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Ushering at Blyth United Church
on Sunday, June 19 were Lynn
Chalmers and Laurie Sparling.
Music director was Floyd Herman.
Rev. Gary Clark welcomed
everyone to church on this first
Sunday after Pentecost. Jordan, a
friend of Rev. Clark’s, ran the power
point. Rev. Clark drew everyone’s
attention to the announcements in
the bulletin.
The call to worship, “Holy Spirit
Come” was sung followed by the
first hymn, “Come Let Us Sing of a
Wonderful Love”. Jordan read the
scripture from Matthew 10: 24-39
followed by the singing of
“Hallelujah”. Rev. Clark’s message
to the congregation was “Who’s On
First?”
Rev. Clark asked the question who
is “Number One” and who is
“Number One” in your life? The
scripture tells us that Jesus is
“Number One” in our lives. Many of
the people didn’t realize that Jesus
was being sarcastic when He was
telling them the story in the
scripture. He was trying to make a
point that the disciples were just the
same as He was. Jesus challenges us
to be obedient.
No one stopped Jesus when He
turned the tables over in the Temple
and showed His anger with what
was going on in the temple. People
who have power often show it in a
violent way, with guns and being a
bully. Jesus wants us to understand
power and use it in the right way by
looking after people who are not as
well off as we are, to look after the
sick and weak. Jesus showed His
disciples what He meant by washing
their feet. By looking after others it
makes us feel good. Real Power is to
give it away.
The choir sang the anthem, “This
is My Father’s World”. The offering
was received followed by the
response and the prayer of
dedication. The prayers for the
world and silent prayers were
followed by the singing of The
Lord’s Prayer. The last hymn, “For
the Beauty of the Earth” was
followed by the commissioning and
benediction and the response
“Amen”.
Everyone was invited for coffee,
cookies and fellowship after the
service.
Congratulations to Joe Fraser and
Heather Little who were married on
Saturday, June 18.
Happy birthday to Quinton
Hakkers who will celebrate on
June 24.
Happy anniversary to Lorna and
Randy Fraser who will celebrate on
June 28.
Congratulations to all the Grade 8
graduates in the area. Job well done.
The next step in their lives is one of
the biggest steps they will take in
their lifetime.
High school is a big step and many
friends that they made during public
school will now be going to different
high schools.
We are glad to report that Gail
Ulch is recovering at home and was
able to attend her nephew’s wedding
on Saturday.
By Carlene Bremner, Isaac Nicholson and Eric SteeleCurrently in Grade 7/8 class, thestudents have been working on
some assignments in French class.
Students are to create a fake
community and show places where
to go or they can choose to create a
kid’s book on places to travel and
how they get there. The class is also
busily completing their stop
animation projects. Using a
computer program called Paint, the
students can create comic characters
in different pictures and then create
a slideshow.
The Grade 1/2 and 2/3 classes
took a field trip to Adventures in
Wonderland on Friday, June 17.
Then in the afternoon, the two
classes went to London Children’s
Museum where each class is
learning in two different programs.
The Grade 1/2 students will be
learning about communities and the
Grade 2/3 students will be learning
about building.
The school will be having a book
sale from Monday, June 20 to
Friday, June 24. Books will be 10
cents each and three for 25 cents.
There are plenty of fiction and
picture books available.
The Grade 1/2 class has enjoyed
learning about community life as
they explored their community and
surrounding areas. In a study of
farm life, the class made butter to
demonstrate the importance of the
food sources and to learn how
people in a community interact to
support physical needs.
The class also had a special guest,
Blyth Lion John Stewart, who
visited to present information about
service dogs and showed how
trained dogs can provide help for
community members. The class has
also finished a chapter on fractions
in math. The class has also been
studying fairness.
The Kindergarten class went to
Storybook Gardens in London and
spent a fun day having a great time.
They played in the splash pad,
climbed the huge slides and spider
webs, watched a puppet show,
played with giant bubbles, observed
the harbour seals as they were given
their daily feeding, played in thesand, petted the animals at OldMcDonald’s farm, built enormousfoam blocks, found their way
through a high-sided maze and had a
ride on the carousel and miniature
train. The class wants to thank the
10 adult chaperones who
volunteered to go on the trip.
The Junior Kindergarten students
began their unit on insects. They
talked about the three body parts
each insect has (head, thorax,
abdomen) and the six legs found on
all true insects. Some insects also
have antennae on their heads and
holes in their sides for breathing.
The Senior Kindergarten class
worked on Father’s Day activities
and concentrated on the letter “x”.
The class has also been reviewing
numbers from one to 10. They have
been playing sight word bingo,
building with tanagram shapes,
making connections between
storybook characters and
themselves, writing journal entries
about the trip and their fairytale
connections and growing and
observing bean plants. The class ishoping to grow a few very tallbeanstalks which can betransplanted at home for a tasty treat
this summer.
A head full of froth!
(Charles Spurgeon)
“I hate vain thoughts — but I love Your law!” Psalm 119:113
Many of you know more about your magazines and novels — than what God has
written! Many of you will read a novel from the beginning to the end, and what have
you got? A head full of froth when you are done! But you cannot read the Bible — that
solid, lasting, substantial, and satisfying food goes uneaten, locked up in the cupboard
of neglect — while anything that man writes, a best-seller of the day — you greedily
devour!
“Set your minds on things above — not on earthly things!” Colossians 3:2
A Grace Gem
Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church,
Listowel, ON 519-291-1956
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Jesus should be no. 1
Nice catch!
It’s an annual tradition in Blyth, the Father’s Day Fishing
Derby at Radford’s Pond just south of Blyth on Sunday and
Casey Bernard showed that she wasn’t afraid to get her
hands a little dirty picking up the catch of the day. (Vicky
Bremner photo)
Read
Rhea Hamilton Seeger’s
Gardening column
on the
Huron Home and
Garden Guide
section of our website
www.northhuron.on.ca
Congratulations to
area Grade 8 grads
By Marilyn
Craig
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From Marilyn’s Desk