HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2015-01-29, Page 3THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015. PAGE 3.
Nicaraguan meal opens children’s eyes
Greeting worshippers at Blyth
United Church on Sunday was
Marilyn Craig. Ushering were
Nancy Hakkers, Donna Moore and
Lissa Kolkman. Floyd Herman was
music director and Fred Hakkers ran
the power point. Emily Phillips
welcomed everyone to church on the
beautiful winter Sunday morning.
She drew everyone’s attention to the
announcements printed in the
bulletin.
Emily invited Ollie Craig to come
and help her light the candles on the
altar table. The centring music,
“Arise, Your Light is Come” was
sung. Emily led the prayer of
approach along with the sign
language in the response. The song,
“Rise Up, Rise Up” was sung. The
scripture reading was from Matthew
25: 35-40. Floyd Herman gave a
short history of the anthem, “’Tis So
Sweet to Trust In Jesus” that the
choir sang.
The children and guest speakers,
Sue and Norm Bedard from
Monkton were asked to come to the
front for their story time. The guest
speakers told the children of their
stories of being in Nicaragua last
February. They gave the children
what the children in Nicaragua ate
off of, which were plastic lids and
they gave one of the children a
plastic spoon to eat with and the rest
of the children ate with their fingers.
The food was rice and maybe there
might be beans mixed in, but only if
they were lucky.
In Nicaragua on Thursdays and
Saturdays the children were asked to
come to the minister’s home for
some fun. The guest speakers had
brought cake along and gave it to the
children who had gathered. They
were told that this was the first time
that the children, and likely their
mothers, had even tasted cake. The
children and congregation said a
prayer together with the guest
speakers before going downstairs for
their time of fellowship.
Emily introduced the guest
speakers to the congregation. They
are dairy farmers in the Monkton
area and went to Nicaragua with a
group of people to build a church
there. While in Nicaragua they lived
in a compound with concrete walls
for protection. The group of people
consisted of everyone from a
gentleman of 75 years of age to
teenagers. The compound was an
hour’s drive from where they were
going to build the church. The roads
to the village were very bad with
garbage everywhere. The first
vehicle there got the best part of the
road. The existing church consisted
of four posts and a tin roof.
To build the church they needed a
lot of water to mix cement to hold
the bricks together. The well was 20
minutes away and the water had to
be pulled up in a pail out of the well
by a rope and poured into buckets
and transferred by wheelbarrow to
the site. The church they built was
four to five times bigger than the one
that was there. It would be used for
other things like sewing and cooking
classes, as well as church services.
The congregation saw many
pictures of their building and
surrounding area. Although they
didn’t get the church finished, they
were able to hire it finished with the
money they had raised. When
building the sides of the building
they had to use rebar rods in the
blocks as the area is earthquake
prone.
After returning home to Monkton,
the Bedards heard that an earthquake
had happened and the church had
withstood the quake. One of the
interesting things they noticed was
that the clotheslines were barbed
wire.
Emily thanked Sue and Norm for
showing us how others live. The
offering was received followed by
the offertory response, “In the Bleak
of Midwinter”, the offertory prayer,
the prayers for the people, silent
prayers and the singing of The
Lord’s Prayer. The last hymn was
“Let There Be Light” followed by
the extinguishing of the candles and
the singing of the “Three Fold
Amen”.
Everyone was invited for coffee
and treats, a time of fellowship and a
time to ask questions about
Nicaragua and chat with Sue and
Norma about their experiences.
NOTICE
WINGHAM CEMETERY
- and -
BLYTH UNION CEMETERY
The Corporation of the Township of North Huron has submitted
by-laws to the Registrar of the
Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act 2002.
Any interested parties may contact
Kathy Adams, Clerk
at 519-357-3550 for information, or to make copies.
By-laws or amendments may be reviewed or copied at the
Township of North Huron Municipal Office
at 274 Josephine Street, Wingham, Ontario.
These By-laws are subject to the approval of the Registrar.
Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act 2002.
God’s love-letter
(Thomas Brooks,, “The Crown and Glory of Christianity,
or HOLINESS, the Only Way to Happiness” 1662)
The Scripture is God’s love-letter to men.
The blessed Scriptures are of infinite worth and value!
Here you may find...
a remedy for every disease, balm for every wound, a plaster for every sore, milk
for babes, meat for strong men, comfort for the afflicted, support for the tempted,
solace for the distressed, ease for the wearied, a staff to support the feeble, a sword
to defend the weak.
The Bible is the best preacher.
This book, this preacher will preach to you...
in your shops, in your chambers, in your closets, yes, in your own bosoms!
This book will preach to you at home and abroad; it will preach to you in all
companies; and it will preach to you in all conditions.
By this book you shall be saved--or by this book you shall be damned!By this
book you must live. By this book you must die. By this book you shall be judged
in the great day!
Oh, therefore...
love this book above all other books, prize this book above all other books, read
this book before all other books, study this book more than all other books! For he
who reads much--and understands nothing, is like him who hunts much--and
catches nothing!
“Oh, how I love your law! I mediate on it all day long!” Psalm 119:97
A Grace Gem
Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church,
Listowel, ON 519-291-1956
Downtown Blyth
519-523-4740
Bainton’s
Old Mill
Wool Blankets
NH building permit values
down, Huron East, M-T up
With 2014 behind them, local
councils are beginning to see year-
in-review reports from their
departments including final building
permit figures.
For municipalities like Morris-
Turnberry and Huron East, 2014
was a big year for building permits,
while others, like North Huron, saw
a marked decline in construction.
North Huron Township’s building
permit values and revenue continued
on a downward trend that has
spanned the last several years.
Starting in 2012, North Huron
Township saw over $14 million in
building permit values over 78 total
permits which decreased in 2013 to
over $6 million and 77 permits. The
trend continued in 2014 with
structure values coming in just over
$3 million.
Over the past three years, North
Huron’s permit value, or the value of
construction in the municipality, has
dropped approximately 80 per cent.
The results from 2012 were high,
however, as a result of the
construction of Maitland River
Elementary School.
Huron East saw its construction
value more than double despite
having 10 fewer permits issued over
the course of the year.
In 2013, Huron East saw
$20,522,970 in building value
generated over 167 permits issued.
This was up from 153 permits
and $14,079,550 worth of
construction in the year of 2012.
In 2014, Huron East saw 10 fewer
permits from the previous year,
issuing 157, but seeing $42,329,546
in construction value.
Most of that jump came in August
when $22,637,400 worth of permits
were issued over 28 permits. Chief
Administrative Officer/Clerk
Administrator Brad Knight said that
was due to 15 wind turbine permits
being issued to the St. Columban
Wind Energy Project.
Morris-Turnberry saw a similar
trend over the same three-year
period with its construction nearly
doubling between 2013 and 2014.
In 2012, 85 permits brought in
nearly $5 million to the mostly-rural
municipality. Over the 2013
calender year, Morris-Turnberry saw
95 permits bring in $5.8 million
while in 2014, 106 permits brought
in $9.6 million, just $275,329 shy of
double 2012’s construction
valuation.
During Morris-Turnberry’s Jan.
20 meeting, Mayor Paul Gowing
said he was very impressed with the
numbers, though he did mention that
he would have liked to see the $10
million valuation mark reached.
“I guess there’s always next year,”
he said with a laugh.
Happy birthday to Doug Howson
who celebrates Jan. 31.
There will be a PA Day Child Care
Program on Thursday, Jan. 29 from
8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for kids age
four to 12 years at the Blyth United
Church. Lunch and snacks are
provided, $5 donation per child. Pre-
registration is appreciated. Bring
along your mini sticks and Lego.
Call the Blyth United Church at
519-523-4224 or e-mail:
blythunited@tcc.on.ca
By Marilyn
Craig
Call
523-9318
From Marilyn’s Desk
PA Day Child Care
available at church
Big game
The Blyth and District Community Centre played host to an
epic broomball contest on Saturday between the Blyth
Bullets and the Seaforth Cyclones. Players were
challenged to keep up with one another and, as evidenced
in this picture, keep their eye on the ball. (Jasmine deBoer photo)
By Denny Scott
The Citizen