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By Pastor Andrew Versteeg
Brussels Community Bible
Chapel
As I have been reading the Bible
lately, there is a word that has caught
my attention. This word is found in a
few different places, especially in
the New Testament, and speaks of
the greatness of God. This word also
warms my heart and makes me sit in
awe and appreciation of God, who,
the Scriptures says, is sitting on his
throne in heaven governing all the
affairs of His created universe. The
word that I am thinking about is the
word “dominion”. This word is used
in a number of places in the New
Testament especially in the context
of doxology; i.e. the giving of praise
to God and worshipping Him for
who He is.
When I was a boy, I was part of a
church cadet group. Some of you
who read this will know what I am
talking about. Every Friday evening
we opened our time together by
reciting, singing and praying
through some things that we stood
for and believed. One of our
recitations was a pledge to Canada
and the flag. “I pledge allegiance to
the flag of Canada and to the
dominion for which she stands …”
In a way it felt good to be able to
say that. It reminded me that we live
in a strong, free, and good country
for which I would pledge myself as a
citizen. It would be the kind of thing
that a soldier of Canada would say as
he/she would go to war to defend our
nation.
The dominion of Canada is the
territories and the provinces of
Canada, and the people who live in
the ‘dominion’ of Canada are those
whom the constitution of Canada
governs. The word “dominion”
refers to power and authority and
sovereignty. In terms of the Bible,
God is said to have “the dominion
and power, both now and forever”
(Jude 25). In other words God is said
to have all authority, and He is said
to govern all of His creation
according to His will and purposes.
Why can this be a comforting
thought? First of all, this truth can
assure our hearts that things around
us are not just happening randomly,
nor is there anything that is just
spinning wildly and out of control.
All things are under the control of
God. I am not trying to explain here
on God’s behalf why He allows and
ordains things to happen as they do,
but what I am saying is that nothing
happens outside of God’s control.
Secondly, this truth is presented in
the Scripture as a special comfort for
those who have become Christians
through faith in Jesus Christ.
Romans 8:28 says that God is
causing “all things to work together
for good to those who love God, to
those who are the called according
to His purpose.” For those of you
who know the Lord Jesus as your
Saviour, you can be assured that God
has his eye upon you and He is
orchestrating everything in your life
for your good. That means the good
and the bad things are brought into
your life by your heavenly Father
who loves you and knows what is
best for you, and will bring good out
of everything for you.
Lastly, God is also said to be all
wise. Again quoting from Jude 25 –
“To God our Saviour, Who alone is
wise, be glory and majesty,
dominion and power, both now and
forever. Amen”. We often wonder
why things happen as they do and
sometimes we think that we know
better and that things should be done
differently. But complete wisdom
and sovereignty belongs to God and
we are called in the Scriptures to
trust Him and submit ourselves to
Him. This begins with receiving the
Lord Jesus as our Saviour and
following Him.
Those who have done so have
always found God to be One on
whom they can rely through pleasant
and difficult circumstances now in
this life. God’s dominion is also
eternal and His promise to those
who trust Him now is that they will
also reign with Him forever. To Him
belongs “dominion and power, both
now and forever. Amen.”
The Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority visited North Huron
Township Council at its June 15
meeting to give an update on the
new direction of the organization.
Due to funding issues, the
organization has re-focused its
efforts on reforestation, flood and
erosion emergencies and watershed
planning rather than some of its
previous endeavours including
conservation areas, said General
Manager Phil Beard and
Communications Co-ordinator
Jayne Thompson.
North Huron council thanked the
organization for its efforts.
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During his Reeve’s report, Reeve
Neil Vincent stated that the Alice
Munro Festival of the Short Story
earlier this month went very well.
He said 250 people took part in
the event which occurs throughout
the county and said he hopes some
younger writers will travel from
more exotic locales next year for the
young writers category, stating that
the three writers who entered came
from Goderich and St. Marys.
THE CATHOLIC PARISHES OF NORTH HURON AND NORTH PERTH
CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO ATTEND HOLY MASS.
OUR SUNDAY LITURGIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Brussels:
St. Ambrose
Saturday
6:00 p.m.
17 Flora Street
Wingham:
Sacred Heart
Sunday
9:00 a.m.
220 Carling Terrace
Listowel:
St. Joseph’s
Sunday
11:00 a.m.
1025 Wallace Avenue N.
IT’S
HAPPENING!
This Sunday at
HURON CHAPEL Bob Bramhill
from Caring For The Heart Ministries.
It all begins at 10:30am
huronchapel.com
CORNER OF DINSLEY & MILL STREETS
MINISTER
Rev. Gary Clark, BA, M. Div.
All Welcome
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Floyd Herman, BA, M. Ed.OFFICE: 519-523-4224
Sunday, June 28
Canada Day is coming ~ Raise your flag
Sunday, July 5
Guest Speaker: Gloria Wilbee (Service begins at 10:00)
Worship Service & Sunday School at 11 a.m.
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Floyd Herman, BA, M. Ed.
Children
Welcome
Youre Invited
to come worship
with us
Sunday, June 28
Brussels Business & Cultural Centre
at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Sunday School for children
4 to 12 years of age at 9:30 a.m.
Childcare provided for infants and
preschoolers during the sermon.
Coffee & cookies after the morning service
For additional details please contact Pastor Andrew Versteeg 519.887.8621
Steve Klumpenhower 519.292.0965 Rick Packer 519.527.0173
Vacation Bible School ~ July 20-24
Register on line at www.brusselscommunitybiblechapel.com/vbs
getlivingwater.org
Living Water
Christian Fellowship
Pastor: Ernest Dow ~ 519-523-4848
June 28: 2 Sam. 1:11ff
Evangelical Missionary Church
OUTDOOR SERVICE & POTLUCK
AT J&R UYL’S, 180 North St., Blyth
“David - Dealing with Difficulty, Pt. 3:
Mourning a Dear Friend & an Enemy”
July 6-10: VBS at Huron Chapel, EMC, Auburn
July 20-23: Community VBS at Blyth United -
tinyurl.com/blythvbs2015
MELVILLE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BRUSSELS
Rev. Elwin Garland
SUNDAY, JUNE 28
Nursery care available
519-887-9017
Worship & Sunday School - 10 am
Coffee & Snacks - 11 am
We invite you to join our church family in:
Fridays 11:30 am - 1:00 pm ~ Soup & More 2
- a free community meal held in Melville’s basement, and
made possible by the Brussels churches working together.
SUNDAYS
Morning Service 10:00 am
Evening Service 7:30 pm
Hwy. 4, Blyth www.blythcrc.ca 519-523-4743
Minister: Pastor Gary van Leeuwen
You’re Invited To Join Us In Worship
BLYTH CHRISTIAN
REFORMED CHURCH
From the Minister’s Study
God’s dominion is powerful says Versteeg
BRUSSELS
WORSHIP SERVICE
AND SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00 am
All Welcome
United Church
Minister: Rev. Gary Clark, BA, M.Div.
Bulletin notices: 519-523-4224
blythunited@tcc.on.ca
Church bookings: 519-887-6377
Other concerns: 226-963-1175