The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1962

From our fellowship churches N w London church calls Kenneth Houser Rt" Kt"t111ctl1 ~. Hl)\1,cr t cga11 111, lll1111,tr , .1, 11,1,tt)l t .. irsl l~ apt1,t 11\1r"'"11. c,, l l)l'tlil)ll. ) -- t. _s } 1 , 1 ,t\.)f H(,\t~t"r 1~ ,\ "' rltl \\' ar 11 \ ctt"t,111. ,1t1tl ,1 1951 gr,10\1atc t l rtl1,, c,tct 11 C<)llcgc. l1r1neap lis. j {11111 \1gt1 t l 95_ 111ark..ed the be– g1n111ng f itr H t1"er'" pa ~t rial min– ~"tr, 1 n the B t1lah C hurch ( lndep nd– enr). e,, Brie:ht n. Penna. n pr1l 1:· 1956, he began hi s Cl)nd pa t rat at the Lewi enue Bapt1 t ht1rch f ledo: her e he erved until Oct. 14 of th1 ear. . In addition to hi pa toral dut1e in T ledo, Ir . Hou er erved for thr e ) ear on the facul ty of the Toledo Bible In titute and a a grad– uate a i tant in the Junior ollege of the ni er ity of Toledo during t~e 1961 _62 eme ter . While at the Un1- ver it)' he became active in. the lnter- ar it)' Chri tian Fellow hip campu l!rOUp erving a it' Bible teacher for the eme ter. Mr. Houser has al O erved a an advi or to the Toledo chapter of the Chri ti~ League for the H andicapped, and 1 at present a tru tee of the Home and Camp Committee of the Ohio A ociation of Regular Baptist Churches. Mr. Hou er is married to Be ulah Garner formerly of Sandu ky. Mr . Houser is a regi tered nurse a grad– uate of Mount Sinai Hospital School of ur ing in Cleveland. She ha been a ociated wi th the open heart urgery program at Toledo Ho pital. Mr . Hou er i pre ident of the Wo– men Missionary Union of the Ohio ociation of R egular Papti t Churche . The Hou ers have three children, David 16· Kathleen, 13 ; and Jon Scot. 11. On Friday evening, Oct. 5, the Le\.vis Avenue Baptist congregation met together for a church fellowship upper with Pa tor and Mr . H ouser and family as the honored guest . The Hou er were pre ented wi th a farewell love-offering. Pastor H ou er leaves a strong, grov.,mg and dedicated group of Christian people in the Lewis Avenue Bapti t Church who are looking to the Lord to the days ahead with in- pired vi ion and prayerful determio- • at1on. ··rt has been our priviledge and joy:·~ ay the Housers, "to have been co-laborers together with God's peo- Page 6 , t{ovember 1962 Kenneth F. Houser ple in Toledo for ix and one– half year . With mixed emotion we leave many preciou loved-one in Chri t in the Lewis Avenue Bapti t Church. We hall never forget them and we look forward to eeing them all again ome day in the 'Father' Hou e' ." Youth fellowship started; church attendance increases A Youth Fellowship wa recently started at Calvary Bapti t Church, Xenia, Ohio, in October. Three college tudents, Donna Roost , Gary Fransted and Gary Harris are in charge. The program was open to all junior and senior high school stu– dents. Figures for the month of Septem– ber how an increase in church serv– ice attendance over last year's aver– age. Lauren H. Schenck is pastor of the church. If you enjoy the magazine we publish ay it with ub cription . Penfie ld J unction Baptist scene of Hebron meeting The 34th annual meeting of the Hebron Association of Regular Bap– ti t Churches was held at Penfield Junction Bapti t Church, Lorain, Ohio, Sept. 20-21. Theme of the program was ' 'Love' ' explored, examined, ex– t ended. Dr. Allan Lewis spoke on 'The pa tor s relationship to the local church" and "The local church's re– lationship to the. p astor ." During a workshop he spoke on "The attitude of the church in calling a pastor," and "our attitude toward those of other faiths.' ' R ev. Lynn Roger brought a mes– age on ' The Love of God' ' in the 111orr1ing scrvtc' llll. 2 1. R ~v. I.,, W . IJcck lcy s1 oke on ' 'rf 'l1c J,. vc < f tl1c 13rcthrc 11 ." Rev. l)o n 111ith was in charge <Jf s<)ng service , ,1nd special 1nt1sic. Evangelist Don Winters returns from Amsterdam 0011 Winter~, evange li s t, 915 Wal– nt1tnL1t . oshocton , Ohio, recen tly retttrnc<l from the I ( 'C · conf erenee in :~m terdan1 and a trip to Ron1c Athen , the Middle a t , Holy l .,and a nd gypt. H e is now howing pic– ture in hi f all and winter meetings Hi chedule follow : Oct. 3 1-Nov I 1, Midview Bapti t Grafton , R ev Frank Oder , pa tor · Nov. 18-25 Fir t Bapti t, Rittman with P astor Wheel· ing; Nov. 26-Dec. 2, Calvary Bapti t. Ma sillon, Rev. Louie J. Placido. pa tor; Dec. 5-16, Berlin Heights. Rev. Elton Hukill. Bethany Fellowship has Sunday School contest The Bethany Fellowship of Baptist churches held their regular monthly meeting at the Heights Bible Baptist, E. Liverpool , 0. on Sept. 17. The prayer meeting began at 2: 30 and was in charge of Mr. Scarbrough. the vice president. There were num– erous prayer request s, the ick the unsaved the missionaries, and all of our pastors and churches. The afternoon meeting began with a song led by Tom Wright, followed by prayer. Rev. Whitney the presi– dent then took charge. After some announcements regarding special meetings in some of our churches. the balance of the time was turned over to Rev. Andrew Marstellar, of Struthers, who gave a brief report on the Torry Johnson Crusade in Youngs– town. He also gave a report on the many who were brought to Christ in the Canfield and Columbiana fairs. Rev. Marstellar wa in charge of the per onal workers in the Youngstown Crusade and pent everal week training the worker . He gave an outline of the material used in train– ing the worker , and al o how they conducted the per onal work at the fair . In the busine s e ion that followed the plan for the Bethany Fellow– ship Sunday School contest were for· mulated. It is de ired that every church will co-operate in thi venture to increase Sunday School attendance, which will bring in the lo t, and give u a greater opportunity to reach them. A large plaque will be awarded to the Sunday School with the great– e t percentage of increa e in the month of Oct. , ov. , and Dec. It wa al o suggested that a great Sun· The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST