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have stolen things that don’t belong
to us.
Everyone joined hands and said a
prayer along with the congregation.
Rev. Clark told the children about
how the Mission and Service fund
helps buy bikes for other countries
in the world. The children went
downstairs for their time of
fellowship. Candice Abell-Rinn
carried the Christ candle downstairs
to Sunday school. The choir’s
anthem was, “Blest Be the Ties that
Bind”. Some of the verses from
the old version and some verses
that Mr. Herman had, were put
together to go with Rev. Clark’s
message.
Rev. Clark’s message to the adults
was “Your Cheating Heart”. The
song, “Your Cheating Heart” came
out in 1952 after Hank Williams had
died. Our whole culture seems to
thrive on infidelity and cheating.
The story in the scripture reading
was one of cheating a brother out of
his inheritance. Knowing that Esau
was to get the inheritance, Jacob
waited for his chance to trick his
father into giving him the
inheritance. Jacob wanted it all. We
are often like Jacob and lose
everything that we cheated to get.
We should always compare our
actions to the golden rule, “Do unto
others as we would have others do
unto us”. Always measure our
cheating to the golden rule.
The next hymn was, “Lord Speak
to Me” was followed by the offering
being received, the offering response
and the prayer of dedication, the
prayers for the world and the singing
of The Lord’s Prayer. The last hymn,
“All the Way My Saviour Leads
Me” was followed by the
commissioning, the benediction and
the choral response, “Sent Forth By
God’s Blessing”. Everyone was
invited for coffee and cookies after
church.
The Township of North Huron will have 145 trees available on a
first-come, first-serve basis, limited to one (1) tree per urban
property and two (2) trees per rural property. Residents are
responsible for picking up trees from the Wingham Public Work
Shed, planting and maintenance of these trees. Trees available
include Sugar Maple, Native Red Maple, Red Oak, which are
bare root trees and Colorado Blue Spruce which are bagged.
Specify type of tree when placing order. Place your order early as
supplies are limited.
To order your free tree or for further information, please call the
Municipal Office, at 519-357-3550 Ext. 21 by March 14, 2011.
The Township of North Huron
is promoting a tree planting program for
RESIDENTS OF THE
TOWNSHIP OF NORTH HURON
Blyth United reminded of golden rule
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best.
Last week at Blyth Public School
students had a PA Day on
Wednesday. We asked what
everyone did. Greg in JK said he
watched TV. Riley in Grade 1/2 said
he also watched TV and went
snowmobiling. Ella in Grade 2/3
made a snow fort and Joy in Grade
3/4 played in the snow. In Grade 5/6,
Joseph played a hockey game and
Jeff in Grade 5/6 went tobogganing.
Also Dawn in Grade 7/8 played in
the snow then went skating and got
hot chocolate.
This week in Grade 1/2 they have
been focusing on oral
communication. In preparation, for
the upcoming storytelling, poem
recitations and speeches, they have
been learning the strategies which
are most effective to engage the
audience. As they practise the
retelling of stories, at literacy
centres they are learning to pick out
the important information and put it
back together into a comprehensive
and coherent retelling. Highlighting
the use of dialogue using gestures,
facial expression and voice is
powerful.
They have enjoyed many stories
which are great for retelling and
students continue to learn how to
add props and their own ideas to
stories to bring them to life.
Also last week, we took a survey.
The survey question was “what is
your favourite winter sport?” We got
a lot of different answers. In Junior
and Senior Kindergarten Dale likes
snowmobiling. Heidi in Grade 1/2
loves skating. In Grade 2/3 Kennedy
likes hockey. In Grade 4 Colin likes
skiing. In Grade 5/6 Jamie-Lee and
Logan love broomball. In Grade 6/7
Jenna likes figure skating. And
last but not least in Grade 7/8
Mackenzie and Dalton are all for
hockey.
Students watched TV, played in snow
Continued from page 10Monday, Jan. 31 for the 44th annualmeeting of the UCW Presbyterial.The theme for the meeting was“Trees and the Circle of Life.”Providing background music as the ladies gathered that morningwere Margaret Hern and BarbBosman. Terry Fletcher, minister at Londesborough, and LyndaHorbanuik, past-president of theLondesborough UCW, welcomedeveryone.Worship was led by Ruth Long
and Margaret Hern. As Christians,
the caretaking of God’s creation or
the stewardship of the earth, is our
responsibility. Trees are a source of
and symbol of life. This theme
formed the basis of the worship.
Ruth spoke about a tree that her
grandfather had planted on the front
lawn of his farm home. During her
childhood she recalls that shade tree
being the centre of family gatherings
and a place to play in and under. It
provided shelter on a rainy day and
was home to birds. Although the
family no longer own the property
the tree lives on for someone else to
enjoy.
Kate Monk of the Ausable-
Bayfield Conservation Authority
was the guest speaker. She grew up
on a property with a wooded area at
the rear which became part of the
family garden. Early she recognized
the importance of having and
planting trees. Kate remarked that in
the past, trees were cleared off land
in the interest of farming. Now folks
are recognizing this was a mistake
and are beginning to replant. It was
suggested that areas not conducive to
good farming might better be
planted in trees. An advantage to thispractice is better air quality.Only 13 per cent of Huron Countyand nine per cent of Perth Countyare wooded. As it takes a long time
for a tree to mature, Kate suggested
people need to plant larger trees, not
very young seedlings, and to choose
trees that are native to a specific
area.
Trees are needed along fields and
laneways as windbreaks and along
waterways to prevent erosion and
improve water quality.
The time of devotion ended with
the ladies sharing “An Agape Meal”.
An Agape meal is a meal shared with
prayer and scripture. The sharing of
food and drink reminds Christians of
the times Christ shared meals with
people. Agape is Greek for
unconditional love and that is the
kind of love Christ has for the world.
This agape meal of dried fruit and
crackers was a way of sharing
communion.
Lunch was provided by the ladies
of Londesborough United Church.
Following lunch, reports about the
many aspects of the UCW
Presbyterial were heard. The
president of London Conference of
the UCW was on hand to install the
officers for 2011. Special music was
offered by Deb Siertsema and
Darlene Vanderveen.
Trees importance outlined to UCW by ABCA
Different strokes for different folks
Mr. Gole’s Grade 2/3 class at Blyth Public School is learning how different cultures live their
lives. The Grade 2 students learned about Inuit life and made dioramas about it. The Grade 3
students had a similar project with a focus on native life. (Denny Scott photo)