March/April 2018

Dr. Ronald J. Blake

District Superintendent

District Office:

2055 E. Hadley Rd.

Plainfield, IN 46168

317.856.3715 (phone)

317.856.4633 (fax)

www.indydistrict.org

rblake@indydistrict.org

office@indydistirct.org

Upcoming Events: April 14 NMI Conven-

tion

April 21 Ladies Day @

ONU

April 28 SDMI/NYI Con-

vention

April 29-30 District

Assembly

May 10-12 Regional

Celebrate Life

June 18-24 Camp

Meeting

June 25-30 Teen Camp

July 13-22 Kid’s Camps

Aug. 17 Ladies’ Night

Out

The Promise of Spring at the moment is still pretty much a promise. We, seemingly, in Indianapo-

lis have had more snow this spring that we did all winter! In just a few days we will be gathering at Indianapolis Westside for our District Assembly. Sunday

evening April 29th we will be having our big rally service at 5:00PM It will be a wonderful evening

of music, inspiration, information and the District Superintendent’s report. We will gather Mon-

day morning at 8:30AM and the day will culminate with our ordination service at 7:00PM.

We are excited about Dr. and Mrs. Eugénio Duarte being with us. Dr. Duarte is a wonderful godly

leader and you will want to make sure to be a part of District Assembly 2018. June will be youth camps as well as our District Camp meeting at Indy First, June 18 through 28 th.

Rev. Susie Shellenberger and Vance and Jeannie Sharpe will be our music evangelists. July will

be our Children’s Camps. We plan these events for many reasons, but one is that we will be able to someday reflect and

remember as the Psalmist did: “I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy

wonders of old.” To live positively into the future we must stop and take stock of the goodness

and grace of our Lord. I trust as the weather warms up you will be able to get out and about and participate in activities

that you and your family truly enjoy rest and renewal.

Annual Indianapolis District Camp Meeting

June 18-24

Indianapolis First Church of the Nazarene

Rev. Susie Shellenberger Evangelist

Vance and Jeannie Sharpe Song Evangelists

Services Nightly ~ Monday—Friday ~ 7:00 pm

Sunday Service ~ 5:00 pm

Children’s Service Nightly

Nursery Provided

Mrs. Martha Bean , President

4146 Gambel Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46221 marthabean63@gmail.com 317-413-2921

Rev Josh Robertson, Interim President

52 N. 500 E., Greenfield, IN 46140

revrobertson@netzero.com

District NMI Convention

Saturday, April 14 Registration 8:30 AM; Opening Session 9:00 AM

Indianapolis First Church of the Nazarene

Missionaries Worship Leaders Lindell & Kay Browning Tony & Tricia Convention Speakers Bailey

Celebration! Inspiration! Information!

Worship Workshops Elections/NMI Info Children’s Activities Recycle (Bring last year’s books/CDs and

curriculum to give away) Convention Offering***

Very important! The convention offering will go to help our missionaries in Cape Verde, the Gonzalez

Family, purchase a vehicle. Goal: $30,000. Over $18,000 has been raised; we need $12,000 more! Come prepared to give generously!

Missionaries are coming! Greg & Amy Crofford will be touring the district, April 22-29. They currently serve at Africa Nazarene University in Nairobi, Kenya. Meet them at one of these services: Sun. AM, Apr. 22 – Greenfield New Hope Sun. PM, Apr. 22 – New Castle First Mon., Apr. 23 – Fortville Tues., Apr. 24 – Monrovia Wed., Apr. 25 – Franklin Thurs., Apr. 26 – Indpls. Southwest Fri., Apr. 27 – Richmond New Life Sat., Apr. 28 – Connersville First Sun. AM, Apr. 29 – New Castle Southside

NYI Convention

April 28, 2018

Special Speaker: Eric Wood

Staff Pastor Valparaiso Nazarene

Workshops: Connecting to Your Community

Volunteer Youth Ministry Ministry to Young Adults

9:00 am ~ 1:00 pm

Shelbyville First Church of the Nazarene

Celebrate Life @ ONU

May 10-12, 2018 Let’s bring home the trophy!

Teen Camp July 25-29, 2018

Special Speaker:

Matt Hastings

Register Online: www.indynyi.com

www.indynyi.com

July 10-14 Phoenix, AZ

Theme: Love God, Love Others Be watching for more details to come!!

www.nyc2019.com

Rev. Danny Goddard, SDMI Chairman

1727 Grand Ave., New Castle, IN 47362

dgoddard@ncfirstnazarene.org

Challenge from the Chair. . .

The District SDMI Convention may be history by the time you read this. Hopefully, every church enjoyed a great year this past church year. The good news is, we now have a clean slate and we’re into a new year! The Bible is clear that God wants to do something new in your Sunday School! “Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert.” (Isaiah 43:19) Why not consider starting a new class or two this new year? What about a new ministry such as monthly block parties or ministries for women or men or both? Plan a children’s musical and make it a big combined service on Sunday morning. Use your SDMI Board to think creatively and plan for growth. Remember, we are allowed by our denominational headquarters to have combined services up to four times a year (No Sunday School but the attendance of the one big worship service also counts as your Sunday School attendance.) We can count those in our exten-sion classes in our SDMI attendance as long as you don’t count someone twice. Let’s have a great 2018-19 year in SDMI Ministries be-cause the Lord blesses and because we planned it that way! Whatever you do in your church, it all begins with Sunday School! Congratulations, Scott Robinson. The District SDMI Board has appointed him Men’s Ministries Director!

% Morning Resp % Morning Resp

2018 2017 + / -- Worship 2018 2017 + / -- Worship List

Centerville 31 22 9 41% 56 73 Franklin 35 32 3 9% 56 110

College Corner 23 NR NR NR 23 58 GateWay Cow boy 8 9 -1 -11% 19 20

Connersville First 31 29 2 7% 39 100 The Point 42 NR NR NR 58 401

Connersville Gortner 29 25 4 16% 35 62 Indpls. Restoration Point NR NR NR NR 20 37

Hagerstow n 66 66 0 0% 49 98 Indpls. Southside 96 NR NR NR 97 274

Liberty 28 25 3 12% 62 117 Indpls. Southw est 145 145 0 0% 158 263

Richmond First 47 45 2 4% 75 94 Life Pointe 80 135 -55 -41% 94 191

Richmond New Life 11 8 3 38% 27 26 Martinsville First 230 97 133 137% 147 320

Richmond Southview 17 19 -2 -11% 40 88 Martinsville Trinity NR NR NR NR 25 100

Williamsburg 35 40 -5 -13% 65 109 Matu NR NR NR NR 101 110

Whosoever 11 NR NR NR 31 44 Monrovia 14 11 3 27% 36 29

ZONE TOTALS 329 279 50 18% 502 869 Southport 176 134 42 31% 258 310

Willow Grove 0 36 -36 -100% 17 128

ZONE TOTALS 826 599 227 38% 1,086 2,293

Indpls. Castleton 80 80 0 0% 109 131

Fishers Point NR 12 NR NR 47 130

Fortville 137 153 -16 -10% 197 261 Greensboro NR 32 NR NR 50 98

Greenfield First 17 20 -3 -15% 38 71 New Castle First 186 170 16 9% 244 457

Indpls. First NR 314 NR NR 463 1,023 New Castle Southside 0 46 -46 -100% 72 117

Morristow n 5 NR NR NR 15 18 New Castle Westview 24 18 6 33% 26 130

New Hope 39 29 10 34% 46 78 Rushville 22 17 5 29% 44 21

Victorious Life 32 35 -3 -9% 42 175 Shirley 27 33 -6 -18% 20 66

ZONE TOTALS 310 643 -333 -52% 957 1,887 Spiceland 79 77 2 3% 63 129

Warrington 12 15 -3 -20% 31 54

ZONE TOTALS 350 408 -58 -14% 550 1072

Avon Parkside 69 89 -20 -22% 91 150

Brow nsburg 21 25 -4 -16% 29 51

Clermont 62 59 3 5% 35 72 Edinburgh 22 20 2 10% 34 48

Indpls. Grace Pointe 240 242 -2 -1% 273 394 Greensburg 42 40 2 5% 80 400

Indpls. Westside 413 260 153 59% 550 868 Madison 17 21 -4 -19% 28 55

Second Chance NR 64 NR NR 108 238 North Vernon 88 85 3 4% 175 201

United Community NR 56 NR NR 37 149 Osgood 9 NR NR NR 8 30

Velocity Church 64 78 -14 -18% 118 226 Rising Sun NR NR NR NR 24 NR

ZONE TOTALS 869 873 -4 0% 1,241 2,148 Shelbyville First 129 115 14 12% 159 340

ZONE TOTALS 307 281 26 9% 508 1,074

Indpls. Cornerstone NR 41 NR NR 70 132 SDMI Avg.Attendance Worship Avg. Responsibility List

Indpls, Cross-w ay NR 10 NR NR 30 41 Current 2,991 5,415 9,738

Indpls. Friendly NR 8 NR NR 12 50 Last Year 4,560 6,012 9,349

Besserat Evangelical NR NR NR NR NR NR # Gain / Loss -1,569 -597 389

Indpls. Shepherd Comm. NR 267 NR NR 425 152 % Gain / Loss -52% -11% -11%

Village Church NR 12 NR NR 17 NR TOP TEN ATTENDANCE TOP TEN PERCENTAGE GAIN

Living Mission NR 12 NR NR 17 20 Indpls. Westside 578 Martinsville First 137%

ZONE TOTALS 0 350 -350 -100% 571 395 Indpls. First 463 Indpls. Westside 59%

Indpls. Shepherd Comm. 425 Centerville 41%

Indpls. Grace Pointe 261 Richmond New Life 38%

New Castle First 216 New Hope 34%

North Vernon 201 New Castle Westview 33%

Southport 172 Rushville 29%

Fortville 162 Monrovia 27%

Martinsville First 147 Shelbyville First 12%

Indpls. Southw est 132 Liberty 12%

Southeast Zone Rev. Jim Hudson reporting

Urban Zone Diana Petty reporting

Churches not reporting are show n in bold.

Previous year is used for headquarters report and

the church is show n as NR in BOLD print.

INDIANAPOLIS DISTRICT SDMI MONTHLY REPORT FOR MARCH 2018

SDMI

+ or -

SDMI

+ or -List

Richmond Zone Rev. Ron Karkosky reporting South Zone Rev. Jeff Floyd reporting

Indpls. Northeast Zone Rev. Josh Robertson reporting

New Castle Zone Rev. Steve Hamilton reporting

Indpls. Northwest Zone Britni Gallow ay reporting

August 17