The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 51, Milford, Kosciusko County, 11 January 1978 — Page 11
Eighty-four-year-old Rev. Phillips not thinking of retiring yet
"No," says George Phillips, pastor of the Syracuse Church of the Brethren. "I'm not thinking of retiring yet. I think that's one thing that keeps me alive." The 84-year-old paslor from New Paris says people comment on his good heath. "And I think it's due to the fact that I haven't refired," he explained. Rev. Phillips has begun his 61st year in the ministry, while serving the Syracuse church during almost the last three years. He has had pastorates in Ohio, Illinois and Elkhart, the latter one for 15 years, before he "retired." During his four-year retirement, he preached in 30 churches in the area. Then he assumed his present duties in the Brethren Church. The congregation of the church held a special day to mark the pastor's 60th year in the ministry. On November 6, 1977, special morning services were held, followed by a carry-in dinner. In the afternoon there was a program about the pastor. He spends about three days a week taking care of business of the church. "Well," he commented, "I don't do much except make them try to- realize their responsibility (to their Lord and to deepen Christian convictions.)" He preaches each Sunday and has delivered 3,756 sermons,; and goes calling. The three-day work week is suitable. "That's enough - at my age, I mean," he said. "Well, I like the people here," the pastor said. The congregation is a small one of about 100 people and has had up and down periods. "It's hard to get it back where it once was," Rev. Phillips added. "Os course, I enjoy church work; I enjoy preaching very much." Those around the Goshen-New Paris area have dubbed him "The Walking Pastor." In good weather, he can be seen walking wherever he goes. "I don't drive around New Paris if the weather's fit, to go somewhere," he said. When he walks, the distance is usually two miles or more. Last Sunday, he said, before * daylight he had his brisk walk before coming to church. Rev. Phillips walked further in 1977 than when he was a farm boy around Goshen, he said. He estimated he walked a total of about 900 miles last year. "I suppose I cook more healthfully than the average housewife," the pastor, said. His diet contains a lot of vegetables and he makes no pastry. He organic gardens a small patch for his use.
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jr-" I -A AJI ' ■ 1 Not only does he spend time working for the church and taking walks, but other things ask for his time. "I do a lot of reading, if I have time," he said. Religious books, history and biographies are read. "I've been told I should do some writing," Rev. Phillips added. He has done some writing for the national Brethren paper and has only written about six sermons, the remainder being prepared, but not in full. "I'm a good attender," the Goshen native offered. "I attend about everything that comes along." Last summer, he went to nine conferences and retreats. He began his ministry at the Rock Run Church, southeast of Goshen, 60 years ago. The pastor graduated from Manchester College in 1917 and later attended Bethany Bible Seminary, Chicago, 111. He married the former Gertrude Schwalm, who passed away five years ago.
SAINT PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH LIGONIER Father Frank Kronewitter t Masses: Sat. 6 p.m. and Suh. 10:30 a.m. NORTH WEBSTER CHRISTIAN CHURCH Charles E. Myers, Pastor Tom Hoffert, S. S. Supt. Sunday School 9:30 Worship 10:30 Wednesday Services 7 TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD LIGONIER Church Service 9:15 Sunday School 10:15 Larry Miller, pastor OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CATHOLIC CHURCH (4th and Main Streets) MILFORD English mass 9 a m. Spanish mass 10:30 a.m. Confession before masses GRACE BIBLE CHURCH SYRACUSE Dr. David R. Haifley, Pastor Robert F. Graff, Asso. Pastor Sunday School 9.45 Morning Worship 11 Evening Service 7 Wednesday Evening Service 7 JEHOVAH'S WITNESS KINGDOM HALL (East Papakeechie Lake Drive) Sunday: Public Lecture 9:30 Watchtown Study 10:30 Tuesday, Study of Prophecy 7:30 Thursday, Ministry School 7 SALEM COMMUNITY CHURCH (Vs Mile Southeast Os Wilmot) Pastor Elmer Miller Sunday School 9:30 Morning Worship 10:30 Sunday Evening Service 7 Prayer-Bible Study Wednesday 7 GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH SYRACUSE (200 E. Main St.) Steven Archer, Pastor Worship 9:30 Sunday School 10:30 GOSHEN FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST Service 11. Sunday School 11 Wednesday Service 7:45
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CLUNETTE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Carl R. Lott, Pastor Worship Service 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. BURROAK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Lawrence Byrnes; Pastor Sunday School 9:30 Worship 10:30 LAKELAND COMMUNITY CHURCH Rev. Robert L. Chidister, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 Worship Service 10:30 Baptist Fellowship Hour 5:30 UNITED METHODIST CHURCH LEESBURG Ken Fast, Pastor Mrs. Chris Kammerer, Supt. Morning Worship 9:30 Church School 10:30 UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MILFORD Everett Owens, Pastor Mrs. Robert Brown, Supt. Church School 9:30 Worship 10:30 UMYF Sunday 6:30 CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NORTH WEBSTER Paul F. Shrider, Pastor Morning Worship 9:30 Sunday School 10:30 FIRST BRETHREN CHURCH MILFORD Mike Mathews, Supt. Church School 9:30 Morning Worship 10:30 Morning Prayer Service Tuesday 9 BETHEL CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN MILFORD Raymond Hoover, Gen. Bd. Chrm Dr. Homer Burke, Deacon Chrm. Sunday School 9:30 Worship 10:30 BETHANY CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN (U.S. 6) Doug Archer, Pastor Eugene Lange, S. S. Supt. Morning Worship 9:30 Sunday School 10:30 MILFORD CHAPEL (South Main) Ben Shirk, Gen. Supt. Jerome Zehr, S. S. Supt. Sunday School 10 Worship Service 11
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Program on Caribbean to be presented Sunday
A program on the Caribbean Islands will be presented in the North Webster United Methodist Church at 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15. The program will follow a carry-in dinner starting at 5 p.m. The program will be presented by Dr. Harold Neel and wife, Betty. Dr. Neel is a retired minister, formerly serving at the Goshen United Methodist Church and has served on the executive UM National Board of Global WMS hears letter from missionary The Women’s Missionary Society of the First Brethren Church of Milford met in the home of Mrs. Ronald Brown on Thursday evening, Jan. 5. President Mrs.* Herbert Stump opened the meeting with a prayer. Mrs. Gordon Rhodes reported they had delivered two Christmas plates to members of the church and Women’s Missionary Society members unable to attend. Thank you notes were read from each of the persons receiving a plate. A letter from one of the missionaries in India was read. Rev. Vijaya Kumer told of the experiences by the cyclone in the district, being flooded along the River Sarada. They asked the Brethren members for used warm clothing and bed sheets and thanked the society for the medicine, bandages and medical supplies they received. Other items of business were discussed. The lesson was “The Gifts of Help and Showing Mercy.” It was presented by Mrs. Stump and Mrs. Inez Phend. Songs, “In My Heart There Rings A Melody,” and “Take the Name of Jesus With You,” were sung by the group. Scripture, I Corinthians 12:28-30, was read. The W.M.S. benediction was repeated together at the close of the meeting. Hostess Mrs. Brown served refreshments. The next meeting will be February 2 in the home of Mrs. Inez Beiswanger, at 7:30 p.m.
ALL SAINTS' CHAPEL (Episcopal) LAKE WAWASEE Vicar: Rev. David L. Hyndman Holy Eucharist 9 SAINT ANDREW'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SYRACUSE Rev. Philip Frew, Pastor Church School 9:15 Worship Hour 10:30 J.l.F.'s 2 p.m. UMYF 7 p.m. CHURCH OF GOD NORTH WEBSTER Brice Casey, Pastor Men's Prayer Breakfast 7:30 a.m. Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Evening Service 7 p.m. Family night, Wednesday 7 p.m. CHURCH OF GOD SYRACUSE Joe Hibschman, S. S. Supt. Sunday School 9:30 Morning Worship 10:30 Sunday Evening Service 7:30 CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH (Armstrong Road) OSWEGO Gary T. Meadors, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 Morning Worship 10:30 Sunday Evening Worship 7 Thursday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m. WAWASEE LAKESIDE CHAPEL Harlan Steffen, Pastor Steve Bornman, S. S. Supt. Worship Service 10 Sunday School 11 TURKEY CREEK CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN Clarence B. Fike, Pastor z Church School 9:30 Worship 10:30 > HASTINGS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH David Widmoyer - Pastor Mike Zimmerman, Jr., Supt. Kendall Biller, Supt. Sunday School 9:30 Worship 10:30 Prayer Meeting Thursday 7:30 Young Adults Wednesday 7:30 APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN MILFORD Theo Beer; Henry Beer, Jesse Beer; Elmer Hartter and Walter Steffen, Ministers Morning Worship 10 Sunday School 10 Afternoon Worship 12:30
Missions for seven years. He was part of a mission study tour to the Caribbean in 1976 and was in charge of a team from the North Indiana Conference which looked at the problems of Haiti and how they could be solved. The presentation, which will include pictures, will feature Haiti, Puerto Rico, Antigue, Barbadosa and Trinidad. In April, Dr. Neel will head two work teams from the Elkhart area going to Haiti. Local couples going will be Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ritchie, Warsaw and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hoover, North Webster. Lori Henderson and Teresa Preuitt, high school members of the North Webster congregation, were part of a work team to Haiti last year. Rosalyn Long on staff at ISU Rosalyn J. Long of r 3 Syracuse, a senior, is a member of the student affairs staff at Indiana State University where she is a resident assistant in Hines Hall. Acting as liaisons between hall 1 directors and student residents, the 86 resident assistants in the 12 halls on campus acquaint residents with rules and regulations, help them with problems and see that their environment is conducive to study. Passenger injured as truck hits pole Nelson Felts, 53, of Syracuse, passenger in a truck driven by Thomas I. Welch, 50, r 1 Leesburg, was injured in a onevehicle accident at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, on Levi Lee Road, four miles northeast of Warsaw. Felts received a cut on his forehead. The mishap occurred when the truck hit an icy spot in the road and slid into a utility pole. Damage was set at SI,BOO to the truck, owned by Midwest Enterprise of Warsaw Inc., SR 15N.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH MILFORD Robert Greenwood, Minister Rick Brouillette, Associate Minister Wayne Bucher, Supt. Bible School 9:30 Worship 10:30 and 7 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7 CONCORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (County Roads 300 and Rookstool) Everett Owens, Pastor Roberta Laughlin, S. S. Supt. Sunday School 10:15 Worship Service 9:15 CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH CROMWELL (111 W. Orange St.) Steve Archer, Pastor Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. NEW SALEM CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN (900N&200E) Irvin Miller, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 Worship 10:30 Evening Worship 7 BRETHREN CHURCH LEESBURG Ralph Burns, Pastor Sunday School 9:30-10:30 Morning Worship 10:30-11:30 Evening Worship 6-7 Prayer Service, Thurs. 7-8 UNITED METHODIST CHURCH NORTH WEBSTER Paul Steele, Pastor A. C Underwood, Assistant Worship 8:30 and 10:45 Church School 9:30 Junior-Senior UMY 6-8 BARBEE COMMUNITY CHURCH (Kuhn Drive, Little Barbee Lake) Bryce Foster, Pastor Sunday School 9 Worship Service 10 Prayer Meeting, Wednesday 7 SYRACUSE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH (Comer Harrison & Pearl Sts.) Terry Fleetwood, Pastor Sunday School 10 Praise and Worship, Sunday 7:30 Youth Service, Tuesday 7 Bible Study, Thursday 7:30 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (407 S. Cavin St.) LIGONIER Sunday School 9:30 Worship Service 10:40
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New Salem News By MRS. HERB MOREHOUSE
“The Unknown Journey into 1978!" was the message delivered by Pastor Miller Sunday morning. He read the third chapter of Joshua. Miss Donna Moser was dismissed from Goshen Hospital on Sunday after being a patient
Love, unity, faith, humanity topics for WCSC program
Love, unity, faith and humanity were topics covered in the program presented at a recent meeting at the Syracuse Church of God WCSC in the home of Pauline Firestone. Betty Kern, Janet Elam, Gwen Williams, Sally Stutzman and Kate Hibschman presented the program entitled, “We are one in Him in burden bearing.’’ Scriptures read were from
MH he word “adversity” is a blanket term used to describe the various kinds of human misfortune, ranging from minor setbacks to I major calamities of a physical, financial or emotional nature. Strangely enough, we should be grateful for the occurrence of these ills; I " because it is only through them that we develop character and the ability to use our ingenuity , and resourcefulness to overcome these afflictions and improve our way of life. In this ■ manner was born a great deal of the progress which we enjoy today. You will learn all this at w ■ - the Church of your choice, reinforced by many examples from the Bible to the effect that through adversity you will emerge a person ' truly “grown up”, and better able to cope with whatever life in the real world may send your way. H ’ S Prosperity doth best “Thou hast considered my discover vice, but trouble: thou hast known adversity doth best —Francis Bacon —Psalms 31:7
MORRIS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST (County Roads IMN and 37581) Charles Taylor, Pastor Gordon Tuttle, Supt. Sunday School 9:30 Worship 10:30 WAWASEE HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH (Across From High School) James Freerksen, Pastor Bryce Medlock, S. S. Supt. Sunday School 9:30 Worship 10:30 and 7 Mid-Week Wed. 7 Youth Study Wed. 7 AWANA clubs Thurs. 6:30 CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE SYRACUSE Norman Lincoln, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 Morning Worship 10:30 Sunday Evening Worship 7 p.m. Mid-week Prayer Meeting 7 p.m. Wed. CALVARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (SR 13 South) SYRACUSE Ross D. Cook, Pastor Donald Sheline, Assoc. Church School 0:30 Morning Worship 10:30 Jr. 8> Sr. YF 6:30 Sunday SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES CATHOLIC CHURCH SYRACUSE Father Kenneth Sarrazlne Sunday Mass 7:15 and 10:45 a.m. Saturday Mass 6:15 a.m. Confession before Masses Holy Days 7 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. SOLOMON'S CREEK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Robert D. Wilburn, Pastor Summer Schedule Worship 9:30 Sunday School 10:00 Bible Study and prayer 7 p.m. Wednesday ZION CHAPEL U. B. CHURCH (Corner Syra.-Web. Rd. and 1060 N) Rev. Frank O’ Winterhalter Eldon J. Watkins, S. S. Supt Worship 9 Sunday School 10 Evening Worship 7 CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN SYRACUSE George Phillips, Pastor Stanley Barnhart, S. S. Supt. Sunday School 9:30 Morning Worship 10:30 Sunday Bible Study 7 p.m.
far several days suffering from the flu. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Morehouse were Mrs. Lydia Morehouse and Miss Doris Tom. Afternoon caller was Nelson Morehouse. —NS—
Matthew 6-8 and James 4-10. Mrs. Kern also reported on chapter three entitled, “What happens when women pray.” Mrs. Hibschman opened the program by reading about the new spirit. Roll call was taken with members answering the question “What do you do when you are snowed in?” The meeting closed with prayer and refreshments.
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