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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2006-04-13, Page 11Good Friday - 7:00 pm Special Feature Movie "The Gospel of John"(Pe-13) Discover the Meaning of Jesus, the Living Word Easter Sunday SONrise Service 6:30 am at A & B Momson's, Wingham Breakfast included - call for reservations EASTER CELEBRATION Psalm 110: "Where Did Jesus Go?" 10:30 a.m. - Worship & Sunday School. at Blyth Public School, corner of King & Mill Einugclical Nlis,hinar) Church or C•iniula Living, 'Water (*Win, rellaailuP Mondays 6:45 pm Junior Girls Mondays & Tuesdays 7:00 pm Small Group Wednesdays 6:00-8:30 pm ALPHA Fridays 7:00 pm Youth Group Pastor: Ernest Dow - 523-4848 getlivingwater.org Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation • 1-800-378-CCFF • www.cysticflbrosis.ca Breathe through a straw for 60 seconds. bThreaart'shwhg is in slike fi brosis.with cystic No wonder so many people with CF stop breathing in their early 30s. Please help us. MELVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BRUSSELS guday, apitit 14 11:00 a.m. - Good Friday Service Sunday, apue 16 8:30 a.m. - Sunrise Service at 701 Maple 9:00 -10:30 a.m. - Easter Breakfast 11:00 a.m. - Easter Service No services at Belgrave Wheelchair accessible Nursery care available Rev. Cathrine Campbell - 887-9831 Blyth United Church Corner of Dinsley & Mill Street Friday, April 14 Good Friday Service at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, April 16 Easter Sunday Communion Service, Sunday School & Nursery at 11:00 a.m. Minister: Rev. Robin McGauley Zeecawe Office: 523-4224 Sanctuary Peeeue 70f,a a 4 601 ae491440 Friday, April 14 Good Friday Service - 10 a.m. Sunday, April 16 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 HURON CHAPEL EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY CHURCH Auburn - 526-1131 PASTOR DAVE WOOD 9:30 a.m. - Family Bible Hour 10:30 a.m. - Morning Worship Service 7:30 p.m. - Evening Worship Service 7:15 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. Youth Bible Study 6:30 p.m. - Olympians 7:00 p.m. - Adult Bible Study SING A SONC7 OF 0411ftw9 Sunday Tuesday Wednesday coonliMitY Mach of 1401 GV "The Church is not a Grp, ANDp,. C.+ z gr .2' 0 44 4SO4, Building, It is People Touching u # , People" Sunday 9:45 a.m. - Power Hour Circus (Ring of Relationships) 11:00 a.m. - Worship Service Mid-week Bible Studies Phone 440-8379 308 Blyth Rd. E. - Pastor Les Cook 523-4590 Trinity, Blyth 9:30 a.m. St. John's, Brussels 11:15 a.m. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA veecomed vou to come curd wofutitiA mit% ad SUNDAY, APRIL 16 The Rev. Tom Wilson, B.A., MDiv. 887-9273 BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Sandra Cable, Worship Leader Church Office 887-6259 E-mail bepc©wightman.ca Friday, April 14 Good Friday Services at 9:30 a.m. at Brussels United Sunday, April 16 Ethel United Church 9:30 a.m. Brussels United Church 11:00 a.m. L6I1. Celebrating our Christian Faith together in worship Celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ with gimlet& Alennartite gettatucitip, Good Friday Service 10:00 am (includes footwashing & communion) Easter Sunday Potluck finger food breakfast 8.15 am Easter Worship Service 9:30 am Coffee Break 10:45 am Sunday School 11:00 am Pastor Brent Kipfer — 887 -6388 Jesus invested His life in you — have you shown any interest? THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2006. PAGE 11. From the Minister's Study `In all things we can turn to God for support' By Rev. Cathrine Campbell Melville, Brussels, Knox, Belgrave, Presbyterian Churches You can only imagine the grief of the family and followers of Jesus when he is killed on that cross. There were the unimaginable depths one experiences with a loss that is not only unexpected, the death of a young man, but also grossly unfair. It is as the result of trumped up charges, by an establishment who could not cope with the ideals of love, justice and worship of an authority greater than you are. But, that is not the end of the story. There is to come the incandescent joy when the followers of Jesus finally comprehend that he is truly alive and with them again. There is a new understanding of what God had done and will do and there are the comforting words "And I will be with you always to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:20(a)) Another aspect of life that comes through the gospel stories is the role that food and meals shared plays -in the lives of the people and the simple pleasure of eating together with family and friends. Meals are a theme through the history of the Christian church, and we share in our own church the most important meal of all, the celebration of Holy Communion, the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. This is a meal of thanksgiving and remembrance with a variety of interpretations and celebrations but focused on being together in community to celebrate Jesus life, death and resurrection with very homely things, bread and wine. Recently, I participated in another meal event whose role and value is something we have probably all experienced and have given little thought as to its significance — the funeral lunch or the funeral tea. It is interesting, that no matter how large or small the gathering there will be food and drink to enable the mourners to celebrate (yes, celebrate) the life of the one who was dear to them and is now gone. I was at a funeral in Toronto recently for a very dear friend and it was an uplifting and affirming funeral that honoured a very fine woman. After the funeral we were invited to lunch and duly we went to the parish hall. There were sandwiches, there were sweets, there was tea and coffee — it was attended by uniformed staff — and it was not what I was used to, it seemed bland and unconnected. I felt a pang of sadness for my friend would have agreed. I am sure it is the heights of shallowness, no doubt, to critique a funeral lunch but I think what I was missing is what I know to be a funeral lunch/tea, in Brussels and Belgrave, particularly, and what it entails. Underlying all of those lunches/teas is volunteerism — giving of self and substance - from those who make the decisions as to how much to have, who makes the phone calls, who makes the sandwiches, who makes the squares and tarts and then those who set up tables, set tables and pour the coffee and tea (real tea, in a pot, not bags of tea and hot water) and then those who do the dishes. There is an outpouring of community support that is so, seemingly, effortlessly done that there is freedom to concentrate on the time of reflection and remembrance. Some churches actually call it Funeral Lunch Ministry and it is recognized as an integral part of what the church is and what it does. And it is not confined to sandwiches, in some areas there is a lunch consisting of a variety of casseroles and desserts and in an article entitled Being Dead ' is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral by Gayden Metcalfe and Charlotte Hays there is an amusing discussion about the different cuisine at Episcopal (Anglican) funerals and Methodist ones. They offer The Methodist Ladies' Chicken Lasagna Florentine (with Butter Pecan topping) as an example of what is served; I believe rich would be an understatement. This may seem to be descending into the frivolous and unseemly about an incredibly sad event and at the pinnacle of the Christian year but what I have found is that the foregoing truly reflects a very real and human fact that has been with us for all eternity — in times of sorrow and celebration we turn to others to be with us, to sustain us and to offer us hope and solace. And this is often accompanied by the breaking of bread together. We will be celebrating Easter this week and many of us will experience the depths of Good Friday and the heights of Easter morning and in all of that we know that we are never alone. For in all things we can turn to God for support, strength, wisdom and hope for all times. Our celebrations may not be grand banquets but they are times when we do come together with our Church family and our own families and we celebrate the GOOD NEWS. Christ is Risen, Christ is Risen indeed! Thanks be to God!