The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1964

~r pi r 11 n ( tn Rn l\\lll flt. .. ... I - Camp Patmos at capacity t l By James R. Johnson I, L1nother ~ l)tllh a111p needed tor '-~t !r h ll) 1L1t1on f Rcgt1lar Ba pt 1,t ( ' h t1rchc ? he an,\\ er i'i , e\! nd actl n wa ta~en a t the 37th annt1al meeting in Ten1ple Bapti t ht1r h. P rt mot1th. O tO\\ ard thi end. Dur ing the n1eeting it wa em- pha ized tha t Can1p Patmo wa f.illed to capacity \l.-ith pre ent re t r m facil1t1e . Rev. L,'nn Roger ~ outh director, in hi report aid there v. ere 2.101 camper and coun- e1or. th i ) ear. The youth camp operation \\'a extended to 11 week , and the tate authorized only 200 camper per v. eek. There were 95 churche repre ented. 99 profes ion of faith and ?.57 or more deci ion of a urance or dedication. Ye , it v. a a very ·ucce sful year a t Camp Patmo and the youth com– m jttee \Vith L)'nn Roger , chairman· Paul Schenck and Clarence Town- end ha done a commendable job of initia ting and implementing new idea and plan for the c amp. Camp outgrown But ucce sometime bring prob– lems. and 1n thi instance, we imply have outgro~n the camp. Thi }'ear. and it ma)' be the case in o ther , ear . some churche in the J outhern part of the state did not end campers to Camp Patmo for • var1ou r easons. Smaller chur che . because of a few campers canno t make three trips to Sandu k}' to take various age group to camp. In the lov. 1 er part of Ohio , other churches rented camps. One pastor remarked that becau e Camp Pa tmos \\'as too crowded . and thev were late ., about getting in reser, 1 a tions, their DECEMBER, 1964 PAGE 6 • _e 01ce o A New Youth Youth committee members, Paul Schenck, Lynn Rogers and Clarence Townsend, view one possibility for a new youth camp which was considered by the Board of Trustees of Home and Camp . It is believed that an additional site should be located for establishment of another camp in Ohio since Camp Patmos had the largest enrollment this year and some young people had to be turned away. church was unable to send boys and girls to thi camp. He wa concerned becau e boys .and girl were ent to a oamp other than our fellowshi,p and challenged the delegate at the OARBC to send campers where they would get 'Bapti t teaching." Some of the reasons against en– larging Camp Patmos were that it i built on olid rock and digging is nearly impos ible to in tall additional rest room facilities ; thait the camp i clo ed in wintertime and cannot be used during that ea on; and that a camp of thi size (200 per week) i atisfactory. On an original motion the Tru - tees were to look only to the south– ern part of Ohio for a camp, but after an amendment, the entire state was not to be overlooked becau e it was believed that with more churches coming into the Association each }"ear we have enough boys and girl to po ibly operate four call\p in Ohio. At the Men's Forum discus ion period, thi matter wa discu ed at length. Many worth 1· ideas were thrust forth and this action wa taken: Dr. J ohn Balyo moved that the chairman of the Council of Ten ex– pre to the Trustees of Home and Camp Inc. the feeling of this Men's Forum at the annu,al meeting that a econd camp be established as soon a po ible and that consideration be given to rthe appoin,tment of men in the southern part of the state to form a committee for immediate investiga– tion and report to the trustees. The olution will not be easy, and the Tru tee will need wisdom, but we believe God is abundantly blessing our youth work. Much has been done over the years, and many dedicate.d hours have been pent e.9tablishing Camp Patmo . It is not the feeling of the Association to close the camp but to add to this solid foundation for our youth work. ••• ... * • There wouldn't be so many non– churchgoer if there were not o many non-going churches. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST