The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1965

ILVER ANNIVERSARY _earns • rom e _lg Huntington City Mission 1030 Seventh Avenue Huntington, West Virginia ouse ' 'A Christian Lighthouse' ' . . . Romans 1: 16 Re v . and Mrs. W.H. Ke isler By Mrs. W. H. Keisler On the la t Frid a'}Fnight in January, 19 ~o. at a re\ i, al ervice in the Fjr t Bapti t hurch of El)·ria, Ohio. God ~poke to \\ 1 alter and me. convicting u of our in and our need of Hi ..__,~n a our aviour . We went to the pra) er room together and were aved that night. ometime later. we yielded our li\'e to H im for full time er, ice, but it "'as not until we dedicated our li\ e and aid '·1·11 go where you \\ ant me to go.. unre ervedly. that the Lord led u to the Union Ii ion in Charle ton. W. a. We \\ ere there t\\ o , ·ear and t\\'O month a mother ., and father to bet\\ een 75 and 80 bov ., and girl . ranging in age from babie to teenager . In Januar, 1 • 1940. v.e v.ere called ., to be the superintendent of the Mission build ing JA UARY, 1965 PAGE 4 Huntington ity Mi ion. We tarted out with 98. and a few pieces of econd hand furniture. but with a great God! Our i a "faith work". Many time throughout the e 25 year s, we have been a ked to commero1a– lize, but we have remained true to our Lord and to our own conviction . God ha never failed u . Time and pace will not permit me to tell you of the many wonderful an wer to prayer. Truly we erve a great and wonder£ul Lord! fl Bedroom in the Door of Hope Two year after we tarted the Mi ion , God laid the need of a maternity home for unwed mother on my heart. So in March 1942, we opened the Door of Hope. Thi wa no t done without much prayer and a Jot of hard work. I poke to cla e , m1 ionary group and circle about the need for uch a home and the}' began making contribution toward the project. After I had received 700. the Board of the Mi ion gave me the "go' ' ign. Clas e and individual called to ask if they might f urni h a room. It ~ a a definite an wer to pra 1 er that the Door of Hope be– carnc a rcalitf. Manf gin1s have accepted ( hrist as their aviour a nll arc Jiving worthwhile Jives now bc– cat1 e they had <;Uch a place to which to come when ~hey needed love. The next project wa<; adding some additional room to the back of the Mi ion and building a par5onage for u . The rooms at the Mis ion which were added are: a large kitchen that erve three dining room ~ a mall kitchen used when we have our Auxiliary I uncheon Board din– ner and Chri tmas fellow hip get– toge~her ; two dining room ~ and a large Youth Center where our week])' Bible lub for boy and girls i Youth Center held . They play for an hour or o, and then ervice i held with them. Many boy and girl have been aved throughout the year . I tarted the Bible Club hortly after 1the Mi ion opened. There were two a week at that time, a we had more white children in our neighborhood. A Bible Club for the egro children wa held on Wedne day. and one for the white children on Friday . The attendance wa from 35 to 45 in each cla . I ee ome of the boy and girl I had in my cla e over the e 24 year . and it makes my heart rejoice when they tell me 1hey are Jiving for the Lord. In the early· 1950' . v.re found a comn1unitv of familie . that \\ ere .; THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST