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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2008-10-02, Page 19By Rev. Gary ClarkBlyth United ChurchThanksgiving is just around thecorner and as with every year it is anopportunity to pause to give thanks for the bounty of the land and of our lives. I would like to suggest a way to celebrate Thanksgiving and get us more in touch with our local bounty. My partner Kathy and I are part of a movement to eat locally. Local here is arbitrarily defined as what is grown and processed within 100 miles of your table. The intention is to be caring of our environment and our bodies. The food on our tables has travelled an average of 1,500 km. This is neither healthy nor caring of our environment. Fruit has to be picked well before it is ripe to endure the long journeys from land to mouth. Anybody who has tasted a fresh tomato or berry knows the difference fresh makes.How strange it is that we know thenames of the local doctors, orlawyers but we often don’t know thepeople who grow our food. Sure we know some farmers but do we eat what they produce? Most weeks you can find garlic from China, fruit from the U.S.A. or beef from Argentina in our Canadian stores. There are foods that we produce in this area at the highest quality and yet we neither eat them nor know the local producer. Yes, they may cost more than imports but we will know: how they were produced, the care given to the land and the fairness of the return for the farmer’s labour. Many people share a desire to pay more attention to the quality of the food they are eating. The stumbling block is often where to find these fresh foods and how to store them over the long winter months.Well, it wasn’t that long ago whencanning and preserving was simplysomething everyone did in theharvest time. It was and still is a great way to make your food dollar stretch. Canning can build community as families make an event of the processing. More money stays in the community when we support local producers. Which means those producers are less at the mercy of international markets when there is a secure domestic market. Of-course the difference in taste of local produce cannot be compared with imports. As for where to start to look for items on your shopping list let me share with you my Thanksgiving menu: turkey from Hayter’s can be bought at Scrimgeour’s, or chicken/beef/pork from Traditional Foods 522-0161, all the veggie’s are from the Blyth Farmers’ Market(which is now finished for the year)and the Goderich market which isopen until the Thanksgivingweekend, flour from New Life Mills , honey (for sweeteners) from J.R. Fear Apiaries in Wingham, lard for pie shells from Organic Oasis, berries from local gardens and the Bayfield Berry Farm.For those spices that that are notgrown locally shop at our local storeor go without for a month or two.Imagine how good they will taste when you bring them back into your baking. Have a joyous and taste-filled Thanksgiving. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2008. PAGE 19. 308 Blyth Rd. E. ~ Pastor Les Cook 519-523-4590 B l y t h C o m m u n ity Church of God C H U R C H O F G O D ,ANDERS O N , I N D I A N A “The Church is not a building, it is people touching people Sunday School 9:45 a.m. - Christian Education for all ages 11:00 a.m. - Worship Service Mid-week Bible Studies See you Sunday! getlivingwater.orgPastor: Ernest Dow ~ 519-523-4848 Living Water Christian Fellowship at Blyth Public School, corner of King & Mill 10:30 a.m. ~ Worship & Sunday School Tuesdays 7:30 pm - Wingham Bible Study 1st & 3rd Wednesdays 7:30 pm - Women at the Well Fridays 7:30 pm - Youth Group (at the school) Sunday, October 5th 7th Christ-centred, Bible-believing, Fellowship-friendly, Growth-geared Evangelical Missionary Church Guest Speaker Regional Minister CLARAN MARTIN Special Music by Annie Sparling & Allison Dow POTLUCK - Come celebrate God’s abundant grace with us! Youre Invited to come worship with us Sunday, October 5 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 MELVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BRUSSELS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5 Wheelchair accessible ~ Nursery care available 519-887-9831 11:00 am - Sunday Morning Worship - Sunday School 9:30 am - Sunday Belgrave Service Corner of Dinsley & Mill Street Blyth United Church Office: 519-523-4224 Rev. Gary Clark All Welcome Sunday, October 5 Worship Service and Sunday School at 11:00 a.m. 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 Parish of New Beginnings Celebration of Harvest Thanksgiving and Holy Eucharist — October 5 Rev. Perry Chuipka * Please note new start time for Trinity at 9:15 a.m. SENIOR HIGH YOUTH Sunday Nights at 7:30 pm If you are in grades 9-12 you are welcome to come join us as we have a time of fun, fellowship and learn more about how God’s Word applies to your life today. Meet us in the Huron Chapel Fellowship Hall. PASTOR 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 7:30 p.m. Evening Worship Service Israel: Past, Present & Prophetic From the Minister’s StudyCelebrate Thanksgiving and local bounty Huron-Perth Presbyterial of the Women’s Missionary Society held their fall rally in St. Marys on Sept. 15. They were welcomed to St. Marys Presbyterian Church by the minister, Rev. John Fraser and the president of St. Marys WMS Barbara Tubb. Vice-president Mary Duffin, Stratford St. Andrews, led the worship service beginning with the WMS Purpose. Bernice Richards gave the opening prayer. An excellent presentation of Knox Stratford’s mission for cancer patients was given by Nancy Rothwell, Grace Rothwell, Adeline Sacherow and Rhea Tuer. They described their display of wigs, hats, scarves and prayer shawls that are available from their wigs and accessories room. Ruth Hart reviewed several books from her display from the Presbyterian book room in Toronto. Marlene Starkey gave the grace before the brown bag lunch. The afternoon program began with a sing-song led by Barb Tubb with Eunice Bisset at the piano. Listowel Wallace WMS gave the devotions with Nancy Schneider and Betty Elliott taking part. John Fraser introduced the guest speakers, Rev. Donald MacKay and Rev. Marian Barkley-MacKay who were back in Canada after a mission to Ghana, Africa. The MacKays’ main task was to train lay workers who led the worship services in small churches. Church services could be held in schoolrooms, sanctuaries or open fields. John and Marian were dressed in the colourful Ghanian Kinty cloth. Each women’s fellowship group had its own print so the various groups were identifiable. The video showed children walking to school, each carrying two palm branches to make a roof for their school. Avonton WMS received the offering which was dedicated by Evelyn Matthison. Bernice Richardson gave the registration report and handed out door prizes to Elizabeth Stewart, Lois Horne and Doris Adams. Jean Sangster, Bayfield reported on the Pennies for Patrick Project. Courtesy remarks were given by Ruth Dewar, Atwood and the closing prayer by Lois Horne, North Easthope. The meeting closed with the hymn, Who’s Going To Tell The Story. The fall executive meeting will be held in Mitchell on Monday, Oct. 6 at 1:30 p.m. BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Sandra Cable, Worship Leader Church Office 519-887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wightman.ca Sunday, October 5 Ethel United Church Worship Service - 9:30 a.m. Brussels United Church Worship Service - 11:00 a.m. Celebrating our Christian Faith together in worship Huron-Perth Presbyterial holds fall rally in St. Marys Please join us for worship SUNDAYS Morning Service 10:00am Evening Service 7:30pm BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Pastor John Kuperus Hwy. 4, Blyth