The Ohio Independent Baptist, Winter 1996

, THEY DID IT - AGAIN/ Congratulations to Shepherds Home for being awarded a fifth van from the Campbell 's Labels for Education Program. Churches and friends around the country sent Shepherds approximately 1 mill ion labels to help them SHE HERDS receive this new 15 passenger van. • Pastor Art and Judy Conrad Abbe Road Ba ptist is plea ed to announce that Art Conrad has come to serve a a~ 1 tan t pa tor in charge of youth mini trie . Art and his wife, Jud y. are from Calvary Baptis t, A hland , whe re Art wa \aved More recentl y. the Conrad scr ed the l;ord 1n the Grand Rapid. area, whe re Art v.ias a '>tudcnt at the em1nary as we ll a"> head groundskeepe r. Art n1in istered for the pa\ t three years at Firs t Bapti ·t, Cedar Spring'>. Mic hi gan. He bega n hi n11n1\try at Abbe Road on Se ptember 17. Ri chard Seefri ed 1s senior pas tor at Abbe Road. On Janua, )' 2, Jan Michael chacdcl began ht\ ncv. n1 1n1 '> try a'> \en1or pa~to r at 1i irst Bapti~t . Jan t'> a gr adualc of Word of I~ I re BI h I c In ', t ll u tc. Cedar \ ii le ('o llegc . c1nd urthv. e~t 13apti!>l ~cnuna, y 1 i e ha'> se rved the l~ord \ Ot. al1onall) ,t'> ,1 1 ou th pa 1or !or tour) ears, and, ,nos t rcccnt l, us the pastot o f Rochc :-i tcr [3uplt s l thc'>C la~t (1\ e yl'aJ s . f' ,i ~ l <lJ J all Sa} 'i Of It I~ 11CW ll l l fl I \ ti y, ' ' Jt 1s one grc.11 h1g h"PP} la1111l y hc ,e .i t 131.tnLhestct (all c-t lt onate l\ knuwn '1!> • ' J3lan') 'fht: cn tue cong1ega t1011 ha .., ,nude u f t:el rtght at hu 111e th1 ough thc:11 , ords o f enc our ager nen t ,and git ts o f I \C: 1' 111 ~n exc11ed about our ncv.· lllllllSl l } I" I'a~ tor Jun and l11 s v.tle , Shc:-11), ha ve th1 ee daughter~ - On Sunday , Decembe r 3 the congrega ti on of Sharon Baptist honored it pa tor, John A. Frey and wif c, Fl orence, for 20 year , o f mini try with them. Many from the community and Sharon Chri ti an Academy were in volved in the celebration at which the Frey we re presented with an a ll -expen e pa id vacati on in Colorado. Pa to r John and Fl orence have three children. Andrcw, an a ociate pa ·tor. Matthew, a youth pa tor. Grace. the wife o f a youth pa ·tor, and the Frey ·· grand– child ren participated in the pec ial occa ion. Fir t Ba ptist Chri stian Schoo l, ha produced a video entitled "That 's Why I ' vc Co n1c.' · It wa . hown on Medin a 's cable TV sta ti on. Along with actor · from the church/ schoo l family were n1cmbc rs of the Medina Community Orche tra, orches tra membe r of The Chape l in Akron and singe rs fro ,n the . urround ing churches in Med ina Coun ty who presented part s of The Mess iah. The video has aurac tcd lhc allcntion o f a n1ed1a con1 pany spcc ia l111ng in Engli~h to panish Lr an~lation of aud io-v is ua l n1 ateri a l~ and a group 111 the kra,nc. Wtll ian1 Cun n1nghan1 1~ pas lor al 1-.;- ,r~l Bap t1 \ t. On Sund ay , No\ c r11 be1 19. or,, 1 ood Baptist e njoyed the nu n1\l l ) o l l)r John Whtlcon1h. \ p e c.l k I n g O n l h C CI Cd l l ll 11 the1ne l)u 11ng l)ecc n1hc1 th e c hu rc h ho'> tcd three e\ c nl " to ce lebra te the h 11 th o l ('hr1\l l · 1r'> l \\ ,l\ t1 dran1.1 prc\e nlcd h) Nor\\ood 13.lpt ,-.. l ~Lhool ( 01 nearl y ')(){) l hen the Sundd) \t.hool prc'>cntc<l " ' ) he Ir uc M Ldn1ng ol C~hr, ~lrna\ 111 lllU \ tL d11d .t pl.1\ 'J he final Lc lehrLH1 011 v.,1~ on l )t:Ll' tnhc r 20, v. hcn th L L ongreg d l H >11 g .1 t hc I cd I o, a cLtndlelight '>e t \ Ill' . ~ 1LtX ' f'uL~t r ,~ pa~tot ~it o t\\ liud OIB news deadline Spring issue April5 (5 your church ready for the next new arrival? RBP introduces Cradle Club to help you get ready. Cradle Club offers a natural Vvay for you to minister to parents and t o welcome little ones, make them comfortable 1n the nursery and start them off right in learning about God's love. To receive more nformation about this exciting neVv program. call t oday! 1-800-727-4440 II Regular Baptist Press Ohio Inde p endent Baptist is a publicati on of th l' ()hio ,\ ssociation of Regu lar Bapti~t l 'hurt hl' \ Editor Sl~llc Rep, L'~L'll t .111, c l .111 \ F t'l/L'I Managin g Ed i tor I 1nda l'IHHn.l, Proofreader J)cho1.1h Br,,l'll Technical Assistanc e I< e g 1, l L' , ( ~, a p h I l , R.111du lph 1'- L'\\ 'I ,11 k PIL'.l\l' d11 l'L I .ti I l O ll lllll'lll, l 011 e,ponde11 1... L' .111d 111.·,,, lP Ohio Indep endent Ba pt is t I><> H,1, ~'> Hl"lh l\. clll l Ill,' , < >I I ~ "'I 1 1 1) "'I I \ : 1 ) I ( )2') \ l lH (>IU I\\~ (17 17 ll7<121 ,, p til i li ... hld qu ll I\, h 111 I l hn, .11, :\ I,,, \ t1!,! 11 , 1 ,11d N11 , l' lllhl' I ll ,1 I ( lt lll' l !,! 11 ) I"' ' \l , 11 11, lhl < 1h111 , \ ,,11l 1, 11 11 111 11 l Rt•g ul ,11 H.1p11 , 1 l hu1 111. ... \2/ l ·,1, t l>1 1,\ l >,,11111 (>II l "l l llJ U) O'I 0 ... M N u (/)