"Becoming People of Prayer and Discipleship."

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I'm grateful for the saving, healing, anddelivering power of God in ourmidst. At ourmost recent Concert of Prayer on March 10,someone vowed to give up smoking. He and

his family had been praying about it for a long time, and hebelievedthatnightwas theright time.Hehasbeensmoke-­‐free foralmost three weeks now, and testifies to the power of the HolySpirit making it easy for him.

Isn't that great? What a mighty God we serve! He still worksmiracles and acts daily on behalf of each of us.

It was wonderful to see our prayers answered as the dramaticpresentation ofWho Is He? closedwith extended times of prayeraround the altars in both services. That is why we sing, preach,share theWordandmeet together; So liveswill be changedaswegrow in grace together. My prayer is that we remain sensitive tothe Holy Spirit in our services, and that He takes continues tochange lives in extraordinary ways.

Praise His name!Pastor Angela

I pray that our students riseupas leaders and setthe path for others in their relationships with theLord.

My vision and goals for our youth are listedbelow. Would you join me in praying about these?Youth Leaders: We currently have a great youthleader staff that helps me minister on Wednesday

nights to our youth but I am praying for more youth leaders on Wednesdaynights. Pray for more youth leaders.Youth Sunday School: Currently we have two classes. I teach the 7th-­‐9thgrade boys and girls andMark Aubrey teaches the 10th-­‐12th grade boys andgirls. My goal this year is to have 3 Sunday School classes. I would teach the7th-­‐9th grade boys, Mark would teach the 10th-­‐12th grade boys and have a7th-­‐12th grade girls class, which would eventually become two classes: a7th-­‐9th gradegirls class anda10th-­‐12th girls class. Pray formoreSundaySchoolteachers.Emmaus Groups: Currently we have 7 Emmaus groups. These leaders aremeeting with their groups weekly and God is doing great things in thesegroups. My prayer is that we have more Emmaus groups. Pray for moreEmmaus leaders.YouthDiscipleshipGroup:Wehave a YouthDiscipleship from thatmeets onSundaynights from5:00-­‐6:00pm in the youth room.We lookat Scripture andpray together. Pray that this group continues to strengthen student’srelationship with the Lord through discipleship.Praise the Lord for teenagers! They are the future of the church!Would youjoin me in these prayer requests for our youth group?

Grace and Peace,Pastor Matt

Pastor’s thoughts: Friendsfollowing Jesus. We are learningas a people what it means to beChristlike Disciples. We arelearning how to pray and we areseeingpeoplehealed and set free

i n Jesus name. Weare traveling thisjourney together. We are in the midst of the trip. We areseeking and finding the presence of Jesus when we seekHimwith all our heart. What a blessing to see the freedomand power of God work during the Palm Sunday musical“Who is He?” God has more in store for us as we press intowards Him. Sunday School classes, Emmaus groups, LifeGroups are seeking and finding Jesus and knowing eachother in discipleship. It is Friends following Jesus.Together. I have been blessed to see following Jesustogether is not a short term thing. This month I havewitnessed friends dovoted to Jesus and each other for over50YEARSneverwaveror falter in their loveanddevotionforJesus and each other. I invite you to join us in April for“Friends Following Jesus” series in the morning services.We are marching to Zion and singing as we go. Leave theworld behind and let’s follow Jesus wherever He leads.Anticipating,

Pastor Wayne

April 2013

The challenge was issued about 4weeks ago for the church to bring candyand eggs to the church so that we couldhaveanegghunt.Youbroughtover5,000eggs filled with candy. The Egg hunt atGuymon Nazarene that started on

Saturdayat10:00actually startedweeksearlier asyoubeganprayingover the invitation cards and praying aboutwhoGodwould have youinvite and also as you began to bring eggs to the church. You wereasked to pray over these eggs as you placed them in the basket. Manyofyouwereevenprayingduring theegghunt.Manyofyoumetat9:00and spread out over the church and prayed for those who would fillthe sanctuary in just about one hour. The egg hunt was covered inprayer long before the eggs were even hidden. As people filled thesanctuary many came searching for candy that has temporarysweetness. As we celebrated His resurrection Jesus’ sweetness waspouredoutasasweetnessthatwilloutlastanypieceofcandy.Notonlydidwegive themanegghunt, but firstweshared thegospelwith themaswe shared in the celebration of His resurrection. Songs were sang,Godwasglorifiedandscripturewasshared.WesharedLuke24:13-­‐34with allwho came. Thankyou Jesus. I knowof specifically onewomanwho left encouraged and heart was blessed with the celebration thattook place on Saturday. Thank you Jesus for this opportunity andthankyouchurchfor firstcommittingtoprayandsecondly forhelpingmake the egg hunt possible.

Pastor Steve

It is exciting to witnessGod already blessing ourWork and Witness team.The team now has 17members. Each aremoving forward in faithtomakethetrip June28–July 7 to Masaya,

Nicaragua. Others are joining the team in financialsupport and prayer partners. We will introduce theteam on April 14th in the morning services. The nextteammeeting is April 19 at 7pm. Everyone is welcometo attend and join the vision. This is a whole churcheffort. this team is possible. Because of your prayers &giving to others and support

Have You Prayed For Your Church Board ?Read Barby, Ted Behne, Jim Campbell, Matt Curtis, Scot Dahl,Robin Dawson. Madison Gibson, Rachel Jones, Mack Johnson,

Linda McCurdy, Bryant McDowell, Monty Sanders & TomStephens.

Have You Prayed For Your Pastors?Wayne Dawson, Angela Walker, Matt West & Steve Lehew

“Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He isnot only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is

accessible to all who will seek Him.”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY2 Austin Teegarden4 Caleb Dahl

4 Coaleen Qusenbury4 Valerie Twyman8 Melanie Jones8 Jim Noland

10 Tanner Aubrey10 Robert Love13 Pam Martin

15 Bryant McDowell15 John Lear

15 Monty Sanders17 Sherri Guymon

22 Sharon Shilling22 Sam Shilling24 Patti West24 Taylor Sassin25 Tatum Curtis27 Riley Evans28 Terry Bookout

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

17 Ken & Loretta Sims21 Jim & Teina Sample

The Children's Bible Quiz Team has hadanother successful season, holding our 1st placetitle for the ninth consecutive quiz!

This year we have been studying the book ofActs. We have 15 quizzers that range from2nd-­‐6th grade. Do you know who wrote the

book of Acts? Do you know what the Pharisees believed that theSadducees did not? Do you know whether Paul was a Pharisee or aSadducee? What do you know about Candace, Cornelius, SergiusPaulus,Elymas,Rhoda, Lydia, Jason,Apollos,Demetrius,orFelix? Thequizzers have been learning information like this andmuchmore thisseason!

So far, we have traveled to Guthrie, Bethany, Stillwater, andWoodward. On a quiz weekend, we usually leave after schooltraveling toourquizdestination,arriving lateatnight,andsleepingonthe floor of our host church. We have some tough Panhandle kids!They consistently bring home top honors despite being road weary,having very little sleep and usually way too much junk food!

At our quiz inWoodward, the quizzers were able to earn a trophyfor learning twenty memory verses. In order to qualify they have toknow all twenty verses and quote them to us word for word. At thecompetition, they draw three references from the twenty and quotethem to the judge. Every "a," "an," and "the" has to beword forwordperfect. We had 10 quizzers earn their trophy!

Also at Woodward, our graduating 6th graders were recognizedfor their yearsof studying theBible. Wehave fivegraduatingquizzersthis year! Everyone of our 6th graders had parents at the quiz. Wehave such supportive parents!

Our next quizwill be in Choctawwherewewill individually qualifyfor the World Quiz in Indianapolis this June. World Quiz takes placeevery four years, so for some quizzers this is their only chance toqualify for World.

Did you know too that Pastor Steve now serves on our DistrictQuizzing Board? Thank you Pastor Steve for all you do for Children'sQuizzing!

If you'd like to seemore of what we do in Children's Quizzing walkdownourhallwaysometimeand lookaroundour room. Wehave lotsof pictures from our season this year. You might even see somemustaches!

Wehavea lotof fun inquizzingand learna lotof facts,butourhopeas quiz leaders is that our quizzers are "hiding God's Word in theirhearts." Thank you for supporting Children's Quizzing!

Thanks for cleaning my snow off.Dorothy Farrington

Thank you so much for the monthly $100.00dollar donation.

Sincerely Loaves & FishesWith deep appreciation, That is the best we cando to thank you for all the help and prayer

Don Cannon, Rebecca & Jason CreasyThank you church family for the anniversarycard and gift card! We greatly appreciate the giftand we appreciate all that you do for us! It is apleasure to serve the Kingdom with you.

Matt and Patti West

Our Nazarene Oklahoma DistrictAssembly and Worship Servicesare isApril 21at 6pmandMondaythe 22nd foronedaybeginningat8:30amatBethanyFirst ChurchoftheNazarene. Theyouth rally is at

4pmon the 21st. Children, Youth,Missions, SNUandOK. District are all rolled into one party. You areinvited to celebrate together in these gatherings thetestimonies and teamwork of our OklahomaNazarene churches.

Each Sunday B4:12 meets at 9:30am(10th-­‐12th Grade Group)

On Sunday Mornings B4:12, those in grades10th-­‐12th that are a part of 4:12 Student Ministriesmeet. PastorWayne is leading the church to becomepeople of Prayer and Discipleship so are we in B4:12.It's really very simple. This Wire Frame display in thepicture is what we do each Sunday. We learn themeaning of Scripture and remembering thatScripture for our daily lives.Wepray for one another,talk about Jesus in our lives, hold each otheraccountable through attendance and study word byWord the scripture in the Word of God. We arecurrently studying the book of 1 Timothy. The verse4:12 is 4:12 Ministries theme, we want to betterunderstand Gods desire for our lives. B4:12 iscurrently lead by Mark Aubrey however as you cansee it's the group leadingMark. Anyonewould desireto be a part of or lead such an awesome group.

Did you know Guymon Nazarene Church owns auniversity? We have for over 80 years. Well, part of auniversity. We are owners in deed, in prayer and in givingthemission andpurposeof SouthernNazareneUniversityin Bethany Oklahoma. Your pastor is a Trustee on theBoard. It is our Liberal Arts, Wesleyan, Christ centered,four year university. April 28th is SNU Sunday at GuymonNazarene. The University Singers with our own TannerAubrey and the President, Loren Gresham will be ourspecial guests on this day. Following the second service isan all church dinner sponsored by the Children’sMinistries in the gym. Come to hear some great music,meet the President and celebrate our partnership withSNU on April 28th.

Calendar at a glance

April 1- Prayer MeetingApril 8- City Prayer

April 8-Prayer MeetingApril 9- Guitar ClassApril 10- Shift 6-->7

April 11-13- College DaysApril 14 -Denver Mission Meeting

April 15- Prayer MeetingApril 16- Shop TalkApril 18- "LIFT"

April 21-23- District AssemblyApril 28- Board MeetingApril 28- SNU Sunday

April 28- Childrens Fundraiser Dinner

In order to pay ourway to Indianapoliswe will be re-­‐opening the "HolyGrounds" coffeeshopthatwestarted

four years ago when we werefundraising to go to World Quiz inOrlando, Florida. The "Holy Grounds"coffee shopwill be open for business inthe gym Sunday mornings startingApril 14th. Gourmet coffees, lattes,cappuccinos, hot teas, hot chocolate,and breakfast itemswill be served for adonation. Be sure to stop by beforeSundaySchoolor after theearly servicefor your morning coffee!

The wednesday nightmen's Bible Study

group will begin a newstudy April 14th. Theywill be studing the book

"Our Church yourHome."

Wewill be going to Denver on our summer mission onJuly21st-­‐27th.Wewill beworkingwithCenter forStudentMissions,which is an inner-­‐cityministry.Pray for safety,pray for our ministry there and pray for the city ofDenver. Pray that we will minister as we are being thehands and feet of Jesus. Pray for the students andsponsors going. Those going are:Students: Bryton Aubrey, Shane Bowker, Bradyn

Hawkins, Baily Homan, Brayden Lehew, MasonMartinez, Zaine McCormick, Caleb Mihelic, Jacob Ray,Kerrick Ray, Heather Admire, Annie Aubrey, ShaunaBowker, Madison Gibson, Braeli Hawkins, GraceJohnson, Nehyma Martinez, Macy Pritchard, LaciRalstin & Camryn Scott. Sponsors: Loire Aubrey,Barbara Homan, Jerry Mihelic and Matt West

Grace and Peace,Pastor Matt