The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 8, Milford, Kosciusko County, 20 February 1985 — Page 16

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., February 20,1985

At Rock Church — Two pastors share responsibilities

By JO STURGIS Stalf Writer Members of the Rock Church at the corner of 1050E and 950E, Syracuse, receive a double blessing each week as two pastors share in the responsibility of preaching a sermon each Sunday. Dr. Gary and Sarah Tuttle are the team pastors who preach at the church. One will preach the morning service and the other will preach the evening service. They are also husband and wife and originally from North Carolina, but they have been in the area for the past 10 years since Gary accepted a pastorship in Ligonier. They are in their fourth year at Rock Church. Sarah has not been an ordained minister as long as Gary. She said she supported Gary through his work on two master’s program and a doctorate before she felt the calling to enter the field as a minister herself. Presently, Sarah is furthering her studies through correspondence courses at home and jokes with people that she is getting her education like Abraham Lincoln did (at home). Rock Church is not large enough to support two full-time ministers, so Gary also works outside the church and Sarah handles the duties of full-time minister. Rock Church is interdenominational. This is slightly different than a nondenominational church and Sarah explained why. She said the term interdenominational expresses the fact that the church is open for fellowship with all Christian groups while nondenominational implies a dissociation with all denominations. The church membership is made up of people from many denominations including Lutheran, Methodist. Catholic and Protestant explained Sarah. “The importance lies in that all members are a unity of the body of Christ. Sarah explained it further by saying the church emphasizes the common parts of all denominations and doesn’t dwell on the differences. “We don’t have a strict legalistic body,” added Sarah. Part of the vision or goal of the church is to work with all people and bring them to a hew awareness of worship, which fits into their interdenominational philosophy. Rock Church is a member of International Ministerial Fellowship, based out of Virginia Beach; Calvary Ministries International, based out of Fort Wayne; and Sarah is a member of the West Noble Ministerial Association. “We like to stay in fellowship with other groups and we’re not alone out here,” said Sarah. Gary and Sarah view their team pastorship as very positive. One reason it has proved so successful is that Sarah say st here are alwayspeople in a church whom a Chicken and biscuit dinner at UM Church The chicken and biscuit dinner in St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church. Syracuse, will be Thursday Feb. 21. from 5-7 p.m. The event was originally scheduled for Thursday. Feb. 14, but due to the weather it was cancelled. Tickets are available from any church member or at the door. All proceeds will go towards the United Methodist Women’s project. The homemade chicken and biscuits will be served with a choice of salad, homemade pies, coffee or punch.

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minister can minister to better than others. In our case, we feel we are reaching more people because we have both a man and a woman ministering to the people. Both Gary and Sarah are ministers in the same church, but Sarah stressed they are separate ministers, also. “There was a call in my life to be a minister, but that had nothing to do with Gary becoming, a minister and I had nothing to do with the call Gary felt to be a minister,” said Sarah. Sarah said her and her husband often share ideas, but each writes his own sermon. She said they are often both astonished even though each writes his own sermon that when they present them on Sunday, the sermons often flow together and one always seems to compliment the other. “God leads us to work together,” Sarah said. She added that they share the same vision, which adds to their coherency. Since Gary does work elsewhere, Sarah resumes many of the pastor duties. For example, she visits Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Ligonier every Wednesday and performs other duties for the church. These duties are complicated even further by the fact that the Tuttles have three sons — ages eight, six and three. Sarah says she i's\a full-time mother and a fulltime minister. Rock Church has Wednesday evening Bible classes every week. These classes are offered for toddlers through adults. This is considered the education night at the church. Then on Sunday during the sermon there is always a short fellowship time when everyone greets each other and shakes hands. At this time, the kindergarten and primary age children leave and attend Sunday School, but the rest of the congregation stays for the rest of the sermon. Sarah explained this idea evolved when the church held services in the Turkey Creek Conservation Club right across the street from the present building and there just wasn’t room for everyone to attend a Sunday School class on Sunday. She says the church decided to continue the practice even in the new building because it works out so well. Gary teaches the adult class on Wednesday evenings and Sarah fills in for any teacher who is absent: The Rock Church also has communion every Sunday during the morning service. • Team pastors —for Gary and Sarah Tuttle and the congregation at Rock Church, it' is the perfect arrangement. Revival begins tonight at Syracuse Pentecostal Church The Syracuse United Pentecostal Church in Syracuse will hold revival meetings beginning tonight (Wednesday) and continuing through Sunday. The meetings will begin at 7:30 p.m. every evening except Sunday when the meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. Pastor Daniel Coleman of Charleston, W. Va., will be the guest speaker for the week meetings and Pastor David Hudson will conduct the Saturday and Sunday evening meetings. Pastor Hudson is also readying for his trip to Jerusalem. He will travel with a group of 30 other United Pentecostal pastors mainly from Indiana, Illinois and Michigan; but also from other states as well on March 7. He will be gone for seven days. Hudson said he has never been to Jerusalem, but has always wanted to tour the Holy Land and is looking forward to his trip. See the Lord Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me.

CALVARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (SR 13 South) SYRACUSE David C. Maish, Pastor Church School 9:30 a m Worship Servicelo:4oa.m. Church School Superintendent, Kim Conrad UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MILFORD Robert Ellison, Pastor Ruth Ann Stork, Lay Leader Church School 9:15 a.m. Worship 10:30a.m. UMYF Sunday 5:30p.m. I Bible Study Sunday 5:30 p.m. WAWASEE LAKESIDE CHAPEL Harlan Stetten, Pastor John Groat, Adult Supervisor Sally Jaques. Primary Supervisor Worship Service 10 a.m. Sunday School 9a.m. FAITHWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Formerly Barbee Community Church (Kuhn Drive, Little Barbee Lake) William L. Hutchins, Pastor Sunday School 10a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Evening 6p.m. Wednesday Bible Study And Prayer 7 p.m. TRINiTYLUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD LIGONIER Don Fischer, Pastor Divine Service 9 a.m. Sunday School & Bible Class 10:30 a.m. GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH LEESBURG Howard Downing, Pastor Tim Hood, Sunday School Supt. Sunday School 9:30-10:30a.m. Morning Worship 10:35a.m. Evening Worship 6 p.m. Prayer Service, Wednesday 7 p.m. SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES CATHOLIC CHURCH SYRACUSE Father Robert Hammond Sunday Mass 8 a.m.and 10:45 a.m. Saturday Mass 5:30 p.m. Confession Before Masses Holy Days7a.m. and 7:30 p.m. QUAKER HAVEN FRIENDS CHURCH (SME and SOON) DEWART LAKE Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Worship 10a.m. (Quaker Hall) MORRIS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST County Roads ISON and 375E) Charles Taylor, Pastor Don Conley, Supt. Sunday School 9:30 a. m. Worship 10:30a.m.

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NORTHERN LAKES CHRISTIAN CENTER NORTH WEBSTER Karen and Thorpe Mitchell, Pastors Worship Service 10 a.m. Adult Classes, Tuesday 7 p.m. CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH (Armstrong Road) OSWEGO Roderick ("Rick") Smith, Pastor Sunday School 9:30a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening Worship6p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m. Awana Clubs Wednesday 6:30p.m. HASTINGS ISLAND CHAPEL UN ITEO 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. SAINT ANDREW'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SYRACUSE Rev. Phillip Frew, Pastor Church School 9:15 a.m. Worship Hour 10:30 a.m. UMYF 6 p.m. ZION CHAPEL U.B. CHURCH (Corner Syr.-Web. Rd. and 1000 N) Rev. Don Ross, Pastor Larry McCullough, S.S. Supt. Sunday School 9a.m. Worship 10 a.m. Evening Worship 7 p.m. GOSHEN FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST Service 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30a.m. Wednesday Service7:4sp.m. ROCK CHURCH INTERDENOMINATIONAL (13-A * 1050 N, 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 7 p.m. WAWASEE HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH (Across From High School) Norman D. McVey. Pastor Jon Rumley, S.S. Supt. Sunday School 9:30a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Mid-Week Wed. 7 p.m. AWANA Clubs Thurs. 6:30 p.m. CLUNETTE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Karen Weaver, Pastor Worship Service 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

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PRACTICING FOR SUNDAY — Sarah Tuttle, pictured above, is co-pastor at the Rock Church at the corner of 1050E and 950E on the east side of Lake Wawasee. Her husband. Gary, is the other pastor at the church.

At Calvary United Methodist —

World Day of Prayer to be observed February 22

The United Methodist Women of Calvary United Methodist Church, Syracuse, will observe the World Day of Prayer on Friday, Feb. 22. The women invite and urge all members of the congregation to participate in this event. It is a day of Prayer and Self-Denial. A prayer vigil is planned starting at 7:30 a.m. and lasting until 12 midnight. In the narthex of the church is a note pad listing the time of day and evening in intervals of 15 minutes each. Please participate by signing your name at the time convenient for you to spend in prayer. If at all possible, please come to the Sanctuary to pray. For those who physically can not come to the church, please sign up for a prayer time at home. The times from 8:45 p.m. to midnight is for prayer in your home and for those who can’t make it during the day — but please do sign up.« The women are endeavoring to have every 15 minute period filled so they don’t break the prayer chain. If you want to sign up more than once, please do so. There will be offering envelopes available when you sign the note pad and also at the time of prayer in the Sanctuary. Those who pray at home may turn the offering envelope in with their regular offering the next Sunday morning. •_ r, x ? The World Day of Prayer is an annual event initiated by the Women’s Program Division of the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church. Each year this offering is designated for ministries of special concern to United

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Gary plays the bass guitar and Sarah plays the guitar for the services. Both Sarah and Gary are in their fourth year at the Rock Church and view their team pastorship as very positive for both themselves and the congregation.

Methodist Women. The Call to Prayer and Self-Denial offering for 1985 will be used for local projects of our church as well as projects with a United States focus and international projects concerning women and work. Like heralds of old, a call goes out annually to United Methodist Women to unite in prayer and to join in self-denial for a special offering. This self-denial offering was launched in 1895 to help “in the promotion of projects in every mission field thus far supported by the Evangelical Church.” Who today does not need to renew their inner life? This time of prayer can offer every member the opportunity for spiritual renewal. It can lift up the varieties of work done by all of us and ask God for strength to complete individual tasks. Blessings on all of you as you perform your daily jobs. If anyone would like more inf ormation on this Call To Prayer and Self Denial, please contact Susie Tytler, UMW president, at 457-3355 or contact Rev. Maish at the church. Slides to be shown Ivan and Mary Eikenberry, Trotwood, Ohio, will be showing slides and costumes of Nigeria at the North Webster Church of The Brethren on Sunday, Feb. 24, at 1:30 p.m. The Eikenberrys are retired missionaries and spent 40 years in Africa. The public is invited to attend.

APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN MILFORD Dale Strassheim, Jesse Beer, Walter Steffen and Tom Speicher. Ministers Morning Worship 10 a.m. Afternoon Worship 12:Xp.m. CHURCH OF GOO NORTH WEBSTER Charles E. Towriss, Pastor Men's Prayer Breakfast 7:Xa.m. Worship 9:X a.m. Sunday School 10:45a«m. Evening Service or Praise 7 p.m. BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH NORTH WEBSTER Dean McFadden, Pastor Sunday School 9: X a. m. Worship 10: X a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday Services 7 p.m. OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CATHOLIC CHURCH (4th And Main Streets) , MILFORD Bro. James Linscott, Administrator Sunday Mass 1O:X a.m. WORD OF GRACE FELLOWSHIP Robert Lewis Drive West Side Irish Lake Allen & Peggy Giant, Pastors Sunday 9:15a.m. Worship Wednesday 9:Xa.m. Bible Study CHURCH OF GOO SYRACUSE Rev. Michael Johnson, Pastor Tom Stiver, S.S. Supt. Sunday School 9:Xa.m. Morning Worship 10:Xa.m. Junior Worship 10:Xa.m. FIRST BRETHREN CHURCH MILFORp Paul Tlnkel, Pastor Church School 9: X a.m. Morning Worship W:Xa.m. BYC Sunday 6 p.m. Mid Week Worship 7 p.m. BETHELCHURCH OF THE BRETHREN MILFORD Roger Eberly, Pastor Ruth Angle, Bd. Chm. Sunday School 9:Xa m. Worship 10:Xa.m. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH NORTHWEBSTER Rex Llndemood, Pastor Worshlp«:Xa.m. and 10:45 a.m. Church School 9:Xa.m. CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN SYRACUSE John McFarland, Pastor Junior Blough, Supt. Sunday School 9:Xa.m. Morning Worship 10: X a.m. Sunday Bible Study 7 p.m. .

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Juli Anne Bowser to be guest speaker Juli Anne Bowser, pastor at Wawaka Church of the will be the guest speaker at Rock Church, Lake Wawasee, on Sunday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. Rev. Sarah Tuttle, a pastor at Rock Church, commented, this year Rock Church will be hosting special speakers each month. The speakers will be pastors and ministers of area churches. She commented the unity of the body of Christ is ! being emphasized this year and the speakers are from numerous denominations. Although the emphasis for the church is unity, Rev. Tuttle says the speakers are not necessarily speaking on unity but are sharing on various topics. The first speaker was Bruce Peck, who is starting a youth outreach center in Ligonier. Peck spoke in January. The public is invited to hear the guest speakers. Dates of future speakers will be announced prior to the times. " Rock Church is located at CR 1050 N and CR 950E ? on the east side of Lake Wawasee. Calvary Circles hold meetings The Calvary United Methodist Women, Syracuse, met for their monthly Circle meetings recently. The Martha Circle met at the home of Mrs. Pearle Hazenfield. Hostesses for the breakfast meeting were Pearle Hazenfield and Kathleen Naegele. Pearle gave the blessing. ; 1 ? Nila Jonasch was welcomed as a guest and four- * teen members were present. Mrs. Rose McKinley conducted a short business ; meeting. Pearle gave the lesson with selections from ■ “Mocking Birds and Angel Songs" and "Broadway’s ’ Prayers and Meditations.” New Year books were distributed. A social time I followed. The next meeting will be Feb. 27 at 9 a.m. ; The Lois Circle met in the Calvary Church parlor ; with Millie Shively serving as hostess. Seven members • were present. I Shirley Strieby gave the lesson on the missionaries ‘ in Brazil and Chili. She told the group a little about the • geography of the two countries. Millie Shively presided over the business meeting. ‘ The next meeting will be Feb. 27 at 1 p.m I The Ruth Circle leader, Louella Longenbaugh, ; welcomed eight members and one guest for their I meeting. Susie Tytler gave a reading titled “Recipe for ! Life.” < Marlene Pollack gave the lesson on "The Holy ‘ Land” and showed pictures, scrolls and olive wood - statues of the Bethlehem area. I Cards and letters were read. The next meeting is : Feb. 19, at 7:30 p.m. Executive Meeting Susie Tytler, president, welcomed seven members and gave a reading on Faith, Hope and Charity on Jan. 10 at 7:30 p.m. Cards and letters were read by the treasurer. It was noted the Lois Circle is in charge of the Mother and Daughter Banquet, which will be held on May 11. Executive meeting dates were set for April 18. July 18 and Oct. 17. Lenten meetings begin tonight (Wednesday). * Everyone is invited to these meetings. A carry-in dinner will begin at 6:15 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 7:15 p.m.

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