The Mail-Journal, Volume 19, Number 28, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 July 1982 — Page 15

V - "" w ’ •■■* • ~ K *3B||*2 ' , , _..L ' ‘ " ADMINISTRATION OFFICES AT EPWORTH CAMP — The camp at Epworth Forest is used by about 13.000 people yearly and offices for scheduling the various groups into the camp, as well as first aid. conference rooms and many other facilities are boused in this attractive rustic building. The grounds are wooded, well-kept and peaceful, providing a setting for many varied groups in all seasons. • Epworth Forest Camp is busy place in the summer

Epworth Forest camp, east of. North Webster, used by various groups year-round, houses about 13,000 people in a year During the summer, from the second week in June through Labor Day, a Sunday morning worship service is held at the camp and is open to the public. Held at the camp auditorium each Sunday morning at 10:30. the service is usually attended by 150-200 people. The congregation is generally composed of Epworth Forest residents and vacationers from the area. Different ministers from many locations, are invited to speak each week. The camp 4|t Epworth was established primarily for the use of the Northern Indiana Conference of the United Methodist and its programs, rhesently about 45 per cent of the groups using the camp are not United Methodist groups but 95 per cent are church groups.

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Many of the groups who use the camp facilities are senior high school or college age. However, use of the camp by adult grams has expanded recently. Several churches use the camp for marriage enrichment seminars. There are 18 lodges at Epworth. with a capacity for 670 persons, and each lodge contains a full kitchen. Many groups now cook their own meals rather than using the camp dining hall. Epworth also has a hotel with 45 private rooms, often used by adult groups. They have a religious bookstore and snack bar as well. During the summer all 18 lodges are open and in the winter months 11 are kept open. Fall is one of the busiest times at Epworth. \ a Presently the camp has an 18person drama troup from Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, which puts on a production every weekday and

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GRACE BRETHRENCHURCH LEESBURG Paul Dick Interim Pastor Sunday School ♦ 3410 Warn Morning Worship 10 45J1 45am Evening Worship * 1 p m Preyer Service. Thursday 7 Opm SYRACUSE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH (Carnar Harrison * Peart St.) David Hudson. Pastor Sunday School 10 a m Praise and Worship. Sunday t 30 p m Youth Service. Tuesday 7pm Bible Study Thursday 7 30 pm WAWASEE LAKESIDE CHAPEL Hartan Stetten. Pastor Francis Danton Adult Supervisor Merge and Roger Kryder. Primary Supervisor Worship Service 10 a m Sunday School Ham CLUNETTE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Ken Fast. Pastor Worship Service » a m » Sunday School >0 ISa m FAITHWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Formerly Barbee Comment ty Church (KuhnOrrve little Barbee Lake) William L HUtenins Pastor Sunday Sch.o- 3am Worship Service 11 a m Sunday Evening4p m Wednesday Bible study and prayer 7 p.m MORRIS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST (County Reads IMN and 37SE) Charles Taylor. Pastor Don Conley. Supt Sunday School* 30a m Worship K>3oam SAINT ANDREW'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SYRACUSE « Rev Philip Frew. Pastor Church School *ls a m Worship Hour 10 30a m UMYFSpm ZION CHAPEL U.B. CHURCH (Career Syr.-Web. Rd. and HMN) Rev Don Ross. Pastor Eric Koiberg. S S Supt Sunday School 0 a.m. Worship Warn Evening Worship 7 pm GOSHEN FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST Service 14:34 a.m. Sunday School >0 30am Wednesday Service 745 p m -

also teaches drama to the campers. There is also a song troup at the camp part-time. Resident manager Gary Gallier schedules all groups and keeps the camp going. The program of each group is the responsibility of that group. Epworth has seven full-time, year round, staff members, with someone on call 24 hours a day when the camp is in use. Many of the full-time staff members live at Epworth Forest During the summer about 45 total persons are on the camp staff. Epworth Forest, a non profit organization, is governed by a board of 12 voting members, made up of all types of people from the church conference. Funds for the first buildings at the camp were obtained by selling lots near the present camp site. Residents in the housing development named Epworth Forest generally have no connection with the camp.

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH (Armstrong Road) OSWEGO DaleW Parker, Pastor Sunday School»:30a m. Morning Worship 10 30am Sunday Evening Worship ♦p m Wednesday Prayer Mooting 7 p m SAINTMARTINDE PORRES CATHOLIC CHURCH SYRACUSE Father Robert Hammond Sunday Mass 7: is a.m «: 15a.m.; andlllSa m Saturday Masse 30p m Confession Before Masses Holy Days 7a m and 730 p m HASTINGS ISLAND CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH David Widmoyer Pastor Mike Zimmerman. Jr.. Supt Kendall Biller. Supt Sunday School♦ 30 a m Worship 10 30a m Prayer Meeting Thursday 730 pm APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN MILFORD Dale Strassheim. Jesse Beer E kn*r Her tier and Walter Stetten Ministers Morning Worship 10a m. Afternoon Worship 12 30pm CHRISTIAN CHURCH MILFORD Cart Shearer. Minister Fred Waits Associate Minis tor Bible School» 30a m Worship 10 30 am and7pm Wednesday Bible Study 7 p m TURKEY CREEK CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN GRAVELTON Olden Mitchell. Pastor Church School • 30 am Worship 10 30a.m CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH (lIIW. Orange St) CROMWELL Frank Barcus. Pastor Sunday School« 30a m. Worship Service to 4$ a m NEW SALEM CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN » (SOON A 200 E) Glenn Byers. Pastor Sunday School* 30a m Worship to 30 a m Evening Worship 7 p m UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ' NORTH WEBSTER Rex Lindemood. Pastor Worship • 30 a m and 10 45 am Church School 0:30a.m.

Choir school celebrates 28th consecutive year

Epworth Forest Choir School will celebrate its 28th consecutive year August 8-15 at Epworth Forest, North Webster. Preregistrations have been received from many states, including New York and California. Outside of Indiana, the states having the largest registrations are Illinois and Tennessee. Each evening programs are open to the public. Vespers start at 7:30 and entertainment is scheduled at 8 p.m. Monday evening, Aug. 9, Michael Rendel, assistant to the president of Walt Disney Productions, will tell about some of the new projections of the Walt Disney program. Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Walt Johnson will present a potter’s wheel program. On Wednesday is the camp fire sing, primarily for choir school members. Auditions for the Show Boat concert and variety program will be given on Thursday evening. One of the highlights of the evening programs will be the recital night on Friday. Also on Friday, vespers will start at 7 p.m., when the children’s choir and Handbell Choir will be featured. Participants appearing on the recital program will be those who have been selected by the auditions committee. The Show Boat program, on Saturday evening, will take a

Children invited to join choir

Children from grades four through eight are invited to attend the rehersals and programs at the Epworth Forest Choir School, August 8-15. Registration will be Monday, Aug. 9, at 2 p.m. at the registration office at Epworth Forest. Class will be held from 2:30-3:30 p.m. each day, Monday through Friday. The children's choir will sing for the program at 7 p.m. Friday, during the evening vesper service. The choir will also appear on the Saturday evening Show Boat program. Director of the children s choir is Rebecca Andrews. Muncie,

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BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH NORTHWEBSTER Dean McFadden. Pastor Sunday School*: 30 am. Worship 10:30a.m.-0 p.m. Wednesday Services 7 p.m TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD LIGONIER Don Fischer. Vicar Church Service ♦ a m. Sunday School 10: lsa.m. OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CATHOLIC CHURCH <4lh And Mam Sheets) MILFORD Bro James Linscott, administrator Sunday Mass 10:30 a.m CHURCH OF GOO SYRACUSE Rev Michael Johnson, Pastor Tom Stiver. S S Supt Sunday School» 30 a m Morning Worship 10 30a.m. Junior Worship 10 30 a.m. FIRSTBRETHREN CHURCH MILFORD PaulTmkel Pastor Church School * a m Morning Worship 10 a .m. BYC Sunday 4pm Midweek worship 7 p.m. Choir practice•: lOp m BET: It ICHURCH OF THE BRETHREN MILFORD Roger Eberly. Pastor Maryann Dowty Bd Chm. Sunday School • a.m Worship Warn BETHANY CHURCHOF THE BRETHREN (US4) F Wayne Lawson. Pastor Morn mg Worship • am Sunday School 10 am BURR OAK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Lawrence Byrnes. Pastor Sunday School* 30am Worship 14 30a m CHURCHOF THE BRETHREN SYRACUSE John McFarland. Pastor Junior Blough. Supt Sunday School*;3oa.m. Morning Worship 10 30a.m Sunday Bible Study 7 p.m. GRACE BIBLE CHURCH x SYRACUSE Dr. David R. Hadley. Pastor Sunday School * 45 a m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Evening Service 7p.m Wednesday Evening Service 7 p.m.

positive, rather than negative, view of this great land of ours. The characters of Unde Sam and Abraham Lincoln, along with scenes of this country, will be portrayed. Rev. Harold Oechsle, pastor of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Fort Wayne, will be the speaker for the Sunday morning worship service on August 15 at 10:30 a.m. The service will illustrate how music can be an integral part of a worship service. The climax of the week is the concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 15. This program will feature the string orchestra, women’s choir of 45 voices and the mixed choir of 140 voices. The final selection on the program will be The Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah by Handel. The string orchestra, women’s choir and the mixed choir will be combined in the performance of this selection. Daivd Eicher, LaPorte, is the organist for the week; Miss Ganette Smith, Mishawaka, is the conductor of the string orchestra and Show Boat orchestra; Ruth Artman, Carmel, will conduct the women’s choir; and Varner M. Chance, director of Epworth Forest Choir School, will conduct the mixed choir. The Choir School programs are open to the public free of charge. However, offerings may be taken to help defray the costs.

who has had much experience in the field of music as an organist, violinist, accompanist, as well as choral director. Further information may be obtained from Varna* M. Chance, director of Epworth Forest Choir School.

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t some point in our lives, we all arrive at a crossroad where we are forced to reach a decision of such proportions that it cannot be reversed once it has been made. Os course, it is hoped that we adopted this course of action only after much soul-searching, weighing all the pros and cons,'and appealing for divine guidance through our faith. However, once it has been done, we should not look back at the life, the home or whatever it is that we have left behind; because although we would not suffer the fate of Lot’s wife who failed to take this advice, we could cause ourselves much anguish and regret, and so we should

JEHOVAH'S WITNESS KINGDOM HALL £ (East Papakeechie Lak* oAre) Sunday: Public Lecture *:3o/m Watchtower Study 10:30a. m Tuesday. Stody of Prophecy 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Ministry School 7 p.m. SALEM COMMUNITY CHURCH (IH MB* Southeast Os Wilmot) Pastor E lm*r Miller Sunday School *: 30a.m. Morning Worship 10 30am Sunday Evening Service 7pm Prayer Bible Stody Wednesday 7 p.m. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH (NOE. Main St.) SYRACUSE Frank Barcus. Pastor Worship *ls am Sunday School >0 15a m CHURCHOF THE NAZARENE SYRACUSE Harold Barton. Pastor Sunday School • 30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 am. Sunday Evening Worship 4pm Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m CHURCHOF THE BRETHREN NORTHWEBSTER Paul F Shridor. Pastor Morning Worship * 30 a m Sunday School 10; 30a.m FAITHWAY BAPTIST CHURCH (Kotoi Drive. Util* Barbe* Lake) William L Hutchins. Pastor Sunday School 10a.m. Warship Service 11 a m Sunday Evening 4 p.m. f't dyrr rvserTirg / p.m. CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY (OMSRIS) MILFORD JUNCTION Pearl Avalos. Pastor Sunday Service l*:ooa.m.3op.m Mid Week Worship Wed-. 4:30p.m. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH LEESBURG Roes Richey. Pastor 818 Smith. Supt. Morning Worship •: 30 a.m. Church School 10:30a.m. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTISTS (INN. Detroit) WARSAW Sunday School 10a.m. Sunday Service Ha m Wednesday 7p m. ALL SAINTS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH SHORE LAKE WAWASEE Vicar: Rev. David L. Hyndman Holy Eucharist: *a.m.

National Council of Churches president to speak at Oakwood

BISHOP JAMES ARMSTRONG Bishop James Armstrong, leader of the United Methodist Church in Indiana and president of the National Council of Churches, will speak on August 1 at the 10 a.m. worship service at Oakwood Park on Lake Wawasee, Syracuse. The internationally known clergyman was named last May in a poll published in US News and World Report as the most influential person in religion in the United States. He took office last January for a three-year term as president of the, often controversial, NCC, in addition to continuing his duties as Bishop of Indiana.

Br* 1 u TO PROVIDE MUSIC FOR BOAT-IN — The Harmonaires from Nappanee will provide the music for the Boat-In Worship service at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 1, at the Oakwood Park piers. Theme for the service will be “The Good Growth,” with scripture reading from Ephesians 4:15-16.

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QUAKER HAVEN FRIENDS (s**Eand**eN) DEWARTLAKE Sunday School*; 15a m Quaker Hall 10a m WAWASEE HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH (Acrees From High School) Norman D McVey. Pastor Jon Rumiey. S.S Supt Sunday School«: 30 a m Worship 10:30a m and 7 p ip. Mid Week Wed 7p m AWANA Clubs Thurs 4 Np.m CALVARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (SRlSSeaBt) SYRACUSE David Maish. Pastor Worship Serviceo 30a m and 10:40 a.m. Church School» .30 a m UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MILFORO Kenneth Greenwood. Pastor Mary Duncan. Ley Leader Church School* 30a m Worship 10; 30 a m. UMYF Sunday 4 p.m LAKELAND COMMUNITY CHURCH OSWEGO Rev Roy Mickley. Pastor > Sunday School * 30 a m. Worship Service 10:30a m. Evening Service ; p.m. SOLOMON'S CREEK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Rev Don Shelin*. Pastor WorshMVam Sunday School lOa.m MILFORO CHAPEL (Beer Read) Ben Shirk. Pastor Buri Bontrager. Supt. Sunday School 10a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Wednesday Service 7 p m. ROCK CHURCH (Tethey Creek Conservation Ctab) Dr Gary M-TutH*. Pastor Morning Worship lOa.m Evening Worship 7 p m Wednesday Btole School 7 p.m CHURCH OF GOO NORTHWEBSTER Henry McCrey. Associate Pastor Worship *3O am Sunday School 10:40 a m Evening Service 7 p m. Family Night, Wednesday 7 pm.

Wed., July 28,1982 —THE MAIL-JOURNAL

As spiritual and administrative leader of the United Methodist Churches in the state, he oversees the work of some 1,450 congregations with nearly 325,000 members. Bishop Armstrong was elected bishop in 1968 following a highly successful pastorate at Broadway Church in Indianapolis. After election he was assigned to the United Methodist Dakotas area for 12 years until his assignment in Indiana in 1980. This month he was listed among the top 15 leaders in the state of Indiana in a poll conducted by the Associated Press. A native of Marion, Armstrong, 57, began his ministry in Florida

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and served churches there from 1945 to 1958. He holds degrees from Florida Southern College and Chandler School of Theology, with graduate work at Boston University and University of Chicago, in addition to a number of honorary doctorates. He is author of more than 10 major publications between 1966 and 1962. He had held numerous offices within the United Methodist Church and in ecumenical organizations. Bishop Armstrong and his wife, Phyllis, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary this year. They have five children and 17 grandchildren.

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