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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
You are Welcome at
the
BLYTH CHURCH OF GOD
9:45 a.m. - Sunday School for Children and Adults
11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship
Bible Studies - Wednesday 10 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Phone 523-4590 McConnell St., Blyth
Morning Worship Service - 10 a.m.
Evening Worship Service - 7:30 p.m.
Rev. VanGeest
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant wads are a honeycomb sweet to
the soul and healing to the bones.
Blyth Christian
Reformed Church
Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233
BRUSSELS UNITED CHURCH
Rev. Cameron McMillan
Church Office 887-6259
Manse 887-9313
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship
"A Titanic Disaster"
Church School - Nursery
9:30 a.m. Ethel Morning Worship
Church School
"External Father, Strong to Save
Whose Arm has Bound the Restless wave"
Welcome to Brussels United Church
MELVILLE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BRUSSELS
Rev. Cathrine Campbell
11:00 a.m. - Morning Service
- Sunday School
9:30 a.m. - Belgrave Service
We welcome you to come and worship with us.
887-9831 Wheelchair Accessible
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
You are wet-come this Sunday
APRIL 21 - EASTER 3
HOLY EUCHARIST BAS
All-You-Can-Eat Spaghetti Dinner at St. John's
on April 21 from 5 to 7 p.m.
Rev. Nancy Beale
Trinity, Blyth St. John's, Brussels
9:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m.
Brussels Mennonite Fellowship
Friday, April 19
TALENT AUCTION
SILENT AUCTION TABLE
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
with a food booth available
Auction begins at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 21
9:30 a.m. Guest Speaker: Sandy McEachern
10:30 a.m. Sunday School (for all ages)
We Welcome You
PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1996
From the Minister's Study
Erring on the side of grace
By Rev. Stephen Huntley
Blyth United Church
The Metro Toronto Police Force,
some would say, has egg all over
its face. A young woman, with
desperate needs, coerced them into
an embarrassing situation. She was
not dying, she did not have her
purse stolen, I'm sure by now
you've heard the story.
The questions raised by many
regarding this young woman are,
why did the police jump to such
quick conclusions? Don't profes-
sionals have ways of avoiding these
mistakes? Perhaps they need to
have been less compassionate
towards this woman and run her
through some tough checks?
Regardless of the embarrassment
caused by this incident and the
seeming lack of professionalism, I
It was the Second Sunday of
Easter with the seasonal colour -
white, for the service at Blyth
United Church, April 14. Greeters
were Hary and Deanna Snell.
Ushers were the Falconer family,
Lorie, Jackie, Orie and Corine.
Rev. Stephen Huntley, minister,
conducted the service and Phyllis
Boak, director of music was
organist.
Rev. Huntley opened the service
with Call to Worship, Introit and
announcements. He reminded
everyone about 'Australia Night'
which he and his wife, Kate, are
hosting April 17 at 7:30 p.m. This
is an opportunity to experience first
hand the other side of the pulpit
exchange when they were "down
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for one am encouraged by what
happened. Police are sometimes
depicted by the media as shooting
first and asking questions later and
yet in this instance they acted
compassionately and generously.
Having perceived injustice they
acted swiftly (perhaps too swiftly)
to come to someone's aid.
Most people in this world who
care for others often find
themselves in a similar dilemma
asthat of the Metro Toronto Police.
What should I do? How do I
respond to needs? Should I help
someone when I have some doubt
as to their true need? Do I give to
an organization whose aim is to
assist people overseas when I know
some of the money may go astray
or be used for administration costs?
Do I help a neighbour who in the
under",
Following the children's hymn, I
Love You Jesus Deep in My Heart,
the choir sang an anthem, His
Grace Is Sufficient For Me,
accompanied by Mrs. Boak on
piano.
Barb Richmond read the Old
Testament Lesson from Acts and
the New Testament Lesson from
I Peter.
Rev. Huntley read the gospel
reading from John 20: 19-31.
Rev. Huntley's sermon was
entitled "God Came Back". He
delivered it in the form of a
past has wasted assistance reck-
lessly? These are tough questions
and questions which will get even
tougher in our present climate of
restricted spending.
One question many Christians
ask when confronted by ethical
dilemmas, is, what would Jesus do?
The Gospel accounts of our Lord,
and the writings of the Apostle Paul
lean heavily on the grace of God in
situations of need. Grace is risky
business. Grace allowed a wasteful
(the literal meaning of prodigal)
young man to return home after
blowing the family fortune. Grace
allowed workers in a vineyard to all
receive the same pay even though
some of them had worked longer
hours than the others. Grace forced
the Apostle Paul to always keep
one foot ahead of his fellow Jews.
dialogue having the congregation
participate. He said that sometimes
the Sunday following Easter is a
low Sunday _after the outburst of
Easter Joy with the resurrection.
Following the sermon, Brenda
Brooks spoke on Minute for
Missions. She told about
"Emmanuel House" in a small rural
Newfoundland community. It is a
place for victims of some type of
family violence. They are offered
therapy and nurturing there from a
caring staff. Continued support to
the Mission and Service Fund
makes this possible.
Christians are often accused by
the world around of being gullible
or too soft on people; always ready
to give someone another chance.
And sometimes, like the Metro
Police, we end up with egg on our
faces.
Christians are those people,
regardless of past errors of
judgement, who need always to err
on the side of grace. The opposing
choice carries a frighteningly high
cost. (Matthew 25). What would
Jesus do? The answer: These days
Jesus is wearing a Metro Police
uniform!
Eggs, too, remind us of Easter.
As an Easter people are we big
enough and saved enough to once
in a while handle a few eggs
thrown our way? I hope so! God
Bless.