The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 5, Milford, Kosciusko County, 22 February 1978 — Page 13

New pastor at United Pentecostal Church

Rev. David M. Hudson, originally from Charleston, W. Va., assumed his new duties as pastor of the Syracuse United Pentecostal Church, 201 South , Harrison Street, the first week In February. Rev. Hudson says, "I'm very excited about the church. It has a very outstanding congregation." Rev. Hudson comes to Syracuse from a pastorate In Monett, Mo. He has also served as pastor at Walkerton, and Fayetteville, W.Va. Besides his pastorates, he has worked in home missions work in establishing a new church in West Virginia and with his wife, Brenda, has traveled extensively In the eastern and southern United States engaged in evangelistic work for four years. Rev. Hudson has also helped set up and establish child care centers In Portland, the first ever in that county; In Charleston, W. Va.; and In Houston, Tex. Rev. Hudson says he came to Syracuse as a result of an eight-week revival he and his wife participated In from October to January at the church. He said when the congregation learned that Rev. Terry Fleetwood, last pastor of the church, was leaving they asked for him. He said the congregation voted him in unanimously, adding, "Everything just worked out beautiful." Since assuming the pastorate, Rev. Hudson said most of his time has

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been spent in reorganization. Several areas he and his staff have been working on are the Sunday School and bus ministry. He said he hopes to be able to expand both of these programs, especially the Sunday School which is filled to capacity. ‘

SAINT PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH LIGONIER Father Frank Kronawitter 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 (VS Mile Southea** 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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Rev. Hudson said he ■ would like to add on a Sunday School office for i the church and in the : future, acquire a separate < building for Sunday School < use. He also has I hopes of adding on another bus ministry route. | Some remodeling work I in the church and -

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 UNITEDMETHODIST 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 4:30 CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NORTH WEBSTER Paul F. Shrlder, Pastor Morning Worship 9:X Sunday School 10:30 FIRST BRETHREN CHURCH MILFORD Mike Mathews, Supt. Church School 9:X 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. 4) Doug Archer, Pastor Eugene Lange, S. S. Supt. Morning Worship 9:30 Sunday School 10:M MILFORD CHAPEL (South Main) Ben Shirk, Gen. Supt. Jerome Zehr, S. S. Supt. Sunday School 10 Worship Service 11

parsonage is also planned. Rev. Hudson said he is very excited about working with the church. He said, "We're very happy here. We're excited for when we can go out and do something." He said with the bad weather, he hasn't been able to do as much as he hoped. Planning For Easter Presently, he is working on some of the services for the church, especially Easter Sunday services. He hopes to have a Sunday School drive leading up to Easter. On Easter Sunday, he is planning a sunrise service with communion and an Easter breakfast. Rev. Hudson has very special feelings concerning Easter. "I think it's a blessed time," he said. "It's a time I always enjoy very much. It helps us to reconsecrate our commitment to the sacrifice that was made for us." Besides Easter services, he is working on the youth program in the church. He said he would like to initiate a program of activities with the youth involved in visiting various places in the area. Rev. Hudson says he is not planning on any changes in the church's services at the present time. Services are held Sunday morning and evening, with Sunday School on Sunday morning and Bible Study Thursd y evening. A youth service is held on Tuesday nights. He said he is also planning on continuing to hold special services, youth camps, missions and

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 Church School 9:30 Worship 10:30 HASTINGS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH David Wldmoyor ■ Pastor Mike Zimmerman, Jr., Supt. Kendall Biller, Supt. Sunday School 9:30 Worship 1030 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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tent revivals in the summer. Rev. Hudson said the changeover from Rev. Fleetwood to himself was done smoothly because of the good working relationship he has with Rev. Fleetwood. He said the former pastor "did commendable work for the church." Pastor Fleetwood, who served the church five years, is presently doing temporary evangelistic work in Madison. The new pastor was educated-at the West Virginia State College, Apostolic Bible Institute,

CHRISTIAN CHURCH MILFORD Robert Greenwood, Minister Rick Brouillette, Associate Minister Wayne Bucher, Supt. Bible School 9:30 Worship 10:30 and 7 p.m. Wectiesday Bible Study 7 CONCORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (County Roads 300 and Rookstool) Everett Owens, Pastor Roberta Lau?hlin, 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 OFTHE BRETHREN (9MNB2ME) 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. 7-8 UNITED METHODIST CHURCH NORTH WEBSTER Paul Steele, Pastor A. C. Underwood, Assistant Worship 8:30 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 A Pearl Sts.) David Hudson, 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

Saint Paul, Minn., and the Texas Bible College, Houston, Texas. He and his wife have one son, Nathaniel, age five, and are expecting another child in July. Rev. Hudson is very pleased with the reception he has received in Syracuse. "I like Syracuse very well," he said. "I have received a very warm response from the community. I think it will serve our needs very well." Rev. Hudson will officially be installed as pastor of the church March 17.

MORRIS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST (County Roads 150 N and 37SE) Charles Taylor, Pastor Gordon Tuttle, Supt. Sunday School 9:30 Worship 10:30 WAWASEE HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH (Across From High Schsol) 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:X 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 Shellne, Assoc. Church School 9:36 Morning Worship 10:30 Jr. A Sr. YF 6:X Sunday SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES CATHOLIC CHURCH SYRACUSE Father Kenneth Sarrazlne Sunday Mass 7:15 and 10:45 a.m. Saturday Mass 6:15 s.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 (Comer Syr a-Web. Rd. and isssn) 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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Grace College choir to sing at community lenten service The chair of Grace College in Winona Lake will be featured in the community lenten warship at the Calvary united Methodist Church, Sunday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. Sponsored by the churches of the Syracuse-Wawasee Ministerial Association, the Community Lenten Services are ecumenical in nature and all persons are invited to join in the worship and fellowship.

Gospel Couriers to Collainer Church tomorrow night The Gospel Couriers are coming to First United Church of Christ in Collainer. The Couriers, who have been regularly seen on the nationally televised Revival Fires program, will be presenting a full concert of gospel music beginning at 7 pan. on Thursday, Feb. 23. This widely traveled group has sung before audiences all across America and foreign countries. They have toured extensively in countries around the Mediterranean Sea, in India and spent several days in Israel. One of the most outstanding musical features of the Couriers ■ their creative arrangements. They use both old and new gospel songs during their programs and have excited audiences everywhere they go with their unique style and powerful spiritual witness. The group has headquarters in Lexington, Ky., where all the members currently reside. Jim Rude, pastor of the First United Church of Christ, who is handling local arrangements for the Gospel Couriers, has invited all area residents to attend the Thursday night concert. The event will be nondenominational and admission is free.

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LENTEN SERVICE — A community Lenten service will be held in the Calvary United Methodist Church, Syracuse, this Sunday, Feb. 26, beginning at 7 p.m. The service will consist of a concert of sacred music presented by the 40 voice concert choir from Grace College, Winona Lake, under the direction of professor Donald Ogden, pictured above. The concert will include “Psalms of Praise”, “Hymns of Devotions” and “Songs of the Gospel.” The community is invited to attend the service. A period of fellowship will follow the concert in the church social room. This is the second service in the 1978 Lenten Series sponsored by the Syracuse-Wawasee Ministerial Association.

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