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Christian puppeteer
k puppet show in the Lions pavilion ended the week of vacation Bible School in Blyth. Many parents
and youngsters took part in the event.
From the Minister9 s Study
Canadians need a wider vision
Discipleship, topic
of minister’s sermon
Greeters for the Sunday, July 15 . which lead to good discipleship:
BY REV. CAMERON McMILLAN
MINISTER, BRUSSELS AND
ETHEL UNITED CHURCHES
Whep our nation was founded, a
religious title was chosen for our
name. We called ourselves: “The
Dominion of Canada.’’ We got that
name from a verse in the Bible in
Zachariah: “And he shall have
dominion from sea to sea, and from
the rivers to the end of the earth.’’
Our founders had a glorious
vision of a nation that would stretch
from Atlantic to Pacific, from the
St. Lawrence, prairie and Pacific
mountain rivers northward to the
North Pole, the end of the earth. It
was a wonderful dream, that
became reality in 1871, when the
Province of British Columbia was
added to our federation and our
nation did indeed stretch from sea
to sea.
In 1990, there is talk of breaking
up our federation. Quebec might
How do you do?
Matthew Smith (left)asPuff the Magic Dragon meets Justin Johnston as Peter Pan in a mixed up fairy
tale told as part of the presentation of the youth theatre project of the Blyth Festival Friday.
Youngsters showed off the work they had been doing for the past two weeks.
4H members take part in judging
The regular meeting of the
Lucknow Calf Club was held July 4
at 8 p.m. at the farm of Steve and
Scott Rintoul.
Members took part in the judg
ing of a group of four heifers. Harry
Brindley was the official judge, and
members were helpedj with their
reasons in placing the animals.
The business part of the meeting
followed. President Dianne Black
was in charge and Maryon Dow
separate from us. If she goes, other
Western provinces say they might
also separate. I think that in recent
years, we have been narrowing our
focus too much. We have been
looking at the rights that different
groups that make up our Canadian
society ought to have: The French
speaking people, aboriginals,
women, various ethnic groups.
These are all important matters.
The experience of the past three
years has shown that it is imposs
ible to define them all together,
and have them all accepted unani
mously, at the same time.
We need to catch a wider vision
of what unites us all together as
Canadians, something of the vision
of a dominion that the founders of
our nation possessed. I wish that
every Canadian could have the
experience that our family had of
spending a year abroad away from
recorded the minutes. Don Alton
discussed cross-breeding and what
to look for in the selection of
breeding stock to achieve desired
results and why some classes are
more suitable for cross-breeding
than others.
The club made plans to have a
booth at the Lucknow Farm Show
on July 13 and 14. They plan to sell
popcorn. Don Alton and family will
host a pre-show day at their family
Canada. Only when you are out of
the country for a very long time, do
you realize how much you miss it
and how much it means to you.
We enjoyed our year living in
Australia. However, we missed our
family, friends and often longed for
the sight of familiar Canadian
places and faces.
When we finally landed in Mon
treal, after our long trip westward
around the world, the Customs
officer looked at our passport and
noted the many strange countries
we had visited in the past 12
months. “You have been away for
a long time’’ he said. “Welcome
home.” His words brought tears to
our faces. We were indeed glad to
be home, able to have this nation to
return to.
“O, Canada, our home and
native land!” May we always
“stand on guard for Thee!”
farm on August 19. Tim Earley will
be on hand to offer advice to the
members.
Remember July 28 at Seaforth
Lions Park. Join in the fun to help
celebrate the 75th anniversary of
4H. Lucknow Calf Club has a
baseball team ready for some stiff
competition and some fun as well.
The next meeting is at the farm of
Warren and Eric Andrew on July
25 at 7:30 p.m.
service at Blyth United Church
were Fred and Hanny Meier.
Ushers were Jack Wharton and
Doug Howatt.
The opening hymn was “O
Worship the King” with “O Mas
ter Let Me Walk with Thee” being
the second hymn. Cheryl Cronin
favoured the congregation with two
solos, “How long has it been” and
“It is no Secret”.
The scripture reading was from
Luke 10: 38-42 which was the basis
of Rev. Ramirez’s sermon “In
struction in Discipleship”.
The scripture tells of Jesus
visiting the home of Martha and
Mary. Mary seats herself at the
feet of Jesus and listens to his
words. Martha is very busy prepar
ing and serving her guest, and
becomes disheartened as she la
bours alone. She finds fault with
Mary’s lack of help and even asks
Jesus to tell Mary to help her.
Jesus answered, “Martha, you
have many- cares and troubles
because you lack one thing. Mary
has chosen this one thing and it
shall not be taken away from her.”
Rev. Ramirez said “In our lives
we sometimes get so caught up in
our own interests, work, or social
activities, that we have not time to
think of spiritual needs”. An
example was given of a father who
worked so hard and long to provide
the material things for his family,
that he neglected to take time to sit
and talk with his wife and children.
A few years later he found he had
separated himself from his family
to the extend he no longer knew the
interests or thoughts of his own
wife and children.
Rev. Ramirez made three points
July 22 Pentecost 7
MORNING PRAYER
Blyth
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Rev. W.H. Lammers
Sunday at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
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Brussels
11:15 a.m.
HURON CHAPEL MISSIONARY
CHURCH
AUBURN
PASTOR JAMES H. CARNE 526-7515
10:00 a.m. * Sunday School
11:00 a.m. - Morning Service
8:00 p.m. - Evening Service
Wednesday - Discipleship Training
Friday - 7:30 - Youth
Melville
Presbyterian Church
BRUSSELS
Rev. Carolyn McAvoy
For the month of July
worship with the
Brussels United Church
at 11:00a.m.
First, we should be like Mary,
eager and willing to listen to Jesus.
Secondly, we must guard against
being like Martha who put too
much importance on material
things and what she was doing.
Even though what Martha was
doing was very worthwhile, she
was not doing it in the right spirit,
which brings us to the final point.
The one thing we need is to receive
this right spirit from the word of
God.
Man does not live by bread alone
but by every word that comes from
the mouth of God. This is the
spiritual food we need to become
good disciples of Christ, and which
no man can take away from us.
The closing hymn was “Take My
Life and Let it Be”.
Murray Smith graduated from
grade 13 L.D.S.S., Listowel and
plans to further his studies in
health sciences at University of
Western Ontario, London.
Proud parents are Larry and
Elaine Smith, RR 3, Brussels.
ANGLICAN CHURCH
OF CANADA
REV. DAVID FULLER, B.A., M. DIV.