The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1964

p cia l program commemorates merger at Northfield Baptist Deacon Ernest Fe lker (right) p resents a love offering of $674 to Pastor and Mrs. Lynn Rogers on behalf of the ent ire congregation of Northf ie ld Bap t ist Chu rch commemora t ing their 12 yea rs in this pastorate. To con1men1orate the merger of th·e illage Bap ti t hurch of orthfield and the orthfield enter Bapti t htJr':h. a pecial program wa. held on unda,· evening. Augu t 16, in their pre ent building at tate Route 2 and r orth Boyden Road. The congrega tion i now incorporated un– der the name ·· orthfield Bapti t Church.' ' The merger wa made in J ul 1 of 1954 and Rev. Harry Hem– minger. pa tor of the Center Church relocated to tart a new work in >iorth Olm ted. Rev. Lynn E. Roger J;a tor of the Village Church. con– tinued after the merger and i now entering hi 12th year in thi pa tor– ate. P a tor Roger and hi wife La– Verne. and their children, Su an, 9, and Dann}·. 5. re ide in the par on– age at 7854 ·. Boyden Road in ~ orthfield. Pa tor Roger and hi s famil y had JU t returned from a three-week vaca– tion during whic h time the congrega– tion planned thi pecial hi torical program. On their r eturn. Pa tor Roger and hi family found a new concrete floor laid in ~he garage of OCTOBER , 1964 PAGE 8 the par onage a L1tility traiiler parked in ide and a refrigerator-freezer tand– ing in the kitchen replacing the old r efrigerator. Plan have al o been made to fini h Danny bedroom. That Sunday evening an hi torical ac':ount 'Na narra ted by Mr . Glenn Hotchki Sr., and Mr. Harley Tem– pl e. Mr . Glenn H otchki Jr. howed I ide covering pa t and pr e ent pro– gre of the church. A oard contain– ing a Jove offering of $674. wa pre- ented to Pa~·tor and Mr . Roger by Deacon Ernes- t Felker on behalf o f the enitire congregation. A reception followed in the fellow hip hall where other gift for the famil y and home were pre ented. Frozen food item were added to their ba emenit freezer much to the delight of Pastor Roger~ a nd hi famil y. Bethany Fellowship meets in Youngstown Bethany Bapti t Fellow hip met at Grace Bap ti c- t hur~h, Young town, on Aug. 17. Brother Sam Brndiar wa peaker . A unanimou vote was given to the Fir t Bapti t hurch of ti "· () .. ,,Llc,)111,ng 1l1c n1 1nl (l cl, I l·ll, ,,, sh i,,. s"' , ten1l)er's n1cc ting ,, a ct1 11cc lh.:d in llrt lcr th .1 1 111 111l1L:rs Clllll t l ~,ttcnLI th e St111lla Sch<l<)l c<,n tcr cncc and clin :c ,1l Strttlhers li ar ti s t I ulJcrnac lc Scr1t. :2 <>-2J. letters to Editor CHRISTIAN CHEATERS I o 1th e l tJ it or : 1ay we ha ve }OLtr pcr n1i '>~ ion to reprint the ar tic le. H( hri "i,lian ( ' heat– er'-" which appcar ctl ,n the Augt1 t l \\LI c Of OI B? We will, f c t1r\C, give crcc.lit to }'OL1r n1agaz inc a\ ithc \OL1rcc . Kee p up the goocJ work. We en– joy e,ac h i sue of the 0 18 . The Lore!'~ l1e t to yo Lt in every way. f RL R. H UL .. L d1tor Bapti t Bull etin BEST EVER To th c Ed i tor : I took your lales,t i~ ue of the 0/1ic) / n{/epe11{/ent Baptist magazine lo the pulpi,t unday and talked about each page for I thought you did the be t ever. Al o I am in i ting that Rev. Earl D. Umbaugh' anticle in the J uly i Lie be made into tract form and ready for our Ootober annual meet– ing. Ch·ange the title to ' Program of Propagation." I t i o good and needy. REV. KE ETH SMELSER SS workshop completed at Toledo church On Oct. 2-3 a S. S. Teacher · WorkS'hop wa held at the Lewi Avenue Bapti t Church in Toledo. The taff of Regular Ba,pti t Pre in– cluding Dr. Merle Hull, Mi Marge Raidt and Rev. Vernon Miller lead pertinent work hop on Sunday chool need Our own S. S. teacher were given a pecial commi ioning ervice and a S. S. onte t wa begt1 n Oct. 4 to continue through ov. 15. We tru t we will experience ub– tantial growth again thi year. In an effort to reach unreached col– lege tudents we have tarited a Col– lege-- areer Cla (CCC) with Pa - tor Reed leading the di cu ion . If yOLt know of any , ·oung people work– ing or attending chool in Toledo, we would appreciate your contact– ing u , and we will eek to give piritual guidance. You ma}' contact Rev. harle Reed, 4408 Lewi Avenue , or Mr . Mike Cox, 4422 . Lockwood who i a member of our THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPT IST