West Texas District Assembly/David Graves/Spanish Praise and Worship/ETrade Baby

[Cynthia Prentice]

We just finished a great District Assembly with David Graves. To coin a Texas phrase...he was a hoot...funny, personable and a great speaker. I had the opportunity to be with him as he prayed with a friend of mine who was going through a very difficult time. He seems like a great guy.

One of the highlights of the Assembly was Thursday night when Praise and Worship was led in Spanish by one of our Hispanic churches. It was beautiful to hear the entire congregation singing in Spanish.

The week's best phrase from the platform: Pastor C. B. Gliddon Fort Worth First Church of the Nazarene (host church ) - "If you fall in a ditch and my child falls in a ditch you need to know how to paddle cuz I'm going in after him first. I'm not going to win the whole world and lose my child."

Naznetter news: Michael Scarlett was ordained. He didn't know about the Naznet crash until I told him...we mourned the loss together.

Our DVD reports make the business session a little more entertaining. Some were pretty funny...we had one pastor dreaming...Big Foot on a golf course and the ETrade baby.

Here is a link to Paul's report.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/video/video.php?v=378344151055&ref=mf


This night owl is calling it a night. I've got a busy month ahead of me as I will be speaking (just can't bring myself to use the word preaching) the next four weeks. The topic - meeting your husband's deepest need. Paul has been preaching on meeting your wife's deepest need and now it is my turn.

Blessings to you all,

Cynthia

[Cynthia Prentice]

I was hoping they had posted this somewhere...sure enough...found it on youtube. Valleyview Pastor's Report - with the ETrade baby. http://www.youtube.com/vvnaz#p/a/u/0/XbA6ULwiDmc

[Mike Schutz]

Valleyview Pastor's Report - with the ETrade baby. http://www.youtube.com/vvnaz#p/a/u/0/XbA6ULwiDmc

That is really, really wrong. - Okay, I laughed, really hard. But it's still really, really wrong. ;)

[Dennis M. Scott]

I was hoping they had posted this somewhere...sure enough...found it on youtube. Valleyview Pastor's Report - with the ETrade baby. http://www.youtube.com/vvnaz#p/a/u/0/XbA6ULwiDmc

I respectfully decline to post my first several responses: but to say that's great!

[Jeremy D. Scott]

Thanks for the report, Cynthia. I like reading good DA reports.

Glad that you were there for Michael's ordination. I would have liked to have been there.

[Jeremy D. Scott]

The week's best phrase from the platform: Pastor C. B. Gliddon Fort Worth First Church of the Nazarene (host church ) - "If you fall in a ditch and my child falls in a ditch you need to know how to paddle cuz I'm going in after him first. I'm not going to win the whole world and lose my child."

I don't know Pastor Gliddon, so there may be some context that's missing for me.

But what if God the Father had the same position?

[Cynthia Prentice]

I don't know Pastor Gliddon, so there may be some context that's missing for me.

But what if God the Father had the same position?

Sorry about the confusion Jeremy...I should have put the quote in context.

Perhaps this is something unique to our location in the country, but when Paul was growing up as a PK (Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri) the instruction his father's generation of pastors received was this, "You (the pastor) take care of the church and God will take care of your family." This was not implied...this was actually taught. Most of the PKs that we know felt they did not have access to their father. Placing the statement in context would have shown that CB wasn't saying that church members and their crisis are not important...but that just because you are a pastor does not mean you abdicate your role as a father. Again, this could be something unique to our part of the South. For us personally, it was refreshing to see pastors encouraged to be fathers that are active and engaged in their children's lives...that ministering to your own children is being the hands of Jesus.

Quick change of subject...you and Michael are friends so do you also know Josh Broward? Paul was his pastor for 7 1/2 years and we claim him as one of our own.

Blessings,

Cynthia

[Jeremy D. Scott]

Sorry about the confusion Jeremy...I should have put the quote in context.

Perhaps this is something unique to our location in the country, but when Paul was growing up as a PK (Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri) the instruction his father's generation of pastors received was this, "You (the pastor) take care of the church and God will take care of your family." This was not implied...this was actually taught. Most of the PKs that we know felt they did not have access to their father. Placing the statement in context would have shown that CB wasn't saying that church members and their crisis are not important...but that just because you are a pastor does not mean you abdicate your role as a father. Again, this could be something unique to our part of the South. For us personally, it was refreshing to see pastors encouraged to be fathers that are active and engaged in their children's lives...that ministering to your own children is being the hands of Jesus.

Quick change of subject...you and Michael are friends so do you also know Josh Broward? Paul was his pastor for 7 1/2 years and we claim him as one of our own.

Blessings,

Cynthia

Thanks, Cynthia.

I'm glad that your district has an atmosphere that encourages pastors to take care of their families. Anything other is indeed too bad.

I was just challenging the notion that pastors must choose either their family or the church. There is an assumption in our society today that places the American family unit above the Church. And while love first and being a good steward second drives me to take care of my family, I challenge the notion that taking care of them "or" the local church is a mutually exclusive decision. Sometimes, perhaps...but it's an exception, and not the rule. To use Pastor Glidden's analogy...do all that you can to save both people in the ditch.

I know Josh's name...but I can't place his face (is he in Korea?). Michael and I had a couple of classes together at NTS and we've communicated since then over the web.

Thanks for the response.

[Cynthia Prentice]

Thanks, Cynthia.

I'm glad that your district has an atmosphere that encourages pastors to take care of their families. Anything other is indeed too bad.

I was just challenging the notion that pastors must choose either their family or the church. There is an assumption in our society today that places the American family unit above the Church. And while love first and being a good steward second drives me to take care of my family, I challenge the notion that taking care of them "or" the local church is a mutually exclusive decision. Sometimes, perhaps...but it's an exception, and not the rule. To use Pastor Glidden's analogy...do all that you can to save both people in the ditch.

I know Josh's name...but I can't place his face (is he in Korea?). Michael and I had a couple of classes together at NTS and we've communicated since then over the web.

Thanks for the response.

Yes, Josh is in Korea. He is pastoring KNU International English Church http://knuchurch.com/ and here is a link to his personal blog. http://humblefuture.blogspot.com/

When Josh shared with Paul that God had called him to preach Paul wanted to give him an opportunity to preach his first sermon. While Josh was preaching I went into labor (9 weeks early) with our son Jonathan. Paul took me to the hospital and left Josh in charge. This was in 1996. Josh is a great guy and we are very proud of him and his beautiful family.

Thanks for your thoughts about CB's quote. I was surprised to hear that in your experience the emphasis has been on family first. Perhaps this is a geographical difference or more likely a generational difference. CB's comments were directed to a predominately older crowd (combined NMI/Sunday School Discipleship meeting) and placing his comments in context I sincerely believe he was trying to bring balance to ministering to those in your own family as well as others. I can see how the freestanding quote could come across as a knee jerk reaction in the other direction. That would be just as wrong. This is however the first comment Paul and I have ever heard in our corner of Nazarendom that validates ministering to your own family. The mantra in our area of the country has been family last.

It was great to see Michael ordained. At some point in the future Paul and I are going to be having dinner with Michael and his wife...they are a great couple. I spoke with Michael the day after the Naznet crash and was the bearer of the bad news. He had not logged on. It was nice to have another Naznetter to commiserate with as my friends just didn't quite connect with me walking around muttering to myself over and over...it's all gone...I can't believe it's all gone.

Blessings,

Cynthia

[Mike Wooldridge]

It was nice to have another Naznetter to commiserate with as my friends just didn't quite connect with me walking around muttering to myself over and over...it's all gone...I can't believe it's all gone.
Blessings,
Cynthia
Quick note, It's not all gone. We're still here, NazSis. Gina S. and I got through Crash Night with a phone call. Imagine that, actually talking to another NazNetter. OK, back to your thread. :)

[Cynthia Prentice]

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Quick note, It's not all gone. We're still here, NazSis. Gina S. and I got through Crash Night with a phone call. Imagine that, actually talking to another NazNetter. OK, back to your thread. :)

Gasp! Talking voice to voice...oh wait...I think you and I have done that and GASP you and Paul had lunch together! Thank you NazBro for reminding me that YES...it is all still there because we are all still here.