HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2005-07-21, Page 7Parable of the seeds
theme of service
The gospel reading at
Londesborough United Church on
Sunday. July 17 was Matthew 13:
24-30 and 36-43. These verses are
the parable of the seeds and weeds
told by Jesus.
This was the theme for the
morning service. The writer of
Psalm 139, the responsive psalm,
tells God that “You have searched
me and known me”, and realizes that
God is also there to guide him.
Rev. Pat Cook told the children
about a woman who was not
particularly nice adn who said many
unkind things about the people in
her world. She did realize her fault
and sought help from a pastor.
This woman could be considered a
weed who. through repentence, may
be a good seed after all. The pastor
knew of her fault and gave her a bag
of feathers to spread around in the
yards of her neighbours. When she
came back with the empty bag the
pastor told her to now go back and
gather the feathers.
Sadly, she came to realize that,
just as the wind had blown her
feathers far and wide, her unkind
deeds and words could not be
gathered back.
Rev. Pat offered this quote for the
adults. "Words unexpressed may
come back dead, but God can't kill
them when they're said."
In that parable the farmer told his
hands to not pull the weeds for fear
of disturbing the good seeds.
Moreover sometimes it is hard to tell
the good plants from the weeds
Depending on one’s outlook, a
dandelion or buttercup, for example
may be good seed or a weed. At
harvest the weeds will be destroyed
by fire.
Those people who have a faith
might be considered good seeds,
whereas the weeds may be likened
to those with no faith. Christians are
seeds but when they make wrong
choices they may be thought of as
weeds. Repentance for a sin means
taking on a new understanding of
what is good and wrong in life.
Winnowing, like repentance or
conversion, keeps the good and gets
rid of the undesirable chaff.
The church and its people need to
focus on the grain. They are called
to be reproductive seeds to enrich
the church and community. God is
with the faithful as they journey and
struggle to make the right choices.
There were be no Sunday services
at Londesborough United on July 24
and 31 and Aug. 7 as Rev. Cook will
be on holidays. In the event of
needing pastoral care, call Rev.
Ethel Miner Clare in Belgrave
or Rev. Steven Hildebrand of
Seaforth.
Shillinglaws host
rail enthusiasts
By Jim Brown
Citizen siaff
Approximately 65 people took
part in the Ontario’s West Coast
Garden Rail Society and the London
Garden Railroad Society tour of
|area backyard railroads on the
weekend.
Despite the rain on Saturday,
which prevented some models from
being operated, the tour went off
without a hitch.
Bruce Shillinglaw of the West
Coast Garden Rail Society said last
year the West Coast and London
groups received an invitation to view
the layouts in the Newmarket area.
“Il was conditional that we
reciprocate this year,” he said.
He indicated that everyone had a
great time this year, despite the rain.
According to Shillinglaw, if it was
raining when they arrived at a
designated layout, there would be no
demonstration.
"There were times when the rain
would let up and the trains could
run, he said
He said the group from
Newmarket visited backyard
railroads in the Blyth-
Londesborough-CI inton area on
Saturday, with the group going to
London on Sunday,
Shillinglaw said he had a last spike
ceremony to open his backyard
railroad on Saturday. The weather
did co-operate for it.
For the club members who weren't
on the tour, there were videos of
their layouts.
There was also a great train
robbery during the tour. Even though
each person received a gift, there
was an opportunity to take a gift
from someone else.
Bruce and Harriet Shillinglaw's
design is the Butter and Eggs
division of CN.
The layout has about 650 feet of
track covering a 10()-by-100 foot
area in an L shape with two main
lines. The era modeled is roughly
1910 to the end of the steam era in
the 1950s.
The L-shaped layout of
Skuttiebutt Central Railroad at the
home of the Larry and Mary Butt, on
Front Road near Kinburn, features a
large fieldstone mountain complete
with stream and waterfall running
into a pond at one end of a 350-foot
loop.
There is an open house from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday of the
backyard railroads of Shillinglaw
and Butt.
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Stop over
The interclub meeting of the Backyard Railroaders/Ontario West Coast Garden Rail
Society/London Garden Railroad Society, stopped at the Londesborough-area home of Bruce
and Harriet Shillinglaw on Saturday. There was the Great Train Robbery mixer, a slide show of
other layouts and dinner. (Vicky Brerrmer photo)
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Driving it home
Bruce Shillinglaw of the Londesborough area (in hat) and
Brian Swanton drove in the ‘final gold spike’ as members of
the Backyard Railroaders/Ontario’s West Coast Garden Rail
Society/ London Garden Rail Society enjoyed their interclub
meet this past weekend. The group stopped at Shillinglaw’s
on Saturday afternoon. The fun continued on Sunday. (Vicky
Bremner photo)
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