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The Charlesburg Church of the Nazarene in Suriname hosted a combined service for all 16 Nazarene churches in the country 3 March. There were more than 200 people in attendance, including members from the Apoera, Haitian, Saramacaan, and Dutch churches. The event chairperson was Eric Hitzert, and the

Mount Vernon Nazarene University President Henry Spaulding II announced the appointment of Stephanie Lobdell as campus pastor, effective 1 July. Lobdell will relocate to Mount Vernon from Mountain Home, Idaho, where she and her husband, Tommy, have co-pastored at Mountain Home Church of the Nazarene

Southern Nazarene University ’s new Veterans Educational Transitions Success Center opened 16 April in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The center will provide services to veteran college students and their families during the transition from military to academic, civilian life. “In the past, students had to

The Belmopan Church of the Nazarene in Belize City, Belize, launched the Hedges rehabilitation facility for young men. The program helps residents return to their community equipped to live a normal life. Hedges offers the Celebrate Recovery Step program, addiction education, Bible study,

Retired missionary and minister Fern Scrivner passed away 7 April. She was 102 years old. Fern was born in 1916 in Minatare, Nebraska, to Milton and Augusta Casteel. She graduated from Pasadena Nazarene College (now Point Loma Nazarene University ) where she met Fulsom Scrivner, and they were

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 15-19 April 2019. John Adams , 88, of Troy, Ohio, passed away 15 April. He was a retired minister, serving in Ohio. He is survived by his wife, Lois Adams. N. Evelyn

Ruth Daria Privett of Paragould, Arkansas, passed away 2 April at the age of 71. She was the wife of Charles Privett, pastor at Blytheville, Arkansas, First Church of the Nazarene. Ruth was born in Zebulon, North Carolina, in 1947, and she married her husband, Charles, in 1963. Nearly 15 years later

Retired minister and missionary Harry Mingledorff passed away 31 March. He was 97 years old. In 1942, he took his first pastoral assignment in Pennsylvania. That same year, Harry married his wife, Jean. Two years later, the couple moved to Mexico to serve as missionaries. In 1945, they moved from

The Northwest District elected David Mowry as its next superintendent. Mowry current serves as the lead pastor at Twin Falls, Idaho, Church of the Nazarene. His new assignment will be made effective 11 May. Mowry replaces Randall Craker, who is retiring after serving as district superintendent for

The Trinidad and Tobago District East Zone held a youth Bible quizzing event 30 March called Bible Battlemania: Gameshow Edition. Participants came from three of the four zones to compete in a Jeopardy-style trivia event that covered Genesis, Kings of the Bible, The Life of Jesus and New Testament