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

WESLEYANOCTOBER 2008

I have been in some form of ministry for soon to be 30 years now. I have gone

to school with pastors, taught pastors and now, going on six years, had the privi-

lege of serving pastors as DS here in Indiana South. I have come to the conclu-

sion that some of the true heroes in our society are pastors.

You are the ones that work sacrificially making, at many times, less money

than if you were working secular jobs. You are the ones that are on call 24/7

helping the hurting, and comforting those who are in need of ministry. You are

the ones that carry the burden for lost souls and have a real desire to see all peo-

ple walk with God. You are the ones that are asked to preach funerals, deal with

the dying and death, do weddings, and be the “front” person for the church in

the community.

You are the ones that are called upon to manage conflict and be a peacemaker

even when you have been done wrong. You are the ones that stay in a tough as-

signment even when humanly it would be easier to walk away. You are the ones

that faithfully study the Scriptures and stay on your knees asking God to lead

you as you lead others. You are the ones many times doing work behind the

scenes that never gets noticed, only by God Himself. You are the ones that, at

times, preach your heart out only to hear your parishioner brag on the TV

preacher they heard before they came to church.

You are the ones, that a lot of times, are expected to mow the grass, check the

commode handles after service, drive the church van, change the church sign,

clean the church, and several other jobs that all come with the “package.” You

are the ones that are called upon to give counsel about humanity problems rang-

ing from the domestic/family crisis to societal issues. You are the ones that ulti-

mately have to be concerned about the finances to make sure all the bills get

paid. You are the ones that week after week are faithful to your assignment with-

out ever being in the bright lights of celebrity status that some pastors enjoy by

being highlighted in magazines like Christianity Today for a book they wrote or a

school they started.

Take heart my friends because you are the ones that, one day, God is going to

reward for saying “YES” to Him and serving in ministry. As it says in Romans

1:15b, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad

tidings of good things!” You are the ones carrying the Good News of the Gospel, so

keep it up!

His Servant and your friend,

Dr. Mark

Superintendent’s Schedule

October

2-3 IWU Trustee Meeting

5 A.M. Grace Pointe

P.M. Marengo

11 Paoli – Church History Class

12 A.M. Church Visit

P.M. Mitchell

19 A.M. Westport – Homecoming

P.M. Rodney

22 IWU Meeting

25 Paoli – Church History Class

26 A.M. Mooresville

P.M. Trafalgar

November2 A.M. Evansville Trinity

P.M. Bloomfield Mt. Zion

8 Spiritual Formation TourPaoli Wesleyan

10 & 11 Prayer & Fast Retreat

16 A.M. English – Installation

P.M. Salem

23 A.M. Birdseye

P.M. Church Visit

24 Wesleyan International Cen-ter – Dr. Pence/DS Meeting

30 A.M. New Albany Spring Ave.

P.M. Shepherd of the Hills

Dr. Mark S. F. EckartDIST. SUPERINTENDENT

True Heroes: You Are a Hero, Pastor!By: Dr. Mark

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INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN(USPS 334-970)

October 2008Vol. 35 No. 9

Executive Editor Dr. Mark Eckart

Office Editor Cindy Caniff

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

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

Published monthly by the Indiana SouthDistrict of The Wesleyan Church.

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Pastor’s Christmas DinnerThe Pastor’s Annual Christmas

Dinner will be held on Friday, Decem-ber 5, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. (EST) at the Or-leans Wesleyan Family Life Center.

Pastors, make sure you mark your cal-endars. We look forward to a nice eveningtogether with you and your family. Therewill be a delicious catered meal and aChristmas Concert by Jonathan White.

Upcoming Ministerial

Class Schedule

General Church History

Dr. Mark Eckart

October 11th & 25th, 2008

Paoli Wesleyan Church

Dr. Jerry Pence – Guest Lectureron October 11th.

Doctrine of Holiness

Dr. Mark Eckart

February 7th & 21st, 2009

Paoli Wesleyan Church

Prayer and Fast RetreatWe are once again this year having a Prayer and Fast Retreat for the district. It

will be Monday & Tuesday, November 10th & 11th at Spring Mill Inn. It willbegin at 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Monday and then Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. – 12:00noon (EST). This is a great time for pastors to get together and pray for theirchurches, their communities, their nation, and their families. We would love for asmany as can to attend.

Spiritual Formation District TourPlease mark Saturday, November 8, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST

on your calendar. The Paoli Wesleyan Church is going to host a district widetraining day. Dr. Jim Dunn and his staff from the Spiritual Formation Departmentwill be the presenters. There will be sessions for those ministering to adults, teens,and children. All pastors, staff, and lay people are invited.

This is a crucial training day for our district. The International Center is helpingto fund this event so you are strongly encouraged to be there if at all possible. Mygoal is to serve you by offering all the facilitation in ministry we can on the districtlevel without having something planned so often it interferes with your localagenda.

PASTOR APPRECIATIONOctober is Pastor Appreciation Month. The Wesleyan Church has desig-

nated October 12th as Pastor Appreciation Day. Don’t forget your pastor and hisfamily as they work very hard at what God has called them to do.

Grace Pointe Wesleyan Church

For months now we have been praying and trying to get a church open inClarksville area. Praise the Lord we now have a new church plant in Clarksvillecalled Grace Pointe Wesleyan. For now we are leasing a building that was previ-ously a Christian Bookstore. Recently Deb and my daughters joined me as we wor-shipped with the new church. Pastor Ron Freeland and his wife Pat, whoplanted our church at Corydon, are doing a great job of leading this new endeavor.

Just a few weeks ago, they had a quartet who donated their ministry to them.They had 44 in attendance including the quartet and some visitors. There was a ladythere that moved from Colorado and went walking, trying to find a church. BroRon reports, “We had prayer around the altar at the end of the service for her sonwho just had surgery and encountered some problems. She looked at me with tearsin her eyes and said ‘I’m so glad you (the church) were here.’ God is blessing and ex-citing things are happening at Grace Pointe.” – Pastor Ron Freeland

Available for RevivalRev. Philo Jones, former pastor at English Wesleyan Church, is available

for revivals and supply work. You can contact him at 6739 E. Speed Rd., Mill-

town, IN 47145 or 812-633-4418. If you need someone that will love your

people and preach the Word faithfully, give Bro. Philo a call.

Pastor Jeff & Lurlene Allen & family wererecently installed as the new pastor at

Shelbyville Grace Wesleyan.May God bless their ministry.

INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN October 2008 / Page 3

INDIANA SOUTH USF REPORT May 1, 2008 – August 31, 2008Budget Budget Percent Budget Budget Percent

Church Assessed Paid Paid Church Assessed Paid Paid

Austin 1457.28 734.42 50% Milan 2448.90 2448.90 100%Bedford 2432.88 1250.00 51% Mitchell 4849.96 4849.96 100%Bicknell 1037.25 0 0% Mooresville 2252.53 310.00 14%Birdseye 170.82 0 0% Morgantown 21.25 0 0%Bloomfield New Albany 629.40 581.80 92%

South 898.91 0 0% North Vernon 2599.29 2584.80 99%Mt. Calvary 661.66 0 0% Orleans 2085.38 2450.62 100%Mt. Zion 1499.45 1511.58 100% Otwell 1081.03 1081.03 100%

Bloomington Paoli 4778.59 1500.00 31%Central 1177.91 447.85 38% Petersburg 177.40 54.76 31%Shepherd 754.58 606.00 80% Poplar Grove 1300.58 1304.48 100%

Blue River 1932.53 1614.26 84% Prairie Creek 1279.18 0 0%Boonville 1070.46 414.00 39% Princeton 2570.10 1956.97 76%Brazil 679. 85 157.80 23% Rising Sun 379.89 263.70 69%Carthage 544.66 211.82 39% Rodney 997.48 0 0%Clarksburg 0 0 0% Rushville 425.30 549.60 100%Clear Fork 922.00 750.00 81% Salem 645.37 933.68 100%Columbus Sandford 500.82 123.00 25%

Bethel 817.48 653.12 80% Scottsburg 513.25 513.25 100%Central 753.98 0 0% Seelyville 444.43 121.00 27%Flintwood 3165.77 3165.77 100% Seymour 1756.72 2000.00 100%Ohio St. 2112.53 1800.00 85% Shelburn 490.51 1208.28 100%

Concord 1117.92 0 0% ShelbyvilleCorydon 2066.68 1732.40 84% Grace 3168.17 3342.44 100%E. Enterprise 958.22 849.34 89% Westside 739.08 600.00 81%Edinburg 903.93 0 0% Simpson Chapel 238.46 0 0%English 2815.49 2937.60 100% Somerville 1883.03 0 0%Evansville Spearsville 1762.21 0 0%

Forest Hills 10,367.08 10,684.63 100% Spencer 344.46 268.32 78%North Park 4400.02 0 0% Sullivan 1667.10 2497.64 100%Trinity 3883.46 4290.45 100% Sylvania 3429.79 3429.79 100%

Faith Pointe New Work Terre HauteFt. Branch 1534.54 1708.12 100% Faith 13,250.72 13,250.72 100%Franklin 1906.01 1685.00 88% Hulman 1994.21 0 0%French Lick 3414.54 3414.51 100% North 1084.68 0 0%Gnaw Bone 1059.74 1201.75 100% Trafalgar 220.22 113.00 51%Greenfield 1033.35 2100.00 100% Valeene 3172.38 1340.00 42%Greensburg 2689.51 2689.51 100% Versailles 1017.57 2914.24 100%Greenwood 4808.69 5600.00 100% Walker Chapel 2200.19 2082.87 95%Holton 1033.89 1007.28 97% WashingtonHope 1090.13 1090.13 100% South Washington 2705.98 3444.76 100%Potter Shop New Work 158.00 Vincennes Ave 756.33 180.00 24%Lawrenceburg 1176.75 1090.13 93% Wesley Chapel 2200.19 2082.97 95%Lewis Creek 964.17 1017.27 100% West Terre HauteLoogootee 695.62 0 0% 6th Street 435.29 500.00 100%Madison 2822.09 200.00 .7% 8th Street 2229.72 2229.72 100%Marengo 3409.41 3885.50 100% Westport 3097.38 3272.16 100%Martinsville 1015.12 0 0% Wheatland 483.06 444.25 92%Martinsville Beth 674.50 676.00 100% Whitehall 527.29 1216.95 100%Mecca New Life 2396.05 1974.00 82% Wilmington Hills 1354.49 2000.00 100%Medora 1021.78 1259.54 100%

BYF RetreatPictured are some of the 83 thatregistered for the BYF Retreat.

Thanks to Rev. Philo Jones andhis family for doing a great job tomake this another successful re-

treat. Thanks to Dr. Norman Wilsonfor speaking.

Pictured above is Pastor Mike & MarylsStoelting’s cabin here on the camp-

ground that was destroyed by the windstorm. Marlene Meyers’ cabin was alsodestroyed. There was another big treethat fell but only caused slight damage,

Praise the Lord! Even though we are sorryabout the damage to the cabins, we are

thankful no one got hurt during the storm.

Below:Our church plant at Dale, IN, FaithPointe, recently entered this floatin the local parade and won 3rdplace. Congratulations to Pastor

Joe Wriston, Karyn Bender &family, and others that worked

hard to make this project.

Austin T.B.S. 18 15 3 25 18 7 17 11 0

Bedford J. Keaton 37 27 10 49 40 9 23 16 1

Bicknell First M. Reed 47 43 4 56 53 3 29 49 0

Birdseye D. Murphy 24 18 6 25 20 5 0 0 0

Bloomfield Mt. Calvary F. Collings 16 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0

Bloomfield Mt. Zion L. Manship 39 28 11 39 28 11 21 15 0

Bloomfield Southside C. Thomas 16 17 1 12 12 0 16 0 0

Bloomington Central M. Linville 29 29 0 32 32 0 19 18 0

Bloomington Shepherd F. Shannon 18 24 6 19 24 5 15 10 0

Blue River A. Marshall 25 25 0 34 34 0 0 0 0

Boonville E. Ames 33 28 5 51 45 6 29 82 2

Brazil Jackson E. Hayes 24 26 2 33 32 1 19 9 0

Carthage C. Stroud 42 20 22 56 30 26 25 25 0

Clear Fork C. Uebel 11 11 0 11 11 0 9 7 0

Columbus Bethel B. Carpenter 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0

Columbus Central B. Miller 11 15 4 11 15 4 11 0 0

Columbus Flintwood W. Jones 57 53 4 89 79 10 40 50 0

Columbus Ohio Street C.Bullock 38 38 0 63 63 0 51 16 0

Concord J. Vandervort 18 27 9 18 28 10 10 5 0

Corydon New Hope C. Morgan 5 6 1 18 42 24 0 0 0

E. Enterprise F. Wingham 9 8 1 11 8 3 0 4 0

Edinburg L. Biddle 32 31 1 32 31 1 17 12 0

English D. Lochbihler 43 39 4 58 53 5 27 53 3

Evansville Forest Hills M. Stoelting 117 129 12 237 236 1 92 47 0

Evansville North Park S. Boardman 63 62 1 78 82 4 16 0 0

Evansville Trinity D. Allison 31 35 4 63 53 10 10 0 0

Faith Pointe J. Wriston 9 9 0 15 15 0 0 0 0

Fort Branch M. Hughes 42 27 15 46 47 1 19 58 0

Franklin D. Neal 34 39 5 41 49 8 37 24 0

French Lick Spr. Valley J. Moffatt 62 52 10 169 104 65 57 49 0

Gnaw Bone G. Armstrong 21 21 0 23 23 0 12 8 0

Grace Pointe R. Freeland 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0

Greenfield R. Albring 28 26 2 34 35 1 27 17 0

Greensburg D. Preston 36 33 3 67 54 13 0 0 0

Greenwood J. Hughes 36 36 0 68 68 0 0 0 0

Holton W. Vandervort 18 18 0 19 19 0 11 5 0

Hope First E. Boston 10 14 4 24 24 0 10 47 1

Lawrenceburg M. Kessen 15 15 0 17 17 0 12 0 0

Lewis Creek D. Gates 6 9 3 17 15 2 0 11 0

Loogootee Mt. Zion J. Simmons 23 23 0 45 45 0 14 10 0

Madison Calvary M. Mahoney 38 40 2 61 57 4 32 15 0

Marengo S. Lock 57 61 4 112 106 6 38 56 0

Martinsville K. Kearby 25 30 5 29 35 6 14 0 2

Martinsville Bethel J. Irvin 9 10 1 13 10 3 0 5 0

Mecca New Life D. Hardesty 0 26 26 35 52 17 0 0 0

Medora C. Breeden 20 30 10 21 25 4 18 12 2

Milan L. Brown 19 24 5 23 29 6 13 6 0

Mitchell S. Jones 74 85 11 146 183 37 55 87 0

Mooresville New Life M. Linville 24 26 2 32 34 2 16 16 0

Morgantown J. Irvin 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0

New Albany Spring Ave. N. Watters 0 14 0 18 28 10 0 0 0

North Vernon J. Terry 58 52 6 75 75 0 32 0 0

Orleans H. Carr 36 41 5 45 46 1 34 17 0

Otwell R. Stilwell 32 32 0 32 32 0 15 0 0

Paoli B. England 77 73 4 120 115 5 67 56 0

Petersburg L. Lamar 7 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0

Poplar Grove J. Downs 11 14 3 29 26 3 14 10 0

Potter’s Shop Y. Reyes 26 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0

Prairie Creek T. Fennell 12 12 0 14 14 0 6 4 0

Princeton J. Dillon 28 32 4 46 38 8 22 22 0

Rising Sun J. Kelley 8 10 2 9 10 1 0 7 0

Rodney M. Miller 8 9 1 11 12 1 13 9 0

Rushville H. Baker 4 4 0 4 4 0 6 8 0

Salem S. Caniff 7 7 0 25 18 7 19 22 0

Sandford C. Hedden 12 10 2 11 7 4 9 9 0

Scottsburg P. Mills 10 8 2 10 10 0 8 0 0

Seelyville F. Burk 14 14 0 6 7 1 0 0 0

Seymour I. Holt 35 23 12 46 31 15 33 24 0

Shelburn B. Noel 11 7 4 11 7 4 0 0 0

Shelbyville Grace J. Allen 55 55 0 69 69 0 38 23 0

Shelbyville Westside D. Bowden 18 29 11 26 40 14 12 6 0

Simpson Chapel R. Brown 12 8 4 12 8 4 0 0 0

Somerville D. Brandon 28 32 4 25 43 18 15 15 0

South Washington P. Kessen 0 0 0 61 73 12 31 18 0

Spearsville B. Bray 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Spencer J. Knight 9 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0

Sullivan G. Larimer 55 44 11 58 49 9 49 47 1

Sylvania D. Taylor 33 35 2 68 77 9 36 40 0

Terre Haute Faith D. Gormong 135 137 2 245 251 6 115 90 0

Terre Haute Hulman D. Willis 63 55 8 97 88 9 44 32 0

Terre Haute North S. Landon 26 19 7 37 19 18 28 22 0

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

Valeene D. Manship 16 19 3 97 85 12 51 49 0

Versailles J. Hundley 31 27 4 31 27 4 24 10 0

Walker Chapel R. Hendershot 14 18 4 36 42 6 0 19 0

Wash. Vincennes J. Gilley 23 26 3 28 31 3 29 14 0

Wesley Chapel W. Wickard 30 31 1 51 48 3 0 15 0

Westport C. Bell 60 69 9 67 86 19 50 46 0

West Terre Haute 6th R. Weeks 26 24 2 28 29 1 0 5 0

West Terre Haute 8th P. Shelton 60 69 9 64 75 11 54 30 0

Wheatland K. Mitchell 11 10 1 21 13 8 18 13 0

Whitehall D. Campbell 15 19 4 16 18 2 11 9 0

Wilmington Hills D. Gary 21 5 4 25 28 3 22 17 0

TOTALS 2568 2561 7 3909 3835 74 1834 1567 12

CHURCH GROWTH REPORT AUGUST 2008

Top 5 For Numeric Gain In Sun-SchoolChurch Pastor Gain

Carthage* C. Stroud 22

Fort Branch M. Hughes 15

Seymour I. Holt 12

Sullivan G. Larimer 11

Bloomfield Mt. Zion L. Manship 11

Top 5 For Numeric Gain in AM WorshipChurch Pastor Gain

French Lick Spr. Valley J. Moffatt 65

Carthage* C. Stroud 26

Terre Haute North S. Landon 18

Seymour I. Holt 15

Greensburg D. Preston 13

Top 5 For Percentage Gain in AM WorshipChurch Pastor Gain

Terre Haute North S. Landon 95%

Carthage* C. Stroud 87%

French Lick Spr. Valley J. Moffatt 63%

Wheatland K. Mitchell 62%

Sandford C. Hedden 57%

Top 5 For Percentage Gain in Sun-SchoolChurch Pastor Gain

Carthage* C. Stroud 110%

Shelburn B. Noel 57%

Fort Branch M. Hughes 56%

Seymour I. Holt 52%

Bloomfield Mt. Zion L. Manship 39%

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