Dr. Larry W. LeonardDistrict Superintendentlwleonard@tnnaz.orgMay 2013

In his daily devotional book, This Day With The Master, Dr. Dennis Kinlaw reminds us: The stories of the calling of the twelve disciples give us wonderful insights into the businessof how men and women are reached for Christ. According to the gospel of John, only one of the first five disciples was reached directly by Christ. That was Philip. Jesus said to him, “Followme” (John 1:43). The other four were reached by someone else’s witness to Christ.

As we approach Tennessee District Family Camp, I recall my days as a child when I went to the Sartinsvillecamp meetings near McComb, Mississippi, where people were brought to Christ and their lives were transformed miraculously at the altar on the sawdust floor. Times have changed. Sartinsville has longbecome an abandoned camp, camp meetings have lost their lure, and where there are camp meetings, mostly the devout church goers are the ones who come.

Wouldn’t it be a true blessing for us to bring someone to Christ by bringing them to Family Camp,May 28-June 2? If you would bring them to hear Dr. James Diehl and Dr. Gary Henecke, it is just possible that you would be bringing them to Jesus so they could be His disciple. You, as one person can make a huge difference in someone’s spiritual life. Consider bringing a friend to Tennessee Family Camp at Camp Garner Creek.

Has anyone ever discovered Jesus at a Nazarene District Assembly? My guess is that it doesn’t happenoften if ever. However, can you imagine the excitement we would have and the impact a life transformedat District Assembly could have on our local churches? This year we will have our District Assemblyopening service on Wednesday night, July 10, 7:00pm, at Nashville First Church of the Nazarene. I long to see a great movement of God come on our District Assembly where people will have a true encounter with the living God. We are designing our opening service to provide the atmosphere for God to come among us.

I encourage you to gather all of your friends and fellow church attenders and join us for this district gathering. There is an excitement in my heart regarding this year’s assembly. I look forward to seeing you there.

SDMI: SunDay School DIScIpleShIp MInIStrIeS InternatIonal

Rev. David Hill, SDMI Chairman403 Page PlaceMt. Juliet, TN 37122E-mail: dcnaz3@comcast.net

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SUNDAY SCHOOL 1. Nashville First .............................................................770 2. Nashville Trevecca Community ...............................527 3. Columbia Grace .........................................................473 4. Hermitage ...................................................................391 5. Memphis Calvary .......................................................341 6. Clarksville Grace ........................................................264 7. Nashville Grace ..........................................................255 8. Gallatin ........................................................................208 9. Erin ..............................................................................203 10. Goodlettsville .............................................................187

NUMERICAL GAIN 1. Memphis Calvary .........................................................91 2. Columbia Grace ...........................................................34 3. Brentwood First ...........................................................22 4. Jones Chapel .................................................................20 5. Nashville Blakemore...............................................19 6. Paris ...............................................................................17 7. Memphis Emmanuel ...................................................14 Memphis Holiness Tabernacle ...................................14 9. Memphis Eastside ........................................................11 Madison Hispanic ........................................................11

PERCENTAGE GAIN 1. Nashville Blakemore ......................................... 118.75% 2. Memphis Faithful Believers ............................... 88.89% 3. Jones Chapel ........................................................ 66.67% Memphis Emmanuel .......................................... 66.67% 5. Nashville Community Fellowship .................... 58.33% 6. Camden ............................................................... 55.56% 7. Memphis Eastside ............................................... 50.00% 8. Memphis Christ Like ......................................... 45.00% 9. Dickson Lighthouse ............................................ 44.44% 10. Paris ...................................................................... 40.48%

MORNING WORSHIP 1. Nashville First ...........................................................1022 2. Nashville Trevecca Community ...............................907 3. Hermitage ...................................................................640 4. Columbia Grace .........................................................632 5. Clarksville Grace ........................................................556 6. Clarksville First ..........................................................521 7. Goodlettsville .............................................................520 8. Memphis Calvary .......................................................481 9. Nashville Grace ..........................................................375 10. Gallatin ........................................................................286

TOP TEN APRILSummer is right around the corner and that means it is time for great Tennessee District Children’s camps!

FINAL REGISTRATION IS MAY 31. EARLYREGISTRATION is

encouraged.

TENNESSEE DISTRICT CHILDREN’S QUIZ TEAM PLACES FIRST IN SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE QUIZ

On April 26-27, 2013, 89 quizzers (17 teams) from 8 districtsgathered for the SCCQ. Twenty (20) quizzers from the TennesseeDistrict participated. Our Tennessee quizzers earned allFirst Place honors – First Place Individual Quizzer, Memorization,and Team! Congratulations to all our District quizzers! NEXT UP –WORLD BIBLE QUIZ – JUNE 22, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 72 quizzers from the TN District are registered.

WELCOME NEW SINGLES’MINISTRIES DIRECTORSJay and Tammy Daughtry

They are excited and honored to ministerto this great group on the district. Franklin

Information for Campers, Volunteers, Pastors, & Directors, includingregistration forms, volunteer applications, and publicitymaterials are available for download at www.tnnazkids.org.

Featuring multi-Grammyartist John Schlitt ofPETRA at Clarkville FirstComunity of Hope Church,150 Richview Road.

8 AM – Line-up at Appletons10 AM – FREE Concert& BBQ lunch

They will also lead a workshop at SDMI General Convention, June 21 and will have a booth listed under “Co-Parenting International.”Let us pray & support them in this new capacity.

Community of Faith Church, 506 Jordan Road, is hosting a Singles Gala on May 25th at 3:00 pm. Stop by the church to meet Jay and Tammy and hear about the exciting plans they have for Singles acrossthe district.

nMI: nazarene MISSIonS InternatIonal

Mrs. Becky Hancock, President504 W. Angela CircleGoodlettsville, TN 37072E-mail: mhbethel1@juno.com

The trees in Tennessee have turned from the drab brown/gray of winter to the living green of spring! Thisalways lifts our spirits and inspires worship of our Creator God.

This is also the last month of our district’s church year and then a busy summerahead with conventions, camps, and a great gathering in Indianapolis for our denominationalevent. It is time for electing and appointing local church leaders, equippingus to “make Christ-like disciples in the nations.” Reports for pastors and lay leaders are animportant part of our accountability and team work. NMI Presidents, I want to expresshearty appreciation for all you have done to lead the mission passion in your localchurch. I hope it has been a joyful service from your big heart for the world. Please note these important events on your spring and summer calendar!

Tennessee District NMI Convention on July 9-10 atNashville First. Speakers this year are David and Shelly Webb, our own Tennesseeans, who are now missionaries in Costa Rica. God will use their stories to energize our vision for the world.

KIDS, YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS THECHILDREN’S MISSION JAMBOREE, SATURDAY,JUNE 1, 10:30 AM AT JASON CHAPELCHURCH! IT’S GREAT FUN!

Missionaries are coming! Tim and Michelle Eby – June 30-July 7Gregg and Amy Crofford - July 17-21

“Health and Happy Fest” on Saturday, May 18, Sponsored by our Haitian church

Maromy Samuel is a Haitian medical doctor and pastor of the Haitian congregation at Nashville First Church of the Nazarene. The Haitian congregation is pleased to invite you to this annual event in the East parking lot, located at 5th and Russell, in East Nashville from 10:00am to 5:00pm. This year’s event is being held to celebrate the richness of East Nashville’s cultural diversity and our global humanitarian spirit that makes us come together in times of disaster to help our neighbors; and has helped Haiti during the tragedy of the 2010 earthquake. For the past three years, this event has been marked with displays of cultural arts, music, singing, dancing, foods, family fun, games, a silent auction, history and exhibits for public education purposes. All proceeds will go towards building a medical clinic of Pernier II, Haiti.

Nashville North Mission Area serviceon May 6th at Portland Church: L to R:Pastor Rich Cook, Sharon Marlin,Barbara Fox, Missionaries Marnie and Mitch Modine, Pastor Ryan Brown.

nyI: nazarene youth InternatIonal

Rev. Jason Underwood, NYI President584 Franklin RoadFranklin, TN 37069 E-mail: pastorjasonunderwood@gmail.com

I love you and there’s nothing you can do about it!

May is that deceiving little month in youth ministry where you feel like you are goingto have time to catch your breath and prepare for a busy summer. However, before you know it you are at graduation parties and you have missed the first summer camp deadline.Summer is just around the corner and there are so many exciting things in store for TNYI.

We did it! We placed 1st overall for the first time since 1993! This year was such a great year to be a part of the TNYI at TNT@TNU. The family spirit of our district was so evident as we cheered each other on in each event from sports, music,arts, and quizzing. If you listen closely you can still hear the

Camp Training Day: We had 30 youth pastors/youth workers join us for a “camp training day” on May 2nd at Nashville First church. The day was filled with networking, games we make our students play, and of course planning for the best summer camp around. This was just one more reminder of how blessed the TNYI is to have so many people that love and invest in our students.

Camp is here! We are less than a month away from this year’s TNYI camp!The theme this year will be “The Kingdom” as we explore what our lives are to look like when we live in the Kingdom of God. High School camp will beJune 3-7 with Jon Middendorf and Refuge: Middle School camp will be June 10-14 with Andrew Zirschky and Same State. Forms and information may be printed at www.tnnyi.com.

NYI CONVENTION....This year we will celebrate a great year of TNYI with our NYIconvention on Friday July 12th at Nashville First church. The evening will beginat 5:00pm. Following the business session we will be going to “Sky High” trampolinepark! The cost for this activity is $20 each, which includes admission, andunlimited pizza and drinks.

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chants “Tenn – e – ssee” clap, clap, clap-clap-clap! I want to say a huge thank you to all of ourcoaches and sponsors that made this year’s TNT@TNU such a huge success. The onlything to do now is repeat! April 3-6 next year!

Clarksville Mission Area SS AMClarksville First ........................ 153 .........................521Clarksville Grace ..................... 264 .........................556Clarksville Korean...................... 33 ...........................72Clarksville Park Lane ............... 115 .........................172Dover ......................................... 69 ...........................77Gray’s Chapel ............................ 76 ...........................72Long Creek ................................ 24 ...........................24Woodlawn Community............... 91 .........................149

Columbia Mission AreaBrentwood Concord Comm. .... 159 .........................217Brentwood First ....................... 152 .........................260Columbia First ........................... 36 ...........................66Columbia Grace....................... 473 .........................632Franklin Community................... 57 .........................148Lawrenceburg Grace ................. 37 ...........................48Lawrenceburg Vaughan ............ 12 ...........................16Lewisburg .................................. 33 ...........................52Nashville New Life Korean .......... 27 ...........................29Pleasant Point ........................... 25 ...........................25Spring Hill Restoration Comm ..... 0 .........................211

Fly Mission AreaElmore ....................................... 53 ...........................67Fly .............................................. 15 ...........................72Jones Chapel............................. 50 ...........................74Mt. Wesley-Akin Chapel ............ 20 ...........................44Savannah .................................. 14 ...........................22Summertown ............................... 9 ...........................26

Memphis North Mission AreaCovington .................................. 13 ...........................19Crossroads Community ............. 32 ...........................54Dyersburg .................................. 19 ...........................25Memphis Calvary ..................... 341 .........................481Memphis New Hope .................. 43 ...........................41Memphis Word Alive .................. 24 ...........................33Millington ................................... 25 ...........................25

Memphis South Mission Area Memphis Christ Like .................. 29 ...........................68Memphis Eastside ..................... 33 ...........................42Memphis Emmanuel .................. 35 ...........................60Memphis Faithful Believers ....... 17 ...........................44Memphis Friendship .................. 30 ...........................57Memphis Grace ......................... 98 .........................171Memphis Holiness Tabernacle .... 79 .........................105Memphis Hope Tabernacle ........ 30 ...........................36Memphis Refreshing Springs .... 12 ...........................32

Nashville East Mission Area Hermitage ................................ 391 .........................640Madison ..................................... 19 ...........................30Madison Hispanic ...................... 61 .........................126Nashville Bethel ......................... 69 .........................112Nashville First .......................... 770 .......................1022Nashville Grace ....................... 255 .........................375Nashville Inglewood................... 27 ...........................54Nashville Whites Creek ............. 30 ...........................68Old Hickory ................................ 84 .........................112

Nashville North Mission Area SS AMAshland City Faith Comm. ......... 67 .........................110Gallatin .................................... 208 .........................286Goodlettsville ........................... 187 .........................520Greenbrier New Walk .................. 0 ...........................67Hendersonville ........................... 82 .........................152Highland .................................... 21 ...........................35Joelton ....................................... 10 ...........................11Portland ................................... 113 .........................179Springfield.................................. 36 ...........................52Sumner Cty. Living Springs ......... 0 ...........................32

Nashville South Mission AreaKingston Springs ....................... 17 ...........................27Nashville Bell Road ................... 28 ...........................41Nashville Blakemore .................. 35 ...........................62Nashville Calvary Korean .......... 30 ...........................75Nashville Christ.......................... 29 ...........................68Nashville Community Fellowship ... 13 ...........................22Nashville Donelson .................... 32 ...........................39Nashville Glencliff Hispanic ....... 80 .........................166Nashville Kaleo .......................... 14 ...........................20Nashville Immanuel ..................... 0 ...........................13Nashville Trevecca Comm. ..... 527 .........................907Nashville Trinity ......................... 25 ...........................60Nashville Westwind ................... 20 ...........................22

Waverly Mission AreaCamden ..................................... 14 ...........................30Dickson Lighthouse ................... 13 ...........................53Erin .......................................... 203 .........................261Fulton......................................... 27 ...........................55Griffin’s Chapel .......................... 70 .........................104Jason Chapel........................... 102 .........................164Paris .......................................... 59 ...........................59Pine Hill ..................................... 54 ...........................99Waverly .................................... 162 .........................254

TOTAL ................................... 6849 .....................11539Thanks to ALL churches for 100% reporting for

88 consecutive months.

AttendAnce RepoRt foR ApRil

Welcome New NazarenesHighland ~ Pastor David Scott Sammy & Reba Handshoe

Woodlawn ~ Pastor Tracy Hoskins Jim & Wendy Kennedy; Jessica Golson

BaptizedBrentwood First ~ Pastor Alan Clark Nastia & Natasha Clark; Matt Fuhrman; Sarah Zellner

Goodettsville ~ Olivia Furr; Bailey Groves; Ashley Harris; Hallie Medlock; Jaxon Porter; Noah & Paul Smith

Paris ~ Pastor Rich Dakin Elizabeth Williamson; Billy Underwood

Waverly ~ Pastor Daron Brown Cheyenne & Madison Branch; Allison Musick

Funding the Mission Funding the Mission Unified TNU WEF P&B Reported Income Income Updated

Ashland City Faith Comm. 213,091.00 4/30/2013 2,822.00 3,148.00 6,334.00 3,628.00BrentwoodConcordComm. 447,508.00 3/31/2013 16,646.92 9,363.58 33,791.85 8,577.38BrentwoodFirst 589,718.00 3/31/2013 16,075.22 9,042.31 21,137.94 9,042.31Camden 35,406.63 4/30/2013 1,278.46 719.17 1,919.82 771.41ClarksvilleFirst 401,524.00 1/31/2013 2,766.35 1,809.36 6,603.21 1,990.76ClarksvilleGrace 496,090.79 1/31/2013 23,715.10 13,419.24 32,802.39 13,426.52ClarksvilleKorean 68,468.00 3/31/203 2,738.72 1,548.95 3,848.21 1,574.51ClarksvilleParkLane 324,138.39 4/22/2013 11,264.37 4,836.21 12,419.41 5,080.66ColumbiaFirst 79,014.00 4/8/2013 2,935.00 1,650.00 2,435.00 1,300.00ColumbiaGrace 813,948.10 2/28/2013 27,808.27 15,757.81 43,191.04 17,078.53Covington 13,640.09 4/24/2013 660.00 495.00 792.00 495.00CrossroadsCommunity 91,413.00 4/1/2013 3,468.80 1,935.23 7,633.20 2,165.44DicksonLighthouse 0 4/29/2013 50.00 50.00 260.68 211.80Dover 119,040.00 4/25/2013 4,506.33 2,534.81 6,070.13 2,534.81Dyersburg 0 237.12 123.20 524.04 308.56Elmore 49,057.00 4/9/2013 1,963.00 1,103.00 2,698.00 1,103.00Erin 365,343.51 4/22/2013 10,408.37 5,854.38 28,068.64 7,168.59Fly 76,439.94 4/8/2013 3,057.18 1,718.73 4,204.00 1,719.73FranklinCommunity 0 6,927.00 4,329.00 9,884.00 3,104.00Fulton 46,416.93 4/21/2013 1,486.00 826.00 2,406.00 992.00 Gallatin 0 20,949.20 9,429.16 22,406.38 8,381.94 Goodlettsville 1,007,055.51 5/1/2013 36,171.54 20,380.36 52,375.15 21,313.38Gray’sChapel 0 0 0 752.00 0GreenbrierNewWalk 48,104.00 2/26/2013 1,900.00 1,100.00 1,000.00 850.00Griffin’sChapel 29,194.66 8/31/2012 1,081.76 608.49 1,748.35 608.49Hendersonville 124,383.33 3/31/2013 4,924.53 3,077.82 6,452.87 2,661.96Hermitage 431,018.00 11/8/2012 36,398.75 0 0 699.18Highland 38,389.58 4/28/2013 1,976.48 858.34 2,416.27 863.48JasonChapel 226,304.00 4/30/2013 6,400.00 3,200.00 10,853.66 4,742.22Joelton 19,621.85 4/28/2013 665.15 395.93 1,346.75 338.46Jones Chapel 0 0 0 0 0KingstonSprings 40,761.60 4/16/2013 1,364.68 852.95 2,162.34 677.82LawrenceburgGrace 76,056.51 4/12/2013 3,052.00 1,751.00 4,196.00 1,717.00LawrenceburgVaughan 11,024.29 4/10/2013 427.07 240.23 574.73 240.23Lewisburg 55,498.00 2/28/2013 2,385.19 1,341.99 3,458.38 1,341.99LongCreek 0 1,741.82 1,088.65 3,530.04 870.93Madison 40,701.82 4/10/2013 1,592.68 952.59 2,104.29 866.54MadisonHispanic 89,667.00 2/28/2013 3,499.20 1,968.62 4,675.01 1,968.33MemphisCalvary 860,155.00 3/31/2013 27,190.00 15,741.00 37,222.00 15,136.00MemphisChristLike 0 0 0 0 0MemphisEastside 10,724.47 5/1/2013 141.41 85.35 547.06 231.66MemphisEmmanuel 7,097.00 9/13/2012 172.08 0 369.99 154.23MemphisFaithfulBelievers 0 0 0 0 0MemphisFriendship 72,022.00 3/31/2013 3,133.00 1,828.00 5,211.00 1,791.00MemphisGrace 409,234.00 4/17/2013 16,300.44 9,519.25 20,706.60 8,509.85MemphisHolinessTab. 38,020.00 2/13/2013 1,463.00 830.00 1,982.00 850.00MemphisHopeTab. 0 150.00 100.00 0 0MemphisNewHope 74,812.41 4/8/2013 3,765.07 1,694.28 4,195.90 1,694.28Memphis Refreshing Springs 0 0 0 0 0MemphisWordAlive 0 0 0 0 0Millington 28,328.18 5/1/2013 1,005.95 615.98 2,385.68 628.98Mt.Wesley-AkinChapel 42,522.62 3/31/2013 925.83 521.38 2,216.30 917.32NashvilleBellRoad 50,643.00 3/31/2013 2,127.00 1,305.00 2,424.00 1,305.00NashvilleBethel 180,383.34 1/22/2013 10,000.00 5,830.00 13,580.00 5,200.16NashvilleBlakemore 85,030.81 4/28/2013 2,839.70 1,597.33 4,345.57 1,777.74NashvilleChrist 0 0 0 0 0NashvilleCommunity 47,638.40 3/31/2013 1,799.59 1,012.23 2,474.40 1,012.26NashvilleDonelson 89,612.99 4/18/2013 3,609.00 1,884.00 4,585.00 1,891.00NashvilleFirst 2,444,431.82 4/30/2013 71,535.94 40,238.97 105,777.76 43,310.02NashvilleFirst/CalvaryKorean 0 1,500.00 800.00 1,500.00 600.00NashvilleGlencliffHispanic 57,076.01 4/24/2013 2,841.00 1,777.00 3,351.00 1,231.00NashvilleGrace 772,589.30 4/8/2013 30,903.90 17,531.70 40,038.35 16,287.96NashvilleImmanuel 16,274.46 3/31/2013 617.05 347.09 848.44 347.09NashvilleInglewood 61,881.15 3/14/2013 2,569.42 1,445.30 3,107.41 1,271.25NashvilleKaleo 2,597.56 8/31/2012 1,201.82 689.04 1,652.62 663.44NashvilleNewLifeKorean 20,774.00 1/5/2013 1,140.00 652.00 1,473.00 636.00NashvilleTreveccaCommunity 1,327,568.38 4/30/2013 34,037.00 19,184.00 46,636.00 19,184.00NashvilleTrinity 56,498.88 2/5/2013 2,132.05 1,199.28 2,913.72 1,199.28NashvilleWestwind 0 204.28 101.66 1,100.00 127.33NashvilleWhitesCreek 82,549.63 3/31/2013 2,991.00 1,873.00 10,495.00 1,686.00OldHickory 260,889.52 3/31/2013 9,860.66 5,555.52 13,803.40 5,555.52ParisFirst 60,915.43 4/3/2013 2,245.08 1,246.31 3,690.80 1,268.29PineHill 138,982.40 4/21/2013 4,795.36 2,701.28 6,544.79 2,701.28PleasantPoint 12,698.25 4/4/2013 478.79 269.32 652.25 269.32Portland 297,605.09 4/22/2013 11,140.44 6,266.50 14,896.99 6,102.46Savannah 27,165.00 1/31/2013 800.00 410.00 750.00 520.00SpringHillRestorationComm. 43,293.14 3/31/2013 1,804.16 1,014.84 2,480.71 1,014.84SpringfieldFirst 52,277.00 4/22/2013 2,268.00 1,274.00 7,726.01 1,274.00Summertown 19,157.62 4/21/2013 710.83 441.41 1,022.44 408.98SumnerCty.LivingSprings 2,489.10 6/30/2012 0 0 0 0Waverly 366,322.59 4/23/2013 13,696.45 7,704.26 18,352.91 15,408.49Woodlawn 190,112.00 4/24/2013 7,584.30 4,306.29 9,170.15 3,713.56

Total 14,778,410.08 547,023.86 287,102.68 750,305.03 296,294.55

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