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Intergenerational Thanksgiving service Lucan United Church
LUCAN - The church was filled ronto, son of Marion and Tom Barr,
to overflowing for the Thanksgiv- of the Lucan congregation supplied
ing service at the Lucan United
Church.
The Intergenerational worship in-
cluded all the Sunday School mem-
bers and teachers. Ken and Susan
Rees and boys greeted the worship-
ers, as they arrived for the service.
Rev. Steve Shelstad conducted the
worship and Rev. Susan Shelstad
told an interesting story to the chil-
dren about sharing. In her message
to the congregation she said,
•Thanksgiving isn't just for giving
thanks but to share with others as
well.
Special guest, Doug Barr of To -
special music before church and
joined _ on the piano, with Chris
Punter, organist, for the Thanksgiv-
ing hymns.
The choir sang "All Praise to
Thee" and Marion Barr, accompa-
nied by her son, Doug sang a beau-
tiful solo "How Great Thou Art',
during the offertory.
The Procession of Gifts followed
with the Junior class presenting the
Gifts of Home, Symbolic of Fami-
ly Life, as a token of our Thanks-
giving and as a symbol of human
kindness to be shared with all God's
children.
Enjoy colour tour
LUCAN - The Lucan Seniors en-
joyed a colour tour to Midland last
Monday. Peter McNaughton of the
Ilderton Tours was driver and tour
guide, Hazel Cunningham, was the
hostess.
Despite the rain and fog as we left
Lucan at 7:30 a.m., we enjoyed the
colours at their best as we travelled
up through Beaver Valley to Thorn
bury, Collingwood, Wasaga and on
to Midland by noon.
After lunch, all boarded the ferry
for a most delightful and interest-
ing, two and one half hour cruise
among the 30,000 Islands of
Georgian Bay.
Some time was spent at the Mar-
tyr's Shrine at Midland before re-
turning to Mount Forest for our
dinner, arriving back in Lucan by
10 p.m. Everyone thought they had
a great day.
The Gifts of Agriculture - pre-
sented by the next class, fruits of
the earth, as a token of our thanks-
giving and as a symbol of the high
trust placed in us to care for the
earth.
The Gifts of Industry and Tech-
nology - we are partners working
together for God. Each one must
be careful how they build. No one
should boast about what humans
can
Trying t e go ies - ecking out the potato chips and apples
at Thursday's Meet the Teacher night at Lucan Public School are
from the left Erica Wilcox, Elisha Anderson' and. Lynn Cowdrey.
The present and future belong to
us, and we belong to Christ, and
Christ belongs to God. The next
class presented gifts of our modern
world, for the richly varied world
given to us, and as a symbol of
our concern that they be used to
build a more humane society for
all people.
The Gifts of Study, Art and De-
sign were presented as gifts of our
creativity, as a token of our
thanksgiving for the wonders of
the mind, and as a symbol of our
calling to fill our minds and our
world with things that are true, no-
ble, right, pure, lovely and honour-
able.
The Gifts of Faith were presented
by the Sunday School teachers as
a symbol of our lives, with life in
God.
The Gifts of Sharing - the con-
gregation presented their offering,
gifts of our caring, in Thanksgiv-
ing for alt God has given us, and
as a symbol of our willingness to
love and serve others.
Lucan Busy Buddies
LUCAN - The regular meeting of
Lucan Seniors and Busy Buddies
took the form of a pot luck dinner:
We opened by singing 0 Canada
with Mary Kooy at the piano, fol-
lowed by Grace being asked by Ha-
milton Hodgins.
After a delicious meal the meet-
ing was called to order.
The president introduced Linda
Chatterson who is president of the
Boy Scouts Association. She spoke
to us about our use of the Scout
Hall, stressed greater dialogue be-
tween ourselves and them. She also
spoke of funding for installation of
heaters in a room used for crafts by
our Busy Buddies.
Treasurer, Hazel Cunningham
gave a financial report for the
month of. September. Readings
were given by Voyle Jordan and
Florence Hodgins.
Card winners were: Ladies high
Jean Hodgins, mens high Murray
Carter, ladies lone hands Mrs. Da-
vis, mens lone hands Joe Carter, la-
dies low Mildred Hirtzel, mens low
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