Women's Rendezvous Retreat

Ladies, the Women's Rendezvous is just around the corner and there is still time for you to get signed up! The early bird discounted price cutoff is Sept. 11 so be sure to click the link below to get your spot reserved!

                                Date:  September 17th - 19th, 2015 

                                Cost:  $135 (Before Sept. 11th)

                                           $145 (After Sept. 11th)

                                Location: Little Beaver Camp & Retreat Center

                       Click Here to Register!

Brother Riley with the Lord

 

Reverend Paul Riley, retired ordained Assemblies of God minister, passed away at his home Saturday, September 5, 2015. Pastor Riley and his wife, Helen, pioneered Wasilla Assembly (now Summit Worship Center) in 1951. The picture of the groundbreaking for that facility is below.  He served faithfully in various ministries as pastor, presbyter, and prison chaplain for more than 60 years. His contribution to Alaska ministry is greatly appreciated by the Alaska Ministry Network, and he will be missed by his many friends and co-laborers in Christ.

A celebration of life will be held at Summit Worship Center, located at 125 W. Riley Ave, Wasilla, Friday, September 11, at 1:00 p.m.

Our deepest sympathies and heartfelt prayers go out to Sister Riley and family during this difficult time.

"To be absent from the body. . . [is] to be present with the Lord" (2 Corinthians 5:8 KJV).

Pastoral Care Meeting

This past year, Pastoral Care Ministries was officially approved by the Network Presbytery.  Kim Stickler has been appointed as the Ministry Director and Pastoral Care team members have been selected from each region of the State.  The function of the ministry is to provide confidential pastoral care to ministers and their families.  We will be releasing more information about this ministry in the next month, but we are very excited about the benefits it will provide to the ministers of the Network and their families.  This past Thursday, we held the first pastoral care meeting to strategize and provide training.

Annual Ministry Director's Forum

We enjoyed having the Alaska Ministry Network Directors in the office, as Supt. Bill Welch hosted the  Annual Director’s Forum.  We appreciate this time together, as we focus on relationship building, spiritual enrichment, getting directors feedback, providing an administrative update, and collaboration.  Our Network is blessed with dedicated and excellent directors, who provide oversight and direction to the ministries throughout the Network and State. 

Treasurer Jack Aiken gave a superb devotion to start off the day, teaching from Ephesians on “The Worthy Walk and the Wise Walk.”

This year, we skyped in General Treasurer Doug Clay for leadership training.  He provided excellent training, including “10 Qualities of a Valuable Team Member.”  We enjoyed hearing from the heart of one of our national leaders.

God is doing great things in our Network Ministries, and we praise Him for that.

Wasilla Pastoral Installation

Superintendent Bill Welch recently installed Pastor Milt and Melinda Michener as Pastors of Wasilla Assembly of God.  Founding Pastor Paul and Helen Riley were present for the occasion.  In the picture below, Dr. Lattis Campbell, who served as the interim Pastor for the church, is honoring Pastor Riley for his service to Wasilla AG.

 

Superintendent Bill Welch installed Pastor Milt and Melinda as Pastors of the church.  As he presented Pastor Milt with the shepherd's staff, he instructed him to "Shepherd the flock of God."

 

 

 Superintendent Bill Welch and the congregation prayed over the new pastoral couple.

Following the pastoral installation, Pastor Milt preached a great message to the church.

AKYC 2013

AKYC was an amazing event this year. We saw close to 900 students and leaders encouraged and impacted through  worship and the word. We were blessed to have Heath Adamson, our National Youth Director with us as the keynote speaker. Heath’s messages challenged both the leaders and the students. Many students were baptized in the Holy Spirit, called into full-time vocational ministry and experienced physical healing. 

This event could not have happened without the support and involvement of so many volunteers. Thank you for all your help making this such a powerful event. Terry Hull of Voice to the Village invested countless hours helping us live stream AKYC to those who could not be with us physically!

              

Here is a link to Voice to the Village’s Podcast of our event." https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/voice-to-village-*video-podcast*/id265151066?mt=2 

 

Pastor Heath Adamson bringing the word!

 Brandon Bee did a phenomenal job leading worship at AKYC 2013!

Pastor Mark Zweifel, our DYD, leading a generation in praise and worship!

Wasilla Assembly of God Pastoral Installation

Central Region Christmas Luau

Pastor Fay Niemann is inviting all Central Region Ministers to a Christmas Party next month! Mark your calendars! It should be a lot of fun!

Congratulations Betty Ohse!

Rev. Betty Ohse turned 100 years old on November 7th, 2013. She was awarded a plaque of appreciation for her years of service as a Minister with the Assemblies of God. Assistant Superintendent Gary Morton and Pastor Stephen Brown presented this award to her at her home church, Kenai New Life Assembly of God. Congratulations Sister Betty!

 

Continue to pray for Kotlik

Continue to pray for the Western Region, and especially Kotlik.  Kotlik has been hit by a devastating storm that has knocked out Kotlik's water supply, sewage, and has caused so much damage. Bob White is there to help in repairing sewer and water damage that has been done. Pastor Jimmy Okitkun is working hard to minister to the village, and US Missionary Anthony Nelson is there helping him. Here is a video taken of some of the damage.

 

Bethel Camp Meeting

Thanks to Pastor Dale and Pattie Jollotta for hosting the Camp meeting. They worked very hard to make sure everyone had a good experience. The food was excellent!

Pastor Daniel Bracken, of King's Chapel in Wasilla, was the evening speaker. He did a fantastic job, and the Holy Spirit ministered strongly to everyone. Brad Kesler was the morning speaker.

Thanks to Presbyter Randy Wren for his leadership at the Camp meeting. Pastor Randy provided opportunities in the afternoon for ministers to fellowship and be informed.

US Missionary Terry Hull live streamed the Camp meeting and made DVD’s available to all who requested them.

 

 

 

 

AKSOM to the Villages

 

Brad Kesler teaching Acts class in Bethel.

 

Dr. Cogan teaching AG History, Missions and Governance in Dillingham. 

 Pastor Joseph and Lucy Andrews of the Togiak Assembly of God. 

Dr.Cogan teaching Pastoral Ministry and Corinthian Correspondence in Togiak..As you can see people are laughing and enjoying the class tremendously!  

Pastor Jimmy from Kotlik leading worship on a Sunday service. Dr. Cogan taught Old Testament Survey on Wednesday and also preached on Sunday.

Fall Edition of "The Journey"

The Fall edition of "The Journey" is now available!  It includes an excellent article by our Superintendent on the Samoan ministry in Alaska, an update on the Kotlik Project, and many other good articles.  You can download your copy here.

North Pole AG Outreach Reported on AG News Service

The Assemblies of God national news picked up the story of the World's Biggest Backpack Giveaway outreach conducted by North Pole AG this year.  It's a great story.  Way to go Pastor Billy and Aubrey and North Pole Assembly of God!  You can read the story here.

Myrick Installation

This past Sunday, Northern Region Presbyter JR Markle installed Jared and Vicky Myrick as Pastors in Delta Junction.  Pastor JR reports that the installation went very well, and that there were around 20 people in attendance.  We are very excited to have them in Delta Junction.

General Council 2013

The Alaska Ministry Network had a display booth at General Council this year.  Our prayer is that God used this venue to call people to ministry in Alaska.  We got a lot of traffic at the booth, and several expressed interest.  They were able to sign up to receive future communications about ministry opportunities in Alaska.  Special thanks to Lattis and Sharlotte Campbell and Terry and Danean Hull, who arranged the booth and spent many hours at it.  Many other Alaskans who were at General Council assisted as well.

 

The services were very dynamic and life giving.  We would encourage you to take time to listen to some of the General Council services that are archived online.  You can find them here.

Several ministers from Alaska made the trip to General Council.  The next General Council will be in Orlando again, in 2015.  We encourage you to make the trip, if you are able.  It will be a blessing in your life and ministry.

New Pastors in Delta Junction!

Pastor Jared and Vicki Myrick are the new Pastors of  Living Waters AG in Delta Junction!  We welcome them to Alaska, and are very excited that they are here.  You will enjoy getting to know them.  Northern Region Presbyter JR Markle will be installing the Myricks this Sunday, Sept. 8th. 

Director's Forum

Superintendent Bill Welch hosted the annual Alaska Ministry Network Director's Forum last month.  It was a time of information, collaboration, fellowship, and inspiration. We are blessed in Alaska with top notch ministry directors, and we appreciate their hard work.  The future is very bright!

 Assistant Superintendent Gary Morton gave an excellent devotion to prepare us to take Communion together.

We skyped in Dr. Joe Castleberry, President of Northwest University.  He recently authored a book titled "The Kingdom Net", and shared some of the networking principles from the book. with us.  It was an insightful time, and we would highly recommend this book to you.

 

General Council Services Online

General Council opened this year again with the Influence Conference.  There were five speakers who did an excellent job, and it was a very powerful time.  Tonight at 7PM EST, there will be a General Council service, featuring General Superintendent George Wood as the speaker.  This will be live streamed, and we encourage you to participate.  You can watch live, as well as view archived sessions at www.generalcouncil.ag.org.  It would be well worth your time to watch the archived sessions of the Influence Conference.

AMN Booth at General Council

The Alaska Ministry Network booth at General Council is up and active! Lattis and Sharlotte Campbell and Terry and Danean Hull are coordinating the booth, and others are taking turns at the booth. This picture is of Austin and Jennifer Jones manning it. Pray that many will be called to ministry in Alaska through this opportunity.