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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-02-24, Page 3THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2011. PAGE 3. Sovereign, supreme disposal (J.C. Philpot, “Meditations on Ephesians) “And God placed all things under His feet and appointed Him to be head over everything” Ephesians 1:22 How vast, how numerous, how complicated are the various events and circumstances which attend the Christian here below, as he travels onward to his heavenly home! But if all things are put under Jesus’ feet, there cannot be a single circumstance over which He has not supreme control. Everything in providence and everything in grace are alike subject to His disposal. There is not... a trial, a temptation, an affliction of body or soul, a loss, a cross, a painful bereavement, a vexation, a grief, a disappointment, a case, state or condition, which is not put under Jesus’ feet. He has sovereign, supreme disposal over all events and circumstances. As possessed of infinite knowledge He sees them; as possessed of infinite wisdom He can manage them; and as possessed of infinite power He can dispose and direct them for our good and His own glory. How much trouble and anxiety would we save ourselves, could we firmly believe, realize, and act on this! If we could see by the eye of faith that... every foe and every fear, every difficulty and perplexity, every trying or painful circumstance, every looked for or unlooked for event, every source of care, whether at present or in prospect — are all at His sovereign disposal, what a load of anxiety and care would be often taken off our shoulders! A Grace Gem Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church, Listowel, ON 519-291-1956 NEWS FROM BLYTH Blyth resident feels she was targeted by “crooks”Mary Passchier of Blyth was understandably shaken up after sheand her mother had a run-in withwhat she feels to be a group ofcrooks.Passchier was called early lastweek by a younger woman whoclaimed to be working for acompany that inspected furnaces. “In my naivety I handed the phoneto my mother because I didn’t knowabout the furnace,” Passchier said.“And my mother proceeded to give them the information about the furnace, and set up a time for them to come on Tuesday [Feb. 15].” After they gave their information, Passchier was tipped off to the fact that this wasn’t a business they were dealing with. “Before my mother hung up, [the woman on the phone] said “God Bless You”, and that isn’t the norm when dealing with business people,” she said. After that, Passchier called the North Huron municipal office to see if they had heard anything. “Usually, if testing is going on, they will send out a notice, or have heard about it, but they didn’t know,” she said. “They told us to By Denny ScottThe Citizen Blyth Book fair raises nearly $1,500 By Carlene Bremner, Isaac Nicholson and Eric Steel Currently, at Blyth Public School, the Grade 6/7 class has been learning how to work corroboratively and appropriately with each other. The class has also been writing their own news reports, and may even be turning some of them into a podcast. This is also part of their response to the world around us and media in their lives. The class also presented their speeches with the Grade 7/8 students. In the Grade 7/8 class, the students have begun to paint their recreations of the Group of Seven artwork. The students were to choose a piece of artwork, draw the outline of the artwork, and then paint it. In math, the students have begun a new chapter on integers and have started review on that. This week the Junior Kindergarten students learned about the letter “E” and its two sounds and how it makes other letters sound differently. They also glued eggshells onto large letter E’s. They played lots of games centering around the letter and visited our school’s book fair. The Senior Kindergarten class concentrated upon the fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin and learned about inferring how the Miller’s Daughter was feeling before, when and after Rumpelstiltskin helped her. They studied the letter “R” and its sound this week. They also visited the school’s book fair and the Blyth Public Library to sign out books. Also this week the school held its annual winter carnival. Students spent the morning break playing winter-related games and snacking on hot chocolate and graham crackers. All the Grade 8 students either ran an event or were a leader of group. It wasn’t a competition, but it was fun seeing all the students trying their hardest to win the events. It was also great to see the senior students taking part in the events as well. Last week the school held its annual book fair. There was a variety of books for kids of all ages, from Kindergarten to Grade 8. There were also some different posters and a selection of school supplies. We also had a new series, called “Discover Your World”, which is a non- fiction series about the earth. The book fair was a big success, raising almost $1,500. This allowed the school to purchase almost $500 worth of books for the library. By Marilyn Craig Call 523-9318 From Marilyn’s Desk Snowbirds say it’s cold Happy birthday to Sharon Bromley who will celebrate Feb. 25; Elsie Walsh, Feb. 26; Joann MacDonald and Dana Weber, Feb. 28. Happy Family Day to all those who got the day off. Reports from some of the snowbirds is that the weather in the south is not as warm as they would like. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES OF NORTH PERTH AND NORTH HURON INVITE YOU TO OUR LENTEN PARISH MISSION WITH FATHER KENNETH LEBLANC, LC FEBRUARY 26/27 AND MARCH 1, 2, 3 The overall theme of the mission is “The Love of Christ impels us” Titles of each sermon: 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 1 St. Joseph’s Church, Listowel: “God loves me and that is why He created me” 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 2 St. Ambrose Church, Brussels: “God loves me and that is why He became a man for me” 7:00 p.m. Thursday, March 3 Sacred Heart Church, Wingham: “God loves me and that is why He became my Redeemer” PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND OUR LENTEN MISSION. INVITE YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS. Father LeBlanc will be the celebrant and homilist at our weekend Masses of February 26/27. Our weekend Mass times are: Saturday: 6:00 pm St. Ambrose (Brussels) Sunday: 9:00 am Sacred Heart (Wingham) and 11:00 am St. Joseph (Listowel) This would be a perfect time to prepare for Lent, which will start this year on Ash Wednesday, March 9 273 Hamilton St., Blyth Ballroom & Latin Group & Private Lessons 519-523-4590 New beginner classes starting March 2 and 3 Call Now! Continued on page 18 Bean bag toss Adam Shortreed (centre) enjoys the delayed Winter Carnival at Blyth Public School with other members of his team (from left) Dawn Conrad, Hannah Ortman and Hanna Boven. (Denny Scott photo)