The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1992

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Ashland Calva ry Baptist has begun a unique eight-week tudy cal1cd, "TI1e Family God Wan ~ U to Be: Your Pre cription for HeaJtJ1ier hurch Relation.. hip .,. The Adventure, pon ored by The Chape l of the Air radio broadcast, explore \\ay to enri h relation hip. in tJ1e body of Chri. t. Participan ts in the 50-day tudy, \vhich i open Lo children and teen a well ~ adult , receive a journal which provide in truction and a place to C()mpleLe brief as ign1nent . Calvar)' Baptist Fellow- PainesviJJe hip has been making an impact in tl1e Paine vil le area wi tJ1 a wide variety of outreach 1nini trie . Many of thei r member. are in volved in uch program ~ a mini try for trouhled teenage boy , a Campu Bible Fello\v hip ou treach to . tudent at nearby Lake Erie College, AWA A, jail ervice , and eve ral co-dependency group uch as Right tep, for people truggling with alcohol or drug abu e. Mom, Mornino ..... 0 Out I a free weekly child care ervice for young mother that begin with a brief Bible tudy . TI1e church reporu that many mother. have been a\ ed tl1rough thi program. Ronald Globig note tha~ " the e m1n1_t.rie are aJI reinforced by a caring, praying church that i eein~ fruit through 1cs labors.. ..... 4 Missionary Dottie Esque ~ ~~~ Pa tor Jim Lu her write .. ,,,.. tl1at the people at Faith ~ Baptist have a pecial ~ p~ace in their.h~arts for ~-~ lhelI newest m1ss1onary. ~ Dottie E que, who was com– rni ioned by Faith Baptist last Dece.mber, ha been a member of Fai th ince 1971, and erved a church organist for near I y all of that time. She was also active in lhc teaching and special music 1nini trie . Though Dottie's intent, at the time of her commi sioning, was to serve in Haiti, political turmoil in that country cau ed her to explore other opportunitie , and the Lord opened the door for her to erve under ABWE in Togo, where she ha been ince February. Pastor Don and Michel le Harward - ,/.,h~ First Baptist ha~cal led ~ Don Harward a 1ts new ~ I', pastor . He attended ~~ Hyl~ -Ander .on C?llege ~ ·-:~and Liber ty Un1vers1ty, and ~ is a graduate of Liberty Home Bible In titute. Hi wife, Michelle, i a graduate of West Virginia Uni versity in Morgantown, We t Virginia. Don and Michelle are expecting U1eir fir t child in May. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ( ~a,np P.,trnos nsk, you to no te: that the • • summer schedule dates li s ted in their • • hrnchurc a, c rncurrcc t. All of the • • . k h • camping wee s ·ip n on Monday , no t • • Sun.Jay, as li sted . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• , • On unday, January 19, 1ncmber of Chardon ~ · JJapti t voted lo proceed ~ with.a $170,000 building .,.,/,//~~ . cainpa1gn. The propo ed new ~ building will be a 40' x 76' educational wing which wi ll provide the church with approximately 3,000 quare ~eet of much needed pace. Ground breaking for this facility will begin when $25,000 in funds is in band of which $10,000 bas already been ' received. Church members and friends wi ll provide the skill and muscle power nece sary to construct the building. The church presently operates t11e Sunday school , nur ery and administra– tive ministries with less than 500 square feet of pace. April i the 30th anniver– sary month for Pine Hills Baptist. For half of those ~ • years the church bas been ~ ~W"// served by Pastor Loren ~ Schenck. Special events for the month include The Joyful Sounds ensemble and band bell musi– cian of Maranatha Christian School and an anniversary dinner with Pine Hills founder George Myer . Nottingham Baptist has ~ called William Harris as associate pas tor of visita– tion. Harris, a graduate of ~ Moody Bible Institute, , pastored churches for 39 years. He and l1i wife, Glee, began their mini try at Nottingham on January 1. Scott Renstrom i enior pastor at Nottingham. Emmanuel Baptist bas committed itself to a $186,000 renovation ~ project. The plan is to tum ~i the church 's original audito– ~ rium into a multi-purpose room. The renovation will also include the addition of an elevator and a food service room. Pastor Drew Baker says the renovation will enable the church to provide a monthly luncheon for senior adul ts, minister to Dayton' s college community, and extend its basketball evangelism ministry.