The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 52, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 January 1978 — Page 11

Chaplaincy program meets

In June 1973, Rev. Wilbur Harvey and City °olice Chaplain Rev. Wilbert Cunningham met with Dr. Grover Hartmen, Executive Secretary of the Indiana Council of Churches to discuss an idea, the forming of a Chaplains Program for the Indiana State Police Department. Meetings progressed until 1974 when Indiana State Police Superintendent Robert L. Deßard said, ‘ f Go ahead.” Indiana became the first state in the nation to have a statewide, full chaplaincy program. The formation of this program was made possible under a two year grant made from Lilly Endowment, Inc. Rev. Wilbur Harvey was appointed as the first State Police Chaplain, November 15, 1975. On December 1, 1975, Father Richard A. Cooley was appointed the second Chaplain. Bishop Raymond Gallogher, Catholic Bishop of the Lafayette, Indiana Catholic Diocese has granted Fr. Cooley leave from the parish to work in the program. Between the two chaplains 25 volunteer chaplains were recruited in various sections of the state. After securing the volunteer chaplains a training seminar was held to alert the volunteers to the special needs of the troopers. Statistics show that the three professions of medicine, law and police have the highest divorce rate, alcohol use and suicidal rates in the nation. Much of the problem appears to be caused by stress that is accentuated by job pressure. A feeling that a policeman must never make a mistake, must always be a perfect example and must repress his feelings and emotions. Prior to the chaplaincy program, the Indiana , State Police Department had a higher suicide rate than any of its surrounding states. Stress induced problems kill or injure more officers than line-of-duty injuries or killings. The chaplains believe it is critical for the officers to understand this

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TAKING A PAUSE — Indiana State Police troopers Michael E. Barnett, Milford; and James D. Springer, North Webster; pause in church before resuming their duties as officers.

stress and its potentially lethal affects. Depending on the officer, some may try to keep to themselves, in affect internalize stress, while others may externalize stress and take it out on anyone who is around, a law offender or a family member; Stress affects police marriages to a great extent. Some preliminary studies show 75 per cent of working officers will divorce within the first three years on the job, and of those leaving the force, 30 per cent will do so because of domestic problems. \ Much of the stress may be induced because the men are trained so well to be independent. The heavy load of responsibility they carry as officers have many

SAINT PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH LIGONIER Father Frank Kronewitter Masses: Sat. 6 p.m. and Sun. 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 (Vi Mile Southeast Os Wilmot) Pastor Elmer Miller Sunday School 9:30 Morning Worship 10:30 Sunday Evening Service 7 Prayer-Bible Stud' 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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aiiects on their family and personal life and how they feel and relate to it. The public expects a policeman to make in an instant, correct decisions that would require months for the o courts to decide. The Indiana State Police Chaplains agree, “It is not hard to see that a State Trooper more than anyone, might need a listening post since it is difficult for him to seek counseling or guidance from anyone in his community. For the most part, policemen and Troopers traditionally confide only in each other and this encouraged the feeling that they are a closed fraternity. This may be good for esprit de corps, but it can also be harmful, considering the fact

CLUNETTE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Carl R. Lott, Pastor Worship Service 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. BURR OAK 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. i 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 5 BETHANY CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN (U.S. 6) Doug Archer,, Pastor Eugene Lange, S. S. Supt. Morning Worship 9:30 Sunday School 10:30 MILFORDCHAPEL (South Main) Ben Shirk, Gen. Supt. Jerome Zehr, S. S. Supt. Sunday School 10 Worship Service 11

that the policeman is no longer placed on the pedestal he used to enjoy.” In recent years in America it has become popular to dislike what the police represent. The riots and disrespect are evident in TV shows and on daily newscasts. The hostility from the public is added to the physical peril, irregular hours, financial limitations and constant temptations that builds the stress to the breaking point. Officer interviews are confidential, but one chaplain talked in generalities of one stress building case. It involved an officer who felt he could no longer “stand it”, and had decided to drive his patrol car at full speed into a bridge railing for a line-of-

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 Hibschmah, 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 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

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duty accident that would benefit his family financially. The department has taken measures to lessen the stress problems with a salary increase to get Troopers and their families on a better economic level more equal to the workingman's salary. The department has also established a career plan and embarked on a physical fitness plan. Mental and physical stress have the most disastrous effects on officers who have not kept themselves in top physical shape. In March, 1977, the chaplaincy program was re-budgeted, and Rev. Harvey resigned, and although the program has been in operation for two years it is difficult to pin-point results due to the confidential nature of the work. Father Cooley said however, that he feels that morale is improving and there is a better feeling toward the department. Father Cooley says the program has many supporters now who at first had doubts atyout the success of the program. An employees assistance program has been initiated for those employees or members of their families who seek aid for problems in alcohol or drugs, marital, or job stress situations. The volume of work load for the volunteer chaplains is higher now since the troopers are more inclined to accept and confide in the chaplains. As Father Cooley travels in his police car on assignments about the state, it is quite a common occurrence for the men in the district to contact him by radio and ask that he stop for coffee or a sandwich with them as he is passing through. The chaplain’s section has acquired some films on the subjects of stress as it affects the policemen and how to save a marriage. These films are getting good use and as they are shown, the troopers can identify film examples with the events of their own lives and receive clues on how to cope with the problems.

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 (900NA200E) 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 :X Evening Worship 6-7 Prayer Service, Thurs. 7-0 UNITED METHODIST CHURCH NORTH WEBSTER Paul Steele, Pastor A. C. Underwood, Assistant Worship 0:30 and 10:45 Church School 9:X 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 (Corner 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

troopers' needs

Father Cooley says, “If we save a marriage, the program is a success”. One other result of the program has been the gaining of cooperation of the Indiana State Department of Mental Health. Dr. William Murray, State Mental Health Commissioner has made doctors and psychiatric treatment available for anyone who needs it. Along with marriage counseling. This service is available in the troopers own area, or if they prefer, they can receive the help in a different area of the state. The chaplains make hospital calls and are at the disposal of police and civilian employees as their services are needed. They also aid the troopers in one of the most difficult routine chores, making death notification to the next of kin. The specially trained chaplains are able to immediately relate to any problem the trooper might encounter because they are acquainted with the nature of his job, the demographics of the county in which he lives and works, he knows his superior officers and the trooper’s family. The volunteer chaplains are not paid but do receive limited money for administrative expenses. • ■ • J Present Indiana State Police Superintendent John T. Shettle has been associated with the department’s chaplaincy programL It has uncovered certain problems that have been corrected and due to the confidentiality involved, the chaplains have the freedom to handle each problem as they see best. The superintendent is not called on unless it is felt that his intervention at a drastic stage might prevent a casualty. Superintendent Shettle said he has not been disappointed with the program so far and in fact, is looking for more volunteer chaplains to expand the program. The big problem at this point is lack of money. The chaplaincy program is not funded by tax money and does save the department tax dollars

MORRIS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST (County Roads 150 N and 375E) 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:X 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 9:30 Morning Worship 10:30 Jr. & Sr. YF 6:30 Sunday SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES CATHOLIC CHURCH SYRACUSE Father Kenneth Sarrazine 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:X p.m. SOLOMON'S CREEK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Robert D. Wilburn, Pastor Summer Schedule Worship 9:X Sunday School 10:00 Bible Study and prayer 7 p.m. Wednesday ZION CHAPEL U. B. CHURCH (Corner Svra.-Web. Rd. and 1000 N) Rev. Frank D’ 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:X Morning Worship 10:X Sunday Bible Study 7 p.m.

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by helping to retain and make better use of present personnel. Superintendent Shettle says, “We spend thousands of tax dollars on recruiting new personnel and the program aids in bringing more economy through retention of experienced personnel”. However the original Lilly Endowment, Inc. Grant is running out. It was an original two year funding and that the time has been extended through

FAITH EXPLAINS THE MEANING OF KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM the surface, many words in our language seem to convey the same meaning, and yet there is often a subtle distinction between their exact definitions. A good example of this is the difference between knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge is mainly the accumulation of facts, figures or whatever; whereas a major function of wisdom is to provide a restraining influence upon our rash impulses, by pointing out the disadvantages of which we would not otherwise have been aware. Throughout the Bible are many statements that clarify this subtle difference, and the wisdom gained at the Church of your choice will show you when it is safe to proceed, and when to apply the brakes to your impulsive actions; thereby preventing disastrous results that without the benefit of wisdom would have been inevitable. "Wisdom is the principal Where is the wisdom we thin® therefore have jn knowtedge? get wisdom. —Proverbs 4:7 —Thomas Stearns Eliot

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recent economies and rebudgeting. The Presbyterian Church has granted some funding for the northern portion of the state because of a recognition of the good work of the program. Superintendent Shettle sees little hope of obtaining state assistance for the program at this time, but hopes to keep the program going till the legislature might approve the funding at some later date.

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