The Ohio Independent Baptist, May/June 1992

<'n 1\ p11I 11 \I\\\ l b1,,kl· g1,,,111d tn1 tlH.' lPll · ,11, \t't n ,,r 11, th. ' ' ,,,,,Id hl',,dqu.H11.· r, lll',H 11 1 · 1 1,,11g l \ · nn , I, .,ni., 11\t' pl.,n 1, "' build it I l'h ,, ,lunh. · 1 1.,1"'' \\' \1.' t,11 \h\lt\.hl' ' lH 'lll ()lun ,U\ 'l nd in~ gr,,up, h' hl· lp an thl' pt \lJCl' l lntl'tl' tl'd > ( '.,11 thl' 1n1,,H,n ,, r I ,\It l·ctzcr. Across the State Pastor and Queen Norma Guthrie ()n l 7 chruary 16, Calvary na pti. t celebrated it third Tiffin annual "L<.)vc unday ," in \vhich U1ey honored a queen and her courl. l 'hL year' queen wn. orrna GuU1rie, and her urt cc)n. i. ted of her ,. "'undav . chool clas. of fir.. t grader . The . ~ queen \vas honored by a ''111i I Your . l 1fe." in \vhich pcciaJ friend and fan11J y n1en1bcr, c,unc from a ll over the tate to honor her. After the ervice, all enjoyed a carry-in dinner. At t11e dinner lhe church al o dedicated iLl new kitchen. Calvary n<.1te t11at it i.. al o t11ankfu l for it new .. <.1und b o ll1 and y tern , which were al o dedicated that day . Willoughby Hills On March 31 Rob Wertl1eim, mi ionary witl1 Jew · For Je u , pre ented " hri t in the Pa over" at Nottingham Dapti t. He explained t11e element, on t11e Jewi h table and ho\ved how Ll1ey depi ct lhe life of Chri t. At Ll1c clo c of the ervicc Rob gave hi te Limony. f--ir t Rapt' t ho ted the Fifth AnnuaJ Mid-Betl1el Findlay ~ hurch Rall y aturday evening, April 4 . A large choir made up of indi vidual from everaJ participating churche ang a medl ey of ... ong, . and a pas tor ' en cmble wa one of the hi2hli2h1 of the evening. The ~ ... ... ho L chu rch al o mini Lered with a boy trumpet trio and a boy choir. Evangeli l Carl Hol\lr·arda. from Grand Rapid , poke to Ll1e group. 4 Pastor Ken Spink with Fred and Mildred Hussey Wf'~ ,/#~ Berea Baptist held a ~ ...... farewell reception for ~ & Pa tor T. Fred Hu ey and ··~ h_i . wife, Mil~red, wh~ are ~ -n_rettr1ng to Sebring, Flonda. ~ Pa tor Hu ey mo t recently erved as as i tant to the pastor in Berea, mini tering to senior adults. Prior to hi four years at Berea, he had erved in Ohio for 40 years, pa toring churche in BelJefontaine, Ni le , and Cleveland. Mr . Vivian O'Sbell was honored for 30 year ervice as secretary to the pa tor. She has faithfully served fo~r enior pa tor a well as several as 1s– Lants. A plaque with a poem written for her wa pre ented with 30 long tern ro e . Mr . O' Shell continues her role as ecretary. B ~ Pa. tor Merl_yn Jon~ , ~ ~ Faith Bapt1St, write , ~ ~ ~ "111 is past year has been ~~ one of the be t year in our ~ -~,~cburcb ' history. Obviou ly ~ there were many who were serving the Lord with ' all their heart.' New record attendance averages for the year were et for every service. A new record attendance of 407 was et for our morning wor hip ervice on October 27, 1991. Without question, the most exciting tali tic i the 98 salvation decisions recorded for t11e year t11roughout our many ministrie . In addition, 17 were baptized and 32 were added to the church member hip .' Mnny pcnpl • h.,v • h 'en lou hcd hy the need nf childr n in the o rphan.,gcs of Romnnia, J{uss ia, ond o ther eas tern b)o k countric~. 13c1pl1 ~t (~hildrcn 's llomc has cstoblishcd some contnc ts lhal , l...nr<l wtllJng, will result in adoptive placc1n cnt for some of lho c children . J 7 or anorc information, call 11 apli st Children' I lomc Ohio o ffice in Spr1ngficlcJ at 1 - 22 0006 . ~ , Pa tor Wilbur Parri h of • ~ Fir t Bapti t reported on tJ1e cvenll1 annuaJ Dible ·- conference held by Berea ~ .... Bapti t, Berea; First Baptist, ~ Parma; Fir t Baptist, Strongsville; Fir t Baptise, Brun wick; and Beebetown Baptist, Brunswick. Dr. John Wal voord, chancellor of Dallas Theological Seminary, was the peaker . He preached on the theme, "World Cri is in Light of Biblical Prophecy." Special musicians were Bryan and Molly Dumm, from the Cleveland Orchestra, and David Uibel, of Emmanuel Baptist, Toledo. On Sunday evening the choirs from the five churches blended their voices. The children attended special programs each night, with their speaker being Rev. Virgil Freyermuth, of Joy Clubs (Bapti t Cburcb Planters). On Tuesday morning the women enj oyed a special program of music and craft , and Mrs. Pat Warren spoke about what to remember in "Preparing for Jesus' Return ." The program concluded with dinner. The pa tors of the cooperating churches encourage other churches to bold similar joint meetings. They have found the benefi ts to be numerous. - Calvary's dedication . service ~ Stale Representative Larry ~ Fetzer was the speaker at the March 29 dedication of ~ Calvary Baptist's newly r ~ enlarged auditorium. Rede– ~ signing t11e auditorium and adding a balcony bring seating capacity to over 700. New carpet, pews, and pulpit furniture complele the refurbi bing. The church is now headed into phase two of their. building progr~, which includes ex tending the fellowsb1p ball. Barry Grahl is senior pas tor at Calvary.