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Fletcher shares tale of tough time being a blessing
Those who gathered Sunday
morning, May 8, at Londesborough
United Church were treated to a
men's choir in honour of Mothers'
Day. "God's Wonderful People" was
the choir's first heartfelt number and
during the receiving of the offering
they sang the familiar "Count Your
Blessings".
All the women in the congregation
received a thoughtful card from the
children of the Sunday school that
had flower seeds attached.
All aspects of the service
conducted by Rev. Fletcher
reminded everyone of the
importance of mothers to/in our
world.
When they gathered at the front
with Rev. Terry, the children learned
that when he was 10 years old, his
mother was seriously ill for a time
and as the eldest in the family, it was
necessary for Terry to help her and
the family with many chores. He
admitted that at the time he did not
appreciate having to do laundry,
cleaning and cooking.
However when he was older and
on his own, he realized the lessons
he learned helping his family made it
possible for him to make his way in
the world; he knew so much more
that others about how to take care of
Pulling ahead
The Londesborough Lions held their annual fish fry on
Saturday with the help of the Brussels Legion fish fry crew.
Shown above are John Hoggart, left, and Shane Taylor,
who were part of the crew that helped dish out the fish and
fries. (Vicky Bremner photo)
himself.
The experience, he acknowledged,
was a blessing in disguise for him.
He was thankful to his mother for
her teachings of life skills.
"Open-ended Love" was the title
of his message to the adults.
Supporting scripture passages were
Ephesians 5: 25-33 and 6: 1-4. The
responsive psalm was Psalm 15.
On May 9, 1914 U.S. President
Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the
second Sunday of May as the public
expression of love for mothers. As
early as the 17th century in England,
the fourth Sunday of Lent was called
`Mothering Sunday'. Even the
servants in those days were given the
day off to visit their mothers.
As Rev. Fletcher noted mothers
ground their children while, at the
same time, providing them a
launching pad into their future. He
reminded everyone that prior to
having children, women were
individuals living life according to
their own likes and dislikes, talents
and careers. However once they
become mothers that individuality
takes second place to mothering
having discovered a love that never
ends for their offspring. They give
beautiful expressions of that love
to/for the children.
Rev. Fletcher will swap pulpits
next Sunday, May 15, with his wife,
Mary. The Sacrament of
Communion will be served on May
22.
Those persons who ordered only
the free photo through the photo
directory service, should check with
Laura Scott as the early photos have
begun arriving.
The UCW will gather for their
May meeting on Monday, May 16.
FROM LONDESBORO
Arborist presentation at school
By Principal Cathy Goetz
Spring is definitely here. Students
at Hullett Central Public School are
enjoying our outside playground and
all the beautiful natural area we have
to enjoy. We look forward to more
classrooms utilizing our outside
classroom now that the weather has
finally cleared up.
Did you attend our Auction last
Friday night? Our school advisory
council (SAC) works diligently
every year to prepare the biggest
fundraiser of the year. There were
many items auctioned off both in the
live auction as well as the silent
auction. Many enjoyed the penny
auction table as well.
Thank you to our auction
committee members, people who
donated an auction item and those of
course who came and purchased
items, enjoyed the activities and
food booth. The funds raised
through this event are used by the
SAC to support students with
various activities through the year,
such as field trip subsidies, agendas,
graduation and of course their main
project, playground enhancement.
Thank you to everyone involved in
this major project and especially to
our SAC Chair Amanda Anderson,
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who co-ordinates the entire event.
The Hydro One Arborist crew was
here at the school recently to present
to the Grade 5/6 classroom. Students
enjoyed seeing some of the
equipment Hydro One uses, a tree
climbing demonstration and a
chance to get hands on with ropes
and rigging lines.
They then worked together to
plant a sugar maple tree that was
also donated by Hydro One. Owen
Beacom is our crew chief for making
sure the tree gets watered by himself
and one of his trained crew.
Mrs. Bell's Kindergarten class is
looking after some of the seedlings
that were also left for us as well as
planting the pansies in their garden
boxes. Thank you Hydro One for the
morning you spent with us.
Another exciting event for our
school this week is our Grade 4-8
Operetta "Clowns". We will be
performing at the Blyth Theatre May
11 at 7 p.m. Students have been
working very hard and are ready for
the show. Thank you to Mrs. Barnett
for leading the students in this
musical and co-ordinating the
behind the scenes organization that
needed to take place to pull off an
event of this magnitude.
Track and field time is just around
the corner and students are busy
practising.
The younger classes are enjoying
practising their soccer baseball
skills.
Grade 3 and 6 students are going
to be writing their Education Quality
and Accountability Office (EQAO)
assessments end of May. They are
looking forward to showing how
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