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

WESLEYANSEPTEMBER 2010

Family Camp 2010

Bro. SergioAvila and his

family are faith-fully pastoringour Potter’s

Shop churchat Evansville.

Some people love God and do not havemuch talent and some people have talent

and do not love God, but theCollingsworth Family have both, and

they use their talent to exalt Christ!

Pastor Tony Bye gave anoutstanding youth mes-

sage for Youth Night.

Many sought the Lord severalnights during the altar service.

Congratulations toRev. Kurtis Lewis and

Rev. Harvey McAdamsfor getting ordained thisyear! It was a privilege tohave Dr. & Mrs. Pence

with us as well.

It was an honor to have retired General Superinten-dent of The Wesleyan Church Dr. Robert McIntyre

and his wife with us for a couple of days.

Here are some precious people.Dr. Norman Wilson and PastorRex Bullock did a great job ofproclaiming the Word. Also pic-

tured is Mrs. Wilson and PastorBob & Vivian England.

Superintendent’s ScheduleSeptember

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. Columbus Ohio Street

P.M. Shelbyville Westside

23-25 Chicago, IL – NaturalChurch Development

30 IWU Trustee Meeting

October

1 IWU Trustee Meeting

3 A.M. Wheatland

P.M. Gnaw Bone - Installation

9 Doctrine of Hol./Paoli Wesleyan

10 A.M. Wheatland

P.M. Loogootee

16 Care & Share Lunch– Col. Area

17 A.M. W. Terre Haute 6th Street

24 A.M. Bloomfield Mt. Calvary

P.M. North Vernon

30 Doctrine of Hol./Paoli Wesleyan

Over a thousand people filled the tabernacle for the concert. Aman that was passing through to South Dakota heard about the

concert and stopped in for a visit. A local business man, who attendsthe Catholic Church, came and enjoyed the concert. Friends of the

district, who have not attended our camp for years, came to hear themusic. Some people that have been gracious to support the district

financially had never been here until that night.

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INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN(USPS 334-970)

September 2010Vol. 37 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.

Postmaster send address changes to:INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN

PO BOX 174ORLEANS, IN 47452

The Amazing Power of God —

Family Camp 2010This year at Family Camp may have been the most moving week of my life.

Throughout the week Pastor Wes Wickard and his gang did an awesome jobleading us in worship. Thursday during the day at Patoka Lake we wereblessed with witnessing a total of 7 baptisms ranging from around 12 yearsold up to a senior in college.

The following day, in the Friday morning youth service Pastor Wes had astudent give a very powerful testimony where the student admitted to somesinful practices and shared how he had repented and was saved the previousnight. The Spirit of the Lord could be felt like the presence of a close friend sit-ting next to you. Pastor Wes felt the presence and decided to continue wor-shiping instead of giving his sermon, allowing the Spirit to move in the heartsof the students.

Youth pastors and sponsors went to the front of the room. Students beganto come and pray with us one on one. Pastor Joe prayed with one student whodesired to quit smoking. The student went to his vehicle and brought his packof cigarettes in and gave them to Pastor Joe. After many of the studentsprayed with sponsors, many people were making new commitments and hav-ing a salvation experience. There was even one student who felt God was lead-ing him into ministry in some way. I got the great honor to pray with thisstudent and he came up to me because he said he has always looked up to me.The love I felt in that moment is indescribable. This student has been througha lot and has meant a great deal to me for a very long time.

Matthew WrightSenior Youth Ministry Major IWU

Pastor AppreciationPastor Appreciation Day is October 10th. Don’t forget to show

your pastor and their family how much you appreciate all of their

hard work that they do for you, your family and your church! Here is anote showing what Seymour Wesleyan did for Pastor & Mrs. Holt last year.

Most of us have heard the term “Christmas in July.” For Rev. & Mrs. IraHolt and their Seymour First Wesleyan Church family, it was “Christmas inOctober.”

First of all, starting the last Wednesday in September, the congregationbrought in gift/food items which began with the letter “P.” This continuedeach week (with the second Wednesday being items that began with “A”, thethird Wednesday, “S” and so forth) until the word P-A-S-T-O-R had beenspelled out. Not only was it exciting for the Holts to receive a variety of items,the congregation also looked forward to seeing what everyone had brought forthe gift basket as well as wondering how long it would take Bro. & Sis. Holt tofigure out the word riddle!

In addition, for each day of the month of October, a different family in thechurch did something special for the Holts. They were honored with a varietyof creative tokens of appreciation—cards, meals out, meals brought in,home-cooked meals in member’s homes, gift cards, a fruit basket, a memoryphoto album, poetry, monetary gifts, an outing to a state park, pies,cakes—with the month culminating with a certificate of appreciation whichincluded an all-expense-paid vacation to a cabin in the Smokey Mountains.

It was indeed an exciting and fun Pastor Appreciation Month for the Seymour

First Wesleyan Church family. Bro. & Sis. Holt were “walking on cloud nine”

and felt greatly humbled from all the kindness, love and thoughtfulness expressed

by their people. And not only the Holts, but also the congregation received the

special blessing that comes with that so-familiar verse of scripture—“It was more

blessed to give than to receive.”

Upcoming Saturday

ClassesDoctrine of HolinessOctober 9 & 30, 2010

Pastoral CounselingFebruary 5 & 19, 2011

Professor Dr. Mark EckartAt Paoli Wesleyan Church

RevivalMedora Wesleyan Church

October 7-9at 7:00 p.m. each night

Evangelist: Rev. John MoffattMusic: Mrs. Judith Montgomery

SympathyOur sympathy goes out to Mrs. Betty

Gates and her family as her mother,Mrs. Mary Ellen Barnes Backus, went toher Heavenly home.

Pastor’s Christmas DinnerPastors mark your calendars for De-

cember 3, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. for the An-nual Pastor’s Christmas Dinner.

BYF TourBranson Christmas Shows

November 8 - 12$595 double occupancy

Questions – contact

Sharla Somers at 812-591-9275 or

ssomers@decaturwb.com.

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Extra Glad ProgramDear Indiana South District Family:

Greetings in Jesus’ name! I am writing you todayin behalf of the Extra Glad Program. As you know Ibelieve strongly in the camp at Orleans and the ongo-ing of the Indiana South Wesleyan District.

Mrs. Willis and I have given generously to this pro-ject and we strongly encourage you to join with Dr.Mark’s vision to put in the new lift station debt free.Generations to come will benefit from the campgrounds being able to connect to the Orleans Munici-pal Septic System.

In Christ,Dr. O.W. Willis

P.S. Thank you so much forthe prayers and concern youhave showed concerning the re-cent illness of Sis. Willis. Cur-rently she is doing better butplease continue to keep her inyour prayers.

CongratulationsCongratulations to Pastor Mike

& Jennifer Harper on their recentmarriage! Pastor Mike is the pastorat Bloomfield Mt. Calvary.

Women’s Ministry Summit 2011The WOMEN’S MINISTRY SUMMIT 2011 is now accepting regis-

trations. The theme is Living in Hope. We will explore the source ofHope, the reward of Hope, the call of Hope, and the power of sharingHope June 23-25, 2011, at the Cypress Wesleyan Church, 377 AltonDarby Road, Columbus, Ohio. Groups of ten registering together willreceive the eleventh registration free. The registration includes con-vention costs, lunch on Friday and a celebration for everyone Fridayevening, housing not included.

Register online at www.wesleyan.org/ww, by phone(317-774-7976), or mail your registration to: Wesleyan Women, POBox 50434, Indianapolis, IN 46250-0434.

New District TreasurerRev. Phil Kessen has been appointed to be the

new District Treasurer. Pastor Phil is an OrdainedWesleyan Minister that has served for 30 years herein the Indiana South District. He has pastored for 16years at Southwind Washington where they justbuilt a beautiful new church. He served for 6 years as

Kid’s Camp Director. Pastor Phil has a Masters in Ministry Degreeand the course work for a Doctor of Religious degree finished (excepthis dissertation). He is married to LaDonna, who is a financial officerfor a large concrete business in Washington and assists Pastor Phil inthe district treasurer’s work when needed. They have four children.He was unanimously appointed by the DBA. We are glad to have himas part of the District team!

Rev. Jim Terry worked very hard at this job for two years butstepped down due to other obligations. Thanks Pastor Jim for youryears of service!

MAY - JULY 2010 USF BUDGETCHURCH OWED PAID PERCENT-

AGE PAID

Austin $936.00 $936.00 100%Bedford First $1,134.00 $300.00 26%Bicknell First $1,689.00 $— 0%Birdseye $87.00 $— 0%Bloomfield Mt. Calvary $207.00 $— 0%Bloomfield Mt. Zion $1,131.00 $1,120.66 99%Bloomfield Southside $237.00 $237.00 100%Bloomington Central $1,149.00 $1,149.00 100%Bloom. Shepherd of Hills $876.00 $— 0%Blue River $1,398.00 $1,330.00 95%Boonville $1,245.00 $500.00 40%Brazil Jackson Street $618.00 $500.00 81%Carthage $660.00 $220.00 33%Clear Fork $705.00 $470.00 67%Columbus Bethel $492.00 $492.00 100%Columbus Central $372.00 $— 0%Columbus Flintwood $2,721.00 $2,721.00 100%Columbus Ohio Street $1,458.00 $1,600.00 100%Concord $687.00 $622.12 91%Corydon New Hope $636.00 $1,124.40 100%East Enterprise $516.00 $600.00 100%Edinburgh $612.00 $300.00 49%English $1,479.00 $2,745.00 100%Evansville Forest Hills $7,908.00 $7,907.87 100%Evansville North Park $3,561.00 $— 0%Evansville Trinity $2,754.00 $2,823.45 100%Faith Pointe Community $384.00 $— 0%Fort Branch $1,359.00 $1,501.44 100%Franklin $1,572.00 $1,225.00 78%French Lick Springs Valley $3,168.00 $3,168.34 100%Gnaw Bone $603.00 $626.72 100%Grace Fellowship $1,215.00 $2,240.13 100%Grace Pointe $339.00 $339.44 100%Greenfield $1,047.00 $1,000.00 96%Greensburg $2,367.00 $2,272.46 96%Greenwood $2,166.00 $1,444.00 67%Holton $648.00 $648.00 100%Hope First $492.00 $492.00 100%Lawrenceburg $819.00 $873.00 100%Lewis Creek $765.00 $534.67 70%Loogootee Mt. Zion $489.00 $426.00 87%Madison Calvary $2,220.00 $1,450.00 65%Marengo $3,303.00 $3,303.00 100%Martinsville $741.00 $— 0%Martinsville Bethel $435.00 $180.00 41%Mecca New Life $1,659.00 $1,138.37 69%Medora $546.00 $546.00 100%Milan $1,464.00 $1,520.32 100%Mitchell $5,361.00 $5,507.75 100%Mooresville New Life $2,337.00 $780.00 33%Morgantown $81.00 $— 0%North Vernon $1,947.00 $1,279.80 66%Orleans $1,359.00 $505.79 37%Otwell $645.00 $692.12 100%Paoli $3,726.00 $3,726.00 100%Petersburg $159.00 $106.00 67%Poplar Grove $1,230.00 $1,230.00 100%Potter’s Shop $— $715.60 100%Prairie Creek $951.00 $— 0%Rising Sun $234.00 $— 0%Rodney $528.00 $— 0%Rushville $426.00 $279.40 66%Salem $543.00 $534.38 98%Sandford $459.00 $456.03 99%Scottsburg $387.00 $411.11 100%Seymour $1,728.00 $1,950.00 100%Shelburn $348.00 $335.00 96%Shelbyville Grace $2,466.00 $2,444.00 99%Shelbyville Westside $669.00 $446.97 67%Simpson Chapel $234.00 $936.00 100%Somerville $828.00 $200.00 24%South Washington $4,035.00 $4,035.10 100%Spearsville $354.00 $— 0%Spencer $312.00 $208.00 67%Sullivan $1,854.00 $1,854.00 100%Sylvania $1,692.00 $1,692.00 100%Terre Haute Faith $10,518.00 $10,518.00 100%Terre Haute Hulman Street $1,611.00 $1,549.00 96%Terre Haute Northside $1,251.00 $1,251.00 100%Trafalgar $150.00 $100.00 67%Valeene $2,922.00 $1,000.00 34%Versailles $831.00 $1,500.00 100%Walker Chapel $639.00 $— 0%Washington Vincennes Ave $480.00 $320.00 67%Wesley Chapel $1,803.00 $1,803.00 100%West Terre Haute 6th St $261.00 $287.00 100%West Terre Haute 8th St $1,881.00 $1,254.04 67%Westport $1,773.00 $1,660.98 94%Wheatland $1,071.00 $536.71 50%

It was great to haveDr. & Mrs. O. W. Wil-lis with us for a coupleof days during camp.

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Top 5 For Numeric Gain in AM WorshipChurch Pastor Gain

Southwind P. Kessen 22

Greensburg D. Preston 20

Walker Chapel R. Hendershot 14

Sylvania D. Taylor 12

Grace Pointe N. Watters 11

Top 5 For Percentage Gain in AM WorshipChurch Pastor Gain

Petersburg L. Lamar 86%

Brazil Jackson Street E. Stewart 59%

Grace Pointe N. Watters 52%

Austin K. Stroud 50%

Walker Chapel R. Hendershot

Top 5 For Percentage Gain in Sun-SchoolChurch Pastor Gain

Austin K. Stroud 86%

Brazil Jackson Street E. Stewart 75%

Sylvania D. Taylor 43%

Somerville D. Brandon 38%

West Terre Haute 6th R. Weeks 38%

Austin K. Stroud 30 16 14 89% 42 28 14 50% 14 12 12

Bedford C. Gilmore 17 17 0 0% 20 20 0 0% 18 12 0

Bicknell First M. Reed NR

Birdseye H. Noll NR

Bloomfield Mt. Calvary M. Harper 0 13 13 0% 11 13 2 0% 6 0 0

Bloomfield Mt. Zion A. Adams 18 13 5 38% 34 32 2 6% 13 14 0

Bloomfield Southside C. Thomas 13 13 0 0% 13 18 5 0% 12 0 0

Bloomington Central M. Linville 22 26 4 0% 24 30 6 0% 17 13 0

Bloomington Shepherd F. Shannon NR

Blue River A. Marshall 19 22 3 0% 26 30 4 0% 0 0 0

Boonville E. Ames NR

Brazil Jackson E. Stewart 21 12 9 75% 27 17 10 59% 15 14 0

Carthage D. Stroud 25 25 0 0% 45 45 0 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

Columbus Flintwood W. Jones 90 74 16 22% 126 114 12 11% 34 50 0

Columbus Ohio Street TBS 21 35 14 0% 33 51 18 0% 17 14 0

Concord J. Vandervort 21 22 1 0% 22 22 0 0% 15 7 0

Corydon New Hope C. Morgan 0 0 0 0% 22 25 3 0% 0 0 0

E. Enterprise D. Meriwether 9 10 1 0% 9 11 2 0% 14 0 0

Edinburgh L. Biddle 35 30 5 17% 29 30 1 0% 13 14 0

English TBS 32 27 5 19% 40 34 6 18% 23 19 0

Evansville Forest Hills M. Stoelting 118 124 6 0% 237 251 14 0% 118 308 3

Evansville North Park S. Boardman 63 75 12 0% 78 100 22 0% 27 19 0

Evansville Trinity D. Allison 43 46 3 0% 51 61 10 0% 3 0 0

Faith Pointe J. Wriston 12 9 3 33% 12 9 3 33% 0 0 0

Fort Branch R. Comer 34 35 1 0% 53 44 9 20% 18 37 0

Franklin D. Neal 38 32 6 19% 39 39 0 0% 37 25 0

French Lick Spr. Valley J. Moffatt 60 60 0 0% 179 168 11 7% 51 60 0

Gnaw Bone E. Martin 25 34 9 0% 31 24 7 29% 24 17 0

Grace Fellowship T. Friedman NR

Grace Pointe N. Watters 8 8 0 0% 32 21 11 52% 0 0 0

Greenfield R. Albring 24 22 2 11% 35 28 7 25% 26 16 0

Greensburg D. Preston 44 52 8 0% 96 76 20 26% 54 25 0

Greenwood J. Hughes NR

Holton W. Vandervort 20 16 4 25% 20 17 3 18%

Hope First E. Boston 0 4 4 0% 9 11 2 0% 0 5 0

Lawrenceburg M. Kessen NR

Lewis Creek D. Gates 8 9 1 0% 19 27 8 0% 0 10 0

Loogootee Mt. Zion J. Simmons NR

Madison Calvary M. Mahoney 22 27 5 0% 37 48 11 0% 21 16 0

Marengo TBS 36 40 4 0% 110 113 3 0% 51 56 0

Martinsville TBS NR

Martinsville Bethel J. Irvin 7 11 4 0% 14 15 1 0% 0 6 0

Mecca New Life D. Hardesty 17 15 4 0% 14 15 1 0% 0 24 0

Medora C. Breeden 17 15 2 13% 18 21 3 0% 13 2 0

Milan L. Brown 20 17 3 18% 23 28 5 0% 0 8 0

Mitchell S. Jones 35 47 12 0% 84 109 25 0% 0 29 0

Mooresville New Life M. Linville 19 20 1 0% 39 33 6 18% 12 18 0

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

North Vernon J. Terry 42 55 13 0% 61 81 20 0% 2 0 0

Orleans M. Hester 34 35 1 0% 42 44 2 0% 20 8 0

Otwell R. Stilwell NR

Paoli B. England 47 83 36 0% 114 115 1 0% 54 67 0

Petersburg L. Lamar 0 0 0 0% 13 7 6 86% 0 0 0

Poplar Grove J. Downs 15 13 2 15% 34 33 1 3% 19 10 0

Potter's Shop S. Avila NR

Prairie Creek T. Fennell NR

Rising Sun J. Kelley 7 8 1 0% 7 8 1 0% 0 6

Rodney M. Miller 14 19 5 0% 14 13 1 8% 16 9 0

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

Salem S. Caniff 9 7 2 29% 32 27 5 19% 8 15 0

Sandford C. Hedden 14 13 1 8% 13 13 0 0% 9 3 0

Scottsburg P. Mills 10 8 2 25% 10 10 0 0% 6 8 0

Seymour I. Holt 36 36 0 0% 50 56 6 0% 38 25 0

Shelburn B. Noel 10 10 0 0% 10 12 2 0% 0 0 0

Shelbyville Grace J. Allen 65 51 14 27% 78 70 8 11% 40 35 0

Shelbyville Westside D. Bowden 29 30 1 0% 33 37 4 0% 8 18 0

Simpson Chapel C. Johnson 5 10 5 0% 5 10 5 0% 0 0 0

Somerville D. Brandon 33 24 9 38% 33 26 7 27% 22 18 0

Southwind Washington P. Kessen 0 0 0 0% 93 71 22 31% 35 40 0

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

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

Sullivan G. Larimer 39 47 8 0% 48 63 15 0% 46 30 0

Sylvania D. Taylor 50 35 15 43% 73 61 12 20% 36 25 0

Terre Haute Faith D. Gormong 149 112 37 33% 258 241 17 7% 150 95 0

Terre Haute Hulman D. Willis 54 57 3 0% 79 98 19 0% 54 61 0

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

Trafalgar C. Hilton 4 5 1 0% 4 5 1 0% 0 18 0

Valeene D. Manship 15 16 1 0% 98 104 6 0% 37 35 0

Versailles J. Hundley 27 28 1 0% 27 28 1 0% 23 9 0

Walker Chapel R. Hendershot 22 34 12 0% 45 31 14 45% 0 18 0

Wash. Vincennes J. Gilley 24 24 0 0% 32 24 8 29% 33 25 0

Wesley Chapel D. Little 25 27 2 0% 27 33 6 0% 28 40 0

Westport TBS 38 60 22 0% 52 67 15 0% 29 12 0

West Terre Haute 6th R. Weeks 22 16 6 38% 22 17 5 29% 0 6 0

West Terre Haute 8th P. Shelton 73 76 3 0% 85 84 1 1% 60 62 0

Wheatland K. Mitchell 22 22 0 0% 43 43 0 0% 31 0 0

Whitehall D. Campbell 31 25 6 24% 33 23 10 43% 21 16 0

Wilmington Hills D. Gary 20 23 3 0% 27 30 3 0% 21 0 0

TOTALS 2067 2122 45 0% 3419 3435 27 0% 1583 1605 15

CHURCH GROWTH REPORT JULY 2010

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Top 5 For Numeric Gain In Sun-SchoolChurch Pastor Gain

Terre Haute Faith D. Gormong 37

Columbus Flintwood W. Jones 16

Sylvania D. Taylor 15

Austin K. Stroud 14

Shelbyville Grace J. Allen 14

Camp CDsGod moved upon our campgrounds during our Family

Camp to which we give God the glory! Many of you wereable to hear our camp speakers, Dr. Norman Wilson & Rev.Rex Bullock. If you were not able to attend, or if you wouldlike a copy of all of their sermons, you can order thosethrough the District Office by sending $110.00 donationfor the camp to P.O. Box 174, Orleans, IN 47452, markedcamp CDs.

Page 6/ February 2010 INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN

Dr. Mark S. F. EckartDIST. SUPERINTENDENT

SpringLife – Every Soul Matters

March 7 – May 2, 2010SpringLife is a 9-week emphasis bringing your church and

local community together through intentional evangelism and

discipleship. Our desire is to help you share the good news of Jesus

this Easter with the people in your community who have not em-

braced the gospel and invite them to fellowship with your church

family – while also deepening the discipleship of all. For more infor-

mation go to www.everysoul.org

UPCOMING

MINISTERIAL CLASSES

Saturday ClassFebruary 6 & 20, 2010

Spiritual Formation

Professor – Dr. Mark Eckartat Paoli Wesleyan Church

May SeminarMay 3-7, 2010

Advanced Theology & NewTestament-Acts

– Rev. Joey Nelson

Pastoral Ministries &Expository Preaching

– Dr. Mark Eckart

Sociology/CulturalAnthropology & Psychology

– Rev. Charles Stroud

Give Hope – Heart ofMinistries Offering

Since 1903 Wesleyan Women has beenserving and giving to those in need, andfrom this commitment we have neverstrayed. Every year, we challenge the en-tire Wesleyan Church to join with us to“give hope” through the annual Heart ofMinistries Offering.

In 2010 the needs have not dimin-ished! In fact, just last year the GeneralChurch commissioned WesleyanWomen to spearhead ways that theChurch can address the issue of humantrafficking. We have only begun thisfight, and we need you to join with us todefeat this scourge throughout our

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Love Mercy ’09December 28-31, 2009

Louisville, KYThree 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 impor-

tant…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 you 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.

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Wesleyan Women Announces Training to

Abolish Human TraffickingHuman trafficking is the modern-day form of slavery. Victims of trafficking

are subjected to force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of sexual exploitation or

forced labor. There are currently over 27 million slaves worldwide, of which over

50% are children. It is estimated that this 32 billion-dollar industry will soon sur-

pass the use of drugs and alcohol. The training is September 10-12, 2009 at the

Wesleyan Church Headquarters in Fishers, IN. The cost is $125.00 which in-

cludes training, curriculum, and meals. To register go to:

https://regserv.wesleyan.org/eventmanager/OnlineRegistration.asp

Enter the Event Code A1F.

Top Ten Percentage Gain for Dec. 2006

C h u r c h P a s t o r

Percentage Gain

Spencer Rev. Jim Knight

86%

Bloomfield Southside Rev. Carl

Thomas 82%

Concord Rev. Troy

Whitham 66%

DOOR PRIZE: There will be a drawing for a $100.00 cash door prize for pas-tors

who attend both sessions. Other gifts will be given away throughout the day.April