The Citizen, 2011-07-21, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2011.
That is a lot of beef
Brad Beuermann was one of many chefs who worked a
large grill outside the Huron Beef Producer’s barbecue on
July 13 cooking steaks to perfection. (Denny Scott photo)
Brussels church welcomesnew pastor, elder from EthelThe Brussels Community Bible
Chapel received an infusion of fresh
blood with the arrival of new elder
and half-time pastor Andrew
Versteeg.
Versteeg, who was a member of
the Gorrie Bible Fellowship through
which the Brussels Community
Bible Chapel was created through,
said that, while from Ethel,
he was comfortable with many
of the parishioners of the new
church.
The Gorrie church, which has
approximately 200 parishioners
according to Versteeg, is bigger than
the Brussels chapter, which
currently has around 70 members.
The Brussels Bible Community
Chapel church doesn’t have a
sanctuary, and meets at 10:30 a.m.
weekly at the Brussels Public
School during the spring, fall and
winter and in the Brussels Legion
during the summer.
“While we do eventually want a
building, we have no specific plan to
get one,” Versteeg said. “We’re
praying and talking, and we would
ideally like a building, but we’re not
set on one particular place yet.”
“The Brussels church is a church
plan from Gorrie,” he explained.
“We were getting full, and we
noticed a lot were from Brussels. A
lot of people know me and I know
them because of that and because
I’ve preached there.”
Versteeg said that there are still
many of the original members that
were transplanted to Brussels.
Versteeg originally came from the
Fordwich area before his family
moved to Cambridge.
He says he became a Christian at
23. While his family did go to
church, that is when he feels he
found his Jesus to be his saviour.
I grew up going to church, but it
more nominal in my mind,” he said.
“I went because I was taught to.
When I was 23 I realized I was a
sinner, that’s when I came to know
Jesus as my saviour. I was born
again at that time.”
After that he attended Prairie
Bible School in Alberta, went to
Toronto Baptist Seminary and, after
graduation, moved back to Ethel in
2001.
He was the part-time pastor at the
Cornerstone Bible Fellowship in
Ethel for three years before it closed
due to low draw.
Versteeg married his wife Tricia
last year and his family
includes four children from her
previous marriage and one on the
way.
Versteeg’s family has also found
themselves spreading the Christian
word as Tricia’s daughters are either
currently or have been involved with
missionary work, something
Versteeg did in his youth when he
went to Angola for a summer.
“Emily is in Zimbabwe right
now,” he said. “And Becca, Tricia’s
eldest, went on a similar trip.”
The new pastor has also gone on
several brief trips to deal with short
term issues.
Versteeg stated that the
opportunity for him to become part
of the Brussels church started a year
and a half ago, however he wasn’t
quite ready to make the switch yet.
“I was quite involved in Gorrie, as
I was an elder there as well,” he said.
“I wanted to finish the Children’s
Ministry there first, which ended in
May.”
Versteeg began at the Brussels
church in June.
NEWS
FROM BRUSSELS
Heat makes this a good week to vacation near water
We certainly got all the heat units
we needed this week. It was the
week to be on holidays and very
near water and shade. We lucked out
and spent the hot time with Jordan,
Robyn and Jill at Sibbald Point,
Provincial Park at the bottom of
Lake Simcoe. Beautiful water, good
trails and good weather made for
another memorable holiday. A visit
from the Barrie cousins, Ella and
Sloan made for a fun and frantic day.
Ralph and I learned that canoeing
with girls and spiders is not a good
thing, they all recovered.
The Armstrong homestead is a
little quieter this week as the folks
from Brazil returned home. Jim and
Leona enjoyed their hostess time
with their long-time Pietenpol friend
Edelson and his family.
They enjoyed the return visit,
especially the open spaces of
Canada.
There were several stories of folks
bringing clothes in from clotheslines
and shutting doors when the threat
of rain came early Monday morning.
The rain was welcome but some of
the stories came with some
questionable details.
Be sure to make the ball park part
of your weekend plans as the Fun
At the Branch
Youth places in field event
By Jo-Ann McDonald
It has been a quiet week at the
Brussels Legion Branch with no
functions, no fish fry events and no
meetings.
The Branch did have two young
men participate at Provincial Track
and Field held in Chatham last
weekend. They met in Wingham and
travelled by bus, sponsored by the
Legion to the event. Adam Cousins
and Anthony Vader had qualified at
the District competition a couple of
weeks ago and were excited to
attend. Adam participates in the 17-
and-under category and found he
was the youngest competitor in his
division. He jumped well in the high
jump event but did not place and he
managed a personal best in the
javelin event but was well short of
the winning throw.
Anthony Vader, who participates
in the 15-and-under category had a
fantastic result. Anthony placed
second and won a silver medal in the
javelin throw. We have been told that
this is the first year for Anthony to
participate in track and field events
and that he has a great natural
ability. Anthony also had an eighth-
place finish in the discus event.
Anthony and Adam report that
they had a fantastic time, a blast, and
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