The Ohio Independent Baptist, September 1961

_e~p_te_m_b_er_. _1_9_6_1___________ 'I_'ff_B_.:_::OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Page Nine PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE! \\"e ca1 't guess ,,,hat yot1r grol1p is doing, pl a11ni11g or thi11king about, so please ,\:-rite us at the address above, It ,,rill help us get out this )'Outl1 page a11d put :·our )'Outh group on the map! CAN YOU READ OUR ALPHABETICAL SOUP? The Yot111g People at ~1eclina came out better than u ual ,,,h en Pastor melser announcecl the, , ,,,ol1ld have " r. progra1n called ccAlphabetical Ollp ." The11 the)' ,,,isl1ed the)' hadn't come, for tl1e:' ,,:ere quizzed a to the mea11ing of such combi11ations a · ICCC. ACCC, ~AE, CBA, FBH~1. .t\B\\ 1 E , BC, ICY, NCCC, \ CCC. etc. ~1ost of them kne,\ 1 very fe,v of them-11ot eve11 tht1t the ICY stands for Ir1ternatio11al Christia11 Youth. Young readers of the OTB ( thPrP i ar1other abbreviatio11) won't under– star1d 1nan) of the things said unless they do kno,v \\ 1 hat the above co1n– bi11ations stand for a11d at le~1st some– thi11g about the orga11izc.1tions them– sel" es. Ask }'Ot1r pastor to b e }'Our speaker some u11cla)' 11igl1t a11d from a c·l1alk-board explai11 them. Maybe ~·c>ur pastor, fore\\'ar11ed, \V011't take fc)r gra11ted 1 ot1 kno,v them. so he ,,,cJ11't be tc)o harcl 011 vou? ,, BOOK REVIEWS ..CLOUDED GLAS " by Adel Pryor, L 92 pp., Grand Ra1)1ds Mi ch. Tl1is is the story of Ann Watson s 5truggle in life. Ann, the daughter of a criminal, finds herself ir1 <les1)erare need -0f a job. Even tl1c)ugl1 sl1e \\'as capable of holding a good job, J)eople tL 1 rned her a\\'ay when they learned tl1at l1er father wan jn J>rj:,;on. An11 \Vas ashan1e I <>f \\'hat lier fatl er had done, but, 1,cing a born- eain l1rist1an, }1ad f orgive11 hin1 (>f l11s sin. Afcer l)ei11g turned a,vay (1()111 :,;cvera l 1,oss1ble J>laces of en11,Joy1nen t, in dcs– J)erat1on Ann a1>1>lied for a jol) as ~• n1a1d 111 tlie hon1e of a 1'1 r. J~Ieccher. 1 oc for one 1 11nute di Ann drean1 1 h, c 1'11. I ]etcher ~ .. as 11one otl1er r han J udge 1· letch– er tl1e Judge "ho l1ad sent her f ac l1e1 to J; fl Oil 11 ere 1s a11 air of 111y tery bou t cl1e I ol a An11 discover tl1a1 th n1. n in I 11s >11 JS 1101 lier r al f 1l1er Ann al o (ace J1ear1br k as sl1e f 111ds he, sel 1n le.>\ "1th a young 1na11 ,, ho ts g110 t1c 111r gl1 tl1ese ,r1ai \\e f1nd An11 fa1tl1w ul to tl1e J rd nd l e ause of 11 ·r t est1 n1on, .\e t 4 J1er \\Jn these lo,ed on c his• All of ti e thing (a11d 111ore) J t 111 ke thJS a \ er) llJO) al le J 1} n1 111 b r c l 1i1 GROUND-BREAKING AT. CUYAHOGA FALLS .. . ,. . . ,' (~. ·.. . . . &;Jt>;~.;,;,.~ ,.. .~.. . . . ' • • . . .. • I- N Ell' BUILDING SITE ~F ' ' GRAHAM ROAD , STCH - 500 .SEATING CAPACITY &round Breaki.na Aua.6.1961··11 , L~.~s . c.;,·eNNrN~ ·PASTOR• : '. ~- • • • ' . • • • • • • Left co right they are· E. B. uchcrland, chairman of the Bu1ld1ng Committee and of the Board of D eacons: Pas tor B. C. J ennings wielding the shovel, Emmett \X' olfe. mayor of Cuyahoga Falls, and Grover chuman, president of the ciry cou nci l of tO\\. Ohio. The second shovel of dirt v:. 1 as turned by the chairman of the Board of Trustee , Ir. Olin Rodgers. That there v. 1 ere happy anticipations of that da) 7 in 1962 ,,·hen the ne'\\' chur( h edifice will be complete, need not be said. The pre enc bu1l<l1ng.s are ,, holly inadequate for the 300 plus that no,v attend the Graham Road Baptist Churlh The bui lding will be 60 by 120 feet. "1th an entrance porch 8 by l C) The lo,,er floor will not be a basement, but v.1ill have many large ,, 1ndO\\ s. It ,v1ll ha\'e four a embl) areas that \v1ll divide into class roorns for the ce1ching period ,, 1tl1 ,,ooJen fold1n~ doors. There "" il l be a complete kitthcn \\ 1th an adJ01n1ng ,,ork area tor ser\ 1n,g, n1any sma ll class rooms, three !>e1)arate to1l~t roon1~. a11d a undi1y sLhool of t1ce Tre r11ain floor v.111 have an auditorium searing , 1()(), and c,, o (lass roon1s or~tning 1nro 1c ,vhi h \\ 111 seac 50 e-ach . The thoir "tll seat 36. 1~here ,, 111 al o be .t largt r,.1 tL>r " -..cu ly. an elevated l)apti5try, and ,t econd floc)r nurse,, ,, 1th sep.11.1re toilet .tnd ,,.1-,l1roon1. 'J"he 1oot ,v1ll be built \\tth rcd\,ood planking c>,t·r lan1in.1rtd .1rll1e\ \X'hilc chc building is valued ar ""l25,00(). n1u ch of tl1e \\()rk .1n I 1 l.inning an l sJrerv1 sior1 ,,·i ll be done by the on.~1ega t it1n , cl1us cu tting do,,·n on ex1 n~ '". The BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY thorough training OFFERS - ------- for Christian Service .. 'J hrtc )'e,1r ,1 adu ce e1r1inury • l)1 ble Colle£e - ,,,j cl1 n ;Jen<."'ral ourse J)lus crong 1111nor f c r 1\l 1s ionctries ( h 1 i c i ,u1 I• du a c 1 on I 1 r tor ~ ! lu ic I lre<.tor J>a cors ])re en11nary ,, ork ,, o ):' ea1 r 1 n' e Cc u se hurc h re·or) C 1urse ( h I r1 n ~ ~ r C t r e 01ch >tic S h I rl, 13 1pc1 t1 l < c 1ceJ 1n l e,1t t1ful rand Il 11d I or Jnforn1 c1on ,, rite ( h t nc rt l l 1tl11.g (1 APTIST HEO OGICAL SEMI ARY 811 Ne I t t, y St., S. : ., Grat cl R pid 6, Mich Jgan