The Ohio Independent Baptist, March 1966

Contribution to Hom and Camp Inc. M rtin E. Holm , Tr as. unbur Bapti t Church Bo 233 unbury, Ohio DECEMBER - 1965 Gifts to Camp Patmos First Bapt i t, McDonald .• $ Immanuel 8dpti t Cofumbus ... . haron Baptl t Sharon Pa. . ... . Emmanuel Baptist Toledo .. .... No, th field Baptist . .. .. Bies ed Hope Baptist Springfield Immanuel Baptist Arcanum .. First Baptist Gallipolis .. Bethlehem Baptist Cleveland .. . Cedar Hill Baptist, Cleveland .... Evansville Baptist, Niles Sharon Baptist Sharon, Pa . (2nd gift) Calvary Baptist, Salem ........ Trinity Baptist , Lorain ....... .. Northf ield Baptist, (2nd gift) . .... TOTAL . ............. ......... ... $ Gifts to Hilltop House North Olmstead Bapt ist .......... .. .. ..$ First Baptist, McDonald .... .. .......... .. Penfield Jct. Ba pt ist .... .. ...... . Immanuel Baptist, Columbu s ........ Sharon Baptist, Sharon, Pa. .. ... ...... . North Royalton Ba p tist ............... . Emmanuel Baptist, Toledo .. ... .. ..... . Memorial Baptist , Columbus .. .. .. Memorial Baptist, Columbus (Rebekah Circle) . ... ...... .. .... .. .. .... .. Northfield Baptist ....... .. ..... .. ... .. Faith Baptist, Amherst ............... .... .. . Vernon T. Caul kins .... .. ........ . Immanuel Ba pt ist, Arcanum ... ... . Huntsburg Ba pt ist, Middlefield .. .... .. Cedar Hill Ba pt ist, Clevela nd ... .. .. . Calvary Ba pt ist, Pai nesvill e .... .. ..... . Mrs . Wm. C. McKeever .. ...... . Calvary Ba ptist, Broadview Hts . ... . North Olmstead Bapt ist Sharon Baptist, Sharon, Pa . {2nd g ift ) Trinity Baptist, Lorain .. . .. ... .. . Memorial Bapt ist, Colum. (2nd g ift) Northfield Baptist (2nd gift) .. . . TOTAL .............. .. .. .. . .. ......... .. $ 5 .00 10 00 5.00 18.75 10.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 5 .00 10.00 10.00 5.00 4.00 5.00 10.00 132 .75 10.00 5 .00 10.00 15.00 5 .00 10.00 5 .00 15.00 5.00 10.00 5 .00 2.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 15.00 10.00 212 .00 Fairfield Reports Blessing The Fairfield Bapti t Church through a love gift, made it po sible for their pa tor, Rev. D. D. Canter– bur\· and hi v. ife to obtain a beauti- J ful f agnavox A strosonic tereo. Thi church is seeing the hand of the Lord in ble sing as they continue to move ahead. Beginner's Church \\ a recently instituted. Classroom ,vere partitioned in the church base– ment and improvements have been made on the parsonage. Perhap the greatest single bles ing of all \\ a the burning of the par on– age mortgage. Thi was done at a special ervice held thi past J aunary 9th. Ju~t tvlo 1 :ear ago the parsonage \ purcha\ed. The money for thi \\ ~• I aned IJy a dear couple to the church on an intcrc t-frcc note l ,t 111id\, eek ser,,icc l\1 r. ,tntf .i\-1 r~. De\\-'c\ ., MARCH, 1966 PAGE 14 l '1s ll ·r Jlt csc nt·ll tl1 ~ cl1\1rc l1 ,,itl1 tl1 " lf ·l,t- Jrc • ll' tl b , ,vui,,i11g 11,, tltlJ)at<.I l 1a la11 l'! I hl' 11\tt(..1, 11, s nlre:1cl , taker, l''' l) l\t t inl \tJ 110 1 t C 1r t ottr 111i ss io11- ar i t' s . as ,,, • II as ' L' r 1 cl i 11 g 111 o n c t <.) etla1, 1llc {)ll·gc. Western Baptist Growing Rcg1\trati 11 f r the winter quarter at \ c~lcr 11 Il ltJJt t\t Bil1lc llcge pr - , tliC\ \ n1c 1r1tcrc5t1ng c n1pari\ n : 2l' I \lt1clcnt" I \\hich 151 arc incn, I J() \\ 111cn ~ l 7 3 arc dorn1itory tL1d- c11t'i , I ()l n n-c.ior111 . 194 ,ire fron, (1 Rl3 cl1t1rchc , 87 fr 111 thcr ' ht1rchc~ : _ f 8 arc ·inglc. 63 arc 111,1rr1cd : 192 fro111 aliforn1,t, 54 Ir 111 Wa hington, 14 fron1 Idaho ,ind the re t cattercd. Vienna Church Reioices \ ord Ir 111 th is cl1 t1 rch reacts ns f(ltl()Ws •.• " .. he orcl h, wonticrftilly l1ccn l1lc ss ing the work ancl we arc J)l,tnning ~l rccc>gnition service in the near ft1 t tt re. he i ntercst of the people f the area i very cncot1raging. Our high attendance ha~ been 75 and we avcrag between 50-65. We hc1vc or– gan1Lcd a Won,cn' Miss ionary (iroup ,tncl \Ct up ( 'ommittec for variot1s pr Ject . The I~or<l has gi vcn us a pa'ltor and hi wife ( Rev. and Mrs. Frank Odor) who arc burdened for the lo l. Do pray for Lt as we move forward!' LaGrange Church Remodels • I I The newly renovated First Bapt is t Church of LaGrange. Seen in the foreground is Mr. Harley Harrison, a member of the church since it s construction in 1896, and Rev. Howard Andrus. The First Baptis t Church of La– Grange Ohio under the able leader- hip of it pastor Rev. Harold L. Andrus has ju t recently undergone an exten ive repair program. A num– ber of projects have been completed such as andblasting the exterior of the church building, replacing brick and n1o rtar, applying a protective co,tti ng of ilicone and the rebuilding {)f the chi111ney. An annex to the Sun– tl,t) ,chool roc)111~ \lartcd in At1gu\l of 1962 is being completed. Practi– cally all the labor has been donated by the men of the church. They have further voted to repair the church roof and apply new roof– ing and aluminum siding to the par- onage. Some twenty nine aluminum storm windows and two beautiful aluminum door have been added. The e dear folk are · quick to declare that ' 'it is the Lord's doing' ' and it i indeed marvelous in their eyes! THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST