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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-04-18, Page 3THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013. PAGE 3. His unsleeping watchfulness (J.R. Miller) “You are the God who sees me!” Genesis 16:13 Go where we may, we cannot get away from the calm, clear gaze of the Devine Eye!Neither in the blue depths of the heavens, nor in the dark abysses of the grave--can we hide away from God. If we could take the morning sunbeams for wings, and fly away on them with all the swiftness of light to the remotest bounds of space--we could not get beyond the reach of the Divine Eye. If we creep into the darkness, darkness so deep and dense that no human eye can behold us--still God sees us as clearly as if we stood in the bright noon-day sunshine! Darkness hides not from Him. Night shines to His eye, as brightly as day. When we know that God loves us, there is infinite comfort in this thought of His unsleeping watchfulness.It is our Father who watches us!There ought also to be wondrous encouragement and inspiration in this consciousness. While the Eye of divine love is looking upon us, we should always strive to be pleasing to Him in all things! “If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea--even there Your hand will guide me, Your right hand will hold me fast! If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me,’ even the darkness will not be dark to You; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to You!” Psalm 139:9-12 A Grace Gem Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church, Listowel, ON 519-291-1956 Nature’s one last winter trick knocks out power Happy birthday to Mary Edgar of Petrolia and Jim Bowman, Brussels (twins) who celebrated April 17; Colin Howson, April 18; Bryce Glousher, April 19; Nancy McInnis and Gayle Poore, April 21; SheilaMoore, Wingham and Paul Craig,Waterloo, April 22 and SandradeCorte, Kippen, April 23. Well, Mother Nature did it to us again this past weekend with an ice storm that put most of the hydro in the area out. There were many poles and wires down. Many of us woke up Friday morning with no hydro. Some had the hydro back on Friday night but others were Saturday, some were Sunday and the rest are hoping for their hydro to be on late tonight. Those who had generators found themselves with heat and water while others found out just how cold it can get. It was like beingback when there was no power forheat and lights. Many schools andevents had to be cancelled in the area. Blyth Legion’s monthly pancake breakfast is on April 28. Come out and enjoy the food and help support our local Legion branch. Come out and enjoy the movie October Baby on Saturday, April 20 at 7 p.m. at 308 Blyth Road hosted by Living Water Christian Fellowship. Camp Menesetung is having a clean-up day on Saturday, May 4 beginning at 9 a.m. to get the grounds and cabins ready forcampers. Lunch is provided.On April 19 the Blyth Mini Me-to-We will be held with local speakers, performers and school displays at Blyth Memorial Hall. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and show starts at 8 p.m.Tickets are $10 each and areavailable at the Blyth Festival BoxOffice at 519-523-9300 or for more information call Kathy Douglas at 519-523-4380.By Marilyn Craig Call 523-9318 From Marilyn’s Desk Quick thinking leads to lunch The cancellation of the annual Blyth Women’s Day Out event could have resulted in a lot of wasted food were it not for some quick thinking from the organizers. A free-will lunch was held after the regular Sunday service at the Blyth United Church with any donations going to help cover the costs of the event, which was cancelled due to a power outage caused by an ice storm on Thursday evening and Friday morning. (Shawn Loughlin photo) Birthday lunch set for Adeline Campbell Greeting worshippers at Blyth United Church on Sunday, April 14 were Tom Cronin and Lavern Clark. Ushering were Tom Cronin, Terry Richmond, Doug Howson and Arletta Hallahan. Floyd Herman was music director and Fred Hakkers ran the power point. Rev. Gary Clark welcomed everyone to church on this second Sunday of Easter. He drew everyone’s attention to that announcements that had been rolling on the power point with special mention that after the service there was a lunch and on April 21 was the celebration of Adeline Campbell’s 90th birthday at the church from 2 - 4 p.m. Floyd Herman gave a short history of the anthem “Ordinary Miracle” featuring Anne Elliott as soloist. The children were asked to come to the front for their story time. Rev. Clark had a lamp at the front and asked the children if they knew what would happen as he turned the switch. Nothing happened. He then asked one of the children to turn the switch and nothing happened and then he asked them to try again and the light came on. He explained to them that the power was always there, just as God’s power is always there. God wants us to be like the light and the shine through our lives. Sarah Hallahan pinned a picture of a light on the cross behind the altar table. The children said a prayer along with the congregation and went over to Lorna Fraser’s home to make a special surprise. The call to worship was the singing of the two hymns, “Dance with the Spirt” and “Hey Now! Singing Hallelujah”. The scripture reading was from Matthew 28: 1-10. Rev. Clark’s message to the adults was “Miracles Happen … Believe it or Not.” Power comes in many ways like an earthquake and acts of Mother Nature. The Power of the Angel rolling away the stone in the scriptures this morning is another miracle. The scripture told of Mary being afraid to look in the tomb but the joy of seeing that Jesus was alive. Joy pushes our fears away. We should let our lights shine so that the younger generations will understand. Let your light shine to show others. The next hymn, “You Tell Me That the Lord is Risen” was followed by the receiving of the offering, the offertory response, the offertory prayer, the prayers for the people, the silent prayers and the singing of The Lord’s Prayer. The first verse of the last hymn, “Rejoice the Lord is King” was followed by the commissioning and the benediction and the singing of the response “Go Now In Peace”. There was a short congregational meeting and everyone was invited downstairs for a free-will offering lunch. Call Today 519-606-4001 14IsaacSt,Clinton Open:Tues-Fri-9:30am~5:30pm &Sat-9:30am~4:00pm QualityClothing,CasualtoCocktail, SM-3X,VintageClothing,Purses, ShoesJewelry&Furniture Clothingtakenbyappointment Getyour“LOOK”on! ReLook Nook LadiesWear ConsignmentShop Huron County will not be taking the lead on a county-wide rain barrel program, council decided at its April 10 Committee of the Whole meeting. After then-Warden Bernie MacLellan recommended that county staff look into a county-wide rain barrel program last year, staff has come back and said that there is no benefit to such a program. “There are many benefits to rain barrels, and they are one useful tool in a large toolkit of storm water management strategies,” said Rachel White in her report to council. “A variety of techniques is required to effectively manage episodes of extreme weather. Rain barrels could be an important piece, but would not likely be the solution to storm water issues.” White told councillors that the greatest benefit to having rain barrels in the county would be education and spreading the word about water conservation and the stress that municipal water systems can be under during periods of extreme weather. White said that such a program would “inspire personal ownership of storm water management”. As a result of her findings, White made four recommendations to council. The first recommendation was that any rain barrel program should be implemented with the co-operation of the lower tier municipalities. The second was that council consider a county-wide program by referring the study to the Water Protection Steering Committee for further consideration. The third comment was that the objectives of a rain barrel program in Huron County should be water conservation and education and the fourth, she said, was that if council was to pursue such a program, that additional resources would be required. North Huron Reeve Neil Vincent said that when a rain barrel program was rolled out in Wingham, only one-third of the population took a rain barrel, and they were free. Another one-third of people were open to rain barrels if they were delivered, and installed, by municipal staff. Vincent said that even for free, the will to install rain barrels simply wasn’t there when it was attempted in Wingham. Councillor Paul Klopp said it didn’t look like the county had much to gain. The rest of council voted to send the report to the lower tier municipalities to do with what they choose. At its Monday night meeting, North Huron Council voted to approve the proposed fire agreement between North Huron and Morris-Turnberry. The agreement has been several months in the making and after several meetings moderated by University of Guelph professor Wayne Caldwell, the two sides finally came to an agreement. The contract was approved unanimously. For a full story see the April 25 issue of The Citizen. Insurance • Investments • Mortgages* • Tax Preparation 1-877-422-6346 ext. 532 bmachan@canfin.com http://brianmachan.canfin.com * Mortgages offered through Canfin Mortgage & Equity Inc. FSCO Licence #11949 Brian R. Machan, CFP HC won’t run rain barrel program NH Council approves agreement