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World Day of Prayer being held on March 4
Happy birthday to Brendan
Hallahan who will celebrate March
6; Barry MacDonald, March 8,
Grace McNichol, March 9 and
Nellie Mason, March 10.
Don’t forget the World Day of
Prayer being held at Trinity Anglican
Church on Friday, March 4 at 7 p.m.
This year the service was created bythe Women of Chile.There were six-and-a-half tables inplay at the euchre held at the LegionHall on Monday, Feb. 21. Winners
were: high lady, Lillian Appleby, 80;
high man, Joann MacDonald, 77;
ladies’ lone hands, tied, Mae Ritchie
and Bernice Moore, four; men’s lone
hands, Bush Whittard, six; low lady,
tied, Berva Cartwright and Dorothy
Carter, 48; low man, tied, Harold
McClinchey and Alex Nethery, 51;
door prize, Bernice Moore; share the
wealth, Shirley Wood, Doris
McClinchey and Edith Glousher.
Next euchre will be March 7 at 1:30
p.m. in the Legion Hall. Come out
and try your luck.
There is always someone whoknows someone in or near a disaster.Les and Evelyn Caldwell’s friendsJohn and Karen Young of Ashburton,New Zealand live about an hour
away from Christchurch where the
earthquake happened. The quake
started about 1 p.m. and they had
about 40 aftershocks before night.
Alison Caldwell, daughter of Wayne
and Deb Caldwell and her friends
were staying with the Youngs and
had been in Christchurch on the
Sunday. The bus station that they
were at was destroyed along with a
hospital and the large cathedral
which the Caldwell’s had visited on
their trip to New Zealand. This was
the second earthquake in the last six
months. The quake lasted less than aminute but many people lost theirlives and many were injured. TheYoungs report that there is what theycall liquid concrete which is much
like quicksand. The rose bushes are
covered with this mud and some of
the animals are getting stuck in it.
For interest to farmers the harvest is
about two-thirds done in New
Zealand. It is their summer over
there.
BLYTH UNITED CHURCH
Greeting worshippers at Blyth
United Church on Sunday, Feb. 27
was Joan Clark. Usher were Nancy
Hakkers, Hope Button and Terry
Richmond. Floyd Herman was
music director. Fred Hakkers ran the
power point.
Rev. Gary Clark welcomed
everyone to church and drew
everyone’s attention to the
announcements in the bulletin.
Special attention was paid to the
UCW meeting on March 3
combining the February and March
meeting, the Holy Rollers will be
making meat pies on March 30. Call
Joann with orders and Toonie Sale
donations are being welcomed right
now for Women’s Day Out.
The first hymn was, “Lord, Listen
to Your Children Praying”. The call
to worship was repeated
responsively followed by the choral
response, “Glory to God in the
Highest”. The prayer of invocation
was repeated in unison.
For the Minute for Missions Rev.
Clark spoke about the quilt patches
that were to tell the slaves from the
southern states of how to get to the
underground and escape to the north.
The scripture reading was from
Genesis 32: 6-8, 22-32. The choir
favoured the congregation by
singing the anthem, “Forgive Our
Sins as We Forgive.”
Rev. Clark’s message to the adults
was “Your Open Heart”. Rev. Clark
asked the congregation if they had
ever been really scared that they
were going to die?
This is the way Jacob felt when he
heard Esau was coming to meet him.
Jacob decided to divide his family
into parts hoping that if Esau found
them his anger would be over by the
time he found the second half. Jacob
had his wives and children cross the
river so they would be safe and he
stayed behind. Jacob had a dream
that changed the way he thought and
turned him into a better man. Esau
saw the change in his brother and
shook his hand.
Our children and grandchildren
will have to live with our mistakes.
We must be aware of what we are
teaching our children because they
learn from us. We should not teach
them to blame others for the
mistakes they have made.
If we ask God for help He is a
forgiving God. We are half the
problem and with an open heart we
will be half of the solution. We must
have humility and an open heart in
order to help others.
The next hymn, “I Heard the Voice
of Jesus” was sung followed by the
receiving of the offering, the offering
response, the prayer of dedication,
the prayers for the world and the
singing of The Lord’s Prayer. The
last hymn, “Great Is Thy
Faithfulness” was sung followed by
the commissioning, benediction and
the choral response, “Sent Forth By
God’s Blessing”.
Everyone was invited for
coffee and cookies before going
home.
By Marilyn
Craig
Call
523-9318
From Marilyn’s Desk
NEWS
FROM BLYTH
Big winner
The Blyth Legion held a meat draw and dessert auction on Friday night at the Legion Hall
where Brenda Finlayson, left, took home a hunk of meat ready for the grill. Spinning the wheel
that night was Bernice Pierce. (Vicky Bremner photo)
By Carlene Bremner,
Isaac Nicholson and Eric Steel
Currently, in the Grade 5/6 class
students read and performed the
novel Stone Fox. The class will later
be creating a book talk about it. The
students will also be continuing
work on their persuasive writing in
language. In math, the students are
just finishing up their chapter on
angles and triangles and will be
moving on to multiplying decimals.
The class has just moved onto a new
focus of mapping in social studies.
Other news from Blyth Public
School is that the students from
Grades 5-8 went skiing at Chicopee
in Kitchener on Feb. 24. The
students say that they enjoyed it and
had a good time. Speeches were
held in the gym on Feb. 22. The
placings, from third to first were:
intermediate division, Amelia
Badley, Eric Steele and Phaedra
Scott; junior division, Logan
Chalmers, Courtney Bachert and
Nathan Bachert; primary division,
Rylee Chalmers and Joy Pizzati,
tied for second; Eleanor and Eve
Verschaeve, tied first. These
students represented Blyth at the
Legion Public Speaking at the
Memorial Hall on Feb. 26. Both
alternates had to take the places of
contestants that could not be
present.
In the Grade 7/8 class, the
students have started a new task in
language. The class has been split
up into several different writing
groups. Each student must answer
different level questions and
responses that relate to their book
they are reading. The students are
continuing on with their chapter on
decimals, in math.
This week we conducted a survey.
We asked one person from each
class throughout the school the
same question, “what is their
favourite part of school?”
Connor in senior kindergarten
likes playing in the computer lab
and Jonathan, also in senior
kindergarten, likes playing in the
gym. In Grade 1/2 Colby and Kale
like when they get to do centres. In
Grade 2/3 Evy’s favourite thing to
do in school is gym. Also in 3/4
Kyle likes art and math and Clarissa
likes having fun with friends at
recess. Grade 5/6 students like the
technology such as the netbooks. In
the Grade 6/7 classes Justin looks
forward to going home - surprise,
surprise. Last, but not least, from
Grade 7/8 Kenzie Nesbitt says that
she couldn’t survive school if she
couldn’t look forward to the one and
only graduation! And no offence to
Mrs. McDowell, but I think all of
the Grade 8 students do too.
Last week at Blyth Public School
in the library, the school received 15
more Aspire One netbooks, which
have better mouse pads than the
others at the school.
The purpose of the Bible
(J.R. Miller, “Devotional Hours with the Bible” 1909)
“All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for
correcting, for training in righteousness--so that the man of God may be complete,
equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17
Paul has no uncertain word about the inspiration of the Scriptures. The Bible alone
is the Word of God. Holy men wrote it as they were moved by the Holy spirit. There
are other good books in the world--but none like the Word of God.
We ought to read the Bible reverently--since God speaks to us in its pages.
We ought to believe it--for His Word must be absolutely true.
We should obey it--since what God commands must be right.
We may yield our whole life to its influence--to be guided and fashioned by it.
Scripture is profitable for teaching--that is, for instruction in all matters that
concern life.
It is profitable for rebuking--it shows us our sins, our follies, our mistakes.
It is profitable for correcting--to bring us back from wrong ways to right ways.
It is profitable for training in righteousness--it gives us instruction for all true and
beautiful living.
“So that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”
The purpose of the Bible is to make complete men of us. If we follow it in
everything--it will show us the right of way, it will reveal to us the perfect ideal of
Christian character, it will inspire us to holy living.
A Grace Gem
Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church,
Listowel, ON 519-291-1956
Grade 5/6 performing, creating novel