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PHILLIPSBURG - 43-50 South State Street, Phillipsburg, Ohio POTSDAM - South State Route 721, Potsdam, Ohio
PYRMONT - Sulphur Springs Road, Pyrmont, Ohio
VERONA - 206 South State Street, Verona, Ohio
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WEST GROUP
FARMERSVILLE - 110 West Center Street, Farmersville, Ohio GOOD SEPHERD (Germantown) - 36 South Cherry Street, Germantown, Ohio
GREENBUSH - Greenbush Road, Somerville, Ohio
PARK AVENUE - Park and Dick Avenues, Hamilton, Ohio HAMILTON NINTH - Ninth and Sycamore Streets, Hamilton, Ohio HUNTER COMMUNITY - Shaker and Fisher Roads, Franklin, Ohio JACKSONBURG - 4654 Oxford-Middletown Road, Middletown, Ohio FAITH (Middletown) - 11 Baltimore Street, Middletown, Ohio MILLVILLE - Corner Mill Street & Millville-Oxford Road, Millville, Ohio OTTERBEIN HOME - 1052 Middletown-Eaton Road, Middletown, Ohio SPRINGBORO - 60 East North Street, Springboro, Ohio ST. MARKS - Corner Symmes Road & Fairfield Avenue, Fairfield, Ohio STATE ROAD - State Route 725, 5 miles west of Germantown, Ohio UNION CHAPEL - 284 Keister Road, Middletown, Ohio WEST ELKTON - State Route 503, West Elkton, Ohio
CENTRAL GROUP
ALEY - 6750 Kemp Road, Dayton, Ohio BEARDSHEAR - 3145 Stop Eight Road, Dayton, Ohio BELMONT - 2701 South Smithville Road, Dayton, Ohio CHRIST - 5980 Wilmington Pike, Dayton, Ohio CHURCH OF THE CROSS - 3121 Wilmington Avenue, Dayton, Ohio DREXEL PARK - 5565 West Third Street, Dayton, Ohio EASTMONT - 5039 Woodbine Avenue, Dayton, Ohio FAIRVIEW - Fairview at Catalpa Drive, Dayton, Ohio FAITH (Troy-Zion) - 800 Troy Street, Dayton, Ohio FIRST - 1516 Salem Avenue, Dayton, Ohio PARKSIDE PARISH - 1201 Brennan Drive, Dayton, Ohio FT. McKINLEY - 3721 West Siebenthaler Avenue, Dayton, Ohio GOOD SHEPHERD - 2661 Harshman Road, Dayton, Ohio LIBERTY - 7840 Pemberton Drive, Dayton, Ohio MIAMI CHAEL - 1210 Miami Chapel Road, Dayton, Ohio NORMANDY - Normandy Lane at West Alexanderville-Bellbrook Road, Dayton, Ohio
OAK STREET - 433 Oak Street, Dayton, Ohio
OAKWOOD - 206 Hadley Avenue, Dayton, Ohio
OTTERBEIN - 111 Xenia Avenue, Dayton, Ohio PARKVIEW (Miamisburg) - Corner 5th & Park Avenue, Miamisburg, Ohio RESIDENCE PARK - 360 Elmhurst Road, Dayton, Ohio SOUTHERN HILLS - 2287 South Dixie (corner Mayo), Dayton, Ohio SULPHUR GROVE - 7505 Taylorsville Road, Dayton, Ohio TRINITY - 1500 East Huffman Avenue, Dayton, Ohio VANDALIA - 200 South Dixie Drive, Vandalia, Ohio WAYNE AVENUE - 912 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, Ohio EVANGELICAL - 3rd & Galloway, Xenia, Ohio
NORTHEAST GROUP
BOWLUSVILLE - 445 West County Line Road, 3/4 mile west of Highway 68, Urbana, Ohio
COLUMBUS AVENUE - 2965 Columbus Avenue, Springfield, Ohio FLETCHER - 207 South Walnut Street, Fletcher, Ohio
GINGHAMSBURG - 7695 South County Road 25-A, Tipp City, Ohio LAGONDA - 2034 Mitchell, Springfield, Ohio
NEW HOPE - Mason Road & Patterson-Halpin Road, Sidney, Ohio PIQUA - 651 West Ash Street, Piqua, Ohio
ROSEWOOD - Corner State Route 29 & Rosewood-Quincy Road, Rosewood, Ohio
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SOUTHWEST GROUP
FAITH (Batavia) - Wood & Fifth Street, Batavia, Ohio
CHERRY GROVE - Summit Elementary School, 8400 Northport Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45230
CHEVIOT - 3820 Western Northern Boulevard, Cincinnati, Ohio EVANGELICAL (Clifton) - 245 West McMillan, Cincinnati, Ohio CLOUGH - 2010 Wolfangle Road, Cincinnati, Ohio
COLLEGE HILL - 1449 Marlow Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio
DUNLAP - Colerain Rd., on Route 27 N. of By Pass 50, Cincinnati, Ohio MT. AIRY - 2651 North Bend Road, Cincinnati, Ohio HERITAGE (Mt. Healthy) - 1585 Compton Road, Cincinnati, Ohio CROSBY (New Haven) - Church Street, New Haven, Ohio HARRISON - 114 Sycamore Street, arrison, Ohio
NEWPORT - 114 West Ninth Street, Newport, Kentucky NORTH BEND - 121 Symmes Avenue, North Bend, Ohio PRINCE OF PEACE - 10507 Colerain Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio
ZION - Zion & Zion Hill Roads, Cleves, Ohio
SOUTHEAST GROUP
BLOOM ROSE - Bloom Rose Road, Williamsburg, Ohio
BROWNTOWN - Browntown-Annheim Road, Sardinia, Ohio
UNION PLAINS - State Route 68, Mt. Orab, Ohio
KETTERMAN - Ketterman Road, Sardinia, Ohio MOWRYSTOWN - Mowrystown, Ohio
EAST DANVILLE - Winkle, Ohio
SECOND CREEK - 2nd Creek & Rhude Road, Clinton City (near Blan- chester), Ohio
WRIGHTSVILLE - Manchester, Ohio
LIBERTY CHAPEL - Steam Furnace Road, Peebles, Ohio
RULES OF ORDER
1. No member of the conference may absent himself from the annual session without permission of the conference.
2. Anyone wishing to speak shall rise and respectfully address the chair. In case more than one should address the chair at the same time, the pre- siding bishop shall decide who is entitled to the floor.
3. No one shall be interrupted while speaking, except in cases of missap- prehension of the subject before the conference, or the introduction of any- thing out of order, and then only when so decided by the presiding bishop, or by a majority of the members of conference present.
4. No one shall be permitted to speak more than once upon the same subject until all who wish to speak have spoken.
5. No one shall speak on any one question before the conference for more than five minutes except by special permission of the conference.
6. All motions or resolutions shall be reduced to writing before being voted upon, if the presiding bishop, the secretary, or any two members re- quest it.
7. All special committees shall be appointed by the presiding bishop un- less otherwise ordered by the conference.
8. All references to committees shall be presented to this conference no later than the close of the afternoon session of the first day of conference except such matters that may arise out of the regular business of the con- ference.
9. Individuals, institutions, and organizations of the local and general church having matters that need to be considered by the conference through
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committees shall submit such items in writing, and address them to the pre- siding bishop not later than the first day of the conference session.
10. The committee on Ways and Means shall annually edit and codify the standing resolutions of the conference.
STANDING RESOLUTIONS
In Regard to Missionary Appropriation
1. Resolved, that the missionary money appropriated to the different missions in this conference shall be paid monthly. The conference super- intendent shall have the power to order payments withheld from a pastor of a mission church who fails to faithfully perform his duties, until further action is taken by the Conference Council.
2. It is expected that pastors and/or church receiving missionary appro- priations shall cooperate with the conference program.
3. The conference Treasurer shall send appropriation checks to the local church treasurer with the understanding that each local church will be re- sponsible for paying the twelve per cent pension allotment on total salary. "Effective January 1, 1968, the salary base for pension benefits shall be the cash salary plus a 20% rental allowance for the parsonage where provided, or plus a cash housing allowance where such is provided."
4. Wherever possible, missionary appropriations to a church, should be made on an annual receding schedule.
5. Mission charges or churches shall be under the direction of the Con- ference Board of Missions.
6. The Conference Board of Missions shall recommend to the Committee on Boundaries, Appropriations and Finance the financial assistance mission churches or charge shall receive. (Revised 1953, Amended 1956, 1964, 1966, 1967)
In Regard to Ministerial Aid
WHEREAS, there seem to be certain inequities in the method of giving Retirement Aid and,
WHEREAS, there is a degree of confusion in the various standing reso- lutions heretofore used as a basis for retirement aid, and
WHEREAS, there seems to be a real desire to clarify and determine a policy for Retirement Aid:
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the following become the policy of Retirement Aid. Said policy is subject to review and adjustment at each annual conference session.
1. That all ministers granted superannuated relations by the Annual Conference, shall be eligible for retirement aid.
a. In the event a minister has transferred to the Ohio Miami Confer- ence from an Ohio Conference after 1957 and has served at least 10 years in this Conference, he shall be entitled to retirement aid on the basis of years of service in the direct employ of Ohio Conferences.
b. In the event that a minister is rendered incapacitated by illness the ten years service requirement shall be waived.
c. Ministers entering Ohio Miami Conference by merger of Conferences or by change of boundary shall be treated the same as persons already members of the Conference.
2. That retirement aid will be paid to those granted superannuation by the Annual Conference on the basis of years of service.
a. Rate of payment per year may be adjusted as conditions require, but years of service in the Conference shall be the basis of payment.
b. Persons whose ministerial service to Ohio Miami Conference has been on a part time basis shall receive a maximum of one-half the rate of payment voted by the Annual Conference.
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3. That the conference appropriation and dividends of the Otterbein Press and Publishing Interests constitute the Fund from which the retire- ment aid will be paid.
4. The rate per year will be determined annually by vote of the An- nual Conference depending on the amount of funds available.
5. That widows shall be dealt with as special cases, and shall be granted aid on the basis of years of active service spent with their husbands in the Ohio Miami Conference.
6. That ministers rendered incapacitated by illness shall be treated in the light of their special need. It is understood that the total money received by any person from he Conference Aid Fund in the foregoing category shall not exceed but may be equal to the maximum received by other beneficiaries of the Fund.
7. That the administration of Ministerial Aid funds and all decisions re- garding recipients of those funds be cared for by the Conference's Board of Pensions.
8. That the Conference Board of Pensions be authorized to make addi- tional expenditures of such funds as may be made available to them to meet the need of any minister who may fall in a special category. (Adopted 1951 -amended (1952, 1956, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968)
In Regards to the Conference Staff Relations Committee
I. Name: Conference Staff Relations Committee
II. Function:
The Committee shall confer with the members of the Conference Staff, either individually or as a group, on any matters which either the committee or Staff Members wish to discuss. The committee shall work in an advisory capacity in serving as a liaison between the Conference Staff and the mem- bers of the Annual Conference. The committee shall report to the Confer- ence Council of Administration such matters as it deems necessary.
III. Membership
The Committee shall consist of seven persons-four ministers and three laymen. One minister shall be appointed annually by the Conference Staff. Three Laymen and three ministers shall be elected by the Conference Coun- cil of Administration. The elected members shall serve three year terms. The enabling resolution shall be such that one layman and one minister shall be elected to a three year term every year at the first meeting of the Conference Council of Administration following Annual Conference Session.
IV. Officers
The committee shall meet as soon after its election as possible at the call of the chairman or the conference superintendent. The committee officers shall be a chairman and a secretary and shall be elected annually from its membership.
That the following enabling action be adopted: (Enabling resolution to initiate committee and allow continuity)
At the first Council of Administration meeting following the Annual Conference Session of 1964, there shall be elected six members of the Con- ference Staff Relations Committee as follows:
One Layman and one minister elected for one year term.
One Layman and one minister elected for two year term.
One Layman and one minister elected for three year term.
The Conference Superintendent shall call a meeting of members elected and appointed as soon as possible following the Council of Administration meeting for purpose of organizing. In subsequent years the committee chair-
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man will call such a meeting following the first Council of Administration meeting. In the event that the chairman's term of office concluded and he was not re-elected, the conference superintendent will call such a meeting. (Adopted 1964)
PROBATIONERS AND THE SACRAMENTS
WHEREAS, the Discpline of the EUB Church (Paragraph 6, page 27, 1963) holds a "high" view of the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Sup- per. "They are means of grace by which God works invisibly in us, quicken- ing, strengthening and confirming our faith in him", and
WHEREAS, by ordination our church confers upon its ministers the authority to administer the sacraments, ideally, only persons thus set apart by ordination should administer the sacraments; and
WHEREAS, a critical situation exists in our conference, with about 25% of the charges served by probationers, most of whom are Seminary students, and not all of whom are members of our conference, it is necessary for us to permit probationers to administer the sacraments, as provided in the Dis- cipline, (1963, paragraph 328, page 92), and
WHEREAS we believe that this permission should be granted only to pro- bationers who are making satisfactory progress toward ordination. Therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, that all probationers serving charges in our con- ference, who have completed satisfactorily one year at the Seminary (48 credit hours) or two years of the study course for probationers (paragraph 304, page 86) shall have permission to administer the sacraments on their own charges, provided, however, that any probationer serving his first year in a charge must seek the guidance of his pastoral counselor in the administration of the sacraments, regardless of his educational standing.
In order to retain the privilege of administering the sacraments, the pro- bationer must continue to make satisfactory progress in the Seminary or in the course of study.
Probationers serving charges but who have not met the above educational requirements will be assisted in providing the sacraments for their people by their assigned pastoral counselors, who shall:
(a) Make sure that the sacraments are provided properly;
(b) Be present at least once during the year on the probationer's charge to administer the sacrament;
(c) Arange for some other elder to be present on the probationer's charge to administer the sacrament if he is personally unable to do so;
(d) Have the probationer take a prominent part in the observance of the sacrament, providing only that the elder present have the consecra- tion of the elements and the administration, at holy communion, or the actual act of baptism.
(e) Instruct the probationer to carry the communion to his sick and shut- in members during the weeks following the celebration in the church.
(f) Transmit to the Conference Superintendent a statement of mileage traveled in this arrangement, for which remuneration will be made at current conference rate.
We sincerely believe that the above position will assure an orderly ob- servance of the sacraments in all of our churches, and will at the same time protect the conference against the abuse of probationary privileges by persons who are not sincerely trying to complete their preparation and qualify for ordination.
(Adopted 1966, made a Standing Resolution, 1967)
RE: MOVING PLANS AND EXPENSES (* Revised 1968)
1. That the moving expenses be paid for all the full-time ministers moving within the Conference boundaries.
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2. That the maximum weight of any load of household goods to be paid by the Conference is not to exceed 12,000 pounds.
3. That the moving expenses be paid for all retired ministers to their first move following retirement, if within the boundary of the Conference.
4. That the moving expenses for the first move of ministers' widows be paid by the Conference if within the boundary of the Conference.
*5. All ministers moving within the Conference boundaries are to comply with the moving schedule of the Transportation Committee. Redecorating, repairs and such matters are not to be scheduled to be done before the new pastor occupies the parsonage. Such items are to be done after his arrival.
6. Where a retired minister accepts a charge for an indefinite period of time and the Conference Superintendent would consider his residence on the charge desirable, his moving expenses will be cared for by the Conference.
7. No PACKING expenses will be paid by the Conference. A maximum of $15.00 shall be allowed for wardrobes which the carrier may be asked to supply.
8. All breakage or damage claims are to be taken up directly by the owner with the carrier. These claims should be submitted within one week after moving.
9. Any additional insurance other than that provided by the carrier must be paid by said owner.
10. The Transportation Committee will be happy to assist in any way the ministers within our Conference who are moving or ministers coming from another conference to the Ohio Miami Conference. (adopted 1967)
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Conference Proceedings
MONDAY EVENING SESSION
June 3, 1968
The opening service of Holy Communion was held in the chapel at Camp Miami. While members of the Ohio Miami Conference assembled, the organist, Rev. H. Eugene Risch, played Theodore Dubois' beautiful composition, "It Is Finished".
At 7:30 p.m. the choir and participating clergy took their places in the chancel and Bishop Paul M. Herrick said; "I now declare the One Hundred Fifty-Ninth Session of the Ohio Miami Conference to be duly in session, in the name of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit." Biship Herrick read Psalm 100:1-3 as a Call to Worship.
The congregation sang the hymn entitled, "Praise to the Lord." Dr. Wil- liam K. Messmer, Conference Superintendent, led th congregation in a re- sponsive Call to Worship taken from Psalms 111 and 113. The congregation sang the Gloria Patri and joined Dr. Messmer in the Prayer of Invocation.
The Lesson from the Epistle was read by Rev. Charles Messmer. It was from chapters 1, 5 and 6 of the book of Romans. The Lesson from the Gospel was read by Rev. Louis Odon. It was taken from Luke and John. The congre- gation joined in the Apostles Creed led by Rev. Owen Delp.
The choir of the Englewood Church sang the anthem, entitled, "Psalms III" by T. Charles Lee. The organist and director for the choir is the Rev. Aaron Sheaffer of the United Theological Seminary staff.
Dr. William K. Messmer led in a Service of Memory for those who have departed from our midst since last Conference Session. In the roll of the deceased among the clergy was one wife, Mrs. Harvey Hahn; four widows: Mrs. Gertrude Andreas, Mrs. Charles Fryman, Mrs. Charles W. Snyder and Mrs. Elizabeth Faye Wellbaum; and one minister, Rev. Emory H. Nicols. Memorial tributes to these persons were distributed. Dr. Messmer also an- nounced the very recent death of Rev. Edgar Schrader of New York for which no tribute had been prepared because of time. (See Report No. 8)
Dr. Messmer also read a list of deceased lay persons who had been mem- bers of Local Conferences and Sunday School teachers. (See Report No. 8A) A moment of tribute was observed and Bishop Herrick voiced the prayer for the church.
Dr. Messmer announced that the evening offering would serve as the be- ginning of the Conference sharing in the Fund for Reconciliation. The offer- tory prayer was voiced by Dr. Messmer.
The Englewood choir sang the anthem entitled, "I Waited for the Lord" by Felix Mendelssohn.
Bishop Herrick gave a very effective Communion meditation entitled, "Lessons Around the Table." The Passover, he said, was an old practice and that Jesus sought to inject new meaning into the old vessel; that he was endeavoring to prepare the disciples for entrance into an ungodly world. It was Jesus' insistence that his followers sit down at this table frequently. He pointed up three lessons Jesus gave around the table. 1. The cost of be- trayal of relationship with him. 2. The ease of mistaking who is the great person in the world. Jesus humbled himself and became a servant. 3. The life of following him has cost as well as reward. "He who would come after me, let him deny himself -. " There must be a willingness to pay the price. Obedience to God cost Jesus his life but brought him reward also. The bread and the cup serve always to identify us with him in ages past but also in the ministry of saving the world today.
The congregation sang, "Let Us Break Bread Together."
Rev. Charles Messmer, Louis Odon, Owen Delp and Dr. W. K. Messmer
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led the congregation in a period of self-examination, confession and thanks- giving.
Bishop Herrick voiced the prayer of consecration for the Sacramental elements and then gave the communion invitation. In the distribution of the elements, Bishop Herrick and Dr. William K. Messmer presided at the altar. Rev. Gerald Geiger, Gary Eubank, Donald Irvin, Walter Miranda, Clifton Hatfield, Harley Brown, Joel Baer and Harry Deaven assisted in the dis- tribution of the elements. Bishop Herrick administered the elements. Back- ground music was provided by the organist.
In partaking of the elements, each person took the plate or the tray from his neighbor and held it while the person from whom he had taken it served himself. The empty cup was immediately placed back in the tray and the person holding the tray would pass it to his neighbor, who would then hold it for him to serve himself. It was an effective way to symbolize the mutual service of ministry which we are to provide one another in our "holy priest- hood."
Dr. William Messmer led the congregation as together all prayed the post communion prayer. The congregation sang the hymn entitled, "God of Grace and God of Glory."
The benediction was prayed by Bishop Herrick. "March Romaine" by Charles Gounod was the postlude played by Rev. Risch.
TUESDAY MORNING SESSION June 4, 1968
Rev. H. Eugene Risch, organist played "Before Jerusalem" by J. H. Maunder as a prelude. Bishop Paul M. Herrick called the session to order with a call to worship. The congregation sang the hymn, "The Church's One Foundation" with Rev. M. E. Ater directing. The Scripture lesson was read by Rev. William E .Hensley. He read II Corinthians 5:11-21. The prayer was voiced by Rev. Lowell Lakes.
Dr. William K. Messmer, Conference Superintendent, presented Dr. How- ard Brown, District Superintendent designate of the Cincinnati District of the United Methodist Church, who gave the morning devotional address.
Dr. Brown emphasized that we are living in a different world and situa- tion. He quoted Bishop Eugene M. Frank who said: "Our new church must get its agenda from the world but it must be aware of persons." It must be individually involved in the world in which it lives. He gave examples of this involvement from Jesus' life using lepers, the Scribes and Pharisees, children, the woman in adultery. Our agenda is to be the inner city, our changing social patterns. We need to remember that God makes us for great things; goodness, greatness and love. Without this our religion will die. In this Spirit let us go to build our world.
A quartet of ministers, Edwin Pellet, James Wagner, Forrest Garner and James Flinchbaugh sang two selections from "Rejoice," music for the wor- ship of God in the twentieth century: "The Lord's Prayer" and "They Cast Their Nets," by Herbert G. Draesal, Jr. They were accompanied by Rev. H. Eugene Risch at the organ.
Bishop Herrick closed the devotional period with the Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Business Session
Due to a funeral Rev. Maurice Gribler, Conference Secretary was absent and Dr. Emerson D. Bragg, appointed by the chairman as secretary pro-tem, called the roll.
The Conference voted to seat the following alternates as delegates: Joe Duncan from Antioch, Don Williams from Clayton, Oscar Gast from Hamil-
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ton First, Arthur Maddox from Cherry Grove, Milton Knollman from New Haven-Harrison, Mrs. Nora Greer from Newport, Fred Vogel from Prince of Peace, Robert Miller from Aley, Robert Barr from Belmont, Reed Romine from Sulphur Grove.
The Conference voted to instruct the Secretary to express its sympathy to Rev. Robert Hoppe in the sudden death of his wife, Alma. Rev. Hoppe is a former member of the Conference and his mother and sister are delegate and alternate respectively from the West Elkton Church.
Greetings are to be sent also to Dr. A. D. Cook, Rev. Harvey G. Clark, Rev. Maurice Parsons, Rev. Leo Vanatta, Rev. George Duckwall, who are reported ill.
Dr. William K. Messmer introduced two highly regarded persons to the Conference; Dr. Philip Deever, a member of the Conference who is professor at Evangelical School of Theology, and his father Dr. O. T. Deever, retired Secretary of Evangelism.
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