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Dr. Virgil
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Evangelical Mission:Jr) Church
Water
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10:30 a.m. - Contemporary Worship
& Sunday School
at Blyth Public School,
corner of King & Mill
Pastor: Ernest Dow - 52^-4848
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St. Michael's
it Roman Catholic Church
254 Drummond St. E., Blyth
Saturday Night Mass
at 7:00 pm
Father John Johnson, Pastor
357-2435
Trinity, Blyth
9:30 a.m.
St. John's, Brussels
11:15 a.m.
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
The Rev. Tom Wilson, B.A., MDiv. 887-9273
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
Corner of Dinsley & Mill Street
Sunday, September 26
Worship Service & Sunday School
11:00 a.m.
Guest: Gloria Wilbee
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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.
BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Joan Golden - Diaconal Student Minister
Church Office 887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wcl.on.ca
Sunday, September 26
Ethel United Church
9:30 a.m.
Worship Service & Sunday School
Brussels United Church
11:00 a.m.
Worship Service & Sunday School
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Sunday 9:15 a.m. - Prayer Meeting
9:45 a.m. - Sunday School
11:00 a.m. - Worship Service
Phone 523-4875 308 Blyth Rd. E. -. Pastor Les Cook 523-4590
HURON CHAPEL EVANGELICAL
MISSIONARY CHURCH
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Auburn - 526-1131
9:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
7:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7:15 - 8:30 p.m.
7:15 p.m.
- Family Bible Hour
Morning Worship Service
- Evening Worship Service
Crusaders for grades JK-6
- Youth
Adult Bible Study
Sunday
Wednesday
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From the Minister's Study
With autumn comes the bounty of harvest
By the Rev. Tom Wilson Anglican
Parish of Blyth
and Brussels
All things bright and beautiful, all
things great and small, all things
wise and wonderful, the Lord God
made them all.
This verse of that well known
hymn by Cecil Frances Alexander,
always makes me think of the
harvest season, and as the calendar
above my desk notes this week
marks the beginning of the fall
season for us here in the northern
hemisphere.
Even though some of the trees in
the forests and woodlots seem to
have begun changing colour much
earlier in the month, the real show of
the fall .colours begins in the next
week or two.
This change in the colouring of the
trees, along with the beginning of the
harvest of the corn, soybeans. and
other crops brings home the true
nature of the bounty that God has
bestowed upon us here in South-
western Ontario.
Yes, we continue to face the huge
The Evening Unit of the UCW
met at the home of Isabelle Wheeler
on Wednesday, Sept. 8 with seven
members in attendance.
Nelva Scott welcomed everyone,
thanked the hostess and opened with
the UCW Purpose.
Mrs. Wheeler was in charge of the
program and opened with a poem
One Life. The scripture reading was
taken from John, chapter 6. It
describes Jesus feeding the 5,000
with the reference to Andrew.
She read a moving story entitled,
Teach him Gently, describing a
parent talking to the world about her
son going to school and all the
things he might find good and bad in
this new experience of growing up.
She followed this with a meditation
and poem referring to the scripture
of Andrew, the brother of Peter, and
how he quietly worked with Jesus to
feed the 5,000: then giving different
life experiences that related back to
that scripture. It was so interesting
that it brought about further
discussion.
Mrs.. Scott presided for the
business portion of the meeting.
Joan Bernard read the minutes from
the June meeting and Mrs. Wheeler
gave the treasurer's report.
Thank you notes were read from
the Bremner, Wheeler and Turnbull
families.
challenges of the BSE crisis, the low
prices paid for the crops that are
harvested, and so on. But on the
whole, we are truly blessed by God
to live in a country where even with
the hardships we might face, they are
nothing compared to what people in
Africa, the Middle East, and
Southern Asia face.
We are free to travel along our
roadways, to not have to worry about
car bombs going off as we pass by a
parked car or when gathered in front
of the post office to chat. We don't
have to worry about being
kidnapped and killed just because of
our nationality.
We can come together to worship
in whichever denomination or faith
group we wish to belong to, and not
have to worry about having our
worship place set on fire with us in
it. For the great majority of us, we
e enough to eat each day, we
don't have to rely upon a cupful of
rice doled out by an emergency aid
worker, and we can turn on our taps
and have so much water that we can
afford to waste much of it, as well as
Motions were passed regarding
the Mission and Study allocation,
the purchasing of silk flowers and
vases to use at funerals, continuing
with meals for the Lions and a
donation to the Centre for Christian
Studies.
A discussion followed regarding a
fall hot luncheon and bake sale. It
was decided to wait until the
October meeting to make a decision.
The UCW does plan to have the
annual Christmas potluck supper on
Wednesday, Dec. 1 and to make and
distribute, shut-in boxes.
The next meeting will be held
being generally assured that the
water we drink will not make us ill
or even kill us.
The fall is an ideal time to give
thanks to God for all that we enjoy
and take for granted in our lives. But
in the hustle and bustle of our daily
lives, we can often forget to give this
thanks. The demands placed upon us
by our daily lives mean that if we
think of God. at all, it is only in
passing. In many rural- churches
though, we have the opportunity to
be intentional in giving thanks with
special services, not just once, but
often twice in the fall season.
A very old custom in many rural
churches is the Harvest
Thanksgiving/Harvest Home service
where the church is decorated with
the bounty of our fields and gardens,
and we have special prayers,
scripture readings, and music to
mark the harvesting of our crops. As
well, our national government has
felt, since the early years of the 20th
century, that we should observe a
national holiday of giving thanks as
well. This national day of
Wednesday, Oct. 6 at Mrs. Scott's.
The meeting closed with the
UCW Benediction followed by
lunch.
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Thanksgiving has taken on an
increasing importance in our modern
society since the great majority of
Canadians now live in urban areas
and are far removed from the season
of harvesting the crops. National
Thanksgiving gives all Canadians
the opportunity to give thanks and
reflect upon the bounty that God has
blessed our us with.
As we move through the fall and
harvest seasons, I urge you to give
thanks as well. Giving thanks should
include attending the thanksgiving
services of your chosen church
denomination, or faith group. but I
also urge you to offer up a brief
prayer thanksgiving as you move
about the countryside in your
vehicles, or while moving over the
fields in tractors and combines.
For as we do move about our part
of the world, we can witness both the
bounty of the crops as well as
beautiful scenery that God has given
us here in Southwestern Ontario. To
God be all praise, glory and
thanksgiving!
Isabelle Wheeler hosts
Brussels UCW meeting
Sunday, September 26
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