The Citizen, 2015-04-09, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2015. PAGE 9.
Royall uses rock and roll to tell the story of Jesus
I hope Easter was a tremendous
time for you wherever you were this
past weekend. Over in Auburn at
Huron Chapel, we experienced one
of the most powerful church services
since I have been here. I spoke on
“rock and roll” by beginning to ask
the congregation how many of them
liked rock. There were some hands,
but not as many as I expected.
I proceeded to tell them that Huron
Chapel rocks. They didn’t seem
convinced. The previous weekend I
had the chance to meet Christian
comedian Tim Hawkins and he was
kind enough to make a video clip
with me shouting out, “Huron
Chapel rocks!” You can go to
huronchapel.com then click ‘videos’
if you want to see that clip.
However, even having shown this
clip I could tell that many were still
unconvinced. So then I revealed
what I meant by rock and roll. I
placed a rock on the pulpit and said,
“This is a rock,” and then I took a
large dinner roll and placed it beside
the rock and said, “…and this is a
roll”. I proceeded to explain how in
the Scriptures, Jesus is often referred
to as a Rock. It mentions over and
over again in the Bible how He is the
Cornerstone.
A cornerstone, or a foundation
stone, is used in masonry
construction as a reference point for
how all the other stones will be
placed thus, determining the position
of the entire structure. This is who
Jesus can be and wants to be for us
in our life.
He wants to become our reference
point for all we do in life. If we
would choose Him as our Rock then
Jesus says He would lead us to life
that is both abundant and eternal. I
then explain to the people that while
we know Jesus is the Rock, we
need to understand that we are the
Roll.
Picking up and squeezing the rock
I explained how rocks are solid and
strong. Then I picked up the roll and
squeezed it as we all watched it
crumble and collapse under the
pressure of my grip. Without Jesus
as the rock in our life, this is what we
can expect from life and its
pressures. Life is a great and
wonderful gift from God but we
were created and designed to live it
with God, not without Him. We need
Jesus the Rock.
At the end of the message we had
at least a half dozen people come
forward to commit or recommit their
lives to Jesus the Rock. It was a very
moving time as many of us gathered
around these people and prayed with
them. We closed the service singing
the song, “The Rock Won’t Move”. I
am so glad we stopped earlier in the
service to take a church family photo
because this picture will forever
remind me of that Easter Sunday
where God came and met us and
people were saved.
Coming up this week is the
Auburn Community Easter Egg
Hunt beginning at 10 a.m. on
Saturday, April 11 at Huron Chapel.
For children ages 10 and under there
will be fun stations set up throughout
the gymnasium. The Grand Easter
Egg Hunt will begin at 11 a.m.
Please remember to bring your
baskets. There is no cost for this
event but donations are accepted.
You can drop off your monetary
donations or Easter candy to Cathy
at the Auburn post office.
As in years past, there will be a
first, second and third prize
colouring contest for different age
categories. You can pick your
colouring pages at the post office.
Please remember to bring them with
you the day of the hunt.
church. Pastor Mark Royall talked about rock and roll and
how Jesus (the rock) is needed and humanity is the roll.
(Wes MacVicar photo)
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NEWS
FROM AUBURN
By Mark
Royall
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PEOPLE AROUND
AUBURN
In this, the International Year of
Soils, Central Huron Mayor Jim
Ginn says that Huron County, the
most agriculturally-rich region in
Ontario, has a lot of work to do.
At the April 1 meeting of Huron
County Council, Ginn suggested a
motion for the following meeting
that would seek to improve the
county’s soils map.
Ginn said he had spoke to the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture,
Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
soil specialist in regards to the
county’s map and it was described in
one word: ancient.
The “ancient” and “inaccurate”
map, Ginn says, is a very poor
representation of a county that leads
the province in agriculture and in the
International Year of Soils, as
declared by the 68th United Nations
General Assembly, he felt improving
the map should be a priority.
Warden Paul Gowing agreed,
saying that he has personally found
some inaccuracies with the map that
have affected him.
Council then passed a motion to
discuss the issue and perhaps
improve the map, at its next meeting.
***
Bluewater Mayor Tyler Hessel,
who is also chair of the Huron
County Board of Health, told
council that the first meeting to
discuss potentially merging the
Huron and Perth Boards of Health
will take place on Thursday, April
16.
Hessel said that board members
and staff from both boards will be in
attendance at the meeting and that
representatives from Perth are
“eager” to begin moving on the
discovery process immediately.
***
At the April 1 meeting, past
Wardens of Huron County were
welcomed, as they are every year.
Neil Vincent, North Huron Reeve
Ginn reminds county of
work to do for soil year
Continued on page 17
Celebrating the reason
Huron Chapel in Auburn was packed for the Easter Sunday
service and the congregation took time to pose for a photo
to commemorate the occasion, an important one at any