The Ohio Independent Baptist, September/October 1992

, ix teen from Faith Baptist Ch urch, Kenton, parti c ipated in tbe Wo rd of Life Intern ational Teen Invo lved mpc ti- tion at chroon Lake, New York, Jul y 25-Augu t 1. Heather ll a1l, Jc e Hardin, Missy Lease, John prang, Jamie Richardson, and I lolly Hall had previously advanced through area and reg ional level of competition to qualify for the chroon La ke meet. Pastor Dave and Dottie Selden :: ::~::::: r~~i~}:!?11p~:; 1 :1Ve and hi wife, Dottie, have erved with Bapli t Mid-Mi ion for the pa t 38 year . rfheir mini try has included erving i11 A laska and New Mexico. He has al o been a building consultant ince 1964, having bui lt 32 churche , 2 camp and 4 borne for mi sionarie . Selden i a graduate of Phi l adelphia School of t11e Bible, The Ki ng allege and Cedarvi lie College. The elden lived in Hunt burg from 1970-77 whi le developing Sl1alom Lake amp . They also attended Hunt burg Bapti t during thi period. .• Assistant Pastor Er ic and Brenda Struble, Aaron and Ryan New Milford J1a1>tis t announces tJ1c accep– tance of their cal l Lo Eri c Struble t(> serve a'> assi~t1u1t pasl<>r of youth. A 1985 graduate <> f 1:-ai tl1 Baptist 13tblc ( ollcgc in Ankeny, Iowa, ~ric con1cs to New Mllford from 1:aiU1 napti~L, An1hcrst, where he served a~a1.,si ~tant ()tt\ l<)r of youtl1 and 1nusic the pas t seven yc;trs. I le and hi s wife, llrenda, have two son~, Aaron and l{ynn 'l'hc Strubl e~ began tJ1ctr n1ini stry at New M 1lf ord on Augu~t 23 . After a tren1endou week of Vacation Il ible School , IVIeadowbrook Baptis t celebrated with a clo ing progrrun and carni val on Sunday, Augu t 2. At t11i crvicc U1c oo pel of hrist was clearl y pre cntcd ~nd everyone had great fun. The carnival included a dunk tank, hot air ba lloon, a petting zoo, food, and many ot11er.cvents. The service urpa sed al l expectations and turned out to be tJ1c large l ince Pa tor Ken Gentzler ' corning in January of 199 1, witJ1 over 162 in attendance. The church plan to fallow up on the c fan1i lie in U1c hope of reaching U1em for hri t and adding tJ1c1n to tJ1c church. Left to right: Pastor Bill Davis, Mr. Eric Hawout, Pastor David Conrad Evansville Baptis t celebrated it , 50U1 anni vcr ary on unday, June 7, witJ1 tJ1e the111e, "f.ifty Year · of f.ait11 futd n cyond .'' Rev. Willian1 f)avis, pas1or of tJ1c J"liblc IJaptist Church of f\ cdford, wru guc. t peak.er for t11c n1oming and evening services. Rev. ~u1d Mrs. Jo cph ( hap111an, of , cbring, l :;-lorida, provided special n1u. ic which included vocal and instrun1cnt:tl nun1bcrs uti l iLing the piancl, trombone, cow- bel ls, and cluster bells. 'I'hcir 13-ye:rr-oJd grandson, 13cnj,unin Kurr, also played the bells w itJ1 his grandfatJ1cr. Mr. Eric I_I ::~woul, or Ni les, provided an evening n11n1-conccr1 <>f SoutJ1crn gospel hyn1n~. After a catered noon n1cal, the aftenl<>on serv i ce focused on rccogniti<)n of charter 1ncn1hcr!-I , <)ffi ccrs, f<>rn1cr p,L~Lors and Jong- ti1nc n1cn1bcr~. Many fon11cr n1c1nbcr~ and fri end~can1c to renew fcll<>wship wi1l1 old fri ends, giving 1csti1non1es on "Whal I ~van~v1llc llapl1~1( 'hurch ha~ n1cant to inc. .. I: OIB news deadline for Nov./Dec. issue October 19 Serving Churches Across ~ the State : State Representative Larry Fetzer 884 Knebwort h Ct. Westervi lle, OH 43081 614-523-3666 .· :· ,; ··:· · ,· Buses & Vans For Sale 15-84 passenger vehicles available Buy quality tor less at ~"""~ Transportation IJJ,;"j,;.:J Equip. Sales Corp. 640 1 Searnan Rd . Oregon. OH 436 18 41 9-836-2835 Toll- tree na t1onw1de 1-800-227-3572 "Big church discounts• ask for Bud Graham Ohio Independent Baptist is a p u hli ca ti on of the O hio Associa tion of licgular Baptist Churches Editor Stale l<cprcscnlalivc Larry Fct,.cr Managing Editor Jjnda ' rhomas Proofreader l)cbora h 13 issctl Technical Assistance l<cgi c.; lcr (,raphics l {andolph, Nc\V York Pl ease d irccl all cnrnn1cn ts. <:orrcspondcncc, anJ 1H;\vs tn Ol1io lnde p e 11dent Baptist P.<.) l it, 2l) ,o58 Kcllcring . C) ll ~t"4 2l) S l J -294 029' ' l'hl' ()11\ , ._ puhlt , h1..•d ht n10111hly I 1..' h/ \1.1!. ~!fay/Junl..', July/Aug , ov/ l)l' 1..' ,tnJ 1no11lhl\ J,1n. Apr , Sl..'pl , () l , (or $-1 ('bK l o1 e1gn) p1..•r ) 1..·,11 h) lhl..' C)h1 0 A,, oc,.1110 11 n l Rl'gul.,r IL1p1t , l ( ' hu11..·hl',, '\2 7 I a -. l l )t1\'l' , l),1y1o n, ( ) II l 'i H lJ .