I N D I A N A S O U T HI N D I A N A S O U T H

WESLEYANSEPTEMBER 2007

Thou shalt pray for thy pastor on a daily basis.

Remember to show special love to thy pastor’s spouse and

children.

Honor the District Journal’s request that thy pastor shall be

granted a three-week vacation with pay, and that after 15

years of service to The Wesleyan Church, one additional day

of vacation shall be added for each year of service over 15

years up to a total of 5 weeks of vacation.

Thou shalt not talk negative about thy pastor in the presence

of thy children if thou desire to see thy children grow up to

love Jesus and the church.

Remember to especially show appreciation throughout the

month of October, but thou shalt continue this throughout

the rest of the year as well.

Honor thy pastor by doing what the District Journal recom-

mends and when possible give thy pastor a 5% pay raise an-

nually.

Thou shalt go to thy pastor directly if thou hast a problem or

concern about thy pastor or thy church and thou shalt not

gossip about thy concerns.

Remember thou shalt volunteer to help thy pastor with the

work of thy church.

Honor thy pastor by following thy District Journal guide-

lines and when possible pay 12% of thy pastor’s salary, utili-

ties, and the fair rental value of thy parsonage into the

pension plan. None of which will be deducted from thy pas-

tor’s salary.

Remember thy pastor is under a lot of pressure and needs

thy support, love and care. It is in order to tell thy preacher

some jokes and to laugh at thy pastor’s corny jokes!

Superintendent’s Schedule

August

5 A.M. Family Camp

12 Family Day

19 A.M. Madison

P.M. Hope

26 A.M. Greenfield

P.M. Blue River

September

2 A.M. Milan

P.M. Drop In

5-8 BYF Retreat/Orleans

9 A.M. West Terre Haute 8th St.

P.M. Terre Haute Northside

23 A.M. East Enterprise

P.M. Lawrenceburg

24 GBS Cincinnati, OH

30 A.M. Prairie Creek

P.M. Bloomfield Mt. Calvary

Ten Commandments For Pastor AppreciationsDr. Mark Eckart

Dr. Mark S. F. Eckart

DIST. SUPERINTENDENT

DON'T FORGET: OCTOBER IS PASTOR APPRECIATION MONTH!

Pastor’s Wives Retreat

When: October 1st & 2ndRegistration begins at 1:00 p.m.

Where: Country Lake Christian

Retreat Center

Underwood, IN

Theme: Paths

Speaker: Mrs. Cathy Strain

“Paths to Healthy Eating”

Crafts, fellowship, excellent food

& special prayer time

You won’t be sorry you

attended!

UPCOMING MINISTERIAL CLASS

Pentateuch – OT 1

Professor: Dr. Mark Eckart

Two Saturdays

October 27 & Nov. 10, 2007

Paoli Wesleyan Church

CONDOLENCESOur sympathy goes out to Pastor Eric

Hickman, pastor at Connersville, in theloss of his mother, Mrs. Mary Hickman.

Our sympathy also goes out to Mrs.Mary Blice in the loss of her husband,Rev. George Blice. Rev. Blice was aformer pastor and district secretary inour district.

Our condolences go out to the familyof Rev. Henry Taylor. He was a formerpastor in our district.

CONGRATULATIONSPastor Joe and Randi Gormong wel-

comed their new daughter, RebekahMae, into the world on Aug. 3rd at 4:04p.m. She weighed 4 lbs 10 oz. and was 18inches long.

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INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN(USPS 334-970)September 2007

Vol. 34 No. 9

Executive Editor Dr. Mark Eckart

Office Editor Cindy Caniff

Editorial Assistant Joshua Eckart

Periodical postage paid at Orleans, IN 47452,and additional mailing offices.

Publication Office: P.O. Box 174,Orleans, IN 47452

Published monthly by the Indiana SouthDistrict of The Wesleyan Church.

Postmaster send address changes to:INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN

PO BOX 174ORLEANS, IN 47452

SETAPART 07Everyday! Make a decision for God. Will you be Set Apart?

Discover what it means to be set apart for God, His purpose, purity, the calling andfor life. Plan to attend the International Wesleyan Youth Convention on De-cember 29-31, 2007 in Orlando Florida. Worship with Steve Fee, Kutless andmany more and enjoy speakers such as Keith Myers, Theresa & Shaun Blakeney aswell as others. Visit www.setapart07.com for more information. Online registrationis now available.

CAMP 2007 CDSWasn’t Family Camp 2007 wonderful? God blessed Indiana South with an uplift-

ing time of renewal this year. If you missed any of the services or would like to hearsome of the messages again, all of the camp services, including Morning Talks onMinistry, are available on CD for a gift of $100, plus shipping and handling. If youwould just like to have one of the evangelist’s messages, they are available for a gift of$50.00, plus shipping and handling. Please fill out the form below as to whichCDs you desire, make check payable to Indiana South District and mail toIN South District Office, P.O. Box 174, Orleans, IN 47452.

NAME:

ADDRESS:

ALL CDS $100.00 + $10.00 S/H

Rev. Jerry Brecheisen ONLY $50.00 + $5.00 S/H

Rev. Ray LaSalle ONLY $50.00 + $5.00 S/H

UPCOMING EVENTS

Student Life 2007 Sept. 14th – 16th, 2007

Pastor’s Wives Retreat Oct. 1st & 2nd, 2007,

Pentateuch Class Oct. 27th & Nov. 10th, 2007

Prayer and Fast Retreat Nov. 12th & 13th, 2007

Pastor’s Christmas Dinner Dec. 7th, 2007

SetApart ’07 Dec. 29th – 31st, 2007

STUDENT LIFE 2007Sept. 14-16, 2007 @ District Campgrounds

Speaker: Pastor James Moore

Cost: $25

Contact Pastor Joe at 812-299-8365 or pastorjoe2@gmail.com

PASTOR’S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS DINNERThe Pastor’s Annual Christmas Dinner will be held Friday, December

7th at the Orleans Wesleyan Fellowship Center. Pastors, mark your cal-

endars. We are looking forward to this time of fun, food and fellowship

with you and your family.

INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN September 2007 / Page 3

Pictured above are the ministers that got ordained and trans-

ferred to our district this summer. From left to right it is Dr. Mark,

Rev. John Hundley, Rev. & Mrs. James Moore, Ms. Amber

Livermore, and our respective General Superintendent,

Dr. Tom Armiger.

10 Reasons for Camp Meetings

In the latest Nazarene paper called, The Evangelists’ Per-spective, they highlighted their camp meetings that tookplace this summer. I did a quick count and saw where theyhad 46 different family camps held all across the U.S.A.One of the friends I met in my doctorate program, Dr.Chuck Millhuff, who is a Nazarene evangelist and execu-tive editor of this magazine wrote these 10 Reasons why hebelieves we should still have camp meeting in the 21st Cen-tury. With his permission I present them to you for con-sideration. God blessed us richly this year at our OrleansFamily Camp for which I am thankful.

1. They give us a chance to express our corporate con-science. At the heart of denominationalism is the idea ofoneness in belief and function. Camp meetings are a placewhere no one votes on the way that we do things. Altar-callmethods, the office of Evangelist, prayer and the distribu-tion of literature and the time to read are made possible.

2. They get us away from home with its familiar sightsand sounds. This creates perspective not possible at home.The prolonged stay on a campground allows for the devel-opment of spiritual depth and for very meaningful con-victing introspection.

3. The camp meeting encourages the small churches.Load up the van and bring your few folks to the campmeeting, and they will see a much larger church than theywould ever see at home. This creates and atmosphere thatfosters a special kind of joy and conviction.

4. At a camp meeting, leaders can get lost in the crowd.How many times have I seen a Pastor kneel at the altarfilled with folks weeping over his or her needs. That Pastorarises with new hope for his or her ministry.

5. Camp meetings take advantage of Spirit-led groupdynamics.

6. Camp meetings separate the nice from the hot. Theconviction in a camp meeting is far more than coercive ma-nipulation. The revival we all pray for is blown across the

crowd as obedience creates courage like in no otherplace.

7. At camp meetings the unsaved are reached.Once at the end of a service when all had left, I met aman out by the ropes of the tent. He was troubled.The crowd was long gone. After a short conversa-tion, we went to the empty altar and the D.S. and Ihelped the unsaved brother to victory. His words, “Ican’t leave without it.”

8. Camp meetings remind us of our past. Nameslike C.W. Ruth, Bud Robinson, Paul Martin, theKeller Yorks and many more fill our minds as we cre-ate memories as God helps us. The young have nowso much to remember as they sit under the anointedpreaching and singing as well.

9. Camp meetings give us hope for the future.God saves, sanctifies and heals in this atmosphere.

10. Camp meetings. I love them. That is mymain reason, which of course includes all the aboveand more. A camp meeting going full tilt—whythere’s nothing like it.

Pictured above here several young people that are shucking corn

from Mrs. Eckart's garden. Your help is much appreciated!

We have been praying for

Bethany Kearby, the daugh-

ter of Kevin and Jeannie

Kearby at Martinsville Wes-

leyan. She has had a contin-

ued sickness and has been

in the hospital several times.

Elaine Schaeffer, Bethany

Kearby and Sherry Jennings

stand behind the toys, games

and movies Kearby and her

family collected for patients

at Morgan Hospital & Medical

Center. Shaeffer and

Jennings, both nurses at the

hospital, have cared for

Kearby when she was a pa-

tient in the hospital.

Photo: Courtesy of the

Reporter-Times

CHURCH GROWTH REPORTChurch Pastor July SS '07 July SS '06 Variation % Gain AM PM Wk Day

Top Ten Churches For Numerical Growth:

Gain Church Pastor

5 - Mooresville New Life M. Linville

4 - Petersburg L. Lamar

4 - Birdseye D. Murphy

4 - Wash. Vincennes J. Gilley

2- Sullivan G. Larimer

Gain Church Pastor

17 - West Terre Haute 8th St. P. Shelton

11 - Bloomfield Mt. Zion L. Manship

10 - Greensburg D. Preston

7 - Shelbyville Westside C. Ellis

6 - Terre Haute Northside

Church Pastor July SS '07 July SS '06 Variation % Gain AM PM Wk Day

Austin K. Wingham 16 17 1 0% 15 12 9

Bedford "J. Keaton, Jr" 24 22 2 8% 34 26 22

Bicknell First M. Reed NR

Birdseye D. Murphy 19 15 4 27% 20 0 0

Bloomfield Mt. Calvary F. Collings NR

Bloomfield Mt. Zion L. Manship 28 17 11 65% 28 13 7

Bloomfield Southside C. Thomas 17 17 0 0% 13 18 0

Bloomington Central M. Linville NR

Bloomington Shepard D. Stroud NR

Blue River A. Marshall NR

Booneville E. Ames 24 30 6 0% 47 20 14

Brazil Jackson TBS 20 21 1 0% 27 12 9

Carthage New Life H. Weaver 12 0 0 0% 12 0 0

Clear Fork C. Uebel 11 13 2 0% 15 10 8

Columbus Bethel B. Carpenter NR

Columbus Central B. Miller 17 18 1 0% 17 14 0

Columbus Flintwood W. Jones 48 51 3 0% 79 34 25

Columbus Ohio Street J. Vandervort NR

Concord T. Whitham 28 30 2 0% 28 21 12

Connersville E. Hickman 0 5 0 0% 12 0 0

Corydon New Hope J. Moore 6 0 0 0% 40 5 6

E. Enterprise TBS NR

Edinburg L. Biddle 31 34 3 0% 31 18 20

English P. Jones NR

Evansville Forest Hills M. Stoelting 127 138 11 0% 235 116 102

Evansville North Park S. Boardman 61 71 10 0% 85 24 8

Evansville Trinity D. Allison 28 33 5 0% 46 13 0

Faith Pointe J. Wriston NR

Fort Branch M. Hughes 26 27 1 0% 30 19 15

Franklin D. Neal 42 0 0 0% 56 36 33

French Lick Spr. Valley J. Moffatt 63 62 1 2% 157 65 49

Gnaw Bone G. Armstrong 22 29 7 0% 30 42 45

Greenfield J. Anderson 0 23 0 0% 31 17 13

Greensburg D. Preston 33 23 10 43% 55 41 25

Greenwood J. Hughes 0 0 0 0% 59 0 0

Holton W. Vandervort 18 17 1 6% 20 7 6

Hope First E. Boston 15 25 10 0% 22 9 0

Lawrenceburg M. Kessen NR

Lewisville Trinity C. Stroud 25 0 0 0% 0 0 0

Lewis Creek D. Gates 10 13 3 0% 18 0 8

Loogootee Mt. Zion J. Simmons 19 0 0 0% 42 14 0

Madison Calvary M. Mahoney 32 40 8 0% 52 34 17

Marengo Valley S. Lock 47 48 1 0% 99 59 42

Martinsville K. Kearby NR

Martinsville Bethel J. Irvin 12 11 1 9% 12 17 8

Mecca New Life C. Todd 18 0 0 0% 39 0 30

Medora C. Breeden 35 35 0 0% 32 23 20

Milan L. Brown NR

Mitchell S. Jones 80 93 13 0% 178 128 77

Mooresville New Life M. Linville 25 20 5 25% 40 10 18

Morgantown J. Irvin 0 0 0 0% 0 16 0

New Albany Spring Ave. N. Watters 17 0 0 0% 34 0 0

North Vernon J. Terry 51 63 12 0% 78 40 34

Orleans H. Carr 45 45 0 0% 51 35 25

Otwell R. Stilwell NR

Paoli TBS NR

Petersburg L. Lamar 13 9 4 44% 13 0 0

Poplar Grove J. Downs 15 15 0 0% 27 15 12

Prairie Creek T. Fennell NR

Princeton J. Dillon NR

Rising Sun J. Kelley 9 0 0 0% 9 0 6

Rodney M. Miller 7 10 3 0% 10 12 6

Rushville H. Baker NR

Salem S. Caniff 7 11 4 0% 16 14 8

Sandford C. Hedden 11 9 2 22% 9 4 4

Scottsburg P. Mills 8 8 0 0% 8 7 8

Seelyville "F. Burk, Jr" 23 24 1 0% 10 0 0

Seymour I. Holt 27 26 1 3% 32 30 22

Shelburn B. Noel 9 12 3 0% 9 0 4

Shelbyville Grace J. Travis 40 45 5 0% 53 23 16

Shelbyville Westside C. Ellis 30 23 7 30% 37 19 16

Simpson Chapel R. Brown 9 7 2 29% 9 0 0

Somerville D. Brandon 38 0 0 0% 43 30 27

Spearsville B. Bray NR

Spencer J. Knight 10 10 0 0% 10 10 10

Sullivan G. Larimer 42 40 2 5% 51 50 45

Sylvania B. England 39 60 21 0% 83 45 39

Terre Haute Faith D. Gormong 125 130 5 0% 248 137 84

Terre Haute Hulman D. Willis 61 72 11 0% 90 39 34

Terre Haute North TBS 16 10 6 60% 16 10 0

Trafalgar C. Hilton 6 6 0 0% 4 4 0

Valeene D. Manship 13 12 1 8% 78 26 51

Versailles D. Jewell 23 26 3 0% 23 10 8

Walker Chapel R. Hendershot 17 17 0 0% 40 0 13

Wash. Main Street P. Kessen NR

Washington Vincennes J. Gilley 30 26 4 15% 32 30 13

Wesley Chapel W. Wickard NR

Westport C. Bell 66 73 7 0% 87 63 0

West Terre Haute 6th R. Weeks 29 24 5 20% 26 0 6

West Terre Haute 8th P. Shelton 70 53 17 32% 77 65 32

Wheatland K. Mitchell 11 12 1 0% 12 15 11

Whitehall D. Campbell 19 18 1 5% 15 10 9

Wilmington Hills D. Gary NR

TOTALS 1975 1894 81 4% 3096 1636 1191

*NR = No Report Sun-Sch Gain of 81 = 4.3% Increase

93 CHURCHES 71- Reported 22- No Report

Top Ten Churches For Percentage Growth:Percentage Gain Church Pastor

65% - Bloomfield Mt. Zion L. Manship

60% - Terre Haute Northside TBS

44% - Petersburg L. Lamar

43% - Greensburg D. Preston

32% - West Terre Haute 8th St P Shelton

30% - Shelbyville Westside C. Ellis

29% - Simpson Chapel R. Brown

27% - Birdseye D. Murphy

25% - Mooresville M. Linville

22% - Sanford C. Hedden