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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-12-08, Page 30Patz* l$A Times -Advocate, December 8, 1982 •ranton churchwomen mark season with special programs Everyone contributed brought for the Cancer Cup- At the St. Thomas Anglican something to the program in board at Thames Lodge Church, the Rev. Frank • some way. The rest of the London. Braby of Stratford was the time was spent in rehearsal of Church news celebrant of the Holy the Christmas program for At the Granton United Eucharist assisted by John the General meeting for Church, the Rev. Bruce Herbert. The lighting of the which Unit (3) is responsible. Pierce conducted the morn- second candle in the Advent Unit (5)_ met at the home of ing worship for the second Wreath was performed by Mrs. Florence Bryan. Mrs. Sunday in Advent and entitl- Sylvia Beatson. The Rev. Braby preached his sermon from the Epistle of the Day, taken from the 15th chapter of Romans beginning at the 4th verse. St. Paul went to Rome to pro- claim the Gospel, and to pre- sent an essay which he had written beforehand to the peo- ple of Rome, said the speaker, St. Paul proclaimed to the people to read and under- stand the importance of believing in Jesus. Personal Mrs. Don Wallis, of Kirkton, Mrs. Wayne Wallis of Sarnia, Miss Brenda Wallis of London, Miss Edna Wallis and Mrs. Emerson Wallis, spent Saturday at the Men- nonite Market in Waterloo and also visited the Farmer's Market in Kitchener. liy MRS. 1. SUMMERS Granton Unit (1) of Grant UCW met at the home of their president Mrs. Gordon McRobert, who opened the meeting with a reading and a Christmas hymn. All members answered the roll call with something pertaining to the season. During the business period, several items•were discussed and taken care of, such as the units contribution to the lunch at the general meeting Mrs. G. McRoberts and Mrs. Glen Jameson conven- ed the progl•am which Was a presentation on the story of the Nativity in word and song, followed by a sharing by everyone of meaningful ex- periences and inspirational readings. The hostess for Unit (3) was Mrs. Fred Cook. This meeting took the form of a pot luck Christmas luncheon. Follow- ing lunch Mrs. Chas Hayden opened the meeting with a reading. The final plans for the rug hooking class were discussed and the date set for the first class which will be held in the United Church basement on Jan. 11. The members were also reminded that they were responsible for the dessert for the general meeting Christmas dinner on Dec. 14 and also not to forget their gift for the food basket for the Salvation Army, that night. GRADUATES — Marilyn Baarda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Baarda, Exeter, recently graduated from Westervelt Business School with top honours in the Executive Secretarial program. She is presently employed with Westlake Insurance Brokers Inc., Zurich. has Mc Robert presided and ed his sermon "Is Chistmas opened the meeting. The too costly?" "I am going to theme for the devotions was answer that question with another" said the Minister, "Does Christmas cost enough?" It cost Mary and Joseph the comfort of a home, it costs parents the lives of their babies. What did it cost God? His only begotten Son, and most of all it cost Jesus His death on the cross. Christmas is too costly if it does not mean "Hope"; those that know Christ will never be without it, but those that don't will be lost. It is a time to reassess our lives and not to care so much about getting, but more about giving and sharing the good news of Christ's birth. The lighting of the second candle in the Advent Wreath which is known as the Bethlehem Candle, as it speaks to us of Christ's com- ing, was preformed by Becky Bryan. The first scripture lesson was read by Paul Brown. The Sunday School presen- tation was put on by Mrs. Gary Humphrey's kindergarten class; this was entitled "The Stars of Christmas". These stars were held by the children, with the words, Hope, Joy, Peace, Faith and The Star of the East, the Bethlehem Star printed on them: This pageant depicted the story of the Christmas Star and'what it means to them. hope, closing with prayer. Roll call was answered with a Christmas verse. Everyone took part in the program, with a Christmas reading or poem. Mrs. Cliff Hardie was the hostess for Unit (4) Dec. 1st. Leader Mrs. Gary Humphrey presided and took the medita- tion from the story of the birth of Jesus Christ. She also read two poems. The roll call was answered with a poem or reading per- taining to Christmas. During the business period items were discussed and taken care of, such as plans for the unit's contributions to the general meeting. The Rev. Bruce Pierce was Santa Claus and passed out gifts from under a very at- tractive tree from the mystery pals. C.GI.T: and Explorer news The Granton C.G.I.T. met at the church on Wednesday night to finalize plans and to practice for their Vesper ser- vice to be held on Sun.1Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. This is going to be a very meaningful presenta- tion entitled "Is That All There Is?" The Granton Explorers met at the church on Nov. 29. Jodie Urlin earned her second blue star for planning this meeting. Roll call was "What was your favourite movie?" A get well card was sent to Carrie Wallis. Jodie planned a fashion show for this meeting and all wore fancy dresses. Continued from page 10 A Forester news . Cardiff said instead, he'd Sister Inger Lemmon presi- like to see a . Canagrex that dent of Court Valentine Cana- would facilitate exports by dian Foresters, was the developing professional skills hostess at her home, for their in how to finance, insure, Christmas party, held on Dec. ship, store, deliver and get 2. Invited guests were district paid for, agricultural pro - deputy Sis. Ruth Jarvis and ducts which producers her High Marshal Bro. Vidal themselves have sold through Mills and his wife Sis. Fran their own boards, private Mills all from Court Amethyst agents, or directly. London. "It may also be that Following a dinner, carols Canagrex should have a were sung and some contests market research arm that and bingo was enjoyed. A identifies potential foreign Christmas gift exchange markets and provides pro - followed then some more pro- grams to help producer gram with a piano solo and a boards to establish humorous reading. A number themselves in those of small gifts were also markets." 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