The Ohio Independent Baptist, June 1962

eart to eart - mong t e omen By MRS. INEZ MILNER, 3279 Warrensville Road Apt . 15-0, Shaker Heights 22, Ohio (\ , d s11t tl1ic; page to be YOUR page! How about news items concerning your society? Do you have s~1eLial ~"'tayer requests fo, tl1e Prayer Corner, or questions? Perhaps we should have a Question Bo Cot r1er Please let M, s. Mdr1er hear from you promptly by the 5th of each month so it can af..1pear 1r1 tl1e r1e t r11011tl1 's issue.) \\ h~,t n l1c,1t1ttft1l lia, ! \\' llat ,1 \ )11dt?1 fttl ~p1ritt1,1l t1n1c \\C hac.l! t1t 40l) ,, 1n1cn gathered in the 1 t<)fl!\ B.. 1ptist hur h n pril 2-l-. f r the \\' )Olen· · [1·.. i nar} ni n Rall\ f ur hi Regular Bapti t hu~ he ·. p n entering the church ,, e \\ er gi\·en hand mad name tag .... the pa t r· \\ i\ 1 ere given littl r e r age . the mi i narie a little r hid age. Th 1adie of the ho t hur h were \\ earing mall lily of th all y corsage , all having been mad b th m and repr enting a great deal of loving labor for the • o ca 1 n. Entering the auditorium we were immediately challenged by the large banner. tretohed aero the front of the church, and bearing thi theme, ··E LARGE . . . TRETCH FORTH . . . . LE GTHE . . . . TRE GTHE . . . . 'I aiah 54: 2. 1r . Beulah Hou er of Toledo, pr ident opened the 10 o'clock e - ion with prayer. The ong leader wa Mrs. Herbert Ho tetter pian~ t wa rs. Ray Burk of Fo toria, Mr . Ralph Kemmerer of Findlay wa the organi t. Together they led u in the inging of the ohoru for the day "'The Conflict of the Ag by Mr . C. H. Merri . The welcome wa given by Mr . Paul Fleming of Fo toria. Beautiful vocal number were ren– dered, a olo by Mr . Floyd Meer of orthfield, and a duet by Mr . Ron Churchill and Mr . Jame Flem– ing of the ho t church. Devotion were given by Mir . Agnes Fay of Elyria and the Prayer Time wa conducted by Mrs. Ben Jennings of Cuyahoga Fall . Missionary challenge Mr . Robert Ryerse wife of North– ern Deputation Secretary with Bap– ti t Mid-Mi ion , gave the Missionary challenge. The accepted candidate of our approved mi ion agencie were graphically pre ented. We were urged to consider "adopting' ' the e candidates as our pecial ··children" for prayer and support if po ible. She closed her challenge by asking some repre entative of each society to pick a name of a mi ionary out of a box and going back to our Page 6, JUNE, 1962 in ti i id ua I n1 i · iona r y c ict i e , we d ~hat we can b pra er and other a · i tance. to help peed them l their field . Thi i urgent. I y ur o– ciet accepting th i re pon ibili ty and privilege? DIME BANKS WELL RECEIVED AT RALLY For the fir t time we are given the e bank to u e in aving for our dime offering. l'hi offering it i hoped, will go for three project namely: a commercial floor cleaner for Camp Ptatimo a commercial wa her and dryer for Hilltop (our new Home for the Aged) furni hing the new lounge at Cedarviille College. The financial report prepared by Mr . Sara Webber of Rocky R iver, Trea - urer, bowed recipits of $1,015.18 and di bur ed to mi ionarie , our camp, home and chool ince our October 1961 Rally. Churche contributing to Dime Offering Program were 48, ohurche not praticip,aning in thi pro– gram in our 0 1 hio A ociation total 80. We therefore feel that receiving individual dime bank to fill and bring in to our own local ooietie will be a real help and bles ing. Committee appointed The Nominating Committee wa appointed oon i ting of Mr, . Ethel Ola of Fo toria, Mr . Buck of Cleveland and Mr . Billington of Oolumbus. A catered chicken dinner at noon wa deliciou and rapidly erved, tbu enabling u to begin the afternoon e sion promptly with good inging and prayer and a hort bu ine ses- ion. A good mi ionary offering wa received. Mr . William Vanderground with Bapti t Mid-Mi sion , Mi e Dorothy Myer and Arlene Spurlock with Evangelical Bapti t Mi ion gave brief te timonie and a challenge to our heart . The Mi ionary Mes age wa given by Mr . Anne Thibideau, of Terrace, Briti h Columbia, Canada erving with her hu band under Bapti t Mid– Mi ion and now they together are look ing for a new field of service. ~incc the church 1 c tabli hed and a full time pa~lor ha been called. A many reader know, M~s. '"fhibideau uffered a heart attack abou1 January, 1961, and was desperatel) i ll for many month and i lowl) improv.ing ince that time. Comin1 to leveland thi pa t January fo1 a "routine check-up and clearance' he wa advi ed open heart urger) and ince that time waiting for a date to be et when there would be a1 lea t 25 blood donor with type B egative blood who could be on bane the morning of urgery. Ju t a fe\\ day before our meeting all the blooc donor were secured, however th executive committee felt led to havt her a our peaker, and he urel~ tirred our heart with her experi ence bringing in the theme of ou &ally and all of us knowing wha wa jLJ t ahead of her. The meetin; clo ed at 3: 30 with prayer by Mrs Kemmerer. Upon returning on th1 ch1rtered bu to Cleveland that night there w,a a phone call waiting fo Mr . Thibideau . he w 1 a to ente Huron Road Ho pital the next da and to have urgery on Friday morn ing at 8 A.M. Coming out of th operating room hortl y before nooc D 1 r. Rouch aid they could en e th power of prayer during the opera tion. As of thi writing (May 8) ther i muoh to prai e the Lord for. Plea continue to pray for her and th family. The ex.pen e for thi i te1 rific and they can only look to th Lord and Hi people to bear tb i burden. Again we say "this i a da of miracles." Let u prai e the Loar together! Chorus ''The Conflict of The Ages' ' By Mrs. C. H. Morris H ave your eye caught the vi ion? Have your hearts felt the thril To the call of the Master do you an wer, "I will'? For the conflict of the age . Told by prophet and by age In its fury i upon u , i upon u today. The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIS