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A gift to take home
Steve Scott, a chainsaw artist from Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh was back again at the
annual reunion of the Huron Pioneer Thresher and Hobby Association to show off his skills for
reunion -goers of all ages. For the students, Scott would fashion a wooden disc with their first
name initial in it so they could have something to take home. (Shawn Lou
gnlin photo)
Men's choir performs in Blyth
On stage
The Teen Challenge Men's Choir was on stage at the Blyth Christian Reformed Church on
Sunday. Not only did the group perform for a full house that morning, but many of the members
also shared stories about how they landed in the program and how finding God through the
program helped pull them out of addiction. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
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necessary direction and orientation
to "true north".
This past Sunday at the Christian
Reformed Church in Blyth, a
student from the Teen Challenge
farm near London shared a
confession relating to a painful
uprooting in his life. A first
responder, he was deeply affected
when a female victim of a car crash
died in his arms. Developing post
traumatic stress disorder, he lost his
job, turned to alcohol to numb the
pain and eventually was divorced by
his wife. When he bottomed out, he
acknowledged his addiction and
entered the Teen Challenge
program. He graduates later this
month and was happy to report he
has been able to reconcile with his
wife! But apart from repentance and
the Lord's re -direction, the story
might have had an outcome that was
much more grim.
So, keep plowing with eternal
perspective! Undertake the moral
upheaval of repentance. Go deep in
your confession — don't just skim
the surface. And develop spiritual
insight through learning God's ways
in order to stay heaven -focused and
not swerve from His righteous
leading.
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This Sunday, Pastor Steve
Hildebrand of Egmondville United
Church and a mass choir of over 125
voices will kick off the International
Plowing Match (IPM) with a special
church service.
Gary Clark, former pastor for
Blyth and Brussels United Church,
is the chair of the worship committee
and he has been hard at work
planning the service for two years.
Clark, who is now at the head of
Forest Hill United Church in
Kitchener, was the driving force
behind the service and one of its
biggest components: a mass choir
that will include singers of all ages
from churches all over the county,
including the Glister Children's
Choir from Auburn.
It's no secret, Clark says, that the
farming community is more faithful
than most and there has always been
a connection between farmers and
the church. That makes the service
an important aspect of any IPM.
Clark first came on board as the
chair of the committee two years
ago. He has been working with
Hildebrand, as well as other pastors
from Vanastra and Brucefield,
among others to make the service a
reality.
Early on, it was Clark's vision to
bring together a mass choir featuring
singers of all ages and from all
corners of the county. While the
uptake on the project wasn't
immediate, as the IPM has drawn
near, Clark's vision has come to
fruition and the choir has
materialized.
While many of those who will be
part of the choir are from the
immediate communities of Brussels,
Walton, Seaforth and Blyth, there
are some who will be travelling to be
part of the project, including some
from Wingham, Goderich,
Brucefield and Exeter.
Clark hopes to achieve two goals
with the service. He says he hopes to
begin the IPM with the feeling that
God is with those on the site and that
it doesn't matter which church you
belong to, or if you don't belong to a
church at all, that God will be there
for you. He also hopes to show with
the church service that, much like
the IPM itself, great things can be
accomplished if people pull together.
Hildebrand has always been an
important piece of the puzzle, Clark
says, as the IPM committee always
knew they wanted him to be at the
head of the service.
Having a pastor who knows the
rural community and is familiar with
its people and the challenges it faces
on a day-to-day basis is essential for
an IPM service.
The service is at 3 p.m. on Sunday
in a special set-up in the RV park at
the site in Walton.
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