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The news from
uburn
Knox United holds annual
congregation meeting
On a mission
Hannah Huisinga of RR 1, Auburn and Steven Smith of RR 3, Blyth make their way along this
wooden rope bridge which was constructed by the Venturers group of Londesboro for the
Auburn Missionary Church. The bridge reflects the church's Missions Conference theme, A
Bridge to the Nations which raised over $38,000 in 11 days for missions work.
1876 NOTICE OF
ANNUAL MEETING
The 117 Annual Meeting
of the Members
will be held in the
OFFICE BUILDING
of
Established 1876
McKILLOP MUTUAL
INSURANCE COMPANY
91 Main Street South, Seaforth, Ontario
on
WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY 24, 1993
at 1:30 p.m.
- to receive and dispose of the 1992 Financial and
Auditor's Reports,
- to appoint Auditors,
- to consider and enact proposed amendments to
bylaw #33
- to transact any other business that may properly
come before the meeting
- Any person wishing to seek election or re-election
as a Director must file his intention to stand for
election in writing with. the Secretary of the
Company at least seven days in advance of the
Annual Meeting. (By-law #21 (d).
JAMES CARDIFF
Secretary-Treasurer-Manager
PAGE 10. THE WIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1993.
Missionary church raises $38,547 for missions
By Lisa Boonstoppel-Pot
The Auburn Missionary Church
is putting its money where its mis-
sionaries are.
This year, at their annual Mis-
sions Conference, the church con-
gregation pledged $38,547, far
surpassing the church's goal of
$30,000.
This isn't the first time the con-
gregation of this hamlet church has
raised huge sums of money to sup-
The annual congregation meeting
of Auburn Knox United Church
was held Sunday, Jan. 31 following
the regular Sunday worship service
and pot luck luncheon. Maurice
Bean opened with a prayer. Lillian
Hallam assumed duties as
chairperson and Joyce Bean was
the recording secretary.
Dorothy Grange presented the
nominating committee report. New
executive includes the elders:
Gordon Gross, Ken Ramsey, Kay
Lapp and Jack Armstrong. New
stewards are Nancy Park, Anne
Vincent and Bob Worsell. Mary
Arthur is the Mission and Service
Treasurer. Maureen Bean joins the
Nominating Committee, and the
representative to the Crisis
Committee is Darryl Ball. The
captain of the ushers is Peter
Verbeek.
New business discussions
included the restructuring of the
official board meetings to include
everyone in a church management
position, to conduct all church
business. The next meeting is
scheduled for March 3.
Rev. Paul Ross reminded each
member to continue to reach out to
port missions work in third-world
countries and inner-city missions in
places like Toronto and Kitchener.
Last year, they surpassed their
$25,000 goal.
Church pastor Jim Came said the
11-day conference had a dramatic
conclusion Wednesday night.
"We needed$10,700 the final
night to reach our goal and incredi-
bly, $19,000 was pledged," he said.
Throughout the conference, peo-
more households in the community
and offer pastoral care.
A review of the mission and
service allocation was discussed, as
well as housekeeping duties,
confirmation classes, pastoral and
financial reports and all submitted
committee reports.
Lillian Hallam and Maurice Bean
extended appreciation to Rev. Ross
for his spiritual guidance and
dedication.
A memorial prayer was given
and the hymn "He Lives" was
sung.
Rev. Ross closed the meeting
with the Benediction.
6 tables in
play at
euchre party
There were six tables in play at
the Auburn euchre party held at the
Community Hall on Feb. 2.
Prizes went to the following:
high lady, Jane Glousher; low lady,
Lillian Letherland; men's high,
Frances Clark (playing as man);
men's low, Harold McClinchey and
novelty prize, Len Shobbrook.
ple listened to tales from missionar-
ies on furlough and the needs of the
particular mission they were
involved in.
One such story was told by Bruce
and Dawn Cluckie of Indiana who
had spent two and half months in
Sierra Leone, a small country in
Africa, before being evacuated dur-
ing a political coupe.
Mrs. Cluckie describes Sierra
Leone as a ''poor country with lots
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of economic problems due to mis-
management, corruption and smug-
gling."
"The country has several gold
and diamond mines so has the
potential to be prosperous. But
because of smuggling, the country
remains in poverty," she said.
The Cluckies role in Sierra Leone
is training African pastors to preach
the word of God. As well, they
share the gospel of Christ with vil-
lagers.
Since they'd only been there for
two months, they'd spent much of
their time learning the country's
universal language, Krio. When
they go back in July, they plan to
also learn Yalunka, the language of
the particular tribe they'll be work-
ing with.
Pastor Jim Came conducted the
Feb. 7 service at Auburn
Missionary Church. His theme was
"Awesome". •
We should stand in awe of God
and His works, Pastor Came said.
Reading from Acts 3 and 4 he
explained the story of the crippled
man begging at the temple gate, but
Peter and John, like all good
pastors, had no money to offer him.
Instead, they offered healing and
immediately the man walked.
That's awesome! Because this man
had faith in God, he was healed.
What seemed like an impossible
situation became a miracle.
There are three essentials
necessary for a miracle, the first
being an impossibility. We must
believe in miracles if we are to
believe in conversion which brings
She says the country is very
beautiful and the people exception-
ally friendly and welcoming.
They are also very open to hear-
ing the message of the gospel but
not as open to receiving it personal-
ly, she said.
"Out of 30,000 residents, about
300, or one per cent are Chris-
tians," she said.
The natives arc either Islamic or
practise traditional religions of
appeasing spirits to prevent harm,
she said.
"Their religion is one of fear but
God can overcome that," she said.
Missionaries like the Cluckies
are supported with the funds raised
by Missionary churches across
North America.
about a change in us, said Pastor
Came.
The second essential is The
Omnipotent. The almighty,
sovereign God, through His Son,
Jesus, can create a new creation in
us. We can't be saved by good
works but through belief in Jesus.
The third essential, said Pastor
Came, is faith. We need to believe
in the impossible.
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`Awesome' theme at church