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A church struggles
with its conscience
Later this month, the United Church of Canada will do something it
has done often in the past - confront a moral and theological issue head
on. While a number of United Church members undoubtedly wish the
divisive issue of the ordination of gay and lesbians would go away,
they know it won't.
It has become well known in recent times that there are gay
ministers in the United Church, as in other churches. But their sexual
orientation, for the most port, has been kept very quiet.
Now it is the United Church that is deciding to make a firm decicion
on the matter. A controversial report presented by the church,
"Toward a Christian Understanding of Sexual Orientations, Lifestyles
and Ministry", recommends that men and women not be barred from
participating in all aspects of the church, including the ministry, just
because of their sexual beliefs.
In seeking to resolve the issue, the United Church has once again em-
barked on a courageous course. While some say it would have been
wiser to ignore the issue, there Is no turning back now for the United
Church General Council.
The issues for the church are social as well as scriptual. There is no
doubt that the Bible condemns homosexual acts. Leviticus states clear-
ly: "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is
abomination."
It also states, however: "Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the
water, that shall be an abomination unto you." Yet both shellfish and
lobster are commonly consumed by people of all faiths.
Already the United Church and others have reinterpreted and
discarded parts of the Bible in light of new social truths, but is the
church ready to alter the Bible's instructions about homosexuality?
And what about those gays who have already been ordained?
All Canadians will watch with interest as the General Council of the
United Church of Canada confronts its conscience and attempts to
tackle this touchy, modern-day dilema. R.B.
Just for the record, I feel compelled to
offer this short reply to the Letter to the
Editor which appeared in last week's Sen-
tinel. The letter, from a Ms. Elizabeth A.
Wall of Toronto, accused this humble
scribe of having "a limited perspective", a
"lack of culture and exposure to city liv-
ing" and "expressive of narrow
mindedness".
Ms. Wall, I stand by the opinions I ex-
pressed about city living and hope that you
will keep in mind the audience those opi-
nions were intended for. I based my opi-
nions on having spent a great deal of time
in Toronto over the years and on the fact
that I have visited every major city in the
world including Paris, New York, Hong
Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Rome, Cairo,
Sydney and countless others.
The point the article in question was try-
ing to make, a point obviously missed by
you, was how a small town like Lucknow
differs from a city and what the citizens
here can do to promote those differences in
a positive manner.
And if that makes me cultureless and
narrow minded, so be it.
By the way, I love visiting Toronto but
when looking for a place to raise kids, I'd
take small town anywhere first, thank you
very much.
Besides being narrowminded and lack-
ing in culture, this newspaperman is also a
collector of trivia. Every now and again, I
dig out my trivia file and engage in a feast
of facts. Since I'm sure others enjoy such a
repast just as much, I'd like to share some
of my facts with you.
I found these facts in the latest edition of
Harper's.
- The Coca-Cola Company registered $350
million in profits last year...in Japan
alone.
ON THE SIDE
by Rob Bundy
- In the United States, Coke made a mere
$324 million in clear, cold profit.
- In Moscow, 95 percent of all ice cream
consumed is vanilla.
- Still with the Soviets, last year three peo-
ple were crushed to death in liquor store
line-ups.
- The total number of people worldwide
who have died of AIDS since 1981 is 72,504.
- The total number of people who have died
of measles since 1981 is 14 million.
- Every second of every day, the United
States spends $8,607 on its military.
- Last year, Chrysler paid its president Lee
Iacocca an hourly wage of $8,608.
- If you take a• job today, your chances of
being paid less than $5 per hour are one in
three.
- In a recent survey, 24 percent of boys bet-
ween the ages of 13 and 15 said it was ac-
ceptable for a man to rape his date if he
had spent "a lot of money on her".
- In Japan you can buy a bag of thousand -
year -old ice chipped from a galcier for
$1.50.
- Your chances of being injured in an auto
accident at sometime in your life are'1 in
140.
And here's one little trivial fact I really
like - a couple of years ago, a man in New
York decided to commit suicide by jump-
ing in front of a subway train. He didn't die
and promptly sued the New York Transit
Authority for $845,000 claiming the
engineer should have been able to stop the
train faster. It's a fact.
Have a good week!
...AND UNTO THE ARK
NOAH BROUGHT THE ANIMALS
Two (3Y TWO OR . MNY6E
THREE BY THREE... /
THE UNITED CHURCH _ooKS FoR GUIDANCE
70 years ago
August 15, 1918
Waste paper as fuel - Waste paper is be-
ing used as fuel by some women who will
devise every way possible to cut down
their coal bill.
They have taken old newspapers, wrapp-
ing paper, cardboard, or any other waste
paper and torn it up into small pieces and
placed it in small water -tight containers.
Boiling water is then poured over it and it
is left until the mass becomes soft. This
mass is made into small balls which are
set in the sun to dry.
When thoroughly dry they are ready for
use. They catch fire quickly and burn slow-
ly - a good substitute for coal indeed.
Recent heat wave - Now that the heat
wave appears to be over, or at least
broken, we may talk about it. From Wm.
MacDonald, local keeper of the weather
records, we learn that Tuesday of this
week came very close to being a record
breaker.
The temperature in the shade reached 99
and that mark was passed here only once,
about 20 years ago when a record of 100
was made.
SENTINEL
MEMOIRS
Tuesday of last week, when it was 106 in
London and 113 in Detroit, we had a cool 96.
50 yeardago
Augus�t- 1, 1938
Fire Company elected - The Lucknow
Fire Company elected a new slate of of-
ficers on Monday night when they held
their first election of officers in over
twelve years.
Following the voting, W.A. Sloman was
elected as Chief of the department.
A vote of appreciation was tendered for
retiring officers and the Company also
protested the habit of motorists parking
close to fire hydrants. It will ask the
Village Council to have this practise rigid-
ly prohibited.
The spreading elm - A real old village
landmark, a spreading elm, stands ma-
jestically at the rear of Murdie's
warehouse. Last week, Joseph Mallough
and Bert Ward undertook to measure the
top spread of this monster elm and found
that it had a north -south spread of almost
96 feet.
The tree is estimated to be 75 feet high
and these gentlemen are wondering if
there's another elm in the area to equal or
beat this tree for size.
Its days are numbered however, for in
the centre of the tree are a number of dead
limbs. Soon this towering monster will be
little more than fire wood.
25 years ago
August 14, 1963
Montgomerys off to Japan - Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Montgomery are currently
enjoying a trip to the Pacific and Far East
as guests of the Ford Motor Company.
This is the second year in succession that
Montgomery Motors has placed high in a
nation wide spring sales contest.
Last year, Gordon and Ruth were guests
on a trip to the British Isles.
Law enforcement welcomed - Lucknow
now has, for the first time its history, a
full-time police officer. He is Const. Joseph
Balzer. The village residents who have a
respect for the law and a desire to see it en-
forced welcome him.
Already, Const. Balzer's presence in
Lucknow is apparent. His task is not an en-
viable one, nor will it assure a crime -free
community - but it will certainly help.
10 years ago
August 9, 1978
Lucknow Lions exchange - Two young
people who are visiting Canada on the
Lions International Youth Exchange have
found that Canadian lifestyle is not that
much different from their own in Austria
and the Ivory Coast.
Sebine Cournil, from Africa's Ivory
Coast, and Hansjora Teissl of Austria have
been staying with two host families in
Lucknow.
Sebine is staying with Grant Chisholm
and family until August 143 while Hansjora
is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Barry
McDonagh until August 18.
Although the lifestyles are similar, the
two claim, they both say the food is dif-
ferent. They always have three full course
meals each day"and say they never eat
sandwiches at home which, of course, are
popular here.