O * H * I * O. Healing for the Hurting Explored at Annual State Meeting

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1 O * H * I * O AMBASSADOR Volume 53 Number 4 July-August 2013 The Voice of Ohio Free Will Baptists Proclaiming The Words of Christ to a Lost World Healing for the Hurting Explored at Annual State Meeting State Meeting Review Minutes of the 75th Annual Session of the Ohio State Association of Free Will Baptists The 75th session of the Ohio State Association of Free Will Baptists met June 21-22, 2013, at Heritage Free Will Baptist Church, Columbus, Ohio. The theme for the convention was Healing for the Hurting. Bro. David Chamberlain served as song leader. Sis. Deena Armstrong played the piano. Friday Morning At 9:30 AM, Clerk Bryon Justice called the meeting to order and introduced the moderator, Rev. Mark Price. Pastor Tim Stout welcomed the convention to Heritage Free Will Baptist Church. The moderator s message to the convention was taken from Matthew 9:1-11, his theme was Behaving Biblically. The moderator called for the General Board Report. The General Board met June 20, 2013, at Heritage Free Will Baptist Church. Motion was made and carried to receive the report and the business items included therein. The Moderator seated the convention delegates and introduced the various committee members that will be serving in this year s convention. The Moderator then recognized the visiting representatives of the various National Departments and ministries. Bro. Roland Luthy and Bro. Paul Etterling, Sr, gave the report of the Ohio Home Missions Board. Don Hix of the Redeemer Mission Church and Tim Byers of the Lighthouse FWB Church in Ashtabula both presented video reports of their works. Bro. Tim Byers then offered a personal thanks to all who have supported the Ashtabula work. A motion was made and carried to approve these reports and to adopt the proposed budget. Bro. Jason Luthy gave the OYC Report which included a video featuring the winners of the 2013 OYC competitions. A motion was made and carried to accept the report and adopt the proposed budget along with the amendment note. Ohio Women Active for Christ (OWAC) Report was given by Sis. Sarah Sargent,. The theme for OWAC this year was, God s Mighty Hand. OWAC current membership is 136. The project for will be, $7, to be distributed to several ministries. Motion made and carried to receive the report. The State Association presented Ohio Secretary Edwin Hayes and his wife Linda gifts in commeration of Brother Hayes twenty year s service to the association at the Friday evening service of the State Meeting and had a reception after the service approve this report and to adopt the budget with the highlighted budget notes. The Moderator then entertained a motion, which carried, to adjourn from business until the afternoon. In the worship service, The Salyers Family provided special singing. An offering of $ was received. Attendance was 139. Dr. Eddie Moody, Pastor of Tippett s Chapel FWB in Clayton, NC and a Professor at North Carolina Central University was introduced to bring the message. The sermon topic was, Dr. Eddie Moody from Healing for the Home. Clayton, NC preached Following the message the a three sermon series convention recessed for concerning Healing for lunch. the Hurting Friday Afternoon Rev. Roy Hutchison, gave devotional thoughts from Psalm 137. Bro. A.J. Dooley gave a report of the 2012 National Association Meeting, which was approved. The moderator then appointed delegates to the National Association meeting this year in Tampa, FL. Those appointed were A. J. Dooley, Mark McCarty, Geri Beal, Tobianne Stout and Manuel Lopes. Bro. David Womack gave a report of Randall House Publications, which was received. Bro. Matt Pinson gave a report on Welch College, which was received. Bro. Clint Morgan gave a report on International Missions, which was received. Bro. Tim Keener gave a report and showed a video relaying his family s thanks for the support the State of Ohio has given them during their 12 years on the field as missionaries. Motion made and carried to receive the report. Bro. Darrell Grimes gave the report International Home Missions and on the Flagship FWB work in Erie, PA. Bro. Tim York gave a report on the work in Buffalo, NY which has ministries to both hearing and deaf people. All three reports were received. Bro. Richard Davis gave a report of the FWB Foundation, which was received. Bro. Ray Lewis gave a report on the FWB Board of Retirement, which was received. Bro. Keith Burden gave a report from the FWB National Executive Office, which was received. The Moderator read from the Free Will Baptist Treatise regarding the imperative of denominational support. Continued on Page 3 Sis. Elizabeth Hodges gave a report from the WNAC. Motion was made and carried to receive the report. Bro. Bill Hayes gave the Board of Directors Report. Motion made and carried to receive the report. Executive Secretary Edwin Hayes gave a report of the State Office and its ministries. Motion made and carried to The State Meeting Attendees Enjoyed a Time of Fellowship at Friday s Lunch

2 Secretary s Schedule A Famine in the Land-#2 In the last issue I wrote about the message of a great famine that would proceed judgement that the prophet Amos delivered to the very satisfied people of Israel. He announced it with the word, Behold and told them that the type of famine they would experience would be the worse kind-a spiritual famine! In this famine they would find themselves to unable hear the words of the Lord! The Reasons for the Famine There are three reasons that Amos mentions why such a severe action by God. The first reason was their Immorality. (Amos 5:12) The prophet mentions their manifold transgressions and mighty sins. They were known for afflicting the just, taking bribes and cheating the poor. Evidently they were living their lives for themselves and not concerned that God was watching! I believe that we should always be concerned about how the Lord is viewing what we are doing. The second reason was their Heartless Religion. (Amos 5:21) The Lord knew their hearts were not in their worship, so much so that He said that He hated and despised their feast days and would not regard their solemn assemblies. The Lord knows when we are simply going through the motions in our worship-he desires true heart-felt worship to be directed to Him! The third reason was their Spurning of God s Word. (Amos 7:10-17). Amaziah the priest at Bethel who represented the king to Amos that the land is not able to bear his words. He advised Amos to leave Bethel and go prophesy back home in Judah, because this was the king s chapel and the kings court. Obviously they had decided that they didn t have room for God s word there at Bethel. I am afraid that seems to be the attitude of the day. People have chosen their own way, and do not want God to restrict them in any way! This was a dangerous attitude then and it is a dangerous attitude today! This famine would cap their will not hear God s word with you shall not hear His word. How long will God allow us to go on rejecting His word? The Effect of the Famine There are three things that happen when people find themselves in a famine. The first thing is Seeking in Vain. People become so hungry they go to great lengths to find food, but are unsuccessful. Then they lower their standards and begin willing to accept anything. I have heard of famines where people would eat dogs, cats, mice, tree bark and even horse manure! Unfortunately it works the same way spiritually. Israel s first king Saul ended up seeking the counsel of a witch after he rejected God s word. People today are seemingly accepting a wide variety of beliefs that are contrary to the principles of the word of God and are paying a heavy price for doing so! The second thing is A Loss of Strength. They become faint, even the young people! Someone has said we can go 40 days without food, 3 days without water and 8 minutes without air. I wonder how long a person can go without hearing the word of God? It seems like in America we are trying to find out! The last thing is a Final Fall. Within 60 years the most improbable event occurred. Israel fell before the Assyrians and went into captivity. The Northern Kingdom (Israel) for the most part did not go back with Judah to rebuild Jerusalem. Their famine even goes on today! If we think as a society and nation that we can throw the Bible out of our culture and not experience serious consequences, then we will be sadly mistaken. I do believe that we need to hear the announcement of Amos, heed his warning and make a turn to the Lord before it is too late! Lest we find ourselves in a permanent famine! Edwin Hayes Executive Secretary July 14 DeGraff AM Service July National Assoc. of FWB, Tampa, Fla. July 21 Westerville, AM Service, Paul Etterling, Pastor July 28 Piqua, AM Service, Dennie Cantrell, Pastor August 2-4 Antioch Anniversary, Rick Henderson, Pastor August 11 First Dayton SS & AM, Robert Legg, Pastor August Porter Conference Revival at Harrison FWB August 25 Tiffin Homecoming, Cliff Tyree, Pastor August 26 Coalton Men s Meeting, Tim Simpson, Pastor September 1 DeGraff SS & AM Service September 8 Unity Anniversary, Eugene Crouch, Pastor The Ohio State Association and Ambassador Bookstore will be CLOSED July 19-28th We will reopen Monday, July 29th EDITOR Rev. Edwin Hayes 7554 Slate Ridge Blvd Reynoldsburg, Ohio (614) ehayes@ambassadorbible.com STATE MODERATOR Rev. Mark Price* PO Box 4008 Sciotoville, Ohio (740) PorterFWB@gmail.com ASSISTANT MODERATOR Tom Dooley* 4697 Crabwood Drive Austintown, Ohio (330) tadooley@yahoo.com CLERK Bryon Justice* 4857 State Road Medina, Ohio (330) bjustice-clerk@roadrunner.com ASSISTANT CLERK Manuel Lopes* mmslopes@wowway.com GENERAL BOARD Charles Crider* (Little Miami) 2015 Tim Crank (Lawrence) 2015 Ed Barney (Jackson) 2015 Ken Frisbee (Great Lakes) 2015 Del Wallace (Franklin) 2015 Robert Prichard (Cuyahoga-Lorain) 2015 Russell Street* (Central Ohio) 2015 Jeremy Luthy* (Tri State) 2015 Randy Rose (Northeastern) 2015 Randy Keffer (Capital City) 2015 Leroy Dodrill (Northern Ohio) 2014 Densil Wright (Trinity) 2014 Bert Alsept (South Central) 2014 Dan King* (Porter) 2014 Aaron Reed (Pine Creek) 2014 Bill Pitts (State Line) 2014 Blaine Etterling (Cornerstone) 2014 James Webb (North & Western) 2014 Robert Fulton (Southern Ohio) 2014 *Executive Committee BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chris Oiler 2020 Peter Dunn 2019 Mitch Salyers 2018 Eugene Crouch 2017 Bill Hayes 2016 John Wallace 2015 Jim McComas 2014 STATE CTS BOARD Mark McCarty 2020 Jason Luthy 2019 Adam McCarty 2018 Deanna Price 2017 Mike Sammons 2016 Kevin Bass 2015 Joshua Young 2014 NOMINATING COMMITTEE Paul Ray Etterling II 2014 Mitch Salyers 2014 Russell Street 2014 NATIONAL GENERAL BOARD MEMBER Edwin Hayes 2015 STATE MISSIONS BOARD Paul Ray Etterling II 2020 Jerry Sargent 2019 Roland Luthy 2018 Bruce Copley 2017 Tim Stout 2016 Roger Daniel 2015 Paul Etterling 2014 The AMBASSADOR is the official publication of the: OHIO STATE ASSOCIATION OF FREE WILL BAPTISTS 7554 Slate Ridge Blvd. Reynoldsburg, Ohio The Ambassador is committed to promoting the cause of Jesus Christ and the Ohio State Association of Free Will Baptists by presenting articles, announcements and pertinent news to inform our member churches and constituents. 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3 OHIOAMBASSADOR PAGE 3 Continued from Page I A report was given for the Free Will Baptist Family Ministries, by Bro. Derek Bell which was received. Attendance at the afternoon session was 128. A motion was made and carried to adjourn the afternoon business session. Friday Evening Assistant Moderator Tom Dooley welcomed the congregation and led worship. Bro. David Chamberlain led the congregation in singing. An offering of $6, was received. Attendance was 237. Special singing was provided by The Cross Point Trio from the Cross Point FWB Church. Dr. Eddie Moody was introduced to bring the message. The sermon topic was Healing for the Household of Faith. A special presentation was made recognizing Bro. Edwin Hayes 20 years of serving the denomination as Ohio s Executive Secretary. It was announced that after the service a reception was to be held to celebrate Bro. Edwin s accomplishment. Benediction. Saturday Morning At 9:30 AM, Rev. Don Hix gave devotional thoughts from John 14: The moderator then called for committee reports. Bro. Bill Hayes offered a report on Impulse Missions. Motion made and carried to receive the report. The Resolution Committee report was given. A resolution was offered for consideration regarding the State Association s support of the King James Version of the Bible. A motion was made and carried to accept the recommended resolution. The Obituary Committee report was given: Since we last met in June 2012, the fellow believers, listed below, have gone to be with the Lord. Motion was made and carried to approve the report. A moment of silence was held to remember these. Ohio State Association Of Free Will Baptists Obituaries-2013 Clifford Adkins, Odessa Adkins, Janet Belcher, Vickie Boggs, Jane Book, Paul Bosley, Barbara Brandeberry, Juanita Bravo, Juanita Cade, Doris Chapman, Lorene Clay, Kayle Coleman, Frances Mae Cregger, Margaret Dove, Elizabeth Estepp, Frank Featherston, Joan (VanHoose) Fisher, Mary Fluty, Wilma Gilbert, Frances Gillespie, Juanity Greene, Dorothy Hale, Viola Hay, Russell Henson, Garnet Hollback, Rose Jones, Bertha Letts, Chuck Loughny, Reba Mae Holley, Doris Huddleson, Buford Lambert, Jeff Lawhun, Betty Lee Lewis, Lillie Mae Maberry, Virginia Lee McClintic, Karen McCutcheon, Clifford Moore, Jean Music, Marjorie Nichols, Estelle Pack, Gary Perry, Jerlene Powell, Carl Raftery, Mike Seagraves, Wonda L. Sheffield, Grover Runyon, Marylin Thompson, Maria Tilley, Lola Turner, Skip Vanderhide, Alice VanHoose, Dana Webb, Joan Wells, Earnest Oscar Williams, Wayne Williams, June Wilson, Shirley Workman, L.C. Wyatt, Mary Workman. Ministers Rev. Kermit Blankenship, Rev. Herb Davis, Rev. Don Ellis, Rev. Willie E. Holley, Rev. Emmitt R. Neal, Rev. Pete Wright Deacons Franklin Beverly, James Marcum, Kelly Patton, James E. Richmond. The Appreciation Committee report was given and a motion was made and carried to approve the report. The Registration Committee report was read. Total registration was 232; 54 Ministers, 14 Deacons, 26 Delegates, 71 Visitors, and 67 Youth. The Clerk then read the 504 report which will be sent to the National Association Meeting in Tampa, FL, which was approved. The Nominating Committee report was given and acted upon. For offices with term ending in 2014: Moderator, Mark Price, elected; Assistant Moderator, Tom Dooley, elected; Clerk, Bryon Justice, elected; Assistant Clerk, Manuel Lopes, elected. Executive Committee: Russell Street, Jeremy Luthy, Dan King, and Charles Crider, elected. For offices with term ending in 2015, General Board: Randall Keffer (Capital City); Russell Street (Central Ohio); Robert Prichard (Cuyahoga-Lorain); Del Wallace (Franklin); Ken Frisbee (Great Lakes); Ed Barney (Jackson); Tim Crank (Lawrence); Charles Crider (Little Miami); Randy Rose (Northeastern); Jeremy Luthy (Tri-State). Leroy Dodrill (Northern Ohio) was elected to serve the remainder of Matt Pond s term. For, OYC Board Member: Mark McCarty, elected. For Board of Directors: Chris Oiler, elected; For State Missions Board: Paul Etterling II, A Note of Thanks... To the Churches, Pastors and People of the Ohio State Association of Free Will Baptists: We would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude for your thoughtfulness and generosity shown to us at this year s State Meeting while you celebrated our twenty-year anniversary serving the association with us 2014 Ohio Executive Committee: (L-R) Dan King, Jeremy Luthy, Bryon Justice, Mark Price, Tom Dooley, Russell Street and Manuel Lopes elected. business for the 2013 session. The Moderator then appointed Bro. George Grice as Prayer Committee Chairman. Sis. Sue Moore was appointed as Registration Committee Chairperson. Both will serve for the 2014 State Association meeting. A motion made and carried to adjourn from Ohio Golf Tourney Results The gifts that you gave us that evening were overwhelming and we will remember them the rest of our lives. Thank you so much! We thank the Lord that He has allowed us to serve Him through the churches of Ohio Free Will Baptists. It has been a privilege! The Lord has blessed us with something special here in Ohio that with all of our diverse churches, we can still come together and work for the cause of our Savior Jesus Christ. Thanks for letting us be a part. We love you all, Edwin and Linda Hayes Sis. Sue King from the Bethesda Chapel FWB Church, provided special singing. An offering of $ was received. Attendance was 102. Dr. Eddie Moody was introduced to bring the message. The sermon topic was, Healing for the Homeland. Benediction. Bryon J. Justice, Clerk Directly after the State Meeting, we hosted our annual Ohio Golf Tourney for golfers from all over the State of Ohio. We had 50 golfers participate. The Woodland Chapel FWB Team of Nathan Kerns, Jeff Kerns, Jerry Brooks and Gage Patterson won first place in the A Flight with a score of 16 under par. In the second flight, the Mansfield FWB Team of Marcus Bailey, Don Holbrook, Mark Bailey and James Hall won first place in the B Flight with a score of one under par. In the long drive contest, Nathan Kerns from the Woodland Chapel Church won. In the long putt contest, Spence Swayne from the Harrison Church won. First Place-B Flight Mansfield FWB Team In the closest to the pin contest, Rod Hoskins from the Noble Financial Team won. It was a great time of fellowship and fun for all who participated. First Place-A Flight Woodland Chapel FWB Team

4 OHIOAMBASSADOR PAGE 4 LIGHTHOUSE (TRI-STATE) We are happy to report that the last few weeks the Lord has really blessed the church in so many ways, and we praise the Lord for that. The church has been busy with all that was going on. We had a baptism on May 5th. Brother Bobby s granddaughter, Alivia Hollquist was baptized. On May 12th we had a Mother s Day service where we honored all the mothers that were in church that Sunday. On May 26th we honored all the Veteran s for their service. The month of May was busy, but we are happy to see the church busy for the Lord. The month of June has started out like May. We had a workday at the church on June 8th and there were seven men that showed up to work and we accomplished all that we had planned. The ladies of the church had a women s retreat at Potter s Ranch June 6th-8th and had a great time. Tina Tolbert was the special speaker at the retreat. We want to remember to pray for all of the men and women that are in the services of our country. Please pray for our country and ask God to help us to turn back to him. Bobby Courtney, Pastor Ralph Maston, Reporter MAIN STREET (LAWRENCE) Hello to all from Main Street. We pray all is well at your church. We sadly report Sis. Betty Lewis went home to be with her LORD May 28th. She will be greatly missed by all, but we will see her again in heaven. On April 24th, Bro. Paul Bartrum preached at Federal Creek Church and it was enjoyed by all. We also enjoyed the conference May 4th at Woodland Chapel where Bro. Dave Schug is pastor. Bro. Donnie Massie preached God s word.we also enjoyed going to Trinity FWB. Pastor Chris Johnson s message was uplifting. For Mother s Day the men at Main Street cooked the ladies a dinner. We pray all mothers had a great day. We here at Main Street would like to take the time to thank Pastor Paul Bartrum and Bro. Mike Dray and all preachers for giving us God s word. We are so thankful to attend church and hearing His word. It is truly a privilege, as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things. Romans 10:15 God is good! God bless all. Paul Bartrum, Pastor Judy Layman, Reporter CANAAN (CAPITAL CITY) 2013 Camp Meeting at Canaan was an incredibly uplifting time for our church. We are very thankful for the local churches and folks throughout the country who came to worship with us. One of the highlights of camp meeting each year is the induction of special folk into our Hall of Fame. Each year a person or group from within the church and someone from outside the church are inducted. This year Canaan s own Rev. Paul Daniels, Rev. Ralph Griffith and Rev. Larry Keener were recognized for their significant contributions throughout the history of our church. Rev. Roger Duncan from Sefner, FL was also added to our Wall of Heroes for his contributions to the denomination and our church. We are all better Christians for the impact all these men have had in our lives. During May, we also mourned the loss of two men of our congregation. Bro. Ron Marks and Bro. Clarence (Daggie) Cantrell went home to be with our Savior within a few days of each other. Both men were strong believers and a special part of our church family. Please help us pray for their families. Lots of work was done during the month in preparation for VBS. We look forward to what the Lord will do in the lives of our children during the week of July 29th. During the month of June, we celebrated our 2103 graduates and the Fathers of our church. Our youth group, The C.R.E.W., kicked off the fund raising campaign for their 2014 missions trip with a delicious pancake breakfast. James R. McComas, Pastor Lisa R. Justice, Reporter WESTERVILLE (FRANKLIN) We are enjoying a wonderful and busy summer. We had our closing program for our Pioneer Club on May 22nd. It was a very successful year for this program under the direction of Sue Carney. Pastor Paul has been leading a study about The Vertical Church on Wednesday evenings that has been very enlightening. We honored Pastor Paul Etterling for receiving his Master s Degree from Liberty University on June 23rd. Durning June 9-14th we had our VBS Program, Kingdom Chronicles led by Mark and Jessica Musetti. On June 19th we enjoyed Bethlehem Without Pastor Clinton Bruce Sparks resigned DeGraff Without Pastor Eifort Without Pastor Fairview James Curtis Muranahan Glenroy Don Kincaid resigned Kent Without Pastor New Hope-Lucasville George Grice Pine Creek Donnie Massie Pleasant Valley Shane Hanshaw Scioto Dan Widdig South Charleston Without Pastor South Columbus Tim Stevens Stoney Run Without Pastor Symmes Valley Jesse Sizemore resigned Wellington Without Pastor an evening with Rejoice from Welch College presenting a concert. We are looking forward to our church camp in July and hosting the Franklin Conference Revival in September. Paul Etterling, Pastor Edwin Hayes, Reporter TRINITY (FRANKLIN) Greetings from Trinity. As the summer wears on we have much to be thankful for. We have been spared from the terrible tornadoes and storms here in Ohio. God has spared us for several reasons: We should not depend upon worldly wisdom. We should pray about decisions. We should not take the easy way out. PART-TIME YOUTH PASTOR/LEADER WANTED Sciotodale Free Will Baptist Church is seeking a youth pastor/leader for a part-time paid position. The right candidate will understand youth ministry as a calling, will have a passion for the Lord, a love for young people, and a desire to make an eternal impact on their lives. Our candidate should be agreeable to Free Will Baptist doctrine, and also be: Committed Flexible Teachable Family Oriented Mission Minded RESPONSIBILITIES While overseeing and facilitating all aspects of youth ministry for college & career, senior & junior high, and elementary levels, the youth pastor/leader will be directly responsible for leading and teaching the senior high group in the midweek services. The youth pastor/leader will also be responsible for the following: Working with church leadership, parents, and volunteers to plan and execute all youth-oriented ministry (teaching, leisure activities, and mission or ministry opportunities) Overseeing a generous youth ministry budget and developing additional fundraising strategies to assist in financing mission & national competition trips Additional duties as required If you believe you might be the right person for this position, please send your resume to Pastor Aaron Reed, at sciotodalepastor@juno.com or by mail to 1866 Shela Blvd, Portsmouth, OH 45662, or call We should not just follow the crowd. We should not depend upon circumstances. By the time you received this article Paula Dorsey will have gone for her second lung cancer operation. Please hold her and her husband Mike up in prayer for God s healing of her body. Our church is still in need of an organ or piano player. Paul C. Collins, Pastor Patricia Dorsey, Reporter LIBERTY (CUYAHOGA-LORAIN) Greetings from Liberty! As we celebrated the 4th of July, we thought of our independence and what the Statue of Liberty stands for. More importantly we can think of the Cross as our Statute of Liberty. If Christ hadn t died on the cross for our sins, we would not be a free people to serve Him as our Redeemer. In this day we really need to be looking toward the cross and live for God faithfully and trust Him for our independence. A lot of wonderful things are happening here at Liberty. We ve had youth, adults and children being saved and baptized. Sis. Williams, a dear saint in our church turned 95. Her family celebrated with a dinner for her. We had three of our youths graduate from high school. June 9th we had Ann Downing sing in our morning worship service. It was a blessing. Our youth and adults passed out 100 gift bags to customers at a local restaurant which included 50 CDs of our church music and 50 of Pastor Cecil sharing the word and ministry of our church. All that went in the gift bags were donated. This was a good promotion our church. We are in a project renovating our restrooms and sanctuary in preparation for painting, recarpeting and replacing the padding on the pews. It s a busy time as the youth are planning for church camp and families are planning vacations. August 4th will be our homecoming. Chuck Compton will be our guest singer. Also singing will be the Hunter Family and other church talent. Rev. Ed Burbank from TN will be preaching. We are looking for a good time of food and fellowship. You are all welcome to attend. Please remember those serving in the armed forces, our nation and our leaders. Our nation need to come back to God. Cecil Farmer, Pastor Roxanne Copeland, Reporter FIRST CLYDE (CUYAHOGA-LORAIN) Our hearts are saddened once again with the loss of another dear brother in Christ. Edward (Junior) Stanley went home to be with the Lord May 23rd. Remember his family in your prayers. Knowledge of God s Word was put to the test on Saturday evening, May 18th. A game of Bible Trivia was enjoyed by all who attended. Afterwards a time of snacks and fellowship extended the evening of fun for everyone. A morning of Donuts for Dads after Sunday School on Father s Day was particularly sweet to say the least. Dads had a nice selection of tasty treats to choose along with a hot cup of java. Talk of a revival has been in the air. Pray for our church that we can reach out more to the community of Clyde as we share God s love and His mercy. Continue to remember our sick in your prayers. We have many that struggle with health problems. May God bless! In His Service, Roger Rollins, Pastor Ruth Rollins, Reporter

5 OHIOAMBASSADOR PAGE 5 Condolences 2013 HOLY GROUND FREE WILL BAPTIST YOUTH FOR CHRIST CAMP Located at: 5150 RIBER RD, HILLSBORO, OHIO (Bldg- Worship, Devotions, recreation, etc.) (New Kitchen/Dining Hall Building) (Completely new Kitchen facilities) Sister Dorothy "Dee Dee" Hale, 73 a member of the Columbus First Church died May 2nd. She was born November 5, 1939 in River, KY to the late Wesley and Madge (Music) Hale. She was a 1958 graduate of Magnolia High School, Matewan, WV and retired after 40 years with Motorist Insurance. She loved children and worked in nursery care at the church. She was a walking angel who never had a bad word and could find the best in everyone. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her brother Tom Hale. She is survived by siblings Loretta Blankenship, Raymond (Suzan) Hale, Aretta (Tom) Mouser, Thelma Hale, Doug Hale and Jeanne (Bud) Lemon, adopted brother Steven Shirley, numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Her services were held at Columbus First FWB Church May 7th. Sister Barbara May "Barb" Brandeberry, age 70, of Toledo, mother of Sister Connie Bryant, wife of Newark FWB Pastor Matt Bryant passed away peacefully, May 16th, at Heartland of Waterville. She was born on September 22, 1942, Barb was a charter member of Bedford Alliance Church. She was a leader of Bible study groups and the Alliance Women's Ministries (WMPF). Barb was a wonderful singer and taught a variety of music. She enjoyed crocheting, puzzles and was the best scrabble player around. Barb loved nothing more than the time spent with her family, especially her grandchildren. She will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her. Barb is survived by her devoted husband of 48 years, Raymond Brandeberry, I; children, Sharon (TJ) Johns, Lisa (Gary) Butler, Connie (Matt) Bryant and Bryan (Kelley) Brandeberry; 14 grandchildren; brother, Ray (Jan) Benton; "adopted" son, Art (Holly) Siegert and his four children, and many nieces, nephews, cousins and dear friends. Funeral services were held May 24th at Bedford Alliance Church in Toledo. Sister Marjorie Ruth Evans Nichols, age 90, of Otway Ohio, passed away May 26th at the Portsmouth Crystal Care Center. She was born in Adams County, on August 18th, She was preceded in death by her husband, Darrell (Buck) Nichols She is survived by her 13 children: including Sue King, wife of Bethesda Chapel Pastor Dan King, 35 grandchildren, 56 great grandchildren, and 9 great-great grandchildren. Marjorie was a devoted Christian and charter member of the Rocky Fork Community Church. Of the many things Marjorie will be remembered for, most notable will be her love of singing in church, which she did her entire life. Funeral services were held May 30th, at the Rocky Fork Community Church, Otway, with the Rev. Daniel King officiating. Sister Betty Lee Lewis (Bartrum), 84, a member of Main Street FWB went be with her Lord May 28th. Betty is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Sherry & Benny McGinnis; a brother and sister-in-law Paul and Nancy Bartrum; a sister and brother-in-law, Joan and Clyde Elliott, four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Betty served and worshipped her LORD for many, many years. her, Paul and Nancy sang together for years at various churches. We all here at Main Street will miss her sweet voice singing for us. She was loved by all. Sister Alice Irene VanHoose, age 93, of Dayton, OH and formerly of Columbus, OH, passed away June 15th. She was born on February 5, 1920 in Paintsville, KY. Alice was preceded in death by her husband Rev. Bernard VanHoose, former pastor of the Reynoldsburg FWB Church. She is survived by her children, Bernard Roger VanHoose and his wife, Cathy Montoya-VanHoose and Judy Stewart and her husband, Dave Stewart; grandchildren, David Stewart, Todd Stewart and Chris VanHoose; great-grandchildren, Austin Stewart, Rachel Stewart, Lori VanHoose, C.R. VanHoose and Tripp and Trace VanHoose; Her service was held June 19th in Kettering, OH. (Improved Pond facilities) 2013 Camp Dates Senior Co-Ed Camp (ages 13-20)-July 14-19th Jr. Boys Camp (ages 8-13)-July 21-26th Jr. Girls Camp (ages 8-13)- July 28- Aug 1 At camp: Each child will receive a camp T-shirt, three meals per day and snacks, five nights lodging and plenty of recreation. Devotions, Bible Study and church services each day. Adult supervision in each cabin. (Financial aid available) For leasing and information on the above camps call Larry Glenn (937) , Donna Glenn (937) , Rev. Steve Nickels (937) , Pastor Tim Hamilton (937) or us at pastanrfwb@yahoo.com. A ministry of Northridge Free Will Baptist Church, 4800 Payne Ave, Dayton OH HUNDRED DOLLAR FRIDAY NIGHT OFFERING FOR OHIO STATE MINISTRIES Our offering totaled $7, from at least 57 churches, ministries or conferences. *Are You on the List?* Are you receiving the Ohio Free Will Baptist Updates? If you like to begin receiving all the Ohio FWB News, just send your address to me at ehayes@ambassadorbible.com The offering was divided among our three Ohio State Departments: 50% to our State Mission Program 40% to our State Office 10% to our Ohio Youth Conference Thanks go to the following churches and conferences who gave to the State Ministry Offering: Akron, Ambassador, Beatty, Bethesda Chapel, Bloom, Carey, Christian Fellowship, Cleveland, Columbus First, Community-West Jefferson, Cornerstone Conference, Cross Pointe, DeForest Road, Eastside, Eifort, Faith-Cleveland, First Chillicothe, First Clyde, Forest Valley, Frederick, Friendly, Galion-Unity, Garden City, Good Hope, Harrison, Heritage, High Street, Hillview, Liberty-Swanton, Lighthouse-Elsmere, Marysville, Mansfield, McArthur, Mount Sterling, Newark, New Hope-Chillicothe, Neville, North, Pleasant Hill, Pleasant Valley, Porter, Ohio Youth Conference, Reynoldsburg, Rittman Community, Scioto, Sciotodale, South Charleston, Springfield, Tick Ridge, Turkey Creek, Union, Urbana, Wellington, Westerville, Westside, Woodland Chapel and Woodstock. 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6 OHIOAMBASSADOR PAGE 6 AVAILABLE FREE WILL BAPTIST SINGING GROUPS The following singers and singing groups are available to come and sing in your church for revivals or special services. Baldwin Family Bluegrass Singers, Rosedale, Call Chuck Baldwin (937) Chuck.Baldwin@cdmold.com Bobby Siders, Columbus, (Southern Gospel) (614) Born Again Gospel Singers, Harry or Irene Litton (740) or (724) Cell Cross Pointe Trio, Lancaster, Bill Pitts (740) wpitts@columbus.rr.com David Giddens, Marysville, (937) jgiddens@urec.net Day 3, Scott & Sheri Noel (740) sdnoel07@yahoo.com Enabling Grace, Woodstock, (Country and Bluegrass Gospel) Call Jim Howard at (937) Faith Gospel & Contemporary Christian Music, Sidney, Call Pam Moorman (937) ladypam@bright.net Faith in Action, Marion, Call Majorie Abrams at (740) or Pleasant Hill FWB, (740) Attention: Marjorie Abrams or Bob Chaffin or songlady_99@yahoo.com God's Ambassadors, Gahanna, Call Judy Spires (614) Gospel Ambassadors, Rittman, Call Greg Marcum (330) Ethan Hutchinson, Somerset, (740) Just Forgiven Singing Ministries, Dayton, (Southern Gospel) (937) or (614) Headed Home-Singing For The Lord, Oak Hill, Call Jim Evans (740) or Robert Gamble (740) Mike Blanton & Evidence, Grove City, (614) Mike Kisling, Hillsboro, (937) Nina Nash, Leesburg, (Southern Gospel Sound Tracks) (937) gnash2@cinci.rr.com Ounce of Hope, Delaware, (Southern Gospel) (740) Rob Goodman, Newark, (740) Rowena and George Walker, Dayton, (937) Searching Lights, Galloway, (614) Stacy Edwards, Hilliard, (614) (614) stacy@stacyedwards.com Website: Steve Russell, Marengo, (740) steverussell@musician.net Sword Family, Middleburg Heights, (440) Terry Collins & Victory, Hillsboro, (937) The Hambys, Dublin, (Southern Gospel) (614) The Spiritual Echoes, Circleville, Call Rick Moore (614) or Delores Moore (614) Violet Maynard, Columbus, (614) violet@violetmaynard.com Undivided, Grove City, Call Mike or Sheri France (614) or Cari Phillips (614) Undivided96@aol.com Wayne Mays, Hilliard, (614) If you would like your group to be included, please send me your group name, what local FWB Church you are a member of, your address, and phone number. I will add you the list in the next issue of the Ambassador. SAMANTHA (FRANKLIN) We have been blessed so much this 2013 year and so looking forward to the blessing the Lord will bring for the hot summer. Our youth group had a produce and flower sale after Sunday morning service June 23rd so they could raise money for a canoe trip in mid July. We hosted the Franklin Conference on Sat. June 8th. The Dalton Gang sang Sunday morning on Father's Day and really blessed everyone. We had a lot of people on the altar that morning also. We had VBS on June 25-29th and Charlotte Stone was director and did a fantastic job. We had hot dogs on commencement night and kids loved it. For upcoming events for summer, we have The Gibbons Family to sing on Sunday evening, July 21st at 6pm. Also we will have Billy Fields for our homecoming August 4th. He will be singing and preaching that day. We will have no evening service that day. Lastly, we will have Kevin Spencer singing on Sunday morning, August 25th at 10:45 am, so come and enjoy these singing and preaching opportunities. Wiley Perkins, Pastor Jon Perkins, Reporter TROY (LITTLE MIAMI) Hello from Troy! We are pleased to announce that we now have a mid-week Bible-study. We are doing a Bible Ohio Women Active for Christ Greetings from the Ohio Women Active for Christ state board. News and Upcoming Events OWAC state meeting our annual state meeting was held on June 20, 2013 at Heritage FWBC. We transacted a number of business items this year and your OWAC board was so thankful to have the ladies there to continue working to the glory of the Father with us!! Elizabeth Hodges, WNAC Executive Secretary spoke to us on God s Mighty Hand in the daily-ness of life. Elizabeth recounted scriptures from Philemon and 2 Timothy and reminded us that we are to be thankful in all things!! Lacey Price did a beautiful job on her special singing and we are thankful she was able to be there with us! We also want to thank Regina Williams and Beth King for doing our congregational singing. Thanks to all who came out and shared this day with us!! OWAC President Sarah Sargent study through the book of Genesis. It goes to show that no matter how many times you read the Bible, there are always new things God wants to show you. On May 2nd we had our 2nd Annual National Day of Prayer Service. This event was organized by Bro. Ray Horton. There were several readings and prayers along with worship in song. It was a beautiful service honoring God while praying for our nation. We have been blessed with special singing with the Gibbons Family and the Home Gates Singers. We had wonderful services with both groups! On May 18th the men of the church fixed We elected new officers for next two years they are: Sarah Sargent-President, Donna Springer-Vice President, Jessica Musetti-Secretary, Jeannie Sargent-Treasurer, Mistie Hayes- Field Worker and our Members at Large will be Beth King, Geri Beal, Paula Davis, Ruby Martin and Pam Luthy. You can meet and chat with these officers at our next big event Mark your Calendars Saturday August 17th from 2-5pm at Hillview FWBC the OWAC will be sponsoring a purse auction and ice cream social! We are so excited for this event and what lady doesn t like purses and ice cream? Join us you don t want to miss this one! Proceeds raised from this auction will go towards the 2019 National Convention hosted in Ohio. Save the Date... Our OWAC annual fall retreat will be held on October 11 & 12, 2013 at Heartland Retreat Center in Marengo, OH. Our theme this year will be Hope. We will be having Sharon Hodgens who is the director of the Hope Center; you might remember we provided them with a shower of gifts at last years retreat. We will be doing a diaper shower for the Hope Center this year! We will also have our annual basket raffles!! So much fun!! Your churches will receive more info on this years retreat soon. The registration form is on the Ohio website on the OWAC page. (See retreat ad on page 11) Visit our OWAC Facebook Page we encourage as many as possible to friend us! Your sister in Christ, Jessica Musetti, OWAC Secretary Visit us on the web WNAC Director Elizabeth Hodges Ohio Women Active for Christ State Meeting breakfast for the ladies of the church. The food was delicious and the fellowship wonderful! In return the ladies served the men a spaghetti dinner on June 22. Along with the dinner, was a surprise birthday party for Debbie Svjada. Again, a wonderful time of fellowship! On June 8th we had a basement sale/bake sale/hot dog sale. Our basement sale helped to fund our youth group activities, the bake sale went to the FWB Family Ministries Hope Center and the hot dog sales go towards our picnic table fund. We thank God for the many blessings that he has abundantly given to us here in Troy! We are looking forward to seeing you soon! Dwight Stump, Pastor Lisa Stump, Reporter

7 OHIOAMBASSADOR PAGE 7 VICTORY FWB (CAPITAL CITY) Greetings from Victory Church. "walk worthy of the Lord...being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God." Col. 1:10. We are thankful for all who attended the revival June 12-16th. Our hearts were revived by the messages preached each night, special singing, and testimonies. Most of all we were blessed by the rededications and those who were saved. The last day of the revival ended on Father's Day. Pastor Jim preached a wonderful message on the Heavenly Father and the love and great qualities of an earthly father. Please remember Bro. Tony Franklin and one of our members in prayer who are fighting cancer. The kids are looking forward to Church Camp at Pleasant Hill Outdoor Camp in Perrysville, Ohio on August 4-7th. Some members of our church are planning a mission trip to the Dominican Republic with Impulse International Missions. They will be going on this trip on August 2-9th in (2014). Remember them in prayer as they go to spread the gospel to the lost in this country. Until next report, have a awesome summer, and don't forget church attendance. May God bless! Jim Thompson, Pastor Jean Holmes, Reporter CANAAN LAND (CAPITAL CITY) We want to congratulate our recent high school graduates, Rebecca Taylor, Brianna Hay, John Seymour and Halle Smith. They were presented a Bible and a charge from the pastor June 23. Refreshments were served after the service. `We also have had three weddings in June, Mark and Karen Hall, Megan (Drake) and Christian Lee and Mandy (Sterr) and Ryan Conkel. Congratulations and God's blessings on their marriage. Sister Billie Conkel, a charter member of Canaan Land passed away, she will be sadly missed by her husband, Howard and daughters Becci Catalfina and April Bryant and also her grandchildren and church family. Please keep these families in prayer. Team Jamaica left June 26th. Pray for them as they minister to three orphanages. July 14th we will have a special singing group New Salem Sound in the 6 p.m. service. VBS will be July 22nd at 6:00 p.m. Bring your children and join us for a week of Bible lessons, fun and food. You won't want to miss it. Pray for the staff as they prepare for this very busy week. The Bledsoe's will be back on August 11th. Lunch will be provided by the Women Active for Christ for a free will offering. All proceeds go to the building fund. The Sunday School picnic will be August 25th. This is always a great day of fellowship. On September 8 11th Hour will be singing for us. Campmeeting starts Sept. 29th with Bro. David Crowe in the am & pm service. Bro Cal Ray Evans on Monday, Bro. Mike McCoy on Tuesday and Bro. Roger Duncan on Wednesday. Mark your calendar and plan to be with us for a great week of worship. Shawn Beauchamp, Pastor Barbara Chaffin, Reporter LOCKBOUNRE (TRINITY) Greetings from Lockbourne FWB. We congratulate those in our church who have recently graduated from kindergarten, middle school or high school. Our prayers continue to be with these wonderful children and young adults that they will find the path God designed for each one and walk therein. We also send congratulations to our pastor s son and daughter-in-law, Joshua and Jessica Stevens on the birth of their new baby girl, Charlee Mae Stevens born June 21st and weighing in at seven pounds. Blessings to the entire Stevens family. The youth group and several adults had a great outing at Kings Island in June. Some got a little wet from the rain but a great time was had by all. We also had wonderful fellowship and fun on Father s Day at our annual Sunday School picnic. Many wore their favorite sports attire and participated in various sports events and an old-fashioned cake walk. This is always a nice time for our church and extended families. Election of church officers was held in June and we ask that you pray for our church leaders that they will be lead by God in all they set out to do. Also, please pray for our youth as they return from camp that God will help them remain faithful to the Lord. We invite you to attend VBS at Lockbourne July 22 26th. This is an opportunity for the whole family. Our pastor will be teaching an adult class this year while the children are attending their sessions. Please bring your family and friends and, as always, we ask that you continue to pray for us as we labor together in the Lord. Leon Stevens, Pastor Janelle Sagraves, Reporter BUCYRUS (NORTHERN OHIO) Greetings from all the brothers and sisters of the Bucyrus FWB. The Lord has truly been blessing our church. People have prayed and prayers have been answered. We are all so thankful for our special guest (the sweet Holy Spirit). Welcome to summer one and all. We were blessed with an awesome revival in April. One precious soul was saved. Our ministers were: Brothers Isaiah Hatfield, Garry Sorrell, Paul Staton, Corey Carroll, Randy Nichols, Dave Heavner, and Lowell Spencer. Our special singers were: Family Tradition, Sandhill Singers, Dean Road Singers, Shepherd Family, Annette Johnson, and The Spencer Boys. In May we had a Friends and Family Day. Bro. Brian Amburgey preached and the special singers were from our church: Brothers Steve Walters and Gary Morgan and Sisters Missy Hammock and Regina Morgan. God is still on the throne. Our VBS is July 8-12th (6:30 to 8:30.) The theme will be on Babylon. All churches are welcome to bring their youth. We praise God for His blessings on our church. Please keep us in your prayers. Until next time, may God richly bless each and everyone of you. Lyle Arnett, Pastor Phyllis Morgan, Reporter GLENROY (JACKSON) Greetings from Glenroy. We at Glenroy are working hard to stay in the will of the Lord. We have had some wonderful services and good fellowship with our brothers and sisters here at the church. We have been working with our youth and letting them get involved in our services and I have to say they really amaze you the way they take part and are eager to do things for the Lord. We also have to make decisions that we really don't want to make. As you may know Bro. Don Kincaid our pastor has had a lot of health issues in the past and now is facing some more very serious ones. He will be having surgery July 31st to remove the rest of his stomach and will be in recovery a very long time. Because of this Bro. Don is stepping down as pastor. We are trusting in the Lord for his full recovery and ask that you pray for him with us and also that the Lord will lead someone to have a burden for our church to be our pastor. We want someone to be lead by the Lord. I ask that you pray for the Lord to impress on our hearts the one he wants to be our leader.we know God will take care of us and also take care of Brother Don and his family. Thank you for you love and prayers. Don Kincaid, Pastor Carol Salyers, Reporter PURITAN (SOUTH CENTRAL) We at Puritan say God is good all the time and all the time God is good! Our church has been blessed so many times and we thank the Lord for all His blessings. Mother s Day was celebrated with flowers to all the mothers and special flower baskets to the youngest, oldest and the mother with the most children there. All the shut-in mothers received flowers. On a Wednesday night, Bro. Jamie put a prayer cloth on the altar for everyone to put the names of their loved ones on the cloth that needed salvation. Many names were put on it and before every service, we go to the altar and pray for our lost loved ones. Bro. Jamie has been preaching powerful messages about God and we are very blessed to hear them. We have been studying Revelation in our Wed. night services. We honored all veterans on a Sunday and Sis. Norma decorated the church in red-white and blue. A table was set up in the church for pictures of the service men. June 1st we had a fish fry that was well attended. Over 100 people ate fish and listened to gospel music by Bro. Randy Shaffer and his 13 yr. old daughter, Cathy Barkus, Paulette Gordon, Bro. Jamie Fortner and others. Six children were dedicated to the Lord on a Sunday. Father s Day was celebrated with each father receiving an appreciation gift. Gary Eberts brother passed away and Sis. Dot Jenkins lost her husband. Pray for these families. We enjoyed pie and ice cream after a Sunday night services. Thanks Andrea and the Nortons. Our SS Picnic is planned for July 21st at Lake Alma. Stop by, visit and listen to the singing and preaching. God loves us and cares for us! Aren t you blessed by that? Jamie Fortner, Pastor Carrie Powell, Reporter FIRST DAYTON (LITTLE MIAMI) Greetings from First Dayton FWB Church. Well, it s that time of the year again. Summer is here. Vacations are being enjoyed. Aren t we glad that our heavenly father does not take a vacation from taking care of us and our problems? Our church has been blessed this past reporting period. We had a lady saved this past week in our pastor s office. We praise the Lord for that and ask that all pray for her as she starts her journey as a Christian. The security/camera system is almost finished we are thankful for that. We celebrated Father s day in June and acknowledged our fathers in the church. Please pray for our congregation as many are traveling on weekends and during the week for summer trips. We have several shut-ins and sick. We ask that you pray for them and for our pastor as he ministers to us. We had two wonderful services this past Sunday. We need to remember that no matter what situation we are in we are never ever alone. We ask that all pray for our church that our attendance will grow and we will lead lost souls to Christ. Robert Legg, Pastor Jennifer Robbins, Reporter MCDERMOTT (PINE CREEK) Hello from McDermott FWB. Happy July 4th! The Community Church of Christ and our church had a walk for the hungry on May 11th. Please pray for Frances Spencer, Rose Colley, Becky Orin. They are in need of prayer. The three churches in McDermott held our community church service on June 16th. Our homecoming is Aug. 11th. Everyone is welcome. Our sixth annual bike ride will be Sept. 14th at Trinity Hall on SR 73. I hope everyone will have a safe summer. Keith Monroe, Pastor Annie Marlowe, Reporter MOUNT HOPE (SOUTHERN OHIO) Happy Fourth of July to everyone. The Lord has blessed our church so much. We have been enjoying the spirit of the Lord. Our Bible School will be the week of July 8th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Our ending program will be July 14th and after the morning service we will have our Sunday School picnic at Vernon Community Park. Evening worship will be at six o'clock. On July 13th we will be participating in the Southern Ohio Conference at Eifort FWB Church at 9:30 a.m. Scot Markel, Pastor Sonja Smith, Reporter

8 OHIOAMBASSADOR PAGE 8 UNION (PINE CREEK) Greetings from Union! Summer has arrived and has brought with it many abundant blessings from God above! God truly blessed us throughout the Easter holiday with a wonderful Easter and communion service. Our children excitedly took part in the annual Easter egg hunt and also enjoyed the Kids Super Bouncy Fun Day. We were excited to welcome home Wycliff, Staci, Solomon, Gifton and Eliana Keter from The Africa Gospel Church Baby Center in Kenya in March. Although they have already left us to move to Indiana, we are anxious to see what God has in store in this next step of their ministries. We are proud of all of our 2013 graduates and their vast accomplishments. High School graduates include: Steven Blanton, Seth Goddard, Katie Hanes, Jamie Justice, and Derek Rowe. College graduates include: Jessica Dyer, Alex Smith, Angie Raynard, and Shane Slack. VBS was once again an exciting and fun-filled week for the children and adults alike. We had 93 kids enrolled, 64 learn their memory verse (Mark 12:29-31), and $ collected for our local CRADLE Program. Pastor Chris was in a three week revival at Pond Run FWB. We are praising God for the many souls saved and lives that were changed as a result of his dedication to this mission and God s calling to people. We are looking forward to a wonderful summer and pray that God will continue to use each and every one of us for His service and glory. Chris Oiler, Pastor Lisa Garrett, Reporter CROSS POINTE (STATE LINE) Hello from Cross Pointe Church in Lancaster. We trust your summer is going well. God is blessing us with Pastor Bill s Spirit-filled messages. We were blessed to help celebrate the 25th Wedding Anniversary with Tom and Evelyn Shea in May and the 50th Wedding Anniversary with Roger and Rita Severing in June, both with an open house in our Family Life Center. Our congratulations go out to both couples. We were saddened at the loss of one of our dear members, Irene Beavers, but know that she is now celebrating in her new heavenly home. Our prayers and condolences go out to her loving family. She will be greatly missed. We ve been busy the last couple of months. We have celebrated Mother s Day and Father s Day with special dinners. We also enjoyed two Gospel Sings in the church with various musical artists. The music was very inspirational. In our last article, I told about our mission group getting prepared for their trip to Laurel Mission in Big Laurel, KY. The trip was organized by Donna Covert, and this year s trip was very successful. Our youth and adults formed three work groups that helped in the community. Pam Hill organized VBS and provided nonperishable food for their food pantry and gently used clothing and other items for their store. A new CD is now coming out by Cross Pointe singing group. The project is called Roots: Old and New. Cross Pointe will also be singing in a showcase at the National Quartet Convention in Louisville in Sept. This summer Cross Pointe will be singing as guest in The Speer Family Reunion in Wheelersburg, Ohio. You can see where they will be this year and listen to their songs at We look forward to the blessings God has in store for the rest of the summer, and we pray His blessings on all of you. Bill C. Pitts, Pastor Mary Lou Marsh, Reporter FIRST SPRINGFIELD (FRANKLIN) Hello everyone. Isn't it wonderful to know that no matter if you are at church, having a ladies luncheon or a church picnic, God is there! We are so blessed to have Him in our lives each and every day. Our ladies group had our Mother s Day luncheon. We always have great fellowship when we get together. Some of our ladies from our ladies prayer group went to the Spring Jubilee that was held in Lucasville. Betty Edwards, Susan Ford, Martha Waugh and Jane Baldwin went for two nights. They said there was wonderful singing and lots of praising the Lord and good preaching. Jane is the State Representative for the Family Ministries in partner with Forest Dyer. Homeward Bound was one of the groups worshiping with them and we had the honor of them coming to our church and worshiping with us. Jane sang with them. We had one of our young married couple saved. What a wonderful service that was. Our youth is looking forward and getting ready to go to camp Caleb, they are all very excited. One of our young ladies Lexi Mowell entered a writing contest and won 1st place. She wrote about camp Caleb and she donated the money she won to the camp. We have a lot of our adult members go and work every year. They get just as excited to go just as much as the youth: Laura Campbell, Nicole Mowell, Patsy Rucker and Denise and Dan Fraley We are also getting ready for our Vacation Bible School. This is always a wonderful way for us to reach the young children in our community that does not attend church Adam and Rachelle Mc Carty are the ones that are putting it together this year "Kingdom Rock " is the theme and they have so many wonderful ideas I know it will be wonderful and a lot of kids will be blessed that week. We also lost a wonderful The following ministers are available to fill the pulpit for pastors who have to be away from their church. Many are interested in conducting revivals as well. Bill Alford, Rudy Dr, Strongsville, Oh (440) Lee Aldridge SR 327, Londonderry, Oh (740) Anthony Tony W. Blackburn Mechanicsburg, Oh (614) Mike Blanton, 6826 Ridpath Road, Grove City, Oh (614) Larry Brown, 6530 Gregg Mill Road. London, Oh (740) Patrick Blevins, Basil Rd, Baltimore, Oh (740) Mike Boggs, 4411 McDowell Rd, Grove City, Oh (614) Ron Brown, 5478 Riber Rd. Hillsboro, Oh (937) Phil Chapman, 7329 Greenleaf Ave, Parma, Oh (216) Taylor Cantrell, 374 W. Harding Rd. Springfield, Oh (937) Andrew Cordell, 418 West 7th St, Marysville, Oh (937) Roger Crusie, 335 ½ N. 4th St., Greenfield, Oh (937) Brandon DePriest, 361 TWP Rd 41 N, Pedro, Oh (740) Luther Dingess, 1680 Paddle Ck. Rd. Fort Gay, WV (304) K. Leroy Dodrill, 4755 Choctaw St. Leavittsburg, Oh (330) Freddy Dutton, 1700 Hale Ct, Columbus, Oh (614) Clyde Eldridge, 415 Patterson St., Fairborn, Oh (937) James England, 5138 N. High St, # 119, Cols. Oh (614) Larry French, 76 Skyline Dr., Ashville, Oh (740) Ben Gibson, 1126 Cheyenne Springfield, Oh (937) Packy Gibson, 7029 Fields Ln., Hillsboro, Oh (937) Randy Hall, Lake Front Dr, Hillsboro, Oh (937) Edwin Hayes, 7554 Slate Ridge, Reynoldsburg, Oh (614) Carl Jenkins, 2809 Searsdale Ave. Cleveland, Oh (216) James Johnson, 55 1/2 S. First St, Rittman, Oh (330) Jason Jones, 620 Watkins Glen Blvd Marysville, Oh (937) William Jones, 500 Buckeye St, Marysville, Oh 43040, (937) Paul Keener, 703 Andrew Ave., Westerville, Oh (614) Alton Loveless, 527 Virginia St. Ashville, Oh (573) Travis McKenzie, Frick Rd. Sterling, Oh (419) Wayne Mays, 777 N. Drexel Ave. Hilliard, Oh (614) Tom Murphy, 229 Victorian Dr, Commercial Pt, Oh (614) Tom Spradlin, Portsmouth, Oh (FWB Family Ministries-Rep) (740) Alex Stevens, 2002 East Main Street, Greenup, KY (606) Talo Teo, 828 Federal Ave., Zanesville, Oh (740) Bill Turner, 150 Willard Ave., Carlisle, Oh (513) Tim Updike, SR 93, Wellston, Oh (740) Ken Walker, 926 Fairview, Wheelersburg, Oh (740) Daniel Widdig, 1496 Caldwell Road, Lucasville, OH (740) Josh Young, 7227 E. Main St. South Solon, Oh (937) member of the church, Peachy Boldman went to be with her Lord, we will miss her but we have the assurance that we will see her one of these days. That is one of God's promises. Have a wonderful summer. Mark Rucker, Pastor Linda O'Neal, Reporter GOOD HOPE (CUYAHOGA-LORAIN) Greetings from the Good Hope Church. We have been busy since our last report. The ladies of the church got together for a Mother s Day breakfast which was a good time of fellowship. We also celebrated again on Mother s Day and in June, we remembered Father s Day. We had a youth rally in June which was well attended and heard some great preaching. We all need more young men and women in our churches. I had the pleasure of attending the State Meeting. It was a great time where we heard some powerful messages. It was an honor to see Bro. Edwin Hayes honored for his work. I am so glad to be a part of the Free Will Baptists. We had a Sunday School picnic in the yard of the church on June 30th. August 4th is Family and Friend Day. We are praying for a good turnout. We still have some in the church with medical problems. Say a special prayer for them. Bro. Paul Peterson is feeling some better. Thank God he is able to come to church most time on Sunday. He still needs your prayers. Jason Keith, Pastor Mary Diamond, Reporter NEW HOPE (CENTRAL OHIO) Greetings from New Hope in Lucasville. The church welcomed Zachary Brackett, newborn son of Nikki and Devin Brackett, on May 18th. Zachary attended his first service at New Hope on May 26th. The church honored the oldest and youngest mothers and fathers on Mother s Day and Father s Day and presented each mother and father with a gift.the church has called George Grice to be its pastor and welcomed George, Lena and their family with a dinner on June 23rd. The service was well attended and the dinner was delicious. George Grice, Pastor Laura Crabtree, Reporter

9 OHIOAMBASSADOR PAGE 9 Daryl Grimes Family Missionaries to Erie, PA Help has arrived! After almost three years of praying that God would send us some full-time church planters to work along side of us in this ministry, God in His wisdom, has chosen to send us some of His choicest servants. Little did I know when I met Darin Alvis as a 17 year old freshman at Southeastern FWB College, that he and I would be working together in Erie, Pa to plant a Free Will Baptist Church. God used that first meeting to forge a friendship that has grown over these 23 years! God orchestrated that meeting when we were college freshmen to prepare us both for such a time as this. Darin and his family (Joy, Dalton, Dylan & Melissa) come to us from Lancaster, NY. They had been assisting another FWB Church Planter when circumstances changed and led them to begin looking for the next step in their church planting journey. Home Missions gave them the green light to join us in Erie, Pa if the Lord led them to do so, and just recently they shared the exciting news with us. Darin brings with him over twenty years of ministry experience including pastoring, preaching and youth ministry. Each member of his family has been actively involved in the ministry as well. Joy is an excellent and accomplished pianist and the kids contribute to the ministry through musical instruments, singing and helping in a variety of areas. They have been faithful for several weeks now, making the four hour, round-trip commute weekend after weekend. At the end of June they moved to Erie and began working here at Flagship on a full-time basis. We believe, with this addition to our team (our family and the Drakulic family), the light of the Gospel will shine even brighter here in the Flagship City. Please pray for them and the children as they make the adjustments. We are thrilled to have The Alvis Family in Erie, Pa How to Become a Financial Partner *Call (740) and I can guide you through the process *Visit and click on Automatic Withdrawal and follow the on screen prompts * me at alightinerie@gmail.com *Please contact Home Missions if you need a new envelope. BEECH GROVE (FRANKLIN) Greetings from Beech Grove. Summer is finally here. We lost a very important member of our church, Carl (Poppy) Donaldson passed away April 25th. He is sadly missed. He loved attending church religiously. Wanda Bailey had have to surgery on her foot in April, we will be glad when she gets back to church. A couple of weeks ago we had a person become a member of our church and we want to welcome Molly Donaldson. She has been attending our church for a lot of years and is a very special person. On June 30th we had our homecoming and the King Family sang for us. On July 20th we will be having a weiner roast at 4:00 P.M. and a song fest. At the last of July the 27th and 28th, Tim Case will joining us for revival at 7:00 P.M. Saturday and on Sunday morning at 10:45 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. Sunday. We would love it if you could come and hear Bro. Tim preach. We've had a couple of visitors this spring and summer. Eric and Amber Halleran, we are very glad that you stop in to visit us. May the Lord bless you until the next time. Joe Pinkerton, Pastor Lynn Swearingen, Reporter CLEVELAND (CUYAHOGA LORAIN) Things have been quite busy here in Cleveland over the past couple of months. We had our revival May 5-10th. Bro. Freddy Ray kicked off May 5th during our evening service. Not only did he bring the Word of God, but he brought wonderful praises through his singing. There were four souls saved: Ian & Rose Henke, and Samantha & Mary Prater. Monday evening, Rev. Mike Brooks preached and the Sword Family blessed us with their wonderful singing. In this service we had a young man by the name of Cody Hudnall give his life to the Lord. Rev. James Cosby preached and Rev. Mike Legg and Sis. Shirley Frye sang in Tuesday s service. It was another blessed night with two coming to the altar for rededication and Karen Telencio coming and giving her life to the Lord. Wednesday we were blessed to have Rev. Dale Channel preach and the singing was from our own W. 11th Singers. Thursday Rev. Eugene Crouch brought to us the word of God and his own choir from Unity. What another glorious night! Friday was our end to a great and glorious week. Rev. Lester McMahan brought us another wonderful message from God, and we had Kevin Spencer, along with his parents, J.B. & Barbara Spencer singing. We had a total of six saved and two rededicated during the revival! God is so good, and is continuing to work here in Cleveland. May 12th we had a baptismal service for Cody Hudnall, Greg Benyo, Joe Benyo, Rose Henke, Ian Henke, Samantha Prater, and Mary Prater. What a glory it is to witness souls following in the footsteps of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. During our evening service we celebrated going beyond our goal of $2, for the World Missions Offering with a Krispy Kreme fellowship. On June 2nd Sis. Norma Greene was re-voted back into full fellowship as an active member. Please pray for her health. A special thanks to Rev. Dave Chenault for bringing us the Word of God on Wednesday, June 19th during our prayer meeting. We continue to have many members who are sick and ask that you keep them all in your prayers. Robert L. Prichard, Pastor Kimberly R. Young, Reporter

10 OHIOAMBASSADOR PAGE 10 Our Free Will Baptist Heritage Free Will Baptist History from a Buckeye Perspective News from the Ohio Ambassador Newspaper June 1963 The following are news items from The Ohio Ambassador from the June, 1963 Edition Rev. Homer Nelson was the editor and writer at this time. WHY WE NEED THIS PERIODICAL Rev. Jim McComas PORTER CONFERENCE FELLOWSHIP REVIVAL August :30 PM Sunday 7 PM Mon-Wed July 7-10 This is a day of literature a day of books, and there are all kinds of books and magazines to read, but we need to read the right kind of literature. In visiting our local library I have seen lots of people reading, and also it is amazing to watch people come and go with arm loads of books to read. Now we come to the AMBASSADOR. Now what good can it be? This paper can serve in many ways. First, it keeps our people informed of what is going on in the state. Second, a lot of our people can t get to church and from reports we have received, they have received a lift in reading about our work in the State. Third, one of the most important parts of this paper plays is that it serves to promote the different phases of work in our State Association. This paper can be used in various ways to distribute in hospitals and rest homes, etc. We feel we are not ashamed of our church and its teachings. CHURCH NEWS CLEVELAND CHURCH The Cleveland Free Will Baptist Church has purchased a church building at 3161 West 14th Street. The next Quarterly Conference will be held at this Church on July 13th. PORTER CHURCH There will be a one night evangelistic sing at this Church Tuesday, June 25th with the singing Whittaker Family of Hazel Park, Michigan Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Forrest Chamberlin, Pastor. ANTIOCH CHURCH Antioch Church reports a very good revival, with evangelist Jack Paramore. There were fifteen conversions and rededications and the church enjoyed a season of refreshing. Many churches in this area visited, and a spirit of real fellowship prevailed. Rev. Ed Percell is Pastor. REPORTS OF CONFERENCES PORTER QUARTERLY CONFERENCE This Conference was held at the Free Will Baptist Tabernacle May 18th. The moderator was Rev. Andrew Workman and Assistant moderator was Rev. Franklyn Harness. The morning messages were delivered by Rev. Richmond from West Virginia and Rev. Gamble of Kentucky. This conference consists of 12 churched and all 12 lettered in. PINE CREEK QUARTERLY CONFERENCE This Conference convened May 25th at the Free Will Baptist Tabernacle, Sciotoville. Moderator for the Conference was Rev. Philip Crabtree with Rev. Hershel Salyers as Assistant Moderator. The morning messages were delivered by Rev. Gamble from Johnson County Kentucky and Rev. Melford Riddlebarger from Porter Conference. 21 Churches 21 reported. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for these articles, please contact Jim McComas P.O. Box 202 Creston, Ohio (330) PastorJimMcComas@aol.com Westerville FWB Church 390 E College Avenue Westerville, Ohio Franklin Conference Revival September 15-18th Sunday Service at 6:00 pm Monday - Wednesday Services at 7:00 pm Rev. Keith Burden For more information contact (614) Rev. Jerry Sargent, Executive Secretary of Franklin Conference Edwin Hayes Harrison FWB Church SR 139 Minford, Oh Mike Mounts, Pastor FREDDY DUTTON MINISTRIES Holding Forth The Word of Life 1700 Hale Court Columbus, Ohio / or 614/ Reverenddutton@aol.com This October we will celebrate ten years of service in full-time evangelism and soul winning! We have experienced so many blessings and also challenges during this ten year journey in full-time evangelism. God is so good to us and we give Him all the praise for all the victories witnessed during these past ten years. We have literally worn out two vehicles traveling thousands of safe miles each year and thus far free of accidents. The Lord has clearly shown us over and over the tremendous blessings that come from totally submitting to God's will and plan for our lives and having total faith and trust in the Lord for needs to be supplied. "We give God praise and honor for His faithfulness in our lives!" Since our last annual report, I have had the honor and privilege of being in 41 churches, 200 meetings, and witnessed several hundred altar decisions with powerful altar services almost every service. Our ministry annually supports two Foreign Missionaries and one Home Missionary, in addition to several benevolent needs throughout the year. As finances permit, we have a desire to do more in support of our missionaries. In addition to traveling with me, Terry continues to touch thousands of cancer patients through weekly volunteering and serving on a Patient Advisory Board at The Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital. The tremendous needs met through these weekly visits are miraculous and powerful, and this is a tremendous ministry of the faith, hope, and love that Terry possesses from her personal cancer journey. I still have a burning desire to see "Revival" come once again to America and continue to fervently pray, work, and prepare for this cause. You continue to bless us as you share with us in fulfilling "The Great Commission"! Thank you so much for sharing in the burden of evangelism and soul winning. Thank you for your investment with your prayers, support, generosity, and the many acts of kinds you show to us. Without the ones that share in this burden, we could not serve in this ministry of total faith and trust for the needs to be supplied. Please pray for us that this will be the greatest year ever in touching others with God's amazing love through evangelism and soul winning. We look forward to being with you in the upcoming year. For Revivals, Conferences, Homecoming and other special services, please contact me at the above address.

11 OHIOAMBASSADOR PAGE 11 Family Ministries is expanding and needs your help! Executive Director Frank Woods has had a vision to expand our on-campus school for some time. Providing a quality education for the young people we serve is second only to sharing Jesus Christ with them. A good education means they have a greater opportunity to become productive citizens later in life. This vision has led him to propose to our Board of Trustees an expansion project that would provide adequate classroom space and counseling facilities. There is just not enough room in the old facility for our ever expanding ministry. Since 1939, Family Ministries has been caring for children while doing our best to stretch every dollar. But if we ever hope to see this project become a reality, we need your support. We desire every Free Will Baptist Church to consider receiving an offering, or putting us in your budget. We need each individual to become one of our partners for just $20 per month. Thank you in advance for your prayerful consideration in helping in this major endeavor. For more info, please call Stay connected through our newsletter, website, twitter and facebook. 90 Stanley Lane Greeneville, TN

12 OHIOAMBASSADOR PAGE 12 SCIOTODALE (PINE CREEK) Happy summer from Sciotodale! We have much to be thankful for and rejoice in. This quarter we celebrated mothers, fathers, youth, ministry and commitment to the Lord. Our Mother s and Father s Day services were wonderful and well attended. We at Sciotodale praise Him, our Heavenly Father, for His almighty grace and blessings He bestows upon daily. Our youth continue to lead Sunday evening services one Sunday monthly. Bro. Adam Davis preached our May 19th service while Bro. Adam Hacker brought the message on Sunday, June 23rd. Praise the Lord for these young men who have decided to follow Him and spread His gospel. May 19th we again celebrated our youth honoring 13 graduates. Aaron Akers, Emma Campbell, Autumn Duzan, Kayla Hall, Josh Hayes, Chris Howell, Christina Lute, Christia Reed, Walker Roe, Meghan Schultz, Michaela Smith, Brian Stiers and Miranda Whisman were all recognized. Congratulations graduates! We were blessed to have one young lady this quarter receive believer s baptism. Kayla Hall publically professed her faith. Glory to God! Rev. George Grice preached his final service to our congregation this quarter. We are so grateful for the faithful 10 years of service Brother George and Sister Lena have devoted to God at our church and the blessing they have been to us. God bless you both! Next quarter we look forward to VBS July 8th- 12th. This year s theme is Son West Roundup. We are already blessed to have many volunteers to assist our young people! Until next quarter, God bless! Aaron Reed, Pastor David Swingle, Reporter PLEASANT VALLEY (LAWRENCE) Pleasant Valley FWB Church at Fox Hollow has been having wonderful services. On Friday, May 10th, approximately 80 people joined our Friends and Family Service. Bro. Brandon Depriest preached the service and our featured singers were Crimson River and Josie Kidd. We had Bible School June 10th 15th, with our theme being, The Armor of God, and we enjoyed 155 kids throughout the week. We could hot have asked for a better Bible School. We appreciate all that contributed, from the kids, to the teachers and helpers, the kitchen workers and all the parents. We hope to continue having these blessed services. God bless. Shane Hanshaw, Pastor Christina Kidd, Reporter MARYSVILLE ( CENTRAL OHIO) Proverbs 5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings. We were blessed in our June revival with Mike Blanton preaching each night. He brought powerful messages from God s word. Evidence ministered to us in songs. We rejoiced and gave praise unto God. We would like to thank our visiting preachers; R.J.Akers, Tom Murphy and Tad Miller. We always enjoy their preaching. Also, we were blessed to have Joyfulaires, Genesis, Tad Miller and Family and the New Covenant Singers. Hay Day Weekend VBS will be held July 19-20th at 6:00-8:30 pm. We will be having a Sunday celebration at 11 am. The youth will be planning a trip to Marmon Valley farm in August. We now have all of our classrooms painted. Thanks to Edward Hay and Jesse Mullins.They look great, and the children were very excited. We will be starting a van ministry soon. We appreciate Ken Rooks, Dave Conley, and friend who did the repairs, and a complete repaint. Looks great. Pastor Paul is getting it lettered. We are still having the nursing home ministry. It has been a great success, and a enjoyable blessing for everyone. We are in need of a teen youth leader. Please be in prayer for that need. Paul Bogenrife, Pastor Helen Murray, Reporter M. J. LOWE S INCOME TAX SERVICE 3213 SOUTH HIGH STREET COLUMBUS OHIO BOOKKEEPING ACCOUNTING NOTARY PUBLIC JIM & JEAN LOWE Phone OWNERS FAX MJLOWE24@YAHOO.COM Don & Dottie Hix Ohio Home Missionaries to London, Ohio It was good to see many of you at the State meeting and talk with some of you. But for all of those we did not get to see or talk with, I want to give you a little update on the work at Redeemer. FELLOWSHIP TABERNACLE (LITTLE MIAMI) Greetings from Fellowship Tabernacle. We have had good spiritual services with several visitors coming to be with us. We thank the Lord for all His blessings. We are thankful for those who came and ministered to us in preaching and song. May 13-17th, we had our spring revival. Bro. Randy Nichols preached May 13-May 16th and Corey Carroll preached May 17th. We had a good revival with spiritual services each night. We enjoyed good special singing and both brothers preached powerful messages. It was so wonderful see different churches come together with one mind and one accord. We had refreshments on last night after service. Thank the Lord we had one saved and for all of us who were revived. We are praying for lost souls to get saved. Until our next report, may God richly bless you and your family. Jim Stepp, Pastor Dean Lewis, Reporter ANTIOCH COMMUNITY (CENTRAL OHIO) Antioch just recently welcomed a new baby into the church. Bro. Scott Walley and his wife, Britny Walley along with their daughter Kalynne, and son, Jayden were blessed with the birth of their new son and brother, Camden Walley. We congratulate them and pray many blessings upon this family! Antioch is continuing to beautify the church by remodeling our fellowship hall. A big thank you to our Sister Rose for painting the hall. Carpet will soon be installed also. We will be using our newly remodeled fellowship hall on July 28th to celebrate Pastor Jim Blankenship s mother s birthday. Sister Lorine Blankenship is turning 95 this year! She is such a blessing to our church, and a pattern for each of us to live a Godly life. Those of you who know and love sister Lorine are invited to come out that day and share our church service and Our attendance has been steady and our services have been blessed with the presence of the Holy Spirit. We have seen some new faces in the pews and enjoyed them being with us and coming back to worship with us. The church held a yard sale June 1st that coincided with the National Yard sale on the National Highway that goes through Summerford where our church is located. We made a lot of contacts and passed out cards with information about the work. Our prayer and desire is that more of them will come and be in service with us. I want to thank all of those who have supported the work at London. Your prayers and financial support have been greatly appreciated. We are looking forward to the day when you can visit us and see a strong Free Will Baptist Church in this area. The ladies of the church have been a real blessing to the work. They sponsor an ad in a local paper that goes into eight hundred homes in the Lake Choctaw area. By the time you read this, we will have had the Rejoice Ministry Team with us in service. We are looking forward their visit. We ask that you continue to pray for the work, and if you can come for a visit, we would be very glad to see you. Don and Dottie Hix dinner following. Birthday cards may be sent to: 217 Cliffview Drive Mt. Sterling, OH Also, our church will be celebrating our 34th homecoming on August 11th during our Sunday morning worship at 10:30 am. Undivided will be providing the special singing and Pastor Jim Blankenship will be bringing the message. A dinner will follow the service, and all are invited to come fellowship with us. May God bless you all. Jim Blankenship, Pastor Candy Valentine, Reporter HERITAGE (CAPITAL CITY) Summer is here and we are excited about all that is happening at Heritage! Sundays are wonderful and our Wednesday Family Night is so exciting that nobody want to miss. We thank God for our church that has a heart for the entire family! June was a mission month for us. We had a team of fourteen go to Costa Rica on a mission trip with Impulse International Mission Trips. They worked with Pastor Pablo s church and lead VBS for several different villages. While our missions team was serving at Costa Rica, locally we partnered with One Heart - Many Hands and participated in our own community helping those in need. Several churches in the area came together to perform service tasks for those in the vicinity that do not regularly attend a home church and are in need. Heritage Youth will have youth camp in Perrysville, OH, July 8th 12th. Please pray that God will speak and minister to hearts that week. We are excited to have our youth competing at the National Youth Conference and our pastor preaching at the Tuesday Bible Conference in Tampa this year. Heritage Golden Seniors recently went to the Creation Museum. They always have a great time of fellowship on their outings. It has been great to have some guest speakers at Heritage. Missionaries Hemant Patel (India) and Tom Jones (Pennsylvania) were used by God to instruct and inspire us in kingdom work! Tim W. Stout, Pastor Stephanie Wolfe, Reporter NEW HOPE (CORNERSTONE) Greetings from New Hope. We just had a wonderful service with Rev. Derek Bell from Family Ministries...what a blessing. Sister Baldwin from the Springfield area also came that Sunday and shared with us in song. We feel blessed to be a part of those ministries in our giving and our prayers. We are looking foward to having Christ Unlimited with us in August. In the past month, we have taken time each Sunday morning to have a couple of our church members share how and when they accepted Christ. While, we cannot live in the past, it is good to stop and look back and see where God has brought us and all that He has done for us. Those are good memories. We have been busy with several projects around the church--the biggest being a new metal roof. We are so thankful for everyone's help with these projects. We still ask for your prayers..several of our church members are having health problems and one of our sisters, Mary Workman, went home to be with the Lord. Our prayers are with her husband, Marvin. Mary suffered for a long time and while she will be missed, we are glad she is at rest. Until next time, May God bless you and yours. Wendell F. Combs, Pastor Linda Combs, Reporter

13 OHIOAMBASSADOR PAGE 13 Oh how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Psalm 119:97 UNITY (CUYAHOGA-LORAIN) Greetings from Middleburg Heights! We have been busy since the nice weather arrived! May 3rd, the women of the church held the annual ladies banquet. There was a delicious dinner, games, giveaways, and fellowship. We enjoyed celebrating our friendship with each other and being daughters of the King! The annual ladies retreat was held May 23-25rd in Maumee Bay; this year s theme was Boot Camp. We were challenged by the devotions that encouraged us to show gratitude and enjoy all of the small moments the Lord blesses us with. We thank Di Keener for attending our retreat and ministering through two devotions! June 2nd, we celebrated the 2013 graduating senior class at our church. Congratulations to Josh Crouch, Brianna McGuire, and Dorothy Rowan. We are so proud of you and pray for God s grace and blessing as you begin this new and exciting journey of life! Our VBS program was held June 9-13; the theme this year was God s Backyard Bible Camp. Each day the kids learned how they can serve family, friends, neighbors, community, and Jesus. Saturday, June 15th we held Fun Day. Kids enjoyed playing in the bounce houses and games, and adults enjoyed the good food and fellowship (some adults even enjoyed the bounce houses)! For the first time in 8 years, the boys won the penny march by both weight and worth. Go boys! Because of this, our youth pastor, Josh Workman, put two pies in his lovely wife s face (sorry Kristin). Kristin was a great sport about the whole situation, and more importantly the kids had a blast! Thank you to all of the volunteers that made VBS such a success. Children got to experience the love and gospel of Christ that may not hear it otherwise. We hope you all have a blessed summer and enjoy this beautiful weather! Eugene Crouch, Pastor Angie Steitz, Reporter ROSEDALE (TRINITY) It is hard to believe we are already through half of the year, time is flying by. God has been so good to us, we ve been without a pastor for over a year now. We ve had several guest ministers come in and they have done a tremendous job supporting us. We get comments from some that have never been to Rosedale, they will say What took you so long to invite me here? They really enjoy the services. We are just an old fashioned Bible believing church. Sad to say, so many are turning the other way. We held our homecoming in May with Rev. Mike Blanton bringing the message and singing by Mike Blanton & Evidence. They are always a blessing. They are so good to Rosedale. The church was packed. We had a couple people rededicate their lives to God; please keep them in your prayers. We had a mini revival in June with Bro. Tom Vanhoose from Paintsville, KY with good services, great preaching and special singing by Bro. Sammy Stanbaugh. It is always a blessing to have Sammy with us. We will be having a revival August 12th through the 16th. Rev. Freddy Dutton will be bringing the messages and we will have special singing each night by Sister Stacey Edwards, Rev. Jim McComas, Sammy Stanbaugh, The Baldwin Family/Rosedale Believers and finishing on Friday night with The Parsons. This is one revival you will not want to miss. Please come help support Bro. Dutton and the singers. God s going to show up in a mighty way, please pray for souls to be saved. A few of our members will be traveling to Crossville, TN in July for their campmeeting. There are some going that have such a heavy heart right now, dealing with family issues; children, grandchildren. I pray that this campmeeting gives them just the encouragement that they need. Help us all to say and do what we know is right and to be more of a help to those in need. Bev Fraley, Reporter BETHESDA CHAPEL (PORTER) In May and June the church family at Bethesda has experienced both great joy and great sadness. Thank God for his presence during both. He is faithful. May 26th my mother passed away. She would have been 91 in August. Also a dear lady, Mary Keller, who faithfully attended Bethesda, passed away on June 5th. Just yesterday, two of our young people, brothers ages 9 and 12, died tragically. Some things are hard to understand, but we know God oversees it all. When thinking of special services, Mother s Day and Father s Day come to mind. We are thankful for all the families who attended. Our visiting singers included the Carter Sisters and Lazarus, and visiting preachers included Zach Conkel and Bud Norse. In June, many of our youth attended the Tri- State FWB Camp. Our youth leaders, John and Linda Dailey have directed this camp for a number of years with great success. This year they reported a good number of churches participating with over 180 in attendance, over 20 young people saved, and over 20 others rededicating their lives. This year two young teen boys announced answering the call to preach. One was Marshal Evans, age 13, who attends Bethesda. Also we want to extend best wishes to Bobby and Christina. These two young adults attend Bethesda and became newlyweds on June 8th. Upcoming dates we are looking forward to include our homecoming revival services beginning July 31-August 3rd, with homecoming Sunday services August 4th. Bro. Emil Cartee will be our evangelist. Also on August 9th, 7:00pm, Wade Spencer will be with us in concert. Please come and join us in these services. Please remember Bethesda in your prayers and may God continue to bless you and yours. Daniel King, Pastor Sue King, Reporter REYNOLDSBURG (FRANKLIN) We have had great services at Reynoldsburg over the past few months and look forward to more. Since our last article we had our homecoming in May with James Blake preaching from Williams Rd. The True Gospels did our special singing. We had two groups from our youth group participate in the State Youth competition, and they are both going on to the Nationals in Tampa. We are very proud of them! In June, we had a National and Signing Service fundraiser for our competitors. We raised $416! June 28th-29th we participated in the Pickerington/Reynoldsburg Relay for Life. We ve all been affected by cancer in some form, so we at Reynoldsburg are trying to do our part to provide funding to find a cure. We look forward to a busy summer with VBS, a church picnic, the National and church camp. Our VBS theme this year is SonWest Roundup and will be from July 8-12th. We re hoping to have a church full of little cowboys and cowgirls eager to learn about Jesus. July 21st-24th our competitors will be in Tampa competing at the National. Our WAC president Sarah Sargent will also be speaking at the WNAC National there as well. August 4th-7th our teen group, CHAOS (Christians Hyped About Our Savior), will be attending youth camp with Westerville FWB, Williams Road FWB, and Victory FWB. They are all looking forward to another great year at camp. We know God is already starting to prepare their hearts for the ways He ll be speaking to them. God s moving at Reynoldsburg in a big way and we are so excited to be willing servants for His work. Please come and visit us whenever possible. We would love to have you! Jerry Sargent, Pastor & Reporter MADISON (PORTER) Summer is here with hot, lazy, sunny days and humid nights. I'll take this over ice and snow any time. We have been blessed with our youth, they had good Quiz Bowl season. We are so proud of each and every one. We also have dedicated teachers and leaders, can t give them enough Camp Reunion at Bloom Free Will Baptist thanks you's. We had a terrific homecoming with lots of wonderful preaching. It was a good time in the Lord. We just finished with VBS. What a terrific time we had. We were blessed with a great bunch of kids. They really enjoyed VBS and said they couldn't wait for next year. That is good testimony to our teaches and helpers of VBS. Please pray for Brother Lou Martin and Sister Marie King. Pray for our missionaries, the leaders of our country, our troops in harm's way, but, most of all pray for each other. God bless You. Rodney Evans, Pastor Sharon Smith, Reporter SHELBY (NORTHERN OHIO) Hello again from Shelby! Romans 10:15 tells us, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! We were blessed to have several visiting preachers at Shelby in the last few weeks, including Bro. Isaiah Hatfield, Bro. Matt Pond, and Bro. Cory Carroll, bringing us the good news of salvation. We are always thankful for the times we get to spend with other brothers and sisters in Christ! In May and June, the church collected baby bottles filled with money for the Richland Pregnancy Services organization. RPS is dedicated to helping prevent abortions. They also provide financial assistance to mothers who are in need, as well as offering counseling services to both mothers and fathers. All baby bottles were collected on Father s Day and taken to RPS. Our Vacation Bible School will be held this year from July 29 August 2. VBS starts at 6:30 each night. The theme is Make a Joyful Noise, so feel free to join us! Herman Copley, Pastor Heather Brown, Reporter WELLINGTON (CUYAHOGA-LORAIN) Summer is off to a wonderful start at our church. We have many interior changes on the horizon. A note of congratulations for Gabby Morrow, our church's high school graduate. The church honored mothers and fathers on their special days with a special gift. Thanks to the visiting preachers: Jason Boggs, Tim Hamblin, Randall Keiffer, Roger Rice, Luther Dingess, Willie Bias and Chad Booth. The messages they have delivered have certainly gone a long way in feeding our flock, and thanks for the sustenance from the resident preachers: Ed Kennedy Sr., and Lawrence Dickerson-- and the teaching from our deacons and brothers. We are not having a VBS this summer. We are still without a pastor but are continuing to maintain, not giving up! Keep us in your prayers as our members and their families have many requests for prayer, and our church is in need of a pastoral leader. God bless all the churches and readers of this publication. Margaret DeWitt, Reporter The former staff and campers of the old Willow Bible Camp, Scioto Hills, Mt. Hope, Hillsboro, and Camp Jerry Church Camps will be having a Camp Reunion on Saturday, July 13, 12 Noon, at Bloom Free Will Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, St. Rt. 140, Scioto Furnace, Ohio near South Webster (8 miles from St. Rt. 52 at Sciotoville). Bring old camp photos and a covered dish to share. Many preachers have came out of these camps since the 1960's such as Danny Baer, Jeff Crabtree, Mark Price, Randy Sizemore, Paul Ray Etterling, Corey Claxon, Rusty Larter, Brandon Dailey, Kyle Estepp and many others. We hope to see many and call for more information, Diana Claxon Stonerock or Sue Barnett.

14 OHIOAMBASSADOR PAGE 14 Keeners Resign, Pooles Retire From Mission The Board of Free Will Baptist International Missions voted May 1st, to accept the requests of Bobby and Geneva Poole to retire and Tim and Di Keener to resign. Danny Williams, board chairman, stated, Both of these couples have performed with excellence during their tenures. It is with sadness and deep appreciation that we accept their requests. Bobby and Geneva Poole were appointed to missionary service in Brazil in July The couple has served faithfully through the tenures of all five of the Mission s general directors. When they entered Brazil in December 1960, less than 2% of the people claimed to be Protestant Christians. Today, that number has risen to approximately 23%. Bobby wrote, There is a time in everyone s life that hard decisions have to be made one of our hardest decisions has arrived. The Pooles have garnered 53 years of faithful missionary service to God and the denomination. The majority of their ministry has been in the Ribeirão Preto area of Brazil, stretching into many rural areas and small towns. Over the years, they engaged in prison ministry, prepared Bible studies, established a long-running radio ministry and telephone answering service that shared Scripture 24/7, sponsored vacation Bible schools, began and promoted camps and retreats to foster spiritual growth and encourage community, and founded a Bible institute/seminary that has trained men and women for 41 years. We deeply appreciate our stateside pastors and churches, Bobby stressed. Without them we would not have been able to minister here for these 53 years. The Pooles will be moved to retired status as of December 31, The Keeners, in their official letter of resignation stated, It is with sadness that we have decided to tender our resignation. As much as we would like to return to France, for us, for our boys, or for our dear friendships there, it does not seem wisest at this juncture to return. Tim and Di served 10 years in France (appointed December 2001), integrating well into the community, breaking new ground in Couëron, serving the established Free Will Baptist churches, and the last few years, lending leadership to the Europe team as regional director. Tim and Di and their sons Eli, Ethan, Ezekiel, and Noah left France for their scheduled stateside assignment in June Tim will pursue seminary studies as the couple continues to seek God s will for the future. Their resignation was effective June 1, A Note from the Keener Family Dear friends in Ohio, NORTHRIDGE To God be the glory, for His provided blessings. We are thrilled to see the Lord continuing to call sinners to the altar. We are humbled, amazed and truly thankful to feel the power of the Holy Spirit in our services. Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. 1 Chronicles 16:29 We are to be the offering, to move in faith from our comfort zone (pews) and live out God s Word, as He leads us. We are praising the Lord for blessing our youth rummage sale in June. We are also grateful for the blessing of attendance and teachers during our VBS. Two nights we had 59 children and the other three nights attendance was in the 60s. The gospel seed that was sewn in our children s hearts is just something that can t be measured. The adult VBS class was blessed to be taught by Brother Josh Branscomb. We are praying for God s blessings on these upcoming events: Our camps Holy Ground FWB Youth for Christ Camps are in July/August: July Sr. Co-ed Camp (Ages boys/girls) July Jr. Boys Camp (Ages 8-13) July 28-Aug 1 Jr. Girls Camp (Ages 8-13) Please listen to our weekly radio ministry, every Sunday at 2:30 PM, Station WGNZ 1110 AM for more details on our upcoming events. In His service, Tim Hamilton, Pastor Teresa Poynter, Reporter CORNERSTONE (CUYAHOGA-LORAIN) Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. Greetings from Cornerstone. We rejoice in having seen four recently saved and six baptized. Praise God for these souls and the words of Jesus, whosever will... Our youth hosted a spaghetti dinner to raise funds for a summer missions trip. they have also completed a candy sales project of the same trip. VBS during the week of June 10th saw an average of 83 children each night and five children were saved. Pastor John has been teaching a Wednesday night series on Christ centered thinking. John Johnson, Pastor J. Matney, Reporter DAILYVILLE (FRANKLIN) Welcome from Dailyville. The Master s Men of our church made and sold apple butter at Piketon during the Dogwood Festival. We are able to make many contact, friends and funds for our church projects. This is an annual event during the last weekend in April. The OWAC ladies held their bake sale on Good Friday raising money for our church. On May 10th they also held the Mother/Daughter Banquet which is a good outreach to non-members. Several church members contributed money and time in the local Relay for Life on May 31- June 1st. We are looking forward to VBS and a revival in the future. May God bless you all. Pete Dunn, Pastor Jim Henry, Reporter OLD KYGER Greetings from Old Kyger FWB Church in Cheshire. We have been having great spiritfilled services. We continue to worship the old fashioned way, singing, testifying and preaching. Our community still thrives on good gospel preaching. We had a Mother/Daughter dinner and a Father's Day dinner. We are getting ready for a yard sale. Please pray for our youth. We desperately need them. Thank God for our leadership in the church. We just had a birthday outing for those that had birthdays in the last three months. We have had sickness in the church, but still believe in anointing with oil (three in one Father, son and Holy Ghost.) Thanks till next time. Robert Thompson, Pastor & Reporter We were so glad to be at the state meeting last week and share personally our thanks for your prayers and support over the last 10 years. As you know, we have decided to step down from International Missions and not return to France at this time. As hard as this was, we felt strongly that it was time for a break from missionary service with FWBIM. Would you pray with us that the Lord would continue to lead and guide us during this time? Tim will be working to complete his graduate studies at Ashland Theological Seminary, here in Ashland, Ohio. Our heart is to return to some ministry or missions work after seminary. Pray for us as we transition off of full-time support from FWB International Missions. They have been gracious to provide support and insurance through August, so we are looking for part-time or temporary work to help us through this next year of seminary. Even during this challenging time, we are so thankful! We praise the Lord as a family for: A rich tenure with FWB International Missions Participating in a growing harvest in Europe The Lord s provisions and presence during this last year (especially for our boys) YOUR faithful prayers and financial support This opportunity for Tim s seminary studies Hidden in Him (Col 3.3), Tim & Di Keener Tom Jones, National Home Missionary to Greensburg, PA To all of our friends: We are extremely excited about what God is doing here at Keystone FWB Church in Greensburg, PA. A lot of you are to thank for the work that is now seeing incredible things happening. Just this past Sunday, June 9th we were able to see four people saved and then that night had the chance to baptize seven people with seven more needing to schedule a baptism! God is surely moving. With all of the good to report, our account is struggling. We have began to search for creative ways to save money so that we do not have to go back on the road. One of the ways to do this is by switching from a paper newsletter to a free newsletter. There are a few reasons this will be better: -Rather than once a month, we can share instant news of great things happening. - It is totally free - Most people prefer to paper anyway. You have it to go with you at all times. - We can begin sharing our videos of baptisms and other big things along with pictures and more. If you are on our paper mailing list and would help by switching to updates, please me with your name, address (so we can stop the paper from coming to your house), with the subject " list" tj1162@gmail.com If you sign up now, we will get you a link (asap) so you can see the recent baptism we were able to have where we had the privilege of baptizing a family of four at one time! Thank you so much for all that you are doing!

15 OHIOAMBASSADOR PAGE 15 Hospital Update Sister Pam Hunter, wife of Randall House Executive Director Ron Hunter, and daughter of Rev. Mike and Judy Stokes had surgery for cancer and will undergo a six-treatment regimen every three weeks that will last for about five months. Do remember the Hunter family in prayer. Brother Wallace Bryant, a deacon at the Newark FWB Church was admitted to the hospital May 18th. He is now home recovering. Hillview Pastor Bill Hayes had surgery for skin cancer May 20th. The surgery was successful and Brother Bill is home recovering. Do remember Bro. Bill in your prayers. Former South Charleston Pastor Forest Dyer has been in the hospital and received a stent in May. He went back in June for two more. Do remember Brother Forest in your prayers. Rev. Ben Gibson, from the South Charleston Church received stents recently. He is now home recovering. Brother Noah Roberts, a deacon at the Westerville Church, his daughter Diana Short is very ill and in the hospital. Their family could really use your prayers. Evangelist Freddy Dutton underwent major back surgery on Friday, June 21st in Columbus. He is now home. His wife, Sister Terry Dutton had surgery on her hand June 26th. He and Sister Terry would sure appreciate your prayers for them. Glenroy Pastor Don Kincaid will be having surgery July 31st on his stomach and will be in recovery a very long time. Sister Ruth Ann Castle, employee of the Ambassador Bookstore had foot surgery June 20th. She is now home recovering. Rev. Tim Hamilton, pastor of the Northridge Church underwent gall bladder surgery on June 24th. Do remember Bro. Tim in prayer. Brother Gene Castle, a member of the Westerville Church was admitted to the hospital June 26th with an ulcer. Bloom Pastor Kenny Klaiber as he recently had knee surgery and continues to be in pain. Dogwood Ridge Pastor Emil Cartee has been diagnosed with prostate and lymphoma cancer. Do remember him in your prayers. FAITH (CUYAHOGA-LORAIN) Greetings from Faith FWB Church. On May 11th, our church held its annual Mother, Daughter and Friend Banquet. We had a good turn out and great time of Christian fellowship. On Mother s Day, the church honored all of the mothers with an insulated freezable plastic tumbler. May 27th, we had a church picnic at Ottawa Park, a private park in Brecksville. On June 7th and 8th, Faith had a church rummage sale, also on the 8th; the youth group had a car wash to raise funds for their outings. On June 9th, Sunday evening after services, we had our big spoon ice cream social along with great Christian fellowship. On June 14th, some of our Young at Heart members went and spent the day in Amish Country. On Father s Day, the church honored all of the Father s with five dollar gift cards to Dunkin Donuts. On June 19th, our youth group sang in our Wednesday evening service. On June 26th, Bro. Jim Jewell preached the inspired Word of God to us in our Wednesday evening service. On June 26th, our pastor, Rev. Lester McMahan was honored with a Schofield Bible from Bro. Jim Jewell and Faith s deacons for all his dedication to Faith FWB Church and it s community. Please remember to keep our deacon to be, Bro. Victor Rhodes and his family in your prayers. His year of waiting is over and now is waiting for a decision on his eligibility. He has shown himself to be a valuable dedicated Christian worker, and asset to our church. Our prayer is that he be found worthy to be ordained as a deacon for our church. Please remember to keep those who are sick and afflicted in our church in your prayers, that God would put His healing hand upon them. Remember the lost souls who may attend our church that they would come to know the saving knowledge of Our Lord Jesus Christ. As always, please keep our church, our pastor, Rev. Lester McMahan and clergy Rev. Bill Alford in your prayers that we may always be found doing God s will. May God bless and keep you until we meet again Lester McMahan, Pastor Debra LaCourse, Reporter FAIRVIEW (NORTHERN OHIO) Hello everyone, I pray that you are all doing well this summer. In the last letter I reported that we didn t have a pastor. The Lord has blessed us and sent us a pastor, his name is James Curtis Muranahan. He is called J.C. and has a lovely wife Kayla and a beautiful two year old daughter Eva. They are from Ironton where he was the asst. pastor at Brookdale FWB Church. Until their home sells they will be here for Sunday services. Please pray that their home sells soon. That is a lot of driving but, the Lord will bless him for his obedience. Sunday afternoon we had a cookout to welcome them. Bro. Isaiah Hatfield will be preaching on Wednesday evening, we are doubly blessed The youth in our church have gone to church camp and are back. We had 21 from our church go, and they have come back twice as much on fire for the Lord than when they left and even then they were on fire. While at church camp one of our young ladies Mariah was baptized. The youth in our church are such a blessing and an encouragement to our church. They are very obedient in testifying and singing and praising the Lord in our services The ladies have been having Bible study every Thursday night at the Laurels Nursing Home. Sister Kim from church is there and Sister Jean Marcum is still there continuing her rehabilitation, and we are still praying for her to be able to return home. We are having some work days at our church this month., and on July 28th we are having our Sunday School picnic. It will be a good summer despite the rain we are having which is needed. Co-op Supports ALL Our Ministries! God bless you all. Yours in Christ. J.C. Muranahan, Pastor Barb Shaw, Reporter BLOOM (PINE CREEK) Praise the Lord for our summertime that is going great. We have had one young man saved in our Sunday morning service, Jeremy Skiver, he and his family are such a blessing to our church. Special preaching from Bro. Allen Harner, Shawn Campbell, and Danny Baer and wife Debbie recently spent time in Brazil on a mission trip and gave slides and wonderful information about their trip. They also recently visited and sang for us in one of our Sunday morning services. Our men's retreat and Mother's Day dinner were a blessing with Kay Boggs Wheeler speaking to our ladies. We celebrated with Sis. Ann Cook McGowan on her 90th birthday with a fellowship dinner. She had attended our church for many years, and we are thankful for her christian example and testimony through the years. We lost a sweet lady Dian Rawlins, who passed away suddenly, so thankful she was saved earlier this year. She had been attending for several years, and it is a blessing to know she is now enjoying the beauty of heaven. Prayers for her husband Cliff and all her family. We recently upgraded our sound system and continue to record our services for many of the sick and shut ins in our church families. The cordless microphones are great for our many singers that bless us in each service. We are enjoying our VBS Kingdom Rock, where kids stand strong for God, and appreciate this 47th year for VBS at Bloom. Southeastern FWB Bible College Ensemble will be singing in our July 7th, 7 p.m. service. Pray for our pastor Bro. Kenny Klaiber as he recently had knee surgery and continues to be in pain. We pray for healing for him and many who are going through sickness in our church family. God bless our sister churches as we continue to continue to see souls saved! Kenny Klaiber, Pastor Diana Claxon Stonerock, Reporter DOGWOOD RIDGE (SOUTHERN OHIO) Hello from Dogwood Ridge FWB! We had a wonderful Mother/Daughter banquet this year with the theme being hands. The fellowship was very nice and the ladies really enjoyed themselves. We also had a baptism and soul saved! Our assistant pastor Nic Cartee and Molly Roark were united in marriage. The wedding was performed by our pastor, Nic's grandfather on June 17th. We ended the month of June with our Vacation Bible School. We had a great turnout and a wonderful group of kids. We would like to ask everyone to please pray for our pastor, Emil Cartee because he has been diagnosed with prostate and lymphoma cancer. August 25th we will be having our homecoming with 3rd Generation singing and Dan King preaching. Everyone is welcome to attend homecoming! Emil Cartee, Pastor Nic Cartee, Assistant Pastor Brittani Horton, Reporter FREDERICK FWB (PINE CREEK) Hello everyone, I hope everybody had a blessed spring that God has gave us this year, because each day the Lord gives us is another day to praise Him for what He has done for each of us. God has blessed us with some good services last few months with singing and preaching. On June 23rd we had the Swauger Valley FWB Youth Ministries under the direction of John and Teresa Jolly to perform for our church, as the young people put on skits from the bible and real life situations as it is in today s world. We would like to say thanks to them for a wonderful job they did that night, and at the end of the service that night a young boy came to the altar that night, Amen! If we just listen to the Lord we can see and feel the blessing the Lord has to give us. I would like to ask you to pray for our pastor s son and also our sister in church has a son that is very sick and needs your prayers. We have a member of our church Shirley Beesler that is in the hospital that needs prayers also. Lets all pray that we can see an increase in our churches and the lost saved before the Lord comes. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the father, but by me. Rusty Larter, Pastor Randy Howard, Reporter PORTER (PORTER) We began May with our annual Mother- Daughter Banquet. Our guest speaker was Serena B. Miller, a local author. She spoke to us about how she began her writing career and then she had a book signing for all. We had a great message on Father s Day from Deuteronomy 6. The message outlined the father s responsibility for teaching the fundamentals of faith. Fathers were to teach the fundamentals of faith by modeling it, by discussing it, by seizing the teachable moments, by using object lessons, and by being creative in communicating those fundamentals. Our youth group has been working hard to raise funds for their trip to Tampa. They had a fund raiser at a local restaurant as well as a Sunday Sundae after a Sunday evening service. We are proud how hard they are working, but more importantly how they are living out their faith every day. In April, we started a new Wednesday evening Bible study for people in their 20 s and 30 s. We started with a book that was to help define your purpose. The study concentrated on trying to understand God s will and His purpose for your life. Everyone enjoyed the new small group bible study and we are ready to begin our next study. We are currently in Vacation Bible School. The theme this year is, Kingdom Rock. The kids are enjoying the songs, lessons, science experiments, snacks and crafts. We would like to thank all of the volunteers that make VBS possible every year. Mark Price, Pastor Tehra Clevenger, Reporter SOUTH CHARLESTON (LITTLE MIAMI) Greetings form the little white church beside the road -South Charleston. FWB. I say rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice. Philippians 4:4. We are thankful for all the preachers who have come in and helped through the sickness of our ministers, Brothers Forest Dyer and Ben Gibson. They both have had stents put in the last two months. They are both doing well and working for the Lord. We are now at this time in a revival with Bro. William (Hoss) Prater from Mt. Sterling, KY. He is a wonderful preacher. We would like to say Sunday, Aug. 25th is our homecoming. Come and be with us and enjoy the good singing with the Lawson Family under the direction of Tom Lawson. Please pray for us as we pray for you. Garnett S. Adams, Reporter

16 OHIOAMBASSADOR PAGE 16 Pandora Internet Radio to Include Dr. James Stevens Piano CD Pandora Internet Radio, the largest Internet radio service with over 150 million users, has accepted Dr. James M. Stevens piano CD, Romanza of the Heart, for inclusion in its song collection. According to Dr. Stevens, Romanza of the Heart is a collection of 26 original songs for piano written in a relaxing and contemplative style. His CD is available at Amazon.com and itunes. A PDF version of his piano book is also available for download on his website at jamesmstevens.com Dr. Stevens said, I was very surprised and excited when I received the letter from Pandora Radio. I hope that any notice this receives will bring favorable attention to the excellent program we have at Welch College. James Stevens is the Music Department Chair at Welch College. He is a published composer of over 200 songs with many publishing companies and is a frequent recipient of ASCAP s Standard Award for Composition. He has been a faculty member at Welch College since Welch College Graduates 37 in First Commencement Exercises Under New Name Welch College conferred degrees on 37 students from 14 states in commencement exercises at Memorial Auditorium on Friday, May 10, according to President Matt Pinson. Students completed degrees in multiple programs ranging from two-year associate s degrees to four-year bachelor s degrees. Forty percent of the class graduated with honors. Forlines, and goes on to say, It was from my Arminian professor that I learned to love Henry, and that should be no surprise. The article follows on the heels of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Henry, founding editor of Christianity Today magazine and professor at numerous evangelical seminaries, whom Christianity Today senior editor Timothy George recently described as the man who "invented" twentieth-century American evangelicalism. In the article, Pinson interacts with Union University Professor Greg Thornbury s new book Recovering Classic Evangelicalism: Applying the Wisdom and Vision of Carl F. H. Henry. Evangelist Mike Blanton Available for services, revivals and campmeetings! (614) Mike Blanton and Evidence available to sing at your church! Dr. Timothy George, founding dean of Beeson Divinity School, delivered the commencement address, highlighting the importance of the Heritage, Message, and Mission of the graduating class as they go forward to minister in the Ecotone that is the post-modern world. George has served churches in four states and has written over 20 books. He is also senior editor at Christianity Today magazine. Michigan pastor Rick Locklear presented Thursday evening s baccalaureate message from 2 Timothy 2 encouraging graduates to take seriously their call to leadership and serve the Lord diligently and with excellence. Locklear, a 1980 Welch College graduate, has been involved in the work of Woodhaven Free Will Baptist Church in Woodhaven, Michigan for over 28 years and serves as a member of the board of directors of the Free Will Baptist Foundation. Dr. James Stevens, program coordinator for the Music Department, was named Academic Advisor of the Year. President Matt Pinson presented plaques to Business Program Coordinator Dr. Rebecca Deel and Librarian Carol Reid for 25 years of faithful service to the Lord through the ministry of Welch College. The college commends to you and to the work of the Lord the members of the 2013 graduating class. Welch President Writes Article on Carl Henry for Gospel Coalition On May 15, the Gospel Coalition published an article by Welch College President Matt Pinson entitled Carl Henry: Not Just for Calvinists. The article mentions longtime Free Will Baptist theologian and Welch College professor Leroy Forlines. They wanted me to write an article on Carl F. H. Henry's legacy for evangelical Christianity, Pinson said. But they wanted me to write it specifically from the vantage point of a conservative evangelical Arminian for their readers, of whom I assume most are Calvinists. The article can be found at: The article begins by saying, I learned about Carl F. H. Henry at the feet of my mentor Leroy PETREA Greetings in the name of our Lord. At Petrea we realize that every day is a blessing and that He cares. Some people at our church has had surgery while others have sickness. We are thankful that God watches over us. Our pastor and his family still need our prayers. Jim has had a long hard battle. Every day a new problem arises. He has been in and out of the hospital over a period of six months. He is unable to gain strength enough to fight the onset of problems. A song tell us------"i will never walk alone, He holds my hand, He will guide each step I take"- ---Praise The Lord! We know God is in control and He is with us and there for us every step of the way, so we trust Him for the answers. We still have ministers who care enough to fill in for Jim. May God bless them. We hope you all had a nice safe Fourth of July holiday. I would like to offer this song that was written for my brothers and son and grandfather who was the oldest Spanish American soldier in the area at his passing. May God bless the USA. This Land America We love this land America; I guess we always will. For this land our Fathers fought so we might live. To do, we join our voices and salute this land so fair, and ask that God would keep us safe within His loving care. We signing of the Declaration to the ever present day, Our mottos been in God we trust and our flag we proudly wave. Let s look to God and keep the love of brothers everywhere, so there will never be a need for war anywhere. It s spelled A-M-E-R-I-C-A, America we proudly salute you today. Let the flag wave high and the freedom ring we are part of this great land. In God we trust and united we stand Please remember our nation and our soldiers in your prayers. Till next time, let your light so shine for The Lord. James Angel, Pastor Jacqueline Wyatt, Reporter CLINE STREET (NORTHEASTERN) Hello everyone! We would like to thank God for all the blessings He has given us, so many each day! He is wonderful! He has also blessed Aaron and Emily Theis with a beautiful baby girl! Last time we wrote in the Ambassador, I told the children of the church were having a bake sale. Thank the Lord they reached their goal! They also did a wonderful job of selling candy bars! We are planning a trip later on in the summer to take them to Cedar Point! We hope everyone had a wonderful time with their families on Mother s Day and Father s Day! We pray that you and your family will be safe during summer vacations. In your prayers please remember our sick members and our lost loved ones! Thank you and God bless! Bill Smith, Pastor Mimi Lee, Reporter FOREST VALLEY (FRANKLIN) Summer is proving to be a busy season at Forest Valley. We were recently a host to Welch s traveling ministry ensemble, Rejoice. They were a blessing through their songs and testimonies and are a great representation of the Free Will Baptist family. Our CTS group is gearing up for the national convention in Florida, and is hosting many different fundraisers. They have planned a garage sale, cruise-in, and benefit singing. We could not be more proud of the work they have accomplished. We are also looking forward to the Franklin Conference Youth Day in July. We have been busy supporting our chair volleyball and softball teams. The Elderly United is a consistent powerhouse and is a challenge for our newly formed chair volleyball team. Our men s softball team has, surprisingly, been bringing home wins and has recently defeated a rival, which happens to be one of the biggest threats in the league. Great job, guys! Our Buckeye leaf count is up to 11 and we are rejoicing for the lives that have been and will continue to be changed. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 Del Wallace, Pastor Kristen Fitzsimmons, Reporter

17 OHIOAMBASSADOR PAGE 17 CLINTON (CUYAHOGA-LORAIN) Greetings from the our little white church in Clinton! We had a fantastic time at our VBS this year. SonWest Roundup was just what we all needed to feel God s Spirit with the children who attended. This year our youth grew an amazing understanding of God s love and mercy. Those who attended not only rejoiced in the songs but really comprehended the messages given. We want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who worked so hard to make this VBS such a success! The youth group also enjoyed a trip to Cedar Point recently. This trip could not have been possible without everyone who encouraged the children to raise funds and work hard. Our youth is a remarkable group of kids who are a light and such a blessing to our entire congregation. We love our youth! We enjoyed hearing preaching from Bro. Mike Legg and Bro. Kyle Allen recently and thank God for sending us faithful men to bring His word to us. We celebrated our homecoming on Sunday June 28th. Until next time keep your Light Shining for Jesus! Crystal Allen, Reporter URBANA (CENTRAL OHIO) Greetings to all of our brothers and sisters in Christ. We held our annual homecoming service on May 19th with Bro. Jim Blankenship delivering the word of God and New Dawning ministering to us through song. A delicious dinner was enjoyed by all, after the morning service. Also visiting and preaching the Word was Brothers Bill Moore from Woodstock FWB, Josh Young from Mt. Sterling and Mike Baldwin from Redeemer. We do so much appreciate these men of God who are not afraid to preach the word and the truth. Also, ministering to us through songs we enjoyed The SonShip Quartet. We are now looking forward to our annual Vacation Bible School to be held July 15th. And pray that this will be a success in reaching our community. Please pray for us as we reach out to our community for the cause of Christ in the hopes that we will see souls saved and our church will continue to grow in the months to come. Grant Cordell, Pastor Barbi Johnson, Reporter From Master s Men Director Ken Akers: Oklahoma Disaster Relief Update OYC 2013 State Meeting Report The 2013 State Meeting is in the books! Thanks to the General Board and general session body for receiving and approving our 2012 report and 2014 budget. OYC 2013 Scholarship We were very excited to announce the 2013 OYC Scholarship. This scholarship is available to students who have competed in OYC competitions in age category D and will be, or are currently, attending a Free Will Baptist college. It was also exciting to announce that OYC is willing to pay the fee for visiting a Free Will Baptist college, if they request us to do so. This new program is available to any Ohio student. For more information on these opportunities, please visit the OYC page on the Ohio Association website ( Both programs have restrictions, so make sure you refer to the website and feel free to with any questions. OYC Friday Evening Services I have just returned from Moore, Oklahoma, where I met with local Free Will Baptist ministries to determine the best course of action for Master s Men Disaster Response. What I saw during my visit was utter destruction created by a massive tornado homes, businesses, and neighborhoods completely destroyed. The lives of those impacted by this disaster will be changed forever. I saw people standing in piles of rubble that was once their homes, looking for anything to salvage as a reminder of their past. Their needs are desperate and immediate but also will be ongoing. After meeting with Dr. Tim Eaton, president of Hillsdale College, and John Hewitt and Mark Cole from Arms of Compassion Ministries, we established the following disaster relief plan: We will work directly with these men to coordinate and mobilize relief teams. I was extremely proud of the work going on at Hillsdale College. Dr. Eaton and his team of employees and volunteers were hard at work distributing supplies and providing food to locals and volunteers. We will work with them to coordinate projects in Oklahoma, both immediately and in months to come. Friday Night Youth Service at the State Meeting On Friday evening, we were happy to once again host worship services for elementary and teen students. We had a total of 67 attend our services! Steve Greenwood did a great job visiting with the elementary students and delivering the message to the teen service. In the elementary service, we had a couple of young people come forward wanting to know more about what it means to ask Jesus to forgive their sins. We talked with the children, and followed up with their parents to continue the discussion at home. Be in prayer for these young hearts. We already have teams volunteering for this effort. If you or your group would like to be involved, please contact us right away. Hillsdale needs immediate volunteers to load and unload supplies and work in the gym, which is the distribution center. Hillsdale College will provide lodging and meals free of charge to Free Will Baptist volunteers, but they are doing so at their own expense. We are asking volunteers to make donations to help offset the costs. Citi Impact is helping with reservations for the lodging, and they suggest a $20-$25 per day donation. Please do not let this deter you from going. The Master s Men Disaster Response Fund will continue to make donations to help cover the expenses incurred by Hillsdale College. In addition to local volunteers, Master s Men board member John Fowlkes will be on site to assist groups that come. Should Hillsdale not be able to accommodate our teams, we have other options. If you cannot go but would like to help with this project, send financial support to Master s Men, and we will use the money to meet the needs of those affected by the tornado. Contact Master s Men at masters@nafwb.org or ken@nafwb.org. Call toll-free , local or by cell The mailing address is: Master s Men, PO Box 5002, Antioch, TN Friday Teen Activity at the State Meeting On Saturday, Mark McCarty was re-elected to serve another seven-year term on the board. We are excited to continue to be able to work with Mark as we serve the churches of Ohio. Thanks to everyone that had a hand in this year s state meeting and for all the encouraging words for the OYC board. Please continue to remember all the youth in Ohio in prayer and utilize the youth in the work of your church.

18 OHIOAMBASSADOR PAGE 18 Coming Events For Ohio Free Will Baptists August 3 September WAKEFIELD (PORTER) Dear brothers and sisters in Christ. Reporting to you from Wakefield FWB, and hope everyone is enjoying this lovely weather. Thank God for the good growing season for all the farmers. Crops are looking good. God is so good to us all, even when we fail to thank and praise Him enough. The ladies auxiliary had their spring garage and bake sale early May, and we're thankful the funds it brought, as it helps us with our benevolent and mission aide. Our pastor's wife Disa, has had numerous tests, but so far they were OK Still had one test to go. She has several health issues, and would appreciate prayers. We had a good crowd our for Mother's Day. It would be so good to see folks come out like that all the time. We had a Gideon speaker May 19th. It's amazing how many testaments and Bibles they give out each year, and we pray that many people will come to know the Lord because of their work. June 2nd we saw three people baptized after church, twin ladies; and a man who was renewed after many years away from the Lord. It was a sight to see him go running down that bank into the water. It was a real blessing. June 9th there was a young couple saved, Travis and Brandy, and another recent convert baptized in a nearby lake. We have been preparing for VBS and it started June 24th. I pray that those children will hear the stories of Jesus, and it will dwell in their hearts, that some would even accept Christ. A dear sister, Junnie Evans was in a bad wreck June 18th. She had no broken bones, but sadly she was bruised and shook up. We pray for a quick recovery for her. We're just thankful she wasn't hurt any worse. God is still our shield and protector. God bless and keep you. Lowell King, Pastor Barb Conley, Reporter COMMUNITY (CENTRAL OHIO) The Lord is so good! Our church continues to grow and reach our community. On Sunday April 21st, we had a wonderful service with Bro. Edwin Hayes. His lovely wife Linda was Central Ohio Trinity Conference Franklin Conf. Revival with Keith Burden, at Westerville FWB, Paul Etterling, Pastor Northern Ohio July 13 Cuyahoga-Lorain Conference meeting at Mansfield, Mark Bailey, Pastor July Beech Grove, Revival w/tim Case, 7PM-27th&10:45am & 6pm-28th, Joe Pinkerton, Pastor August 3 North & Western Conference meeting at Lima, Dave Coffey, Pastor August 14 Northern Ohio Conference July 13 July 27 August 2-4 August 3 August 10 August 10 August August 26 July 13 Southern Ohio Southern Ohio Conference meeting at Eifort FWB Jackson Conference Antioch, Anniversary Services with Edwin Hayes, Rick Henderson, Pastor Lawrence Conference South-Central Conference Pine Creek Conference meeting at Union, Chris Oiler, Pastor Porter Conf. Revival meeting at Harrison FWB, with Edwin Hayes,Mike Mounts, Pastor Coalton Regional Men s Meeting with Edwin Hayes, Tim Simpson Western Ohio with him. Bro. Hayes had some family that came to hear him preach. It was a nice surprise to meet them. The message was a blessing to all in attendances. The title of the message was God s Only Plan, the scripture used was Romans 9: The plan of salvation was shared for all to hear and understand Christ s plan for us. We have been blessed with an awesome youth group. Our young people love God and each other. We have a couple of these fine young people graduate from high school. They are the class of Our young lady is Lanie Wilkerson. She is graduated from Madison Plains High School. The graduation was held on May 24th. Lanie will be attending Wright University in the fall. Our young man is Duffy Moser. He graduated from Jonathan Alder High School on June 1st. He plans to attend Ohio University in Pickerington. He is going to study electrical engineering. God bless you both. We love you dearly. Our outing for June was the Creation Museum. It is always fun to be out with the church family. We pray all of you to have a safe and blessed summer. Jerry Newman, Pastor A. Friend, Reporter GAHANNA (CORNERSTONE) Praise the Lord, Summer has come! What a blessing to enjoy the warm weather. Easter Sunday was a glorious day of celebrating Christ s Resurrection. The smell of lilies filled the air in remembrance of loved ones that have gone before us. The ladies of the church had a Mother/Daughter brunch. We appreciate and thank the Ladies Auxiliary for preparing the food and the fun things they did to make this a memorable day. We enjoyed the blessings of the Lord as Enabling Grace sang the songs of Zion during our Sunday morning service, April 14th. We are praising God for Karen Clark and Austin Shannon. They accepted the Lord as their personal Savior. We are praying God will lead them to do many good works in His name. Tri-State Conference Praying God s mercy for the sick and the members who have lost loved ones in our church. Enjoy the beautiful day God has prepared for us. God s blessing on everyone. Curtis Booth, Pastor Bonnie Justice, Reporter WOODLAND CHAPEL (LAWRENCE) We were privileged to see Monty Aldridge make a profession of faith May 1st and Daniel Spurlock of Marion, OH on June 19th. We also witnessed Jason Mays rededicate his life May 12th. What a blessing to see the baptisms of Cadence Rawlings May 5th, Monty Aldridge May 12th and Westley Mays May 26th. Sis. Holly Brooks, a nurse, witnessed to her 96 year young patient and led her to the Lord. We thank our guest preacher, Bro. Brandon Arthur and we also thank Bro. John Stevens for ministering to us in song May 12th. The Lawrence County, OH Conference was held at our church May 3rd and 4th. Again this year, we participated in the "Baby Bottle Blessings" money drive for Two Hearts Pregnancy Care Center. Our communion service was May 19th. Our choir sang at Getaway Methodist Church June 10th. VBS, God s Backyard, Bible Camp Under The Stars was the week of June 24th. Bibles were presented to our graduates, Madison Kerns, Emily Murnahan and Evan Morris on May 19th and cake and ice cream was served June 2nd. We congratulate our golfers, Jeff Kerns, Nathan Kerns, Jerry Brooks and Gage Patterson, who brought home the trophy from the Ohio Association of FWB Golf Tournament in Columbus June 22nd. The Keefer Family will be singing Sept. 8th in our evening service and Homecoming is Sept. 22nd. Bros. Brandon DePriest and Jesse Sizemore are planning a tent revival on our church grounds in September. Please pray for all our sick including Bro. Morris Jenkins and Sis. Barbara Stevens. Until next time, you are always loved and wanted at Woodland Chapel FWB church. David Schug, Pastor Pat Adkins, Reporter HIGH STREET (NORTH & WESTERN) On June 18th our youth left for Freedom Fellowship Church Camp in Hillsboro. Sis. Wendy Wolford, Sis. Dawn Myers, and our kids were there till Saturday, June 22. The theme of the camp was "You Are More" signifying that we are more than our past sins! The week ended with 20 Soul saved and three baptisms! The barriers that satan had built up in these children's lives were broken down through the preaching as well as the teachers God had placed there. The four pastors that started this camp are Brothers Chris Stewart, Matt Pond, Aaron Boggs and Paul Staton. The experience they all shared is more than words could express, they had youth testify that would have never testified at any of our youth nights here at home, they were all raising their hands in praise to our Father in Heaven! Sister Wendy described the camp as a release of sins and weights our youth had been carrying before the camp began. She went on to describe the freedom our youth had in just to kneel at the alter, just to be still up there in Praise to our God. There was one service that the kids did not want to leave the chapel! The adults all left but the kids stayed! She accounts of coming back to the chapel and seeing all of the pastors just sitting there praying with the kids and just letting them stay in there worshipping our Savior letting them have that freedom to just be in that chapel not worrying about the time or anything, and in that after service three more souls were saved that very night! Pastor Webb and his wife along with Bro. and Sister Mike Jones reported having a good state meeting over the weekend of June 22nd. August 25th we will be having our homecoming at our church. All are welcomed! James Webb, Pastor Bill Wolford, Reporter UNITED (CAPITAL CITY) In the last two months, we have accepted two more new members. Because the Lord has blessed us with a growing congregation, our conference awarded our little church with the Sunday School Attendance Banner. We might not be able to hold onto it, but for a church that has watched its numbers go from a usual attendance of 7 to a usual attendance of about 40 or so, we will be proud of this award, grateful for the members who are coming and bringing family and friends, and humbled to praise God for His great work. We are proud to be pastored by Pastor Randall L. Keffer who was recently nominated and elected as the Capital City Conference Representative to the State of Ohio Association of Free Will Baptists. We are very proud of our pastor; he truly meets all that Paul has stated that an elder should be. God continues to bless our church. Starting in May, our church produced its first newsletter. We started by sending it to about 20 people. In one month, we will end up sending to over one hundred people. If you are interested in receiving an electronic copy of our newsletter, please us at unitedfreewillbaptist@yahoo.com. We were so blessed to have Mike Blanton and Evidence come to United to preach and sing. We were visited by Pastor Woody Hagar who brought the spirit with his ram s horn. We were all truly blessed. Finally, the Lord continues to bless us as two more young people were saved. We welcome Rachelle and Ritchie into the royal family of Jesus the Christ. Randall Keffer, Pastor Michael P. Ryan

19 TOGETHER WAY RECEIPTS May-June 2013 BEATTY (LITTLE MIAMI) Hope everyone is doing well. We at Beatty are busy with spreading God s word. We had Bro. Adam McCarty preach in our evening service on June 9th. He wanted to be here back in March, but the weather didn t permit. He has grown in his ministry. It is good to see that young people are still being called to bring us God s word. He brought us his message from Matt. 16:13-16 with a tie in to the FWB Treatise chapter 5-6. May 5th Bro. Carl Hart preached from the book of Ruth chapter 2: June 14th we had our Father s Day Dinner at the Golden Corral. To all the fathers out there, Happy Father s Day! John Wallace, Pastor Marsha Downs, Reporter OAK HILL (PINE CREEK) Greetings everyone. First, we want to thank God another time for His many blessings. We ve seen many prayers prayed and, Praise God we ve seen many answered. May 5th one more precious soul came forward and was saved. We had two baptized after Sunday School at Lake Jackson on May 26th. Two graduated from high school in May and they each were presented with a Bible. We pray they will let God be their guide in whatever the future may hold. On Father s Day the church had a fish fry for the fathers after Sunday School. Everyone enjoyed the good food and fellowship. Our visiting preachers were: Brothers John Reed from South Shore, Ky, Jessie Rawlins, Allen Simpson, Steven Blagg, Rob Fulton and Tim Updike. We love and thank each one for their fellowship. Continue to pray for our church and until next time, may God bless you all. Danny Boggs, Pastor Sandy Clark, Reporter ISLAND ROAD (LORAIN-CUYAHOGA) Our church is doing very well! Recently our Sunday School and worship service attendance has been growing! Our Wednesday night Bible study has been growing as well! Some new faces and some familiar. God is working in our lives and showing the great need to keep our eyes upon Him, even more so as we see His appearing drawing near! In April Brother Dewey Carey rededicated his life to Jesus! We thank God for that and for the Holy Spirit which rules and reigns in every service we have! Just a little reminder that Brother Paul Daniels is our guest preacher every second Sunday morning service of each month! He is such a blessing to our church! Truly, God is good! Earl Coleman, Pastor Audrey Carey, Reporter COALTON (JACKSON) Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us. Psalm 90:17. May began with our Mother- Daughter banquet as we studied women of the Bible and Fashion Through the Ages. We had a very good turnout and a wonderful time. We had a three-day revival with Corey Carrol preaching and Lazarus singing. We had one save. Praise the Lord! We also had special singing by Bonita Petrie on the day of our fish fry. As I write this our young people are at church camp after just spending last week in Backyard Bash-Under the Stars VBS. We would like to praise the Lord for His mighty works. No wonder David said I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. Psalms 122:1 Tim Simpson, Pastor Sharon Jarvis, Reporter

20 OHIOAMBASSADOR PAGE National Association of Free Will Baptists meeting in Tampa, Florida July NYC News We are calling and equipping young people to take a stand. The National Youth Conference will challenge your youth to follow this example. Join us in Tampa July 21-24, as we declare to the world, We will not serve your gods. Louisville October 16-18, 2013 D6CONFERENCE.COM