.”
STEM schools are centers of creativity and innovation that provide
challenging, student-centered, inquiry-based educational experiences that
are cross-disciplinary in nature and
relevant to the real world. Unlike traditional school experiences in which
different subject areas are treated as
STEM designation brings the acadseparate “silos,” STEM
emy into an elite group
education emphasizes
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statewide Ohio STEM Learning Netperformance and focuses instead on
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developing higher-level thinking skills.
network.
What is STEM like at NHCA?
Our school utilizes STEM principles
in all grades levels, beginning in kindergarten. Plans are also in place to
expand the highly successful robotics
program into the 5-year old preschool
classes for the 2015-16 school year.
The transition of designation from
nonpublic school to STEM-equivalent
school places the Academy on par
with similar STEM schools across Ohio,
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“As a core member of STEMx, OSLN
is a major part in a grassroots, onthe-ground movement of state STEM
organizations with foundations in real-world instruction both in and out of
classrooms, and partnerships among
education, business, government and
community-based stakeholders,” said
Dustin Pyles, director of operations,
OSLN.
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STEM: Continued from page 4
Youth in Government
New Hope Christian Academy’s
unique position as the only nonpublic
school in the state of Ohio to earn
its STEM-designation equivalency
is a tribute to the hard work of the
students, teachers, administration,
and school board. NHCA plans to become a demonstration site for other
nonpublic schools interested in STEM
education.
9th graders Cade Gremillion & Darren
Buskirk and 10th graders Alexis Miller
& Sarah Taylor attended the threeday Ohio YMCA Youth in Government
State Assembly.
The Academy, which welcomed its
first group of ninth grade students
in August 2013 (and continues to
add one grade level per year), has
grown to include formal and informal partnerships with various local
businesses, non-profit organizations,
and higher education institutions. Dr.
Martin states, “these local partnerships will be the cornerstone of our
Capstone Course we are developing
for our future seniors - the Class of
2017.”
NHCA is now enrolling for kindergarten-11th grade. Feel free to call to
schedule a tour. To learn more about
NHCA, visit nhchristianacademy.org.
Robotics
This government simulation allows
students the chance to create bills,
debate, and vote on laws created
by their peers. These were great
representatives of NHCA Statesmen
and Pickaway County.
Science & Technology
Leader
Logan Hicks, NHCA
sophomore, was
chosen to attend
the Congress of
Future Science and
Technology Leaders
in Boston, MA in
June. Congratulations
on your hard work,
Logan!
Final Four
NHCA inducted its first
National Honor Society members.
From a pile of LEGOs emerges a
robot that acts
using sonar
sensing. It was
built as part
of their class
work by Aaron
Sponseller and
Sam Kelly.
The Lady Statesmen
basketball team, of
mostly sophomores with
a few freshmen, played
with skill, heart and
determination against
much larger schools with
teams of juniors and
seniors and yet made it
to the State Final Four.
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Our ministry staff members help in
NHCA’s chapel programs. Here Pastor
Jason Stone gets a lot of feedback during
a worship experience.
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LIGHT IN DARKNESS
Light in Darkness Ministry is
designed to deliver the good news of
Jesus’ redemptive power to women
who work in strip clubs and face a
variety of issues such as prostitution,
addiction, sex trafficking, abuse,
depression, and a variety of mental
health issues.
If you care to participate, please
contact Pastor Sean Hampton to let
him know that you would like to be
a part of the prayer team. You will
receive regular emails concerning
prayer needs. There are prayer boxes
in the dressing rooms of the clubs, and
the ladies are giving the team their
requests. This is an effective way to be
involved in vital kingdom work and to
make a difference in Jesus’ name.
Light in Darkness ministry was
launched this past year under the
auspices of Dr. Carolyn Knight who is
affiliated with One Missionary Society.
She came for a weekend to Heritage
Nazarene and provided training
and a training packet entitled “It’s
a Conversation Not a Presentation”.
The guiding verse for this ministry is
Isaiah 58:12 “Some of you will rebuild
The ministry is organized with
engaged and enthusiastic teams
of prayer warriors, project team
members, and finally team members
who visit the clubs. The Heritage
team members take the time to build
relationships; a critical and essential
role of relationship building is to make
connections which allows for “God
Moments” and pouring the love of
Jesus into the lives of these ladies.
Another critical piece in the ministry
is the projects team who provides
supplies for treat bags. This has been
an invaluable tool in providing tangible
evidence of our desire to care for
these precious souls. The grocery bags
with meals inside and essentials such
as diapers and wipes have been well
received and have opened doors of
ministry. Many of these young women
are alone and have no one who cares
for them, so this is another means of
being Jesus to them. The appreciation
that they express has been deeply
moving and has forged a bridge of
trust and genuine care and Godly
concern. Again, if you would care to
help in this area, please contact Pastor
Hampton at the church office. Your
teaming with this ministry makes the
difference.
Perhaps the most critical element
in the Light in Darkness ministry is
the prayer team. A covering of prayer
is absolutely critical to the success
of the ministry. John Bunyan aptly
conveyed the power of prayer when
he said, “Prayer is a shield to the
soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge
for Satan.” Dr. Knight stressed in the
training session that prayer is the key
and was of the upmost importance.
So if there is any encouragement
in Christ, any comfort from love, any
participation in the Spirit, any affection
and sympathy, complete my joy by being
of the same mind, having the same love,
being in full accord and of one mind. Do
nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in
humility count others more significant
than yourselves. Let each of you look not
only to his own interests, but also to the
interests of others. Have this mind among
yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
the deserted ruins of your cities. Then you
will be known as the rebuilder of walls and
restorer of homes.”
… Philippians 2 :1-5
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W H A T
MEET DR. JOE BROWN
Dr. Brown and his lovely wife, Carol,
of 50 years have assumed the mantle
of Heritage Nazarene Senior Adult
Ministries pastor. They have 2 sons,
Craig and Jonathan and a daughter,
Sarah and have been blessed with 7
grandchildren.
Dr. Brown began his college career
in engineering, but he received a
dramatic call to minister in
his 3rd year of college. He
was eventually ordained in
1972. By way of educational background, he received
a BA from the University
of Evansville in math and
physics and a BA from
Hobe Sound Bible College
in Biblical literature. Dr.
Brown then pursued a Master’s in Education from University of
Cincinnati in curriculum instruction in
math. Then, he earned his MDiv from
Cincinnati Christian Seminary and his
DMin from Nazarene Theological Seminary in 1985. He has pastored and
taught extensively in Indiana, Colorado, and Ohio. Interestingly enough,
he taught at God’s Bible School and
was academic dean there as well. He
was also academic dean at Vennard
College, was Eastern Kentucky District
director of Nazarene Bible College Extension and Pastoring, and eventually
came to Ohio Christian University in
2000 as academic dean where he has
remained until his recent retirement.
As a matter of fact, he still
teaches some classes at
OCU in the religion department.
Dr. Brown defines the
Heritage Nazarene Senior
Adult Ministries as targeting
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those persons who are age 55 and up.
He is keenly aware that in such a wide
age range that there are various needs
and activity levels. However, Dr.
Brown deeply desires that all Senior
Adults be engaged in outreach ministry in whatever capacity possible as a
healthy church is a multigenerational
church. As a part of that component,
he firmly believes that this group of
Senior Adults in the church should be
anchors in prayer. Dr. Brown
clearly articulated that prayer
is an absolutely essential
dynamic in the continued
effectiveness and ministry of
a dynamic group of disciples
in the church ministering to
the glory of God.
When asked about some
of his ministry philosophy
and vision, Dr. Brown stated
that he understood there was a clear
need for a fellowship component but
that there must also be a balanced
focus directed to spiritual formation
as well. In fact, Dr. Brown launched
a vesper series exploring the issue of
“Your Purpose in Life” in May specifically for senior adults. In addition,
Dr. Brown has been busy researching
ideas and material for his area of
ministry. He has been consulting with
Marshall Duke, a good personal friend
and director of Nazarene Prime Time
Ministries.
Most importantly, Dr. Joe Brown has
a shepherd’s heart and deeply desires
to minister. Heritage Nazarene is blessed to have Dr. Joe
and his wife, Carol as a part of
the team. By the way, if you
want to wish them a Happy
Anniversary, please do so on
July 31.
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X-Factor Updates
Open gym basketball night gave
youth pastor, Dave, the opportunity
to lead a college student to Jesus and
send him home with a Bible.
HS students are spending time serving in Kidzville during first and second
worship services.
God continues to move in our student ministry. We had 23 HS seniors
graduate this year (22 from Circleville
campus; 1 from Waverly campus). To
say we are losing a few good leaders
is an understatement. Pastor Dave
is excited about those who will be
stepping up in the youth group to help
take the lead.
We are gearing up for three mission
trips this summer. Our MS students
will go to Logan, OH to attend INFLUENCE 2015 in June. In July we will be
working with the East Liverpool, OH
Nazarene youth group in community
service projects there.
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Annual Update
Senior Pastor, Wendell Brown
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Ministry HQ
New members
This has been year of sowing great
seeds because we are expecting to
reap a harvest. Yes, the church has
grown and is going into new areas in
Waverly, Ohio and Bokaa, Botswana,
but the passion, mission and personality of the church established in 1929
hasn’t changed—it has only been furthered along the years through you.
Our mission to glorify God by making Christ-like disciples is not just a
statement on the wall—this is us. We
believe God wants every person to begin their walk with Him by asking Him
into their hearts and being cleansed
from sin, to grow spiritually in their
relationship with God and to be holy
like He is. We believe and teach that
every person becoming a disciple of
God should know the Word of God,
commit to know and deeply love
their brothers and sisters, and should
serve God by being His hands and
feet enough so that we want to show
and tell others about His great love.
This has been our church and is our
church; we make disciples. We simply
want people organically to know Jesus
whether they end up coming to our
church or not.
God surprised us with a new office
complex–now our headquarters
694
Total members Q
8.5%
Membership increase
2.3%
Avg membership increase per year for
the last 85 years
27
People Baptized
850
Average worship attendance Q
Q New record for our church
69th
Largest Nazarene church world-wide
304
People gave their hearts to Jesus Christ
because of our church, including 100 in
Bokaa, Botswana
3/11
New/Total locally licensed ministers
320
Enrolled in New Hope Christian
Academy/Early Learning Center
TOP 35%
Of all American Christian Schools
Waverly
We opened another campus in Pike
County
Bokaa
We helped open a church in Botswana
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PARS
A partnership in which the
community, through Pickaway Area
Recovery Services (PARS), is helping
us financially to make a difference in
helping others.
GO Pastor
The PARS partnership enabled us to
hire a leader to take our mission to
the whole world as we us use our
skills and abilities to glorify God
PrimeTime
We added a pastor to ensure we
preserve our heritage so the message
of heart holiness in our church never
dies.
Broadcast
Many people in town repeatedly tell
me they watch our broadcast on TV.
We don’t know the full extent of TV or
our YouTube ministries.
85
People were helped through our Mercy Fund
205
People outside the church were
helped through the Food Pantry,
school supplies, Elsea Ministry,
monthly food support, furnishings,
electric bills, etc.
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21,000 Sq Ft
We opened our new addition
We look forward to:
• Children accepting Christ in the new
gymnasium where Children’s Church
meets
• Children finding Jesus through
Upward Sports
• People making new friends, visiting,
and sharing what God is doing over a
cup of coffee in our Community Café
• More adult classes and groups
• Moms and dads worshipping
without distraction using our new
nursery
• High school and middle school teens
worshipping together and using both
our gyms
• More students coming to New
Hope’s expanded high school,
elementary, and pre-K
• Establishing an on-site Christian
Counselor’s office to benefit our
church and community
• Reaching people outside our church
through updated and expanded
audio/video ministries
• Expecting the investments of the
last years to reap a harvest
$1,000,000
Cash capital received between the
church and school over the last 2 years
33%
Of the capital was raised by NHCA/ELC
328
Different people participated to raise
that capital
$1.4M
Pledge campaign to be finished over
the next two years
. . NEXT
Where we are headed is very important! The greater days ahead are
the ability to minister to more people
to see others know Christ, and to let
God direct us to be part of someone
else’s story of redemption.
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“Let us not become weary in doing
good, for at the proper time we will
reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
(Gal 6:9)
Respectfully submitted,
Wendell Brown, Senior Pastor.
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Phase-2 Grand Opening and Dedication
April 26th New Hope and Heritage families gathered to celebrate the grand opening and dedication of our
new addition and pray that God continues to bless our future students and guide us as we grow.
The first NHCA graduating class of 2017 gathered in front while three of them led us in prayer and sang the
national anthem. Dr. Martin, Pastor Wendell, Mr. Coyan, capital campaign boards, general contractor, and
other community partners and leaders joined the beautiful dedication! Heritage Nazarene Front Line praise
team members concluded with The Doxology.
L-R: Rev. Wendell Brown, Sr. Pastor; Mrs. Miriam Hobble, daughter of our church’s
first pastor; and Mr. Richard Coyan, Executive Director