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

WESLEYANAUGUST 2010

Superintendent’s ScheduleAugust

1 A.M. Family Camp

Phil CollingsworthFamily Concert

2- 8 Eritrean Camp (Orleans)

15 A.M. Mooresville

P.M. Shepherd of the Hills

22 Afternoon - Potter’s Shop

29 A.M. Sullivan

P.M. Shepherd of the Hills

September

5 A.M. Evansville Trinity

Afternoon Evansville Trinity

8-11 BYF Retreat – Orleans

12 A.M. Martinsville

P.M. Morgantown

18 District Softball Tourney -Bloomington

19 A.M. Hope

P.M. Shelbyville Westside

23-25 Chicago, IL – NaturalChurch Development

30 IWU Trustee Meeting

Dr. Mark S. F. EckartDIST. SUPERINTENDENT

I know. Pastors aren’t perfect. But they do have one of the toughest jobs in the

world. Regardless of the church polity, they do have to answer to every church

member. Please allow me to speak to you who are church members. I know most

of you love your pastor. I know most of you respect your pastor. But you may not

know how you can best help your pastor.

I have served as a pastor of four churches, and I have consulted with hundreds

of pastors. In many ways, I think I understand the heart of a pastor. So would you

allow me to share with you how to demonstrate love to your pastor? I put them in

the form of five things not to do, and five things to do.

What Not to DoLet’s get the negatives out of the way first. I’ve tried to streamline the list

some.

1. Don’t criticize or make critical suggestions to the pastor unless you

have spent much time in prayer over the matter. Pastors have to

deal with criticisms every week. It drains them. Also, don’t criti-

cize the pastor’s family.

2. Don’t ask the pastor to make announcements right before the wor-

ship service. He needs to be focused on his sermon. Similarly, don’t

say other things to him that may distract him before he preaches.

3. Don’t tell your pastor how he compares to other pastors.

4. Don’t expect the pastor to be at all the church events and functions

you think he should attend. Most of the other church members

want him at “their” events as well.

5. Don’t expect the pastor to be the primary pastoral caregiver to all

members, their relatives, their distant relatives, and the rest of the

community within a 30-mile radius.

What to DoAs I have talked with pastors around the world, they have shared with me some

of the steps church members have taken that have really encouraged them. Let me

share five of them.

1. Do pray for your pastor. Send him an e-mail to let him know you

are praying for him.

2. Do encourage your pastor. He needs it because he’s human, and he

needs it to balance the criticisms he hears.

PASTORSBy Thom Rainer – President of LifeWay Christian Resources

Continued on next page

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August 2010Vol. 37 No. 8

Executive Editor Dr. Mark Eckart

Office Editor Cindy Caniff

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3. Do work with the leadership of the church to make certain the

pastor is getting sufficient rest, time off, and family time. Most

pastors are on a 24/7 call.

4. Do encourage the rest of the church to take on pastoral care re-

sponsibility, particularly through small groups and Sunday

school classes. The pastor should be the primary caregiver for

the most urgent and serious of needs. The rest of the church

should do the bulk of the ministry.

5. Do be faithful to the ministry of the church. Few things encour-

age a pastor as much as committed church members.

CONDOLENCESOur sympathy goes to Rev. Teri Jones and her family as her father, Mr.

Roy (Herb) Bowling, went home to be with the Lord.

Our sympathy also goes out to Mrs. Debbie Eckart & her family as her fa-

ther, Mr. Meredith Jones, went home to be with the Lord.

Our condolences go out to the family of Rev. Lloyd J. Poe who went to his

final reward with Jesus. Rev. Poe was a retired pastor on our district. He

pastored the Wesley Chapel Wesleyan Church for 15 years.

Cabin for SaleCabin # 802 is for sale. It includes air conditioners, furniture (except for en-

tertainment systems), refrigerator and microwave. It has baseboard heat. They

are asking $19,950.00. If you are interested please contact Rev. Kevin

Kearby at 317-919-0671 or Jeannie Kearby at 317-919-0672.

CongratulationsFor the past several years at District Conference, we

have been honoring the Pastor of the Year. This year

Rev. Gary Larimer received this award. Congratula-

tions Pastor Gary! Pastor Gary received a plaque and a

$500.00 gift from donated

money.

This year, we also started

the Lay Person of the Year

Award. Mr. Danny (Buck)

Babcock received this award. Congratulations Buck!

May God bless both of these men for their service

to Christ and to their churches!

This picture is a part of the patriotic

display at the Madison Calvary Wes-

leyan Church for July 4th. It was done

by Emma Mahoney, age 16. She did a

beautiful job.

OCTOBER IS PASTOR

APPRECIATION MONTHDon’t forget to show your

pastor and family how muchyou appreciate them!

Upcoming Saturday

ClassesDoctrine of HolinessOctober 9 & 30, 2010

Pastoral CounselingFebruary 5 & 19, 2011

Professor Dr. Mark EckartAt Paoli Wesleyan Church

Indiana South District

Church Softball TourneySaturday, September 18th in

Bloomington is a great day of softball.

Each church is welcome to form a team

from their congregation. The cost and

details will be mailed to each pastor.

For questions, con-

tact Pastor Steve Jones

at 812-849-3758 or

812-583-1344.

INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN August 2010/ Page 3

Best Years Fellowship Retreat

September 8-11, 2010

Wesleyan Campgrounds, Orleans, IN$50.00 per person

Speaker: Dr. Norman Wilson

� Games & Crafts �

� Bring items for our annual auction! �

Reasons to Attend the BYF Retreat:

� The beautiful grounds and facilities at the OrleansCampground.

� Special Music, devotions and great speaker.

� A place to make wonderful friendships.

� Delicious, well-prepared meals.

� A relaxed, cheerful atmosphere.

BRING YOUR OWN BEDDING

Name _______________________________________

Address _____________________________________

City ________________________________________

State __________________ Zip _________________

Phone #_______________ Number Attending ______

Amount Paid $ _____________ Need a Room ______

Will pay at Retreat _____ Have Camper or RV _____

Church ______________________________________

Mail to: Rev. Philo Jones, 6739 E. Speed Road,

Milltown, IN 47145

Here are the 95 teens that attended Spiritual Impact at Orleans along with some of the 25 staff members.

They had a great theme this year. It was called WIRED which stands for “Walking In Righteousness Every Day.” Deb

and I attended Wednesday evening and enjoyed seeing this many young people gathering to learn about Christ. Many

sought the Lord including: 6 students received SALVATION, 13 students RESTORED their relationship with CHRIST, 8

students felt called into some type of service, and 9 students felt called into FULL TIME MINISTRY!!

Thanks to Pastor Joe Gormong, District Youth President, and all the helpers that made this time a success.

Pictured here is Pastor Doug Pres-

ton the day we dedicated the beautiful

newly remodeled church at

Greensburg. Congratulations to him

and the whole church for a job well

done. They expanded the seating ca-

pacity and gave the whole facility a

fresh new contemporary look.

Top 5 For Numeric Gain in AM WorshipChurch Pastor Gain

Columbus Flintwood W. Jones 18

Evansville Forest Hills M. Stoelting 13

Austin K. Stroud 9

Gnaw Bone TBS 7

Brazil Jackson Street E. Stewart 7

Top 5 For Percentage Gain in AM WorshipChurch Pastor Gain

Gnaw Bone TBS 64%

Brazil Jackson Street E. Stewart 35%

Whitehall D. Campbell 32%

Austin K. Stroud 31%

Salem S. Caniff 23%

Top 5 For Percentage Gain in Sun-SchoolChurch Pastor Gain

Valeene D. Manship 83%

Poplar Grove J. Downs 50%

Shelburn B. Noel 44%

Whitehall D. Campbell 35%

Brazil Jackson Street E. Stewart 31%

Austin K. Stroud 26 21 5 24% 38 29 9 31% 22 19 0

Bedford C. Gilmore 18 15 3 20% 20 19 1 5% 19 14 0

Bicknell First M. Reed 25 28 3 0% 35 47 12 0% 18 35 0

Birdseye H. Noll NR

Bloomfield Mt. Calvary M. Harper 0 20 20 0% 11 20 9 0% 6 0 0

Bloomfield Mt. Zion A. Adams 19 16 3 19% 37 39 2 0% 14 9 0

Bloomfield Southside C. Thomas 0 0 0 0% 18 16 2 12 0 0

Bloomington Central M. Linville 27 29 2 0% 29 31 2 0% 16 15 0

Bloomington Shepherd F. Shannon NR

Blue River A. Marshall 19 22 3 0% 26 28 2 0% 0 0 0

Boonville E. Ames NR 2

Brazil Jackson E. Stewart 21 16 5 31% 27 20 7 35% 15 14 0

Carthage D. Stroud 25 40 15 0% 45 50 5 0% 25 25 0

Clear Fork C. Uebel NR

Columbus Bethel B. Carpenter 0 0 0 0% 9 9 0 0% 0 0 0

Columbus Central B. Miller NR 0

Columbus Flintwood W. Jones 89 73 16 22% 122 104 18 17% 52 45 0

Columbus Ohio Street TBS 25 35 10 0% 40 56 16 0% 21 8 0

Concord J. Vandervort 21 24 3 0% 22 25 3 0% 15 7 0

Corydon New Hope C. Morgan 0 8 8 0% 25 24 1 0% 0 0 0

E. Enterprise D. Meriwether 7 7 0 0% 10 10 0 0% 9 0 0

Edinburgh L. Biddle 35 35 0 0% 29 29 0 0% 13 14 0

English TBS 29 34 5 0% 38 43 5 0% 36 10 0

Evansville Forest Hills M. Stoelting 115 121 6 0% 255 242 13 5% 116 298 2

Evansville North Park S. Boardman 63 68 5 0% 78 84 6 0% 27 19 0

Evansville Trinity D. Allison 39 39 0 0% 44 44 0 0% 6 0 0

Faith Pointe J. Wriston NR 0

Fort Branch R. Comer 40 39 1 2% 50 52 2 0% 11 40 0

Franklin D. Neal 30 31 1 0% 32 37 5 0% 39 27 0

French Lick Spr. Valley J. Moffatt 64 57 7 12% 168 163 5 3% 64 61 0

Gnaw Bone TBS 17 17 0 0% 18 11 7 64% 22 23 0

Grace Fellowship T. Friedman NR 0

Grace Pointe N. Watters 0 0 0 0% 35 16 19119% 31 12 0

Greenfield R. Albring 24 26 2 0% 35 44 9 0% 26 16 0

Greensburg D. Preston 28 43 15 0% 76 72 4 5% 19 36 0

Greenwood J. Hughes NR

Holton W. Vandervort 16 25 9 0% 16 25 9 0% 6 5 0

Hope First E. Boston 0 3 3 0% 8 13 5 0% 0 5 0

Lawrenceburg M. Kessen NR

Lewis Creek D. Gates 8 8 0 0% 21 19 2 11% 0 32 0

Loogootee Mt. Zion J. Simmons NR 0

Madison Calvary M. Mahoney 22 29 7 0% 40 54 14 0% 23 16 0

Marengo S. Lock 37 47 10 0% 96 109 13 0% 28 63 0

Martinsville TBS NR

Martinsville Bethel J. Irvin 9 7 2 29% 16 14 2 14% 0 6 0

Mecca New Life D. Hardesty 17 19 2 0% 34 41 7 0% 0 24 0

Medora C. Breeden 20 16 4 25% 20 20 0 0% 14 4 0

Milan L. Brown 16 22 6 0% 24 31 7 0% 15 8 0

Mitchell S. Jones 35 46 11 0% 74 114 40 0% 25 23 0

Mooresville New Life M. Linville 16 20 4 0% 32 31 1 3% 10 18 0

Morgantown D Pfaff 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0% 19 0 0

North Vernon J. Terry 45 53 8 0% 66 68 2 0% 33 19 0

Orleans M. Hester 36 35 1 3% 36 45 9 0% 23 17 10

Otwell R. Stilwell NR

Paoli B. England 62 61 1 0% 125 112 13 12% 69 86 0

Petersburg L. Lamar 0 0 0 0% 9 8 1 13% 0 0 0

Poplar Grove J. Downs 18 12 6 50% 35 34 1 2% 16 13 0

Potter's Shop S. Avila NR 0

Prairie Creek T. Fennell NR

Rising Sun J. Kelley NR

Rodney M. Miller 15 16 1 0% 14 14 0 0% 15 11 0

Rushville H. Baker 2 3 1 0% 2 2 0 0% 0 3 0

Salem S. Caniff 9 7 2 29% 32 26 6 23% 15 36 0

Sandford C. Hedden 14 13 1 8% 10 13 3 0% 6 0 0

Scottsburg P. Mills 10 9 1 11% 10 9 1 11% 7 7 0

Seymour I. Holt 36 35 1 3% 56 57 1 0% 36 45 0

Shelburn B. Noel 13 9 4 44% 13 13 0 0% 0 0 0

Shelbyville Grace J. Allen 60 52 8 15% 73 73 0 0% 30 29 0

Shelbyville Westside D. Bowden 27 25 2 7% 32 41 9 0% 8 10 0

Simpson Chapel C. Johnson 0 0 0 0% 5 5 0 0% 0 0 0

Somerville D. Brandon 40 40 0 0% 43 43 0 0% 20 0 0

Southwind Washington P. Kessen NR 0

Spearsville T. Phillips 0 0 0 0% 16 16 0 0% 0 0 0

Spencer J. Knight 10 9 1 11% 9 10 1 0% 0 0 0

Sullivan G. Larimer 43 53 10 0% 62 61 1 2% 58 37 0

Sylvania D. Taylor 46 36 10 28% 77 76 1 1% 34 31 0

Terre Haute Faith D. Gormong 149 131 18 14% 259 253 3 1% 131 88 0

Terre Haute Hulman D. Willis 65 66 1 0% 93 109 16 0% 50 60 0

Terre Haute Northside E. Hayes 28 28 0 0% 35 35 0 0% 27 13 0

Trafalgar C. Hilton 4 4 0 0% 4 4 0 0% 0 11 0

Valeene D. Manship 22 12 10 83% 94 91 3 3% 37 52 0

Versailles J. Hundley 32 31 1 3% 32 31 1 3% 20 8 0

Walker Chapel R. Hendershot 22 22 0 0% 53 53 0 0% 0 21 0

Wash. Vincennes J. Gilley 24 23 1 4% 32 30 2 7% 33 25 0

Wesley Chapel D. Little 26 23 3 13% 28 28 0 0% 20 8 0

Westport TBS 45 44 1 2% 47 61 14 0% 34 27 0

West Terre Haute 6th R. Weeks 22 23 1 0% 19 24 5 0% 0 4 0

West Terre Haute 8th P. Shelton 62 71 9 0% 64 77 13 0% 46 62 4

Wheatland K. Mitchell 18 20 2 0% 57 55 2 4% 25 0 0

Whitehall D. Campbell 31 23 8 35% 29 22 7 32% 19 14 0

Wilmington Hills D. Gary 11 20 9 0% 20 27 7 0% 15 0 0

TOTALS 2049 2115 5 0% 3344 3461 24 0% 1621 1688 18

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Top 5 For Numeric Gain In Sun-SchoolChurch Pastor Gain

Terre Haute Faith D. Gormong 18

Columbus Flintwood W. Jones 16

Valeene D. Manship 10

Sylvania D. Taylor 10

Whitehall D. Campbell 8a

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