The Ohio Independent Baptist, June 2001

"Ohio Pizza Party" at the Annual Confernce Thursday, June 28, 5:00 p .m. Cost: $3 per person See you there! Ohio mners ounced Jack Kehl , Bible Baptist of Newark, winner of woodwinds competi ti on n April 7, 2001, Ohio Talent for Christ was held at Cedarvi lle University. Over one hundred youth from OARBC churche partici – pated in categorie that included voice, public speakjng, instrumental , drama, writing and bible knowledge. What a privilege it was to ee young people desiring to develop and u e thei r talents to erve the Lord . It i a plea ure to report the following winners: BibleKnowledge: I t, Amy agle, Fir t Bapti t, Willowick Brass: l t Mark McDanie l, Grace Bapti t, We tervi lle; 2nd, Ro ll in Moh ler, Maranatha Bapti t, Colurnbu Female Public Speaking: 2nd Di ana Griffieth, Grace Bapti t, Troy Female Voice: J t, Je ica Goodrich Faith Bapti t, Street boro; 2nd, Carri e Kirtland, Maranatha Bapti t, Co lumbus Male Public Spea]cjng: 1 t, Danie l Griffieth, Grace Bapti t, Troy; 2nd, Noah Filipiak, Grace Baptist, Troy Male Voice: I st Jarrod Sha1np Pleasant HillBaptist,Smithvi lle· 2nd, MattBere, Graham Road Baptist, Cuyahoga Fall Piano: 1 t, Eli e Dernitrack, Grace Bapti t, Wes tlake; 2nd , Becky Cha nov, Southgate Bapti t, Springfield Strings: 1st, Andrew Fla1nm, Ernmanuel Bapt i t, Toledo; 2nd . Elizabeth hortt, GraceBapti t, Cedarvi lle Vis11alized Bible Teaching: 1 t, Ki,nberly Wi lliam , Camden Bapti t, Well ington Woodwinds: I t, Jack Kehl , Bi ble Bapti t, Newark; 2nd , An1anda Petrosky, Grand Seven Ducks in a Dirty Pond, continued your~e lf to the word of the prophet. Just do 'A'hat he says. Noth ing flamboyant or ho'A y. othing con1pli catcd or confus- ing. Just seven ducks in a dirty pond! Wow! I low beautifully s irnple! It's \ery 5a t15fying to read the turning point 1n the story. Arc you ready? ·· o he went do'>- n and dipped ~even ti rnc in the Jordan, according to the saying of the rnan of (jod: and hi !) flc5h was restored like the fle'>h of a little child , and he '>.'as c lean" C' lean~1ng! R .. estored to life! A future! I li s condc5cens1on had led to a real corona t1011 . lit '> co1nedo\.\ll had really paid u ff1 And I gue'>s that t'> \\'here '>- c 1nu'> t bring the '> lory up to our t1n1e, up to our cxper1enc...e When it con1c'> to 5alvation. to being c lean~cd fr 0111 the fatal con\e– quences of our own sin, we need a con1cdo\vn. 'A'e n1u~t hun1ble our5c lvc'> in 1eali11ng thilt \VL <lo ac.tually hu\ c a ser1ou5 1nalady that '>-C cannot cunt11bute lo our o\\' ll healing ~ c n1u!)t hun1ble ou1scl\cs to '>Ubn1it to C,ud '~ '>-UY of cleansing u~, ctbanduning our p, ec.on - ct: i\ ed notions of "hat it take') and of huv~ it v.ill happen 'v\' t: 1nust 1ne\!t I-t is conditions, nut I i L ou, s 1 \\ t: n1u~t hurnble our elvc to dip in the c lean ing blood of hri t, to bovv our knee at the cross v. 1 here that blood wa hed. There, and there alone, \¥ill \VC find cleansing, forgivenes ' , peace, and life! It is God' s \Vay, whether we under tand it or like it , or not. We 111.u t hu1nble our elves to obey the word of the Lord; I le doc · not ha c to obey our ,vord, but \VC n1ust l lis! And you kno\v \vhat? Evc,yonc \Vho trul y con1e. do\vn al\vays conics up ,,·1th newness of I tfc. c--on1cdov. n~ are tough– but are ,veil \VOrth it! Ask aan1an! C'on1c on do'>- n today ! I In i,, c you been to Jesus li.>r the clcan..... ing JJO\\ er'.' Arc you i,,vnshccl in the bloocl o(thc L nn1b '.' Are) ou li1llj' trusting in 1 l i.i.,· grace th1.1i hou r '.J 4rc j<>LJ i.vu ..... hcd 111 the blv<.>d of' the L.:u11l>'' r\rc ) 'OU \\ , ,. .,heel in the bloocl, In the ~oul-clei1n~in~ hloocl o( the L,unb ' ' A re ) 011r gu r111cn t.., .... pot le, ... ·> 1e the:) \\ Jute a, -;no\\ ·> 1\ rc > 011 \\-cl..,hc(/ 111 the h/ooc/ of the L .1111h ' 1 ( I I1~ha I\ l lof1 n1an , I 878 ) \\l)\\ sk;yourpastor'swife ifyou can pay lierway to tfie "{f'irst Ladies" ~treat. Height , Fai rborn Writing: 1 t, Jeff Steven on, Grace Baptist, We tervi lle; 2nd, Stephanie Bullard, Fir t Baptist, Elyria Drama Ensemble: l st Graham Road Bapti t Church, Cuyahoga Fall ; 2nd, Fir t Bapti t Church, Elyria Vocal Ensemble: I t Plea ant Hi 11 Bapti t Church, S1nithvil le; 2nd, Fir t Bapti t Church, Elyria Instrumental Ensemble: I t, Chirne Choir, Plea ant Hi 11 , n1i thvi Ile: 2nd, Flute Tr io, Plea ant Hill , Srnith ille Winner of the Oh io TFC are awa rded cholar hip to participating colleges in the amount of 00 for fir t place and 400 for econd. They al o advance to the National TFC held at the GARBC Conference in June. Fir t place \Vinner national ly win an OO;o tuition cholar hip and econd place \vinner receive ~0° o tui ti on cholar. hip . For more infonnation about TFC con tact the Ohio TF Director, Pa tor David Mullin at 330-674-5927 or tean1n1bc( {Lvalkyrie.net . Praise God for us ing u , to accon1pl i ,h Hi , purpo. es! Since 1904 REMNANT MINISTRIES P.O. 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