HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-08-13, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN,THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2009.Dylan William Kreuger receivedhis initiation into the family ofChrist through the sacrament of bap-tism at Londesborough UnitedChurch on Sunday,Aug. 9. AssistingRev. Pat Cook with the baptism wereCarmen Drost on behalf of the offi-
cial board and Lynda Horbanuik rep-
resenting the UCW.
Along with regular
Londesborough congregants, a num-
ber of family friends and relatives
including Dylan’s Grandpa andGrandma Kreuger here fromHolland were on hand to witness hisfirst step on his journey of faith. Dylan wore a lovely antique chris-tening gown for this important day.The morning’s responsive psalm
was Psalm 107, a psalm of praise for
God’s goodness. The gospel reading
was Luke 12: 13-21, the parable of
the rich fool. In this passage, the
farmer has harvested a bountiful
crop. Instead of giving thanks to Godfor his good fortune, he tells himselfthat he deserves this richness andlives extravagantly. Nor does heshare his harvest with others.Rev. Cook, in her summer inter-pretations of The Lord’s Prayer, con-
centrated her message on the seg-
ment ‘give us this day our daily
bread’.
In The Lord’s Prayer, we are ask-
ing for sustenance. The bread refers
to the daily manna from heaven Godsent His followers as they crossedthe desert. Bread represents nourish-ment for life. The prayer for dailyfood would have different meaningsfor peoples around the world; ourfortunate circumstances differ great-
ly from those of persons in Third
World countries.
Spiritual nourishment is also
implied – nourishment for the body,
mind and soul. A worldly concept of
bread is used to better understand the
spiritual concept. Moreover Jesus
referred to himself as the bread of
life. Through His death we all
received life or nourishment. The
bread or faith of community is sym-
bolized in the sacrament of com-
munion Christians share.
Whether or not any of us feel as if
we’ve had the summer we have been
waiting for since last October, we
are approaching the mid point of
August. This fact was emphasized
for me when our grandson
announced he was having his last
Saturday at T-ball. Could it really be
that the ball season, like the summer
is on the wan?
We’ve all noticed the lights on at
the ball diamond for weeks now and
I thought perhaps readers might like
to hear what has been/is happening
there in recent weeks. Karen
Dolmage, who spends countless
hours at the booth and organizing the
teams each year, kindly gave me a
summary of activity there.
This year 29 children registered
for T-ball. They were split into two
teams that play each Saturday.
Shane Taylor with help from his
dad, Lawrence, and Corey Pollard
coach the 9 a.m. group. Mike
Millian coaches the group that fields
at 10 a.m.
Both coaches have the help of par-
ents. Karen remarks that it is amaz-
ing to see how the children have pro-
gressed in just a few weeks.
On Aug. 8, these groups had their
year end by playing each other. The
Londesborough Lions Club gra-
ciously donated hot dogs and pop to
the teams following their ‘game’.
Teams at all other levels play other
regional teams.
The Pre-Mite team has 14 boys
and girls coached by Mike Boven
assisted by Jeff MacDonald. At this
level the coach pitches to his own
players during a game. Each batter
gets five pitches.
The Londesborough Mite team
also has 14 players, both girls and
boys, coached by Missy Gibbings
assisted by Corey Pollard. This is the
first level at which the players them-
selves do the pitching. The Mite
tourney will be in Blyth.
Janet Westerhout, with the help of
David Salverda, manages the Squirt
team of 18 girls. Their tournament
was Aug. 8 in Mitchell.
There are 13 girls on the PeeWee
team coached by Steve Popp. Brian
Falconer and Tim Walden help with
this team also. The tourney for this
age group is Aug. 22.
Don Allen and Rob Wilts manage
13 Bantam girls. On Aug. 8 this team
finished its season with a tournament
in Varna. The Bantam boys host their
tournament on Aug. 15 in
Londesborough. You might enjoy
stopping in that day to watch the
young folk. These 11 players are
coached by Wilma Ellis.
The next weekend, Aug. 22, you
could watch a totally other level of
play by stopping by the ball diamond
to watch the slo-pitch tournament.
Londesborough has three teams of
co-ed slo-pitch this year. Twenty-
three boys and seventeen girls regis-
tered for play. Coaches are Amanda
Anderson, Darrell Bergsma and
Nathan Salverda.
Karen reports that the diamond is
busy five nights a week and again on
Saturdays.
As we wonder where the time has
gone this summer, Lorne and
Geraldine Dale are wondering just
where the past 25 years have gone.
They will celebrate their silver
anniversary on Sept. 15.
When they learned that
Geraldine’s son, Glenn Johnston,
was coming home for a visit, they
held an early family gathering on
Aug. 2. The celebration was held at
the White Carnation in Holmesville.
Their attendants that day in 1984
were Frank and Dorothy Johnston
who were pleased to help them mark
25 years as well. Congratulations,
Lorne and Geraldine.
Glenn flew home from Edmonton
the last week of July and returned
home on Aug. 7. Glenn works for
WayJax in Edmonton, a machinery
manufacturer.
Marjorie Duizer was one of five
international students at the Oxford
Pun Needle Rug Hooking
Certification Program held July 27 -
31 at the Fletcher Farm School for
Arts and Crafts in Ludlow, Vermont.
Some of us have such interesting
ways to spend our summer!
One student was from England,
five travelled south from Canada and
the rest came from across the United
States. Punch needle rug hooking
began in the late 1800s in the
Maritimes and the eastern States. It
is worked from the back of the pat-
tern using a punch needle rather than
a hook as in traditional rug hooking.
Traditional rug hooking is worked
from the front or top of the pattern.
Punch needle can be used in combi-
nation with traditional hooking as
well.
At the school a wide variety of
styles of punch needle were taught
including using homespun fabric as
well as rug yarn, novelty yarn and
cut wool strips.
Marjorie will be offering classes
this fall in punch needle.
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