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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 C H U R C H O F G O D ,ANDERS O N , I N D I A N A Timeless Truths For Today 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