The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1994

, Summer s ta ff applica tions are being accepted for Skyview Ranch. Opportunities for mini try are available for high school and college-age s tudents . AJI staff members receive pec ial training for a quality , hands on , supervi sed m ini try experience. Contact the Ranch o ffi ce at 2 16-674-7511 for an application. Pastor and Mrs. Lynn E. Rogers Northfield Baptist announces the retirement of its senior pa tor, Rev. L ynn E. Roger , after more than 40 year of service. Hi retirement was effective January 31, 1994. Over 300 attended the special ervice on January 16. Rev. Drew Baker, a former Northfield re i dent and pastor of Emmanuel Bapti. t in Dayton, poke at the morning ervi ce. A fter a carry-in dinner, Rev. Richard Durham spoke at the afternoon ser vi ce. Present and former member gave testimony to Pastor Roger ' fai thfulne , and a slide pre entation, pecial mu ic and the pre entation o f a retiren1ent gift completed the ervice. The day was ~oncluded with a cake and punch recep– tion. Rogers began his mini try in Norl11field in 1953, accepting the call of what was then tl1e V illage Baptist hurch. In 1954, V illage Bapti t and NortJ1field enter 13aptist merged to become tJ1c Northfield BapList Church, under the leadership of Pastor Rc)gers. rn addition to his pastoral min i try, f{ogers has ~erved as youth di rector for Lhe I Iebron A~sociati on of I{egu lar n apti st ( 'hurches; pre~iden t <>f l11c J3aptist 13 iblc Insutute; Yc)uth ('hairman and 1nany- tcn11 member c>f Lhe ( '<>unci l of 'J'wel vc <>f the OAI{ll('; trustee of ( 'amp 1>aur1t>\; trustee and cc>unc1 I rnernhcr of Jlapt1 t Mid- M t \\ l <)n ~, n1en1ber <>f L11c advi ~<>ry co1nn1ittec <> f l11e A~\oc1ati c>n <>f Jlapti sts f<>r Wc)rl<l J:vangelt sn1 ; 1nen1bcr of L11c bc>ard of d1rcctc>rs for ()range ( 'hr1~t1an Atadcrny, and 1J1ernber of LJ1c bc>ar<l <>f tru,tcc\ o f ( 'edarvi lie ( '<>liege J>a\U>r l{ogcr~and h1~ wife, I JaVcrnc, will cc,ntinuc to re~1dc 111 Nc>rthf 1cld. Maternity Center Reaches Community Volunteers at the MRC sort clothing. During 1993 ll1e Maternity Resource Center (MR ) of Bapti l for Life of Central Ohio gave a i 1L'll1ce to won1cn in cri si · pregnancie 366 tin1e . In addition to baby items and rr1atemity clothes, everal hundred go pel tract and over 150 Biblc or Bible portion were aJ o given out. One client can1e to know the L ord a her avior. All U1i was accompli hed with l11e MRC onl y open Saturday from 10:00 a.n1 . to 1:00 p.m . and Wedne day from 6:30-8:00 p.n1 . (about 230 hour over ll1c cour~c of l11c year.) ~fhe " typical' ' MRC client is white, singJe, 24 year of age, will1 a high ·choo l educa tion or Jc. , and on welfare and/or ADC, ha. at lea I one ot11cr child, and ha. no connection will1 a church. In otJ1er words, L11c e arc won1cn who need the L ord, but are not being rca hcd by typical church ministrie . Through LJ1c MR ll1cy can cc a practicn l dcn1onstra– tion of c--hri st' s love, and L11c ccd of Lhc gospel can be pl anted c>r watered. About 2() volunteers fron1Columbus area ()Af{ Tl(' churches gi ve of U1eir tin1c LC> staff l11c Mll( , and thanks to tl1c gencro ity of believers in ll1c ( 'cntra l ()hi<> area and l11c donal i<>ns of a loca l u~cd children's cloll1ing store, t11c M l{( · wa\ wcll -~L<>ckcd during I 993 . Ilapll '-. ts for I .ifc of ( 'cntra l ()hio is a pro- li fe <>rgani1ation wi th it~ roots 111 the ()ARl3( ' . Its paren t 01gani1ation ,~ an appr<)vcd agency or the (iARJl(' J'hcrc arc al~o Ii I :1, affiha1cs in NW < )hi<> anu in thc Akron/ ( 'an ton area. I ·or 1norc in fc>rn1a11on wr1tc· 1\11 .( ' (), 14 17 l'a ln1ctl<> St , ( 'olurnhu~, ()I I 412(>4 018 news deadline May/June issue April 11 Teachers Needed Westside Baptist Christian School • Junior High • (2) Upper Elementary Teache r expected to join host church Madison Avenue Bapt ist - GARBC Contact Rober t Sparks. Principal Westside Baptist Christian School 9407 Madison Ave Cleveland, OH 44 102 2 16-961-7375 Quiet Time For The Whole Family? Yes, the whole family in the same passage yet each at their own level of comprehension! Grades 1-2; 3-4; 5-6; Teen/Adult Call 513-592-2358 Ken Dady, Box 430, Bellefontaine, OH 43311 NE Ohio call 216-355-5687 Cecil Cairns WORD OF LIFE Tools For The Whole Church Family Ohio Independent Baptist is a pu blicuti on of the Ohio Assoc i~tion of Regular Baptis t C hurches Editor S tale Rcpn.:s<.!nla livc Larry Fcl1cr Managing Edi tor J_inda 'fhon1a~ Proofreader f)<.!boruh 1 i~sc ll Technic al Assis t a 11ce Register ( iraph1c~ l{andnlph. New Y P1 k P lt.:,l:-.C d II t'l' t .dI <.'l llllll\C..'lll ' · t·orrc!\pundcncc, .ind nc..·"" :-- l ll Ohio lnde p e 11de 11l Bapti st P() ll nx2l)J0)8 Kcucring, (>II 4"·• 2lJ .:; I ~ 2c.J.J 02<J' ' f'ht• < >I B 1, puhlt,ht•d h1 111u11thh I t'h \ l.u . ~ a; /Junl• Jul; /1\u!,! ;\.\n / I )l'l .111d 11h1111hl, J.111 /\pr ~l' lll , (kt lu1 ~ I ('i,h h11l' t~n)pl' I \-l'.11 h\ lhl' ()luo A,,tlll.tlHHI ,,t K~~ul.11 IL,pt1 ,1 < 'hur1. ht•,. \2 I l ,1, t 1>11, 1.' 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