The Mail-Journal, Volume 29, Number 18, Milford, Kosciusko County, 13 June 1990 — Page 12

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., June 13,1990

Filadelfia Evangelical Spanish Assembly of God moves to Syracuse

By JULIE MOORE Staff Writer

A new building now houses the Filadelfia Evangelical Spanish Assembly of God. The congregation celebrated its move from a rented building in Milford to the old Church of the Nazarene with an open house on June 2. Only founded six years ago, the history of the Filadelfia Evangelical Spanish Assembly of God is as varied as the structures in which it has been housed. During the churches infancy, only three or four families comprised the congregation who, at the time, formed a Church of God. A year after its inception, the congregation became an Assembly of God. Church members then took their services from their Syracuse and Milford homes and rented the room above Bonnie Gene’s Boutique in Milford. Although the congregation readied the rented building for worship, the building still housed its share of problems for the growing church.

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“We used to meet in a real small room too big for the congregation,” said David Antu, a church board member. He and his brother-in-law Domingo Melendez, church secretary, remember the cold winter services in the building. They often had to shut off the portable heater because they could not hear over the noise it made. Although the fledgling church lost its pastor about e.ight months ago, the congregation has stuck together. Melendez, church secretary and second in command, took over the responsibilities of pastor and initiated the idea to move to the new location. And he and the congregation of 35 families moved quickly. Melendez saw an advertisement for the sale of the church on March 26 of this year. The next Saturday. Melendez met with a realtor at the church, and the following day the congregation came to inspect the property. “The first time we saw the church we said, In the name of Jesus, we want it to be our

church,’” said Melendez. And soon it was. Many prayers and a month’s worth of paperwork later, the property legally belonged to the Filadelfia Evangelical Spanish Assembly of God. Yet a large task lay ahead of the congregation. Plaster had fallen, and paint had peeled since the church building was last occupied. Church leaders estimated the work would take a month, but it was completed in less than three weeks. "We worked real hard to 10 and 11:30 at night, every night, and on the weekends," said Melendez. "Brothers, sisters, kids — in less than three weeks you see what we’ve done. "When we finished the church, I looked from the altar at what God has done for us,” he continued. “It’s a big blessing because we had no pastor and were a small congregation. We still have no pastor, the only one we have is Jesus Christ. "We pray to God, wishing one of us will be the pastor in the future,” continued Melendez. Although Melendez is not the of-

APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN MILFORD Jesse Beer. Nelson Beer Will Schieler and Walter Steffen Ministers Morning Worship 10 am Afternoon Worship 12.15 p m FILADELFIA EVANGELICAL SPANISH ASSEMBLY OF GOD, MILFORD Bi Lingual Services Pastor Alberto Jimenez Sunday School 9 30 a m Sunday Worship 11 a m and 6 30 pm Wednesday Bible Study 6 30 p m AWANA Clubs Wednesday 6 30 pm CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH (Armstrong Road) OSWEGO Roderick V Smith. Pastor Sunday School 9 30 a m Morning Worship 10 30 a m Sunday Evening Worsh>p6p m Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7pm AWANA Clubs Wednesday 6 15 pm Word of Life Club WrWnesday 6 15 pm FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF OSWEGO Rev RoyMickiey Pastor Sunday School 9 30 a m Worship Service 10 30 a 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 30 a m and6p m Mid Week Wednesday 7pm AWANA Clubs Wednesday 6 30 pm BETHANY CHURCHOF THE BRETHREN (US6) F Wayne Lawson, Pastor Morning Worship 9 §0 a m Sunday School 10 30 a m Wednesday Activity Night 7 30 BETHEL CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN MILFORD Verne H Leininger Pastor Arlie Waggy. Bd Chm Sunday School 9 00 a m Worship 10 00a rn GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH LEESBURG Jeffery Hoffard. Pastor . Dennis Reed, Moderator Sunday School 10 50 am Morning Worship 9 30 a m . Fellowship 10 30 a m Sunday Evening Worship 6pm Bible Study. S M M & Boys Club. Wednesday 7pm NEWSALEMCHURCH OF THE BRETHREN (900 N & 200 E) Robert Rice, Jr , Pastor Sunday Bible Study 9 30 a m Worship Service 10 30 a m Evening Worship 7 p.m Bible Study 7 p m Wednesday

ficial pastor, he has been recognized by the district as a layman certified to pastor the church. “William Velarde, presbyter of seven Spanish-speaking churches in Indiana, saw the work that we are doing and the extra work that Brother Melendez does to keep

Sayings not understood

By MARIETTA FULLER

There are some who doubt that God could create a “great fish" to swallow Jonah. Os course, this means that they do not have faith in God or of His omnipotence iri creation as given in the first chapter of Genesis. The whole Bible is needed for "correctly dividing the Word of Truth” and so we go to the New Testament. The people had wanted a sign to prove that Jesus was the Messiah to come, and on-

CHURCHOF THE BRETHREN NORTH WEBSTER Ralph R Smith, Pastor Morning Worship 9 30 a m Sunday School 10 30 a m CHURCHOFTHE BRETHREN SYRACUSE Philip Shankster, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 a m Morning Worship 10 30 a m TURKEY CREEK CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN GRAVELTON Kenneth Swank, Pastor Church School 9 30a.m. Worship 10 30 a m SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES CATHOLIC CHURCH SYRACUSE Father Richard Urblne Saturday Mass spm Sunday Mass 7a m ,9a m.. 10 30a m Confession — Saturday 4 pm. Holy Days - Vigil Mass 7 p m . 7 a m and 7pm OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CATHOLIC CHURCH (4th And Main Streets) MILFORD Bro James Linscott, Administrator .Sunday Mass 10 30 a m FIRST CHURCHOF CHRIST SCIENTISTS (175 N. Detroit) WARSAW Sunday School 10 a m Sunday Service 10a m Wednesday 7 p m GOSHEN FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST Service 10 30 a m Sunday School 10 30 a.m. Wednesday Service 7 45 p.m Reading Room open Monday, Thursday and Friday, 11 a m to 3 p m BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH NORTH WEBSTER Lonnie Nicholl, Pastor Sunday School 9 30 a m Worship 10 30 a m &6pm CHRISTIAN CHURCH MILFORD Chris Mahan, Senior Minister Brian Wilcox, Youth Minister Sunday School 9 05 a m Worshipßam 10 15am Wednesday Bible Study 7pm 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 7 p.m.

the congregation together,” said Antu. Melendez was recognized to the district superintendent Rev. Daniel Enriquez at the June 2 open house. A bilingual service highlighted the June 2 celebration with Melendez preaching in Spanish and Antu translating in English.

’ly the sign of Jonah had been given to them: “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the "Son of Man” be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth” (Matthew 12:40). This proved that Jonah was spewed out by the whale onto the ground and then resurrected by God. It also spoke of the future resurrection of our Lord and Saviour. Because of the preaching of Jonah concerning their judgment, all the people of Nineveh believed in God and repented of their sins. One cannot take isolated verses out of the Bible and interpret them correctly. In this instance, the following paragraph gives us the true meaning of Isaiah 13:5: “But He (Christ, the Messiah) was wounded for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.” There are those who say we are thus healed of our sickness; but this has no reference to our health for verse 6 continues with “All we like sheep have gone astray” (in sins). It is the blood of our Saviour shed on the tree (cross) which heals us of our sickness of sins. Services at Oakwood Sunday summer worship services at Oakwood Park have begun. The speaker for Sunday, June 17, will be Rev. Harold Hazenfield,-whose sermon is entitled “Too Deep to Sand — Too Shallow to Fill.” Special music will be presented by Heather Staley. Worship services will be held throughout the summer at Mueller Auditorium at Oakwood Center. Dinner will follow the services in the dining room of Oakwood Hotel from 11:45 a.m.-l p.m. Services and meals are open to the public. There is a fee for the dinner.

CHURCHOF GOD NORTH WEBSTER Stephen W Fouts, Pastor James Davey, Associate Steven Clarke. Associate Men's Prayer Breakfast 6:30 a m Worship Bam Sunday School 9 30a.m. Worship Celebration 10 45 a m Evening Serviceof Praise6p m CHURCHOF GOD SYRACUSE Ron Bruce. Pastor » Paul Yeager, S S. Supt Sunday School 9 30a.m Morning Worship 10:30a.m .Junior Worship 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship 6 45p 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. BYCSunday6 30p.m. Mid Week Worship 7 p.m. FREEDOMCHAPEL NON DENOMINATIONAL (Corner Syra/Webster Rd. & 1000 N) SYRACUSE Ray Shanklin, Pastor Sunday Worship 10a.m Wednesday 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 7p.m. Wednesday Evening Service 7pm JEHOVAH'S WITNESS KINGDOM HALL (East Papakeechie Lake Drive) Sunday Public Lecture 9.30 a m Watchtower Study 10 30 a 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 10a m GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH (200 E. Main St.) SYRACUSE Richard Dunning, Pastor Worship 9 15a m. Sunday School 10:30a m TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD LIGONIER Don Fischer, Pastor Divine Service9a.m. Sunday School & Bible Class 10:20 a.m.

The public is welcome to attend services at the new church located on the corner of Benton and Harrison Streets in Syracuse. Family worship is Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. and is followed by 10:30 a.m. service. Sunday evening service is at 6 p.m.

In Mark 9:43 we read: “And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off; for it is better for thee to enter into maimed than having two hands to go to he 11...” and in verses 45 and 46, the same is said about the foot and the eye, if they also offend. I have heard of those who have cut off a hand because they did not understand this passage of Scripture. To know the truth, we must go to the preceding verse 42: “And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in Me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.” Our Lord used physical things to portray spiritual ones. He is speaking here about a Christian who has grown spiritually from the “baby” stage to that of a “little child.” Anyone who offends him by leading him into sin, causing him to fall from grace, to cease growing, and to lose fellowship and rewards from the Lord, has committed a very serious offense. The seriousness of this was shown to the extent of getting rid of the hand, the foot, and the eye (not physically but spiritually), which have caused this for they are all related to the sips of “the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life (which are) not of the Father, but of the world" (1 John 2:16). Documentary on Native Americans NBC will broadcast a one-hour documentary titled "Circle of the Spirit” on Sunday, June 17. The United States Catholic Conference produced the special which profiles the saga of Native Americans in the Catholic Church. WKJG Channel 33 will broadcast the program at noon, and WNDU Channel 16 will broadcast it at 1 p.m.

MILFORDCHAPEL Mennonite (East Catherine Street) Arthur Hershberger, Pastor Amos Ramer, Deacon Sunday School 10 a m Worship Service Ham Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m. Wednesday Service 7pm DEWART LAKE COMMUNITY FRIENDSCHURCH (500E and 900 N) DEWART LAKE Lou Herchenroeder, Pastor Sunday School 9 a m Worship 10a m (Quaker Hall) Kids in Christ Youth Group Thursday, 7pm WAWASEE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Ron Blake, Pastor Church School 9 30 a m Worship 10:30a m Evening Worship 6 p.m Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7pm 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. SALEM COMMUNITY CHURCH (I’/a Miles Southeast Os Wilmot) Pastor Kurt B Church Sunday School 9:45a.m. Morning Worship 10:30a.m. Sunday Evening Serviced p m Prayer Bible Study Wednesday 7 p.m. * BURR OAK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Lawrence Byrnes, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 a m Worship 10:30a. m SYRACUSE CALVARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (SR 13 South) Dr James J Babbitt, Pastor Kim Conrad, Church School Supt. Sherry Leedy, Youth Worker Church School 9:3(/a.m. Worship Service 8 30 a m and 10:40 a m CLUNETTE UNITED METHODISTCHURCH John Bell, Pastor Sunday School 9:30a.m. Worship Service 10:30a m HASTING ISLANDCHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Gary Lewis, Pastor Kendall Biller, Supt Sunday School 9:30a m. Worship 10:30a m Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7 00 p.m.

f* 1. V 1 B ilk * o I vtl -I ' “J I tuft-" ■■■MB I '*■ .Ml BROTHERS IN CHRIST — David Antu, left, and his brother-in-law Domingo Melendez stand behind the pulpit in their new church. The Filadelfia Evangelical Spanish Assembly of God recently bought the building once used by the Church of the Nazarene. Melendez, church secretary and acting pastor, holds Sunday services in Spanish while Antu translates in English. (Photo by Julie Moore)

VBS meeting set for Monday at Syracuse

Everyone who will be volunteering time as teachers, mothers, or helpers for the Syracuse community's Island in the Sun Vacation Bible School, is asked to attend a mini-workshop on Monday. June 18, at Calvary United Methodist Church,

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH LEESBURG Donald C Lacy. Pastor Morning Worship 9 30 a m Church School 10:30a.m. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MILFORD Ben Whirledge, Pastor Dan Brown, Lay Leader Church School 9 15am Worship 10.30 am. UMYF Sundays 30p m. Bible Study Wednesday 7pm MORRISCHAPEL UNITED METHODIST R. 1, PIERCETON Rev. Christine Newman Jacobs Bob Wine, S.S Supt Ron Campbell, Ass t S.S Supt Sunday School 9 30a.m. Worship 10 30a m. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH NORTH WEBSTER O. Rex Lindemood, Pastor Worshipß 30a m and 10 45a m Church School 9 30a m Senior High Youth Group, Sunday, 6pm SAINT ANDREW'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SYRACUSE Rev Richard Bunnell, Pastor Church School 9 15am Worships 30& 10:25a m. UMYF Sunday 6 30p m Communion Wednesday 5 45 p m Bible Study Wednesday 6pm SOLOMON'S CREEK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Harold North, Pastor Worship 9a. m Sunday School 10 a m SYRACUSE UNITED PENTECOSTALCHURCH (Corner Harrison & Pearl St.) Ronald Cox, Pastor Sunday School 10a.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 11am WAWASEE COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH MILFORD Tom Speicher, Pastor Sunday School, All Ages, 9 30a m Morning Worship Ila m WORDOF GRACE FELLOWSHIPCHURCH (CR 300E & Rookstool Rd.) Allen Giant, Pastor Worship Service 10 a m Bible Study, 7pm Wednesday

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