The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1969

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F r the p.1 . three , 4,r ~ Lhi gr tip ha ceen n1ini tered to by \l)tln.::- tll n froc11 th B1bl I i· i n Bapti t hurch Rev. I ~,,ell, n Th n1p. n. Pa t r, Reynold burg. Ohio. When a prc~1~her \\ a n t a,,ailable the)' would hold their er– , 1 _. Ii tening t Bihl n1e age fron1 a tape recorder. Ho,, ~, er. their pra) er "" a that they might have a re id·ent ra t r and that th }' n1ight be able to eptabli h a ound ht1r h 1n the con1n1unity. The Lord i an wering their pra) er . Re,. Leland Tate. formerly Pa tor of the Fir t Bapti! : Chur.:h, Pad ... n Cit 1 . Wet irginia received a burden f r thi comn1unity and ha accepted a call to be their fir ~r p tor. The group h1 · ... et up a temporary organiz.1tion. i drawing up it con titution and tatement of faith and i applying for a not-for-profit corporation tatu and ha adopted the name, H armony Hills Baptist Chu:-ch. The\' have a building fund, having been given ., a building ite and are in the proces·3 of drawing up plan for an initial building. Thi will be a mall chapel and i to co5t in lhe vicinity of $10 000. If Broither Ta1e i to give hi full time to thi work the church will need help from other churche aero Ohio. About $200 a month upport i n.eeded and ·..,ome gift are needed to help them with their building program. As far as we have lJCl'n (1l1lc (<) tlctc1111i11c thi s is the ,Jnly sotintl le tin1c)ny ir n 11 Ll I ~·f 1 nr ~ l)lll l l y. Faith Baptist Church, New Carlisle, Ohio l tiring tl1c \ i11tcr n1 nths, 'itt1<.lents fro111 eclarvil l<: 11lcgc. tinder the lcac.lc1 ,hi 1, of 13111 n1ith. star tccl vi· ita t1t1n 1n thi JJ a1 k I a 1 nc ~ul1-d1vi~ion, ,tbot1l a mile sot1th t1l c,v c-- arli,lc. })ark I ayne ha\ al1ot1l 19()0 hon,c and b~t\\cc n 8,()()() and 9.() ()0 rc~ident\. I help conserve the r 'ittll of thi effort, a Bihlc la \5 wa~ ~tarted n "'f''ucsda) night in the hon1c f Mr . and Mr,. Lyle ulbert. on, both gradt1atc of 'edarvi lle College and men1ber~ of the Bl ~d Hope Bapti t turch, pringfield. u~1ng th b1 ,1nch cht1rch 1nethod, the Bl e·:) ed Hope Bapti t Church voted to pon or thi new church and gave c;ix fine f an1ilie to thi ~ new work. After a erie of organizational meeti ng , Rev. Che iter Brown wa called a·., the pastor and unday ervice were begun on Jul y 16th in the ])ark Layne Elementary chool. The church ha no\\ n1oved to the Grange Hall on Route 40. Thi give them more unday chool p ace and a meeting place for mid– week ervice . These folk are filled with expectation as to what the Lord will do for them and through them. While other' h ave been complaining of low attendances ar .. d un1mer lump the e folks have been running in the fortie and f ifties in Augu t. We expect great thing from the Faith Bapti t Church and its members. La keview Bapt ist Church, Lakeview, Oh io Several months ago Rev. Kenneth Pierp{>nt led his church to ·., tart a Sunday afternoon Sunday School in the Town hip H all at Lakeview. A the burden continued to grow for thi lake resort area, Brother Pierpont began to think in term of e tabli bing a new church in this community. He resigned hi pa torate and began a full s~hedule of er vice on July 20th. A temporary fellowship ha been formed and steps are being taken to become a fully organized church. A building site has been purcha ed and plan are being drawn for a par.;onage– ch apel type building. Although the Indiana Lakes area is prin1arily a re ort area there are many people who reside there the year around. A G re at Summer At Sky View Ranch The fir t summer camping eason for ky iew Ranch closed with man 1 ble sing to rejoice the heant. More than 360 camper came from O.A.R.B.C. churcbe . The original plan this year was to operate camp for our churches only four week ; but since these four filled almost im– m~diately. a fifth week was opened with the approval of the other two camp-.). Many soul were saved, and many more openly declared their deci ions for dedication, full-time A full-.time s taff of ,ten coun ellor all colleg·e students or graduates, serv– ed the full five weeks. Those still in college used this train,ing and ex– perience for credit at Cedarville Col– lege. Eight oth 1 er young people ,3erved all ummer meeting the needs at the pool, kitchen grounds and stable. La Grange Church Calls Pastor Fir t Baptist Church LaGrange, Ohio has called Rev. Edward C. Hel– mick of Canton, Ohio as their pastor beginning Augu t 3 1969. P a tor Helmick has erved at Whip– ple Ave. Bapti t Church in Can.ton the pa t ten years . During his ministry there, a new unit was built, which includes a new sanctuary, nurseries, Sunday School rooms and offices. Al- erv1ce. etc. These five weeks of camp were di– dected this y·ear by members of the State Youth Committee: David Truit Wesle 1· Bli s. Harold Green and Ken Ar:dru . Wilbur Parrish, also on the Committee, directed a week of pre– camp training for the coun...elling staff. 6 OCTOBER, 1969 In addition to our five weeks, more than 600 other young people rented Sky View for camp. Two church groups used it in June . Three public : hool u ed it in Augu t for three weeks of band camps. Mr. and Mr3. Henry Wolff erved admirably and selfles ly as resident managers and often doubling as cooks life guard, stable manager and in countles other job . We greatly appreciate their valuable service. We prai,... e God for a full and re– warding summer. Enthu ia m, bless– ing, interest and exci,tement abounded, and the prospects of next year's eason are tremendous! o a new sign with changable letters was erected in front of it.he church, through which the gospel was pre– sented to thousands pa:3sing by dail y. Pastor Helmick formerly served as pa tor at Fir t Bapti t, LaGrange for seven year previou to his mini'3- try in Canton. P astor and Mr3. Helmick have two married on , Robert and Jame , and one daughter Joy, who is even years old. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST