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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-04-25, Page 3THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013. PAGE 3. Concert fundraiserset for Friday night Guess what? No birthdays for this week. There were seven tables at play at the April 15 euchre. Winners were: high lady, Flo Simmons, 86; high man, Randy Hugill, 74; ladies’ lone hands, tied, Dorothy Carter, Betty Archambault and Pauline McMichael, three; men’s lone hands, tied, Jewel Plunkett, Marilyn Aitken, four; low lady, Mae Ritchie; low man, Doug Cartwright; door prize, Nancy Turner and Jean Nethery; share the wealth, Jean Nethery, Kay Hesselwood and Harold McClinchey. Next euchre is on Monday, April 29 at 1:30 p.m. in the Legion Hall. Vacation Bible School will be July 15-19 this year. To register or for more information call Valerie Shortreed at 519-523-4903. Come and enjoy a week of fun and fellowship. Sadie Chalmers and her classmates are presenting a “Gospel Concert for Nicaragua” on Friday, April 26 at 7 p.m. at Blyth United Church as a fundraiser for their mission trip. Tickets are $10. For more information call Sadie at 519- 523-9759. By Marilyn Craig Call 523-9318 From Marilyn’s Desk TOWNSHIP OF NORTH HURON BLYTH WARD HYDRANT FLUSHING NOTICE As part of regular system maintenance, the water department will be conducting a hydrant and main flushing program during the hours of 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from Monday, April 29 through Friday, May 3. This procedure could result in the discolouration of your water. It is recommended that all customers check their water for rust prior to use each day as discolouration of laundry, etc. could occur. Running a cold water tap until the discolouration has cleared is advised. Thank you for your co-operation. P.O. Box 90, 274 Josephine Street, Wingham, Ontario N0G 2W0 Phone: 519-357-3550 Fax: 519-357-1110 Crossing over Author Anita Moorjani, left, was in Blyth on Sunday to speak to a sold out Memorial Hall crowd. Moorjani is famous the world over as an author and public speaker, but she is mostly known for her remarkable life story. Moorjani is a cancer survivor who says she was so close to death that she crossed over into heaven, but came back to tell the tale. She is seen here autographing a book for Susie Simonis, right. (Jim Brown photo) Chalmers discusses mission trip Greeting worshippers at Blyth United Church on the third Sunday of Easter, April 21 were Tom Cronin and Brenda Brooks. Ushering were Brenda Brooks, Tom Cronin, Nicole Kerr and Arletta Hallahan. Floyd Herman was music director and Fred Hakkers and Steven ran the power point. Emily Phillips welcomed everyone to church in the absence of Rev. Gary Clark. Emily thanked everyone who wore their favourite hockey shirt. Last week everyone was asked to wear their favourite apparel when attending their hockey games. Sadie Chalmers gave a short speech about her planned trip to Nicaragua with her classmates. Emily welcomed Kathy Douglas, youth minister for the Huron-Perth Presbytery who was the guest speaker. The call to worship was repeated responsively followed by the singing of the two hymns, “Dance with the Spirit” and “Hey Now! Singing Hallelujah”, the prayer of approach repeated responsively and the singing of The Lord’s Prayer. The children were asked to come to the front for their story time. Kathy asked the children to play a game with her. She had a bowl of candy and asked the children to pick a number that she had in her head. If they were right she would give them a candy. As the children guessed the number and if they were wrong Kathy ate the candy. She asked the children if this was fair and what she needed to do to make it fair. She asked one of the children to be a referee like in hockey. She whispered her number in Reid Button’s ear and the children guessed again. Reid told the others they were wrong until someone guessed right. Kathy told the children that Jesus was like a referee and helped us stay on the right path. They watched a short video from the hockey tournament in January that was sponsored by the youth of the church. Floyd Herman gave a short history of the anthem “The Lord Will Be My Shepherd” that the choir sang. Kathy’s message to the adults was “The Good Old Hockey Game.” She gave a brief account of her work as a youth minister and some of the projects that had been carried out in the past years. People of faith are like a hockey team. We need a referee to keep us on the right path and Jesus is that person in a faith community. Many churches blame hockey for the decline in attendance in church but hockey teaches us a lot of things like relationships, how to be a team, exercise, anger management and many other things. In the scriptures Paul tells us to live in the present and be ready to do the hard things as well as the easy things. The last hymn “What a Friend We Have in Jesus,” was followed by the commissioning, benediction and the singing of the response “Go Now in Peace.” Everyone was invited for coffee and fellowship after the service. “It is appointed for man once to die--and after that comes judgment!” Hebrews 9:27 The contracting walls! (J.R. Miller) There was a mediaeval dungeon of singular construction. When the prisoner first entered it--it seemed very bright and pleasant. It had a cheerful appearance. But in three or four days, he saw that the walls, which were of iron, were slowly contracting. On oiled hinges and in silent grooves, the metal plates were ever drawing nearer and nearer to each other. By and by the prisoner could hardly move. Then the place was too small for him to lie down in. The next day, there was only room for him to stand. Now he put his hands frantically against the iron walls to keep them from crushing him. But all was in vain. The walls silently and remorselessly closed upon him. In the same way, your years are the walls of just such a prison. They are bright and beautiful to you. But each day the prison is contracting, its walls are narrowing around you. With every pulse-beat, the iron walls draw closer and closer around your soul. The only refuge from this prison, is Christ. Without Christ, life means nothing but illusion and disappointment, ending in death and eternal damnation! Christ is the only door into liberty, into blessedness, into joy, into Heaven! “For the wages of sin is death” Romans 6:23 “I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved!” John 10:9 A Grace Gem Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church, Listowel, ON 519-291-1956 Citizen of the Year award nominees sought in Blyth The deadline for nominations for The Citizen’s annual Citizen of the Year Awards has been extended until May 31, 2013. To date, several, though still not enough, nominations have been received for a Citizen of the Year candidate in Brussels, but not a single nomination has come in from Blyth and its surrounding communities. We at The Citizen know there are plenty of deserving people in Blyth and its surrounding communities, so we’re hoping that Citizen readers will step up and nominate someone they feel goes above and beyond the call of duty for their community and its people. Recent Citizen of the Year Award winners from Blyth include: Steve Howson, 2012; Kay Hesselwood, 2011; Jean Nethery, 2010; Brock and Janis Vodden, 2009; Joe Hallahan, 2008; Janice Henry, 2007 and Lois van Vliet, 2006. Let’s add another name to that list in 2013. A nomination form can be found on page 13 of this week’s issue of The Citizen. Spring Breezes greenhouses 83189 Scott Line, RR 3 Blyth 519-523-9456 (Check us out on Facebook too!) Spring Breezesgreenhouses Open daily Monday - Saturday The plants are looking fabulous. Looking forward to serving you for another season. Opening May 1st Baskets, containers, annuals, perennials, vegetables and much more! Blyth Business Improvement Area Annual Meeting Monday, April 29 7 pm Bainton’s Art Gallery All welcome.