LINK Summer 2023

NETCON23

Assistant General Superintendent Reverend Rick DuBose

NMMN LEADERSHIP

MICHEAL DICKENSON

EXECUTIVE PRESBYTERS PRESBYTERS

Kent Barnard

Brad Coates

Jeral Dickenson

Ruben Guajardo Jr

David Iglesias

Rudy Martinez

HONORARY PRESBYTERS

Marcus McClain

David Vistine

TED SCHMIDT ROYAL RANGERS DIRECTOR

AUSTIN POPER NEXT GENERATION PASTOR

MIRIAM GRIER GIRL’S MINISTRIES DIRECTOR

DERECK OWEN ASSISTANT NETWORK PASTOR & MEN’S DIRECTOR

NETWORK PASTOR

We live in a world of celebrations! We celebrate birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, promotions, milestones, and accomplishments! While some of the things we celebrate and the ways we celebrate may cause us to pause, in light of our recent Network Conference, we need to celebrate! NetCon23 was epic in so many ways!

What a joy to see hundreds of pastors and church leaders from across New Mexico come together for three days of fellowship and powerful encounters with our God! It was so good from the opening moments until the last word! THANKS to Pastors Ruben and Nellie Guajardo and Casa Del Rey for being such amazing hosts; Rev. Rick Dubose and the SAGU worship team for their ministry with/to us; and to every partner and volunteer who served so well…we are grateful!

If you weren’t able to be with us, you’ll see some of the highlights of NetCon23 in this summer issue of LINK. You can see a lot more here so check them out. Also, you can listen to the recordings on our website.

What a time we had as we celebrated and honored Pastor Marcus and Sharon McClain at the Retirement Reception! Thanks for honoring these friends with your attendance, your cards and gifts, and your words of honor and thanks shared with them. They have now fully transitioned to their new home in Roswell and are settling into retirement. Thanks, Pastor Marcus & Sharon, for serving our Network with excellence and faithfulness over the years!

If you were at Network Conference, you know that one of the decisions that was made during our Business Session was the approval of a resolution that changes the way the selection process takes place for Assistant Network Pastor. With this change, our Executive Presbytery & myself left Network Conference with the assignment of prayerfully and diligently processing the choice for our new Assistant Network Pastor.

Thank you for your nominations even before we came to conference and for praying with us and for us on this journey. After a significant time of seeking God, a few days ago our Executive Presbytery unanimously voted to ratify the selection of Dereck Owen as our new Assistant Network Pastor.

Dereck and his wife, Gail, have a rich heritage in our Network. Dereck has served as the Network Men’s Director, Presbyter, and Executive Presbyter for the last several years. Gail serves as our VIVID Women’s Director. They have pastored First Assembly in Tucumcari for the last 23 years. Congratulations, friends, as you step into your new role; we know that God has raised you up for “such a time as this.”

I encourage you to pray for Pastor Dereck, Gail, their two sons Dillon and Creed, and their daughter Amber, who is a sophomore at SAGU, as they make this transition from Tucumcari to Albuquerque. Also, please pray for the church in Tucumcari as they move through this pastoral transition. Even as this LINK is published, we will be working through transitional details with the goal for Dereck to be in the office full time beginning on July 1.

In the coming months, we will be going through the process of selecting a new “At Large Executive Presbyter” to replace Dereck. So, stay tuned, as we continue our journey forward!

We love you all, and are forever honored and blessed to serve you!

Mike & Becky Dickenson

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF ORDAINED MINISTRY

William (Bill) Lee

Thank You!

Sharon and I want to express our deepest gratitude to the New Mexico Ministry Network, its leaders, pastors, and churches for such an outstanding event honoring our retirement from our role as the Assistant Network Pastor/Executive Secretary. It has been our honor to serve you and we look forward to continuing our wonderful relationships. May God Bless You Big!

football. Teams meant so much to me that even through college, I pursued a career in coaching. During college, I coached and I ins@lled into young men how important we were to one another. Over the last 23 years of ministry, God has changed what I coach and how I lead. Instead of leading young men to victory on a field, I’ve been fortunate to coach people in their pursuit of a deeper rela@onship with Christ. And God has graciously allowed me to walk with the people of Quay County over the last 22 years guiding them to a be:er tomorrow.

In the same way that my coaching transi@oned from ballfields to life, my assignment is changing once again. It is a great honor to begin serving as the Assistant Network Pastor for the New Mexico Ministry Network in a fellowship I’ve been a part of all my life. As I transi@on into this new role, I look forward to loving and serving you all. I am honored to have the opportunity to follow a legacy of great ministers who have served our Network. I am hungry for the challenge and I will strive to help our Network pour into every local church to make them healthier and to make every minister more equipped for the future.

I ask for your prayers along the way as we transi@on our family out of the community that we have loved and the church where we have poured out our lives for so many years. I love you all.

Pastor Marcus & Sharon

Pastor Dereck & Gail Owen

FIRST PLACE

Assemblies of God

World Missions 2022

Harvest Fellowship

Albuquerque NM

Pastors Jason & Lisa Dickenson

NetCon23

Book your group rate HERE or call 1.800.959.4726 or the main hotel 1.505.217.1603. Deadline is June 21. Be sure to ask for Refresh Retreat NMMN rate.

Everyone must register HERE.

If you have ANY QUESTIONS about this event, please call Becky!

Speaker: Denise Ryan