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Normalcy again
on the horizon
By Rev. Dave Wood
Huron Chapel Evangelical
Missionary Church
Wow! Summer 2000 is winding
down and the school bags are being
packed and the joy of normalcy is on
the horizon. Schedules and appoint
ments, meetings and commitments
will once again fill the calendars.
And you know, it is kind of nice to
have a semblance of order to our
lives. In its own way, it is sort of
comforting to have life back to nor
mal with a routine that we can count
on.
Unfortunately, this means that
summer is over and holidays have
ended and all that is left are the
memories and the bills to pay.
Summer, we try and pack so much
into it! We have such high expecta
tions for it and despite the attempt to
hold on to it and even lengthen it,
summer still continues to pass us by.
What did you do this summer?
Where did you go? What new expe
riences did you enjoy and what kind
of memories did you make?
For some, hey ho, the status was
quo and for others, it was just go, go,
go!
And yet, did it deliver, this “sum
mer of 2000”, the “great millennium
year”, or did it just pass you by and
leave you sort of “wanting” and
unfulfilled? Expectations are great
but sorry to say, they don’t always
pan out and the experiences of life
often leave you wanting for more.
But hey! That is just the way it is
with the things of this world. They
fill the gap, they satisfy for the
moment but they have this ability to
leave you grasping for more. It’s like
the roller coaster ride at Darien Lake
that I was on. It created anticipation,
anxiety, fear and a thrill but it soon
passed and faded away and found me
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in line again to try and recapture the
experience.
But you know, you don’t go back.
It wasn’t the same. The ride was fun.
The fear was still there! But it just
wasn’t the same. I knew what to
expect.
I don’t know, maybe next year I'll
try bungee jumping instead. (Who
am I kidding, my heart couldn’t take
it.)
You see, like the summer, the
experiences and thrills of life pass
too quickly and they fade just as
quickly and so you keep looking for
more, never to find that which will
last. But the good news, the gospel
news is “though the grass withers
and the flowers fall, the Word of our
God shall stand forever.” (Isaiah
40:8)
And His promises are sure! His
Word consistently delivers and He is
more than able to meet your expecta
tions and bring you into the land that
finally thrills the soul! Jesus said that
He came to bring life and that life
abundant and even now you can
begin to enjoy to know consistent
and lasting fulfillment in Jesus
Christ, the author, the Maker of
lives.
Helping us remember
Members of the Brussels Royal Canadian Legion and Ladies Auxiliary in Brussels were on
hand Friday morning to tour the Great Canadian Number 11-11 coach as it stopped in the vil
lage. The mural on the bus pays tribute to Canadian veterans with depictions of such things as
Dieppe, medics, war brides and VE Day.
paRTicipacnan
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HURON CHAPEL EVANGELICAL
MISSIONARY CHURCH
Auburn - 526-7555
PASTOR DAVE WOOD - 523-9017
Sunday
Wednesday
Friday
9:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
- Family Bible Hour
- Morning Worship Service
- Evening Worship Service
- Prayer & Bible Study
■ Youth
greet at
Blyth United
Greeters at Blyth United Church
on Sunday, Sept. 3 were Fred and
Deb Hakkers. Lloyd Sippel, Joann
MacDonald and Leslie and Evelyn
Caldwell were ushers and took up
the offering. The Way Band and
Allison Dow provided music for the
service.
Keith Dow read the gospel lesson
Mark 10: 35-45. The worship song
was There is a Redeemer. The scrip
ture lesson was Ephesians l: 3-14.
The sermon was entitled Are You
a Soul Survivor. Rev. Ernest Dow
talked about the recent TV show
Survivor, in which the object was to
be the sole survivor on an island and
win $l million. He then explained
how Jesus teaches us to be “soul sur
vivors”.
Rev. Dow drew parallels between
the attitudes of the contestants to do
whatever it took to be the sole sur
vivor on the island and how to be a
soul survivor in life. He explained
how Christ’s attitude is “to empty
himself, becoming a servant in our
place”, the opposite of the contest
ants on the show.
Rev. Dow ended the sermon by
encouraging the congregation to be
soul survivors by showing acts of
kindness.
The service closed with the hymn
O Love that Wilt Not Let Me Go and
the choral response Go Now in
Peace.
tfLea&e join fai utM<tp Sunday
Morning Worship Service ~ 10 a.m.
Evening Worship Service ~ 7:30 p.m.
“May the Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father,
who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement
and good hope. ”
2 Thessalonians 2:16
BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
Rev. Adrian A. Van Geest
Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233
Wheelchair accessible
BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Joan Golden - Supply Minister
Church Office 887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wcl.on.ca
September 10
Ethel United Church
9:30 a.m.
Sunday School begins
Brussels United Church
11:00 a.m.
Rally Sunday to welcome back the Sunday School
and congregation. There will be activities, fellowship
and light refreshments for all!
All are welcome to come and worship with us
OurFamily
Can Be Your
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Brussels Mennonite Fellowship
9:30 a.m. Worship Service
10:45 a.m. Christian Education (for all ages)
Join us in our search for a personal relationship
with the living Christ
Elder Don Procter 357-3557
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9:45 a.m. - Sunday School for Children and Adults
11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship
Bible Studies - Wednesday 10 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Phone 523-4590 308 Blyth Rd., Blyth
11:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
Blyth United Church
Come Worship The Lord With Us
Sundays -11:00 a.m.
Worship Service
Sunday School starts September 17
Minister ~ Rev. Ernest Dow
ALL ARE WELCOME
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MORNING PRAYER
Trinity, Blyth St. John's,
9:30 a.m. Brussels
Wheelchair accessible 11:15 a.m.
Rev. Nancy Beale - Rector - 887-9273
MELVILLE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BRUSSELS
- Morning Service
- Sunday School
- Belgrave Service
SUNDAY SCHOOL STARTS SEPTEMBER 10TH
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.
John 14:6 - Jesus said, "I am the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE, no
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