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MINISTRY DIRECTORS:

Native American AreaCarlos [email protected]

AREA PRESBYTERS:

New Mexico Ministry Network (505) 899-5399 [email protected] www.nmministry.net

Northeast AreaRandall [email protected]

East Central AreaLemuel [email protected]

Southwest AreaDavid [email protected]

Northwest Area Randy [email protected]

Women’s Ministries Becky [email protected]

Executive Administrator/ Chief Financial Officer Marcus [email protected]

Assistant Executive DirectorDavid Vistine

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Student MinistriesJeral [email protected]

Men’s MinistriesShawn [email protected]

Network Pastor/ Executive Director Micheal Dickenson

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Southeast Area Melvin [email protected]

West Central AreaBrenton [email protected]

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We did it! We dreamed and we planned, we prayed and we came together in Albuquerque just a few weeks ago for our 76th Annual New Mexico Ministry Network Conference. And wow, did God show up! We had great crowds through-out and it truly was amazing how God orchestrat-ed every single service to speak to us, to equip us, and to empower us to be His Church. If you weren’t able to attend, or if you just want to revisit or pass along the services, you can access the recordings of the services on our website at nmministry.net. Thanks so much to Harvest Fellowship and their leadership and vol-unteers who served our Network to host this con-ference. Congratulations to Pastor Marcus Mc-Clain on his re-election to serve as our Executive Administrator. Pastor Marcus and Sharon are amazing gifts to our Network and it is a personal joy to serve alongside these friends. We also had the responsibility to select an Ordained female minister to be the New Mexico nominee for the position of Non-resident Execu-tive Presbyter Female for our upcoming Gener-al Council. Three outstanding female ministers from New Mexico were considered, and Kathy Hall was chosen by the Network Conference to be the nominee. We were thrilled to recognize 10 newly Certified and 7 new Licensed ministers at this conference. Also we had the joy of of celebrating the ordination of David Iglesias, Paul Vistine and Ron Hassett. And then a very special honor was given to two of our ministers, William Hicks and Walter Greaser, Jr. who received their 50 years recogni-tion for being an ordained minister with the As-

semblies of God. On Wednesday evening, we were able to introduce our newest church planters, Chris and Jalyn Weiss, who will be planting Movement Church in Las Cruces in early 2016. Thanks to the faithfulness and generosity of some church planting partners, we were able to present them with a check for $17,000 to get them started on the journey of the new church plant. As you know, Becky and I are now in the middle of our sabbatical. We are so grateful to our Presbytery for taking the initiative to make this possible, and we look forward to return-ing refreshed and renewed. Thanks also to our churches and ministers who gave so generously in the love offering at Network Conference to help make this all possible. We are forever grateful for the privilege of serving you and our churches throughout New Mexico. My daily prayer is that God will con-tinue to give us healthy, life giving churches and healthy ministers across our state. And I am con-fident that all that God started in us at Network Conference will continue to produce fruit in our lives and ministries in the days ahead. Thank God that He is still empowering us to be His people and His Church!

Micheal DickensonNetwork Pastor/Executive Director

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Does this ever happen to you? You wake up to begin your day and to your amazement you have started singing a certain song. You say to yourself, “where did that come from?” Well, I am convinced that we have an internal ‘jukebox’ that holds volumes of songs that connect us to life. Which brings me to a moment a few days ago when out of my ‘jukebox’ came this tune:

“When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your blessings name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.”

Count your blessings name them one by one, Count your blessings, see what God has done!

You know how the hymn goes, you are probably singing it to that old familiar tune and you can complete the rest of the chorus. Maybe you have never heard the words before but believe me that even though this song was penned in the 19th century, it still rings true! I guess that somehow my ‘jukebox’ ex-pressed the joy that Sharon and I feel toward the New Mexico Ministry Network, specifically its ministers and churches, for the privilege of serv-ing. You so graciously expressed your confidence in our abilities and leadership by returning us to the Network Office to serve another term as the Executive Administrator. The song said to count

your blessings and name them one by one, wow, I don’t know if time and space will allow that to happen and I will probably forget someone but I do need to express gratitude to those who have played a significant part in our ministry at this time. To Bro. and Sis. George, Bro. and Sis. Crid-er, thank you for your mentorship. To the Pres-bytery, thank you for your support and friend-ship. To all of our ministers, we love you. To the NMMN office team, it would be impossible to ful-fill my responsibilities with out each and every one of you. Karen, thank you for 10 years of service to our Network. Devonna, as my personal assistant, you truly make me a better leader and thank you for 25 years of dedicated service to our Network. To Pastor Mike and Becky and Pastor Dave and Ilda, it is a joy to serve on the Executive Leader-ship Team with you, I consider you as treasures. To my parents, I stand on your shoulders and I love you deeply and I miss Dad terribly. To my wife Sharon, the thought of doing ministry with-out you, is as foreign to my thinking as it would be to live without breathing, I love you! Yes, the song has it right, each and every one of you are a blessing, thank you for what the Lord has done through you to enrich my life and ministry and as always,God Bless You Big!

Marcus McClainExecutive Administrator/ Chief Financial Officer

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As a Pastor I am glad to see the church to-day moving outside of the four walls of the church to reach people for Christ! There are a variety of ways churches are impacting people and leading them to the Lord. But one of the things we must never forget is that any evangelism that is not connected to the local Church will be a failure. Winning people to the Lord is only one part of the great commission! We must go but if we don’t make disciples out of them we will fail to fulfill the great commission! Many years ago I heard one of our great missionaries Paul Hutsell speak and said, “Any-body can go to a foreign country and preach and win souls and then leave. But the great commis-sion calls for us to not only win them, but make disciples of them.” That has been the success of our World Missions outreaches through out the years. Not only have we sent missionaries to preach and win them, but also we have started churches and raised up Pastors and we have started Bible Schools to train national leaders to build the church! Because that is what Christ’s mission is! It’s building His church! Notice that in Matthew 28:19-20 Jesus said, “Go therefore and make disciples of all na-tions, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Jesus said go and make disciples and bap-tize them and then teach them all things. If we don’t implement the second kind of teaching then the fruit of our evangelism will be lost! In a Pastor’s Roundtable with Gerald

Brooks a few years ago we were talking about Dis-cipleship in the church. Gerald shared a statistic that caught my attention. He said that studies have found that if a person gets saved in a wor-ship service on Sunday morning that they usu-ally stay in the church for about two years. But if a person gets saved in a small group or Sunday School class they are still in the church after five years! That tells us that as we win people to Christ it is vitally important to get them into a small group or a Sunday School class or into a mentor-ing relationship of some kind if we want to keep them in the church. I pray that every one of our Assemblies of God churches will get back to the basics of mak-ing disciples and teaching and training people in the Word of God. There is no greater need than today to get people into the Word of God and help them to become fully devoted followers of Christ! The stakes are high and when you get right down to it the buck stops with the Pastor to have a vision and passion to develop a great commis-sion church!

David VistineAssistant Executive

Assistant Network Pastor

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Transferred In:Douglas J. Martin, Certified, AbqRussel Miller, Licensed, La Plata

Michelle Redhouse, Licensed, ShiprockSean Wagner, Licensed, Carlsbad

Transferred Out:Nick Rogers, Ordained, West TXChris Ball, Ordained, South TX

Lanessa Amburgey Adrian ApodacaStephen BockemeierBrandon GuttkePaul Guttke

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Reinstated:Denise Raykovics, Certified, Abq

Ronald Hassett David Iglesias Paul Vistine

Those honored at Network Conference for receiving their credentials:

David BaldwinMichael Borror Beth DickensonChris Ferguson

Jeremy HatfieldFredrick LongAbby RodriguezMichael SeguraZachariah Washburn

Michael HollandPamela Patrick

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Those receiving their Ordination at Network Conference:

Ministerial changes:

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Walter Greaser, Jr. receiving his certificate for 50 years of ministry.

50 Years of Ministry Certificates:Walter Greaser, Jr. / House, NMWilliam Hicks / Hobbs Faith

In loving memory:

Becky Franks Laverne Elder-Holloway Tom Malone

Edgar Newby Albert Rice Charlese Spencer

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Women’s Ministries

Becky DickensonNetwork Women’s Director

“I AM FREE” WOMEN’S ENCOUNTER 2015 is the year to be discipled, developed and de-ployed to better carry out God’s great commission. Mark 16:15-16 (English Standard Version) says, “And he said to them, Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.” In March, women from across New Mexico came to encounter God; to be trained, taught and delivered; to wor-ship together; and to be equipped to carry the Gospel to the world! I’d like to express my appreciation to Albuquer-que ‘s Harvest Taylor Ranch, for their gift of hospitality as they opened their doors for this event. Hosting an event is a “bid deal” and they served out of their love for the Body of Christ. Thanks to Pastors Jason & Lisa Dickenson and their team for helping with all the details! Thanks to the Women’s Encounter leadership team for their dedication,

prayer and hard work to make sure this event was all that God intended it to be! A big thanks goes to Rebecca Holland, Co-Founder & Director of The Family Lifeline, who partnered with me to bring this event to NM! Her expertise in administra-tion and spiritual deliverance was vital for us to experience God’s freedom and to be better equipped to speak into the lives of hurting women around us. God is fulfilling the vision that He began to stir in my heart several years ago…”to see an army of women set free, anointed, and called to turn New Mexico upside down for God.” The work is not done…we will continue to pursue God’s vision; to pray and seek God’s will; to plan additional Women’s Encounters; to see women rise to the potential God has planned for us since the beginning of time! THE ARMY OF WOMEN IS RISING UP TO TAKE THEIR POSITION IN THE CAUSE FOR CHRIST!

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WORSHIP LEADER Julie True

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CONFERENCE REGISTRATION 505.899.5399

www.nmministry.net

WOMEN’S CONFERENCE September 17-19, 2015

CONFERENCE LOCATION Tramway Community Church 4800 Tramway Ridge Dr NE

Albuquerque NM 505.237.0202

Becky Dickenson Women’s Director

505.350.6998

GUEST SPEAKER Kerry Clarensau Women’s Ministries Director - National Leadership & Resource Center

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New Mexico Ministry Network6640 Caminito Coors NWAlbuquerque, NM 87120

(505) 899-5399www.nmministry.net

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