Third Quarter 2004 Volume 50 No. 3USPS 165-700

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Pleasing theHeart of God PAGE 4

Pastoral CrisisInterventionTraining PAGE 8

Ending theWorship Wars PAGE 19

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Across the states of Pennsylvania and Delaware, the Assembly of God family providescompassion ministries. They offer financial and crisis counseling, literacy training, detoxprograms, shelter for the homeless, food pantries, soup kitchens, clothing closets andnumerous support groups. They are reaching out to the elderly, the needy, the poor, thelonely, the prisoner, the abused, the children. A sense of compassion drives them. Ministryis often done without sufficient resources and adequate training, but they do it. It isworking and lives are being transformed.

PennDel Charities helps forge a strong partnership of our Pennsylvania-DelawareAssembly of God ministries to repair the economic, physical, social and spiritual needs ofour communities. In this partnership there is . . .

■ Common Ground: Compassion is more than good intentions—its faith in action. Many of our faith-based ministries share a common purpose. This collective influence allows the networked ministries to speak as one voice on critical issues.

■ Increased Capacity: Networked ministries have more opportunity to receive public and private funding to build greater capacity to meet the needs of our communities. Ministries can be equipped to achieve much success by providing guidance and resources.

■ Natural Synergy: As change agents, ministries link with each other to share commitment, purpose and approach. This philanthropic network is built aroundthe faith-funding issue. Together, the ministries have the strength to bring inpublic agencies, local, state and national, in our area that may be funding orhave an interest in funding faith-related programs.

Pray for PennDel Charities and the compassion ministries across our states. Pray for thespiritual repair of our communities. If you have a compassion ministry that is meetinga need, we would like to hear from you. Offer your talents in your local compassionministry. Ask God to help you, help Him, help others. If you would like to contribute tothe funding of this ministry, send your gift to: PennDel Charities, 4651 Westport Drive,Mechanicsburg, PA 17055.

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Have you heard the assertion “The Gospel is for the world, but the

Church is for the Lord?” This statement seems to imply that evangelism

(spreading the Gospel) and worship (praise and adoration offered up by

the Church) are separate and distinct. While these subjects can be

thought of separately, I would like to bring them together and share

some thoughts on “Worship Evangelism.”

What does this mean? How can these two vital areas, each of which car-

ries its own controversy and opinions as to methodology, be discussed as

one? How can the evangelization of unbelievers and worship connect?

What is the Pentecostal perspective on this? The Scripture admonishes

us that true worshippers are to worship “in Spirit and in truth” (See John

4:23 & 24).

Is it possible that in the mind of God He saw a day when unbelievers,

both churched and unchurched, hungry for something that could satisfy

the longing in their souls, would find themselves in a gathering of wor-

shipping believers? The unbelievers are struck by a sense of unity and

purpose as the worshippers somehow invite, and then entertain, the

awesome presence of God. While the worship rises sweetly before the

Lord, at the same time it plows up and softens the hard soil of the unbe-

lievers’ hearts. Where else could one see God at work in so many lives at

one time? Where else could an unbeliever encounter the living God,

ministering corporately and individually to people through the person

and presence of the Holy Spirit? (See 1 Cor. 14:24 & 25).

At the end of the day, the responsibility falls to the worshipping con-

gregation of believers. If the church will host the presence of God in

the worship experience, regardless of style, unbelievers present will

have an awareness of the presence of Holy God and therefore a real-

ization of their own sinful condition. They will be drawn to their

Redeemer—the One they have been searching for—Jesus, the Christ,

the lover of our souls.

Rev. Dan Bavaro

Senior Associate Pastor

Bethel Assembly of God

Littlestown, PA

pastorbavaro@bethelag.com

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THIRD QUARTER 2004

How do we worship in a way that engages thestranger yet remains authentically Pentecostal?

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SUPERINTENDENT

Pastor Stephen R. Tourville

supt@penndel.org

Pleasing the Heart of God

ecently I was asked to sharesome thoughts on the natureof worship. My response wasthat worship is the expressionof the heart of man to please

the heart of God. It should always be remem-bered that the object of worship and therecipient of worship is God and God alone.No one but God is worthy of our worship.“You shall have no other gods before me”(Deuteronomy 5:7). Pleasing the Lord in allwe do is what a life of worship is all about.Notice that worship is not limited to ourexpression of adoration to God throughmusic. Everett Ferguson, in his book, “TheChurch of Christ” says, “Worship properlyunderstood, however, covers the Christian lifeas well as the Christian assembly, all acts ofservice and devotion to God” (See page 226).That being said, the time we spend togetherin the assembly, lifting our hearts and voicesto the Lord is perhaps the most focused andvisible means of expressing corporate worship.We should not think of worship as evangel-ism because worship is directed to God, notthe lost. However, evangelism is a part of ourlife of worship. God is seeking for those whowill worship Him in spirit and in truth.

Each of us has our personal preferenceswhen it comes to music. Mine may differfrom yours, but that does not mean mine aresuperior to yours. My preferences come fromthose songs that the Spirit has used toimpact my life. We can play a major role inthe lives of those who are seeking for Godby helping them express their hearts in wor-ship to God through styles and expressionsthat are anointed by God and relevant totheir cultural context. We must never com-promise the message of the gospel, but wecan be flexible with our methods of commu-nicating the wonderful, saving knowledge ofour Lord and Savior, Jesus the Messiah.

Recently, one of our elder saints told mywife that when some people in the churchwere complaining about the music in thechurch, the question was asked, “Do you havethe same hair style today as you did when youwere young? No, you changed.” Culture doeschange and styles do change. The importantquestion is whether or not people, young andold, are coming to know Jesus as Lord of theirlives. When that is happening, we are beingsuccessful at helping people give expression oftheir heart to please the heart of God.

This is the theme for our 2004 Ministers’ Wives RetreatManicures, facials, hair styling, holiday decoratingideas and more will be featured Saturday after-noon. Makeovers in our attitudes, ministry andmarriage will be discussed in our plenary sessions.

Mark your calendars for a fun weekend at PBCC!

November 12-14, 2004

Marjie Tourville

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Conflict Resolution Team, left to right—Jim Dyson, Jack Mason, Louise Costello, BobCostello, Reni Weixler, Terry Liller, Gary Tryon (hidden), Ernie Drost, Buck Fetzer, Brian Seidel,Tim Halbfoerster, Stephen Tourville, Sylvia Baker,Dan Mortenson, Bill Smith, Ken Meyer, Don Harper,Jim Pentz, Kris Newman, Gary Kipe, David McGee

PennDel Charities, left to right—Greg Sinclair, Arnold Wheatley, DennisCheek, Jim High, Randall Rhoads,Stephen Tourville, Keith Chase, GaryBellis, Toby Fauver, Jack Belin, JamesHays, Dave Crosby Sr.

“... lifting our hearts and voices

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CONNEXIONS THIRD QUARTER 2004

PGrabill@aol.com

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT

hilip Jenkins, distinguishedhistorian at Penn StateUniversity (and a personal

friend), recently wrote a wide-ly acclaimed book, “The Next

Christendom,” in which he arguesthat the most important movement of the20th century was neither Communism norNazism, even though these got all the press.Both of them lasted for less than a centuryand are now on the trash heap of history.

Jenkins argues that the story of the 20thcentury was the worldwide explosion ofPentecostal Christianity.

Most of you have seen the statistics.Pentecostal Christians number in the hun-dreds of millions worldwide and are nowinfluencing both the theology and the wor-ship experience of virtually every denomi-nation on the face of the globe, particularlyoutside of the Western world.

What we may fail to grasp is that themajority of the growth of worldwidePentecostalism has happened in the last 20 years.

Elsewhere in this issue, writers aredescribing the power of Pentecostal wor-ship. I would argue that this is perfect tim-ing for us to recapture who we really are.

In the 20th century, Pentecostalism hadto fight against modernism, with its head-strong rationalism. The social-elite rational-ists (the “modernists”) denied that thereever was any supernatural element in theuniverse. The working-class rationalists(the “fundamentalists”) fiercely defendedthe supernatural accounts in the scriptures.

However, as much as they fought eachother, both agreed that there was no super-natural experience to be had today. Themodernists said miracles never existed, andthe fundamentalists said miracles stoppedwhen the last apostle died.

And, both had the same perspective onPentecostals. We were fanatics, weirdoes,holy rollers.

But it’s a new day. The post-modern erahas dawned.

What does this mean for Pentecostals?You may have read evangelical writers

decrying the loss of absolutes in post-mod-ernism. This is true, and while we can rec-ognize this is a real problem we must alsorecognize that post-modernism is reopeningpeople to the supernatural, to experience, tothe whole idea of touching and feeling thevery presence of God. Have you noticed theabundance of recent books and movies withspiritual themes?

In fact, the most current discoveries in sci-ence are now telling us that miracles cannot beruled out. Those who said that miracles wereimpossible are now the new flat-earthers.

Did I say yet that this is our day?Not since the early church has there been

a time like today. Two-thirds of the hun-dreds of thousands who are coming toChrist every day worldwide are doing so ina Pentecostal context. And now some of ourformer critics are borrowing from the con-temporary, experiential worship that is partof defining Pentecostalism.

In fact, Len Sweet and other Christianexperts on post-modernism are telling theAmerican church that they need to considerbecoming more and more Pentecostal if theywant to be relevant in the coming years.

Well, that would come as a shock tomany of us. Much of our Pentecostalchurch life here in America is in survivalmode, taking pride in citing the accom-plishments of our sister fellowships aroundthe world, who are in sacrifice mode.

Yet, still this is our day if we will seize it.While avoiding the excesses that many of

us have experienced in the past, it is time toget back to jubilant worship, fervent prayer,supernatural ministry, and a powerencounter worldview.

The world is longing for authentic NewTestament power.

I speak here not of privilege or honor. Iam speaking of responsibility and servant-hood toward both the Body of Christ andthe world.

If not us, who? If not now, when?

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ABOUT OUR PEOPLE

Bryan De Capite, Licensed Minister, hastransferred to Pecatoncia, IL. Bryan served asa staff pastor at Erie First. Bryan is marriedto Tonya.

John O’Donald, Certified, served as youthpastor at Bethel, Littlestown, PA and has relo-cated to Greer, SC. John is married to Barbara.

Timothy Brown, Ordained Minister, servedas Associate Pastor at Erie First has relocated toSan Mateo, CA. Timothy is married to Denise.

Gerald Stewart, Retired Ordained Minister,has relocated to Conway, Arkansas.

Darren Hileman, Licensed Minister, ateacher at VFCC, has relocated to Gracyson,GA. Darren is married to Mandy.

Stephen Hospodar, Ordained Minister, servedas pastor at Wampum, PA. He and Carlene haveaccepted a pastorate in Litchfield, IL.

Joe Butler, Licensed Minister, has transferredto Bridgeton, NJ. Joe is married to Jennifer.

Brian Swan, Licensed Minister, has trans-ferred from South Carolina to reside inRehrersburg, PA.

Andrew Hofler, Licensed Minister, now residesin Cranberry Township, PA. Andrew is marriedto Christine and they have two children. Theytransferred from the Minnesota District.

Thomas Arnold, Licensed Minister, transferredfrom the NJ District to reside in McDonald, PA.Thomas is married to Rebekah.

Delbert Smith, Ordained Minister, trans-ferred from the Southern Missouri District toreside in Bensalem, PA. Delbert is married toMarvina.

Carl Halvorsen, Ordained Minister, honorablyretired as senor pastor of Calvary Temple, York,PA. where he served the church for 35 years.

Reinstated Ministers: Billy Brown,Licensed; Daniel Shumate, Ordained; JoseGarcia, Licensed; Hugo Barros, Licensed.

Robert Yothers Jr, Ordained Minister, is thenew senior pastor at Faith Outreach Center,Marietta, PA. Bob is married to Jo Anna andthey have three sons: Seth, Benjamin, andDaniel. Their former pastorate wasBreezewood Assembly of God.

Dennis Rittle, Ordained Minister, is the new senior pastor of Pentecostal Assembly,Mechanicsburg, PA. Dennis is married toChristy and they are the proud parents of twochildren. Their former pastorate was GladTidings, Clearfield, PA.

Benny Ortiz, Ordained Minister, is the newsenor pastor of Calvary Temple, York, PA.Benny is married to Joyce. Benny served assenior pastor at Pleasantville Assembly, AlumBank, PA.

Paul and Mary Peternel announce the birthof Caleb. He was born on May 14 and checkedin at 9 pounds 7 ounces. Caleb has two proudbrothers and one doting sister! Paul serves theAssembly in Jeannette. Congratulations!

David Crosby Sr.

secy@penndel.org

SECRETARY AND TREASURER

CONNEXIONS THIRD QUARTER 2004

NEW CREDENTIALS AND UPGRADES

—Certified Ministers—Ron MontgomerySue MontgomeryArdean LatchfordAlan Dickerson

—Ordained Ministers—Paul SpringerAvery Spurrell

Jeremy Sweeten

—Licensed Ministers—Ed Booth

Rachel ClarkDale Kline

Michael TwomblyTimothy Robinson

Doug Black JrPaul Bowen

Scott GeorgeDustin Kipe

Brian KramerZachary Povec

Bernard Gillott IVJoshua Torres

Christina SanchezDarren Abraham

Irene WalshKevin DobbsDennis LooseStuart Payne

James Brubaker Jr.Miguel Rivera

Michael Bobbitt

—Specialized Licensed—Benjamin Harlan

CREDENTIAL INTERVIEWSREMAINING FOR 2004

Thursday, September 2Thursday, September 30

Tuesday, October 19

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RECORDRECORDRECORDfor thefor the

General Council Affiliation The following churches are officially recognized as local assemblies duly affil-iated in the cooperative fellowship of The General Council of the Assembliesof God. We congratulate the churches and pastors on this achievement.

Pocono Community Church, Mount Pocono, PA—Pastor David Crosby Jr.Living Hope Community Chapel, Elizabethtown, PA—Pastor Gary TryonNew Life Assembly of God, Pottstown, PA—Pastor Charles Cedeno

2005 PennDel Calendar — The 2005 PennDel District Calendaris posted to the web site at www.penndel.org. Please visit our all new web sitefor up-to-date information about PennDel.

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ORDINATION CLASS2004 ORDINATION CLASS2004Tammy and

Anthony AdamoPeggy and

Wilson BoydRebecca and Ronald Boyd

Christa and Dan Hubbell

Robin and Patrick Pugh

Gracykutty and John Philipose

Ashley and Brandon Watkiss

Barbara and Dave Robb

Katherine and Michael Sabella

Stephen Schumacher

Lisa and Vincent Timperio

Ruth and James Morris

Angeline andAnthony Sorbo

Leroy andRuth Wiley

2004 Jubilarians2004 Jubilarians 50 Years of Ordained

Ministry{ }50 Years of Ordained

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e are developing a crisis response team available to assist our churches impacted by a crisisevent and to assist our communities when disaster strikes. We are no longer questioningif a disaster will strike, but when and where. We must be ready. We are working with the

Chaplaincy Department of the Assemblies of God to present the first component.Pastoral Crisis Intervention may be thought of as the combination of faith-

based resources with traditional techniques of crisis intervention. Pastoral crisisintervention represents a powerful addition to traditional community and organizational psychological support resources. The purpose of this two-dayworkshop is to assist the participants in learning how pastoral interventions and traditional psychological crisis interventions may be effectively integrated.

This training is designed for chaplains, pastoral counselors, mental healthprofessionals, ministers, and anyone interested in the use of faith-basedresources in healing should find this course of interest.

This course is accredited by the University of Maryland in Baltimore for(13) contact hours or (1.3) CEU’s. It is also Certified by the InternationalCritical Incident Stress Foundation. Many agencies are requiring this course for individuals working at a national/local disaster.

Dan Schafer and Gary Evans will be the trainers for this event. They both mobilized and co-ordinated efforts after the September 11th attacks at the World Trade Center. Theircertifications include Emergency Crisis Response, Traumatic Stress, Acute Traumatic StressManagement, and Bereavement Facilitation.

Registration Coordinator: Tina Tatnall (717) 795-5921 tina@penndel.org

ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT

Church Plantingand Developmenttom@penndel.org

Tom Rees

Philip Bongiorno Conference Center, Carlisle, PASeptember 9–10, 2004

Pastoral Crisis Intervention Training

Day 1: (8:30 am–5:00 pm)

✦ Nature of Psychological Crisis

✦ Crisis Intervention

✦ Critical Incident Stress Management

✦ Pastoral Crisis Intervention vs. Pastoral Counseling

✦ Functional Elements of Pastoral Crisis Intervention

✦ Venues of Pastoral Crisis Intervention

✦ Safer-R-Pastoral Crisis Intervention Model

✦ Assessment/Screening

Day 2: (8:30 am–5:00 pm)

✦ Psychological Interventions

✦ Liaison Functions

✦ Spiritual Interventions

✦ Religious Interventions

✦ Common Mistakes

✦ Most Challenging Pastoral Crisis Intervention Situations

✦ Self-Care Issues

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Church Planting is building momentum!

New Church Plants launched in 2004:

✷ K.R. Mele, Penn’s Valley

✷ Greg Hollis, Kennett Square

✷ Nazr Baccus, Philadelphia International

✷ Butch Wise, Bridgeville

New Church Plants coming soon:

✷ John Decker, Quakertown

✷ Bruce Cox, Milltown

Registration Fee: $55.00Early Registration: $45.00

■ Registration required for all events

■ Lunch is provided (Friday LFTL snack & Sat. Lunch)

■ Non-refundable but transferable registrations

SPEAKERS:

David Ring

Sam Rijfkogel

Roosevelt Hunter

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OCTOBER 15-16, 2004

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2645 Lisburn Road

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FRIDAY – OCTOBER 15, 20045:00 pm Doors Open6:00 pm Pre-Conference Prayer7:30 pm Worship (Speaker: David Ring)9:30 pm LFTL Snack

SATURDAY – OCTOBER 16, 20049:00 am Worship (Speaker: Sam Rijfkogel)

10:30 am Break11:00 am Leadership Session12:30 pm Lunch Break1:30 pm Worship (Speaker: Roosevelt Hunter)3:00 pm Dismissal

The 2004 HonorBound Conference theme is The CharacterMatrix. This weekend will challenge us as men to go fromself-focused mortals to servant-leaders. We will look at fourquadrants in this journey. Each quadrant will force us toreflect on what kind of life we are living, and whether weare inwardly or outwardly focused. Our seasoned tour guidesfor our journey into the four quadrants are:

• Righteousness: David Ring

• Leadership

• Relationships: Sam Rifjkogel

• Attitude: Roosevelt Hunter

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Presbyter Frank Linton praying with Rev. Andrew Columbiaat Tuesday morning prayer

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Rev. Jean Pawentaore,General Supt. BurkinaFaso, Africa

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Rev. HaroldCrosby awardsPastor PaulWislocky 1stplace WorldMissions giving

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Rev. George O. Wood,General Secretary

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Former Executives serving communion at Memorial Service

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Ordination Service

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Executive Presbytery withOrdination class of 2004

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Ground Breaking service at East ErieA/G – Supt. Stephen Tourville, PastorClifford Hamilton and Board members

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Women’sMinistries trip toCochabamba,Boliva

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Women’s Ministriestrip to Cochabamba,Boliva

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Supt. Stephen Tourville, Marjie, Pastor &Mrs. Tom Gilman at Manchester Assembly’s44th anniversary

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Supt. StephenTourville andPastor RichardSmith at futurehome of Faith A/G,Philadelphia

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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

George Krebs

george@penndel.org

FOREVER YOUNGA Retreat for Senior Adults over 50

September 20–22Location: Philip Bongiorno Conference Center

Do you wish you could be young forever? In our mind we’re still in our 20’s, our body tries to tell us something else. We invite you to spend 3 days with friends who are asyoung as they feel, and you think.

Tuesday, September 21—Senior Adult DayWorkshops • Evening ConcertIce Cream Social • Great FoodGames and Activities

Early Registration RatesMotel Single Occupancy $135 per personDouble Occupancy $125 per person

Duplex, David Center & FourplexDouble Occupancy $125 per person3 or more $120 per person

SIGN UP FOR THE SENIORSGOLF TOURNAMENT OR JUSTENJOY A RELAXING GAME OFHORSESHOES OR CHECKERS.

Equipping People to Think Like Jesus

ALL

NEW

FORMAT

September 25, West—Monroeville Assembly of God, MonroevilleOctober 2, East—Glad Tidings Assembly of God, Reading

Training Tracks • Preschool • Elementary • Youth • Adult • Administration

We will offer more interaction and more workshops. This willbe an opportunity to interact with teachers who have the samepassion to equip students to “Think Like Jesus.”

Early registration: Postmarked one week prior $20.00 per personHome Missions & Students (Full-time):

Registering one-week prior $15.00 per personRegistration at door: $25.00 per person

Senior Pastor or Group Leader one per church FREEPay for 10 teachers and the rest are FREE

Register through your church office or contact Sue at 717-795-5921 or sue@penndel.org

November 5–7This year we are allowing 4th graders to participate.Who may attend? Children enrolled in grades 4–6

Cost: $88.00 per person including chaperonesCost includes housing (2 nights), 5 meals, and all events

Location: Philip Bongiorno Conference Center

We will offer numerous hands on workshops for kids todevelop ministry skills in puppetry, human video, art,drama, mime, worship, evangelism, and more.

Opportunities will be provided in the months followingfor children to participate in ministry festivals hosted atvarious locations. This will give children a chance todevelop ministry gifts and abilities.

WE BUILDTEACHERS

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Harold Crosby

CONNEXIONS THIRD QUARTER 2004

hecroz@earthlink.net

WORLD MISSIONS

JOHN AND WILMA HALL wantto thank all of our youth for theirnew Speed-The-Light vehicle, whichthey have named “El Camino.” Itmeans “The Way” and is a truckwhich will be used in extensive min-istry among the children.

KEN AND KATHY FERGUSONhave been teaching classes for min-istering to Muslims in the SilkRoad Bible College, the Asia PacificTheological Seminary, and in col-leges in Kiev, Ukraine; Hyderabad,India; and in Sri Lanka.

SAM AND JAN MAYESKI reportstrong growth in their church inTrinidad, and great progress madein the building of the new TeenChallenge Training Center. It isnow 60% complete.

GARY AND CINDY HIGGINS areworking with International Convoyof Hope and sending food, clothingand medical supplies to helprefugees and victims of disasters.Recent needs took them to Liberia,West Africa.

PAT AND BRENDA MAHARshare the testimony of a high-ranking official in Botswana whosewife was healed from AIDS. Thisis remarkable in a country wherethis disease kills many thousandsevery year.

STEVE AND LINDA LILLY arethrilled with the increasing oppor-tunities God is giving them inministering to the church in China.They work closely with three regis-tered churches and a Bible Schoolas well as an orphanage.

STEVE AND LORI POTUTSCHNIGhave hosted a number of MAPSteams who are working in the con-struction of an LACC school inCochabamba, Bolivia. The projectis a huge step of faith in reachingthe masses.

FRED AND BETTY HOWSAREhave just completed a series ofGood News Crusades in Myanmar,Thailand, and Laos, along withassisting our missionaries in whatis often referred to as the “GoldenTriangle.”

JIM AND SHERRY SABELLA arethrilled with the results of showingthe Jesus film in Prague, CzechRepublic. A total of 25,846 haveviewed the film and 6,000 haveprayed for salvation. Praise the Lord!

MISSIONARIES ONFALL MISSIONS TOUR

EARL STUBBSmissionary to India

KEVIN FOLKmissionary to Spain

FRED HOWSAREmissionary to Asia-Pacific

DAVID OLSONInternational

Media Ministries

Thank you for your generous giving to our “Fares forMissionaries” program at the District Council missions banquet. The offering was as follows:

Cash and checks $17,667.00

Faith Promises 8,460.00

Total $26,017.00

This money will be used to buy air tickets to get our mis-sionaries to the field where God has called them. All of our missionaries say a big“Thank You!” If your gift was in the form of a Faith Promise,please try to send it within 60days. Some gifts were monthlypromises and for that we aregrateful. God bless you all.

FARES FORMISSIONARIES

Our newest missionaries

We will be serving in Spain as Missionaries in Training (MIT).The first part of our 3-year term will be spent at the SouthernEurope Ministry Training Center in Tarragona, Spain, studying language/culture/missions. For the remainder of our MIT term, wehope to be involved in church planting and teaching. Our desire is to

partner with the national church in the fellowship of the Spirit in order to reap the spiritual harvestin Spain and establish vibrant, indigenous churches.

Since graduating from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary (AGTS) in 2001, I have beenworking with Global University in the area of Student Services and as a Resident Faculty member.I have had the opportunity to be involved with short-term missions since 1995, ministering inGuatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Venezuela and Mexico. For my AGTS cross-cultural practicumin 2001, I went to Madrid, Spain to work with campus ministry. Annie has been working withAGWM since May of 2003 as a financial specialist for Central America. In addition, she isinvolved with the Spanish translation of undergraduate-level curriculum for Global University andhas translated a variety of publications/materials for other A/G ministries.

Kevin and Annie FolkMissionaries to Spain

WOMEN’S MINISTRIES

Ruth Puleo

rpuleo@ptd.net

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n today’s society children are treated as objects to be disposed of whencaring for them becomes an inconvenience. Some babies are not evengiven a chance to live. An estimated 1.5 million babies are aborted eachyear in the United States. That is, one baby is killed every 20 seconds.

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Highlands Needs You! Highlands is more than simply an adoption agency.It is a vital ministry dedicated to saving lives and placing children inChristian homes to meet their spiritual, emotional, and physical needs, nowand in the future. As a ministry, Highlands depends on the prayers andfinancial support of fellow Christians on a regular basis. Your monthly giftsmake possible this ongoing ministry of love to babies, mothers-to-be, andchildless couples. You can join with friends who are already a part of thisworthy ministry. Simply complete and return the accompanying coupon.Please do it today . . . and thank you for caring for life!

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The book, A Quiet Escape: Moments to Replenish Your Soul, was compiled andedited by Peggy Horn and Lillian Sparks. The book includes devotionalchapters from 36 respected leaders and authors.

Huldah Buntain, pioneer missionary to India, wrote in the foreword thatthe book is “honest and forthright, one that plumbs the depths of life andshows how other women of faith have come to grips with the same kind ofchallenges you face.”

Ruth Puleo’s chapter is entitled To Give Is Christ. She writes: “With thisnew revelation of God’s love, I began seeing people around me differently—I saw them through the loving eyes of our Savior.”

Ruth Puleo is our Women’s Ministries Director for the Penn-DelDistrict of the Assemblies of God. She serves on the pastoral staff with herhusband, John Puleo, who is the senior pastor at Christian Life Assembly inStroudsburg, PA. They have three grown children who are following the callof God on their lives.

For more information on the purchase of this devotional book, you maycontact Ruth at rpuleo@ptd.net or call her at 570-424-3275.

“Honest and Forthright . . .”

“I began seeingpeople around medifferently— I saw

them through the loving eyes of our Savior.”

S E L E C T E D W O M E N ’ S P R O J E C T

Women of Purpose Conference Project OfferingThe offering will be taken at the Women of Purpose Conference at Hershey on Friday, September 24 at the 7 p.m. service.

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Susan P. Lanza

sblondie@epix.net

MISSIONETTES

A Look at the Past and a Glimpse of the Future

WorshipEvangelism

rowing up as the daughter of anAssemblies of God minister, all I’ve

ever known is Sunday School,church services, revivals, all night

camp meetings, gospel singing con-certs and anything else that went

along with serving the Lord. I don’t remember, how-ever, hearing the word “worship” being used veryoften as part of our services. The terms that Iremember are song service, praise time and hymnsing. It has just been in recent years that the word“worship” is used in everyday conversations. A longtime ago churches didn’t even have worship pastorsor music ministers. We used individuals in the con-gregation to “lead songs”. How far we have come inthe aspect of worship and everything that goes with it.

God is a God that is the same yesterday, today andforever, but I believe that He is teaching us a “newthing” in an old fashioned way when it comes to ourworship. Whether we sing “Shall We Gather at theRiver” or “Let the River Flow” we should be givingour “worship” to the Father regardless of what maybe going on around us. There have been times inrecent services where I was lost in worship and whenI opened my eyes, there were people dancing in theaisles, jumping up and down, twirling around in circles and laying on their face before God. Now ifthat wouldn’t “intimidate” a newcomer, I don’t knowwhat would. One thing we need to remember is thatworship unto God is as individual and unique as weare and we need to do our best to live a lifestyle ofworship both in and out of the sanctuary. It won’t be long before the newcomers to our churches willget excited with us about worship and enter in theLord’s presence along with us.

Psalm 95:1-7 tell us to “sing for joy to the Lord.Shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Comebefore Him with thanksgiving. Extol Him withmusic and song. For the Lord is a great God. He isthe great King of Gods. The depths of the earth arein His hands. The mountain peaks belong to Him.The sea is His because He made it. His hands

formed the dry land. Come and bow down in worshipand kneel before the Lord, our maker. For He is ourGod and we are His people . . . the flock under Hiscare.” Thank the Lord for His promise!

I recently interviewed the youth worship team frommy church. I asked them to define the word “worship”in ONE word. The responses were quite powerful.Our young people love to worship the Lord but itdoesn’t just take place during a church service. It’s inEVERYTHING they do! Here’s what seven giftedand anointed teenagers had to say about how worshipimpacts their lives:

Alex … it’s his PassionAlbert … it’s his PraiseChris … it’s his Gift to God

Jon … it’s hearts in UnityMeridyth … it’s her Lifestyle

Stephen … it’s his EmotionTravis … it’s his Oxygen

I was overwhelmed to hear how they feel aboutworshipping their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! We can be assured that God is raising up a generationthat will serve and WORSHIP Him because it’swhat they know that’s what they were created to do.

Pictured from left to right: Jon Norton, Chris Joseph,Albert Joseph, Meridyth Lanza, Travis Newell, AlexGundling and Stephen Joseph. Trinity Assembly ofGod Youth Worship Team.

Pennsylvania-Delaware Missionettes

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ROYAL RANGERS

Joe Finan

PENN DEL FCF GEORGE WASHINGTON CHAPTERtakes ‘5 STAR’ National honors for the 8th consecutive year.In National standings Penn Del GW Chapter placing 2nd inthe nation was beat out for the first place honors by 11 points.If most of the GW membership are like me, you don’t takethe time to put your Service Projects points accumulated on a Trappers Brigade Review form. If we did that last year we

would have probably taken the topspot without question; which causesme to request our membership totake the time this year and submityour Service Projects points ASAP(prior to District Powwow). Formsavailable from your Sectional FCF Rep.

jfinan@ptd.net

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ROYAL RANGERS IS A GOD HONOREDMINISTRY and the direction and informationwe receive from our national leaders is acceptedand promoted throughout the entire districtRoyal Rangers organization through meetings,seminars and training. It is improper for anunchartered Royal Rangers outpost to operateusing the name, it’s materials and all it’s benefitsas it is improper to photocopy and use musicwith a copyright protection. There is strength innumbers and we need all unchartered RR out-

posts in the district to join us and have theaccomplishments of your boys and leadership benationally recognized through the ‘official charter’process. It’s the right thing to do and it sets anexample for other leaders to follow. To become arecognized part of this great outreach to boys, con-tact Cmdr. Howard Donze the district RR char-ter coordinator at 302.857.3207 or 302.653.4354,his Email address hdonze@doverdowns.com orsend your charter request or application to 415W. North St., Smyrna DE 19977.

THE 2004 SPRING TRACE was an outstanding eventfor all who participated. Our guest speaker was DistrictCommander and Chairman Jeff Nichols of the KanawhaChapter, Appalachian District who did a fine job presenting a challenge. At the afternoon business meeting Daniel Ticeelected Chapter Scout, from OP 266 Christian LifeAssembly, Stroudsburg PA and Alex Brockmeyer electedAssistant Scout from OP 93 First Assembly York PA.Sixty Six Lodges set up, 24 new (recruits) and 175 attended.If you’re a member of the chapter and have not attended aTRACE lately, you’re really missing an outstanding time offrontier skills, fun and fellowship. New members inductedonce a year at the Spring TRACE. See you at the FallTRACE October 29-31, 2004, for some black powder, flintand steel, hawk and knife throwing and a host of other events.

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“WHAT’S HAPPENING” IN 2005The 2005 District Youth Ministries Events Calendar is now posted at http://www.penndelyouth.com/.

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Discount Hersheypark Tickets Available

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FIRST PLACE WINNERChris Morante from Pittsburgh, PA. Chris attends MonroevilleA/G in Monroeville, PA. This fall Chris will attend ValleyForge Christian College. He received a $1,000.00 scholarship.

SECOND PLACE WINNERDarcie Wiezorek from Pittsburgh, PA. Darcie attends AllisonPark A/G in Allison Park, PA. This fall Darcie will attendZion Bible Institute. She received a $750.00 scholarship.

THIRD PLACE WINNEREric Barnes from Grove City, PA. Eric attends Solid RockA/G in Grove City, PA. This fall Eric will attend EvangelUniversity. He received a $500.00 scholarship.

to the 2004 DistrictYouth Scholarship Recipients

The Bible Quiz Ministryin the Pennsylvania-Delaware District just concluded anothergreat season studying the books of Hebrews/ Peter. We had atotal of 110 teams for this season. A grand total of 83 quizzersand coaches received both the Penn-Del and NationalMemorization Awards.

With Northeast Regionals behind us, we are pleased toannounce that we have 5 teams advancing to Nationals inPalm Springs, CA. Grace A/G, Spring City was the RegionalChampions, South Hills A/G, Bethel Park was second, LivingWaters Chapel, Lebanon third, First A/G, Hermitage wasfourth and Monroeville was the National Wild card team. Thisis the first time in the history of the Bible Quiz ministry thatone district has sent all 5 teams to National Finals! 14 teamscompeted in the Northeast “A” Division.

In “Novice” League (6th–8th graders) Northeast Regionals,Praise A/G Newark, DE, was the second place team. LivingWaters Chapel, Lebanon took third and First A/G, Hermitageplaced fourth. 13 teams competed in “Novice” Regionals. Iwant to extend a great big thank you and congratulations toall teams, coaches, and league representatives.

BIBLE QUIZ TRAINING CAMPThis year the Bible Quiz Training Camp is August 19–21, 2004,at the Philip Bongiorno Conference Center in Carlisle, PA. Weare studying the Gospel of Matthew this year. This three-daycamp, with practical hands-on experiences, will prepare veter-an quizzers for the new season, as well as, help train first timequizzers and coaches. For $69, both teens and adults willreceive, along with their housing and meals, instruction onBible Quiz techniques, quizzing, coaching, officiating andmore. Whether your church has a Bible Quiz team, is planningto start a quiz ministry, or is only thinking about BibleQuizzing, you will benefit from the experience of BQ Camp!!The deadline is August 9 and this camp is limited to 225 peo-ple—send in your registration now!

eptember 15th, millions of students around the United States will gather aroundtheir flagpoles to ask the Lord to touch their cities and school campuses. Youdon’t want to miss out on this chance to impact your community! My prayer

is that you would live your life with clean hands and a pure heart so that you can effectively reach your world for Christ!

For more information contact “See You At The Pole” at 817/HIS-PLAN (447-7526)or check out the website at www.syatp.com.

YOUTH ADVANCE—This four-day back-to-school retreat will be heldover Labor Day weekend, September 3–6, 2004,at the Philip Bongiorno Conference Center. Thisretreat is designed to equip teenagers to reachtheir “Mission Field,” “The High School Campus.”Also, come experience the 7@Night available tocome to your school. Our guest speaker is JaroyCarpenter. The cost for Youth Advanceis $85 per person. If your group hascamping equipment, considerusing the RV Site for only $68per person. Only group reser-vations will be accepted.You will want to registeras early as possible tosecure your reservation.

Whether you need one ticket for yourself, your family,or one hundred Hersheypark tickets for your group,you can purchase them for $23.00 each from theDistrict Office until our discounted supply is gone.That’s a savings of $14.95 off the gate price. Pleasesend a check for the full payment along with a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Park Days 2004, 4651Westport Dr., Mechanicsburg, PA, 17055.

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YOUTH ALIVE

Paul Kirschbaum

paul@penndel.org

s the Dog days of summer approach, I am reminded of the summer we

found “Scum Pond.” We were kids growing up in a Pittsburgh “bedroom”

community and we were hot! We needed a place to cool down after

hours of playing sandlot baseball and we were willing to go almost anywhere to

get cooled down. One day we found it, the place we would affectionately come

to know as “scum pond.” It was a pond out in the middle of the woods that had

about 10 feet of algae scum throughout its perimeter, but the center had cool

blue rippling water. We would sit around the pond and try to figure out a way

to make this diamond in the rough more palatable. Finally one day Bobby Pisone

made himself a neighborhood legend by swinging on a vine out past the scum line

into the cool blue center and then swam through the 10 feet of algae to cut trail

for the rest of us. After that we all had the courage to swim in scum pond for the

rest of the summer. That is kind of what is happening here in the Youth Alive

Ministry. Through the vehicle of the Seven Project we are creating an opportunity

for the High Schools of Pennsylvania and Delaware to experience the most

aggressive evangelism program they have ever seen. I applaud those who have

come along side of us financially, emotionally, and prayerfully to dream the dream

of reaching High School and Middle School students. We are now swimming in

waters we never swam in before.

Monroeville Coalport UniontownSEVEN Project SEVEN Project SEVEN ProjectOct. 11–13, 2004 Oct. 25–27, 2004 Nov. 8–10, 2004

AAEvery day in America:

8,441 teens become sexually active

2,756 teens get pregnant

2,250 students drop out of school

16 youth commit suicide

For more information on the Seven Project check out the websitesthesevenproject.org or thesevenproject.com.

The winning logo design will win your choice of onefrom the list below:

• Free District Couple’s Retreat Weekend (couple free)

• Free weekend, lodging and meals, while other groups are on site (couple free)

• Free midweek couple’s getaway (meals included if booked while other mid-week groups are on site)

• Free week of Youth Camp and Youth Advance weekend (1 youth both events)

• Free week of Kids Camp and Kids Breakaway weekend (1 child both events)

The winner may scholarship or gift your choice if desired.Send your design to: Philip Bongiorno Conference Center430 Union Hall Road, Carlisle PA 17013

E-mail your design: penndelcc@aol.com

Submit your original design of a PBCC logo.

<– Our current logo

Design must be received by: August 31, 2004

WARRIOR OF THE WEEKBy now our students have finished their academic experience for the‘03–04 school year. Some experi-enced incredible victories and testimonies of God moving in their schools, and for others it wasan accomplishment just to make it through the year. Whichevercamp they ended up in, we need to recognize, encourage and honorthem for keeping it real. You cannominate them for “Warrior of the Week” through our websitepenndelyouth.com. Fill out theinformation online and either send a picture of the student viaemail or send it via snail mail to:Youth Alive, 4651 Westport Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055.

ver the past several years, Ihave paid close attention tochurch trends in America,

especially those that pertain toworship. Unfortunately, duringthat same period of time I havealso noticed a division in manychurches caused by what has beentermed “worship wars.” I find itironic that our “worship”, which isintended to uplift and honor ourCreator, has become the verything that would create divisionamong many pastors and withinour congregations.

What is the root of this prob-lem? I don’t pretend to believethat I have all the answers, but Ihave come to a conclusion thatthere are at least a few reasonswhy these “wars” rage. First, Isense that some have turned wor-ship into a musical-style ratherthan a life-style. Too often I hearor read the position that oneapproach is right and any other iswrong. In the Old Testament,David wrote and sang manysongs. He used the tambourine,harp, horns, cymbals, as well asother instruments that were avail-able to him in that historical peri-od to accomplish his worship. Inmore recent history, other instru-ments have been introduced, suchas the organ, one that manychurches hold to dearly. Now, in

the contemporary culture, manychurches use electronic keyboards,drums, guitars and various percus-sion instruments. Some object tothe new modern or “edgy” sounds.I must admit that I too can some-times be annoyed by certain styles,even at the age of 32. Yet, we can-not spiritualize certain instru-ments and styles just because theywere used in biblical days. If thiswere the case, many churchesmight no longer have much of aworship band, orchestra or even apiano or organ. While each one ofus has our own preference ofmusical style, I suggest that we dowhat meets the needs of reachingour communities and serves ourcongregation best.

Second, I think as worshipleaders we often forget who ouraudience is and unwisely force ourparticular preferences upon them.The Apostle Paul said, “I becomelike a Roman to win theRomans.” We must realize that welive in 2004, not 1974. I realizethat depending upon demograph-ics, there is a wide range of cul-tures represented within ourchurches. From the inner-cities ofPittsburgh and Philadelphia, tothe most rural reaches of northernPA, we must be relevant or we willbecome only a faint history. Thuswe need to be very intentional inour approach. No doubt many ofour congregations are filled withpeople from infants to the seniors,so we must also be careful not toisolate a segment of our people ifwe are to shepherd and care for

the entire flock.Third, I find that one of the

biggest reasons that the “worshipwars” exist is because we introducechange too quickly.Unfortunately, this is typicallywhere my generation is makingthe mistake. Yes, we must under-stand that our world is constantlychanging and that the churchshould also be constantly reevalu-ating our approach to meet withour ever-changing culture, howev-er we must be careful not to swingthe pendulum too quickly or toofar. A traditional style churchshould not endeavor to become acontemporary church overnight.This will only bring confusion andresistance. We must appreciateand respect our heritage in ourefforts to move forward. I havelearned that my musical expres-sions should not be so much aboutwhat I want, but what God wantsfor our church.

Fourth, might I suggest that wenot judge the spirituality of anoth-er person or congregation by theirmusic? Some like hymns andsome prefer the modern worshipsongs. At Christian LifeAssembly, we do both, always try-ing to bring a fresh approach to allmusic. Unfortunately, I have oftenheard people say that contempo-rary music is less spiritual.Conversely, I have also heard itsaid that traditional music is“dead.” This can be both true andfalse, depending upon many fac-tors. I would agree that manyhymns have deep truths and rich

lyrics that have been born out ofincredible experiences, but thesame can be said about many ofthe modern worship songs. Infact, many of the new songs oftoday are Scripture put to music.There are certainly some modernsongs that lack sound doctrine ormeaningful praise, yet again thesame can be said about some ofthe hymns in our hymnals. Weneed to understand there is diver-sity in our worship styles and edifyone another. It’s each congrega-tion’s choice if they want to standor sit, worship for 15 minutes oran hour and 15 minutes, open ahymnal or look at a screen. Thebeauty of our church sovereigntyis that each congregation canmake the decision that is best fortheir church. As leaders however,we need to be “in-tune” with theneeds of our congregation and notforce our preferences upon them.We must never get apathetic or“comfortable” with our worship, sothat we are simply singing songs,but may we worship AlmightyGod in “Spirit and in Truth.”

he heartbeat of God has always beenfor souls so it should not catch us

unaware that we would consider worship asan evangelistic tool. Revelation 4:11 reads,“You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receiveglory and honor and power. For You createdeverything, and it is for Your pleasure thatthey exist and were created.” Our very pur-pose was to be in a worshipful relationshipwith our Creator. “The Purpose Driven Life”quotes that “anything you do that bringspleasure to God is an act of worship.” Weteach that worship is a lifestyle. Yet perhapsthe greatest opportunity corporately to wor-ship is found in the service environment.

This is where our worship becomes public.I teach a discipleship class here at South

Hills Assembly regarding worship. One ques-tion I ask in the class is what was the firstemotion or response you had when you cameinto a “Pentecostal worship experience”. Theanswers vary from weird, to fear, to cool, toget me out of here! However the number oneresponse I get is that there is an envy that thepeople seem to have a joy and relationshipthat they wish they had. One quote I readrecently was “it seemed that they were wor-shiping into the face of God.” Worship iswhat takes us from talking about God toexperiencing Him. When we worship in spiritand in truth the unbeliever can see and expe-rience the reality of a living God within us.

Our worship services should be done with

excellence yet keepthe distinction thatmakes usPentecostal. I dobelieve we must becareful to not beoffensive in what wedo especially if theunbeliever is thefocus of the service.However there aretimes that what wemight consider offensiveis what God uses to bring people into theKingdom of God! Be purposeful in what youdo. Worship Him from the heart and watchpeople come to know the saving knowledgeof a real Savior in their lives.

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Worship Evangelism

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Ending the Worship Wars

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