Medford First Church of the Nazarene

Maximum Mission/Work & Witness Trip to El Salvador
Maximum Mission Work & Witness Team #3
Santa Tecla, El Salvador, October 13 - 23
PROJECTS: Work on construction of Sunday School Classrooms at Santa Tecla Nazarene Church, plant new church, show Jesus Film, VBS, minister to HIV children, hold dental hygiene clinics and health clinic. Cost is approx. $1,700
Team leaders: Terry & Andrea Phillips, 779-7525

El Salvador Work & Witness Trip Giant Yard Sale
Friday, July 31 - 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. & Saturday, August 1 - 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Church Gym
Donations are being accepted now. Call Terry & Andrea, 779-7525, or Steve & Amanda Pettit (951-5586). Items can be dropped off on Wednesday, July 29, and all day through the evening on Thursday. Only good, re-salable items, please. Proceeds help our
Work & Witness team members go to Santa Tecla, El Salvador. Thanks for your support.

New Missionary Books
We have a wonderful new collection of missionary books, for children and adults. The adult books (six new ones) are available at the Mission Booth, and the children’s books (six new ones) are available in the Ministry Center. These books are entertaining and an easy way to involve yourself and your family in the world of missions.

Reaching the World for Jesus
Our Faith Promise goal for 2009 is $200,000.00.

Purpose of Ministry:
"Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation." Mark 16:14

Prior Work/Witness Mission Trips:
Eagle River, and Homer, Alaska
Twin Wells Indian School, and Sun Valley Indian School, Arizona
Azores
Arica, Chile
Guatemala
Hawai'i
Mexico
Maputo, Mozambique
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Portugal
Dwarsloop, South Africa
Volgograd, Russia
Trinidad
Abidjian, Cote d'ivoire, West Africa
New York
Marigot, St. Martin, Caribbean
El Salvador
Honduras

Contact People:
Mission Board President Andrea Phillips - (541) 779-7525
Work & Witness - Terry Phillips (541) - 779-7525
Work & Witness - Todd Winter - (541) 772-3215

Nazarene Compassionate Ministries
With sores all over his body and losing weight rapidly, 12-year-old Bongani joined the Nazarene Child Development Center in Manzini, Swaziland. It was the first time that he had been a part of any educational activities since his mother and father had died. His grandmother, who gave Bongani a home after he was orphaned, had no money to take care of his medical needs, let alone send him to school.

When the child development staff first visited Bongani's house to learn about his situation, they offered him an opportunity to enroll in a program that would provide physical, emotional, social, and spiritual development activities. Since then, the church has also paid for Bongani's school fees and school uniform.

The program in Swaziland works hand in hand with the Nazarene AIDS Task Force made up of volunteers, mostly women, who address many aspects of the AIDS pandemic in their community, including caring for orphaned children. Because they believe in holistic care, the staff also took Bongani to the hospital to attend to his evident medical needs. There, Bongani found out that he tested positive for HIV. Now, in addition to going to school, he also receives nutritional food supplements and iimmune booster medication from the Nazarene clinic.

Stories like Bongani's - of sadness, hope, and redemption - may be common in NCM's Child Development Centers, but they are not ordinary. We don't take for granted the miraculous nature of God using the church to share hope in desperate situations.

We inivite you to continue joining Nazarene Compassionate Ministries in witnessing to the love of Christ.

For details, check ncm.org.