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Faith Promise 2021

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March 7 is Missions Sunday at Trinity. We are privileged to have missionaries Lindell and Kay Browning with us. They recently retired after serving in the Middle East since 1979, but their ministry isn't over yet! They have studied Arabic in Amman, Jordan and lived in Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem. They currently live in Anderson, Indiana.

We will also be asking for your support for Missions for the coming church year. Please pray about how you can join Jesus in his work around the world through Nazarene missions.

Browning Biography:

Lindell and Kay Browning have served in the Middle East since 1979.   They have recently moved back to the USA and until Jan. 1, 2015 served as Field Strategy Coordinator of the Eastern Mediterranean field and make frequent trips back.  The have studied Arabic in Amman, Jordan and lived in Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem.
Lindell as the Field Strategy Coordinator for the Eastern Mediterranean oversaw the ministry in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Turkey and some Creative Access countries.    Kay was the administrative assistant, financial manager for the Field Office and also taught English as a Second Language.

They are both graduates of Olivet Nazarene University.  Lindell graduated from Nazarene Theological Seminary with a M.Div. and Kay received her MA from Bethany Nazarene College (now Southern Nazarene University.).   Olivet Nazarene University conferred both with honorary doctorates in May 2014. 

They have raised four children in the Middle East and now have ten grandchildren.


2020-2021 Missionary Reading Books

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The Missionary Reading books are now available to borrow. Each short, east-to-read book tells us about the work of the church in an area of ministry that you may never experience. This years books are:
The Road Back: Hope, Help & Healing for Survivors of Human Trafficking, by Dr. David and Lisa Frisbie
To the Shelter: Middle East Stories of Finding Strength, Courage, and Hope in God by Kay Browning
Wanda by Carol Anne Eby, Edited by Andrew Bennett, the story of missionary Wanda Knox
Read a synopsis of the books and download e-books and audio version at https://nazarene.org/who-we-are/organization/ministries/nazarene-missions-international/nmi-missions-books.
I have copies of the books at Trintiy, and will have them available when we return to the building on June 14. 


Child Sponsorship

Trinity sponsors two children, Rodrigo and Anonna, through Nazarene Compassionate Ministries. You can help us support Rodrigo and Anonna by giving along with your tithes and offerings. Mark your gift “Child Sponsorship,” or choose the Child Sponsorship fund in your online giving. Check the Missions bulletin board regularly for letters and drawings from Rodrigo and Anonna. You or your family may also sponsor a child. Go to Nazarene Compassionate Ministries to learn more.
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“Hello, my name is Rodrigo and I am 4 years old. I live in Dominican Republic. My father is a farmer. At home, I like to play. At church, I like to sing. I also like to play ball.”
 
This Dominican Republic Child Development Center has children attending 5 days a week. The center focuses on teaching reading and writing, spiritual formation, and provides a hot lunch. The center is in a mountain area where most people are farmers or they work for the Coffee Industry.

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“Hello, my name is Anonna and I am 5 years old. I live in Bangladesh. My father is a day laborer and my mother is a housewife. At home, I like to help my mother. At church, I like to go to Sunday school. I also like playing with dolls.”
 
The Bangladesh Child Development Centers provide children with 5 nutritious meals a week, education, safe drinking water, sanitation, medical checkups, books, school clothes, as well as social, spiritual, and cultural activities. We also give them love and affection, praise and recognition, and an opportunity to develop a relationship with God.

LINKS Missionary

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Our Links missionary this year is Joan Noonan. Joan is retired from full-time service, and lives nearby in Bluffton, IN. 

Joan's 27-year missionary career was spent in teaching. She began in Swaziland, Africa, teaching in the Nazarene High School and at the Teacher's Training College (now part of Southern Africa Nazarene University). She then followed the call to serve in Central and South America, teaching missionary children and seminary students in Nicaragua, Ecuador, Peru, and Argentina.

Joan returned to the States in 1998, and served on staff at Bluffon Church of the Nazarene and at Head Start and Bi-County Services before retiring. 

Our Links Missionary coordinator is Linda Kuhn. Linda and our NMI President, Charlene Clevenger, stay in touch with Joan throughout the year. Please keep Joan Noonan in your prayers.

NMI - From the local church to the world!

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Nazarene Missions International keeps the local congregation engaged in world missions. Our aim is to mobilize the church in mission through praying, discipling, giving, and educating. At Trinity we are active in missions through prayer, giving, and hands-on activities such as collecting items for Crisis Care Kits. To learn more about Global NMI go to www.nazarene.org/nmi. 

The NMI Mission:
  • To mobilize the church in mission through praying, discipling, giving, and educating.
The NMI Objectives:
  • To encourage people to pray for all efforts of world evangelization
  • To inform people of the world’s needs and what the church is doing to meet those needs
  • To challenge children and youth to learn about and participate in the mission of the church
  • To raise funds for mission outreach
The 5 Areas of Impact:
  • Alabaster
  • Children & Youth
  • LINKS
  • Prayer
  • World Evangelism Fund

Mission Web Sites

www.nazarene.org - International Church of the Nazarene
www.persecutedchurch.org - International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs 

Trinity Church of the Nazarene, Fort Wayne, Indiana
4150 Stellhorn Rd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46815
Phone: 260-485-0312
trinitycn@gmail.com