Centennial Celebrations

[Eric Frey]

I know all us pastors have the district meeting to plan the centennial celebrations. What I think is hilarious is that in my office, I have a DVD and materials for celebrating our centennial, put out by pub house in 2004. Anyone else already celebrate the centennial in 2004?

I know the history and the discussion about when the church "started", but when was the decision made that 2008, not 2004 would be the centennial? After 2004 had already celebrated? Anyone know how/when the decision was made?

[Barb Bouldrey]

If it was put out by the pub house in 2004 maybe they were just giving us materials to help us get started planning for 2008. If you are going to do it up big you have to plan ahead of time.

I have not seen this material, but I doubt that they asked us to celebrate in 2004, or for 4 years. I have never heard of 2004 being declared the centennial year.

Barb

[Scott Sherwood]

I remember the '08 Centennial Celebrations being talked about at the '05 General Assembly, so it wouldn't surprise me if the '04 materials were advance prep for '08. I would be curious to get a look at it.

On a side note, I have been generally impressed with the quality of materials KC is putting out for this event. For the 75% of our local church who are fairly new to Nazarenedom, I think this material will help them be proud of thinking of themselves as Nazarenes. I'm thankful that it is not the "rah rah we're the best" type of material I have grown to fear.

[Eric Frey]

After opening and reading the fine print, it looks like the materials are to help begin thinking about the centennial. But the cover reads as if it was then.

[Ryan Scott]

On a side note, I have been generally impressed with the quality of materials KC is putting out for this event. For the 75% of our local church who are fairly new to Nazarenedom, I think this material will help them be proud of thinking of themselves as Nazarenes. I'm thankful that it is not the "rah rah we're the best" type of material I have grown to fear.


For better or for worse: your tithe dollars at work!

[Ryan Scott]

I, like any good New England Nazarene boy, celebrated the real Centennial in 1986, one hundred years after the founding of the oldest congregation that would later become a member of the Church of the Nazarene.

Providence, RI; where it really began.

[Barb Bouldrey]

So you get to party more than once, huh, Ryan.

LOL

Tell you the truth....I do not look forward to all that planning. I wish I could get out of it, but I will probably be in the middle of it.

Barb

[Donna Adams]

Eric, you are just tired from lack of sleep. Having a newborn in the house will do that to you! ;-)