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February 2013

WISCONSIN DISTRICT NEWS

2 February 2013

BRO. J. E. PUTNAMWI District Superintendent

LUKE 14:23 And the lord said unto the ser-vant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

With the on-slaught of smart phones, iPads, iPods, electronic tablets, television and the inter-net, it is all but impossible to not know what is going on all over the world. Access to these communicative devices and their ability to transmit information in milli-seconds across the electronic networks has changed the face of communication.

Mans technology has now made it possible for all of us to have an interna-tional ministry!

I was amazed when our media min-ister showed me on his smart phone the

FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINE

The basic and fundamental doctrine of this organization shall be the Bible standard of full salvation, which is repentance, baptism in water by immersion in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the initial sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. We shall endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit until we all come into the unity of the faith, at the same time admonish-ing all brethren that they shall not contend for their different views to the disunity of the body.

FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINE

The basic and fundamental doctrine of this organization shall be the Bible standard of full salvation, which is repentance, baptism in water by immersion in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the initial sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. We shall endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit until we all come into the unity of the faith, at the same time admonish-ing all brethren that they shall not contend for their different views to the disunity of the body.

WDN EDITORCraig LundtPO Box 688

Beloit, WI 53512wdn@wisconsinupci.org

WDN SECTIONAL REPSSection 1: Loretta LundtSection 2: Carole Keller

Section 3: - Open -Section 4: April Peckham

Section 5: Kathy Fry

WDN Proofreader: Dede Sharp

DISTRICT OFFICERSSuperintendent:

Rev. John E. PutnamSecretary-Treasurer: Rev. E.A. Kaske

Honorary Board Member: Rev. John Grant

PRESBYTERSSection 1: Rev. Charles WelchSection 2: Rev. James Booker

Section 3: Rev. Ed HermanSection 4: Rev. Rufus ParkerSection 5: Rev. Paul Bennett

DEPARTMENTSForeign Missions: Rev. M.W. Rogers

Home Missions: Rev. Rick KeilleyDeaf Ministry: Renee Strand

Ladies Ministries: Sis. Barb HilderbrandSunday School: Rev. Dale PaceYouth Ministries: Rev. Tim Vik

Revival Commission: Rev. Michael HookMultimedia Ministry: Rev. Scott Jacobs

Mens Ministry: Rev. Steve RogersMusic Ministry: Sis. Darlene Boyte

Purpose Institute: Rev. J.D. PutnamPrayer Force: Rev. Don Rogers

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results of a message that he had posted on the web. He explained to me that mes-sage was listened to in six different nations throughout the world and had hundreds of hits throughout the United States.

What Im trying to point out is that The WORD Made FLESH initiative here in the Wisconsin District is being accomplished by getting The WORD on the STREET!

Jesus gave a parable about a certain man that was preparing a banquet and was inviting many guests. After the mans ser-vant went and did what he was instructed to do, the parable states there was still room. The master of the house then stat-edLUKE 14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. The servant was instructed to take the invitation into the street and make the banquet available to anyone that would respond and come. The master wanted his banquet house to be filled.

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The gospel of JESUS CHRIST is the explicit invitation almighty God is trying to communicate to the world. He is not in-terested in anyone being lost; on the con-trary, He wants all to come unto Him and be saved. God wants His house to be full! If one will study the Word of God closely, they will discover that Gods house is their own body. God wants our lives to be full of Him! And He desires that each of us that have Him will, by our own living, ex-hibit what His Word declares Him to be. We are to put on Christ and go into the street of life, showing others the invitation to be a part of His glorious KingdomThe Church.

It is imperative for all of us that claim to be a part of Gods body, the church, to get out into the highways of life and proclaim what the Word of God says! How about it, Wisconsin, lets take it to the streets! Lets be the witness of truth that our Lord has called each of us to be. Lets proclaimThe WORD on the STREET!

WDN: Tell us about your background.BRO. WELCH: I graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1967 with a degree in Natural Science (Chemistry emphasis); it was while in college that I first came to Jesus Christ. God dealt with me about the baptism of the Holy Ghost and led me into a study on the Godhead, in which He revealed Oneness to me. Shortly after, God di-rected Emmett Kaske, an engineering student, to witness to me. In January of 1966 I was baptized in the name of Je-sus and, in February, while praying with Bro. Kaske on campus, I received the Holy Ghost.

I taught Science for several years in Madison, (where Bro. Jack Yonts was my pastor). During this time God called me to the ministry and I traveled as an evangelist for two summers as well as many weekends; after marrying my wife, Joy, in June of 1970, we traveled in an evangelistic ministry.

Youth President Kenneth Haney asked me to serve as National Campus Evangelist for the Youth Department of the UPCI, which we did for about two and a half years. I visited college campus-es throughout North America, preaching rallies and setting up ministries among the students. After returning to travel-ing as an evangelist, God began to deal strongly with me about going to Green

CHUCK WELCH - Section 1Bay, which has been home since August of 1973. During that time, I served on the District Youth Committee and the District Home Missions Committee. I served as the District Home Missions Director for 15 years and then was asked to serve as North Central Home Mis-sions Regional Director, over an area of twelve districts. I joyfully watched cou-ples from the local church in Green Bay go to raise up new churches in Mari-nette, Oneida, Two Rivers, and a grow-ing Spanish church here in Green Bay.

Having stepped aside from 37 years as pastor in Green Bay, WI in July of 2010, I continue to stay quite busy in ministryserving as a presbyter on the Wisconsin District Board, as North Central Regional Director of North American Missions, as an instructor in Purpose Institute, as an advisor for the editor of the WDN, as well as minister-ing in churches and various other areas of ministry. We are also working with Pastor Peter Fraser in De Pere, which is in the southern part of the Green Bay area. I especially enjoy spending time with my family. WDN: Tell us about your family.BRO. WELCH: My wife, Joy, is true to her name; a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother. We were married June 13, 1970 (43 years in June). I have two pre-cious daughters, two wonderful sons-in-law and nine beautiful grandchildren: Rebecca & David Honkanen have six children: Kaitlin, Kristin, Janna, Char-rey, Emma-Lee, and Samuel. Kristin & Matt Gallagher have three children: Cassidy, Olivia, and Stella. No pets at present, though I have had two Cocker Spaniels and a cat while in Green Bay.WDN: Do you have any interests/hob-bies?

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4 February 2013

BY LORETTA LUNDT

Can you say WOW! What an awesome turnout of people and best of all of Gods pres-ence. It was a testimony just to see the Pathways church in Appleton filled with apostolic worship. The inaugural Mid-Winter Camp Fox Valley was held January 17 and 18. One message led right into the oth-er. Like it was said, It is as if

the speakers all had one mind. Yep, the mind of Christ with a message for Gods people.

The event actually started the week before at the Fox Valley prayer meeting where a few hundred people from area Fox Valley churches gath-ered at the Radisson to pray for God to move in our cities. Following suit, each MWC service opened with prayer led by district leaders and then

entered into a time of anoint-ed worship led by Sis. Darlene Boyte.

Bro. Carl McLaughlin started the camp out with his message entitled Resistance to Revelation. His message was taken from Zachariahs nine months of silence after he doubted Gods ability to give him a child. Rejection of the vision brought no prophetic utterance. Our first reaction

should be to affirm the vision. Hell is afraid the abstract vi-sion will be turned into action. Dont let resistance or the root of resistance, fear, stop you from action or revival. Our thought frame is too small for Gods vision. We have to pull the peripheral vision God has given us into full view using our faith to pull it there.

Bro. McLaughlin also taught From Essence to Ex-

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pression Friday at noon. Es-sence is the thought and ex-pression is the product. To find the purpose of the thing you dont ask the object, you ask the creator of the object. Our identity, purpose, and function is in the mind of the designer God. We cant ask the cul-ture what the church is. Just as the promise of God couldnt come from the bloodline of Ishmael, if we change the

identity of the church, God wont recognize it. The vis-ible is inferior, grounded and aligned with the invisible. Es-sence, God, judges everything in its expressed form. We cant change what God said Hold onto it! He encouraged us to pray out of revelation instead of need. Prayer out of your need causes frustration. Ev-ery prayer, thought, and spo-ken word must line up with

the Word of God.Bishop Putnam addressed

us first on Thursday morning. His message, Miracle of New Birth emphasized the need to continually witness the miracle of the spiritual new birth. We need to be about our Masters business with an emphasis on reaching the lost. We cant be SELF-satisfied at our church. God wants a whole bunch of spiritual babies! Man cant

produce on his own accord. It is not by power, nor by might, but by my Spirit We need to be doers, not just hearers and readers of Gods word.

Bro. Jimmy Toney spoke Thursday morning and Fri-day evening. His first message The Imminent Return of Re-vival spoke of how Wisconsin is ready for revival! We are in the perfect position with the

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6 February 2013

BY APRIL PECKHAM

On a frosty Saturday morning, January 26th, approximately 60 la-dies gathered together at Green-wood Hills Country Club in Wausau for a Ladies Morning Out hosted by Lighthouse Pentecostal Church of Wausau. Sis. Hilderbrands vision was to make these Morning Out events something special and relax-ing for women who needed a break in their routine. This time, however, I think Sis. Hilderbrand wanted the ladies to walk away feeling pam-pered, after spending a morning in the elegant setting of Greenwood Hills, sampling the excellent cuisine Bro. Dan Dillabough (head chef of Greenwood Hills) prepared for us, basking in the presence of God in worship and listening to the anoint-ed speaking of Sis. Carla and Sis. Marta Gannon.

Bro. Dan Dillabough gave a demonstration on how to dress up our meal presentations. A few tips he gave us were: 1) Fresh herbs add a WOW to any plate. Just take a few

herbs and lay them on the side of the plate before serving. Or, for added p i z z a z z , make a mini bouquet of herbs to lie on the plate. 2) Slice the head of a green onion, chill in ice water and watch it blos-som. For added effect, put a few drops of food coloring in the ice wa-ter; this gives the green onion more of a flowery look. 3) Grapes and nuts can dress up a cheese platter. Just randomly place small bunches of grapes around the cheeses and sprinkle a handful of nuts on the plate.

Sis. Carla Gannon, of South Milwaukee, spoke on the similarities of life and a blender. Sometimes our life can seem stuck on the liquefy setting, but we have a manual we live by that tells us, no matter what set-ting our life is on, we can always rest in the arms of Jesus. Sis. Carla also spoke to us about being Gods pre-cious jewels and, if we could learn to take the focus off of ourselves and place it on Jesus, then everything else in life just falls into place.

Sis. Marta Gannon, of Viola, had her three beautiful daughters play a few pieces of music for us. She then spoke on finding our worth in

God. Han-nah was at her lowest self-worth when she c o u l d n t bear chil-dren, but she knew she could find her

worth in the presence of God. Han-nah also knew the importance of taking care of family first, which she demonstrated by raising Samuel for the Lords service. Sis. Gannon emphasized that our home is where our brightest light should shine. She said that children who are raised in homes where Jesus is not just an ob-ject lesson, but also a lifestyle, would most likely stay in the faith in which they are raised.

During this Morning Out ses-sion, Sis. Hilderbrand mentioned that, though we sometimes feel like nobodies, we are all somebodies. Somebodies affect the lives of oth-ers, and every time we make contact with a person, we change them in some way, either for the better or for the worse, and that makes us all somebodies. On January 26th, 2013, many of us walked away changed for the better and, in return, we will touch others lives for the better.

Photos by Samantha Peckham and Ronda James

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District calenDar of eventsFEBRUARY15-16Purpose InstituteEau Claire,Appleton & Madison16-JR Bible Quiz, Fond du Lac19SS Appreciation Dinner, Sect. 222-23Purpose Institute, Oak Creek26SS Appreciation Dinner, Sect. 423Senior Bible Quiz #2Appleton

MARCH1 & 2Home Missions Seminar,Abundant Life Church, Oconomowoc5SS Appreciation Dinner, Sect. 38-9Hyphen Conference, Madison12SS Appreciation Dinner, Sect. 515-16 Purpose Institute - Appleton,Eau Claire & Madison16Junior Bible QuizParkway18-19-- WI District Board Meeting,Osthoff Resort, Elkhart Lake19-21WI District MinistersConference -Osthoff Resort, Elkhart Lake22WI District Brainstorming Session, 9 a.m.- Osthoff Resort, Elkhart Lake23Senior Bible Quiz #3 Fond du Lac29-30PIOak Creek31Easter

APRIL5 & 6JR Bible QuizSilvis, IL13-WI District Music Fest Cornerstone, Fond du Lac (tentative location)13-Section 2 SFC Kickoff, Loc. TBD15- Section 4 SFC Kick-Off, Loc. TBD16- Section 3 SFC Kick-Off, Madison19 & 20- Purpose Institute, Appleton,Eau Claire, Madison & Oak Creek20JR Bible Quiz, AFC, Racine22-Section 5 WEST SFC Kick off,Location TBD23-Section 5 EAST SFC Kick off,Location TBD26-27PIOak Creek29-Section 1 SFC Kickoff, Appleton

And now these three remain: fAith, hope

and love.But the greatest

of these is love.

i Cor. 13:13

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perfect platform for pro-claiming the Holy Ghost. Not just wake-up, but get-up! Get ready to experi-ence a get-up-ening. Stop dreaming and start doing. Stop planning and start pos-sessing. God expects us to grow. He shared how Moses delayed coming down from

the mountain. He fell in love with the mountaintop expe-rience and lingered. Today, Gods church has fallen in love with the mountain, but we need to go to the people in the world because they are looking for a God to wor-ship. Give them Jesus!

Bro. Toneys second message The Origin of Ex-ceeding Greatness taken

from Ezekiel and the valley of dry bones concluded our mid-winter camp sessions. He pointed out that the val-ley was dry we may feel this way; Ezekiel preached to the problem we should preach to the issue; God did the mi-raculous we should expect the same. God wants to step into your valley and breathe life back into you! Let God

resurrect what we have al-ready buried. He exclaimed, Im tired of good churchI want God church!

A-men! Thanks to all who made Mid-Winter Camp in the Fox Valley pos-sible and a great success. We are looking forward to even greater things next year!

Photos by Craig Lundt

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BRO. WELCH: I enjoy photography, golf, deer hunting, some fishing, and spending time with family. WDN: Have you ever witnessed a mir-acle? Please tell us about it.BRO. WELCH: I have been privileged to see God perform many miracles: deaf ears opened, paralyses leave, can-cers gone, lame walk, crippled limbs healed instantly, miracles of provision, and many others.WDN: What do you enjoy about being presbyter?BRO. WELCH: I enjoy working with Bro. Putnam, Bro. Kaske, and the other presbyters that comprise the District Board. God has blessed Wisconsin with some outstanding men, who are passionate about the work of God. I am

thankful for the opportunity to help cast and implement vision, both in Section 1 and our District. I have deep respect for the visionary leadership of Bro. Put-nam. I love the wonderful pastors, other ministers and saints of Wisconsin, and consider it a joy to serve them. WDN: What is your vision for Wis-consin?BRO. WELCH: I see continued pro-gressive growthin unity, in revival as well as spiritual and numerical growth, as we work TOGETHER, growing the present churches, and planting more and more preaching points and daughter works. My perspective for the future: The best is yet to come! As the wise man declared in Proverbs 4:18, But the path of the just is as the shin-ing light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. I see that vision for this great District of Wisconsin!

WDN: Please share with our readers a nugget of wisdom.BRO. WELCH: A favorite quote of mine is from Zig Zigler, who said: Its your attitude, not your aptitude, that will determine your altitude in life. I add to thatIts an attitude of grati-tude, that will keep you on a right lati-tude with God. Its not what happens TO us (circumstances, etc.) that really matters in life; rather, its what happens IN us that really matters to God.

Offenses are the major stumbling blockto saints and preachers. I try to keep the exercise program of the Apostle Paul: And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men (Acts 24:16). Right attitudes and right relationshipswill keep you right with God and with men.

Interview conducted by April Peckham, WDN Representative Section 4

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