The Citizen, 2010-03-04, Page 24A number of area churches in
Huron County have invited Caring
for the Heart Ministries with John
Regier to return to our community
on Sunday, March 21 through 25 for
a conference.
The focus of the conference will
be caring for the emotionally
damaged heart, with the intention to
give individuals a practical tool to
identify and resolve emotional pain
caused from emotional issues and
pressure patterns.
On March 21, John Regier will be
preaching in Clinton Christian
Reformed Church at 9 a..m. and at
Huron Chapel EMC Auburn at 11
a.m. The sermon title is “How Can I
Care?” The teaching sessions will
held at the Clinton Christian
Reformed Church in Clinton
from Sunday to Thursday starting
at 7 p.m. and ending at 9:30
p.m.
At the same time a number of
presenters will be addressing the
youth ages 14 and up in the Clinton
and District Christian School gym.
On Saturday, March 27, John
Regier will conduct a special
training seminar from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. for church leaders and those
interested in helping others in their
church and community. This session
will address how Jesus reaches into
peoples’ hearts to transform them.
If you would like more
information contact Walter and
Kathy Eigenheer at 519-887-6488 or
Ben and Chris Ten Pas at 519-887-
9309 or Dwayne and Rachel Feddes
at 519-482-9003.
PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010.
The World Day of Prayer is upon
us again with celebrations happening
throughout the area on Friday,
March 5 and Saturday, March 6.
Services will be held in Blyth,
Brussels, Belgrave and
Londesborough to celebrate this day.
Londesborough will hold its
service at Londesborough United
Church at 1 p.m. on Friday. Knox
United Church in Auburn will also
hold its service at 1 p.m. on
Friday.
Just one hour later Knox United
Church in Belgrave and St. John’s
Anglican Church in Brussels will
hold their services, both at 2 p.m. on
Friday at their respective churches.
Blyth’s service will be held at the
Blyth Christian Reformed Church at
9 a.m. on Saturday.
This year services will be held in
over 170 countries and over 2,000
communities in Canada.
The services, which are aligned to
pray alongside the women of
Cameroon, will feature educational
aspects about the country’s intricate
cultures and social challenges,
which include concerns about the
exploitation of children and the
spread of HIV and AIDS. On the
World Day of Prayer, people
are asked to join the women
of Cameroon in Christ’s unity.
The World Day of Prayer has its
roots in an ecumenical day of prayer
organized by women in Canada and
the United States in 1920. The event
became the International World Day
of Prayer in 1922 and Christians
around the world began celebrating
this event on the first Friday of
March every year.
Jesus came not to tame, but to set us freeFrom the Minister’s StudyBy Pastor Brent Kipfer,Brussels Mennonite FellowshipWhen I turned 12 years old, I waseager to join our local 4-H dairy
club. I could hardly wait to claim a
calf as my own and train her to
become a model show animal.
My Dad picked out a healthy
Holstein heifer and my project
began. I kept a chart of how much
she ate and how much she grew
every month. What was her weight
gain compared to the cost of feeding
her? I sketched her markings on a
sample pedigree form. Most
challenging of all, I received a
brand-new leather halter, and
began the uphill battle of convinc-
ing her that she wanted to go
where I wanted her to go, to
walk at my pace, to give up
all the fun of playing tug-of-war
with me. You may have plenty ofexperience working with livestock,maybe you have perfected great
strategies for getting your animals to
do exactly what you want them to
do: no getting dragged around where
you don’t want to go or having your
feet stomped on or losing your
patience with the animals under your
care.
It was not like that for me. For
me, taming that frisky calf took
every bit of skill and persistence that
I had accumulated in my first 12
years of life. In the end, we did
okay: no ribbons for showmanship at
the fall fair, but we managed to walk
around the circle and avoid
embarrassing side trips into the
audience.
There can be great learning and
satisfaction in taming an animal. Werun into great danger, though, whenwe try to tame God. Whenresearchers from the University of
North Carolina questioned 3,000
teenagers about their views on life
and God, five common beliefs stood
out:
1) Most believe that a God exists
who created the world and watches
over human life on earth.
2) God wants people to be good,
nice and fair to each other, as taught
in the Bible and by most world
religions.
3) The central goal of life is to be
happy and feel good about oneself.
4) God does not need to be
particularly involved in one's life
except when God is needed to
resolve a problem.
5) Good people go to heaven when
they die.You can hear echoes of biblicalfaith in this list – and yet it is ananemic substitute for the radical
message of Jesus. Teenagers cannot
be blamed for holding these beliefs;
people of all ages naturally seek a
god who is safe, who wants to make
them happy and will bless whatever
goals they set. The Bible has a word
for this kind of manageable,
conveniently available and tame
god: an idol.
Whenever we worship an idol, our
lives are diminished; we become less
than what we were created to be. If
I put money at the centre of my life,
you can be sure that I will interpret
the world through financial lenses;
my greed will limit my compassion
and make it hard to see and value
people as they really are. Second
Kings 17:15 summarizes the resultsof idolatry, describing those who“...went after false idols and becamefalse....” Our lives are shaped by
what we worship.
Jesus Christ did not come into the
world to tame us but to set us free,
knowing that it is only as we
surrender to the living God that we
are made fully alive. His message is
not safe – but it is good. This is the
gift of the cross and the empty tomb:
as we relinquish control to the
untamable God, we receive our
lives back with abundance and
joy.
YOU ARE WELCOME
9:45 a.m. Sunday School for all ages
10:30 a.m. - Sunday Morning Worship
Mid-week Bible Study
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308 Blyth Rd. E., Blyth
Pastor Les Cook ~ 519-523-4590
Blyth Community Church of God
Youre Invited
to come worship
with us
Sunday, March 7
Brussels Public School
at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Sunday School for children
4 to 11 years of age (mornings only)
Childcare provided for infants and toddlers
Coffee & cookies after the morning service
For additional details please contact:
Steve Klumpenhower 519.887.8651 Rick Packer 519.527.0173
Chris McMichael 519.482.1644
Please join us for worship
SUNDAYS
Morning Service 10:00am
Evening Service 7:30pm
BLYTH CHRISTIAN
REFORMED CHURCH
Pastor John Kuperus
Hwy. 4, Blyth
BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Sandra Cable, Worship Leader
Church Office 519-887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wightman.ca
Sunday, March 7
Ethel United Church
Worship Service and Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.
Brussels United Church
Worship Service and Sunday School - 11:00 a.m.
Celebrating our Christian Faith together in worship
Corner of Dinsley & Mill Street
Blyth United Church
Office: 519-523-4224 Rev. Gary Clark
All Welcome
Sunday, March 7
Worship Service & Sunday School
at 11 a.m.
getlivingwater.org
Pastor: Ernest Dow ~ 519-523-4848
Living Water
Christian Fellowship
10:30 a.m. ~ Worship & Sunday School
at Blyth Public School,
corner of King & Mill
Tuesdays 7:30 pm - Wingham Bible Study
1st & 3rd Wednesdays 7:30 pm - Women at the Well
Fridays 7:30 pm - Youth Group
Evangelical Missionary Church
March 7: Luke 13:31-35
“I am Learning
to Love God
and to
Love Others”
Youth Group SATURDAY this week
- Article One concert, Exeter
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
Welcomes you to come
and worship with us
Trinity, Blyth
9:15 a.m.
519-523-9595
St. John's, Brussels
11:15 a.m.
519-887-6862
Sunday, March 7
MELVILLE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BRUSSELS
SUNDAY, MARCH 7
Wheelchair accessible ~ Nursery care available
519-887-2664
11:00 am - Sunday Morning Worship
- Sunday School
REV. DAVID WOOD
119 John’s Ave.,Auburn
519-526-1131
www.huronchapel.org
9:30 a.m.
Sunday School & Small Groups
10:30 a.m.
Morning Worship Service
Thursday, March 11
at 7:30 pm
“FREEDOM 40
SAVED BY LOVE”
Annie Sparling will be
ministering in music
as well as sharing her
personal testimony.
Don’t miss out on this
special evening!
Women’s Ministries Evening
World Day of Prayer in Huron County
Seminar on caring in Auburn