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Laity Day Ocf. 9 k*. -i **-v m * NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMC) - United Methodist churches in the U.S. will join with congregations of many other Protestant groups, for the annual "Laity Day" observance on Sunday, Oct. 9. "God's people" will be the United Methodist theme for the observ-ance, according to an announce-ment made by Dr. David Self, associate- general secretary of the. Board of Discipleship's Division of Lay Life and Work. In a letter accompanying resources materials being sent to pastors and lay .leaders Dr. Self wrote, "The theme emphasizes the fact that those persons who profess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are very special. Old Otterbein Restored - Page 2 African Doctor Reports - page 3 T ' 6&OJ Children's Home Special - page 5 Campus Ministry Special - page 9 \* Two Annual Conferences Will SEP7 «n Celebrate Retired Ministers Day Recommended date for celebrating Retired Ministers' Day in both the North Indiana and South '"'Indiana Conferences is September U 18. Plans for the observance in North _^» Indiana call for support of IMPACT,' the current capital funds drive for * pensions, as well as the annual retired ministers observance asked v~-*in all United Methodist churches. In South Indiana, the recommend-ed plan suggests celebration of , Ministry. Sunday on September 18, ' * or Veterans Day on November 6. The latter has been traditional in the southern Conference. ^ "The former day emphasizes the need for the church's ministry, and the latter emphasizes the needs of fthe retired ministers," the Rev. |\ • Charles A. Tyler, secretary of the South Indiana Ministers Pension •.v" Fund, said. 'I Both Annual Conferences have distributed informational materials about the respective celebrations. Pastors in North Indiana may order materials from the Conference Serv-ice Center in Marion. Pastors have received in the Conference coordinated mailing an article by the Rev. Edward S. Vaught, Fort Wayne, which answers questions about the Ministers Reserve Pension Fund. The pension program for North In-diana supports 250 ministers and spouses, 150 widows, and 15 children. With $5,011,000 already pledged toward a $7 million IMPACT goal, 1975 to 1980, the North Indiana Conference is giving high priority to the program. In South Indiana, Columbus First Church led in giving to Retired Ministers Day in 1976 with an offer- Start Drive for \ Oakwood Center Plans have been completed to , raise $1,325,000 from independent sources during 1977 and early 1978 to develop Oakwood Park, near Syracuse, as a year-round adult learning center. Final plans were made during a July meeting of the Oakwood board of directors. It was also reported that remodel- 1 ing was completed and Kimmel Hall was reopened in time for use during this year's summer program at the church-owned camps and con-ference facility. The new capitalfunds project will be undertaken to replace the present ' Hotel Oakwood with a year-round facility that will be devoted to adult continuing education, according to A-DEADLINE The last Friday of the month ii the regular news deadline for the next month's issue of the HOOSIER UNITED METHODIST. Sead news to 1100 W. 42ad Street, In-dianapolii, Indiaia 4izW. Dr. Robert B. Hirschman, In-dianapolis, president of the Oakwood board of directors. The North Indiana Conference approved plans to develop Oakwood as an adult learning center in 1976, following a task force feasibility study carried out earlier. The planned new facility on Lake Wawasee will include 55 guest rooms, media center, seminar and library facilities, recreation room, game room, kitchen and dining room, Dr. Hirschman said. He said the remodeling of Kimmel Hall this summer made evident the "overdue need for year-round rooms." Within several weeks, he said, Kimmel Hall was booked ahead for four months. It is a modern, motel-type facility that can accommodate 30 persons. The $1.3 million capital project completion date, which Dr. Hirschman said was designed by the Oakwood board on behalf of the North Indiana Conference, is set for September 1979. A special insert on plan for the development of Oakwood as an adult learaiag center is scheduled to appear ia the October issue of the HOOSIER UNITED METHODIST. ing of $1,550. Highest per capital giv-ing in the Conference for last year was that of Waverly Church, in The Indianapolis Southeast. District, with $7.93. By districts, Vincennes District churches led in South Indiana with gifts of $3,442. Per capita leaders in the districts were as follows: Bloomington Wesley Chapel - Orangeville Circuit ($2.63); Columbus, Deputy ($1.63); Evansville. Evansville Albright ($1.80); Indianapolis Northeast, Philadelphia ($1.31); Indianapolis Southeast. Brookside (70 cents); In-dianapolis West, Waverly ($7.93); New Albany. Willys Chapel ($1.17); New Castle, Greensboro ($1.35); Terre Haute. North Union ($1.64); Vincennes, Dugger ($1.83). The South Indiana ministers pen-sion program supports 786 retired pastors, spouses, children, and ministers on disability leave. Town & Country Training i Pastors and laity in town and country churches, and especially those new to this work, will have access to a training event in Indiana September 16 and 17 sponsored by the North Central Jurisdiction Town and Country Association. To be held at Epworth Forest, the event will feature four resource leaders. Paul Van Buren. director of a rural ministries training program sponsored by the theological schools and Annual Conferences in Ohio, will lead sessions on lifestyles and values in town and country situations. The Rev. George Almquist, former pastor of the United Methodist Church in Overbrook, Kan., and now Kansas Area superintendent of parish de-velopment will lead sessions on cooperative models for ministry. Tools- for evangelism, including the New Life Mission, will be covered in sessions by the Rev. Willis Gierhart, Elkhart. and Donald Frank. World Communion Sunday The cup and the loaf are symbols which come alive in people's lives in a new sound, color filmstrip for World Communion Sunday. The Cup and the Loaf. It features three people who have been helped by gifts of United Methodists to prepare for careers in the ministry. Theme for World Communion Sunday, October 2. is 'Christ Makes Us One." Gifts on this day provide major funding for three specialized ministries of the United Methodist Church. One half of the offering supports the 33-year-old Crusade Scholarship program, which has helped Christian students from all over the world to pursue graduate and professional studies. One fourth of the offering funds the minority scholarship program, begun in 1972 to make higher education more available to minority students. Scholarship aid is available for fall-time undergraduate students who are members of the United Methodist Church, who show a financial need. The other one fourth of the offering supports the work of the Division of Chaplains and Related Ministries, which has served in the area of specialized ministries for 35 years. The division's chief responsibilites are the recruitment, endorsement and general oversight of chaplains in the armed forces, health care institutions, prisons, state and federal agencies and in-dustry. Commiff•• Namod to Load Homo's $4.8 Million Drivo A general chairman and a full-time development director have been named to head the $4.8 million campaign to fund a new 120-bed health center at the Franklin United Methodist Home. Dr. I. Lynd Esch. president emeritus of Indiana Central Univer-sity is chairman of the 23-member committee appointed to oversea the financial campaign. President of the university for 25 years, be served 12 years in the pastorate and as a member of major church agencies. The Rev. John Willson, associate minister at Indianapolis Broadway Church during the past eight years, was named director of development for the campaign. Appointed to this post ia July by Bishop Ralph T Alton. Willson admitted as a fellow in the National Association of Church Business ad-ministrators while at Broadway. Authorization to proceed with con-struction of a new health facility at the Franklin Home has received approval of all church, state, and federal agencies, according to Norman Amtower. administrator. The South Indiana Annual Conference acted favorably on the proposed health center plans this year. Members of the campaign com-mittee include Bishop Alton and three retired bishops: Richard C. Raines. Pompano Beach, Fla . Reuben H Mueller, and Edwin R Garrison. The latter two bishops reside at the home's campus.
Object Description
Title | Hoosier United Methodist, September, 1977 |
Selected Headlines | Volume 7, Number 8 |
Specific Subject |
United Methodist Church United Methodist Memorial Home Ministers United Methodist Women South Indiana Conference North Indiana Conference Missionaries Volunteers Retirement Death Renovation Health Care Handicapped Hunger |
Collection Name |
United Methodist Publications |
Date | 1977-09-01 |
Time Period | 1970-1979 |
Original Format | Newsletter |
Digital Format | |
Rights Statement | Copyright interests are held by DePauw University or the United Methodist Church |
Resource Type | Newsletter |
Filename | Hoosier United Methodist, September, 1977.pdf |
Description
Title | Page 1 |
Selected Headlines | Laity Day Ocf. 9 k*. -i **-v m * NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMC) - United Methodist churches in the U.S. will join with congregations of many other Protestant groups, for the annual "Laity Day" observance on Sunday, Oct. 9. "God's people" will be the United Methodist theme for the observ-ance, according to an announce-ment made by Dr. David Self, associate- general secretary of the. Board of Discipleship's Division of Lay Life and Work. In a letter accompanying resources materials being sent to pastors and lay .leaders Dr. Self wrote, "The theme emphasizes the fact that those persons who profess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are very special. Old Otterbein Restored - Page 2 African Doctor Reports - page 3 T ' 6&OJ Children's Home Special - page 5 Campus Ministry Special - page 9 \* Two Annual Conferences Will SEP7 «n Celebrate Retired Ministers Day Recommended date for celebrating Retired Ministers' Day in both the North Indiana and South '"'Indiana Conferences is September U 18. Plans for the observance in North _^» Indiana call for support of IMPACT,' the current capital funds drive for * pensions, as well as the annual retired ministers observance asked v~-*in all United Methodist churches. In South Indiana, the recommend-ed plan suggests celebration of , Ministry. Sunday on September 18, ' * or Veterans Day on November 6. The latter has been traditional in the southern Conference. ^ "The former day emphasizes the need for the church's ministry, and the latter emphasizes the needs of fthe retired ministers," the Rev. |\ • Charles A. Tyler, secretary of the South Indiana Ministers Pension •.v" Fund, said. 'I Both Annual Conferences have distributed informational materials about the respective celebrations. Pastors in North Indiana may order materials from the Conference Serv-ice Center in Marion. Pastors have received in the Conference coordinated mailing an article by the Rev. Edward S. Vaught, Fort Wayne, which answers questions about the Ministers Reserve Pension Fund. The pension program for North In-diana supports 250 ministers and spouses, 150 widows, and 15 children. With $5,011,000 already pledged toward a $7 million IMPACT goal, 1975 to 1980, the North Indiana Conference is giving high priority to the program. In South Indiana, Columbus First Church led in giving to Retired Ministers Day in 1976 with an offer- Start Drive for \ Oakwood Center Plans have been completed to , raise $1,325,000 from independent sources during 1977 and early 1978 to develop Oakwood Park, near Syracuse, as a year-round adult learning center. Final plans were made during a July meeting of the Oakwood board of directors. It was also reported that remodel- 1 ing was completed and Kimmel Hall was reopened in time for use during this year's summer program at the church-owned camps and con-ference facility. The new capitalfunds project will be undertaken to replace the present ' Hotel Oakwood with a year-round facility that will be devoted to adult continuing education, according to A-DEADLINE The last Friday of the month ii the regular news deadline for the next month's issue of the HOOSIER UNITED METHODIST. Sead news to 1100 W. 42ad Street, In-dianapolii, Indiaia 4izW. Dr. Robert B. Hirschman, In-dianapolis, president of the Oakwood board of directors. The North Indiana Conference approved plans to develop Oakwood as an adult learning center in 1976, following a task force feasibility study carried out earlier. The planned new facility on Lake Wawasee will include 55 guest rooms, media center, seminar and library facilities, recreation room, game room, kitchen and dining room, Dr. Hirschman said. He said the remodeling of Kimmel Hall this summer made evident the "overdue need for year-round rooms." Within several weeks, he said, Kimmel Hall was booked ahead for four months. It is a modern, motel-type facility that can accommodate 30 persons. The $1.3 million capital project completion date, which Dr. Hirschman said was designed by the Oakwood board on behalf of the North Indiana Conference, is set for September 1979. A special insert on plan for the development of Oakwood as an adult learaiag center is scheduled to appear ia the October issue of the HOOSIER UNITED METHODIST. ing of $1,550. Highest per capital giv-ing in the Conference for last year was that of Waverly Church, in The Indianapolis Southeast. District, with $7.93. By districts, Vincennes District churches led in South Indiana with gifts of $3,442. Per capita leaders in the districts were as follows: Bloomington Wesley Chapel - Orangeville Circuit ($2.63); Columbus, Deputy ($1.63); Evansville. Evansville Albright ($1.80); Indianapolis Northeast, Philadelphia ($1.31); Indianapolis Southeast. Brookside (70 cents); In-dianapolis West, Waverly ($7.93); New Albany. Willys Chapel ($1.17); New Castle, Greensboro ($1.35); Terre Haute. North Union ($1.64); Vincennes, Dugger ($1.83). The South Indiana ministers pen-sion program supports 786 retired pastors, spouses, children, and ministers on disability leave. Town & Country Training i Pastors and laity in town and country churches, and especially those new to this work, will have access to a training event in Indiana September 16 and 17 sponsored by the North Central Jurisdiction Town and Country Association. To be held at Epworth Forest, the event will feature four resource leaders. Paul Van Buren. director of a rural ministries training program sponsored by the theological schools and Annual Conferences in Ohio, will lead sessions on lifestyles and values in town and country situations. The Rev. George Almquist, former pastor of the United Methodist Church in Overbrook, Kan., and now Kansas Area superintendent of parish de-velopment will lead sessions on cooperative models for ministry. Tools- for evangelism, including the New Life Mission, will be covered in sessions by the Rev. Willis Gierhart, Elkhart. and Donald Frank. World Communion Sunday The cup and the loaf are symbols which come alive in people's lives in a new sound, color filmstrip for World Communion Sunday. The Cup and the Loaf. It features three people who have been helped by gifts of United Methodists to prepare for careers in the ministry. Theme for World Communion Sunday, October 2. is 'Christ Makes Us One." Gifts on this day provide major funding for three specialized ministries of the United Methodist Church. One half of the offering supports the 33-year-old Crusade Scholarship program, which has helped Christian students from all over the world to pursue graduate and professional studies. One fourth of the offering funds the minority scholarship program, begun in 1972 to make higher education more available to minority students. Scholarship aid is available for fall-time undergraduate students who are members of the United Methodist Church, who show a financial need. The other one fourth of the offering supports the work of the Division of Chaplains and Related Ministries, which has served in the area of specialized ministries for 35 years. The division's chief responsibilites are the recruitment, endorsement and general oversight of chaplains in the armed forces, health care institutions, prisons, state and federal agencies and in-dustry. Commiff•• Namod to Load Homo's $4.8 Million Drivo A general chairman and a full-time development director have been named to head the $4.8 million campaign to fund a new 120-bed health center at the Franklin United Methodist Home. Dr. I. Lynd Esch. president emeritus of Indiana Central Univer-sity is chairman of the 23-member committee appointed to oversea the financial campaign. President of the university for 25 years, be served 12 years in the pastorate and as a member of major church agencies. The Rev. John Willson, associate minister at Indianapolis Broadway Church during the past eight years, was named director of development for the campaign. Appointed to this post ia July by Bishop Ralph T Alton. Willson admitted as a fellow in the National Association of Church Business ad-ministrators while at Broadway. Authorization to proceed with con-struction of a new health facility at the Franklin Home has received approval of all church, state, and federal agencies, according to Norman Amtower. administrator. The South Indiana Annual Conference acted favorably on the proposed health center plans this year. Members of the campaign com-mittee include Bishop Alton and three retired bishops: Richard C. Raines. Pompano Beach, Fla . Reuben H Mueller, and Edwin R Garrison. The latter two bishops reside at the home's campus. |
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