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Brussels’ Kellington speaks at Blyth United Church
Ushering worshippers at Blyth
United Church on Sunday, Aug. 16
were David Onn, Nicole Kerr and
Brenda Brooks. Floyd Herman was
music director and David Onn ran
the power point. Joan Clark drew
everyone’s attention to the
announcements printed in the
bulletin with special mention that the
catering committee is needing help
for Thresher’s weekend. Also, the
ladies are looking for help making
pies. Call Sharon Bromley at 519-
523-9421 if you can help.
There is also a camping retreat for
the youth from Tuesday, Sept. 1 until
Thursday, Sept. 3. Register by Aug.
27 with Kathy Douglas at 519-523-
4380 or kathydouglas@
hotmail.com. This event is for high
school aged youth or older.
Joan introduced the guest speaker
Bob Kellington from Brussels. Bob
invited everyone to greet one
another. The first hymn “Come All
You People” was sung. Mr.
Kellington led the opening prayer.
There were two favourite hymns
sung, “Come In, Come In and Sit
Down” and “Blest Be the Tie That
Binds.” The scripture reading was
from Luke 17: 11-19.
Bob Kellington’s message to the
congregation was “An Attitude of
Gratitude.” We should be grateful for
what we have. Bob visited Haiti a
few years ago and saw firsthand the
poverty in Haiti. The people seemed
to be happy no matter how little they
had. One person was rummaging
through the garbage and digging out
the old magazines. Bob asked him
what he was going to do with the
magazines and he said that he slept
on them. They provided insulation
from the ground.
Mr. Kellington attended the
church service. The church could
hold about 300 people and there
were many standing around the
church. In Canada we are never
satisfied with what we have but in
places like Haiti they are happy with
what the have. He quoted a relative
that said “Worry is like a rocking
chair, it gives you something to do
but gets you nowhere.”
Bob also read poems that his late
wife had written to him. A small
heart can hold a rather large amount
of gratitude. We should be thankful
for what we have as others are happy
and grateful for what they have.
Floyd gave a short history of the
anthem, “I Believe in the Hill Called
Mount Calvary” that the choir sang.
The next hymn was “O Master, Let
Me Walk With thee.”
The offering was received
followed by the offertory response,
the offertory prayer, the prayers for
the people and the singing of the
Lord’s Prayer. The last hymn “All
the Way My Saviour Leads Me” was
followed by the blessing and the
singing of “Thank You, Lord.”
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Where are you going?
(Charles Orr, “How to Live a Holy Life”)
We have only one life to live — only one! Think of this for a moment.
Here we are in this world of time, making the journey of life. Each day we are
farther from the cradle — and nearer to the grave! Solemn thought! See the mighty
concourse of human lives; hear their heavy tread in their onward march. Some are
just beginning life’s journey; some are midway up the hill, some have reached the
top, and some are midway down the western slope. But where are we all going?
Listen, and you will hear but one answer, “Eternity!”Beyond the fading, dying
gleams of the sunset of life — lies a boundless, endless ocean called Eternity!
There, you and I are daily travelling.
Time is like a great wheel going its round. On and on it goes. Some are stepping
on — and some are stepping off. But where are these latter stepping? Into
eternity!See that old man with bent form, snow-white locks, and tottering steps.
His has been a long round, but he has reached his end at last. See the middle-aged
man. His round has not been so long, but he must also step off. See the youth. He
has been on only a little while — but he is brought to the stepping-off place. He
thought his round would be much longer. He supposed that he was just getting
started — when that icy hand was laid upon him and the usher said, “Come, you
have made your round, and you must go!” The infant that gave its first faint cry
this morning — may utter its last feeble wail tonight. And thus they go. But
where? Oh, where?Eternity!
If you were to start today and ask each person you met the question, “Where are
you going?”and, if possible, you were to travel the world over and ask each one
of earth’s inhabitants — there could be but one answer, “Eternity!”
“Oh, eternity, Long eternity!
Hear the solemn footsteps of eternity!
Only one life to live!Only one life — and then we must face vast, endless
eternity! We shall pass along the pathway of life but once. Every step we take —
is a step that can never be taken again.
This world is not a playground — or a place to trifle with time. Life is not given
us to squander nor fritter away. To trifle away time, is indeed, to be the greatest of
spendthrifts. If you squander a dollar — you may regain it, but a moment wasted
— can never be regained. God gives us all the time we need to accomplish all that
He purposes us to accomplish — but He does not give us one moment to trifle
away.
We have only one life to live — only one!
A Grace Gem
Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church,
Listowel, ON 519-291-1956
By Marilyn
Craig
Call
523-9318
From Marilyn’s Desk
Closing out the season
The Blyth Festival Art Gallery will close out yet another successful season with an exhibition
from Greg Sherwood, a Wingham artist. The show opens this Friday. Above is his work Rock,
Water and Sky, #4. (Photo submitted)
Gallery shows Wingham artist
The Blyth Festival Art Gallery’s
final exhibition of the 2015 season
honours a local artist, teacher and
supporter of the arts. He began
creating art in high school and has
fond memories of bringing his
sketchbooks and art materials along
with him on wilderness canoe trips
with his father.
Greg Sherwood’s interest in
science has shaped his life as an
artist. After leaving high school, he
first studied geology and received
his Bachelor degree. He returned to
the university to study art and
received his Honours Bachelor of
Fine Arts degree and later his
Bachelor of Education. Those
qualifications have served him well
as he worked as a painter and
educator in Huron County for the
last 27 years. His paintings are in
collections throughout Canada and
the U.S. He recently retired from his
position as the well-respected Arts
Department head at F.E. Madill
Secondary School in Wingham,
where he currently resides with
his wife.
His exhibition, entitled “A Trick
of the Light”, is a collection of both
large- and small-scale oil paintings
of rugged landscapes, waterways
and sweeping skies from vistas in
Huron and Bruce Counties and the
Maritimes. A typical scene might
show a freshly harvested grain field
with large bales, an angry sky with
brooding clouds and a few cows
thrown in for good measure.
Sherwood offers this explanation
of the exhibition title. “A Trick of
the Light” is a phrase that strikes me
as an apt description of what
painting is. In many ways painters
deal in illusion, creating
representations of the real world.
When done well, this illusion of
reality can often contain a truth that
may not be evident in the actual
scene being represented. Perhaps
this is the real “trick”. This show
features places that are important to
me, in particular those that speak to
a sense of place which goes
beyond geography.”
The viewer is invited to think
about the interactions between
people and their environment and
the effects of the seasons on the
landscape. Come to the exhibition
and let Greg Sherwood’s paintings
work their magic on you.
The show is curated by Vicki
McKague and Robert Tetu, and is
sponsored by Carol and Jerry
McDonnell and Ron and
Bev Walker.
It can be viewed starting Aug. 21
to Sept. 12 in the Bainton Gallery, in
the Blyth Memorial Hall, during
Festival box office hours.
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Glad to hear that Brenda
McDonald is recuperating at home.
I hope everyone is enjoying this
lovely warm summer. We can think
of this in January and February
when it is cold and stormy. Too bad
we can’t bottle it up and save it for
winter.
Locals offered
salutations,
well-wishes
See histories and historic
photographs on the
Huron History section
of our website
www.northhuron.on.ca
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