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Bible
Fellowship
Ethel
Communion - 9:45 -10:30
Family Bible Hour and Sunday School
11:00 - 12:00
Prayer & Bible Study
Tuesday 8 p.m.
John 14:6 - Jesus said, "I am the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE, no
one comes to the Father, but through Me."
Everyone Welcome
For more information call 887-6665
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
you are welcome this Sunday
NOVEMBER 1 - THE FEAST OF ALL SAINTS
HOLY EUCHARIST
Trinity, Blyth St. John's,
9:30 a.m. Brussels
Wheelchair accessible 11:15 a.m.
Rev. Nancy Beale 887-9273
BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Rev. Christine Johnson - Minister
Church Office 887-6259 Home 887-6540
November 1, 1998
All Saints Sunday
9:30 a.m. - Worship, Ethel United Church
11:00 a.m. - Worship, Brussels United Church
Sunday, November 1 - 7:30 p.m. - Youth Games Night
Tuesday, November 3 - 2 p.m. - UCW Afternoon Unit
Wednesday, November 4 - 8 p.m. - UCW Evening Unit
Thursday, November 5 - 7 p.m. - Stewards Meeting
MELVILLE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BRUSSELS
11:00 a.m. - Morning Service
- Sunday School
9:30 a.m. - Belgrave Service
Wheelchair accessible
Nursery care available
2 p.m. Wednesday - Bible Study
9:30 a.m. Thursday - Optimum Wellness Programme
Nov. 8, 1998 11 a.m. - Joanne King Anniversary Celebration
We welcome you to come and worship with us.
Rev. Cathrine Campbell - 887-9831
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Brussels Mennonite
Fellowship
9:30 a.m. Worship Service
10:45 a.m. Christian Education
Everyone Welcome
Pastor Ben Wiebe 887-6388
BLYTH UNITED CHURCH
Come Worship The Lord With Us
Sundays - 11:00 a.m.
Worship Service & Sunday School
Minister — Rev. Cecil Wittich
ALL ARE WELCOME
523-4224
HURON CHAPEL EVANGELICAL
MISSIONARY CHURCH
526-7555
ASSOCIATE PASTOR - YOUTH - JEREMY SHUART 523-9788
Sunday 8:45 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11 a.m.
8 p.m.
Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
Friday 7:30 p.m.
- Morning Worship Service
- Family Bible Hour
- Morning Worship Service
- Evening Service
- Prayer & Bible Study
- Youth
You are Welcome at the
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
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Rev. Adrian A. Van Geest
4141
Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233
Wheelchair accessible
PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1998.
From the Minister's Study
Minister says, 'Enjoy the blessings'
By Lynn Nichol
Knox Cranbrook
This time of year many churches
in the area have special anniversary
celebrations. People come from all
over the place, .back to
congregations with which they
have past connections. The
celebrations include special
services, guest speakers, special
music and food, among other
things.
The fellowship over the lunch is
a time of sharing memories and
stories of the life of the
congregation. People recall, and
sometimes are reunited with, their
former Sunday School teachers,
ministers, neighbours and friends.
You hear the stories of the time the
mouse ran across the minister's feet
while he was preaching, the time
the organ quit right in the middle of
a hymn, the time the bat came to
Sunday School, the time when a
beloved elder was being buried and
the sun came out_just at the right
moment to remind everyone of
God's presence and grace.
Where I came from, we didn't
Organizers of the Ten•Thousand
Villages International Crafts Sale
held the weekend after
Thanksgiving at Brussels
Mennonite Fellowship were thrilled
to achieve their best sale ever.
By 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17,
the last day of the sale, the cash
register had gone over the $10,000
mark, which is a new record.
Chairperson Pat Pietrek said,
"When sales totalled $4,200 in just
four hours on Thursday evening,
we knew we would be driving to
the warehouse at New Hamburg the
next morning to replenish our stock
so customers on Friday and
Saturday would also have an
excellent choice of crafts for sale."
Almost I ,000'persons attended
the sale, some having come from
London and Owen Sound, although
the-majorit;/ were from Wingham,
Goderich, Bayfield, Exeter and
Clinton plus visitors from British
Columbia and Florida.
The largest item sold was a table
size drum from Kenya.
Many people are surprised to
learn that there are 45 permanent
Ten Thousand Villages, stores in
Canada which are open year round.
Anyone can call the head office at
New Hamburg, 519-662-1879, for
more information.
Blyth UCW
hears of faith
Blyth UCW held its regular
meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 20 with
20 present.
Dianne Ferguson conducted
devotions and welcomed everyone.
The theme was Thanksgiving and
Isolation. Susan Howson at the
piano accompanied the singing of a
hymn. Several poems on
Thanksgiving were read.
Mrs. Howson then introduced
Debbie Clarance, Dungannon, who
gave a very powerful message on
faith. Every successful church has
to have faith, she said. "Faith is
being sure what we hope for but
cannot see."
Bonnie Shannon conducted the
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have anniversary celebrations that I
can recall. Or at least not on a
yearly basis. Maybe it was because
many of the Presbyterian churches
out west are much "younger" than
around here, and they didn't feel it
was appropriate to celebrate an
eighth or a 15th anniversary.
Somehow, 90 or 133 or 140 years
seems like more of an
accomplishment.
But if it were up to me, it's a
tradition I would encourage
everywhere. Now that I have been
a part of congregational
anniversary celebrations, it would
seem like there was something
important missing to not have
them.
These celebrations are not just an
excuse for a party, a chance to get
together and talk with old friends,
or a means to fill the church and
achieve a substantial offering. They
are much more.
We come together to rejoice in
God's faithfulness and kindness
over many years. It's an
opportunity to remember our
history and reflect on the fact that
the Christian faith is larger than just
"We were a tired, but happy
group of volunteers on Saturday
afternoon," said Pietrek, "as we
packed up the unsold items to be
returned to the warehouse at New
Hamburg."
"We are pleased that so many
people are wanting to support Third
World artisans by purchasing their
products. The money from our
consignment sale will allow MCC
(Mennonite Central Committee) to
support four Third world families
for one year. This makes all our
us.
When we encounter difficulties
and feel alone, we can remember
that we are indebted to
contributions from so many others
who also have struggled through
the years. When we need some
inspiration, it helps to remember ;
the strength and commitment of our
forbearers.
And when we're not sure of
where God is guiding us, or what is
going to happen to us, a look at the
past reminds us that God works in
many different ways, and in all
different times — and gives us hope
for the future. Our past and our
future are in God's hands. For so
many to come together to celebrate
what God has done is a sign of
hope for the future.
An anniversary celebration is like
a birthday party, or a wedding
anniversary, or a family reunion.
It's not just a group of people who
happen to be in the same place. It's
a family thing. When we come
together to worship, to tell stories,
and to share food and memories, it
reminds us that in Christ, we are
family. Brothers and sisters who
work worthwhile."
Pietrek gives credit to the media
— radio, newspapers, cable TV — as
well as word-of-mouth for the
heavy attendance at the sale.
The youth group at Brussels
Mennonite also had a successful
week with sales from baked goods
and the Saturday lunch reaching
$570.
Brussels Mennonite is already
making plans for next year's sale —
same place, same time — the week
after Thanksgiving.
won't forget or desert each other,
just as God doesn't forget or desert
us. The anniversary brings in the
extended family, but the closest
group meets every week.
For those of you who are part of
a congregation that celebrates
anniversaries, enjoy the blessings
of the occasion. For those who are
not, if you also need a sense of
security in a God who is faithful to
all generations, if you are looking
for a place to belong, the church
family is never an exclusive one -
you are invited and welcome to join
in the party.
Craft sale exceeds $10,000