The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 25, Milford, Kosciusko County, 2 August 1989 — Page 14

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., August 2,1989

St. Andraw's Thursday services fulfill a need

I By SCOTT DAVIDSON Staff Writer “We feel that this service fulfills a need to minister to persons who are not regularly in attendance at Sunday morning church services,” remarked Pastor Richard Bunnell of St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church in Syracuse about the Early Sunday Worship Services that are held at St. Andrew’s each Thursday evening. The Early Sunday Service, held from 7-7:45 p.m. on Thursday evenings, began on a six-week trial basis last summer according to Bunnell. “We tried the service last July and August and we averaged about 25 per ser-

■ EARLY SUNDAY SERVICE MESSAGE — Pastor Richard Bunnell of St. Andrew's United Methodist Church in Syracuse speaks to those in attendance at the Early Sunday Worship Service last Thursday. The Service, held from 7-7:45 p.m. each Thursday evening through September 14, is an alternative means of worship designed to fulfill the needs of worshippers who do not attend church regularly on Sundays, the service, which began last summer, is open to anyone and includes singing, prayer time, special music and a message from the pastor.

Lakeland Churches a.icmutc- WAWASEE COMMUNITY CHURCH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH f - APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN ALLSAIHTS OF THENAZARENE MILFORD W T.LVU MILFORD SYRACUSE SOUTH SHORE LAKE WAWASEE Ron Blake, Pastor Ben Whirledge. Pastor _sß| — WARQAW Jesse Beer, Nelson Beer D Arnold Naff. Pastor SOUTH SHORE LAKE WAW Church School 9:30a m. Dan Brown. Lay Leader gj atfzlcSClWf Imurance Repair g■■■ ng g WftKoftn Will Schieler and Walter Steffen, Junior Blough, Supt. Eucharist 9a m. Worship 10:30 a.m. Church School 9:15 a m !W«lVeaWV_ | * Fir® * StOTBI, EIC. jR m n n®B QVDAPIICF Ministers Sunday School 9:30 a m Evening Worship 6 p.m Worship 10:30a.m. i COMSTIOCTIONi DTC.J I i OIIIMvUOL Morning Worship 10 am. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m. UMYF Sunday 5:30 p.m. v» ■- F . I v INORTH WEBSTER Afternoon Worship 12:15 p.m Sunday Bibie Study 7 p.m FIRST BRETHREN CHURCH Bible Study Wed 7:00 pm General Contractor Syracuse, IN 4~6567 —-J TURKEY CREEK CHURCH Paul Tinkel, Pastor FR “DOM CHAPEL MORRIS CHAPEL CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF THE. BRETHREN .Ta m ■ (Armstrong Road) GRAVELTON HVC Sunrtav A n m Syracuse R 1, PIERCETON '■ " "I OSWEGO Mid Week Worship 7 p.m. Ray Shanklin. Pastor Rev. Christine Newman Jacobs IffT ol Roderick V. Smith, Pastor Church School 930 a. Sunday Worship >0 a m Bob Wine. SS. Supt. II ap J «Z"kCIC/"l nOTATrnrDC . -j-. r'L I Sunday School 930 am Worship 10:30 a.m. Ron Campbell. Ass't. S.S. Supt II tSCJOriCJ r'M IW I Attond HP ( nurrn Morn.ng Worship 10:30am. GRACE BIBLE CHURCH Sunday School 9:30a m. V * /Allt/I I lit? k> I lUICrI Sunday Evening WorshipApm m . DT in op POORES SYRACUSE Worship 10 30a.m. P.0.80x 446 Milford, IN 46542 Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p m SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES Haiflev Pastor DEWART LAKE COMMUNITY r \/ |_ — ; — — AWANA Clubs Wednesday 6:15 p m CATHOLIC CHURCH s.md»v School 945 a m FRIENDS CHURCH (219)658-4180 Os YOUr CallO CG word of Life Club Wednesday 6: ,5 pm SYRACUSE M„ rn ln\ WoXT. a m 0 900 N) UNITED METHODIST CHURCH kJ I I UUI I IUIU'-i Father Richard Urbine Morning Worship !1a m. DEWARTLAKE NORTHWEBSTER —— Sunday Mass 7a m.. 9a m. and 10:30am. Wednesday Evening Serv.ee 7p m. Sunday School 9:15 am Worship 830 am. and 10:45 am . — —— Saturday Mass 5 00 p.m. Worship 10a m. (Quaker Hall) Church School 9 30 a m I at lie CnlvP VINIF FILADELFIA EVANGELICAL Confession Before Masses Senior High Youth Group. Sun LCI US oOIVC I Ullf BRUCE'S MARATHON /jyX ~ Always Keep Our pX’wiX’lX our lady of guadalupe (iX ER “ O N N E M u N ktw?wa A te) VILLAGE PLUMBING & HEATING Mursi 1 --r Hnrlffu \ WMTMW J Sunday School 930 a m CATHOLIC CHURCH Sunday School 10 50 a m Rev Sarah M Tuttle, and D U1 *> 457 4440 <srsiifh Os Svracuse Numuer nanay ' Sunday Worship 11 a m &6.30 p.m (4th And Main Streets) Morning Worship 930 a m Dr Garv M Tuttle Pastors SAINT ANDREW'S Road 13 457-434 V OOUtn UT ayrQCUSe 4.CS om Hwv 15 Milford Wednesdayß,bleStudy6:3op.m MILFORD - Fellowship 10 30 a.m. Morning Worship 10a.m. UNITEO METHODIST CHURCH L— m ——— AWANA Clubs Wed 6:30 p.m. Bro James Linscott, Administrator Sunday Evening Worship 6 pm Evening Worship 7 p m SYRACUSE Sunday Mass 10:30a.m Bible Study. SM M & Boys Club. Wednesday Bible School 7 p m Rev. Richard Bunnell. Pastor Wednesday 7pm Church School 9:15a m. worship Hour io:2sa.m. Wawacep Rnat Co. FIRST CHURCH OF Thursday Service7:OOp.m. • EBKO FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CHRIST SCIENTISTS JEHOVAH'S WITNESS SALEM COMMUNITY CHURCH Rinker Century American Skier. J.G Pontoon • CORRECT CRAFT STIITIUI S OFOSWEGO (175 N. Detroit) KINGDOMHALL (tv, Miles Southeast Os Wilmot) Jr Xlbnots Johnson Motors • BOSTON WHALER CJjO O ujomooftfl Rev Roy Mickley, Pastor WARSAW (East Papakeechie Lake Drive) Pastor Kurt B Church M acGregorSailboa S,J<O • HARRIS FLOTBOTE JHy WuWubvC Sunday School 930a m. Sunday School 10 a m Sunday Public Lecture 9:30a m Sunday School 945 a m SOLOMON'S CREEK No Sole Is Complete Without servi e • HARRIS FLOTDECK mariM Worship Service 10:30a.m. Sunday Service 10a m Watchtower Study 10:30a m Morning Worship 10 30 a m UNITED METHODIST CHURCH n , 457-4404 SYRACUSE • OUTBOA D IIkIIHIu Wednesday 7 p.m. Tuesday, Study of Prophecy 7 30 p.m Sunday Evening Service 6 p m. Harold North, Pastor — I TRAKMASTERTRAILER 856-2286 Fomily Owned Since 1946 Thursday. Ministry School 7pm Prayer Bible Study Wednesday 7p m W orship9am j 7a W p A t, S E t E c H hußC H H S C GOSHEN FIRST CHURCH Sunday Schoei .0a m — d ;X 5 ;X Hi9hSCh<,O ' , Service?o^ H a R m STSC,ENTIST Sn 0”" UN !TE D CHURCH ZIO N CHAPEL U.B. CHURCH -w-SYRACUSE RUBBER “ w , ■ nnAfMIZTC IMr Sunday School 930 am Reading Room open Monday. Thursday Sunday School 9. 00 am Worsh.plo.3oam Vernon Sholtey. S.S. Supt. PdCiflC MoIaSSGS Company H 1 PRODUCTS, INC. XXlX.mXdap.m and Friday. Ham to3p.m Worship Service 10 00 a m Sunday School 9 am. fll' *...../. Mid Week Wed. 7pm. Worship Warn. SyiaCUSe AWANA Clubs Wed 6:30p m. MADTMFDNI AKFS SYRACUSE 1135 South Sycamore GRACE (^ T e H^ A s. P > HURCH calvarVumted Tcn BETHANY CHURCH OF Located .4 coHages east of th. Tip PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — _ - THE^H) HREN club Lane. Lake Tippecanoe m' PaS,Or David C Ma,sh ß p’aX U,h> (Cornel XXiXEJXrI St.) I LOGAN MONUMENT CO. F Wayne Lawson. Pastor Thorpeand Karen Mitchell. Sunday School >0 30 am. Youth WoX^ 1 ” LXy SchooTlO “am MONUMENT DISPLAY Sigmund nC IT? mn ™ 3o » n ’’ Worship Services Sunday 10 am & Chyrch School 9 30a m Pra.se and Worship Sunday 6 30 pm IN GOSHEN Sunday School 10.30a.m. Anrri » e-e-amr-u Wnrshic Serviceß 30a m Bible Study, Thursday 7.30 p m Wednesday Activity Night 730 h i m ' TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH °n ri mX ' . A9 civmAßT Wednesday7p.m. missourisynod andio.4oa Phone Goshen 533-2161 GOSHEN indiono • F.rw»f tLF>HArtI I LIGONIER WAWASEE LAKESIDE CHAPEL L— Open Doily 9 A.M. To 5:30 P.M. x..».» ‘ . v - l/sSp) Wawasee iervke ißeiiteF THE LEESBURG BANK ,nUUV, " WIW worship 10 warn. Christian CHURCH (East Catherine Street) Diesel IP Gosoine KI Kerosene Ase-- As Mpmbpr U.. erven Arthur Hershberger. Pastor 457-3217 Mini-Mart OfflCe ' n MemOe X?■ ?. . Amos Ramer Deacon HASTINGS WAWASEE COMMUNITY a r . t a)/-„ SvrOCUSe Ffret Mltwmal Rank NEW SALEM CHURCH Chris Mahan. Senior Minister Sunday School >oa m ISLAND CHAPEL BIBLE CHURCH SR 13 Acroat From Bowling Allly Syracuse FW»I neuvstm SMi OF THE BRETHREN Brian Wilcox. Yovth Minister Worship Service 11 am UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MILFORD Dt Warsaw (MON«2WE) Sunday School 9 00 am Sunday Evening Service 7pm Gary Lewis. Pastor Tom Speicher. Pastor Robert Rice. Jr.. Pastor Worship l0 Wednesday Serv.ce 7 p.m Kendall Biller. Supt Sunday School,' , a Sunday Bible Study 9 30a m Wednesday Bible Study 700 p m Sunday School 9 30a m All Ages. 9 30a m Worsh p Service 10:30a m Worship 10 30 a m Morning Worship 11 a m M R WFR WIC Evening Worship7 00p m Prayer Meeting Wednesday 700 p m I "" W n 1 11 1 Bible Study. 7 00p.m. Wednesday CHURCH OF GOD r 9 Hub 4 Bn«l WlllUMOfl BvlanCl JeWCICrS Stephenw Foots. Pastor Terry VanlanXhaX'lTerim Pastor UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FELLOWSHIP CHURCH 0 CO/ 816 S. Huntington St. CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN Stewn Clarke. A.soc.at, VXr SsX LEESBURG ICR 300.E A Rookstool Rd.) ' SYRACUSE, IN NORTHWEBSTER m” ‘ ” Donald C Lacy. Pastor Aidant .Pastor. OJ.SSSS Service Ralph R Smith, Pastor Worship« Wand 10 45a m Mornino Worsh,o 10 30a m Morning Worsh.p9 30a m Worsh.p Service 10a m ' 107 E. Main 457-4282 Syracuse j^ worsts 30am churchschoo.,o 30am B.b..sw.7p m

vice, so we decided to have the service the entire summer this year,” said Bunnell. The services began on Thursday, June 8, and will continue through September 14. Bunnell, who became pastor at St. Andrew’s in June of last year, said that the Thursday evening services provide another means of outreach and evangelism for persons in the Lakeland area who do not attend church on Sunday. “The Thursday service is geared to be a mini Sunday service in a more relaxed, informal type atmosphere,” commented Bunnell. The services include hymn singing, prayer, scripture reading and special music as well as a brief sermon from Pastor

Bunnell. “My sermon on Thursday evenings is totally different from the one I give on Sunday and this summer I’ve been concentrating on the book of Psalms in my teaching type of lessons during the Early Sunday Services,” stated Bunnell. Bunnell remarked that the Early Sunday Services are averaging about 35 persons per week this summer with those in attendance comprised of St. Andrew’s members as well as visitors. “We’ve had several new families try the service this summer and then express interest in the possibility of attending St. Andrew’s on a regular basis,” said Bunnell. When the Early Sunday Service is not being held at St. Andrew’s, a mid-week service is held from September through May on Wednesday evenings. The service has a family communion time from 5:45-6 p.m., a Bible study time from 6-7 p.m. and a choir rehearsal period at 7 p.m. “The Early Sunday Service provides an alternative worship time for anyone who for whatever reason can’t attend church on Sundays and we hope to continue the service in the years to come so that it is an active part of the activities at St. Andrew’s,” stated Bunnell. “I believe that the more worship opportunities that we can offer to people, than the more people that we’ll draw into a service where they can worship,” concluded Bunnell. The Early Sunday Worship Services are held each Thursday evening from 7-7:45 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church which is located at ‘the comer of SR 13 and County Line Road in Syracuse. Light refreshments are served at the conclusion of each of the services which will continue through September 14. “Tfc see then that by works a man is justified, and not WftV by faith only” —James 2:24

L* i ■ I LJ Bl “WssKk 4 * - |k ? i i HARVEST GOSPEL TEAM TO SING — The Gospel Echoes Harvest Team from Goshen will sing and minister on Aug. 6 at the Boat-In Worship Service on Wawasee Lake at the Oakwood Park Hotel at 8:30 a.m., and, following, at the Wawasee Lakeside Chapel at 10 a.m. Each year the Gospel Echoes Harvest Team Association, with offices in Goshen, and Hawkesville, Ontario, Canada, presents the gospel message to more than 500 prisons and churches throughout the United States and Canada. Three teams minister in song and testimony, as well as through multi-media, skits, seminars and Bible study correspondence courses. The community is invited to be a part of this worship and praise experience.

Rev. Anderson to speak at Oakwood Rev. Steve Anderson, associate director, outdoor ministeries, will be the speaker at the Oakwood Center on Sunday, Aug. 6, at the 10:30 a.m. service. Paul Hartsaw will serve as liturgist and Tina Yen of Indianapolis will be the soloist. She will sing “You’re Always There.” Lunch will be served from 11:45 until 1 p.m. All are welcome to attend the service and the luncheon. Oakwood Center is a retreat and family center owned and operated by the North Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. It is located on Lake Wawasee. Last week a successful weekend retreat was held by 150 women representing D. A. R. T. (Designed to Alert, Recruit and Train for mission).

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Ml -SKLu aww r I Bmp w I ""Ml - & 1 >- * * WVMMI KATHY SCHLIPF Silver Thimble President

Silver Thimbles Club — Serves church, others

By JEREMY BEER At the beginning of this year, Kathy Schlipf became the president of the Silver Thimble Club,’a group composed of female members of the Apostolic Ohristian Church in Milford. The secretary and reporter is Janie Price. Kristie Meyer is in charge of devotions, and the treasurer is Judy Longcor. The club meets on the first Monday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in a member’s house. Kathy says that as president it is her duty “to take charge of meetings.” She also must check with the nursing home in Milford at the beginning of each month to see which of its clients has a birthday. The club then sends a flower to that person. There are 19 members of the Silver Thimble Club. Besides the officers, they are: Edith Baumgartner, Connie Beer, Deb Beer, Linda Beer, Sherri Beer, Mary Ann Beer, Pat Beer, Rachel Beer, Sandy Beer, Shelby Beer, Carol Haab, Mary Ann Haab, Paula Haab, Ginger Price, Ann Troup, and Linda Wuthrich. Kathy believes that the purpose of the club is to help other people by spreading God’s love. In January ,of this year, members of the club put together a quilt to be sold in order to bring

in money for the Leo Children’s Home. Also for the Leo Children’s Home Sale, the group made barretts and headbands in July. In April, the members wrote poems and then each put one into a basket that was delivered to members of the Apostolic Christian Church who were not able to attend regularly. The largest event that the Silver Thimble Club was in charge of this year was the annual auction that was held in March. The sale of foodstuffs as well as crafted items, paintings, and miscellaneous materials totalled out to be around $4,000. That money went into the treasury, and most of it will go to help the needy in the church and community. In May the yearly MotherDaughter Banquet was held by the club. Although Kathy doesn’t know exactly what activities the club will undertake in the rest of the year, she says that they will be making and providing bingo prizes for the nursing home soon.

(The test of) a man's conscience . . . his willingness to sacrifice . . . something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be. heard. — Gaylord Nelson