HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-09-25, Page 19'Minister's study
REV. G. L. ROYAL
Knox Presbyterian
Christ makes the diffrence
•
The Christian still assumes
naively that the world lies ripe
for the Evangel. I use the word
"naively" purposely --for naive it
does seem to a rational,
permissive and debunking
people. The worldling will say,
"Hoye foolish .can you be?"
Exactly -- how foolish -CAN you
be? Well the Scriptures attest
to the fact that there are those
whd will call the whole process
foolhardy. That is the challenge
in it. Because it appears foolish
to many, it can never be an easy
task lo. witness for Christ. This
does not MVO that we
purposely seek. martyrdom —
that would be plain stupidity —
but, should martyrdom . come
our way in this "foolish cause"
then we must embrace it.
Why evangelism? Plainly
spoken because -r God has
showered upon the world in His
Son Jesus Christ the Good News.
In it He has expressed a supreme
desire that all men should return
to Himself. The Good News is,
•
"Believe on the Lord Jesus
• Christ, and thou shalt be saved."
'There is a division line
mentioned — savedrunsaved.
There, then, must be two states
of final being — saved/unsaved.
Take away this two-foldt,division
and you no longer have a -
Message of Good News, only a
philosophy that encourages men
to - nobler, pursuits. The
Scriptural injunction is that
Christ, (or, "God,, in Christ" is
better) finds us in an undesirable
state. This truth . abruptly
disrupts our, high notion of
ourselves. We cannot believe
fundamentally that there is
anything basically the matter
with us. Oh, yes, we do have our
ups and .downs, and man more
often than not goes off the rails
and brings sadness and misery to
many; but, surely, this is not
indicative of a basic
imperfection in him. Do not
most of the philosophers say
that man can be perfect if he but
apply himself?, Was this not the
Teachers' salaries up an
average of 8.3 per cent
BY RICHMOND ATKEY
Without fringe benefits -- on
which no cost estimates have
been"given -- salaries of the 608
elementary and . secondary
school teachers employed by the
Huron • County Board of
Education will total more than
$5,000,00Q this year, the board
learned at its meeting in Central
Huron Secondary School,
'Clinton, last week.
The 1969-79 salary total is
$5,093,407 -- up $494;932 or 10
per cent above last year's costs
when there were 598 ,teachers.
Increase in the average salary
of an individual teacher is 8.3
per. cent. Elementary school
average jumped 12.4 per cent
from $6,204 to $6,971 a year.
The average salary of a
secondary school teacher rose
from621 to $,1.0,162, or 5.6,
per dgfrt11, was revealed.
Although full agreement was
reported between the board and
the elementary schoolteachers,
the secondary school • teachers
are reported to be at odds with
the board over frequency of pay
dates.
Some features of the basic
salary grid for elementary school
teachers, as contained in the
salary agreement, are as follows:
Category 1 — $5,000 starting
to $6,900. for maximum after
seven, years' experience.
Category 2 — $5,500
'minimum going to $8,200 for
4► nine years' experience.
Category ' 3 — $6,000
minimum to $9,800 maximum,
with increment policy as
determined by agreement with
?�f
'secondary committees.
Category 1 —• parity with
secondary.- schools; $6,800
minimum to $10,800 maximum
for 13 years' experience. •
' Category 5 — parity with
secondary schools; $7,10Q_
minimum to $11,600 maximum
for 15 years' experience. ,
Category 6 - parity with
secondary schools; .. $7;900
minimum to $13,200 maximum
for 18 years' experience.
The board agreed to
participate on a. • cost-sharing
basis as of Sept. 1, 1969, in the
following benefit plafis:
(a) Ontario Hospital Services
Commission: 50 per cent of
premium, at ward rate; (b)
Medical insurance: 50 per cent
of premium; (c) group term life
insurance: 50 per cent of
,premium: $10,000 for males,
$5,000 fof females. •
Under (b) and (c), tile board
reserves the right tei choose the
carrier of such benefit plan.
Teachers who teach less than
half-time will not be eligible for,
participation in tie benefit plan.
A teacher in good standing
who has served the Huron
County Board- of Education
and/or its predecessors for 12
consecutive years . immediately
prior to retirement and retires
due to eligibility (superannua-
tion or death) will be entitled to
receive a gratuity, subject to
certain regulations. .
Sabbatical. leave may be
granted to • a 'teacher for
approved study, approved travel,
recuperation of health, or any
other purpose approved by the
board. During the :,period of
sabbatical leave, the teacher's
salary shall be at minimum
two-thirds of salary, with the
same benefits ` including
increment; receivej, by other
teachers, and rio changein
accumulated sick leave.
The board shall pay expenses
(tuition, registration and
travelling expenses atf 10 cents
per mile each way) for
professional development,
updating courses, conventions,
workshops, ete.
Basic daily rate of pay for,
supply teachers, who ' are
qualified teachers, should be at
least— 1/200 of the minimum
annual salary.
The above—points were the
main ones presented in the'
report negotiations.
NOTICE
..
Marina . and Services At
The -North and South Sides
Of The Harbour
Services provided by the Town of Goderich
will -terminate for the season September 30th.
Buildings will., be closed.
The Goderich Harbour Committee and Snug
Harbour staff would like to take this opportunity
to thank all the customers who patronized the
facilities.
Gich Harbour Committee.
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thrust of Socrates, Plato and
Aristotle? Did not Kant imply
something similar? For them
perfection was attainable in the
daily course of events — but, in
40 Centuries of known history
this perfection has not come
about. We cannot single out the
20th 'Centu`ry, our own, and
suggest it is. a good example;
certainly not with- two World
Wars! ,
The. -Christian ethic i's that
many must make a gigantic turn
yes, a turnabout, if you. like.
Going East'? Yese but suddenly
going West! That is, a 180 degree
turn — right -about-face, • as the
Sergeant-Major would say.
Something must happen to' bring
about this reversal of the human
order. It is Christ --- and the.
effect He has upon your life. No
effect — then, no reversal of The
order. Effect — then, a new way
and a new life. I constantly
return to Paul's nourishment on
,this question: `"l'herufore if any
man be in Christ,, he is a new
creature: old thitngs are passed
away; behold, all things are
become,- new." \(II Corinthians
5:17) To Paul it was Christ that
made the difference! To us -
-.the sante applies. •
CANSAVE
Ever since the Korean war the
Canadian Save the Children
Fund has- been fighting in that
sad but beautiful country.
Fighting disease, .and hunger.
Fighting for- homes • for lost
children, for education. for the
knowledge -hungry (and •al1
Koreans are) —• fighting so that
whole families could have a
better living now and a brighter'
hope for the future.
The unique "CANSAVE"
Day Nurseries in• 'factories are
now well-established, as are .the
Children's Medical Clinics, 'a
Child Guidance Centre and an
In -Service Training programme
for Korean and foreign welfare
workers.
Pensions, benefits will iitoconse
in 1970; eligible age- 65
Increases in the Old Age
Security Pension and the
Guaranteed Income Supplement
in 1970 have been announced by
Health and Welfare Minister
John Munro.
Mr. Munro and Revenue
Minister J.P. Cote also jointly.
announced similar increases in
Canada Pension Plan retirement
pensions, survivor's benefits and
contributions effective next
Year.
Cheques issued in January will
reflect these increases.
This action will follow a two
percent increase in the Pension
Index, the matimum allowed by
legislation, from 113.7 for 1969
to 116.0 for 1970, The Pension
Index reflects increases in the
Consumer Price Index which,
beginning in January, 1969, was
converted to a 1961 time base
from the previous 1949 time
base.
The maximum monthly
amount of . the combined Old
Age Security pension and
Guaranteed Income Supplemerif:
in 1970 will be $111.41, up
from $109.20. The OAS pension
`will rise from $78 to $79.58
"THE BIBLE
TODAY"
A "Bible Missionary Cam-
pai;;n" is taking p1n-e in the
German Dc:nocratic Republic
dur:-tg 19G3. Planned, for the
past three years the campaign
has. thre:, prinriplc goals:
'Get to know the Bible';
'L.nar0 to read the Bible';
'I -earn to live by what . the
Bible says.'
,Script';res to
church members bers and through
then in tt'. tz t:) th,':e outside
the churches, transforming
t.rch Bible c'.a�' scs from a
pastoral monologue into a
11 'cly discussion, orczanizing
small Bible, study errnips, and
sPOnsoring Bill, contests are
among the viiriet•: of means
s1tli•g,`sted far ac•hie\'ine, thn
goals in e:'r;-1 local parish.
The canlnaion Nv:.s prompt-
ed by a stu:ly which showed
that millions of East German
Protestants as well es' Pion-.
Christians lack copies 'of the
Bible.
monthly. More than 1,600,000
Canadians will benefit, including
those whose pensions will begin
in January when the eligible age
will drop,. to 65 years, In
addition, 780,000 Old Age
Security pensioners will -benefit
from an increase in the
Guaranteed Income Supplement.
The maximum, monthly - GIS
payment will rise from $31,20
to the 1970 rate of $31.83. •
Mr. Cote said maximum
annual pensionable earnings
under the Canada Pension Plan
will reach $5,300 in 170, up
from the 1969 figure of $5,200.
He also pointed out maximum
yearly contributions by
employers and employees will
rise to a new figure of $84.60.
each. The 1969 rate was $82.80.
For self-employed persons, the
new maximum°'will be $169.20.
It was $165.60 this year.
Mr. Munro said all retirement
pensions utter the Canada
Pension Plan in payment in
December, 1969, will be
increased by two percent in
1970. With the increase in the
year's maximum pensionable
earnings, retirement pensions
QOIgRIQH $1GNAIr !TAILsA':' M
which become payable for the
• first time in 1970 will be slightly
higher than those in 1969. On
the basis of the new ceiling of
$5,300, the maximum rate of
full retirement pensions, first
payable in 1976, 'Will rise to
$110.42 monthly from the
present $108.33. •
In January, 1970, survivor's
benefits in payment in
December, 1969, will increase
by two percent. Orphan's
benefits and the flat -rate
components of. pensions to
widows and disabled widowers
will increase from $26.01 to
$26.53 a month. By the.end of
1969, Mr. Munro estimated,
more than 140,000 Canadians
would be receiving monthly
retirement pensions and
survivor's benefits under the
Canada Pension Plan.
The maximum death benefit
payable under the Plan, for
deaths in 1970, will be $530.
Information regarding
benefits and contributions in the
province of Quebec will be
announced today by the Quebec
Pension •Plan and the provincial
revenue department'.
Church of God
(PENTECOSTAL)
Pastor: REV. OMER HENDERSON
Friday, 8:00 p -m. — Youth Services.
SUNDAY SERVICES
10:00 a:m. — SUNDAY SCHOOL.
11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. — CHURCH
Corner North and Nelson -- MacKay Hall
W -E -L -C -O -M -E ,
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CLINTON -- EXETER — SEAPORTN
O.dsrich District Rapresentativos
FRANK McILWAIN
324.71161't.or 200 Gibbons St. — 524-9465
REG. J. BELL •
45 *Cambria Reid S. --- 524-7484
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The Huron Christian Wens Associantion:
REV.
PRESENTS
QUINTON
at
EVEREST:
Pastor of ',Your Worship Hour" heard
in many areas of the world each week
by .,millions .of• people and, now in its
37th year, will be guest speaker at the
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, corner of
Waterloo Street and - Elgin 'Avenue,
Goderich, on Sunday night, 7:30
p:m., September 28.
Featuring
"THE WATCHMEN QUARTETTE"
of Kitchener
!REV. QUINTON J. EVEREST WILL
ALSO BE GUEST SPEAKER AT
WESTFIELD ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON, 2:30 - P:M.,
SEPTEMBER 28, WITH SPECIAL
MUSIC JUST FOR YOU.
You are very welcome at both. of
these services. Why not plan now to
. attend. Come early to be sure of
admittance. -
MANY THANKS for the
tremendous response to
ticket sales
for the
Quinton J. Everest Banquet
the . Pizza Patio, Goderich, September 30
WE ARE SOLD OUT -SORRY!
PLAN TO ATTEND - - - - -
EIGHTON .FORD CRUSADE IN 'LONDON -OCTOBER 5-19
ALSO
DR. HYMAN APPLEMAN Crusade in Calvary United Church LISTOWEL .. 8 p.m. Nightly,
Septr 28 to Odt. 5
E 25$ *9
CALVARY BAPTIST CH U R (, 1
BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAKE SPREE 1
NEED A RIDE? CALL FOR BUS PICKUP
524.9229 or 524.6445
SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR ALI- AGES— 10:00 A.M.
11:0Q a.m. — MORNING WORSHIP..
LOOKING. AT LIFE.. OF LIBERTY"
Evening Service — "Total Family" Hour -- 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. --Billie Study and Prayer
PASTOR REV. KENNETH J. KNIGHT
A U•L LOWSHIP CHURCH
WESLEY MEMORIAL CHURCII
THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH
Park Street at Victoria
H. Ross Nicholls, Pastor
SUNDAY SCHOOL — 10:00 A.M.
QWORSHIP — 11:00 A.M.
EVENING SERVICE— 7:0 p.m.
— All Welcome —
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
(Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec)
MONTREAL STREET near The Square
— A WELCOME TO ALL —
10:30 a.m. -- Sunday School meets to cprpe up for
11:00 a.m. — RALLY DAY
Supervised Nursery
Minister: Rev. Arthur Maybury, B.A., B.D.
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH
17th Sunday after Trinity Sept. 28th
8:30 a.m. — HOLY COMMUNION.
11:00 a.m. — MORNING PRAYER
AND SERMON.
Nursery at 11 a:m.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES
AT 11 a.m.
Rector: REV. G.10 G. RUSSELLand,'B.A., B.D.
Organist—Choirmaster — Miss Marion Aldous,
A.Mus., Mus. Bac.
Knox Presbyterian -Church
THE REV. G. LOCKHART ROYAL, B.A., Minister
WILLIAM CAMERON, Directorof Praise
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th
10:00 a.m. CHURCH SCHOOL
11:00 a.m. - DIVINE WORSHIP.
"PREPARATION FOR LIFE"
— SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM -
-- RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS
(Nursery and Junior Congregation)
7:30 p.m. -- .YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETY.
Sermon:
Enter to Worship
Depart to Serve
North Street United Church
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th
10:00 a.m. — SENIOR SCHOOL.
11:00 a.m. — JUNIOR-SC:HOOL.
11:00 a.m. — WORSHIP
Sermon:
. SEARCH FOR IDENTITY"
Supervised Nursery
Rev. J. Donald'MacDonald, B.Sc., B.D. Minister
Rev. W. J. Maines, B.A., Assistant Minister
Mrs. Eleanor Hetherington, A.C.T.M.,
Organist and Choir Director.
-- WELCOME —
Bethel Pentecostal :Tabernacle
CORNER OF ELGIN AND WATERLOO STS.
SUNDAY SERVICES
10:00 a.m. —.SUNDAY SCHOOL
11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. v CHURCH
Guest Speaker: REV. QUINTON J. EVEREST
SUNDAY EVENING ONLY, .7:30
REV. R. CLARK, Pastor
BENMILLER UNITED CHURCH
ANNIVERSARY SERVICE
Sunday, September 28 — 11 A.M.
Guest Speaker: -
REV. ANNE GRAHAM, M.Sc., D.D.
-- W -E -L -C -O -M -E -
10:00 a.m. — Bible School at, Victoria Street
NO SERVICE AT 11 A.M.
UNITED HOLINESS CHURCH
62 CAMBRIA STREET NORTH
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th
9:50 a.m. —SUNDAY SCHOOL •
11:00 a.m. — WORSHIP SERVICE
7:00 p.m. — EVANGELISTIC SERVICE
-Mid-Week Prayer Service Wednesday 8 p.m.
"A WELCOME AWAITS YOU"
Pastor REV. C. A. JOHNSON, B.A. PHONE 524-6887
The family that prays 'together .
..... stays together