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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2006-05-11, Page 15May 14: Matt. 15:211f "A Mother's Persistence Pays Off" Elangelical fissional.) Church of Canada 1Vater \ INV} Cfirkica TellawAy Croseare Youth WOre110MaY 13, 7:30 Pm at 81, AndroWs Plasbyterian Winghara 10:30 a.m. Worship & Sunday School at Blyth Public School, corner of King & Mill Mondays & Tuesdays 7:00 pm Small Group Fridays 7:00 pm Youth Group Pastor: Ernest Dow - 523-4848) getlivingwater.org t t t t t t t t t t t eLi MELVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BRUSSELS Sunday, .Maly 14 11:00 a.m. - Sunday Morning Worship - Sunday School 9:30 a.m. - Sunday Belgrave Service Wheelchair accessible Nursery care available Rev. Cathrine Campbell - 887-9831 Trinity, Blyth 9:30 a.m. St. John's, Brussels 11:15 a.m. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA 7/Pe/coated vela rci come cotet etiendefr cad ad SUNDAY, MAY 14 The Rev. Tom Wilson, B.A., MDiv. 887-9273 Blyth United Church Corner of Dinsley & Mill Street Sunday, May 14 Worship Service, Sunday School & Nursery 11:00 a.m. Minister: Rev. Robin McGauley ~411 7.Ileleeaee Office: 523-4224 6 Sanctuary Sunday 9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday 7:15 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. - Family Bible Hour - Morning Worship Service - Evening Worship Service - Jr. & Sr. Youth Bible Study - Olympians - Adult Bible Study Wednesday ,A‘ COTOrilUnitY °IWO of 8111 tiOel "The Church is not a Building, It is People Touching 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 00,ANDRA, "-0 Oi tet, Peeetax 7aia ad 04. euandift Sunday, May 14 Morning Worship Service - 10 a.m. Evening Worship Service - 7:30 p.m. -BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Lts, Pastor John Kuperus Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233 Wheelchair accessible BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Sandra Cable, Worship Leader Church Office 887 .6259 E-mail - bepc@wightman.ca Sunday, May 14 Ethel United Church 9:30 a.m. Brussels United Church 11:00 a.m. Celebrating our Christian Faith together in worship HURON CHAPEL EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY CHURCH SING A SONIc OF gro041101,-)a4Se Auburn - 526-1131 PASTOR DAVE WOOD THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2006. PAGE 15. From the Minister's Study Sharing some thoughts on role models By Sandra Cable Brussels and Ethel United Churches Has your life been influenced by a role model? Is there a special person or persons in your life whom you look up to? With Mother's Day fast approaching and Father's Day not far behind in June, many of us think particularly about our parents as role models. Certainly, my parents were a great influence in my life but there are others who made as great an impact. In her book, entitled Sharing Faith with Children, Sara Covin Juengst states that socialization is the process of interaction with others by which a child becomes a responsible member of society. Through socialization, children develop language and relational skills, judgment and self control. It is the process by which they learn about the traditions and values of their own culture. The persons who have the greatest impact in early childhood are those in the child's immediate family, especially parents. Through discipline and role modeling, parents help shape the child's growing personality. Studies have indicated, however, that it is the quality and not the quantity of this parental care that determines healthy development. As children grow older, their horizons of social awareness expand to include schoolmates, playmates, other significant adults, and the faith community. The impact of all these increases as the child begins to look outside the home for role models and new ideas of behaviour and values. As a child my role model was my grandmother Ida McKinlay. Grandma was everything I wanted to Continued from page 2 supply these. The cookies are to be at the church on Friday, May 26 for pick up on Saturday morning. Isabelle Wheeler distributed tickets for the UCW garden party to be held Sunday, May 28. Tickets are $10 for adults. Mrs. Cable advised that the church would be closed on June 4 for Ethel church's anniversary services and asked if the UCW would help with the June 11 service when she would he away. The next meeting will be held at Rene Richmond's on Wednesday, June 7 at noon. Members may bring sandwiches or dessert. After the meeting they will be delivering flowers to the shut-ins. The meeting closed with the UCW Benediction. Group leaders remained and planned the garden party. be. She was a stay -at -home mom, the norm in her time, who cared for her chickens as if they were her children. Her culinary skills were demonstrated not in some exotic creation but in the tastiest roast beef and gravy dinners. Her renowned butter tarts could not be copied yet I use her recipe. Her thriftiness came from living through the Depression and she saved all scraps of paper as they might be needed to write down a recipe or two. Church attendance was a must for everyone in her family and she lived her faith daily. Raised in the Presbyterian traditions, I often wonder what her reaction would be to know her granddaughter is now a lay pastoral minister in-training in the United Church of Canada? I can hear her now "It doesn't matter, we all serve-the same Master don't we?" Why did rchoose my grandmother as a role model? In his book, A Theology of Children's Ministry, Lawrence Richards suggests four factors that contribute to why one chooses a particular role model: a long-term close relationship .marked by warmth and affection, opportunities to observe the model in a variety of life situations, having the model explain his or her behaviour and having the model reveal the values associated with that behaviour. My grandmother was full of love and kindness and we had a special relationship exemplified by those first two factors. For the last two factors, John fits that role model. Back in the 60s, John was my first employer in a shoe store where I was a sales clerk. John taught his staff to treat their customers with respect and in turn they would be treated the same way. He took time to teach us his business. By his example we learned valuable life lessons. Recently, I told John, now in his 80s, how much I valued his friendship and how he has influenced my life. I commented that every young person entering the work environment for the first time should have a boss -like him. I once asked a group of children who they wanted to be most like when they grew up? One little girl, who always had the same right answer for all my questions, piped up "Jesus". She wantql to be like Jesus. What is wrong with that? Maybe Jesus lost his temper once in a while; he associated with the marginal; and he defied the laws of the land. But she knew Jesus to be kind and gentle. She knew Jesus as a loving man who cared for her as a shepherd cares for his sheep. Even at her young age, she discerned that all the goodness displayed by Jesus was her reason for him to be a role model to her. I am not so naive to believe all role models are good ones. In this article, I chose to share with you only those people who had a positive influence on my life. We can model our lives to that of others but what is important is that we live our lives in a good and righteous way that we become models for others. After all, that is what Jesus did. Time to visit The area's suppers aren't just the place to be for good wholesome down-home cooking, but also provide an excellent opportunity for socializing and catching up with old friends. (Vicky Bremner photo) Garden party tickets on sale