The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1971

Commissioning Service On Sunday afternoon, June 6th, a very special Com– missioning Service was held at the Grace Baptist Church, Westlake, Ohio for their former pastor and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. Douglas Couch. They are now missionaries under Baptist Mid-Missions serving the Lord in Australia. Taking part in the service were different men from the church, as well as Rev. Lynn Rogers, Rev. Gunnerfeldt, Dr. Allan Lewis and Dr. Arthur Fetzer. Dr. Lewis, Pres– ident of Baptist Mid-Missions, brought the main address. It was an impressive service, especially as Doug and Sally Couch, with their children, were circled by friends as the Commissioning prayer was offered. Following the service, light refreshments and a time of . fellowsh ip were enjoyed. The Couch Family, at the time of the Commissiorung Service, had about 97 % of their support. They left for Australia on August 2nd. d Five Generations • .. A I " f mil)' at tended , ~t ot lier t tl1e J 111 l Il p tist l1ur 11, T 1 d , l1i . ta11d1n ~ J to 1{) ar I j, je P I tin, B 1111ie l r) 13 1 l1olding l>al, ' J ell\; ' l s- gre t gr I dn1 ll r nc ' ,!b ~· u~• .,.,~l inf rn us tl1at 11 r)' 1s 111 d 11 ) l1i ir t gr i1dcl11ld . 0 10 IND P t DE AP I Groundbreaking At the close of the worship service on May 23, the congregation of the Grace Baptist Church in Troy, Ol1io assembled on the site chosen for their new addition. The building committee is shown above. Reading from left to right, are: Earl Satterfield, Lawrence Lewis, Henry Miller, Donald Adams, Pastor John Yardley, James Ab– shear, Chester Loy Claude Rice and Dale Thompson. The new addition will house an auditorium that will seat 500 in air-conditioned comfort. It will also provide space for a church office, Pastor's study, P.A. room, music room, Assistant's office, lobby, library, eight class rooms, a crib nursery and a toddler's nursery. On completion of this new addition, the present build– ing will become the educational wing of the building complex. The Lord is blessing! Souls are being reached with the gospel message! We praise Him for Hi faith- fulness! Handbell Ringers ti 1ir fr n1 entral pr nt t .. ll lid- t1i f r p ial n1u 1 1r . b rt B tt1 ugl1t r b tl11 uniqu n Sund a)', 1 1 1 , tl1 H , 11dl) ll B J) ti 1 l1 t1 r h, ar ', J n di 11, , • \ tting11 111 B, ptist liltr 11, }..,tl . ltd, 1 IJ tl1 1l1e n1 rni 11g a11d ' n1ng 1 r", Id dir t d tl1 l1 ir nd tl1e 1,i, ni t. 11 rt , r bl .....,., 11 11 i tr). AUGU T, 1971 7