The Ohio Independent Baptist, Summer 1996

HATS OFF to Huntsburq Baptist . \.vh,ch celebrated its 75th ,1nn1ver~df\ Auoust 3 4 The chu rch was first organized --~~--- n 192 1 as a n11ss1onary endeavor of the Fulton Road Hungarian Baptist Church. on the west side of Cle\ eland It was known as the Huntsburg Hungarian Baptist Church . In 1950 the name was changed to Huntsburg Baptist Church Across the State L to R National Representat ive John Green ng Pastor Jeff Sanders and Pastor David Graham Jeffrey 1-\ . anders began hi · n1 ini . try as a SL Lant pa~t or at G race Bapti t Church on June I . 1996. His m i nIs t rv \Vi II Inc I u de the • O\er: 1ght <1 nd planning o f ,111 Chr1sllan educati on n11n1,lr1c P.1 tor anders pre\ 1ou ·ly ... er\ ed ~1 one- 1 car internship at Grace to lulftll rcqu1rc1nenl~ for tht Ma ·te r of Dt\ 1n1t~ progran, at Baptt t Bible _c1111n.1r). \\here he graduated in May I 996 Pa tor ande r, and hi s wife. Ju I ie, are both graduate of Cedarvi I le College. The, have one daughter. JoHanna . . ...., :-\n ord1nauon counc il conve ned at the ·hurch on June 4 to exan1ine Sander . The, unan1mouslv recommended him for . . )rd1 nat1on. John Greening, pa tor of the un1n11l Bapll~l Bible Church of Clark _,,un1m1 t. Penn ) I, an1a. ga\e the charge ll the church .:it the June 9 ord1nat1on er\ ice Pa. tor Da\ id Grahan, . ~e nior r.1,tor of Grace Bapu~t. ga\ c the charge t\ the candidate. Pasto r Bruce Sparks, f ormcrl 1 en 1or pa tor of ewhal I Bapti · t. Wyoming. Michigan . bcca1nc the ~e n1 or pa. lor of Emmanuel Baptist on July 1. replac– ing Pastor Ed Fuller. who '-' fJ1thfu llj ,cr\ed Emmanuel for 10 year ·. . park. .... and ht \v1 fe . Terri. have four ~h tldren j On June 2. Emmanuel Bapti t 1n ovcd Into I ts first building. After over 2 I /2 years o f n1ect ing in a hi gh school, God ha~ given them a building with an auditor1un1 eating over 200. On June I 6, the church' · ce lebrati on unday , 83 attended the 1norn ing service. Mis ·ion– ary Pa tor Jin1 Ruck report that God ha. rai ed over $46.000 for the building fund , and . though their budget ha · doubled. "He is br1ng1ng it in!" The church plan to beg in an AWANA progra1n and Evangcli ·m Explosion in epte1nbcr, and ho ta VBS in Jul y. Brad Baker, Board of Deacons chairman and Pastor G. Ben Reed On Sunday, June 2, the congregation of Firs t Baptist honored Pa tor G. Ben Reed and hi wife, Pam, for 15 years of mini stry there. Speaker for the surprise celebration day wa Dr. Pau l Hatmacher. Dr. Hatmacher was Reed' pa tor at West Hill Baptist in Akron when Reed accepted the ca l I into the mini try. After the morning service. the Reeds and Hatmachers were treated lo dinner with family and friend . Follow– ing the evening serv ice over 130 fill ed the fell owship hall for an anni ver ary recepti on ho ·ted by the deacon · · wive . The day ended with the chairman of the deacon board presenting the Reeds with an all -ex pen es paid crui se to the Bahama . - Serving Ohio State Representative Larry Fetzer 884 Knebworth Ct Westerville, OH 43081 6 14-523-3666 Mrs. Samantha King counting pennies from the VBS offering. (Mrs. King is over 90 years of age.) First Baptist of Green held it vacation Bible school June 24-28. The theme was, ' 'Going for Gold : Winning God' Way ," and began with an athletic fi eld day June 22. The le son centered on the mirac le · and parabl es of Je us and each evening te timonies of ..... Chri tian athletes who have or will be participating in the Olympic Games were prese nted. Proving you are never Loo old for VBS , Mr . Samantha King wa agai n th is year an important member of the accounting taff. The more than $200 (mo Lly pennie ) received wa de ig– nated for Bapti t Mid -Mi sions' out– reach, "Medal for Glory" in Atlanta. David Robertson i, pa tor at Fir l Bapti t of Green. Faith Baptis t declared April 2 l-27 ''Becky Durbin Week" in recognition of Becky · 12 years of ervice a church secretary. Homemade cards came from Children ' Church. Among her gifts wa an envelope con tai n– ing name of people who would be treat ing her to lunch every day of "Becky Durbin Week." Another envelope contained gift cert ifi cate from church members. The church had ecretly co llected $ 1,700 to help Becky replace her car, and it was di scovered that Becky had al o contributed to ·' the project." During "her,, week, Becky rece ived nearly 70 cards and notes, as we ll a a dozen red roses from Pa tor and Nancy Jone .