The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1998

Ohio Women D ar Ladies, I lt'~('ntl, tt'CL't\l'd ,ln c-111,ul lrotn (\1rt tC r}h.' lllp,l)ll , llll !'-!'-1011 ..lr) Ill h. t·n\,r,l. l)nt,u 1c., lt heg.1n. "Ju~t rc– ' ('t\ cd th,.._ 11 l)t1l .1 friend 111 Ohio. and ,, .1n tcd tl1 sh.ire tt ,, 1th ) ou. Please take .1 n11nutc t,..1 read .1n<l ponder thi s ·tory . Il h.1. been ,, hat the Lord has been . tcJ ' htng n1c the, e la:t n1onths . nd th1 1. \1nc tll () rc I roo f that He ,s ,, orki ng in 111c . f\1r H, ~ glor, -cncourag1ng 111c fron1 - . 111,111~ pl.tee, ,, llh the ~atne n1c~ ·age · frnrn H1, \\ '1.) rd ,,c '°1re :1 hit ,,car 1 . hut rCJl't ·1ng 1n H1111 for .' ' hat He ts doing .' ' ·· rh1s.. ,, ,1. ,1n ..1ruc lc enti tled. "L'n1 t, ·· ,, r1tten b, Joni Eareck ·on Tada. It ,, J.: .1hout J part1 ·,pant in the Lo. . .-\ ngelc. pe · ,al 01) n1p1cs ,vho et a 1de her...o,, n go.ii : of ,, inning a race lo he lp J fello\l, ~un ner he . topped a few yard. fro1n the ftn1:h line. all o,ved other to pa.·s her b). and ca l_led and ·houted to the bo, ,, ho had le ft che race and wa runni n.g to,, ard ht friend in the in field. Her cr1e , ent unheeded ·o ·he ran after h1n1 . \\'hen he caught up with her frie nd . he linked her ann in hi and together the) got ha k on the track and f1n I hed Lhe race . Joni ~oncl uded the article by sayi ng, ·· 1n 'e that pr1ng morning, I 've seen man, parable· con1e to Ii fe before my e, es~ but none ·o poignant and powerfu l J; ,, ntching Lho. e tv. o handicapp~d runner cru~~ the fini h line arm-in-arm. If I v. ant the Lord Je ·u · to be glorified 1n mv life . I mu. t run the race not to plea ..e m, elf. but to plea ·e the Lord– and that ~ ill often mean taking lime to : top and put m} arm around a weaker f r1end . Ron1an 15 ha a word for it. And 1f \ ou a ked the handicapped girl ., . and her friend. they might even ay i t. 11 · - called ·un11 1 ., ·· . Ladie . v. e calI our e lves the Oh io \\'omen· ~11 1ona1J Un1on. I checked m\. dicuonar\.. and Mr. Webster say thjt union i ..a ynonym for unity . Think about It. Isn·t n pecial that when our nan1e v. a - cho en nearl y eventy year 6 The 4 , omen s Department o- Bapt st. M1d-M1ss,ons has prov ded a short v1de0 expla1n,ng the 199b-99 OWMU proJect. Copies cari be oota ned ;ram ariy OWMJ officer or area 'e owsh1p president. ago. our founding s i~lcr~ decided to cu ll us a uni on'? Thnt n,1n1c de ·cribcs so wo nderfull y \\'hat ,vc arc. The n1il es n1ay separate us fron1 one another and fro1n our mission– ary friends, yet we remain united a sister. in Chri ·t- a union. The name also impli e our willing– ne. to set a ide our own plans and goa ls. in order to help our .si. ter in Chris t keep on track and f1_n1sh w~ll. . Carrie Thon1 pson experienced 1t. Did , ou noti ce it ,vas a "frie nd in Ohi o" who sent the art icle? This friend ·ct as ide her own plan and took the lime to corre– spond with Carrie. And what ~a_ppened? Carrie read the article and Lest1f1 es that God u ed it to encourage her. Ye ·, thi , too, i unity. It ' why we are not j u t a union in name onl y. It ' al o an example of a modern-day Mary, who "hath done what she could ." One whose deed is prec iou in Jesus' eyes. How about you? I · there a mis ionary omewhere who could ay, "Just received thi from a friend in Ohi o" and be ·peakino of you? I Je us aying, "She hath done what she could" and those words of praise are for you? Or do you need to set as ide your o.wn a~enda fo r a while to encourage a sister 1n Chri t? Remember lad ie , we cannot spell ''UNITY" or "UNION" wi thout "U." In Hi Love, Sue Miller OWMU OFFICERS 1998-99 President: Mrs. Sue Miller 1750 Flinthill Drive Columbus OH 43223 614-875-4128 Vice-President: Mrs. Susan Johnson Box 247 Huntsburg OH 44046-0247 440-636-5543 Secretary: Mrs. Betty Dyak 1911 Eldridge Avenue Akron OH 44301 330-724-9676 Treasurer: Mrs. Ruth Shoe 8859 State Rt. #47 West DeGraff OH 43318 937-585-6255 Future Engineers Race Canoes Cedarville students put their enginee ring skills to the test as they race to the finish line in their pasteboard canoe. total of 25 Cedarvi ll e College engi neering team · and fo ur non– engineering teams howcascd their skill s in the Cedarville College Elmer W. Engs trom Departn1~nt of Engine~~ing 's annual water-worthiness compet1 t1on October J 6. Four-person teams of students des igned and built canoe entire ly of po terboard-like paper and pl as tic tape. Each canoe wa then launched from one end of the College 's lake, paddled by two of its de igner ·.. in a race to cro the lake in the hortest ti me. Thi s year 's winning canoe wa_ de igned and bui It by future engineer · Jonathan Campbell , Lance Ferguson, Jeffrey Fleck, and Trav i Hu ffman. Their canoe ucce full y cros ·ed the lake in 2 minute , 29 second . Each member of the team received a Hewlett– Packard crraphing calcul ator. The C~ llege attained its highest enrollment ever this fa ll with 2,650 tudent . Enro llmenl ha increased l 40 percent ince 1978. In the 1997- 1998 academic year , engineering stude~t participated in profe sional organ1zat1ons acros the country and came home with top . honor . Cedarville won the American Society fo r Mechani cal Engi neer (ASME) student paper competition for . Reo ion V in the pring quarter. Cedarville als~ took first pl ace in the Regi on II di vision of a simil ar conference ho ted by the Institute for Electrical and Electronics En oineers (IEEE). Two Cedarvi lle b . . Colleoe seni ors entered thei r eni or de ig; projec t in the Ohi o SocieLy ~f Profe sional Engineers (OSPE) Senior Desion Project Showca e and came home with 0 fir t pl ace. Cedarv ille wa the onl y engineering chool in Ohio to hav~ a l 00 percent pass ing rate for the ta~ew1d_e National Fundamental of Engineering Exam in April.