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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2006-09-21, Page 15September 24: Mark 5:21ff "Dare to Reach for Jesus when Hope is Gone" Oct. 1 - Our 5th Anniversary! Christ centred, Bible-believing, FC11011ship-trielily, growth-geared Living/Water Uir ►atialy relkaip 10:30 a.m. - Worship & Sunday Schoo at Blyth Public School, corner of King & Mill Tuesdays 7:30 pm - Wingham Small Group Fridays 7:00 pm - Youth Group Pastor: Ernest Dow - 519-523-484 getlivingzvater.org t t t t t t t t t Blyth United Church Corner of Dinsley & Mill Street Sunday, September 24 Worship Service, Sunday School & Nursery 11:00 a.m. Minister: Rev. Robin McGauley 7Velcaue Office: 519-523-4224 6 MELVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BRUSSELS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 11:00 am 9:30 am - Sunday Morning Worship - Sunday School - Sunday Belgrave Service Wheelchair accessible Nursery care available Rev. Cathrine Campbell - 519-887-9831 BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Sandra Cable, Worship Leader Church Office 519-887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wightman.ca Sunday, September 24 Ethel United Church Worship Service & Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Brussels United Church Worship Service & Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Rev. Steven Cox will be preaching on October 15. Communion & Bainism (Parents wishing their child to be baptized please call the church or Sandra at 519-887-8267 immediately.) Celebrating our Christian Faith together in worship Trinity, Blyth 9:30 a.m. St. John's, Brussels 11:15 a.m. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA 201.comed you t4, come and evolt4/40 wed ud SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 The Blessing of Animals will take place during the regular services. People of all denominations are welcome to bring their pets to be blessed. The Rev. Tom Wilson, B.A., MDiv. 519-887-9273 Community Church of Looking for a Great Sunday School Experience? THIS IS IT! r FOR ALL AGES - BEGINNING THIS SUNDAY 9:45 to 10:45 am WORSHIP SERVICE AT 11:00 am Phone 519-440-8379 308 Blyth Rd. E. - Pastor Les Cook 519-523-4590 THE CITIZEN. THURSDAY,, SEPTEMBER 21, 2006. PAGE 15. From the Minister's Study Congregation prepares to step out in faith By Brent Kipfer Brussels Mennonite Fellowship In early May, I found myself walking backwards over the side of a cliff, reassuring myself that rock- climbing ropes are made to be strong. Some people like this kind of thing. I am not one of them. Up to my left, a leadership coach yelled out encouraging words: "One step at a time. Let your body fall back so that you are perpendicular to the rock face. Relax your grip on rope." Slowly, gingerly, I made my way down. It took a long time but - to my surprise - those last few steps were kind of fun. I put a bit of bounce into my legs and it was almost starting to feel natural. Christian faith is a lot like that. It's easy to hear (and deliver!) sermons about it, theorize about different points of truth and discuss it with friends - but it is only in the experience of actually stepping out • Guild meets The September meeting of the Melville Guild was held in the church parlour on Tuesday evening, Sept. 12 with 10 members present. The purpose of the Women's Missionary Society was read in unison to open the meeting. Alice Marks read a poem, My Cup is Overflowing and the hymn, Take My Life and Let It Be was sung. Jean Bewley read the scripture, John 20: 1-3. Mrs. Bewley and Mrs. Marks read the meditation, I Have Seen the Lord. Mrs. Bewley led in prayer and Mrs. Marks read the topic, Embrace the Here and Now. Mrs. Marks read a story, Don't Worry, Be Happy. Oh Master, Let Me Walk With Thee was sung. Leona Armstrong presided over the business. She thanked Mrs. Bewley and Mrs. Marks for the devotions and also everyone for helping with the many funerals and Ruth Pipe's sale. The Guild voted to give the church managers $2,000. An invitation to the Maitland Presbyterial WMS fall rally, to be held on Sept. 18 in Ripley, was read. A discussion followed on who would be able to attend. The October meeting was discussed. It was decided to invite the Kincardine ladies and have a potluck lunch at 12:30 p.m. with the meeting to follow. Rev. Cathrine Campbell thanked the women for their help with the funerals and told about how the families appreciate the lunches and time of fellowship. The roll call was answered with everyone telling about a woman minister who had touched their lives. with Jesus that your faith becomes alive. When you trust him to lead you over the cliff, you discover that, indeed, Jesus will hold you up. A 16th century Christian, Hans Denck, wrote, "No one may truly know Christ unless one follows him in life." This fall, Brussels Mennonite Fellowship is stepping out in a new venture with God. We believe that God is leading us to set apart September 2006 - August 2007 as a Sabbath Year, a special time to break routine so that we can be refreshed in our friendship with God, renewed in our relationships with others, and re- church went for a prayer walk energized for our mission of making through the village of Brussels. We disciples of Jesus Christ. prayed blessing on neighbours, God commanded ancient Israel to businesses, politicians, school life, set aside one year in every seven for emergency services, sister churches Sabbath. Like a weekly day of rest, a and more. Sabbath year is designed to re-orient In late October we hope to bless us to the presence and priorities of some of our neighbours with leaf- God. It is an opportunity to lay aside raking. our usual work and he restored In the course of the year, we also through worship, play and rest. plan to read through the Bible as, a God called Israel to leave behind congregation, have monthly Guess business-as-usual for one full year: Who's Coming to Dinner'exclianges giving the land a rest so that the soil and explore the Jewish and biblical could be replenished, debts forgiven roots of our faith through a special and slaves set free. We live in a Friday evening Sabbath service and a different time and place - but we want Sunday morning Passover brunch. to honour this biblical vision in the None of these things are especially life of the church. revolutionary - but we want to break We plan to do that in a variety of routine, spend time with Jesus and ways. Most Sunday mornings we others and gain, a wider vision for our plan to gather for worship and call in the world. Sunday school as usual, but I am keen to see where God will occasionally we want to leave behind lead us. our comfortable sanctuary and take Some things can only be learned by worship off-site. experience. How is God calling you Last Sunday, for example, the to step out in faith this fall? SUNDAYS Morning Service 10:00 am Evening Service 7:30 pm HURON CHAPEL EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY CHURCH SNGASONVX Auburn - 519-526-1131 rjia e PASTOR DAVE WOOD & PASTOR DON PLANT JR. Sunday 9:30 a.m. - Sunday School 10:30 a.m. - Morning Worship Service 7:30 p.m. - Evening Worship Service Tuesday 7:30 p.m. - Youth Bible Study Wednesday 6:30 p.m. - Olympians (JK to Grade 6) 7:00 p.m. - Adult Bible Study Friday 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. - Drop-in Youth Centre Shopping Les Shaw and Wilma Higgins were looking over the items at the Ten Thousand Villages sale at Knox United Church in Belgrave on Saturday. The event was part of an anniversary celebration for the church that also included a garden show which raised money for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Over $2,800 worth of products were sold, while more than $200 was added to the money to be sent to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. (Vicky Bremner photo)