The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 54, Milford, Kosciusko County, 7 January 1987 — Page 12

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL ■«— Wed., January 7,1987

A visit toy he Holy Land — Jordan andJsrael

I By M. LYNN GRAY ’ Guest Writer »• Most of us read the Biblical account of the birth of Christ and are content to imagine the surroundings into which He was born. We might dream of visiting the Holy Land, but dreams are as far as we get. Several area residents were not satisfied with just reading of these lands involved in the text of the Bible. They actually made the trip to Israel and Jordan to walk where He.had walked. On November 28,1986, fourteen Kosciusko County residents flew from Fort Wayne to John F. Kennedy airport, where they met 13 people from Ohio. This contingent had ample time to visit and get acquainted as the jumbo 747 out of Europe had been socked in by fog and was late in arriving. . Rev. Brian Campbell and his wife, Carol, also a United Methodist minister, served as tour hosts, as they had made the trip to the Holy Lands in 1980. This time they were taking their two children, Ivan and Christia, both students in the Whitko School system. Mrs. Troup hostess for Silver Thimbles The Silver Thimble Club met January 5 at the home of Mrs. William Troup. The meeting was called to order by President Mrs. Robert Beer. Reports were given by Mrs. Sam Beer, Mrs. Alvin Haab, Mrs. Ray Haab, and Mrs. Phil Price. Many thank yous were read by the club members. Refreshments were served by the hostess. Guests were Sherri Beer, Angie Higginbotham, Cris McDaniel, and Kim Troup.

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After a 14-hour flight to Amman, Jordan, the tour group disembarked from the plane to meet its tour guide, Joseph, who would guide the visitors through their nine-day visit. One of the things that Carol and Brian both emphasized was the strict security measures that were encountered throughout the group’s travels. With tourism as the number one industry, Israel and Jordan aren’t going to take any chances on danger to their guests, There were four check-points to be encountered when entering or leaving either of .the countries and metal detectors, handbag and suitcase searches, as well as physical frisking were the common precautionary actions taken. In one case, a camera was aimed at the ceiling and a picture taken to insure that there were no explosives in the mechanism. With all the newspaper writeups on terrorism, bombings, threats and kidnappings, the security measures could be appreciated. But the fact remains that the group never saw or heard any of the fighting. Joseph simply met with Brian and others of the group to plan strategy to go around the fighting sectors to visit what was clear for the day. By this method of planning ahead, the group was able to see such places as the Tomb in the Garden of Gethsemane, Golgatha, the Pool of Bethesda (the healing pool), Mount of Ascension, Valley of Gehenna (where Judas hanged himself), Bethlehem, Nazareth, Mount of Beatitudes (Sermon on the Mount), Valley of Megiddo (future site of the battle of Armageddon), Capernaum bn the Sea of Galilee (No city, just excavated ruins-Jesus had cursed, the city for its lack of faith), Via Del a Rosa (Way of the Cross) and the Mount of Olives. While visiting the Wailing Wall (part of the original outer temple wall in Jerusalem), the Campbells were made aware of the differences in customs. All the orthodox Jewish women wore long

APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN MILFORD Jesse Beer and Walter Steffen, Ministers Morning Worship 10a.ni. Afternoon Worship 12:15 p.m CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH (Armstrong Road) OSWEGO Sunday School 9:30a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a m Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m AWA.N A Clubs Wednesday 6:15 p. m FAITHWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Formerly Barbee Community Church (Kuhn Drive, Little Barbee Lake) William L. Hutchins, Pastor Sunday School 10 am* Worship Service 11 a m. Sunday Evening 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study And Prayer 7 p.m. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF OSWEGO Rev Roy Mickley, Pastor Sunday School 9:30a.m. Worship Service 10:30a.m. WAWASEE HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH (Across From High School) Carl Calloway, S.S. Supt. Sunday School 9:30a.m. Worship 10:30a.m. and 7 p.m Mid Week Wed. 7 p.m. A WAN A Clubs Thurs. 6:30 p.m. WAWASEE COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH Milford Tom Speicher, Pastor Sunday School, AIT Ages, 9: 30 a m. —* — Morning Worship 11 a m. BETHANY CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN P (US6) F. Wayne Lawson, Pastor Morning Worship 9:30 a m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m Wednesday Activity Night 7 30 BETHELCHURCHOF THE BRETHREN MILFORD Ernest R. Johnsen*. Pastor Raymond Hoover, Bd. Chm. *“ Sunday School 9:30a.m. Worship 10 30 a.m. NEWSALEMCHURCH OF THE BRETHREN (SOON A NOE) Sunday Bible Study 9:30 a m Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship 6:30 p.m. Wednesday AWANA C lubs 6 30 p m Bible Study, Prayer 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NORTH WEBSTER Emery Klntnor, Pastor Morning Woeship 9:30 a. m Sunday School 10:30a m. *

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HOLY LAND TOUR GROUP — These Kosciusko County area residents returned from a tour of the Holy Land in early December. Pictured from the left in front are Rev. CaroLCampbell, Mary McCleary and Christia Campbell. In the second row are Betty Rose Stahl, Velma Wilson, Roma Earl. Nikki Wilcons and Ivan Campbell. In the back are Rev. Brian Campbell, David McCleary, Rev. Harold Wilson, Don Earl and Pete Wilcons. A tour member not in the picture is Claude Stahl.

black dresses and head covers. Visiting women were not allowed to wear shorts or skimpy tops, although slacks were all right. Also at the wall, Brian was able to visit the more religious areas of the excavations. This separation of men from women goes back to Bible times, when only high priests were allowed in the holy of holies. Women had to remain in the outer courtyard. One of the most unique sights the group encountered were the travelling Bedouin tribes of the deserts. It would not be uncommon to see a black goatskin tent with a TV antenna sticking from its ridge opening. Outside would be a shiny new Mercedes Benz. Maybe the elusive, travelling bands have the right idea-income

CHURCHOF THE BRETHREN SYRACUSE D Arnold Naff, 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 Dorotha and i van Fry, Team Pastors Church School 9a.m. Worship 10a.m. SAINT MARTIN DE PORR-ES CATHOLIC CHURCH SYRACUSE Father Robert Hammond Sunday Mass 800 a m and 10:45 a m Saturday Mass 5 30 p m Confession' Before Masses Holy Days 5 30p m., 7a m and 7:30p.m. OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CATHOLIC CHURCH (4th And Main Streets) MILFORD Bro James Linscott, Administrator Sunday Mass 10 30 a m FILAOELFIA EVANGELICAL SPANISH ASSEMBLY OF GOD, Milford Bi Lingual Services Pastof Alberto Jimenez Sunday School 9:30a.m. Sunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6 30p m Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p m. r FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTISTS ' (175 N. Detroit) WARSAW Sunday School 10 a m. Sunday Service 10 a m Wednesday 7pm ' 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, 11 a m. to3p.m. NORTHERN LAKES CHRISTIAN CENTER NORTH WEBSTER Karen and Thorpe Mitchell, Pastors Worship Service 10a.m. AduHClasses, Tuesday 7p.m. BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH NORTH WEBSTER Dean McFadden, Pastor Sunday School 9 30a m. Worship 10 30 a m. A 6 p.m. Wednesday Services 7 p.m • • CHRISTIAN CHURCH MILFORD Dale Kuhns. Senior Minister Bible School 9 00 a m. Worship 10:00a.m and7p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.

tax rates are 55.8 percent! The year 1986 was a good year for the agricultural fortunes of the area farmers and shepherds. The normal annual rainfall is one-inch, but this year they had three inches. Since most of the farmers have from two to three hundred head of sheep, going for upwards of S2OO per head, they have much to be grateful for this year. Nazareth Nazareth was the city where Mary lived when the angel visited her to tell of the son she would give birth to. It was also the hometown of Jesus as he grew up. Modern day Nazareth is composed of one third Jewish, one third Moslem and one third Christian. This is the largest Christian

CHURCHOF GOD NORTH WEBSTER Stephen _W Fouts, Pastor Jim Davey, Associate Men s Prayer Breakfast 7 00 a m * Worships 30and 10:45a m Sunday School 9 45 a.m Evening Service of Praise 7p > m CHURCHOF GOD SYRACUSE ' Rev Michael Johnson, Pastor Paul Yeager. S S Supt Sunday School 9 30 a.m Morning Worship 10:30 a.m Junior Worship 10 30 a m ALLSAINTS' r 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 15 a m Morning Worship 10:30 a,m BYC Sunday 6 p.m. Mid Week Worship 7 p m GRACE SYRACUSE Dr David R Haifley, Pastor Sunday School 9 45 a m Morning Worship 11 a.m Evening Service 7 p m Wednesday Evening Service 7pm * GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH LEESBURG William W Smith, Pastor Tom Vieth, C E Director Marlin Rose, Moderator Sunday School 930 10:30 a m Morning Worship 10:35 a m Evening Worship 6 p.m Family Night, Wednesday 7 p.m JEHOVAH'S WITNESS KINGDOM HALL (East Papakeechie Lake Drive) Sunday Public Lecture 9 30a m Watchtower Study 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Study of Prophecy 7:30 p m Thursday, Ministry School 7 p.m CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH (ill W. Orange St.) CROMWELL Paul Clement, Pastor Sunday School 9 00a.m. Worship Service 10:00a.m. EMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH Missouri Synod a Lakeland Youth Center Syracuse Sunday Worship Service 11 a.m. 4 .. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH (200 E. Main St.) SYRACUSE Richard Dunning, Pastor Worship 9; 15 a m Sunday School 10 15a.m. V TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD LIGONIER Don Fischer, Pastor Divine Service 9 a m. Sunday School A Bible Class 10 30 a m

population in the Holy Lands. While visiting Nazareth, thegroup was able to drop off missionary supplies to a minister from Anderson and deliver a gift, a pair of Superman pajamas, to the minister’s adopted Arab son. Bethlehem Bethlehem was the only area visited that showed any signs of the holiday spirit. One string of lights was even observed near the manger area in the Church of the Nativity. Three times a day, members of the Catholic faith hold services in the manger area. Other groups that share the church are the Armenian and the Coptic groups. Most of the holy areas are shared equally among several religious faiths. Scheduling must be

MILFORDCHAPEL 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 7 p,m WAWASEE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Ron Blake. Pastor Church School 9 30 a m Worship 10 : 30 a m Christian Living Studies 6 p.m Wednesday Midweek Service 7 p m, QUAKER HAVEN FRIENDS CHURCH (500E and 900 N) DEWART LAKE Sunday School 9 15 a m Worship 10a.m. (Quaker Hall) May Starting Lakeside Service, Memorial Day Labor Day, Every Other Sunday, 8:30a m ROCK CHURCH INTERDENOMINATIONAL (13 A & 1050 N, E. Lake Wawasee) Rev Sarah M Tuttle, and Dr Gary M Tuttle, Pastors Morning Worship 10a m. Evening Worship 7 p.m. Wednesday Bible School 7 p.m &LEM COMMUNITY CHURCH (V j Miles Southeast Os Wilmot) Pastor Elmer Miller Sunday School 9 30 a m Morning Worship 10 30a.m. Sunday Evening Service 7 p.tn Prayer Bible Study Wednesday 7 p.m. BURROAK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Lawrence Byrnes, Pastor Sunday School 9 30 a m ___ Worship 10:30a.m. •* i f CALVARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH *■ (SR 13 South) SYRACUSE David C Maish, Pastor Kim Conrad, Church School Supt. Church School 9 30a.m. Worship Service 10 40 a.m. v. CLUNETTE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Stewart Carter. Pastor Sunday School 9 30 a.m Worship Service 10 30a m HASTINGS ISLANDCHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH David Widmoyer, Pastor Mike Zimmerman, Jr., Supt Kendall Biller. Asst Supt Sunday School 9 Ma m Worship 10 30 a m Praydr Meeting Thursday 7 30 p m UNITED METHODIST CHURCH LEESBURG Dale Mendenhall. Pastor Morning Worship 9 30 a m Church School 10 30a.m.

adhered to, as Friday and Saturday are holy days for some religions, while Sunday is chosen by others. _ The main Christian Sunday service is held in the evening due to other religious groups’ use and the work- schedules of the congregation. The visiting group was able to partake in several meaningful Christian experiences while in the Holy Lands. These included baptism by immersion in the Sea of Galilee, near the mouth of the Jordan River where Jesus had been baptized by John the Baptist. Wedding vows were reaffirmed in the Franciscan Church in Cana. This city was where Jesus visited the wedding feast and performed his first miracle, turning water into wine. While visiting the Garden Tomb, the members of the group were able to partake of Holy Communion. The wine was served in olive wood cups and the bread was unleavened, or Matza bread. The tomb area and Golgotha are both under British control and ministers from various denominations take turns on a 12-month tour of duty as tomb chaplain. The rest of the Holy Lands are under Jewish control, as far as the points of interest are concerned. - When asked about litter and polution problems, Brian and Carol said there are none. The streets are swept twice daily and there is a stiff penalty for anyone caught littering. A camel can’t pay a fine, but his owner had better clean up any mess left on the street! There are some small industries and quite a few of them deal with solar pOWer One such plant is located on the Dead Sea, where it extracts minerals from the salt and mineral laden water. The Dead Sea is also responsible for a line of cosmetics. King Hussein of Jordan is an amateur radio operator and his interest in technology has brought some modern conveniences to his people. Jordan is

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MILFORD Robert Ellison, Pastor Dan Brown, Lay Leader Church School 9: J'S a.m. Worship 10:30a.m. UMYF Sunday 5:30p m. * Bible Study Wed 7:00p.m. MORRISCHAPEL UNITED METHODIST R. 1, Pierceton Charles Taylor, Pastor Ron Cambell, Supt Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30 a m UNITED METHODIST CHURCH NORTH WEBSTER Rex Lindemood, Pastor Worshipß:3oa.m. and 10:45a.m Church Schoor9:3oa.m. Senior High Youth Group, Sun. 7:00p.m. SAINT ANDREW'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SYRACUSE • ■Rev. Lewis Hathaway, Pastor Church School 9:15a.m. Worship Hour 10 30a m. UMYF6:3Op.m. SOLOMON'S CREEK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Brian Clear, Pastor Worship9a.m. Sunday School 10 a m WORDOF GRACE FELLOWSHIP Robert Lewis Drive West" Side Irish Lake Allen & Peggy Giant, Pastors Sunday Worship 10a.m. & 7 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. prayer meeting ZION CHAPEL U.B. CHURCH (Corner Syr.-Web. Rd. and 1000 N) DonMerillat, Pastor Eric Kolberg, S.S. Supt. Sunday School 9a.m. Worship 10 am Worship 7 p.m. SYRACUSE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH (Corner Harrison A Pearl St.) Ronald G Looney, Pastor Sunday School 10 a.m. Praise and Worship Sunday 6:30 p.m. Bible Study, Thursday 7:30 p.m . WAWASEE LAKESIDE CHAPEL Harlan Steffen, Pastor Mark Pfeister, Supt Sue Ganshorn, Primary Supervisor Worship Service 10 a.m Sunday School 11am.

the site of the three first satellite dishes in the Middle East. Although built in 1965, these dishes are still state of the art. The main industry remains tourism. Joseph, a member of the PLO, has been a guide for 25 years. He and his wife live in. modern Jerusalem and have no children. He took Christia and Ivan under his wing and showed them many things not usually viewed by the average tourist. In addition to his talent for getting the group into areas without conflict, Joseph also spoke six languages, including English and Spanish. About Some Travelers Christia, age 12 and in the sixth grade at Whitko Middle School, was most impressed by the food. She found it to be better than expected. The food made up for the water which, due to the high mineral content, could not be widely consumed. In Amman, Jordan, a McDonald’s and a Pizza Hut could be found. A medium pizza cost S3O. All American style food was expensive. Christia. hated the navy blue uniforms the school girls had to wear. The boys didn’t have any clothing regulations imposed on them. Ivan, age eight and in the third grade at-Whitko Elementary, found the scale model city of Jerusalem to be fascinating. A hotel owner in Jerusalem took several years to construct the one to 50 scale model of the city as it would have appeared in the time of Christ. Christia’s interests include track, jazz music, tap dance and Little League softball (Dodgers). Ivan was a member of the 1986 T-ball champs (Astros) and is also interested in baseball. He is a participant in the gifted and talented program at his school. The kids found such sports as volleyball and swimming in Israel and soccer in Jordan. News arrived from home and. the tour members became aware of the Whitko football championship. They were undoubtedly some of the most remote fans to

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cheer the teanun its success. The group arrived back at JFK airport on December 6, with many happy memories and experiences to last a lifetime, or at least until the next trip. •< Rev. Brian Campbell serves as full-time minister to the Pierceton and Pleasant Grove United Methodist churches. Rev, Carol Campbell serves as pulpit supply, filling in wherever the district superintendent may need a substitute minister. She also does a lit of volunteer work in the school system and serves as substitute teacher. Several years ago, Carol served on an Indian reservation and has a slide show of that period in her life. Rev. Brian has set a tentative date and time for a slide presentation of the trip to the Holy Lands. It will take place on Sunday, Jan 11, at 7 p.m. at the Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church on CR 400 S. The pastor can be reached for further details on the presentation or about participation in a future tour, sometime in 1988. United Methodist Church news The pastor parish committee, consisting of Dean Cousins, Marilyn Brown, Doug Brown, Bonnie Newman, Ruth Ann Stork and Joellen Free, met with Pastor Robert Ellison at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 6, at the church. Coming events at the church include a meeting of the outreach committee at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 9, and a meeting of the administrative council at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15. Hospitality time after worship service last Sunday, Jan. 4, was hosted by Doug and Jodi Brown. Ecclesiastes 1:7 All the rivers run into the sea yet the sea is not full unto the place from whence the rivers come thither they return again.