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From the Minister’s Study
An angel on the shoulder
By Rev. Eugen Bannerman
Blyth United Church
It was an unbelievable rescue. A
man pulled from the very edge of
Horseshoe Falls two weeks ago.
For two hours, an unidentified
man stood on a rock less than five
feet from the brink of Niagara Falls,
as the glacially-cold waters swirled
around his feet.
It baffles the mind how he could
have survived without being pulled
over the edge by the force of the
water. A helicopter was unable to
drop a rescue basket or rescue ring to
him.
Help finally came from police
officers and firefighters who bound
themselves with safety ropes to
people on the shore, and waded into
the water. They let out a rescue ring
to the man. He put his arm through
the ring, and was hauled to shore by
more than two dozen police officers
and firefighters.
He was taken to a hospital for
treatment and psychiatric evaluation.
“The guy must have had an angel
on his shoulder,” said the fire chief.
“It is nothing short of a miracle that
he made it.”
“God was with that man. He has to
be the luckiest man in the world to
be alive-no matter what his problems
are.”
It was like no other rescue in the
Niagara Falls region. “It was the
UCW meets
damnedest thing I’ve ever seen. In
my 16 years as a firefighter and 18 in
the military, I’ve never seen a more
fantastic rescue,” said the fire chief.
The Buffalo area man had
apparently “slipped” into the
Niagara River on the American side
of Horseshoe Falls.
Was there an angel guiding his feet
through the waters to the solid rock
at the edge of the Falls?
Why not?
No one else can relate such a story
of rescue.
t 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.london.on.ca
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MISSIONARY CHURCH
Cfw'fT Auburn - 526-1131
1 PASTOR DAVE WOOD - 523-4941
Sunday
Wednesday
9:30 a.m. - Family Bible Hour
10:30 a.m. - Morning Worship Service
7:30 p.m. - Evening Worship
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.- Crusaders & Youth
7:15 p.m. - Adult Bible Study
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Sunday, April 13
BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Joan Golden - Diaconal Student Minister
Church Office 887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wcl.on.ca
April 13
Ethel United Church
9:30 a.m.
Worship Service & Sunday School
Brussels United Church
11:00 a.m.
Worship Service & Sunday School
Come and join us as we journey
in the Season of Lent
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Sunday, April 13
PALM/PASSION SUNDAY
HOLY EUCHARIST WITH
LITURGY OF THE PALMS
(Free Palm cross for all)
Trinity, Blyth St. John's, Brussels
9:30 a.m._________11:15 a.m.
The Rev. Tom Wilson, B.A., MDiv. 887-9273
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.
The Evening Unit of the Brussels
United Church Women met at the
home of Isabelle Wheeler on
Wednesday, April 2.
Audrey Cardiff gave a reading
based on scripture from James 4: 11-
17. It spoke on not being a verbal
litterbug but remembering if you
can’t say anything nice don’t say
anything at all.
Mrs. Wheeler gave an Easter
prayer followed by a reading, Each
New Leaf. She then gave a character
study of Mary, the mother of Jesus
from her early childhood, marriage,
birth and the death of her eldest son
Jesus to her later involvement with
Jesus’ followers.
Holy Week services begin April
14. The UCW is responsible for the
lunch on Wednesday, April 16. The
garden party is to be held Sunday,
May 25.
It was decided to give funds to the
Centre for Christian Studies and
Camp Menesetung. It was also
agreed to pay half of the church
camp registration for children of the
church again this year.
Money was stipulated for the
mission and service fund, the sound
system and for the stewards.
The next meeting is Wednesday,
May 7 at 6 p.m. This is a potluck
Mother’s Day meeting to be held at
the United Church.
April 13 - John 12:12-33
x\ ’’Who’s Starring
& in Your
Apr. 18 Good Friday
service 7:30 p.m.
Christ-centred. Bible-believing,
Fellowship-friendly, Growth-geared
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10:30 a.m. - Worship & Sunday School
! at Blyth Public School,
g comer of King & MillJ Pastor: Ernest Dow ~ 523-4848 S
Bl www.tcc.on.ca/~dowfam
Morning Worship Service -10 a.m.
'The King is Coming" ~ Luke 19:28-44
Evening Worship Service - 7:30 p.m.
"The Cup of the Father" ~ John 18:1-14
BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
A Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233
Wheelchair accessible
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. Cathrlne Campbell - 887-9831
Blyth United Church
Corner of Dinsley & Mill Street
Sunday, April 13
Worship Service & Sunday School
11:00 a.m.
Palm Sunday & Communion
Also Lectionary Readings Bible Study
Sunday at 10:00 a.m. in the parlour
Welcome
Minister: Rev. Dr. Eugen Bannerman
Office: 523-4224
Churc^
"The Church is not a
Building,
It is People Touching
People"
Brussels Mennonite Fellowship
9:30 a.m. - Worship Service
10:45 a.m. - Coflfee Break
11:00 a.m. - Sunday School
Ewaforuz TUIeZcotne.!
Pastor Brent Kipfer 887-6388
Sunday -10:00 a.m. - Sunday School for all ages
11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship
7:30 p.m. - Evening Worship
Wednesday -10:00 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. - Bible Studies
Phone 523-4875 308 Blyth Rd. E.
Pastor Les Cook 523-4590
HOLYIWEEK
Services
Monday, April 14, Tuesday, April 15,
8 Wednesday, April 16, 12:05 pm
Luncheon & Ecumenical Prayer Services
at Brussels United Church
Maundy Thursday April 17
7:30 p.m. Ecumenical Communion Service
at St. John's. Brussels
Good Friday April 18
9:30 a.m. Trinity, Blyth - Prayer Service
11:15 am St. John's, Brussels - Prayer Service
Easter Day
Holy Eucharist with Baptisms, Special Music and an Easter Egg Hunt
for children 11 and under after the Service in each community
9:30 a.m. - Trinity Anglican Church, Blyth
Ll 1:15 a.m. - St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, BrusselsJ
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