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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2002-12-11, Page 19December 15 - J. aiah 62 "Babb Gifts (2): Desired, not Desolate" Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Worship • 7:30 p.m. Chriatiait relimsfup 3 3 Christ-centred. Fellowship-friendly, Growth-geared 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 ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA Weizooteo *see to. (.4~ cued wardeeft wet% ca, Sunday, December 15 HOLY EUCHARIST ADVENT 3 (JOY) Trinity, Blyth St. John's, Brussels 9:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m. The Rev. Tom Wilson, B.A., MDiv. 887-9273 St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church 254 Drummond St. E., Blyth Sunday Mass 9:00 a.m. Father Lance Magdziak, Pastor 519-527-0142 email: stjames@rcec.Iondon.on.ca 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 invites you The _957-Ak9/- Sunday, December 15 °I' Worship Service 9:30 a.m. .000- l ir • "...A. wow" • Coffee Break 10:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Pastor Brent Kipfer 887-6388 Jesus is God's Gift to you! ,110...1110.4160.100^441W-46, BLYTH UNITED CHURCH Corner of Dinsley & Mill Street Sunday, December 15 Worship Service & Sunday School 11:00 a.rr Third Sunday of Advent Sunday School Pageant 7Velco4fte Minister: Rev. Dr. Eugen Bannerman Office: 523-4224 Singing for the season Brussels area people had the opportunity to enjoy the music of the season with a special church concert on Sunday night. Singing, from left: Betty Campbell, Allison Cardiff and Joyce Jacklin. (Vicky Bremner photo) From the Minister's Study Season of God's promise By Brent Kipfer Brussels Mennonite Fellowship "Why is there shooting in Bethlehem?" asked a member of our church youth group earlier this year. "Why can't God destroy all that's harmful?" At Christmas we celebrate the surprising entrance of God into our world. An animal shelter became the birthplace of an extraordinary king: Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Christians believe that the baby who sleeps in Mary's arms has come to turn the world upside down - the Messiah sent to set things right. Many people are puzzled by this. Christmas celebrations may be shut down in Bethlehem again this year; the threat of violence still looms over the town first visited by Jesus. What has changed since his birth? The Jewish philosopher Martin Buber asked a similar question. He admired Jesus - but could not accept him as the Messiah. He observed that "world history has not been turned upside down to its foundations - that the world is not redeemed. We sense its unredeemedness." Speaking in 1933 - the same year Adolf Hitler rose to power - Martin Buber could see plenty of evidence that the earth is still broken. Even so. Christians believe that Jesus does bring the kingdom of God near in his own person; when we receive Jesus, we receive the kingdom of God. It is ours; we can enter the kingdom today. At the same time, we are still waiting for it to come. So Jesus taught us to pray: Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. We are still waiting. During Advent, Christians remember that we are living in the season of God's patience. We prepare to celebrate that the Messiah has come - and that the Messiah is coming again. The saving action of Jesus is not yet finished. We pray for Jesus to enter AMMIZOffierilffM1026. LWIng/. 1UVccter; 10:30 a.m. - Worship & Sunday School at Blyth Public School, o corner of King & Mill Pastor: Ernest Dow - 523-4848 g www.tcc.on.ca/-dowfam 1wwwwwwwww THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2002. PAGE 19. You are Welcome at the BLYTH COMMUNITY CHURCH OF GOD 9:45 a.m. - Sunday School for all ages 11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship (Junior Church during service) 7:30 p.m. - Evening Worship Bible Studies - Wednesday morning 10 a.m. Wednesday evening 7:30 p.m. Phone 523-4590 308 Blyth Rd., Blyth Peeetde yam i-en evenallit Sunday, December 15 Morning Worship Service - 10 a.m. Evening Worship Service - 7:30 p.m. What cloth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all they heart and with all thy soul? — Deuteronomy 10:12 BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH As, Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233 Wheelchair accessible BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Joan Golden - Diaconal Student Minister Church Office 887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wcl.on.ca December 15 Ethel United Church 9:30 a.m. Worship Service & Sunday School Brussels United Church 11:00 a.m. Worship Service & Sunday SchJol We await in Advent Hope of Peace 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 - 9:00 p.m. "Adventure Club": (for 10 consecutive Tuesdays) beginning Tuesday, October 1st - 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. All children ages 4-12 welcome 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 Celebrate With Us! Brussels Mennonite Fellowship our lives afresh today, to rule and reign in our own lives and in the whole world. It is not complete yet, but one day it will be. Peter urges us to have patience as we wait for the return of Jesus: The Lord is not slow about his promise. as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance. - ....regard the patience of our Lord as salvation. God does not want anyone to perish; at the same time, the Lord will not force anyone into his kingdom. We long for the day when Jesus will set all things right. Still, that time is delayed because there are still others whom God wants to catch into His grace and bring into His kingdom. God is not powerless to intervene - but He is merciful - not wanting any to perish. This is certainly a season of patience for parents and children. Our two sons are pouring over toy catalogues with wide-eyed excitement. They are eager for the day when gifts will be received and unwrapped. The Holy Spirit leads us to wait for Jesus with similar anticipation: keen to receive the gift of His presence in our lives in a fresh way - and ready for the final unwrapping when we will be able to celebrate that indeed, "the kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ!"