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From the Minister’s Study
Minister says ‘Faith sees the invisible’
Rev. Cecil Wittich
Blyth United Church
What about faith? What is the
nature of Christian faith? The
Gospel states that faith is to be
certain of things we cannot see
(Hebrews ll: l). Such faith is
possible.
In our everyday life within the
physical realm, we exercise faith in
things we cannot see. Every time
we turn on the television set, we
see things which are all around us
and which cannot be seen by the
naked eye. The person about to
take a parachute jump exhibits
confidence in the unseeable
pressure of the air which will
inflate the parachute and permit a
safe landing on the ground. No one
has ever seen the atom, and yet we
believe in its existence and nature.
Christian faith goes beyond the
physical world to the spiritual,
which is present in the physical.
God, who is the primary reality of
the spiritual, has never been seen
by anyone, and yet we believe in
Him. We no longer see Jesus Christ
since His life on earth, but we have
confidence in the reality of His
presence. The life everlasting and
heaven are beyond our human
vision, and yet our hope assures us
of life beyond death.
How do we know about the
existence of such spiritual realities?
We have the evidence of that which
witnesses to the unseen. The Bible
is a record of and a testimony to
those realities which we cannot see.
The church testifies by word, deed
and life to the invisible realities of
faith. The world of creation also
provides evidence of a power and a
wisdom beyond our own.
What about that faith which is
certain of things we cannot see?
Christian faith centres in God
through Jesus Christ. The invisible
God became visible in Jesus of
Nazareth, the Christ of God. Faith
is freely offered to us by God as we
approach Him through His Son on
the cross in the light of the
resurrection. Faith comes alive as
we recognize it and apply it to our
life. Let faith live, and become
certain of those realities we cannot
see. >
bituaries
BARBARA BETTLES
Barbara Bettles died at her
residence in Seaforth on Sunday,
Dec. 27, 1998 in her 44th year. She
was the beloved wife of Gary
Bettles, dear daughter of Franklin
and Margaret Roney of Staffa and
daughter-in-law of Olive Bettles of
Seaforth. She was a loving sister of
George Roney of Staffa, Robert
Roney and his wife Nancy of
Mitchell, Ruth and her husband
Rick Tam of Mitchell, Kathy and
her husband Neil Bunting of
London, Marg and her husband Bill
Ten Hove of Monkton, Joanne and
her husband Kevin Williamson of
Seaforth and Susan and her
husband Brent Robinson of
Walton.
She will be fondly remembered
by nieces and nephews, Adam and
Andrew Roney, Scott and Kevin
Bunting, Brittany and Darryl Tam,
Brett and Lauren Williamson and
Mark and Joshua Robinson.
She was the dear stepmother of
Pam and her husband Darren
Andersen of Dunchurch, Michael
Bettles of Kitchener and Jill Bettles
of Goderich.
She will be sadly missed by
special friend, Bev Kemp and her
husband Jim of Mitchell and
brother-in-law Paul Bettles and his
wife Lorraine of Kippen.
Family received friends at the
Whitney-Ribey Funeral Home, 87
Goderich St. West, Seaforth on
Dec. 28 and 29. The funeral service
was held at Northside United
Church, Goderich St. West,
Seaforth, on Wednesday, Dec. 30 at
2 p.m. Rev. Jane Kuepfer
officiated.
Pallbearers were Brent Robinson,
Kevin Williamson, Bill Ten Hove,
Neil Bunting, Rick Tam and Jim
Kemp.
Flowerbearers were Adam
Roney, Scott Bunting, Krystal
Kemp, Kyle Kemp, Andrew Roney
and Kevin Bunting. Soloist was
David Campbell and organist,
Margaret Whitmore.
Interment was at Maitlandbank
Cemetery, Seaforth. Memorial
donations to Canadian Cancer
Society, Northside United Church
Building Fund or charity of one's
choice would be appreciated as
expressions of sympathy.
JAMES (JIM) ROSS
TURNBULL
James (Jim) Ross Turnbull died
peacefully at Ritz Lutheran Villa,
Mitchell on Jan. 3, 1999. He was
86.
He is survived by his beloved
wife of 60 years Velma (Jordan);
daughter, Betty Kirkby,
grandchildren Namowan and
Andrea, sister Jean Buchanan; as
well as many relatives and friends.
He was predeceased by a son,
David, and brothers, Wilbur and
Andrew.
Born at Walton, he was the
youngest child of Clara (Ireland)
and Oliver Turnbull.
A graduate of OAC, Guelph, in
1934, he worked for the federal
government, beginning his career
as a livestock grader and retiring as
a supervisor, Farm Credit
Corporation. In the years following
he was an appraiser with Irwin,
Sargent, and Lowes, Peterborough.
Much of his work was in the
counties around his childhood
home.
Jim was an accredited appraiser
Canadian Institute and Member,
Ontario Chapter of Farm Managers
and Rural Appraisers.
Spring interment will be in
Brussels Cemetery.
A memorial service to celebrate
Jim's life will be held at a later
date.
If desired a remembrance may be
made to the charity of one’s choice.
Funeral arrangements entrusted
to Whitney-Ribey Funeral Home,
Seaforth.
HPCDSB learns of ‘Road Ahead’
Trustees and administration of
the Huron-Perth Catholic District
School Board were given an
overview of The Road Ahead pro
ject at the Dec. 14 meeting.
The CD, created by Loretta
Ayotte and Grade 11 students of St.
Anne's Secondary School in Clin
ton, capsulized the progress of
technology in the school system.
Fran Craig and Joanne Goetz were
also an integral part of the success
of the program.
Departing Superintendent of
Education John McCauley received
thanks from Board Chair Louise
Martin for his 20 years of contribu
tion and leadership on behalf of the
board.
The board accepted a tender of
$151.50 per acre from Tom Gerrits,
RR5, Clinton for leasing 44 acres
of farmland at Part Lot 22, Cone. 1
Hullett Twp., for a term of three
years.
A letter will be sent to the Min
istry of Education and Training
expressing concern over the school
to school comparison of province
wide testing.
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