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• - THE BRUSSELS POST, JU.LY 1S8G,!0. 7
June 27,, the District meet
ing for the Past Grands of
Huron District No. 23 was
held in Brussels hedge
District Deputy President
Verna Thomas of Brussels '
Lodge was in charge.
She
was presented with her collar
by Past• District Deputy Pres-
ident Jean Henderson of
• Clinton.
Sister Thomas presented
Sister Henderson with her
1Past District Deputy Pres-
• ident jewp)s.
After a busi-
ness session, a social hour
was spent playing euchre.
The BrUssels Rebekahs, then
I served hmcb-
Mrs. Verna Thomas is the
new District Deputy Pres-
ident of Huron District 23 for-
' the 1980-81 term. ' She re-
ceived her commission from
" the President of Rebekah
Assembly of Ontario Myrtle
Paterson on June 18. .
ENJOYING.A CUP OF TEA WITH THE NEW when he Was inducted at a special service at the
MINISTER-=Members of Duff's United Church' church on Thursday night.
in Walton enjoyed a -cup of tea, with ,the new • (Photo by Ranney,)-
minister, Fev. Jim Swan (seen in foreground),
New minis'te~` for Wal-ton. unity officials
elcome new minister
•
separate places--Pine.< Hill Divinity Rail.
,.(United; Holy Heart Seminary„ (Roman
Catholic); and King's. College (Anglican).
His major at Pine Hilt was history with a
thesis on Martin Luther King.
POST GRAD
Mr. Swan did post-graduate studies at,
Princeton Theological Seminary • in. New
BY DEBBIE-RANNEY Jersey and was awarded his Mister of
Duff's United Church in Walton got a• Theology in Church and SocietY. He served
new minister when the Rev. Jim. Swan was . the Church five summers in the 'student'
inducted at a special service on Thursday mission field at West Tree and Shining
night. 'Tree in northern , Ontario, Hart's Hill and
Assisting in the service were: the Rev.
Rick Hawley of Auburn who conducted it,
the Rev. Cecil Wittich, of Blyth who
preached, the. Rev. Maurice Francis of
Fullarton, past chairman, of the :Huron
.Perth Presbytery,, who inducted the new
minister, and the Rev. James Van Slyke of
Seaforth who introduced Mr. Swan. .
yr.' Swan was born in Bermuda where
• he -spent most of his growing up years.
For most of his adult life he's lived in
Canada. During his high school years, he ,
Howard Rackwell, and Bruce
order to earn some quick money for his Recently Mr. Swan took some time off ICIark from the church
• training. , church work and did career assessment session. Mrs. Marilyn
He then went to HOrton Academy at prograMs with 40 Plus of Canada which McDonald of the U.C.W
Acadia University in Nova Scotia where he works with business and professional Women, Mrs. Whitmore
completed his high schooling. people to help them with goal setting and from the Huron-Perth
Following that, at Mount Allison Univer= inventorying their skills, among other Presbytery, Reeves, Allan
sity in Sackville, New Briinswick he things. Campbell , McKillop; Jim
received his B:A. in Psychology and his B. He said he was open -to the possibility of Elston, Morris, and RoY.
of E. with an emphasis in History. He took returning'to-full-time church work at some Williamson, Grey. Rev.
. theology at Pine Hill Divinity Hall, now, time and after negotiating with the Walton Swan made a fitting reply for
called the Atlantic School of Theology in people for some time, he decided to come all the kindness shown to
Halifax, Nova Scotia and combining three to the conununity. • ' him, for the friendly people,
. Superb near SaskatOon; Regina'Beach. and,
Dinsley near _Regina and the Fred Victor
Mission in Toronto.
Since ordination, he has. served, the.
United Church in Montreal, New Bruns-
wick, Nova Scotia and Elliot. Lake in
northern Ontario.
Mr. Swan returned to Bermuda for a
period of , time to teach religious studies
and - history at the Berkley Academic
Institute., a high school., At the same time
he served as an interim minister on the
did some work as an apprentice at the ..Port Royal Circuit of the' Methodist Church , Prior to refreshments
British Naval Dockyards in Bermuda. 'and served at the Grace-Cobb's Hill served in the basement,
When he heard the call to the ministry; \ Methodist Churches. He also did some words were extended to Rev.
he decided to go into the tourist hotel writing for the Bermuda Recorder. Swan by Doug Fraser,
industry where he worked as a waiter In
He said he decided to come to Walton
. because,' "I came here to_ preaCh one
Sunday. I had a good feeling about' the
place and it seemed to me to be a good
place to begin again. . •
"Hopefully I will have a reasonable
period of service here that will be .
meaningful and helpful," he added.
and hoped with everyone's
trust they could work
together.
PERSONALS
Monday visitors , with
Mr. and , Mrs. Paul
Ponomarenko were Mr. and
Mrs. John Maksynuk of
Arthur and Mr.' and Mrs.
Mike Puysz of Hamilton who
Correspondent'iiixt day. .
• MRS. ALLAN MCCALL Mr. Jack Webster of
8874677 'Edmonton, Alberta visited
Rev. ;Jim Swan was
inducted by the Huron-Perth
Presbytery as the minister of
Duff's United Church at a
service on Thursday evening •
July 3. Organ prelude was
played by Mrs. Ian Wilbee
who assisted with the singing
of the, hymns: DOn McDonald
sang a solo, "Re touched me
and made me whole". -The
service was conducted by the
Auburn United Church
minister. I Rev. 'VVittich, Blyth
gave the sermon.
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