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Brussels Mennonite
Fellowship
Sunday, February 26: Singing Tune-Up Time 9:15 a.m.
9:30 a.m. WORSHIP SERVICE
10:30 a.m. Sunday School For All Ages
Elder
Linda Campbell
357-1648 Wel-come
Pastor
Tom Warner
887-6388
BRUSSELS UNITED CHURCH
Rev. Cameron McMillan
Church Office 887-6259
Manse 887-9313
11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship
"Visions of Heaven"
Church School - Nursery
9:30 a.m. - Ethel Morning Worship
Brussels United Soupcon Luncheon
in aid of lower hall floor installation
Wednesday, March 1st - 11 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. All Welcome
"Mine eyes have seen the glory of the
coming of the Lord"
MELVILLE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BRUSSELS
Rev. Tim Purvis, Interim Moderator
11:00 a.m. - Morning Service
- Sunday School
9:30 a.m. - Belgrave Service
We welcome you to come and worship with us.
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
You are welcome this Sunday
February 26 - Last after Epiphany
Holy Eucharist
Ms Nancy Beale, Lay Pastor
Trinity, Blyth St. John's, Brussels
9:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m.
HURON CHAPEL MISSIONARY
CHURCH
PASTOR JAMES H. CARNE AUBURN 526-7515
Sunday 10 a.m. - Family Bible Hour
11 a.m. - Morning Service
8 p.m. - Evening Service
Wednesday 8 p.m. - Prayer & Bible Study
Friday 7:30 p.m. - Youth - Pastor Bob Lewis, 526-7441
-BLYTH CHRISTIAN
it\REFORMED CHURCH
HIGHWAY 4, BLYTH--523-9233
Sunday 10:00 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Rev. Adrian A. Van Geest
The Church of the "Back to God Hour" and "Faith 20"
Back to God Hour 10:30 a.m. CKNX Sunday
Faith 20 5:30 a.m. Weekdays, Global T.V.
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11 - 12:15 - Morning Worship
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Phone 523-4590 McConnell St., Blyth
PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1995.
From the Minister's Study
How much time do you think you have left?
By Don Vair, Be'grave
John Doe is in the mainstream of
life. He has it all it seems, and he
wants more. The future looks
gloriously bright; why he is in his
prime with many years ahead of
him, so he thinks.
John boards a plane to fly to a
faraway destination to close a
business deal that will pay off
handsomely in financial terms. On
route, John experiences an unusual
pain but concludes it is nothing to
worry about. If it does return, he
will see his doctor then.
The pain does return and John
consults his physician, who in turn
gives him the grim news that he has
six months to live.
John goes into a state of denial,
but when reality finally takes hold,
John's priorities take on a whole
new perspective.
Now it is not the million dollars,
new car, bigger home etc. that John
desires most; no it is simply more
time.
Among other things, life is a
matter of time and we want all we
can get of it.
It is said that a philosopher at the
The service at Blyth United
Church Feb. 19 was the seventh
Sunday after Epiphany and the
seasonal colour is green.
Greeters were Cliff and Bev
Snell and ushers were Harve Snell
and John and Vera Hesselwood.
Director of music Phyllis Boak was
organist and Erica Clark was
pianist. Debbie Root looked after
junior congregation and Deb Cook
was in charge of the nursery.
Rev. Stephen Huntley opened
with Call to Worship, Prayer of
Approach and words of welcome.
This was preceded by the hymn
Now Thank We All Our God.
The message to the children was
about watching the church grow.
Rev. Huntley had with him two
plants, one was bigger and had
more green leaves than the other.
He asked them which one they
would show to a visitor.
"If we water, give it sunshine and
On Sunday, Feb. 19, Linda
Garland led the worship service,
and Thelma Steinman led the
congregational singing at Brussels
Mennonite Service.
Lena Siegers, who returned to
Canada from Haiti, after spending a
year with the Christian Peace Corps
there, spoke on her experiences.
She reported that Haiti is a country
of poverty and hardship, with five
per cent of the people owning
everything in Haiti.
The Peace Workers were there to
observe and to try to cut down on
On Sunday, Feb. 19 Virginia
Stright was soloist at Auburn
Missionary Church. Her singing of
Just a Closer Walk with Thee and
One Day at a Time Touched
Ilearts.
Pastor Came's message, "A Good
Report," had scripture from Acts
14:.20-27, where it is told that Paul
and Barnabas had opened up a new
mission field.
How did they succeed? In Acts
13 it says the church was saturating
them with prayer. No great work is
done without lots of prayer, Pastor
Came said.
Paul and Barnabas were ignited
end of his life envisioned himself
as standing in a park, with his hat
outstretched, asking passersby to
drop in their spare minutes, so
precious was time to him.
I visited a 94-year-old man only
days before his death and he
recounted to me his days in
business and said "I'd do it all over
again fora dollar." He wanted more
time.
The Bible has considerable to say
about time. In fact in the book of
Ecclesiastes, chapter 3 the writer by
the spirit of God says amongst
other things, that there is a time to
weep and a time to laugh, a time to
love and a time to hate, a time of
war and a time of peace, a time to
get and a time to lose. To begin
with however, the writer states
there is "A time to be born, and a
time to die."
The song 0 God Our Help In
Ages Past says ''time, like an ever-
rolling stream, bears all its sons
away, they fly forgotten as a dream
dies at the opening day".
Think of it, we live and we die
and as generations come and go,
we are ultimately not even a
passing thought, that is except to
light," he said, "we can watch it
grow." He compared it to the
church saying, "If we talk about our
church, nurture and take pride in it
we can tell others about our
growth."
Psalm 37 was "Be not wrought
up.'
The choir anthem was In the
Bleak Mid-Winter with Christa
Cameron singing solo and Brenda
Edgar joining in a duet with Phyllis
Boak accompanying on piano.
The Old Testament Lesson, from
Genesis 45: 3-11 was read by Fred
Hakkers. The gospel lesson was
from Luke, chapter 6, verses 27-38
read by the minister.
Rev. Huntley's sermon was
entitled, "Choosing Your
Reactions". He said, "We have a
choice in choosing our reactions in
every day living, regarding events
and how people treat us. It should
not be tit for tat but we can honour
the violence against the poor or any
that the Haiti Military considered a
threat. The team was expected to
document any human rights abuses
that they witnessed.
The situation has improved in
some ways since the American
involvement, but the people are
even poorer. The generosity of the
native people was noteworthy. If a
family had food, they were willing
to share.
The Peace Team struggled to
help with local solutions to the
local problems, not to merely offer
a 'quick fix'.
by passion. Passion is a by-product
of prayer. The church dies if it
doesn't evangelize, for without a
vision the people perish. We are
saved to serve and the best soul
winners are new Christians because
they can relate to people who are in
the same predicament as they had
been. God takes ordinary people
and He does marvellous things. Our
problem today is that we arc too
earth-bound and concerned about
temporal things.
Paul and Barnabas were endued
with power. They had received the
Holy Spirit at Pentecost and they
were filled with the love of God.
God, who created both us and time.
It is iinportant to God what we do
with the time He has entrusted to
us. We are held responsible for it
and the decisions we make in time
can have enormous eternal
consequences.
Eternal issues must be dealt with
within the framework of time.
The Holy Spirit of God works
within our hearts to convict us of
our sin and our need of Christ as
our Saviour and Lord within our
lifetime.
Our decision for Christ must be
made within the few short years we
have, for the scriptures say in
Hebrews 9:27 "And as it is
appointed unto men once to die, but
after this the judgement."
How much time do you think you
may have left? The Bible says in 2
Corinthians 6:2"...behold now is
the accepted time, now is the day of
salvation."
However long you or I have left,
it is but a drop in the ocean,
compared to eternity. Time ends,
but eternity is forever.
Thank God there is time now to
confess to God that you are a sinner
Jesus' word to love our enemies.
No one can make us angry unless
we let them. We can choose to be
angry, sad or happy."
Following the sermon, induction
ceremony was held. The stewards
inducted were Elmer Sanderson,
Garth Walden and David Webster.
The new elders inducted were Joan
Clark and Deanna Snell.
Hymn Tell Out, My Soul was
sung.
The service concluded with the
congregation joining in the choral
response, Go Now in Peace.
The lovely floral tributes were
placed by June Foran, in loving
memory of her devoted husband
Ron who passed away suddenly
last Tuesday, Feb. 14.
In the hospital is Molly Grant in
Wingham.
Baptism is to be held on Mar. 5.
For more information contact Rev.
Huntley at 523-4224.
The Youth Group held a
spaghetti supper and a slave
auction on Saturday evening as a
fund raiser for those going to
Wichita this summer. The group
was pleased to have raised $1,500
for their cause.
The Youth Ministry Team met
after the services on Sunday for a
planning session.
On Tuesday, Feb. 21 the Ladies
Fellowship Group will hold the
monthly meeting at the church,
when they will learn more about
Palliative Care Services, in the
area.
When God cleans us all out then
He fills us, Pastor Came said. Just
loving is one of the greatest powers
on earth.
The work of Paul and Barnabas
which they had done was
multiplied by diffusion. Other
missionaries went out spreading the
good news of salvation. Every
Christian should be a soul winner.
The congregation is looking
forward with great anticipation to
the missions convention from
March 5 to 8. Missionaries arc
coming from Mexico, Spain,
Nigeria and Kenya. They will have
exciting stories to share.
and receive Christ into your life, as
your personal Saviour. How
terrible it will be to spend eternity
regretting that within time, you did
not make this all important
decision.
God bless you time and time and
time again.
Snells greet at Blyth church
Mennonites hear speaker
Missionaries hear soloist