INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN June 2004 53rd Annual Indiana South District Wesleyan Church Family Camp July 23 Au 1, 2004 SPECIAL SERVICES Friday, July 23 District Conference Reistration - 7:30 a.m. Conference Convenes - 8:30 a.m. Camp Board Meetin - 7:15 p.m. Camp Prayer Meetin - 8:00 p.m. Dr. Mark Eckart DIST. SUPERINTENDENT Rev. David Clardie CAMP EVANGELIST Saturday, July 24 Wesleyan Women Convention - 10:00 a.m. World Missions Rally - 7:00 p.m. Guest Speaker: Rev. Rick West Sunday, July 25 Rev. Isaac Smith CAMP EVANGELIST District Superintendent Speaks - 10:30 a.m. Ordination Service - 2:00 p.m. with Dr. Tom Armier, General Superintendent Mark Dubeld Family SINGERS District Wide Youth Rally 6:00 p.m. Rev. Anthony Moore Linville Family CHILDREN S WORKERS Camp located 0.5 mile south of Orleans, IN on Hihway 37 (812) 865-2230 Rev. Rick & Clara West MISSIONARIES
Happy A real family man is one who looks at his new child as an addition rather than a deduction! selected And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but brin them up in the trainin and admonition of the Lord. Apostle Paul The D.B.A. approved desinatin Auust 22, 2004 as G.L.A.D. Sunday across our district. We are askin for each pastor to promote the G.L.A.D. proram on this Lord s Day. God is helpin us, but we still have a ways to o to reach our oal of havin 300 G.L.A.D. members. Brochures will be sent to each church so they can be inserted into your weekly bulletins or distributed to the people as they enter the church. Thanks to each individual and or church that has joined the proram. We currently have 54 members that have joined ($64,800.00 pleded) and over $20,000.00 that has already been sent in to pay on the debt. Remember every penny pleded is sent directly to pay the debt. We don t even keep money from the fund to buy postae stamps. It is a worthy cause why don t you join today? Donna and I are very excited about the G.L.A.D. Proram. This plan to liquidate district operational debt and also pay off the land acquisition in just five years is very achievable. We stronly encourae the churches and individuals of Indiana South to join toether in this endeavor. God will bless our efforts. Dr. Roer Dillman G.L.A.D. Sunday $360,000 342,000 324,000 306,000 288,000 270,000 252,000 234,000 216,000 198,000 180,000 162,000 144,000 126,000 108,000 90,000 72,000 54,000 36,000 18,000 64,800 pleded 20,000 paid Dark color represents amount paid. Lihter color is amount pleded. District Superintendent s Schedule June 6 A.M. Connersville P.M. Blue River 13 A.M. Prairie Creek P.M. Sandford 18 24 General Conference Grand Rapids, MI 27 A.M. Lawrencebur P.M. East Enterprise July 4 A.M. Bloomfield Mt. Calvary 11 A.M. Helmsbur P.M. Hope 18 A.M. Lewisville Trinity P.M. Carthae 23 District Conference 24 Au. 1, Family Camp New Website After several weeks of work we have now have a district website. Go to www.indianasouth.or to check it out! INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN (USPS 334-970) JUNE 2004 Vol. 31 No. 6 Executive Editor Dr. Mark Eckart Office Editor Carolyn Manship Editorial Assistant Joshua Eckart Periodical postae paid at Orleans, IN 47452, and additional mailin offices. Publication Office: P.O. Box 174, Orleans, IN 47452 Published monthly by the Indiana South District of The Wesleyan Church. Postmaster send address chanes to: INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN PO BOX 174 ORLEANS, IN 47452
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Church Pastor Apr. SS '04 Apr. SS '03 Variation % Gain AM PM Wk Day CHURCH GROWTH REPORT Church Pastor Apr. SS '04 Apr. SS '03 Variation % Gain AM PM Wk Day Austin K. Winham 18 15 3 20% 22 20 14 Bedford G. Tilley 25 29 4 0% 38 24 17 Bicknell First M. Reed 62 48 14 29% 79 24 74 Birdseye D. Murphy 17 20 3 0% 71 0 0 Bloomfield Mt. Calvary F. Collins 18 Nr 0 0% 18 nr nr Bloomfield Mt. Zion B. Grunden 43 65 22 0% 43 20 13 Bloomfield Southside D. Sparks 17 18 1 0% 15 17 0 Bloominton Central E. Hayes 63 47 16 34% 63 43 31 Bloominton Shepherd B. Colburn 0 0 0 0% 20 14 16 Blue River A. Marshall 25 19 6 32% 43 13 0 Boonville E. Ames 20 40 20 0% 46 30 13 Brazil Jackson Street E. Stewart 38 36 2 6% 51 18 16 Carthae New Life H. Smith 8 Nr 0 0% 21 8 28 Clear Fork R. Hotle 16 20 4 0% 24 12 9 Columbus Bethel B. Carpenter 0 0 0 0% 14 11 0 Columbus Central B. Miller 24 16 8 50% 23 12 0 Columbus Flintwood P. Blair 33 27 6 22% 40 30 23 Columbus Ohio Street J. Vandervort No Report 0 0% Concord T. Whitham 33 27 6 22% 40 30 23 Connersville Grandview R. Wallace 11 12 1 0% 13 11 6 Corydon New Hope T. Bye 12 21 9 0% 51 25 11 E. Enterprise R. Albrin No Report 0 0% Edinburh L. Biddle No Report 0 0% Enlish P. Jones 82 77 5 6% 85 54 59 Evansville Forest Hills M. Stoeltin 150 155 5 0% 313 119 194 Evansville North Park M. Linville 63 58 5 9% 98 25 30 Evansville Trinity E. Freels 45 61 16 0% 89 41 127 Fort Branch M. Huhes 21 26 5 0% 23 19 18 Franklin D. Neal 42 0 42 0% 48 33 20 French Lick S.V. J. Moffatt 75 59 16 27% 140 55 43 Gnaw Bone G. Armstron 18 15 3 20% 25 113 13 Greenfield J. Anderson 27 23 4 17% 30 36 14 Greensbur W. Thompson III No Re-port 0 0% Greenwood J. Huhes 50 nr 0 0% 85 nr nr Helmsbur D. Pfaff No Report 0 0% Holton W. Vandervort 21 19 2 11% 22 9 6 Hope First E. Boston 32 18 14 78% 35 20 36 Lawrencebur K. Mouser 25 22 3 14% 36 15 0 Lewisville Trinity C. Stroud 31 0 31 0% 31 10 15 Lewis Creek D. Gates 14 0 14 0% 28 0 13 Looootee Mt. Zion J. Simmons No Report 0 0% Madison Calvary M. Mahoney 38 56 18 0% 59 42 32 Mareno Valley S. Lock 72 65 7 11% 159 74 55 Martinsville K. Kearby No Report 0 0% Martinsville Bethel J. Irvin 11 15 4 0% 15 0 6 Mecca New Life C. Todd 64 56 8 14% 101 36 100 Medora C. Moran 57 58 1 0% 54 20 22 Milan TBS 32 nr 0 0% 50 18 0 Mitchell S. Jones 116 116 0 0% 262 100 178 Mooresville New Life M. Linville 23 34 11 0% 46 17 18 Morantown Emmaus T. Kelley 7 10 3 0% 8 6 0 New Albany Community DBA No Report 0 0% New Albany Sprin Ave. N. Watters 11 9 2 22% 14 0 0 North Vernon J. Terry 59 48 11 23% 84 0 0 Orleans H. Carr 53 nr 0 0% 60 25 35 Otwell H. Leehe No Report 0 0% Paoli L. Manship 246 217 29 13% 421 195 157 Petersbur L. Lamar 12 12 0 0% 12 0 0 Poplar Grove J. Downes 20 28 8 0% 29 14 7 Prairie Creek T. Fennell 25 19 6 32% 25 14 17 Princeton D. Reed No Report 0 0% Risin Sun R. McCreary 0 0 0 0% 7 8 0 Rodney M. Miller 22 15 7 47% 34 19 15 Rushville H. Baker 4 nr 0 0% 4 3 0 Salem C. Johnson 14 11 3 27% 21 19 10 Sandford C. Hedden 18 18 0 0% 18 18 7 Scott City D. Ault No Report 0 0% Scottsbur P. Mills 10 16 6 0% 14 9 9 Seelyville F. Burk, Jr. 25 27 2 0% 18 0 7 Seymour I. Holt 25 37 12 0% 38 29 26 Shelburn D. Ault No Report 0 0% Shelbyville Grace M. Chambers 62 69 7 0% 88 48 19 Shelbyville Westside W. Seymour 38 29 9 31% 38 27 11 Simpson Chapel R. Brown 9 0 9 0% 9 0 0 Somerville D. Brandon 55 50 5 10% 51 41 27 Spearsville L. Collins No Report 0 0% Spencer - Emanuel No Report 0 0% Sullivan J. Kniht No Report 0 0% Sylvania B. Enland 63 77 14 0% 140 55 57 Terre Haute Faith D. Gormon 151 150 1 1% 272 158 117 Terre Haute Hulman D. Willis 64 90 26 0% 106 58 44 Terre Haute North V. Reed No Report 0 0% Trafalar C. Hilton 10 12 2 0% 10 3 6 Valeene D. Manship No Report 0 0% Versailles D. Jewell 41 30 11 37% 41 14 10 Walker Chapel R. Hendershot 17 14 3 21% 50 0 11 Washinton Main St. P. Kessen 38 45 7 0% 74 37 15 Washinton Vincennes J. Gilley 29 0 29 0% 28 32 18 Wesley Chapel P. Kirk No Report 0 0% Westport D. Knapp No Report 0 0% West Terre Haute 6th B. Weeks 27 26 1 4% 27 10 18 West Terre Haute 8th P. Shelton 85 66 19 29% 90 62 44 Wheatland K. Mitchell No Report 0 0% Whitehall D. Campbell 36 44 8 0% 29 15 18 Wilminton Hills D. Meriwether 25 24 1 4% 27 23 11 TOTALS 2840 2586 254 10% 4396 2135 1974 Top Ten Churches for Numerical Gain for Apr. 2004 Church Pastor Gain Church Pastor Gain Paoli (L. Manship) 29 Bicknell (M. Reed) 14 W. Terre Haute 8th St (P. Shelton) 19 Versailles (D. Jewell) 11 Bloominton Central (E. Hayes) 16 North Vernon (J. Terry) 11 French Lick S.V. (J. Moffatt) 16 Shelbyville Westside (W. Seymour) 9 Hope First (E. Boston) 14 Columbus Central (B. Miller) 8 Top Ten Percentae Gain for Apr. 2004 Church Pastor % Gain Hope First (E. Boston) 78% Columbus Central (B. Miller) 50% Rodney (M. Miller) 47% Versailles (D. Jewell) 37% Bloominton Central (E. Hayes) 34% Blue River (A. Marshall) 32% Prairie Creek (T. Fennell) 32% Shelbyville Westside (W. Seymour) 31% W. Terre Haute 8th St (P. Shelton) 29% Bicknell First (M. Reed) 29%
Everett Freels All across this reat district are people that are impactin the world for Christ. One such person is Pastor Everett Freels and the Evansville Trinity Church. Read below and see how they are chanin their world in a positive way. This last church year they touched hundreds of people throuh their food ministry outreach. Not only do they feed the people they have started havin a mini-worship service when the people World Chaners come to receive the free food. The numbers below speak for themselves. A special thank you to Ms. Barbara Todd and the 10 other volunteers that help make this proram possible. Families Fed 2,765 Total People Fed 6, 520 Days Food Pantry Open 155 Hours Open 278 Visitors attendin mini-worship 1,001 People Saved from this ministry 29 Pastor Freels has also started another creative ministry called, Churches Embracin Offenders (C.E.O.). This is a wonderful proram he started to minister to those who have been in trouble with the law. Pastor Freels has arraned it so that if someone is arrested they can at times enroll in this proram instead of oin to prison or jail. One of the requirements of the C.E.O. proram is for the offender to attend at least 26 Bible Study lessons. The judes in the Evansville area are really enthused about this proram because of the positive impact it is havin with those arrested. There are also now 80 churches involved in this ministry throuhout the city and many offenders have otten saved in the C.E.O. proram. I can t help but to think of the words of Jesus when he said, Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me. Rev. Freels you and the Evansville Trinity Church really are World Chaners! Keep up the ood work. Mitchell Wesleyan Church Conratulations to: Dr. Matthew E. Chambers (pastor at Shelbyville Grace) on raduatin recently from law school at Indiana University. Rev. Dell Pfaff (pastor at Helmsbur) on raduatin from Indiana University with a bachelor s deree. Conratulations to Pastor Steve Jones, his staff, and conreation for the burnin of their mortae at the Mitchell Church. God helped them to pay off their mortae five years early! Also, they received 23 new members recently at their church. In this picture is Pastors Steve Jones, Wes Jones, J.D. Gaines, the Local Board of Administration, and Dr. Eckart. Pictured above is vice-chairman Mr. Everett Ferrel helpin to burn the mortae on this special occasion at the Mitchell Wesleyan Church. Ministerial Class You are invited to attend to Saturday classes on October the 16 th and the 30 th at the Paoli Wesleyan Church. Dr. Eckart will be teachin these two days of classes dealin with the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament). If you are a minister endeavorin to be licensed or ordained, or just someone that wants to learn more about the Bible you are invited to reister for this class. You can take it for credit or audit the class as well. For a syllabus and more information contact Rev. Bob Enland at: bob_e_sr_47424@yahoo.com.
Rooms Available for Camp Air Conditioned Rooms Available for $10.00 per niht Non-Air Conditioned Rooms Available at reasonable rates Trailer Parkin Available Full Service Hook-ups $5.00 per niht $40.00 per camp extra chare for air conditioners Report to Camp Office before parkin trailer. CAMP INFORMATION CONTACT PERSON FOR ROOMS: Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Bailey Phone: 812-825-5765 R.R. 4, Box 454, Bloomfield, IN 47424 Snack Bar Economically Priced Food Open Daily except Sundays Open for early breakfast Supervised Nursery in Tabernacle Recreational Area for Children & Youth Supervised recreation for youth in afternoon Monday Saturday Reliious Bookstore Books and reliious material accepted on consinment. Meals on Free-will Offerin Basis Self-serve in Dinin Hall Conference Ministers and Wives 65 years and older free meal tickets How to Invest in Orleans Wesleyan Camp HE G.L.A.D. PROGRAM Gideon s Leaders Aainst Debt Like Gideon, when he fouht the battle aainst the Midianites with 300 people (see Judes 7) all we need is 300 people to help us fiht debt by ivin $1200.00 over the next four years, and we will be debt free by January of 2009. Why don t you join today to help us et out of debt and pay off the farm which we purchased? This is a reat investment that we can eventually develop for the lory of God! If we pay our debt off within five years we will save approximately $150,000.00 in interest. We need your help! Become a G.L.A.D. leader. Please fill out this form and send it to: THE DISTRICT OFFICE PO BOX 174 ORLEANS, IN 47452 Or call: 812-865-3979 Name: Address: City: State: Zip: Phone: ( ) Church you attend: Please check how many units you will purchase: 1 unit = $1,200.00 2 units = $2,400.00 3 units = $3,600.00 4 units = $4,800.00 Other Keepers of the Vineyard Association Become a Camp Keeper! Minimum donation $500.00. The money is never spent, only interest is used for upkeep & onoin of camp. Your name will be placed on plaque in Camp Tabernacle. KEEPERS OF THE VINEYARD ASSOCIATION Name Address City State Zip Keeper $500 Paid by cash Bronze Star $1000 faith Silver Star $2500 plede Gold Star $5000 will Double Gold Star complete will Amount paid: Due: Name on plaque In Memory of In Honor of by For God loveth the cheerful iver. II Cor. 9:7 Mail to: DISTRICT OFFICE, P.O. BOX 174, ORLEANS, IN 47452 CAMP SHARE PROGRAM Become a Camp Share Holder. Each year you will receive a brochure of the camp mailed to you. Your support of this reat ministry is appreciated! CAMP SHARE I believe in Camp Meetin and desire to be an annual participant in the Orleans Wesleyan Camp as a Share Holder. I understand each share costs $10.00 per year. Name Address City State Zip Number of Shares Mail to: DISTRICT OFFICE, P.O. BOX 174, ORLEANS, IN 47452