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Elwood Reams participated in a hands-on
demonstration at CHIP Express where 15 of the 16
participants were from the community.
Reams, a Fishers community resident,
attended a CHIP Express (Coronary
Health Improvement Project held
twice a week for four weeks) during
the month of March. It was held at the
Public Works Building in Westfield,
sponsored by the Carmel Hope Fellowship
of Seventh-day Adventists. Based
upon Reams’ extremely poor first health
screening at CHIP Express, Susan
Landess, director of Indiana Healthy
Choices, told Reams she was going to
keep him in her prayers.
The audience listened intently
as Reams continued his story. “I also
prayed for God’s divine assistance in
developing the ability to make healthy
choices in all phases of my life, and God
truly answered my prayers! After 30
days of participation, I graduated from
CHIP Express embracing a plant-based
diet and exercise, and with an increased
spiritual focus.
“I lost 15 pounds. My cholesterol was
reduced by 95 points, my blood pressure
was down 40 points, and my glucose
level went from pre-diabetic to normal!
I had a real sense of hope!”
A few days following Reams’ graduation,
he was scheduled for a yearly physical.
His doctor was very impressed with
the results of his lab work and screenings.
Based upon the “new” person he
had become, she ended this appointment
News
with the same words she had used prior
to his involvement in CHIP Express,
but this time the words had a positive
tone—“Elwood, what am I going to do
with you”
Reams looked his listeners in the
eyes as he leaned forward and lowered
his voice, “I am truly grateful to God and
the CHIP Express team ... for giving
me hope along with knowledge, wisdom
and skill for maintaining a new, healthy
lifestyle. I have a new sense of awareness
realizing that truly, ‘We live and die by
our choices,’ and, ‘For every choice there
is a consequence.’”
The entire crowd broke into applause
as Reams concluded his testimony—“I’m
like a modern-day Lazarus; I
have been raised from the dead!”
Judith Yeoman, correspondent, Indiana
Conference, as shared by Elwood Reams,
attendee, CHIP Express, and Linda Reece,
member, Carmel Hope Fellowship
Church members and honored guests break ground for the new Plymouth sanctuary. Pictured (from left) are Jacque Wilson, Bob Wilson, Dave Houghton, Judy Clippinger, John
Heinlein, Delmae Carterman, Nathan Carterman, Myriam Rios, Shirley Patten, Mark Senter (Plymouth mayor), Bryce Bowman (Plymouth Church pastor), Gary Case, Laurie
Hagen, Dennis Gann, Lenny Gann, Rick Finkbeiner, Janine Finkbeiner, Amelia Troyer, Isaac Troyer, Katie Bowman, Caleb Bowman, Aaron Carterman and Oren Carterman.
Plymouth Church
begins Phase Two
building project
Indiana—The land for the current
Plymouth Seventh-day Adventist Church
was located in the fall of 2003. It was
purchased at a subsequent auction in
February 2004. Since that time, members
have worked diligently to see their new
sanctuary become a reality.
Fund-raising and planning began
in earnest, leading to the Phase One
groundbreaking in March 2007. In
May of that year, church members were
blessed with the assistance of Maranatha
Volunteers International, whose volunteers
helped erect the present structure,
dedicated on Dec. 15, 2007.
On Sunday, Apr. 18, a special groundbreaking
service was scheduled to mark
the spot where Phase Two—the new
sanctuary and covered driveway—would
begin. The service opened with a welcome
and prayer, and then Oren Carterman,
head elder, presented a historical
sketch about the Plymouth Church.
Present at the groundbreaking ceremony
were Mark Senter, Plymouth mayor, and
Keith Hammonds, the Plymouth building
commissioner. The mayor spoke, and
then Plymouth Church pastor, Bryce
Bowman, gave a short dedicatory homily
titled, “Come and Go,” emphasizing the
need to come to Christ and share His
commission for Christians to “Go and
tell others.” Bowman was followed by
Gary Case of the Indiana Seventh-day
Adventist Headquarters, who gave a
short, inspirational message and offered a
dedicatory prayer.
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