The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 17, Milford, Kosciusko County, 24 April 1985 — Page 14
THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., April 24,1985
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Theology Night Out at Saint Martin's
The book of Revelation raises many questions for us in today’s world. We ponder its relevance in the light of global news reports and we wonder if it really does foretell the future. Is the author giving us a picture of how the world will eftd? Is there a message in Revelation for us today? On Thursday, May 2, at 6:30 p.m., St martin de Porres Catholic Church, Syracuse will be hosting its spring “Theology Night Out” in the Parish Hall. The Program, “The Book of Revelation: What is it really All About?” will be presented by Sharlene Csanyi, associate director of the religious studies program for the South Bend area of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.
A pot-luck dinner in St. Martin’s Parish Hall rather than dinner at a local restaurant will be a new format for this fourth “Theology Night Out”. Each person is asked to take his or her favorite pot-luck recipe — rolls, salad, vegetable or dessert and the parish will furnish the meat and beverage. Tickets for the pot-luck dinner meeting are available at the door or discounted tickets may be purchased at St. Martin’s this weekend. Reservations can be
Word of God The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. \ > Proverbs 28:1 Seek the Lord And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13
Teachers are a dedicated group who get little credit for their hard work
There is a dedicated “group of people in the churches of the Lakeland area who get little if any credit for the hard work and long hours they put in. Most of them aren't seeking credit. They are doing their job out of a special love for the Lord and his people. Who are these people? They are the teachers who Sunday after Sunday are in the classrooms teaching youngsters who can't even talk, teaching school children, teaching teenagers, teaching young adults, teaching middle-aged people, or teaching senior citizens the lessons of the Bible. Most teachers are concerned about what they are teaching They are also concerned about the people they are teaching.
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made by calling Mr. and Mrs. Robert Prado 834-2699 or by calling St. Martin de Porres Rectory 457-3528. Reservations must be made by Tuesday, April 30, in order to obtain the reduced ticket price. The public is welcome. Al Hamilton to speak at Christian Church Al Hamilton of Mission Outreach will be speaking this Sunday morning, April 28, at the 10 morning worship service at the Christian Church of Milford. Hamilton works with the churches and mission fields in helping missionary recruits to go to the mission field where there is a need of more help, or where the recruit might have interest. He will be informing the Milford congregation of this work. Miss Kerri Augsburger, formerly of Milford church and resident of this area, went out from Mission Outreach to Seoul, Korea, where she worked with Christ’s Korean Mission there. The ministers and church invite all to attend.
Teachers of younger children use chalkboards, magnetic boards, bulletin boards, murals, panoramas, objects, specimens, models, puppets, flannel boards, pictures and snapshots, maps, mobiles, handwork, art and the like. Teachers of older children use films, film strips and slides, transparencies, tape recordings and music to help in a lesson presentation. All use the Bible. Teaching a Sunday School class is more than an hour’s job on Sunday morning. It is hours of study, knowing the subject and how to present it. It is deciding the right aids to use for the right lesson. A good teacher knows the people in his or her class and trys to understand their needs.
APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN MILFORD Dale Strassheim, Jesse Beer, Walter Steffen, and Tom Speicher, Ministers Morning Worship 10 a m. Afternoon Worship 12:15p.m. CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH (Armstrong Road) OSWEGO Sunday School 9:30 a. m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening Worship6p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m. Awana Clubs Wednesday 6:15 p.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 Evening6p.m. Wednesday Bible Study And Prayer 7p.m. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF OSWEGO Rev. Roy Mickley, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:30a.m. WAWASEE HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH (Across From High School) Norman E. McVey, Pastor Brice Medlock, 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. 4:30 p.m. BETHANY CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN (US*) F. Wayne Lawson, Pastor Morning Worship9:3oa.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Activity Night 7:30 BETHELCHURCH OF THE BRETHREN MILFORD Roger Eberly, PastorRuth Angle, Bd. Chm. Sunday School 9:30a.m. Worship 10:30a.m. NEW SALEM CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN (9MNB2OOE) Glenn Byers, Pastor Sunday School 9:30a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship*p.m. Wednesday PrayerMeeting6:3op.m. CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NORTH WEBSTER Paul F. Shrider, Pastor Morning Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30a.m.
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DAY APART AT OAKWOOD — Rev. Mark Fenstermacher is shown speaking to the Elkhart District United Methodist Women in the auditorium at Oakwood Park in Syracuse. The one day retreat was a
Day Apart at Oakwood
The Elkhart District United Methodist Women spent the day of April 23 at the Oakwood spiritual life center in Oakwood Park at Syracuse. The meeting was titled “The Day Apart” and was a time of spiritual renewal.
Just as Jesus used symbols and imagery in his teachings, so do the people teaching his lessons in today's churches. The New Testament rewritten without imagery would be less subject to misunderstanding, but it would be stale and flat. Try to state the meaning without imagery of “Ye are the salt of the earth... ye are the light of the world.” Such an effort reveals how Jesus saved the words, packed words with meaning, featured them with imagery and set them flying on the winds of the world. He taught with emphatic seriousness: “And I say unto you. that every idle word that men shall peak, they shall give account thereof . . .” (Matthew 12:36». Just as Jesus taught by per-
Churches
CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN SYRACUSE John McFarland, Pastor Junior Blough, Supt, Sunday School 9:30a.m. Morning Worship 10:30a.m. Sunday Bible Study 7 p.m. TURKEY CREEK CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN GRAVELTON Dorotha and Ivan Fry, Team Pastors Church School 9:30a.m. Worship 10:30a.m. SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES CATHOLIC CHURCH SYRACUSE Father Robert Hammond Sunday Massßa.m.and 10:45 a.m. Saturday Mass 5:30 p.m. Confession Before Masses Holy Days 5:30p.m., 7 a m. and - 7:30p.m. OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CATHOLIC CHURCH \ / (4th And Mam Streets) '' MILFORD Bro. James Linscott, Administrator Sunday Mass 10:30a.m. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTISTS (175 N. Detroit) WARSAW Sunday School 10 a.m. Sunday Service 10 a.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. ' GOSHEN FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST Service 10:30a.m. Sunday School 10:30a.m. Wednesday Service 7:45 p.m. Reading Room open Monday, Thursday and Friday, ll a.m.to3p.m. NORTHERN LAKES CHRISTIAN CENTER NORTH WEBSTER Kar<-n and Thorpe Mitchell, Pastors Worship Service 10a.m. Adult Classes, Tuesday 7 p.m. BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH NORTH WEBSTER Dean McFadden, Pastor Sunday School 9:30a.m. Worship 10:30a.m.-*p.m. Wednesday Services 7 p.m. CHRISTIAN CHURCH MILFORD Carl Shearer, Minister Fred Walls, Associate Minister Bible School 9a.m. Worship 10a.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
Reverend Mark Fenstermacher was the main speaker. He spoke on the subject, “Parts is Parts: Living as the Body in the Age of Marlboro Man Christianity.”An evening session was also scheduled for women who could
sonal association, so do the teachers today. It is a truism that “we teach more by what we are than by what we say." Such is the influence of personality. We learn best by association with persons. If a young child sees a Sunday School teacher do something he knows is wrong ... the child will assume that “because teacher does it, it’s ok for him to do.” One of the most outstanding features of the method of Jesus as teacher is that he told stories. They are called parables, though some of his sayings regarded as parables are not exactly stories, but rather short comparisons, as “A city set on a hill cannot be hid." (Matthew 5:14. There are about 28 of these short comparisons and perhaps 25 different
CHURCH OF GOD MILFORD CHAPEL NORTH WEBSIcR Mennonile Men's Prayer Breakfast 7:30a.m. (East Catherine Street) Worship 9:30a.m. Arthur Hershberger, Pastor Sunday School 10:45a.m. Amos Ramer, Deacon Evening Service or Praise 7 pm. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. CHURCH OF GOD Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m. SYRACUSE Wednesday Service 7 p.m. Rev. Michael Johnson, Pastor Paul Yeager, S.S. Supt WAWASEE COMMUNITY CHURCH Sunday School 9:30a.m. OF THE NAZARENE Morning Worship 10:30a.m. Ron Blake, Pastor Junior Worship 10:30a.m. Church School 9:30a.m. Worship 10:30a.m. ALL SAINTS' Christian Living Studies6p.m. EPISCOPAL CHURCH Wednesday Midweek Service 7 p.m. SOUTH SHORE LAKE WAWASEE Vicar: Rev. David L. Hyndman QUAKER HAVEN FRIENDS CHURCH Holy Eucharist: 9a.m. (SOOE and 900 N) DEWART LAKE FIRST BRETHREN CHURCH ' Sunday School 9:15a.m. MILFORD Worship 10a.m. (Quaker Hall) Paul Tinkel, Pastor May Starting Lakeside Service, Church School 9:30a.m. Memorial Day Labor Day, Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Every Other Sunday, 8:30 BYC Sunday* p.m. Mid Week Worship 7 p.m. « ROCK CHURCH INTERDENOMINATIONAL GRACE BIBLE CHURCH (13-A41050N, E. Lake Wawasee) SYRACUSE Dr. Gary M. Tuttle, and Dr. David R. Haifley, Pastor Rev. Sarah M. Tuttle, Pastors Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 10 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a m. Evening Worship 7 p.m. Evening Service 7 p.m. Wednesday Bible School 7 p.m. ~ Wednesday Evening Service 7 p.m. SALEM COMMUNITY CHURCH GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH <lVi Mile Southeast O» Wilmot) LEESBURG Pastor Elmer Miller Howard Downing, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Kent Denlinger, C.E. Director Morning Worship 10:30a.m. Sunday School 9:30-10:30a m. Sunday Evening Service?p.m. Morning Worship 10:35 a.m. Prayer Bible Study Wednesday 7 p.m. Evening Worship * p.m. Family Night, Wednesday 7 p.m. BURR OAK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH JEHOVAH'S WITNESS Lawrence Byrnes, Pastor KINGDOM HALL Sunday School 9:30a.m. (East Papakeechie Lake Drive) Worship 10:30a.m. Sunday: Public Lecture9:3oa.m. CALVARY UNITED Watchtower Study 10:30 a.m. METHODIST CHURCH Tuesday, Study of Prophecy 7:30p.m. ($r 13 South) Thursday, Ministry School 7 p.m. SYRACUSE * David C. Maish, Pastor CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH Church School 9:30 a.m. (11l W. Orange St.) Worship Service 10:40a.m. ' CROMWELL Church School Sunday School 9:30a.m. Superintendent, Kim Conrad Worship Service 10:45a.m. CLUNETTE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH' GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Sfewart Carter< Past<M . <2 * **’*"^• ) Sunday School 9:30a.m. _ L • SYRACUSE Worship Service 10:30a.m. Richard Dunning, Supply Pastor Worship 9:15 a.m. HASTINGS Sunday School 10:15a.m. ISLANDCHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH David Widmoyer, Pastor MISSOURI SYNOD Mike Zimmerman, Jr., Supt. LIGONIER Kendall Biller, Asst. Supt. Don Fischer, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Divine Service9a m. Worship 10:30a.m. Sunday School* Bible Class 10:30a.m. Prayer (Meeting Thursday 7:30p.m.
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spiritual experience for the large group in attendance. Rev. Fenstermacher is pastor of the Coalbush United Methodist Church in Mishawaka. (Photo by Glen Long)
not attend the daytime sessions. Norma Rush from Syracuse St. Andrew’s Church reported that 182 people were present at the day sessions. Vi Miller, Milford, is president of the Elkhart
stories. About one-fourth of all the spoken words of Jesus recorded in Mark are parables in this double sense of the term, and in Luke nearly half. The proportion is largest in Luke. The term “parable” occures some 50 times in the new testament. What a blessed privilege the teachers have to tell again the stories Jesus told so long ago and make them live in the lives of the people in their classrooms. In each of the parables people can see themselves. Parables, to teachers, become living, vital and meaningful and they try their best to pass this along to those in their classrooms. Effective Teachers Following is a list of ways to make teaching more effective:
District, which Includes Kosciusko County from North Webster to the north, all of Elkhart County, all of Noble County and LaGrange County east to Kendallville.
Underline teaching with love. Know the teacher’s job is to teach. Learn the measures of teaching Be interested yourself. Discipline can be solved by proper teaching. Know the class. Prepare the lesson with the pupils in mind. Prepare with prayer. Use fun and hupior. Be creative and spontaneous in presentation. Build curiosity. Work for a reachable aim in each lesson. Enjoy the class. Do not (present too much material. Be repetitious. Be a living example.
UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH LEESBURG Dale Mendenhall, Pastor Morning Worship 9:30 a m. Church School 10:30a.m. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MILFORD Robert Ellison, Pastor Ruth Ann Stork, Lay Leader Church School 9:15a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. UMYF Sunday 5:30 p.m. Bible Study Wed. 7:00p.m. MORRIS CHAPEL UNITEDMETHODIST R. 1, Pierceton Charles Taylor, Pastor Ron Cambell, Supt. Sunday School9:3oa.m. Worship 10:Xa.m. UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH NORTH WEBSTER Rex Lindemood, Pastor Worshipß:3oa.m. and 10:45a.m. Church School 9:30 a.m. Senior High Youth Group. Sun. 7:00 p.m. SAINT ANDREW'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SYRACUSE Rev. Phillip Frew, Pastor Church School 9:15 a.m. Worship Hour 10:30a.m. UMYF 6:30 p.m. SOLOMON'S CREEK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Brian Clear, Pastor Worship9a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. WORD OF GRACE FELLOWSHIP Robert Lewi* Drive ’ West Side Irish Lake Allen & Peggy Giant, Pastors Sunday 9:15a.m. Worship Wednesday 9:30 a.m. Bible Study ZION CHAPEL U.B. CHURCH (Corner Syr.-Wob. Rd. and 10MN) Rev. Don Ross, Pastor Marlene Andrews, S.S. Supt. Sunday School 9a.m. Worship 10 a.m. Evening Worship 7 p.m. SYRACUSE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH (Comer Harrison A Pearl St.) David Hudson, Pastor Sunday School 10 a.m. Praise and Worship Sunday •:30 p.m. Bible Study. Thursday 7:30p.m. WAWASEE LAKESIDE CHAPEL Harlan Steffen. Pastor Mark Pfeister, Supt. Sue Ganshorn. Primary Supervisor Worship Service 10 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m.
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National Day of Prayer
Thursday, May 2, will be the United State’s 33rd consecutive year few a National Day of Prayer. It is an occasion that all Americans should note. President Reagan has set the 1985 National Day of Prayer date and plans are under way to observe it on the national, state and local levels. Governors and many mayors have been alerted to this observance and asked to initiate appropriate activities in their areas of influence. “We are all God’s handiwork and it is appropriate for us as individuals and as a nation to call to Him in prayer.’’said President Reagan in his proclamation. Observances of a national day of prayer date back to 1775, when the Continental Congress declared the first one. Through the succeeding decades other national days of prayer were declared from time to time until 1952, when by joint action, the two houses of Congress established the custom of a national day of prayer on an annual basis. By this action, the nation’s Chief Executive was instructed to set aside one such day each year. Churches, synagogues and those in charge of public buildings are being asked to take part by ringing their bells at noon on May 2 as a reminder of the day and as a call to united prayer. On an individual basis, Americans are being encouraged to observe the National Day of Prayer in ways appropriate to their own traditions. All citizens are being asked to “Take 5 at 12.” Meaning to take at least five minutes at noon, wherever they happen to be, to thank God for the blessings we enjoy, including our freedom itself and to ask God’s continued blessing on our nation in the days ahead. .
Demonstrate whenever possible. The lesson is for the class, not the class for the lesson. Use drama, suspense, surprise. Exposure is not teaching. Always be well prepared. Avoid monotomy in the manner of presentation. Begin at students' level. Be aware of physical comforts. Set a comfortable environment; establish rapport. Use many visual aids. Make the room attractive. Plan special events. Visit absentees: Know the lesson well. Make the lesson practical and usable this week. Use language the class understands.
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Prayer has given strength and courage to Americans as we have endured war and built our nation in freedom. Hopefully, all Americans of all faiths will respond strongly to the National Day of Prayer appeals and especially to the call for at least “5 (minutes) at 12” on May 2. In the tradition started by the Continental Congress, let’s once again give thanks and recognize our need for God’s continued help and guidance. Win-Some Women Retreat begins Over 1,000 women are expected to take part in the 34th annual Win-Some Women Retreat, beginning Wednesday evening, April 24. The midweek retreht will be held April 24-26, with a weekend retreat scheduled for April 26-28. Although reservations for the retreats are closed, it is still possible to purchase tickets at the door for the services. Events will include a special speaker, Kay Arthur of Chatanooga, Tenn., and speaker/musicians, Sharon and Robin from Ft. Wayne. Music and messages will center around the theme “Top Priority.” J
... God be prais’d, that to believing souls Gives light in darkness, comfort in despair. — William Shakespeare "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed... perplexed, but not in despair." — II Corinthians 4:8
Reach every pupil you can for Christ. Lead pupils to set higher personal goals. Support the preacher and church one hundred percent. Use Scripture always. Develop a pleasant voice. Avoid nervous habits while teaching. Keep confidences. Use eve contact. Adapt teaching manner to the size of the class and room. Vary classroom assignments. Observe students’ response. Become a master at capturing attention. \ Care, and let them know you care. Continually improve teaching 7 : never be satisfied.