The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1969

eart to eart omen -Mrs. George Milner - Women's Editor- Report On State Conference During our State Association Con– ference, when the men were having their Forum meeting the ladie (over 260 in attendance ) gathered in the Auditorium of C a 1 v a r y Bapti t Church, Findlay, for our Annual meeting. 1:rs. Fred H oward presi– dent. pre ided and introduced the otficers: Mr . V. Dunha·m , Secretary; !\Ir . . Bo worth, Treasurer· and fr . J. J eremiah, Vice Pre ident who "a ab ent because of illness . After in\ ocation by Mrs. D. Moffat, our song leader Mrs. W. Allen led in singing "Labor On' ' in keeping with the Theme H elping Hands" . Ac– companists were Mr . P. D a rwaotor, organi t and Mrs. R. Jenkins, piani t of the local church. Mrs. N. Perkey of the h ost church extended Welcome to us. Offering and Registration Slips were received. A humorous skit "H ow Not to pack a Mis ionary Box' ' was given by Judy Keeler, Anita Mundhenk, J anet War– ner and P at Allen. Then Mrs . Allen gave an interesting and informative presentation of "How to Pack a Mi ssionary Christmas Box" for a 6 )'ear old boy, using a sample box as illustration. During business session the Secre– ta11 's and T reasurer's reports were read and approved. A motion ,vas carried that the Executive Committee appoint a Committee to arrange for Women's R etreat in 1970. The chair– man of the ominating Committee, Mrs. R. Spencer read their report. A 1'otion carried to receive this re– port, ballots were pa sed to the three messengers from each church present . Mr . G. Milner was asked to lead in prayer for wirsdom 1n voting, ballots Vt' re collected and business session closed. A greeting was read from ?\ir . Mildred Leech, Jewish mission– a in Ar1.rona. Mrs. Addie Brom– well, Jewi J1 worker in Columbus was a oo to pray for her and the work t!1er . ur Mi ionary Speaker was Rev. Jol1n Mc eil erving with elJow hip of Baptist for Home M i ions in TH OHIO t DEi' ND NT IAPTtST Atlanta, Georgia. His text was from Ac t 1: 8 and Romans 10: 1. H e reminded u~ there are 22 million Negroe in America, most of them unreached with the Go pel. H e aiid his heart de ire and prayer to God wa that the e thousands of black people in Atlanta might be saved and prevented £.£io,m being u sed ' 'ex– ploited' by the Commufllir- ts. They h ave a church member hip now of 30 with an attendance of 125. They h ave the opportunity to buy and are looking to God to supply funds to purcha e a three acre property with two building now greatly re– duced to $7 5 000 of which they h ave nothing as yet. Pray for this mi ion– ary pastor and peopJe . The new officer s were announced a follow : President - Mrs. Fred H oward, Arcanum ( re-elected)· Vi ce President - Mrs. D arrel Bice - Ni]es; ecretary - Mi s Bernice Mick, Cedarville· Treasurer - Mr . Clifford J ohnson, Cedarville. Mr . Earl Umbaugh spoke for the Cedarvill e College Auxiliary an– nouncing the 1970 project will be equipment for the Infirmary. She invited u s to attend the meetings at the College. The next Auxiliary meet– ings are J anu ar y 10th April 11th. June 5th and June 6th (Commence– ment). We ay "thank-you" to the out– goi ng officers: Mrs. J . J eremiah, V . P res., Mr . V. DunJham , Secy., and Mrs. N. Bo worth Treasurer. Mrs. H oward expres5ed words of appreci a– tion for the C'hri tian ho pitality of the ho t church , Mrs . P aul Williams closed the meeting with prayer. Mrs. Verne Dunh am Special Luncheon At Findlay Thi~l)'-four pn tors' wive\ and n11 - sio11ary won1en met for a lt1n heon at t1r 42nd 11nual O RBC ;ont r– ence in Findlay, Wedn 'ida , Octo-– ber 22nd. Mr . Mable Bishop and her c mmittee, Mrs. Bu~lqholder, Mrs. in , Mrs. Sn1ith and M . ~ tok served a lovely cl1icken plate n11d cl1 rr,, hortcak . ~ Reque t - Will the kind lady who wrote to me and igned her letter "A frie nd in hri t. A Reader. To– ledo" plea e give me your name and addresrs. Mr . Milner, Editor. Our Theme wa ; '"The Pastor ... Wife i a Woman." (I) Mr . Marcia E lmore, Co hocton, spoke on the ubject, The Pastor·~ wife i a wife to the man he loves, to the man of God, the under- hepherd and to the father of her dh.ildren. (2) Mrs. D avid himp Litchfield poke about her being a home maker. Titu 2:5 - h e mu t be an organizer, be cre– at ive. be ho pitable, be motivated by good attitudes. ( 3) Mr . John trong, P ai ne ville pre.sented the pa tor's wife as a mother and grandmother. he paraphra ed 2 Tim. 2: 12. "Let no man de pi e thy old age -' ' and reminded u th at the unfeigned faith of Timonhy grandmother wa point– ed out. (4) Mr. Earl Umbauoh 0 ' Stow, tre ed th e fact th at the P as- tor'~ wife i a per on and a such each one mu t find her own place in God's will and ervice. he mu t be her e l f, not omeone el e. he mu t learn to be content and con– stantl y 1 di cipline her elf in mind. body and pirit. Many problem were dir-cu ed and a ble ed fellowship was e njoyed a Mr . R ichard Snavely pre ided. - Mrs. Earl Umbaugh A VOICE FROM THE PEW - Wa our Pa tor' wife there? Was our church represented? South Bethel Women Meet outh Bethel Won1 n' fi F Jlo\v. hip er gt1e t f th~ nion and ung W n1en' .... • 1 nary t i 1 n Guild Tuesday at the Fir t Bapti t hurch. fter the opening pra,·er and song er, i led b), f r . J . 1 . Rhint:har t, th pastor' \vtfe, r . ilfred B th, gave th w 1 n1e nnd follo,\'ed with a "pe ial mt1 ical nt1111b r. D v ti()nal ,peal r ,, a · 1 t\, Be-tt\ J)ovel'pile \.\ h{.1 t1e\~ th ten1pta– t1on f atar\ to C'hr1. t1a.n a ~ le , than th be t f t1r live and rv1ces ~\re g1vc11 to the I 1rd, £ r H1n1 the le~ v and tlreg~ of a ft1ll inaterinli~ti 11 I . 1 ather tha11 the "mtich fn1it" 1{ lh ,. \r)1ritt1al, d~d1c,1ted It~ . 1rs. avid Run11g at th rgan ~le ompa11ied tl1e qttiet pra 'er ti111c ~\O\.l offe1 t,)1 y pe1 L~ . {1 ~. , )' :tne, , h- l1t1ltz as 1 ted at tl1 pi n , . (Continued on page 17) D C Ml!R, 1 9 5