The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1963

From our fellowship churches . . ~ Brookside Baptist Church now reioicing in their new colonial brick building \ • - ...., ""'~ ~·"~"°"''~ ~ &. rv,r.• o,,.. i,;-e . -~.__,_ • Brookside Baptist Church T\\o da) , RELO ATIO U - D Y. farch 3. and DEDICATIO U D Y. 1arch 10, were celebrated b) Pa tor George W. O'K eefe and congregation of the Brook ide Bapti t hurch. Cleveland, Ohio. On unday. March 3 a motorcade formed in front of the original church building at 3420 H enninger Rd., Cle, e.. and with police e cort pro– ceeded five mile to their new loca– tion. 5 I Ea t Ridgewood dr. Seven Hill . leveland 31 Ohio. Both en thu ia m and attendance was high on thi memorable da)r a uring a most pro mi ing outlook for Brook ide. unda). March 10, another un– precedented experience wa the por– tion of the pastor and people in the Dedication Service of the day. At the Dedication Service at 3: 00 p.m. the 500- eating capacity of the anctu– ar} v. a filled with member and gue t . and the church choir o~cupied the econd- tor)' choir loft. Pa tor O'Keefe brought challenging me age in both the morning and evening er\'ice . peaking on the ub – jects: .. THE PLACE OF TESTI– wfO. ry·,. and ' 'DEDICATIO FI - ALE··. During the afternoon ervice, Mr Carl The1 . chairman of the Building Committee. introduced Mr. R ichard 1Iaurer. pre 1dent of V..' e twood Con- truction Compan} 1 , architect and con– tractor for the nev.' building. Words Page 4, APRIL 1963 of greeting came from Mr. Jo eph Gra kemper Pre ident of Council of even Hill Pastor George Gibson, Calvary Bapti t Church, Cleveland, repre eating the GARBC, and Pa tor John Auringer Valley View Village Church repre enting the Cleveland Fundamental Mini ter ' Fellow hip a<, Chairman. Due to illne , Pastor Earl Willett Berea, could not attend and a letter of greeting from Pa tor How– ard Young, Fir t Baptist Church, Gallipolis, was read as repre entation for the OARBC. Many letter and telegrams of con– gratulation were received from i ter churches mi ionary agencie chool fellow pa tor , and friend as well as everal floral arrangement . Dr. D. E. Luttrell founder and fir t pa tor of the Brook ide Ba,ptis1 Church, gave an intere ting hi torical commentary of the church· and then delivered a mo t appropriate and forceful me age upon the ubject, ' A CHURCH ON THE MOVE ' . Immediately after the clo e of the Dedication Service, a lovely reception was held in the church dining area, with Mr . C. Be erer, church ho te , in charge. Open Hou e followed , with deacon and u her a ho ts, and a Christian film. "Forgotten Valley", \\ as hown to the children at this time. There wa organ mu ic in the anc tuary during thi period of fellow– ship. George W . O 'Keefe The evening ervice featured te ti– rnonie by Paul Bu hi , Chairman of the Board of Deacon · Earl Buck hairman of the Board of Tru tees; arl Thei Chairman of the Building ommjttee; Homer Rae Sunday School Superintendent~ and our be– loved mi ionary, Mrs. Ruth Stanton. Mu ic throughout the day was ar– ranged by Arves Stevens, Mu ic Di– rector· which included the church choir Mr . E. V. Wicker, director, and vocal and in trumental election . Thi wa truly Brook ide's greate t day, and pa tor and people wish to give God all the glory. Church holds successful business men's luncheon On Friday Feb. 22, the First B~p– ti t Church of Spencer Ohio Rev. Paul Wehman Pa tor was ho t to a Bu ine Men' Luncheon for the bu ine and profe ional men of the community. Thi wa one of the high– light of an eight day Revival Cam– paign with Rev. Ralph David on, mini tering Evangeli t from Coffey– ville Kan a . Prior to entering the Chri tian mini try, Rev. David on wa manager of everal large five and dime tore in the Chicago area. The luncheon provided by the women of the church, la ted onl)' one hour . Rev. David on poke on ··chri t– ianity and Your Bu ine " giving the challenge of the Go pel. The te ti– mony of the Lord and of the Church wa Strengthened a a result of thi unique endeavor. Bedford Keith Web ter, graduate of Cedar– ville College received a call to erve a pa tor of Bethel Bible Church. Ontario, Ohio. He began hi mini tr) March 3. Choir of We tern Bapti t Bible College, El Cerrito, a lif.. wa to be at Bible Bapti t ifarch 31. The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST