Newsletter
A Nazarene Lay Ministry
April 2013
Volume 4, Issue 2
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In This Issue
1 ROAM Online Transactions
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2 Winkle’s Wrinkle
3 Camp Camby
4 Lake Placid – Wilkinson
4 Lake Placid – Kile
5 MASH/New Beginnings
6 ROAM Contact Info
6 Nicholsons OHMH Story
6 Donate RV to Golden Bell
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Winkle’s
Wrinkle
Spring is upon us. I think it comes sooner every
year as I get older. We are getting ready to put the
flowers out and hang the hummingbird feeders out
by the windows so we can enjoy watching as they
dart back and forth while I sit and drink my coffee.
So get a cup of coffee while I share my thoughts
about God’s great wonders.
In Ps. 139:14 David writes: “I praise you because
I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works
are wonderful, I know that full well.” (NIV)
Sandie and I were sitting on the back deck talking
when the hummingbird came to our feeder to get
the nectar out of the feeder. I exclaimed, “How do
they do that?” They fly so fast and stay in one spot
to drink without stopping. We watched as they
flew back and forth for quite a while. What an
amazing thing to watch and see the handiwork of
God.
I read an article and did some research on the
hummingbird–”How Hummingbirds Fly.” The incredible aerial feats of hummingbirds are truly a
marvel. But that’s only the beginning of what I
learned.
Their tiny heart beats as fast as 1,260 times per
minute—21 beats per second. A human is at 60 to
80 per minute. I can’t imagine doing anything 21
times per second. Their wings flap 40 to 90 times
per second. To appreciate how amazing this is, hold
out your arms and try to flap them up and down
like wings. I might get two or three flaps per
second before realizing I am not going to fly.
The secret to the hummingbird is that they don’t
flap up and down. They have flexible shoulders so
they do a figure eight! Treat yourself to a video called
“Time warp: Hummingbird” on YouTube which you can
easily find using an Internet search. It shows the figure
eight motion generates lift from both sides of the
wings and enables the hummingbird to be the only
bird that can fly in any direction. There are 350 species
of hummingbirds responsible for pollinating some
8,000 different flowers worldwide. Surprisingly, they
have no sense of smell, but are drawn to bright colors.
So as we put out our feeder, we will make them as
bright as we can to attract more to our back deck.
Science says this was an evolution so the birds could
get the nectar. They learned over thousands of years
how to fly and feed off of the different flowers. “The
fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ ” That’s the
plain assessment of Psalms 14:1 and 53:1 from the
hummingbird’s Designer and Creator.
Now thanks to high-speed photography, you can
see with your own eyes how they do that—and give
glory to God our Creator who designed the hummingbird.
If God can do that with the hummingbird, think how
wonderfully God has made us.
Mert Winkle
ROAM Chairman
Welcome New Members
Ron and Cindy Regier
Norman and Doris Melsheimer
Kansas City, MO
Indianapolis, IN
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Free RV parking for General Assembly and Conventions
Work at Camp Camby and receive free RV parking for General Assembly and Conventions (suburb of Indianapolis)
Work Description
May and June: Paint tabernacle, dining hall, kitchen area, bathhouse and touch up in other buildings. In new infirmary, hang drywall, mud, paint, sheetrock ceiling and paint, install electrical and plumbing fixtures. Help serve in
kitchen, serve as night security or camp host. Daily check and clean bathhouses. By working at the camp in May
and/or June, the usual free parking is provided during the work weeks and in this case the week of the conventions
and General Assembly June17-25.
Two options for working Camby
Option 1-Work May and June
Work 4 weeks in May and two weeks in June and stay on with FREE PARKING to help in the ROAM exhibit, attend the conventions and General Assembly thru Tuesday, June 25.
Option 2- June only
Work begins the last week of May, Monday, May 27 and work three weeks ending Thursday, June 13. FREE
PARKING is available at the camp through June-25 (Tuesday-Tuesday) to attend conventions and the beginning of
General Assembly.
Why not book your reservation NOW by phone: 816.888.4840 or email [email protected] to obtain the
best RV parking sites available?
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Lake Placid Camp and Conference Center Report
By Ross and Carol Wilkinson
January was a warm and busy month at LPCCC in
Florida. Four first-time ROAM couples came on board
making a total of twelve volunteer couples. Two
other volunteer groups (SOWER and MAP) joined us
to worship, socialize and work in the “sonshine.”
LPCCC, a large complex which services the South
Florida Nazarene District, hosts many community
activities, too. ROAM volunteers helped the camp
move forward in its ministry by contributing 1,664
hours during January alone.
Left to right: Bruce Hoffman, John
Lewis and Ed Gaither.
Camp improvements consisted of constructing Tiki
huts near the lakefront, adding pathway lighting, finishing a sprinkling system, and installing new flooring
in a conference room. Numerous general maintenance items such as painting, cleaning and repairing
water leaks were accomplished. Volunteers assisted
in food preparation and food service at various events
for the camp.
Ed Kile puts on finishing touches.
Many ROAM members have returned to
LPCCC for several years and bonds of friendship have developed between staff and volunteers. Many volunteers will stay on through
February or March as this project meets the
ROAM goal of using our gifts to serve our
LORD.
Front Row. Left to right: Nancy Webber, Ruth Sanger,
and Frances Hoffman.
Back Row. Left to right: Linda Lewis, Beverly Balcom,
Rene Gaither, Carol Wilkinson, Carol Scott and Ruth
Kile
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Lake Placid Camp and Conference Center, Florida – Jan/Feb/Mar 2013
By Ruth Kile, Team Leader
Southern Florida’s Lake Placid Camp and Conference Center is a beautiful place to serve. Nestled
between rolling hills, surrounded with orange
groves and cattle ranches, the camp sprawls along
the northern border of Lake Placid. The weather
during January, February and March ranges in the
70s and low 80s. During the winter months, 12-16
ROAM couples offered their services in this lovely
place. On the weekends, many delightful attractions were within a few hours’ drive – the ocean,
the gulf shore, Key West, Disney, bike trails, lakes
galore, and the historic downtown murals and
farmer’s market of Lake Placid itself.
While at the camp, ROAM members participated
in fun activities, such as the zip line, a campfire and
s’mores, hiking, biking, potluck dinners, game
nights, and a talent show.
Not all Fun and Games
It was not all fun and games, however. There was
plenty of work to do. Camp Manager Wes Peterson
prepared a list of projects that he hoped could be
accomplished. The ROAM members did above and
beyond what he had hoped. Some of the tasks
completed included: painting, painting, and more
painting; laying sod, building tiki huts and pavilions;
building a storage shed on the beach; installing
lighting along the sidewalks, building an obstacle
course, completing a sprinkler system, digging a
septic field, housekeeping and kitchen duties, and
serving of banquets and meals. The ROAM team
donated over 5,000 hours of labor January through
March.
Lake Placid Camp and Conference Center has a
mission to serve all of Southern Florida. Many
beautiful people of several different ethnic groups
descended on the grounds to retreat, to worship,
and to fellowship in an atmosphere conducive to
drawing closer to our Lord and Savior. On several
occasions, the ROAM members went to sleep with
the pounding of drums from the worship center
resounding across the grounds until late in the
evening. We knew that meant that the young
people were worshiping in a way that was very
meaningful to them and their culture.
With every beat of the drums, the cadence
seemed to affirm to us, “This is why we’re here;
this is why we’re here, this is why we’re here!”
Recycling Pays Off at Lake Placid
Sometimes a person has a contagious passion.
George Arndt is one of those persons. On the first
day of our project, George (a full-time ROAMer)
announced that we needed to be helping him out
with recycling all metal, plastic, and aluminum.
He is serious about it. No small piece of recyclable
material goes unnoticed by him. And there is
good reason: George has saved the camp thousands of dollars by turning in these materials for
cash. Some of the items purchased by this money
include: a large air compressor, two medium air
compressors, tool chests, about $1000 worth of
tools, a jack to lift the zero turn mowers, a sand
blaster, circular saw, router, and a sabre saw.
George says that the money generated this year
was exceptional and he has some of that money in
his seed jar towards a car lift for the garage.
George spends hour upon hour stripping out copper wiring, tearing apart metal items, compacting
and packaging tin and aluminum cans, sorting
plastics, etc., and then personally delivers it all to
recycling centers. George truly lives out our
Lord’s admonition to be good stewards of everything with which He has blessed us. That even
includes our trash!
George Arndt with just a few of the items
purchased with recycling dollars.
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New Beginnings Church of the Nazarene, Casa Grande, AZ
November, 2012---January 2013—Dean and Maggy Brickey, Team Leaders
Repairing frozen pipeline
Dean and Maggy Brickey were the only
ROAMers working at New Beginnings in
November and December. Early on, Maggy,
carrying some laundry, twisted wrong and
re-injured her hip. Unable to work on her
feet, she resorted to making quilts for the
needy. She also planned the backdrop for
the ROAM booths they hope to have at
upcoming district assemblies.
Working with local help, Dean found plenty
to do in a variety of jobs in the two months.
Here’s a partial list.
Maggy Brickey working on
one of four quilts she
made for the needy at a
nearby Indian reservation.
• Hung wallboard, taped, mudded,
sanded, textured and painted a room
that will expand the sales area of Casa de
Bling, an inspirational jewelry and
fashion store attached to the MASH Unit
thrift store operated by New Beginnings.
• On a church workday, seven showed up,
including Pastor Jerry Leastman and his
wife, Karen. Dean cleaned up oleander
leaves, palm fronds, organ pipe cactus
and other plant material after Jerry
trimmed trees and bushes. He also
cleaned up the large back lot, picking up
paper, cardboard, beverage bottles,
warped lumber and other scraps.
• Russ and Dean removed a stack of 2x4s
from the roof of Bibleland, pulled all the
nails and stacked them and trimmed
windows and doors. Repaired a toilet at
the MASH Unit., applied a sealer to the
concrete floor, assembled some ceiling
fans and hung them for display in the
thrift store.
• With Russ's help, he removed a nonload-bearing wall to enlarge Myrann
Hall, the church's fellowship hall, filling
three dumpsters with debris before
noon. After lunch, they removed the
rest of the wall and cleaned the floor,
removed ceiling fans, and applied
second coat of mud on some of the
wallboard seams.
• Removed the fire alarm system, call
boxes and emergency lights from the
walls and patched the holes in the
former school building. They repaired
the popcorn ceiling in Myrann Hall, to
hide where the walls had been.
• Friday, Dec. 7, was the church's
monthly food distribution in Stanfield,
a community about 10 miles west of
Casa Grande. Several Volunteers from
the New Beginnings and the Stanfield
Baptist Church distributed to about 600
people four semi-trailers of food valued
at $150,000.
• Back at work, they emptied and
removed a great deal of shelving.
• In the third week, Dean continued work
in Myrann Hall, where he removed the
dishwasher, framed and plumbed the
“new” icemaker, installed a new
aluminum double sink and new faucet.
• Maggy finished two more quilts,
numbers three and four, for the needy
at the nearby Indian Reservation.
When ROAMers Kenton and Nellie Harris
of Caldwell, Idaho, arrived to join the
project in January, they enjoyed dinner
that evening with the Reids and Harrises at
Mimi's Restaurant.
• They continued work on the newly
expanded Myrann Fellowship Hall,
building a small stage.
• One night the temperature dropped to
23º and the plumbing froze at the
MASH Unit. They removed all the 1”
and ¾” copper pipe from the roof,
where it had frozen in several places.
A week later, they had all the plumbing
repairs made.
At a weekly church service, the team
promoted ROAM with the video and a talk
about the ROAM ministry. They received it
well and the team answered lots of
questions.
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CONTACT ROAM
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ROAM
PO Box 480876
Kansas City, MO 64148
E-mail
[email protected]
Call
816-888-4840 or 816-941-7711
Board of Directors
Doris Chrisenbery, emerita
Dean and Maggy Brickey
Rich & Kathy Detterline
Duane & Jean Morford
Eugene and Marilee Morrell
Charles & Joanne Nicholson
Elbert & Irita Rice
Jerry & Veronica Payne
Jim & Joy Stewart
Mert & Sandie Winkle
Board Chairman: Mert Winkle
Board Vice-Chairman: Jean Morford
Secretary: J. Harold Allen
Treasurer
David Wheelock
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Full-time ROAM Couple Assigned as Advance Staff for
One Heart Many Hands in Indianapolis, IN
Among the advance staff for the One Heart Many Hands project are
Chuck and Joanne Nicholson, who help lead RVs On A Mission (ROAM).
Since their retirement, the couple has been part of this rolling caravan of
Nazarenes who work at camps, churches, disaster relief sites, and on other
compassionate ministry projects. Their most recent assignment was a
six-week stint helping remove mud and debris from churches, parsonages,
and other buildings in the several New York boroughs affected by
Hurricane Sandy.
Years ago, Chuck questioned his reassignment as a construction contractor
manager at the General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio. Today, he says it
all makes sense. Whether with ROAM or One Heart Many Hands, Chuck
brings skills and experience essential to fulfill his calling to help facilitate
people and projects.
Chuck and Joanne are literally “all in” when it comes to service. Their
motor home is their only home, as the couple sold their house following
Chuck's retirement in 2007. Since then, they have worked on more than a
dozen diverse projects, including projects at the Eastern Kentucky District's
Mt. Camp Hope and at the Alaska District's Camp Maranatha.
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The ROAM Newsletter is a bi-monthly
publication of RVs On A Mission, Inc.
(ROAM), PO Box 480876,
Kansas City, MO 64148
Office Manager: Debbie Bennett
Editor: Debbie Bennett
Golden Bell Camp and Conference Center, Divide, Colorado needs your
no-longer-wanted-or-needed RV. Frequently, they get requests from volunteers, who either do not have an RV or prefer not to drive it into the mountains
to work at the camp,
If you are interested in donating yours in return for an appraised, fair-market tax
deduction, Gaylon McMurtry, would like to talk with you. You may reach him at
Golden Bell Camp 719.687.9561
Need to know more about ROAM? Need help with a project? Contact your regional representative today.
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2013 Regional Representatives
Region
Representatives
Central
East Central
Eastern
North Central
South Central
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
Tri-State (CO, NM, So. TX)
Jerry and Ronnie Payne
Charles & Joanne Nicholson
Rich & Kathy Detterline
Duane & Jean Morford
Elbert & Irita Rice
Gene and Merrilee Morrell
Mert and Sandie Winkle
Dean and Maggy Brickey
Jim & Joy Stewart
Email or Phone
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(830) 285-7858