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Duffs minister speaks of sitting on the sidelines
Marilyn McDonald and
granddaughter Sarah, greeted
worshippers at Duff’s United Church
on Sept. 10.
Joan Tuchlinsky welcomed
everyone to the service and invited
everyone to sing the Introit. During
announcements Joan told about her
Coventing Service in Bluevale at
7:30 p.m. She reminded people that
next Sunday, Sept. 17, Bluevale will
be having its anniversary service so
there will be no church at Duff’s.
Anyone wanting to have their
baby baptized, the date will be Sept.
24. If interested give Joan a call.
After the Prayer of Approach
Brian Black sang Make Me a
Channel of Your Peace.
Joan then called the young
worshippers forward and asked them
if they have ever played musical
chairs. They all had played it and
they had also had a taste of losing
and sitting on the sidelines as the
game continued without them. Joan
told them of a different way to play
it where no one was ever kicked out.
This time when the music s'opped
no one is out; they just have to
double up on a chair. Each time a
chair is removed and neaf m£ end
everyone is sitting on one chair. She
says it feels better to be involved
than left out and that Jesus calls us to
involve everyone in games and in
FROM WALTON
life.
Her sermon was Jesus-
Teacher/Learner was based on the
story in Mark about a Phoenician
woman, a Gentile who wanted Jesus
to heal her daughter. Jesus expressed
his refusal to agree to her request in
a disdainful metaphor, which
compares her and her daughter to
little dogs who are not to be fed the
children’s bread. With this rebuff,
Jesus is affirming the priority of the
Jews in Jesus’ mission. The woman’s
response allows that priority to stand
but persistently asks for attention to
Gentiles also.
This story, Joan said, shows Jesus
us a typical Jewish man who was
challenged by the woman to think in
a new way. Matching his own
rhetorical skills, she turns the saying
back on Jesus who then heals her
daughter because of what she said.
The teacher, Jesus, is open to
learning from others, even those who
are usually dismissed as unimportant
or unworthy.
In this story, the woman is
challenging the entire religious
structure that the Jewish people
worked within, using her wit and
courage. Jesus saw this as a new way
of living out his ministry. Jesus’
ability to recognize the need for
inclusion of all people was not
ingrained and part of who he was as
a Jewish male growing up in a
society with exclusive rules and laws
to follow. But he learned that
including others is a part of God’s
vision for creation.
“If Jesus can humbly learn from a
non-Jewish woman in the first
century, who of us todaj cannot also
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Maitland
Learning for a Lifetime
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Would you want to be one?
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commit to acknowledging our
limitations and to being open to
people of every nationality, social
status and race who yearn for the
transforming power of God,” said
Joan.
UCW welcomes J. Tuchlinsky
Heidi McClure opened the UCW
meeting with prayer on Wednesday,
Sept. 6. Gloria Wilbee.then read the
scripture story about the woman that
was healed by touching Jesus’ robe,
then sang He Touched Me.
Melva Fraser did a reading then
Gloria got everyone’s toes a-tapping
by singing Put a Little Love in Your
Heart.
Melva closed the worship part of
the service with prayer and Gloria
introduced Joan Tuchlinksy as guest
speaker. Joan’s topic was about
therapeutic touch. She explained
that therapeutic touch is a universal
human act whereby one person may
help another to enjoy improved
health. It is a conscious act of
therapeutic intervention, an
intelligent direction of life forces
wherein one uses the hand to help
and to heal. It provides another
avenue of wellness.
Each person has an energy field,
she said, which surrounds the
physical body. This energy field
reflects the mental, physical,
emotional, and spiritual condition. It
is made up of the same energy which
supports all living matter, and since
man is an open system (that is, he
affects and is affected by things and
conditions outside of himself), the
energy field fluctuates in size and
intensity, constantly flowing about
the body of any living thing -
people, plants and animals.
Continued on page 21
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