Hoosier United Methodist, September, 1977

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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.
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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.
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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
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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.