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From everyone at the
Schimanski Family Funeral Home
Merry Christmas
and all the best in the New Year
from Frank, Jennie & Family
SCHIMANSKI FAMILY FUNERAL HOME
NEWS
FROM BELGRAVE
Carolers spread cheer in village of Belgrave
On the evening of Dec. 11
members of all ages from Knox
United Church, Belgrave, gathered
to spread some Christmas cheer.
Three groups were formed and these
groups visited many homes
throughout Belgrave, singing
Christmas carols. Everyone ended
the evening back at the church for
refreshments and fellowship.
On Saturday, Dec. 17, the
B.A.N.G. (Building a New
Generation) Youth Group held a
Christmas day care in the lower hall
at Knox United Church from 8 a.m.
to 12 p.m. They had 13 kids arrive
and played games, made crafts, told
stories, decorated cookies and
watched movies. They raised $73.50
to go towards World Vision as well
as the Food Bank. The morning was
lots of fun and they plan on doing it
again next Christmas.
Pat and Jim Barnes greeted
worshippers and handed out the
Service of Worship at Knox United
Church on Sunday, Dec. 18. Steve
Coultes gave the announcements.
Birthday greetings were extended to
Connie Shiell. Rev. Tom Murray
welcomed the congregation
followed by the senior choir singing
the introit, “Come Now, O God of
Love” accompanied by Ann Clark.
Kendra Robinson lit the three
candles – for Hope, Peace and Joy
and read the advent reading. On
Sunday the fourth candle was lit –the Candle of Love. The flamesignifies God’s love that surroundsand fills us at all times, but that werecognize in a special way in the
Christmas story. There is no greater
power than love. It is stronger than
rulers and empires, stronger than
grief or despair, stronger even than
death. We love, because God loves
us.
After Abby Robinson assisted by
Rev. Tom Murray lit the Candle of
Love the congregation sang verse
four of “A Candle is Burning”,
followed by the advent reading in
unison. “Hail to God’s Own
Anointed” was the advent hymn.
The senior choir sang the anthem,
“Will We Know Him?” Lindsay and
Andrea Shiell shared a Christmas
story with the children entitled “The
Little Shepherd and His First
Christmas.” After prayer the children
adjourned to Sunday School. The
scripture reading was taken from
Luke 1: 26-38 followed by the
congregation singing, “Angels From
The Realms of Glory”.
Rev. Tom Murray’s sermon was
entitled “Gifts Outside of the Box!”
Gifts that only have worth “out of
the box” are the kinds of gifts we
should be offering this Christmas
Season. “Out of the box” presents
are worthy of being given to theChrist Child. If this is Jesus’sbirthday, and we should be givingHim presents, what kind of “out ofthe box” presents do you believe we
should be giving him this
Christmas? We know the kind of
gifts Jesus would like to receive. We
should give gifts that provide food
and shelter for the hungry and needy,
gifts that can provide wellness and
wholeness and joy for the sick and
diseased of the world and gifts that
can release God’s resurrection
energies in our lives, on new life and
on a dying person or planet. Let’s
give out of the box gifts this
Christmas and every Christmas to
come!
We need to give back all we
possibly can, in thankfulness for
God’s amazing gift, whose presence
gets us out of the box. John Nixon
and Ken Procter took up the offering
followed by the singing of the
offering praise and the offertory
prayer in unison, the prayers of the
people and the Lord’s Prayer. The
singing of “Joy to the World”, the
Sending Forth and the singing of
“Go Now in Peace” concluded the
morning worship service.
Thanks to your donations, those
from Northminster United Church
and the work and donations of the
local community, we are pleased toannounce that this year we are ableto send $19,800 to the CanadianFoodgrains Bank to be used forworld relief. In 10 years, this project
has raised over $165,700 and when
this is matched four to one by the
Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA), it has resulted in
over $828,000 to help for the
neediest areas of the world. Many
thanks to all who have helped in any
way.
The Belgrave Community Centre
Board is hosting a movie night on
Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 7 p.m. at the
Community Centre. Please bring a
large cushion or sleeping bag to sit
on to watch the movie, enjoy the
treats and then have a visit from
Santa Claus. Everyone is invited.
Merry Christmas
from
Paul, Karen & family
PAUL COOK
ELECTRIC
519-357-1537
Let the Christmas spirit
light up your home this
Holiday season.
Thank you for your patronage!
By Linda
Campbell
Call
357-2188
PEOPLE AROUNDBELGRAVE
and best wishes
for 2012.
Thank you kindly for
your loyal support.
McCall Livestock
85345 Brussels Line, P.O. Box 140, BRUSSELS
Ross McCall
Matt McCall
Keith McLean
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We’d like to join you and your family, in singing His praises,
as we share the spirit of this holy season.
BORRMANN'S GARAGE
Cty. Rd. 12 (near Diesel Car Diner)
RR #1 Bluevale 519-335-3857
Mark them down
Over 100 players came out on Dec. 8 to play Bingo at the
Belgrave Community Centre in hopes of winning a turkey
from the Belgrave Kinsmen at their annual fundraiser. Here
Makayla Van Beek, left, and Taylor Van Beek, right, try their
luck on the cards. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Whether it’s with regular
Facebook users or just occasional
browsers, SPARK is getting Huron
youth talking about what makes a
happy and healthy lifestyle on the
popular social media site.
SPARK, a youth-driven initiative,
is holding weekly contests with
prizes on Facebook, started on Oct.
24.
The SPARK website,
www.youthspark.ca, provides
credible health information along
with information on relationships,
school and community events. The
Facebook contest promotes healthy
living and is celebrating the new and
improved SPARK website. SPARK
is a project of the Huron County
Health Unit.
Huron County youth can take part
in the SPARK Facebook contests at
www.facebook.com/HuronSpark.
The contest is for youth 14 to 24
years old. To participate, young
people are asked to share their
opinions and thoughts about a
weekly post on SPARK’s page.
Topics will range from personal
views on healthy day-to-day living
to New Year’s resolutions. Names
will then be put into the weekly
draw for a gift card for stores such
as Sport Chek, Future Shop and
Subway.
Health Promoter co-op student,
Mike Park, says “This SPARK
contest is way to put a twist on
Facebook and help publicize the
new SPARK website.
The newly-redeveloped SPARK
website features a new logo, brand
and layout and retained the site’s
most popular features.
SPARK unveils
contest, new
website