The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1972

15th Annual OARBC Conference This is the month of our 45th An– ~ual OARBC conference! We wiJI be neeting this year at the Temple Bap– ist Church in Port tnouth, Ohio Oc– ober 16, 17 and 18. Dr. Raymond F. Hamilton is the host pastor. Both Dr. Hamilton and his people have done much to make this one of the best ;onferences ever. As stated in an earlier is ue of THE DHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST, .here will be FREE HOUSING for ~ome. It is suggested that those de iring )uch should write immediately. Direct all correspondence to Dr. Raymond F . Hamilton, Temple Baptist Church, sl J 48 Gallia Street, Portsmouth , Ohio - 45662. Those desiring to stay in one of Portsmouth's fine motels should make their reservations direct. We li st again some of the moteJs to be found in the Portsmouth area. Ett Mar Motel (R) 1600 Kendall Avenue 40 Units $9.00-$ 16.00 Holiday Inn (SP) U.S. 23-North P.O. Box 1190 100 Units $14.00-$19.00 Keys Inn (SP) (R) 2302 Scioto Trail 40 Units $10.00-$14.00 Quality Courts (SP) (R) Route 5, Box 154 U.S. 52-West 22 Units $ 10.00-$15.00 Ramada Inn (R) 704 Second Street 90 Units $12.50-$28.50 Scioto Motel 5709 Gallia Street 10 Units $6.00-$8.00 Trail Motel 3778 Scioto Trail U.S. 23-North 15 Units $6.00-$ 10.00 Twin Motel 2000 Scioto Trail 18 Units $7 .80-$12.48 (SP) Swimming Pool (R) Restaurant Subscribe to: $2 .00 per year The Ohio Independent Baptist FOR A FRIEND Box 160 Xenia, Ohio 45385 THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST First AWANA Scholarship Camp 200 Timothy and Meritorious Winners from 2() <; la te<;, being from Oklahoma to Min11csota and Wa5hington to Maine. took part in the first Awana Scholarship Can1p h\,;ld at il vcr Birch Ra nch in White LJake, Wi sconsin . Shown here are tho<;c from our Regul a r Bap ti <; t Ch urchc~ who were present at the amp . (T1n1othy Award Winners have comp leted 3 books, and Meritoriou Award Winner <;, 6 book 5.) A camp director's drea n1 would be abou t the best descripti on th at could be given to the Awana Schol a r hip Camp held at Silver Birch Ranch in Wisconsin. Two hundred Timoth y and Meritorious Award Winner fr om twenty states, from Maine to Wash– ington, from Oklahoma to Minnesota gathered for a tremendous week of piritual growth and recreation. A Timothy Award winner is one who has completed three years of Awana books and a meritorious Award win– ner has completed s ix years. These were the cream of the young people. Memorization of the Word of God , Bible study and meetings a t which the challenge for Christian service was put forth, were not things which they sought to avoid, but which they keenly des ired. Each speaker could feel the campers were hanging on to every word that was sa id . What a tin1e of testimonies was held on Fri– day ni ght ! Tears of joy, spirit born conviction of God's working jn the ir lives and a rejoicing in the wonderful c;alvation which wa<; theirs in Ch r ic;t covered over an hour and a half of tcsti n1ony time. Miss ing were the usual problen1s ~een so often in coed camps, a the campe rs recognized the greater goa ls of the camp. Lest one wou ld think that this ,va<; a ll that .happened, there were many good hours spe nt in recreation. shoot– ing the rapidc;, playing ball , riding the horses on the tra il, pl us ot her good ,.vholeson1c fun for C hri st ian boy · and girls. Yes, a can1p director 's dream a to the ca1nper , but also a to the staff of Awa na leaders from around the cou n– try. Four Awana Mi ss ionaries and five camp direc tors were on the taff. 1\1o t serving as cabin leaders along with experienced Awana leade r a nd direc– tors . On the lips of many campers and in letters since received come the ,.vord , HBest camp I eve r atte nded:· Pl ans are now in the making for a repeat in '73. Among the camper~ were young people fron1 our Ohio A - soc iation of Regul ar Bapti t chu rche5. SATISFIED WITH YOUR MUSIC MINISTRY? If not, for just $8.00 you can receive three units of study which are TRIED and PROVEN metr,ods for greater SUCCESS in your CHURCH MUSIC PRO– GRAM. Unit one is to be sent out in October. Send your checks to - Paul H. Matthews 3448 Fairmont Blvd. Cleveland Heights, Ohio - 44118 (Be sure to include your name , address and zip code) OCTOBER, 1972 5