The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1969

''This Is Your L i fe - ynn Saturday night, September 28, was . o have been an evening of celebra– ion at the Northfield Baptist Church. . Pastor Lynn Rogers has led thait ;hurch for fifteen years and an an– uversary service was planned. Sched- 1 1led events were pre-empted, though, Nhen master-of-ceremonies, Glenn Hotchkiss, stopped the proceedings 1ot long after they had begun. He di– ·ected ushers to di tribute a new pro– ~r,am. This one, bearing the title "This ls Your Life, Lynn E. Rogers ,, was 1 heartwarming surprise for the Pastor, who seemed to look upon this 1nniversary more as a 'testimony to he faithfulness of God and hi con– ~egation rather than himself. Planned in strict secrecy by Mrs. !logers, Glenn Hotchkiss, D ave Ashen– f elder, and the Deacon Board the program was patterned rafter the long gone television show ' 'This Is Your Life." People who have played major '"oles in the Pas.tor's life were con.. tacted and asked to appear. Old photo– g[1aphs were made into slides so that a chronological biography could be presented. It began with a baby pic– ture of the mini ter and carried through to a collection of snapshots of some of the long-1time members of ~he oithfield Bapti t Church. Old friends who tirred memories nd told anecdotes about the grow– ing-up years of Lynn Rogers came, one by one, to the church platform rto Dr. Paul Jackson To Speak In Ohio Our A RB ational Repre enta- tive, Dr. Paul R. Jackson, will be peaking at edarv1lle ollege, Janu– ry 21-23. On the 26th of January, ht: iJI be mir1i !lering at tl1e m– manuel Bapt i t hurch in ' foledo , hio. DECATUR FOUNDRY CO. INC. Di ition of J . L. J•hn,on Sona Inc. 1700 • Calhoun Stre•t D•c•tvr, Ill no, Ann alin P•t1 for MAii bl Foun.. ,i•1 help him relive the past. His former unday Sohool teacher, Clarence avor ka · his be t friend, Bud Spring, who lived across the treet from the Rogers home· al o, his cousin Bruce Turnbull, now a teacher at Cleveland I f Rev. and Mrs. Lynn Rogers tate Univer ity. His brother, Bob, and i 1 ter , Janet, Carol and Frances; Pastor Earl Willets, who has seen the young Rogers develop from one of his pari hioners into one of his colleagues. There was laughter and joking, too, a coach Lou Duobes from We t– lake Ohio related ho,v Rogers was ' 'The only football player he ever coached who had to eat a lunch be– fore going on the practice field.'' Any– one who meets the 6 ft. 4 in. Pastor will believe it. He has stature adequate for anyone's football team. Three other "Giant" men joined him to remini ce, in song, their Youth for Chri t quartet days. Called the HHalf Ton of Harmony," tlhis quartet sang regularly for youth rallies and church services when the Pastor was active in High Sohool YFC Club. As Reverend Rogers' History was told, rthe history of the growth of the orthfield Bapti t Church was told with it. Slide picture of the bumble beginnings on Heights A venue in Northfield Village and of the con- truction of ·the present building at Route 82 and N. Boyden Road re– minded new members and charter member of the hard times and the ble ings of God. Remembering b-rought plenty of parkle to eye and a few handker– chief a well. After a presentation of gift and remembrance alb11m to Mr. and Mrs. Roger , the Pastor remarked that 'The Lord will not give Hi Glory to another." He went on to prai e God that he could be u ed in uch a place where blessings are abundant and the hand of God evident. He thanked the church for their kindne and e pressed a hope that the future would be like the pa t. - THE CLEVELAND HEBREW MISSION P. 0. Box 18056, Cleveland, Ohio 44118 Founded 1904 FUNDAMENTAL - BAPTISTIC - EVANGELISTIC Eva11oel1zino tl1e "kins111en 11 of our Lord in leveland, Ohio O t, B ·1 ao Paulo and Rio de J ane1ro, raz1 OFJ":J ER :- l1 1 l~J": }\l;, ~ :- 1r. eorge 8 . Dt1n11, Preside1it ] r. ltal1>l1 1 l. Stoll, ' 'ice E>re.side,it 1,ev. ..e,aJcl \ l. 111 ] er, 1,p ri-nte1i le11t Jl .. v. . Paul J icll, 11, t. ll t. Ii I i11d .. . I1nl1of, ec' . Ir. }tl111 . Jl ,,l ,o, I ,,el nd, hio 11ev. 1~, ttl \ T n .,order, tl nta, . . llev. \ l ughn Jlnln , uth B nd, Ind. ll , . I ] ,d t ,eris, Flint, 1ich. I r . l\ be rt K t l\ n1, u , Ill. ft .., . l K tt nri11 , t. ul, inn. 1 , . lel, i11 \ 7 l·f , .. , I ,intin t n, \ 7 • l r. r 11 k . arr , R t n, Fl ·. J)r Ke1111 tl1 teller 1-1 dd 11 1I ts. • rii for your REE co of ' Th Trun,p t r for I r I ur qu rt rly m g z1n d oted to the1 or of J I h van ll1m I