The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 13, Milford, Kosciusko County, 11 April 1984 — Page 13

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The celebration of spring and rebirth has begun in all area churches and will continue throughout this week and next, culminating with special Easter services on Sunday, April 22. Area churches have activities scheduled for this time and residents are encouraged to attend the services of their choice. All Saints Episcopal On Palm Sunday, congregants of this Wawasee church welcome Bishop William Sheridan at the 9 a.m. worship service. Bishop Sheridan makes his annual visitation at this time. On the following Tuesday and Thursday Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at 8 a m. both days. On Maundy Thursday, the washing of feet and the Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at 6:30 p.m. On Good Friday, a liturgy will be held at 10 am., and at 7 p.m. the Stations of the Cross. The lighting of the Paschal Candle will take place on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. The Easter Service will be held at 9 a m. on April 22. Grace Bible Church Congregants of this Syracuse church will follow their regular worship schedule. Grace Lutheran Church A community worship service will be hosted by Grace Lutheran Church, Syracuse, at 1 p.m. on Good Friday afternoon. On Blaster Sunday there will be a regular Sunday service at 9:15 a m. A breakfast will be served at 7 a.m. SL Andrew’s United Methodist Sacrament and Holy Communion will be observed on Maunday Thursday evening at 7 St. Andrew’s congregants will join other Syracuse worshippers for a community service at 1 p.m. on Good Friday afternoon at Grace Lutheran Church St Andrew's will host a community sunrise service Easter Sunday morning at 6:30 a m A breakfast will follow St. Martin de Porres On Palm Sunday there will be a procession with palms at all masses On Maundy Thursday evening at 7:30 there will be the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, with foot washing and the Transfer of the Eucharist. . On Good Friday at 1 p.m . the liturgy of the Lord’s Suffering and Death At 3:30 Good Friday:

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“Way of the Cross.” On Easter Sunday the Vigil of the Lord’s Resurrection will be held, including an Easter Fire and candle lighting; also, a reception of new members. Masses Easter will be at 9 and 10:45 am., a variation of the regular schedule. Church of the Brethren Syracuse Church of the Brethren worshippers will join congregants at St. Maretin De Porres for a Union Lenten service on April 8 at 7 p.m. There will be a Palm Sunday service at the Church of the Brethren at 10:30 a.m.. with the Good Friday community service being held at Grace Lutheran Church. On Maundy Thursday evening, there will be a full communion service at 7 p.m. Easter sunrise services will be at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church at 6:30 am., with Sunday school at 9:30 a m. at the Church of the Brethren, followed by Easter services there at 10:30 am. > 1 i Jyf. ■few Calvary United Methodist On Palm Sunday the children will be enacting as much as possible the real Palm Sunday. They will parade down the aisle of the sanctuary and be throwing palms and coats for Jesus. On Maundy Thursday, there will be a special rite for the communion service A live scene of “The “Last Supper" will be portrayed. Also, a live scene in the Garden of Gethsemane. On Saturday night, April 21, from 11 p.m. to 12 midnight, an Easter Vigil will be held at Calvary Church. The vigil will climax as the people gather out-of-doors and wait outside the darkened church to listen in silence to the tolling bells. Following a simple ritual, worshippers will enter the barren sanctuary to relive the events of Holy Week through drama, multimedia and music.

GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH LEESBURG Howard Downing, Pastor Tim Hood, Sunday School Supt. Sunday School 9:30-10; X a.m. Morning Worship 10:35 a.m. Evening Worship 4 p.m. Prayer Service, Wednesday 7 p.m SYRACUSE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH I Career Harrison * Peart St.) David Hudson. Pastor Sunday School 10 a.m. Praise and Worship, Sunday i )0 p.m. Bible Study, Thursday 7 30 p.m. WAWASEE LAKESIDE CHAPEL Harlan Steffen. 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 Karon Weaver, Pastor Worship Service 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:20 a.m. FAITHWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Formerly Barbee Community Church (Keim Drive. Little Barbee Lake) William L. Hutchins. Pastor Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Evening 4 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study And Prayer 7 p.m. MORRIS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST (Comity Reads ISON aad37sE) Charles Taylor, Pastor Don Conley, Supt. Sunday School 0:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 am. SAINT ANDREW'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SYRACUSE Rev. Philip Frew, Pastor Church School 0: IS a.m. Worship Hour 10:30 a.m. UMYFOp.m. ZION CHAPEL U.K. CHURCH (Comer Syr-Web. Rd. aad MOON) Rev. Don Roos. Pastor Larry McCullough, S.S. Supt. Sunday School 0 a.m. Worship w a.m Evening Worship 7 pjn. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH NORTH WEBSTER Worship 0:30 am. and W:4S am. Church School 0:30 am.

United Pentecostal On Good Friday at 7:30 p.m. there will be a feature length film entitled “Jesus” shown at the church (Pearl and Harrison Streets, Syracuse). On Blaster Sunday there will be an Blaster drama followed by the regular worship schedule. Wawasee Heights Baptist There will be an Easter breakfast for church families at 8 a.in. Easter followed by the regular worship schedule. Wawasee Lakeside Chapel A 10 a.m. worship service will be held on Palm Sunday. Included will be communion. Wawaseetakeside Chapel worshippers will join other area congregants at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church for an Blaster sunrise service April 22 at 6:30 a m. with a breakfast to follow at St. Andrew’s. There will be an Easter service at the Wawasee Lakeside Chapel at 10 a m. on Easter as well. Grace Bible Grace Bible Church of Syracuse will maintain its regular worship schedule. Church of the Brethren North Webster’s Church of the Brethren will share Palm Sunday with a service at the Church of God at 7 p.m. in North Webster. On Maundy Thursday evening there will be a Love Feast and communion at the Church of the Brethren. On Good Friday a community service will be held at noon, hosted by the Church of the Brethren. Speaker will be Dr Wayne Rieman, retired Manchester College professor and department head. Services will follow their regular schedule on Easter Sunday, but there will be no evening service. Bible ChristianNorth Webster’s Bible Christian Church has scheduled no Good Friday services, but extensive Easter services are planned. There will be an Easter sunrise service at the church at 7:30 a.m. Regular Sunday School will be at 9:30 a m. A special morning worship service at 10:30 a.m. will include something for the children. There will be no evening service on Easter. Easter. United Methodist The United Methodist Church of North Webster will feature an

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH (Armstrong Read) OSWEGO Sunday School 0:30 am. Morning Worship 10:30 a m. Sunday Evening Worship 6 p m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m Awana Clubs Wednesday 6 X p.m SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES CATHOLIC CHURCH SYRACUSE Father Robert Hammond Sunday Mass 7: IS a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Saturday Mass 4:30 p m. Confession Before Masses Holy Days 7 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. HASTINGS ISLAND CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH David Wldmoyer. 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 Strasshelm, Jesse Beer, E Imer Heritor and Waller Steffen, Min ister» Morning Worship 10 a.m. Afternoon Worship 12:30 p.m. CHRISTIAN CHURCH MILFORD Carl Shearer, Minister Fred Walls. Associate Minister BIMe School 0:30 a.m. Worship K>:3o a.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. TURKEY CRE EK CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN GRAVELTON Dorotha and Ivan Fry, Team Pastors Church School 0:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a m. CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH (lit W. Orange St.) CROMWELL Frank Barcus. Pastor Sunday School 9:X a.m. Worship Service 10:4$ a.m. NEW SALEM CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN (9SONA3SOE) Glenn Byers, Pastor Sunday School 0:30 a.m. Worship N: 30 a.m. Evening Worship 4 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7:30 p.m. BURR DAK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Lawrence Byrnes, Pastor Sunday Scheel 9:30 ajn. Worship W:3oajn.

Easter cantata on Palm Sunday and an evening community service at the Church of God at 7. Maundy Thursday will see a 7 p.m. traditional candlelight and communion service. There will be a Good Friday service at the church provided there is not a community service. An Easter sunrise service, followed by a breakfast, begins at 6:30 am. Sunday, April 22, followed by services at 8:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and Sunday School at 9:30 am. Faithway Baptist At Faithway Baptist, North Webster, Easter Sunday services will be held at 11 a m. and 6 p.m. Zion Chapel Zion Chapel will offer Good Friday services at 7 p.m. and an Easter sunrise service at 6 a.m. There will be an Easter program at the 10 a m. service. Sunday School will be at 9 a m. There will be a continental breakfast following the sunrise service. Morris Chapel Morris Chapel United Methodist Church, CR 150 N and 375E, will participate in community worship services with the United Methodist Church of North Webster. b Church of God The Church of God, North Webster, will host a Palm Sunday community service at 7 p.m. On Good Friday services will be at the Church of the Brethren in North Webster at 12 Noon. An Easter service will be held at the Church of God at 9:30 a m. on Easter Sunday. Grace Brethren Grace Brethren of Leesburg will offer a 7 a.m. Easter sunrise service. United Methodist Leesburg’s United Methodist Church will have a Maundy Thursday service at 7 p.m. On Easter Sunday there will be

CHURCH OF GOD NORTH WEBSTER Charles E. Towriss, 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.-4 p.m. Wednesday Services 7 p.m OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CATHOLIC CHURCH (4th And Main Streets) MILFORD Bro. James Linscott, Administrator Sunday Mass 10. X a.m. CHURCH OF GOO SYRACUSE Rev Michael Johnson, Pastor Tom Stiver, S.S. Supt. Sunday School 9:X a m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Junior Worship 10:30 a.m. FIRST BRETHREN CHURCH MILFORD Paul Tinkei, Pastor Church School 9:X a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. BYC Sunday 4 p.m. Mid week worship 7 p.m. BETHEL CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN MILFORD Roger Eberly. Pastor Dann Kesler. Bd. Own Sunday School 9:X a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. BETHANY CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN (US 4) F. Wayne Lawson, Pastor Morning Worship 0:30 a m. Sunday School 10:30 a m. Wednesday Activity Night 7:00 CHURCHOF THE BRETHREN SYRACUSE John McFarland. Pastor Junior Blough. Supt. Sunday School 0:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 ajn. Sunday Bible Study 7 pjn. •RACE BIBLE CHURCH SYRACUSE Dr. David R. Half ley. Pastor Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11 ajn. Evening Service 7 p.m. Wednesday Evening Service 7 pjn.

a sunrise service at 7 a.m. with breakfast at 8 a.m. and a worship service at 9:30 a.m. „ Apostolic Christian There will be Good Friday services held at 7:30 p.m. at the Apostolic Christian Church in Milford. An Easter sunrise service is scheduled for 6:15 a.m. with regular services at 10 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Bethel Church Bethel Church of the Brethren, Milford, will hold a Love Feast and communion on Maundy Thursday evening at 7. Good Friday services will be for the community and hosted by the Milford Christian Church. On Easter, there will be a sunrise service at 7:30 a.m. and the First Church bf the Brethren will be Bethel’s guests. A breakfast on Easter morning will be held at the church at 8:30 a m. The Bethel Men’s Fellowship will serve. Regular services are at 9:30 a m. and 10:30 a m. Christian Church The Christian Church of Milford will have on Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. a living portrayal of “The Last Supper” and the Garden of Gethsemane/Communion service. On Good Friday at 7:30 p.m., the church will host a community service with special music by the Milford Community Choir. Sunrise service by youth and single drama group will be held at 6:30 a.m. Breakfast will be served to all aferwards. At 9:30 a m. the cantata, “The Day He Wore My Crown” will be presented by the church choir. The morning worship hour will follow at 10:30 a.m. There will be no evening service on Easter Sunday. Calvary Lutheran The Calvary Lutheran Church of Cromwell will have a Maundy Thursday communion service at 7 p.m. and will participate in a community Good Friday service at the United Methodist Church in Kimmell at 1:30 p.m. " There will be an Easter service at Calvary Lutheran at 10:45 a.m. on Easter Sunday. Calvary Baptist The Calvary Baptist Church of Oswego will feature a cantata, “The Day He Wore My Crown” at 6 p.m. Easter Sunday.

JEHOVAH'S WITNESS KINGDOM HALL (East Papakoechie Lake Drive) Sunday Public Lecture 9 30 a.m. Watchtower Study 10:Xa.m. Tuesday, Study of Prophecy 7.X p.m. Thursday. Ministry School 7 p.m. SALEM COMMUNITY CHURCH (1V» Mile Southeast Os Wilmot) Pastor Elmer Miller Sunday School 9:30a.m. Morning Worship 10: X a.m. Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m. Prayer-Bible Study Wednesday 7 p.m. GRACE LUTHERANCHURCH (NO E. Maia St.) SYRACUSE Frank Barcus. Pastor Worship 9: IS a.m. Sunday School 10: IS a.m. CHURCHOF THE BRETHREN NORTH WEBSTER Paul F. Shrldsr, Pastor Morning Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY (OMSRIS) 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 a.m. Church School 10:30a.m. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTISTS (ITS N. Detroit) WARSAW Sunday School 10 a.m. Sunday Service It 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 (500Eaad900N) DEWART LAKE Sunday School 9: IS a.m. Worship Waun. (Quaker Hall) WAWASEE HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH (Acrees From HIM f thill) Norman D. McVey. Pastor Jon Rumtoy, S.S. Supt. / Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. and 7 p-m. Mid-Week Wad. 7 p.m. AWANA Clubs Thur*. 4:30 pun.

Clunette United Methodist The Clunette United Methodist Church will hold an Easter Sunday service at 10:30 a.m. Quaker Haven Quaker Haven Church, Dewart Lake, will follow its regular worship schedule during Holy Week. Turkey Creek The Turkey Creek Church of the Brethren will hold an “Hour of Power” on April 18. A Love Feast and communion will be held on Maundy Thursday at 7:30 p.m. An Easter sunrise service will be held at 7:30 a m. followed by a breakfast at the church. Sunday School will take place at 9:30 a.m. with a worship service at 10:30 a.m. Trinity Lutheran Trinity Lutheran Church of Ligonier will have a Maundy Thursday communion service at 7 p.m. on April 19. On April 20 there will be a Good Friday service with candles, titled “In the Darkness — Light” beginning at 7:30 p.m. Rev. Fischer will be assisted by Rev. E.W. Schnedler and Howard Heckner. Easter services will begin with a sunrise service at 6 am. Following this there will be a fellowship and Easter breakfast. There will be no Sunday School or United Methodist schedule given Each week church school is at 9:15 a m. at the Milford United Methodist Church. Morning worship is as 10:30 a.m.; and hospitality time is at 11:30 a m. Tuesday from 10 to 11:30 a m. there is morning Bible study; and at 7 p.m. a men’s Bible study at the church. On Wednesday at 7 p.m. there is adult choir practice. Coming events: On Thursday, April 12, there will be a planning meeting at the Nappanee United Methodist Church for the coming spiritual formation retreat. At 9:30 a.m. United Methodist Women will meet with Evelyn Vandergrift. The program title will be “Opening Our Eyes For Justice.” Leader will be Nancy Newcomer. Hostess is Bonnie Newcomer. Last Sunday’s hospitality time was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Bob Buhrt. Special music was given in song by Melinda Roose. In the absence of Rev. Greenwood, the guest speaker was Millie Schemerhorn.

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CALVARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (SR 13 South) SYRACUSE David C Malsh, Pastor Church School 9 30 a m. Worship Service 10:40 a m. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MILFORD Kenneth Greenwood. Pastor Mary Duncan, Lay Leader Church School 9:15 a.m. Worship lOXam UMYF Sunday 4 p.m. Bible Study Sunday 5 M p.m FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF OSWEGO Rev. Roy Mlckley, Pastor Sunday School 9:X a m. Worship Service 10:X a.m. SOLOMON'S CREEK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Don Sheline. Pastor Worship 9 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. MILFORD CHAPEL (Boor Reed) Nauman Martin, Sen. Pastor Arthur Hershberger, Jr. Pastor Joe Shetler, SS Superintendent Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Wednesday Service 7 p.m. £ ROCK CHURCH INTERDENOMINATIONAL (13-A A MMN. E. Lake Wawasee) Dr. Gary M. Tuttle, and Rev. Sarah M. Tuttle. Pastors Morning Worship 10 a.m. Evening Warship 7 p.m Wednesday Bible School 7 p.m. TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD LIGONIER Don Fischer, Pastor Devine Service 9 a.m. Sunday School A Bible Class 10:X a.m. GOSHEN VIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST Service W:3oaun. Sunday School lO:Xa.m. Wednesday Service 7:4$ p.m. WAWASEE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE H AZARENE * Ron Blake. Pastor Church School 9:30 a.m. Worship W:Xa.m. Christian Living Sludtoe 4 pjn.

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Bible class. At 9 a.m* the second worship service, with communion, will be held. Special music is being planned for the services. I Milford Methodist On April 19, a Maundy Thursday service will be held at Island Chapel Church at 6:30 p.m. On April 20 there will be a Good

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GETTING READY — The Spring LAFF program is moving up rapidly and forms are now available for pre-registration. Pictured above, Richard Ditmer will be at his desk every Thursday morning and will introduce the instructors and update the classes. The activities will be held at the Oakwood Spiritual Life Center at 8:30 a.m., April 26 through May 24. These days will be filled with learning adventures for fun. If you are unable to pre-register, you may register at Oakwood April 26 beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Film to be shown Sunday

“John Huss” will be shown Sunday evening, April 15, at 7 p.m. in the Syracuse Church of the Brethren. The public is invited to attend. This film is a part of a series of five films to be shown during 1984 as a part of the Syracuse Church of God and the Syracuse Church of the Brethren cooperative effort to bring to the Syracuse Community, the lives of some of the great men of God, in church history. “John Huss” is a film about a Bohemian priest and scholar, a man who believed that salvation comes by faith in Jesus Christ and the Word of God is our final authority. Other films will be,

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Friday service at the Christian Church at 7:30 p.m. On April 22 (Easter) there will be a sunrise service at 7 a.m., breakfast at 7:45 a.m. and an Easter Egg Hunt at 9:15 a.m. for children through the sixth grade. Sunday School will be at 9:15 a.m. for seventh grade through adult. A choir cantata will take place at 10:30 a.m.

“John Wycliff,” “John Wesley,” “First Fruits,” and “Where Luther Walked. ” Lura Schrock is speaker Lura Shelter Schrock, Goshen, was the speaker for the April meeting of Milford Christian Fellowship. She spoke on “Delivered From 15 Years of Occultism.” The Goshen woman is a world traveler and has visited the Holy Land many times as well as other countries and islands. The Milford Christian Fellowship is not affiliated with any organized church and enables the people of Milford and surrounding areas to share experiences of speakers in their Christian walk. The meetings are designed for the whole family and held in the Milford Fire Station.

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