{"id":5869,"date":"2019-10-25T09:47:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T14:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=5869"},"modified":"2019-10-25T09:49:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T14:49:24","slug":"irvina-parker-announces-her-retirement-from-the-global-ministry-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2019\/10\/25\/irvina-parker-announces-her-retirement-from-the-global-ministry-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Irvina Parker Announces Her Retirement from the Global Ministry Center"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Irvina Parker has announced her retirement after 18 years as the director of IPHC Girls\u2019 Ministries and 45 years of continuous ministry at the Global Ministries Center in various part-time and full-time positions.<\/p>\n

Irvina began her employment for the IPHC as a college student in 1974 when the headquarters made its transition to Oklahoma City. She graduated with an Associate of Arts degree from Emmanuel College and then came to Bethany Nazarene College to get her bachelor\u2019s degree. Irvina vividly remembers her first interview with Lila Isaac, who served as the director of Women\u2019s Ministries (aka Woman\u2019s Auxiliary). \u201cThe building was being renovated, and I literally \u201cwalked the plank\u201d across construction piles to get to that first interview,\u201d she recalls. \u201cMrs. Isaac became a mentor and close friend. She was an advocate for education and was delighted that I was working on my degree in Elementary Education (with a concentration in English).\u201d Irvina was privileged to begin working with Beulah Sturkie, who had just been designated as the first Girls\u2019 Ministries director on a part-time basis. Together, they created the packets for GM leaders, and that planted a love for ministry to girls.<\/p>\n

During the summers, while continuing her degree, Irvina also worked part-time for Advocate Press as an assistant in the Editorial Department. When she graduated in 1976, Irvina took a full-time job in World Missions, where she worked for Ron Moore doing missionary payroll, among other duties. After General Conference in 1977, she became the executive secretary to B. E. Underwood, the newly elected World Missions director. In addition to her secretarial duties, Irvina began taking on more of the graphic designing and editing for World Missions and created multi-projector slide shows for promoting missions at General Conference. She continued in that role until 1981 when she literally went from work to the hospital to give birth to their first child.<\/p>\n

Irvina\u2019s plan was to quit work and become a full-time stay-at-home mom but was convinced to accept an alternate plan that allowed her to continue doing the graphic design and promotional part of her job from home and turning over her other duties to someone else. While she remained in that part-time role for the next 20 years, Irvina poured herself into Women\u2019s and Girls\u2019 Ministries at the local level and for the Oklahoma Conference (now Heartland). She served eight years as the WM Secretary-Treasurer (1987- 1994), and then as the conference director of Girls\u2019 Ministries planning girls\u2019 retreats and day camps for several years. She helped to rework and add to some of IPHC GEMS curriculum and continued in conference leadership until her current appointment.<\/p>\n

In 2001, Irvina was asked to become the full-time director for Girls\u2019 Ministries and has continued in that position for 18 years. That role has spanned two decades and has resulted in relationships and friendships that she holds dear to her heart. In 2007, Irvina and her leadership team founded Power Chicks as the quadrennial national girls\u2019 event for the IPHC. Another highlight for Irvina is taking Girls\u2019 Ministries training to several countries, including Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Kenya, and Malawi. In 2019, the fourth Power Chicks was held with an attendance of 500 girls and leaders. Each Power Chicks has promoted a missions project and held a lively auction to support that project. Churches also brought an offering, and each time Power Chicks raised close to $5,000 for the designated project. They broke the record this year when $5,600 was raised for girls\u2019 conferences in Africa in 2020. It was at Power Chicks \u201919, held in late July, that Irvina chose to announce her retirement among many friends and co-laborers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIrvina has been the model of faithfulness and consistency to our church,\u201d stated Tommy McGhee, Executive Director of Discipleship Ministries. \u201cShe is going to be missed in Discipleship, as well as the Global Ministry Center.\u201d<\/p>\n

Irvina is married to David Parker, and they reside in Yukon, Oklahoma, close to their family. Their children, Ryan, married to Jessica, and Jennifer, married to Shane, have given them three beautiful grandchildren: Aubrey and Tristan Parker and Jasper Terry. They have also taken on the cherished role of Nana and Papi to Irvina\u2019s late sister\u2019s twin granddaughters, Sophia and Grace. If you wonder what you will find Irvina doing after retirement, it will either be doing things with the grandchildren, reviving some of her creative hobbies, or continuing her work with Hope4Sudan.<\/p>\n

We pray that the Lord will continue to bless Irvina during this new season!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":5870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,27],"tags":[940,16,251,409,856],"class_list":{"0":"post-5869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-discipleship-ministries","8":"category-girls-ministries-childrens-ministries","9":"tag-940","10":"tag-discipleship","11":"tag-girls-ministries","12":"tag-irvina-parker","13":"tag-retirement","14":"entry"},"title_es":"Irvina Parker anuncia su retiro del Centro de Ministerio Global","content_es":"

Irvina Parker ha anunciado su retiro despu\u00e9s de 18 a\u00f1os como directora de IPHC Girls 'Ministries y 45 a\u00f1os de ministerio continuo en el Global Ministries Center en varios puestos de medio tiempo y tiempo completo. <\/p>

Irvina comenz\u00f3 su empleo para el IPHC como estudiante universitaria en 1974 cuando la sede realiz\u00f3 su transici\u00f3n a Oklahoma City. Se hab\u00eda graduado con un t\u00edtulo de Asociado en Artes de Emmanuel College y luego vino a Bethany Nazarene College para obtener su licenciatura. Irvina recuerda v\u00edvidamente su primera entrevista con Lila Isaac, quien se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como directora del Ministerio de la Mujer (tambi\u00e9n conocido como Auxiliar de la Mujer). "El edificio estaba siendo renovado, y literalmente" camin\u00e9 por el tabl\u00f3n "a trav\u00e9s de pilas de construcci\u00f3n para llegar a esa primera entrevista", recuerda. "Se\u00f1ora. Isaac se convirti\u00f3 en mentor y amigo cercano. Ella era una defensora de la educaci\u00f3n y estaba encantada de que estuviera trabajando en mi licenciatura en Educaci\u00f3n Primaria (con concentraci\u00f3n en ingl\u00e9s) \u201d. Irvina tuvo el privilegio de comenzar a trabajar con Beulah Sturkie, quien acababa de ser designada como la primera directora del Ministerio de Ni\u00f1as. a tiempo parcial. Juntos, crearon los paquetes para los l\u00edderes de GM, y eso plant\u00f3 un amor por el ministerio a las ni\u00f1as. <\/p>

Durante los veranos, mientras continuaba su licenciatura, Irvina tambi\u00e9n trabaj\u00f3 a tiempo parcial para Advocate Press como asistente en el Departamento Editorial. Cuando se gradu\u00f3 en 1976, Irvina tom\u00f3 un trabajo de tiempo completo en Misiones Mundiales, donde trabaj\u00f3 para Ron Moore haciendo n\u00f3mina misionera, entre otras tareas. Despu\u00e9s de la Conferencia General en 1977, se convirti\u00f3 en secretaria ejecutiva de BE Underwood, la reci\u00e9n elegida directora de Misiones Mundiales. Adem\u00e1s de sus deberes de secretaria, Irvina comenz\u00f3 a asumir m\u00e1s del dise\u00f1o gr\u00e1fico y la edici\u00f3n de World Missions y cre\u00f3 presentaciones de diapositivas de m\u00faltiples proyectores para promover misiones en la Conferencia General. Ella continu\u00f3 en ese papel hasta 1981 cuando literalmente fue del trabajo al hospital para dar a luz a su primer hijo. <\/p>

El plan de Irvina era dejar el trabajo y convertirse en una madre que se quedaba en casa a tiempo completo, pero estaba convencida de aceptar un plan alternativo que le permitiera continuar haciendo el dise\u00f1o gr\u00e1fico y la parte promocional de su trabajo desde casa y dedicando sus otros deberes a alguien m\u00e1s. Mientras permaneci\u00f3 en ese rol de medio tiempo durante los siguientes 20 a\u00f1os, Irvina se meti\u00f3 en los Ministerios de Mujeres y Ni\u00f1as a nivel local y para la Conferencia de Oklahoma (ahora Heartland). Sirvi\u00f3 ocho a\u00f1os como Secretaria-Tesorera de WM (1987-1994), y luego como directora de la conferencia de Ministerios de Ni\u00f1as que planean retiros y campamentos de ni\u00f1as durante varios a\u00f1os. Ella ayud\u00f3 a reelaborar y agregar algunos de los planes de estudios IPHC GEMS y continu\u00f3 en el liderazgo de la conferencia hasta su cita actual. <\/p>

En 2001, se le pidi\u00f3 a Irvina que se convirtiera en la directora a tiempo completo de Girls 'Ministries y ha continuado en ese cargo durante 18 a\u00f1os. Ese papel ha abarcado dos d\u00e9cadas y ha resultado en relaciones y amistades que ella aprecia mucho en su coraz\u00f3n. En 2007, Irvina y su equipo de liderazgo fundaron Power Chicks como el evento cuadrienal nacional de ni\u00f1as para el IPHC. Otro punto destacado para Irvina es llevar la capacitaci\u00f3n del Ministerio de Ni\u00f1as a varios pa\u00edses, incluidos Costa Rica, M\u00e9xico, Nicaragua, Kenia y Malawi. En 2019, se celebr\u00f3 el cuarto Power Chicks con una asistencia de 500 ni\u00f1as y l\u00edderes. Cada Power Chicks ha promovido un proyecto de misiones y ha realizado una subasta animada para apoyar ese proyecto. Las iglesias tambi\u00e9n trajeron una ofrenda, y cada vez que Power Chicks recaud\u00f3 cerca de $ 5,000 para el proyecto designado. Rompieron el r\u00e9cord este a\u00f1o cuando se recaudaron $ 5.600 para conferencias de ni\u00f1as en \u00c1frica en 2020. Fue en Power Chicks '19, celebrada a fines de julio, que Irvina decidi\u00f3 anunciar su retiro entre muchos amigos y compa\u00f1eros de trabajo. <\/p>

"Irvina ha sido el modelo de fidelidad y consistencia para nuestra iglesia", declar\u00f3 Tommy McGhee, Director Ejecutivo de Ministerios de Discipulado. "La vamos a extra\u00f1ar en Discipulado, as\u00ed como en el Centro de Ministerio Global". <\/p>

Irvina est\u00e1 casada con David Parker y residen en Yukon, Oklahoma, cerca de su familia. Sus hijos, Ryan, casados con Jessica, y Jennifer, casados con Shane, les han dado tres hermosos nietos: Aubrey y Tristan Parker y Jasper Terry. Tambi\u00e9n han asumido el preciado papel de Nana y Papi para las nietas gemelas de la difunta hermana de Irvina, Sophia y Grace. Si se pregunta qu\u00e9 har\u00e1 que Irvina haga despu\u00e9s de la jubilaci\u00f3n, ser\u00e1 hacer cosas con los nietos, revivir algunos de sus pasatiempos creativos o continuar su trabajo con Hope4Sudan. <\/p>

\u00a1Oramos para que el Se\u00f1or contin\u00fae bendiciendo a Irvina durante esta nueva temporada! <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/10\/Honoring-Irvina-Parker-e1572014665873.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T9u2-1wF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}