The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1962

een Dave Gower editor, Tempie Baptist Church Gallia and W a lier Streets , Portsmouth , Ohio Jerry Bonzo . assistant edito r ... Youth leaders pastors, and young people send us news and ideas ... JERR BONZO Annual to be state youth rally at Bowling Green l ~he nnual tate ) uth rally \\ 1 ill he held o, n1b r :!3. at the B \I ling 1reen ta te l l niver ity auditoriun1, B \\ ling 1re n. Ohi . The rail will - tar t at 2: 30 in the aftern n . Th e, ening meal \\ ill c t l .25 and our ...... r "'er, a ti n can be ( laren e T ""n end. Ftr t Bapti t hurch. Ohi . ent to Pa tor pa tor of the Bowling Green, e are e. pecting 900 re ervation . at lea t, for the meal a nd more than tha t for the e ening ervice which \\ ill comn1ence at 7 p.m. Get )'Our re er ation in early and c me e pecting a great time in the Lord! Pa tor Lynn Roger will be the ong leader and Pa tor George O'Keefe \.\i ill be the peaker. Pastor O'Keefe i pa tor of the Brook ide Bapti t hurch in Cleveland Ohio. Yout h prog ram changed in summer to week days 'Vie have been very encouraged with the re pon e to the change in our Yot1th Program for thi ummer a t Temple Bapti t Church , Port mouth. Average attendance for the Senior , who met each Monday evening wa 22. The Junior High group meeting each Thur day evening averaged 14. The Primary and Junior group met together each Tue day morning and averaged l . The Senior and Junior High young people took part in a study of the 1\.f ood) Bible In titute Corre pondence Cour e. ··The Will of God. The Pri– mary and Junior program wa changed from week to week. Bes ides u sing the church g) m on occasion , the young people participated in hike , fi bing \\ e1ner roa ts . hamburger frie , pizza parties. meeting in a local restaurant and 1n home of our church folk, and going to Camden Park. At the u ual 6: 30 p.m. youth hour on Sunday' evening . two )' outh choirs met - the Primary -Junior Choir un– der 'the direction of M1 Vicki Curcio Page 10 October, 1962 George W. O'Keefe and the Junior High Choir under the direction of Mr . Fred Carver and Mr . John Collin , Mi Curcio i returning to Cedarville College thi fall, o the Primary-Junior Choir will be directed by Mr . John Collin . Why a camping program? By Dan Gelatt Someone ha aid 'More young people transact bu ine with God at camp than anywhere el e. Chri tian camping i uch a vital mini try no church can afford to do without it. Rea on : l It constant 24 hour schedule pro– vide the right atmo phere for the al– vation and dedication. 2 The eclusion from the world tend to et a piritual pace for the Holy Spirit' working. 3 The pre ence of a ho t of other C hri tian young people remove the feeling that they are Hall alone. " 4 The enthu ia m that it engender i a contagiou a wild fire. 5 o other ingle church effort pro– vide the quantity of piritual food in imilar pre cribed period. 6 The fruit of thi mini try in the live of young people can be felt in the church for the whole year follow- • 1ng. DAVE GOWER Camp Patmos finals show successful year A total of 1,750 people participated in amp Patmos thi eason according to Robert . Barrett, camp registrar . There were 849 girls and 639 boy enrolled~ J 12 girl ' coun ellor and 84 boy · coun ellor · 60 worked on the taff and five in the kitchen. Rev . George Zinn wa camp director. GARBC figures show • • • • increase 1n g 1v1ng Chicago Illinoi - The General A ociation of R e g u I a r Bapti t Churche relea ed tati tic for the fi cal year ending April 1962. Fifty– two new churche were received into the A ociation bringing the total number to 1,031. The average mem– ber hip per church i li ted as 144. Financial report how that gift to mis ion totaled $4,420 763. Local church expenditure totaled $10, 108,- 997. Building expansion reached $3,- 096,687. Total giving for all purpo e amounted to $17 626.447. A compari on of the e figure with similar one of the previou year hows an increa e in mi ion giving of $223 427. The per capita mi sion– ary giving increa ed to 29.79 from $29 .19 for the previou year. Local current expen e giving increa ed b)' 842,526. The Regular Bapti ts are o called becau e of their di tinctive hi toric po ition. They tand forthrightly on the hi toric con titutional ground of eparation of church and tate which i one of the everal hi toric BaptL t di tinctive . The A oci ation i church centered in it government and hold that the Holy Scripture are the final authority in all matter of faith and practice. Exten ive mi ionary effort and evangeli tic fervor are the ear– mark of thi fundamentali t fellow- hip of Bapti t churche . The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST