The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1993

, 80 CHOIR ROBES Teal blue; good condition · $13 each call David Murdoch 513-5 1 99-4775 Ben Wagner Faith Baptist recently held lheir annual AWANA awards ervice. In addition to many individual awards for achieve– ment, pecial recognition was given to Ben Wagner, ~ ho com_pleted the many requirements for the T imothy Award, one of the highe t awards in the AWANA pro– gram. Special recognition was al. o gi ven to Mr . Barbara Carr, AWANA commander, who was awarded the 15- year ~nistry pin . Pai tJ1 Baptist incerely appreciates her effort in tJ1c live. of its children. Apprc>ximatcly 100 children attended each evening of Fai th. vacation Bible chool , and several t.rustcd Christ as Savior. l 1 astor Don Workman reports I.hat 1nany v1 iturs were introduced to the ministries of l;aith Daptist, and t11cy cxpecl lnany to retun, f<) r AWANA . The $2CX) VB offering was given to Rev. Claire llcssc, director of the new ~inis11y, "Chri tians Ilelping ('hri. - t1an~... a C<)un cl ing mini stry in the grcaler Akron area . ·, .. • ., . ... . ·: . : •,• Since Pastor Jan Schaedel' s coming two year. ago, the 125-year– old rural church had become a vibrant, growing congregation. Dul the auditorium of . Rocb~ter Baptist dcfi - n1t~Jy needed renovation. M embers put thetr hearts to the k'lsk, and . oon raised $ 13,000. "Then,Hsays Pastor Schaedel ··w ~ be~d that SoutJ1gatc Daptist in ' Spnngf1eld wa giving away pew.. God led them to give the pew to us. Southgate deacon John F loyd took all Lhe pews apart, tJ1en ca.1ne here and helped put tben1 back together . They al o offered u window blind. - and would you believe tJ1cy fit <>ur windows perfect] y?'' Encouraged, t11e Rochester church purcba. ed new carpet and drape~e '. an~ installed a ceiling and new l1gbung 10 the ba ement. "l 'bc Lord i doing tJ1i in Rochester," continues Past?r Schaedel. " An? we want to say a special ~~k you to SoutJ1gate Llaptist. ,. Conunu1ng U1e ·pirit of bigger churches helping maller ones, Roche - ter B~plist gave tl1eir pews to aJvary Bapti st, New Stanton. J>ennsyl vania. ~he gratef~I Rochester congregation dedicated tJ1c1r new sanctuary on Septen1ber 26. p Locked Up ••d ·~ II'"1! The 018 P.O .. Box 293058 Kettering, OH 45429 513-294-0293 018 news deadline Nov/Dec issue October 15 Promoted to Glory Priscilla l) avis, wife of Past<)r Bill Davis of Bedford and rnolher of three, was u~hcred in.to heaven on August 14. Ti?l:1 "1 to ~he. tam i 1 y of God al t11e age <~ ( four,. ~nsc1lla .~ as character ized by a hfc off aHJ1, sacr1f1cc and righteou. acts. She w,L~ acti ve in the wo1nen 's mini s– trie a t 13 iblc 13apti . l , a11d wa. an accomplished mu ician. f,'{)r tivc years she was a teacher a l ()range ( 1 hristian A<.:aderr1 y. After off1ci,tll y retiring from Skyview l{anch on June 3(), 1 lcnry (Dutch, Pop) Wolf~reti red to glory t>n July 2. When S~yv1cw began its ministry in the spring ot 1969, 1Icnry and his wife. Vi , were fir ·t to rnove l<> the property, bcginn1ng what was to he 24 years <)f dedicated service lll <)vcr 70,()()() ranchers. Acct,rd– ing l<> Skyvicw L)ircctor l\ill l{olt)ff " ror tb<)se wh<> wc)rkcd wi th hin1, it' wa hard n<) l t<) he t<>uchcd hy his fierce .i•! tegri ty, wam1 spirit and godly wi sdon\. 1 he Rru1ch <>wcs n1uch l<> tJ1c Wt1lffs." Ohio Independent Baptist is a publica tion o f the ()hi o Assoc iation of Regular Baptis t C hurc hc...; Editor • t alt.: l{cprescn lativc I~arry l·ct ,cr Ma11aging Editor l .i nda 'll1umas Proofreader J)ch 1r.1 h Ilisscll Tecl1nical Assistance l{t· g. istcr ( , raphi t·-. l~.,i ndo lph. Nc,v ) ' urk Plca~c Jir<.:~ l all r 11n1n1cnl!\, <.:orrc!\pundt·rH.:c and fll.'\i :.. h, Ol1io lndepe nde 11l Baptist P {). l i l1X 2 1 ) , o~R Kc ttc11ng . (>II 45-l 2') . l \ ~l) . f 02l), ' f'lat• C) I U "puhh , h t>J l,1 1un1Hhl I ,·h /~l.u ~11t /Jun,·. lul } /Au~ . Nn 1, / I),·, JuJ nh.,nthl'. J.io A p• . Sl'p t . t l'- t , hu $4 ('S8 l l 'l l't~ n > 1x·r }l'Jr h~ tlh· < U11n ' ' '""' 1Ht h 1n n t Rt•gul ,u H.,pt1 , t < h ~u \. lll·,, \ 2 J I ~ ... t I >11 v t>. Ila\' ll, 11 . c > 11 ..i ·• i '>