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

WESLEYANMARCH 2009

I have been thinking for awhile of the need for our district to have its own mis-

sion statement. Within the past few years it has been in vogue for organizations to

write a statement to indicate what their focus is and what they are all about as

church, college, or a company. Sometimes individuals or families have mission

statements that they write to give direction for things they want to accomplish in life.

Some mission statements I have read are too long and cumbersome and no one

can ever remember them. Of course, others are to the point and really give direct fo-

cus to what the person, family, or organization plans to accomplish in the days ahead.

At our International Center I often hear this phrase: “We desire to do the Great

Commission in the spirit of the Great Commandment.” I like this short but yet com-

prehensive goal The Wesleyan Church has to impact the world for Christ.

Another mission statement I read that gives great direction is the one Indiana

Wesleyan University has adopted. It is, “Indiana Wesleyan University is a Christ-cen-

tered academic community committed to changing the world by developing students in charac-

ter, scholarship and leadership.” There was a lot of effort that went into constructing

this statement. This mission focus is the driving philosophy of I.W.U. and every

major decision is made in the light of these 22 words stated above.

With that being said, I want to introduce our own mission statement here in

the Indiana South Wesleyan District. When it is all said and done what should

every church in this district be doing? What is the primary focus that would be

the most pleasing to God and help our churches be healthy, growing, vibrant

places of worship where sinners would get saved and believers would get sancti-

fied? One day God impressed upon me that this district should be a district of

H.O.P.E.

H – elping

O – thers

P – repare

E – ternity

My dream is for every Pastor, LBA member, church member and attendee

become so familiar with this acronym that they will be able to tell anyone that

may ask our mission statement. If we really are a district of H.O.P.E. it will not

only bring focus to what we are doing but heaven will be enlarged because of

our efforts. May God help us to do just that! —Dr. Mark Eckart

Superintendent’s Schedule

March2-3 Ministerial Convention—

Bloomington

6 IWU Meeting/Indianapolis

8 A.M. Greenfield

P.M. Medora

14 DBMD Meeting/Orleans

15 A.M. North Vernon—Mortgage Burning

P.M. Columbus Ohio Street

22 A.M. Spencer

P.M. Church Visit

April2-3 IWU Board Meeting

5 A.M. Wilmington Hills

P.M. Lawrenceburg

6 IWU Meeting

8-9 D.S. Meeting

12 Easter Sunday

19 A.M. Mecca – Installation

P.M. Princeton

21 Headquarters Meeting

26 A.M. Evansville North Park

P.M. Potter’s Shop

Dr. Mark S. F. EckartDIST. SUPERINTENDENT

H.O.P.E.Our New Mission Statement

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INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN(USPS 334-970)

March 2009Vol. 36 No. 3

Executive Editor Dr. Mark Eckart

Office Editor Cindy Caniff

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SpringLifeMarch 15 - May 3, 2009

Every name has a soul. SpringLife

2009 is a complimentary resource that

we pray will serve the Church well to

share the message of Jesus more inten-

tionally, along with making more and

better disciples for Him.

There are two full months of sermon

ideas; lessons for Children, Youth and

Adults; Week of Witness details; daily

devotionals; outreach ideas; Easter

weekend emphases; media options; pro-

motional tools; and more. These evan-

gelism and discipleship resources are

available free for you and your church at

www.everysoul.org..

“See Yourselves Through God’sEyes. You’re Gorgeous.”

Forest Hills Wesleyan

Ladies ConferenceApril 3rd & 4th

Speaker: Lynelle PierceContact: Renae Burns – 812-473-0529

FUEL — Youth Worker’s

GatheringApril 16th – 18th

Galt House in Louisville, KY

For more information go to

www.headharthand.com.

Love Mercy ’09December 28-31, 2009 — Louisville, KY

Three intense days of powerful speakers, artists and community focused

on pursuing God’s call for their lives and expressing worship for our Savior

Jesus Christ. These Wesleyan Youth Conventions seek to bring the simple

truth that God’s Word challenges us to face the needs of our world by asking

us do these three things. Embracing Micah 6:8 helps settle the dust and the

noise from the world and turns our focus toward the important…the eternal.

Love Mercy ’09 will be a catapult launching students out to live for God in

their schools and in their communities. You’re invited to be a key player in

seeing a generation become all that God desires and empowers them to be.

For more information contact Spiritual Formation at 317-774-3888 or go to

www.headhearthand.com.

Revivals:

Paoli Wesleyan

Revival – Crusade

March 15th – 17th@ 7:00 nightly

With Rev. Clyde Dupin

Special SingingTony & Abby McCrary

Salem Wesleyan

April 5th – 8th

With Dr. Roy Lauter

Sun. 10:30 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.

Mon. – Wed. – 7:00 p.m.

Special Singing – Cindy Caniff

Medora WesleyanPastor Skip Breeden & the Medora

Wesleyan Church re-sided and put a new

roof on their church. We recently re-

ceived a letter from Becky Padgett that at-

tended Medora Wesleyan for a VBS when

she was a little girl, and is now the youth

director at Orleans UMC. She remem-

bered that at the end of the week, there

was an altar call. She said, “I remember cry-

ing, not because I was sad, but joyful. That is when I gave my life to Christ and received

the Holy Spirit, at the young age of 8 or 10. To this day, I have a great love of VBS and

believe now that has to do with the start at your church. So, I again say thank you for

planting the seed in a little girl who has grown up loving the Lord. Keep planting. Jesus

will keep the living water coming.” We may never know the influence that VBS

has on children until years later. Keep up the good work Medora!

SympathyRev. Delbert Murphy, pastor of Birdseye Wesleyan,

went to be with the Lord on January 23, 2009. Please pray

for Mary and the rest of the family during this difficult

time. He had been a pastor for 29 years with 11 of those

years at Birdseye. One of the things we will miss is the Fish

Fry that Pastor Delbert used to do during camp.

INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN March 2009 / Page 3

Mr. & Mrs. Dale Hayhurst recentlycelebrated their 50th Wedding Anni-versary. Mr. Hayhurst served 21 yearsas the District Treasurer. May Godbless him and Betty Jo with manymore years together.

Pictured above is the team from thedistrict that recently went to Panamato work. Thanks to everyone that wentto make a difference in Panama. Be-cause of a matching gift effort and thegenerosity of the churches in our dis-trict, we were able to send $9,000.00with them to Panama to advance thework of the Lord.

Easter OfferingEvangelism & Church Growth is highly dependent on this yearly offering to

provide the majority of our programming funds. These funds are critical in our

ability to effectively fulfill our mission of multiplying disciples, leaders and

churches in order to fulfill the Great Commission in the spirit of the

Great Commandment. Through this offering we are able to provide a variety

of resources to equip and empower leaders and churches for the missional

multiplication movement (M3).

The annual Easter Offering is the “life’s blood” for Wesleyan North Ameri-

can missions. The funds collected here make a huge difference. This offering

does not have to be taken on Easter Sunday. It can be collected at whatever time

and whatever manner best fits your local setting. We simply want to thank you

in advance for what you will do to expand God’s Kingdom through this vital in-

vestment.

For more information, contact E&CG at 317-774-3900 or go to www.wes-

leyan.org/ecg.

May Ministerial Seminar

Indiana South District Ministerial Seminar

May 4 – 8, 2009

Orleans Indiana Wesleyan Campgrounds

Monday – Wednesday Noon

Wesleyan Church History/Discipline / C-35

Dr. Wayne Caldwell

Pastoral Counseling / C-44

Dr. Mark Eckart

Philosophy / C-31

Rev. Chet Todd

Wednesday Noon – Friday

Intro to Theology / C-05

Dr. Wayne Caldwell

Christian Education / C-23

Dr. Mark Eckart

Evangelism and Church

Health / C-28

Rev. Chet Todd

For more information, contact:

Rev. Bob England, Seminar Coordinator

812-865-6599, 812-723-4168, or bob_e_sr_47424@yahoo.com.

Congratulations!

Panama

Pictured (left) is the Doctrine of

Holiness class that recently met at the

Paoli Wesleyan Church. Professor

David Brown was a guest lecturer. He

did a great job and the students were

great as well.

Holiness Class

Austin T.B.S. 15 14 1 18 15 3 13 4 0

Bedford T.B.S. 15 34 19 20 47 27 16 12 0

Bicknell First M. Reed 39 43 4 46 48 2 22 43 0

Birdseye T.B.S. 23 22 1 23 23 0 0 0 0

Bloomfield Mt. Calvary F. Collings 14 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0

Bloomfield Mt. Zion L. Manship 40 33 7 40 33 7 21 13 0

Bloomfield Southside C. Thomas 18 17 1 15 13 2 13 0 0

Bloomington Central M. Linville 28 29 1 32 33 1 20 15 0

Bloomington Shepherd F. Shannon 18 23 5 20 24 4 13 10 0

Blue River A. Marshall 22 22 0 31 31 0 0 0 0

Boonville E. Ames 26 30 4 43 51 8 36 47 0

Brazil Jackson E. Hayes 18 26 8 26 34 8 15 8 0

Carthage C. Stroud 40 40 0 60 60 0 40 40 0

Clear Fork C. Uebel 10 11 1 15 17 2 8 7 0

Columbus Bethel B. Carpenter 0 0 0 8 10 2 0 0 0

Columbus Central B. Miller 13 13 0 13 13 0 10 0 0

Columbus Flintwood W. Jones 62 57 5 82 81 1 39 85 0

Columbus Ohio Street C.Bullock 32 35 3 57 55 2 32 16 0

Concord J. Vandervort 25 27 2 26 25 1 16 6 0

Corydon New Hope C. Morgan 8 6 2 22 26 4 0 0 0

E. Enterprise F. Wingham 8 8 0 9 8 1 8 4 0

Edinburgh L. Biddle 32 29 3 32 29 3 20 18 0

English D. Lochbihler 30 30 0 39 39 0 25 18 0

Evansville Forest Hills M. Stoelting 129 138 9 243 251 8 69 200 1

Evansville North Park S. Boardman 58 67 9 80 94 14 27 19 2

Evansville Trinity D. Allison 44 31 13 60 54 6 11 9 0

Faith Pointe J. Wriston 11 11 0 14 20 6 0 0 0

Fort Branch T.B.S. 45 37 8 51 42 9 20 65 0

Franklin D. Neal 31 35 4 41 40 1 33 23 0

French Lick Spr. Valley J. Moffatt 62 60 2 146 147 1 63 50 0

Gnaw Bone G. Armstrong 19 18 1 19 20 1 13 5 0

Grace Pointe R. Freeland 11 0 0 16 0 0 7 5 0

Greenfield R. Albring 24 24 0 29 26 3 21 21 0

Greensburg D. Preston 49 39 10 86 59 27 20 52 0

Greenwood J. Hughes 49 49 0 70 70 0 0 14 0

Holton W. Vandervort 21 17 4 21 19 2 11 5 0

Hope First E. Boston 0 16 16 11 21 10 0 0 0

Lawrenceburg M. Kessen 22 22 0 25 25 0 11 0 0

Lewis Creek D. Gates 9 10 1 16 16 0 0 9 0

Loogootee Mt. Zion J. Simmons 28 33 5 53 42 11 16 8 1

Madison Calvary M. Mahoney 34 44 10 58 63 5 30 32 0

Marengo S. Lock 51 51 0 114 102 12 44 61 0

Martinsville K. Kearby 25 25 0 32 32 0 15 0 0

Martinsville Bethel J. Irvin 7 8 1 13 9 4 0 6 0

Mecca New Life D. Hardesty 16 0 0 36 46 10 0 0 0

Medora C. Breeden 20 37 17 20 37 17 14 10 0

Milan L. Brown 23 19 4 29 28 1 12 6 0

Mitchell T.B.S. 54 77 23 114 172 58 47 69 0

Mooresville New Life M. Linville 20 22 2 23 32 9 10 13 0

Morgantown J. Irvin 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0

New Albany Spring Ave. N. Watters 0 0 0 24 24 0 0 0 0

North Vernon J. Terry 54 53 1 75 71 4 30 0 2

Orleans H. Carr 36 43 7 38 44 6 27 14 0

Otwell R. Stilwell 32 31 1 32 31 1 19 0 0

Paoli B. England 73 24 49 113 101 12 62 76 0

Petersburg L. Lamar 0 9 9 12 9 3 0 0 0

Poplar Grove J. Downs 12 10 2 34 21 13 13 7 0

Potter’s Shop Y. Reyes 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Prairie Creek T. Fennell 13 15 2 13 20 7 9 0 0

Princeton T.B.S. 16 31 15 23 48 25 13 12 0

Rising Sun J. Kelley 8 8 0 8 8 0 0 7 0

Rodney M. Miller 6 10 4 12 15 3 13 8 0

Rushville H. Baker 3 3 0 3 3 0 7 2 0

Salem S. Caniff 6 9 3 27 25 2 18 17 0

Sandford C. Hedden 13 14 1 13 13 0 8 3 0

Scottsburg P. Mills 8 7 1 8 8 0 9 8 0

Seelyville F. Burk 14 12 2 8 6 2 0 0 0

Seymour I. Holt 36 29 7 49 35 14 40 28 5

Shelburn B. Noel 8 13 5 8 13 5 0 0 0

Shelbyville Grace J. Allen 53 45 8 70 55 15 35 32 2

Shelbyville Westside D. Bowden No Report

Simpson Chapel R. Brown 12 10 2 12 10 2 0 0 0

Somerville D. Brandon 21 28 7 22 32 10 18 0 0

Southwind Washington P. Kessen 0 0 0 63 61 2 41 18 0

Spearsville T. Phillips 13 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0

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

Sullivan G. Larimer 51 58 7 65 63 2 61 40 1

Sylvania D. Taylor 42 39 3 70 84 14 43 29 0

Terre Haute Faith D. Gormong 160 148 12 257 218 39 121 88 0

Terre Haute Hulman D. Willis 65 53 12 102 86 16 48 41 6

Terre Haute North S. Landon 24 18 6 33 18 15 27 0 0

Trafalgar C. Hilton 6 5 1 6 5 1 4 3 0

Valeene D. Manship 18 16 2 86 88 2 35 43 0

Versailles J. Hundley 34 27 7 34 28 6 33 9 0

Walker Chapel R. Hendershot 18 18 0 45 45 0 14 14 0

Wash. Vincennes J. Gilley 21 23 2 24 27 3 39 16 0

Wesley Chapel T.B.S. No Report

Westport T.B.S. 29 61 32 58 77 19 31 31 0

West Terre Haute 6th R. Weeks 29 27 2 30 34 4 0 6 0

West Terre Haute 8th P. Shelton 65 74 9 77 79 2 52 26 1

Wheatland K. Mitchell 15 10 5 36 16 20 28 0 0

Whitehall D. Campbell 16 15 1 15 14 1 12 10 0

Wilmington Hills D. Gary 19 22 3 25 28 3 24 0 0

TOTALS 2493 2493 0 3763 3782 19 1819 1616 21

CHURCH GROWTH REPORT JANUARY 2009

Top 5 For Numeric Gain In Sun-SchoolChurch Pastor Gain

Paoli B. England 49

Evansville Trinity D. Allison 13

Terre Haute Faith D. Gormong 12

Terre Haute Hulman St. D. Willis 12

Greensburg D. Preston 10

Top 5 For Numeric Gain in AM WorshipChurch Pastor Gain

Terre Haute Faith D. Gormong 39

Greensburg D. Preston 27

Wheatland K. Mitchell 20

Terre Haute Hulman St. D. Willis 16

Shelbyville Grace J. Allen 15

Top 5 For Percentage Gain in AM WorshipChurch Pastor Gain

Wheatland K. Mitchell 125%

Terre Haute North S. Landon 83%

Poplar Grove J. Downs 62%

Greensburg D. Preston 46%

Martinsville Bethel J. Irvin 44%

Top 5 For Percentage Gain in Sun-SchoolChurch Pastor Gain

Paoli B. England 204%

Wheatland K. Mitchell 50%

Evansville Trinity D. Allison 42%

Terre Haute North S. Landon 33%

Corydon New Hope C. Morgan 33%

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