We are two days out from experiencing 2010's Sr. High MyCamp. We have speaker Chuck Lauver for the second year in a row. SNU's band 'Remedy' will be leading us in worship. Robbie Keene will be helping direct and organize games. Sherry Marston and Crew will be in the kitchen. And Jonathan, Brady and Patrick will all be throwing in their magic, editing the best camp video ever! MyCamp is going to be fantastic! See you there!

Extravaganza was a blast!!! The SOAR district registered 156 total attendees which was the top participating district on the South Central Region. SOAR had a total of 7 churches participate: Calvary, Cornerstone, Friendly Chapel, Glenwood First, Greenwood, Little Rock First, & Wickes. Overall we enjoyed team sports: basketball, volleyball, football, dodgeball, and a GPS scavenger hunt, individual sports: ping pong, tennis, golf , and talent art, vocal & instrumental solo's and ensembles, drama, speech, interpretive worship and creative technologies. Don't miss this event next year, it is scheduled for next Memorial Day Weekend May 27-30, 2011.

Southern Nazarene University - Extravaganza - is next weekend! I hope you are ready for challenging competition, fun fellowship, intimate worship and inspiring messages. Extravaganza is going to be a blast! SEE YOU THERE!

Camper Application (Kids, Jr. & Sr. High Camp)

The South Arkansas District - Nazarene Youth International - 58th Annual Convention convened Saturday May 1, 2010. In Session One, we enjoyed a time of praise and worship lead by KaLonie Grant and a challeging message brought to us by Kent Britton (NARK District President). In Session Two, Parker Hull delivered his first NYI Presidents report after serving his first year. Following the report, elections were held.

NYI Executive Council Results: Parker Hull (President), Robbie Keene (Vice President), Robert Yates (Secretary), Donna Holderfield (Treasurer).

NYI Council Results: Tom Hunter & Anthony Soto (Adult Reps), Luke Palmer & Britnee Edwards (College/Career Reps), Joseph Blissett, Tiffany Hunter, Kristin Stein (Sr. High Reps), Andrew Marston, Hayley Adams, Drew Beinhoff (Jr. High Reps).

Congratulations to all who were elected! My prayer is that we would lead the South Arkansas District NYI in the way that God would want us to go. Thank you to all the churches who make it a priority to be involved with the district and thank you to all of the leaders who help make our district NYI what it is.

Join me in welcoming a new youth pastor to the South Arkansas District NYI: Jeremy Nihiser. He and his wife, Lacy, are from Illinois and came to join the Ashdown Nazarene Team (Joel Henley) from a Bible School in Colorado Springs. Send Jeremy an email and welcome him to the SOAR District NYI! jaynihiser@hotmail.com

Just a reminder that NYI Convention is right around the corner. The convention is scheduled to take place Saturday May 1, 2010 at Calvary Church of the Nazarene from 9am-12pm. Our speaker is Kent Britton (NARK District President) and worship will be led by KaLonie Grant and her band from Glenwood. We will begin with a service and then move into the business of the convention. After the convention is adjourned FREE pizza will be provided and a Youth Worker/Pastor NYC 2011 Informational meeting will be conducted by Susie White (NYC Coordinator).

Today, 25,000 kids under the age of 5 will die - most of them from preventable causes like hunger, poverty, and disease. 13, 000 kids under age 5 will die just from causes related to hunger. That's one child every seven seconds. These kids are dying from completely preventable causes. This fact is the reason that the SOAR District NYI gathered together to fight  hunger Friday and Saturday April 24 & 25. Drew Warwick organized an awesome educational famine event. Linda Huggins spoke on the mercy of Jesus Christ and the balance of judgement and love in Christ's mercy. Robert Click and several SNU students led worship for the evening. And a number of youth leaders helped as tribe leaders and juice break organizers as we ventured through the world of Ethiopia and considered their lives and situations. We enjoyed serving at the Area 10 Special Olympics meet at Bryant High School and ended the fun-filled famine event with a huge breakfast cooked by Gary Sartin and his crew from Springlake Nazarene.

The District-Wide 30 Hour Famine is only a few weeks away. I hope that you and your church are getting excited about raising funds for hungry children and getting ready for an awesome all night event at Calvary Nazarene. The speaker for the 30 Hour Famine event is Linda Huggins. Southern Nazarene University will be providing the event band. And Drew Warwick, youth pastor at Springlake Nazarene, is directing the event. Don't miss this District-Wide 30 Hour Famine Experience.

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