The Citizen, 2012-10-04, Page 20PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2012.By Pastor Mark Royall
Huron Chapel Evangelical
Missionary Church, Auburn
I love watching how God works.
Especially if I am in the mix of those
workings.
Years ago a couple of fellow
pastors and I went to Red Bay for a
few days to stay at a cottage that was
made available for us to use. Red
Bay is a little summer community
that sits on Lake Huron up on the
Bruce Peninsula. In the summer the
place is buzzing with families in RV
parks, lodges and cottages but in
early October it was, as the saying
goes,’dead as a doornail’. We saw no
one. I did not see a single car driving
down the street or single light
shining in a cottage. It was if
someone had put the little hamlet to
sleep and it wasn’t to be wakened
again until the next summer.
During our time in Red Bay the
three of us talked together, prayed
together and went for walks along
the quiet streets. On one of our
morning walks we noticed a
trailer/RV park with a restaurant that
had an “open” sign in the window.
We thought this was odd that this
place or any place for that matter,
would be open during the off season.
We thought maybe they had forgot to
take the sign down at summer’s end.
We decided to go and check it out.
We went up to the door and were
pleasantly surprised to discover it
was unlocked. So we walked in
hoping we might be able to get some
breakfast. A middle-aged lady
popped her head out from the back
kitchen. By the look on her face I
think she was more surprised than
we were when we walked in. Of
course no one else was in the
restaurant. We found a booth, sat
down and waited.
After a few moments the lady we
saw sticking her head out from the
kitchen came to our table with some
menus. She seemed nervous and
then began apologizing as we looked
over the menu saying it was her
husband who usually does the
cooking and he went into town for
some supplies. Neither of them ever
thought someone would actually
come in during his absence. I could
tell she was overwhelmed with the
idea of cooking breakfasts for us so I
spoke up and said, “I will tell you
what. Why don’t me and my friends
go back in the kitchen and help you
cook our breakfasts?” She agreed
and so back we went.
In no time at all we were cracking
eggs, frying bacon and making toast.
All the while we were doing this we
were chatting and laughing together.
The three pastors quickly became
three chefs. We were having so
much fun. At one point our host’s
curiosity was getting the best of her
and she asked me, “What do you
guys do for a living anyways?” I
answered, “We have the best job in
the world! Can you guess what that
might be?” She paused, and slowly
said the words, “Are you pastors?”
“Why yes we are. You guessed
right.” She was so excited. She cried
and then she laughed. Now I was
curious. Why was she responding
this way? This is the story she told
us.
She and her husband had recently
moved from a large community
close to the city to buy and manage
this RV/Trailer park with a
restaurant in Red Bay. It was a big
change for them. She was a Christian
who had a good church family back
home in the city. However here
being so new she often felt isolated
and alone. These feelings had
escalated when she recently
discovered she had cancer. All these
changes were proving to be a lot for
her to bear.
On this particular morning she was
feeling quite low. With her husband
away for a good part of the day, with
no other people or church family
close by she prayed to God, “Lord, I
am feeling so alone today. I am
afraid of this cancer and all these
changes and I don’t want to be alone.
I know I live in a place where people
are just not around this time of year
but could You please send someone
to me today? Thank you Lord,
Amen.”
This was when we walked in. She
popped her head out and saw these
three gentlemen coming into the
restaurant. Already feeling
overwhelmed by her situation she
was worried at the idea of cooking
breakfasts. Her husband did this...
not her. But then I offered to go back
and cook our breakfasts. She noticed
we didn’t complain and how much
fun we were having in the kitchen.
This is when she asked, “What do
you guys do for a living?” She was
quietly wondering if God was
answering her prayer? You can
imagine how she felt when she
discovered we were pastors. She had
thought there was no chance of
someone coming to be with her that
day while she was feeling so low.
But in this little community during
the off season when there was no one
else around, God sent her three
pastors to minister to her that
morning. The three of us gathered
around and prayed for her. We talked
and visited with her all that morning.
When we left she was feeling upbeat
and so grateful how God did what
she thought was impossible.
I would have liked to have been
there when her husband came home
and asked her, “So how was your
day?” She would have quite a story
to tell him how in the middle of
nowhere God sent her three pastors
to minister to her that day.
I remember when I was in Grade 2
in my public school and how many
mornings we would sing the song,
“God sees the little sparrow fall,
It meets His tender view;
If God so loves the little birds,
I know He loves me, too.
He loves me, too, He loves me,
too,
I know He loves me too;
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, October 7
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
Hwy. 4, Blyth 519-523-4743
www.blythcrc.ca
SUNDAYS
Morning Service 10:00 am
Evening Service 7:30 pm
BLYTH CHRISTIAN
REFORMED CHURCH
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Pastor: Ernest Dow ~ 519-523-4848
Living Water
Christian Fellowship
t Oct. 7: Eph. 1:3-14
Evangelical Missionary Church
Thanksgiving: “Lavished with the
Riches of Grace”
10:30 a.m. ~ Worship & Sunday School
at 308 Blyth Rd.
(NEW LOCATION!
former Church
of God Building)
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
Emily Uyl presents
her “SERVE”
Mission Trip to Texas
250 Princess St., Brussels
519-887-6388
www.bmfchurch.com
Guests Welcome
Jesus Is Lord!
Brussels
Mennonite
Fellowship
Worship Service 10:00 am
Sunday School 11:15 am
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
OCTOBER 7 ~ Thanksgiving, Communion Sunday,
You Can’t Always Get What You Want!
OCTOBER 14 ~ Open Doors 2012
119 John’s Ave., Auburn
519-526-1131
www.huronchapel.org
Rev. Mark Royall, Sr. Pastor
9:25 a.m.
Sunday School for all ages
10:30 a.m
Morning Worship Service
UPCOMING
OCTOBER
EVENTS
Thursday, October 18th
EN-KATA AFRICAN CHOIR
7:30 pm
Saturday, October 20th
ABC LADIES FALL RENEWAL
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
MELVILLE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BRUSSELS
Rev. Elwin Garland
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7
Wheelchair accessible ~ Nursery care available
519-887-9017
10:00 am - Sunday Morning Worship
- Sunday School
From the Minister’s StudyPray and you shall receive, Royall says
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
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