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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-04-22, Page 13THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010. PAGE 13. Kids watch kids Kortney Hoggart and Alex McLean lean over the goat cage at the petting zoo at Hullett Central Public School’s Agricultural Carnival. (Denny Scott photo) Face painting at Hullett As part of the Hullett Central Public School’s Agricultural Carnival, students painted faces for tickets. Shown is artist Mikhayla Allen putting the finishing touches on Caitie MacDonald’s masterpiece mask. (Denny Scott photo) Dave Williams led the service atLondesborough United Church onSunday, April 16.It was an “after Easter” reminder that Easter should be the central celebration of the Christina year and that every Sunday Christians gather to remember Christ’s love and sacrifice. As Dave lit the Christ Candle he reminded all gathered that morning that the candle light signifies Christ’s light taking away the darkness and despair that sometimes creeps into our lives. Easter is rebirth and Dave talked with the children about the signs of spring and rebirth that they have noticed in recent days – spring flowers, birds returning, trees budding and longer days of light. All these things are blessings from God and he reminded them that they, too, are blessings from God. He encouraged them to share their happiness in God and to touch the lives of others in good ways. A song of David was the responsive reading, Psalm 30. John 21: 1-19 is that apostle’s account of Jesus appearing to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias and His testing of Peter’s love for Him. Dave read a paraphrase of those verses from Peter’s perspective. Following a night of poor fishing Jesus helped the disciples once again to get a good catch and are with them on the shore. Peter had denied Jesus three times on Good Friday and during this visit He asked Peter three times to declare his love for Christ. Dave noted that Christians can relate closely to Peter, for like us he was human; he made mistakes. However Christ refused to give up on Peter and Peter became the foremost of the apostles of the early Christian church. Peter, then, gives Christians hope. Peter’s life teaches that God uses ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things. God had a use for Peter and He has a use for us, too. Peter’s mistakes did not bring rejection. God will forgive us as well. God’s love for us enables us to love ourselves knowing we are a forgiven people. The congregation was favoured that morning with an anthem by a male quintet, Harry, Mark, Mel, John and Gordon. Traci Radford read a Minute for Missions that explained how monies donated to the Mission and Service Fund of the United Church is helping to bring cleaner air to China and a cleaner world. There will be a Sunday School meeting beginning at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 22. The movie night is for April is Friday, April 23 at 7 p.m. The feature movie,Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, is about a toy store where the toys come alive. Everyone is welcome. The youth groups are participating in a 30-hour famine at the church Saturday and Sunday. They will be conducting the morning service on April 25. Come out and show your support for the youth. Remember, “It takes a village to raise a child”. Wednesday, April 21 is full moon night. One of the earliest flowers of the spring is the herb, pink moss or wild ground phlox. Ergo this is “Pink Moon”. Others have named it “Sprouting Grass Moon”, “Egg Moon” or “Fish Moon”, because around this time the shad swim upstream to spawn. Linda Renkema has placed a box at the post office for your old cell phones, ink cartridges and digital cameras. She is collecting them in support of Huntington’s Disease. Just one more way to recycle and help out a good cause. “Earth Day” is this Thursday and donating these things will keep them out of landfills. Hullett Central Public School was bursting at the seams on Friday evening, April 16 as they hosted their annual Carnival and Auction. The hard work of parent volunteers and members of the Student Advisory Committee was apparent in the number of activities that everyone enjoyed that evening, some old favourites and some fresh new ones. The children were able to play games, have their faces painted, take part in a penny sale and visit a petting zoo with bunnies, chicks, calves, goats and lambs. It was treat night for families as Mom and Dad didn’t have to cook and everyone had a choice of food and snacks. Many families enjoyed a wagon ride offered by Hugo Bontrup of “Home on the Range”. Each child donated items for classroom theme baskets and thanks to the generosity of parents, 24 baskets were part of the silent auction, everything from a beach party to a barbecue night. Burt Lobb conducted a live auction for 10 items then everyone could score their choice of item(s) from the silent auction tables. The list of table items was extensive and listed in a booklet the front cover of which I’m told was coloured by pupils in the Kindergarten classes. All proceeds from the event fund special projects and purchase equipment items to benefit all pupils at the school. Early estimates suggest approximately $13,000 was raised. And as one young member of my family stated, “Everyone had fun meeting friends.” Auction, carnival raise $13,000 for Hullett Central School projects NEWS FROM LONDESBORO Quintet sings atUnited service By BRENDA RADFORD Call 523-4296 PEOPLE AROUND LONDESBORO Margaret Wright, Joan Goodall and Brenda Konarski lead members of the Londesborough UCW in worship at the April 12 meeting held in the Sunday School room. The theme was new birth and new beginnings that are the Easter message. The supporting scripture passage was Peter, chapter 1. Their choice of hymns spoke of this Easter resurrection. Londesborough United had turned out with Easter bonnets for the Easter morning service and the women shared readings about Easter hats. Brenda Konarski chose a reading from an Ideals magazine from 1961. She told how special that book with Easter lilies on the cover was to her as she had received the copy from her grandmother as a child. 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