The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1965

Colonial-Type Church Comp leted ... . .. Th c ngregation of the Bethlehem Ba,pti t C ht1rch ha ju t fi n– i hed erecting thi colonial-type church co ting $185,000, and h eld their fir t unda)' ervice . February 7. The work on the church wa upervi ed by three men of the local congrega tio n : Mr. Loui ~lihal)' . fr . Ben Fienga, and Mr. J oe arey. The church i loca ted at _ 7250 Emery R oad, in Orange Vill age, a uburb of Cleveland. R e\' . RO)' J . lark i the Pa~tor. Conference planned at Toledo Emmanuel Bapti t hurch 4207 Laskey Road , Toledo, will hold a M i ionary Conference March 28-31. Meting will be at 10 a. m. and at 7: 00 p.m. Speaker will be Rev. Harold Am– tutz. Rev. J es Eaton Dr. Gerald Fisher and Rev. P aul Tanner. '"All Churches are cordially invited to attend,' Ida L. Hamilton, member of the misssionary committee, said. Bedford An annual Mi ion ar y Conference wa r--cheduled F eb. 13~17 at Bible Bapti t C hurch Bedford , Ohio, with kick-off banquet held on a Saturday night. Jim Woo ter of Indianapoli , Ind. , wa peaker the fiir t night. Sunbury Grace Bapti t C hurch of Sunbury added nin e n ew member to the church roll ince the arrival of Pastor M artin Holmes. Plan,:, are made to fini h the jnterior of the church before Ea ter. Camp Patmos spring work week As in previous year , a work week i·.. being ,planned May 24 to 28 for Camp P atmos this pring. The labor of love of the lay people and pas-tors in preparing Camp Patmo for its ummer minis try has been greatly appre– ciated in past vears. Once again a call i being extended to the ,pastor and people to give of their time and talents in the opening of our youth camp. lt is hoped that the following Ii,3t of job m ay be completed th.i spring. 1. A tainles teel work area r .. to be in t ailed in the di h room. 2. A new back top i to be erected on the ballfield. 3. A recreational helter hou e is to be erected. 4. All pre ent building are to be cleaned, painted, and r epaired a necessary. In addition, there i al\.\·ay much yard work and other re.pair work to be done. Although there is no boat schedule available at the presen t the boats \\' ill be running from both Marblehead and Sandusky. A chedule may be secured b)' either writing or calling the euman Boat Line in Sandusky or b}' droppmg a card to the Superintendent of Ground , Clarence Town end , 115 E Oak St .: Bov.1ling Green Ohio. MARCH, 1965 PAGE 8 Ke nneth Good, promotional d irector FBHM to speak J)r Kennctl1 •l)Oll . I rc>111t1tiu11, I tlircctc,r f<.lr the "' ell )\Vsl1ip <)f ll n1 ti t fur H o111c f1 ssit)tl',. \.vii i lie with the l:; irst IJ <1p tist ( ht1rcl1 <Jf li r>wling C,rccn l r<) t11 ,,ril 1() ,thrc>t1gh l ay ..... for ,l Sr1ring Jlil1Jc ( C)nfcre ncc. I r .( ,<)C)tl will he s1Jcnking <>n r: r i tJ a y c v cn i 11 g S a t t I r (Ia y 111 or n i rig a ,1 cJ c vc n i 11 g. an < I S LIn (I a y n1 or n i n g at t cr 11000 . anll evening. The att,r(lay evening \crv,ce will be given over lo a pre\cntation of th e min i\try of FBHM. whi le the other message ...., will concern a .teaching minis try from the W o rd of od. ' 'Sweethearts Banquet'' held by North Bethel A "Sweeheart Banquet' ' was held by the North Be thel A ociation F eb. 12. Thi i the uhird annual couple's dinner of the group so named be– cause of the nearne s to V aJentine:--. Day. Rev. C. Richard Phelps sa id the dinner wa at Dean' Restaurant, Hoy tville with 109 persons represent– ing 10 churches present. Master of Ceremonies was R ev. Myron Wil– liam of Tiffin. R ichard Norton of Bellefontaine led the grou,p in the inging of hymns. There were two vocal duet by Pastor and Mr . Mar– vin Engle of Van Wert and speaker wa Pastor Douglas Couch of Rocky R iver. "In addition to the fine if ellow- hip," the R ev. Mr. Phelps said , ' 'a delicious roast beef dinner was en– joyed by all. One feature that wil l probably be remembered was the recognition of the couple who had been married the 1onges t, the couple most recen,tly married and the couple who had the longe t courtship in term o,f di tance. ' Struthers Dec. 7-13, 1964 we had one of the bes t revival meetings we have ever experienced. Evangeli t Harry Trover wa at hi be t and the Spirit of God worked in a wonderful way. During our W atch Night Service, ew Year's Eve we h ad a Baptif'.'.'mal 'ervice, baptizing 17 that had either come for a]va tion or Bapti m and ince have been taken into the church. Our Watch ight Service was well attended being combined with the Berea n Bapti t Church of Youngs– town , Ohio. The film "Window of the Soul" wa hown during the time of the ervice which ·3tarted at 8 p .m. a nd clo ed with all in prayer at the mid-night hour , Pa tor A. J. Mar- teller said. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST