On Sunday, Oct. 2, First Baptist Church, Ada, celebrates 150 years of ministry, according to Jack Duffy, pastor.
On Sunday a worship service of singing hymns and communion take place at 10:15 a.m. followed by a barbecue chicken and pulled-pork dinner.
Several former pastors will attend the service. These include Bob Cassidy (1988-1990), Charles Spier (1963-1968) and Byron Hawbecker (interim 1991-1992). Former ONU students who attended will be coming as well.
The church's first gathering was on Oct. 2, 1866, at a meeting in the Union Church (now First Presbyterian Church of Ada) to organize a Baptist church.
October and November in Ada. It takes six pages of single-spaced type to create the list of all the events.
What's on the schedule for:
• Ada schools
• Ohio Northern University
• The Freed Center
• The Inn at ONU
• Ada public meetings
• Ada Public Library
And, most importantly, when in Halloween in Ada?
Answers for all of the above are in Hometown Happenings, a listing of October and November events taking place in Ada. Happenings is gathered by Darlene Bowers for the Ada Icon.
Open the attachment at the bottom of this story to view the six-page printer-friendly list of all the events taking place here.
If the girls are on the field for a powderpuff football game, who does that leave to be the cheerleaders? These brave souls: Reece Evans, Alex Morgan, Ethan Hull...but their nail polish leaves a bit to be desired. Work on it guys. BOTTOM PHOTO: Cookies anyone? Elizabeth Durkin thinks it's a hoot that Andrew Roff volunteers to sell sweets at the powderpuff football game...so she bought some and got a good laugh, too. The game was Sunday evening. (Monty Siekerman photos)
Here's a neat post from the Michael Harnishfeger, Ada Police Chief. It's from the police department's Facebook posted Tuesday:
Today while walking the halls of Ada school I discovered that it was Heroes and Villains Day.
Carisa Temple is a big fan of police and honored our profession by wearing her own police uniform. Carisa's uncle is a law enforcement professional with the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Thanks Carisa, glad we are the heroes and not the villains :)
Always a pleasure to interact with our youth. The future is bright in Ada, Ohio.
