The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 46, Milford, Kosciusko County, 13 November 1985 — Page 17

United Methodist Church has long history in Milford

By GLEN LONG Staff Writer The United Methodist Church, at the corner of Catherine and West Streets, has had a long history in Milford. The church was established in 1850 and its first building was constructed in 1866. The second church building, built in 1900, was destroyed by fire on May 8,1920. The cornerstone for the present church building was laid on October 29,1921 and the church was dedicated on September 24,1922. At that time the church was Methodist Episcopal, which is why these words are in the stained glass window over the front door. The Methodist Episcopal doctrine included the acceptance of the role of the bishop in the government of the church, as in the Episcopal Church. A major church merger occurred in 1939 when the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal Southern Church and the Methodist Protestant Church merged into the Methodist Church. Then in 1946 the Evangelical Association, merged with the United Brethren Church to form the Evangelical United Brethren Church. This church

Calvary Women hold committee meeting

The United Methodist Women’s Executive Committee of Calvary United Methodist Church, Syracuse, met October 23, at 7: 30 p.m. Mrs. R.C. Tytler, president, welcomed 12 members by opening with a reading “Footprints.” During the business meeting the secretary and treasurer’s reports were read and reports were given by the various chairwomen. The group voted to secure a bulletin board for the United Methodist Women’s use. Ruth Circle will be in charge of the All Church General Meeting on November 19. This will be a carry-in dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m. A thank you offering service and VCR review will be highlights of the evening. The budget for 1985 was approved and it was announced the

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merged in 1968 with +Ke Methodist Church to form the present United Methodist Church. The old Evangelical and United Brethren churches came from the Pennsylvania Dutch and the services were spoken in German. The Methodist church was English speaking, when these merged in 1968 the decision was made to use the English language. The United Methodist Church is based on apostolic succession, which means that when a pastor is ordained the laying on of hands by other ministers is in direct succession from the Apostle Peter, the line having never been broken. United Methodist churches are “connectional” churches. This means they are involved, or connect, with the other churches in their conferences and districts. The United Methodist Women’s group is the largest women’s mission group in the world. It has been a very powerful mission group in modern history. The Milford United Methodist Church is in the Elkhart District and currently has about 160 members. Rev. Robert Ellison has been its pastor for I 1 ? years.

Officers Enrichment class on November 12, from 1-3 p.m., would be conducted at Avilla Methodist Church and from 7-9 p.m., in Elkhart Simpson Church. The bazaar work day was set for the first Wednesday of each month at 9 a m. for all interested ladies. The group will be having a whole hog sausage sale and bake sale on Saturday, Nov. 23, with the sausage being ordered in advance. The bake sale will be conducted in the church and any Calvary United Methodist woman can be contacted for details. Mrs. Tytler noted other needs before the business meeting was concluded and the meeting closed with prayer.

4. APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN MILFORD Dale Strassheim, Jesse Beet, Walter Steffen, and Tom Speicher, Ministers Morning Worship 10a.m. Afternoon Worship 12:15 p.m. CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH (Armstrong Road) OSWEGO Surtday School 9:30 am. Morning Worship 10:30a.m. Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.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 Evening 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study And Prayer 7p.m. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF OSWEGO Rev. Roy Mlckley, Pastor Sunday School 9:30a.m. yi/orship Service 10:30 a.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. 7p.m. AWANA Clubs Thurs. 6:30 p.m. * BETHANY CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN (US6) F. Wayne Lawson, Pastor Morning Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30a.m. Wednesday Activity Night 7:30 BETHELCHURCH OF THE BRETHREN MILFORD Roger Eberly, Pastor Raymond Hoover, Bd. Chm. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30a.m. , NEW SALEM CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN (900NA200E) Glenn Byers, Pastor Sunday School 9:30a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship 6 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NORTH WEBSTER Emery Kintner, Pastor Morning Worship 9:30a.m. Sunday School 10:30a.m.

said the Methodist Church is in the midst of a general push to increase its membership and, more importantly, broaden its outreach in the world. “We have to deepen our spiritual foundations. If we do, the rest will come,” says Rev. Ellison. He believes it is very important that visitors to the Methodist Church receive followup visits to invite them back again. To this end he has a church member, called a “minute man,” to call on area visitors within two days after their visit. The United Methodist church has used a consultation process to place ministers in the denomination’s churches for about eight years. In this method ministers are given choices of several possible churches in which to serve as pastor. Their work locations are then agreed upon in con-

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sultation with church administrators. Rev. Ellison has served as pastor in several churches, all in the same Methodist conference, since his ministry began in 1959. Just prior to coming to Milford in June, 1984 he served in Gas City for three years, having been pastor in Eaton for the previous four years. The Ellisons, Robert and Evelyn, have four children and eleven grandchildren. Their son, Larry, has two children and lives in Greenfield; daughter Mrs. Steven (Katrina) Haynes has four children and lives in Rochester, Mich.; daughter Mrs. Gary (Nancy) Hunt has three children and lives in Cleveland, Ohio; and daughter Mrs. Larry (Janice) Elston has two children > and lives in Rossville.

CHURCHOFTHE BRETHREN SYRACUSE John McFarland, Pastor Junior Blough. Supt. Sunday School 9:30 a. m. Morning Worship 10:30a.m Sunday Bible Study 7 p.m. TURKEY CREEK CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN GRAVELTON Dorothaand Ivan Fry, Team Pastors Church School 9a.m. Worship 10 a.m. SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES CATHOLIC CHURCH SYRACUSE Father Robert Hammond Sunday Massßa.m.and 10:45a.m. Saturday Mass 5:30 p. m. Confession Before Masses Holy Days 5:30 p.m., 7a m. and 7:30 p.m. OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CATHOLIC CHURCH (4th And Main Streets) MILFORD Bro. James Linscott, Administrator Sunday Mass 10:30 a.m. FILADELFIA EVANGELICAL SPANISH ASSEMBLY OF GOD, Milford Bi-Llngugl Services Pastor Alberto Jimenez Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTISTS (17$ N. Detroit) WARSAW Sunday School 10a.m. Sunday Service 10a.m. Wednesday 7 pm. 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 z and Friday, 11a.m. to 3p.m. NORTHERN LAKES CHRISTIAN CENTER NORTH WEBSTER Karen 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.-4p.m. Wednesday Services 7 p.m. CHRISTIAN CHURCH MILFORD Carl Shearer, Minister Fred Walls, Associate Minister Bible School 9a.m. Worship 10 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.

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CHURCH OF GOD NORTH WEBSTER Pastor Stephen W. Fouts Men's Prayer Breakfast 7:30a.m. Worship9:3oa.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Evening or Praise6p.m CHURCH OF GOD SYRACUSE Rev. Michael Johnson, Pastor Paul Yeager, S.S. Supt. Sunday School 9:30a.m. Morning Worship 10:30a.m. Junior Worship 10:30a.m. ALL SAINTS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH SHORE LAKE WAWASEE Vicar: Rev. David L. Hyndman Holy Eucharist: 9a.m. FIRST BRETHREN CHURCH MILFORD Paul Tinkel, Pastor Church School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a. m. BYC Sunday 6p.m. Mid Week Worship 7 p.m. GRACE BIBLE CHURCH SYRACUSE Dr. David R. Haifley. Pastor Sunday School 9:45a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Evening Service 7 p.m. Wednesday Evening Service 7 p.m. GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH LEESBURG Dr. James Boyer, Pastor Tom Vieth, C.E. Director Marlin Rose, Moderator Sunday School 9:30-10:30a.m. Morning Worship 10:35a.m. Evening Worship 6p.m. Family Night, Wednesday 7 p.m. JEHOVAH'S WITNESS KINGDOM HALL (East Papakeechie Lake Drive) Sunday: Public Lecture9:3oa.m. Watchtower Study 10:30a.m. Tuesday, Study of Prophecy 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Ministry School 7p.m. CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH (111 W. Orange St.) CROMWELL Sunday School 9:30a.m. Worship Service 10:45 a.m. EMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH Missouri Synod Lakeland Youth Center Syracuse Sunday Worship Service 11 a.m. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH (200 E. Main St.) SYRACUSE Richard Dunning, Pastor Worship 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD LIGONIER Don Fischer, Pastor Divine Sbrvlce 9 a.m. Sunday School & Bible Class 10:30 a.m.

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r 1 . / ■ s SI. I 1 | * 1 * ““ ' v. •*** WHMR NEW SYRACUSE PASTORAL FAMILY — Rev. and Mrs. Ronald Looney and son, Brock, will soon move to Syracuse where Rev. Looney will be the new pastor at the Syracuse United Pentecostal Church.

Ronald Looney is new pastor

Rev. and Mrs. Ronald Looney and son, Brock, were selected as the new pastoral family by the congregation of the Syracuse United Pentecostal Church on October 29. The vacancy was created by the resignation of Rev. David Hudson, who, with his family, will move to Morgantown, W.V., to assume new pastoral responsibilities. Since graduation from Jackson College of Ministries in Jackson, Miss., in May, 1980, Rev. Looney has been involved in full time pastoral ministry in the Indiana cities of Marion, Greensburg, South Bend and Elkhart. Rev. and Mrs. Looney are anxiously awaiting their move from

MILFORD CHAPEL Mennonite (East Catherine Street) Arthur Hershberger, Pastor Amos Ramer, Deacon Sunday School 10a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m. Wednesday Service 7p.m. WAWASEE COMMUNITY CHURCH OFTHENAZARENE Ron Blake, Pastor Church School 9:30a.m. Worship 10:30a.m. Christian Living Studies6p.m. Wednesday Midweek Service 7 p.m. QUAKER HAVEN FRIENDS CHURCH (SME and9ooN) DEWART LAKE Sunday School 9:15a.m. Worship 10a.m. (Quaker Hall) May-Starting Lakeside Service, Memorial Day-Labor Day, Every Other Sunday, 8:30 a.m. ROCK CHURCH INTERDENOMINATIONAL (13-A* 1050 N, E. Lake Wawasee) Rev. Sarah M. Tuttle, and Dr. GaryM. Tuttle, Pastors Morning Worship 10a.m. Evening Worship 7 p.m. Wednesday Bible School 7 p.m. SALEM COMMUNITY CHURCH (IVj Mile Southeast Os Wilmot) Pastor Elmer Miller. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30a.m, Sunday Evening Service 7p.m. Prayer-Bible Study Wednesday 7 p.m. BURROAK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Lawrence Byrnes, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. CALVARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (SR 13 South) SYRACUSE David C. Malsh, Pastor Church School 9:30a.m. Worship Service 10:40 a.m. Church School . Superintendent, Kim Conrad clunEtte united METHODIST CHURCH Stewart Carter, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:30a.m. HASTINGS ISLAND CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH David Wldmoyer, Pastor Mike Zimmerman, Jr., Supt. Kendall Biller, Asst. Supt. Sunday School 9:30a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m. Prayer Meeting Thursday 7:30p.m.

Elkhart to Syracuse in midNovember. Having accepted the responsibilities of his new church home, Rev. Looney eagerly looks forward to the opportunity to be of Christian and social service to Syracuse and the surrounding community. The Syracuse United Pentecostal Church is located on the corner of Harrison and Pearl Streets in Syracuse. Pastor Looney welcomes all to services at the church which include Sunday worship and Sunday school at 10 am., evening evangelistic service at 6:30 p.m.on Sunday and Bible study on Thursday evening at 7:30.

UNITED METHODIST 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 5:30p.m. Bible Study Wed. 7:00p.m. MORRIS CHAPEL UNITEDMETHODIST R. 1, Pierceton 4 Charles Taylor, Pastor Ron Cambell, Supt. Sunday School 9:30 a m. Worship 10:30a.m. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH NORTH WEBSTER Rex Lindemood, Pastor Worshipß:3oa.m. and 10:45a.m. Church School 9:30 a.m. Senior High Youth Group, Sun. 7:00p.m. 'SAINT ANDREW'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SYRACUSE Rev. Phillip Frew, Pastor Church School 9:15 a.m. Worship Hour 10:30a.m. UMYF 4:30p.m. SOLOMON'S CREEK UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH Brian Clear, Pastor Worship 9 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. WORD OF GRACE FELLOWSHIP Robert Lewis Drive West Side Irish Lake Allen & Peggy Giant, Pastors Sunday Worship 10 a.m. & 7 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. prayer meeting ZION CHAPEL U.B. CHURCH (Corner Syr.-Web. Rd. and 1000 N) Rev. Don Ross, Pastor Marlene Andrews, S.S. Supt. Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship 10a.m. Evening Worship 7 p.m. , SYRACUSE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH (Corner Harrison * Pearl St.) David Hudson, Pastor Sunday School 10a.m. Praise and Worship Sunday 4:30 p.m. Bible Study. Thursday 7:30 p.m. WAWASEE LAKESIDE CHAPEL Harlan Steffen, Pastor Mark Pleister. Supt. Sue Ganshorn, Primary Supervisor Worship Service 10 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m.

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Mission training continues

David and Sharon Matti are supported by the North Webster Church of God in their American Field Training Course with Wycliffe Bible Translators of Huntington Beach, Calif. They are now in phase two of their training which includes living with a family in Mexico, The following is a note from the Mattis to their church family in North Webster which was printed in the church newsletter: We want to thank you for your prayers. We know you must be praying because things are going too well to be just circumstantial. One of our prayer requests was for a good relationship with our Mexican family. Well, the Lord couldn’t have placed us in a better home. The way trainees get placed is by having the Mexican host family choose them by seeing their photographs. The director of the training camp intentionally has

Apostolic relief meeting successful

Over 200 persons from across the eastern portion of the United States were in attendance for the world relief mission meeting held on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Milford Apostolic Christian Church. A panel of ladies representing sewing groups spoke on each groups individual accomplishments. From that, a list was made pinpointing the items still needed. Blankets, baby clothes, and health kits are always in demand. Most ofcthe goods will be channeled toward Central America. Speaking in the area of nutrition, Arthur Haab discussed meat canning in the poor countries. This project js being done in cooperation with the Mennonite Central Committee. Then, a discussion was held on the corn project, which entails cleaning, bagging, and shipping of corn overseas to poor nations in need. Vernon Lehman of Eureka, 111., also spoke on the desperate conditions in poor countries such as A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. — Axel Munthe

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no input on where we live. The family we are living with is very nice. There are seven kids so there’s plenty of opportunity for language learning. Our living conditions are quite satisfactory; we even have hot water. We’ve been eating everything that is served and drinking the water with no health problems. Today we went to church with our family. Being in a service we could hardly understand showed us again the need for people to have the Bible in their own language. Sometimes it’s hard to fathom so many people (over 200 million) without God's word in their language. ' We have enjoyed some cultural experiences including making tortillas, doing our laundry on a washboard, using public transportation and eating with pigeons. Thanks again for your love and prayers.

Romania. There, 17 people from Apostolic churches are being held prisoner because of their Christian beliefs. Other projects discussed were the aid given after the Mexican earthquake, work done in Honduras, and the assistance with the children’s home in Leo. Bible verse Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it, that keepeth the sabbath ’from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. 1. Who is the author of the above statement? 2. What was his position in Israel? 3. What is one of the greatest national sins today? 4. may this verse be found? ~ Answers To Bible Verse (■ XBp qjßq -qi?s aqj jo uoijejoasap aqj, £ spqdojd Suipußjsjno SJ9BJSJ JO 9UO SBM 9JJ Z qBIBSJ i

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