HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2000-11-15, Page 16PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2000.
Giving a gift of the season
Students and families from Sacred Heart Separate School
in Wingham worked hard to gather enough items to fill 150
boxes for the Operation Christmas Child campaign.
Displaying their hard work are Grade 6 students Meagan
Bridge, left, Danielle Purves, Janice Poole, Ashley
Marklevitz and Sophie Jefferson. Resource and physical
. education teacher Doris Powers, in back, helped co-ordi
nate the effort.
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L Gibson hosts WMS meeting
The November meeting of the
Melville Presbyterian Church,
Brussels was held at the home of
Isabel Gibson.
President Helen Elliott welcomed
everyone. There were six in atten
dance.
She began the meeting with a word
of prayer.
Leona Armstrong took the theme
Remembrance for devotions. She
opened the meeting with a poem, A
Peaceful Land written by a 10-year-
old Toronto girl.
Five hymns were sung, one to the
tune of The Maple Leaf Forever and
The Beam That Shines from Zion
Hill.
Mrs. Armstrong read the scripture
from Micah 4. She gave some
thoughts based on the passage. When
religion and patriotism were united
against the enemy, Peace was the
result.
Marguerite Krauter led in prayer.
Mrs. Armstrong completed her sec
tion with The Price of Freedom.
The secretary’s report was read
and approved. The treasurer’s report
showed $713.63 in the bank and
$14.88 in the emergency fund.
Mrs. Elliott reported that the
Sunday School needs help filling
their shoe boxes for Christmas gifts
for the needy. She reported on a
meeting in Teeswater where the new
study book for 2001 was introduced
by Margaret DeBoer.
The members answered the annual
report questions to be sent in by
December.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mary Huether on
Monday, Dec. 11 with each member
responsible for an item of program
and a treat.
A discussion followed on the fate
of the Brussels WMS. It was decided
to continue for at least another year.
The demands from other areas pre
vent new members joining but the
$1,227 sent into missions in 1999
would certainly be missed. The
January and February meetings were
cancelled.
Rev. Cathnne Campbell closed the
meeting with prayer and gave the
blessing. Hostess Isobel Gibson
served lunch.
HURON CHAPEL EVANGELICAL
MISSIONARY CHURCH
Auburn - 526-7555
PASTOR DAVE WOOD - 523-9017
MELVILLE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BRUSSELS
- Morning Service
- Sunday School
- Belgrave Service
Wheelchair accessible
Nursery care available
We welcome you to come and worship with us.
Rev. Cathrine Campbell - 887-9831
Sunday 9:30 a.m.- Family Bible Hour
10:30 a.m.• Morning Worship Service
7:30 p.m.- Evening Worship Service
Wednesday 7:30 p.m.- Family Night
Friday 7:30 p.m.• Youth
11:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
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
one comes to the Father, but through Me."
Everyone Welcome
For more information call 887-6665
Bureau opens for donations Dec. 4
joined The Expositor in providing
thousands of the brown bags through
their newspapers. The bags can be
used to take items to any of five
bureau locations in the county:
Telephone lines for the bureau are
open now and until Dec. 8 from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for families who
require assistance. The bureau
encourages anyone who needs assis
tance to call them. The service is
confidential and by calling, bureau
volunteers will arrange an appoint
ment for people to visit the branches
Catholic Church), Seaforth and St.
Paul’s Trinity Anglican Church,
Wingham.
Gift items and donations will be
received at the five drop-off sites
between Dec. 4-8, from 10 a.m, to 3
p.m.
The number of donations to the
Huron County Christmas Bureau
have almost doubled since the intro
duction of Christmas bags, to be
inserted in this newspaper Nov. 29.
The bag program, initiated by The
Huron Expositor, Seaforth Lions
Club and Seaforth Agricultural to choose items for their children’s
Society, was started two years ago as
a way to encourage people to donate
to the bureau which helps provide
Christmas gifts to more than 1,000
county children whose families are
in need of extra help. Community
newspapers across the county have
Christmas packages.
With the blustery winds and cold
temperatures, so too comes the time
of year to remember the Children’s
Aid Society’s annual Christmas
Bureau.
Working since September, volun
teers have been preparing for the col
lection of food, new clothing toys
and personal items which can help
brighten a child’s Christmas.
While gifts for children of all ages
are greatly appreciated, there has
often been a shortage of new cloth
ing for teens in the large and extra
large sizes as well as for children size
10-14.
The collection points this year are
Ontario Street United Church,
Clinton; Christian Reformed Church,
Exeter, St. George’s Anglican
Church, Goderich, Seaforth
Agriplex-Fairgrounds (St. James
Separate school students score well
Huron-Perth Catholic District
School students have once again
scored well in Grade 3 and 6 assess
ments, topping provincial standards
at the highest levels.
For the Grade 3 scoring in reading,
57 per cent of Huron-Perth children
met or exceeded provincial standards
(Level 3 and 4) with 32 approaching
standards (Level 2) and eight below
standard (Level 1). Provincially, 53
were at the top two levels.
In the writing category, Huron-
Perth had eight per cent at Level 4,
49 at Level 3, 38 at Level 2 and just
one at the lowest ability. Writing
abilities were very close to the
provincial standards with Huron-
Perth having one per cent more
Level 4 and one per cent less
Level 2.
The students did much better
math that provincial numbers with
12 per cent in Level 4 and 56 per
cent in Level 3. Provincial numbers
were 12 and 50. Huron-Perth had 5
per cent less in Level 1 and 2.
In Grade 6 testing, Huron-Perth
bested the province across the board.
In math, 63 per cent were at Level 3
or 4 while only 55 per cent met the
criteria provincially. In writing, the
provincial average saw 51 per cent
of students score in the upper ranges
while Huron-Perth had 55 per cent.
Fifty-seven per cent of Huron-perth
students met or beat the standard in
reading with the provincial average
at 54 per cent.
The numbers used for comparison
were from students who took part in
the assessment and produced work
that could be scored.
You are invited
to Worship
at
Brussels Mennonite
Fellowship
9:30 a.m. Worship Service
10:45 a.m. Christian Education
Everyone Welcome
^Elder: Don Procter 357-3557^
Blyth United Church
Corner of Dinsley & Mill Street
Come Worship The Lord With Us
Sundays -11:00 a.m.
Worship Service & Sunday School
Minister ~ Rev. Ernest Dow
ALL ARE WELCOME
523-4224
Tbzz are ‘Welcome at the
BLYTH COMMUNITY CHURCH OF GOD
9:45 a.m. - Sunday School - for ages 3 to adult
11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship
Bible Studies - Wednesday morning 10 a.m.
Wednesday evening 7:30 p.m.
Phone 523-4590 308 Blyth Rd., Blyth
fain u,& fat uMMt&hip tfiU Sunday
Morning Worship Service - 10 a.m.
Evening Worship Service - 7:30 p.m.
Therefore, prepare your minds for action: be self-controlled; set your hope
fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
1 Peter 1:13
BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
. Rev. Adrian A. Van Geest
A Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233
*Wheelchair accessible
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
9/ztu tue this Sunday
NOVEMBER 19 - PENTECOST 23
HOLY EUCHARIST
Trinity, Blyth St. John's,
9:30 a.m. Brussels
Wheelchair accessible 11:15 a.m.
Rev. Nancy Beale - Rector - 887-9273
BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Joan Golden - Diaconal Student Minister
Church Office 887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wcl.on.ca
November 19
Ethel United Church
9:30 a.m.
Worship Service and Sunday School
Please join us for our Book Browse Nov. 25th 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Brussels United Church
11:00 a.m.
Worship Service and Sunday School
Please join us for our Book Browse Nov. 18, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
November 22nd - Hot Luncheon and
Bake Sale 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
All are welcome to come and worship with us