Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 5 November 1992 — Page 19
The Muncie Times, Thursday, 5 November, 1992, Page 19
Disciples of Christ Church to be honored at Horizon Center
At 11 a.m. next Sunday, Pastor and Mrs. Bryant R. Grumes and the congregation of Disciples of Christ Community Church will be joined at the Horizon Center by ministers, officials, and friends from the city and across the country to celebrate the 10th anniversary DOCCC. The theme for DOCCC’s “Celebration ’92” is “Presenting God a Glorious Church: To God Be the Glory! ’ ’ The morning speaker will be Rev. Craig Hayes, assistant pastor to Dr. Fred K.C. Price of Crenshaw Christian Center, Los Angeles, Calif. Dinner will be served at 1 p.m. at Central High School. The evening service will begin at 5 p.m. with re-
marks from invited ministers Kirby Avenue. With prayer, and political officials. Key- faith, and hard work, Crunote speaker for the evening mes and DOCCC members will be Dr. T. Garrott Ben- rehabilitated the old warejamin, pastor of Light of the house into a church. World Christian Church in Indianapolis. During this Today DOCCC has more service, Grumes will an- than 450 members and has nounce the new name of become a force for positive DOCCC. change within the city of Muncie.
Special music for “Celebration ’92” will be provided by Minister Wayne Stevens and the DOCCC choir.
Grumes and his wife, Paula, founded DOCCC with 13 other people in November 1982. The new congregation purchased an old warehouse, formerly the Gateway Christian Center on
Grumes is a member of numerous religious and civic organizations, which include the Collective Coalition of Concerned Clergy, of which he is secretary, and the Mayor’s Task Force. He’s the founder-president of the Word of Faith Ministries, which has 10 churches in Indiana and Maryland.
Twice-married wives get double benefits
Social Security
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I am often dismayed to find elderly women having greater financial difficulties than they need to, because
benefit, by a computer that did not know she had been
married twice.
If we had interviewed her for a widow’s benefit application, we would have
is receiving the highest
they don’t know all the found that she was eligible Social Security benefits on two records and paid her available to them. the larger amount. Recently, an elderly wi- When the widow came to dow, struggling to make our office, we checked her ends meet, came into our first husband’s record and office to apply for Supple- found that she could get mental Security Income almost twice as much on his
(SSI) benefits. Her Social Security widow’s benefit was quite small. For some time she had been using her
account.
Unfortunately, many women do not realize that, under certain circumstances,
savings to help pay her they can get benefits from expenses. Now she had a previous marriage. If the spent most of her savings, marriage ended in death or So she turned to SSI for if the couple divorced after
help.
This is not Unusual. What happened next is not un-
usual, either.
She had been married twice, but had never looked into the possibility of getting Social Security benefits on her first husband’s account. After her second husband died, her wife’s
at least ten years of marriage, Social Security bene-
fits may be payable. When a woman applies
for Social Security benefits, we only consider the benefits she could receive at the time. If her marital status changes later, because of death, divorce, or remarriage, she should contact
benefit was automatically Social Security again. That converje'd' to a wi daw’s wa Y she.cah, make sure she
benefit amount possible. While the rules covering Social Security eligibility apply equally to women and men, almost all beneficiaries who receive benefits on a former spouse’s record are women. Some men worry that their own Social Security benefit or their current wife’s benefit will be lower if a former spouse applies for benefits on their record. Neither of these
will happen.
A current spouse and a former spouse can get full benefits at the same time. To find if you are eligible for Social Security benefits on your former spouse’s record call our office. We will need to know your former spouse’s Social Security number, your number, and any other Social Security number you are now receiving benefits on. If you do not know the Social Security number, we can find it through our records.
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