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Next Generation Leahy performance booked for IPM
A special performance
Next Generation Leahy is one of the more unique musical groups that is slated to perform at
this year's International Plowing Match in Walton. All under the age of 16, the group's
performances have been described as infectious. (Photo submitted)
A Next Generation Leahy
performance has been described as
"breathtaking", "astounding," and
"unforgettable". Audiences simply
don't want the night to end because
they have experienced something
truly amazing and beautiful.
The 2017 International Plowing
Match and Rural Expo (IPM 2017)
is pleased to announce that Next
Generation Leahy will be
performing two shows Thursday,
Sept. 21 on the main stage.
The Next Generation Leahy has
been sharing this gift of music with
audiences all over Canada and the
United States for the past three
years. With these young minds
leading the way, their music is
constantly evolving bringing Celtic
music into the modern era for a new
audience.
All under the age of 16, they are
accomplished multi -instrumentalists
whose live performances are filled
with the high-energy, infectious
Celtic -based music associated with
their Leahy heritage. Fiddle, cello,
French accordion, singing, piano,
and French-Canadian step -dancing
all find a place on stage.
Next Generation Leahy's
performance at IPM 2017 is
generously sponsored by the
Province of Ontario.
IPM 2017 takes place September
19 — 23, 2017, with advanced tickets
being sold at every municipal office
in Huron County for $15 until
Labour Day weekend. Tickets will
be available at the gates on the day
of for $18 per person. More
information about all the
entertainment schedules and
programming for IPM 2017 can be
found online at
plowingmatch.org/ipm-2017 or the
Facebook Page Huron IPM 2017.
The IPM's full schedule is now
available on its website, so head to
plowingmatch.org to find out who is
performing when or watch for The
Citizen's special issue early next
month just in time for the match.
Royall family visits historic Washington, D.C. church
A big moment
Huron Chapel Pastor Mark Royall is seen here at the same
pulpit from which one of his mentors used to preach: Peter
Marshall. Royall said the trip was a special one for him.
(Photo submitted)
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wisdom and Thy power come upon
the President of these United States,
the Senates and Congressmen, to
whom have been entrusted
leadership. May the responsibility
lie heavily on their hearts, until they
are ready to acknowledge their
helplessness and turn to Thee. Give
to them the honest, the courage, and
the moral integrity to confess that
they don't know what to do. Only
then can they lead us as a nation
beyond human wisdom to Thee, who
alone hast the answer."
Following the church service, I
was taken down into a room called
the Lincoln Parlour where they keep
the pulpit Dr. Marshall spoke from. I
asked if I could stand behind it. I
can't tell you what it meant for me to
put my hands on the same pulpit
from which words of truth from the
Bible were spoken to U.S.
Presidents, Vice -Presidents and
Senators. I have seen pictures of Dr.
Marshall speaking from this very
pulpit and on Sunday, for a short
moment, some unknown guy from a
little place in Canada got to stand
there too. I will never forget it.
If this wasn't enough of a thrill for
me already, I need to tell you this
church was also the church to
President Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln attended here regularly on
Sundays and would even come
during the week for Thursday
evening services while he was
President. President Lincoln liked
the preacher of the New York
Avenue church, Rev. Phineas
Densmore Gurley, because he didn't
try to preach political messages but
spoke about spiritual matters,
matters from God's Word which
helped man. Lincoln longed for
spiritual truth. He already had
enough political messages, coming
his way on a daily basis.
Lincoln and his family became
good friends with Rev. Gurley and
his family. I learned from a historian
in the church that when Lincoln
came to the Thursday night services,
he would sneak into the pastor's
study unnoticed through an outside
door off the street. The pastor's
study was right off the platform and
thus within earshot of where Gurley
was preaching. Lincoln would
stretch out on a couch in the study
and listen to the Word of God being
taught without being disturbed by
other parishioners who had politics
on their mind. It does my heart good
to know Lincoln was sincerely
hungry for the Word of God. My
wife Glenda was invited to sit on the
very couch where President Lincoln
sat to hear these Thursday night
messages.
I'm heading home now newly
inspired by a mentor who died
before I was born and also by a U.S.
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President who taught us that we are
never too powerful or important to
humble ourselves before God and
His Word for us. I find myself more
determined than ever to preach Jesus
who the Bible tells us, "is the same
yesterday, today, and forever"
(Hebrews 13:8). We need Christ in
our lives. This has never changed
and never will.
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