The Mail-Journal, Volume 29, Number 28, Milford, Kosciusko County, 22 August 1990 — Page 16
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THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., August 22,1990
Herchenroeder is with Friends at Dewart Lake
By JULIE MOORE Staff Writer
Three years ago, the Friends Church at Dewart Lake got a new name in addition to its first fulltime pastor — _ Lou Herchenroeder. Now called the Dewart Lake Community Friends Church, the 10-year-old worship group refers to itself as the Society of Friends. The religious society was founded 300 years ago in England and followers subsequently received the nickname Quakers because they appeared visibly shaken. The name stuck. Quaker Haven Camp, located on the east side of Dewart Lake, and the Friends Church are affiliated but Herchenroeder draw the line there. The church belongs to the Indiana Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends, along with 75 other churches from Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. The camp is owned jointly by that group and the Western Yearly Meeting of the Society. The church rents space from the camp. Yet Quaker Haven Camp provides a unique setting for worship. The year-round facility is used by Quakers, Mennonites, United Methodists, Brethrens
r 1 t I tnSI AMONG FRIENDS — Lou Herchenroeder, pastor of the Dewart Lake Community Friends Church, is quick to distinguish the church, located at Quaker Haven, from the camp. (Photo by Julie Moore)
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and other groups. “On any one Sunday, especially in the summer, we may have people from five or six denominations who will join us for worship because they’re here,” said Herchenroeder. He sees the worship service at the camp as crossing “artificial borders that (he doesn't) think Christ intended.” To him, the worship is what is most important. “If babies are crying and little kids want to get up and run around, we’re not uptight about that,” said the pastor, adding that this may not be true of all Quakers. Religious life is simple for the Quaker. The Friends Church at Dewart Lake has no buildings. “The church is people,” explained the 33-year-old pastor. “We don’t even call church buildings churches; we call them meeting houses or chapels.” From Memorial Day to Labor Day, the church holds a Sunday morning Boat-in Service at 8:30 a.m. The half-hour service is “geared for vacationers, campers, people who really wouldn’t otherwise get up and go,” noted Herchenroeder. The pastor estimates nearly 100 to 150 boat and shore worshipers attend the summer services and as many as 200 attend on
holidays. “Our intention isn’t to pull people from their own churches. Our intention,is to draw people that would normally be sleeping in on Sunday morning into a Christian fellowship,” he said. Throughout the year church members meet in a log chapel overlooking the lake at 10 a.m. Sunday school and fellowship precede the service. Yet the off-season congregation shrinks dramatically to about 35 members. Herchenroeder admits the small church is trying to grow. “With 35 to 40 members everyone knows everyone but it’s tough to make ends meet,” he concedes. In all, Quakers number some 200,000. In fact, there are more Methodists in Indiana then there are Quakers in the whole world. The small congregation at Dewart Lake makes religious programming awkward for the young pastor. “We would like to double that number to have more than one or two people in each age group.” Because the church is centrally located between Leesburg, North Webster, Syracuse and Milford, its youth come from four different elementary school systems and two different high schools. And it means a lot of schedule juggling for the pastor. The worship service itself is simple — and non-traditional. The Ffiends service is a time when people can share. “We try to use spontaneous prayers from the heart,” he explained, adding the church shies away from “canned” prayers. “It’s not uncom-
Independent charismatic church revival to begin
Independent charismatic churches in northeastern Kosciusko County will hold a revival Thursday through Saturday evening, Aug. 30-Sept. 1. The revival takes place at the Northernlakes Cathedra] of Praise, located at the intersection on SR 13 and (JOON. Pastors meetings and fellowship will be held each day of the revival from 1 to 3:30 p.m at the home of pastors Thorpe and Karen Mitchell on Lake Tippecanoe. Following the revival’s theme of Pulling Down Strongholds, spiritual warfare will start at 6 p.m. each day with the revival following at 7 p.m.
APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN MILFORD Jesse Beer, Nelson Beer Will Schieler and Walter Steffen, Ministers Morning Worship 10 am Afternoon Worship 12 15 pm FILADELFIA EVANGELICAL SPANISH ASSEMBLY OF GOD, SYRACUSE Bi Lingual Services Pastor Domingo Melendez Sunday School 9 30 a m Sunday Worship 11 a m and 6 30 p m Wednesday Bible Study 6 30 p m A WAN A Clubs Wednesday 6 30 pm CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH (Armstrong Road) OSWEGO Roderick V Smith, Pastor Sunday School 9 30 a m Morning Worship 10 30am, Sunday Evening Worship 6pm Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7pm A WAN A-Cubs Wednesday 6 15pm Word of Lwe Club Wednesday 6 15 pm FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF OSWEGO Rev Gary Coby, 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 Wednesday 7pm A WANA Clubs Wednesday 6 '3O p m BETHANY CHURCHOF THE BRETHREN (US6) F Wayne Lawsor. Pastor Morning Worship 9 30 a m Sunday School 10 . 30 a m Wednesday Activity Night 7 30 BETHEL CHURCHOF THE BRETHREN MILFORD Verne H Leininger Pastor ArheWaggy Bd Chm Sunday School 9 00 a m Worship 10'00a m GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH LEESBURG Jeffery Hoffard. Pastor Denms Reed Moderator Sunday School 10 50 a m Morning Worship 9 30 a m Fellowship 10 30a m Sunday Evening Worship 6pm Bible Study S M M 4 Boys Club Wednesday 7pm NEW SALEM CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN (9MN A2OOE) Robert Rice, Jr Pastor Sunday Bible Study 9 30 a m Worship Service 10 30am E venmg Worship 7pm Bible Study, 7 p m Wednesday
mon for us tp laugh, have fun and talk with our neighbors.” Sometimes the young pastor doesn’t even get to preach at Sunday service. “I’m just a minister and everyone else is because they are Christian . . . And God may have given the message to someone else other than me.” “If God is taking the service in another direction other than I had in mind, I am comfortable with that.” Churches belonging to the Society of Friends do not Catechetical Institute Day The Diocese of Ft. Wayne-south Bend will hold its fall Catechetical Institute Day on Sept.. 22 from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. The workshops will be held at Warsaw High School. Registration begins as 7:30 a. m. and morning prayer follows at 8:30. Both the morning and afternoon sessions will offer 15 different workshops, including one in Spanish. Participants can choose from sessions on sacraments, Scripture, church history, liturgy and youth ministry. Call the Office of Religious Education at 422-4611 or 259-9994 for advance registration. Help for the visually or hearing impaired is available.
Mick Dalton, pastor of the Dayspring Church in Lafayette, and Peter Doseck, pastor of Only Believe Ministries of Botkins, Ohio, will be the keynote! speakers. , . Co-hosting the revival with the Northernlakes Cathedral of Praise will be the Trinity Full Gospel Fellowship, Goshen. Other church sponsors are the following: the Freedom Chapel and the Filadelfia Evangelical Spanish Assembly of God, Syracuse; the Ark Church, Nappanee; the Full Gospel Assembly and the Zion Fellowship. Warsaw.
CHURCHOF THE BRETHREN NORTH WEBSTER Ralph R Smith, Pastor Morning Worship 9 30 a m Sunday School 10 30 a m CHURCHOF THE 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 S>vank Pastor Church School 9 30 a m Worship 10 30a m SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES CATHOLIC CHURCH SYRACUSE Father Richard Urbine Saturday Mass spm Sunday Mass 7am.9a m. 10 30 am Confession - Saturday 4pm 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 10 a m Wednesday 7pm 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 3pm BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH NORTHWEBSTER Lonme Nicholl Pastor Sunday School 9 30 a m Worship 10 30 a m 46pm CHRISTIAN CHURCH MILFORD Chris Mahan, Senior Minister Brian Wilcox, Youth Minister Sunday School 9 05 a m Worship Bam 10 15 am 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 IO« m 4 6pm Wednesday 7 p m
celebrate sacraments traditionally either. According to Herchenroeder, they instead try to sense the presence of Jesus in every aspect of life without the use of ceremony. All this may seem odd from pastor who grew up a Catholic in
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FISHERS OF MEN — Boat-In worshipers give their offerings at the end of a recent service. At the Boat-in Worship service this Sunday, Aug. 26, Rev. Harlan Steffen of the Wawasee Lakeside Chapel will lead. Sunday’s speaker, Rev. Ray Shanklin of the Freedom Chapel, will present the sermon entitled “You are Invited” from Matthew 22:2-14.
Human relationship — The family structure remains the best Many households are quite diversified these days in the lifestyles and interests of the members, as II wjs; V Zj well as in the biological sense because of step- "V wj A children and half-brothers and sisters living under s V / one roof. Indeed, many families find it hard to 1 4U\ a A f ( remember the last time they all had dinner A X together. Some of this is unavoidable, as in the case /A of a father who must travel on business or a HF F / mother involved in committee work for a worthy ■Bm’ ffl Vw» cause. However, the family members should make HF jl I , W an effort to be together whenever possible, to discuss problems or just to have some kind of fun that spans the generation gap. Moreover, they fe should attend their House of Worship regularly, Zs ,HHF HH| J for this will help to cement the bonds. The family circle should be an unbroken one; a center of love and a haven of refuge from the outside world.
CHURCHOF GOD NORTHWEBSTER Stephen W Fouts, Pastor James Davey. Associate Steven Clarke, Associate Men s Prayer Breakfast 6 30 a m Worship Sam Sunday School 9 30 a m Worship Celebration 10 45 a m Evening Service of Praise 6pm CHURCHOF GOD SYRACUSE Ron Bruce, Pastor Paul Yeager. S S. Supt Sunday School 9 30 a m Morning Worship 10 30 a m Juni.or Worship 10 30a m E venmg Worship 6 45 p m ALL SAINTS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH SHORE LAKE WAWASEE -Vicar Rev David L Hyndman Holy Eucharist 9am FIRST BRETHREN CHURCH MILFORD Paul Tmkel. PastOf Church School 9 15a m Morning Worship 10 30a m BYC Sunday 6 30 pm Mid Week Worship 7pm FREEDOMCHAPEL NON DENOMINATIONAL (Corner Syra/Webster Rd. & 1000 N) SYRACUSE Ray Shanklm Pastor Sunday Worship 10a m Wednesda / Worship 7 p m grace bible church SYRACUSE Dr Da-/id R Haifley. Pastor Sunday Schoo' 9 45a m Morning Worship 11 a m Sunday E venmg Service 7pm Wednesday E zening Service 7pm JEHOVAH'S WITNESS KINGDOM HALL (East Papakeechie Lake Drive) Sunday P jbhc Lecture 9 30a m Watchtower Study JO 30 a m Tuesday. Study of Prophec y 7 30 p m Thursday Ministry School 7 p m CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH (111 W Orange St ) CROMWELL Larame Sundin, Pastor Sunday School 9am Worship Ser yic® io a m GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH (200 E Main St.) SYRACUSE Richard Dunning, Pastor Worship 9 15am Sunday School <0 30a m TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD LIGONIER Don Fischer Pastor Divine Serv.ce 7a m Sunday School a Bible Class >0 20 a m
Kokomo. Why the change? He said he wanted religion to play a more important role in his life. He had graduated with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Purdue and was working at an electronics company in his
MILFORD CHAPEL Mennonite (East Catherine Street) Arthur Hershberger, Pastor Amos Ramer, Deacon Sunday School 10 a m Worship Service Ham Sunday Evening Service 7p.m Wednesday Service 7 p m DEWART LAKE COMMUNITY FRIENDSCHURCH (500E and 900 N) DEWART LAKE Lou Herchenroeder, Pastor Sunday School 9am 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 30 a m Evening Worship6p m Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7pm ROCK CHURCH INTERDENOMINATIONAL (13-A A 1050 N, E. Lake Wawasee) Rev SarahM Tuttle, and Dr Gary M Tuttle, Pastors Morning Worship 10a m Evening Worship 7p m Wednesday Bible School 7p m SALEM COMMUNITY CHURCH (I 1 ? Miles Southeast Os Wilmot) Pastor Kurt B Church Sunday School 9 45 a 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 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 30 a m Worship Service 8 30 a m and 10 40 a m CLUNETTE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH John Bell. Pastor Sunday School 9 30 a m Worship Service 10 30 a m HASTING ISLANDCHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Gary Lewis, Pastor Kendall Biller, Supt Sunday School f 30 a m Worship io 30 a m Prayer Meeting Wednesday 700 pm
home town when he decided to make the move. Studying at Asbury Seminary in Wilmore, Ky., he graduated at the same time officials at the Dewart Lake Community Friends Church were looking for a pastor. “Our superintendent got us
Music will be provided by the Swartz family of Sturgis, Mich. Boat and shore worshipers may attend the Sunday morning service held on the west edge of Lake Wawasee at Oakwood Park Hotel piers in Syracuse. The interdenominational service begins at 8:30 a.m. and lasts about a half an hour. Boat-in worshippers will meet only until Sunday, Sept. 2, this season.
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH LEESBURG Pastor Don Shanks Morning Worship 9 30 a m Church School 10 30a m UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MILFORD Ben Whirledge, Pastor Dan Brown, Lay Leader Church School 9:15a.m. Worship 10:30a.m. UMYF Sunday 5:30p.m Bible Study Wednesday 7 p.m. MORRIS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST R.b PIERCETON Rev Christine Newman Jacobs Bob Wine, S S Supt. Ron Campbell, Ass't S.S. Supt Sunday School 9 30 a.m. Worship 10 30a.m. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH NORTHWEBSTER Pastor Richard Taylor Worship 8 30 a m and 10:45a.m. Church School 9:30a.m Senior High Youth Group, Sunday,6p m. SAINT ANDREW'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SYRACUSE Rev. Richard Bunnell, Pastor Church School 9 15a m Worshipß:3o& 10:25a m UMYF Sunday 6 30p m Communion Wednesday 5 45 p.m Bible Study Wednesday 6p m SOLOMON'S CREEK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Harold North, Pastor Worship9a m Sunday School 10 am SYRACUSE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH (Corner Harrison A Pearl St.) Ronald Cox, Pastor Sunday School 10a 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 30a m Morning Worship Ham WORD OF GRACE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH (CR 300( A Rooks fool Rd.) Allen Giant, Pastor Worship Service 10 a m Bifcf*stutfy. 7pm WednMMy
together and that’s history,” he quipped. Herchenroeder works parttime at Heaters Engineering, Inc. and lives in North Webster with his wife Shelly and their two children Nicolas, seven; and Kasey, four.
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