The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 2000

Forgot to make reservations for the Conference Church Planting Banquet? Not to worry ; a few tickets will be available at registration time on Monday. You Go... ast year the Y2K phenomenon brought many troubling predictions ~ for the new year. One thing that never crossed my mind was that 1 would face having prostate cancer this year. After several doctor visits our suspicions were confirmed. Quoting my life verses (Proverbs 3:5-6) overand over, I determined that I wanted God to receive the glory through this episode in my life. My decision was to receive treatments in Atlanta and with the prayer support of my wife and church family in Niles I made the trip for 'seed implants ' and radiation treatments. While there the Lord had me meet a man who had come to the hospital from Indonesia . Aloy spoke I itt le English but l was able to communicate wi th him having his wife as a trans lator. He was to leave the hospital in a couple of days so I asked if we cou ld spend some time together and talk . According to his wife, hio Toledo: The Glass City ave you tri ed to send an ema i I to the managing edi tor of the O I B lately? Or to the Emmanu el Bapti st Church in To ledo, home of thi s month 's state conference? Perhaps you ran into some confusion when you found that the name " Linda Thomas" appears in both places, as secretary at En1n1anuel Bapti st Church and also as Managing Editor of the OJB. Or perhaps you felt some confus ion ""hen you noti ced the O IB emai I address (cv,glassc1 ty if you remembered Lhat I oledo has also been known as the "glass ci ty." But you were correct on both counts. A very real similarity exists Managing edi tor Linda ·rhomas, though a resident of the c ity of l)a}ton. has tht: en1ail add ress of dand lthon1asm. glassci ty.ne t. I3ut JUSt as surely, th t! ci ty of rl oledo has bet:n ca ll ed the "glass city.,, J n fact , it is gIass th at has g iven ~r oIedo its clai rn to fan1e. I· 1rst, 1 oledo had the right ingredients for the 1nak 1ng of glass Cheap coal and sandstone wllh a high s tJ1 ca c.on tent were pl entiful near 1 uledo. Al so natural otl was discovered Aloy had never been interested in talking about spiritual matters or going to church. We met at the library and thankfully God prevented any interrup– tions in a usually busy place. As I began to share the · Romans road ' with him , hi s wife said that she would go get her Bible. Soon she returned and I was then able to share the gospel with Aloy, his wife showing him the verses in his own language. When I asked him if he would like to receive Jesus Christ as his Sav ior he began to cry and say something I did not understand . His wife let me know that he did understand and wanted to trust Christ - and he did . A trial came to n1y life so that God cou ld bring a man half way around the world to receive eternal life! And we know that ALL things work together for good... (Romans 8:28). I firmly be! ieve it ! Always be ready to give an answer, ASYOUGO. (edited by David Chapman chaps2@j uno .com) in nearby Findlay. In addition the Maumee River running through Toledo provided a natural transportation route for Toledo products . Reali zi ng the natural advantages fo r glass making in thei r c ity, Toledo businessmen began to appea l to glass makers in the East to make To ledo their home. The first such response came from the makers of the famous Libbey g lass. In 1888 , Edward Drum,nond Libbey signed a contract to ,n ove hi s New England Glass Compan y to 'ro ledo . One of the wo rkers recrui ted by Libbey in 1'oledo, Michael J . Owens, soon deve loped other glass items that changed the face of Ameri can hon1 es as wel l as industry. Owens devel oped a mechanica l way to produce li ghtbulbs, rather than by hand blow ing. l le al so developed the bottle for packagi ng and by 1907 founded hi s own Owens Bot tl e Manufacturing Company. By the 1930s, he also deve loped fibers of different sizes and becan1e instrun1en– tal in the deve lop111ent of fi berglass. In 1898, ~ dward Ford. 1-.nown as the " father of the plate glass industr 1 ," brought hts l..dward I·ord Pl att Ulass co11111111ecl /><1,'i!,e ,I.( 1 - - - Need a gift idea for your missionary friend? Subscribe to the 01 B: the perfect way to keep up on news of Ohio churches ! See page 5 for rates . CHURCH LOANS The American Heritage Group J,ong 1'ern, Fixed Rate.\' H•IJ,o-.,ve.\'I Fees Contact: Garry Reasinger (800) 207-0699 OARBC Property Insurance Group Plan Participating churches have contributed annual dividends exceeding $13,000 to your State Association Admini stered by RUPP Agency Columbus. 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