Oct14
Soup supper: chicken corn and ham and bean
6:00 PM · Fellowship hall
Free and open to anyone. Pie from the Tuesday knotters.
The fellowship
Sixty-nine years, eleven families to start
Who we've been, who looks after things now, and what's coming up in the fellowship hall.
Our history
From a rented hall to South 15th Street
Most of this was decided at congregational meetings that went on far too long.
1957
Eleven families move to town
Worship starts in a rented Grange hall on Plymouth Avenue.
1961
The brick church is built
Members lay most of the brick themselves over two summers.
1979
The Vo family arrives
Clearwater sponsors its first refugee family, from Vietnam by way of a camp in Malaysia.
1994
The first Saturday crew
Six men and a pickup rebuild a widow's porch on Lincoln Avenue.
2011
Soup supper begins
Started for one winter after the RV plant layoffs. It never stopped.
2021
Voices Together
New hymnals in every pew. The old ones went to a congregation in Honduras.
Who to call
Pastors, deacons and the office
Clearwater has two part-time pastors and a lot of volunteers with titles. All of them answer the phone.
Pastors
- Kendra HochstetlerCo-pastor, preaching and worship
- Daniel MastCo-pastor, care and youth
Deacons
- Joan NafzigerDeacon, Mutual Aid
- Efraín HerreraDeacon, Spanish-speaking families
- Lucas NdlovuDeacon, youth sponsor
Worship
- Marlene BontragerSong leaders' coordinator
- Hien VoChildren's Sunday school
Work crew
- Elmer SchrockSaturday work crew
Office
- Lois KauffmanOffice administrator
Coming up
Suppers, sings and work days this autumn
Add to calendar
Oct24
Work day: storm windows and a garage roof
8:00 AM · Meet at the church
Sign up on the Work days page so Elmer can plan.
Oct28
Soup supper: borscht and potato rivvel
6:00 PM · Fellowship hall
The Ukrainian borscht recipe came with the Shevchenko family in 2022.
Nov1
Carry-in and congregational meeting
12:15 PM · Fellowship hall
Lunch first. Then the budget, which will take longer than lunch.
Nov7
School kit packing night
6:30 PM · Basement
Goal: 200 kits in two hours. Kids are great at this.
Nov29
Fifth Sunday hymn sing
10:45 AM · Sanctuary
No sermon, just requests from the floor for an hour.
Nothing in that category this month.
Contact
Write to the office or a pastor
Lois reads everything and passes it on the same day. Pastoral matters go straight to Kendra or Daniel and nobody else.
- Address1715 S. 15th Street, Goshen, IN 46526
- Phone(555) 014-7380
- Emailoffice@example.org
- OfficeOffice Tue–Fri, 9 AM – 1 PM
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