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From the Minister’s Study
It is time for recreation, says minister
PETER D. TUCKER
BELGRAVE AND CALVIN
UNITED CHURCH
By the time you have read this
article, my wife and I will no
longer be in Canada. No, we have
not been expelled, at least as yet.
It is that time of year in which
people look for some recreation.
The magic word "vacation" is on
everyone's lips and is the chief pre
occupation of many. All of us look
forward with eagerness to the
change of surroundings and the
change of pace which vacation time
brings. The pressures and problems
of daily life have a tendency to
crowd in upon us and oppress us. A
few days away seem to have a mar
vellous ability to freshen our atti
tudes, alter our perspectives,
change our spirits from jadedness
to enthusiasm again. This is true
even for those of us who are fortu
nate enough to have a job that we
like.
In any event, we have planned a
visit to our daughter and son-in-law
and our two grandchildren, who
live in the mountains of Wales in
the British Isles. Not only the
scenery will change; but so will our
language. We shall be going back
to speaking Welsh, which is one of
the oldest languages in the British
Iles, predating even the Scottish
Gaelic and the Irish Erse. We shall
be going back to our origins,
always a pleasant experience, but
more importantly we shall be meet
ing with and sharing with those
whom we love and from whom we
have been parted.
There is a sense in which we are
not complete as a family as long as
distance parts us from one another.
The occasional telephone call, nice
though it may be, is no substitute
for the warmth of proximity. To
hold someone you love closely in
your arms means far more than the
expression of sentiment in letters or
in words. Loving means closeness.
Loving means sharing. Loving
means joining in a sense of belong
ing. It brings fulfillment and peace
and joy.
If these things are true of our
human relationships, how much
more true they are of the relation
ship which we should be enjoying
with our loving, heavenly Parent.
For many of us are lonely in a
sense which transcends the merely
human level. We are experiencing a
sense of lostness. The world seems
to be such a vast and unfriendly
world at times. The things we have
loved and cherished over the years
seem to be disappearing under the
constant influence of change. It
hardly seems to be the warm and
comforting world of our childhood
any more. We seem so much alone,
adrift upon a sea which carries us
onward against our wishes.
Well then, it is time for recre
alion. Note how the word is
spelled. God longs to hold us in His
arms and thoughts as much as we
desire to be held. "He has made us
for Himself, and our hearts are rest
less until they find their rest in
Him." So said St. Augustine some
sixteen hundred years ago. They
are equally true now. Our home has
not moved, but we have. Why not
turn again and come home? The
door is open and our Parent awaits
us! Then we shall discover what
belonging really means.
BRUSSELS UNITED CHURCH
Rev. Cameron McMillan
Church Office 887-6259
Minister tells
of "A New
Outlook"
11:00 a.m.
June 30
9:30 a.m.
Manse 887-9313
-Joint Summer Services
Melville Presbyterian Church
-Ethel Morning Worship Service
For the beauty of the earth
BLYTH UNITED CHURCH
Wedding bells
Margaret and Graham Work are happy to announce the
marriage of their son John Brian of Hamilton to Jacqueline
April Mandris of Stoney Creek. The couple was married on
May 4,1991 at Cambridge Beaches Resort, Bermuda.
Greeters at Blylh United Church
on June 23 was Fred deBoer. Ush
ers were David Sparling, Randy,
Loma and Joe Fraser.
Rev. Ramirez opened the service
with Call to Worship with the
hymn "Praise to the Lord, the
Almighty". There was a responsive
reading of Psalm 90, verses 1-6 and
12. The scripture reading was II
Corinthians, verses 5-14 and 6 -
12. The hymn "Jesus Thou Joy of
Loving Hearts" was sung.
The children's story was the
meaning of "Reconcile". Rev.
Ramirez gave several examples of
how to make up. Janice Peters
looked after the children afterward.
The choral anthem was "In my
Heart there rings a Melody" with
John Ramirez accompanying.
The Minute for Missions was
read on the disasters in the Phillip-
ines. Rev. Ramirez' sermon was "A
New Outlook". In Christ we are
new creation, he said. He died for
us all. The service closed with
hymn "Tell Me the Old, Old
Story", prayer and the choral
response, "To God Be the Glory".
REV. LORENZO RAMIREZ JR.
Obituaries
MANFRED PEPE KLAUS
The community was saddened to
here of the tragic death of Manfred
Pepe Klaus, 17, of Brussels, who
died on Monday, June 17, 1991 fol
lowing a car accident.
A grade 11 student at Seaforth
District High School, Pepe was
popular with his peers and respect
ed by others whose lives he had
touched. He had many friends in
the Brussels area and had started a
summer business with a group of
them, helping out area landowners.
Pepe will be dearly missed by his
mother Carmen Klaus of Brussels
and his father Manfred Klaus of
Ingelwood. He was the loving
brother of Michael of Goderich and
Jeremiah of Brussels. He was the
dear grandson of Heinz and Marri-
ane Klaus and the late Yvan Vesina
and Mariett Saucy.
Visitation was held at Belts
Funeral Home in Brussels on
Wednesday afternoon and evening.
Pastor Gordon Bauman conducted
the funeral services at Brussels
Mcnnonite Fellowship on Thursday
morning.
Pallbearers were his brothers
Michael and Jeremiah, as well as
Robb McCool, Dan Blake, Jason
Rooth and Dan Taylor.
Cremation has taken place.
As expressions of sympathy
donations to the Seaforth and Dis
trict High School Scholarship Fund
in Pepe's name would be appreciat
ed.
SUSAN ELIZABETH GIBSON
Susan Elizabeth Gibson passed
away on Saturday, June 2, 1991 in
her 85th year al Wingham and Dis
trict Hospital.
Mrs. Gibson was raised in
Saskatchewan and educated at the
Estevan Collegiate. She taught pub
lic school until 1930 then moved to
the Fordwich area. She was a mem
ber of the Orange Lodge.
Mrs. Gibson was the beloved
wife of Wallace Arthur Gibson,
who predeceased her in November
of 1981. She was the loving mother
of Harold and Clara Gibson and
Garfield and Audrey Gibson, all of
Fordwich. She is survived by six
grandchildren and four great-grand
children. Mrs. Gibson was the dear
sister of Lillian (Mrs. Morris)
Welsh of Chesley, Beatrice (Mrs.
Stan) Keais of Guelph and Helen
(Mrs. Stan Agate) of Calgary.
She was predeceased by her
brothers George and Ernest
D'Arcey and a sister Jessie O’Gor-
man.
Mrs. Gibson rested at 'Belts
Funeral Home in Gorrie from 2-4
and 7-9 on Sunday. Funeral service
was held the following afternoon at
2. Rev. Don Beck officiated.
Pallbearers were: Carl D'Arcey,
Gerald D'Arcey, Barry D'Arcey,
Bob Gibson, Wilfred Quinn and
John Keais. Honourary pallbearers
were Spence Brears and Earl
Moore. Flowerbearers were: Cathy
Franco, Eleanor McEwen, Shelly
Gibson, Ian Gibson, Greg Gibson
and Nicole Franco.
Interment was held at Fordwich
Cemetery.
As expressions of sympathy
donations can be made to the Ford-
wich United Church or the
Alzheimers Society.
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