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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-02-28, Page 94, ,• a , it -STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1980 Festival The second annual Festival of Sacred Music involving choirs from Goderich, Clinton and Seaforth will be held at North Street United Church, Goderich, on Sunday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m, Last year the Festival took place at Wesley -Willis United Church, Clinton, with over 500 people in at- tendance: The purpose of, this sacred music concert is to provide an opportunity for church choirs in the area to share musical ••! • -I of Sacred Music to be held an atmosphere of fellowship. The format includes an afternoon rehearsal under the direction of a— guest conductor followed by an evening concert open to all interested people in the community. Again this year the guest conductor for the 110-vdice massed choir will: be H. Alex Clark of London. Mr. Clark is a„ past director of music North Street United Church, Goderich. Presently he is director of --experiences together in -rdus-ie- --at-- Metr-opolitan Anglicans to try Bert Such, D.C. Chairman, 'Ways and Means Comniittea' of the -Royal Canadian Legion Branch 109, right, presents George Parsons, modern service president of Goderich Elevators, with a gift for being guest speaker at the dinner Saturday evening. (photo by Cath Wooden) 11 ter's sivemocritmotweratrimmomaciagmer Lent leans more than abstinance THE REVEREND , say 'so be it', can we FATHER E.J. • share redemption. • ENTINGER What is the penitential PASTOR OF character of Lent? ASHFIELD PARISH Basically, we are asked "If anyone wants to be to change our hearts and a follower of mine - let lic,.es, to respond .more• him deny himself ,.and f'eadily to the promptings take up his. cross and of the Spirit. To this end, • •follow me". These are the Lent is a .period to pay words of . Jesus as given closer attention to the • • by the evangelist Mark ill Word of God, a period of the -eighth chapter of his •• more ardent prayer,• gospel. private personal 'prayer For too long Lent has and prayer withthe been identified with fast community of the people • .' and abStinence alone. hf God. ... .: ..Today the Church -asks 'us .. .Lent then is a .time of to return to the fun- personal growth, Each ,---da•dientel--eapp•e-it--ef-1,ent -PP r1111 IS"--e-accalr-ageli-t-Q— as a bok6ic preparation for. choose a way of life that the feast of Easter: the will he a greater central . Mystery of . our . fullfilmerit of • the bap - faith. tisrri al .commitment. Lent During Lent, the i, a time to reflect, to community of •Go'd's examine priorities, to ask people is led to an intense '. the Spirit • to oneself.. to • spiritual experience. The Christian- maturity, to „Spirit leads the Christian sT ra i ght en our warped people into the'desert: as v.lays, to lead us from he once led Christ.. He i.; . dirliness and to deepen leading us to ,.tul'u‘ a oi.e- faith, our hope and • greater part irr-pricy,.!r. our love. As the writer • penance, conversion and Wilfred Grenfell said so renewal. . • . well: • "Real joy comes . Lent is calling us to a not from ease or riches or deeper sharing in the from the praise of men, Easter myst.Eri, By hut from doing something dying Christ destroyed "korthwhile"•' our death, by risking He restored Our life, He who created • us without our help will not save us without our consent Only • if you say 'yes', or.l.y • you consent u.) only if we too ebtmiq hart Give... THE HEART FUND The people of the Anglican Church of Canada are being asked to "try out" a new, modernized form of they Communion Service or Holy Eucharist. Strangely, however, it is not expected to Cause anything like the furor a complete new Prayer Book has:caused south of the border in the Episcopal Church in the U.S.A. even though Canada's new rite shares much in common ''ith that book. The group. responsible for creating the new service is the Doctrine and Worship Committee of the General Synod of the Church. Its Chair- man, the Rt. Rev. H.V.R. Short, Bishop of the Diocese of Saskat- chewan, commenting on whether the new Eucharist will cause controversy in .the Church said, "I think there will be some, and I think we have to proceed very slowly. People love the Prayer' Book as they've known •it. They love the language even if they don't always un- derstand, and I'm not absolutely persuaded how important lucidity is when you're talking • The Bishop said, "I really hesitate to talk • about new°forms, they're not new. The shape is the same but there are, certain thin.gs revised. The langiiiage is different. That is sdmething which I ,think • causes more distress than anything else - the fact that the Elizabethan language of the familiar Book of Common Prayer has been left behind." , The new Communion Service is available now in booklet form so that WHEN IT COMES TO congregations can ac- tually use it and get a "feel" for it before it is presented for acceptance at the church's General Synod in June 1980. Bishop Short cautioned, "I want to make it quite clear that the Doctrine and Worship Committee is not a self-appointed authority trying to push something on the Church. The National Executive Council approved this publication and the Bishops arefree to use it or not as they choose. We, have submitted it to the Church at large, to the N.E.C., to the House of Bishops and we are planning to present this to General Synod." Even if -General Synod does pass the new Eucharist it will not replace the present Prayer Book Version. It will be' a4ailable as an alternate, just as there are already modern versions of the Baptism, Marriage and Burial Offices' which. earlier received the approval of, General Syn.od and' are now in use as alternative Services. Another member of the Doctrine and Worship Committee, the Ven. John McMulkin pointed out one of the interesting --a-sprects------of-----tfre- new Eucharist. Because of similar revisions going on in other countries among • several' —. •denominations there is a kind of "levelling off" going on so that American - and English ' Anglicans and Canadian • Lutherans and Roman Catholics would feel very much at home with the new Anglican Eucharist. Copies of the proposed new liturgy are available from the Anglican Book Centre, 600 Jarvis St., Toronto M4Y 2J6. United Church, London, and music consultant for the Elgin County Board of Education. In addition, he is well-known as a choral and instrumental adjudicator in music competitions across Canada. 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"IT'S INCREDIBLE" THE BIBLE HAS ALL THE ANSWERS • SIGNS OF THE LAST DAYS AND THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST Nation sha• ll rise against nation, kingdom against kingdom Matt. 24:7 Earthquakes, Famines and Pestilence Matt. 24:7 Men shall run to and fro , Dan. 12:4 Knowledge shall be increased Dan. 12:4 Wars and rumors of wars Matt. 24:6 Evil men shall wax worse and worse 2 Tim. 3:13 As in the days of Noah • Matt. 24:37 Restaurants and Taverns • Matt. 24:49 • False Christs Matt. 24:5, 11-24; Mark 13:22 Failing away from faith WilMT-elitlufe-sound irdttrrne Scoffers who don't care to hear of •Second Coming of Christ • They shall -say peace and safety • Men walking after their own lusts • Heaping treasures for last days False Preachers' • Men andnhorses out'of work Automobiles , Air Ships Perilous times Disobedient to Parents I Tim. 4:1, 2 -2-1Trii: 4:2, -3,-4" the 2 Peter 3:3-14 • I Thess. 5:1-3 • Jude 16, 17, 18 James 5:3-6 Matt. 24:11 Zechariah 8:10 Nahum 2:3-4 Isaiah 31:5; 60:8 • 2 Tim. 31 " 2 Tim. 3:2 Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of .God, having a form of Godliness, but denying the power thereof 2 Tim. 3;4, '5 Jews returning to Palestine Is. 11:12; Jer. 32:36-42 Coming World Dictator 2 Thess. 2:174; Rev. 13 Length of his rule .. Rev. 13:5 Some svifl worship him Rev. 13:8 Doom to those that _worship him. Rev. 14:9, 10, •d• Picture 6f last war - Dan. 12:1; Matt. 24-21, 27 Jer. 25:29-33 Gospel preached among all nations .... Mark 13:10 Signs in the sun, moon, stars ... distress of nations ...Men's hearts -failing • them for fear - Luke 21:25-27 "All thee are the..beginning of sorrows. The • end of all things is at hand. Watch ye, therefore, • and pray always that ye may he accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass and to stand before the Son of man." Matt. 24:8; Luke 21:36. Only one way to escape John 3:16-20 Without the shedding of blob(' is no remission. , • For this is My blood of the New Testament which.is shed for many for the remission of sins. 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