The Citizen, 2008-04-17, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2008. PAGE 11.
NEWS
FROM LONDESBORO
Hungry youth lead United Church serviceAt the end of their 30-hour famine,21 young people from the churchyouth groups from Grades 6 - 10conducted the service atLondesborough United Church onSunday, April 13. All aspects of themorning service were capably
handled by the youth.
Tyler began the service by leading
the call to worship and Mikayla
offered the prayer of approach.
Justine brought several
announcements to the attention of
congregants. Leading the prayer of
confession was Shelby followed by
the assurance of pardon by Emily.
Damian announced the children’s
hymn and Jordana and Melissa
assisted Crystal Whyte with the
children’s story.
Ten Sunday school children
represented the population of a poor
country and were split into two
groups to represent the 80/20 split in
shared resources. Using chairs,
books and pencils, the children
could easily see how unfair it was for
20 per cent of a population to have
80 per cent of the resources while 80
per cent had access to just 20 per
cent of resources.
Sharing took on a whole new
meaning for them. Crystal pointed
out that Canadian children can help
these countries eventually have more
by practising the 3Rs – reduce, reuse
and recycle. Appropriately this was
followed by a minute for missions
given by Jasmine.
Psalm 46, the responsive psalm,
led by Vanessa, is an assurance that
God is always there to help and
guide.
Caitlyn and Brent read verses from
Isaiah 35 that gave a similar
assurance. The gospel reading from
Luke was an explanation of Christ’s
parable about the sower read by
Emma.
A two-person dialogue, titled, If
God Should Speak, brought the
morning’s message. A woman,
played by Corey, dutifully saying
The Lord’s Prayer, was constantly
answered and questioned by God,
played by Derek. The conversation
they had as the prayer continued
pointed out the fact that the prayer is
recited without thought to what it
means to/in one’s own life. In the
end the two decide that together they
could accomplish much in the world
and in her life.
The receiving of the offering was
announced by Murray and received
by A J and Fraiser.
Amy gave the offertory prayer. Ty
announced the closing hymn and
Zachary closed the service with thebenediction.As Rev. Pat Cook is on vacation,the service on Sunday, April 20 willbe conducted by Gloria Wilbee. The UCW will meet the followingevening, Monday, April 21 at 7:30p.m. for their regular monthlymeeting. Bev Riley will speak abouthealthy feet as one ages.Londesborough United’s officialboard will convene at 7:30 p.m. onTuesday, April 29. Minutes from thelast meeting are on the table in thenarthex to be picked up.
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The Polar Ice broomball team out of Seaforth posed for their provincial gold picture. The team,
with players from Seaforth, Dublin, Mitchell, Lucan, Denfield and Blyth, captured the
championship recently at a tournament in Arnprior. Back row, from left: Sandra Bos, Lorie
Cardno, Mellissa Phalen, Brittany Bos, Jason Mclellan, Colleen O’Rielly, Jess Costello, Vickey
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There were 16 tables of card
players at the monthly card party at
the Londesborough Community Hall
on Friday, April 11 hosted by the
Happy Gang Seniors.
With a final score of 78, George
and Gloria Love took first place.
Second place was won by Dorothy
Carter and Joann MacDonald with
75 points. Kay Watson and Myrtle
Latke won third place with a score of
71.
Lloyd Glousher and Doug Hugill
won for the most lone hands with
seven played successfully. The
seniors will hold their next euchre
party on May 9.
The Happy Gang Seniors regular
monthly meeting will be April 30.
Bruce Whitmore will be the guest
that afternoon and will speak about
his recent visit to and interest in
Mozambique.
16 tables
at Gang’s
euchre
The Drost brothers, Brent and
Zachary, took part in the 30-hour
famine and filed this report: “The
Londesborough United Church
Youth Group had 21 persons from
Grade 6 - 10 involved in the 30-hour
famine this past weekend.
After a tasty breakfast of waffles,
sausage, bacon and toast at the
church on Saturday morning, the
youth had many activities to keep
them busy and not thinking about
food for the rest of the time. They
planned the worship service
conducted at both Auburn and
Londesborough United Churches on
Sunday. Hullett school allowed us to
let off some steam using the gym for
floor hockey, dodgeball and
basketball.
The youth canvassed the village
of Londesborough on behalf of the
cancer society. Video and board
games were played while others
tried singing karaoke.
We were able to drink juice and
Gatorade during the day and were
served one bowl of rice during the
supper hour.
We learned about the many
hungry people there are in the
world.
Through pledges, we raised
$1,500 for World Vision. Damian
Riley raised the most money having
$130 in pledges for this good cause.
Following the two morning
services the famine was over and we
were very happy to have lunch
served by some of the parents.”
Kids raise cash
with famine
This coming Saturday, April 19,
the community is invited to offer
best wishes to bride-elect, Paula
Allen.
The following day, Sunday, April
20 the Londesborough Lions Club
will serve up their usual fare at their
olde-tyme country breakfast.
At time of reporting Marie
Glousher was a patient in Clinton
Public Hospital. Audrey Thompson
has been moved from Goderich to
Clinton hospital as well.
Think of the stories about the
village these two women may be
sharing. At any rate, we will be
keeping both of them in our
thoughts and prayers.
Genevieve Allen has made a
move to Huronview where she, too,
will have a number of former
Londesborough folk to reminisce
with.
By BRENDA
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