The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 19, Milford, Kosciusko County, 23 May 1984 — Page 53

Spiritual Life Center for Oakwood Park will improve facilities

By DEB PATTERSON The dream of a spiritual Life Center at Oakwood Park, Syracuse is closer to reality than it was several years ago. A study model of the 50,000 square-foot facility has been designed with architectural plans approved by Oakwood Board Os Directors. Bruce Ough, executive director, stated all architectural work, by James Associates and Engineers, Indianapolis, has been completed and the next step is the construction documents when funding is received. The fund raising for the $5 million project has begun and “a number of very significant gifts from the board of directors, who rightly see it their responsibility to lead

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the way have been received,” commented Ough. A goal of $6-7 million has been set with the extra sl-2 million being used as an endowment to help maintain the center and provide scholarship support for program participation and program development. No dates have been set for the raising of the historical Oakwood Hotel, the only hotel remaining of the seven hotels once on the lake. Ough remarked some activity may begin in 12-18 months. “We can no longer handle our own programs in the present facilities.” Project Plans Once the building starts it will take nine months to one year for the main facility to be constructed. Landscaping and road

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work will be completed following that. The entire project will start with the remodeling of Kimmell Hall for continued use while the center is under construction. Ough commented the external dimensions of the center will be larger than the present hotel and to make room in addition to relieving some of the congestion at the lakefront area, several cottages immediately adjacent to the hotel, will be raised. These cottages are owned by Oakwood. The retreat center will be developed into a campus with lodging, meeting space and a chapel covering the three sides of lakefront. As one would walk into the entry pavilion there will be a registration desk and office area

designed for meetings with conference facilities and the dining room which overlooks Conklin Bay. Ulis area is two-story with residential quarters on the upper level. Walking through the meeting and dining room areas, a hallway will take you past the library, a board room and several office areas into the hospitality area. On the second floor of this area, accessible by a winding staircase, will be the chapel. The hospitality area will have a stone fireplace and may be used as a meeting place. Continuing through the hospitality area will be a hallway to the residential quarters leading back to the entry pavilion. There will be numerous entry ways, on the first floor, into the interior court yard to be used for meditation, and reflection. Ough said the dining room will have the capacity for 200 persons with the ability to expand for a large banquet of 400 persons. The meeting area which is just off the dining room can be divided into three areas if necessary. An audio visual room will be constructed in the meeting room area. The residential areas will have 56 rooms with double occupancy at the center, with an additional 50-60 residential areas elsewhere on the grounds. All of the new residential areas will be equipped

VBS announced for Webster Church of God

The North Webster Church of God announces vacation Bible School will take place June 4 through June 8, at the the church. Meeting time will be 9 to 11:30 a.m. This year’s theme is “Choices and the Bible.?” The daily schedule provides fun times of crafts and recreation, as well as learning experiences with the Bible. «. The goal of this year’s vacation Bible School is to help children from age four through the fourth grade develop the spiritual dimension of their lives. This will be accomplished through a study of Bible heros who made choices that pleased God. Children in grades five through eight will leave from the church at 9 a.m. each morning for a day of camp experience. Pastor Charles Towriss welcomes the public to attend. For further information, call 834-4281.

with twin beds, a private bathroom and decorated attractively. The residential areas have a retreat master’s suite and a meeting area, lounge and small library. Elevators will be located in two areas, one in each wing along with several staircases. The chapel area, which will overlook Lake Wawasee, will have the seating capacity for 65-70 people. Materials Ough remarked the board is looking at using a lot of wood in the center will all wood floors, particularly in the public areas,

Messner to be at Milford UM Church

Former New York Giants pitcher Richard G. Messner will deliver the guest sermon at Milford’s United Methodist Church Sunday, May 27, at 10:30 a.m. The title of his sermon will be, “Pressure: How To Absorb Rather Than Reflect It.” Messner is a graduate of Wheaton College and has advanced degrees from Grace Theological Seminary and Indiana University. He served as Director of Athletics at Grace College from 1955 to 1964 and was responsible for building an intercollegiate athletic progrhm. Messner coached baseball and basketball at Grace; additionally, he was a member of the Grace College faculty from 1956 to 1984. Messner served as Director of Development for Grace College and Seminary from 1965 to 1984. He is a member of the Warsaw Rotary Club, the Baker Boys’ Club, the Christian Businessmen’s Committee, the Winona Lake Christian Assembly and the Winona Lakw Grace Brethren Church. Messner has been active in the Association of Institutional Development offices, which he helped found, the Christian Ministries Management Association, the Christian Stewardship Council and the National Fellowship of Grace Brethren Ministers among other organizations. His hobbies are racquetball and tennis, classical and contemporary Christian music and flying (he has a private pilot’s license). Messner is married. His wife, Yvonne, is Chairman of the Physical Education Department at Grace college and a doctoral candidate at Indiana University. The couple has three children.

with a white and gray exterior made from wood. Decks, also made of wood, will be built around, the lakesides of the center, from the dining area overlooking Conklin Bay to the chapel and possibly around to the east of the residential side. The deck area in front of the dining room will be used for patio dining during the summer months. The beach area will remain at its present location, to the east of the retreat center. Ough commented there has been some talk about putting in a formal dock access. Other Changes With the new retreat center, more traffic will be using the roads in Oakwood. The plans call for a new entry way which will move the gate south approx-

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imately 150 feet, across from Hunicutt Drive. Once inside Oakwood a new drive, through the south part of the old orchard will be built, taking visitors past Kimmel Hall and the program center down to the retreat center. This will be a one-way street. The parking area will be moved west of its present location. Traffic leaving the retreat center will be routed back along the original road, Lakeview Drive, which will be two-way traffic. The administrative offices will remain in the program center. All office spaces in the retreat center will be reserved for large groups or conference groups needing a formal office area. Beneficial Move Oakwood Park’s use and the number of programs offered has increased over the years. Ough commented in the last year there was a 30 percent increase in people using the park and a 25 percent increase in operational income was received. Due to this increase and only having Kimmel Hall and the program center usable during the winter it was felt something needed to be done. He mentioned when the board first began to talk about the new center’s location, numerous people were concerned about losing an old landmark. With the progression of plans, people have seen the advantages of a year-around facility. Ough stressed the decision to raise the hotel, and build on that site, was not made without weighing the options. The board had an architect and engineer go through the old hotel to estimate the cost of remodeling only to discover it would cost an astronomical figure to remodel,

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meeting all the state codes. If this were done there would be less space and fewer rooms. . “The hotel was never designed for a meeting or conference area,” remarked Ough,,adding to do so, it would mean loosing some rooms. The cost, $2-3 million. The hotel, the second one built, was built in 1927 and replaced a cement structure used as a hotel. Ough remarked the old wood frame building is beginning to show signs of structural wear. He pointed out the foundation has shifted and sunk, the support beams are rotting and the main dining floor has fallen twice in the last three years. “It’s becoming a liability to us . .. we continue to put money into the facility that is nickel and diming us to death.”

BIBLE VERSE "A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench; he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. 1. Os whom was the author speaking in the above statement? 2. Who was the author? 3. What position did he hold? 4. Where may this prophecy be found? Aaswcn to Bible Veree FZfr qeiesi > SMOf aqj jo jaqdcud Bui -pusisjno oqt sbm oh ’£ •ipnesi z ■qeissopq aip ‘isuqj snsap I

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