The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1963

_eart to eart omen By Mrs. Inez Milner, 2665 Canterbury Road, Cleveland He ights 18, Ohio \ ,1, t is e. citing in 'Our area? Please send your news and notices to me before the th of the n1onth for we do desire this to be YOUR PAGE!! THANKS BE TO GOD! ~· atitth.te a11"i thnnk.,g1,•i11g. . 1 '111 t -\:, tl1.1t n" tl1111g ,t .. 1rtl1ngl, 11C\v or " · 1 c· t.'llt ~.1c1 l1c \\ r,tt\.:n abot1t the c ,, "'. "i tl1 .. 1t 11.1 11ot alrec.1d\' hecn - ,, r ttc·1. ~ )d·, \\ )rd 1~ full of ad- 111~"·11t1on lL) the hri-stian to offer ht" pr'"11~e and thank unto the Lord. \\' e hegin b\ a, ing. ..Thank. be ~ - . ~ t. nto ,od ft)f Hi t1n peakable gift''. ( 2 <..""' r (): 1... ) . H \\ ea y it i to lo~e the \\ onder and gratitude for our "al, at1on ,, e continue in the hri t1an \\ 1 alk \\e are told to give ..Thank al\\ a} for all thing ... (Eph. .: .20). t thi point we are te ted. In all thing . Lord? The an wer i found in J an1e _: 3 where we read, ··. . . count it all joy when we fall into di\'er temptation ; knowing thi , that the tr)'ing of your faith worketh patience". And God want u to ha,·e patience o that we may be per– fect. lacking nothing. But Lord . . . I do not alway have the strength to give thanks for all thing . His r eply i ··. . . thanks be to God which gi\'eth u the victory through our Lord Je us Christ''. (1 Cor. 15 .57 ). Thank you Lord I will have to lean harder on your strength. I am certain that through all of eternity we will be offering our thanksgiving unto God. Someday my face v. ill hine among these Re– deemed ones v.,·ho will tand around His throne saying~ "We give thee thank . 0 Lord God Almighty which art. and wast. and are to come". (Re,,. 11: 17). In that perfection we hall give perfect thanks at last! -Submitted by Betty Balyo, Cedar Hill Baptist, Cleveland Heights. FELLOWSHIP ACTIVITIES The West Moriah Women's Mis– sionary Fellowship met Tuesday after– noon. Sept. 17th. at the Emmanuel Baptist Church of Mt. Vernon. Mrs. ~atthew Diachenko of Reynoldsburg led the song service and frs. Charles Guthrie of Coshocton brought the devotions. The group en– jo)1ed having Mrs. Walter Spieth of British Guiana. under Baptist Mid– ~fissions no\\' on furlough, to speak to Page 10, NOVEMBER 1963 Mrs . Inez Milner, Women' s Editor us. The Women's Trio of Sunbury pre ented two special numbers. - Reported by Marv Meador Secretary. The South Bethel Women's Mis- ionary Fellowship met Tuesday, Sept. 17 at the First Baptist Church in Blanchester for their Fall R ally. The roll call revealed 107 ladies and 21 children present from 14 different churches. Theme for the morning session was from Matt. 13: 3, ' 'Behold, a sower went forth to sow''. Mr s. Frances Hall, president of the host– church missionary group gave a most cordial welcome. Our devotions were brought by Mrs. Rogers, Columbus, speaking on 2 Kings 6th chapter. God's business i to win the lost by PRAYING, GIV– ING them the Gospel, CLAIMING them for Him. Good reports thrilled our hearts from Mrs. G'lenn Greenwood, Spring– f ield, about OUR Camp Patmos; Mrs. James Jeremiah, Cedarville, about OUR college; Mrs. Compton Colum– bus about OUR Hilltop House in Barberton. Our noon-hour was packed full of fun, food and fellowship about the tables. A rousing song service opened the afternoon session, special music furn– ished during the day by Nancy Rank– in, Mary Smith, Pat Allen and Dixie Miles, wi th Mrs. Pummel as pianist. The Business session led by our pr esident, Mrs. William McKeever . ' consisted of Secretary's and Treas- urer"s reports and election of officers resulting as follows: Mrs. Wm. Mc- Keever, pre ident; Hel en Hancock vice pre ident ; Juanita Will , ecretary; Hazel Billington, trea urer . An in– vitation wa extended and accepted to hold our Spring Rally in the Cen– tral Ba,pti t Church, Columbu . Several mi ionari e pre ent brought te timonies. Mrs. Quentin Kenoyer on furlough from As am under Baptist Mid-Mi ions, brought the me age from 2 King 2: 9 to bring out the need of intercessory prayer here at home in behalf of missions. Truly a message from God that touched our hearts. Reported by Mrs. Juanita Will, Secretary. The Berean Women's Missionary Fellowship met at 10 A.M. , Se.pt . 17, in the Euclid-Nottingham Baptist Church, Cleve. with 94 ladies present. Our president Mrs. George Gibson, presided; song leader was Mrs. Lois H amill with pianist Mrs. George Huffman. Following the opening song service, Mrs. Huffman extended I a welcome from the host-church and led in our opening prayer. Devotions speaker was Mrs. Doug– las Couch, Grace Baptist Church, Rocky R iver. Using portions of John's Gospel we were exhorted to "abide in Christ and to be led by God in witnessing. It is God working through us . If we want to please Him we will desire the bringing forth of the fruit' . Mrs. Agnes Zalokar rendered a solo "Tell It Again". Our speaker Miss Lucille :Brouillet, t representing Metropolitan Missions under B.M.M. presented a vision off world-wide missions then brought us, to her own front door by giving a glimpse of her work in Cleveland. The business session included r e– ports fallowed by a recommendation and discussion to purchase a Volks Wagon for Miss Brouillet. Final de– cision is pending further investigation. Bringing our own sandwiches, we gathered around cleverly decorated tables representing the 12 months of the year . T he "host-ladies' ' furnished lovely salad, relishes, desert and beverage delightful! Following this we re-convened with Mrs. Dorothy ~uhrow and Mrs. Libby Rasye sing– ing the beautiful duet "At Least One Chance' '. The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST