HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-03-31, Page 3THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2011. PAGE 3.
Walk the Story
The Churches of Blyth
INVITE
you to share in the story of
Jesus through Holy week.
Sunday, April 17
6:30 pm: Blyth Community Church of God, Cty. Rd. 25, Blyth
“The Parade”with the Family Puppet Ministry
7:00 pm: Blyth Christian Reformed Church, Hwy. 4, Blyth
“The Anointing”in Word and Song
7:30 pm: Trinity Anglican Church, at the end of Dinsley St.
“The Last Supper”in Sacrament and story
8:00 pm: Blyth United Church of Canada, 430 Mill St.
“The Garden”through singing
8:30 pm: Living Water Christian Fellowship,
Blyth Public School, corner of King & Mill Streets
“The Trial”Interactive story and refreshments
Everyone welcome to walk from church to church
or join us on the way.
273 Hamilton St.,
Blyth
Ballroom & Latin Group & Private Lessons
519-523-4590
www.blytheastsidedance.com
New Salsa Club starting April 8
10 weeks for $75.00
Call Now!
We begin at the lowest grade
(Continued from last week)
“Learn from Me — for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for
your souls.” Matthew 11:29
Thoughtfulness is a necessary lesson. There are a great many thoughtless
Christians. They are always blundering in their interactions with others. They say
the wrong word, they do the wrong thing. They are always hurting other people’s
feelings, giving pain to gentle hearts. Yet it is all from thoughtlessness. “I didn’t
mean to offend him. I didn’t mean to be unkind. I just never thought!” There are
few lessons in Christian life that more people need to learn, than this of
thoughtfulness.
We have to learn to trust. Worry is a sin. It is probably as great a sin as dishonesty
or profanity or bad temper. Yet a good many Christian people worry — and one of
the most important lessons in Christ’s school, is to learn not to worry.
Kindness is a lesson we must learn. It takes many years to learn the one little lesson
of kindness.
Joy is a lesson to be learned.
Peace is another.
Humility is another necessary lesson.
Praise is a great lesson.
All of life is a school, and it is in learning these lessons — that Jesus says we shall
find rest for your souls. Christ Himself is our teacher, and with Him we should
never fail to learn, though it be only slowly. Then as we learn our lessons, our lives
will grow continually more and more into quietness, peace and Christlikeness.
A Grace Gem
Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church,
Listowel, ON 519-291-1956
By Marilyn
Craig
Call
523-9318
From Marilyn’s Desk
Tragedy, compassion can change people’s livesGreeting worshippers at BlythUnited Church on Sunday, March 27were Doug and Barb Howson.Ushering were Elaine Chamney,Terry Richmond and Lavern Clark.
Floyd Herman was music director.
Rev. Gary Clark welcomed everyone
to church and drew attention to the
announcements in the bulletin. The
ladies are making turkey pies on
Tuesday, April 19 (notice the day
has changed from Wednesday to
Tuesday) and beef pies on
Wednesday, April 27 and these wil
be the last until fall, so call Joann
MacDonald with your orders.
There are very few tickets left for
Women’s Day Out on Saturday,
April 9. Call Joann MacDonald if
you wish to order tickets.
Rev. Clark also drew attention to
the Mom-to-Mom Sale on April 2
from 9 a.m. until noon. A very busy
time at Blyth United Church.
The first hymn was, “O Worshipthe King” followed by the prayer ofapproach and invocation repeatedresponsively. The hymn “O God WeCall” was sung. The prayer of
confession was repeated in unison.
The scripture reading was from John
4: 2-42. The children were asked to
come to the front for their story time.
Rev. Clark asked the children to
put the coins he had from the biggest
to the smallest. The toonie was the
biggest but the dime was the
smallest. He asked them if they
thought it was funny that a dime was
smaller than a penny. He asked them
if a bus could be turned on a dime.
Sometimes our lives turn on a dime.
When we go from public school to
high school our lives turn on a dime.
The women in the scripture that
morning found that her life turned
on a dime when she spoke to Jesus.
Jesus treated her with respect. When
we treat others with love thatn thelove is returned.The children went downstairs fortheir time of fellowship. Reid Buttoncarried the Christ Candle down to
Sunday School. The congregation
watched a video reminding them to
stay focused, keep their eyes open
and remember who they are and to
help others with gifts to Mission and
Services. The choir favoured the
congregation with the anthem,
“Amazing Grace.”
Rev. Clark’s message to the adults
was “Turn on a Dime”. Sometimes
our lives turn on a dime like the
earthquake in Japan and for the
families of the firefighters in
Listowel. The same thing happens to
the woman at the well in the
scripture that morning. Jesus, a Jew,
asked the woman for a drink and the
woman was surprised that Jesus
would ask her, a Samaritan, and a
woman. Jesus treated the womanwith respect. Jesus knew all abouther life in the past. The woman ranfrom the well to tell her people thatJesus treated her with respect. She
was a broken woman but her life
turned on a dime when Jesus showed
her compassion and respect. Jesus
tells us to give respect and love to
others and our lives will change on a
dime.
The next hymn was, “Spirit of the
Living God” was sung followed by
the receiving of the offering, the
offertory response and the prayer of
dedication, the prayers of the world
and the singing of The Lord’s
Prayer. The last hymn was, “Guide
Me O Thou Great
Jehovah” followed by the singing of
the choral response, the three-fold
Amen.
Everyone was invited for coffee
and fellowship.
Royal Canadian Legion
Branch 420 - Blyth
Nominations and
Elections
Tuesday,
April 5th, 2011
8:00 pm
General Meeting
at the Branch
All members should consider
running for a position on the
executive and really helping
your Branch out.
Your support would be
appreciated.
McMichael, McClinchey win March euchre games
NEWS
FROM BLYTH
The Lions share
Deb Sholdice, general manager of the Blyth Festival (left), and Heather Black, director of
marketing and development for the Festival accepted $1,500 for the Hometown Directors
Sponsorship from the Blyth Lions Club. Presenting the funds are incoming Director Gary
Courtney, right, and President Alex Blair. (Denny Scott photo)
There were eight tables of cards in
play at the March 21 euchre.
Winners were: high lady, Doris
McClinchey, 79; high man, Pauline
McMichael, 79; ladies’ lone hands,
Helen Lee, four; men’s lone hands,
tied, Harold McClinchey, Bill
Nethery and Len Archambault, two;
low lady, Bernice McClinchey, 44;
low, tied, Alex Nethery, Merv
Snyder, Doug Cartwright and Edith
Glousher, 48; door prize, Geraldine
Dale; share the wealth, Doug
Cartwright, Pauline McMichael and
Len Archambault. The next euchre
will be April 4 at 1:30 p.m. in the
Legion Hall. Come out and enjoy the
fun.
Blyth Legion Ladies are hosting a
Daffodil Soup and Sandwich Lunch
on March 31 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Takeouts are available.
This is the last week to purchase
the Morris-Turnberry history book at
the discounted price.
A lot of volunteer hours have
been spent putting this book
together.
By Carlene Bremner,
Isaac Nicholson and Eric Steele
Currently in the Grade 6/7 class,
the students have been perfecting
their news reports and speeches. The
class has also been into reading.
This week the class is beginning a
new chapter in geography. The
students will be doing an overview
of the physical geography and be
watching a video to open the
subject. In math, the class is starting
to work on measurement. The class
did a special project and actually
built a cubic metre. The class also
learned that they can fit 42,000,000
cubic centimetres into a cubic metre.
Oliver Twist rehearsals have
begun. Ms Badham is working extra
Students work on the news
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