The Mail-Journal, Volume 26, Number 25, Milford, Kosciusko County, 5 August 1987 — Page 17

Church janitors are special people

(By CARLA GAFF I Staff Writer Every church has that special person who spends loving time cleaning, polishing, sweeping and tidying up around the pews, in the classrooms, kitchen and in all the corners. That special person at the Leesburg United Methodist Church is Don Kaiser. ‘ Kaiser has been a member of the Leesburg congregation for 61 years and started attending at the tender age of 6 years. He decided he wanted to go to Sunday school shortly after entering

Win-Some Women to hold fall retreat

“Challenge to Live, Grow, Praise and Serve” is the theme for this year’s Win-Some Women Fall Retreat to be held October 2-4. Meetings will be held in Rodeheaver Auditorium, 9th St. and Park Ave., Winona Lake. This is the 39th Win-Some Women retreat to be sponsored by a staff of local women who felt the need for fellowship in this area. The women strongly felt God’s leading to incorporate and plan the first retreat in the fall of 1968. Though underwritten by no group, by faith these women scheduled their retreat and watched God work in providing the

We are all occasionally tempted to renounce the human race; a normal reaction to our own experience as well as all the horror stories in the news about abandoned babies, mistreated animals, vandalism, the drug scene, and so on. However, let us remember that there are still a lot of good people around, including us. We should regard ell of this as a mandate to fight those evils any way we can, with letters to the editor and our elected officials, and a willingness to get involved by helping to prevent crime, among other things. Above all, let us turn to faith and pray at our House of Worship for the courage and ability to reverse this trend that threatens to(plunge us back into the dark ages. The more hopeless it seems, the harder we must strive to restore love and goodness to the world. It can be done, if enough of us will stop cursing the darkness and start lighting that candle.

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secular school and went to church as a child all alone. Though he went on to say that as the years progressed his parents and grandparents also attended the Leesburg United Methodist Church. Kaiser never married, and instead has dedicated his life to the work of the Lord, and has been church janitor for 15 years. He said, “When I was younger cleaning houses was my main profession, but I don’t clean houses steadily now.” Kaiser spends eight to ten hours a week cleaning the church

spiritual blessings and meeting the financial needs. Several attendance plans are available for overnight guests and day guests and single session tickets will be available at the door. The deadline for advance reservations is Sept. 25. The continent has been spanned from east to west to bring exciting speakers to this retreat. Peg Rankin, Monmouth Beach, N.J., is a popular speaker and teacher with a refreshing and creative approach to Biblical truth. She is author of “Yet Will I Trust Him” and “Glorify God and Enjoy Him Forever,” a wife

APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN MILFORD Jesse Beer and Walter Steffen, Ministers Morning Worship 10a.m. Afternoon Worship 12:15 p m CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH (Armstrong Road) OSWEGO Roderick V Smith, Pastor Sunday School 9 30 a m Morning Worship 10:30 a.m Sunday Evening Worship 6 p m Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7p.m. AWANA Clubs Wednesday 6:15p.m. Word of Life Club Wed. 6:15p.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 7 p.m. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF OSWEGO Rev Roy Mickley, Pastor Sunday School 9 30a.m. * Worship Service 10:30 a.m. WAWASEE HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH (Across From High School) Norman E McVey, Pastor Bob Burke, S.S. Supt. Sunday School 9:30a m. Worship 10:30 am. and 7 p.m. Mid Week Wed 7 p.m. AWANA Clubs Thurs 6 30 p.m. BETHANYCHURCHOF ft THE BRETHREN (US6) F. Wayne Lawson, Pastor Morning Worship 9:30a m. Sunday School 10 30 a.m. Wednesday Activity Night 7 30 BETHELCHURCHOF THE BRETHREN MILFORD Charles Stouder, Pastor Raymond Hoover, Bd. Chm. Sunday School 9:00a.m. Worship 10:00a.m. NEW SALEM CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN (900 N 200E) Sunday Bible Study 9 30 a m. Worship Service 10:30 am Evening Worship6:3op.m. Wednesday AWANA Clubs 6:30 p.m. Bible Study, Prayer 7:30 p.m CHURCHOFTHE BRETHREN NORTH WEBSTER Emery Klntner, Pastor Morning Worship 9 30 a m. Sunday School 10 30a m. CHURCHOFTHE 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.

during the summer, though during the winter months and early spring it takes considerably longer. He does the main cleaning on Saturday and supplements other days as needed. During the spring he does special cleaning in the building, doing windows, cleaning woodwork, walls and cabinets, as well as moving things around to clean under them. “I do everything that pertains to the building,” commented Kaiser, “but I don’t do the yard work.” Kaiser decided to become

and mother of three sons. Daisy Hepburn, San Francisco, Calif., is a dynamic speaker and teacher. She is the founder/director of Hope of our Heritage Conferences, and author of “Life With Spice” Bible study series and “Why Doesn’t Somebody Do Something?” A new speaker at Win-Some Women, she will add new dimensions to Bible study, national awareness and neighborhood outreach. Mary Lu Cannon, Winona Lake, is a soprano soloist who studied at Greenville College, traveled as soloist with its a capella choir, and toured Europe

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 Mass 7 15 a m ,9.15a.m. and 11 15a.m. Saturday Mass 5:30p m. Confession Before Masses Holy Days 5:30 p.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 30a.m FILADELFIA EVANGELICAL SPANISH ASSEMBLY OF GOD, Milford Bi Lingual Services Pastor Alberto Jimenez Sunday School 9:30a.m. Sunday Worship 11 a m & 6 30 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 pm FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTISTS (175 N. Detroit) WARSAW Sunday School 10a.m. Sunday Service 10 a.m. Wednesday 7 p.m GOSHEN FIRSTCHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST Service 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 10 30a.m. w Wednesday Service 7 45 p.m Reading Room open Monday, Thursday and Friday, 11 am. to3p.m. NORTHERN LAKES CHRISTIAN CHURCH CAMELOT HALL, NORTH WEBSTER Thorpe and Karen Mitchell, Pastors Worship Services Sunday 10a m. & 6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. .< BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH NORTH WEBSTER Dean McFadden, Pastor Sunday School 9:30a.m Worship 10 30 am& 6 p m S Wednesday Services 7p.m. CHRISTIAN CHURCH « MILFORD Dale Kuhns. Senior Minister School 9:00a.m. Worship 10 00a m and 7 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7p m CHURCH OF OOD NORTHWEBSTER Stephen W. Foots. Pastor Jim Davey. Associate Men's Prayer Breakfast 7:00a.m Worship 8 30 and 10:45a.m Sunday School 9 45 a m Evening Service of Praise 7 p.m

Church sexton in 1972 after the previous person resigned and he was personally ask if he would be interested in the position. The Leesburg United Methodist Church has been at its current location for over 70 years and has approximately 250 members. Kaiser commented that he has , seen seven minister come and gc at the church and likes cleaning the church because, “I’m s member here.” Cleaning the church is a specia work for the Lord and those wh< do it each week are special people as they give the Lord’s house tender loving care.

with School Chorus of America. She is a wife and mother who performs at many churches, conferences, retreats andxwas an effective soloist for Win-Some Women in 1986. This year, the retreat will have a special feature, its first husband/wife team. Peg’s husband, Lee Rankin is a successful businessman who teams with her to help strengthen marriages and promote family togetherness. Their two unique workshops, “The Metaphor of Marriage” and “Rearing Children” include some unexpected and often humorous results. Other workshops at the retreat will be “Look! You’re a Leader” by Daisy Hepburn; “Temple Maintenance” by Pam Russell; “How To Be An Encourager” by Becky Gates; and “Understanding the Holy Spirit” by Ethel Anderson. For more information, contact Win-Some Women, Inc., P.O, Box 894, Warsaw, Ind. 46580 Oakwood Center worship services The speaker at the Aug. 9 services at Oakwood Center in Syracuse will be Rev. George St. Angelo, director, Seminars International, Chicago. Kevin Miller will be worship leader and Rick Hirschman, soloist, will sing “Amazing Grace.” Oakwood Cafeteria will serve Sunday dinner from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.

CHURCHOFGOD SYRACUSE Rev Michael Johnson, Pasrtor Paul Yeager, S S Supt Sunday School 9 30 a m Morning Worship 10 30 a m Junior Worship 10:30a m ALL SAINTS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH SHORE LAKE WAWASEE Vicar Rev. David L. Hyndman Holy Eucharist 9am FIRST BRETHREN CHURCH ; MILFORD Paul Pastor Church School 9 00a m Morning Worship 10:00a m BYC Sunday 6 p.m. Mid Week Worship 7 p.m. GRACE BIBLE CHURCH SYRACUSE Dr David R Haifley, Pastor Sunday School 9 45 a m Morning Worship 11 a m Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m Wednesday Evening Service 7 p.m GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH LEESBURG Art Bushen, C E Director Marlin Rose, Moderator Sunday School 9 30 10:30a.m. Morning Worship 10:35a.m. Evening Worship 6 p 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 7 p.m CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH (111 W. Orange St.) CROMWELL Paul Clement, Pastor Sunday School 9:so a m Worship Service 10:00a.m. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH (200 E. Main St.) SYRACUSE Richard Dunning, Pastor Worshlp9 15a.m. Sunday School 10:30a.m. r TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD LIGONIER Don Fischer, Pastor Divine Service9a m. Sunday School & Bible Class 10; 30 a m MILFORDCHAPEL Mennonite (East Catherine Street) Arthur Hershberger, Pastor Amos Ramer, Deacon Sunday School 10 a m Worship Service II a m Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m Wednesday Service 7 p.m

JR I v • /1 \- IX "» U ’*'• V? C HUR( II SEXTON AT WORK — Don Kaiser was caught in action as he gave tender, loving attention to the church building where he attends. Kaiser has been cleaning the Leesburg United Methodist < hurch for 15 years, and stated that he enjoyed doing it because, “I’m a member here." (Photo by Carla Gaff) The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. _ Edmund Burke

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 (SOOEand 900 N) 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 Gary M Tuttle, Pastors Morning Worship 10 a m Evening Worship Zp.m Wednesday Bible School 7 p.m SALEM COMMUNITY CHURCH (I'2 Miles Southeast Os Wilmot) Pastor Kurt B Church Sunday School 9 45a.m Morning Worship 10 30a.m. Sunday Evening Service6p.m Prayer Bible Study Wednesday 7 p.m BURR OAK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Lawrence Byrnes, Pastor Sunday School 9:30a.m. Worship 10:30a m 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 40a m. CLUNETTE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Stewart Carter, Pastor Sunday School 9 30a.m. Worship Service 10 30a.m HASTINGS ISLANDCHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH David Widmoyer, Pastor Kendall Biller, Supt. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship 10:30a m. Prayer Meeting Thursday 7:30p.m. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH LEESBURG Donald C. Lacy, Pastor Morning Worship 9;30a m. Church School 10:30a.m. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MILFORD Robert Ellison, Pastor Dan Brown, Lay Leader Church School 9:15a m Worship 10:30 a.m. UMYF Sunday 5:30p.m. Bible Study Wed. 7:00p.m.

Wed., August 5,1987 —THE MAIL-JOURNAL

Epworth Forest to host conference

Three present and former Goshen College faculty members will give a presentation at the first North American Conference on Christianity and Ecology (NACCE) at the Epworth Forest Conference Center in North Webster on August 19-22. Kathryn A. Aschliman, Goshen College professor of education and director of the GC laboratory kindergarten, will give a presentation titled “Parenting For Peace and Justice in Relation to the Environment” on Aug. 21. Assisting her will be Edna P. Shantz, associate professor emerita of home economics, who will speak on recycling and Anthony Fraundorf, naturalist and Lindsey teaching fellow at the Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College at Wolf Lake, who will speak on ecological aspects of parenting. Also attending from the Goshen College faculty, will be Dr. Larry

Indiana's religious services to be documented in Sept.

The variety of ways by which Hoosiers exercise their freedom of religion will be documented by a unique project sponsored by the Indiana Religious History Association in recognition of the bicentennials of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and the U.S. Constitution. The project, “Documenting Freedom of Worship in Indiana," will involve tape recording a large number of worship services during the week of Sept. 20 to 26, 1987. Project director Edwin L. Becker estimates that 10,000 religious groups worship regularly in the state and he encourages all religious groups, denominations and organizations which conduct religious services to participate in the project. There is no charge and high quality fhpes will be furnished to participating groups. Freedom of religion was asserted in the familiar first amendment to the Constitution,

MORRIS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST R. L Pierceton Dan Walcott, Pastor Bob Wine,. 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 30a m. Senior High Youth Group, Sun 7 00 p .m. SAINT ANDREW'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SYRACUSE Rev Lewis Hathaway, Pastor Worship Hour 9:30 a m. Church School 10:45a m. Bible Study Wed. Night 6 30 p.m. UMYF Sunday Night 6"! 30 p.m. SOLOMON'S CREEK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Brian Clear, Pastor Worship9a.m Sunday School 10 a m WOROOF 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 chapC.u.b. church (CornerSyr.-Web. fra.naiooON) Don Merillat, Pastor Eric Kolberg, S.S. Supt. SundaV School 9a.m. Worship 10 am Evening 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 7:30p.m. WAWASEE LAKESIDE CHAPEL Harlan Steffen, Pastor Mark Pfeister, Supt. Sue Ganshorn, Primary Supervisor Worship Service 10 a m Sunday School 11a m. WAWASEE COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH Milford Tom Speicher, Pastor Sunday School, All Ages, 9:30a.m. - t i Morning Worship 11 a. m. ■ - *

R. Yoder, director of the Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center. The NACCE, said to be the first conference of its kind, will feature “top spokesmen and spokeswomen from the various traditions and denominations who will discuss the integration of Christianity and ecology,” according to NACCE executive director, Fred Krueger, San Francisco, Calif. More than 50 different religious organizations representing moist of the major Christian denominations have formed the NACCE to develop a Christian response to environmental problems, stated Krueger. Anyone interested in helping in the development of Christian ecology is welcome to attend. For more information, write to North American Conference on Christianity and Ecology, P.O. Box 14305, San Francisco, Calif. 94114.

but even more sweeping in its intent was the first article of compact between the 13 original states and the people of the territory of the United States northwest of the Ohio River. That article proclaimed. “No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments in the said territory.” Materials gathered will be deposited at the Indiana Historical Society where they will be accessioned, catalogued, stored and made available to the public through the society's library. The project is being made possible by a grant from the Lily Endowment. For more information about participating in the project, contact the project director, Dr. Edwin L. Becker, at 317-283-8926 or 924-1331.

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