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Brinsley Church kicks off Bread for Ethiopia campaign
A five week campaign to support
• the Bushels for Bread for Ethiopia
project was kicked _off _Sunday.
morning at the Brinsley Anglican
Church.
Don Langford of Kerwood was
the guest speaker. A member of the
Canadian Foodgrains Bank and a
visitor to Ethiopia a number of
times, Langford outlined the pro-
gram.
- The goal of the program led by
the St. Marys congregation is 125
tonnes of com to coincide with the
125th anniversary of the church.
More than 50 churches from
Ministerial Associations in Ailsa
Craig, Lucan, Parkhill and Strath-
roy along with the Crediton and
Centralia United congregations are
involved.
Official receipts for income tax
purposes will be available.
The theme of Langford's presen-
tation was ,"Will you be a good
neighbour? Please give part of
your daily bread to Ethiopia. The
BREAD FOR ETHIOPIA - Loaves of bread and bushels of corn decorated St. Marys Anglican Church -in Brin-
sley Sunday mooing as the Bushels for Bread for Ethiopia campaign was kicked off. From the left are committee
members Elizabeth Corbett and Allan Rowe, Rev. Douglas MacKenzie, Don Langford of Canadian Foodgrains
Bank who was the guest speaker and Gerald Wright.
.HELP FOR ETHIOPIA - A Bushels for Bread for Ethiopia campaign was Launched Sunday morning at St. Mar-
ys Anglican Church in Brinsley. Although it is part of the church's 125 anniversary, this is an ecumenical project.
Above, Don Langford of Kerwood of Canadain Foodgrains Bank, second from the right is shown with committee
members Charles Corbett, George Pedlar, Ray Campbell,Lois Morgan and Ron Shirran.
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country is faced with drought and
famine conditions."
The arca churches arc pursuing --
this project in co-operation with
the Canadian Foodgrains
.Bank.Thcy are also receiving Sup-
port from the municipalities of
Parkhill, Ailsa Craig, McGilliv-
ray, East -Williams, West Wil-
liams, Lucan, Strathroy, Biddulph
and Stcphen.Thc goal for the arca
for Bushels for Bread for Ethiopia is
125 tonnes -of corn with a value of
close to S12,000.
This is an ecumenical campaign
to respond to the need of eight mil-
lion Ethiopians faced With food
shortages. In 1987, the rains didn't
come and .this resulted in crop fail-
ure. It amounted to 90 percent in
Tigrayand Eritrea.
Farmers in Ethiopia have mini-•
mal personal defences against
drought: and famine - even in normal
times, the bulk of the rural popula-
tion lives on the margin of exis-
tence.
Many 'food for work' programs
are sponsored by various organiza-
tions. In these projects, the Ethiopi-
an people gather to undertake specif
is tasks such as buildingroads, peop!: who risk starvation in 1988.
houses, plana, ngirccs, etc._-_ --- -. The Kcrwood arca tarmet added, "
In return for their labours each re- About half of Ethiopians are Chris-
ccives about two and one-half kilo- tions. They -are not a lazy people,
grams of grain per day. The people but they are not blessed with a cli-
arc free to use this grain for their
own needs, and for sale or barter for
other commodities such as sugar,
salt and clothing.
Local contributions will be direct-
ed through the Canadian Foodgrains
Bank, which established a reliable
delivery system and makes shipping
arrangements for the corn to arrive
safely in Ethiopia. .
One metric tonne of Canadian
corn will provide 2,500 people with
enough food for one day, so one Ca-
nadian nickel will supply food for
one persoA for one day -in a relief
situation. The local goal of 125
tonnes of corn will provide 2,500
people with enough food for four
months.
Don Langford said Sunday, "The
Canadian -Foodgrains Bank is our
channel of ministry. Through it we
can be God's stewards in the world.
)le continued, " We invite you to
share in responding to the needs of
our neighbours, these Ethiopian
Festival announcement
The Stratford Festival has made
its third major announcement for
1988 - the casting for the. Young
Company productions at the Third
Stage. Stratford Festival Associate
Director Robin Phillips, in his sec-
ond season as Director of the
Young Company has assembled an
ensemble which features thirteen
talented actors, many of whom arc
returning for their second season.
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son the critics were unanimous in
their praise of the Young Compa-
ny's 1987 productions.
mate such as ours. There is no hope
for harvest until November and that . -
-depends on rain in June, July and
August."
Langford concluded, " Love must
not be a matter of words Or talk ; it
must be genuine and show itself in
action."
The co-ordinating committee in-
cludes John Bender, Ray Campbell,
Father W. Capitano, Charles Cor-
bett, Elizabeth Corbett, Rev. Loren .
Gorman, Don Langford, Rev. Ray
Lindsay, Rev. Douglas MacKenzie,
Lois Morgan, Rev. Jean Morris,
George Pedlar, Allan Rowe, Ellison
Whiting, Gerald Wright and Norma
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