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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2002-01-30, Page 16February 3 "Better than Winning the Lottery" - Matthew 6 9:30 a.m. - Sunday School for all ages, 10:30 a.m. - Worship at Blyth Public School, corner of King & Mill Pastor: Ernest Dow 523-4848 www.tcc.on.cai-dowfam BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Joan Golden - Diaconal Student Minister Church Office 887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wcl.on.ca Sunday, February 3 Ethel United Church 9:30 a.m. Worship Service and Sunday School Celebration of the Sacrament of Communion Annual Meeting at 7:00 p.m. Brussels United Church 11:00 a.m. Worship Service and Sunday School Celebration of the Sacrament of Communion Annual Meeting following lunch provided by the Youth Group Come worship and celebrate the Epiphany Season with us! THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA Weicaote4. vat.‘ e4 came awe cooldtc# euet4 cld Sunday, February 3 Mornin g Prayer Trinity's Vestry Meeting after the Service Trinity, Blyth 9:30 a.m. St. John's, Brussels 11:15 a.m. The Rev. Tom Wilson, B.A., MDiv. 887-9273 - You are Wet-come at the BLYTH COMMUNITY CHURCH OF GOD 9:45 a.m. - Sunday School - for ages 3 to adult 11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship 7:45 p.m. - Evening Worship Kids' Club - Tuesday - 3:45 - 5 p.m. Ages 6-11 welcome. Bible Studies - Wednesday morning 10 a.m. Wednesday evening 7:30 p.m. Phone 523-4590 308 Blyth Rd., Blyth 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. Ladies' Time Out: the last Thursday of each month 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. 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 Sunday, February 3 Worship Service & Sunday School at 11:00 a.m. Sermon: The Mothers of Salem - Baptism ,tee Wel.e.aoce Pastoral Supply Minister: Rev. Dr. Eugen Bannerman Office: 523-4224 HURON CHAPEL EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY CHURCH Auburn - 526-7555 PASTOR DAVE WOOD - 523-9017 Sunday 9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. Wednesday 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Friday 7:30 p.m. Family Bible Hour Morning Worship Service Evening Worship Crusaders & Youth Adult Prayer Meeting Youth The Citizen's 2002 • / d will be published February_ 6, 2002 To be part of this issue call Alan or Jeannette 523-4792. MELVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BRUSSELS 11:00 a.m. - Morning Service - Sunday School 9:30 a.m. - Belgrave Service Wheelchair accessible Nursery care available Rev. Cathrine Campbell - 887-9831 Pteade 7:41.4t 04 ‘4,r 0,014,40 Sunday, February 3 Morning Worship Service - 10 a.m. Evening Worship Service - 7:30 p.m. "For the Lord is good and his love endures forever, his faithfulness continues through all generations" — Psalm 100:5 BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH LN. Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233 Wheelchair accessible PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2002. From the Minister's Study Finding the courage within one's self Joan Golden Brussels United Church February comes in a few days and with it preparations for Valentine's Day. It's a month in which many "I love you" messages are sent and received. Red hearts start to appear large and small, on large signs to small candy dishes. All the messages and symbols of love may make us consider one of its aspects - the courageous heart. In the backyard I see small trees standing bravely in a cold wind with snow and rain, mixed, beating against them. They continue to stand and grow. As I see birds fly against a cold wind to get to the bird feeders and find shelter, I reflect on the courage that must beat within their hearts toQ. Trees and other living creatures must be brave to make it so well through the wintertime. It is not until we have faced some winters in our lives, some challenges and struggles, that we are able to know our own courage and are able to understand how brave we can be when it is necessary to have a coura- geous heart. We see courageous people all around us in our daily lives. These - are the people who are facing the unknown in medical treatments but have a smile and words of encour- agement to others. Or people who have told their sto- ries of pain, abuse or addictions risk- ing rejection to tell others of their belief of inner change within them and their personal relationship with Jesus. Courage does not mean just grit- ting our teeth for an endurance test. Courage does mean drawing horn' an inner source, relying on God's strength to give us the confidence we need. Courage means never giving up. It means believing that we can make it, not just on our own resiliency but with the guidance and assurance of God's love for us, accepting that we are loved children of God. Courage enables us to offer for- giveness knowing there may be no response, or to give generously of our time. It allows us to try again when there seems to be a pattern of failures, to give our love even if all the odds seem against that 'love being received or returned. It takes courage to encourage oth- ers but often our courage comes from others whom God has inspired to encourage us. Courage and encouragement are talked about in the Bible many times. In the book of Acts, chapter 2 we are told about "new courage from the Spirit". In II Corinthians 1: 1-11 we are reminded of encouragement from others. May we have the courage to take time to reflect on our lives to see where we need courage and to know inside ourselves how to recov- er some when we are "running low". May we find it through some time of solitude, personal devotion time, or find it by encouraging others with a note, visit or call. In our quiet times may we ask God to make us aware of the courage and resilience hidden deep within our- selves and know that courage is a gift of God's love. The Ministry of Community and Social Services announced in late- December that it was modifying sev- eral aspects of the Early Years Challenge Fund. In light of those modifications the ministry extended the deadline for proposals to Feb. 1. The challenge fund is part of a provincial initiative concentrating on the first six years of a child's life. According to John Baird the minister responsible, the challenge fund was designed to "bring to children under six the best programs for their early years." According to Ric Graham the early year's communio; co-ordinator for the Huron County Health Unit, the intent is to produce new and novel programs to help children and their parents, Local proposals range from one concerning attachment dis- orders to parent coaching and music for pre-school children. In answer to requests for simpler and less restrictive guidelines the ministry has removed the limit on in- kind contributions for community proposals. Graham said that propos- als with no local money attached would now be eligible for considera- tion. Huron early years steering com- mittee chairperson Marlene Price expressed her pleasure at the announcement. She said, "This extension will allow all of us to develop and expand the Early Years challenge to build partnerships..." Such items as rent free space con- tributed by local partners and volun- teer hours are assigned a dollar equivalency. This type of contribu- AMMIINNINIP20111MM\ tion will no longer be limited when the application is considered. As an example each volunteer hour will be considered as a $12 contribution for the purposes of the application. Dollars, either real or in-kind, raised in the community are matched by the provincial ministry. Funding is avail- able for up to three years. The Early Years Centres, which were announced earlier, are another aspect of the government's concen- tration on the first six years of child- hood. They will provide the public with information and access to pro- grams that are developed through the challenge fund as well as services that are already in existence. It is possible to both register and submit proposals online at ww w.c hi ldsec.gov.on .ca, but Graham suggests that anyone inter- ested in submitting a proposal give him a call at 482-5119 ext. 314 as he would be happy to provide any help and advice that he can. Social Service Ministry announces modifications to Early Years Challenge fund