The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1964

Youth leadership conference termed a success at Toledo By Wes Bliss, Youth Director North Bethel Association The Youth Leader hip Training Conference, at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Toledo, was a real succe s. We had 130 youth delegate . Count– ing Pastor and youth counselors the number was closer to 150. During the officer seminar, the 10: 25 clas on treating a sick young people's meeting, and during the 4: 00 \e sion on organizing for oul winn– ing. we compiled a few page of know how for the young peop]e. The e paper were given out after the 4: 00 hour cla . During the Pa tor 's and counselor' meeting we went over ~ome organizational ideas for our groups plus in a free discussion, to try to trouble shoot and help any par– ticular problem in the various group represented. We covered organization and some ideas for extra efforts on a regular basis geared for the two-fold purpose of Bible study and soul winn– ing. We also took a critical view of the day to see where we c,ould improve over the next such Conference. Gener– ally, we pointed out the necessity to put the you th program in it proper place in planning, programming and intere t . Soul winning through our youth wac; a general theme along with adequate preparation BY DOING on the part of the young people. Proper leadership will put more and more responsibility on the youth them elvc to carry on a lot of their progran1s. Day at a g la nce oing down the day at a glance we did as follow : Devotional Hour con– sisted mostly of the HOW in having our devotion after adequate reminder on the wh}'. he piritual inventory was a time of tak1ng a conf1dcntial pirituaJ inventory of each life. At tl1c tip of each paper the yol1ng per- 01) \\' as a sked to put down the nt1r11 - l,er of lLadents i 11 l1is or li er schooJ . l:acl1 question 111ust be answered v. 1th a11 er11 pl1a tic ye or no. If tl1e f 1rst q ue t ion i an vt'ered no t he11 t tic test an 11 t l,e t ake11. 1. .. l)o }' Otl k no\\ llc:)'Ond a lladov.' of ,t tlot1ht , as of tlli 1110111ent , tl1at ) ' OU are g i 11g t(> J f a, n . . . th, t hri t i yot1r THE O HIO INDEPEND NT BAPTIST Saviour?" The inventory i n1ad e up of IO or so question dealing with the their effor t to both witne and win Lord hip of Christ in the life and ou1 . It i a time of great heart earch– ing and ha been u ed of the Lord to point out thing in the life that are many times glo sed over . At the option hour the Officer n1et to re-think their re ponsibilitie and o,pportunitie and to receive some know-how a to their job . Song Lead– ing and the Me age preparation cour e al o were well received . In treating a ick young people' meeting we pointed out why many are ick. Lack of intere ,t know-how, planning, organization, di tribut ion of 1 espons ibility, etc. Mo t of all the Spiritual incentive were tres ed. An attendance gauge wa given o each group could compare adverti ing, wit– ness and program to ee why their attend ance wa either decrea ing, tag– nant, fluctuating or growing with sub- tantial gain . Programing and planning Programing organization and plan– ning were covered al o. SoL1rce of good material were al o given. Then the ,piritua], phy ical , oc ial and mental approach to oul winning both in theory and prac tice were cover ed. Behavior wa tre ed much and the barrier et up to the hri ti an teen and why and how to overcome the e barrier wa in volved . Much tin1e in the afternoon e ion wa pent on thi . Then the econu ption hour \\ a ~tarted at I I : 30. After thi Pa tor Dick navely fron1 Findlay condt1c tc<J an e ce ll cnt c]a on ot1I winning and the HOW of leatling a person to C~hrr <it A lL1nch ot loppy joc' ( all ot1 cou ld ea t ) potato chip\, pickle\, etc v. a~ \erve(I. he af tcrnoon wa\ 111atlc LI p o f a good t, n1c oJ rccreat1 n . football , l1a kctball ( th weather \\'-'"' ttnusual l}' good) J)111g iJ011g, volly hall , etc. "fh c Pas tors a11LI cot111!')clt1r. 111ct ,vl1ilc the } ot1ng 11cople were OLtlsidc. We starl cLI agai11 \\'Ith the c lass ()n Orga111/1ng )'Our grot1i1 for s<.)u l \\ 1 in– rt i ng at 4: ()0. K novl-11()\V ,vas ·011- t in tl\;lj J)lt1 ~t1ggestio11s 011 a ,vcckl)' r ' . by-weekly n1eeting tor soul wi nn ing. (covered al o in the P astor· meeting) upper fo]lowed. After this the film, "VentLtre For Victory" was hown. The film strcs ed the approach to real Biblical dedica– tion . After thi a ong ervice and ~ ev. John Wood , Calvary Bapti t 10 Bellefontaine spoke. A dozen or o deci ions were made for an all-ot1t comn1itment to Chri t to be depended upon for whatever we were a ked by Him to do. At the end of the day at 7 : 15 p.m., ever yone wa tired , bles ed and happy. We feel the Lord gave u peciaJ favor in the weather and in wi don1 to carry on during the day. We feel n1uch progre wa made in our in– dividual youth programs a a r e Liit. Rev. and Mrs. Elton Huki ll have accepted call to serve at Hilltop House Pa tor and Mr . Elton C. Hu ki ll who have er ved everal churche in Ohio for approximately 25 year , have accep ted a ca11 from the tru tee, of Ohio Regu]ar Baptist Home and Can1p to become uperintendent and matron, r e pectively, of Hilltop Hou e in Bar– barton, Ohio. Hilltop Hou e i the ne\V Regular Bapti t Home for the Aged. Pa tor and Mr . Huki]l ,plan to take over their re pon ibilitie at H illtop around the beginning of the year. the taff committee announced. Work with Home and Camp i · not new to Pa tor Hukill . He erved for a number of year a a trL1 tee, al o, a director of amp Patmo . He ,va very ac tive in the early day of Honie and Can1p , and ha contint1ed acti, e to the pre ent n1oment. The tru tee " fee l that od ha .. ignally ble ed in havj ng the e e perienced and <.iedi– ca ted people available for the i111- portant re pon ibility they are pre– pared to a. t1n1e. They co, 1 et ) ottr prayer for the H t1ki ll . The taf f on1n1ittce: Kenneth H u er, ll an l e\vi , arl \ 1llt:lt\, hairman. What are churches for? on1cone saitl. .. l1at lfC l1t1r ·l1C\ tor l1t1 r tt1 111ak.~ 111 t\'-i10nar1c, ·> \\' l1a t t, c Li t t cat i o 11 t or b tl t to tr a i 11 th~ n 1 '? \\ h~•t t\ L0111111cr for bt1t to carr) thc111 ? \\' l1i1t l\ 111011e\ for bttt to ~e11tl tl1e111? ( l o11e\ t\ onl) g l ll in tl11s lite , \\e ,,o,1~t 11eetl a11, i11 11 a- w ,e11) \\JI1,tt 1~ J1te 11 t:lt for bt1t to llhc, l l1rist in gt, 111g th )sf l l f Stll\ tt1()t1 tt) all 111en tl1nt th 111ight I) ) -.. a, ll ! 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