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From the Minister's Study
Jesus works His way into our lives at Easter
By Pastor Ernest Dow
Living Water Christian
Fellowship, Blyth
The startling thing about Easter is
that it's not just about what
happened to Jesus in the tomb that
phenomenal morning. It's about His
power available to work in each of
our lives for those who put their trust
in Him and receive His Holy Spirit.
Before we come to Christ, we are
stuck in sin. Jesus' saving power
takes us from being stuck to standing
with God, and being strengthened by
His Spirit inside. The Apostle Paul
writes in 1Corinthians 15, "By this
gospel you are saved, if you hold
firmly to the word I preached to
you." (1Cor.15:2) We need saving
when we are stuck in sin. What do I
mean by "stuck"?
The Biblical appraisal of the
human race apart from God's help is
that we are lost, fallen, without hope
eternally, and destined for
condemnation. Now, at this present
moment, you may feel like quite a
respectable person. But on our own
human effort, according to scripture,
He Is Risen
Join us in celebrating
our Risen Lord
Sunday, April 16
at
Brussels Mennonite
Fellowship
10:00 am Worship Service
11:15 am Coffee Time
Pastor Ken Gazley
519.887.6388
www.bmfchurch.com
Guests Expected
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Friday, April 14
Good Friday FREE
COMMUNITY BREAKFAST
upstairs at Blyth Arena
8:30 - 10:30 am
Apr. 16: Rom.8:18-25
HAPPY EASTER!
Daring Faith #7:
"Daring to Wait on God"
7:00 am SonRise Service
at 82941 Cemetery Line
followed by potluck breakfast
at 7:30 am
at Living Water Fellowship
308 Blyth Rd., Blyth
Main Easter Celebration
8:30 a.m. after potluck breakfast
Pastor: Ernest Dow - 519-523-48
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"All our righteous acts are like filthy
rags " (Isaiah 64:6) Yuck! Now, you
likely haven't been hounding people
to jail and death and blaspheming
like Paul was before he met Jesus.
But our Lord during His earthly life
diagnosed our condition as being
evil from the inside out. Jesus
taught, "For from within, out of
men's hearts, come evil thoughts,
sexual immorality, theft, murder,
adultery" - and several other things
including greed, envy, and slander.
(Mark 7:21)
As a self-confessed example, take
famous British journalist Malcolm
Muggeridge. He was married and
had been faithful to his wife; but one
evening he nearly gave in to
temptation. Ravi Zacharias writes of
the incident in his book Can Man
Live Without God? "Working as a
journalist in India, he left his
residence one evening to go to a
nearby river for a swim. As he
entered the water, across the river he
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saw an Indian woman from the
nearby village who had come to
have her bath. Muggeridge
impulsively felt the allurement of the
moment, and temptation stormed
into his mind.
He had lived with this kind of
struggle for years but had somehow
fought it off in honour of his
commitment to his wife, Kitty. On
this occasion, however, he wondered
if he could cross the line of marital
fidelity. He struggled just for a
moment and then swam furiously
toward the woman, literally trying to
outdistance his conscience. His mind
fed him the fantasy that stolen
waters would be sweet, and he swam
the harder for it. Now he was just
two or three feet away from her, and
as he emerged from the water, any
emotion that may have gripped him
paled into insignificance when
compared with the devastation that
shattered him as he looked at her.
[Muggeridge recalls] 'She was old
United Church
Good Friday Worship 9:30 am
Come Celebrate Easter with us
Sunday at 10:00 am
Bake Sale - Saturday, 10 am to 12 pm
Coffee & snacks
Everyone welcome
R Minister: Rev. Gary Clark, BA, M.Div. - 226-963-1175
AI\GLICAN PARISH OF NEW BEGINNINGS
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Trinity
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Church Office
519-357-4883
BRUSSELS
St. John's
11:15 am
Church Office
519-887-6862
Everyone Welcome!
COME WORSHIP WITH US!
MELVILLE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BRUSSELS
SUNDAY, APRIL 16
We invite you to join our church family in:
Worship & Sunday School - 11 am
Coffee & Snacks following the service
Fridays 11:30 am - 1:00 pm - Soup & More 2
- a free community meal held in Melville's basement, and
made possible by the Brussels churches working together.
Nursery care available
519-887-6687
} Blyth United Church
Est. 1875
Good Friday service Easter Sunday service
April 14 April 16
9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
You are invited to share
Easter with us
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MINISTER: Rev. Gary Clark, BA, M. Div.
OFFICE: 519-523-4224
and hideous... and her skin was
wrinkled and, worst of all, she was a
leper... This creature grinned at me,
showing a toothless mask.' The
experience left Muggeridge
trembling and muttering under his
breath, 'What a dirty lecherous
woman!' But then the rude shock of
it dawned upon him - it was not the
woman who was lecherous; it was
his own heart"
That's the sort of stuckness I'm
talking about: our inherent
inclination to be attracted to sin, and
the ease with which we move toward
it. But Paul declares when we hold
firmly to the word that's been
preached to us, we are saved, and
we've received the gospel "on which
you have taken your stand"
(1Cor.15:1)
Paul took a stand - after Jesus met
him and `Saul' (Paul's former name)
found himself falling to the ground
on the way to Damascus. Soon
`Saul' was a changed man: Paul. He
boldly went to new area preaching
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Good Friday Service - April 14 10:00 am
Easter Sunday Service - April 16 10:00 am
No Evening Service
BLYTH CHRISTIAN
REFORMED CHURCH
Minister: Pastor Gary van Leeuwen
Hwy. 4, Blyth www.blythcrc.ca 519-523-4743
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You're Invited
to come worship
with us
Sunday, April 16
Brussels Business & Cultural Centre
at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Sunday School for children
4 to 12 years of age at 9:30 a.m.
Childcare provided for infants and preschoolers
during the sermon.
Coffee & cookies after the morning service.
For additional details please contact Pastor Andrew Versteeg 519.887.8621
Steve Klumpenhower 519.292.0965 Rick Packer 519.527.0173
EASTER BRINGS
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Always A Place For You
@ Huron Chapel
Good Friday & Easter Sunday Services at 10:30am
huronchapel.com
THE CATHOLIC PARISHES OF NORTH HURON AND NORTH PERTH
CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO ATTEND HOLY MASS.
OUR SUNDAY LITURGIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Brussels:
St. Ambrose
Saturday
6:00 p.m.
17 Flora Street
Wingham:
Sacred Heart
Sunday
9:00 a.m.
220 Carling Terrace
Listowel:
St. Joseph's
Sunday
11:00 a.m.
1025 Wallace Avenue N.