The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 2003

Canton Ar ea Canton i.· be t known a · the ho111e of the Nationa l Footbal I League'. Ha ll of Fame. It a l o hou. e. the Fir t Ladi e~ · Library and Mu e um in Pres ident Willia,11 McKin ley's former residence. All iance, Mount Pleasant BaJJtist of Ho,ne lvorth, Jed by pa tor and wife, Joe l and Janet Harri ,nan . Pa tor Harriman encourage ' hi s peop le wi th a weekly new ·heet fro111 The Harrimans "Your Happy Pastor.' ' Bolivar , Faith Baptist f~/· Wilkshire H ills. led by pas tor and wife. F loyd and Karen Lanfi 11. Brinkhaven, Til'erton, currentl y cared fo r by Bruce and Barb Butl er. Ti verl (>n had the unique pri ilege <)f havi ng t)ne of the last Ohi o c ircuit -riding preachers who served the111 for 5() yea rs, until hi . death in 200 I , Pa~tor Jin1 Hunte r. Canal Fulton , Canal Fultr>JZ BctJJtist, recentl y called new pastor and wife, Michae l and Me li sa Joy Harn1 on, to follow Pas to r and Mrs. George ti t1-, who retired. Canton , served by three churches in our fc ll o'Nsh ip. Grctce Ba1>ti.,1, led by pastor and wife. Oa\ id and Linda Ryan and Puu l and Stephanie Scyrnc>ur. Grace ho\lcd a f~a JI J3ihlc Conf ercncc v. 1th 1)1. Oa\ id Warren. /J<!rr\ /JaJ>lt\l, \C r\cd by pa\l<>r and "'lie. Tin1 and Sherr) ' f ea l I. \VII' l'J'I e 111 <'" ue /JaJJlt \I. ~e r\ ed b) pa~l<>r and "'If e. J<>hn and ( art>I f\1lH>~L' \ . • 'os hoc: lon Cal, a,, The Ryans Dave Warren & John Moosey /JaJJ1t .,1. is cu11cntly looking for J pastor. Dundee, l c1kevielv Bttf)f ist, led by pa. to r and wire. Dav id and Nancy Carro l I. Pas tor Da e a lso s ings . ' 111 a ,nen s quarte t, Four by Grace. Dave & Na ncy Carroll l .,ouisvill e, First Ba1>tist, led by pastc) r and wife . Ken and T >n1111i Pugh. Ken al so n1in istc rs l<> loca l . . scr ice age nc ies such as the ri re Tommi & Ken Pugh dcparllncnt. Massillon, ( 'oli 1 0 r_\' Bc11Jris1, led by pas to r and wire Tin, and Vicki Mi ·hler, taking s teps towa ru a bui lding pr<)gran1 . Note Tin1 's brothe r n1 inis tc ring at Millersburg Bapti st. M iller sburg, MillerslJurf< BoJJtis1. recentl y ca lled To,11 and Toni Mi shl er to be pastor and wire. How fun ror Toni to ser e wit h hi ~ brother in the san1e area fe ll owship ! Ton i a lso n1ade a great worship leader at the ky icw Ladi es Retreat. Ritt111an . f ~irst B<1J)list, led by Bre tt and Ki111 De ffenbaugh, recentl y ott!d t<) pu rchase new prope rty as the ir first s tep to a new buil ding. mi t hville, Pleosa111 H ill Ba1>t i.\l, se rved by a staff or three coupl es, Stephen anu Mary Jane Ol sen. Wayne and Malinda Morgret, Kev in and Hea ther Fath. Pleasant H ill has bec:on1e a n1ajor backer fo r the outhQwc~t hurch Pl ant. wi th Dan and Rebecca , i111 n1ons. ,, ,o,. I I • • • ) • • ~ - ~·, rdochs Mini..,,LcnrH! to the l .ocal ('hurch ... in \,\' ord & Song • re i • i, · a I., • halllflll' I.\ • C<llllf>,lretrelll., • e,·,111 i.:el1 \ltc llll ' <' llll.~, l ·or rnlonnat ion or huu"-1ng LOlll,tc t rhe J\ lurJoch\ 2Xl ..t ( "oopL·t l{1dgt: l{uad 61..t '12 ~ 007lJ L'll la I I. ll I LI r<l OL h\ (<t h J' i g '1 L ll l' I Cedarville University cdarvill c ni ve r~ity we lco n1ed it ~ largc~l c la\s ever th i\ fa ll as ~., apprt)x in1ately 815 fre~hn1an students arri cd <>n can1pu s. With th is record incon1ing c lass, the Uni,crs ity ha~ a tota l enrolln1cnt or n1orc than J.()()(} student \. Roscoe Sn1 ith . director <>f adn1issions. said . ' 'Thi s c lass wa~ one or the largest new frcshn1en c lasses an1ong the 52 four– year pri ale C<> ll cgc\ in Ohi o." A111ong the new students. 67 percent arc fron1 out– or-stalc, representing 40 state~. Guan1 . and s ix nati<>n\. A recc>rd nu,nber or A rrica n-An1c rican and I-I ispani c ~tudcn l~ arc a lso in the c la\s. edarvill e has announced a ncv.r progran1 this acadc n1i c year - a bache lor of art, degree in graphic de\ ign. Thi \ nc'v\ n1ajor will prepare ~ludcnt\ for ca reer, in \'i\ual con1n1uni calion in capacit ic\ \ Ucha\ graphi c ucsigncr, art director. inforn1ation dc~ igncr. design con~ultant, <)r con1n1uni cati on th~\ igncr. The fir\t) car cnrol ln1cnt has cxcccucd c,pectali ons: c la,~c\ in the graph ic ucsi gn progra111 arc at capaci t). The ni \ersity has recen tl y been 11 a111ct.l for inc lusion in 1,vo ~e lect collc~c ~u1dc1., : '- ~ the 200--i -1()()5 ed iti on or l"'etcr,0 11 · \ on1pc titi vc ("ollcgcs and the prcn1icr ed ition of The Princeton Re, iC\\ · \. f 'ltc Be, 1Mi£IH·e.,1er11 ( --.o lle~c.\: / .'>() c;reot 5'cltool\· to Co,1-,i<lcr. 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