The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1966

Holmes Was Registrar "It was great!" Beightol and Townsend Were The Cooks Bliss Led Singing Matthews Preached 11 ' ~ o~ttino b,tc1' frc111 the .:,-. ::- R trcdt tit 1 to Hill". \\ic.,c l pportt1nit~ t a l different on Feed ing t he Physical lcn· had \VhO attended ho,\ the} liked it. 1o t o1 tl-iem replied b~ a 1 1ng. .. "I reall) enJOy 1 ed 11~.. - .. It \\.a great!" ·· 1nging \\' ith the men \Va a b1e ine ..... ...... "" to n1\ heart! " .. he food \.\a ., terr i f i c !" - .. (, o d \po kc to 1n y heart throt1gh the preaching!" All in all we did indeed have a great time. I t wa a bit rainy one · f the day but thi actua ll y threw the men clo er together. For on1e of the day 'we had good weathe r with ample time for fi hing, wimmin~. hor e hoe pitching and the like. \A/e could have wi hed f 'J r a laroer attendance. All told. 73 men attende:i the Retreat. About 35 remained through for the ful l time. (A n1aJI number when \OU think of tLII the ., men i n o Lt r O. A. R. B. hu rche !) 2 f) of the 73 \Vere pa tor ... all th ~ re t lavmen . Brother 1art1n Holme. e~vcd a~ Regi trar for the Retreat. We \.\-ent 14.00 into the red. I t ~'ould have been more hut there wa~ a bit of ~urplu from the previou year. H r al o tell u that to make it "pay" .. . ~ e hould have a t least 60 men ta,ing the fL1 ll time (at cioto H i ll ) or 80 men taying the f till time ( at Camp Patmo ) . ext year we want to publicize and Some Pitched Horseshoes Othe rs Played Ping-Pong A Few Fished NOVEMBER, 1966 PAGE 4 talk it up rnorc th,1n ever. Hone~tl 1f yot1 want a time of rich ble in plan on a ttending our Men· Retrei Feeding the Spiritual i ·1 196 7. We vvere told the other d; that the Jllinoi group ( no whe, near the nu111ber of chu·rche \ have) had over 200 at their Retre, One ""011der why? This One Slept! THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTI