The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1969

Word a test Concerning roctors i i 10 tbo • tut l1ave b n A THIRD CAMP by Rev. Kenneth L. Andrus olecte<.t to approach every church in t)t1r As~ociation for the pur,pose of participating in this plan. Each church will be asked to consider a "Fair hare Plan." Thi~ means ~hat if two-thirdc; of the churches in our A ssociat,ion contribUXe an amount equal to $ 10.00 per member over a period of two years, the entire $260,000 will be paid! Thi is like taki ng on a missionary. This repre- /11 "J ,11r J J:, 1~1\/Bl· R 1ss11e l,e 1'<111 ,111 artic·/c.· e11 tirlt•<l - " ( .,(>11 cer11 i11g A 'J~l,ir J ,1111p." JJ' e . tatc<I tl1at a ' tl1111t: , /Jr >,.f!rc>S.. \'t'<I. lV<.' lt'0 11/cl ( 1 11deavor tc> ht.'t'J> <>11r ,ccztlt•r · i11/c>r111ecl. 1\11, c/1 l1,1s trc111spirccl si11ce tl1e11! J 11 tlzi ,1rti le. c>11r l 'c>11tl1 D irector - Re,·. k t'1111er/1 A 11tlr11. - bri11g u 11p-to- ,late 1et?ardi11g KYVJEW BOY ("'_41\/ P. Tlze 111ap • l1 o lrs /1olv ce11- rrt1l/.,· locate<I it i i11 o z,r tate of Ol,io 111aki11g it easil)' accessible to al I o I t>11 r cl111rc/1e . he pur ha f a t hird tate amp i n w under con ideration. eral week ago the tate Youth mn1ittee iewed the kyview Boy Can1p, near Miller burg Ohio. Thi lie bet\\een M an field and Canton. Three profe ion al football player , ince Co tello Lou Groza and Paul v iggin bought developed and oper– ated thi camp tintil recently. The camp offer l 7 5 acre of roll– ing, wooded land. It h as four buiild– ings , nine cabin a director s home and a table with horses. It is fully equipped to h andle 150 campers. Other features include a modern wimming pool and aoce ories two concrete basketball cour,ts, two vol– ley ball court profe sional footbal l field three baseball diamonds, huf– fle board court, ob tacle course rifle range, two barbeque pits, four i ometric track , vesper area, out– door theatre, plu tools and mai nten– ance equipment. At the invitation of the Council of Ten, nearly 60 of our OARBC pa tor and other men viewed the property on ovember 7. With only five per ons abstaining, the group overwhelmingly gave the Council of T en the encouragement to pursue the matter. The Council then asked the State Youth Committee to pre– pare a proposal for the acquisition of the property as a third state youth camp. Campers Turned Away The Youth Committee met with the Council on November 22. Their proposal, in e~eoce was th.is . Last year. Camp Patmos and Scioto Bap– tist Camp handled 3,529 campers. Patmos had to turn away 200 cam– pers because they could not ac– commodate them. Scioto, for the same reason, had to refuse 80 junior 12 JANUARY, 1969 can1pcr . i t clo ed in mid-Augu t, bt1t plan to operate two more weeks thi u111n1er. lt i al o determined that , according to the present rate of tale p pulation increase, along with the addition of approximately six hurch a nnually ito our Association, the e pected camp enrollment in ten year will be 4,600. This is based on no increa e in the current program and pro·motion. A consolidation of camping effort i not considered wi e, a thi would be more costJly than buying one alread~ built and de– veloped. Consolidation would al o produce weekly camp attendances in uch numbers as to decrease effective– nes . Skyview Boys Camp appears to be the answer to our need. kyview h as many more advantages. Being in the now belt, it ofif ers all the winter sports aotJivities not now f ea ible at our other oamps. It is al o acces ible and desirable for year– round retreats and can be developed in the future for family conference cairnping. The immediaite plan is to operate Skyview as a teenage oarnp. This wiill not drain junior campers from the other tfwo camps. The majority of all campers are juniiors. Skyview will then become an aspira– tion to younger campers. A Plan Presented The Youth Committee also pre– sented a plan for financing. Not want ing to create any division of in– terest fiiom Scioto or Patmos the Committee is suggesting that funds be raised throughout the Sta te to retire the debts of all three cam·ps. Scioto still owes $86,000 on their property. P atmos owes $14,000 on the new swimming pool. Skyview will cost approximately $160,000. Twenty-five pastors and yoUlth di- ent a aving of over $130,000 in interest, which would have to be paid if the debts are retire.d over a fifteen year period. Each church will be asked to give an immediate offering so thait the needed $30,000 down payment can be made 'before February 1, 1969. This offering will be a part of the church's totall commitmeillt. Funds that are received thereafter will be divided between the ithree camps with Patmos receiving 7% , Scioto 37% and Skyview 56% . All three camps would t hen be mortgage-free, and be .able to use their registration profits for improve– ments in facilities and program, if 1they desiire . This plan does not in– volve a consolidation of orgaoAzation or debt. It is only a fund raising ef– fort. Each camp will function as an independent organization with its own board of trustees. Each camp will maintain responsibility for its own debt. Council of Ten Approves Upon learning of the proposal, and after much deliberation, the Council of Ten unanimously approved the presentation of tihis plan to the churches by the State Youth Com– mittee. This Committee consists of Pastor Kenneth Andru~, Springfield, Chairman; David Truitt, Elyria, }>lastor Wesley Bliss, Columbus; .Pas– tor Harold Green, Greenv·ille; and Pastor Wilbur Parrish, Portsmouth.. Pastors are now being approached by rt:he twenty-tiive contact men for the presentation of this project. YOUNG PEOPLE - TAKE NOTICE!! Applications are being received from High School Juniors ailld Seniors V/lho are interested in Summer work on the Junior Staff Qt Camp Patmos. Board and room and $5.00 per week spending money are provided. Interested personnel may obtain an aipplication by writing to: Rev. Lynn Rogers Noiltlrufield Baptist Ohuroh • 7584 North Boyden Road Northfield, Ohio 44067 THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIS1