NEO Team Update
Message from the DS
Dear NEO family,
“The NEO District Church of the Nazarene is made of up of 45 interdependent local churches, organized to facilitate the mission of each local church through mutual support, the sharing of resources and collaboration.”
I love seeing the way we collaborate and join together in fellowship and mission! In March, we have already had two outstanding district events – Kid’s Mission Day and Prime Time Spring Fling. Our host churches, Regency Park and Sapulpa, were outstanding. The events were fun, inspirational and allowed us to time to interact with others on the District family. Today we will have two other gatherings for our District family. Our youth will be going to Southern Nazarene University for Extravaganza, an annual gathering for worship, talent, Bible Quizzing and Sports. I am thankful for a church that invests in our children and youth. And some of our women will be gathering tonight at Core Church for a night of refreshment and renewal. Saturday, Wagoner will be celebrating their 75th Anniversary from 1 – 4pm. And on Sunday, our restart church in Coweta will be celebrating a milestone as the church is “organized”.
NEO family, we really do need one another! We are better together!
We are called to join Nazarenes across USA and Canada in another Call to Prayer, April 20 – June 8 (Easter to Pentecost). God is using these times of prayer to give guidance and power to the Church in North America. These prayer times have led us to our vision of A Cycle of Resurgence and empowered us to begin to see numerical growth on the Region. Let’s join together in prayer in 2025 regarding Bringing People to Jesus.
We are one month away from the end of the Church Year. Local churches are preparing end of the year reports and having nominations for and elections of leaders for the new year. All local church reports are due on May 12. District entities are also preparing reports and having nominations. If you have people you would like to nominate for District Advisory Board, Discipleship Board or Board of Ministry, let me know within the next week. Elections will be at our District Assembly on June 7 in Bartlesville.
It is great to be a part of the NEO family with you!
Dave McKellips, District Superintendent
4th Annual Half Million Mobilization Call to Prayer
April 20, 2025 to June 8, 2025
Save the date for our 2025 Bringing People to Jesus Half-Million Mobilization. This initiative will run from Easter to Pentecost, so save the dates of April 20th to June 8th, 2025.Resources will be coming soon and will include the following:
– Sermon Series
– Prayer Journal
– Children’s Resources
We invite Nazarenes from across the region to PRAY together for our communities and opportunities to share the GOSPEL this year!
NEO YOUTH CAMP – May 27 – 31, 2025
New Life Ranch Flint Valley
Speaker: Sam McCullough
Worship: SNU Remedy
Cost: $290
Theme: Upside Down
Registration will open 4/1/25!
EQUIP EXPERIENCE at SNU – June 1-4, 2025
The Equip Experience is a 3-day residential conference hosted on the SNU campus intended to equip students as they explore and answer the Call of God to embrace the “live last” posture of Jesus in the world. Registration is open to students who will complete their sophomore, junior, or senior year in May 2025. Meals, snacks, lodging, t-shirts, and training costs are all included. Check-in on Sunday afternoon and head out on Wednesday morning. Three days packed with worship, inspiration from ministry leaders, diverse expressions of ministry callings, and time to dream of your own vision for your future.
Students: $175Includes all food and snacks, lodging, t-shirt, and training costs.
District Assembly / NMI Convention
June 6-7, 2025 at Bartlesville First Church
NEO KIDS CAMP – July 14 – 17, 2025
Quit Playing with Lions Men’s Event
April 4, 2025 from 5-9pm
at Core Church in Broken Arrow
Bringing People to Jesus Webinar
March 11, 2025 – 12pm
Topic: Multiplying Churches by Cultivating a Culture of Missional Evangelism
Guest Speakers: Jad and Jamie Levi, pastors of Trinitas Church
Description: It’s been said that in the West, “we don’t plant churches—we start services.”
Join us as we explore practical ways to plant the gospel and establish Christ-centered communities
by living out foundational Kingdom principles rooted in prayer and the power of the Holy Spirit.
District Led Missions Team Trip to Guatemala
August 8 – 16, 2025
(with a Zoom Meeting – 4/8/25 @ 7pm)
