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HEALTH 

MINISTRY 

SPIRITUAL LIFE

DISTRICT CALENDAR 

JANUARY 

1. . . . . . . . .New Year’s Day – Ministries Center Closed 

5. . . . . . . . .Teen Bible Quiz Meet #3 

7. . . . . . . . .Presbytery Meeting – BCC 

8. . . . . . . . .Credential Interviews – BCC 

11-12 East Side ACTS 2 Journey (Retreat 2) – Phila. Christian/Bensalem 

11-13 Youth Winter Retreat #1 – BCC 

12. . . . . . . .Junior Bible Quiz Meet #3 

18-19 RR & Girls Ministries Regional Empower Conf. – Harrisburg 


21-23 Children’s Ministry Leadership Summit – BCC 


31. . . . . . . .ACMR’s Deadline 

FEBRUARY 

1-2 Junior Bible Quiz Finals 

1-2 West Side ACTS 2 Journey (Retreat 2) – New Stanton 

16. . . . . . . .Sectional Fine Arts 

18. . . . . . . .Presidents’ Day – Ministries Center Closed 

22-24 Kids’ Breakaway #1 – BCC 

23. . . . . . . .Teen Bible Quiz Meet #4 

MARCH 

1-3 Kids’ Breakaway #2 – BCC 

4. . . . . . . . .Sectional Councils 

. . . . . . . . . .SWS – Monroeville AG – 9:30 am 

. . . . . . . . . .NW – New Castle/First – 2 pm 

5. . . . . . . . .SWM – Oakmont/Riverside – 9:30 am 

. . . . . . . . . .SCW – Bedford/Real Life Church – 2 pm 

7. . . . . . . . .SCE – Enola/River of God – 9:30 am 

. . . . . . . . . .SC – Chambersburg/Bethel – 2 pm 

8-10 NW World Missions Convention 

9. . . . . . . . .RR District BB Gun Competition 

9. . . . . . . . .WP Spring Tour @ Dover, DE/Calvary Church 

11. . . . . . . .Sectional Councils 

. . . . . . . . . .NC – Milesburg/Freedom Life – 9:30 am 

. . . . . . . . . .NCW – Clearfield/Glad Tidings – 2 pm 

12. . . . . . . .EC – Hamburg/The Bridge Church – 9:30 am 

. . . . . . . . . .NE – Hazleton/Faith AG – 2 pm 

14. . . . . . . .GPA – West Chester/Trinity – 9:30 am 

. . . . . . . . . .Delaware – Hockessin, DE/Trinity Community Church – 2 pm 

15-17 NC & EC World Missions Convention 

14-16 RR Nat’l Leaders’ Conference – Dayton, OH 

16. . . . . . . .District Teen Bible Quiz Finals 

16. . . . . . . .WP Spring Tour @ Quakertown/Morning Star 

22-24 SCW World Missions Convention 

23. . . . . . . .WP Spring Tour @ Harrisburg/First AG 

25. . . . . . . .Presbytery Meeting – BCC 

26 Credential Interviews – BCC 

29-30 District RR Leaders’ Conference – Carlisle 

29-31 SWS World Missions Convention 

30. . . . . . . .WP Spring Tour @ Houston/Central AG 

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Carole Bongiorno 

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Secretary/Treasurer 

Jeff Marshall 

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General Presbyters 


Jeff Marshall 

Bryan Koch 

Honorary General Presbyter 

Philip Bongiorno 

PennDel Superintendent Emeritus 

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SUPERINTENDENT Donald J. Immel | 717.795.5921 | don@penndel.org 

Redeeming the Time 

PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE 

We all know that time has three tenses: past, present, and future. I was struck by this reality when I 

was thinking about Paul’s encouragement for believers to “redeem the time.” (Ephesians 5:16) As we 

approach the end of the year and prepare to embark on a new one, the question begs, “in what ways 

can we ‘redeem’ time?” 

PAST 

PRESENT 

FUTURE 

There are two ways to redeem time that has already gone by. First, we can learn from 

mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes. I’m on a plane as I write. When I got to my seat, 

someone else was sitting in it! It was obviously a man and his wife. I didn’t want to 

separate them…today, even though you buy your tickets together, it is not certain that 

you’ll get to sit next to one another on the plane. So I looked at them and said, “Well, how 

can we work this out?” Then Robin said, “Don, our seats are back here.” My bad. It was 

early in the morning – I was a row off. I apologized. Lesson: double check the sign. There 

is always a lesson to learn from our mistakes. We can redeem the past by learning from it. 

Improve your future by carrying forward the lessons learned from mistakes, and secondly 

redeem time by repeating your wins. What went right last year? Does that bear repeating? 

I’ve noticed that sometimes I’m not fully engaged in the present. I can be in a meeting 

or in a conversation, but distracted by other things on a long “to-do” list. Do you ever do 

that? Sometimes we suffer from distractedness. Multitasking is a form of distractedness. 

I’ve read of a few individuals who have gone back to a simple flip phone to eliminate the 

temptation of constantly using their device. They have decided to put stronger boundaries 

between their virtual life and their real life. I’m not going to do that. But I do resonate with 

the need to find ways to be fully engaged in the moment and in the real world. Redeem 

the time – intentionally reduce distractions. I once heard a person commenting on their 

pastor’s interpersonal style. Their comment challenged me. “When you are talking with 

Pastor, he makes you feel like you are the only one in the room.” 

Planning and vision casting are two of my favorite things. You can’t read the Bible without 

getting the impression that God is a planner! Genesis 3:15 is the first revelation of our 

Redeemer (“He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.”) But God’s “plan” of 

salvation goes back before that moment. Revelation 13:8 identifies Jesus as “the Lamb 

of God slain from the foundation of the world.” That’s a revelation of long range planning! 

Effectiveness in ministry is directly linked to vision and planning. A good vision will apply 

lessons learned from the past, project goals and strategies for the future so that we can 

be fully and effectively engaged in the present. For pastors and those in ministry, we 

have the opportunity to speak prophetically to the future of the ministry in which we are 

engaged. We do this not simply with ambition, but by availing ourselves to the fullness of 

the Spirit to sanctify and inspire our imagination to envision a better future. In this way, we 

are “redeeming the time.” 

As we approach 2019, let us “walk circumspectly (diligently), not as unwise (wasters of time and 

opportunity) but as wise, redeeming the time…” (Ephesians 5:15) Learn from the past (assess), 

be focused in the present (engage) and anticipate by faith a great New Year (envision). 

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ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT Bryan Koch | 610.678.0266 ext. 224 | bryankoch@gtaog.org 

Organize or Agonize 

HIT THE RESET WITH 

SERVICE PLANNING 

January comes around every year, and every year it’s considered a time to reset personal priorities 

and take time to figure out what we’re going to do in the new year. The same holds true for your 

church. Coming out of the busy time of the Christmas season, it’s important to take time to get 

organized for the upcoming year. One of my personal axioms is “Organize or agonize,” and it’s 

true both personally and in our ministries. Proverbs 21:5 (NLT) says, “Good planning and hard 

work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.” GT takes that to heart when it 

comes to planning our services. 

BIG ROCK 

At GT, we have a long-range planning meeting in 

January and August, that we call “Big Rock.” We 

invite a wide range of teams to attend this meeting 

from family ministry to creative arts to the teaching 

team. Even when GT was a much smaller church, 

we would do this. If you don’t have staff teams, you 

could include high-level volunteers and ministry 

leadership you do have. We look at the upcoming 

year, brainstorm and plan for the next 6-9 months. 

This includes looking at what’s happening on the 

church calendar as well as in the community. We 

want to make sure that baptism and communion 

Sundays have a strong tie to the message on 

those days. We look at when we’re having our First 

Responders service or our Veterans Day service. 

We break into small groups and brainstorm sermon 

series topics without getting bogged down in the 

details of titles and schedules. 

BOTTOM LINE 

The details get worked out in a meeting 

that we call “Bottom Line,” which meets 

most Monday mornings throughout the 

year. This is still considered a longrange 

planning meeting since we try to 

stay a couple of months ahead of the 

current sermon series. This is where we 

figure out exact texts, titles, and the one 

important thing we want people to take 

away from the message or the “Bottom 

Line.” This is a smaller group of people 

who are responsible for communicating 

the messages. Once a month a larger 

team gets together for a Service Planning 

meeting to review service orders, 

upcoming events, special happenings, 

and other important info for the upcoming 

month. 

SPIRIT LED 

After reading about all of these 

meetings, you may think that 

our services seem so planned 

out that there’s no room for 

the Holy Spirit, but that’s not 

the case. We come into these 

meetings seeking the Spirit’s 

guidance and often have a 

time of prayer or worship 

prior to starting the meetings. 

And although we certainly do 

plan out how we expect our 

services to go, we are always 

open to the moving of the 

Spirit and have made changes 

on the fly when we’ve felt that 

prompting. 

One of our values at GT is “We give God our best because He gave us His.” Part of giving our best involves planning 

so that we can make every component of a guest’s experience as excellent as possible, providing a reflection of how 

great God is. Planning and preparation allows us to be flexible when needed and communicate as effectively as possible. 

2 Timothy 2:15 (NLT) says, “Work hard so you can present yourself to God and receive his approval. 

Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.” 

How will you start off 2019? Will you organize or agonize this year? 

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AROUND THE NETWORK 

Pastoral 

Commissioning 

Pastor C. Ronald 

& Jemma Bradley 

New Life Church 

Lancaster, PA 

80th 

Anniversary 

& Mortgage 

Burning 

Pastor Jason & 

Rene Tourville 

Shrewsbury AG 

Shrewsbury, PA 

Pastoral 

Commissioning 

Pastor Jim & 

Anna Ricci 

Hellertown AG 

Hellertown, PA 

Thanks to our PennDel family for all of your love, kindness and generosity to 

Marjie and me as we celebrated our retirement. You have been so gracious 

through the sixteen years of our serving as your superintendent, and we cherish 

your continued prayers and love in the years ahead. You are in our hearts and 

prayers for God’s anointing and presence to reign in your lives and ministries. 

May HIS grace abound more and more and grant you the desires of your heart. 

Love and prayers, 

Pastor Steve and Marjie 

Women in 

Ministry Retreat 

“Woman of Wonder” 

Speaker: Lisa Potter 


SECRETARY/TREASURER Jeff Marshall | 717.795 .5921 | jeff@penndel.org 

About People: 

MINISTERS TRANSFERRING IN: 

Anderson, Janelle A (Licensed) from Georgia 

Bradley, C Ronald (Ordained) from New Jersey 

NEW AND UPGRADED 

CREDENTIALS: 

NEW 

Bailey, John J (Licensed) 

Walsh, Jacob R (Licensed) 

CERTIFIED MINISTER 

Boden, Dustin 

Carpenter, Brodon 

Collison, Andrea 

Jackson, Walter 

Fasig, Brandon 

Nabors, Timothy 

Sherman, David 

LICENSED MINISTER 

Braafhart, Giannie 

Brace, Lindsay 

Catalano, Rachel 

Geidel, Joshua 

Glogau, Heather 

Goodling, Duane 

Jodon, Jason 

Keely, Lorena 

Kiger, Travis 

Knudson, John 

Kuchta, Marianne 

Lingsch, David 

Lufi, Samuel 

Nagel, Josiah 

Newhart, Jared 

Salemme, Michael 

Sarring, Allyson 

Schaefer, Timothy 

Sterling, Saint Clair 

Strickland, Kimberly 

ORDAINED 

Ricci, James 

About Churches: 

PARENT AFFILIATED: 

Faith AG – Belle Vernon, PA 

Jason Lamer, PAC Lead Pastor 

Jason Lamer, Campus Pastor 

TRANSFERRED CHURCHES: 

(PennDel Trans-PAC transferred to 

NNE as District Affiliated Churches) 

City Reach Church – Bangor, ME 

City Reach Church – Ellsworth, ME 

MINISTERS TRANSFERRING OUT: 

Allen, Cullen R (Ordained) to Iowa 

Allen, Shelly L (Licensed) 

to Iowa 

Bogaczyk, Jeffrey S (Ordained) to Wisconsin/N Michigan 

Erickson, Margaret T (Licensed) to Ohio 

Erickson, Stephen D (Licensed) to Ohio 

Gibney, Stephen S (Licensed) to New Jersey 

Halbig, Aaron (Certified) 

to New York 

Krause Jr, Donald E (Certified) to Hawaii 

Peternel, Daniel (Ordained) to Indiana 

Peternel, Catherine (Ordained) to Indiana 

Richardson Jr, John D (Ordained) to New York 

Van Luven, Aaron (Ordained) to Minnesota 

PASTORAL TRANSITIONS: 

C Ronald Bradley – New Life AG, Lancaster 

James A Ricci – Hellertown AG 

Mark Grogan – 1st AG, Beaver Falls 

Jeff Leake – City Reach Church, Pittsburgh 

Steve Warren – New Life AG, Pottstown 

Jeff Henry – New Life AG, Mifflintown 

With The Lord: 

A REUBEN HARTWICK, 90, passed away August 24, 2018. Bro. Hartwick was a retired 

minister in our District and lead pastor at Coraopolis, Elwood City and was a professor at 

the University of Valley Forge for 26 years. He is survived by his wife, Thelma. 

EDWIN C STIGILE, 82, passed away September 4, 2018. Bro Stigile is survived by his 

wife, Barbara. Together, they pastored several churches in the Potomac District. They 

transferred to PennDel in 1999 to pastor the Assembly of God Church in Barclay MD, 

where they retired in 2013. 

ANGELINE HAFNER/SORBO, 84, passed away on November 26, 2018 after a recent 

illness. Angie was married to our Retired Missionary Anthony Sorbo the past 20 years and 

served alongside him in various missions and ministry endeavors. Previously, Angie was 

married to Robert E Hafner and was a faithful lead pastorʼs wife at the following PennDel 

Churches: Pennsburg, Muncy, Windsor and Altoona. Angie was a pillar in PennDel as our 

District Auxiliary Director of Missionettes (now renamed Girls Ministries) for 18 years. 

MARIAN STUART, 94, went to be with her Lord and Savior on November 29, 2018. She 

was preceded in death by her loving husband, Walter Stuart. Marian was a faithful lead 

pastor’s wife at Calvary AG, Waynesboro. 


WORLD MISSIONS Donald J. Immel | 717.795.5921 | don@penndel.org 

2019 World Missions Theme 

TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH 

Get started early by using the reasonably priced AGWM Theme-related items in your church for 2019: 

• View the online Missions Materials Catalog by visiting agwm.com/resources 

• Order a catalog by calling 800.988.6598 or call direct 417.862.3420 x 2061 or 2071 (CST) 

PennDel Missionaries 

Currently Itinerating: 

New Missionaries: Kevin & Wendy Beery (Europe) 

kevin.beery@agmd.com 

Veteran Missionaries: Sam & Naomi Brelo (Europe) 

Zach Wable (Africa) 

Winter Cohort/Connect Meetings: 

Each Missions Representative is working hard to coordinate a 

Winter Missions Event for your Section. 

These events will be listed on our website by early January: 

www.penndel.org 

ministries/world missions/events 

2019 Spring Missions Convention: 

PENNDEL WORLD MISSIONARY SPEAKERS: 

Ken Ferguson International Ministries 

Sam Brelo Eurasia 

AND for the 1st time ever… 

A PennDel Missionary Associate is joining the tour: 

Sean Collings itinerating to serve with Doug Baldwin as 

his youth/children’s worker in Ecuador 

Dates of Tour: 

March 9 & 10 NW Section 

March 16 & 17 NC & EC Sections 

March 23 & 24 SCW Section 

March 30 & 31 SWS Section 

Please contact your sectional missions rep if you are 

interested in participating. 

Congratulations to Amanda Swain who is 

reaching her final moments as an Itinerate Missionary 

Associate! She will be departing for Eurasia in the next 

few weeks/months. 

We have other Missionary Associates who are presently 

raising their support and need your help. 

Please visit our complete listing at: 

penndel.org/Ministries/MA Itineration List 

Has God Spoken to You 

About becoming a Missionary? If He has, we would like 

to speak to you as soon as possible. Please contact me 

at: don@penndel.org or 717-795-5921 


RESET Your Life 

EMOTIONALLY 

PHYS 

SUE WILLIS 

Founder/President 

Abundant Life Ministry Center 

McMurray, PA 

DAVID BROCK 

Family Life Pastor 

Calvary Church, Irwin PA 

As spiritual leaders, we regularly 

speak to others about issues in 

their lives. However, we often fail to 

examine some of these same issues 

as they relate to ourselves. Perhaps 

the most significant disconnect is in 

the area of emotional health. 

Being emotionally healthy means 

living a life of wholeness, balance 

and contentment – even when we’ve 

experienced difficult and painful 

circumstances that can leave us 

feeling, burned out wounded and 

betrayed. Each of us goes through 

difficult seasons personally and in 

ministry. In fact, God’s word clearly tells 

us that we will face trials, tribulations, 

times of temptation and set-backs – 

along with the possibility of growing 

weary and wanting to give up. 

Have you been there? I know I have 

at times in my life and journey with 

the Lord. But the good news is, God 

doesn’t want us to remain stuck or 

to give up. He promises to bring us 

through – if we will allow the Holy Spirit 

to work in us. 

God never intended for us to 

simply survive the circumstances 

we encounter. He wants to take us 

beyond survival to revival, allowing us 

to live again. Even more, He wants us 

to thrive. 

HOW CAN WE PRESS THE RESET 

BUTTON ON OUR EMOTIONS FOR 

2019? 

• First, be honest with yourself and 

with God. What has crept into your 

heart this past year (or at any time 

in the past) that has set you up to 

be an emotionally unhealthy leader? 

• Be willing to deal with the issues 

that you’re struggling with so the 

Lord can bring you to a place of 

healing and restoration. Choose to 

let go of any hurts, disappointments 

and offenses, and forgive those 

who have wronged you. 

• Cast all your anxiety, weariness and 

cares on the Lord, and allow Him 

to care for you. (Matthew 11:28, 1 

Peter 5:7) 

Determine that you will 

enter 2019 with a revived 

heart, refreshed and ready 

to thrive … not by might, 

not by power, but by the 

Holy Spirit. 

The New Year has traditionally been a 

time to hit the “reset” button on different 

areas in life. I’ve found myself in this 

cycle every January with my health. I 

didn’t need to be told what it looks like 

to be healthy or that it is important to be 

healthy, yet I found myself meeting the 

statistics of being an unhealthy pastor. 

Pastoral Care Inc. states that “over 50% 

of pastors are unhealthy, overweight, and 

do not exercise” and that included me. 

2018 was the year I hit my reset button 

for health, losing nearly 100 pounds, my 

blood pressure dropped, and I saw my 

health and ministry improve. 

BEFORE 

AFTER 

David and his wife, Michele. 


ICALLY 

SPIRITUALLY 

If you want 2019 to be the year you hit 

your health reset button, here’s three 

questions I have learned to ask myself 

which may help you: 

WHAT IS MY REASON FOR GETTING 

HEALTHY? 

WHAT WILL I DO TO ACHIEVE MY GOAL? 

WHO WILL HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE? 

Most people don’t need to be convinced that health 

should be a priority in their life, so why the struggle? 

Your reason must be personal and may be different 

than what you know it should be. I knew I should be 

healthy for various reasons; however, those reasons 

didn’t motivate me to lose weight. My reason was my 

wife, future family and ministry. I struggled as a pastor 

constantly asking, “How can I pastor others towards 

spiritual health when I was so far from physical 

health?” Your reason may not be my reason, and 

that’s okay. 

Once your reason is determined set yourself up 

with your steps toward your goal. Find the diet 

and exercise plan that will get you there and follow 

through. For me that was counting my calories 

and macro-nutrients, lifting weights and cycling. If 

something does not seem to work try something 

different. My wife and I tried everything from Vegan to 

Keto Diets until we found what worked. Talk to your 

doctor and determine the best plan for you. Then tell 

this plan to somebody you trust and give permission 

to who will hold you accountable. 

What would it look like for you to hit the reset button 

on health? There’s no better time than now to begin 

this journey. 

MARK NOVALES 

Lead Pastor 

City Reach Church 

Philadelphia, PA 

I’VE ONLY BEEN PASTORING FOR SIX YEARS. Just when I 

get comfortable, ministry, people and my Lord remind me that I haven’t 

quite arrived. Being a church planter has been the most difficult yet 

rewarding thing I’ve ever done. I spent 26 years as a US Army officer 

(which included several deployments after 9/11), yet planting a church 

has been the most challenging. 

About 6 months ago, I stood outside of our church (located on a 

commercial street in Philadelphia) and observed so much brokenness. 

I asked myself if we were making a difference in our community. At that 

moment, I felt the Holy Spirit remind me that His presence can bring the 

transformation I longed for in a way that our strategies/planning could 

never achieve. Those are essential in order to execute the mission, but 

without His presence they are incomplete. Immediately, I felt compelled 

to research past revivals. I was led to the Hebrides Revival (Scotland) 

in 1949. This revival included a powerful presence of God’s in response 

to the prayer of two elderly ladies (ages 84 & 82) and seven men who 

earnestly prayed for a move of God. The initial question to their pastor 

which led to intense prayer was “Can we try God?” 

Before the revival, not a single young person attended their services. 

Afterwards, the church was bursting with young people. Bars and dance 

halls closed! God’s presence moved throughout the community and 

brought immediate transformation. This church, like many of ours, had 

conducted conferences and had grand church growth ideas, but hadn’t 

prayed fervently as the Word urges us to. His presence made all of the 

difference. I’m all about church growth strategies/conferences, but we 

won’t experience the entirety of what God wants if we don’t face the 

question, “Can we try God?” 

“Can we try God?” 


No 

RESET 

Button 

CHRIS AND NIA GILLOTT serve 

at CLC in Bensalem where they do 

ministry as a team. They love helping 

students discover what it means to 

be a disciple and equipping them 

to make disciples! They’ve been 

married since 2005, and have two 

children – David and Evangelia. 

Chris’s interests include running, 

making music and cheering for the 

E-A-G-L-E-S! Nia enjoys cooking 

(it’s her love language), photography, 

graphic design and she’s learning 

to sew. As a family, they love to be 

outside, to be together and to make 

new friends. 

STUDENTS KNOW HOW TO RESET ALL KINDS OF 

DEVICES, but resetting a student ministry is not so simple. Everyone 

knows that most adults “don’t like change,” but some students in high 

school and even junior high can also get entrenched in patterns and 

expectations. Even volunteer leaders feel hesitant as changes take shape, 

which is significant in student ministries where our team carries much 

of the weight of weekly ministry. To reset our weekly rhythms of ministry 

and community there was no button to push; it required wisdom and 

communication and patience. 

One major factor that led us to reset the service format was our awareness 

that students spend most of the year learning in lecture style classes. This 

makes it tough for them to engage for an extended time of preaching in 

the middle of the week. We also wanted to help students grow deeper 

connections to other students, adult leaders and, most importantly, the 

scripture. 

We started our transition by casting vision about our desire to maximize the 

value of our time with students when we gathered. The thought of changing 

our service structure alarmed some of our volunteer leaders. For several 

months, when we gathered with our leadership team, we spent time talking 

about the values that were leading us towards this shift. 

Eventually, we launched a new Wednesday structure that starts with 

worship, followed by 15-25 minutes of teaching, roughly 30 minutes of 

discussion and prayer in gender-specific small groups that we call Circles. 

This helps us nurture relationships within our group and personalize the 

application of the scriptures we’re exploring. We still do one service a month 

in a large group format built around a theme that we call an Invite Night. 

It sounds simple enough, but there 

have been bumps in the road. 

As we continued to articulate 

the values behind our change 

in format, we found increased 

appreciation and participation. 

Thankfully, our new structure is 

producing fruit. The health of our 

ministry continues to increase; we 

are excited about what The Lord 

has in store for us. 


RESETTING 

Your Church 

THIS MONTH, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE IDEA OF “PUSHING 

THE RESET,” one of the areas that desperately needs a reset is Church 

Revitalization. A recent study by Thom Rainer shows that close to 65% of 

churches in America are either declining or plateauing. Studies show over 

4,000 churches close their doors every year. With those thoughts in mind, I 

want to share a few quick ideas on revitalization that I have learned on my own 

ministry journey. Although not applicable everywhere, I would like to offer a few 

observations and lessons I’ve learned... sometimes the hard way! 

RELATIONSHIPS 

When approaching a struggling or declining church it’s important to recognize 

that those in the church are not your enemies. While they might be difficult and 

obstinate, you are ultimately on the same team. The first thing that’s important 

to recognize is the value of relationships. As a lead pastor, nothing is more 

beneficial than establishing relationships with long-time members. Listen to their 

stories. Become a student of your church’s history. Ultimately, you’re building 

upon what was already established. Also, begin to build relationships with your 

community. The church of Jesus Christ is not meant to operate in isolation of 

its community. You’ll never know the needs of your community or even how to 

meet those needs if you aren’t in relationship with those in your community. 

VISION 

Secondly, it’s vital that you have a God-ordained vision. It isn’t your church’s, 

ultimately it’s God’s. Jesus said he would build ‘His’ church. Spend time in 

prayer; pay attention to what others say about your church; listen to your 

own dreams. Chances are really good that the vision for your church will be 

a combination of these three things: God’s Heart + Your Strengths + Your 

Church’s Opportunities. Don’t just lead people toward general ‘change,’ 

but lead them toward a vision. Vision allows difficult change to become more 

understandable and digestible because it provides context. 

NICK AND HEIDI POOLE pastor 

at Calvary Church in Irwin, PA. 

Nick grew up in the Pittsburgh 

area as a pastor’s kid and 

graduated from Central Bible 

College in 2005. Nick and his 

wife, Heidi, have pastored Calvary 

Church since 2011. Prior to 

becoming the lead pastor, Nick 

has served in various ministry roles 

as a youth pastor and church 

planting director. Nick and Heidi 

have two kids, Zack and Evie 

with a third Baby Poole arriving in 

December of 2018. 

PERSISTENCE 

Lastly, is persistence. No doubt, revitalizing a church is hard work. And it’s not 

just hard, but it demands persistence in the face of opposition over a potentially 

long period of time. One thing different with a church revitalization compared 

to a church plant is the perception of time. The effectiveness of a church plant 

is generally measured in the early weeks or months. For a church revitalization, 

the timeline is years and decades. Churches are not flipped, they’re generally 

turned around. To do this, it requires persistence. And persistence demands 

that as a pastor you work toward progress over a period of time. 

So as you look to ‘push the reset’ at your church or current ministry 

setting, remember these important components: 

Relationships, Vision, and Persistence. 


Pressing 

PENNSYLVANIA 

ADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE 

KRIS AND TONI MCFADDEN 

President/CEO 

Pennsylvania Adult and Teen Challenge 

OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, 

ministry “reset” has been a consistent 

theme throughout Pennsylvania Adult & 

Teen Challenge. Our hearts were gripped by 

the fact that between the years of 2000- 

2014, over 500,000 individuals throughout 

the US have lost their battle with addiction, 

overdosed and died. We also learned that 

over 3,500 Pennsylvanians have lost their 

battle in 2015, over 4,600 in 2016, and 

most recently, over 5,000 in 2017. These 

statistics made us ask the question, “Are we 

providing the best care as a ministry for the 

local church and community as possible?” 

The answer was a resounding “no” and we 

knew it was time to hit the reset button. 

Our vision, “Bringing Wholeness to the 

Hopeless” was birthed around this same 

time and we were inspired through Luke 

5 to “fill our nets” with hurting individuals 

throughout the local church and community 

who were caught in the grip of addiction. In 

2017, we were able to successfully launch 

the first medical detox program in the 

history of Teen Challenge throughout the 

US. Along with this programming initiative, 

we also began to operate our short-term 

inpatient rehabilitation program, as we saw 

need for these complimentary services to 

our foundational, long-term, discipleship 

program. In 2015, we served approximately 

235 individuals throughout our corporation. 

Because of these programs and the Lord’s 

faithfulness, by the end of 2018 we will 

come close to serving 2,000 individuals in 

desperate need of our care. 

At the beginning of this year, we decided 

once again that it was necessary to hit 

the “reset” button. As an organization we 

found that our adult women’s programs 

were inadequate due to a lack of both 

capacity and services. We decided it was 

time for a change. In September of this 

year, we added women’s detox services to 

our continuum of care. This initial step has 

provided the first women’s detox throughout 

the national Teen Challenge network. 

Our women’s services now include detox 

and short-term inpatient care, alongside 

our foundational long-term, discipleship 

program, mirroring our men’s services. 

Although this step has been groundbreaking, 

we have exciting future plans to 

develop an even more robust continuum of 

care to serve adult women. 

Another need that has been heavily 

requested in our field is intensive outpatient 

services. In 2019, we will be adding several 

sites throughout Lancaster, Dauphin, and 

Berks counties. We are thrilled that these 

services will soon be available as we work 

diligently toward fulfilling our vision of 

“Bringing Wholeness to the Hopeless.” As 

the Lord continues to “fill our nets” we are 

trusting Him to do a great work in the lives 

of those we serve by freeing them from 

addiction and bringing new life in Him! 

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RESET 

UNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE 

THE UNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE 

(UVF) has undergone significant changes 

in the last few years. Despite the season 

of transition, UVF has further strengthened 

its commitment to producing influencers of 

the gospel. In this new season, the driving 

passion to impact the world by training 

disciples of Christ continues to fuel UVF. 

Many Christian universities today are 

struggling with enrollment due to economic 

reasons, and are compromising what 

it means to be a Christian school. As a 

Christian liberal arts university, we get many 

questions asking “is UVF a bible school 

or a university?” meaning, “is UVF going 

to continue to produce ministers? Is that 

a priority?” We believe Valley Forge has 

a special call to produce ministers and 

missionaries. When you make Jesus the 

center of any institution or organization, 

the anointing of God will follow. UVF has 

recommitted itself to raising influencers of 

the gospel. The goal is not to be a large 

institution but a specialized school for 

training disciples of Christ who will serve 

and lead in the church and the world. 

We also feel a call to raise up a priesthood 

of all believers; so it’s not just about 

providing education for our marketplace 

majors, it’s about producing disciples who 

will be ministers of the gospel in every field. 

“From the moment I stepped on campus, I 

began experiencing the blessings of being 

exactly where God wanted me...Through 

amazing professors, my field experiences 

in local schools, ministry involvement, 

work experiences and student leadership 

opportunities, I was able to develop as an 

individual, a professional and as a follower 

of Jesus; I am prepared to serve the Lord 

wherever he sends me,” says UVF senior, 

Megan Knorr Walsh. 

We have seen a great cultural shift on our 

campus; we’ve had physical and spiritual 

healings in our prayer services. We believe 

DAVID S. KIM 

President 

University of Valley Forge 

that whenever the Holy Spirit moves, signs 

and wonders will follow. We are anticipating 

the power of the Holy Spirit’s work here at 

UVF, not only for deep spiritual encounters, 

but also for the purpose of the Great 

Commission. We want our students to 

experience the infilling of the Holy Spirit for 

the missional work God has for them. 

When you make a decision to turn towards 

Jesus, you’ll face spiritual warfare. Our 

leadership senses this deeply, and we are 

more committed than ever to prayer. We do 

not believe that leadership and strategy, alone, 

are the answers to the challenges ahead, 

although they are important. We, however, 

believe in winning and overcoming our 

challenges through intercession and prayer; 

our battles are ultimately won on our knees. 

We are so excited to partner with our home 

district of PennDel in this endeavor to 

produce spirit-empowered servant leaders 

for the Kingdom. 

ONLINE 

GRADUATE STUDIES 

For more information, visit 

VALLEYFORGE.EDU/GRADUATE

HOME MISSIONS Tom Rees | 717.795.5921 | tom@penndel.org 

Small Town Church… 

BIG IMPACT! 

PennDel is made up of many small but faithful churches. When 

we partner together, amazing things can happen, like what 

God is doing through Pastor Che’ and Stephen Weber at First 

Assembly of God in Greentown. We celebrate their story… 

For fourteen years, we struggled with making inroads into our Greene-Dreher community. 

We tried reading books and going to seminars; we knew our small, rural church of 25-30 

cared for the hurting but could not seem to build any meaningful relationships that lasted 

or grew our church. We were about to give up. Then we went to Rural Compassion 

hosted by PennDel at the Bongiorno Conference Center. 

We were so encouraged and inspired, and we gladly accepted the products, advice, 

training and support that were given by Rural Compassion/U.S. Missionaries Kim and 

Laurel Harvey. As we returned home to pray and embolden our small but faithful church, 

we laid out a plan: do whatever needed in order to grow and support relationships in our 

community. We would “fly kites” and “build bridges” with the Volunteer Fire Company, 

Ambulance Corps, State Police, local day care center and our elementary school. 

Now, six months later, we are invigorated again! We created a community outreach called 

“Loving Greene-Dreher.” We now have hope, joy, expectations and relationships! 

We now know the leadership of the Fire Company who have helped in our outreach 

to the school as well as the State Police in three different barracks (and two Station 

Commanders will take my calls). The principal of the school has given me his personal 

cell number, and teachers from our school are telling teachers in other districts about our 

relationship. The school nurse loves us (her words!) and even a couple of local businesses 

are open to helping when they can. 

God has extravagantly provided seed for the 

sowers to make bread for others to eat, and He 

gets the glory as He watches people from all 

over the community give Him thanks. 

For more information on 

RURAL COMPASSION go to 

penndel.org/ruralcompassionspring 

LOVING GREENE-DREHER 

• A new Keurig in the teachers’ lounge with 

different coffees. 

• The principal gets his favorite hot cocoa each 

month. 

• Classrooms are given a five-pound jar of 

animal crackers each month (they love that!) 

• Through a giving partnership, we were able to 

provide new, name brand shoes to all 300 kids 

last month. 

• The kids also got snacks, fire company 

magnets and stickers, junior state police 

stickers, and pencils. 

• A local business helped provide 900 pairs of 

socks for us to take to the school. 

• The school nurse received three tote boxes 

full of new T-shirts and hoodies to give to 

the neediest kids. She also received 100 

toothpastes/toothbrushes. We have provided 

the school nurse with modesty packs for girls. 

• The Fire Company got cases of Gatorade, 

sports drinks and iced tea as well as their 

favorite gift: a dozen Minions! They will use 

them to calm and distract children during 

emergencies. 

• Our Ambulance Corps got supplies. 

• The local daycare got food, drinks, paper 

products and cleaning supplies. 

• Many people showed up to help us with the 

shoe give away and now recognize us in town. 


CHRISTIAN EDUCATION George Krebs | 717.795.5921 | george@penndel.org 

2019 

A Discipling Year 

Let’s make this a year to be strategic in making disciples. We want it – we talk about it – we intend to do it. 

But our time, our resources…but…but…but. Let’s just do it now! 

Maybe we can simplify making disciples by looking at the great commission in Matthew 28. ‟ 19 Therefore go 

and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of 

the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am 

with you always, to the very end of the age.” (NIV) 

SIMPLE INSIGHTS: 

• Make disciples everywhere 

• Baptize disciples 

• Teach them to obey everything 

Jesus commanded 

• Jesus will help us to the end 

Sounds easy enough, right? So we 

(leaders and mature believers) should 

always be making disciples through 

sermons, classes, small groups and 

mentoring relationships. It seems simple 

enough to help people become disciples. 

THE TRUE MARKS OF A 

DISCIPLE ARE… 

1. Baptism (publically proclaiming 

ones faith) 

2. Obedience to everything Jesus 

taught 

WHAT’S NEXT? 

Plan much of this year’s sermons, classes, 

small groups and mentoring relationships 

around discipleship themes. Pick out 3-4 

core discipleship themes (Prayer, Giving, 

Relationships, Forgiveness) for the first 

year. Randy Frazee in his “Christian Life 

Profile Workbook” offers 30 competencies 

that should apply to a follower of Christ. 

WHAT CAN WE DO? 

Help those in your congregation measure 

their need and progress. There are several 

inventories and resources available. This 

not only helps individuals, but it can also 

help church leadership if the results are 

shared. Planning for the future will now 

help you hit those target areas of growth. 

WHEN IS THE DISCIPLE PROCESS 

COMPLETE? 

Never! Disciples are lifelong learners; more 

than that, disciples should have lifelong 

obedience to everything Jesus taught – 

something I’m still working on after serving 

God for forty-three years. Now I know why 

Jesus says, “I am with you always, to the 

end of the age.” Disciples need to grow 

and mature forever. 

BE ENCOURAGED. 

Remember the work of disciple-making 

never ends. Walking along side of people 

while living out the Christ-Life is an 

adventure. A large group of people are 

at varied stages of growth; many times 

a smaller group touch is needed. Not all 

converts are disciples, and there is no 

foolproof strategy. 

Just ask Jesus about disciples: after 3 

years of walking and serving alongside 

Jesus, hothead Peter cut off an ear (Jesus 

fixed it), Thomas refused to believe Jesus 

about the resurrection. Judas betrayed 

Jesus, then committed suicide, and then 

they all quit the ministry and went fishing. 

Only the arrival of the Holy Spirit put them 

back on track. Now doesn’t that make 

you happy that we are Pentecostal! 

Below are some assessments to help 

you measure the needs of disciples in 

progress: 

• “Spiritual Health Assessment 

Tool” (disciplelabs.com) (Free) 

• “Christian Life Profile Assessment 

Tool Workbook” (Randy Frazee) 

Available from Christianbook.com and 

Amazon at minimal cost 

• “Spiritual Life Inventory” 

(Contact george@penndel.org) (Free) 

Many more online (Disclaimer: Be mindful 

- not all are Pentecostal-friendly!) 


YOUTH MINISTRIES 

Doug Sayers | 717.795.5921 | dyd@penndel.org 

YOUTH ALIVE MISSIONARY 

Lee Rogers | 717.795.9780 | lee@reachtheschool.com 

Hitting the Reset on Youth 

Ministry in a Small Church 

By Pastor Ben Rivera 

Jamison, PA 

AFTER ALMOST 25 YEARS IN YOUTH MINISTRY (19 years at the same 

church and loving it), my wife Kristi and I felt the Holy Spirit calling our family to make a move. 

We became lead pastors of a church revitalization with no active youth ministry. God has an 

incredible sense of humor! My title has changed, but I haven’t lost my passion for student 

ministries. We’ve been given a chance to be a part of God's plan to reach students in a new 

location. After all, what is better than one thriving and active ministry? Two thriving and active 

ministries. 

Pastor Ben Rivera 

and his wife, Kristi, 

have served together 

in ministry for over 

25 years in the 

New Jersey and 

PennDel Districts. 

He is currently the 

Lead Pastor of New 

Beginnings Church in 

Jamison, PA. 

In addition to the responsibilities of pastoring a church, we committed to hitting the reset button 

on youth ministry through prayer, fasting, and by getting a regular meeting of students started. I 

preached about the important role that children and teens play in the life and ministries of the 

church. We started having monthly youth get-togethers just a few months after arriving. Along 

with students from UVF, we began to build relationships with teenagers. We encouraged them 

to get involved in ministry, to seek the Holy Spirit and to spend time in His presence. All of these 

elements were instrumental in getting us to where we are today. 

In just the past few months, we have seen our students start to serve in church ministries, give 

to missions through Speed the Light, and attend youth convention and youth camp (our girls 

were the camp Bible Challenge champions for week 1)—the reset is underway. A huge boost to 

the youth ministry came from attending the Fearless: One Day to Make a Difference conference. 

It was the catalyst that emboldened our teens and gave them a desire to live out their faith in 

public and to invite their friends to Jesus and to church. On national See You At The Pole day, 

we had students praying at 6 different schools, and many of them invited their friends to join 

them. 

The reset is working, and the youth ministry is growing! Previously, we didn’t have a youth 

ministry. Now, we have 15-18 young people attending our weekly after-church "Student 

Hangouts," run by my son Benjamin. Parents are excited and getting involved by donating 

lunch and snacks. The church is excited because of the new faces and the energy the students 

bring. One mom recently said, "I now see a passion for the things of God in my sons, and I 

am so happy!” I know God is happy, too. 

We became lead pastors of a church revitalization with no active 

youth ministry. God has an incredible sense of humor! 


WOMEN OF PURPOSE Ruth Puleo | 717.795.5921 | ruth@penndelwomenofpurpose.org | penndelwomenofpurpose.org 

Hitting the RESET with Women in Leadership 

IT TAKES A LEADER TO GROW A LEADER 

Considering that 55% of the people God has called us to lead are women and girls, we want to make it a priority 

to invest in the leadership development of over half of our constituency. As a leader, we are called to develop and 

empower leaders to strengthen our team and prepare for the future. What makes a great leader is when we can 

multiply our effectiveness and ultimately replace ourselves with gifted, called and equipped leaders. Here are some 

ideas to do this more effectively: 

DEVELOP FEMALE LEADERS 

There are tremendous benefits to including 

women of all ages, backgrounds and levels 

of experience to add strength and greater 

effectiveness to your ministry team. 

DISCIPLE YOUNG WOMEN 

Mentorship programs for girls will provide 

spiritual growth that can’t happen in a 

one-hour Sunday morning service. Let’s be 

intentional about connecting young women 

with the Naomis of our church. Women in 

leadership will inspire others to advance 

knowing God has a plan for their future. 

HARNESS THEIR POTENTIAL 

How can we connect and involve gifted, 

anointed and called women sitting on the 

sidelines in our church? Appoint a person 

that will seek out women with potential, 

train them and find a place where their gifts 

will be the most effective. 

HONOR THEM PUBLICLY 

The Old Testament speaks of the power of 

the spoken blessing. As leaders, we should 

honor and affirm the women in our church 

leadership. When leaders honor those who 

serve with them, others will follow that 

example. 

DESIGN RELEVANT CONNECTION 

Create small groups that address every 

day issues. Plan events where friends can 

be invited. Address relevant topics (abuse, 

abortion, adoption, etc.) as community 

outreaches. Schedule a night out for MOMS 

– single, homeschool, preschool or working 

moms – to touch the hearts of unchurched 

women. Provide a God-encounter as the 

connection goal. 

ALLOW THEM TO DREAM 

Women who are called of God have been 

given a dream that God wants to see 

fulfilled. The future is bright and full of 

potential when we, as leaders, develop 

the women God has called us to lead to 

become the leaders they are meant to be. 


GIRLS MINISTRIES Sharon Poole 

sharonp@pdgirlsministries.com 

penndel.org/girls 

Celebrating the 

ROYAL RANGERS Greg Scott 

302.697.2313 | gscott@pdrangers.org 

www.pdrangers.org 

WINS 

“Well done, good and faithful servant! You 

have been faithful with a few things; I will 

put you in charge of many things. Come 

and share your master’s happiness!” 

Matthew 25:21 NIV 

This scripture is often read at the home-going 

celebration service of believers who have been faithful 

through many years. However, for just a few moments, 

I would like to apply it to two young women who have 

been and continue to be faithful to the Lord. 

Dr. Frank Hughes (father), Hannah, 

local newscaster Sally Wiggin, 

cousin Emily Bennett, Sarah 

Hughes (mother) holding Rebekah 

(sister), Rev. Tim Bennett (cousin) 

Ashley Blocker Ibrahim (l to r) 

Jill Luzier, Chris Benick, 

Ashley, Sharon Poole 

Ashley Blocker Ibrahim was 

raised in central Pennsylvania 

and attended New Life 

Assembly in Grantville, PA. 

Ashley and her sisters were active in the Girls Ministries Program 

there. In 2008 she was awarded the Gold Medal of Honor for 

completing all of the Girls Ministries Programs and Honor Steps. 

Ashley followed her calling to teach and attended the University 

of Valley Forge. Upon graduation, she moved to Egypt and taught 

Kindergarten in Cairo. As a teacher, Ashley was able to “live Jesus” 

before many who had never met him. 

In 2013 Hannah Hughes 

of Mount Morris, PA was a 

Prim at Full Gospel Tabernacle and loved learning about reaching 

others for Jesus. Her heart for missions led her to celebrate her 7 th 

birthday by collecting over 1100 pairs of shoes instead of presents 

for herself. Five hundred of those pairs of shoes were sent to a 

Mission in Nicaragua. The remaining 600 pairs were sent to a 

community that was affected by several tornadoes in the Midwest. 

In Girls Ministries I believe that it is not about the program. 

It is about the outcome! Well done, my dear friends! 

Our district turns out some of the finest Royal Ranger leaders in 

the nation because of our training and passion for the ministry. 

These men have not only served on staff in our district, but have 

gone on to serve on staff for the Regional and National Royal 

Rangers as well. Some of the more recent leaders are Paul 

Walters who served as National FCF President; Dwight Walters 

who currently serves as the Northeast Region Coordinator; 

Darren 

Geesamen, 

past Regional 

Coordinator; 

Herman 

Geesaman 

past FCF 

Territorial 

Rep for the 

Northeast 

Region; 

Branden 

Krause, who currently serves as the National 

FCF Scribe; Chris Vincent, who currently 

serves as the Training Coordinator for the 

Northeast Region; Scott Hurt, past Regional 

Training Coordinator; Jason Loffredo, 

past Regional Events Coordinator; James 

Taylor, who currently serves as the Events 

Coordinator for the Northeast Region; and 

Joshua Schreiber, Territorial Scout for the 

Northeast Region (boys position). 

These are just a few of the leaders from 

the PennDel District that have excelled 

in leadership positions. Our district is 

constantly being tapped to provide leaders 

for staff positions on many different levels, 

which allows us to have more input into the 

ministry. This signifies, that we have some 

of the greatest leaders in the country and 

everyone wants them. That is a huge win 

for our district, and we celebrate all of our 

leaders and the outstanding job they are 

doing ministering to the boys and young 

men throughout not only Pennsylvania and 

Delaware, but the Northeast Region and 

entire United States as well. Thank you to all 

of the leaders who serve our ministry. 

Northeast Regional 

EMPOWER Leaders 

Conference 

Red Lion Hotel 

Harrisburg, PA 

January 18-19 

Winter Survival 

Action Camp for 

Men and Boys 

Royal Ranger 

Camp Berry 

Honey Grove, PA 

February 1-3 

BB Gun Competition 

Newport A/G 

Thompsontown, 

PA Campus 

March 9th 

National RR 

LEAD Conference 

Dayton, OH 

March 14-16 

PennDel District 

Leaders Conference 

Bethel A/G 

Carlisle, PA 

March 29-30 


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