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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-01-11, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1989. The Minister's Study Christians must celebrate the love of God BY REV. CHARLES CARPENTIER BRUSSELS AND ETHEL UNITED CHURCHES A pastor whowas preachingon the Day of Final Judgement, compared that day with a nuclear holocaust. “Rivers will overflow, and thunder will boom’’ he cried out. “Flames will shoot down from heaven!’’ he shouted. “And darkness will fall like a mushroom cloud over the earth.’’ Whereupon a small boy in the congregation nudged his father and asked, “Daddy, do you think they’ll Grey Twp. council makes appointments Grey Township Council held its first meeting of 1989 on January 2. Council passed several by-laws including a by-law to authorize the borrowing, if required, of $400,000 for 1989. A by-law was also passed which doubled the basic dog tag fee from $5.00 to $10.00. The basic fee had not been increasesd since 1989 and Council felt the increase was enough to cover the increased costs of the last 10 years. Appointments were also made to the following local boards and committees: Maitland Valley Con­ servation Authority, Leona Arm­ strong; Huron County Farm & Safety Association, Robin Dunbar; Brussels Medical-Dental Centre Board, Dale Newman and Fred Uhler; Brussels, Morris and Grey Joint Board of Recreation Manage­ ment, Dale Newman, Dale Machan, Alvin McLellan and Leo Deitner; Brussels, Morris and Grey Indus­ trial Committee, Graeme MacDon­ ald and Max Demaray. Council also authorized for pay­ ment of general accounts totalling $50,687.72, road accounts totalling $89,260.67and drain accounts totall­ ing $9,164.47. Separate school teachers salaries set let school out early?” Somehow, the preacher wasn ’t coming through to that young lad in the way he had hoped. The boy was missing the point. This can happen to all of us, if we go to church week after week without much serious reflection on why we do this. We can begin to miss the point of it all, if we can not explain why we celebrate that “love” every Sunday morning. This is as serious a problem in today’s church as it has been from the very beginning. Christianity is a matter of trust. Trust in God. Is this The next regular meeting of Council is scheduled for January 16 at 9:30 a.m Business & Professional Wanted! Livestock barbecue pigs, ruptures, rhinitis, poor doers, feedlot rejects. Also sows & boars fit tobutcher CALL 335-3151 IVAN DAVE WATT AM'S •Backhoe & Dozer Work •Septic Systems installed or repaired •Farm & Residential tiling •Trenching, [water & hydro lines] •Foundations dug •Landscaping FreeEstimates 523-9714 old hat, flat beer? “Trust in God.” We have heard it all too often. It has lost his bite. If we could only give it TV life: commercialize it. For example, sit Jesus down at a Jerusalem cottage, a smoking gas barbecue loaded with “Hot Dogs”, and have the 12 disciples playing volleyball with their girlfriends, harmonizing a jingle: ‘This God’s for you!’. Perhaps we can come clbse. Because, let us be honest for a moment and ask this: “Does God, does Jesus Christ, still make sense today, against the background suffering, earthquakes, starving children, refugees, and against the immoral behaviour of some well known Christian Church leaders, and again st the decline in Church attendance? We who believe in a Judaeo-Christian God, have a God­ given right to ask these questions. Because if we do not face these Beth Earl 887-6401 Joan Smith 887-6341 Directory For all occasions, big or small, we do them all! YOUR ONE-STOP WINDOW A DOORCENTRE •Sales«Service*lnstallation LDASHWOOD Window & Door Centre 1196 Wallace Av. N. 451 £rje st. Listowel Stratford 291-1612_______________273-5757 Country Cooks Catering Frank Workman Electric 20 years serving Brussels ■ &area • Farm ‘Home •Commercial R.R.3,BRUSSELS 887-6867 questions, and face them squarely, then the young people of our community will call our bluff and feel contempt for us! From your answer you should learn a good deal about yourself ... how convinced and passionate a Christian disciple you are. You will come to trust God, “The love” we celebrate every Sunday , only if you 1 Blyth Christian 24S Reformed Church January 15-10 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. John Haneqraaff from London Sunday School 11:00 a.m. The Church of the “Back to God Hour” and “Faith 20” Back to God Hour 10:30a.m. CK NX, Sunday Faith20 5:00a.m. weekdays, GlobalT.V. ALL VISITORS WELCOME HIGHWAY 4, BLYTH TRIPPLE T SMALL ENGINE SALES AND SERVICE CHAIN SAW SHARPENING $3.00 HOURS: MON.-FRI.6-9p.m. SAT.9-5p.m. Located behind B & G Electric BRUSSELS 887-9627 say yes to him. Yes to Jesus. Yes to joy. Yes to sorrow. Yes to your brothers and sisters. Yes to your Christian living, knowing that you can trust in God, and that God is Faithful. Well, happy January wherever you are, and wherever this January finds or takes us, Godbless us there, you and me. J nonaay rent-a-car system We have a full line of: CARS-TRUCKS-VANS •WEEKEND RATES AVAILABLE STRICKLANDS 344 Huron Rd . Coderich 524-8311 •12 ft. - 16 ft - Vans Available $24?5 including 100 km. Free on cars only Teachers with Huron-Perth Separate School Board have ratified a contract settlement with their board afrer nine months of negotia­ tions. The new agreement gives the 200 teachers an average 4.4 per cent increase in the first year of a two-year contract, with a 4.5 per cent across-the-board raise in the second year. The contract includes improve­ ments to allow ancestor responsibili­ ty for principals, consultants, and co-ordinators in year one and for vice-principals, department heads and subject co-ordinators in the second year of the contract. Also included in the package are improvements in the benefit plans under semi-private hospital, dental insurance, and the introduction of vision care. These changes take effect Jan. 1, 1989. Salary rates in year one range from a minimum of $20,750 to $53,325 in the top category. In the second year, these rates become $21,685 and $55,715 respectively. The average salary of a teacher in the 17 separate schools in Huron and Perth will increase from $39,046 in 1987-88 to $42,502 in 1989-90. Teachers and the board have been in negotiations since last February. The previous contract expired Aug. 31. A factfinder’s report released in October assisted the trustees and teachers in continued negotiations until a settlement was reached Nov. 2. 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