Northeastern District

Family Newsletter
The Northeastern District of The Christian and Missionary Alliance; 6275 Pillmore Drive; Rome, NY 13440
Phone 315-336-4720 Email: office@northeasterncma.com Web: www.northeasterncma.com

Thoughts from Dan

As summer quickly approaches, I’m thinking about the upcoming ministries at
Delta Lake Bible Conference Center. Another full Summer season of camps is VOLUME 9 I SSUE 6
on the schedule. Staff has been selected and will soon arrive for orientation and
training. Registrations are being received for Family, Youth and Haven Camps.
Also, some very lovely and functional physical changes to the Delta Center and J UNE 2 0 10
Log Cabin are underway with completion expected before Family Bible
Conference commences. When you come, I assure you that what you see will
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cause you to proclaim, “Praise the Lord!”
During Family Bible Conference a significant milestone will be marked – the
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burning of the Delta Center Mortgage! The original debt of close to $500,000 Northeastern District Staff
taken on in the early 90’s to build the Center was paid off in January. Now that’s
worth celebrating!! Funds necessary to complete the stonework and construct a
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roof overhanging the Delta Café area were also made available and that work is
rapidly approaching completion.
If you are a District Official Worker, I passionately urge you to take advantage District Calendar 4
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of the discount voucher sent to you from Delta to attend all or part of Family
Camp. Come and see what the Lord is doing at the camp. Rev. Scott Slocum,
pastor at Essex Junction Vermont, will be the evening speaker and a solid line
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up of other presenters will provide us with wonderful spiritual “meals” during the
week.
Pray for Rick Barnard and the entire Delta staff as they prepare for a very
busy and challenging Summer of ministry. Pray that lives of many children,
youth and adults will be touched and transformed by the Lord Jesus Christ at
Delta this Summer.
Delta Lake is your camp. Please support it through your prayers and
participation.

Keep looking up,

Dan

Note: Pastors, has your church scheduled a Great Commission Sunday? If not,
there is still time to do so this month.
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District Church Health and Multiplication
Office Staff DAILY GRATITUDE AND THANKSGIVING

District Superintendent
Rev. Daniel D. Miller
Director of
Church Health and
Multiplication
Rev. Jon A. Martin
District Business
Manager/Bookkeeper
Mr. Frank E. Whiting
Administrative Assistant/
Executive Secretary to the
District Superintendent
Mrs. Tracy M. Murphy
Church Health
and Multiplication
Administrative Assistant
Mrs. Debra A. Martin
Recently I had the opportunity to participate in a church revitalization conference
entitled: “Embers to a Flame” in Auburn, Alabama. The book, “From Embers to
a Flame” is filled with many good principles for pastors/church leaders to pray
through and discover those areas the Lord would guide them to pursue.
Under the third major topic, RECOVER, Strategy #3 “Gospel-Driven and Christ-
Centered”, the author of the book and leader of this section of the seminar, Harry
L. Reeder III, emphasized the “Theological Foundation of Church Vitality.”
He states: “The gospel is the glorious message that God’s grace has, is and will
overcome our sin through the life, death, burial, resurrection and continual
intercession of His Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ.
As I heard and contemplated that “deliverance message” again, I wondered,
does the average person in our pews, really “know the gospel, are they gripped
by the gospel, believe the gospel” and even more importantly “SHARE the
gospel”? Reeder spells out the following:
Deliverance – “Past”
The Persuasion of Sin Effectual Calling A new perspective
The Power of Sin Regeneration A new heart
The Penalty of Sin Justification A new record
The Position of Sin Adoption A new family

Deliverance – “Present”
The Practice of Sin Sanctification A new life

Deliverance – “Future”
The Presence of Sin Glorification A new home

When one knows, is gripped, believes and shares this powerful story with others, there is power, peace and
understanding in the “Union with Christ” message. One that is able to change hearts and lives. Are there
people in your sphere of influence who need to know what Jesus has done? A recent daily bread exhorts:
“share the good news of what the Lord has done for you, and your life will take on new purpose.” (-C.P. Hia).

Related to this article, please include in your church prayer lists the new Church Health initiative, “Iron
Sharpening Iron” pilot plan that is being launched with 13 pastors in our district to read, discuss and interact with
the materials, “From Embers to a Flame.”

For a healthier today and tomorrow,

Jon

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Northeastern District
Family Newsletter
Articles for the July
Newsletter should be sent to
To order Membership Certificates
da_martin@northeasterncma.com
by Monday, June 21, 2010
da_martin@northeasterncma.com
The ordination oral examination
by the License, Ordination, and
Consecration Council
was successfully passed by
Denes F. House
Senior Pastor of
Trinity Alliance Church
Rochester, NY
on May 11, 2010.
Congratulations to
Denes and Karina!
The public is cordially invited
to attend Denes’s
Service of Ordination
Sunday, July 18, 5:00 PM
at Trinity Alliance Church
1275 Spencerport Rd.
Membership Certificates
Please contact Debra at the
District Office
315-336-4720 ext. 204
New Official Workers Forum
NOWF
All new official workers who have
not attended a NOWF are invited
to attend August 23–26
at the Crowne Plaza Hotel
Colorado Springs, CO.
NOWF is a requirement for
ordination. The discounted
registration rate is $99 through
June 15. After June 15
registration will be $129. Please
visit www.cmalliance.org/events
to register if you have not
done so already.
Sympathy
Looking for Pastors or
Interim Pastors in NY
Arcade, Cortland, Frewsburg,
Geneva, Port Crane, Schenectady,
Ticonderoga, Walton and Whitesville
Looking for Assistant or
Associate Pastors in NY
Kingston, Oswego,
Poughkeepsie, Syracuse
and Tonawanda
LIFE 2010: Collide
July 6—10, 2010
Louisville, Kentucky
Registration -- $395.
Website:
In Transition
Rev. Barritt W. and
Jordan E. Durbin
to Central District
Late June

Rochester, NY. Mr. Timothy B. Kong

Mrs. Jeanne to Unassigned
(Bernard L.) Dunham
Fall Mission Conferences Widow of Former District Pastor
Rev. Adam D. Smith
Pastor Campbell, NY
MANY THANKS to the District Missions May 20, 2010 pastoradamsmith@yahoo.com
Committee members for their great work
preparing the District Fall Missions
Conference information which was mailed to
District churches on May 17. If you did not
receive your tour schedule, please contact google image
Mrs. Joyce Mertz, District Missions Committee
Chairperson, at mjmertz1@stny.rr.com or
607-563-8301. Reminder: any “District” tour Time Share New District website
change requests are to be cleared by June 18 is coming.
with the other church involved and your Hallelujah!
District Missions Committee “Contact Person”
Available for use at a minimal
listed at the top of your tour schedule. Thank cost to our Pastors, Be on the lookout for the new
you to Mrs. Madeline Kilmore, Mr. Dick Cutler Missionaries or anyone who website to be launched next
and Rev. Joseph Zach for your tour needs a week of rest. month. Your prayers for this
coordination efforts. Contact Emery & Yvonne huge project
Every District church now should have your Guest at (607) 377-0576 or
email yguest@msn.com, are appreciated.
next Missions Conference date inasmuch as
the National C&MA Missions Mobilization include “time share”
Office has e-mailed the Interdistrict Tour in the subject line. google image
Schedules.
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Oh, the smiles! The sparkles in their eyes! The joy on their faces! Seven women raised their hands to
accept Jesus Christ as their Savior at the Colonie Alliance Church Mother/Daughter Banquet. Keith and
Maryellen Hobson and I nearly danced with happiness at what God had done. The three of us stayed at the
church a long time reliving the moment seven souls were saved.
The event was well planned. The speaker gave a salvation message and an invitation to receive Christ.
Gospels of John and “Steps to Peace with God” lay on the altar awaiting those who were seeking that peace.
Bibles were available for those who didn’t have one. Women of the church were prepared and eager to meet
their new-born sisters and invite them to a ladies’ Bible study. The tables decorated, the prime rib prepared,
games played, gifts given, songs sung. Humans worked hard to make the moment memorable, but God
orchestrated it all.
Humbled at what God had done, Keith started talking about prayer. He said the church had prayed
fervently for weeks that people would come. It was their biggest attendance for a Mother/Daughter banquet ever.
Many were not from the church. The church prayed passionately for women to accept Christ. Some of those
seven women had been prayed for by name. Several had been prayed for for years.
I posted my praise on face book: “Colonie Alliance Church prayed fervently for two weeks for those
coming to the Mother/Daughter banquet. Tonight seven women walked to the altar to indicate they prayed to
accept Jesus as their Savior. My heart is soaring.”
Jonathan Graf, Vice President at Harvest Prayer Ministries commented on my status. He said, “I wish
more churches would learn what prayer can do—especially when we turn our prayers from the fix it kind to the
Kingdom kind.”
I agree with Jonathan’s comment and I agree with the C&MA’s core values that lost people matter to God
and He wants them found and that prayer is the primary work of the people of God. May we hear more
testimonies of what God does when we make prayer the primary work. There are lost people out there. He
wants them found. I’m turning my prayers from fix it kind to Kingdom kind. How about you?
Happy harvesting!
Elaine

District Calendar
JUNE
6-9 – Senior Saints Advance, DLBCC
15 – DMC Teleconference, 9:00 AM
Sympathy 21 – Newsletter Items Due at District Office
New Address
22 – LO&CC Agenda Items Due at District Office
Rev. Peter H.
JULY Courlas, III
2-10 – District Family Bible Conference, DLBCC
Mr. Aaron Boyce 4 – AWM Summer Renew, DLBCC, 3:00 PM 676 A Pinerow Crescent
Former Caretaker of 5 – INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY – District Office Closed Waterloo
Delta Lake BCC 6-10 – LIFE, COLLIDE, Louisville, KY Ontario, CANADA
May 17, 2010 11-17 – Trailblazer Camp (3-5 grades), DLBCC N2T 2K4
13 – LO&CC Mtg., District Office, 10:00 AM
15 -- Evangelism Comm. Teleconference, 3:00 PM pcourlas@gmail.com
18-24 – Pioneer Camp (6-8 grades), DLBCC 519-591-3439
20-25 – International Bible Quizzing, Calgary, Alberta Canada
22 – Missions Comm. Teleconference, 10:00 AM
google image 25-31 – Explorer Camp (9-12 grades), DLBCC
26 – Newsletter Items Due at District Office

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 Evangelism Minute
"EVANGELSIM" is one of the most feared words in our Christian vocabulary. Why? Because so often we
seem to "fail" at it, we can't seem to "close the deal." What if sharing your faith meant just being yourself?
At the Savior's Chapel in Rochester, we are taking everyone (at least that's the goal) through a study on
evangelism because we feel that part of the responsibility of the church is to equip the church to "go make
disciples."
The book we are using is entitled: "Evangelism Without Additives" by Jim Henderson. We are calling
our Adult Christian Growth classes: "Simple Evangelism." Sharing your faith has never been easier. If the
Gospel really is good news, why do most Christians avoid evangelism? Why is "witnessing" often a negative
experience, for both the sender and the receiver. Wouldn't it be great if you could communicate the good
news without having to become a spiritual salesperson? What if you didn't have to make a speech in order
to share your faith? What if you could use everyday experiences to nudge others closer to Jesus? What if the
things you're already doing counted as evangelism?
Evangelism can be as normal as asking great questions and paying attention to people who need
Jesus. It involves doing things you already do, but with a new purpose. Jesus called attention to the
importance of even the smallest acts, saying those who offer "a cup of cold water" will be rewarded.
This book isn't another program or pitch. It's a handbook on how to make real connections with non-
believers. It gives us the beginning steps towards sharing Christ. Most believers don't even start because
they are afraid they can't finish well. This book is helping our people to step out and make the effort for
Christ. So many of our folks have said, "What a relief this is to me. I can do this. It takes the pressure and
guilt off."
A WORD OF CAUTION: Some of you may recognize the name of the author as a man strongly
supporting the Emergent Church Movement. This is true. However, we shouldn't "throw the baby out with
the bath water." By using this book, you are in no way "signing on" to the emergent church principles. In
the final chapter the author makes this statement: "After reading the first eleven chapters of this book, you
might wonder what I believe about conversion or coming to faith, or what some refer to as "getting saved."
In this book we have focused most of our attention on the very front end of the conversion or disciple-making
process because that's where most of us ordinary types struggle." We, at the Savior's Chapel, will be
following this study up in our small groups with another evangelism study which will take them to the next
step in their relationships that they have built.
I strongly recommend this book to get your folks out of their pews and into the community to begin
building relationships with "sinners."

Tedd Lewellen
Pastor
The Savior’s Chapel/Rochester

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