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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 8 Youth
Adult Prayer Meeting
Youth
Creating
Kristen Pipe of Brussels begins work on a craft activity
during the Blyth Christian Reformed Church's Vacation
Bible School on Monday. The program runs through this
week from 9 -11:30 a.m. (Bonnte Gropp photo)
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Sunday, July 21
Morning Worship Service - 10 a.m.
Evening Worship Service - 7:30 p.m.
"A generous man will prosper; but he who refreshes others will
himself he refreshed" — Proverbs I1:25
BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
i , Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233
Wheelchair accessible
BLYTH UNITED CHURCH
Corner of Dinsley & Mill Street
Sunday, July 21
Worship Service 11 a.m.
Guest Speakers: Paul & Marilyn Elgie
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Minister: Rev. Dr, Eugen Bannerman
Office: 523-4224
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
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Sunday, July 21
HOLY EUCHARIST
Trinity, Blyth
9:30 a.m.
St. John's, Brussels
11:15 am. 6.
The Rev. Tom Wilson, B.A., MDiv. 887-9273
Cornerstone
Bible
Fellowship
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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 - 9:00 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
Call Pastor Andrew Thursdays or Fridays at 887-6123
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
You are Welcome at the
BLYTH COMMUNITY CHURCH OF GOD
Summer Schedule
10:00 a.m. - Adult Sunday School
11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship (Junior Church during service)
7:30 p.m. - Evening Worship
Kids' Club - Every second Tuesday - 2 p.m. Ages 6-11 welcome.
Bible Studies - Wednesday morning 10 a.m.
Wednesday evening 7:30 p.m.
Phone 523-4590 308 Biyth Rd., Blyth
BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Joan Golden - Diaconal Student Minister
Church Office 887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wcl.on.ca
Sunday, July 21
Ethel United Church
9:30 a.m.
Worship Service and Sunday School
Brussels United Church
11:00 a.m.
Wcrshlp Service
We welcome our neighbours from Melville Presbyterian Church
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2002. PAGE 11.
From the Minister's Study
Letter to Hebrews talks of witnesses
By Rev. Ethel Miner Clare,
Knox United Church, Kelgrave
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perseverance the race that is set
Wore us, looking to Jesus the
pioneer and perfecter of our faith.
Hebrews 12:I
When I was growing up, summer
vacations were often camping trips.
A lake in northern Ontario was a
favourite destination. One summer,
we trucked Dad's__ aged
Peterborough skiff to our campsite.
The boat was put in the water and
we children each had a turn at
learning how to maneuver it.
Rowing was not what 1 expected.
The biggest surprise was that I had
to face and focus on the point of land
I was leaving in order to make my
way to the opposite shore. To my
mind this was a backward way of
doing things. I tried going forward
but that certainly did not work!
Eventually, I did learn to navigate
my way across the lake by rowing
"backwards."
Like paddling Dad's skiff. the
Hebrew people looked back to the
beginning of their history to
understand who they were as a
people of faith. The stories of
Abraham and Sarah, Moses and
Miriam, David. Ruth, Esther.
Coffee Break
hosts needed
The Alzheimer Society of Huron
County is preparing for its seventh
annual Coffee Break to be held on
National Coffee Break day, Sept. 19,
The Society is currently seeking
hosts who will organize Coffee
Breaks in their homes. businesses,
service club, or as part of their
regular monthly meeting, prayer
group or other social event. Coffee
Break can be as elaborate or as
simple as you wish to make it.
Last year 96 Coffee Breaks were
held throughout Huron County.
Hosts welcomed friends and
colleagues and raised more than
$6,100. It is hoped to increase
numbers this year. The goal is to
have 150 Coffee Breaks, raising
$10.000.
Ninety per cent of money raised in
Huron County stays right here to
help the Alzheimer Society provide
education and support for persons
with Alzheimer disease, their
families and caregivers. The
remaining 10 per cent of money
raised goes to research.
For more information on how you
can host a Coffee Break, please
contact the Alzheimer Society of
Huron County at 482-1482 or 1-,
800-561-5012.
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▪ 10:30 a.m. - Contemporary Worship la
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Pastor: Ernest Dow
523-4848
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Gideon, and Samuel, familiar
stories, assured God's people that
faith endures in spite of the curves
lite throws. In the letter to the
Hebrews. the author refers to those
who had gone before as "a great
cloud of witnesses.-
Do we know who is in our cloud
of witnesses'? Would we name some
of our hymn writers - Susanna, John
and Charles Wesley; theologians
John Knox and Martin Luther; and
others like Mother Theresa. Pope
John XXIII, and Dr. Bob McClure?
Along with Sarah and Abraham
and the apostles, these people are in
that cloud of witnesses, but there are
others we should not forget. These
are the people who pounded nails to
build our churches; who raised
money to keep the church open by
baking pies, washing dishes and
serving at church suppers; who
taught Sunday School; who kept the
church family in their daily prayers;
who asked difficult questions that
challenged us to review our
understandings.
They are also the ones who make
it possible for us to "run the race that
is set before us."
Thanks be to God.