The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 37, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 October 1989 — Page 18

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., October 25,1989

Church

I By J. ROBERT BOGGS, JR. Guest Feature Writer

Just as you come over the hill you are startled to see in the early morning light a buffalo standing among the grazing cows up ahead. You are fascinated, so you keep glancing in that dire tion as you drive. When yc t close enough, you see that ,wo cows were-standing close together in such away as to give the illusion of a buffalo. "Boy, my eyes sure fooled me that time," you mutter to yourself. Things, people and situations are often like that. They look very different when you get closer to them. Like that morning I came around the corner of our house and was suddenly face-to-face with this big, gruff dog that belongs to my neighbor. He was the one that considered it his duty to daily fertilize my lawn. (Speaking of duty, did you ever notice how many dogs have such a Strong sense of it? Like those that feel obligated to bite every Coping Vv I : s i : — stress Clayton Barbeau's tape series on "Ways to Cope With Life's Stress" will be presented at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church in Syracuse beginning Thursday. Oct. 26. The four part series features entertaining and effective methods on dealing with the pressures of life. All presentations will be held on Thursday evenings with the first in the series, "Coping with feelings." to be held October 28. The second presentation is scheduled for November 2. "Coping with loss.” On November 9. "Coping with self," will be presented, and the final showing is scheduled for November 16, "Coping with others." Each showing will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the church. SR 13. Syracuse. There will be no admission charge and individuals can choose to attend one or all the sessions.

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mail carrier they see, or to chase every passing car for certain predictable distances?) Pity dogs, or people, who are slaves to ‘duty.’ Like the person who says, "I don’t want to gossip, but I feel it my duty to tell you ...” See what I mean? Back to 'big dog.' Before that unnerving morning when I first saw him close-up. I had, from the security of my living room, observed him many times dutifully making his daily deposits of fresh fertilizer on my lawn. I always tried to make a mental note of where not to step or where to use caution that next time I mowed the lawn. Please don't think I dislike dogs, or don’t believe in fertilizer. I'm for both — but of the right kind and in their proper places. But this slow process of ‘spot fertilization' I considered very improper and annoying to say the least. Just take a look at how uneven the grass grows on lawns thus treated. One morning, when my irritation was more acute than usual, I had bravely declared, “Enough is enough!” If I ever get the chance. I’m gonna tell that stupid mutt just what I think of his kind of froc -fertilizer! We’ll got- this settled once and for all. ’ That release of ‘energy’ seemed to help me feel better for the moment and I forgot about the dog . . . until that day I was out walking early and he came around the corner of the house. There we met. face-to-face. Only this time, I did not have the safety of seeing him from behind our living room window. Strange, isn't it. how a close-up view of dog§, or people, changes one's perception of them? Since I have such little respect for cowards and liars, I summoned all my courage and looked ‘big dog' straight in the eye and said, ‘Sir, I'd like you to know that I know that you are the one who has taken it upon yourself to make daily deposits on the bank of my lawn without my permission. Furthermore, you have been using an unauthorized type of fertilizer. I demand that you cease and desist from such activity immediately. Understand?”

APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN MILFORD Jesse Beer, Nelson Beer Will Schieler 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 am Morning Worship 10 30 a m Sunday Evening Worship 6pm Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p m AWANA Clubs Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Word of Life Club Wednesday 6; 15 p m FILADELFIA EVANGELICAL SPANISH ASSEMBLYOF GOD, MILFORD Bi Lingual Services Pastor Alberto Jimenez Sunday School 9:30 a m Sunday Worship 11am and 6 30 p m Wednesday Bible Study 6:30p.m AWANACIubs Wed. 6:30p.m FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF OSWEGO Rev. RoyMickley, Pastor Sunday School 9 30 a m Worship Service 10:30a.m. WAWASEE HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH (Across From High School) Jerry Walden, Pastor Jim Rodgers, Youth Pastor Doug Smith, S.S. Supt Sunday School 9 30 a m Worship 10 30a.m. and6p.m Mid Week Wed 7 p.m. AWANA Clubs Wed. 6 30 p.m. BETHANY CHURCHOF THE BRETHREN (US6) F Wayne Lawson, Pastor Morning Worship 9:30 am. Sunday School 10:30 a m Wednesday Activity Night 7 30 . BETHELCHURCHOF THE BRETHREN MILFORD Verne H Leininger, Pastor Arlie Waggy, Bd Chm Sunday School 9:30 am. Worship 10 30a m. newsalemchurch OF THE BRETHREN (900N&200E) Robert Rice, Jr , Pastor Sunday Bible Study 9:30 am. Worship Service 10 30 a m Evening Worship 7 p.m Bible Study, 7 p.m Wednesday CHURCH OF GOD NORTH WEBSTER Stephen W Fouts, Pastor James Davey, Associate Steven Clarke, Associate Men's Prayer Breakfast 6 30 a m. Worship 8 am. Sunday School 9:30 a. m Worship Celebration 10 45 a m Evening Service of Praise6p m.

With his head cocked at a curious angle, he listened to my brave words (delivered, I admit, in a weak, timid voice) as if asking me what it was I really wanted to say. After an awesome silence, with a twitch of his curled lip, he looked me in the eye and said, “GRRRRRR.” That’s all he said. But he said a lot with that one word! My interpretation of it was something like this: “Mister f I will fertilize whatever lawn I please, whenever I wish, and in the way I choose. And if you don’t like it you can just-. . . step over it.” I had never liked the idea of stepping over it before, but for some reason, at that particular moment, it sounded like a good idea. Then and there the two of us declared a truce in pur war; a truce which later evolved — would you believe — into a mutual respect and finally into a real friendship. Strange how one’s ideas can change when faced with stern realities of various sorts, and how fast they can change at times. Funny, too, how you can learn to appreciate different kinds of dogs — and people — who don’t always do what you wish they would, or in the way you might prefer. But seeing them close-up makes a big difference. I’m embarrassed now when I remember the many times I have secretly wished that big dog would ‘drop dead.' He really is a lot of company and comfort to the

Missions Conference November 1 -5 at Wawasee Heights Baptist Church

Wawasee Heights Baptist Church, Syracuse, is having its 1989 Missions Conference from Nov. 1-5. The emphasis this year is on home missions, with the theme, ‘‘Turning an Eye Towards Home.” Home missionaries will be speaking at the church nightly at 6:30 p.m., presenting different aspects of missions work from various areas in the U.S. Friday night, Nov. 3, there will be a missions banquet at 6 p.m. Commenting on the con-

lonely old man next door. And, too, the beast certainly helps to make life interesting, and a challenge for me. Speaking of the dear old man next door, I recall when, months ago, J thought he was as gruff and as mean as his dog seemed to be. I remember the day when I hesitated to share some of the chocolate chip cookies my wife had just baked. But she insisted. Sheepishly, I took the seranwrapped plate of still-warm delicacies to his back door, wondering if he would accept them. But as he slowly took them, I thought I detected a bit of life and light in his sad eyes for the first time since I had known him. “Have a seat” he said, pointing to the chair on the other side of the cluttered kitchen table. Sitting down, I finally broke the uneasy silence. “My Maxie breaks down occasionally and makes my favorite cookies, and we thought maybe you might like to taste them.” “They do look good,” he said as he slipped a big one from under the plastic. When the flavors had time to race to his aged taste buds, the light in his pale-grey eyes was quite evident. Suddenly, I got a warm and relaxed feeling. We talked tor an hour or more over the cookies and instant coffee he pulled down from the old blue cupboard, He shared with me how his beloved wife had been killed in the auto accident when ‘big dog' was only a cuddly pup.

ference, Pastor Jefry Walden said, “Missions is not just a part of our ministry, it is the very heart of what God has called us to do. The evangelization of »the world, beginning at home, is the responsibility of each and every believer.” Missionary speakers for the week will be: Pastor Jerry Benge and wife, Kelly, Trinity Baptist Church, Muncie, involved in church planting; Wayne Lopez, ministering to both American apd foreign students at American

CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN SYRACUSE D Arnold Naff, Pastor Junior Blough, Supt Sunday School 9 30a m. Morning Worship 10:30a m Sunday Bible Study 7pm TURKEY CREEK CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN GRAVELTON Kenneth Swank, Pastor Church School 9 30 a m Worship 10:30 am SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES CATHOLIC CHURCH o SYRACUSE Father Richard Urbine Sunday Massßa m., 10:30a m Saturday Mass sp.m. Confession 4 p.m. Holy Days 5 30 p.m., 7 a 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 FIRSTCHURCHOF CHRIST SCIENTISTS (175 N. Detroit) WARSAW Sunday School 10a.m. Sunday Service 10 a m. Wednesday 7 p m GOSHEN FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST Service 10:30 a. 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 CHURCH located 14 cottages east of the Tip pecanoe Country Club, EMS 35, Country Club Lane, Lake Tippecanoe Thorpe and Karen Mitchell, Pastors Worship Services Sunday 10 a m & 6p.m. Wednesday Jpm BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH NORTHWEBSTER Lonnie Nichol I, Pastor Sunday School 9 30 a m Worship 10 30a.m. 66p.m. CHRISTIAN CHURCH MILFORD Chris Mahan, Senior Minister Brian Wilcox, Youth Minister Sunday School 9 a m Worship 10 a m Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. CHURCHOF THE BRETHREN NORTHWEBSTER Ralph R Smith, Pastor Morning Worship 9:30 am. Sunday School 10:30a m.

Since he and the dog had both survived the crash, a special feeling of protectiveness developed between them. “I don’t know what I’ll do if and when he grows old and dies. He’s all I’ve got,” he said wistfully. Before returning to my anxious Maxie, I had the whole life history of the sweet old man next door. Have you noticed how different people appear when you see them close-up? And have you observed how someone keeps filling your cup when you are willing to pour out a bit of human kindness here and there? We all need to drink from this special ‘cup’ occasionally. Slowly, I’m learning that things, situations, dogs, and people appear a lot different when you take a careful look . . . closeup. Old Testament [Prophecy] Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; , lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. Zechariah 9:9

colleges and universities; Rev. Randy Patten, state representative to the Indiana Fellowship of Regular Baptist Churches; Dan Seaman and wife, Linda, seeking to serve as missionaries in French Guiana; and Robert Young and family, ministering to Mormons in Utah. The conference will culminate in the annual Faith Promise Offering on Sunday where, as Pastor Walden states, “believers can commit to give according as God has blessed them.”

CHURCHOF GOD SYRACUSE Ron Bruce, Pastor Paul Yeager, S.S. Supt Sunday School 9:30a.m. Morning Worship 10:30a.m. Junior Worship 10:30a.m. Evening Worship6:4sp.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 9:15a.m. Morning Worship 10; 30 a m BYC Sunday 6 30 p.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. Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m Wednesday Evening Service 7 p.m. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MILFORD Ben Whirledge, Pastor Dan Brown, Lay Leader Church School 9:15 am. Worship 10 30a.m. UMYF Sunday 5:30 p.m. Bible Study Wednesday 7 p.m. JEHOVAH'S WITNESS KINGDOM HALL (East Papakeechie Lake Drive) Sunday Public Lecture 9:30 a 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 Laraine Sundin, Pastor Sunday School 9a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m ’ GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH , (200 E. Main St.) SYRACUSE Richard Dunning, Pastor Worship 9 15 a.m. Sunday School 10:30a.m TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD LIGONIER Don Fischer, Pastor Divine Service 9a m. Sunday School & Bible Class 10.20a.m milfordchapel Mennonite (East Catherine Street) Arthur Hershberger, Pastor Amos Ramer, Deacon Sunday School 10 a m Worship Service 11 a.m Sunday Evening Service 7p.m. Wednesday Service 7 p.m.

BA ■ A " I JI iA I A ■ « fe -SI YOUNG MEN’S QUARTET TO PRESENT CONCERT — The Master’s Quartet of Olivet Nazarene University in Kankakee. 111., will present a concert of sacred music at the Wawasee Community Church of the Nazarene, located on SR 13S, on Sunday, Oct. 29, at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Olivet Nazarene University is a four-year liberal arts school located 60 miles south of Chicago. Graduate courses for master’s degrees are offered in seven fields. The Master’s Quartet consists of five young men who are full-time students at Olivet. They are pictured, front row, kneeling: Troy Comstock, Mishawaka, left, a freshman majoring in chemistry; and Dean Keefauver, Lewistown, 111., a junior majoring in music education; back row. standing, left to right: Erik Chalfant, Norwood, Ohio, a freshman majoring in music; Don Schultheis, Notre Dame, a junior majoring in history; and Brent Cunningham. Los Angeles, Calif., sophomore majoring in business administration.

WAWASEE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Ron Blake, Pastor Church School 9:30a.m Worship 10:30a.m Evening Worship 6 p m Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m FREEDOMCHAPEL \ NON DENOMINATIONAL \ (Corner Benton & Harrison St.) ’ SYRACUSE Ray Shanklin, Pastor Sunday Worship TO a m DEWART LAKE COMMUNITY FRIENDSCHURCH (SOOEand 900 N) DEWART LAKE Lou Here hen roedec Pastor Sunday School 9 a m Worship 10a.m. (Quaker Hall) Kids in Christ Youih Group Thursday, 7 p.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 7 p.m Wednesday Bible School 7 p.m. SALEM COMMUNITY CHURCH (l’/2 Miles Southeast Os Wilmot) Pastor Kurf B. Church Sunday School9:4sa.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a m Sunday Evening Service 6 p.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. SYRACUSE CALVARY UNITED METHODISTCHURCH (SR 13 South) David C Maish, Pastor Kim Conrad, Church School Supt Sherry Leedy, Youth Worker Church School 9:30a.m. Worship Service 8:30 a m and 10:40a.m. CLUNETTE O UNITED METHODIST CHURCH John Bell, Pastor Sunday Worship Service 10:30a.m. HASTING ISLANDCHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Gary Lewis, Pastor Kendall Biller, Supt Sunday School 9 30 a m Worship 10:30 a.m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7 00 p m UNITED METHODIST CHURCH LEESBURG Donald C. Lacy, Pastor Morning Worship 9 30 a m Church School 10 30a,m

GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH , LEESBURG Jeffery Hoffard, Pastor Dennis Reed, Moderator Sunday School 10:50a.m. Morning Worship 9:30a.m. Fellowship 10:30 arn Sunday Bible M|&Boys Club, J* MORRISCHAPEL UNITED METHODIST R. 1, PIERCETON Rev. Christine Newman Jacobs \ Bob Wine, S.S. Supt. J Rory Campbell, Ass't. S.S. f Su/feay'iAhool 9:30a.m. Worship 10:30a.m S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH NORTHWEBSTER O Rex Lindemood, Pastor Worship 8 30a.m. and 10;45.a m Church School 9 30 a m \ Senior High Youth Group, Sunday, 6p.m. SAINT ANDREW'S UNITED METHODISE CHURCH SYRACUSE Rev Richard Bunnell, Pastor Church School 9:15 a m.I Worships 30& 10:25a.m. ~ UMYF Sunday 6 30p m \ Communion Wednesday 5 45 p.m 3 Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m. SOLOMON'S CREEK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Harold North, Pastor Worship 9a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. ZION CHAPEL U.B. CHURCH (Corner Syr.-Web. Rd. and 1000 N) Hubert Schmucker, Pastor Vernon Sholtey, S.S. Supt Sunday School 9 a m Worship 10a.m. SYRACUSE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH (Corner Harrison & Pearl St.) Ronald Cox, 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 11 a m WAWASEE COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH MILFORD Tom Speicher, Pastor Sunday School, All Ages, 9 30 a m Morning Worship 11a.m. WORDOF GRACE FELLOWSHIPCHURCH (CR 300E & Rook stool Rd ) Allen Giant, Pastor Worship Service 10 a m Bible Study, 7pm Wednesday

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