HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1992-03-04, Page 16PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1992.
From the Minister's Study
When given a lemon, make lemonade
BY REV. CAMERON MCMILLAN
BRUSSELS AND ETHEL
UNITED CHURCHES
Joseph was a man who learned to
cope well with the many difficul
ties that life throws against us. One
of a family of 11 boys, he was the
favourite of his father. He had a
privileged, easy life in his early
Rev. Drost delivers sermon
Visiting Pastor for the Sunday,
March 1 services at the Blyth
Christian Reformed Church was
Rev. John Drost of Kitchener. Des
ignated ushers were Dawn TenPas
and Barbara Vanderlei.
The opening hymn as #42,
entitled “Ye Gates, Lift Your
Heads”.
The sermon was based on scrip
ture taken from Matthew 17: 1-8,
and Hebrews 2: 1-9, with the text
being Matthew 17: 2. The sermon
title was “The Glory of the Cross”.
Rev. Drost reflected on the sea
son of Lent, saying it is a time of
gloom and sadness. We need to
focus on the glory of the cross and
Couple resides in Burlington
Andrea and Robert Giblett
LUCAS - GIBLETT urday, Nov. 9, 1991 at St. Christo-
Andrea Lynn Lucas and Robert pher's Anglican Church,
Scott Giblett were married on Sat- Burlington. Archdeacon Evans offi
years. His brothers resented the
favoritism and special privileges he
received. One day, they dumped
him in a well, then sold him as a
slave. He was taken away to Egypt
where he was purchased by a
government official.
When you are handed a lemon,
make a lemonade. Joseph made the
best of his difficult situation. His
the fact that we have renewal and
forgiveness of our imperfect lives
through our precious saviour Jesus
Christ. We need to aim at pleasing
God with the things we do in our
lives, and to give God the Glory for
all things. With Jesus as our media
tor we can achieve a “Christ Cen
tered” life!
The opening hymn at the after
noon service was No. 13, “Lord,
Our Lord, They Glorious Name.”
The congregation then recited the
Apostles Creed in unison.
The sermon was entitled “With
out the Shedding of Blood There is
No Forgiveness.” Scripture was
taken from John 9: 1-12 and
abilities were recognized. He was
made manager of the official's
property and given great responsi
bility. His fortunes were rising
again.
It all came down with a crash
once more when the official's wife
tried to get Joseph to enter into an
adulterous relationship with her. A
man of strong moral principles,
Hebrews 9: 15-22, wiih the text
John 9: 39.
Rev. Drost spoke of various
forms of blindness, such as physi
cal, spiritual, and blindness to oth
ers needs. No one is sinless,
therefore everyone is in effect spiri
tually blind. It is a mistaken notion
that people who go to church are
supposed to be perfect. Through the
work of Christ and his Grace we
are made perfect. If we receive
Christ we receive “Light”.
Blyth Christian Reformed
Church will be hosting the “World
Day of Prayer” service on Friday,
March 6 at 2 p.m. Babysitting and
Story Hour will be available for
preschoolers.
ciated at the double ring ceremony,
assisted by the bride's uncle, Gary
Walton.
Lighting the candelabrum were
Jonathon Lucas and Lucas Rolland.
Rick Elliott of Blyth piped the
mothers into the church to "Amaz
ing Grace".
The parents of the bridal couple
are Patricia Lucas of Blyth and
William Lucas of Woodstock and
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Giblett of
Burlington.
Matron-of-honour was Raeanne
Buttenham. Also attending the
bride were bridesmaids Annette
Lucas and Elizabeth Ward. Janice
Lucas was junior bridesmaid and
flowergirl was Abby Rolland.
The best man was Brian Kellie.
Ushering the guests to their seats
was Blair Kellie and George
Cruckshank. Tyler Giblett was the
junior usher and Jordan Giblett was
ringbearer.
Following the ceremony a recep
tion was held at the Convention
Centre in Hamilton.
The newlyweds enjoyed a honey
moon trip to Jamaica and are now
residing in Burlington.
Joseph refused her advances.
Angered, the wife said that Joseph
did what he did not do. Her word
was believed. Joseph was not
believed. Joseph was pul in jail and
his situation became worse than it
was before.
Joseph had a talent for interpret
ing people's dreams. Once again his
abilities were recognized. He was
summoned from prison to interpret
a particularly difficult dream that
the King was having. The King
liked what Joseph said. He released
him from prison and made him his
right hand man, the second most
powerful person in the country. His
world was law. Joseph's fortunes
rose again.
Joseph accurately predicted a ter
rible famine that affected the entire
world. He ordered people to save
BRUSSELS MENNONITE
FELLOWSHIP
9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship Service
10:30 a.m. Christian Education Hour for all ages.
Pastor Tom Warner Elder John Baan
887-6388 887-6967
ANGLICAN CHURCH
OF CANADA
Rev. E. Paul Acton 887-9273
1st Sunday in Lent - March 8
TRINITY, BLYTH ST. JOHN S, BRUSSELS
9:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m.
BRUSSELS UNITED CHURCH
Rev. Cameron McMillan
Church Office 887-6259 Manse 887-9313
11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship
-"Overcoming Temptation"
-Church School -Nursery
9:30 a.m. -Ethel Morning Worship
-Church School
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart
HURON CHAPEL MISSIONARY
CHURCH
PASTOR JAMES H. CARNE AUBURN 526-7515
10 a.m. - Family Bible Hour
11 a.m. - Morning Service
8 p.m. - Evening Service
Tuesday - 4:15 p.m. - Kid's Klub
Wednesday - Prayer & Bible Study
Friday 7:30 p.m. - Youth
food in good time. When the
famine struck, people from all over
the world came to Egypt to buy
food. Joseph's brothers also came
begging food. Not only did Joseph
feed them. He also forgave them.
He said: “You mean't evil in what
you did to me, but God used it for
good in order to preserve many
people's lives.”
When troubles strike us, what is
happening often doesn't seem to
make much sense. If, like Joseph,
we can have patience and endure
our difficult time, we may find that
some good comes out of it in the
end. What happens to us may be
perfectly evil. But God can use that
evil circumstance to turn our lives
around and bring some good out of
it. Read Joseph's story in Genesis,
chapter 37-50.
Growing in faith, sermon theme
Greeters at Blyth United Church
on Sunday, March 1 were Marilyn
and Debbie Craig. Ushers were
Steven Webster, Jim Walsh, Earl
and Shirley Fyfe.
The service opened with the call
to worship, followed by the prayer
of invocation and confession.
Hymns were “Fairest Lord Jesus”
and “All Hail the Power of Jesus'
Name”. Scripture reading was from
Luke 9 (28-36). Junior Congrega
tion was led by Colleen McNichol
while Linda Meier was in charge of
Nursery.
Flowers at the front of the church
were placed in memory of Ed Rad
ford who passed away last week.
Deepest sympathy was extended to
Margaret and the family.
There was a reminder of the
World Day of Prayer to be held at
the Christian Reformed Church on
Friday, March 6 al 2 p.m. Babysit
ting and story hour will be held for
all preschool children.
The sermon was entitled
“Moments to Grow In Faith” and
was based on the transfiguration
story. Rev. Ramirez said that one
moment that allows us to grow in
faith is through prayer. It is through
praying that we hear and feel God's
presence in us and it is through
prayer that we are able to seek
God's will for us. He said we must
actually realize and live up to God's
calling and discipleship and be able
to push on even through troubled
times. It's fine to have dreams, like
Peter who was wanting to build
shelters for Moses and Elijah to
hold on to that special moment.
Rev. Ramirez said we must come
down from our mountain and con
tinue God's work.
Mennonite Fellowship
plans four adult classes
On Sunday, March 1, Pastor Tom
Warner preached form the text
Matthew 13: 1-9; 18-23. Linda
Campbell was worship leader and
Thelma Steinman was song leader.
Nancy Elliott-Greenwood was
pianist.
A new quarter began for the Sun
day School. The children’s classes
will continue as they were. There
will be four adult classes this quar
ter. Pastor Tom will lead a Sermon
Discussion group. M?iin Baan and
Margaret McLeod wi ' be in charge
of a Foundation Series. El win Gar
land will lead a study on the Book
of Hebrews, and Doug and Sylvia
Cameron will lead the fourth group
in a study of a book entitled Wel
come.
On Friday evening the Youth
Group held a Penny Carnival in the
Church Gymnasium. The Youth
were also “sold” in a slave auction
by which the buyer is entitled to the
specified hours of work by their
“purchased Youth”.
MELVILLE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BRUSSELS
Rev. Carolyn McAvoy
11:00 a.m. - Morning Service
- Sunday School
9:30 a.m. -Belgrave Service
We welcome you to come and
worship with us.
A BLYTH CHRISTIAN
ZU REFORMED CHURCH
HIGHWAY 4, BLYTH
Rev. John De Vries
of London
Sunday at 10 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.
Sunday School 11:00 a.m.
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