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MISSIONARY CHURCH
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PASTOR DAVE WOOD - 523-9017
Sunday 9:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
Friday 7:30 p.m.
- Family Bible Hour
- Morning Worship Service
- Evening Worship Service
- Family Night
- Youth
MELVILLE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BRUSSELS
11:00 a.m. - Morning Service
- Sunday School
9:30 a.m. - Belgrave Service
Wheelchair accessible
Nursery care available
We welcome you to come and worship with us.
Rev. Cathrine Campbell - 887-9831
Ylemse iota 146 (aft wine/kip, die, Sunday
Morning Worship Service - 10 a.m.
Evening Worship Service 7:30 p.m.
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future nor any powers, neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of '
God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
— Romans 8:38
BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
Rev. Adrian A. Van Geest
it\ Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233
Wheelchair accessible
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
BLYTH UNITED CHURCH
Corner of Dinsley & Mill Street
Come Worship The Lord With Us
Sundays - 11:00 a.m.
Worship Service & Sunday School
January 21: "Built to Last"
January 21 - February 4 Voting on
Response to General Council
Minister - Rev. Ernest Dow
ALL ARE WELCOME
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BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Joan Golden - Diaconal Student Minister
Church Office 887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wcl.on.ca
Ethel United Church
9:30 am
Worship Service & Sunday School
Brussels United Church
11:00 am
Worship Service & Sunday School
All are welcome to come, worship and celebrate the season of
Epiphany with us.
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From the Minister's Study
Epiphany celebrates magi and their gifts
By Joan Golden,
Diaconal Student Minister
Brussels and Ethel United
Churches
Christmas has come and gone for
another year, yet I openly admit to
being reluctant to take down my
Christmas lights and decorations. I
look forward to celebrating
Epiphany 12 days after Christmas, so
I never rush to unplug the lights and
pack up decorations.
Epiphany celebrates the magi trav-
elling to find Jesus and bringing
gifts. I enjoy the celebration of
Epiphany because it follows the
Christmas "rush" feeling, when we
can take time to reflect on the "light"
coming into the world through
Christ.
My grandmother always called
Epiphany "little Christmas" and it
was a time the family also gathered.
The gifts had been opened days
FROM ETHEL
Congratulations to Larry and Barb
Ward on the arrival of a new grand-
daughter.
A bridal shower was held at St.
Andrew's Presbyterian Church,
Molesworth on Saturday afternoon
for Joanne Van Loo, hosted by her
aunt, Liz Van Loo. Joanne is to be a
February bride.
Ethel Euchre was held on Monday,
Jan. 8 with 15 tables in play.
Winners were: 50/50, Verna
Crawford; high lady, Eva Harrison;
high man, Charles Harrison; lone
hands, Isabelle Gray, Walter
Harrifield; low lady, Isabelle Craig;
low man, Margaret Long and
Florence Broughton; tally, Alice
Sheaner, Adrian Verstoep, Annie
Wight, Keith Turnbull, Mary
MacDonald, Norm Dobson, Betty
Kennedy, Neil Hatt, Agnes Harrow
and Bob Bateman.
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You are invited
to Worship
Brussels at Mennonite
Fellowship
9:30 a.m. Worship Service
10:45 a.m. Christian
Education
Everyone Welcome
Interim Pastor Art Byer
;1
887-6388
before so it was a quieter time, but it
was also a time the homemade cook-
ies that decorated the tree would be
shared with my cousins - because
the next day the tree would .be taken
down for another year. It also was a
time to play games and just be
together. Family traditions remain
important to me and are part of my
story I share with my family.
During the Christmas season we
have the privilege of joining in our
community traditions amidst the
preparations. We have wonderful
opportunities to all gather together to
worship in word and song at the
Community Choral Concert. To hear
the messages of hope, peace, love
and joy in word and song together as
a community of faith with our neigh-
bours is an event I look forward to
already in 2001! This is a wonderful
ecumenical community tradition,
that becomes part of our faith jour-
When the Federated Women's
Institutes of Ontario in 1999 asked
each Branch to have their eldest
member write her Grandma's legacy
story the response was overwhelm-
ing. This was done in conjunction
with the Year of the Older Person.
After having received over 500
stories the decision was made to
reproduce some of the wonderful
stories into a book entitled From this
Place.
neys and stories.
My hope is the memories of shared
fellowship of not only the Sunday
evening concert but also the commu-
nity gathering to sing Christmas
songs and carols, school Christmas
concerts, hay rides on lighted wag-
ons and parades are not packed away
with Christmas but stay with us dur-
ing the year.
As we journey into January we are
approaching the "Week of Prayer for
Christian Unity" (Jan. 21-28) which
is one of the oldest and most widely
observed continuing ecumenical
events in the world.
The word "ecumenism" is derived
from the Greek word "alkoumene"
meaning "the whole inhabited
earth". The theme chosen by the
World Council of Churches for the
2001 year is from John 14:1- 6 but
focuses on verse 6 "I am the way,
and the truth, and the life." The
On Jan. 8 at their family and con-
sumer affairs meeting, held at the
home of Audrey Adair, Secretary
Margaret McMahon was called to
present to Marguerite Beimes a copy
of this book. Her story was one of the
those chosen to be printed.
She was pleasantly surprised and
pleased to receive her own copy.
She thanked the members for the
gift.
The roll call, your vision of the
Christian journey towards unity is
travelled together with each other
and with Christ, who is the way, our
companion and guide.
We are called, as Christians, to
carry the light of the manger, the
light of new birth, out into the world.
Each week we gather to worship in a
community of faith, then scatter to
minister in our world; re-gather in
mid-week studies, and other work of
the church, then return in worship.
We are called to love one another
and to proclaim the reconciling love
of God to the whole world.
I am reminded of the hymn:
In Christ there is no east or west,
In him no south or north,
But one great fellowship of love,
Throughout the whole wide earth.
May we carry the light, life and
love of Christ with us each and every
day, taking the time to pray for unity,
peace and harmony of the "whole
family in the year 2000 plus, was
answered by men will be the home-
makers and the women the bread-
winners.
There will need to be a return to
family values and parents will need
to know where their children are at
all times.
Cornerstone
Bible
Fellowship
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inhabited world" not only during the
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity,
but especially during this unique
time.
The week of Prayer for Christian
Unity is not the only time we can
worship and work as the unified
body of Christ. In March there is the
World Day of Prayer, many churches
celebrate portions of Holy Week
together as we do in Brussels.
We also think of our brothers and
sisters in Christ as we celebrate
world-wide communion Sunday in
October.
I really don't mean to rush through
winter to spring and beyond, but I do
look forward to worshipping and
reflecting together as a community
of faith. I feel the more we celebrate
our faith together and share in wor-
ship ecumenically we are working
toward God's vision of shalom -
wholeness and peace for all.
Mrs. Adair provided some smiles
and Isabelle Hislop conducted a
kitchen quiz and presented the win-
ners with a sun catcher.
Since the Christmas meetings was
cancelled the gift exchange was held,
a nice change for a January
meeting.
WI member gets special recognition
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11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship
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