
Our Local Missions Program
At Rock Hill First Church of the Nazarene, we are a local church reaching others for Christ both locally and globally. In our local efforts, we support several ministries which include:
- The Haven, Men’s Shelter & Warming Center – We supply meals monthly to this shelter.
- Local Teacher Adoption – We have adopted 2 teachers to help supply their classrooms with items they may need throughout the year.
- Coats & Stuffed Animals – We collect coats and stuffed animals in partnership with other organizations.
- Compassionate Ministries – We have a monthly dinner for cancer patients, survivors and their families. We also invite those who have lost a family member to cancer. During this time, we enjoy fellowship, food, support and a time of prayer and devotions.
How Can You Help?
We would not be able to do the work we do locally or globally without the help of others. Your support in both time and finances are greatly needed and appreciated. Email Terri to learn more about how you can help support the Mission Ministry efforts of RHFCN.

Terri Ramsey
NMI President
Nazarene Missions International
First Church of the Nazarene
Terri oversees the missions programs of First Church to ensure we are fulfilling our commitment to the global church work. She is also responsible for the local work we do to improve our community and compassionate ministries of the church.
Our Global Missions Support
The first is prayer. NMI gathers believers together for prayer in the local church, linking us to our brothers and sisters in Christ across the globe.
The second is the World Evangelism Fund (WEF), which fuels the Church of the Nazarene’s mission by combining gifts from each person and church to fund ministries everywhere.
Through the Alabaster Offering, the third emphasis, ministries around the world receive funds to purchase property and buildings.
The fourth is to engage children and youth through education and fostering calls to missions.
Links, the last area of emphasis, strategically connects Nazarene missionaries and Nazarene churches through prayer, personal contact, and generous giving. Links – LINKS is an important part of supporting our missionaries. Listen to warm and personal testimonies of both the giver and the receiver of these blessings.
Check out these videos to learn more about NMI and how our support changes lives.
It Begins With Prayer
WEF Enables Mission
Alabaster Offering
Alabaster Changes Lives
We Are NMI
We are Vision
We are Action.
We are Impact.
We are people united in our belief that our involvement changes lives worldwide.
We are a cross-cultural, cross-generational movement that mobilizes Churches of the Nazarene in missions.

Our Global Missions Program
NMI OBJECTIVES:
- To encourage people to pray for all efforts of world evangelization
- To inform people of the world’s needs and what the church is doing to meet those needs
- To challenge children and youth to learn about and participate in the mission of the church
- To raise funds for missions outreach
NMI OUTCOMES:
- NMI helps produce missionaries.
- NMI assists in sending missionaries to the field.
- NMI supports missionaries on the field.
- NMI educates individuals and congregations as to the missionaries’ work on the field.
- NMI welcomes missionaries when they return for home assignment.
- NMI helps equip missionaries to return to the field.
- NMI prays for missionaries at home and abroad.
- NMI helps provide for retirement needs.
The Distinguished Service Award
The Distinguished Service Award (DSA) is a tribute to church people who are living and for their service to the church. Although the DSA is given through NMI, it need not be given in the area of missions. A church may wish to honor anyone in the church for their efforts. Below are those who have been presented with the DSA in order beginning with the most recent.
DATE HONOREE
5/20/2018 Marty Robbins
3/18/2018 Gene “Buggar” Norville
5/21/2017 Wayne Deese
8/7/2016 Rev.Bill Ulmet
4/17/2016 Ronnie Lee Aiton, Jr.
9/27/2015 Tammy Rebecca Thomas
4/26/2015 Emily Fite Robinson
8/10/2014 Rev. Ron & Vicky Fite
5/4/2014 Kelly & Susan Harvell
2/23/2014 Marlene D. Gib
5/26/2013 Terri Gib Snipes
1/13/2013 John Zimmerman
4/29/2012 Grady Freeman
11/13/2011 Billy Wayne Phillips
3/27/2011 Billy Thomas
5/16/2010 Nelson Yarger
5/17/2009 Barbara McKeithan
6/22/2008 Darlia Hoggard
6/10/2007 Jeanie Thomas
5/17/2006 John Wentling
3/2/2004 Ronnie Lee Aiton, SR.
5/19/2000 Oscar Aiton
5/11/1992 Iris Jeanette Simmons
3/16/1989 Earl Fergurson
3/4/1988 Debbie Sutton
6/10/1985 Robert Lee
1/23/1984 Jackie Deese
12/6/1979 Edward Hefley
7/3/1978 Rev. Harry James Widener
6/1/1978 Mrs. Helen Cranford
To Perform A Distinguished Service Award History Search, Click Below
The Memorial Roll
The Memorial Roll, established in 1919, is a way to honor deceased friends and loved ones. A certificate is issued in the name of the person memorialized and is often presented to a family member or displayed in the church. Please note, the dates below are when the Certificate was presented, and are in order beginning with the most recent.
DATE HONOREE
2/10/2019 Margaret “Pug” Norville
2/10/2019 Teresa Robinson
2/10/2019 Valerie Adkins
2/10/2019 Victoria “Vicki” Lambert
9/17/2017 Billy Michael Thomas, Sr.
9/17/2017 Margaret Rebecca Funderburke
9/17/2017 Sondra Denise Funderburke
9/25/2016 Joseph “Bud” McCurry
9/25/2016 Olin D. Wilson
9/25/2016 Perry Edward Deese
8/16/2015 Bettye Tate Murphy
8/16/2015 Judy Helms Evans
8/16/2015 Marie Davis
8/16/2015 Marie Deese
8/17/2014 Doris Ferguson
8/17/2014 Eileen Davis
8/17/2014 Katie Rainey
8/17/2014 Leroy “Ray” Wilson
8/17/2014 Patsy Helms Stegall
9/1/2013 Brenda McKeithan
9/1/2013 Fannie May Sexton
9/1/2013 James D. Seay
9/1/2013 Oscar Aiton
9/1/2013 Ruth Watford Fite
8/5/2012 Brandi Dixon Fowler
8/5/2012 E.W. “Dave” Davison
8/5/2012 Erin Dakota Davison
8/5/2012 Joseph Joshua Davison
8/5/2012 Thelma Greene
8/5/2012 Virginia Baker
8/21/2011 Billie Jane Fite
8/21/2011 Carolina Faith Aiton
8/21/2011 Donaleen Tennyson
8/21/2011 Joni Leigh Ann Hagan
8/29/2010 Barbara Donnette Trujillo
8/29/2010 Billy Ray Davis
8/29/2010 Donna Louise Crosby
8/29/2010 Earline Thomas
8/29/2010 Virginia Canty
8/16/2009 Amanda Nicole Weaver
8/16/2009 Casey Marie McKeithan
8/16/2009 Earl Robinson
8/16/2009 Helen Robinson
8/16/2009 Louise Wright
8/16/2009 Luther “Ray” Thomas
8/16/2009 Tessie Lois Nichols Price
6/29/2008 Cassie Vinson
6/29/2008 Cindy Lou Averett
6/29/2008 Dora Wyles
6/29/2008 Francis Williams
6/29/2008 Jeff Funderburke
6/29/2008 Murray Morris
6/29/2008 William Greene
5/27/2007 Clark Nelson Yarger
5/27/2007 Earl Ferguson
5/27/2007 Helen Louise Hoy
5/27/2007 Howard Linder
5/27/2007 Irene M. Copeland
5/27/2007 Jack Monroe Carver, Sr.
5/27/2007 James Deal
5/27/2007 Judy Linder Plyler
5/27/2007 Katherine Davis
5/27/2007 Ruby Morris Satterfield
5/27/2007 Tom Howard
5/5/2006 Betty Williams 5
/5/2006 Colin H. Gib
5/5/2006 Grady McKeithan
5/5/2006 Jennifer Joy Frye
5/5/2006 Jimmy Lee Bankhead, Jr.
3/19/2003 Cameron Anderson
11/7/2002 Aaron Thomas Morris
11/7/2002 Deborah Morris Starnes
2/20/2002 Emily Brooks Carver
7/10/1998 Carl Caudle
7/10/1998 Harry Capps
7/10/1998 Ruby J. Voss
6/19/1998 B.J. Myers
6/19/1998 Clarence Price
6/19/1998 Henry Glenn Stricker
6/19/1998 Howard Barnes
6/19/1998 James Deal
6/19/1998 Jeannette Simmons
6/19/1998 Lottie Montgomery
6/19/1998 Ola Mae Cox
5/17/1995 Pierce Copeland
7/11/1994 Henry Eugene Driggers
5/11/1992 Lela Jordan
5/11/1992 Lewis Lindsey Parrish
4/26/1991 Robert Honeycutt
4/18/1991 James Head
4/4/1991 Dorothy Aiton
4/4/1991 Raymond Bundy
4/4/1991 Vera Sanders
11/6/1990 William Henry Neal
8/16/1990 Clarence Hoover
8/16/1990 Victor Edwin Zimmerman
5/24/1990 Ben Deese
5/24/1990 Bobby G. Thompson
5/24/1990 Doyle Adams Thomas
5/24/1990 Harley Dewey Waldrop, Sr.
5/24/1990 Loraine Miles
5/24/1990 Rev. Perry D. Montgomery
5/24/1990 Richard Donald Montgomery
5/24/1990 Sidney Heyward Rabon
6/29/1989 Richard D. Montgomery
6/26/1989 Glacion Lucas Montgomery
6/26/1989 Harley Dewey Waldrop
3/15/1989 Clay Brown
12/15/1988 Myrtle Karesh
11/4/1988 Mammie Bankhead
9/1/1988 J. C. Ramsey
8/29/1988 Bessie L. Putnam
2/18/1988 Margie T. Waldrop
10/19/1987 Juanita Miles
9/10/1987 Icemiley Howard Goings
9/3/1987 Dever Eubanks
6/4/1987 Nettie Phillips Bishop
1/9/1987 Harry Welch
7/2/1986 Mrs. Cordie Todd
7/2/1986 Mrs. Helen A. Cranford
6/3/1986 Perry Edward Miles
1/6/1986 Alvin Eugene Garrett
6/10/1985 Ed Wright
6/18/1984 Juanita Brackett
5/21/1984 Frances G. Carter
7/5/1983 Boyd H. Morris
6/23/1983 Ruth Beamguard
4/5/1982 Margaret Threatt
7/25/1980 Alonzo Canty
11/19/1979 Lloyd J. Cranford
3/15/1979 Stanley Bruce Bishop
1/11/1978 Mrs. Jeanette Satterfield
6/13/1977 James Vaughn
3/28/1977 Rev. Harry E. Crump
2/17/1977 Alice P. Whisonant
8/3/1976 Cordia Montgomery
12/12/1974 Mr. Bratton Davis
4/29/1974 Mr. Lawrence Peay
6/18/1973 Horace J. Bates
1/18/1973 Addie D.Ferguson
7/13/1971 Mrs. Ida Forsythe
7/21/1970 Mrs. Pearl Peay
1/8/1970 Dorothy H. Stone
8/16/1966 C. Harry Huff
To Perform A Memorial Roll Award History Search, Click Below