The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1972

.resen ted one of h is " Sermons In Song" a t a unday e vening service. We are looking to the ord to b less in our specia l mee tings with 1 uest speaker Or . W illiam Wa rd Aye r. These viii run from October 22 through 29. 1 0UTHGATE BAPTIST CHURCH, iPRINGFIELD - We began our " te levision min is try" on Sep· ember 10th. We hope through t his means O reach " out" in to this community with the nessage of the Gospel. We anticipate blessing !uring our Missionary Conference- November 26 through 29. Guest speakers w il l inc lud e ~ev. Wende ll Kempton (President o f the ~BWE) and Missionary Bud De Vri es (ABWE - "hilippine Is lands). GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, SUNBURY - Our pastor min istered recently a t the South Nebster Miss ionary Baptis t Church in South Nebster, Ohio. In his absence, w e were privileged to hear Rev . James Ruck (BMM– Japan). EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, fOLEDO - Our Second Annual Men ' s Retreat w as held at the Pine Hills Christ ian Camp near Brighton , Mich igan. Or . R. Kirby of Lancaster w as the guest speaker. Our special meetings with Evange lis t Dr. Fred Brown proved a rich bl ess– ing to our people. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH , WILLOWICK During October we had an excellen t mis· sionary conference The Lord blessed through our annua l Veteran 's Day service. We an t ic, pa te a grea t t imc dur ing our Sunday School Confe rence which is to be held Novembc, 16 17. Rev. Roy Thompson will be the gues t speaker fo r this affai r. GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, WESTLAKE - We he ld an Ann ive rsa ry Recept ion f o llow,ng an evening servi ce in September for Pastor and Mrs . Ra lph Burns. Brother Roger Fen ton (ABWE Colombia) told us o f his ca ll to t ha t land. GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, YOUNGSTOWN - Gues t Bible teache r for our Three-Day Bib le Con fe rence was Rev. Ralph Lenz o f Nove lt y, O h io. Pastor and Mrs . Curt is a re looking for– wnrd to meeting with the FBHM Board to be· corne fu ll t ime m issionaries . Mr. and Mrs. Roger Gento n {ABWE Colombia) w e re with us rn ea rl y October. EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, XENIA - We praise the Lo rd fo r sending a to t al of 135 s t udents fo r our Xenia Chr ist ian Day School. It is now runn ing at " full-speed " Re– cen tl y, Rev. Howard Leighton of Corsica, Penn– sylvania was with us as a gues t speaker . We con t inue to look to the lord to lead us to that '11an He would have us t o have as our pastor . Capsules of Life The Word Of Li fe The great living lessons taught by Christ in His parables used the common , everyday exper iences of life. His ill ustrations and aptness of appl ication came from the heart that sought only good for the listener and you the reader of today. The accounts of missionary bravery and true incidents in the lives of exper ienced Christians characterize the literature we publ ish for you . Our take-home papers are planned to cover a broad area of Chri stian exper ience. Your ' church can ortly benef it from the read ing of these fine papers: FOR MOMMY AND ME, PR!~ARY PAL, COURAGE. CHALLENGE, CONQUEST. ~;~~,~~~~:ee Regular Baptist Press 1800 Oakton Boulevard • Des Plaines, Ill. 60018 - ESTABLISHING BAPTIST CHURCHES WHERE THERE WERE NONE United States and Ca11ada 1 f THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Accepts Call To Serve Northfield Church The Northficltl Bap tist ( ' hurch, Rev. l...ynn Roger\, Pastor , ha<i ca lled Mr . llrucc McDonald to \crvc a~ A\<ii stant to their pastor and Mini ster of Youth an(l Yi sitation. Brother McDonald i<; a graduate of ( 'cdarvilJc ( 'ollege with honor<,. While at edarville, he made the Who'<, Who in Ameri can oll cge Student<; and the Who's Who in American ollcge Ath– letes. He ea rned All-Ameri can hono r\ in two c; port s- bac;cba ll and ha ketball. Upon graduation, he <; igned to play baseball with the New York Mete;, however, the L,ord led in other direc– t ion~. He has made everaJ trips with Ven– ture for Victory. These have taken him to the Philippines to pl ay basketball and to entral and South America to play baseball. For a short term he erved a Program Director at the Word of Life Ranch. He has also taught in public chool . Ju t prior to hi coming to the Northfield Bapti t Church , he erved a the Youth and hri tian Education Director at the Oxford Bapti t Church in Oxford, Michigan. Hi wife wa formerly Beverl y Hare, the daughter of ABWE missionari es in Sao Paulo, Brazil- Don and Hel en Hare. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald are the proud parent of a baby boy- Jeremy David- born on September 8th of thi year! Brother McDonald's mini try at the Northfield Church working along with Pa tor Earl Willetts, Interim Pa tor (while Pastor Rogers is on Sabba tica l leave) began on September 3rd . Homecoming And Anniversary September 10 was "Homecomi ng and Anniversary Sunday" at the Me– morial Bapti t Church in Columbu , Ohio. It wa "homecoming" for all of our former members and friend and it wa the 35th Anniversary of our Pa - tor, Rev. Don B. Winter , as a n1ini ter of the Go pel . Two of our ov-1n, who are presently pa toring churche , .. poke at the morn– ing and evening ervice . They were Rev . Virgi l Endsley of Panan1a . New York and Rev. Mark MitcheH of Mt . Pleasant . Mi chigan . Following the n1orning c;crvice a has- ket dinner wa had at the church. A pec ial ervice wa held at 3 .00 p.n, . "'The Roth Fa111ily 0 pre~entcLi special n1u ic. It was a great da}. The l ore.I blessed! NOVEMBER 1972 7