The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 4, Milford, Kosciusko County, 8 February 1984 — Page 16
THE MAIL-JOURNAL - Wed., February 8,1984
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E OUR VIEW A weekly guest column provided by Lakeland i! * J community ministers.
By DEANE. MCFADDEN Bible Christian Church Much controversy has centered around the role of women in today’s society. Victorian ideas have long since been eroded by modern thinking. The women of the latter 20th century have been molded by such issues as the Equal Rights Amendment, sex discrimination court cases, abortion on demand and reversal of the traditional roles of men and women. The National Organization of Women has influenced the picture that is being painted of women today. No longer is she considered a persona non grata in such areas as politics, business or education The church has an important role to play in defining women's place in society, the church itself and the home. In order to discover the church’s view of women, it is best to see what the Bible (the church’s handbook > has to say. Both the Old and New Testamerits present a clear picture of what the women of God should be like In the Old Testament, various biographies of important women are presented Such ladies as Eve, Sarah. Ruth and Hannah give a view of what God expects in women These and other godly women are seen as virtuous (Ruth 3: ID. humble (Ruth 2:11), pious (1 Samuel 1:9-18) and kind (2 Kings 4:Bff >. Proverbs paints a glorious picture of the weaker sex in such passages as 11:16. 22; 12:4; 14 1; and 31:10-31. Women are also seen in the Old Testament as rulers (Judges 4:4; Nehemiah 2:6), prophetesses (Nehemiah 6:14) and as participants in worship as choir members (1 Chronicles 25:5-6). The New Testament also pinpoints various women as godly examples. Among them are Mary. Mary Magdalene. Lois. Eunice and Martha Women played important roles in Jesus' ministry Some financed His ministry (Luke 8:3); others remained at the cross when all others rjiad left (Matthew 27:55-56 q and still others were the first to arrive at the grave of our Lord and see Him resur-
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Women in the church today
rected (Mark 16:1-9). The early church enjoyed the presence of godly women (Acts 1114; 12:12-13). They were seen as key influences in the body of Christ (Titus 2:3-5). Women are honored in the New Testament in much the same way that they are in the Old Testament. Jesus extols the virtues of womanhood in His many associations with such ladies as Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42). He showed great respect for His mother and treated even women of ill repute with dignity (John 4:7-30). Paul defines the role of women in the church and home in 1 Corinthians 11:3-15 and 14:34 where he states that women are to be in subjection to their husbands and have no leadership over men in the church. While this may be demeaning in ap-
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pearance, the apostle by no means held a low view of godly women. He praised such ladies in passages like Titus 2:3-5 and 2 Timothy 1:5. His picture of women in 1 Timothy 2:9-15 shows that in order to be godly, they must be modest, subject to authority and a doers of good works. Peter also sets this same picture in 1 Peter 3:1-6. The Bible clearly indicates that women are noble creatures made as compliments to men. The godly women are to be industrious, humble, sincere and useful in their ministry for God. Scripture does not place women in the home only. Many are seen as national leaders. In the church, their godly influence is felL Their homes are examples of the effect of a godly wife and mother. While they are not to assume
GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH LEESBURG Howard Downing, Pastor Tim Hood, Sunday School Supt. Sunday School 9 30 10 30 a m Morning Worship 10:35 a.m. Evening Worship 6 p m Prayer Service, Wednesday 7 p.m SYRACUSE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH (Corner Harrison A Pearl St.) David Hudson, Pastor Sunday School 10 a m. Praise and Worship. Sunday 4 30 p.m. Bible Study, Thursday 7 30 p.m. WAWASEE LAKESIDE CHAPEL Harlan Stetten, Pastor John Groat. Adult Supervisor • Sally Jaques. Primary Supervisor Primary Supervisor Worship Service 10 a m Sunday School 11 a m. CLUNETTE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Karen Weaver, Pastor Worship Service 9 a m Sunday School 10 20 a m. FAITHWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Formerly Barbee Community Church (Kuhn Drive, Little Barbee Lake) William L. Hutchins. Pastor Sunday School 10 a m Worship Service I1 a.m. Sunday Evening 4. p.m. Wednesday Bible Study And Prayer 7 p.m. MORRIS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST (County Roads ISON and 37SE) Charles Taylor, Pastor Don Conley. Supt. Sunday School 9:30 a m. Worship 10:30 a.m. SAINT ANDREW'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SYRACUSE Rev. Philip Frew. Pastor Church School 9:15 a.m. Worship Hour 10:30 am Jb UMYF 4 p.m. ZION CHAPEL U.B. CHURCH (Comer Syr. Web. Rd. and 1000 N) Rev. Don Ross, Pastor Larry McCullough, S.S. Supt. Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship 10 a.m. Evening Worship 7 p.m. GOSHEN FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST Service 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Service 7:4$ p m. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH NORTHWEBSTER Rex Lindemood. Pastor Worship 0:30 a.m. and M>:4S a.m. Church School 9:30 a.m.
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such offices as pastor or elder in the church, they can exhibit their gifts in other ways such as teaching other ladies or children. Though they are not head of their home, they are partnered with their husband in the upbringing, of children. They provide valuable counsel to the man in making decisions. Scripture never gives them the status as second class citizens. Rather, it is the wife that is the picture of the church. Scripture honors the godly women both as wives and mothers. It carefully defines their role in society, church and family. While they are to be submissive to their husbands and not lead in the church, they nonetheless are given great honor and praise as a beautiful part of the body of Christ.
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH (Armstrong Road) OSWEGO Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m. Awana Clubs Wednesday 6:30 p.m. SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES CATHOLIC CHURCH SYRACUSE Father Robert Hammond Sunday Mass 7:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Saturday Mass 6:30 p.m Confession Before Masses Holy Days 7 am. and 7:30 p.m. HASTINGS ISLAND CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH David Widmoyer, Pastor Mike Zimmerman, Jr., Supt. , Kendall Biller. Supt. Sunday School 9:30 a m Worship 10:30 a.m. Prayer Meeting Thursday 7:30 p.m. APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN MILFORD Dale Strassheim, Jesse Beer, E Imer Hartter and Waller Steffen, Ministers Morning Worship 10 a.m. Afternoon Worship 12:30 p.m. CHRISTIAN CHURCH MILFORD Carl Shearer, Minister Fred Walls. Associate Minister Bible School 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30a.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. TURKEY CREEK CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN GRAVELTON Dorotha and Ivan Fry, Team Pastors Church School 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH (111 W. Orange St.) CROMWELL Frank Barcue. Pastor Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:45 a.m. NEW SALEM CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN (900NA300E) Glenn Byers. Pastor Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 am. Evening Worship 4 pm. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7:30 p.m. BURR OAK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Lawrence Byrnes, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Warship 10:30 am.
North Webster UMW sponsor gathering A Valentine Party for singles and couples will be sponsored by the United Methodist Women of the North Webster United Methodist Church on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at the Country Rib Eye Steak Barn, U.S. 30E, Warsaw. Tickets for the 6:30 p.m. event are available from any UMW member or may be obtained by calling the church office at 834-2871. I Halls to speak Don and Carol Hall, Warsaw, will give a program for the Milford Christian Fellowship on Saturday, Feb. 11, at 9:30 a.m. in the community building at Milford. The whole family is invited.
God's word —
The Christian's sword
By DON ROSS Zion Chapel United Brethren Church w “The word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.” Hebrews 4:12-13 There are many in our world that dispute that the word of God, the Bible, is relevant to our daily lives. They believe that the Bible has outlived its usefulness, or they want to modernize the scriptures. They say that it is time for the Bible to catch up with science or society. God’s word has stood for thousands of years, and has been proven correct in millions of lives. Instead of the Bible catching up with science, science and society should catch up with the Bible. The scripture that is printed above tells us that God’s word is living andactive. You may ask, “How can the printed page be active and alive?” The printed page itself does not become active, but the word of God becomes active and alive when we read it and apply it to our lives. ■ The word of God contains more than good advice or a set of morals. It contains a new and different life style. A life style so different that the scriptures tell us that to obtain it. "You must be born again.” John 3:7 In order for the word of God to become active and alive in your like, your life needs to change. The word of God will judge us, not just in our actions, but in our thoughts and attitudes. Many individuals believe that just because they have never stolen, murdered, or drank themselves into a stupor, that God will overlook anything else that they have done and let them come into heaven, but Jesus in Matthew 5:22 states that “anyone who says, ‘You fool I ’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.” If there is the danger of hell for saying "you fool,” what kind of punishment will we receive for our attitudes and our thoughts? , We have seen that the word of God will penetrate and judge
CHURCH OF GOO NORTHWEBSTER Charles E. Towrlss, Pastor Henry R. McCray, Associate Pastor Men's Prayer Breakfast 7:30 a.m. . Sunday School 10:40 a.m. Worship 9:30 a.m. Prime Time Senior High 5 p.m. Evening Service or Praise 7 p.m. BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH NORTH WEBSTER Dean McFadden, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday Services 7 p.m. OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CATHOLIC CHURCH (eth And Main Streets) 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 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Junior Worship 10:30 a.m. FIRST BRETHREN CHURCH MILFORD Paul Tinkel, Pastor Church School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. BYC Sunday 4 p.m. Mid week worship 7 p.m. BETHELCHURCHOF THE BRETHREN MILFORD Roger Eberly, Paster Donn Kesler, Bd. Own. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. * BETHANY CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN (USS) F. Wayne Lawson. Pastor Morning Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Activity Night 7:00 CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN SYRACUSE John McFarland. Pastor Juntar Blough. Supt. Sunday School 9:30 am. Morning Warship 10:30 am. Sunday Bible Study 7 pm. GRACE BIBLE CHURCH SYRACUSE Dr. David R. Haifley. Pastor Sunday School 9:45 am. Morning Worship 11 ajp. Eventag Service 7 p.m. Wednesday Evening Service 7 pm.
Milford WMS have Chinese dinner
A catered Chinese supper was served to 15 guests and 17 members of the Milford First Brethren Church’s Women's Mis-
The Milford United Methodist Women will hold their regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday with Sara Greenwood presenting the program, “Prayer and SelfDenial.” Hosting the meeting will be Margaret Cousins and Marie Stephenson. Members are encouraged to take a friend or neighbor to the gathering. Another meeting was held Feb. 7 at 9:30 a.m. in the home of Marilyn Brown. Virginia Cain, Vi Miller and Lora Buhrt organized the programs. Last Sunday, hospitality time, a weekly event beginning at 11:30
JEHOVAH'S WITNESS KINGDOM HALL (East Papakeechie Lake Drive) Sunday: Public Lecture 9:30 a.m. Watchtower Study 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Study of Prophecy 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Ministry School 7 p.m. SALEM COMMUNITY CHURCH , c (IV> Mile Southeast Os Wilmot) Pastor Elmer Miller Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m. Prayer-Bible Study Wednesday 7 p.m. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH (200 E. Mata St.) SYRACUSE Frank Barcus, Pastor Worship 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 am. CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NORTHWEBSTER Paul F. Shrider, Pastor Morning Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY <OM SR IS) MILFORD JUNCTION Pearl Avalos, Pastor Sunday Service 10:00 a m.-4:30p.m. Mid Week Worship Wed.. 4:30 p.m. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH LEESBURG Dale Mendenhall. Pastor Morning Worship 9:30 am. Church School K); 30 a.m. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTISTS (17S N. Detroit) WARSAW Sunday School Warn. Sunday Service Ml a.m. Wednesday 7 p.m ALL SAINTS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH SHORE LAKE WAWASEE Vicar: Rev. David L. Hyndman Holy Eucharist: 9 a.m. QUAKER HAVEN FRIENDS CHURCH (MoEand9ooN) DEWART LAKE Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Worship W am. (Quaker Hall) WAWASEE HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH lALi w* rrvn! rtigpi xhqoij Norman O. McVey. Pastor Jan S.S. Supt. Sunday School 9:31 am. Worship 10:30 a.m. and 7 pm. Mid-Wook Wad. 7 p.m. AWANA Clubs Thurs. 4:30 p.m.
Milford UMW set meeting
CALVARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (SR 13 South) SYRACUSE David C. Maish, Pastor Church School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:40 a.m. UNITEOMETHOOIST CHURCH MILFORD Kenneth Greenwood. Pastor Mary Duncan. Lay Leader Church School 9:15 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. UMYF Sunday 4 p.m. Bible Study Sunday 5:30 p.m. ' FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF OSWEGO Rev. Roy Mickley, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. SOLOMON'S CREEK UNITED METHOOIST CHURCH Rev. Don Sheline. Pastor Worship 9 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. MILFORD CHAPEL (Beer Road) Naaman Martin. Sen. Pastor Arthur Hershberger. Jr. Pastor Joe Shetler. SS Superintendent Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service H a m Wednesday Service 7 p.m. ROCK CHURCH INTERDENOMINATIONAL (13-AAI9S6N. E. Lake Wawasee) Dr. Gary M. Tuttle, and Rev. Sarah M. Tuttle. Pastors Morning Worship 10 a.m. Evening Worship 7 p.m. Wednesday Bible School 7p.m. TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD LIGONIER Don Fischer, Vicar Church Service 9 am. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. SPANISH CHURCH OF GOD (SR IL South Os The Rev. Bernabe C. Moreno Sunday School 9:45 a m. Worship Service 1I:W a.m. Sunday Evening 4:00 p m. Wednesday Evening 7:00 pm. WAWASEE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE N AZARENE James E. Otis. Pastor Church School 9:30 a.m. Worship W.3S am. Christian Living Sfudtos4p.m. Wednesday Midweek Service 7 pm.
sionary Society at the February meeting. Mrs. Inge Mathews, program leader, told of the missionaries’
a.m., was hosted by Leon and Bonnie Newman. Activities coming up this week are: adult choir practice Wednesday at 7 p.m.; women’s share group at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday; and a Growth Task Force meeting on Thursday at 7 p.m. Other future events include: the Feb. 14 Valentine Party at Super Steer in Goshen, contact Bob and Marilyn Brown for transporation; administrative board meeting Feb. 16 at 7 p.m.; and council on ministries planning session from 2 until 5 p.m. on Feb. 19
us, but for the Christian, the word of God is his sword. Ephesians 6:13-17 admonishes us to put on the full armor of God. “Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take up the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” God has given the Christian the protection needed to fight the good fight. He, like a good general, has outfitted His armv; for their battle against the evil one. but note one thing, the battle dress and the weapons that are provided are for offensive warfare. They will be of little use in a retreat A sword would be awfully hard to use if you were running backwards. The army of God is to be moving forward using the sword of the Spirit to allow others to see their need for God. Revelation 19:15 tells us that when our Lord and Saviour comes again, that the army that He leads will be riding white horses and dressed in white linen. Out of the Lord’s mouth comes a sharp sword with which He will strike down the nations of the world. The word of God will be the standard by which the world will be judged. The word of God will uncover everything before God. We are convicted by it. We are judged by it. It is the strength and protection of the Christian, and Jesus promises us that “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will last forever ” Matthew 24:35 The scriptures plainly state to those who depend on science and on today’s trends that those things will pass away, and it states that the Christian has God’s word to depend on forever That is quite a promise, and through the years it has been proven true. Leaders, generals, nations, kings and queens have come and gone, but the word of God is still here telling us the same thing. That is that we "must be born again" to receive eternal life. To the Christian, God’s word is truly His sword’
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work in Malaysia. She followed her presentation with scripture and group singing. Mr?. Dorothea Kerlin gave this month’s talk on women in the Bible. Jochebid, Moses’ mother, was the February subject. At next month’s meeting, everyone is asked to take something homemade. A silent auction will be held with proceeds going to the PTLoffering. Valentine party at Quaker Haven The Celebration Singers and musicians, Anderson, will be presenting a Valentine .party of gospel singing and music at Quaker Haven Camp, Syracuse, on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. This is an evangelistic thrust of the Christian Motorcyclist Association. Refreshments will be served and the community is invited to attend.