The Chicago Central District Church of the Nazarene is sending a second team to Viña del Mar, Chile in April, 2010 to complete the project started in the Fall, 2009. The first team expanded the worship area and constructed the first floor of the new parsonage. However, they ran out of time to construct the parsonage second floor. The second floor is needed to provide adequate space for the pastors and their teen age daughter. For more information contact Shari Potter or Ken Silvers (call church for contact information).
Host Missionaries: Tim & Susan McKeithen
Faith Promise - Systematic Giving for World Missions "They gave of themselves as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. . . . See that you also excel in this grace of giving. . . . Your plenty will supply what they need" II Corinthians 8:3, 7, 14 What is Faith Promise? Faith Promise is way of giving to world evangelism. Rather than waiting to respond to individual appeals as they come along, believers ask the Lord how much they should give to missions over the next year. They then commit to that annual total as a "Faith Promise." Faith Promise is an agreement with God to be personally involved in ministry to others around the world through giving beyond tithing. "The only safe rule is to give more than we can spare." C.S. Lewis
FAQ About Faith Promise 1. Is Faith Promise a pledge? No. A Faith Promise is not a pledge. This is a promise to God, not a pledge to the church. The amount is determined after earnest prayer. Faith Promise is not a tithe, it is an offering of thanks. Your Faith Promise amount is between you and God. No one will notify you or keep track of your progress toward your commitment. 2. Is there a scriptural basis for Faith Promise missions giving? Faith Promise giving makes us channels of blessing. In His covenant with Abraham, God said that through Abraham's descendants, "all peoples of the earth would be blessed." (Genesis 12:3) Faith Promise giving is a way of handing on the blessing. • Faith Promise giving is more than one can afford. (II Corinthians 8:2-3, II Corinthians 9:6-15) • Faith Promise giving reflects our personal commitments. (II Corinthians 8:5) • Though Faith Promise giving is optional, it does clearly demonstrate our love. (Philippians 2:1-4; Luke 6:38, Romans 12:9-10)
Campbell's Labels Provide School Supplies and More for Native American School in Arizona For over 15 years, our church has been sending labels from Campbell’s soups and other products to the Sun Valley Indian School in Holbrook, AZ. These labels help provide school supplies and other much needed items. They currently need 1,500,000 labels for a new van. To help with this ongoing mission project, save labels from the following items: • All Campbell’s soups • Campbell’s Supper Bakes • Franco-American • Pepperidge Farms • Swanson’s • Market Day • V-8 beverages (caps as well as UPCs • Prego pasta sauces (caps as well as UPCs) Please read all labels. It is the UPC that is needed, and instructions for cutting it from the label are there. Labels and caps can be placed in the marked container above the campus mailboxes, outside Cerrato Hall. [Update 2/13/09] Sun Valley Indian School in Arizona is collecting Campbell’s labels in order to obtain a new minivan for use by this Christian boarding school for Native American children. Their Label Coordinator reminds us that they will no longer accept the front labels. They MUST have the UPC from the can, box or package. There is a complete, updated list of what they will accept located on the Seniors bulletin board outside of Cerrato Hall, across from the mailboxes. Please place all labels in the marked container located on top of the church mailboxes. SVIS is also collecting Box Tops for Education. Please look for them on most General Mills products. Want your own list of everything that will be accepted? Contact Jean Lamb. There are other ways to minister to our Native American brothers and sisters in Christ. Ed and Lynda Krestel, from our church, are facilitators for Nazarene ministries to Native Americans. For their compassionate ministry work, they need any kind of travel-sized, personal hygiene products. All products must be new and sealed. For their Work & Witness projects they could use tools. These may be used but should be in good condition. Specifically, they are in need of the following: table saws, electric mitre saw, drill / screw drivers (especially cordless), nail guns, a compressor large enough to power nail guns, etc., and some good hand tools. This project has no deadline. To find out details about donating any of the above items, or for more information, contact Jean Lamb.
Support World Mission Broadcast in May
The annual offering for World Mission Broadcast provides resources to reach millions around the world for Christ via broadcast media, especially radio. This offering provides funding for program production, airtime, and follow-up materials. Holiness programming, delivered by radio, television and the internet, reaches around the world with the message of Jesus and His redeeming love and helps to disciple those who respond. World Mission Broadcast is reaching the unreached countries in 2,763 languages. According to World Mission Broadcast, it costs an average of $4.00 to air one minute of the Gospel somewhere in the world. How many minutes will you support? Please mark your gift "World Mission Broadcast" and place it in the offering at anytime.
Help Provide Our Missionaries with Health Care
DID YOU KNOW? North American health insurance companies will not insure people living overseas.
The Church of the Nazarene must pay all the medical expenses related to its missionaries. These expenses total approximately $2.9 million each year.
The Nazarene Missionary Health Care pays for: ü Diagnosis of physical conditions and diseases
ü Doctors, hospitals, diagnostic testing, prescription medicines, physical therapy, and other health care ü Evacuation by air and ground ambulance when needed ü Physical exams for Nazarene missionary families ü Treatment of childhood diseases and injuries for missionary kids
Thanks to Missionary Health Care, Sheri Miller, Creative Access Missionary in northern Africa, was flown to Johannesburg, South Africa for diagnosis and treatment for severe back pain. She is back doing missions work—with some modification— once again.
Any contributions to defray the costs of keeping our missionaries healthy would be appreciated. Please mark "Missionary Health Care" on your check or offering envelope. (Make checks payable to First Church of the Nazarene.)
Open the 10/40 Window Through Prayer - The 10/40 Window is a rectangular-shaped area between 10 and 40 degrees north of the equator, extending from northwest Africa across Asia. The Church of the Nazarene is at work in 30 of the 65 countries in this area through Creative Access missionaries. Two-thirds of the world’s population—more than 3.2 billion people—live in the Window. 95% of the people living in the Window are unevangelized; many have never heard the Gospel message. 85% of those in the Window live in extreme poverty. Religions such as Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism are centered in the Window. Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Thine inheritance, and the very ends of the earth as Thy possession. Psalm 2:8 Please pray for the 10/40 Window.
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Faith Promise - Systematic Giving for 
Campbell's Labels Provide School Supplies and More for Native American School in Arizona
Help Provide Our Missionaries with Health Care
Open the 10/40 Window Through Prayer - The 10/40 Window is a rectangular-shaped area between 10 and 40 degrees north of the equator, extending from northwest Africa across Asia. The Church of the Nazarene is at work in 30 of the 65 countries in this area through Creative Access missionaries. Two-thirds of the world’s population—more than 3.2 billion people—live in the Window. 95% of the people living in the Window are unevangelized; many have never heard the Gospel message. 85% of those in the Window live in extreme poverty. Religions such as Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism are centered in the Window. 
