The Ohio Independent Baptist, July 1962

• een I Dave Gower editor, Temple Ba ptist Church Gallia and W al ler Streets , Po rtsmouth, Ohio Jerry Bonz o , assis t a nt e ditor ... Youth loaders, pastors, and young people send us news and ideas ... JERR BONZO A CHAMPION \1~111, atl1lt:tc l1a\ tc t1ficli to \\ J1 1 t ~ r:1,,cr and faith in od ha '-it,n ~ t()r tl1cn1 Herc i a \v rd from R~1 fer J h11 n, the great OI)·n1pic ...h.1n1p1l1n: .. \ ery inc I accepted Jc t1s hri t a m} O\\ n avior \\ hen a jt1nior in high ch l, I have loved h1n1 ,, ith all n1)· heart. He i the I ader f m} life, and \\'ithout hi h lp I c uld not participate in ath– leti . He gave me an athletic body, o· u health and co-ordination all ::: f ,, hich are o nee ary· in port . ..In high chool and college I pla) ed n many champion hip team . t U.C.L. . I wa privileged to run n track team that won the Paci£ic C a t Champion hip and I wa a member of the 1956 Olympic track tean1. But all of the e thing come econd to the greate t team of a11 the Chri tian team. ·In every race I run I pray not to \.\ in but to do my b t. If I win. I feel great. But I know that win or lo e. I am on the winning team. the Chri tian team coached by J e u Chri t. I can depend on him at al] time . o matter how big or small the problem. H e i alway pre ent an< 1 ready to help. I have proved the truth of Philippian 4: 13 over and O\ er again : 'I can do all things through Chri t which trengtheneth me.·· copied- All day youth-a-rama held at Euclid-Nottingham Euclid- ottingham Bapti t Chruch \\"a ho t to an all-day Youth-A-Rama in co-operation with Cleveland's Regu– lar Bapti t oice of Christian Youth. The program began a t 9: 30 A.M. aturday, ~1a 1 r 19 wilh regi tration and get-acquainted activity. The Youth-A-Rama consisted of practical v.rork hop and know-how se ions , recreational activity, kits, B ible qu1zze . Bible tudy and in pirational challenge . Work hop leaders directed the teen– ager in uch profitable ses ion as Nlethods and Techniques of Bible tud) 1 ., H ow to Choose Your College. Ad,,erti ing Your Youth Group, How Page 10, JULY, 1962 lo Kn \\ the v ill of I cad inging, H '-tV to jccl ion qt1 i pmcnt, and ,..rccn-agcr to hri t. od, How to Operate Pro– Ho"v to LcacJ pccial gu t for the rally were Yot1th vangeli t am kinner and E. . H a .. kc]l from Tex a and chalk arti t Terry artin from ew York. Eighteen churche were repre ented. Fifteen young people re ponded to the call of yieldedne and urrender and one young lady received Je u hri t a per onal avior. Bethany Baptist youth rally at Youngstown The April 21 Bethany Bapti t Youth Rally wa held in the beauti– ful new Grace Bapti t Ohurch of Young town. A crowd of 185 people filled the auditorium and the Height Bible Bapti t Church of Ea t Liver– pool won the attendance banner. A tirring me age wa pre ented by Rev. Kenneth Romig, the new pa tor at Bethel Bapti t Church in Warren. pecial music was pre ented by the Bethel Bapti t Church, truthers Bapti t Tabernacle, and the baron Bapti t Church. Sing a song of TV ' ing a song of TV for the little ones, Four and 20 jailbird packing tommy-.gun . When the cene i fini bed the blood is ankle deep. Wasn't that a pretty di h to end the kid to leep?' - Quoted by Jame Bennett head of U. S. prison Vo ice of Christian Youth sponsors Youth Banquet The Chef Louis Re taurant in Cleveland, wa the cene of a happy occa ion on Friday, June 8 when 88 young people from the Regular Bapti t Churche gathered in the main banquet hall to p ay tribute to the 1962 graduating enior from the variou Bapti t Churche in that area. The banquet dinner which was erved family tyle on an all you can cat basi~ preceded a five hour long DAVE GOWER program of which Ralph H clirick of l h c c d ar 1-I i 11 B aip ti t h u re h actccl a ma tcr of ceremonicc;. Rev. George W. O'Kecfc, pa tor of the Brook ide Bapti t Church, was the principle peaker for the occasion while Rev. John I. trong, pa tor of the Calvary Bapti t Church inter– viewed the graduate . orman Good– win of Gospel Film Mis ion wa in charge of the film production and Richard and Ruth Dinwiddie of Radio tation WCRF provided in part ome of the special mu ic. Fun and a good time in a Chri tian atmo phere wa on the agenda for the entire evening with the program com– ing to a clo e hortly after mid-nigh t with the bowing of the Christian mu ical film, " unday on the Range ,, featuring R edd Harper. Students attend annual conference of GARBC The tudents at Bapti t Bible Semin– ary John on City ew York, con– tinue to prai e the Lord for the pr,ivilege of being able to attend the 31 t Annual Conference of the GAR.BC which convened in the Municipal Auditorium in Springfield, Ma . More than 150 B.B.. students and faculty members arrived in pecial bu es to share in several days of the GARBC Conference. The prayer meeting , treet meeting and conference es ion had the effect of a piritual tonic upon the e students and faculty member . The unity of the brethern in the GARBC and the wonderful ho pitality of the churches of pringfield, We t pringfield and Palmer fa achu ett , made a great impre ion upon the B.B. . group. Upon the return from the GARBC Conference the B.B.. Chapel ervice rang with prai e to God a each te timony wa given telling of the revival in heart and lives becau e ' God had touched hearts .' ' The Lord favored u with wonder– ful weather for the Baccalaureate ervice a Rev. Kenneth Elgena. Pa tor of outh Bapti t Church, Flint. Michigan, challenged the tudents in hi me age on \ Motivation for a Fruitful and Faithful Mini try." The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTISi