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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1996-10-23, Page 19When You Wonder If There Isn'f More To Life Find out what it means to follow Jesus every day. There's joy and challenge, laughter and tears, opportunity and hope. YOU'RE INVITED THIS SUNDAY AND EVERY SUNDAY. Brussels Mennonite Fellowship 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:45 a.m. Christian Education (tor all ages) 4,C*Ifft You are `Welcome at the BLYTH COMMUNITY CHURCH OF G.OD 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 THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA You are wet-come this Sunday OCTOBER 27 - PENTECOST 22 MORNING PRAYER * Rev. Nancy Beale Trinity, Blyth St. John's, Brussels 9:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m. BRUSSELS UNITED CHURCH Rev. Christine Johnson - Minister Church Office 887-6259 Home 887-6540 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship Sacrament of Baptism Church School/Nursery 8:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. Possibility Day - Friday. Oct. 25th 9:30 a.m. Ethel Morning Worship Church School Blest are the pure in heart for they shall see God Welcome 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 You're invited to worship with us this Sunday 10 a.m. - Sunday Morning. Worship Service Rev. Adrian A. VanGeest 7:30 p.m. - Reformation Day Service Clinton Christian Reformed Church Wow glory be to God who by his mighty power at work, - within us is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of; infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts or hopes. - Ephesians 3:20 BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Rev. Adrian A. Van Geest Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233 Wheelchair accessible THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1996 PAGE 19. "Two-sided coin', topic of Blyth UC sermon It was Pentecost 21 with the seasonal colour green at the service at Blyth United Church, Oct. 20. Rev. Stephen Huntley conducted the service. Michael Duthie, director of music, was organist. Greeting the worshippers were Jim and Thelma Wilson. Ushers were Donna Moore, Diane Ferguson and Lois van Vliet. Warren Moore was offertory steward. Rev. Huntley had a special welcome to Graham Lendrum from Bowral, New South Wales, Australia, where Rev. Huntley and Rev. Diamond exchanged pulpits for six months last year. He is a teacher, on a world tour who is presently visiting the Huntleys. The choral anthem, under the direction of Mr. Duthie sang Nothing is Impossible followed by Brussels Mennonite Fellowship held its annual Crafts of the World sale this past weekend. Sale organizers reported bringing in $5,800 up from $4,500 last year. Crafts at the sale are made by people in developing countries, bought at a fair price and sold in developed countries. The sale in Brussels will support three families for one year. Often crafts are made by women's groups or disabled people who have no alternative source of employment. More than 500 people visited the sale. With no admission charge customers were able to come just to admire the unique crafts even if they had no wish to make large purchases. Prices ranged from $1 for tiny baskets to $49.50 for ornate walking sticks. One of the most popular items was streamers for Christmas decorations which sold for $2.65. When packaged these streamers were less than 30 cm. in length and people who tried to guess their use came up with ideas such as a brush or roller for a vacuum cleaner. Volunteers with the sale demonstrated that the streamers actually stretched to wind twice around P Christmas tree. the children's song, I Love You Jesus, Deep in My Heart. Emily Phillips delivered the Old Testament lesson taken from Exodus 33: 12-23. Rev. Huntley's Gospel reading was from Matthew 22: 15-22, from which he based his sermon, entitled "Two Sided Coin". He said the context for this section of the Gospel is Jesus teaching in the Temple, prior to his arrest and crucifixion. To say that Jesus is in conflict with the religious leaders of the day was to put it mildly, Rev. Huntley said. The purpose of the religious leaders is to eliminate Jesus. They were willing to go to extremes to see that this would happen. God is both transcendent and imminent, he said. This means both near and far. Last week Rev. Coming in red, green, multi- coloured or natural, over 200 of these items were sold. Many people bought Christmas gifts, though some admitted that their purchases might not leave their home since they liked them so much. People from Goderich, Holstein, and London left their names to be notified of the sale for next year. The sale is always held on the week after Thanksgiving starting Thursday evening and going until Saturday at 2 p.m. Next year the name will be changed to Ten Thousand Villages from Self Help Crafts to reflect both the global nature of the sale and the fact that many of the crafts are made in "villages" to hopefully keep people in their own home setting rather than forcing them to look for work in already overcrowded cities. For those who missed the Brussels sale and would still like to attend one this year, they will have another chance to do so in our area. Listowel Mennonite Church is renting a store in Listowel from Nov. 14 to 23. Watch for signs or contact the church for exact location. Huntley said he watched part of the funeral service for Robert Burassa on TV. It was from the large Catholic Cathedral in Montreal, showing the massive character of the cathedral. Churches constructed in years past stressed the transcendence of God, the high ceiling spoke volumes of God's high place in existence. In conclusion Rev. Huntley said, Jesus could not be contained in the seemingly surefire trap Pharisees had set for Him that day in Jerusalem. "God is like a two-sided coin. His face is the one we must always serve and seek!" Rock of Ages was the closing hymn. The many beautiful arrangements decorating the sanctuary were from the funeral of George Cowan. Deepest sympathy is extended to Mennonite message from Matt. Emmanuel George, from Kitchener brought the message to the Sunday morning service at Brussels Mennonite Fellowship on Oct. 20. Matthew 8: 14-27 was the text on which his sermon entitled "Facing Life's Storms", was based. Jesus drove out evil spirits with a word. This generation needs help to face the storms in life too, he said. A wise man builds his house on rock; he hears the word of God and follows it. On the other hand the foolish man hears the word of God but doesn't put it to practise. George said, Christians are not immune to storms, but have the assurance that after the storms they will still be standing. Jesus will save them. Fear and anxiety will change faith, but the word of God carries them through. God allows people to face the storms or situations away from their comfort zone. "The Bible tells us to turn to Jesus. Jesus slept in the midst of a storm. We too can have peace in the midst of our storms if we have Continued on page 22 the family. Next Sunday, Oct. 27 is the anniversary service. Rev. Lorenzo Ramirez will be guest speaker. There will be a potluck luncheon served immediately following the service. In Clinton hospital is William Knox. A typographical error in the Blyth United Church article pub- lished in last week's issue of The Citizen changed the meaning of a definition. It should have read, "The word 'feast' comes from the word 'festi- val' and celebrating is a key com- ponent to the Christian faith." A close look When you're little it often seems everything is out of reach, so little Kayla Thalen of Brussels was more than interested in this eye-level display of jewellery at the Self Help Craft Show at Brussels Mennonite Fellowship this past week. Craft sale nets $5,800 HURON CHAPEL MISSIONARY CHURCH PASTOR JAMES H. CARNE AUBURN 526-7515 YOUTH PASTOR - JEREMY SHUART 523-9788 Sunday 10 a.m. - Family Bible Hour 11 a.m. - Morning Service 8 p.m. - Evening Service Monday 7:30 p.m. - Addictions Support Group Wednesday 7:30 p.m. - Prayer & Bible Study Friday 7:30 p.m. - Youth