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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-08-03, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1988. Auburn people among delegates to general assembly More than 600 delegates met lastweekatthe Toronto Skyline Hotel for the 3rd General Assem bly of the Missionary Church of Canada. Anthropologist and linguistic missionary Don Richardson was the keynote speaker. His career has taken him into cannibalistic communities in Irian Jay a Indo­ nesia since 1962. Mr. Richardson emphasized the needtoseekoutcultural factors which would prepare people to Cranbrook Compiled by Mrs. Mac Engel. Phone 887-6645 Local boy visits Sask. receive the Christian gospel, whe­ ther those cultures were inside or outside Canada. The church invited key Canadian evangelical leaders, such as Brian Stiller of the Evangelical Fellow­ ship of Canada, to address the Assembly with a view to learning as much as possible about groups with whom they can co-operate in their mission. The Missionary Church of Canada’s 100 churches now reach into English, Chinese, Spanish, Haitian and Asian com­ munities from Montreal to Cal­ gary. Recognizing the Canadian cul­ tural mosaic as a world neighbour­ hood moved the Missionary Church of Canada to recommit Auburn Compiled by Mrs. Mildred Lawlor. Phone 526-7589 Knox church plans Fun Day Tuesday KnoxUnited Church Fun Day will be held on Tuesday, August 9 from9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. There will be games, stories, crafts, etc. All children welcome. To register call Margo Middelkamp 529-7785. Recent visitors with Mrs. Fran­ ces Clark were Misses Jean Houston and Jean Jamieson of itself to plant churches from coast to coast. “The statistics given through­ out this conference show that there are dozens of communities, mainly Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. C. Goffin of St. Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. J.A. McIntosh of Port Stanley. Knox United Church will com­ mence again at 10 a.m., August 7. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Craig and family of St. Jacobs spent the holiday at their trailer, RR 3, Auburn. in our larger urban areas with fewer people attending church now, than back in 1945,” said church president Dr. Alfred Rees. The group raised $1 million each of the last two years to send missionary personnel into the dozen non-North American areas of outreach. John and Heather McCowan, Linda, Angela and Debbie Curl, and Pastor and Mrs. James Carne from Huron Chapel Missionary Church in Auburn participated in the General Assem­ bly in Toronto July 14-17. MURRAY New phone#523-9121 Blyth The regular morning service will be held in Knox Presbyterian Church at 9:45 a.m. August 7 following holidays in July. Gerald Knight, a Listowel high school student, travelled to Regina on July 4 as part of a 4-H exchange program. There he was met by his partner, Carman Legault. Gerald stayed with Carman’s family near Vai Marie, Sask, and on July 19 they arrived at Toronto airport on their way to Gerald ’ s home at RR 3, Brussels, where Carman stayed with the Knight family. It was an enjoyable experience for both 4-H members, having been well enter­ tained in both provinces. Mrs. Wilfred Strickler attended a relatives shower at the home of Rev. Allan and Mrs. Cornish, Don Mills, on Sunday, July 24. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry King and sons Matthew and David, from Brantford, called on Mrs. Mac Engel Wednesday on their way homefromacamping holiday at Meaford. They also visited Jerry’s grandfather, Harold Smalldon, at the Callander Nursing Home, Brussels. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Conley are home from a motor trip to Saskatchewan. Mr. and Mrs. Tilroc Hedden and Miss Ruth Kenney, Florida, visit­ ed with Mrs. Mac Engel and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Engel during the past week. Other visitors on Thursday were Mr. and Mrs. Jim Keys, Seaforth, Mrs. Bill Arm­ strong and Mrs. Mary Hollings­ worth, Fergus. Mr. Howard Mitchell and family members, Thorold, have been holidaying at his home in Cran- brook. Belgrave woman wins Big Value contest Mary Isabel Nethery of Belgrave is the latest winner of the Big Value contest in The Citizen. She spotted the Big Value in Howard Bernard Fuels advertise­ ment on page 14 of last week’s paper, filled in her ballot and was lucky enough to have her name drawn. As winner of the Big Value contestshe will receive a pair of Tender Tootsies of her choice from the fall collection at The Fashion Boutique in Brussels. This week ’ s winner will receive a $25 gift certificate from Blyth Supermarket. Advertising is a guide to fashion.