The Ohio Independent Baptist, September 1963

rl nn rr.pi t l 11 I ,( m_n oaf ••• I --- - ,.. l ltlll)th\ 4:1 .. Baptist Youth Fellowship certainly not idle even in summer time Ho,, d t n-ager pend their idle un1n1 r da) ? Judging by the activi tie of the Bapti ~t outh Fellow hip group 1n ed r ill . the) pend them in many ,, a, , but ertainly not in idlene . The or~up ha be n meeting every Sun- ~ . . da) night after the evening erv1ce 1n diff rent hon1e for a ing piration er\·ice. The college-age young people ha,'e al o been in a ttendance at the ing piration . Regarding the e ing - piration ervice . a high chool junior h "aid. ··1 e pecially enjoyed the ing piration meeting . We would meet after the Sunday evening ervice at a member· home and ing everal ongs. We \\'ould al o give te timonie and have devotion . I wa better able to meet new people and enjoyed many ble ing .' ' Three teenager Davi Maye , Lynda Maye , and Ed Tucker Yrere aved and joined the group th i ummer. First-hand account Each BYF member has been asked to give you a fir t-hand account of ome of hi summer experience . From their pen have come the following line : ··The ummer experience I enjoyed most was the Youth-for-Chri t Rally. The peaker and special mu ic were fabulou ! ! At night 450-500 teen had devotion together. YF film were ho\\ n each night following the erv– ice. At one of the ervices I dedicated m}r life to J esu Chri t for Him to do \\~ith my life whatever he want to.' -Adrienne Russell. '·The most important thing that happened to me this ummer is that I realized that I wa a sinner who needed a Savior, and I received Chri t a my Sa\1or. The ummer experience I enjO}'ed mo t was going to the Ohio Soldier and Sailors' Orphan Home Page 12, SEPTEMBER 1963 ' een-agers ummer aze Three young people accept Christ as Saviour v..alh l. at1rice ... \veil. l li tenet.I t and Denni. Roc k. – Denni teach ab ul ten rea~on.. of a st1rancc of alvation. It wa a real ble ~ing to n1e. My gr a te t piritual ble ing however wa when I found out that D enni R ckwell' n1e ting at ima were ucce ful. very young per on who a ttended can1e to hr i t. ' Ed. Tucker. "The wonderful trip our f amity took to alifornia wa my mo t enjoyable e perience thi ummer. I think Cali– fornia certainly i a land of enchant– ment. I aw the Grand anyon, which i pectacular! I went to Di neyland Marineland and vi ited many other intere ting p lace . I wa able to ee all my relative , ome of which I bad never een before in my 'Jif e, and I wi tne ed to my cou in in California.' - Becky McDonald. Greatest blessing "The greate t piritual ble ing that I enjoyed ·thi ummer i the mo t important thing that ever h 3ippened to me, accepting Je u Christ a my Savior. For the fir t time in my life, I have attended church regularly all summer. ' - Davi Maye . ' This is the first summer that I have taken an active part in 4-H work. 4-H keeps you bu y, and it' lot of fun~ We participated in the fair ac– tivitie , and we went to Le ourd ville Amu ement Park. However, my great– e t piritual bles ing were received at Camp Patmos ." Linda St. Clair. "My parent and I went to Virginia. We went through Wes t Virginia and into Virginia, visiting friend and hi torical places uch as William burg and different battlefield . Then we went up to Penn ylvaoia, Maryland , and back home. It wa the fir t time th at I had vi ited Fredrick burg, Williamsburg, and Peter burg." - John Frye. A new experience for me thi ummer was pending a week at music camp in Iowa. The greate t spiritual ble ing that I enjoyed mo t wa to be among Chri tian at camp and in the wor hip services at .church. We al o made a family trip to Chicago. We saw the zoo, Lake Michigan, tall building , and a large fountain which wa lighted at ni gh t. I hac.1 a very goocl tin1e." - arol IJynne Webber . HI c pecially enjoyed atte11c.li ng two hri tian camps and meeting other young people. It wa great to see you ng people dedica ting their li ve to C'hri t and to ee other accept Hjrn a per onal avior. My greate\t ~pirit– ual ble ing were rece ived at the two campfire ervice where a lot of te ti– rnonie were given." - Jim J eremiah. "The mo t important thing that happened to me thi ummer, and the source of my greate t piritual ble - ing wa the privilege of gaining ex– perience in teaching DVBS. My par– ent and I pent two week helping Bapti t Mid-Mi ion mi ionarie in R oger , Ky. I taught beginner clas e at Bloody Creek and at Rogers. To reach the Bible School at Bloody Creek took almo t an hour by jeep. After DVBS I went to ummer chool in Bloomington, Ind. There I took cour e in mythology and driver' education. ' - Dianne Chaffe. All of the group are not repre ented in the above quote . Some are too far away or too bu y to re pond. Bobby ance has been at Camp Pat– mos all ummer. Tim Johnson and hi family went to Washington State. Cathy, J ohn, Jim, Richard, and Bobby John on went wi th the rest of their family on a trip to the east coa t. Approximately 39,000 mile were traveled through 78 state by 15 member of the group. . Report compiled R eports from nine young people how: 1 mi ion tation vi ited 3 GARB chool vi ited 14 GARB churche vi ited 7 Young People Group vi i ted 386 young people met 28 young people confe ing Chri t a Savior 14 young people dedicating their live to Chri tian ervice o . of Bible ver e learned 112 o. of c hapter read in Bible 379 o. of book read ( all kind ) 4 o. of relative vi ited 106. Some of the act of Chri tian service which the e teen-ager per- The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST