Scribd
Upload
58 views4 pages

Tyrone Lavalley: News From West Africa

Tyrone LaValley serves as a missionary in Cote d'Ivoire coordinating scouting ministries. He discusses plans to create a discipleship award called "Pathways Award" combining scouting with the Boys and Girls Brigades. This will provide spiritual formation, evangelism, and mission engagement training for youth. Cheryl LaValley's application as a Children's Ministry Trainer is pending, which would involve teaching teachers and developing Sunday school curriculum. The newsletter requests prayers, presence, gifts, service, and witness from readers to support the missions in Cote d'Ivoire.

Uploaded by

Tyrone LaValley
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
58 views4 pages

Tyrone Lavalley: News From West Africa

Tyrone LaValley serves as a missionary in Cote d'Ivoire coordinating scouting ministries. He discusses plans to create a discipleship award called "Pathways Award" combining scouting with the Boys and Girls Brigades. This will provide spiritual formation, evangelism, and mission engagement training for youth. Cheryl LaValley's application as a Children's Ministry Trainer is pending, which would involve teaching teachers and developing Sunday school curriculum. The newsletter requests prayers, presence, gifts, service, and witness from readers to support the missions in Cote d'Ivoire.

Uploaded by

Tyrone LaValley
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 4

Tyrone LaValley

Serving as Your Missionary in Cote dIvoire

News from West Africa

CONTACT INFORMATION

January/February 2015
The Man from Macedonia was a Woman:
About 15 months ago, I was meditating on Acts 16:6-15. This
passage was about Pauls missionary journey that included
his unexpected trip to Macedonia. I was struck by the part
where Christs Spirit prevented them from going where they
had gone before. I longed for the days when I could return to
the ministry of yesterday. The people were familiar and the
service was clear. Like Paul and his companions, I got to
Troas. This port city was the end of anything familiar. It
represented a crisis. Where do I go when I get to the end of
my knowledge? The answer is go to my knees. Like Paul, I
was called to cross the ocean of uncertainty and place my
whole faith in the One whose plan is greater than anything I
could think of on my own.
Paul had a vision and obeyed. God used the Scouting
Ministry of the United Methodist Men to call me to
something greater. God was going to use Scouting in Cote
dIvoire to unify an entire nations United Methodist youth
ministry.
When Paul arrived he found the Man from Macedonia was
Lydia. When I arrived in Cote dIvoire, the first Scout I met
was a teenage girl. She tracked me down at a training
conference with one request: Please give us training on how
to study the Bible and teach what we learn to others.

Mailing Address:
EMU-CI
Attn: LaVALLEY
41 Boulevard de la Republique
01 BP 1282 Abidjan 01
Cote dIvoire

Tyrone LaValley
VOIP: (912) 480-0444 local from USA
Cell: +225 45.82.33.36 Cote dIvoire
Skype: tyrone.lavalley
Email: [email protected]
Facebook:
UnitedMethodistScoutingCotedIvoire
Blogger:
Tyronelavalley.blogspot.com

Cheryl LaValley (until June)


Cell: (912) 661-1867 from USA
Skype: Cheryl.LaValley
Email: [email protected]

Advance Giving
#3022028
Salary Support-Tyrone
Pending
Scout Ministries
Pending
Salary Support Cheryl
Mail to:

Advance GCFA
PO Box 9068
New York, NY 10087-9068

Home Church: Marvin UMC

Augusta District

North Georgia Annual Conference

Serving as Your Missionary in Cote dIvoire

Scouting Ministry News


On 14 January 2015, Bishop Boni declared to the gathered leadership that the
Scouts and the Boys and Girls Brigades would work together for United
Methodist Scouting in the Cote dIvoire Church. After the worship service, the
heads of the United Methodists Scouts in Cote dIvoire, the National leader for
the Boys and Girls Brigade, and I gathered together to begin introductions and
a broad understanding of how we would do it.

TYRONE LAVALLEY
Scout Ministry Coordinator
United Methodist Church
Cote dIvoire
Tyrone is a retired U.S.
Army Paratrooper. He
served local churches for 14
years in various capacities
and was a professional
Scouter with the Boy Scouts
of America.
Certified in Christian
Education through the
GBHEM.
Scouting Ministry Specialist
through the GCUMM
Commissioned Missionary
through the GBGM

Bachelor of Science in
Social Science from
Campbell University
Certificate in Christian
Education from GarrettEvangelical Theological
Seminary

The tentative plan is to create a Discipleship award known as Le Prix


du Cheminement (Pathways Award) with three journeys, including:
a spiritual formation journey, an evangelism journey, and a mission
engagement journey. Adults will also earn a Scouting Ministry
Specialist award.
This whole process is an opportunity for separate youth serving
agencies to come together for discipleship. The Conference here is
over 1.2 million strong, with a goal of 100 new churches this year.
They only have 190 trained pastors in the country. I truly believe
that this ministry can become the launching point for many youth
and young adults to explore their call to ministry.
We have been given permission to begin our shared ministry in the
United Methodist School system. This gives us immediate access to
over 18,000 children and youth.
The Tentative Goals: The youth will learn the Christian faith through
a Wesleyan perspective and will be able to communicate that faith
to their friends and family. They will then work together as
missionaries in their own country. They will educate peers against
Ebola and Malaria. They will distribute nets. They will educate
about clean water and partner with American Scouting units to
provide water filters for villages. They will promote the peace in
advance of this years National elections. In short, they will strive
for both social justice and personal holiness.

Serving as Your Missionary in Cote dIvoire

Childrens Ministry News


At the time of the writing of this newsletter, the Childrens Ministry Trainer
position with the United Methodist Church of Cote dIvoire is pending Global
Ministries Cabinet approval. This article is dedicated to explaining how Cheryl
arrived at this point in her answer to the call of Missions.
The best place to begin is with Gods Prevenient Grace. Before we had a clue,
God had a plan. Cheryls heart is with the children she teaches. She has
worked hard at getting trained to serve with excellence. When I
answered the call to serve, the Church discovered Cheryls skillset.
The partnership between the receiving annual conference and the
CHERYL LAVALLEY
General Board of Global Ministries facilitated the discussion of
adding a position. The receiving conference formally requested the
position.
Pending Assignment
Separate from this high level discussion was the application process.
Childrens Ministry Trainer
Cheryl discerned that she could exercise her profession of teaching
United Methodist Church
in the mission field. She applied online at www.umcmission.org and
Cote dIvoire
began the journey. The online application is designed to make the
Cheryl is an educator
applicant discern the call of God in his or her life. The online
with15 years in public
process also includes recommendations from friends, coworkers,
school classrooms. She
and spiritual leaders.
served as an intern, a
The next big step for Cheryl was her appearance before the North
paraprofessional, substitute
Georgia Conference Committee on Mission Personnel. This was a
teacher, and teacher of
very encouraging meeting, where she was able to share the joy of
record. She served regular
service with people that are of a like mind
education, self contained
special education, and
Her application and recommendation from the CCMP went forward
inclusion classrooms.
to New York and she completed a Skype interview with a search
committee at Global Ministries. The next step will be for the team
Certified Teacher in Georgia
responsible for our portion of Africa to recommend her to the
with Special Education
Cabinet. Once approved, Cheryl will finalize the medical, spiritual,
Endorsement
and psychological tests and receive a seat at the Missionary Training
Missionary Candidate
class scheduled for late April and May, in Nashville, TN. She will
through GBGM
then be commissioned at the North Georgia Annual Conference,
held in Athens, Georgia from June 16-19. Finally, she will deploy to
Master of Art in Teaching
Cote dIvoire, as arrangements are made.
Early Childhood Education
The plan is for her to teach teachers pedagogical techniques and
classroom management skills appropriate for their respective age
groups. She will assist the curriculum teams to produce Sunday
school material for all the conference churches in the country. She
will also teach pastors English as a Foreign Language (TEFL).

from Armstrong Atlantic


State University
Bachelor of Arts in Graphic
Design from Campbell
University

Serving as Your Missionary in Cote dIvoire


How can YOU Assist the Mission in Cote dIvoire?

Your Prayers hold us up with an invisible hand. When you pray to God to protect and guide
us your prayers are heard by God and felt by us. God also uses this prayer time to guide you to
support Gods mission here in Cote dIvoire or in other places around the world.

Your Presence in your local church supports your congregation whose mission we share.
Your collective wisdom in Small Group Studies and Large Group Worship help shape the local
church and the larger mission.

Your Gifts help us do the ministry we have been called to do. Monetary donations can be
made to the Advance. Instructions are on the bottom of the sidebar on the front page of this
newsletter. Involve others in a meaningful fundraiser that mirrors the mission here.

Your Service here in Cote dIvoire will change you forever. Organize a team to help us build
churches, assist in the clinics or hospital, assist with clean water, or help in our education
programs.

Your Witness is a force multiplier. When you tell others what Christ is doing here in Cote
dIvoire, your enthusiasm will be contagious. Involve childrens classes, mens groups, womens
groups, Scouting units, and Sunday school classes.

Remember your baptism vows and God will direct you from that point

Thank You
Thank you for reading this newsletter and
sharing in our mission to bring the Gospel
of Jesus Christ into all the world. Without
your support this mission would not be
possible. Please pass this newsletter on to
others and pray that God will touch their
hearts to join us in shared missions around
the world.

From:
glise Mthodiste Unie-Cte dIvoire
41 Boulevard de la Rpublique
01 BP 1282 Abidjan 01
Cte dIvoire

To:

You might also like