The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1963

, ens etreat Rev. Donald Loomis chairman of meetings By Ralph T. Nordlund The Men's Retreat was mall in number and big in bles ing! Whether Labor Day through Wedne day night is the right time to have a time of inspiration for the men of our as– sociation might be in doubt with only about 50 men present; but if the ab- ent ones could have been with us around the fireplace the last night and heard the expres ions of thankfulnes for coming, they would start now to plan to be present next year! Pastor Don Loomis of the Evan - ville church was the chairman who tried to be everywhere at once with hi enthusia m and concern· and then there were the cooks that de erve special praise Pastor C larence Townsend of Bowling Green, and Pastor Donald Beightol of Manning– ton, W. Va. We are sorry we cannot " Rev Glenn Greenwood and Rev. Thomas Wright phone ahead for ride to Camp Patmos remember the nan1e of their helper. a young man frorn Bowling Gre~n. He may not have anything to do with the wonderful flavor of tlie food, but he certainly did have with getting on the table in ti1ne. All of us wondered how on earth we could have pancake~ two n1orni ngs, baco11 and eggs. ce1 cal, toast a11d 111eat patties tl1e other, anll always juice and coffee or 1nilk- and then ''belt-l)usti11g'' dir1ners a11d sup– pers witl1 r11eatball. a11d sJ)aghctti , chicken, l1a111 , deJ icjou:s al ads a n<.I desert s 011 tl1e ~ix dollars we [)aid . 111e utter i11tor111alit}' of tllc retreat 'vVa al o a l)les i11g, if 11 l a l1clJ) to earl)'-l -l>edder~! A gro~' 11 - t1p vv ~,ere ~x p cted to let t l1c (1 c>l(le11 Ru le ta · tl1e place of all 111 rs, a11 I it ,, orkcd , 1 er)' ~,ell . ' o r1c took ad- The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST vantage of it to sktip services, o it mattered little whether some went to bed early ome lept late, ome fished ome played ball, and other just vi ited around. The service began Tuesday morn– ing wi th a ta lk by Rev. Earl Umbaugh, our new tate mi ionary. He told us of hi conversion and then of his work in starting new churche in Indiana, Rev. T. Fred Hussey, Rev . Earl D. Umbaugh and Rev. John Strong meet to discuss busi– ness at the men's retreat. and outlined what he wanted to do in Ohio. His em,phasi will be upon working with and through churcbe to e tablish branch churches. Thi plan wa described in the Augu t OIB and will be further de cribed from time to time, so here we only need to ay that the men pre ent like the plan and the man who i going to work it. In fact, they liked him o well, they took an offering of over $50 for a projector for him. The main me age were given by Dr . Joseph Stowell of Hacken ack, N. J. Hi theme wa ~ The eed of Di5,cipl1ned Men ." We need good oldi er who keep them elve~ from idol , fron1 tl1e world. and from i111- purity. TL1csday n1orning he told u how we coL1ld break bad hab1t~ by using four ic11ple rule')· a ·t tl1e111 off, not taper; ab<ita1n tro111; 111ake no prov1\1on, and put on ( 'hr 1st 'l ucsda\' night l1c further e11couraged lt\ 111 tl11, life of ' elf-discipline l1) how1ng \\ l1at the B1l)le l1ati to sa)' about tl1e n11111 s lr\ of angel s. Wed 11t.:sllc.t)' 11101~ ,1i 11g l1e spoke of the need ot 111cn ot d1,c~111 - 111cnt , 111e11 tl1al \Viii 11ot l1e s\\' e11t ~"''"a.)' l))' till! goll lc. s i11 tel lec t t1al is111 ) t • tl1 ts agt:. 'l }'lt;; 1 sii 1 g 11igl1t t1.c S(Jl>k e ot tl1 Jlcccl <>f g Ltir1g rid l>l grttllg s a11<.I l)it tt:rr1css. 1--1 ll fi11t: I a grttllg a t>Jll 1l1i11g thdt taslt:; \\' t t roll under ttr t 11gt1e, b11 t t l1a l LL1r11 >Ur life into bitterness. So he called his mes age "Bittersweet." eedless to say, this was the most heart-searching of all his messages, for we have all al– lowed bitterne s to come into our hearts at times. We mu t not forget to mention one more intere ting ervice - the hour or more spent in di cu si ng Bapti t Di tinctive under the leadership of Pastor R. Kenneth Smelser of Medina. It pas ed all too quickly. We made no attempt to take notes. All we can say i that our disagreement are only in minor details, and that we are good Baptist and love one another. For more enthu ia tic comment - ask the men who went. (Concluded from page 3} from Church. For over 1900 year the church ha an wered the deepest need and called out the highe t deed of men. It till an wer and call . The que tion i not, How much longer can the Church go on without ome of u ? The que - tion i , How much longer can ome of u go on without the Church? If the Church' 1900 year of erv– ice and acrifice in perpetuating the highe t ho,pe and a piration of n1an– kind mean anything to you, ) ou \Viii O TO CHUR H E T U DAY! 'For ake not the a en1bling of your elf together, a the n1anner of ome i ." Hebrew l O: 25. Rev. Edward Morrell , J r. called to Arcanum church Rev. d\var<l Iorrell. Jr.. ha · bec11 called a , pa tor of the I111n1ant1el Bapt1 ·t l1t1rch, Arcant1111. Ohto. He I serving a pa,to1 n \\. hltl ,, 111 t1ot a!\ t1n1e fl1ll re por1,1h1lit1cs tintll Dt: cc1rtbc1 1. J 11 tl1t.: 111~.111ti111e l1c ,viii l'l)tllplL'CL' l1is \!\ a11gcl1,t1c iti11c1\11 \ Brotl1c1 l t)11cll hati ~1 \\~Ck l)f 111ec.:-t111g ·11- ____9 Jt (lL',t\\Ol I B •\pll t htll' h }:7ort \Va\nc, ltlll . ,,l\t.:Jt' ~L''· I )I· ~ . J s. ll() i~ !)U t()f . 1>1a11s ·,r l) ·i1,g 111 a ti f • c f " l11st ·1lla titlll' ~t:3'V I I -1. • ·,t tile 1\r a 11t1111 l1 ln 11. I, \ , I I. 13 i l)I c 11 a 1 t i t l ar 11 I . ll>rtf II r ig11c I tl1 t1, 1 r l1, l d f r i , 111 , Pagu 1 , OC OBER 1963