My Testimony My name is Gregory D. Yarbrough A.KA. Lumpy. I was born and raised in Albuquerque. One year after I graduated from high school I left home to see what Albuquerque was really about. I found out that city was drug infested and it didn’t take long before I was selling and using drugs. It was also at that point my life that I got sent to the penitentiary for the first time, but it didn’t stop there. Alto-gether I spent 22 years of my adult life behind bars. That is half of my adult life. When I got out I went to stay with my child's mother but it wasn’t working out so I called my little brother Ste-vie Yarbrough, Pastor Jennies husband to come and get me. He brought me to Sandia Church of the Nazarene in the South Valley and that is where I started seek-

ing the Lord Jesus Christ. It took me a few months to become a member and I say that because I was scared. Since I’ve been liv-ing down at the Valley Church I learned to love myself more. I’m trying to stay focused on the Lord so I don’t fall real hard again. I have slipped here and there, but I always find myself on my knees repenting to the good Lord. Jesus is real and I want to enter the good Lords Kingdom.

God Bless Everyone

Gregory D. Yarbrough

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October 2011 Newsletter

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2315 Markham Rd SW ,(505) 877-0240

Albuquerque, NM 87105

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10/1-31 Pastor Appreciation

Month

10/2 - Membership/Baptism

10/8 - Young Adults feed the

homeless

10/15 - Adults feed the

homeless

10/17-21 - Prayer Conference

10/29 - Harvest Fiesta

October is Pastor Appreciation Month

1. Write your pastor a heart-felt thank you on your best sta-

tionery. Pastors love to pull these out for encouragement later

on.

2. Use a blank greeting card to present your pastor with a

“coupon” redeemable for free babysitting.

3. Mow your pastor's lawn.

4. Offer to pick up and pay for your pastor's dry cleaning.

5. Give your pastor a gift certificate to his or her favorite cof-

fee shop.

6. Offer to run some of your pastor's non pastoral errands.

7. Make your pastor's favorite dinner and invite the whole

family to eat at your house.

8. Call your pastor on the phone and pray for him or her.

9. Buy your pastor a tank-full of gas (ok, maybe half a tank)

10. Give your pastor a CD of his or her favorite worship mu-

sic.

11. Give your pastor a gift certificate for books on Amazon.

12. Take a photo of the pastoral family and put it in a nice

frame and present it as a gift.

13. Create a gift basket with some of your pastor's favorite

coffees and teas.

14. Circulate a giant greeting card through the congregation

for everyone to write encouraging notes for your pastor.

15. Throw a surprise potluck party for your pastor and staff.

16. Bake your pastor a pan of brownies.

17. Give your pastor a gift certificate for a night out at the

movies and offer to babysit that night.

18. Buy your pastor some groceries.

19. Give your pastor a one minute shoulder massage.

20. Take on some extra responsibilities at the church

(cleaning, driving the vans, etc)

21. Change the oil on your pastor's car.

22. Pitch in with some others and buy your pastor's car new

tires.

23. Wash your pastor's car.

24. Make a gift basket from a large coffee cup filled with nice

pens and stationery.

25. Take your pastor to lunch.

26. Take a picture of your family and enclose it in a greeting

card with a testimony of how God has used him or her to

strengthen your family.

27. Do your pastor's NBC Online homework (just kidding,

Dr. Graves!)

28. Take snapshots of your congregation and turn them into a

video of encouragement and thanks.

29. Pitch in with a group of people and pay for your pastor

and his/her spouse to go to the Leaders Retreat in Bonita Park

this October.

30. If your pastor has a baby, buy some diapers and formula.

31. Tell your pastor, “I love you.”

31 ways to appreciate your Pastors for under $31

“The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask

the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers

into his harvest field.”

Matthew 9:37-38

Come visit our pumpkin patch

October 3rd – 15th at Coors & Gun

Club. Proceeds help our Children’s Department. Open from 10:00am – 6:00pm.

Come Wednesday nights and join the choir for our Christmas

musical. Performance is on December 11th. We need all

our children 4 – 12 years old to be a part of this special

time. Solos and speaking parts available. See Pastor

DeAnn for more information.

An all church outreach event! October 29th - 4:00-8:00PM. This event is for all

ages. Free BBQ dinner! Fun carnival/fiesta

atmosphere with games, jump toys for the various

age groups, pop corn, cotton candy, piñatas, prizes. We need every-

one’s help! We need the most help in inviting, inviting, inviting, and

bringing those you invite to the fiesta. See your lay pastor for more

ways you can help and be involved with this exciting outreach event!

Grace Restoration Center continues to impact the

South Valley through the power of the Holy Spirit. Celebrate Recov-

ery, a Christian 12 step program, challenges participants to bravely look

deep within themselves and seek God for healing and forgiveness. At the

end of every lesson each person is invited to begin or deepen his or her

relationship with Jesus Christ, the only True Higher Power. Our food

bank and free clothing programs give our members a chance to get out into the

community and form new relationships with our neighbors so that we can begin to

make disciples of the South Valley.

Hey students,

This October we are going start making this youth group grow. We have lots

of stuff planned for this month and we can’t wait to have you involved. Friday

night R.A.V.E. is getting bigger every service and we hope that you can be

involved in that as well. We have Praise and Worship music directed toward

the youth. If you have a talent such as singing, raping, or playing an

instrument, we can use you for this service. We have to use our talents for the

Lord. Last but not least we have our Harvest fiesta on Oct. 29. We will have

jump toys for the teens of the South Valley. So bring your friends and

come join us in the Resistance 4:7 youth

ministry. Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James 4:7

Word from your Pastor

Fred Rodriguez

“When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with

eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you

the testimony about God. For I resolved to know

nothing while I was with you except Jesus

Christ and him crucified. I came to you in

weakness and fear, and with much trembling. My message and my

preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a

demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not rest on men's

wisdom, but on God's power” (1 Corinthians 2:1-5 NIV).

As I witness the different testimonies that are happening in the church, I am reminded

of this text written by the Apostle Paul. Paul reminds us that it is not our story that is

impressive or that gives hope to others but it is the story of Jesus that is the Gospel. What is

happening in the lives of those around me is exciting to see of how Jesus not only forgives sins but

empowers us with His Holy Spirit to live a life that truly reflects deliverance from sin, and victory over

the world. I am encouraged more today to share the Gospel of Jesus with others more than ever before,

expecting miracles to take place in the lives who hear this His story. I invite you to become story

tellers with me as we share the Gospel with the City of Albuquerque.

Service Schedule Sunday Morning A.L.I.V.E. Bible Study..9:45AM

Sunday Morning Worship… 11:00am

Sunday Night Believers Service……6:00pm

Wednesday Night A.L.I.V.E Bible Study 6:30pm

Friday Night Youth R.A.V.E………6:30pm

Friday Caravans Scouting Program…….6:30pm

Food Bank Sunday Night………………………..6:00pm

Tuesday ………..……………………9:30am

Wednesday (Grace Restoration)……..11am

Wednesday Night……………………6:30pm

Friday Night…………………………6:30pm

(you must attend service to receive a food box)

Celebrate Recovery Struggling with addiction? We have a biblical-

based 12-step program that meets every Thursday

at Grace Restoration Center at 12pm-2pm. Contact

Pastor Jeanna for more info.

Ministerial Preparation Classes If you have a call to ministry then it is time to prepare.

Classes are available

“Leading People of God” Oct. 1st 9am-4pm

Oct. 15th 9am-4pm

Cost $25 (please register a week prior)

Sandia Mountain Church of the Nazarene

8216 Central SE, ABQ, NM 87108

Contact Pastor Pete for more info. and to schedule a make-up class if

you missed the first class (505) 321-8635

“History & Polity of the Church of the Nazarene”

Oct 8th, Oct 22nd , and Nov 5th

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Cost $25 (please register as soon as possible)

Sandia Valley Church of the Nazarene

2315 Markham Rd. SW, ABQ, NM 87105

Contact Pastor David Steele for more info and to register

buzzysteele@gmail.com