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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2006-05-11, Page 19By BRENDA RADFORD Call 523-4296 1. Sun hat. 2. Yoga mat. just two things you can do to reduce your risk of cancer. Learn more about healthy lifestyle choices. Call the Canadian Cancer Society Cancer Information Service at 1 888 939-3333 or visit www.cancer.ca . Canadian Societe Cancer canadienne Society du cancer Let's Make Cancer History THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2006. PAGE 19. Choir message delivered at church Churchgoers are frequently reminded that spreading God's message should not be left to ministers and church leaders, that the ordinary person can also deliver the good news. On Sunday, May 7, the choir at Londesborough United Church shared that message with congregants in their own particular way. Although unison singing can be beautiful, it is limited in some ways. The music sung is richer, fuller and more beautiful when voices sing their parts. Ordinary persons are like a choir. All are unique, individual and special but all have a gift and a voice. When these gifts, actions and lives work together like a choir, the world hears soul music. Each person finds a way to tell the story, making for a beautiful harmony in God's world. Every one of the choir members took a part in delivering the servjce that morning. Hymns were chosen for their joyful message, some from the list of congregation favourites. Background/history of the hymns was shared and the fact that the message of even the oldest hymns is still relevant for today's faithful was noted. The women of the choir sang an anthem, He Keeps Me Singing. The gentlemen offered the gospel number In My Heart There Rings a Melody which had many folks humming and tapping along. Using_ a children's toy telephone, Laura Scott got the boys and girls talking about messages during their time at the front. Then she pointed out to them that God sends messages also — through prayer, events and the Bible. These messages teach the children to appreciate God's love and how He wants them to act. Two real life circumstances were discussed as to how the children might apply His messages. Mark 1: 29-39 tells the Christ sharing God's message and healing the sick throughout Galilee. Psalm 147, the morning's responsive psalm, exhorts the Israelites to sing praise and thanksgiving to God. The choir hopes the congregation enjoyed a change in the Sunday service and were pleased to share the message with you in a "choir" way. Flowers on the memorial stand had been placed in memory of Don Jardine by his wife, Jeannie. Don passed away . on Monday, May 1 after a battle with cancer. The community offers sympathy and condolences to his family and friends. The sacrament of baptism will be observed on May 14, Family Sunday. Rev. Pat Cook is away on study leave until May 12. In the event of an emergency, contact Rev. Miner Clare at 357-4561. Men of the congregation are invited to share in the service next Sunday, Mother's Day by filling the choir loft. Barb Bosman will hold practice for this male choir at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 11 and at 10:15 a.m. on Sunday morning. Volunteers would be welcome at Camp Menesetung on Saturday, May 13 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. for a general camp clean-up. Lunch is provided. Anyone able to help with the reviewing and refreshing of the church cabin should contact Brenda Radford. Gardening with Kids is the theme of the UCW meeting on Monday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m. Special musical entertainment will be by The Whyte Connection. Roll call is an item for camp. Bring along perennials for an informal plant exchange. FROV LONDESBORO Remembering a long-time resident Sympathy is extended to Martin and Janie Wilts and the many members of the Verburg connection over the death on the weekend of Janie's mother, Antje Verburg from the Dutch Line just to the northwest of the village. She was 92 years of age. With the arrival of spring, the annual purging of closets and other storage areas is no doubt in full swing in most homes. A few little birds have whispered about having yard sales on the long weekend. Perhaps the idea appeals to others in the village. There will be a notice up at the post office and if you are considering a sale, leave your name. A village wide sale attracts more people than single sales. Many folks have inquired about what will happen to the antique post boxes that have been taken out of use this past week. They are decades old and have gone to Goderich for the present. Application will be made to the postal museum in Ottawa about installing them there. In the event the museum doesn't need/want them, they may find a home at the Goderich museum. Marjorie Duizer remarked that similar boxes are part of the Anne of Green Gables Home in Prince EdvVard Island. I will try to keep track of where our set ends tir. The May meeting of the Happy Gang Seniors has been changed to Thursday, May 25 to accommodate their guests from Varna. A quiet, somewhat retiring village resident slipped peacefully from our midst in the early hours of April 20. Albert (Pat) Mason had been in declining health for about two years as a result of lung problems. Oxygen had been part of everyday living for him for some month's. Pat was.one of seven children born to parents living in the Westfield area. He had a twin brother named Aylmer. As a young man, Pat left the home farm and went west to work on harvesting crews for a time. In 1953 Pat eloped with Pearl to Clinton where they are married in a United Church parsonage. Over the next number of years they became parents to seven children of their own. In 1969 the young family came from Clinton to Londesborough to that large home on a corner lot. Neighbours will remember the large vegetable garden Pat tended for years on that lot. Pat also liked to have a small dog in the house always. Pat supported his family through a variety of jobs — hiring on as a farm hand, driving a gravel truck for Don • Hunking around Clinton, picking up milk for the Blyth cheese factory, and working on the assembly lines at Western Foundry and Stanley. Doors in Wingham. Since his retirement 15 years ago and before his health gave out, Pat put in many hours restoring furniture for family and friends. A little wooden and upholstered rocking chair was lovingly crafted by him for the majority of his grandchildren. His children and grandchildren remember Dad and Grandpa as the one to turn to for help with woodworking projects. Being part of a large family means many and large get-togethers. A rather private man, Pat enjoyed all these events but avoided being the centre of attention preferring instead to talk one on one. Pat's children remember a dad who was a softhearted disciplinarian. They speak of good hours with Dad on the milk route, cutting wood for their furnace, camping at Riverside Park at Port Albert, learning 'to dance, Sunday drives in the country and plying games around the table. Pat enjoyed dancing, listening to country and western music, playing darts and cards. His grandchildren had a special place in his heart. These good times 'will be part of many conversations for his family and keep his memory alive. Realizing Dad will be reunited with son, John, will be a comfort to the family as well. Looking for bargains Diane Paquette, left and Toni O'Keefe were among the shoppers looking for bargains on Saturday at Auburn's annual yard sale. 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