The Ohio Independent Baptist, July 1965

11 ti1t11 By Mr . Ea,.I Umbaug h, 2 150 Ma rhofer Ave. Stow, Ohio Why Vacation Bible School? "'·11c t i tl\C \\ l1cn \\ c k.11<)\\ the hcg1r1ning\ ot ,\ \ \'f k tl f (. }1r1,t ll }1el11 ll (t1 C \ ,lltl,.llC Ollf 0\.\0 110(1 C\ \ \ l1,1t , , 1L11· r c..,._1,t1n tc..1r hJ\ 1ng a \ acat1on B1hle cl1ool? I t •t1,t tl1c ('t1~tt)t11,1r, thing t tio in 1 ttr cht1rch? I . it 111crcl, a11 "'rtie .. l l lt1 he cnti tireLi'} Or 1. j t beca Lt c bov \ a11J girl n~e l to knt)\\ 'hr,,t an<..l be in\ trt1cted ,n Hi\ .... \ \ l'r"i) r\1 r, \\ .ilk.er \ lcttc Hav ~ _o ndt1c ted the fir. t • \ ,1l.:' .. 1t1,.1r1 Bible 'h t)l 1n I )9c~. he f ir t acation Bible " .. ht, o I. I.:' ..1 I l c Li t he .. f , er, ti a,, B 1 bl e ch o I'· . l i k e the f ir t ., ., ltnd.1, chool. ,, a an effort to care for the pir it t1a l need \.1t neglected children. The, were n10 tly in1n1 igrant - ., ('l-t1IJren. pla, 1ng 1n the treet dt1r1ng the timmer day , on e,, 'r ork. it,· a t ide . • g d \\ on1an, Ir . alker Aylette H awe , of the Fp1phan~ Baptt t hurch , about a n1i le away, a worker ,, 1th children from 12 and under in her own church, had a pa ton t help them. o, in J u ly. l 9 , "' he r ented a beer parlor ( not u ed in the day time) from a aloon – keeper. the only place avai lable. and for ix week had a "chooJ for the children of the neighborhood . The fir t chool wa •"o LI~ce ful tha t he had her econd · chool in 1 99 in the ame place. She held her third chool in 1900 for two week at her own churc h but \\ hen the children from the Ea t Side fai led to attend in nt1mber . . he rented a hal l near the beer parlor. In 190 I · he had her four th chool a t another place in the neighborhood. In I 902-1904 he u ed the unused huilding of the Knox Pre byter ian Chur ch. Thi m ade e\·en annual chooJ . Then her phy ician hu band r e– tired and thev moved back to their o ld home at Char- ., lottc·.;ville. ir ginia. In her chool, Mr . H awe worked ou t an organiza– t;on and a program that wa taken over by Dr . Rober t G Bo\ ille \\- hen he e tab]i hed the movement in 190 l and v. hich wa widely u ed for m any year . Almo t certainly. Dr. Beville learned of Mrs. H awe · chool through her pa tor, H oward Lee Jone , one of the tour preacher on of Gen. Robert E. Lee' Chapl ai n. (Hi three brother were Carter H elm. A'.3hby and Pen– dleton Jone . ) Dr Boville. at that time 46, had just be~ome the corre~pond1ng ecretary of the ew York City Bapti t 1 i ion ociet). having come from Ireland by way of Canada. Shortl)' after h1·.) arrival. hi attention having been called. he aid. to condition on the Ea t Side, he r ecom– menJed to the oc1ety that promotion of choo ls that ,ummer in the mi ion churches of the Society on the Ea·"' t SiJe. A a re ult. he had five chool . He had ten chool in 1902. I7 in 1903, and 16 in 190.i. He emplo) ed college and eminary studen t , both men and women. got permi ion to u e the churche . developed hi- program. rai ed the mone)' , and had the chool . He aw that the choolc; were needed everywhere and tha t the)' \\'ere fea~ible. JULY 1965 PAGE 8 MRS. EARL UMBAUGH In the fa ll of 1904, D r. Bovi ll c re igncd, anc.J for the nexl two year ( 1905- 19()()) he promoted s~hooJ·, inlcr– l l enom I na t ion a 11 y i n the c i ty. Then in I 907 he orga nized a ational ommittec and carri ed the c hool to Phi laclelph ia and C hi cago. 1 n 191 I he orga ni zed th e Daily Vaca tion Bible chool A)– soc ia ti on and made it na tional. Jn 19 16, when the move– n1 ent had pread to anada, he orga nized the J ntern a tional A ocia ti on. Through it. until hi dea th in J 937 at the age of 83, he promoted the ·3chool in many foreign land and mi ion fi eld . Vaca t ion Bible Sc hool are today a gr eat bles ing and outreach on the mi ion fi eld s. On the I land of St. l~uc ia la· .. t year over 900 boy and girl were brought into the Vacat ion Bible School . I be li eve th at ever y church her e in our homeland woul d be gr eatly b le sed i f , in addit ion to the c hool in the loca l church , they wo ul d conduct a c hool in a n outl ying area of their con1munity. ATTENDANCE BOOSTER Choo e a special day (P alm Sunday - Anniver- ar y SL1nday) Send a card to ever y member of the Sunday School on Tue day. Every person in the f amil y r eceive a card. Thi • 1 a nzitst. all every home that r ece ived a card - on Thurs– day or Friday. Every Sunday School teacher call every m en1her of hi cla on Saturday afternoon be tween 4 and 5 P .M. (or ome o ther peci fi ed hour . All ca ll a t a t the ame hour ). Guar anteed to break all a ttend an~e r ecord~ - per Dr. Lee Rober on. Center wor hip around a theme r ela ted to occas ion . U ed at orth Madison. Rev. R . P . G lobig. Thi Sund ay School won the Conte t in orth-ea t Ohio F e ll ow hip. Reckle Jives . oon becon1e lifele wreck.:-. •'• ... ... ... ·'· . .. The fa te t way to make a n1ot1n– tai n ot1t of a moleh ill i,... to add a lit tl e dir t. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST