Luke 10:27
‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and will all your strength
and with all your mind’;
and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
WHO WE ARE:
Optimists of grace
The primary objective of our district is to populate Northwestern Ohio with dynamic, Wesleyan-Holiness churches. We are “optimists of grace,” realizing it is by God’s initiative that we come to know Him, are offered salvation through Jesus Christ, and are being made like Jesus by the work of the Holy Spirit. As followers of Christ, we seek to “love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love our neighbors as ourselves.”
Presently, we have sixty congregations in our twenty-two counties, and are actively seeking to start new churches. The relatively small geographical footprint of our district, as well as the belief that we are better together, makes us a connected district. There are many opportunities for fellowship, worship, evangelism, and training.
FIRST DAY BLOG
Muchas Gracias
To receive without expressing thanks is the poorest of manners. Last month we were looking at The Gathering in hope and prayer. This month I look back with gratitude beyond words. What an incredible week we had!!
THANK YOU to NWO worship teams, to children’s workers and youth leaders.
THANK YOU to pray-ers, givers, boosters, and encouragers.
THANK YOU to our kitchen staff for delicious meals, and our ROAMERs for (wo)manning the snack stand.
THANK YOU to all of the “behind the scenes” people who did the many “little” things that made it all come together. Molly, Nancy, Trish, Linda…the list goes on and on.
THANK YOU to our preachers, Dr. Charles Tillman, and Drs. Chuck and Carla Sunberg who gave of themselves wholeheartedly. These tremendous messages are still available on YouTube at NWO NAZ or on Facebook at Lighthouse Camp and Retreat Center.
THANK YOU to the Audio/Visual team that put it all together for both those in the tabernacle, and those who joined us from all over the country (and beyond).
THANK YOU to Pastors Dave Dooley and Ben Hartford for making sure our services were “put together” and ready to go. They are the best.
THANK YOU to Mr. Mark Dodds and his Facilities Team for having our grounds in absolutely beautiful and functional condition.
THANK YOU to Rev. Larry Fox and Kathy Phillips here in our office for so much behind the scenes that made the “up front” look good.
THANK YOU to Mona. She is amazing in her work as our Guest Services Facilitator. (And thanks for those who have expressed hope she would get a break after The Gathering, but there are still fourteen children’s youth camps, and two large family camps for the rest of the summer here. In the words of a song I told her “I will see you in September”.)
THANK YOU most of all to our LORD who graced us with His Presence, anointing, and favor.
I am still plugging away with my Spanish. I think the two words I like the most were those in the very first lesson: Muchas Gracias (Thank you very much.)
Te veo el próximo año (See you next year).
Hopefully sooner.
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reaching the next generation, together
One child, one student at a time.
From Bible Quizzing to Summer Camp, NWO Kids Min has your children’s ministry covered.
callinG youth to a dynamic life in christ
Our goal is to develop partnerships among pastors and leaders of local youth groups, both large and small, as we seek God’s standard for youth ministry.
supporting churches, empowering disciples
We aim to provide a variety of resources, training events, and activities throughout the year to enhance the growth and ministry of our district churches.
Our vision is seeing:
“Connected neighborhoods sharing resources and the good news of Jesus.”
We believe we can accomplish this mission by:
“Preparing and equipping missionaries who will develop church-type missions throughout the city of Toledo.”
Our foundation for starting new works:
#Listen #Connect #Create
Nazarene Missions
international
We are committed to telling the missions story by providing resources and support for informing and educating local churches, not only in what other Nazarenes are doing in missions, but how they can get involved, too.
Our goal is to mobilize the Church in missions efforts across the globe by emphasizing five different areas of impact.
