HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1993-05-05, Page 28BRUSSELS UNITED CHURCH
Rev. Cameron McMillan
Church Office 887-6259 Manse 887-9313
11 a.m. Morning Worship Service
"Family Relationships"
Sacrament of Infant Baptism
Church School - Nursery
9:30 a.m. Ethel Morning Worship Service
Church School
"King of love, my Shepherd is"
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.
BRUSSELS MENNONITE
FELLOWSHIP
9:25 a.m. Worship Service
10:30 a.m. Sunday School For All Ages
Potblessing Meal to Follow
Pastor Tom Warner Elder Alice Knorr
887-6388 887-9203
Everyone Truly Welcome
HURON CHAPEL MISSIONARY
CHURCH
PASTOR JAMES H. CARNE AUBURN 526-7515
Sunday -10 a.m. - Family Bible Hour
11 a.m. - Music by Don & Betty McDonald
8 p.m. - Evening Service
Wednesday - 8 p.m. - Prayer & Bible Study
Friday - 7:30 p.m. - Youth
You are Welcome at
the
BLYTH CHURCH OF GOD
9:45 a.m. - Sunday School for Children and Adults
11 - 12:15 - Morning Worship
Bible Studies - Wednesday 10 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Phone 523-4590 McConnell St., Blyth
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
You are welcome this Sunday
May 9 - St. John
Apostle and Evangelist
Holy Eucharist
Trinity, Blyth
St. John's, Brussels
9:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m.
Rector, The Rev. E. Paul Acton, 887-9273
BLYTH CHRISTIAN
REFORMED CHURCH
HIGHWAY 4, BLYTH--523-9233
GUEST MINISTER:
Rev. Gerrit Heersink
Sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The Church of the "Back to God Hour" and "Faith 20"
Back to God Hour 10:30 a.m. CKNX Sunday
Faith 20 5:00 a.m. Weekdays, Global T.V.
Aft Visitors Welcome Wheelchair accessible
Blyth. The children remained with
their parents to see the Choral Kids
production. Kathy McNichol was
in charge of the nursery.
Lloyd Sippel read Minute for
Missions, followed by the mid-
week groups presenting their
donations to Missions.
Paul Hessels and John Ramirez
represented the Sr. Teen Club.
Corey Shannon and Lorna Fraser
made a presentation for the Jr. Teen
Club. Kathy Fraser and Rachel de
Boer gave a donation from the
Messengers which was accepted on
behalf of the church by Rev.
Ramirez. Donations were also
made to the Horn of Africa.
Rev. Ramirez asked the
congregation to be sure and attend
the Garage Sale this Friday night,
May 7, in the church from 7 - 9.
Prayers were said for those in the
hospital — Mary Wightman-in
London's University Hospital,
Betty Nethery in Godcrich, Russel
Wilson and Jetta Button both in
Wingham. Ella Richmond is home
from St. Joseph's in London.
In place of a sermon the Choral
Kids presented a production of
songs about Noah, entitled "One
Hundred Percent Chance of Rain."
Narrator was Teag Onn, Noah was
Zoey Onn and Cappy Onn was
soloist.
Other members of Choral Kids
are Kristie Blair, Shanda Loder,
Ross Clark, Julie Ritchie, Jenny
Ritchie, Amanda Howson, Ashley
Howson, Jill Walden and Abigail
Ramirez. Special thanks went to
organist Phyllis Boak and assistant
Susan Howson. Susan gave a
special thanks from the group to
choreographer Jane Marquis. Other
music was provided by John
Ramirez on drum and Erica Clark
playing flute.
waiting for him to say something
else, I asked what was apparently a
really stupid question. The green
summer student kind. "Could you
put a hundred in here?"
"Nope, it's always been ninety-
nine."
Trying to inject a little bit of
humour and to show Bill what
great and wonderful things he
could anticipate over the summer, I
dazzled him with my biblical
knowledge and said, "What
happened; did one go astray?"
"Nope, it's always been ninety-
nine."
Bill and I continued to have this
kind of relationship, not just over
that summer. He would kick the
holes in the gravel as he was telling
me what was what, and I would
kick the gravel back in the holes as
I tried to get him to use two
sentences instead of just one with
every answer. But Bill was
wonderful. He could teach in that
one sentence; he could say volumes
in the fewest words possible. And
was he stubborn! Just about as
stubborn as I was.
Bill had a purpose though. It was
to make sure that the church held
99 people, at least until he found
one more; then it would be "just
100."
It took me two summers to see
how this stubborn conviction
worked, but work it did. He was
determined that the church would
never falter from what it should be,
the place where people could find
refuge in God, where they could
worship God together, where they
could become a community. But
most importantly the church was
the body that always sought the lost
to come and join with them.
Ninety-nine was just Bill's way of
saying "There's work to be done."
When I finally realized how this
man thought, I asked, "What do we
do if we get a hundred people in
church some Sunday?" -
"We bring up a chair!"
Loading up
Bill Tiffin of Wingham loaded up his plate with all the good
food available at the Ethel United Church Ham and Turkey
Supper held Sunday at Grey Central Public School. The
annual event traditionally attracts over 600 people and
raises money for the church.
PAGE 28. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1993.
From the Minister's study
Make room for one more
By Steve Webb
Knox Presbyterian, Cranbrook
It doesn't seem like all that long
ago. It was one of those days full of
apprehension and excitement, full
of anticipation and anxiety. It, was
my first day; the first day of my
summer appointment, the first day
of my pastoral ministry, the first
day of meeting the people I would
be sharing ministry with. I was
looking forward to the challenge, I
was looking forward to learning
what the people would teach me
and all that I was sure I could teach
them.
Together with the minister in
charge we drove to the place I
would be spending the summer. It
was a beautiful place, ancient trees
lining the streets and a cool breeze
floating in off the lake. Driving
down the main street I could see all
the signs that this was a summer
tourist town. Antique shops,
elaborate inns and clothing stores,
everything seemed strangely out of
place in a small community.
Our first stop was the church. A
small red brick building with a low
steeple sat right on the corner
behind a couple of large maples. It
was a beautiful sight, the place
where I was going to start my
ministry. While we sat there
talking, all the great and wonderful
things that I was going to do while
there flooded my mind. The
slamming of a car door broke into
my thoughts of people pouring
forth from those big wooden doors
on any given Sunday.
Then I met Bill. Bill was an
experience in himself.
We went into the church to look
around and the first thing that
struck me was how beautiful the
little sanctuary was. It wasn't fancy,
just simple and somehow beautiful.
The old pump organ stood out like
a grand piece of tradition, blending
the old with the new, the new being
the electrical cord that snaked its
way across the floor to the outlet.
"We put a blower on it ourselves"
Bill informed me. Bill was a man
of few words, always used in short
sentences, not curt or sharp, just
short. Like the number of,kids in
Sunday School, "Four, when we
have Sunday School." Who sat
where, "When they come to
church."
This is when it all started, the
conversation that I will never
forget. "How many people can you
fit in here on a Sunday morning
Bill?" This was my question and
you know what I was thinking.
"Ninety-nine." That's all he said.
"Ninety-nine." After a long pause,
well not a pause really, I was just
Greeters at the Blyth United
Church on Sunday, May 2 were
Lorna and Kathy Fraser. The ushers
were John, Mary Lou, Pauline and
Margaret Ann Stewart. Rev.
Ramirez opened the service with
the Call to Worship, Prayer of
Approach, Prayer of Confession,
Silent Confession and Assurance of
Pardon followed by the singing of
"Morning Has Broken."
The responsive reading was from
Psalm 1 'Happy indeed is the man.'
The scripture reading was from
Genesis 9: 8-17, which was
followed by the hymn "There is a
Wideness in God's mercy."
During the children's
conversation, Rev. Ramirez spoke
about the Story of Noah. He asked
the children to imagine Blyth and
area being flooded. He told them
God had Noah take all the animals
two by two into an ark. The ark
was so big it would hold all of
Stewarts usher in members