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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2001-04-11, Page 16THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA Vou axe welcome this, Sundag TRINITY, BLYTH ST. JOHN'S, 9:30 A.M. BRUSSELS WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE 11:15 A.M. BLYTH UNITED CHURCH Corner of Dinsley & Mill Street 11:00 a.m. Worship & Sunday School Friday, April 13 - 7:30 p.m. Good Friday Service Easter Sunday - 6:00 a.m. Sunrise Service & Breakfast, 11:00 a.m. Easter Celebration ' Pastor: Ernest Dow 523-4224 Check us out, Live or Online www.tcc.on.cal-dowfam/church.htm His kingdom in His first coming. He will fully establish it when He returns again in glory. And all those who now honour Him in His lowliness will then share in His glory. Check out our WEBSITE at www.northhuron.on.ca Sunday school greets at church PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2001. Youthful voices The junior choir at Londesboro United Church, under the direction of Valerie Van Riesen, per- formed at the 21st annual Gospel Songfest, April 8 at the church. Greeters at Blyth United Church were the Grade 1/Senior Kindergarten class and John and Ruth Uyl. Ushering was the senior class. Barb Bosman was the organist. In charge of the nursery was Maria Walden. Lois van Vliet decorated the church sanctuary. Nicole Kerr read the gospel lesson from Luke 9: 51-62. The sermon was entitled: Kingdom Cost: Counting the Price of Discipleship. Rev. Ernest Dow spoke of how everything has its price. Jesus, he said paid a price to win the Kingdom of God, by death on the cross. He outlined six things that people must be ready to give up in order to live a life obedient to the Kingdom's purpose. they are: common consen- sus of society, condemnation, com- fort and conveniences, community roles and respectability, kin, our immediate family ties and kicks - those personal desires and goals that are most dear to an individual's soul. Karen Glousher, Emily Phillips, Nicole Kerr and Brenda Brooks col- lected the offering. Good Friday worship service is Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Blyth United Church. The Easter sunrise service is Sunday. Meet at the church at 6 a.m. to walk to the service. A pancake breakfast will follow. Easter Sunday worship is at 11 a.m. By Rev. Adrian A. Van Geest Blyth Christian Reformed Church Only days before, the masses shouted "Blessed is the King of Israel!" They were talking about Jesus when he came to Jerusalem, riding on a donkey. It's the event we remember on Palm Sunday. Days later he was hanging on a cross, with a sign fas- tened to it that read: Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. Ho* quickly things can change. The masses can be fickle. They can be manipulated by crafty people. And the leading priests of the Jews proved to be good at such manipula- tion. They played on people's disap- pointment with Jesus. The people had expected him to be a different kind of king - one who would restore Israel to its former glory as a nation. When Jesus was not moving in that direction, they were quick to change their tune. And so Pilate was pushed into sentencing Jesus to be crucified. It was Pilate himself who was responsible for that sign fastened to the cross. And for him, it was just a joke. Just as Jesus as a king was a joke to the soldiers put in charge of him. And what else could it be in the eyes of the uninformed? Who could see a king in someone who has been stripped of his clothes and nailed to a cross? Even his own disciples did not think of Jesus as a king at this point. They had held such hopes too, hopes about Jesus restoring the kingdom to Israel. But these hopes were all gone out the window now. And then there was this one crimi- nal, suspended on his own cross, hanging beside Jesus. It was proba- bly the first time he had ever heard of or seen Jesus. They had not exactly moved in the same social circles. People like hitt stayed miles away from teachers like Jesus. But what he saw and heard from Jesus while hanging on the cross made him more perceptive than all the other people. He began to see that this sign above Jesus' head real- ly was no joke at all. He began to see that despite all the outward signs, Jesus truly was a king, a king with real authority. No one expected a thing from Jesus anymore. They all thought his power had been short-circuited. But not this criminal. He asked of the painracked, suffering Jesus beside him: "Remember me when you come into your kingdom." And Jesus answered with regal authority: "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." Present day appearances about the kingdom of God can be deceiving. The eye of flesh doesn't see much of a kingdom of God on earth. But the kingdom of God has come. It came in the person of its king, Jesus Christ. He laid the groundwork for You are Welcome at the BLYTH COMMUNITY CHURCH OF GOD 9:45 a.m. - Sunday School - for ages 3 to adult 11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship Bible Studies - Wednesday morning 10 a.m. Wednesda). evening 7:30 p.m. Phone 523-4590 308 Blyth Rd., Blyth HURON CHAPEL EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY CHURCH Auburn - 526-7555 PASTOR DAVE WOOD - 523-9017 Sunday 9:30 a.m. - Family Bible Hour 10:30 a.m. - Morning Worship Service 7:30 p.m. - Evening Worship Wednesday 7:30 p.m. • Family Night Friday 7:30 p.m. - 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 Cornerstone 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. Adventure Club for children ages 4-12 Third Friday of each month - 7:15 - 9:00 p.m. Ladies' Time Out - Last Thursday of each month - 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Guest speakers, special music & interesting features. All ladies invited. 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 BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE . UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Joan Golden - Diaconal Student Minister Church Office 887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wcl.on.ca EASTER SUNDAY. April 15th, 2001 Ethel United Church 9:30 am Worship Service & Sunday School Brussels United Church 11:00 am Worship Service & Sunday School Come and worship with us, as we celebrate being an Easter People! Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! Revelation 19:6b, 7 You are welcome to Celebrate Easter with us Good Friday Communion Service April 13 - 10 a.m. Easter Morning Service Sunday, April 15 - 10 a.m. Easter Evening Service Special Drama Presentation and Easter Music 7:30 p.m. BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH it Rev. Adrian A. Van Geest Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233 Wheelchair accessible From the Minister's Study Masses can be fickle