The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 2002

My Precious Sisters In Christ, . 1 walk back to my hou. e after retrie ing 1nai I. I can through the ontent . Thi · time of year the return addres e often let me know ·ome of the ·e envelopes contain inforn1ation about area fellowshi p meetings. Se\eral thought came to mind when I received announcen1ent. about the Hebron and Canton area 1neeting. . First of al l. I noted they both are schedul ed on April 23 . That happen ~ on1etime. . As a mat ter-of-fact. the Marana tha and Akron area n1eeti ngs are also on the !:>a1ne day. On Apri l 6. I will be speaking and enjoying sweet fe llowshi p v. 1 ith the won1en of the Maranatha area. but also praying for tho,e gathered at Brown ' treet Bapti st Church in Akron. Then I read where the two fcl lc)w~h ips would meet. North Royalton Baptist Church v. ill h(). t the Hebron won1en and Can ton Grace Bapti st the Canton group. A" I read O\er and over aga in those v. ord, ,ny thought o.., went back in ti,ne to Apri l 25. 1989. I had been pre iden t o r the OWMU onl y one v. 1 eek. A very short ti ,ne. but l<>ng enough for inc to reali ze God had entru1.,tcd to 111e an av. eson1c reo..,pon'.->ibility. and I needed to seek fer\cntly Hi\ hel p and directi on. In that fi r\t \vcck one thing He 111ade , Cf) clear to n1e v. a\ th at I needed to knov; the won1en. and they needed to k nov. n1e if v. c v.'cre to v. or!-. together to pro,nc>tc mi\"ii<H1\ and encou rage n1t\"ilOnar1es. That '\ the rca~on I went l (> Canton on April 25. 1989. I can even ren1en1ber v. hat I v.c>rc - n1y navy blue 1., l-.irt . v.·hite hlou \e, and the ncv,• locket J>hiJ1p had gi, en n1e v., ith h1\ / Thi Notice Is To Jar Your Memory! Pray tlzat we reac/1 (110, 111ake tlzat exceed!) 011r gotil of $4,0.50 for Ro1t1a11ia11 Gypsie by Apri l! 111nil to: rn11 i11e lleres 4331 Jllszuoril1 /~ti.___ t oltJ, 011 44224 pi cture ins ide . But 111os tl y. I recal l 1ny fear. You probabl y won't belie e thi ·, but it 's true-talking with people I do not know gives me a great rea. on to recite repeatedly to my. e lf the truth s of II Tin1othy l :7 11 1 · ,n sure I wa~ doi ng just that as I entered Grace Bapti~t Church. Howe er. n1y fea r~ were in1n1edia tely pu t to res t when l was greeted in the foyer by Edna Muckley (that doesn' t surpri se any of you in the Canton area. doe. it?). he introduced n1e to Ann aal fro11 mith ill e. who in ited n1e to s it with her and he r frie nds from Pl easant Hill Bapti st Church. God n1u ~t have ~,nilcd a~ Ann and I ~at the re together that day. He knew that our daugh ters wou ld becon1e good fri end~ wh ile they both worked at BBC and that n1y Penn y woul d be one or her arah' s bridc~1naid:. At that 1989 n1eeting. T ~at v.' ith haron Floyd during lunch. Her hu. band wa~ then pas tor at Pe rry Bapti st in Canton, but we had beco1ne acq uai nted wh il e they had 5erved in the West Moriah area. lt , as good to visit wi th her aga in (and i. today as the Lord al lows our path~ to cross) . That was also the day Vi Wo lre pro,ni sed to pray for n,e . Thus began ou r foreve r fri endshi p. o 1nany card'> on 111~ encourage1ncnt wa ll arc signed "Your fo reve r frie nd. Vi .'' And never wi ll I forget the ··down day" l wa~ li ving through v. hen the phone rang and I debated whether or not to ansv.•er. I did . though, and \\ a~ glad as I heard Vi· s vo ice sayi ng ..Al l week long as I ' vc rol lccJ ou t pi e uough, you',c con1c to n1ind . Son1c thi11g is ,vrong... ho\\ can l pray'?'' And Vi continued to kee p her pron1isc! Ye\, April 25, 1989 \\U\ the rir'.'. l or n1any , i'.'.its l o area rcllo,, \h ip n1cctingo..,. I ha\c gotlcn to kno\,\ )OU. anti ) ou have gouen to 1-.nO\ \ 1ne (a 111 a 1 1 n g. I)' . ) ou " l i 11I o\ L' 111e ' ) I ha, L' often \a id th at ( ,od enlarged 111) bordcr"i ,t nd en r1 chl'd 111 ) lilc . I IL' ha" done \O through) ou, all ul ) ou. and l than!-. ) ou and 11 i111 rronl thL' deplh"i o f 111y \Olli. 'J'h at '" \\h)- I adn11t to fL·cl 1ng" l)I \adne\\ "" I 1ead the 1n lor111atio11 about the I IL·h1 on and ( ' an ton 111L'L'l i nu" l '- \\ ill 1101 be )<>Ur J)IL'"li dL·nt 011 \pril 2 ~ ) l o\\C\L'f, ll gi,c, l))C g ll',ll JO) tu l-.110\\ th,ll 1 uu v. ii I g1, c the ,.lllll' lo, L' .111d '.'. llJ)J)Ul l lO) Ulll Ill'\\ pll'\ldClll th.ti \ lHI h,l\ L' g1, en lo I\IL' .tnd all ol tho"IL' ,, llu ha\ l' ~~ I \ L' d Ill l h I\ 111 j ll I \ lJ \ , d ll d 111 ,ll togt·the1 \\L' lhL· ()hi u \\u111L'll·~ Mi ssionary Uni on, will contin ue to pro1note n1i ~s ions and encourage '- n1 i _ionari es a~ we antic ipate our Lord· s con11ng. Fro,n n1y heart, Sue Miller Area Spri11gvtleeti11gs South Eet/1e/ Thurs April 18, 9:30 - 12 noon Salad luncheon at noon Emmanuel Baptist Church 1501 E. Third St., Dayton Speakers: James & Karen Blumenstock, appointees to the Asian Baptist Theological Seminary in Singapore J-lebr,111 Tues April 23 North Royalton Baptist Church 6616 Royalton Rd. Speaker: Cheryl Elmer. BMM Bibles lnt'I (1111/{J/t Tues April 23 Grace Baptist Church 5050 Middlebranch Ave NE Speaker: Lisa Scott, Missionary to Ukraine Ohio Independent Baptist is a publication of the Ohio Association of Regular Baptist Churches t•:ditor Slate l{L·prc"L'l1tat1, L' l).t, 1d \\ ,\ITL'll \ s~istant t•:ditor Pat \\ 'arr~n [\ lanaging l~ditor l .11Hla l htHlla" 'l'ct·hni ra l .\ ~\i..,tantl' R.L'~ 1-..LL' r ( i r.1 ph tL· -.. l{.1ndolph. '\ L'\\ 'I lH ~ J> k•,t-..L' dlll'L I ,ii) Lllll\llh.'111-.. 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