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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-06-02, Page 12• • • 4 , WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2. 1976 tosisOirltvigt,v. Whitei hutch 'y'„..f.s WHITECHURCH NEWS On Sunday evening 'the Y.P. SoCiety met at Langside, church with an attendance of 14. Barry opened the meeting with prayer. The songs, Pass My Love and Thank „You", were sung. Barry*Elliott read the scripture, •Matthew 5: 43-48. In grouPs they worked a crossword puzzle. Plans were made for visiting Pinecrest Manor Nursing Home, June 13. • Wendy Kay read the minutes • and a, letter from their 4th grade foster child. He told of Easter week which in his country is, a very happy' time as they have many parades that represent the last days of the life of Chritt. The Y.P.S. had sent him $5 and he was going to use it to buy school supplies. His name is. Alejandro Canales. The offering was received and dedicated by Fred, ,„ de Boer. Practises were arranged for June 2 for going to Lucknow Nursing Home and May 26 to practise skit for pot luck supper. The next meeting will be at Whitechurch • Church. THEE Dr. Finlay Stewart Was Guest Speaker WHITECHURCH NEWS • On Sunday, May 30th Chalmer's Presbyterian Church celebrated the 112th anniversary with Dr. Finlay G. Stewart conducting the service in 'the church, beautified with spring flowers. Mr. Bev Kay, pastor of the church, assisted in the services. Dr. Stewart's message in the morning was, "It All Depends on You". The choir_ messages were He is „so Precious to Me and The Lord's Prayer. Songs of praite were Praise the Lord,' Christ 'is made the sure foundation and Come let us sing of a wonderful love. Rev. Angus MacKay of London gave the closing prayer. This service was broadcast over CKNX. The evening service was ,held at 8 p.m. with a large crowd in attendance. Songs of praise were Glory be to God the Father, Unto the hills, god reveals His presence. The church's one foundation, Onward Christian -Soldiers. The choir messages were The Haven of Rest ,and I Come to the. Garden Alone.--br. _Finlay._Stewart D.D. L.L.D, gave as his message, Tyrants and Servants. Mr Bev Kay, pastor, assisted with the. service. • A shfielci W.M.S. Mrs. Warren Wylds welcomed the Ashfield Women's Missionary Society ladies to her home for their May meeting. Mrs. Jim West gave the call to worship, then hymn 722, God who made the earth, was sung, followed by repeating of the W.M.S. purpose. Scripture taken from I Peter,. 1:3, with meditation on the Hopeful' Month followed by, prayer was given by Mrs. Lloyd Collins. Offertory prayer was given by Mrs. Lloyd. Collins, Hymn 535, Let christian faith and hope disPel, was sung. Eleven members answered the roll call, "First church I attended". • , Business was conducted, by, Mrs. • Warren. Wylds. Mrs. Henry MacKnzie, would like to have the, bale money in by June meeting. The Maitland Presbyterial is being held on Monday, May 31st at 2 p.m.' and 7 p.m: at Lucknow Presbyterian Church. Lunch was discussed for the ordination service of Mr. Sand, June 20th. Also a cleaning bee will be held June 15th and 16th. A thank you note was received from the MacDonald -family and a letter was received from Camp Kintail. A contest on naming the spring flowers was next, 'followed by a poem "In Grandmother's Garden:' by Mrs. Lloyd Collins. •An interesting autobiography on Cairine Raey MacKay Wilson was given; by Mrs. Jim West.' Mrs. Wilson was born in 1885 and lived in the ,Rockton and Ottawa areas. In 1930' she was appointed to the senate by WilliamLyon MacKenzie King., Her main aims were ,to better women, working for womens rights, for pensioners and family allowances. She was very active at St. Pauls ,Presbyterian" church' in Ottawa. Her death was in 1962: Mrs. Lloyd Collins gaVe the poem "Hitchin May Day Song" followed by hymn 140, For 'the beauty of the earth, Mrs. Jim West had the closing prayer followed by singing the grace. Lunch, and social time 'followed. • ICKNOWSENTINEL, LUGICINUI1r, 1. KINLOUGH ' PENTECOSTAL. CHURCH ' '1 Pastor Gilbert' Van• SlIgtenhorst 10 a.m. Sunday 'School 11 a.m. Worship Service . 7:30 p.m. Evening Service. Midweek Prayer Service Wednesday at 8 o'clock ` C.A. (YoungPeoPle) Friday at,7:30 p,ra. , , -- / .:"........."......~................"......0..... Luckno*, Presbyterian, Church Rev. Glenn Noble, B.A., B.D. Minister ' Phone 5284740 SUNDAY, JUNE 6th 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship DUNGANNON CHRISTIAN- - - FELLOWSHIP (MENNONITE).. Doug Zehr, •Pastor• Phone 529-7751 - SERVICES 10:00 a.m. Sunday School: 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship . EVERYONE WELCOME LUCKNOW UNITED CHURCH Rev. Doug Kaufman ' Pastor , JUNE 6th , 10 a.m. No Sunday School i1.1 A.M. CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP AND PICNIC , at Silver Lake Camp , No worship in the church 1 building this day 1 ...........................................~...........: LUCKNOW • CHRISTIAN ' REFORMED CHURCH Rev. L. Van Staalduinen Pastor SUNDAY, JUNE 6th Services at . LL - 10 a.m. "Pentecost" ` 8 p.M. "The Feast of the Worker" Listen to the Back to •God Hour Message of Today CHOK Sarnia,, 8:30 a.m. Radio dial 1070 CFOS Owen Sound, 1:30 p.m. Radio dial MO , Chalmers WHITECHURCH NEWS. On Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. Chalmers Women's Mission- ,ary-Society met at the home of Mrs. Gordon Rintoul. The meeting was in charge of. Mrs. Victor Emerson and Mrs. Walter Elliott with helpers Mrs. 0. Irwin and Mrs. G. Phillips. Mrs. Emerson extended a mei- come to all• and gave the call to worship, a poem Friends. The hymn, Jesus shall reign, was sung. The scripture; Acts 10: 44-48 and Acts 11:1-18 was read by Mrs. Walter Elliott.___ The meditation' on the- scripture was- alto • given—by- Mrs. Elliott. A reading, Jesus Never Fails, was read by Mrs. Gordon Rintoul. Mrs. Bill Evans led in prayer. The hymn, Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, was sung with pianist Mrs. Don Ross. Mrs. Emerson gave the topic, How to Live. Mrs. Wesley Tiffin read a story from 'Guideposts Magazine, Just One More Favour. The offering was received and dedicated by Mrs. Wallace Conn. The roll, call was answered by 15 naming a plant in the Bible. The president, Mrs. John de Boer, presided for the business. The Presbyterial Will be held May 31 in Lucknow. An invitation from Calvin-Brick was received for June 1st. Financial suppOrt was asked for Kintail Camp' and Ewart college Fund., The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. John de Boer. The offering for the Ladies Aid was received and financial state- ment', given. The • hymn, I've wandered far away from God, was sung and closing prayer given by Mrs. Bill Rintoul. Grace was sung and the hostessrserved , q Dungannon U.C.W. DUNGANNON NEWS Seventeen United Church Wont- en met at the home of Mrs. Jack Alton on May 18 at 8.30 p.m. Mrs. Cecil Blake open 'he meeting with the singing ok. An 388 and the reading Of the scripture from Matthew 25, verses 31-46. Prayer and Meditation followed. Mrs. Blake and Mrs. Nelson Pearson presented a' very interest-. ing study on- Haiti, its location, its people, its poverty and its religions and • illustrated their study with Many colourful pictures, maps and pamphlets.-- Collection was then- — received and dedicated by Mrs. Pearson. - Mrs. Derk Logtenberg chaired the business portion of the Meeting. Mr. Sparks, from near Lucknow, has been asked to be our guest speaker at the U.C.W. August church service. Irene Logtenberg 'favoured the ladies with two solos, "A Dance for Two Hands" and "The Lord's Prayer" which were enjoyed by all, Mrs. Logtenberg closed the Meeting with everyone repeating the mizpah benediction and her ' thought for the day,. "I slept and I dreanted that life' was beauty. I woke and found that life was duty". FolloWing lunch, there was a very successful plant sale with Mrs., Logtenberg acting as auction: Perform a death-defying act. Give Heart Fund. Give Heart Fund I Baha is Observe Declaration Day Bahals around the globe obser-. ve the declaration of the Bab each year on May 23. On this day in 1844 the Bab deClared himself as. God's chosen messenger sent to an- nounce the Coming of promised one of all ages. Like John the Baptist, the. Bab foretold the glad tidings that one greater than himself • would soon appear amongst mankind; unlike John the Baptist, the Bp was an independ- ent manifestation of God who wrote his own divinely inspired verses and initiated laws and principles suitable for this modern age. , , The name "Bab" means "Gate" :on translation from Persian into English. The Bab, then, is the gate to a new era. in an ,evolution on this planet, an era characterized by the doors of knowledge being flimg wide open. The declaration of the Bab also inaugurated a new calendar. 'Mankind is now in the 133rd year of the Bahal era, The 'Bab's declaration , was first made to a distinguished divine 'called Mulla Hilsayn, who, after several days of anxions investiga- .H tion and study': became t firmly convinced that ,the long-awaited Mestiah • had ' indeed appeared. Not, however, until 18 holy souls had' independently searched him • out and recognized him as God's messenger could the Bab declare his mission publicly, an event which took' place in Mecca in December, 1844. The independent quest for knowledge and truth, symbolized • by these first 18 disciples orthe Bab, is' one of the' basic prinicples of the flahaii faith. It illustrates, moreover, why Ba- ha'is do not retain a professional. clergy. • Tl.e declaration of the Bab spirked alarm and enmity among •.h0 orthodox religious authorities of . Persia.. A: long series of i n t rogations before tribunals, deportations. imprisonments, • scourgings and indignities culmin- ated in 1859 with his martyrdom by a firing t'quad: • , The physical remains of the Bab rest today in a beautiful shrine on Mount Carmel overlooking the Bay of Haifa, near Haifa, Israel. 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