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Evangelical Missionary Church
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Living, "Water
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10:30 a.m. - Contemporary Worship
Sunday School during Sermon
at Blyth Public School,
corner of King & Mill
Pastor: Ernest Dow - 523-4848
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Saturday Night Mass
at 7:00 pm
Father John Johnson, Pastor
357-2435
MELVILLE
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
Celebrating 150 years of Christian Witness and Service!
BLYTH UNITED CHURCH
'Ccirner of Dinsley & Mill Street
Sunday, June 13
Historical Vignette: 1920
Rev. Telford and the Memorial Hall
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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.
HURON CHAPEL EVANGELICAL
MISSIONARY CHURCH
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„IrtiSe Auburn - 526-1131
4-3' PASTOR DAVE WOOD - 523-4941
9:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
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
Sunday
Monday
Wednesday
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Sunday, June 13
Morning Worship Service - 10 a.m.
Ecclesiastes - "Mystery of life"
Evening Worship Service - 7:30 p.m.
BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
Pastor John Kuperus
Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233
Wheelchair accessible
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
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TRINITY'S 126" ANNIVERSARY
9:30 am
(No service at St. John's, Brussels)
Guest Preacher - Rev. Keith Nethery
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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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Sunday: 9:45-10:30 - Communion
11:00 - 12:00 - Family Bible Hour and Sunday School
Tuesday: 7:30 pm - Prayer & Bible Study
Wednesday: 7:00 - 9:00 pm - Youth (ages 12 & up)
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
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From the Minister's Study
Some beefy thoughts from a vegetarian
By Rev. Cathrine Campbell
Melville, Brussels, Knox, Belgrave
Presbyterian Churches
I am a vegetarian.
Regrettably, I can claim no
superiority as I am not a principled
vegetarian. I wear leather shoes and
gloves and would not turn down a
vehicle just because it had leather
seats.
One of life's lessons I have learned
is: you do not order an egg salad
sandwich in a vegan restaurant; the
look from the wait person could
have provided ice for several
arenas.
My vegetarianism is based on not
liking to eat meat. As well, I don't
like onions, tapioca pudding and
peppers. There is a list that keeps
growing but those are the biggies.
Growing up in a family of five
children, likes and dislikes about
food were not a problem, if you did
not eat whatever someone else
would.
One day I finally decided that hot
dogs and luncheon meat were pretty
distantly related to anything that
could be called meat and thus gave
up meat entirely. Those who know
me will say that it certainly hasn't
had a negative effect on my size.
When I came to this charge one
question was "What do we feed
you?" The answer was "Put another
potato in the pot" and that has been
done. This is a village where there
are serious foodies and a lot of
fabulous cooks, and I very much
enjoy the bounty that is prepared for
special and ordinary occasions.
The farmers in the congregations
are real farmers; they have a
variety of farms - beef, pork, sheep,
dairy, some poultry and cash crops,
primarily beans and corn. All the
farms are sustainable ones which
means that the owners can, if
necessary, do all the required work
him or herself. The farmers are both
male and female and that smartly
dressed couple you see over there
may nave been cleaning a stable an
hour ago. They are amazing time
managers and the busier the farmer
the more likely he or she is to be
involved in the community and the
church.
The BSE (mad cow disease)
situation has been very hard on the
community for it affects not only the
cattle producers but also transport
drivers, feed merchants, automotive
and machinery dealers, etc.
Vegetarians who eat eggs and cheese
are as at risk as beef eaters but your
chances of getting Creutzfeldt-
Jakob disease are infinitesimal. You
have more to fear from your car or
your bathtub.
This all came into play when I
invited friends for dinner, M, is one
of the aforementioned queens of
cookery and it is with a fair amount
of trepidation I prepare a meal for
her because, I freely admit, I am a
rotten cook. However, M. is always
gracious and she and her husband
said they would attend as did my
sister and her husband.
So ... what to serve? Keep it
simple and set a pretty table, I knew
that much.. I drew up a menu: beef,
potatoes - the wonderful oven-
roasted ones J. makes, mixed
vegetables and a fruit and cake
dessert. A request for how to make
the potatoes, in simple terms, was
answered by: 1. Go to store and buy
potatoes, 2. Wash potatoes and peel
if you wish 3. Cut Up potatoes ... I
think she may have been working
with children a bit too long.
Since I had decided on beef my
next hope was that the supermarket
had something simple to cook and
serve and off I went to that store.
There was no boxed beef of the
"unwrap and put in oven" variety
and my plan seemed to be at a
standstill.
However, I did then enquire of the
meat manager as to what would they
have that would be easy to cook and
serve. With a flourish he took me
over to the meat- counter and said
"This". This was prime rib roast and
this was on sale - at $11 a kg- half
price! And, when I said I was a
pathetic cook he said: ..."put it in
the pot with two cups of water and
you will have a winner".
I bought it, the concept and the
meat, and, when my sister heard
what was on the menu she offered to
cook the roast and even brought her
own roasting pan.
The dinner was a great success,
the potatoes were wonderful, the
roast beef consumed with gusto and
even the dessert was well received.
I have my set menu now for the next
10 years.
Later that week I had to visit with
a farmer. Amongst other things we
talked about cattle prices - he had
sold a steer that was overweight -
2,100 Ib; the standard is 1,500-1,700
lb, and he had realized 21 cents per
pound for this steer. He stated this in
such a matter-of-fact way, that it was
only later I began to think that steer
could have contributed that roast we
had - 21 cents on the hoof and $22 at
the meat counter. I think there is a
problem.
And the problem is that we are so
removed from our sources of food
that we pay little or no attention to
what is happening in the agricultural
industry. Not only in times of crisis
we must be aware - when our
favourite source of appetizers and
squares continues to be imported
beef, when 80 per cent of our pet
food is imported, when imported
wine is cheaper than domestic, there
is a lot to wonder about.
This is a call to follow the
commandment "Love your
neighbour as yourself' for your
purchasing decisions will have an
impact far beyond the deal of the
day. Your neighbour's work should
be rewarded and if that means you
must pay the real cost of producing
the item then you should, giving
thanks that he or she is willing to
take on the tasks and the risks that
mean that you will eat well in this
land of plenty.
I will concede that my little dinner
party may not have had an impact on
the larger scheme of things but the
education it brought is invaluable.
Bon Apetit!
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BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Joan Golden - Diaconal Student Minister
Church Office 887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wcl.on.ca
June 13
Ethel United Church
11:00 a.m.
Worship Service & Sunday School
Celebrating our 127th Church Anniversary
Join us in our Celebration and for lunch following the Service
Brussels United Church
11:00 a.m.
Worship Service
Come and worship with us as we celebrate the Season of Pentecost