The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1964

N Additi on Is w De dicated • • • Trinity Baptist Church Lorain, recently had a dedication service for a new auditorium. Cos• of the aud tor um shown here with furnishings 1s $47,000, plus $4,000 for renovation of or ginal frame church budding. The new auditorium will seat nearly 400 persons. Trinity Baptist, Lorain has dedication service Tr1nit) Bapt1 t hurch. Lorain. 0 .. ,,here John . Allen i pa tor. had a dedication erv ice for the new f acil1tie Oct. 11. In _To,ember 1963. a new building committee \.\. a organized. Becau e of cro\.\ ded condition in the Sunday chool. plan were laid for a new auditorium which would allow the ba ement to be u ed for cla e and acti,,i tie . Al o ufficient work was done on the original frame building to a1,,age it for Sunday School pace and to blend in appearance with the ne\\' building which wa dedicated in October. 1964. Co t of the new auditorium with furni bing wa 47.000. Cot of reno,'ation of original frame church building was $4.000, with a total co t of $51.000. The new audi torium will seat nearly 400 persons. Those who participated in the dedi– cation er, ice program were, Rev. v' erne Dunham, invocation; Pa tor J. R . Allen. \lielcome; Franklyn Greenv.-ood. chair 111an of the build– ing committee~ Rev. Lynn Rogers. , ocal olo: Rev. Woodrow McCaleb, dedicator./ me age: Re"'· Elton C. Hukhill. benediction: Mrs. Robert Speckhart. organist: and the choir \llith me ages in ong and member of the church reading a dedication covenant. Special guests were. Warren Finkel, architect: William C. Smith. contrac– tor· Arthur Pelander. President Cit}' Bank Co.: and Rev. Darrell Bice, moderator. Hebron As ociation of Regular Baptist Churche DECEMBER, 1964 PAGE 10 Rally Day services held at First Baptist, Galion Rally Day ervice were ob erved ov. 1 with the R ev. Albert John on a gue t peaker at the Fir t Bapti t Church, Galion, 0. The John on are erving under Bapti t Mid ...Mis– sion in the Joazeiro school Brazil, S. A. A fellow hip dinner was enjoyed by the congregation and friend a part of the Rally Day week-end. The annual harve t home service was held ov. 22 with liberal offer– ing of canned good di played in the church then given to Cedarville Col– lege. The R ev. R ichard Mcintosh, dean of students at the college wa guest peaker of the day. A quintet pre ented vocal and in trumental num– bers and ministered in various de– partment of the Sunday School. Last services conducted By Dr. George Gibson Dr. George R. Gib on conducted his la t ervice at the Calvary Bap– ti t Church, at 3550 W. 25th Street on ov. 29. Hi re ignation wa ac– cepted on Oct. 14. After nearly 19 year he and Mrs. Gibson move to Willoughby, Ohio w·here they will mini ter at Grace Baptist Church at Lake Shore Blvd . and Beechwood Avenue. Calvary Bapti t congregation i wai ting to re-locate on Walling Road due to the inneiibelt highway con- truction. Pastor Gib on ha erved a a Trustee and Teacher of the Bap– t1 t Bible In titute, and Bapti t School of the Bible during thi pa torate. and ,,s,i tc I \\ i,h tl1 h,t11cl sc r vie s dl t h t: ( c, un l J :a i I s f) l} 11 s 1 r c cl l'l t t1 c C~it lr ssitl n. if has serve I on the 1\ t. lvisllf , 13 lHrtl f or tl1c l{ egt1l ar ll a1,– t is l Il i tJ Jc I n s l i l t1 l .. a l c, r r h I{ , a It n. an< I t l1 c l1ristinn I>,, , ch > I J,ou (I ir1 the ctfar I l ill flaJ>t i ·r < ht1rc t1 . J le hn~ al ll C< 1111, le tccl four ftill tcr111s 11 the ( <)t1ncil <Jf ''J e n ~·itl1 t}1 c Ohi< As– soc iati<)Jl <Jf Rc.gt1lar 13aJJti l hurchcs. 1--Ic has pastorctf five c l1t1rc h ~ in the J ast yea rs. a nc.l js looking f or\varc.l to the challenging opportL1niti, i11 the t c1,t growing pOJJt1JaticJn f nor lh– ca\lcrn Ohio. A pcc1al farewell fellow t1ip tin1c followed ,the prayer \ervice on Wc(l - nc day evening ov. 25. Lagrange church calls Rev. Howard L. Andrus • ~ Howard l . Andrus The Rev. Howard L. Andrus ha accepted the call to the pa torate of the Fir t Bapti t Church Lagrange Ohio. A graduate of Cedarville College, Mr. Andrus wa former pastor of Faith Baptist Church Van-Wert. Ohio, and erved as associate pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Xenia, Ohio. Both he and his wife al o aMended Baptist Bible In titute in Cleveland. The Andru es have three children, age 11, 7 and 3. FOUND A girl ' s wrist watch was found in front of the Cedarville Col– lege gymnasium during the Ohio state y;outh rally. Pastors, if one of your group lost a wrist watch contact Rev. Norman Hoag , 5010 Broadway, Lora in, Ohio, Penfield Junct ion Baptist Church. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST