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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1995-03-08, Page 19HURON CHAPEL MISSIONARY CHURCH PASTOR JAMES H. Sunday 1.0 a.m. 11 a.m 8 p.m Wednesday 8 p.m • Friday 7:30 p.m. CARNE AUBURN 526-7515 - Family Bible Hour - Morning Service - Evenig Service - Prayer & Bible Study - Youth - Pastor Bob Lewis, 526-7441 BRUSSELS UNITED CHURCH Rev. Cameron McMillan Church Office 887-6259 Manse 887-9313 11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship "Finding a Solid Rock" Church School - Nursery 9:30 a.m. - Ethel Morning Worship - Church School "All my hope on God is founded" Welcome to All 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 CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1995. PAGE 19. From the Minister's Study Lent a time of preparing to grieve By Rev. Mary-Jane Hobden Knox, Belgrave and Calvin-Brick United Churches As I write this I am attending a course on palliative care. One of the questions we have been asked is why arc we here. Why am I here? I have come in order to be better prepared and better able to bring some comfort and/or help to a dying person and the family who surround him or her. As more of our friends and family members age or are diagnosed with a terminal illness, learning how to be with them as the end draws nearer is important. We all become a part of the support group we each have a role to play in making the person more comfortable in helping them to prepare themselves for what is to come, or simply to continue to be a part of their lives. We have begun the season of Lent. It is the time when we hear about Jesus and his journey toward the end of his life. As I listen to the stories of the many caregivers gathered here together I am struck by the similarities between Jesus and those around him in his final days. We usually begin Lent by hearing the story of the 40 days and nights Jesus spent alone in the wilderness and I wonder how many Greeters at Blyth United Church March 5 were Herb and Corey Shannon. Ushers were Mary Walden, Brenda McDonald, Steven Webster and Lenora Davidson. Director of Music Phyllis Boak was organist and Eric Clark was pianist. Janice Peters looked after Junior Congregation and Donna Moore was in charge of the nursery. Rev. Stephen Huntley opened with Call to Worship, Prayer of Approach and words of welcome. Hymn Praise the Lord, the Almighty was sung followed by Prayer of Confession. A Little Child the Saviour Came was sung while Jim and Karen Hallahan brought forward their son, Tyler Mark to be baptized. Rev. Huntley had Kaitlyn Toll, Kayla Durie and Devon Shannon assist him. The junior congregation repeated The Lord's Prayer in unison. The anthem A Small Child was ,lung by the choir. The New Testament lesson, Romans 10: 8-13, was read by Lenora Davidson. The gospel lesson from Luke 4: 1-13 was read by Rev. Huntley. The theme of his sermon was "What's In Charge"? One of the oldest complaints in human history is that there is always someone to Manivan and Phailop Larprom led the congregational singing at Brussels Mennonite fellowship on Sunday, March 5. Darren Hemingway, on the mouth organ, and Phailop Larprom, on the guitar, played the offertory. Pastor Tom Warner preached on A one day marketing WI work- shop is being held March 15 in the Brussels Library. Anyone attending may want to bring a brown bag lunch and they are being asked to lug-a-mug. Soup and beverages are of the terminally ill around us have times of feeling the same, times of feeling alone, of being in the wilderness without the resources with which to be nourished. How many around them experi- ence some of these feelings as well? It was after his time in the wilderness that Jesus was ready, was prepared, to continue on the journey set out before him. It was after this that he pursued his ministry which would lead to his death. The wildnemess time was a time Jesus needed, not only for testing, but for strengthening of himself from within. Those who are suffering need to be allowed time alone for their own inward strengthening for when they are ready to begin their own journey toward "Jerusalem". As Jesus made that journey he took with him his disciples. The crowds around him came and went, but a core group remained with him. The disciples had difficulty dealing with what Jesus was feeling, doing and saying was to happen. They did not always want to go the same way he did, but they continued, as they were able, as the journey are loved one is making for it is headed in a direction we really do not want to go. tell you how to do your job! This being the first Sunday in Lent, he said, look at the tempta- tions of Christ. Jesus was just starting his job, having just been baptized. Jesus was also facing human tests. The first temptation in the wilderness tells how Jesus was being told how to do his job differently, such as how to urn stones into bread not only to satisfy his own hunger but that of the world. Man does not live on bread alone! In the second temptation Jesus in imagination stood upon a mountain from which the whole world could be seen. Jesus refused Satan. In the third temptation Jesus saw himself on the high point of the temple in Jerusalem. This was the temptation to give people sensation. Their temptations are subtle, Rev. Huntley said. Jesus sees a much larger picture. It shows him rejecting the way of power and glory and accepting the way of suffering and the cross. Jesus Shall Reign was sung. In hospital are Ruth Webster at University Hospital, London, Ruby Pattison at Clinton Hospital and Mollie Grant at Wingham Hospital. Sympathy is expressed to the Easom family. "True Love Wails". The Ladies' Fellowship has planned a quilting at the church on March 6. On Friday, March 10 a family baby shower will be held for Jocy Metzger and Melissa Siemon, infants of Craig and Shelly Metzger being provided. Those planning to attend should contact Ruth Bauer by March 9 at 887-6575. This workshop is part of Training the Trainer. In Lent we concentrate on the journey. We know the end of the story we know that Easter is and will come. But Lent is a long period of time, and the end does not always seem visible. That darkness of Good Friday can overwhelm as it did the disciples. Dr. Sheila Cassidy refers to many of the patients in her cancer hospice as her "Good Friday People". She does so, not because they depress her or because she sees only their suffering and death, but because they show her how to confront the darkness of Good Friday, to live through it and to be prepared to fully accept the promise of Easter. Lent is a time of preparing to grieve. Christians begin to grieve for the death of Jesus during Lent. By Good Friday we are ready to accept it. Lent can be that time strictly before Easter or it can be for each of us, any other time when we walk with others in the direction of Jerusalem. Use your Lenten time as you are able, But we each need to remember that Lent will indeed come to an end. From here at the beginning, the end may not yet be in sight, but if you continue the journey with Jesus, you too will find the brilliance of the Easter dawn. On Thursday, March 9 the UCW will meet at 2 p.m. Roll call is a verse from Mark. March 10 is family night from 8 - 10 p.m. There will be games, fellowship and fun. A contest will be held to see who can wear the most green. On March 12 a fellowship hour will follow the service. Lunch will be served in the church basement. This is not a fundraiser. It is a time to mingle and enjoy. The Lenton Bible Study is Wednesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. in the church parlour. Kate Huntley invites moms, tots and dads to come to the church parlour on Friday morning from 10 - 11:30 a.m. to enjoy an informal time together. Any questions call Kate (4363). Anyone interested in subscribing or renewing The Observer should contact Harvey McDowell by March 12. Registration forms are now available for Camp Menesetung. Rev. Huntley displayed the wall hanging done by Susan Howson. "Blest Be The Tie That Binds" made from the men's ties, donated last fall as a money making project. Pastoral Prayer was followed by the closing hymn 0 Jesus I have Promised. and Paul and Barb Siemon. Saturday, March 11, the youth have planned an activity which will include a video study, and a planning session for the Easter Sunrise Service. Plans are being made for the "Kids' Break" program which will be held on March 22 at the church. HELPING THE WORLD WRITE NOW 4 CODE Self-sufficiency through literacy in the developing world For information, call 1-800-661-2633 THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA You are welcome this Sunday March 12 - Lent 2 Morning Prayer BCP Ms Nancy Beale, Lay Pastor Trinity, Blyth St. John's, Brussels 9:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 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 BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH HIGHWAY 4, BLYTH--523-9233 Prayer Service - 8:00 p.m. Thursday Evening 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. Aft Visitors Welcome Wheelchair accessible Brussels Mennonite Fellowship invites you to WORSHIP on SUNDAY, MARCH 12: Singing Tune-Up Time 9:15 a.m. 9:30 a.m. - WORSHIP SERVICE 10:30 a.m. - Sunday School For All Ages No Fellowship Meal SUNDAY, MARCH 19 - MISSIONS SUNDAY Guest Speaker: Doreen Neufeld (Conference Missions Minister) Fellowship Meal to Follow Pastor Tom Warner Elder Elwin Garland 887-6388 "Welcome" 887-9017 WI hosts one day workshop Shannons greet at United Pastor says 'True Love Waits'