Are you searching for something real? In our quest for what is real, false truths confront us at every turn. Television and the Internet paint a false picture of what reality is. Emerging fashion and media trends portray Jesus, the only real answer, as nothing more than a guy with a well trimmed beard. However, the man who gave His life for the world gave the ultimate sacrifice to forgive, embrace, transform, and set you free.
We as the AZNYI are committed to modeling and experiencing a real, living, and active Jesus through our events, camps and training opportunities. We want to answer the question on the minds of so many people: Is Jesus real? And what does He have to do with me?
XTRAV 2010 March 18-21
With special guests Future of Forestry, Abandon, Lyrycyst and speaker Cesar Castellejos...
Friday activities start @ 8pm (in order to give time for people to travel after school/work) and consist of our annual voting delegation, annual reports from our directors, funny videos, and playing broom ball together on ice. All students (jr. high through college) and adults are welcome to attend but only delegates (adults and students who are members of their church and were selected by their local nyi youth group) can vote for our district council members for the coming year. Also, if you want to get to know our district council, or have questions about why we do what we do, this is a great night to attend.
Saturday begins the Leadership Summit portion of the weekend and it starts @ 9am. All students and adults are welcome to attend! This year we are going to be digging in by teaching and experiencing different forms of prayer. It's my prayer that every student and adult will have an undeniable experience with God as we learn and experience praying the scriptures, worship, intercession, fasting, and taking a spiritual inventory of our lives. Each session will have a different teacher who will be taking us through the Scripture behind the "form" and walking us through experiencial ways to engage God within these different forms of prayer. I believe that God is calling us as a district to begin to war in prayer, as an NYI body of believers, for revival to come to our churches, schools, and state. This is the first step we are taking as a district towards that goal.
Relevant Camps "Catalyst Project" is our response to the grace and love of God in our lives. As the Arizona district are participating together in what God is doing not just in our own youth groups but in the lives of people all around the world.
Downloadable Catalyst Project Booklet - Click Here
AZNYI Sponsored Catalyst Projects
Church Name: Las Vegas Nazarene Leader Name: Steve Petrauschke Chosen Catalyst Project: Invisible Children Project Testimony: We started the support of the minsitry by having a movie night to show the video. We had almost 50 people there and it was heart wrenching. Broke our teens. We have been doing offerings and at the end of the month I will have a total of donation to give! We will donate money each month! We have a student at Point Loma and she reported back to us that there is a bill in the government right now that if passed will send troops in to capture Joseph Coni and stop what is going on. The end is near to this issue in Uganda!
Church Name: Peoria Nazarene Leader Name: Krisi Ruth Chosen Catalyst Project: Chrysalis Project Testimony: The youth have decided to assist the Chrysalis Foundation in raising money and providing supplies for their thrift store. We have just begun to get involved and develop relationship with the people within the organization. Students are developing a sense of responsibility to assist where there is need and a sense of accomplishment when they serve Christ in this way. To God be all the glory!
Church Name: Prescott Valley Church of the Nazarene Leader Name: Cheryl Gosnell Chosen Catalyst Project: Wheelchairs for Nigeria- providing wheelchairs to children and adults crippled by polio in Nigeria. Each three-wheeled self-pedaled cart made of bicycle parts cost $150 to build. Project Testimony: We have planned to raise money over the course of this next year to buy 10 wheelchairs for people in Nigeria. You can find out more about this project from www.wheelcairsfornigeria.org
Church Name: Oro Valley Church of the Nazarene Leader Name: Jeff Gee Chosen Catalyst Project: sr high - overlooked, junior high - invisible children Project Testimony: awesome response to the challenge to "change our world." great concept and follow through. great response from both groups who wanted to do separate projects.
Church Name: Christ Community Church Leader Name: Scott Kobylecky Chosen Catalyst Project: Nazarene Compassion Ministries Project Testimony: Well we had been planning on starting to sponser a few children through NCM before coming up to camp. So camp just gave our kids a chance to talk through and affirm that NCM is the group that they wanted to support as a youth group. Several of our kids are also planning on getting involved in doing various diffrerent projects individually as well as supporting the children we will sponser through NCM as a group.
Church Name: Orangewood Nazarene Church/ Cross Culture Student Ministries Leader Name: Demetrius Marsh Chosen Catalyst Project: Blood:Water Mission Project Testimony: Our students have been raising money for AIDS relief in Africa since 2003. Blood:Water Mission gives us the opportunity to extend our reach beyond just AIDS victims but to whole communities. We are taking a monthly offering and hoping to raise $300 this year.
Church Name: Orangewood Nazarene Church/ Cross Culture Student Ministries Leader Name: Demetrius Marsh Chosen Catalyst Project: Exodus Cry Project Testimony: Our students were very excited to engage the difficult issue of human slavery, specifically the sex trade industry, in partnership with the Exodus Cry movement. We have committed to helping raise funds and awareness regarding the issue, as well as provide prayer support in order to invite God to move to end all forms of human slavery.
Lisa Dennis - Quizzing Director - LisaDD63@cox.net - 623.547.2276
