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All Age Ministries

Sunday School & Discipleship Ministries (SDMI), formerly known as Sunday School Ministries (SSM), includes

• Men's Ministries
• Women's Ministries
• Children's Ministries (through 6th grade)
• Youth Ministries, not including Nazarene Youth International (NYI)
• PrimeTime Ministries (adults 55+)
• Family Camp

The Sunday School & Discipleship Ministries (SDMI) board's goal is to serve the local church by

• providing training opportunities designed to equip local church leaders in the area of Sunday School and small group ministries.
• providing networking opportunities to connect local churches.
• providing a comprehensive lay leader training program to assist the local church in raising the level of leadership for the local church.
• providing district-wide events and fellowship opportunities for men's, women's and family ministries.

The core values of the Church of the Nazarene remind us that we are a Christian people, a Holiness people and a missional people.  In Sunday School Ministries, we hold to these same core values.

We are a Christian people.  We believe that Jesus Christ is Lord.  We believe that Jesus Christ is the Lord of Scripture.  We look to Scripture as the primary source of spiritual truth confirmed by reason, tradition and experience.  Sunday School is the place to teach the vital importance of Scripture to our children, teens and adults and to disciple them in their Christian walk.  Sunday School remains one of the church's most powerful ways to affirm the Word of God as the foundation for living the Christian life.

We are a Holiness people.  Sunday School is the place where disciples of all ages can be taught the doctrine of holiness, enter into the experience and be guided in their process of becoming more like Jesus through regular Bible study and personal spiritual accountability.

We are a missional people.  Our mission is to go and make disciples.  The goal of Sunday School Ministries is to reach lost people for Jesus.  Through the Sunday School, we challenge all ages to be disciples of Jesus Christ and to invite others to do the same.  Sunday School is the place where we help each other live the holy life through mutual support, Christian fellowship and loving accountability.  John Wesley said, "God has given us to each other to strengthen each other's hands."

In Sunday School Ministries we believe that Sunday School is the place to discover what it means to be Christian, holiness people who are on a global mission to reach and disciple people of all ages.

Women's Ministries
Carol Trevillion, Director

We believe that women are important in God's eyes and are vital in His kingdom. We believe in unity within diversity and cooperation and caring through the inspiration and power of the Holy Spirit.

The purpose of Women's Ministries is:

• To know God personally
• To grow in Christlikeness
• To discover and use spiritual gifts
• To love and serve others
• And in all we do to reflect the beauty of the Lord Jesus Christ.

The mission of Women's Ministries is GROWTH.

Gathering women
Resourcing opportunities
Offering acceptance
Winning women to Christ
Teaching biblical truths
Honoring the Spirit-filled life

Philippians 2:1-2 supports these statements:

If therefore there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. (NASB)

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Children's Ministries
Andi Blanton, Director

Get all the latest info, as well as camp forms and registration, at www.azdistrictchildrensministries.org.

Today's children face many societal influences that draw them away from God and His love.  To counteract these, boys and girls need a variety of nurturing experiences provided by caring adults at church.  Children's spritiaul needs include regular Bible study that focuses on life application, worship, Christian fellowship and evangelism.  They need these experiences on Sunday, through the week and during the summer.  Children's Ministries exists to resource, train and support districts and local churches as they minister to children.

With this in mind, the Board of General Superintendents of the Church of the Nazarene calls the Church to a decade of emphasis on children and youth—Connecting a New Generation.  January 2002 through January 2012 has been designated to be a decade for assessing the needs and issues facing children and youth, creating ministries that will meet the needs of children and youth, supporting and nurturing the family unit and integrating children and youth into the faith community.



Youth
Kurtis Strunk, President

Check out the official site at www.aznyi.com.

AZNYI - Keepin' It Real
Today's teens are searching for something real.  In their qeust for the authentic, untruths confront them 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 a pop icon.  The man who gave His life for the world is now being minimized into nothing more than the latest fad.

AZNYI is committed to modeling 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 teens:  Is Jesus real?  And what does He have to do with me?