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

WESLEYANAPRIL 2011

Superintendent’s Schedule

APRIL

3 A.M. Bloomfield Mt. Zion

P.M. Wesley Chapel

8 Terre Haute / Care & ShareLunch

10-12 NCD Training – Chicago17 A.M. Lewis Creek

P.M. Washington Vincennes Ave.

24 Happy Easter!

28 NCD Training / Paoli

30 Meet with Eritreans

MAY

1 A.M. Mitchell

P.M. Church Visit

2-6 May Seminar

8 A.M. Simpson Chapel

P.M. Valeene

22 A.M. Columbus Flintwood

P.M. Clear Fork

29 A.M. Rushville

P.M. Franklin

Dr. Mark S. F. EckartDIST. SUPERINTENDENT

Natural Church

Very great indeed was the honor given to Easter Day by the early Christians,

who regarded it as the “crown and head of all festivals,” and who at its dawn gave

signs of universal joy. For Jesus the Risen One was present to the eye of faith, and

His resurrection served as a sure pledge of their own resurrection to eternal life.

This transition from death unto life was placed before their eyes by the thousands

who were baptized on Easter Eve and who were admitted for the first time to the

Lord’s Supper on Easter Day, still wearing their white baptismal garments as

signs of purity. In their great joy, they sang Psalm 118:24, “This is the day the

Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”

Thus, Chrysostom (AD 345-407), the great golden-mouthed preacher of Con-

stantinople, declared in an Easter sermon, “Death is not only a sleep. Death,

which before Christ’s resurrection had a fearful aspect, is not an object to be de-

spised. On this day, Christ freed human nature from the dominion of human na-

ture and brought it back to its original dignity. Let no one be dejected today on

account of his poverty, for this is a spiritual feast. Let no man pride himself on his

riches, for he cannot contribute to this feast with his wealth. Here all distinctions

are taken away. There is one table for the rich and the poor. For the bond and free,

Divine Grace knows no respect of person.”

Gregory, bishop of Nyssa in AD 380 draws a very vivid picture of the joyous

crowds who by their dress and devout attendance at church sought to do honor to

the festival. “All labor ceased, all trades were suspended; the farmer threw down

his spade and plow and put on his holiday attire… [the] roads were empty of trav-

elers, and the sea of sailors, for all tried to be home on this great day. All Chris-

tians assembled everywhere as members of one family….”

Saint Augustine, the great bishop of Hippo (AD 395-430) emphasized the im-

portance of Easter to our ancient Christian forebears in these words: “Since our

existence is divided into two sections, the one under the temptations and suffer-

ings of this present life, and the other that which is attained in the security and joy

of eternity through Christ, so the circle of the Easter Festival is divided into two

sections, the time before and after Easter. The time before Easter points us to the

conflict of this present life, the time after Easter to the blessedness which we can

obtain through Christ. The Lord’s Passion shows us the present life of suffering.

The Resurrection and glorification of the Lord shows the life which we shall re-

ceive.”

Easter in the Early ChurchAdapted and edited by Larry D. Smith

from Holy Days and Holidays

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INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN(USPS 334-970)

April 2011Vol. 38 No. 4

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.

Postmaster send address changes to:INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN

PO BOX 174ORLEANS, IN 47452

May SeminarMay 2 – 6, 2011

At the Orleans Campground

Rev. Charles Stroud

Philosophy/Ethics

Wesleyan History & Discipline

Rev. Joey Nelson

Church Leadership/Management

Global & Intercultural Ministries

Dr. Mark Eckart

Introduction to Homiletics

Christian Education

MEMBERSHIP SUNDAY

Are you a member of your local church? If not, you are strongly encouraged

to join The Wesleyan Church. Pastor, the district has designated April 24th as

Membership Sunday.

CAMP WORKWEEKApril 25 - 30

Please be planning to come and bring helpers with you. You are free to

come at any time during the workweek and help clean and repair for the up-

coming camp season. God will truly bless you for your willingness to serve

Him in this manner. For questions, contact Pastor Mike Hester, Cell Phone:

812-223-0803

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

Don’t forget National Day of Prayer onThursday, May 5th.

INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN

BYF TRIP

House on the Rock

Wisconsin Dells

Sites in Madison, WI

May 9 - 14

$595

Sharla Somers, Tour Director

812-593-4540

sharla47240@gmail.com

DISTRICT CONFERENCE

District Conference will be June 7, 2011. It will begin at 8:30 a.m. (EST)

with registration at 8:00 a.m. Please note that we will once again be meeting at

Paoli Wesleyan Church.

NATURAL CHURCHDEVELOPMENT TRAINING

With David Wetzler from

ChurchSmart

Thursday, April 28th at

Paoli Wesleyan Church

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

(EST)

Lunch will be provided.

All pastors, their spouses and lay

people are invited & encouraged

to attend!

INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN April 2011 / Page 3

CABIN FOR SALECabin #202 is for sale. If you are interested, please contact David Helton at

812-525-0053.

PASTOR TO PASTOR

Over the years, many of you have enjoyed the now quarterly CD “Pastor to

Pastor.” This great audio resource has been available only by subscription

from Focus on the Family. They have now decided to make this a complimen-

tary resource — it is available for free. To receive your complimentary sub-

scription please contact Focus on the Family at www.parsonage.org or

800-232-6459.

E-zine - Sign up now!E-Zine is the electronic newsletter of The Wesleyan Church. Updated regu-

larly, E-Zine will give you the latest news of General Church, district, and lo-

cal church events and ministries. You can sign up on the home page of the

headquarters website: www.wesleyan.org.

LAY PERSON OF THE YEAR

Don’t forget to submit your nomination for Lay Person ofthe Year by April 30th.

MINISTERIAL CDS FORSALE

Dr. H.B. London was our special

speaker for the Ministerial Convention

this year. He did an excellent job of en-

couraging those that attended. We have

four of his sessions on CD that we have

available and the proceeds will go to help

expenses for Family Camp 2011. If you

are interested in purchasing these four

CDs for $30.00, please contact the dis-

trict office at 812-865-3979 or email

Cindy at inwessec@gmail.com.

Pictured are some of the many teenagers that enjoyed the Annual Lock-inheld recently in Louisville, KY

It was a privilege again this year to have Dr.H.B. London from Focus on the Family as a

guest speaker at our Ministerial. As usual, hewas instructional, motivational, and anointed

as he spoke to our ministers.

Top 5 For Numeric Gain in AM WorshipChurch Pastor Gain

Columbus Flintwood W. Jones 23

Southwind P. Kessen 22

Mitchell S. Jones 15

Grace Fellowship T. Friedman 12

Mooresville New Life M. Linville 12

Top 5 For Percentage Gain in AM WorshipChurch Pastor Gain

Scottsburg P. Mills 100%

Faith Pointe J. Wriston 83%

Shelburn B. Noel 63%

Gnaw Bone E. Martin 58%

Martinsville Bethel J. Irvin 58%

Top 5 For Percentage Gain in Sun-SchoolChurch Pastor Gain

Poplar Grove J. Downs 91%

Scottsburg P. Mills 78%

Medora C. Breeden 75%

Rodney M. Miller 69%

Faith Pointe J. Wriston 54%

Austin TBS 22 27 5 0% 36 38 2 0% 25 17 0

Bedford C. Gilmore 16 16 0 0% 16 17 1 0% 18 29 0

Bicknell First M. Reed 30 30 0 0% 42 49 7 0% 20 47 0

Birdseye H. Noll NR

Bloomfield Mt. Calvary M. Harper 13 14 1 0% 13 14 1 0% 0 0 0

Bloomfield Mt. Zion A. Adams 19 24 5 0% 40 42 2 0% 16 14 0

Bloomfield Southside G. Montgomery 28 28 0 0% 16 16 0 0% 11 0 0

Bloomington Central M. Linville 26 26 0 0% 18 31 13 0% 23 13 0

Bloomington Shepherd F. Shannon NR

Blue River A. Marshall 21 21 0 0% 21 23 2 0% 0 0 0

Boonville E. Ames 12 15 3 0% 46 49 3 0% 25 34 0

Brazil Jackson E. Stewart 21 21 0 0% 25 25 0 0% 14 13 0

Carthage C. Stroud 0 0 0 0% 40 40 0 0% 25 20 0

Clear Fork C. Uebel 10 10 0 0% 10 10 0 0% 0 0 0

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

Columbus Central B. Miller NR

Columbus Flintwood W. Jones 95 87 11 13% 135 112 23 21% 50 130 0

Columbus Ohio Street J. Baker 23 23 0 0% 37 37 0 0% 22 13 1

Concord J. Vandervort 20 23 3 0% 22 23 1 0% 16 6 0

Corydon New Hope C. Morgan 0 7 7 0% 22 22 0 0% 0 0 0

E. Enterprise D. Meriwether 8 7 1 14% 9 7 2 29% 10 0 0

Edinburgh L. Biddle 32 31 1 3% 32 31 1 3% 17 13 0

English R. Dillman 28 28 0 0% 33 33 0 0% 17 12 0

Evansville Forest Hills M. Stoelting 126 133 7 0% 215 252 37 0% 92 485 1

Evansville North Park S. Boardman 62 64 2 0% 70 92 22 0% 21 48 0

Evansville Trinity D. Allison 41 41 0 0% 53 56 3 0% 16 0 0

Faith Pointe J. Wriston 17 11 6 54% 22 12 10 83% 0 0 0

Fort Branch R. Comer 37 47 10 0% 42 54 12 0% 17 32 0

Franklin D. Neal 28 27 1 4% 32 29 3 10% 34 16 0

French Lick Spr. Valley J. Moffatt 51 62 11 0% 146 144 2 1% 58 55 0

Gnaw Bone E. Martin 17 14 3 21% 19 12 7 58% 11 0 0

Grace Fellowship T. Friedman 22 17 5 29% 34 22 12 55% 20 16 0

Grace Pointe N. Watters 0 14 14 0% 28 63 35 0% 14 0 0

Greenfield R. Albring 15 14 1 7% 28 21 7 33% 19 11 0

Greensburg D. Preston 56 56 0 0% 92 85 7 8% 29 58 0

Greenwood J. Hughes 35 35 0 0% 66 66 0 0% 0 11 0

Holton W. Vandervort NR

Hope First E. Boston NR

Lawrenceburg M. Kessen NR

Lewis Creek D. Gates 7 8 1 0% 18 20 2 0% 0 10 0

Loogootee Mt. Zion J. Simmons NR

Madison Calvary M. Mahoney 25 25 0 0% 39 38 1 3% 26 40 0

Marengo L. Manship 50 50 0 0% 157 124 33 27% 122 89 5

Martinsville D. Sparks NR

Martinsville Bethel J. Irvin 13 10 3 30% 19 12 7 58% 0 0 0

Mecca New Life D. Hardesty NR

Medora C. Breeden 21 12 9 75% 20 21 1 0% 9 0 0

Milan L. Brown 18 21 3 0% 26 26 0 0% 18 7 0

Mitchell S. Jones 45 37 8 22% 94 79 15 19% 55 59 0

Mooresville New Life M. Linville 15 15 0 0% 40 28 12 43% 11 16 0

Morgantown D Pfaff 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0% 17 0 0

North Vernon J. Terry 35 46 11 0% 61 65 4 0% 25 28 0

Orleans M. Hester 38 37 1 3% 42 40 2 5% 24 17 0

Otwell R. Stilwell 30 30 0 0% 30 30 0 0% 18 0 0

Paoli B. England 40 53 13 0% 109 113 4 0% 64 84 0

Petersburg L. Lamar 0 0 0 0% 13 12 1 8% 0 0 0

Poplar Grove J. Downs 21 11 10 91% 30 26 4 15% 20 18 0

Potter’s Shop S. Avila NR

Prairie Creek T. Fennell NR

Rising Sun J. Kelley NR

Rodney M. Miller 22 13 9 69% 8 12 4 0% 10 5 0

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

Salem S. Caniff 9 7 2 29% 32 24 8 33% 0 25 0

Sandford C. Hedden 12 12 0 0% 9 12 3 0% 11 3 0

Scottsburg P. Mills 16 9 7 78% 18 9 9100% 7 7 0

Seymour I. Holt 33 33 0 0% 46 48 2 0% 34 18 0

Shelburn B. Noel 13 8 5 63% 13 8 5 63% 0 0 0

Shelbyville Grace J. Allen 48 57 9 0% 66 73 7 0% 26 23 0

Shelbyville Westside D. Bowden 24 33 9 0% 27 32 5 0% 13 5 0

Simpson Chapel C. Johnson 2 2 0 0% 4 4 0 0% 0 35 0

Somerville D. Brandon 27 28 1 0% 27 29 2 0% 14 0 0

Southwind P. Kessen 0 0 0 0% 110 88 22 25% 33 45 0

Spearsville T. Phillips NR

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

Sullivan G. Larimer 48 48 0 0% 69 66 3 5% 58 43 0

Sylvania D. Taylor 46 46 0 0% 60 61 1 0% 38 20 0

Terre Haute Faith D. Gormong 160 180 20 0% 251 277 26 0% 156 265 0

Terre Haute Hulman D. Willis 56 61 5 0% 85 92 7 0% 70 69 0

Terre Haute Northside E. Hayes NR

Trafalgar C. Hilton NR

Valeene D. Manship 25 21 4 19% 91 89 2 2% 60 64 0

Versailles J. Hundley 37 28 9 32% 37 31 6 19% 22 8 0

Walker Chapel R. Hendershot 25 24 1 4% 44 44 0 0% 0 16 0

Wash. Vincennes J. Gilley 18 18 0 0% 26 26 0 0% 29 24 0

Wesley Chapel D. Little 23 26 3 0% 28 32 4 0% 18 9 0

Westport H. Weaver 43 53 10 0% 58 77 19 0% 8 0 0

West Terre Haute 6th R. Weeks 21 19 2 11% 21 21 0 0% 0 5 0

West Terre Haute 8th P. Shelton 67 58 9 16% 68 65 3 4% 46 61 1

Wheatland K. Mitchell NR

Whitehall D. Campbell 22 33 11 0% 22 32 11 0% 15 11 0

Wilmington Hills D. Gary 15 18 3 0% 27 24 3 13% 19 0 0

TOTALS 2113 2175 62 0% 3426 3458 32 0% 1736 2224 10

CHURCH GROWTH REPORT FEBRUARY 2011

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Top 5 For Numeric Gain In Sun-SchoolChurch Pastor Gain

Columbus Flintwood W. Jones 11

Poplar Grove J. Downs 10

Medora C. Breeden 9

Rodney M. Miller 9

Versailles J. Hundley 9