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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-10-18, Page 9Religion B ii1e Society officifeatured niversary service at church's The 151st anniversary service at Knox Presbyterian Church in Goderich on Sunday Oct. 19 will feature Rev. William R. Russell, general secretary of the Canadian Bible Society as guest speaker at the 11 am service. The anniversary will also feature a pro- gram of sacred music in the evening star- ting at 7:30 pm with David Hamilton, direc- tor of praise at St. George's, John De Jager, tenor soloist from Knox Church and Lorne H. Dotterer, director of praise from Knox Church. The offertory will go towards the church's organ fund. William R. Russell was born and rais- ed,and received his elementary and secon- . University College, the University of Toron- to (B.A. in Honours Philosophy, 1961),and at Princeton Theological Seminary (M. Div., 1964). In September, 1964, he was ordained by the Presbytery of New York City of the (then) United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, and was inducted as assistant minister at the historic Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church. While serving in New York, he became actively and en- thusiastically involved in religious radio andtelevision broadcasting. He was also directly involved in the production aspects of the premier performance of Duke Ell- ington's first Concert of Sacred Music. In 1968, he was called to become senior minister of the Wyoming Presbyterian Church in Millburn, New Jersey, a suburb of New York City and Newark. During his five- year pastorate there, he was a superviser in Princeton Seminary's `teaching church' program for the practical training Of seminarians; he also became an im- aginative leader in the liturgical experimen- tation and renewal characteristic of American protestantism in the early 1970's. October, 1973, saw Russell return to Canada to become senior minister of Mon- treal's church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, 'the cathedral church of Canadian Presbyterians'. _ With that post came a number of associated responsibilities — as an honorary chaplain to the Royal Montreal Curling Club ... as a governor, and eventual- ly vice-chairman of the board of Trafalgar School for Girls ... and as the padre, and a serving officer, in the Black Watch. (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. During the political, economic and social upheavals experienced by English-speaking Quebecers in the late 1970's and early 1980's, he emerged as an articulate and respected spokesman for the Anglophone community of Montreal. At the same time, his fluency in French, and his willingness to conduct bil- ingual weddings, funerals, baptisms and other worship events, drew many Fran- cophones into the membership of his con- gregation. He was particularly prominent in ecumenical activities, and was a charter member of Montreal's Inter -Faith Coor- dinating Committee. Denominationally, he has served the Presbyterian Church in Canada as moderator of the,Presbytery.of Montreal, as a senator of the Presbyterian College in Montreal, and as chairman of the General Assembly's Nominating Committee and Special Committee on National Unity. In April, 1983, Russell was inducted as general secretary, and chief executive of- ficer, of the Canadian Bible Society, whose national offices are located in Toronto. Since then, he has been a guest speaker in all 18 districts of the Society, travelled several tunes trona eoasi to coast across Canada on behalf of the Bible cause, and visited the United States, Mexico, Panama, all of Central America, and 10 countries in Eastern and Western Europe to study Bible Society work abroad. In demand as a preacher in both Canada and the United States, he has also occupied pulpits in England, Scotland, West Germany, Poland, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras. Russell was married in November, 1962, to the former Elizabeth Ann Trotter, also of Windsor, who has worked for the Canadian Bible Society as a bookkeeper in the Mon- treal District Office and now serves as Com- munity Relations Coordinator in the Na- tional Office in Toronto. Becaue of her travels with her husband, she is emerging as a popular Bible Society spokesperson in her own right. The Russells have three children, all students: Sarah, at the University of Toronto: Kirk, at Upper Canada College; and Rebecca, at Lawrence Park Collegiate near their home in Toronto's Lawrence Park. Although his present responsibilities allow very little time for leisure activities, Russell is a keen sailor, and enjoys collec- ting and restoring Canadian antique fur- niture for the family cottage on Lake Erie. GODERICH SIGNAL -STAB, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1986—PAGE 9 11, ■or -ora a l! • ,111111111111111111111 1111-111 Ii NI OLIN PICK YOUR OWN APPLES (or already picked) Way Varieties Available. MACINTOSH WINDFALLS Iso Available: Fresh Apple Cider, Pine River Cheese, Fresh Honey, Potatoes, Squash, Pumpkins, (Pie & Halloween) HOURS: (Bring Your Own Containers) 8 A.M. TO DUSK L}' SSALINE FARM MARKET and ORCHARDS 6.5 km. South of Goderich, past the Drive -In on Concession 3 & 4 of Goderich Township. Follow the signs. United church appoints rural position to support farmers during current crisis London Conference of The United Church of Canada is pleased to announce the appoint- ment of John A. King of Kinghurst Farm near Hickson, Ontario as the Rural Life Worker for London Conference. With the farm crisis affecting all rural chur- ches and rural communities in Canada, the Conference, which is mainly rural in nature, ' ' felt'i'slll"ed't ' alSpdi it shine&ne tfi Work *Rh the rural community, preferably in an • ecumenical manner. King is to listen to the rural: community, help in the understanding of the magnitude of the problem, help the community of all churches work together for support, for social change, for political reform and for political action. King is to work with people in the food pro- duction chain, farmers, equipment dealers, feed mill workers, elevator operators and others, to establish base communities who will share the Biblical Story and its implica- tions for change so that our calling.in the rural church as worker and Christian may work together. King is particularly suited for this position. He is a graduate of the University of Guelph in agriculture, has worked for the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and has farmed'dP the family farm since 1957. His family has lived on this farm for four generations. Hellas worked in the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, locally and provincially, Ontario Dairy Herd Improvement Association, and in Crop Improvement Association in Oxford. He has lectured in Livestock Management at Fanshawe College. He has been active in his own church and has served The United Church of Canada as chairperson of Oxford Presbytery and was the first layman to serve as president of London Conference.. He has also been active in the church damping and Christian Development programs. While serving as president-elect of London 'Conference, he attended h workshop -on Chris- tiane in s Lation Amel�ira • j"'in. Cuernavaca, Iexte�r�s1 tid ing de�ae"k3' liineitt basecon - munities" and liberation theology. Much of this training will assist King as he begins working with rural groups in the London Con- ference area. This appointment was made possible by a grant from the "Ventures in Mission" (VIM) campaign with The United Church of Canada. This is a development ministry of the Con- ference and National Church. Bishop of Uganda will visit in October Rt. Rev. Benoni Ogwal-Abwang, Bishop of the Diocese of Northern Uganda, and his wife Alice, will visit friends in the Anglican Diocese of Huron Oct. 12 to 19. Bishop Ogwal studied for the priesthood at Bishop Tucker Theological College, Mukono, Uganda. Ordained in 1969 in the Diocese of Northern Uganda, he was appointed curate of . Christ Church, Gulu. A year later, he became assistant secretary of tLe ecclesiastical Pro- vince of Uganda. 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