2023 Mission Emphasis
Sunday, April 16, 2023
with Pastor Monte & Bethany Cyr
Join us on Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 10:45 am for worship as Pastor Monte & Bethany share the Good News of Jesus Christ & the Holy Spirit working through the Church of the Nazarene in the Caribbean and Central America (Meso-America).
We encourage you to prioritize this great day in your family schedule as we more deeply discover how we a part of the Kingdom of God around the world… but also how we are an inter-connected FAMILY of God among the nations.
Some extra notes from Pastor Jason:
- The Cyr famly has personal connections with several of our local church families (including being the youth pastor for Jill Evoy in Boise, ID).
- A few of their family currently live in Seward, Alaska.
- Their work includes Haiti where our church has a special relationship with and a heart for the people of Haiti.
More information about Monte & Family:
Monte & Bethany Cyr (pronounced ‘Sear’) are Global Missionaries for the Church of the Nazarene on the Mesoamerica Region (formerly the Caribbean and Mexico/Central America regions).
Monte serves as the Regional Coordinator for Discipleship Ministries since March 2011. His main responsibilities include training leaders and pastors, and working with districts and churches to develop relevant and effective discipleship strategies to make Christlike disciples in the nations.
Monte has also served as the Global NYI President from 2005-2009, giving leadership to our youth and youth leaders world-wide. Additionally, he has served as the Africa Region Youth Ministries Coordinator from October 1998 until July 2006, and the Caribbean Region Youth Ministries Coordinator from July 2006 until March 2011. Bethany provides support to Monte’s ministry by helping with office work. Monte graduated from Northwest Nazarene University with a B.A. in Religion in 1986. He received his Master of Divinity Degree from Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri in 1990.
Monte was a full time Youth Pastor from 1990 until their Missionary appointment in 1998. Monte shares that God has called his family to invest their time, energies, and lives into the development of leaders and Christlike disciples. Bethany testifies that God clearly spoke to her about her willingness to let go of family, friends and home to obey Him and follow His plan for their lives. She feels very privileged that God is using them to bring glory to HIM!
Monte’s home churches are Emmett, Idaho Church of the Nazarene and Boise, Idaho Tree City Church of the Nazarene. Bethany’s home churches are Idaho Falls, Idaho Church of the Nazarene, and Boise, Idaho Tree City Church of the Nazarene. Monte and Bethany have four children: Robert (31 – living and working in Louisville, KY), Amy (29 – currently living and working in Alaska), Bryan (27 – High School band teacher in Louisville, Kentucky) and his wife Jecca (24 – is a stay-at-home-mom with their children Clara – 3 yrs. [born Feb. 2019] and Miles 2 yr. [Nov. 2020] ), and Nkele (22 – college student living in Nashville, Tennessee). They moved to Guatemala in August of 2012.
~ Information provided by Alaska District Nazarene Missions International
