28 th Annual THE VISION. August Hosted by the Clarendon church of Christ Clarendon, Texas

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1 28 th Annual THE VISION August Hosted by the Clarendon church of Christ Clarendon, Texas

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3 NOTES CLARENDON CHURCH OF CHRIST Host Congregation for 2011 Seminar 300 South Carhart P.O. Box 861 Clarendon, TX Phone: Clarendon, Texas, is located 60 miles southeast of Amarillo, TX, on US Hwy. 287 or 17 miles south of Interstate 40 on Texas Hwy. 70 On Highway 287, turn south on S. Carhart and drive one block to the church building.

4 FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 SEMINAR SCHEDULE Family Life Center 5:00 7:00 PM Registration, Check In, Booth Setup, Finger Food Auditorium 7:00 8:00 PM Session 1 - Welcome and Year in Review 8:00 9:30 PM Session 2 - Meet the Preachers Edison Gruber, Crownpoint, New Mexico Apache Crying Bear, Kin Dah Lichii, Arizona Ben Begay, Many Farms, Arizona Jim Crawford, Crandon, Wisconsin Jim Sexton, Cherokee, North Carolina Nick Rice, Kayenta, Arizona Philip James, Hogback, New Mexico Ray Whaley, Montezuma Creek, Utah Terry Laurence, Fort Defiance, Arizona Allen Tolliver, Shiprock, New Mexico SATURDAY, AUGUST 6 Family Life Center 7:00 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast Auditorium 8:00 9:00 AM Session 1 A Vision Thompson Home (Women only) 9:00-10:00 AM Ladies Tea Honoring Preachers Wives (Transportation provided) Auditorium 9:10 10:00 AM Session 2 How They Spread the Word 10:15 11:00 AM Session 3 Getting Involved 11:10 12:00 AM Session 4 - History Family Life Center 12:00 1:00 PM Lunch Auditorium 1:00 2:30 PM Session 5 Projects, Needs, and Q/A Period, Preachers JIM CRAWFORD CRANDON, WI POTAWATOMI NATION JIM AND KATHY CRAWFORD Crandon church of Christ PO Box 87 Crandon, WI Phone: (715) jimw@newnorth.net

5 JIM SEXTON CHEROKEE, NC CHEROKEE NATION DEBBIE AND JIM SEXTON Jim and Debbie Sexton attended Oklahoma Christian in the middle 70 s. Jim studied business management and marketing. The Lord opened the door for the Sexton s to move to Cherokee, NC, and work with the church there. At that time Cherokee had three adults and one preteen. The brethren provided Jim with the opportunity to work with them, although he had not been to a preaching school. The Cherokee congregation now has between 30 and 40 in regular attendance. Jim and Debbie have been involved with the elementary school (working with 2 3 rd grades). Jim teaches an open Bible study that is hosted at the Ramada Unlimited on Thursday evenings. Debbie teaches a ladies study group on Tuesday nights at the Senior Complex. Cherokee church of Christ PO Box 498 Cherokee, NC Phone: (828) Office: (828) cherokeechurch@hotmail.com AREA MOTELS AND RV SPACES Those wishing to stay in a motel or RV Space while attending the seminar will be responsible for making their own reservations. Transportation to and from motels & RV Parks can be provided. Contact the church office at (806) Best Western Red River Inn 902 West 2 nd Street on Hwy. 287 Within 1 mile of seminar. Phone: (806) Western Skies Motel 800 W. 2 nd St. on Hwy 287 Within 1 mile of seminar. Phone: (806) Watson s RV & Trailer Located 4 miles west of Clarendon on Hwy Phone: (806) Draper s RV & Trailer Hwy. 70 South and 3 rd Street Located within ½ mile of seminar. Phone: (806) AIRPORT INFORMATION The Amarillo International Airport is located approximately 60 miles from Clarendon. Those needing transportation to and from the airport must provide us with their flight number, date, and time of arrival well in advance of their flight. Contact the church office at (806) NURSERY An attended nursery will be provided for preschool age children during the lectures. Children must not be left in the nursery during meal breaks. Parents are asked not to bring sick children into the nursery. DISPLAYS AND EXHIBITS Exhibits and literature will be available from most congregations. Some may have items made by members of their congregations for sale. INDIAN MISSIONS WEBSITE

6 American Indian Reservations. Only three have churches of Christ. ALLEN TOLLIVER SHIPROCK, NM ALLEN AND CATHY TOLLIVER churches of Christ on American Indian Reservations Navajo Reservation Kayenta, Arizona Many Farms, Arizona Montezuma Creek, Utah Crownpoint, New Mexico Fort Defiance, Arizona Kin Dah Lichiie, Arizona Hogback, New Mexico Tuba City, Arizona Shiprock, New Mexico Eastern Cherokee Reservation Cherokee, North Carolina Potawatomi Reservation Crandon, Wisconsin Allen and Cathy Tolliver have been working with the Shiprock congregation since 2008 after having preached in Jefferson, TX, for 8 years. The work in Shiprock is sponsored by the Brookland church of Christ in Brookland, Arkansas. Brother Tolliver has also preached for congregations in South Dakota, Tennessee, and Kentucky. He graduated from the East Tennessee School of Preaching and Missions in Shiprock church of Christ PO Box 3566 Shiprock, NM Phone: (505) preacherallen@gmail.com

7 PAUL GHEE TUBA CITY, AZ NICK RICE KAYENTA, AZ PAUL AND ANN GHEE Paul attended White s Ferry Road School of Biblical Studies. They moved to Tuba City, AZ in 1987 and have worked as missionaries in that city since then. They are supported by the Central Kitsap church of Christ in Silverdale, Washington. The Ghees began their work in Tuba City with a membership of one family who met in two single-wide mobile homes. Since then the congregation has grown both spiritually and physically. It relocated in 2003 to a two-acre lot that allowed the church to build their own facilities on land that was leased for free to them by the Navajo Nation for 96 years. The church hosts dozens of youth groups a year, whose work in the community has helped establish the church itself as a fixture in the community as well as draw locals to the congregation. Tuba City church of Christ PO Box 1008 Tuba City, AZ Phone: (928) aghee862@yahoo.com Website: HEIDI AND NICK RICE Nick Rice is the missionary/minister at the Kayenta, AZ Church of Christ. He and his wife, Heidi, were married in early July 2010 and moved to the Reservation later that month. Heidi is originally from the Pittsburgh area and moved to Columbus, OH for work after attending college at Ohio Valley University. She continues to pursue her Master's degree online through Amridge University. Nick is originally from Columbus, Ohio and got his degree from Ohio Christian University in Ministry and Church Leadership. They both work with the church full time and look forward to seeing the work continue to grow. Kayenta church of Christ PO Box 1040 Kayenta, AZ Phone: (928) nickolasrice@gmail.com Website:

8 BEN BEGAY MANY FARMS, AZ PHILIP JAMES HOGBACK, NM BERNIE AND BEN BEGAY Ben and Bernie Begay are Native Americans of the Navajo Tribe. Ben has been preaching for the Many Farms church of Christ since Ben is self-trained and attends Bible workshops to become more knowledgeable in the scriptures. Ben also works as a range conservation technician under the Federal Government for the Chinle Agency on the Navajo Reservation. He received his Associate degree in pre-architecture from Dine College and attended Eastern Arizona College and Arizona State University. Many Farms church of Christ PO Box 753 Chinle, AZ Phone: (928) bbega_mf@yahoo.com IRITA AND PHILIP JAMES Philip and Irita James are Native Americans of the Navajo Tribe. Philip grew up in Kin Dah Lichii and Ganado, AZ. He was baptized in 1985 through the work of brother Jack Finley Jr., who was then the preacher at Kin Dah Lichii. Besides his current work at the Hogback congregation, Philip has preached at Kin Dah Lichii, AZ, Many Farms, AZ, Ft. Defiance, AZ, and Crownpoint, NM. He attended Arizona Western College in Yuma, AZ, and also completed several years of preacher training through the Navajo Bible Training School as well as continuing education courses through Sunset School of Preaching. Hogback church of Christ PO Box 1228 Fruitland, NM Phone: (505) or (505) synty1961@q.com

9 APACHE CRYING BEAR KIN DAH LICHII, AZ RAY WHALEY MONTEZUMA CREEK, UT OLETA AND RAY WHALEY CARLY, YUMA, & APACHE CRYING BEAR Apache graduated from the Memphis School of Preaching in He and his wife Carly s son, Yuma, is 6 years old. By the time of the seminar their new daughter Helaku should have been born. They have worked at Kin Dah Lichii since October Since his arrival there they have had four restorations and one baptism. Schedule of Services: Sunday Bible Study - 9am Sunday Worship - 10am Sunday Free Clothing - 1-4pm Tuesday Women s Bible Study - 7pm Wednesday Bible Study - 7pm Saturday Alcoholics Anonymous - 6pm Kin Dah Lichii Church of Christ P.O. Box 1153 Ganado, AZ Phone: (505) apache.cryingbear@yahoo.com Ray and Oleta Whaley came to the Navajo Indian Reservation on July 4, Ray has an Associate s degree from Oklahoma State University and a Bachelor s degree in Bible with an emphasis in missions from Abilene Christian University. He received his Bible and Ministerial Certificate and Deaf communications certificate from the Sunset School of Preaching in Lubbock, TX, in Oleta has a Bachelor s degree from Oklahoma State University and a certificate from the Sunset School of Preaching for completing the women s program. She also received the Deaf communications certificate even though she is legally blind. To help support his family in their work, Ray is an EMT in Montezuma Creek Clinic in Montezuma Creek, UT. They have 5 adopted Spanish children who are now all on their own and 9 Spanish/Navajo grandchildren. Montezuma Creek church of Christ PO Box 342 Montezuma Creek, UT Phone: (801) owhaley@frontiernet.net

10 EDISON GRUBER CROWNPOINT, NM TERRY LAURENCE FORT DEFIANCE, AZ DORIS AND EDISON GRUBER PAM AND TERRY LAURENCE Edison and Doris Gruber are Native Americans of the Navajo Tribe. Edison was baptized into Christ in Edison and Doris have been working with the Crownpoint NM congregation since They have also worked with congregations in Thoreau, NM and Many Farms, AZ. Edison has the distinction of being the first Navajo to graduate from the Bear Valley School of Biblical Studies. Since 1995 he has served as the director of the Navajo Bible Training School. Crownpoint church of Christ PO Box 1614 Crownpoint, NM Phone: (505) Terry and Pam Laurence are Native Americans of the Navajo Tribe from Kayenta, AZ. Terry obeyed the gospel on June 5, Terry spend 18 years in the Coal industry on the Navajo Reservation. In 2007 he made the decision to attend the Bear Valley Bible Institute of Denver. He graduated in Terry and Pam have taken over the work at Fort Defiance, AZ, which is sponsored by the Northeast church of Christ in Albuquerque, NM. Fort Defiance church of Christ PO Box 556 Fort Defiance, AZ Phone: (928) or (480)