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Big Brothers/Sisters Celebrity Bowling on Sandy
Big Brothers/Sisters enjoy rewards of volunteering
Centralia
CENTRALIA - "The Hardest
Question People Ask" was the top-
-ic of Rev Clare Geddes' sermon at
Cent Iia United Church on Sun-
day.1Why. do good people suffer
great pain? Rev. Geddes explained
that pain and suffering arc not
God's will, but He understands and
gives grace and mercy to the suffer-
er.
Rev. Peggy Campbell -Geddes
kept many hands busy trying to
fold paper during the children's sto-
ry. When Rcv. Clare Geddes
showed the steps, the instructions
were much easier to follow. Like-
wise, God sent Jesus to show us
how to lead Christian lives.
The beautiful Flowers in the
church were placed in loving mem-
ory of Melville Buswell by his fam-
ily.
Rob Essery read the "Minute for
Mission" about the importance of
prayer. We were asked to pray for
the Bclgrave-Calvin Pastoral
charge.
On Sunday, we will celebrate
Holy Communion. Following the
service, the Sunday School will
host a Valentine's luncheon. Dona-
tions will be given to mission and
service work.
Anyone interested in subscribing
to The Observer should .contact
Brent Caslick by Saturday.
At the recent meeting of the Unit-
ed Church Women, Lois Wilson,
Ellen Brown and Phyllis Tomes put
together an interesting program. A
skit entitled "Circle of Faith" was
presented by Lois, Ellen and Phyl-
lis as well as Madeline Tasko, Jean
Rook and June Essery. Iva Blair,
b
Marion Abbott, and Gladys Bus-
well served lunch.
Everyone hopes that Mildred
Greb and Margaret Cook recover
quickly from their illnesses.
What arc you doing February 10?
You may want to visit Exeter Unit-
ed Church between 8:00 and 10:00
p.m. to meet the Moderator,,of the
United —Church of Canada, the
Right Rcv. Stan McKay.
Another important meeting will
be the South Huron County Re-
gional meeting at Zurich Arena on
February 16 at 10:00 a.m. What
long-term care will be required dur-
ing the coming decade? You, your
family, or your friends will be
faced with decisions concerning
care for elderly persons. This is
your opportunity to help determine
the direction of that care.
Zion U.C.W. will host another
Ladies' Breakaway on April 23,
and tickets for the event arc going
fast.
b If you'd like a break in the mean-
time, you'll find exercise workouts
in the church basement at 9:00 a.m.
on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Anew spirit
of giving
A n.tien.t pzzatlaeormunte
Big Brother
George McEwan,
and his not so
Little Brother
anymore Neil
Revington, along
with Little Sister
Patty Wood and
Big Sister Beth
Ronson are two of
15 matches in
Huron County. At
least 11 children
are waiting for a
Big Brother/Sister., pec,al evening being prepared for
By Catherine O'Brien
T -A staff
EXETER - Like many people in
Huron county, George McEwan
and Beth Ronson are involved in
volunteer programs. For this hus-
band and wife team, the Big Broth-
ers and Big Sisters association of
South Iluron is where they focus a
lot of energy.
The couple are no strangers to the
program, having been involved
with it for many years.
McEwan has been working with
the organization since he was IS.
He said at first he had reservations
about volunteering with the organi-
zation.
"At 18, I wasn't sure 1 was cut out
to he a big brother," he said. But as
he settled into the role, he said it
became a natural routine.
"You just do the things you enjoy
and bring your little brother along,"
he said.
McEwan has also been involved
in a group Big Brother program
where kids who have yet to be
matched are taken out to events.
And when McEwan moved to
Exeter a few years ago, he helped
set up a similar program with four
boys who didn't have Big Brothers
yet.
That's how Ronson became in-
volved in the program.
"I would help George organize
the activities," she said.
Ronson >aid she was always in-
terested in the program, but wanted
to snake sure she had the time to de-
vote before taking on a little sister
of her own.
Within months of the group form-
ing, all the boys were matched with
Big Brothers except for Neil Rev-
ington.
"We had similar interests, so we
looked into being matched togeth-
er," McEwan said.
"We both liked sports," said Rev-
ington who was on a Big Brother
waiting list for more than a year.
That was four years ago.
Ronson's Little Sister, 13 -year-
old Patty Wood said she only had
to wait two months before being
matched.
They have been together for more
than two years.
"We have lot of the same inter-
ests in bas all, gymnastics and
movies," Woo said.
On the average, children wait for
up to a year before being matched,
said Kathy Gaskin, executive direc-
tor of the South Huron organiza-
tion.
So every year 30 Big Brother and
Big Sister agencies throughout
southwestern Ontario hold a Re-
cruit-a-thon to encourage more peo-
ple in the community to join the
program.
This past weekend was the annu-
al recruit drive to get matches for
the more than 1,000 children in
southwestern Ontario who are on a
waiting list. Within Huron County
I 1 children are on the list, Gaskin
said.
Ronson said when a you first
start volunteering, organizers edl
courage Big and Little Brothers/
Sisters to see each other weekly.
"As you get settled with each oth-
er you develop your own sched-
ule," she said.
The association also hold special
days were Big and Little Brothers/
Sisters go on group trips to baseball
games or amusement parks.
These euents are sponsored in
part by the United Way,. but the as-
sociation also has to do some fund-
raising, Gaskin said.
And this Sunday, a celebrity
bowling day is planned at Town
and County Bowling in Zurich
starting at 1 p.m.
Local politicians as well as asso-
ciation members will take part in
the event.
Meanwhile, leagues in Zurich
and Lucan are in the middle bowl-
ing games this week where money
is pledged to Big Brother and Big
Sisters. -
"The kids really appreciate what
you do for them," McEwan said.
"There are a lot of rewards for the
work and it never seems like a
chore."
CENTRALIA - There was some-
thing for everyone Friday night.
Crokinole, shuffleboard and for the
small children a wide variety of
board games, at the Faith Taberna-
cle's family felldtvship night. The
Sunday School rooms were filled to
capacity for a crokinole tournament
and lots of fun and laughs.
The Faithwalkers were back in
action at Youth for Christ on Satur-
day night. Following the quizzing
the youth watched the movie "The
Pretender". There will be no quiz
team at the next rally as there is a
the youth.
The Youth group were in charge
of the evening service on Sunday.
The Youth group tobogganing
party has been rescheduled for Sat-
urday afternoon with pick up at
Theo's at 2:00 or Canadian Tire at
2:15.
The community World Day of
Prayer has also been rescheduled
for Friday night at 7:30 at the
church. Rev Bob Peebles will be
discussing the topic of prayer.
There will not be volleyball on
Friday night but it will resume on
the 18th.
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