Woodlawn Baptist Church: celebrates50 years.

From: The Lima News (Lima, OH) | Date: February 18, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Adrienne Mauk

Feb. 18--LIMA -- Ruby Shawler saw a notice in the paper about a tent revival and decided she needed to go. It was 1954. Something clicked. "When I saw those people and met them and everything, I knew," she said. Shawler, who will be 88 next month, found her church home in Woodlawn Baptist Church. She is a charter member and has been Sunday school secretary since the beginning. "I'm old-fashioned. ... I guess the Lord must have given it to me," Shawler said. "I just had this feeling later that that's what the Lord meant for me to do." The church began ...

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