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Ithaca Open Bible Church (IOB) in Arcanum, Ohio, spent several days last month celebrating its 75th<\/sup> anniversary. On September 2 the church gathered for a campfire service where people roasted hot dogs and shared memories of the past and vision for the future. The setting was the church\u2019s miraculous<\/em> property addition acquired three years ago, home of their \u201cmemorial orchard\u201d and \u201cGod\u2019s garden.\u201d On Saturday afternoon a small gathering of friends came together to honor former pastor Bob Marsden, who flew in from Missouri for the event. (He is 88 years old!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Former Pastor Bob Marsden<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday morning of Labor Day weekend, the church hosted a celebration service followed by a wonderful meal. They honored former pastor Timothy Means, who pastored the church two different times for a total of 18 years at IOB. (Between Tim, his late father, Clarence Means, and his late uncle, Art Maglott, the Means\/Maglott family pastored this church for a total of 50 years!) They again honored Pastor Marsden as well. Regional Executive Director Josh Grimes preached. District Director Nancy Vencill was also present to lead in prayer. Many others also gathered for the homecoming. IOB has a long history of releasing people into ministry, and many of them returned for the celebration. (Watch video.)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The church\u2019s current pastor, David Fox, has led the church the past eight years, with Mary Wood serving as the associate pastor for the past four years. David said, \u201cWe don\u2019t just want to remember where we\u2019ve been but also keep our eyes on where we\u2019re going!\u201d Over these most recent years, the church tripled its property while remaining debt free, merged with another church, established The Well (small group services) and nursing home meetings, provided food distribution (to 24 families a week!), established a men\u2019s work group, ministered to children, and started a small INSTE training center. Through the women\u2019s ministry, missions also remains a priority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

David adds, \u201cThe programs come and go, but our goal is to honor Jesus\u2019 example from John 13:1: \u2018<\/em>Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.\u2019 Thank you to everyone who keeps loving, serving, and giving like Jesus to make IOB 75 years STRONG . . . (and counting!).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Left to right: Tim and Kay Means, Melissa and Josh Grimes, Bob Marsden, David and Delanee Fox, and Nancy Vencill<\/strong> (Photos by Nancy and Tabitha Vencill)<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ithaca Open Bible Church (IOB) in Arcanum, Ohio, spent several days last month celebrating its 75th anniversary. On September 2 the church gathered for a campfire service where people roasted hot dogs and shared memories of the past and vision for the future. The setting was the church\u2019s miraculous property addition acquired three years ago, home of their \u201cmemorial orchard\u201d and \u201cGod\u2019s garden.\u201d On Saturday afternoon a small gathering of friends came together to honor former pastor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":17183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[133,203,212],"class_list":["post-13962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-across-the-nation","category-archive","tag-ithaca","tag-news-across-the-nation","tag-oct20"],"yoast_head":"\nIthaca Open Bible: 75 Years Strong! 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