The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 2002

Dear OWMUSisters: In choir practice Wednesday evening we worked on an arrangen1ent of"Celebra– tion ofPrai e." l 'm quite aware that if you don' t know the ong you can't fathom how much the mu ic enhances the 1nessage of the word . It 's a happy Jewish melody that b1ings a smile to your face as the word express the joy of your heart. You can almo t pictu re the Israelite of Bible time inging as they \valked to,vard Jerusalem: "Con1e on along vvith n1e and sing: Shout hallelujah! l et the An1en ring! Con1e 011 and give a cheer, Sound it loud and clear, Praise the Lord! - Con1e on along \Vith n1e and J ray; Wh ere rn·o or three are gathered He 'II be there. Praise Hitn ji-on1 Whom all g(fts./ull and freel;·Jlo\v... Praise the lord! - Praise Him for the deeds He 's done! Praise Hi,n for the vict 'ries ivon ! Praise Father, Spirit, and the Son ! Praise! Praise! P . I II raise.... I knew as we practi ced, that "Celebra– tion of Prai e' ' wou ld beco1ne part of thi letter, and part of our OWMU spring meeti ng. You'll under tand why 'A'hen I tell you about my Chri tma gift from the Lord . On Decernber 20 I read the conversa– tion between Mary and the angel Gabrie l recorded in Luke, chapter one. I fo und my~e lfmeditating on verse 37 where Gabriel reminded Mary that "Nothing will be impossible with God." J looked at my own prayer I ist and wondered what on 1t seemed impossible. When I came to "place for OWMU spring 1neeting" I smiled and thought '"Well that eems almost un poss ible ri ght now. Who This I...Jotice Is To Jar Your Memory! Pray that we reach (no, make t hat exceed !) our goal of $4,050 for Romanian Gyp6ie6 by Apr il mail to: Francine Beres 4331 Ellsworth tJ.~ - Stow, OH 44224 be ides me and the other officer \Vou ld be thinking about the OWMU a few day before Christma ?" But the Holy Spirit kept nudging and convicting me until I cornmitted thi " impos ibility' to th e Lord . I returned home from Bib le study the next day (you ' re mi I ing already, aren ' t you?) and found I had a voice mail It wa Ro hanee Reed saying the " in1possi ble:" "We ladies at Camden Bapti st Church hope we ' re not too late to invite you to have the OWMU spring n1eeting at our church. After I quit jumping up and down and inging my own Celebration ofPraise, I called Ro hanee to confinn it. .. and al o to let her know her invitation wa indeed God' pecial Chri tma gift to me. After we aid goodbye, I at down and blub– bered my gratitude to my wonderful Lord . Read again the words of " elebration of Praise". See why they fit and why we must ing them when we ,neet together in Well ington on April 9? Novi , ince God did the eemingly in1pos ible and allowed women to be thinking about the OWMU spring meeting fi ve day before Chri t,na (I mean, think about that- fi ve days before Chri tn1as) wou ldn ' t you ay thi n1ecting mu l be a "MUST?' Don ' t you belie e you MU T plan to be there even if you have to take a vaca ti on day to do so, or have to come the day before if the di tance i great, or need to find omeone to bring you? Any acrifice wil l be vvorth it when you join in the singing of the" clcbration of Praise" to our God for the thing (even the sccn,i ngly irnpossible thing ) He has done. 1' ll ec you there. (Note that I u ed a period , not a question n1ark!) . ln IIis Love, ueMiller ~ ~~ \~ ~t!i \~~ ~-, ~ ~ :;; ~ :; OWMU Spring Meeti ng =: ~ April 9 ~ ~ 10 00 ~ ;,, ~~ r~ , ·~ : a.m. Camden Baptist Chure,h 17go1 SK 511 Wellingt-on O~i 44090 L)etails, n1ap & rnc tel info will be s~nt to churches. \\latch fo,· 1tl 2001-2002 OWMU Officers President SueMiller 1750 Flinthill Drive Columbus, OH43223 614-875-4128 Vice President: SusanJohnson Box247 Huntsburg,OH 44046 440-636-5543 Secretary: BettyDyak 1911 Eldridge Ave. Akron,OH 44301 330-724-9676 Treasurer: FrancineBeres 4331 Ellsworth Rd. Stow,OH 44224 330-945-9346 NEO Spring Ra lly Northeast Ohio Area WMF March 26 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Calvary Fellowship Baptist Church Painesville Ohio Bring a sandwich Salad, desert & beverage provided CHURCHLOANS Commonwealth Church Finance Long Term Fixed Rates wllowest Fees Contact: Garry Reasinger (800) 207-0699 O l1io I 11dcpe11dc1 t Baptist is a publica tion of the Ohio Associa tion of Regular Baptis t ( ' hurche~ ~:ditor tale R~prescntati, e Da, iJ \\' a rrt: 11 .\ ss ista nt l~dit or Pat \Varrcn la naging l~di tor l4111da Thon1a\ 1'echnica l ,\~sistanct• Rcg1..., t1..·r C,r.1ph1c, Rttlldl>lph , t ' \\ ") lH ~ Plt'.t...,t' d1r1.· 1.· t ,tll cu1nnt1.' 1tl ...,, 1..' lH 1c.·,pu11dt: n1.1.·. ,ind n1.'\\ .., tl, ()hi<> Indepcnlicnt l!.lpti~t 1'!.7 I ,l , t 1)11\ t: l ).t\ ton < )11 ~ " -419 9, 7 ~ I.) l 0 29 ' I hl' ()I B 1, puhli,hed ,,, 111\ \l·, pt'I \t',u h\ tht l )h ill \ ,,u~· ,.,ttllll ul l{l·l!ul.11 B.ip11, l ( hu1 tht:·, \ 1 , l· .,,1 1)1 1,t: l>.1, hll\,( )II ~"'141') \11h,~·11p1111n,,t1l')l(l - )