The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 2000

Ohio Women My Dear Sisters in Christ: Deuteronomy 12 te ll ofGod con1- mand concerning the central sanctuary. Several times in that chapter the Lord repeat the word ofver es 11 and 12: "Then it shall come about they the place in which the LORD your God sha ll choose for Hi name to dwell , there you hall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your acrifice your tithe and the contribution of your hand, and all your choice votive offerings which you wi ll vow to the LORD. And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God..." The Lord was telling them that at certain times normal daily routine and schedules were to be set aside and they were to come to His cho en place to worship and rejoice before Him. Some would have on ly a few mile to travel. For others it wou ld be a great di stance. No matter, they were to come. Dr. Luke Go pel ay that' s exactly what Joseph, Mary, and Je u did every year (Luke 2:41 ). They made the ixty– five mile trip fromNazareth to Jerusalem at Pas over . They came in a caravan (vs.44), and Mary and Jo eph were o engrossed in fe llowship during one trip home that they went a day' journey before rea li zing Jesus had tayed behi nd to sit in on seminary c la s! As I read these words in Deuteronomy 12, I remembered praying specifically last fa ll , "Lord, show me where you want us to have our OWMU pring rally." hortl y, thereafter, we received the invitation from a]vary Bapti t hurch in Chi11icothe. I am certain it is "J;i s chosen place" for our ral1y. For some of you it wil1 be a hop, skip, and a jump. For others, a trip . You may even want to come on Monday. l 'm thinking, though, that with our 1nodern transportation, the f arlhest point away, in compari son, is certainly less than the sixty-five n1ile trip Jesus, Mary and Joseph made. It wasn't a one day trip for them, for sure . o, get tho~c church va n caravans rolling! Remember Vance? J~ 1s ladi c loved it so much last year, they' re br1ng1ng more \.\-Orncn this year. Vance may ha\<e to ask hi ~ second cous i n, Vandalia. tu get a lube JOb and help out! Plea~c corne. won1cn. I cannot "con1n1and"}ou a 'i the ord did JI is people but n1ay I S'I fl ONGLY R(j I· you lo corne, and to bring your "offerings, ')acri fices. and the v. ork of your han<.h/' as v. e \.\ orship and n:Joi ce before the l.ord on April 18 ! In Ji is l..ove, f)ue ~1 iller Praying is the Main Thing By Betty Walbu111 The vice-president of our Ladie Mis ionary Society, Dorothy Ringer, likes to remind me, "The main thing i to keep the main thing the mai n thing. In other word , mi ss ions and mi ionarie are to be the en1pha i of our organization . We use several way to keep the people ofour church we l1 inforn1ed about our mi sionarie and their needs. EacJ1 week the Sunday bulletin include a current prayer reque t from one of our mi ss ionary family. We also have a bulletin board for each mi s ionary, wi th a picture a11d a current letter. We have asked each Sunday chool c las to sp_ec!fical~y pray fo r two or three n11s 1onar1es. Betty Walburn is president ofthe Calvary, Baptist Ladies Missiona,y Society in Chillicothe. Connectivity Advances at Retreats For severa l year now the lad ie fall retreat have been planned by a ho t church. However, th i past fall there were no volunteer for the Scioto Hill and Skyview retreats. The Y2K threat came and went and there were ti ll no host churches. Then women began "connecti ng" a we were chall enged to do o in the last issue of the 0 18 . The ky icw Retreat i now being planned by a group of women from the leve land area churche . The Scioto T-ii ll committee is con1posed of lad ie frotn the We t Moriah Arca Fellow hip . All agree it great to be working togeth er. Go for it, ladies! OWMU OFFl ERS 1999-2000 Pre, ident : M, .., Sue Miller 1750 Fllnthtll L)n\e ( ' olu111bu'> ()11 43221 614 -875 --l 128 Vice-Pre, 1 c.le1n: ~1r, Su,an Jnhn,on Bt>>.. 247 ll unt,bu1g <) II 44046 024 7 4-H) 6 \ 6 5'>4 \ SCl. I l'l <ll) M1 , Be ll) l)}ak I 91 I I : ldr 1dgc A, c·nui: Aki on ()1 1 4-110 I '\() 724 9676 I tt!.t'illlt'l M1 , Ruth \hnt' 88'19 \ t,111: Rt 1117 \\ c,t I ) t' (, i.t 11 C > 11 4 \ ' 18 l)17 )8) ()2)) Fall Ladies Retreat Dates: Skyview Ranch : Septe1nber l4- 16, 2000 Scioto Hill : September 28-30 2000 Inn at Ami h Door: November 2-3, 2000 Ca nton Area Women's Missionary Fellowship Spring Meeting April 25, 2000 10 : l 5amto 2: 15 pm Lakev iew Baptis t Church, Dundee peake r : John & Judy Bi ge low BMM hurch Pl anter in Junea u, Alaska Ohio Women's Missionary Union 1999-2000 Project OWMU Spring Meeting April 18, 2000 10:00 am Calvarv Baptist Church 2486 Anderson Station Rd. Chillicothe 140-TI4-3202 Special Features include Susie Queen Live with Hostess Sue Miller and Guest Speakers Rachel Chambers. BMM, Zambia, & Nikki Russell, ABWE, Chile and Indoor Campfire l 1111ch (lilt! \ 10 , t ·r\ } '1 {}\/(It,/