The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1968

eart to eart mong t e omen - Mrs . George Milner - Women's Edito r- J J' t~J/J11rr. ri1 - '11rlr J1r .J1r1 by Miss Hel e n Moose ..r r ltnll) ll'-i a hilti i b rn, ttr1t l ) tt ' a .. n i~ gi\en- ' ' (l, aiah 9:6) C l1ri:tn1a, being jt1 t ar und the rncr. p <.1ple ften think ab t1t the 1111 ~ion'" r,· bt1l eldon1 do they think .. hot1t \\ hat the 1ni i nary migiht tl1ink ab ut hri tn1a . Let me in a fe,,· h rt paragraph tell you ome f n1 1· th ught . If 1 u would go to ome of the larger town in China or Indon ia ...... , · u \\ ould not ee a ingle decora- ti n to ren1ind you that Chri tmas is con1ing. There they know nothing about anta Clau . for that is just a ,ve tern cult. A CULT to take 1:he place of our lovely CHRl T! You can receive ome of the cute t Christ– ma. card with a Santa on them but when you realize this cute little fellow i robbing our Lord of His birthday recognition, a hatred rises up in your oul against him. The more you look around, the more you realize how the devil has dressed up thi little image to turn your thoughts from the Lord. ome folks have said, ' 'let the children have some fun while they are young," but I say, 'let the child– ren have some faith in the living Lord, while they are young.' ' What i more fun for a child than to play and to be with babies? They should be remi oded of the great truth that their Lord was once a baby who came to die for them, but yet HE I COD - and He arose from the grave! For almost nine years while in Indonesia Santa C1aus was left out of Christmas where we held forth. At one of the Christmas parties one of the f amilie who were communist ympathizers brought a balloon Santa to put on the piano. When I saw it I ask them "w by that' ' and asked them to take it home. They were not too happy but many of the people did not know about Santa and I was not about to waste my time talking about him when it was the Lord's birthday. If the right emphasis is that of glorifying the Lord at Christmas; 6 DECEMBER, 1968 gift , cl the. . trin1n1ing , f od and partie, \Vilt not be the big concern. I f He i. fir t in your planning you will be mo t ble ed and happy your- elf . Each year on Chri tmas day we invited all the unday School to come to the big church where we had the Chri tma tory pre ented in some impre ive manner. What a full church of children we had ! They came by the truck load and h ow happy they were - but no Santa! ome que tions Helen - H ow big was tl1e chitrch building which you call the ''Big Church?'' This church i recogillized by the government, not the others. It held about 500 people. How 111.any people ca,ne for the Christ111as services? We had three or four service for ChPistmas. Christmas morning the church was filled with children from all the Sunday Sch,ools for the ir Chri tma . Christmas night was for everyone and it was really full . Before Chri tmas we had ·a youth meet ing with about 400 pres– ent. The ladies would have a meet– ing also with about 100 ladies present. There were other questions whioh Mis Moo e's answers but pace is gone! If you wish to have her as a speaker write to her c/ o Baptist Mid-Mi ion , 4205 Ohe ter Ave., Cleveland, Ohio - 44103. Report On Annual Meeting During the Annual meeting of our O.A.R.B. Churche , the Ohio Wo– men Mi ionary Union met at 1 :30 p .m. o n Tuesday in Euclid-Notting– h am Bapti t Church for their Rally. Our Theme was ' From Darkness To Light." Mr . Fred Howard, president, introduced the ong leader Mrs. War– ren Allen who led us in singing "The Light of the World is Jesus." This was Baptist Mid-Mis ,ions' World Day of Prayer and Mrs. George Milner, Council Member, was asked to lead in prayer for the Missionaries around the woi1ld and at home. corclial \VCICt)111c was exte11cle I tc us 11\' ·1rs. Waller llallcr Clf the l1t,s .. ch,,rch. lrs. I l (>Wartl c.illc<.I :,ltcntic , l<) the flrt1grtl 111 s with in ·c1 ts cover Ing t l1c 'ccrclary's a n(I ' J"rcast1 re r's re ports. reg, st rat ion '1 i ps, a ncl a qt1e . tionnairc. We a lso rcccivccl a PJayc1 Packet containing the picttircs an n,ln1c o( omc forty n1ic; ionarics he alc;o ca ll ed attention to a table (li ~p lc_lying attractive handcraft fo1 Work hop encouraging each Fellow. hip to bring things for di\p]ays and idea~, al our pring Rall y. THl PRIN RAI_LY WILL BE IN THE GRAHAM ROAD BAPTISl CHURCH , UYAHOGA FALLS 1 TUE DAY APRIL 15, 1969. Please make no te when planning next year'~ activitle . During the bu iness ses ion election of officers took place with a ll officer re-elected, namely: Mrs. Fred H oward , President· Mrs. James Jeremiah, Vice President ; Mrs. Verne Dunham, Secretary; Mr . Norman Bo worth, Trea urer. The offering totaled $171.00. Mrs. Jeremiah pre- ented specific need for our five projeots : l. Printing js costly so sub– cribe to the 0.I.B. Magazine. 2. Our tate Mi sionary, Rev. Umbaugh is in real need of office equipment. 3. Scioto Hills Camp needs $500.00 for construction of cement slab for tennis courts and a chapel is needed. 4. Camp Patmos must complete girl's restroom including plumbing fixtures. 5. Cedarville College must have more tennis courts and athletic field im– provemenits . As we choose projects wtithin our nine Fellowships may we consider these very worthy projects and REMEMBER TO BOOST THE DIME BANKS FOR OUR STATE MISSIONARY UNIO . The Dime Bank offerings go for these five pro– jects . Mrs . David Elmore and Mrs. Gordon Schaeoterle furnished special vocal numbers, Mrs . Orvis Stevens played the Vibraharp and Mrs. Karl Luyben was our special Missionary Speaker on her experiences in Liberia, depicting the blackness of the night, then the contrast with the coming of light, u sing Jeremiah 2: 32- "Can a m aid for get h er ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have fo rgotten me day without number." he will be a plendid speaker for your women's meetings and Rallies and have her tell you about her Liberia experiences. Following the closing hymn, Miss Gladys Baines, with Bapitist Mid-Mis– ions offered a prayer o!f dedication for the coming year. -Mrs. Verne Dunham - Secy. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST