The Citizen, 2012-02-02, Page 3THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012. PAGE 3.
Greeting worshippers at Blyth
United Church on Sunday, Jan. 29
were Joan Clark and Laurie
Sparling. Ushering were Rob
Mason, Laurie Sparling and Lavern
Clark. Floyd Herman was music
director. Fred Hakkers ran the
power point and Candice Abell-
Rinn lit the candles at the front of
the church. Flowers at the front of
the church were in memory of
Margaret Wasson placed by her
family.
Rev. Gary Clark welcomed
everyone to church and drew
everyone’s attention to the
announcements in the bulletin with
special mention that the ladies will
be making turkey pies on Feb. 8.
Call Joann MacDonald if you wish
to order. Also there will be a kids
cooking club at Blyth United
Church starting Monday, Feb. 6 for
ages nine and up from 3:30 p.m. to
5:30 p.m. Contact Kathy Douglas at
519-523-43880 for more
information.
The call to worship “Come All
You People” was sung followed by
the prayer of approach. The first
hymn was, “Jesus Shall Reign” and
the children were asked to come to
the front for their story time. Rev.
Clark asked the kids how many
steps it was to the back of the
church. One comment was that it
depended on how big a step you
took. They all went back to the back
and counted the steps which were
anywhere from 22 steps to 32 steps
for the smaller children.
It didn’t matter how many steps
there were,, it mattered that you
came inside the doors. God gives useasy tasks to perform like giving
someone a hug but He also gives us
hard things to do like some people
find it hard to come into the church.
God helps us to do both the easy and
hard things if we ask for His help.
The scripture reading was from
Mark 1: 21-28 in which Jesus asks
His disciples to come with Him.
Steps are important when it comes
to moving forward. Jesus had spent
30 years preparing to be a teacher
and He heard God’s calling for him
to teach the people.
Sometimes we think we are too
busy to hear God calling us.
Sometimes we have very good
reasons that we do not hear God’s
calling. In answering God’s call the
first step is the hardest to take.
Jesus answered God’s calling
knowing what His fate would be
after John the Baptist was arrested
and put to death. Jesus’ disciples
also knew what might happen to
them when they heard Jesus asking
them to come with Him.
Discipleship is a task or a way of
life. It is a part of everything we do.
Life is good but there are hardships
along the way. We should set time
for prayer in our busy lives. We
should also set time to listen to God,
which most of us don’t take the
time. Conversation means be
willing to listen to the other person.
If we don’t take the time to listen to
others, they still stop talking. If we
listen we can hear God’s call and
make a decision.
The choir sang an old hymn,
“Holy, Holy, Holy” for their
anthem. The offering was received
followed by the offertory hymn,
offertory prayer, silent prayers and
take time to listen to God and the
singing of The Lord’s Prayer. The
last hymn, “O Master Let Me Walk
With Thee” was followed by the
commissioning, benediction and the
response.
Everyone was invited for coffee
and cookies and a time for
fellowship.
By Marilyn
Craig
Call
523-9318
From Marilyn’s Desk
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s.. some planes
Students at Blyth Public School learned the elements of flight by making, testing and
eventually launching paper airplanes. Shown testing their crafted creations are, from left,
Samantha Hubbard, Marielle VanSchaik, Ally Glousher, Jessica McNichol, Kyle Gottschalk,
Tessa Bibok, Logan Chalmers and Amber Siertsema. (Denny Scott photo)
Set time to pray andcommune with God
Grade 4/5 class learns about
crashed Italian cruise ship
By Phaedra Scott
This week has been slow and
more of a week for students to catch
up on earlier projects. The Grade
7/8 class brought out the paint for
their Van Gogh remakes. They are
learning how to create texture and
dimension in their paintings.
History projects were due for all
Grade 7/8 students.
They created a Wordle relating a
personal conflict to a world conflict.
Wordle is a website that allows you
to paste in an assortment of words
and create artwork. Then, using the
words they used in their Wordle,
they wrote a report on how the
words relate to each other. The
Grade 7/8 class is well on their way
to finishing their short stories, using
the writing techniques of their
favourite author.
By Courtney Bachert
Students are learning lots and
having fun. Especially Mitch and
Emma in Mrs. Decker’s Grade 4/5
class who are enjoying all the
activities and subjects. Mitch said
he was having fun learning about
the ship that sunk in Italy. He is
liking all of the quizzes and
activities that Mrs. Decker is putting
on Edmodo.
Emma said she is having fun with
the French play. They are doing “Le
Chat Et La Lune” and she is having
a great time with that. All of the
French classes are practising their
plays so they can get them “just
perfect” when they go to present
them.
Mr. Gole’s Grade 2/3 class is
learning the Standard Algorithms
and problem solving in Math. Mrs.
Todd’s Grade 3 class just started
with learning the right angle. She
had the students go around the room
to find right angles, as a game. The
Grade 7 students just had a test on
area and are starting a new unit on
co-ordinate systems.
All of the kids are enjoying the
work and can’t wait for the PD day
on Feb. 1.
By Hunter Dale
This week the Junior
Kindergarten class began learning
about boats and all the parts that
make up the different kinds of boats.
They also learned many sailor songs
and coloured floating colour words.
They did many experiments to
determine what objects float or sink
and discovered that things made of
wood float.
Next week they will learn about
airplanes and rocketships.
The Senior Kindergarten class
concentrated on the letter “E” this
week and the two sounds it makes.
They made a text to self connection
after reading the book “The Elves
and the Shoemaker”.
They matched shoes in pairs and
practised counting by twos.
They used a number line to
help them count by two above
10.
They tried their first bansho
problem in math class while
applying a variety of problem
solving strategies.
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Euchre returns to Legion
Sympathy is extended to the
families of Margaret Wasson who
passed away this past week.
Sympathy is also extended to Ethel
(Pierce) Adams of Wingham and her
family on the death of her husband
Sid Adams.
Happy birthday to Vera
Hesselwood of London who
celebrates Feb. 4; Mac Brooks, Feb.
5; Evelyn Caldwell and Jeff Josling,
Feb. 6 and Lawrence Plaetzer, Feb.
9.
It’s back! Get your card skills
tuned up. Legion euchre is starting
again this coming Monday, Feb. 6 at
1:30 p.m. in the Legion Hall.
Toonie Tuesday at Trinity
Anglican Church is on Feb. 21 from
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The menu is
pancakes, sausage, salad and
dessert. Proceeds are for
outreach programs. Everyone is
welcome.
Parking, police discussed
Parking lines were on the mind of
Deputy-Reeve David Riach during
North Huron Council’s regular
meeting on Jan. 14.
Riach stated that Stantec, a
consulting firm, held a meeting
regarding the Blyth streetscape
proposal in Blyth earlier this month.
One recommendation the group
had was to better define parking by
having lines painted.
Council discussed the issue and
decided to inquire what the cost
would be to have the county
involved in the project.
***
North Huron Council decided to
seek out pricing for OPP coverage in
Blyth and East Wawanosh.
Council wanted to know how
much it would cost to contract out
Section 10 coverage for the two
wards.
Section 10 coverage is enhanced
over the basic coverage the areas
already receive.
Council passed a motion to
contact the OPP and get pricing for
the increased coverage.
Profiting from the Scriptures
by J.C. Ryle
(continued from last week)
(8) In the last place, read the Bible with Christ continually in view.
The grand primary object of all Scripture, is to testify of Jesus! Old Testament
ceremonies are shadows of Christ. Old Testament deliverers are types of Christ. Old
Testament prophecies are full of Christ’s sufferings, and of Christ’s glory yet to come.
The first coming and the second; the Lord’s humiliation and His glorious kingdom; His
cross and the crown -- shine forth everywhere in the Bible. Keep fast hold on this clue,
if you would read the Bible aright!
I might easily add to these hints, if space permitted. Few and short as they are--you will
find them most profitable when implemented.
A Grace Gem
Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church,
Listowel, ON 519-291-1956