The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1993

,\ 1c \ PU 111lt'rt·,1c:d 111 ., 11111l1 .... lry (1 ppo1 lunily J t on· nf lhc llll\,t lH.',Hllilul 'I'"'~ 111 ( )h1n'! ( \,nsH.1 ·r h c111g on :- taff at ( ·.unp P., tnh,, ,1n Kl' ll l· ·, 1,1,HH. I /\pplicalinn, fl)r l'lltph ' ) 1ncnt ,\n.. ' .,v .,ii .,hie by ~nn l.icl ing Pa, tur l )avid . . ·~ -·-r I I ( 'h,t('tn.,n. l P, tl,ri.1 ll .1pti l- l ( ' hun: h, P() l lnx I 005, I \' '"'"·'· ( )11 44 \() Pl,si l1nn:- av,1i l.1hlc · ce rt ified l1fc g. u.1rd. bP,tl dri e r. dining hall ~laff, anJ ~laff 1..'PU n,c I\ ,r Across the State Associate Pastor Barry Kilmer ()n Ne> cn1bcr 6, Y:larry Ki ln1c r, as~ociat c pa: tor at S<l uthgate llaptist C hurch , \va: cxan1incd f or ordinaLion to tl1c g<>~pcl n1 i ni stry . 'l'hc ordinati on ·er v i ce was held Sunday evening, Novcn1bcr 8. ('iuc. t .· pec1ker. included l~a, tor l .:ric ~1nunt: , Cirand L ed ge, Michi gan; .. ._ l)r. l)av t<J l)rullingcr , ( 'ccJ ,trv ille C.,ollege; ._ and I>a: tor J in1 V ()_~Cl , . cnior pa. tor at , nut11 2.acc . 11LITTY is a gradua te o f Bapt i st Dible ( 'ollegc ()f Penn ·y l van ia, and ha.. ervecl <)n Lhc pa~ Loral . taff at SoutJ1gate f t1r alnl(): t seven year~. In 1992 his mini · try ~htftcd frnn1 yt)utl1 Lo a rnini~try \.v i U1 . inglc~ (u1d adult education. .. Northfield IJaptist w~Lc;; ho. t to a .. ucccs. fu t P,1renting ._ en1inar" w i th I)r. Il<)W,lfd Bix by on N<)vcn1bcr 21. Part i cipan~ c"une frc1n1 ,Lrea churche f c)r U1e ~ix-hc>ur ~cn1in,lf which f<lCuscd on ways parent. can tran. n1i t values to tJ1cir chi ldrcn. Said A. si . tant I>a~t<) r Jv1,uk A shIcy, --·rhe hcLutbcat o f l)r. l~ixhy's challenge to parent. was t<) r,11 se tJ1eir children to C)bcy t11c l..,(>rd and do v. hat I l e \V,tn ts tl1en1 tc> ... Dr. ( ' h,trl cs ( ., levcnger w~ guest n1 usi c i ,u1 at U1c piano dedication C(1nccrt at F irst l l aptist on Novcn1bcr 15. ·rhc Kawai piano wa. gi ven in n1en1ory o f Quintcn See ley . l)r. C levenger , key– b<),1rd pro f c . or at Cedarv ill e College, played a variety <1 f piece. , fro1n t11e c la~ ~1c · to h yn1n~ ,tnd spiri Lual <)ng . I l e al () de"cribed t11e ch~tracteri sLi cs o f the piano and explained tJ1c piece he played . 4 l~ogcr Forc1nan wa. gucsL rn usici an for Calvary llapti~t 's annual Thank Day on November 22. Fore1nru1, a edarville College g raduate who tcache in Maine, i an accon1pl ishcd pian i , l and vocali t. T he c,tr r y- i n noon n1eal wa well attended, according to l)a Lor Lephen Worth . everal year ago Deacon Char l ie ample decided F irst Baptist 's bui l ding fund needed a . ho t in the ar111 . H i ol ution : an ol d nai l keg, trategi cally p l aced by tl1e front door , to encourage n1e1nber Lo dr op i n their change. B y November 1992, Charlie' Barrel had added $3,600 to the build ing fund. Soon Lo be compl eted at Fi r t Dapti t i an $85,000 front entrance renovaLi oo, whi ch include · the i n t.al laLi on of an elevator . Pa. tor Ri chard Mcl nto b report that cvcral handi capped mem– ber a.re cager for tJ1e improvemcnL t be fin i hcd, ince all the pre cnt entrance to tl1e bu ilding invol ve tep . The third Tri -Church Bible Conference was held at Abbe Road Bapti t , Amher st ; F irst B aptist , E l yria ; and Faith llaptist, A mher st Novem - ber 1-4. Thi year' peaker wa Pastor Jame Jeffery, cnior pa tor at Cal vary BaptL t Church, Grand Rapid , Michi gan . Each church held it · ow n '-' unclay chool and rn omi ng wor hip . ervi ce wit11 Pa tor Jeffer y peaki ng at raith at IO a.n1 . and Abbe Road at 10:50 a .111.. unday evening t11rough W cdnc day . er vi ce were held j oi nt ly. Nursery care ru1d ch i ldren ' progran1 were prov ided for each er v i ce. '' 'l'hc g reates t th ing is to be found at o ne's pos t as a child o f ,od, livi ng each day as though it were our las t, but planning as th ugh ur world might las t a hundred " r L . yea rs. --\ . . ew1s Pa ' tor Robert Riedy write , " Approximatel y fi ve year ago [Calvary Baptist C hurch J dec ided to have a new begi nni ng w ith God . W e had gone t11rougl1 ome difficul t times during the 1980 , buL w it11God ' hel p we' ve made it." Thi 1nontl1 mark the beginning of a four-month capi tal f unds campaign in which t11e congregation hopes to rai e fund for the r el ocation o f the church facility. A leering committee of ten couples and con ul t.ant Larry Armentrout ha been formed to gi ve direction to the project. A par onage wa built on the 14 acre iLe in 1990, and paid for in 199 1. " We Lepped ouL on fai th back t11en, began revi tal ization and took tep one toward rel ocation, con truct i ng a beauLi f ul par onage and burni ng the morLgage in one year . W e are r eady to take ano ther Lep. AdmiLtedl y thi i a much b igger tep ...l1owever, we now have a hi Lory of ucce in tepping out with God in thi way, " ays Pa Lor Riedy. Ci v il A ir Patrol Chaplain Kenneth V an L oon was recenLly promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel , and a i gned as chapl ain for the Ohio Wing o f the C i v il A ir Patrol. Hi new a signmenL con1es a a r e ult of h i rel ocati on to Oh io, where he er ve under Bapti t M i d-Mi ion a the mi ~ ionary pa Lor o f Emmanuel Baptist Church. Van Loon ' previou a i gn– men t was A l a ka, and per onnel there k1te tb at he i n1i ed a a chapl ain as well as a f riend. Vermillion Baptist hel d peci al meeting with D r . Will iam Maher November 1-4. Maher, wl1om docto r aid would never walk or talk, i the founder o f God 's Handi -W ork, an evangelistic mini try to disabled people in tl1e United States and abroad. Pa Lor Albert Y o t r epor ts many public deci ion during the meeting .