The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1994

11 \ rs () l;i : 1'() :hcphcrd~. ('e)cbrat ing the dcdicat1t,n 1..l f the nc\v and cxpan<lcu ~~~~~~ f,,cilitics .•, I 5 n1ill ion do ll . r ac hieve ffB 1· Jll~~A···· ~ ... 0 11A ._mn I - .. ---1111-..... IIIIIIIDlllooM? t •••ill!ILJI 111 n1c11t . Il1c ()ctohcr 17 dcd ica li ) ll ccrcn10111cs \Vere ahH.l a ·clcbralion of JO ' cars at the l lni t) n G ro ve earnpus. Mini , lcr to any f o rcign g roup. No s ho ts , no visas. Be a full– ti~c mi ss ionary, a lc nlmaker, or bring your church group. f-1nd out about the New York ity Metro Team by call ing Pas to r Richard Tice , l3 rooklyn Baptis t hurc h, 718-435-8317 . Across the State Dennis A. George Denni A. George has been nan1ed admini - trati ve pa tor at Shawnee Hi lls Baptist. Pa tor George began hi mini try on July 1. Previou ly a ociate pas tor of Memorial Bapti t in Columbu , he aJ o erved as youth pa tor in Allegany, New York; as chairman of the We t Moriah Pa tor ' Fellow hip of Central Ohio; and nine year on tl1e OARB state youth comn1ittee. George received hi BA in Bible Co1nprehen ive/Ch ri tian Education fron1 Ced.1rv iJle College in 1976. Currently he i working on his Ma ter of Mini try degree through Grand Rap id Bapti t emi nary. He and bi wife, Carol, and fou r chi ldren will re ide in Jame town . Floyd Elmore i senior pa tor at hawnee Hil l . Darren Melugin joined tJ1e taff of First Bapti t a youtJ1 pastor on Augu t 28. He previou l y erved as youth pa tor at Cascade Bapti t, Jack on, Michi– gan. Darren graduated f ro1n Bapti L Bible College, pringfi eld, Mi ouri, wilh a B.S. in Youth Mini try. He and hi wife, Ro alee, have a son, Brady. William Cunningham i enior pa tor al Fir, l Bapti t. 4 Pastor Wayne Hart and deacons break ground for new building. June 19 was Groundbreaking Sunday for Calvary Baptist. After the . . morning service, a fellowship dinner was held under a tent on the site of their future building. "The Lord ha pro pered u ... therefore we will ari e and build, ' ' wa taken from Nehemial1 2:20 and u ed a the theme of tJ1e day. Part of tl1e afternoon's acti vitie included having tho e pre ent ign a Bible, which wa then buried in the ground where the new church will tand. Thi will be a yn1bol to future genera– tion that tJ1e cl1urch bas God's Word as its foundation . TI1e Bible aJ o has another ignificance: it i to be a te tin1ony to ll1e fail11fulne of ix people who were u cd of God to keep ll1e door of the church on Harbine A venue open during tl1e 1970s, when it nearly closed. Three of tl1e six have already gone to be wi th tJ1e Lord; the Biblc belonged to one of them. The remaining tJ1ree are till attending Calvary, and two were able to partici– pate in burying tJ1c Bible. The groundbreaking culminated a year of planning after nearly five and one half acre of land were donated to tl1e church. One week before tl1e ceremony, anoll1er group offi ciall y donated a11other acre and a half. Pre cnt building plan are for a 9,500 quarc foot bu ilding witJ1 a 1nulti– purpo e audiloriun1. In tl1e future a pennanen t anctuary will be added. Plan for Lhe land include construction of ball field to be u ed a an outreach mini try in tJ1e con11nunily. Clifford Marquardt, new missionary pas tor of Shawnee H iJ ls Bapt ist, writes, "God is blessing Shawnee Hills Baptist Church . In the las t three months we have l1ad three people saved and eight join our church. On August 17 we bad Friend Day, with 63 in attendance. The afternoon speaker was Pastor John Gowdy of Temple Baptist, Portsmouth . [During] August the church bad VBS, with 35 children in attendance; one child wa saved. The church is tarting a new mini try for shut-in and a cri is mini try." Marquardt al o erve as director of exten ion classes at Tri-Stale Bible College, South Point, Ohio, and is in bis fourt11 year as host of a Saturday n1oming radio program. He i a graduate of the Univer ity of Wiscon in, Moody Bible In titute and Dallas Theological Seminary. He and bi wife, Paula, are parent of two grown children. Bret A. Deffenbaugh i the new pastor at F irst Baptist. A graduate of Tenne ee Temple University, Fai th Baptist Bible College and Midwesten1 Baptist College, he comes to Ohio fro1n New Bedford, Mas achu ett . He and hi wife, Kimberlee, have four children. On July 24, the youth group from Faith Bapti t, Mount Vernon, pre enled a drama entitled, "Snap– hots and Portraits," at Ca lvary Baptist. The play about the family deal t with conte1nporary i ue such as ingleness, divorce and parenting, and how they affecl Chri Lian . Following the drama, Calvary ho Led a fellow hip hour. Robert Riedy is pas tor at Co hocton.

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