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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
7:30 p.m. - Evening Service
Mr. Vic Vander Molen from Kitchener
to lead both services
all of you, live in harmony with one another; be
sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate & humble
- 1 Peter 3:8
BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
Rev. Adrian A. Van Geest
Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233
Wheelchair accessible Lt
HURON CHAPEL MISSIONARY
CHURCH
PASTOR JAMES H. CARNE AUBURN 526-7515
YOUTH PASTOR - JEREMY SHUART 523-9788
Sunday
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
10 a.m. - Family Bible Hour
11 a.m. - Morning Service
8 p.m. - Evening Service
7:30 p.m. - Addictions Support Group
7:30 p.m. - Prayer & Bible Study
7:30 p.m. - Youth
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
You are welcome this Sunday
NOVEMBER 17 - PENTECOST 25
HOLY EUCHARIST
Rev. Nancy Beale
Trinity, Blyth St. John's, Brussels
9:30 a.m. 11:15a.m.
BRUSSELS UNITED CHURCH
Rev. Christine Johnson - Minister
Church Office 887-6259 Home 887-6540
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship
Church school/Nursery
9:30 a.m. Ethel Morning Worship
Church School
8:00 p.m. Covenanting Service
Brussels and Ethel Congregations
for Rev. Christine Johnson
Brussels United Church
An invitation is extended to all
members of our congregations,
their families and Mends to
attend this service.
Child care provided.
Come clown 0 love divine, Seek thou this soul of mine
PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1996
From the Minister's Study
Entering an eclipse called Advent
By Rev. James Murray
It had been foretold. It was to be
a cosmic event. All of creation
would know, all of the creation
would feel the effects. On this day,
all of nature would speak of the
glory of God. The people regarded
this time with fear and trembling,
joy and anticipation. It was a
moment of both superstition and
science.
Those who studied the stars
watched in eager anticipation. As
the day progressed, the brightness
suddenly began to fade. The world
moved along into midday, yet at
what was usually the brightest hour
of the day, the world entered the
bituaries
NORMAN EDWARD VINCENT
Norman Edward Vincent of RR1,
Londesboro, passed away in Clin-
ton, Nov. 5, 1996. He was 85.
Born to John and Addie (Taman)
Vincent, Aug. 14, 1911, Mr. Vin-
cent farmed in Hullett Twp. for
many years. He was a member of
Londesboro United Church.
He was the beloved husband of
Annie (Leatherland), dear father of
Clare and Wilma Vincent of RR1,
Londesboro, Doug and Darlene
Vincent of RR1, Londesboro, Jack
and Anne Vincent of RR2, Auburn
and Mary Lou Vincent of Chatham;
loving grandfather of Bruce, Ron,
Rob and Jeff Vincent, Greg
McClinchey, Tammy and Leanne
Vincent and four great-grandchil-
dren, Peter, Chelsea, Jacob and
Michael Vincent.
He is survived by sisters, Ruth
McDiarmid of Hamilton, Helen
McPhee of Guelph and brother,
Clare Vincent of Londesboro.
Mr. Vincent was predeceased by
one grandson, Michael and two sis-
ter, Mae Hutton and Margaret
Brewer.
The funeral service was held
Nov. 7, at Tasker Chapel, Beattie-
Falconer Funeral Home, Blyth.
Rev. Paul Ross officiated.
Tammy, Leanne, Kari and
Katharin Vincent carried the floral
tributes.
Pallbearers were Bruce, Ron,
Rob and Jeff Vincent, Greg
McClinchey and Don Schultz.
Interment was at Blyth Union
Cemetery.
HOWARD NEWCOMBE
WALLACE
At Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital on Friday, Nov. 1,
1996, Howard Newcombe Wallace
of Goderich and formerly of
Brampton, passed away in his 70th
year.
He was the beloved husband of
June (Marsh) Wallace and the
loving father of Nita Wallace of
Toronto and her fiance Ronald
Mikell of Idaho and John Wallace
and his wife Brenda of Halifax. He
was the proud grandfather of Craig
Wallace. Also surviving him are his
father, Irvine Wallace of Huron-
view, sisters Shirley and her
husband Leslie Rutledge of Blyth,
Irma and her husband Bill Marshall
of Clinton, brother Bev Wallace
and his wife Helen of Londesboro,
sisters-in-law Betty Marsh of
Goderich and Dr. Helen Marsh of
Madison, Wisconsin.
Mr. Wallace was born in Blyth
and was predeceased by his mother
Dorothy (Howard) Wallace. He
was a retired building contractor in
Brampton and in Huron County.
His avocation was music and
strange region between dark and
light. It was the talk of the town. It
was the fall of 1994. It was a total
solar eclipse.
The radio and TV were full of
warnings and hype concerning this
miraculous coincidence. The
science writers praised the wonders
of it all. I sat in my backyard to
take in all the changes. The light
seemed diffused, blurred. Shadows
which were once crisp were now
fuzzy. The colours of the garden
around me seemed altered. The
familiar all now seemed strangely
out of place. It took an event like
this for me to realize how much we
take for granted the way we look at
the world.
during his years in Brampton he
mastered the bagpipes, and was a
valued and respected member of
the Etobicoke chapter of
SPEBSQSA in Mississauga.
Visitation took place at the
McCallum and Palla Funeral Home
in Goderich where the funeral
service was held on Monday, Nov.
4 with the Reverend Robert Ball
officiating. Cremation followed
with burial of ashes in Blyth Union
Cemetery.
WILLIAM ALVIN VOLK
William Alvin Volk of RR1,
Londesboro passed away Nov. 6,
1996 in Stratford. He was 78.
A member of Londesboro United
Church and farmer in Hullett Twp.,
he was the son of the late William
and Elsie (Marriott) Volk, beloved
husband of Lois Roy, dear brother
of Ann Stebbens of Grand Bend,
Frances MacLeod of Parkhill,
Antionette Menard of Windsor,
Grace and Cam Dorman of Ailsa
Craig, Alice and Len Doxsee of
Lyndhurst and Charles and Ruth
Volk of Grand Bend.
Mr. Volk will be remembered by
many loving nieces, nephews, great
nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by four chil-
dren in infancy, Martha, John, Dou-
glas and Darlene.
Rev. Paul Ross officiated at the
Nov. 9 service, at Tasker Chapel,
Beattie-Falconer Funeral Home,
Blyth.
Pallbearers were Willis Bromley,
Jack Lee, Doug Snell, Darryl Ball,
Hank Kerssies and Gordon Rad-
ford.
Interment was at Ball's Cemetery.
Not everyone watched. There
were those who ignored it all. They
went about their normal everyday
life, oblivious to the changes which
were going on around them. The
local school closed all the curtains
and kept the children inside for the
day. They pretended it wasn't
happening at all, for they knew the
risk and it was too much to bear.
Others watched from the safety of
their living rooms and let the TV
cameras be their eyes. Others used
pinhole cameras to safely view the
process. The mechanics at the local
garage took turns looking through
the welder's goggles to catch a
glimpse of history.
The hope they received from
looking was enough for even a
small amount of risk. Then there
were those who were brave enough,
dare I say foolish enough to look
directly at the sun. They realized
that this one time experience was
too good to miss. For perhaps the
only time in their life they were
going to see a full eclipse. it
changed their lives, some of them
forever. They have done something
we will never do.
We are about to enter into
another kind of eclipse, which we
in the church call Advent. This is
the time of preparation, as we wait
with bated breath, for the first born
of creation to be born among us
once more. Some of us will be
afraid of this light. Afraid of giving
up what we have, and what we
expect from life. Afraid that our
world will be changed by the
experience. Others will be curious,
and look through the glass dimly,
and see in the worship and
sacraments of the church a glimpse
of the spirit.
Some of us will lock our doors
and pull the shades and pretend the
gift of light is not happening at all.
Still others will turn to the TV to be
their eyes and ears for this moment.
But there will hopefully be some
who are excited enough about the
life to come, that we will be willing
to risk our sight, our status quo, for
a different vision. The purpose of
advent is to give us enough courage
and foolish desire to meet the
Christ child face to face, knowing
we will be changed forever.
Eclipses and faith are dangerous
things.
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BLYTH COMMUNITY 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