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06 Feb

February 6, 2009 |

Many of you know Harold Wust, or at least recognize his name. Harold and his wife, Dee, served as missionaries in Honduras, and Harold later served many years as Associate Director of Missions. They live in Huntington, Ind., and attend Good Shepherd UB church. He is an ordained UB minister, and has been a tremendous servant throughout the years.

Harold Wust has been diagnosed with leukemia. The report this week is that his liver and kidneys are doing well. The chemotherapy is over. Now, they must wait to see if it worked. If it did not, they will not do another dose of chemo. He would not survive it. We have to pray that the chemo worked and for daily continued strength.

Harold could use cards of encouragement and very brief visits. And your prayers.

You can contact Harold by mail:

Harold Wust
5320N – 200W
Huntington, IN 46750

05 Feb

February 5, 2009 |

Harold Wust
Harold Wust has been diagnosed with leukemia. Harold and his wife, Dee, served as missionaries in Honduras, and Harold later served many years as Associate Director of Missions. They live in Huntington, Ind., and attend Good Shepherd UB church.

The report this week is that his liver and kidneys are doing well. The chemotherapy is over. Now, they must wait to see if it worked. If it did not, they will not do another dose of chemo. He would not survive it. We have to pray that the chemo worked and for daily continued strength.

Harold could use cards of encouragement and very brief visits. And your prayers. You can contact Harold in these ways:

Email: haroldee@sbcglobal.net
Mail: Harold Wust
5320N – 200W
Huntington, IN 46750

Wilmer Houck
Wilmer (Bill) Houck, pastor of Coleta UB church (Coleta, Ill.), is in Texas for 5-9 weeks of “stem cell” treatment. He drove to San Antonio on Monday, and his treatments started Tuesday.
He can be contacted here:

Wilmer Houck
3809 Pine Hill Road
Sterling, IL 61081
Email: whouck@thewisp.net

Barb Osgood
Barb Osgood, former missionary to Sierra Leone, will undergo exploratory surgery on February 11 to determine the cause of a large amount of fluid accumulating in her abdomen. The fear is cancer, but we won’t know till after the operation.

05 Feb

February 5, 2009 |

janeseely_250.jpgJane Seely has joined the staff of Healthy Ministry Resources. She is pretty much taking the place of Phylis Stouder, who retired at the end of the year but who still comes around quite a bit to help out. Jane works with the bookstore to ship Sunday school literature and other materials, and also does miscellaneous stuff around the office.

Let’s start with connections. Jane is the sister of Mike Caley, pastor of Banner of Christ UB church in Byron Center, Mich. That makes her the aunt of Erinn Caley, who served here for six months as administrative assistant to Bishop Ron Ramsey. (Erinn now teaches at a school in Boston.)

Jane and her husband, Rodney, live in Huntington and attend First Nazarene Church. Rodney is a sales rep for a building materials wholesaler. They have three children. Michael, 26, and his wife, Heather, live in St. Paul, Minn., with their two children. Son David, 23, lives in Fishers, Ind. And Rachel, 12, is still at home.

04 Feb

February 4, 2009 |

February is when UB members throughout our churches vote on the two referenda items (proposed changes to the UB Constitution). Churches will handle it different ways, but technically, people should be able to vote throughout the month.

This is just a little reminder, with one Sunday in February gone.

If half of the UB members who vote approve a referendum, then it goes to the US National Conference. If two-thirds of the delegates approve that referendum, then it becomes official.

04 Feb

February 4, 2009 |

The Haiti team from Canada is back, almost. They got stuck in Miami Tuesday night, but today, Wednesday, will continue back to Ontario.

Follow the link to read Joan Sider’s account of their final three days in Haiti. And don’t miss the song at the end, written to the tune of “This is the Day” to recap the entire trip.

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04 Feb

February 4, 2009 |

A former doctor in Sierra Leone has been gathering a lot of equipment for Mattru Hospital, where he served in the 1980s. He received several donations of medical equipment and medicines from hospitals in northern Indiana–Fort Wayne, Auburn, Bluffton. Some of the hospitals had closed certain units, and they donated equipment they no longer needed.

The equipment was stored in a warehouse in Garret, Ind. The first container was sent on January 9 with 14,300 pounds of goods.

It takes about a month for a container to reach Africa. Donna Hollopeter, Associate Director of Global Ministries, says this is the first of what will probably be three containers they will send.

Two shipments from other organizations are also in progress:

  • Samaritan’s Purse will be sending a shipment from their own warehouse. We don’t know yet exactly when it will go.
  • Brother’s Brother is also preparing a shipment of beds and mattresses for the hospital. They are not necessarily a Christian organization, but provide help in Third World countries.

As mentioned, we’ll be sending a second, and possibly a third, container to Sierra Leone. While the materials we send are usually donated, we still need $12,500 per container to cover shipping costs. Global Ministries would greatly appreciate your help in underwriting the shipping costs. Just send your gift to Global Ministries, and write “for container shipment” on the memo line.

03 Feb

February 3, 2009 |

Ernie Herndon, Sr., Associate Pastor of Olivet UB (Dayton, Ohio), passed away Sunday, February 1.

Vewing: Thursday, February 5, from 5-8 p.m.
Funeral: Friday, February 6, at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Phillip Marxson will officiate.
Both the viewing and funeral will be held at the Robert L. Crooks Funeral Center Preble Memory Gardens, 3377 US Rte. 35, between Eaton and West Alexandria, Ohio.

Rev. Herndon was born May 8, 1924, in Somerset, Va. He was a World War II vet, serving in the Army 1943-1946. Over the years he worked as a farmer, a self-employed carpenter, and in private security. He is survived by his wife, Carol J. (McKee) Herndon, whom he married January 6, 1968; and by six children.

03 Feb

February 3, 2009 |

Jim Bolich, pastor of Prince Street Church (Shippensburg, Pa.), is preaching through Philemon. Paul wrote to Philemon, a wealthy man, about Onesiumus, a slave who stole something and then fled…and then became a Christian. Jim, on his blog, mentioned two principles. Here is the first one:

Principle 1: Don’t deny your problems; face them.

A lot of people go through life denying that their problems exist. It’s like holding a lit firecracker and telling yourself it isn’t going to blow up. But it will. And when it does, severe pain and destruction will happen.

So…what’s your problem? What’s the lit firecracker in your life? Onesimus took a handwritten letter back to the guy who had the authority to kill him, trusting God with the results. God intervened, and He can for us, too.

What’s your problem…the thing that threatens to overwhelm you? Whatever it is, give it a name. Quit denying the problem. Allow God to change your life. Face it, despite the potential consequences. And trust God with the outcome.

03 Feb

February 3, 2009 |

You might be interested in this. The South Mountain UB church of Dillsburg, Pa., withdrew from the denomination on October 8. A Pennsylvania website, Pennlive.com, reports that this congregation has merged with an Assembly of God congregation in Dillsburg.

The Assemblies congregation, called Celebration, had a pastor, but no building; they were renting a banquet room at a golf course. South Mountain had a large but underused facility, but had just lost its pastor.

They worked out their differences, and joined forces. The article says membership now stands at 300.