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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-03-13, Page 8Mlvance-Timea„` hussday,, Itainch 1375 iru from The World of Women Easter theme for ACW of St. Paul's "The Cross and the Resurrec- tion" was the theme of a medita- tion given by Mrs. W. Austin as she spoke to the members of the Anglican Church Women of St. Paul's at their March meeting. Mrs. Austin opened her subject with the remark, "Crucifixion was the triumph of wickedness, the defeat of the high hopes of the apostles, plunging them into gloom." She spoke of the apostles' walk to Emmaus which began in despair and ended in great happiness when the Stranger they met and talked with, revealed Himself as their Ibsen Lord. They were then able to end the cross and the great love of God. In ,closing, Mrs. Austin said, "We must think of the cross and resurrection together, as only through His rejection and cruci- fixion could He reveal a love suf- ficiently compelling to lift men out of evil. We must take up our crosses and follow Christ. It is by meeting our sorrows with a heart empty of anger or resentment and by pouring out our love, that we can sustain the spiritual life .of others." She quoted a poem, "Resurrec- tion", to conclude her remarks. Mrs. Austin, the first , vice- president, also chaired the meet- ing. She led in opening prayers and scripture, from St. Luke's Gospel, was read by Mrs. J. King. Scheider Chores coming to tows The Couples' Club of Wingham will present the area residents with a unique opportunity April 12 when it sponsors a perfor- mance by the Schneider Male Chorus of Kitchener. The chorus, under the direction of Paul Berg, will present a program of church, classical, folk, spiritual and pop- . ular music, highlighted with special dramaticoeffects andvis- ual innovations. - The Schneider Male Chorus has heed acclaimed by critics as one •f the best-known chorale groups i� Canada, and has performed in - major ce&°tres in Canada and the United States. The concert will be held at the St..Andrew's Presby- terian Cikurch. Further details will be given prior to the concert date. Roll call was answered wi an Easter verse and Mrs. T. K. Hawthorn read the prayers for collection of the Least Coin. The treasurer's report was presented by Mrs. H. King, correspondence was read and the birthday box was passed. Mrs. Austin read the letter from the ACW which is to be sent in April. A closing hymn was sung and Mrs. Austin pronounced the benediction. Mrs. O. Fuller and Mrs. V. Coates served tea and cookies and all enjoyed a social hour. The April meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. A. MacKay when the roll call will be an- swered with a "Verse containing the word `blessed'. Mrs. J.Brush, Gorrie speaker GORRIE — Mrs. John Brush of Molesworth was the guest speaker at the World Day of Prayer service in St. Stephen's Anglican Church here on Friday afternoon. Mrs. William Smith introduced the speaker. Mrs. Brush spoke on prayer and the need for reading the Bible in homes to strengthen faith. The choir was formed of mem- bers from St. Andrew's Presby- terian Church of Molesworth, Knox Presbyterian Church, the United Church and St. Stephen's Church of Gorrie. A duet was sung by Mrs. Jack Ferguson and Mrs. Raymond Gowdy, "We Are One in the Spirit" accompanied on the organ by Mrs. John Free- man. Mrs. Roland Bennett led, "The Threshold of Worship" with Mrs. Gordon Underwood, Mrs. William Bennett and Mrs. Wayne King as readers. Mrs. Lorne Mann of the Gorrie United , Church was leader for "We Are Not One". Mrs. William Beirne$ of ,St. Andrew'sPresbyterian Church, Moleswotth, assisted Mrs. 'Lloyd Felkar and Mrs. Mel Dennis took the parts. of "God Calls Us to Be One". Mrs. William Smith and Mrs. Alex Graham of Knox Presby- terian Church were leaders of "Let Us Grow into One" Mrs. Mac Steurnol and Mrs. William Bennett received the offering. Seniors plan, coming events FORDWICH — The Fordwich Senior Citizens held their March meeting in the community. hall. There were 42 members and three visitors present. It was decided to attend the Bel more Maple Syrup Festival as a group on Monday, April 7, then attend their own meeting in the evening. A group will also go to Moles- worth to bowl. A card party will be held in the community hall on March 14. Everyone is welcome and Mrs. William Wilson's group will be in charge. Minnie McElwain led in com- munity singing. She Asa sang and played "Galway Bay". Mrs. Wilson read a poem, "Old Age Is Wonderful". Clayton Cober showed slides • and spoke on his trips to Curacao and the Canary Islands. The meeting closed with lunch. St. Paul's Church (ANGLICAN) WINGHAM 1 1 1 i 1 1 I 1 I i 1 0 0 0 r REV. T. K. HAWTHORN, Rector MRS. D. RICHARDSON, Organist and Choir Leader SUNDAY , MARCH 141 PASSION SUNDAY 8:30 a.m.--Holy Communion 11:00 a.m. ---Morning Prayer MEETINGS Thurs., Mar. 13 --Alter Guild meets at the rectory at 2:30 p.m. Thurs. , Mar. 13—Great Chapter meeting' in parish hall at8:00p.m. Mon., Mar. 17—Parish educational staff meeting at home of Mrs. Alan MacKay, 7:30 p.m. I I •• • 0 0 0 i 1 �.�►.+4'►4•�'�►-."�. ♦�►w4..' _4.'V 4�►-y►4+►41..4-1 i % �. q►i+ +►'ii..'�K% L1 Home an CHOIR MEMBERS at the local World Day of Prayer celebration were ladies from the various churches in Wingham. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE local churches listen at- tentively to guest speaker Lavonne Ballagh at the World Day of Prayer service. They were, front: Mrs. A. Murkin of the Salvation Army, Mrs. Emery Mahe of the Sacred Heart UCW meets at Whytock Thome WHITECHURCH — Mrs. Clif- ford Laidlaw was in charge of the March meeting f the United Church Women hich was held Wednesday, rch 5, at two o'clock at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Whytock. She opened the meeting by reading scripture from the fourth chapter of St. Luke's Gospel. Following the singing of a hymn, Mrs. Quipp read scripture and led in prayer: Mrs. Elmer Sleightholm read a poem entitled "What Will I Do?" Mrs. Laidlaw gave the medita- tion and led in prayer. She also read a portion of the book, "The Keeper", by Peter Marshall. Mrs. Lorne Durnin gave a report on the Presbyterial held at Listowel February 28. The roll call was answered by 13 mem- bers. Minutes were read by Mrs. Russel Chapman and the trees - trees report given by Mrs. Dave Gibb. The offering was received and the prayer given by Mrs. Ben Mc- Clenaghan. Mrs. Garnet Farrier read a letter of thanks for a bale sent to missionaries, Mr. and Mrs. Burgess of Angola. The meeting closed with prayer by Mrs. Ben Mcclenaghan and a birthday tea was served. Mrs. Milan Moore gave the courtesy remarks. Wroxeter WI holds luncheon WROXY,FER — The Women's Institute members met at the home of Mrs. Clark Sharpin on Tuesday, March 4, for a delicious pot luck luncheon at 12:30 noon. The president, Mrs. Russel Lockwood, opened the meeting at 2:30p.m. with a poem. Ten ladies joined in singing the Opening Ode and the Institute Creed. Roll call was answered with an Irish song or Verse. A report on the list"of of- ficers for the coming Institute year was given by Mrs. D. Dick- ison. Several of the offices are stilt vacant; a complete list will be given at the next meeting. A motto entitfed "Let's Sing the Songs of Ireland" was read by Mrs. R. McMichael. This motto was prepared by Mrs. M. Mac - Naughton. 'The Dutch suction tuna `von by Mrs. R. Lockwood. The ladies en- joyed several games of charades. The next meeting will be the annual meeting and will be held at the home of Mrs. R. Lockwood. Reports of the committees are to be ready for this "meeting. Dona- tions for the cancer cupboard at the hospital are also needed at the meeting. Churchi Mrs. Robert Armstrong mid Mrs. Robert Arbuckle of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church; back: Captain A. Murkin of the Salvation Army and Mrs. Barry Passmore of the Wingham United Church. Citadel filled to capacity Representatives from the churches in Wingham braved last Friday's blustery weather and Filled the Salvation Army Citadel to' capacity for the annual World Day of Prayer service. Theme of this year's service, which was written by the Christian women of the Arab Republic of Egypt, was "Become Perfectly One". It was based on John 17,:22-23. The congregation was wel- comed by Sgt.Maj. William Henderson as it filed into the citadel. Organprelude was pro- vided by Mrs. Barry Passmore of the United Church, who also pre- sided at the organ console during the service. Capt. A. Murkin formally welcomed those in attendance. Leaders from the various churches who participated were Mrs. A. Murkin and Mrs. Wilbert Hewitt (Salvation Army), Mrs. Robert Armstrong and Mrs. Robert Arbuckle (St. Andrew's Presbyterian), Mrs. T. K. Haw- thorn (St. Paul's Anglican), Mrs. Emery Mahe (Sacred Heart Roman Catholic), Mrs. George Underwood and Mrs. Ken Wood (United). Prayers for the unity of the church were given by Mrs. LAVONNE BALLAGH was the guest speaker at the local WoEld Day of Prayer service at the Salvation Army .Citadel Friday. The topic of her talk was "Oneness" stemming from the international theme "Becoming Perfectly One". Prayer service at Whitechurch WHITECHURCH—The World Day of Prayer service was held Friday afternoon at the United chin -eh hare. Mrs. Millan Moore presided for" the opening , portion of the worship and scripture was read by Mrs. Clifford Laidlaw. Pray- ers were given by Mrs. Tom Davidson and Mrs. Fred Tiffin. Mrs. Garnet Farrier played a piano solo. Leaders for the various por- tions of the service were Mrs. Bill Rintoul, Mrs. Lorne Durnin, Mrs. Don Ross and Mrs. Amos Martin. Guest speaker was Rev. Glenn Noble of Lucknow who spoke on the theme, "Become Perfectly One". 'The offering was received by Mrs. Laidlaw and Mrs. Wallace Conn and dedicated by Mrs. Moore. - The key woman appointed was Mrs. Donald Ross who reported an attendance of 19. • Don Farnell, Mrs. M. Bradburn and Mrs. William Connell all of St. Paul's. During ,the offertory, a massed choir from the town cr ches sang the service theme song, "Become Perfectly One", con- ducted, by Mrs. Ed Beard of St. Andrew's. It expressed : the fervent prayer, "Lord, may Thy will be done in me that perfect unity may be." Ushers throughout the service were Mrs. Jack King, Mrs. John Strong, Mrs. Arnold Taylor and Mrs. Robert Foxton. Guest speaker at the service was Lavonne Ballagh who used as her theme the 17th chapter of John's Gospel, the inspiring prayer Of Christ spoken before His crucifixion. She spoke of the three portions of the prayer, wherein Jesus prayed for Him- self, for His original eleven dis- ciples and for all His future fol- lowers. In praying for Himself, Jesus did not pray selfishly but He asked that His life and death might glorify His Father. For His early disciples, He pleaded for the guidance of God to keep them free from the temptations of the world. She stressed that Christians cannot, serve the world on one hand and God on the other; Christian faith and service must be a daily dedication, not only something we profess on Sunday. In speaking of His prayer for His followers, Mi$s Ballagh stressed Christian unity, not an outward union but an inner spiritual" unity of Christlike love, binding all together in under- standing and pewee. In closing, the speaker urged her listeners to putt* theory; of Cliristian wiity into practice�e�,,,„i n 4 rea out" to their fellow - then in brotherly love, In keeping with the theme, 1n enjoyable hour of togetherness united all members of the congregation as they shared a fellowship lunch in the citadel basement following the service. KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION SACRED HEART SCHOOL Thursday, April 3 From 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Children 5 years of age on or before December 31, 1975 are eligible to register for enrolment in September. Information required at Registration: *Child's birth'certificate *Social insurance number *Ontario Hospital Insurance number *Immunization record Please call the school for an appointment I READMAN CLEANERS have added a new dimension to their business. 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