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Merry ChristmasDISTRICT PERSONNEL

Rev. J. Scott ShawDistrict Superintendentjsshaw@intermountaindistrict.org208.467.3714

Rev. tim BReweRSDMI Chairmantbrewer@ontariofirst.org541.889.2155

mRS. caRolita FRaleyNMI Presidentcarolitafraley@gmail.com208.891.9438

Rev. RichaRd vaSquezNYI Presidentrich@canyonhill.org208.249.0520

mR. Rick waitleyCamps Board Chairmanrick@amgidaho.com208.888.0988

vaneSSa haRmonAdministrative Assistantvanessa@intermountaindistrict.org

208.467.3714

DISTRICT CALENDARDecember 20173 Pray for McCall10 Pray for Valley Shepherd14 DistrictAdvisory Board17 Pray for Middleton24 Pray for Mountain Home25 Christmas Day31 Pray for Nampa Bethel

January 20187 Pray for Nampa College13 Ministerial Development - InitialAssessment21 Pray for Nampa First26-28 NYI Winter Retreat28 Pray for Nampa Intercultural

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Intermountain District Church of the NazarenePO Box 1159 Nampa, ID 83653

Office: 208.467.3714 Fax: 208.467.1125 Email: intermountain@intermountaindistrict.org

Website: www.intermountaindistrict.org

This Christmas season is a good time to give a gift that can truly change a life! Through Nazarene Compassionate Ministries:

� Families in disaster areas will receive food and shelter � Health care can be better provided � The persecuted Christians may find safety � Farmers can harvest better healthy crops � Clean water will help decrease the spread of disease � Support help to Refugees/Immigrants � Christ’s Love will be made known

gIVe the gIFt oF LoVe anD ComPassIon thIs ChrIstmas

What more wonderful way to express your love than with a gift that truly makes

a difference? This gift can be made through a Sunday School Class, a teen group, a Bible Study group, or individually. Your monetary gift will help those who need it most to feel

Don’t wait another day . . . or another year!Merry Christmas with blessings and joy to all,Carolita Fraley, President Intermountain NMI

the loving touch of Christ this season. You can go to ncm.org/projects and you will find many different areas to which your gift can be designated. Note: All gifts given go 100% to the project you select.

As I sat watching as people gathering for worship last Sunday, my mind was

turned to the nature of the world in which we live. Our society offers so many questions, and so few answers. We are left to wrestle with wheth-er the greatest threat to our well-being is found in the danger of some international conflict, or simply the internal violence and abuses of power that rule the day. As people try to figure out life they are not sure who they can trust. They are uncomfortable with those who would suggest that we are a society that is coming unraveled so rather than sounding an alarm many are content to simply identify this as the ‘new normal’. They don’t seem to understand that in embracing that thought they have given into the hopelessness which believes that life is meant to be lived in the dark. But as the worship service began I was con-fronted by the words from Isaiah 9:2 which de-

clare that “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.” Standing in great contrast to the attitude of the world I came face-to-face with the expectation of Advent. The coming of Christ radically changes everything about my perspective, for in the One identified as the “Light of the world” we are of-fered hope. His power frees us from a life dom-inated by fear and His Presence reveals how we might experience and express true love. Every day we can see glimpses of His ‘light’ reflected in our lives and can look forward with expectation to the moment when its splendor will consume all darkness. With that in view my prayer for you this Christmas is that you will fully know the Light of Christ and as He shines in you, may you become a beacon of hope to the world.

D.s. Perspective

DeCember 2017

ATTENDANCE October 2017

CHURCH SDMI WORSHIP Baker City 106 264Boise Castle Hills 25 51Boise Euclid 6 41 Boise Five Mile 51 109Boise New Hope 80 154Boise Tree City 313 568Buhl 6 14 Caldwell Canyon Hill 87 124CaldwellUstickRd 51 88Council 25 38Eagle 469 806Elgin Harvester’s 24 31Elko 19 39Emmett 115 158Enterprise 9 30Filer n/r 38Gooding Desert Hills 43 57Harney County 45 76Harper 8 18Homedale Mt.View 129 206Idaho Falls 145 428John Day 47 85Kimberly 27 73Kuna 103 175La Grande 38 134Layton Rosewood Ln 27 47Marsing 22 39McCall 31 52Meridian Vly Shep 416 422Middleton -- 53Mountain Home 136 180Nampa Bethel 260 498Nampa College 402 739Nampa Fairview 76 78Nampa First 887 977Nampa Intercultural -- 54Nampa Karcher n/r n/rNampa Lakeview 55 85Nampa Real Life -- 60Nampa Vida Nueva 50 57New Bridge 9 20New Plymouth 15 17Nyssa 32 33Ontario 162 278Parma 37 56Payette 121 161Rocky Mt. Min. 243 520Salt Lake Central 120 55Salt Lake First n/r n/rTwin Falls 356 659Vale -- 5Weiser 72 129

Mobilize Young Adults with Youth In MissionThe District NYI council has a created a scholarship for youngadultstoparticipatewithYouth In Mission for June-July 2018.Please share with your church, leaders, recommend young adults, and invite them to complete an Interest Form.

Scholarship applications due December 15. Details link: http://eepurl.com/c_VgaT

www.youthinmission.org Missioning together, Kenny Wade YIM Coordinator USA/Canada

District NYI Winter RetreatJanuary 26-28, 2018

Visit IMNYI.com for more information.Contact Zach Schulz with questions:

Zach@treecitychurch.com

new brIDge ChurCh weLComes new Pastor

Pastor Karl Mitchell has ac-cepted the appointment as

pastor to the New Bridge congre-gation. He will begin his ministry there on December 17. Pastor Mitchell is no strang-er to the Intermountain District. He has also pastored in Harper and at the Salt Lake City Central Church. We welcome him back to the Intermountain District team.

Isaiah 9:2The people walking in

darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the

land of deep darkness a light has dawned.