The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1962

Dr. 1o e Gitlin, editor of the Me ianic Me age to the Jew wa our peaker. He brought a wonderful me age on the Jewi h abbath how– tng from Gene i 2 the beginning, the rea on and the people to whom the abbath wa given. He mentioned many other reference to the ab– bath found in the Word of God and al\vay to the Jew never to the Gentile. Dr . Gitlin i affiliated with the Cleveland Hebrew Mi ion. The bu ines e ion opened with the reading of the minute of the previou meeting, and the trea urer' report of $22.79 in the trea ury. They were accepted and approved a read . In the di cu ion of old bu ine , a motion wa made by Rev. Mar tel– lar and econded by Rev. WPigiht to recind the action taken by the fel– low hip at the December meeting. This action being the fe llow h ip breakfa t each month , and to hold the regular fell ow hip meeting only quarterly. There had been ome di - favor in regard to no monthly meet– ing of the fellow hip. The motion wa pa ed unanimou ly. In the fu– ture we will have our monthly meet– ing on the fir t Monday following the 3rd a turday Mr. Wright ai d . Music Emphasized There followed a di cu ion a to maki ng our meetings more insp·iring by pecial mu ic, and other idea to 1ncrea e the intere t and attendance. The meeting wa to be heJd in the Fir t Bapti t hurch of McDonald on the 23rd of April. Va riou meet– ing~ were mentioned by the pa tor . The mis ionary conference at truth– ers wa April 1 to 8. There wa a meeting a t the McDonald church with Rev. Dean Henry. There wa a meeting at the il church and a Bible conference in May at haron. A motion wa made to adjourn and the meeti ng wa clo ed in prayer by llev. Beckley. 'upper was ~erved at 5: 30 by the ho l church. ,. he evening service began a t 7: 30. 1 l1c song ·ervice wa led by T on1 righ l. J->1 a ycr by l{ev. ( arpcntcr . l l1ere wa a ..,pccial number on the accordian b}' Paul C.,onde1 , a o lo by l{e . Hu~scy and a duet by llev. a11d J\l 1 • Wrigl1t . A11nouncc111c11ts were n1 de a11d tl1c offering takc11. I he count of cl1u1 chl!s as taker, a11d I epre en ted as f l)ovJs : J~ir t Bapt i t ot 1 c r1ald - 1 Y; ,race li apti~t , ungst0\.\,.11 - I ; l11depl:Iltl- n t 13 a pt i t , . J n ~on 7; ,t I" ar > liaJ ti t , . a ler11 1; J::i' ir t Ba (')ti~t , 11 s 7 ; . l1ar 11 B~1pti t, Sha1 11 ; l· ara11ia11 l1u1 11 I , r11ak - 1ng a t ta) f 7<J at tllt: Vt:11i11g cr\ - 1c ... Tl OHIO INDEPENDENT BAP IST Dr. Gitlin brought another in pir– ing m age on the Lord ' day. Again he went back to Gene i l to bring u the account of the fir t Lord day. The fir it celebration of unday John 12: 12. 13. The fir t day of the week Act 2:42-16:4. Shown wi th the Bible School rocke t and pos ter a t First Bap t is t, Bowling Green, are Spaceman a nd Mrs. David Abel, Mr. and Mrs . Tom Bress le r, and Mr. and Mrs. Ph il J ohnson and son Dav id . These three couples of the Fidel is Class were in cha rge of the contest a nd advertising . Family day at Bowling Green church is success The Fideli Bible Cla ait Fir t Bapti t Bowling Green, led the Bible chool in a '·Ma n in pace" conte t w·hich ended on March 18 whic·h wa hurch Family Day un– day. Though falling one hort f t he propo ed a ttendance go 1, the program wa worthwhile to the total program of the Bible chool. The object of the ·Man in pace" project wa to trive t have a pre– determined number of pace or eat in the Bible chool fi lled by tho c pr ent. ach cla in the Bible chool wa urged to reach a t lea t I00 %- a ttendance each week fron1 Feb. 25-March 11 . lhc cla 'C\ 10 the highe~ t percent age oi 1t, n1cn1bc1 ')hip pre ent had it p1 ' tt11 e taken a11 tl po ted on a .. rocket·• wh1cl1 \\a dt\– pla u i11 th e aud it rit1r11. I ht; c be can1e the .. ,atellite cl tt\')c, ·' <)t tl1e week . T }1c nurnlJc1 ot r11 en \.\ ,,1, tCLI in ll1c Bib le ~cl1ool l)n I a n1 il l a, \\ ~t') : 1() and tlic .. 1oc1'et ' \,,,, Llt\ttlctl 111ll) 230 l)arts, c·ac}1 1cptehc11t1r1g >11e space \.\ l1ich a11 1nd1\ tllt1al ,, a t > I 111. s tl1c pe<.>11le arrivcll , pi~l7e\ J Ltlll - s trt1 ti<.>ll 1,aper ,v ~r~ 1),t~l~ll l)ll tl,l! r kt:l tlllL inllic.,ting tl1e 11t1111l1e 1 of SJ) , l ·e~ ,vl1i l1 tl 'illl llc l! tl 1 illc:lL rl llt.: final tall\ i11Llicatctl tl1 ,t -- ) f) l)ll: '"ere ()fc~~11t J r tl1at ia). l l1 i ~'" (}le ldrg .. t d llct) lttl1 1}1 rlt till l~tl>l " chool had ever regi tered, in o far a could be determined , in pite of the fact tha t the goal wa not met. Rev. and Mr . Cleveland Mc– Donald were gue t of the Church on Family Day. and brought challenging me age concerning the mini try of the fam ily unit on the mi ion field. P iot ure of their former mi 1onar 1· work in Brazil were hown in the eveni ng ervice. The McDonald are pre ently in edarville, where fr. McDonald i profe or of ocial . 01ence a t edarville ollege. Open Door Baptist, Spencervi I le The eight day evangeli tic Bible conference at Open Door 8 Jpti t. pencerville April 1-8 wa wel l a t– tended . Interim Pa tor Rev. Ralph T. Nordlund preached through chapter 13- 17 of John ' Go pel. Rev. Milo William of an Wert led the inging both unday and preached one night. 1 u ical group from Homewood Bapti t , orth ide B.1pt i t , Marion Bapti ' t an <l a11 area qu artet brought pecia l mu ic a t night. The Rev. Mr. William preach d April 20 and plan for May meeting are till pending. Prayer i requ ted that thi te timony might continue. OPERATION GROWTH Final re ults of unda 1 c nte t wer a f ollo\.v : He brot1 A ·. oc·i<1 t io,i C 011 t e \' I: l . aJvary Bapti t, hland 2. Lit chfield Bapti t 3. r th Ro} al ton Bapt i t 4 . orth Olm tead Bap,t1 t 5. F ai th Bapti t. mher t 6. ~ ir t Bapt 1 ·t . pen r 7. · ir t 8 Jpti ·t , Brt1n \\ ic~ v n Bapt1 t A \/1!<111<1 F.\ . l1ell>)' Ll>11te\t I . alvar\ 8 dpt1 t . hlanu 2. ir l Bapt1 t . . helb\ Dayton pastor returns from Bible conference ch ol 1..i6 co 1)2Co 1... 7% l23 co l2_ co l 20 o/c l l 6 ( l l 14 ( 0 Re\ . 1lc i .... htr, p.. t-...cor. E111111an - t1t:l Haptt,t , l ,t\ t()tl .\tll'£1lltll tht.• -.llll1tlal lltl)lC ( l)IllCICllcC .tl l1l'allll l{ itpitl~ Ha1Jtt\l \e1111t1<1I ) ,lllll 1e~1"-,1tcll 111 111, ' l1t11 ·h l>ttllct i11 tl1 .,t 11~ ~, J)CJICllCClJ a l) l~, ....~l-1 t i 111 ~ l)f l · t1c,l1 111g. 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