The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1961

THE O!ll . . - 1 ).i,· t .. c},, t't. t'ti1t<"'• c· <) ·1·e1111)lt' l3a11t1st ( l111rcl1 , Call in t. a11cl v\ 1 nl1 er , Portsmot1th , Ol1io. J r ry Bonzo, assistant edito 1 • )"o\1tl1 lr·.tdt 1". t ()\111,t'llt11~. l>nstors. IJlca e ·c t1cl tl1er11 11 ,vs ru1d ideas. PRI NCE OF PEACE p -11t.' 't l l tl) 1.G Tl1<. II igl1 P1ie t for c·, tr tl) 111.11'.~ 111t rt' · i<.)11 for tllt" l1r1~t1.l11. R -()t•l [ ( t)r l O: 4 ,l1ri t i the .. 111r1tt1al rt>c1. of tl1 l1ri titln. l -111nge of ~ocl II or. 4: 4 H ,,·ill , 11111e i11to tl1e Ji,·c of i11ner as tl1e-ir 0,,,1 tl\ ior. N -~12<1re11e :\1~1 tt . 2:23 Fro1n the bra11cl1 of Da,·icl hall ome the a, ior of 111a1 . C -ot111 ellor I ,1. 9: 6. Tl1e 011e \\ 7 ho g1, e the l1ri tian his trength a11d grace to li,·e. E -,·erl,1 ti11e1 Father I a. 9: 6 The eter11al father of those ,vl10 be– lie,·e ii1 Hun. Q-ff pri.t1g of Da,·icl Rev. 22: 16 and He is the bright ancl morn– ing star. F -ountain Zecl1. 13: 1 0 pen t o those of sin a11d unclea11liness to be their alvation. P -rophet Deut. 18: 18 He will speak daily to gi,le us the need– ed guidance and direction. E -mmanuel 11att. 1:23 God is '\\11th us , constantly at our side. A-lpha Rev. 1 :8 The beginning and enc:lu1g of all that has, or will, happen. C -ornerstone I Peter 2: 6 Christ is the precious cornerstone of Olrr life. E -tern al Life I John 5: 20 H e is the true one that gives life eternal. ------·- YOUTH NEWS FROM THE Cl-iURCHES Oa. 28th the young people of the ~~st Baptist Church of New London 101ned the group from Northfield for a hayride. The two groups met at the T orthf1eld Baptist Church. After the hay– ride, all were guests at the home of one of the girls. Refreshments were served and the rest of the evening spent in sing– ing and playing games. SOFT-BALL WINNER . . . The team from the Euclid-Nottingham Baptist Church v;on f 1.. st place 1n the Euclid Y ~f.C.A. Church League and was run– ner-up in the city-'\X.·1de play-offs. A trophy as presented ro Da,·e Green, the man– ager. of which the team and all the church is mighty proud. Other ne'\X.·s from Euclid-Nottingham in– clude the Seniors being in charge of a program at the City lvf1ss1on Sept. 4th; \\'hat Does Pioneer And Brigade Work Mean To Our Youth? Iany of our cl1l1rch es h ave Pioneer irl organizations a11d Boys, Brigade -esp ecially in the Cleveland ar ea. The p as tors sp eak \veil of tha t work, l)t1t ,,,ha t do the yol1ng p eople think? Belo,v ar e two t es timonies f rom young p eople i.t1 the Euclid- ottingl1am Baptist Chw·cl1 that ,,,ill ans,ver our q l1estion. What Pioneer Girls Mean To Me By Doris Hiller It will t ake et ernity t o thank the L ord for what PC's h as meant t o m e. H e h as t aught me much ab out His , vor d and Himself through this pro– gram. I had been saved in Bible Club vvhe1 I was about 9 years old. It didn't mean much , thou gh. After a couple of years I started t o Sunday School at E BC . Coming t o S.S. didn't mean mu ch . I 'd co1ne and lis ten and leave aagin . Some times I even ,vent to church. Tl1en one of the girls asked 1ne to Colonists. I came and liked it. I con t inu ed going, lea1n ing about the Bible and also meet ing Christ ia1 kids . Aft er that Chu rch and Jesus Christ b ecame tl1e center of my life. H e h as co1 t inued usi11g Pioneers to make me grow in H im. Tow in Explorers H e is still blessing me. I think tl1e highlight of PC's is the bi p to , v h eaton we t ook last Christmas. We met Christian kids from ce1 t ral U .S. Most of all I met the Lor d an ew and afresh. ow H e l1as given me the p rivilege of work– ing in Pilgrims . It h as been fun work– ing ,vith the childr en . So now tha t I 've been in all three groups I can say th ey're all wonderlul and a place and the same department enjoying a corn roast on Lake Erie beach Sept. 23rd; a good number from the church young peo– ple attending a Kick-Oif Rally Sept . 30th for the ~i-B.A.; and then somethi ng real– !Y practical 1~ a Colonise Visita t ion pro– Ject. Ten girl~ spent the mor ning of S~pt. 3~th learning how to do calling and w1tnesc;1ng, and then the afternoon doing 1t. They found 30 good prospects who came for Girl Pioneers or for chur ch and Sunday school. .Oh, yes, there is one piece of t 1 p -to- the- m1nute news. The Voice of Christian ,vhere you ca1 learn ab out our Lord . I , vould also like t o thank the Lord for all the leaders He h as given to Pioneer Gir ls . E ach one h as h elped n1e gro,v in the Lord . ---------- What Brigade Means To Me By T om Allen In the p ast few years with Brigade 1ny heart has b een gr eatly blessed by the Lord. I was able t o go t o T en– n essee where gr eat m en of God gave forth the Word. Brigade h as t aught me how to w in sou ls and t o live for Christ. I am happy to b e a p a.rt of a fine group of Christian boys , vorking for the Lord. The training r eceived h elps u s to live for Christ in this world. It h as helped me to t1nderstand more of the vVord of God . It is my h op e tha t somed ay I will b e able t o put all of these things t o use to be a great servant of the L ord, as H e should lead in the coming d ays . ------ --- GALLIPOLIS SEN IORS aren 't satisfied with 22 in attendance and are ,vorking to get more. ov . 29th they gave a skit at the prayer meet– n1g service. The Intermediate Youth enjoyed a hayride and a ~riener roast the last of Oct ob er and n aturally h ad a good time '1ots of fun ," is the way tl1ey rep ort it. A FATHER-SO BANQUET is rep orted from the Be thleh em Bap– tist Church of Cleveland. It ,vas for the lads and dads connect ed \vith the Stockade of the Christian Service Brigade . You th met at the Euclid-Nottingham church N ov. 18th and a g reat time was experienced. Uncle J im H u tchi nson in– ternationally known evangelist and co~fer– enee speaker and chalk ar tist of New ] ersey, was the speaker . The special music was fur-?ished by the Brookside Baptist Y .P . M ixed Quartet and Berea Baptist Gi rls, Duet. ' 'Don't think you are necessarily on the right road because it is a well– beaten path."