The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 2002

+ Highvie,v venue Baptist Church he]d an Installation Service for their new pastor and his wife, Denni and ancy Gamber, on Sunday, January 13. The service followed a "Thank - gi ing' ' dinner given by the church family. Among those in attendance \vere ten area pastors. Pastor Ken Spink (Berea Bapti t Church) gave the charge to Pastor Gamber and Dr. David Warren offered the charge to the congregation. + A e\V Year's Eve dinner and songfest were held at Bro,vn Street Baptist Church , Akron, wi th Fir t Bapti t Church Green, First Bapti t Church Tai lmadge, and Hi ghview Avenue Baptist Church joining in the celebrati on. The fellowship and worship were encouragi ng and strengthening. and the sai nts went out into the new year rejoicing. + The Millersburg BaptistChurch under the leadership of Dave and Cry ta! Mullin , kicked off its drive to fund recentl y acquired property and a new bui lding. They made a special day of it at Sky View Ranch and invited Max and Phyll i Tucker to introduce the church to the Joash offering concept. + On Tuesday. November 20th, five OARBC churche5,Whipple Ave. Baptist, Canton, Faith Baptist, Bolivar, 1 t Bapti5t, Louisville, Ca lvary Bapti t, Massi llon and Grace Baptist, Canton, joined our congregations for a joint Thanksgivi ng service at Grace Baptist in C'anton. The auditoriu1n was full and so we~e heart5 after a great tin1e of inging, Scripture reading, pecial rnusic and a !)l1rr1ng mcs5age by Pastor Tim Mi shl er of ( 'alvary Bapti st. Buses & Vans For Sale 15-84 passenger vehicles available Buy quality for less at f'1f'Jt,1',:f Transportation 1/1,;liiJt,; ti,I Equip. Sales Corp. 6401 Sean,an Rd., Oregon OH 43618 419·836 2835 r oll-free nationwide 1-800-227-3572 "Big church discounts" ask for Bud Graham Talents For ChristDate Set he 2002 tate leve l competition for Talents for Chri twill be held April 6th at the Dixon Ministry Center on the Campus ofCedarville Univer ity . Teens may choo e from two di ffe rent di vi ion . Teens in grade I 0-12 are eligibl e for the Scholar hip Division , with the fol lowing categories: Bibl e Knowledge, B_rass, Female and Male Public Speak ing, Piano Female and Male Voice, Vi ualized Bibl e Teaching, Writing, Woodvvi nds and String . The other di vi ion, the Non - cholar– ship Di vi ion, invo lves tudent in grades 7-9 with all the an1e categories but without the pressure of co111petiti on. We al o offer co1npetiti on for groups. In the group divi ion (non- cholar hip), teens rnay compete in the In trumental En emble, Small VocalEn ·c,nble (2-8 people), Large Vocal En en1blc(9orrnore people) , and Dramat ic En e1nble. First place winners in the Scholarship Di vision wi ll receive an$ 00 scholar hip to a partic ipating chool; econd place wi nner will receive a $400 cholar hip. Both fir t and ccond place winner wi II au tornatica ll y advance to the national TFC con1petit ion in edarvi lle June 27th. See your youth leader or cn1ai l Pa tor urti Richard on at pa torcu rti . @grbapti tchurch .org for more information . Church Secretaries One-Day Enrichment Seminar r uesday, April 23, 2002 8 :30 a.m. to 3 :30 p.m. Der Dutchman restaurant Bellville, Ohio ' Speaker5 Sandi Harner, Janice McClain andJoyce Cor-atl1e1--s. ' Interactive work5f1op5 ' Lunch & take-f1ome matetial5 ' Co5t: $25 Make cl1ert. s o,1t to OAR8C & 5e11d req1'btrat1on to ?at W,ar·r"t'n. FELTY• HEINLEN ARCHlTECTS & PLANNERS, INC. 336 Sturges Avenue, Mansfield, Ohio 44903 Phone : (419)526-1988 Fax: (419)526-1989 website: felty-heinlen.com 11 Feltr-Hei11/e11 ArcbilecL,· anfl Pla1111ers . . J'011rprofessio11al pa11ner in cburcb g1vu 1 tb. '' OARBC Property Insurance Group Plan Participating churches have contributed annual dividends exceeding $13,000 to your State Association A<ln1ini \ Lered b)' R LIPP A oenrv e J Colu,nbus, Ohio 6 l4-486-59 l l toll -free: 1-800- 1 82-9258 FA : 614--1-86-2-1-9:! Bagtist Children's Home & Family Ministries ... Adoption (including foreign) ... Group Homes ... Maternrty/ Paternrty Counseling ..,. Family Counseling (J)o ing togetfier wfiat ·u1e can 1 t ao a[otie! Ohio Otrice· 9J 7.322 0006 C'harlc:s ~tonroe. Oh1u Direc tor Our purpose is to glorify God through our excellence in Design/Build Services. S·E ·m /BRENT WOOD Our goal Is to delight our clients with the ·-proce s as well as the finished product. . 167 South Statd Stroot b 1 Columbo:. P,i.e Westervtlle Oh,o 43081 l v..lan.,lle, Oh,o •i 531 • 614 794 3100 937 7bti 5!>85 David S Beeman AIA M Joseph H<t1kl11r0<1ll Pres,Jent Jatll A Ch<1p1n Jr , AIA Gregory D Eller AIA <: ~ build design Church and Christian School Design and Construction 7