The Ohio Independent Baptist, May/June 1993

Il rs C)f•1; tt, .1 ~hur~h \ hich r.u~cJ \,vcr $4 ,100 l hcl p a nii,-; a,nary p.,~tor \Vilh ~0n1c ~~ heavy 1nsuran c c laims. ·111 .1nk yt)U . Jcar people . Verna Hetherington The grai1dchildren of Verna Hetherington urpri ed her with a birlhday reception at lhe Grace Baptist Church . Mr . Hel.herington, a charter rnen1ber, i till very active. he has rarely mi ed a ervice through her 65- year walk wilh the Lord. Even through lhe evere illne e of her hu band and onl y child, he wa faithful. She has taught unday chool, Bible club , VBS, and i pre ently di cipling the woman who cared for her daughter as she was dying. Tl1rough lhe faithful te timony of Verna and her daughter, thi woman gave her heart to Ch ri t. Friend at1d family wi hed her a happy 90th birtJ1day by pre en ting her a crapbook of note , picture and poem . "Focu On Bapti t Mi ion " will be the theme of Union Baptist's mi ion conference May 9-11 . Mi ionary peaker include Mr. & Mr . Tom Zentz (ABWE Japat1 ), Mr. & Mrs. David Taylor (ABWE Brazil ), Mr . & Mrs. Don Taber (ABWE Philippines), and Marlon Banez. Me ages for the conference will center on ilie 1rvh}', 1rvhat, hoy,, 1 and y,,•Jio of plat1 ting New Te la– ment Bapti t churche . Marlon Banez will erve a ummer intern hip at Union Bapti t. Banez, a Filipino tudent at Toron to Bapti st Seminary in Toronto, Canada, pastored a Bapti t church in the Philippines before resigning to further hi theologi– cal tudie . 4 An ordination council wa called by Faith Baptist to examine Pastor Floyd Stanfill. The council unanimously recommended that the church proceed with ordination. Pa tor Stanfill was ordained March 28 with Rev . Larry Fetzer as peaker. Faith Bapti t recently graduated from mission to elf- upporting status. l:0111n1l'rt·ial ' l'oint Welch Road Baptist bad a pecial mortgage burning service on February 28. Many of the original families were present to join in the celebra– tion . Pa tor Gary Hohman, who was pastor at the time the church was built, poke in the afternoon service. The mortgage wa paid off seven years early, aving $22,779.07 in interest. The church i currently pastored by Randall N el on. On Sunday, March 7, Pastor Bill and Margaret Wheeler celebrated the 20th anniversary of their mini try at Emmanuel Baptist. Many notes of encouragement and commendation to tile Wheelers for their years of service were read. Larry Fetzer was the peaker for the pecial day . Pastor Robert Riedy, of Calvary Baptist, writes, "Based on a growing conviction that the prayer n1inistry of our church needs to take a back eat to notl1ing, we made a program adjustment. This adju tment took place during the months of February through April and primarily entailed moving our prayer emp~asi to Sunday nights ." Under this chedule, the Sunday chool hour focused on teaching; the worship service focused on preaching, the Sunday evening hour on prayer, and l11ursday evenings on group Bible study . 1l1c charter bus to the GARB Confer– ence for Youth Days bas room for 20 more teens . Call Pas tor Bob Veenhuis , Lakeview Baptist, Dundee (216-878-7966) for information. It's an economical and fun way to get your kid to Youth Days. David P. Graham David P. Graham began his ministry at Grace Baptist on Sunday, April 25. He comes to Cedarville from First Baptist in Elkhart, Indiana, where he served for the past six years. He bad a rich experience as Christian school teacher, principal and youth pastor, before accepting bis frrst pastorate in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He is a member of the Baptist Mid-Missions Council, the GARBC Council of 18, and a trustee at Cedarville College. He and his wife, Carol, have two daughters, Robyn and Allyson, who are both married. \\'illouJ,.!hh,· Hills As part of a month-long missions emphasis, Nottingham Baptist planned an international dinner on March 14. In spi te of a weekend blizzard which canceled morning serv ices and post– poned the dinner to evening, over 200 attended. The menu included salads from Mexico and Italy, Hungarian goulash and sauerkraut, and American apple pie. Steve and Sheryl Wingett and Chris and Debbie Johnson, ABWE appointees to Hungary, were speakers for the day. Pastor Scott Renstrom says the church chose the month-long missions emphasis format to give many more of their new believers exposure to their missionaries. Harry and Joyce Ramsey, of Ramsey Family Minis– tries, were guests of Vermillion Baptist March 21-24. Pastor Albert Yost reports very good meetings with the Ramseys, who are puppeteers and accomplished musicians. In spite of dense fog and snow, the meetings brought out many visitors, including some from neighboring churches, and salvation and commitment decisions were made.