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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-05-09, Page 13THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013. PAGE 13. By Pastor Perry Chuipka St. John’s and Trinity Anglican Churches One night a nurse was making her rounds in a nursing home. While walking down the hall, she came across an open door. She looked in and saw Frank sitting on his bed with a frown on his face. She asked him what was bothering him. Frank said that his passion in life was driving a truck, but now that he was stuck in this nursing home he had lost his passion for living. The nurse said to him, “why don’t you pretend to drive in your truck?” Frank said he had never thought of doing that. The next day the nurse went by Frank’s room and there he was pretending to drive his truck. Wanting to humour him, she asked, “Frank, what are you doing?” He replied, “I’m driving my truck to Nova Scotia.” The nurse smiled at him and carried on making her rounds. The next night as she walked by Frank’s room she saw the same thing. Again she asked Frank, “what are you doing?” He replied, “I’m driving my truck to Nova Scotia, don’t you know, it’s a two-day trip?” The nurse smiled at him and carried on making her rounds. Walking down the hall, she came across another open door and looked in. She saw Bill pretending to dance with someone. She then asked Bill, “what are you doing?” Bill replied, “I’m dancing with Frank’s wife, he’s gone driving in his truck to Nova Scotia for a couple of days!” Obviously Bill had overheard the conversation the nurse had with Frank. He heard Frank’s passion for driving and it motivated him to think about his passion. Sometimes when we are looking for motivation to begin a large project and don’t have the energy, we need to find someone that is passionate about something. Listening to them will recharge our batteries and give us the energy we need to begin that large project. Last year I was procrastinating doing a large project out in my backyard. The next day I received a call from a woman (Joyce Steuernol) about making bed mats for Haiti. She asked me if our church could help her with the mats she was making for families in Haiti. I asked her more about this project and she told me. She told me that she wanted to help young children in Haiti by giving them a plastic bed mat so that they don’t have to sleep on the damp ground. It protects them from dampness, biting insects and the common 'paper cuts' from leaves/reeds. There is a desperate need for the homeless in Haiti since the earthquake. Also, the colourful outer bags used to hold milk become quick-dry bed mats for medical patients in Haiti. By recycling a by-product of our milk purchases, instead of thoughtlessly tossing it in the garbage, we can give a small measure of comfort to hurting people who would otherwise sleep on the ground. Not to mention that this project also keeps those plastic bags out of our landfills. Then she said, come over to my place and I’ll show you how they are done. A few days later, I went over to Joyce’s home and I was amazed to learn about her system for cutting up the plastic milk bags in one long strip so she could start crocheting them into a long bed mat for a child to sleep on. As I watched her work, her face lit up like a Christmas Tree. It was very slow work and very detailed as I watched her move the crochet needle back and forth in a rhythm. While I was at her place she would only get a very small amount done on the mat because it takes a long time to complete. But none the less, Joyce kept smiling through it all. She told me what kept her going in this slow and detailed work is thinking of a child from Haiti lying down on this plastic mat off the ground while it slept comfortably. Before I left she took out another mat that she had completed. I couldn’t believe the beautiful colours in this mat from all the different coloured milk bags. It looked so attractive. Then Joyce told me that one single bed mat for a child takes over 150-200 milk bags and one adult bed mat takes about 250-300 milk bags. She also told me that there is quite the demand for these bed mats because they are making them for more places around HuronChapel.org Worship Service & Sunday School at 11 a.m. 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 MAY 12 ~ “Who’s Your Momma?” & Baptismal Service MAY 19 ~ Signs on the Road 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 Sunday 11:00 a.m. 1025 Wallace Avenue N. Youre Invited to come worship with us Sunday, May 12 Brussels Business & Cultural Centre at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday School for children 4 to 11 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 519.887.8651 Rick Packer 519.527.0173 You’re Invited To Join Us In Worship SUNDAYS Morning Service 10:00 am Evening Service 7:30 pm BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Hwy. 4, Blyth 519-523-4743 www.blythcrc.ca MELVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BRUSSELS Rev. Elwin Garland SUNDAY, MAY 12 Wheelchair accessible ~ Nursery care available 519-887-9017 10:00 am - Sunday Morning Worship - Sunday School getlivingwater.org Living Water Christian Fellowship 10:30 a.m. ~ Worship & Sunday School Wingham Bible Study - Tuesdays 7:30 pm Youth Group - Tuesdays 7:30 pm (at CRC) Women At The Well - 1st & 3rd Wednesdays 7:30 pm at 308 Blyth Rd. (former Church of God) Pastor: Ernest Dow ~ 519-523-4848 May 12: 1 Thess. 2:1-12 Road to Recovery #8: “Recycling My Pain” Evangelical Missionary Church Happy Mother’s Day Saturday, May 11 forenoon: Missions Yard Sale at 136 Patrick St. W., Wingham 250 Princess St., Brussels 519-887-6388 www.bmfchurch.com Pastor Jim Whitehead Guests Welcome Jesus Is Lord! Brussels Mennonite Fellowship Worship Service 10:00 am Sunday School 11:15 am BRUSSELS Sandra Cable, Pastor Church Office 519-887-6259 E-mail - beunitedchurch@gmail.com SUNDAY SERVICE 11:00 am Sunday School Celebrating our Christian Faith together in worship United Church From the Minister’s StudyUse a friend’s passion to ignite your own Continued on page 18