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'Text: John Chapter 13.v.7
when the occasion Jesras:
washed the dikiples°.11et as an
example of they they should
Serve, ' He said to Peter, "You
do not understand just now
what I am doing, but you, will
understand it later on." (Dr.
Moffatt's translation).
Peter was bewildered by
what Jesus wasdoing ._uUne
moment. he was saying, Lord,
Thou shalt never wash my
feet" and w the . next he Was
saying, `Lord, not my feet only
but alio my hands and my
head".
It was because Peter was so
confuse and perplexed" by
what was hattpening that Jesus
said, "You do not understand
° just now what I am doing, but
'you will understand_ it later
•
,on:"
These words of the -Eternal
Christ still 'echo dowp the years
and speak to us in times of per
"My thoughts ` are not yoUJ
thoughts netther are your ways
my ways, saith the Lord. For as
the heavens are higher•„than the
earth, so are my ways `higher
hah`, your ways, and my°..A•
thoughts than your thoughts.
Faith and trust in a God who
cares will always be the°essen-
tial, need of man, no matter'
how far his knowledge of tho
material world extends
May we have faith to believe
s
thatw stooping to Y stop i Gad is always n
our need; always "Taking a
towel” as it were, and "Girding
Himself" even though at.times
we may not realize it!' Times
when, like Peter 'we are
bewildered and confused" arid`
perplexed, and the Divine voice
says, "Yoti do not understand
just now what I am doing, but
you will understand it later on
YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM? It never ceases to amaze me
how much strength ttlfe rest of
The old maxim says: I com- us receive from seriously afflic-°
ted people,
planted because I had no shoes •
piearty Times when as Te until I met a man who had no; I'once heard , a story of a
' n- • feet. young woman who.was dying of
nyson wrote in his poem `In Well today I.° met a young an incurable and very painful.
Memoriam', had no hands and disease. •A man going- to visit,, the deadline for sendin the
I falter where I firmly trod, woman whog
And falling with my weight of for a •time, at least, it's cer- her took with him a little book, . completed study material to
tainly. made me forget any . - a happy, laughing. book. Toronto.
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Recently the chairmen, many Rev, Peter St. D Ireported.
' committee members, the that the ministerial 'is kept -
executive and .local clergy". met
at First. Baptist -ChurckL:;lNtth..,,.
Mrs, R. Cartwright and° Archie
M Invitation. to
. well-infor ed at their meetings
McWhinnie. Pastor St., Dan, felt
that there vvoi lt-be an 'all-out
he
R
_ev
Live Crusade Regional Plan effort now, in the New Year, by
ningl' Office, Toronto: Rev. W.H. the clergy to make known the
144Whinnie, Crusade -Chair- Crusade.
man, presided and opened 'the .Mr.' C. Mizen reported that,
meeting with prayer; Ile he ,is still waiting for recruits
welcomed new` repres enta'tives and trusts that the ministers in
the very near • fututre swill be
able to provide more members --
from the .Christian Reform and
United' Churches in Myth,. the
Christian Reform in Clinton as
well as previous members.
The Committee Chairmen
were called on to_give 'brief
- reports.
Rev. Ronald McCallum:
reported that two churches
hadn't submitted' names for
counsellors. The objective is
thirty but to date there are just •
nineteen --three new counsellors
being present at the meeting,
Mrs. Cartwright said that eight
counsellors had returned their
three studies to Mrs. Mills in
• the Planning Office She went
on to say that February 1.5 is
cares
Upon the great world's altar -
stairs
That slope thro' darkness up
-now ^know the .impossible is swered, "I wrote it-" • - again the :list 'of group leaders
• I stretch lame han•ds of faith,, • never impossible. from each 'chlfrch' „so that she
problems ` 'I thought I might "Thank you very much,'' she Brenda Glazier of the youth
have... •• said, "but I know this' book." section felt that her committee
It's done more than that. It's '"Oh, you've read' it« 'already?" . had "gone as far as was possible
C' ", toa given me new heart, because I asked the visitor. She an- in planning. She requested
girl, stature,is That is the work of all- d out a. letter and
This rrl small of could sen
and grope,
living proof. Born with no arms sufficient. grace., arrange four...that group to be
And gather dust -and chaff, and or hands she's a "miracle of pile a it'a "some'"time during the
mall It ,fs.th"e strength and'hope of CS
To what I feel' is Lord" of all, bone, flesh and grit. • °' 'our lives that in our Cruisade.,_,
Without hands she couldn't . weaknesses we find this.. wan- Rev.' McWhinnie mentioned '
And faintly trust the larger possibly write, .you .sa Don't that Rev. Royal and he were
derful grace of Cod. always,
hope. ,w, . • P Y ' , ",...•... ..,,.. ,tannin on 2 -meeting' John
During such times, of .doubt'
be too sure. mans extremity is Gods o,li- p g .
• Deftly holding a pen. between portunity.
:and uncertainty, wh'en'we''vVb'n'- """"
der what God is `doing in this, her toes she writes 'a Hat and
easy script far more legible
or that siltuation, then the than mine.
words of our Master speak to You don't think She could
our need. "You do not under- ,open or unlock a door? Why
stand just now what , l . am not? Standing • on one foot she •
doing, bu•t'"you "will understand
skillfully lifts the other from
,,it later ori '"•}r th k° b •
Th1 t f ce
which Jesu did for them was
not immediately appreciated by
her shoe to turn the no r
e. oving ac o se•rvi key. r
Can she ,unzip her handbag?
Easy. Again using her toes,•she
slides the zipper open and picks
out her pencil, comb, Kleenex .)
or whatever "she may require.
the disciples. ,So we should
remember, through all life's•
changing scenes, that God is ac- .
tive on our behalf even though She does practically
we may be confused and -won- aeverything everyone else does
der what He is doing. For The and some. things she does bet-
love of God is broader than the
ter. •
•' measure of man's mind, and: But, of course, -it's` not
:the heart of the Eternal is ,most
wonderfully kind', -
- We must not fall into the
,possible for her to drive a car,
• you insist. _ • '
Don't take any bets.
- error of thinking that because • I aw her maneuvering • a
man., has, penetrated so deeply • standard -sized car with all the
into, the mysteries of the world
,aplomb, of a seasoned truck
in .• which we live; and Has driver Albeit, the car is equip-
disciwered s6 many- of it's ped with, a specially.' designed
,secrets, that we no longer, have
steering wheel, but it's taken
any need of Faith. Because` nothing but raw, 'cour'age for
man understands so much this,;:waung lady to even think •.
more of.the way the world funs -
about driving. But drive she
tions, it does not necessarily =does, after pad"sing as stiff a '
mean that_he knows More of''
as anyone in Cana
• the way God acts in •our live passed.
There will always be occasions Not-.
'in our lives which will call „
forth a greater, ,rrfeasure of our
faith. Times when "You doss
understand just now what
doing" will be God's m
afar us. The ad'vancemnt tr,.•After 'talking with herf,-for
•learning;""as much as i has. •
only, an hour or two yourknow
benefited than in many `ways,• she's the type who havingset
has not produced a substitute her eyes .on a goalrwill achieve
for faith antitrust irrit For it come what may, •
Her visitleft me pensive. The
.problem of• handicap, affliction
and pain is ever with us. Why,
God, why? we ask:
_,In_Corinthiarts we read about.
Paul's "thorn in the flesh". No
• one knows for sure what afflic-
tion. Paul had, but• whatever it
was it 'was bad enough for• him
to call it'a messenger of Satan'
,,and he says three times he
prayed `urgently' that it might
depart from .him.,
God's answero Paul, „was,
'My grace is' enough for you, for
power is i/erfec.ted in
• weakness.'
•
That Paul was given power
cannot be disputes?. A list of his
work would "stagger a giant,
and if he was dpllysically weak
and handicapped, . as many
scholars believe, he was able to
withstand more physical and
mental abuse than 10• average
men put together.
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Stringer, G.D.C.I. principal, to
see if it would 'be possible` to
have an assembly •with the
Crusade. ' Team during ;school
hours.
Mrsic co-ordinator Ed' Stiles
;felt that •.William: Cameron,`
organist of Knox Presbyterian
Church, would be the organist.
There are now three pianists,-.
one regular and two. assistants. .
Mrs. Jean Knight is looking af-
ter -the recruiting of choir mem-'
,bers from the eight local chur-
ches and twelve to date in the
the
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area. The first meeting.w
' Crusade,'Choir Leader,
' - McColl, will be Sun
10, at 2 p.m. .
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GODERIGI-I SIGNAL -STAR, ' ITJRSDA'Y, 'JANUARY 24, 1974—PMAS
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typists if possible --to' type each,
night the follow-up literature.
:M-rs. Cartwright "said there will :•
lse`t re ailin s to thane
ha.„
have have � irde theit• commitment-- '
o the night of the eiusade
an• o ,soon •after..
Nog co-ordinator 'a.
Clark satthere w, seven
members on co mitteeand
that she felt t would. be• •
'valuable to ave one of, the
minister's ; s a .member of the
Program Committee. "She`
.open, too, to add some
repyesentatiyes 'front the Blyth
and Clinton churches.
Their ygr-oup 4;.011be concer
•erred 'with the programming of
men's,° women's, and
Household Fellowahtg.
gatheringi3 and Hospitality
during the Crusade plus lun-
cheon acid Coffee Hours Nur-
a Laity
sery. Program and
'Workshop --and;` indeed all
meetings that, provide oppor-.
ttrnities for the Crusade Team
Mrs. Ruth Cartwright and Archie Moxham of the Invitation to Live Crusade: Regional Plan-
ningOffices were in Goderich recently to discuss plans. with the local Crusade'Chairntan
Q, ,Rev. W.H.' 4s scheduled. for' March 29 through. A`prll 7 and will
McWhinnie {left).The crusade
'feature the Rev. Marney Patterson as the speaker: Plans are beginning to take shape now
for the event which is planned to touch every. Haan, woman and 'child In.Godorich and area.
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Robertson Memorial School
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• : (,BLAKE• AND ELDON .STREETS, GODERICH)
SUNDAY�•SCHOOL'- 9:30 A.M.
" WORSHIP SERVnICE -"11 A.M.
Pastor; BruceBjorkquist•
333 Eldon Street, 524-6081
'1'htrrr:furr wr cr•rrnrIudo that a ricin is justified by faith ctiithr ut
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
(Baptist Conventjonof Ontario and Quebec)
MONTREAL STREET near The Square
REV. W.H. McWHINNIE ,F.R.G.S.
Organists Mr.°Frank Bissett
9:45 a.m.—•Sunday School
Sunday 11 a.m..
COME°AND WORSHIP WITH.US-
°" • - AIL ARE 'WELCOME
MethOd:ist The Free Churc,h
Park St'. at Victoria 0,Pastor: H. Ross Nicholls.`
10:00 a.m. • Be part of, a growing Sunday School
11:00 a,m. Abandonme t m of Faith -•-•----
6:30 °p:'nr;, 'Bible 'Study and Outreach
Anyone needing bus transportation plwne -524-9903.
" Everyone Welcome ,.. ..
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET
EVANGELISTIC -= FUNDAMENTAL.
• REV. R. BRUBACHER, Pastor
'10;60 'a,m. BIBLE SCHOOL. • ,
For free bus transportation please call. 524-9497 • '
11:00 a.m. Sermon: "GUARD •YOUF1 NEIGHBOUR'S GOOD NAME"
6:30, p.m. WORD OF LIFE CLUB
7:30 p.m. "THE NEW HOPE LADIES' TRIO"
FRO TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH1 CAMBRIDGE,
' WILL Be SINGING •
SERMON BY THE PASTOR
Welcome to the FriendlyEChur
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Church
Knox Presbyterian Church
,. THE REV G LOCKHART ROYAL,. B.A. Minister •
THE REV RONALD e.'McCALLUM, Assistant
WILLIAM M CAMERON, Director of Prai`e,'
SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 1914
10:00 a.m. Sunday School-
11:00
chool"11:00 a.m. Divine Worship ,
Sermon: (7'
"COMMUNION AS OUR BREAKTHROUGH"
(Nursery & Junior Congregation)
* * SACRAMENT. OF HOLY COMMUNION *
1:00 p.m:Communion in the Chapel
- Enter to Worship,. Depart to Serve
trnuq,yy.
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-to, meet with as rnanY people S
possible.
.tIn the -absence of MP.
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their group had ben praying
for some months for the
Crusade. In the New Year the
plan is to have, special prayerin
each of the churches on a Sun-
day evening. }Wines have been
lined upalso for Prayer
Meetings. _ • •
A Sunday evening service—.
with 'the Pentecostal, Youth
Choir --squid be a worthwhile
gathering•in preparation for the
Crusade. Mr. St. Don said their
church would be happy.: to have
such a service with the Crusade
Chairman or co-chairn`tan as.
special speaker. This service
would present! also a good op-
portunity for an offering for the
work of the Crusade.
Atthe request ofsome of the
new `il representatives from
outlying districts Mrs. Cart-
wright, gave a capsule presen-
tation of the Marney Patterson
Invitation to Live Crusade. `It
will take place March" 29
April' 7. Its purpose 'is . to
present Jesus Christ as Lord
and Saviour. There is a:dif-
ferent message' each night with
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SUNDAY SpHOOL - 9:45 A.M.
FAMILY WORSHIP . 11:00 A.M.
a EVANGELISTIC SERVICE -;7:00 P.M.
WEEKDAY , Home League'fladies) Wed:, .8:00 p.m.
prayer; & Bi e' Studies"" hfJrs. °1.30 p.m.
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"All Are Cordially,,invited to Attend" .:
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH.
SUNDAY, • JANUARY ,:27, 1974 ,
EPIPHANY 1111 -
Holy Communion at '8.30 a.m..
Morning Prayer and Sermon at 11 a.m.
Nursery and Sunday School at 11
-R, actor: Canon G.G. Austell, B.A., B.D.
Choirmaster -Organist: Joseph, B. Hardman,
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Bethel- Pentecostal Tabernacle
Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada.
CORNER OF ELdIN.,and WATERLOO STS. •
REV. PETER G. ST DON, .Pastor a: '
SUNDAY, :JANUA,RY, 27, 1974 :
10:00 a.m.—SUNDAY SCHOOL
" r'11:00 a.m:—MORNING WORSHIP .
SPECIAL GUEST SINGERS: "THE, JOYFUL SOUNDS"_-
7:00 •p.n• .-EVENING . seaviCE •
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Tues. 0:00 p.m.4 BIBLE STUDY AND PRAYER
Friday 7:30 p.m—Youth Service
"A life of pleasure can in the end be the ,most sorrowful"
Fora further information about ch0rch services 04, 524-8506
Vict'oria Street United Church•
• HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP REV, LEONARD WARR
10 A.M:-,-Bibb School For All Grades
11 A.M.,..Worship -Service
Sermon:
"LOTTERIES ARE THE GREAT ILLUSION':
,BENMILLER UNITED CHURCH
+ 1:30 P.M. --Worship Service & Bible School
'W-- --: �=-=O—M---E
Mrs. Leonard Warr
`Victoria St. Organist Benmiiler Pianist'
& Choir. Director & Choir Director
Mrs. J. °Snider • , ,
North Street United `Church
REV. ROBERT L: RAYMONt
SUNDAY,. JANUARY 27, 1974
9:45 asci. -' 10 Oar olds and over
10:5D a.m." • Babies toM9'year olds
10',5' a.m. - Morning Worship
, HYMN SiNG SERVICE •
(Potluck Supper and Anlual Congregational Meating, 6 p.m.)
•
Lorne H. Dotterer - DirectOf of Music
Miss Clare McGowan • Aaaiststift Visitor
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