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UCW buys three bed kits for fundraiser
A good number of members and
guests attended the November
General Meeting of the Belgrave
UCW on Tuesday evening and were
welcomed by Pat Hunking, leader
for the evening. Sheila Nixon
opened the worship on Advent, and a
new hymn was sung, “A Hymn for
Advent”. As part of the worship,
Sheila and Pat lit Advent candles
and told the story of the origin of the
candles and what they represented.
The first candle was lit representing
Creation; the second, representing
Liberating God; the third,
representing the Profits; and the
fourth representing God of Mary.
Following the prayer, musical
numbers were played by three
Wightman sisters. Sydney played
“Winter Wonderland”, Mackenzie
played “The First Noel” and Autumn
played “O Come All ye Faithful and
“Silent Night”. Mrs. Hunking
thanked them for their Christmas
numbers.
Nancy Folkard introduced the
speakers for the evening. Suzanne
and Ann Andrew had travelled to
India last February with four others
to hand out bed kits for Sleeping
Children Around the World. This is a
charity that is run mostly by the
Rotary Club in Indian. Children ages
six to 12 are eligible to receive a bed
kit, if they have no bed to sleep on at
home and their family makes less
than $2,000 a year. Since 1970, over
one million bed kits have been
handed out and in the eight days
they were there they gave out 4,000.
In the kits are two outfits for a boy
and a girl, heavy wool blankets,
mosquito netting, personal items,
school supplies and many otherthings. This year backpacks werealso included.The children are all interviewedand selected before any grouparrives and the bed kits are allprepared locally, so this provides agreat industry for many families. Inmost of the slides it was the mendoing a lot of the sewing andpreparations, along with many
volunteers. This is their 40th year
and their motto is “Every child
deserves a comfortable sleep”. At
the end of their presentation, the
hymn, “You’ve Got to Feel Love”
was sung. A donation to buy three of
the $35 bed kits was given to the
speakers. The Belgrave UCW will
then receive a picture of who
receives their kits.
A social time followed and the
business was done at that time.
Donations were approved to be
given to the Knox United Church,
Christian Resource Centre, Medical
Electives, Foodgrains Bank, Camp
Menesetung, Christmas Bureau, and
the Wingham Food Bank. Elly Dow
closed the meeting with prayer.
NEWS
Marion Taylor’s parents, Bill and
Doreen Taylor of RR 1, Belgrave are
celebrating birthdays. On Dec. 2
Doreen will be 70 and Bill will be 80
on Dec. 9. Best wishes and lots of
love are extended from neighbours,
friends and family. The community
also extends best wishes and
birthday greetings to Bill and
Doreen.
There were seven tables of shoot
in play at the Community Centre on
Friday, Nov. 26. The winners were:
high pink card, Lois Chamney;
second high pink card, Marie
McIntosh; most shoots, Jane
Grasby; high white card, Ron
Taylor; second high white card, Bev
Hayden; most shoots, Delores
Howatt. The next shoot will be on
Friday, Dec. 10 at 1:30 p.m.
Everyone is welcome.
The community extends
congratulations to Mark Olson and
Nicole White on the arrival of their daughter, Lyla Paige Olsonborn at Stratford General Hospitalon Nov. 4. Proud grandparents areNeil and Ruth Olson of Winghamand Randy and Donna White ofBrussels.The community extends sinceresympathy to the families of DianneWalden who passed away on Nov.17.
KNOX UNITED CHURCH
Florence McArter greeted
worshippers and handed out the
service of worship at Knox United
Church on Advent 1, Nov. 28.
Rev. Tom Murray welcomed the
congregation. Birthday greetings
were extended to Sydney Bromley
for her third birthday and
MacKenzie Wightman who will
celebrate her eighth birthday on
Dec. 2.
Gord Folkard thanked everyone
who helped with the beef supper that
realized a profit of $1,489.
The call to worship was read
responsively. The first verse of
“Hope is a Star” was sang followed
by Katherine Coultes and Murray
lighting the Candle of Hope; the first
blue candle, and then they read
responsively pertaining to the
Candle of Hope.
The senior choir of mixed voices
sang the Advent Carol of Hope
accompanied by Elizabeth Procter.
The scripture lesson was taken from
Isaiah 2: 1-5 and the Gospel word
from Mark 13: 33-37. “God’s Word
to Us” was entitled “Preparing for
Something Big!”
We need to prepare ourselves and
get ready for Christmas. You can
never start too early for something
big. We need to listen to God
calling us to look far beyond and
move towards God’s Kingdom. It
will be a glorious time when he
returns.
After, Ken Procter and Doug
Walker took up the offering and it
was dedicated.
Ken Procter and Murray served
communion at the front of the
sanctuary. “O Come, O ComeEmmanuel”. “A Carol of Advent”was sung by the congregation. Afterthe sung blessing, lunch and a timeof fellowship followed in the churchbasement.Over 70 Campbell relatives heldtheir Christmas at the CommunityCentre on Sunday, Nov. 28. Sharonand Barry Bondi, Sandra and PeteBrommer, Doug and Joan Cloakey
and families were in charge.
After a bountiful buffet dinner,
Santa arrived to hand out gifts to all
the children.
The afternoon was spent visiting
and looking at photos. Christmas
greetings were extended to each and
everyone.
By LindaCampbellCall 357-2188PEOPLE AROUNDBELGRAVE
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debates
RInC funds
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
A surplus of Recreation
Infrastructure Canada (RInC) grant
funds had North Huron Township
Council debating what parts of the
Nort Huron Wescast Community
Complex needed repairs during the
current council’s final meeting of the
term.
On Nov. 15, Pat Newson, Director
of Recreation and Facilities for
North Huron Township, explained to
the council that there would be more
than $120,000 in surplus funds from
the RInC grant that allowed for an
upgrade to the North Huron Wescast
Community Complex and that
council had several opportunities to
use the excess.
The RInC funding complements
township spending, with the
township paying $0.33 for every
dollar paid towards approved
recreational development.
The first option that Newson
presented was for council to decide
to have the township do nothing. It
was the least favourable plan from
Newson’s point of view, as it would
see the remaining money returned to
the RInC coffers. This would mean
the township would spend no
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Setting the table
Emily Stennett and Andrea Shiell set out food for the
Belgrave United Church’s roast beef supper at the Belgrave
Community Centre on Nov. 25. (Denny Scott photo)