HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2004-02-19, Page 28MELVILLE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BRUSSELS
11:00 a.m. - Sunday Morning Service
- Sunday School
9:30 a.m. - Sunday Belgrave Service
Wheelchair accessible
Nursery care available
Rev. Cathrine Campbell - 887-9831
Cornerstone
Bible
Fellowship
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Sunday: 9:45-10:30 - Communion
11:00 - 12:00 - Family Bible Hour and Sunday School
Wednesday: 7:00 - 9:00 pm - Youth (ages 12 & up)
Friday: 7:30 pm - Home Bible Studies
John 14:6 - Jesus said, "I am the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE, no
one comes to the Father, but through Me."
. Call Pastor Andrew at 887-6123
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
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HOLY EUCHARIST
TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD
Trinity Anglican Church - Guest Musician Juanita Wilkins
SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE SUPPERS
- offered by both churches
ASH WEDNESDAY OBSERVANCES
- Trinity 7 pm in Blyth Memorial Hall
- St. John's 12 noon at church
Trinity, Blyth
9:30 a.m.
St. John's, Brussels
11:15 a.m.
The Rev. Tom Wilson, B.A., MDiv. 887-9273
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Speaker: Pastor Les Cook
Divine Healing-(mental, physical and emotional)
begins when spiritual alignment takes place.
Saturday, February 21st
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Blyth Community Church of God
308 Blyth Road
Registration: $30 (lunch included) Pre-registration recommended
For more information contact:
Mary Marsh 482-9623 or Gail Bailey 523-9796
No products or services will be sold.
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Sunday 9:15 a.m. - Prayer Meeting
9:45 a.m. - Sunday School
11:00 a.m. - Worship Service
Several mid-week events
Phone 523-4875 308 Blyth Rd. E. - Pastor Les Cook 523-4590
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MISSIONARY CHURCH
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4044'9 PASTOR DAVE WOOD - 523-4941
Sunday 9:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
7:30 p.m.
Monday 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
- Family Bible Hour
Morning Worship Service
Evening Worship Service
- Sports Night
- Crusaders - JK to Grade 6
- Youth
- Adult Bible Study
"Driving Blind
or Digging
Deep"
BLYTH UNITED CHURCH
Corner of Dinsley & Mill Street
Sunday, February 22
Worship Service & Sunday School - 11:00 am
Communion
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Minister: Rev. Dr. Eugen Bannerman
Office: 523-4224
Blyth United Church is a welcoming community of faith.
We celebrate God's presence through worship and study, and through
responding to the needs and gifts of each other.
St. Michael's
Roman Catholic Church 13
254 Drummond St. E., Blyth
Saturday Night Mass
at 7:00 pm
Father John Johnson, Pastor
357-2435
BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Joan Golden - Diaconal Student Minister
Church Office 887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wcl.on.ca
February 22
Ethel United Church
9:30 a.m:
Worship Service & Sunday School
Brussels United Church
11:00 a.m.
Worship Service & Sunday School
We Celebrate the Season of Epiphany
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Sunday, February 22
Morning Worship Service - 10 a.m.
Evening Worship Service - 7:30 p.m.
BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
Pastor John Kuperus
Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233
Wheelchair accessible
By Rev. Cathrine Campbell
Melville, Brussels
Knox, Belgrave Presbyterian
Churches
It is that time of year - public
speaking has begun. There is joy,
sorrow, excitement and wonder and
that is from the parents of the
speakers. The speakers themselves
also experience a wide range of
emotions.
I have judged a fair number of
these events and I am always
impressed by the range of topics and
the assured delivery of most of the
speakers. (And the things that are
told about family members!
Be careful, your children are
watching, making- notes and writing
it down).
It is really hard to judge such
events and I prefer to be a spectator.
Being a member of the audience is a
much more relaxed role for me
particularly as it is not my child who
is up there giving the speech that the
parents, by this time, also know by
heart.
If you look at a list of past winners
you will find that certain family
names keep appearing, even on to
As Rev. Cathrine Campbell is
away this week attending Study
Leave and meetings in Toronto and
Montreal, the Sunday morning
service at Melville Presbyterian was
conducted by Julia Mitchell. Mrs.
Mitchell belongs to a group that met
in Melville Church on Saturday for
the completion of part one of a
course that will equip them to be lay
ministers.
Greeting at the church were Allan
and Viola Edgar. Organist was
Crystal McLellan. Six members of
the ladies' choir were on hand to
present two anthems, The Bond of
Love, and Just a Closer Walk with
Thee, during the opening part of the
service.
The responsive reading with the
congregation was Psalm 130. During
the children's hymn, Can a Little
Child like Me, the youngsters
gathered at the front of the church
for their story. Mrs. Mitchell pointed
out a shiny box that usually sits in
the narthex of the church.
"This morning we're talking about
healing", she told the children, "and
if you save used postage stamps and
we collect them in this box they will
be used to raise money for to cure
people with leprosy".
She went on to tell the children the
long-ago story of Naaman, the
king's commander who was stricken
with leprosy and sought out Elisha
to get healing. By following the
instruction of the prophet to wash
seven times in the river Jordon, his
health was restored and he
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the third generation. This is not the
result of genetics but rather a family
culture that lends itself to curiosity,
writing and then speaking, in
public.
Part of the confidence often
displayed by our speakers comes
from the security of knowing that
their speech has the support of their
family and, win or lose, they know
that they are valued not for fleeting
honours but for their determination
and imagination.
At the beginning of the Book of
Jeremiah the prophet tells us that
when he was called to speak by the
Lord, Jeremiah was not feeling so
loved and confident. In fact, we are
told about a person who exhibits
nothing but panic and avoidance.
God wants him to do something,
be a prophet for God and Jeremiah
has a list of excuses to reinforce his
belief that this is a very bad idea. "I
am too young. I don't know how to
speak properly. I don't really know
what to say. Shouldn't you send
someone who has been to prophet
school?"
And God's reply? "Do not be
afraid."
worshipped and praised God.
The scripture lesson- was 1 Kings
19: 5 - 9; Hebrews 12: 10 - 13; Mark
The words that have propelled
countless children across stages in
Legion halls are said by parents who
love and trust them and are said by
the parent of us all and there is no
shade of meaning, just total
reassurance, "Do not be afraid."
And so Jeremiah begins a 40-year
ministry that survives intrigue, war,
exile, imprisonment arid in all that
time he preaches the word of God.
There are many times, I am sure, that
he was frightened and many times he
wished he had not been given this
great honour but he went on, buoyed
by God's care and counsel.
And it is God's way that we are
called to follow. We are told by
Christ to love one another, to look
after the poor, the sick, and the
helpless, and we must do this. It is
not a matter for debate. Our love
must be active as is God's love. It
can be a challenge to us and, when
we are fearful or making excuses,
remember that there is nothing that
is stronger than the love of our
creating God and ,like Jeremiah,
when we are called to do what God
wants we are to always know, "Do
not be afraid."
8: 22 - 26 presented by Mrs.
Mitchell with the assistance of
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From the Minister's Study
`Do not be afraid'
J. Mitchell leads service