The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1955

Ja~~Fourt en THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Cl v land Church to he Dedicated Soon l'h11reh 1,oenkd 011 C{'dHr Hoacl, C'k\'rl1-1 11d H eig ht s l11 1-111g·nr11l Dalt's. .J1-1 1111ary 11 -1,\ 10.iG Tht' offit·C'rs and rnrrnlirrs of <'1dar /I ii! Baptist ('liurcli. ClrY{'– land l lC'i!..d1ts. Ohio. haw appoi11!C'd 11 eornrnith't' . hPaded \Jy Dracon . \ rtlrnr t: . l•'Plz{'r. to mak~' a n·a11g'{'– rnr11ts for i11augnral rn eC'I i111.rn a°i1d tledit•1-1tio11 of thrir m'". clrnrelt building-. Thr Crda r Hill con gw– gatio11. heatkd ln· R eY. J ohn G. Ba h-o. " ·as fo n{1e rlv known as Ilo i'1gh . l 1·c1111e Ba µt;-st Church. Th e first r egn lar meet ing· in thr ne\\· , ·.J:00.000 property i · expected to lw a re'..:'ula 1 • ;\lid-,,·eek Pn1Yer and Pra ise serYiee on "\Yed 11 e day nening·. ,Januan- 11. 1950. " ,V·e kno\\· of 110 mor~ appropriate ,ray to enter ou r n ew chnrch home than " ·ith prayer in our hea rts and " ·ith prai e on our lips· ' eommr ntecl R eY. BalYo. l nau gt{ra] meetinirn " ·ill nm from "\Yed nesc1a.,·, .J a11. 11 through . nnc1a:'·, Jan . 15. 011 'rhnrscla:'· even in g, the Cedar l Lill drnreh l'ho ir \\'ill prese nt a sacred conce rt . 011 1,· rida,· l' Vr nino· wh en manv frir11ds an~l nr i1 .d1bd';-'.-, arr rxp ectecl to h{' prese11t. thr c:ommittee is pla11ui11g an Open H om;e and or– ganiz<>cl tom of the n e\\' builclin!!. In general assemb ly . which will start off this particula r evening 's program, th e pastor and typi cal department head ·will pre ent a short history of the ch urc: h, an on t- 1 ine of present activiti es and plan fo r the fut.me in cl11clin g the build– ing of a large main auditorium. On Sunday morning· at th e reg– ular worship sen-ice, a time will be set aricle for cl ecli c:ation of th r building, add ing- to it a r e-dedica– tion of the entire memhership. Oth er Sunday senices will in clude Sunday School, evening young p eo– ple's meetings and the evening– r vangelisti c sen·ice. Rev. Balvo 11·_i ll preac h both rnornin it and e,~e- 111 ng. Hebron Women Meet '\'inety-fiw worn pn of the H e– bron '1..ssociation met in th e First Baptist C'h11rch. Spencer. Ohio, Tn esclay mornini;?: and afternoon, '\'owrnber to enj oy their last 11e– rioclic meeting of the year. :\lrs. B chranl 1 lelrnic:k, La (:rangr. the nr11·ly elec:tecl presi– clent. opened the first session at 10 :30. introducing :i\Irs. Frank NO THRILL LIKE IT! Like What? ? GIVING TO MISSIONS ! Why not try it out by making a generous gift throu~h the treasury of your home church to the General Fund of the FELLOWSHIP OF BAPTISTS FOR HOME MISSIONS and thus assist in re-churching America with New Testament type Baptist Churches. Address all communications to P. 0 . Box 455 Elyria, Ohio Otlor ll'ho lPtl tl1 P cong regational musie, a lso co ntributing a vocal number. :\ \ rs . ;.lax 'rn ckrr of San– clusk:· (·o nduc:tecl the devotional servic:e. ;, lrs. ·williarn Bowman, 1mcl e1· appo in tment by Baptist :\ licl– :\ 1 issions for sr n ·ic:e with Emman- 11el Baptist 1\Jission , Lo.· An geles, California , was the principal spcak– ('r of the session. F'ollo"·in g a ho11ntifu l dinn er sr n ·ecl lJ1· " ·omen of th e host ehnrch. th r afternoon session was openecl at 1 :30, -:\ [rs . Robert Rogers <·011ch1c-tin! .. !' th e cle\'Otional se rYi ce. 'l'h r spc>c·i al mnsi c: fo r thi s srssion wa<; presentecl h)· a t ri o co nsisting of Eva (lirman , Barbara Roge rs, and -:\fa rjori r Oclor. An offeri1w of . ·61.'1-2 " ·as taken. -:\Im. T . T. Elli ott. the n c\\'ly r leetecl src·rrtary. r racl the rnin11trs of th e previon s meet ing, c-a ll r cl th e rnll of affiliatecl soc iet irs, wh r n r epor ts wr rr macl r c·o nce rning local activities. Th e pr in r i pal speaker for th is session was l\Irs. Rorn_yne Stric:klancl , Bap– tist -:\ lid -Mission ., ' French Equa– torial Afri ca. ::\frs. H elmi k, voicing the enti– ment of all pre ent, thanked th e " ·omen of the First Bapti. t Church, •'penc·er, for th e fine hospitality rxtenclrcl . Th e next rnerting of th e "\Vomen 's ':\ l iss ionar.v 1 nion, 1Tr– hron r\ ssoc:iation, will he h eld on .April 9, 1956. D c mber 1955 Missionary Union News 8.v i\ lr s. Allan E. fJewi. 'l'he 11·ome11 of Calvary Bapt ist C'hur('h of C' lew lancl through their sp lPndicl pastor's wife, 1\frs. George (lihson , have clone it again! They have opened their hearts and in – Yitecl 11s to have the Spring Rally in their church on April 24, 1956. -:\!any of us can r emember ble. secl times of fellowship in this church and will be looking forward to the meeting th er e. Please put a r r cl circle aronncl this elate on your cal endar a nd plan to attend. "\fhile in Eri e " ·e learned of the Stuch· Cour e offered through l\Iicl-:;\Jis~ions and those who have rece iwcl their copies are enjoying them and using them for fresh id eas in p lanning mi sionary pro– grams for the coming month . "\Vith the Christmas sea on com– ing 11p a s11ggestion as to what to clo " ·ith yonr " used " Christma. c·ar cls is l istecl in Series A , L e· on \T. lt . uggests that ,re clip the pi ct ure from the c:arcl and send them to the mis ionaries for use in Sunday School and Bible Class work . Al so clip the blank piece of paper from the back and staple them together for . c:ratc:h pads. Af– ter the holiday season there is al– war · a o-r eat · c1uantitY of ribbon J ~ .. ' wrapping paper, and odd and ends of candles. Th ese used articles mav be c·oll ectrcl ancl passrtl on to th·e missionaries. With all the extra shopp ing- why not save some of the tax tamp. for th e '' Organ Pnncl '' at Cedar– ville ? 'l'he "\Yornen's G-n ilcl there is counting ancl preparing them to he sent in ancl the mon eY set a icle for a much desired or:~ran. 'rhe ·w omen's -:\ lissi onan· l'fffon of Ohio Association is alwa~,s inter ested m anything fo r the· betterment of Cedarvi ll e Baptist Coll ege. REY. .JOH\: , TRON'O ( Co11 tin urtl from page 13 ) to th e invitati on thus far but there have been marvelon s crowds, and f have great hopes that there will he a big moYement of the Holy Spirit in the meeting before we are t hrough . J am ure t hat you faithfu l friends will be bearing me up in your prayers every day while T am away, and T also know that )'OU will be r ememberin g- the work which we are trying to ac:compli h her e with Bro. .John Strono· and thi church. ·