Encuentro 2018 begins June 30 in Guatemala and Costa Rica. Teams from the USA and Canada will travel to both countries to serve the needs of the church. Encuentro offers opportunities to serve in missions for youth and families. During the last 50 years, they have facilitated trips to the USA, Canada, Mexico, the Bahamas
The Northcentral Area held the third Creative Evangelism Camp (CEC) Apr. 19-21, this time in El Salvador. There were 29 participants from all 3 districts in the country. Along with the workshops normally included in the CEC, the vocalist from the band Lyon shared about using music in evangelism. Every CEC includes a time to
The Panama Central District organized the second Church of the Nazarene in the indigenous Guna district of Wagandy, located in the Tabardi community. District Superintendent Carlos de la Cruz attended the celebration along with Panama Evangelism Coordinator Amable Polanco, the national NMI and NYI presidents, and the missional zone planters. Pastor Amable Polanco led the
Students in the Youth Pastor program in the Panama Central District studied “History and Fundamentals of Youth Ministry” from April 9-13, 2018 with Global NYI Director Gary Hartke. They learned about leadership and the history of global and Panama NYI, among other topics. One day later, on Apr. 14, the El Progresso Church of the
