The Ohio Independent Baptist. June 1973

Talents For Christ On April 14th, 61 young people from our Ohio Association of Regular Baptist Churches competed in the annual Talents For Christ Contest which was held at Cedarville College, Cedarville, Ohio. One church, the Emmanuel Baptist Church of Toledo, Ohio, sent six of their young people. All of them were winners! Five placed first in their division and one placed secon.d. Pic– tured above are the teen-agers from Toledo with Pastor Don Krueger, Minister of Music and Pastor David Carder, Minister of Youth. Rev. Don– ald Sewell is pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Toledo. The complete list of first place winners and their divisions are: 10 PREACHING - Patrick Thomas Thompson Emmanuel Baptist Church Toledo, Ohio PUBLIC SPEAKING - Jill Ann Nause Emmanuel Baptist Church Toledo, Ohio BIBLE KNOWLEDGE - Thomas David Stubrich Sharon Baptist Church Sharon, Penna. JUNE, 1973 BRASS - Mark David Browning Temple Baptist Church Portsmouth, Ohio PIANO - Hans B. Bernhoft Emmanuel Baptist Church Toledo, Ohio INSTRUMENTAL - (Strings-Viola) Gary Wayne Stewart Emmanuel Baptist Church Toledo, Ohio GIRLS VOICE - Sue Ann McThena Emmanuel Baptist Church Toledo, Ohio BOYS VOICE - H. Bruce McCoy Emmanuel Baptist Church Lorain, Ohio WOODWIND - Susan Marie Houck Calavry Baptist Church Findlay, Ohio All of these winners will compete at the national GARBC conference in Kansas City on June 28th and 29th. Winners in the nationals will be awarded one year scholarships to one of our GARBC approved schools. We regret that we do not have pictures of all of the winners to run with this article. Miss Ruth Hege To Visit Congo Miss Ruth Hege will be making a return trip to Zaire (Congo) on or about July 1 t. She will be traveling with Mrs. Katharine Boerwinkle, a friend of many years. She anticipates blessing seeing once again those Congolese Christians who did so much for her during the day~ of the guerilla attack in January of '64. Miss Irene Ferril, her co-worker at that time, was slain and Miss Hege. only through miraculous intervention, was able to escape. The field of Zaire (formerly Con– go) because of the pressure of the "ecumenical church" is being closed to the missionaries of Baptist Mid. Missions. 75 Years Of Faithful Service The Emmanuel Baptist Church, 4207 Laskey Road, Toledo, Ohio are in their 75th year! Pastor Don Sewell spoke recent!y to over 100 teach– ers at their Kick-Off Banquet us– ing Proverbs 22: 28 - "Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set". For these 75 years the church has been faithfully telling folk "How To Get To Heaven From Toledo"! To celebrate their anniversary the– church planned five great Sundays These began April 8th and climaxed on May 6th. Each of these Sundays had a special emphasis and name. April 8th was "Friend Sunday". April 15th was ' 'Industry Sunday'' . April 22nd was "Neighbor Day". April 29 .. was "City of Toledo Day". May 6th was "Anniversary Sunday". (The exact date of the church's anniversary was May 3rd.) Dr. Joseph Stowell, National Repre· sentative of the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches was guest speaker one of these Sundays. Emmanuel Baptist Church still holds to the Doctrinal Statement they held to 7 5 years ago. She has not changed other than to continue to increase in size. She has grown great· ly and continues to grow! Pastor Sewell states, "We preach the Word of God as it is for men as they are, without apology!" This is one reason why the blessing of God rests on them so richly. A VAi LAB LE FOR ... Pulpit Supply-Special Meetings– Weekend Meetings Rev. Elton C. Hukill Wellington Mobile Home Park Wellington, Ohio 44090 Phone: (216) 647-4378 THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST 1,