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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2012-11-01, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2012. ALIA TANJAYN Located at Lucknow Travel 603 Campbell St., Lucknow 519-528-2388 or 1-877-582-5669 Mon - Fri 9:30-5 Sat 9:00-12 Ladies Fashion (on all summer clothing) 30% OFF ROLLTHEDICEANDSAVEEVENT Nov 1, 2, & 3 onlyALIA NT AN J AY Ladies Fashion Roll a 7 get 25% off Roll an 11 get 50% off All other rolls are Tax Free! up to 50% off Some exceptions apply • Remainder of November is Tax Free! Guest Reverend speaker shares story, singing ability Music was featured at Londesborough United Church on Sunday, Oct. 28 as the congregation held their 152nd Anniversary Service. The service began with the senior choir offering as their first anthem, “Awake, Awake”. Later they shared an adaptation of the spiritual, “Freedom Land”. Young voices were raised in praise as the junior choir sang, “You Are the Maker”, conducted by Erica Baxter and Erin Yantzi. During his message, guest speaker, Rev. Pirie Mitchell shared his considerable vocal talent singing three numbers, “Let My People Go”, “Jericho” and “Old Man River”. Pirie was accompanied by Barb Bosman.Rev. Mitchell told the childrenwho gathered at the front of thesanctuary a story reminiscent of the Bible story concerning the widow’s mite. As legend has it a long time ago in the shadow of the walls of a great castle lived two children and their grandmother. Although the king was very rich, the children were very poor. In the castle village was a great church. In the church was a candle that no one was able to light, it just would not burn. According to the legend, it would light by itself if someone gave a great gift to the church. So on Christmas Eve parishioners came with gifts to present in the hopes that theirs would be the gift that lit the candle. The two children came with the penny they found on their way to the service. All the great gifts failed to light the candle. But the penny set on the edge of the altar made the candle blaze because they had given all they had.The Minute for Missions toldabout the Christian school, LosQuinos, in Managua, Nicaragua that is supported by donations to the United Church Mission and Service Fund. The workers at the school recognize that their hours must adjust to the work the children do on the streets of the city; that their parents also need teaching; that the meals they serve are essential to the children’s health. Through education will come a better life. “Are we Christians slaves in the 21st century?” was the theme of Rev. Mitchell’s message that morning. His supporting scripture passages were Isaiah 58: 6-9 and Luke 4: 14-20. Appropriate for an anniversary celebration, Pirie reminded congregants that the pioneers who settled this area faced many difficult challenges to establish homes, schools and churches. They were forced to adapt to the times and they changed this land. However, Pirie questions whether we (today’s church) are slaves to the way things have been for a long time. Because it is comfortable? However we may find that comfort distressing because we are not able to move on into the future, to accept change. He feels we don’t need to be slaves to the past; we need to be free to a new society and times. By looking past the literaltranslations of the Bible andlistening more emotionally to Jesus’teachings, one recognizes that Jesus didn’t call us to ‘have’ but to ‘be’, to be all we can be in our faith and in the world. Rather than be slaves to the past, Rev. Mitchell suggested everyone get in the boat on the river of life and grow, accept and make changes and enjoy those changes. A PA Day Retreat for children in Grades 4 to 6 happens this Friday, Nov. 2 at Brucefield United Church based on the movie, Finding Nemo. Then water-fantastic stuff will happen for high school students at the cabin of Nick and Joan Whyte on Friday, Nov. 9. Contact Kathy Douglas at 519-523-4380 or Crystal Whyte for more details. The senior choir of Londesborough United will participate in the Mass Choir Event at Clinton United on Sunday, Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. The Official Board of Londesborough United will meet on Nov. 13 beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Sunday School is holding its annual swim party at the Vanastra Recreation Centre on Saturday, Nov. 3. Swim from 4 to 5 p.m. and enjoy pizza from 5 to 6 p.m. Families are asked to bring along finger foods and a donation toward the pizza. By BRENDA RADFORD Call 523-4296 PEOPLE AROUND LONDESBORO NEWS FROM LONDESBORO Poet Laureate Wah visits Hullett By Colton Rodger This past week at Hullett Central Public School, many events took place. In the Grade 7/8 class students had a nice conversation with Fred Wah. He is the Parliamentary Poet Laureate. Mr. Wah spoke to the class about the power of words and the fact that when you write poems you would be led by where the words take you. He also said that poems have many different meanings. Mr. Wah also talked about his life as a child of mixed race and how he was impacted by bullies. Last Friday was Wacky Hair day, we had many who participated in the spirit day, many people had cool designs with their hair. Jamie Lee Eckert braided and painted her hair in all different colours. Grade 8 students are currently selling mint smoothies to raise money for Camp Celtic. Each Grade 8 student who wants to, sells smoothies and is having lots of fun doing it. At Christmas they will also do another mint smoothie fundraiser. This time they will have different flavours like raspberry, orange, original and cherry. In science, students are writing observations about the ecosystems. Connor Driscoll’s dragonfly nymph has shed its skin. Jenna McDonald’s snail laid eggs. Mrs. deBoer wanted everyone to know that the yearbook is well underway. She says they have a great crew of students from Grade 6 to 8 participating this year. It looks like it is going to be an exciting year with lots of new ideas. Mrs. Barnett wanted to make sure that we thanked the school community for purchasing magazines or giftware. This was another very successful fundraiser for us. That’s all for this week folks. By Jenna McDonald In Grade 1 we have been learning lots of interesting things about apples. We each made an apple tree to put in the apple orchard outside our classroom. We used paint, tissue paper, glue and coloured pasta shells. This week Mrs. Thompson let us taste three different kinds of apples: Golden Delicious (yellow), Granny Smith (green) and Red Delicious (red) - yum! The results of the survey showed that most students in Grad 1 liked Red Delicious apples best but Golden Delicious was a close second. In the kindergarten class students have been learning about the letter WE’LL KEEP YOU ROLLING 40356 LONDESBORO RD., LONDESBOROUGH BUSINESS: 519-523-4742 TOLL FREE: 1-877-619-7877 EMAIL: ttyr@tcc.on.ca YOUR WINTER TIRE/WHEEL SPECIALISTS MANY USED SNOW TIRES IN STOCK! M.G.M. TOWNSEND TIRE I learned recently that this space has two new readers in Wingham. Hello to Ken and Audrey. Nov. 1 marks a change to winter hours for Hydro One. You might need to rethink your habits again for the winter. And on Nov. 1, don’t forget to wear a poppy in remembrance and thankfulness. The Londesborough UCW held their October meeting on Monday, Oct. 15. Group four, Lena Nesbitt, Jane Hoggart and Barb Bosman, presented a program focusing on “keeping the right perspective”. Fun, but thought-provoking, readings included “The Oyster”, “Are You a Carrot” and “Egg or a Coffee Bean” and a history of teddy bears. Lena offered instructions for praying using your hand as a guide to praying about the important things in life. The hymn, “Give to Us Laughter” was sung. Business centred on fall activities for the group and the congregation. The next meeting will be the Christmas potluck on Nov. 19. Now, if occasionally you like to shuffle and deal but euchre isn’t your game, why not a little cribbage? Some folks in the Auburn area are interested in starting a community cribbage club and are inviting any area folk who might enjoy an afternoon of cribbage to come on out. The first gathering is Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 1:30 p.m. at the Auburn Grill, formerly Stickers Restaurant in Auburn. Depending on interest other afternoons will be considered. Cribbage group wants players Continued on page 14 Poet Laureate Canadian Parlimentary Poet Laureate Fred Wah visited Hullett Central Public School last week to speak with students about his work and the power of words. (Photo submitted)