Conference-Wide Advance Specials

A. Advance Special Scholarship Grant Fund

Scholarships for students preparing for full-time Christian service. (Selection of recipients based on need.)

Conference Camper Scholarships (Selection based on need.)

B. Automatic Renewal of Conference Advance Special Status

Campsites

Camp Adventure

PO Box 16, North Webster, IN 46555; 888.628.2818

Camp Adventure has been part of the NIC camping ministry for over 40 years. It ministers primarily to middle school age children and is equipped with a swimming pool and high ropes course designed specifically with that group in mind. At present the camp is looking to build new cabins for its wilderness site, which has grown dramatically in the last few years. It also needs new signage and a new registration building.

Camp Lakewood

PO Box 162, 6815 S CR 1100E, South Milford, IN 46786; 888.628.2818

Founded in 1954, Camp Lakewood provides almost 150 elementary age campers each week with a fun and enriching experience. The camp’s primary focus for renovation is their water front area, which is so popular with the children. The goal is to enlarge it, landscape it and add docks and large water toys.

Camp Pine Creek

PO Box B, Pine Village, IN 47975; 888.628.2818

Pine Creek Camp, which boasts over three hundred acres, has been part of the NIC camping ministry since 1957. Pine Creek ministers to elementary age children as well as being the home to a nationally recognized horse program. A new equestrian facility is nearing completion; it was paid for by a grant from the Lilly Endowment Fund. Pine Creek still needs funding for renovations and upkeep on many existing structures. New structures are also needed for housing, registration and nursing.

Epworth Forest

PO Box 16, North Webster, IN 46555; 888.628.2818

Epworth Forest, soon to celebrate its 80th year in ministry, is the home for many conferences as well as Senior High Institute. Its association with NIC is so long and close that to many visitors it has become a symbol of the UMC. It is in need of funds to renovate many facilities; such as painting, housekeeping, new roofs, sound systems, etc. New projects are also coming up such as creating a new entryway with signage, and building new lodges.

Re-Yo-Ad Camp

PO Box 16, North Webster, IN 46555; 888.628.2818

This camping program, housed at Epworth Forest, ministers to the needs of developmentally challenged persons. It encompasses all ages and makes a great impact on the lives it touches.

Royal Family Kids Camp

PO Box 16, North Webster, IN 46555; 888.628.2818

This national program, held locally at Epworth Forest, reaches out to touch the lives of abused and neglected children. It provides them a safe place where they can learn about God and his mercy.

North & South Conference Area Ministries

Exodus Resettlement and Immigration Program

4550 Central Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46205; 317.921.0836

Exodus Resettlement and Immigration Program works cooperatively with churches to resettle refugees in northern Indiana. We offer legal services to low and moderate-income immigrants. Exodus is affiliated with Church World Service Refugee Resettlement Program of which the United Methodist Church is a participating denomination.

Lucille Raines Residence, Inc., Indianapolis

947 North Pennsylvania St, Indianapolis, IN 46204; 317.636.3328

The Lucille Raines Residence provides continuing care for persons who have completed substance abuse programs and wish to live in a safe, clean and sober environment while they deal with issues of recovery. The residence has a capacity of 49. In addition to the above, there are three or four persons who are visually impaired and are in Indianapolis for purpose of training.

Operation Classroom - Administration

PO Box 245, Colfax, IN 46035

Operation Classroom's primary mission, in partnership with the Liberia and Sierra Leone United Methodist annual conferences, is to assist in Christian-based education and health care.

The Operation Doctor program is the medical program area of Operation Classroom. We have chosen to respond to the invitation of the Sierra Leone and Liberia Annual Conferences of the UMC to jointly develop an interactive medical mission program. Its purpose is to help meet the public health needs of Liberia and Sierra Leone in the name of Christ.

Disaster Relief in the North Indiana Conference

Habitat Projects

Habitat for Humanity is a non-denominational and Christian organization that builds and rehabilitates houses for God’s people.

Calumet - LaPorte County

Calumet - Northwest Indiana

Fort Wayne - Allen County

Fort Wayne - DeKalb County

Fort Wayne - Fort Wayne District Project

Fort Wayne - Steuben County

Huntington - Adams County

Huntington - Huntington County

Huntington - Wabash County

Huntington - Wells County

Kokomo - Cass County

Kokomo - Fulton County

Kokomo - Kokomo Community

Kokomo - Miami County

Kokomo - Starke/Pulaski Counties

Kokomo - Tipton County

Lafayette - Benton County

Lafayette - Clinton County

Lafayette - Tippecanoe County

Marion - Grant County

Marion - Madison County

Marion - Marion District Project

Michiana - Elkhart County

Michiana - LaGrange County

Michiana - St. Joseph County

Muncie - Delaware County

Muncie - Jay County

Muncie - Randolph County

Warsaw - Kosciusko County

Warsaw - Noble County

Warsaw - Whitley County

Health & Welfare Ministries

Bashor Home

Box 843, Goshen, IN 46526

Bashor Home is a residential facility for children ages 6 to 18. Most children are placed through the court system.

Clarian Health

550 University Blvd, Indianapolis, IN 46202

Disabilities in Ministry

Hamilton Grove

PO Box 836, New Carlisle, IN 46552

Hamilton Grove, located in New Carlisle, Indiana, is a Christian, not-for-profit retirement community featuring a collection of homes, apartments and all extended care options. The best of services and amenities are designed to meet your needs now and in years to come.

Indiana UM Children’s Home – Lebanon

515 W Camp, Lebanon, IN 46052

Methodist Hospitals - Gary, Merrillville

600 Grant St, Gary, IN 46402

Parkview Hospital - Fort Wayne

Attn: Ann Lantz, Chaplain, 2200 Randalia, Fort Wayne, IN 46805

The chaplains of Parkview Hospital are responsible for the pastoral care of the patients, family members and staff of Parkview Hospital, Parkview North Hospital and the Orthopaedic Hospital at Parkview North. They respond to all critical emergency care patients and all Code Blues. They also are responsible for advanced directive compliance for inpatients and outpatients.

The chaplains are called to every death in the hospital where they provide pastoral care for the family while addressing tissue/organ donation, funeral home information and autopsy requests.

Initial visits with a spiritual assessment are made with patients who have no church affiliation. Churches of patients who designate a preference are called following admission. The chaplains also field many other requests by patients, family members and staff.

Warren United Methodist Home

801 Huntington Ave., Warren, IN 46792

Warren United Methodist Home is a continuing care facility for seniors. Condominiums, residential apartments, assisted living and nursing home facilities are available. A Board of Trustees made up of clergy and lay governs the home. There are four retired United Methodist ministers who serve as chaplains.

Wesley Manor

1555 N. Main, Frankfort, IN 46041

Wesley Manor is a United Methodist related continuing care retirement community committed to older adults through love, benevolence and service. It is the purpose of Wesley Manor to enhance the quality of life for retired persons and encourage independence within a secure environment, which supports the individual’s intellectual, physical, and spiritual needs.

Universities & Campus Ministries

The United Methodist Church’s outreach to college campuses.

College Connection at Ball State University

c/o Reverend Kenneth J Puent, 1968 W Main St, Muncie, IN 47303; 765.289.7337

DePauw University

c/o Chaplain, Box 37, Greencastle, IN 46135

IPFW (Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne)

2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499; 260.481.4739

University of Evansville

1800 Lincoln Ave, Evansville, IN 47722

University of Indianapolis

Office of Chaplaincy, 1400 E. Hanna Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46227

Wesley Foundation at Purdue University

P.O. Box 2396, W. Lafayette, IN 47906; 765.743.5066

Work Camps

United Methodist related: Campus, District, Volunteers In Mission (VIM)

Construction Connection

At its 1996 Annual Conference, The North Indiana Conference of The United Methodist Church approved the establishment of a ministry for church construction and remodeling projects utilizing a construction manager and volunteers.

Oklahoma Work Camp

Attn: Wilber Eiler, 1407 W. 1000 N., Fortville, IN 46040; 317.485.5675