Married for 56 Years and Counting!

Pastor Dale Parker and his wife, Mary Beth, stopped by the District Office today. They are long time Pastors in Alaska, and are currently Pastors in Angoon. They are in Anchorage to visit with family for Thanksgiving. The Parkers are celebrating their 56th wedding anniversary today! Praise God for people who faithfully obey God's call and go where He sends them. They love the people of Angoon and are excited that God is working in the hearts of people there.

Wasilla Master's Commission Being a Blessing!

Today Pastor Scott Phillips, the director of Wasilla Master's Commission, brought several of the students to help decorate the District Office for Christmas. It was great to have a chance to chat with Scott and hear his heart for discipling students for ministry and life. I also enjoyed a chance to hang out with the students and found them to be fun and also to have servants' hearts. They were a blessing to us today.

The guys endured the cold to hang the outside lights.

The ladies helped Aubrey decorate the inside.

Masters Commission is an effective internship and discipleship program designed to assist young people in knowing God and making Him known. Wasilla MC is one of two Master's Commissions in the state (the other is North Pole). Pastor Scott and the Master's Commission will be taking off to minister in Stebbins and Kotlik in early December. Both Masters Commission groups have been a big blessing to the villages of Alaska.

For more information, see http://www.mcwasillaalaska.com/ and www.mcnorthpole.org/mainmenu.html

Welcome to Mark Zweifel!

It's official! Mark Zweifel and his family are moving to Alaska. Mark will be our next District Youth Director beginning in January of 2009. He has been active in Alaska over the years through speaking at camps, conventions, churches, and other meetings. We are really excited to see what God will do with this generation of young people in Alaska. Please be praying for them as they travel and make this transition.