VBA Error: RTE 424 Object Required...

I have reviewed several forums for this issue on this site and others and none of the examples provided appear to be like the situation that I am having.

Summary:
Error received when calling procedure from a self created class through a click of a command button on a user form. I have instantiated the class and intellisense recognizes it showing my sub procedures in the class.

Code:
Public utility As Utilities

Public Sub CommandButton1_Click()

Set utility = New Utilities
utility.startTimer ---> This is where debugger
End Sub errors out.

Please help,
Garrett