Missions

sic instruments and audio-visual equipment, while in-person church attendance continues to be low. Many of the elderly are too frail to attend church and the young are serving as caregivers or avoiding public places in fear of taking COVID home to their elderly family members. Youth ministries were restarted with the lifting of COVID restrictions. Leupp and DHPC youth joined each second Saturday in Leupp for fun, food, friends, and an awesome night of worship. Youth and adults from DHPC and Leupp attended the Summer Youth Camp. The Fellowship Center is now complete with heat and electricity that is in regular use for Youth and Children’s ministries. Leupp hosted a well-attended Summer Camp Meeting for the first time in three years. Eunice Kelly and the Hope Resurrected families have restarted the weekend music camps to spread Gospel music and encourage more youth participation in church services. They provide instruments and teach guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, drums, and vocal music. DHPC has participated by invitation in the past and may be invited again in 2023. The Hope Resurrected families continue to travel all over the Navajo Nation by invitation to share their music and testimonials. We are also partners in prayer with frequent sharing of prayer concerns. Leupp and DHPC celebrated 40 years of ministry together by sharing music, stories and testimonials at a retirement home and packing Christmas Joy boxes for the Foothills Food Bank. Over a shared dinner we heard Eunice describe how our relationship started 40 years ago and Pastor Calvin describe how important our sister church relationship has been for them and our shared ministries. Gospel music was enjoyed by all as we gathered in Christian fellowship and worship. We are blessed by the Clan of Christ sister church relationship and the shared ministries in God’s service.

2023 Goals

To continue to focus on the Great Commission locally, as well as globally and specifically, the role that DHPC will play in supporting missionaries.

To continue to faithfully communicate with the congregation about the activities and needs relating to the ministries and missionaries DHPC supports.

To encourage the DHPC family to become more involved in missions to spread the love of Jesus to our community and beyond through prayer, education, participation in local opportunities, and a greater level of communication with supported missionaries.

To continue to evaluate potential missionary candidates and organizations for DHPC sponsorship.

Respectfully submitted, Mark George Missions Elder

Deacons

Equipping Ministry

Deacons: Rolene Dinsdale, Su Fong, Amy Woods

Monday Prayer Team: Karen Atkinson, Rolene Dinsdale, Cathy Hoxie, Nan McCallum, Pat Nichols, Carolyn Oates, Amy Woods

Purpose: To work alongside associated Session committees to define and develop education, training and activities that will help members become more conformed to the image of Jesus Christ for the glory of God and for the sake of others. These activities include but are not limited to the development of healthy spiritual disciplines, prayer practices, and the identification of spiritual gifts.

2022 Accomplishments

Added one member to the Monday Prayer Team and implemented consistent prayer follow-up responsibilities. Established new guidelines for the Sunday Prayer Team to allow for more accessibility for personal prayer requests and prayer updates after church services. Established more focused prayer suggestions for Session/Staff Prayer Partners. Held a Women’s Retreat for twenty-two women at Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center on March 8.

Assisted Adult Discipleship by keeping track of those involved in a Pathway of Discipleship (POD) group. Also sent a celebratory card and bookmark to the eight people in 2022 who completed a POD for the first time..

2023 Goals

Oversee the Sunday Prayer Team, the Monday Prayer Team, and the Session/ Staff Prayer Partners. Add at least two members to the Sunday Prayer Team. Keep track of those involved in a POD and send a celebratory card and bookmark to those who have completed a POD for the first time.

Develop a plan to encourage grandparents to pray for their grandchildren with greater joy, faithfulness, and laser-like focus by usingPrayForMe:GrandparentLegacyEdition.

Work alongside Session committees that would like additional support in providing education, training, and activities that will help members become more like Christ (2 Corinthians 3:1718).

Service Ministry

Members: Min Damm, Dick Hollinger, Dave Zoetewey

Purpose: This committee is responsible for addressing physical care needs that may include providing meals, transportation, household repairs, or other needs that may be identified from time to time.

2022 Goals

Make the congregation more aware of the diaconal service ministry.

Establish and maintain a transportation service ministry.

2022 Accomplishments

Several written announcements were published. (infrequent).

Members of the congregation were served throughout the year with such things as replacing light bulbs and batteries, hanging pictures, repairing leaky windows, installing grab bars, replacing faucets, assembling bed frames, replacing obsolete light fixtures, repairing three broken water lines, and hauling tree limbs and trash to the dump.

Assisted the building and grounds committee with assorted tasks throughout the year.

Prepared light receptions for several services (Memorial and others).

2023 Goals

Publish more frequent announcements to make the congregation more aware of the Deacon’s Service Ministry.