The Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-12-21, Page 32PAGE 8B —GODERIc U SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1978
God's peau came as a tiny baby.
BY THE REVEREND
G.L. ROYAL, KNOX
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
It was an old
theologian, Schleir.
macher, who maintained
that in regard to God,
man possesses 'a feeling
of dependence.' He stated
that this feeling was
inescapable. We hale in
our very creation a need
to believe.
We may be tempted to
turn from God and
proclaim, "There is no
God," but Tillich would
advise that even this
doubt, this proclamation,
is an affirmation of His
Presence.
The very consideration
of God means something.
The very fact that Ike
dare to exercise our
thoughts on the subject
makes God real and
alive.
If J.B. Phillips could
say, "Your God is too
small," then Rudolf Otto
could also exclaim, "God
is absolutely unap-
proachable, absolutely
majestic and absolutely
.energy."
In the dim past the
Psalmist could sing,
"What art Thou mindful.
of me?"
God is certainly
inescapable. The subject
defies our denial. We are
haunted by Francis
Thompson's "Hound of
Heaven." We attempt as
human beings to explain:
and, when talking about
God, we use words like
"awe," and
"fascination," and
"holiness."
What we are admitting
is that God remains for us
totally incomprehensible.
He is an enigma. His
Presence is felt and
known, and but he must
continue inexplicable.
Rudolf Otto calls the
confrontation of man with
God ,'the ,rational in
relation to the non -
rational.' He does not
speak of God as
irrational, but as defying
what is rational. Man in
his createdness has not
the scope to understand
the magnitude of God.
Teergeston would say,
"If man were to un-
derstand God, there
would be no God."
Salvation lies within
the line of Creation. It is a
re-creation. Christ is the
"New Man." The true
'image' is found in the
Person of Jesus.
We are people who
think in terms of
'beginnings and endings'
and we are tempted to
think of Christ's coming
as 'an end to 'alienation
and sin.' We are tempted
to Stop at that point. Must
we not think also in terms
of continuation? Is there
not restoration in
salvation? Is there not a
harkening back to what
once was? Man's
disobedient action in
Adam and Eve broke the
image.
I have always liked
Martin Luther's
illustration when he
spoke of a mirror being
fragmented on the
pavement: looking down
into the broken mirror
one sees a broken image
of himself, an ear, an eye,
a tooth. The completed
and perfect image is
gone.
If we recall our Old
Testament, we will
remember that by
patriarch, prophet,
judges and kings, the call
to return was held toward
Israel.
In Christ, the final
revelation of God's
restoring desire, the Old
Testament comes to an
end. The New Testament
speaks of 'peace on earth,
goodwill towards all
men.'.'
God has always
possessed this "peace"
and this "goodwill" but
man was unreceptive.
The drama of Christ is
so magnificent that our
Once in Royal David's City
Once in royal David's City
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
Where a mother laid her baby
In a manger for his bed.
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ her little child.
He came down to earth from heaven
Who is God and Lord of all,
And his shelter was a stable,
And his cradle was a stall.
With the poor, and mean, and lowly
.Lived on earth our Saviour holy.
And through all His wondrous childhood
He would honour and obey,
Love and watch the lowly maiden
In whose gentle arms He lay.
Christian children all must be
Mild, obedient, good as He.
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Christmas Day
Worship Service
GODERICH
CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
Christmas Service
DECEMBER 25
10:00 A.M.
Christmas massage by Pastor W. A. Ludwig
You aro Invited to come and celebrate *he birth of
Christ with us In this spacial worship service. Spacial
musical prosontatlons by members of the
congregation.
Service to be hold in The Robertson Memorial Public
School. corner gf EIdoo and Blake Street,, Godorieh.
Everyone Welcome
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sinister'
st•u
attention is guaranteed.
Christ comes as the
Recreator. He is not
setting the clock back;
He is correcting the
clock. He is restoring the
malaise to healthiness;
He is bringing the
fragments into a
oneness.
In believing, we are
brought into the state of
salvation. We are seeing
the entire process from
Creation and realizing it
as God's own way. We are
restored, restored to the
image and likeness,
restored in the fulness of
God's kingdom. We see
Salvation as a con-
tinuation of Creation. God
at no time was in-
different; it was man who
proved wanting.
It is a simple truth that
Dr. Ragner Teigen
propounds, "there can
' never be a divorce bet-
ween the head and the
heart.
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night,
-so long ago.... when once, for a shining hour
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heaven touch earth and hope was born anew!
Map his -ou blessings surround now
g y and always.
McCallum funeral Home
CAMBRIA ROAD AT EAST ST.
God gave us both. He
meant us to use our in-
tellect and intelligence.
The head and the heart
are united in marriage,
and both must be used in
seeking our redemption.
If we use only the head,
we can become cold and
austere; if we use only
the heart, then things can
happen like the recent
horror in Guyana.
It is wrong to imprison
either head o'% heart. Both
must be free to ex-
perience the recreating
power of God.
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CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
BAY9fIELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET
EVANGELISTIC — FUNDAMENTAL
REV. R. BRUBACHER Pastor
10:00 A.M. - FAMILY BIBLE SCHOOL
11:00 A.M. - SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SERVICE
SERMON:
"MEET THE CHRIST OF CHRISTMAS"
7:30 P.M.
ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT SERVICE
CHRISTMAS STORY ON THE SCREEN
SUNDAY, DEC. 31st
9 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT
WATCH NIGHT SERVICE
SEE THE FILM - "OUT THERE"
Wed. 7:30 p.m. Prayer & Bible Study
WELCOME TO THE FRIENDLY CHURCH
i . t Victoria Street United Church
1878-1978
Minister: Rev. John D.M. Wood, B.A.B.D. 2
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Organist and Choir Director: Mrs. J. Snider
CHRISTMAS SERVICE
and Sunday School
10:00 A.M. Victoria Street
11:15 a.m. Benmiller
Knox Presbyterian Church
2THE REV. G. LOCKHART ROYAL, B.A., M. DIV.Ministe
THE REV. RONALD C. McCALLUM, Assistant.
'LORNE H. DOTTERER, Director of Praise
ADVENT IV - Sunday, December 24
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Service is at 11:00 a.m.
Sermon: "THE CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS"
(Nursery Facilities)
Family Service - Sunday School Withdrawn
• - Christmas Eve Services
7:00 p.m. Family Christmas Service
%3 11:30 p.m. Traditional Vesper Service
2 Enter to Worship Depart to Serve 2
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;THE SALVATION ARMY �
2 18 WATERLOO ST. S 524-9341
"0 COME LET US ADORE HIM 2
2 CHRIST THE LORD" 2
CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT 2
9:45 A.M.
11:00 A.M.
7 CANDLELIGHT SERVICE AT 7:00 P.M.
( CHRISM
—WE WISH YOU AND YOURS A VERY JOYOUS 2
_.(The hand of God in the Heart of Goderich)
Officers Lieutenant & Mrs. Neil Watt
An Are Cordially Invited To Join Our Fellowship 2
% ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH
Rector: The Reverend Robert J. Crocker t
% Organist -Choirmaster: Joseph B. Herdman
2 Fourth Sunday in Advent CHRISTMAS EVE December j
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% 11:0a a.m. Festival of the Nine Lessons and Carols. i
Special music by the choir.
- 2:00 p.m. Holy CommunAlbert.ion, carols, at Christ Ch�Irch,
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2 11:30 p.m. Midnight Eucharist, carols, brief address. j
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2 CHRISTMAS DAY
9:30 a.m. Family Eucharist, carols, children's
[ message.
8:30 a.m. Holy Communion.
11:00 a.m. Church School and nursery.
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2 BEREA-BY-THE-WATER i
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Gibbons St. at Suncoast Drive 2
i SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1978 2
7 9:15 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR ALL %
( 10:30 A.M. WORSHIP
SERMON: 2
"
HE COMES: THE SAVIOUR OF THE i
I LOST" (
( 7:00 P.M. WORSHIP FEATURING THE CHILDREN i
WORSHIP 10:30 A.M. CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL 2
Marvin L. Barz, Pastor 524-2235
"Preaching peace by Jesus Christ: He is Lord of all" tg
O . Acts 10:36
Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle
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10 A.M. THE FAMILY SUNDAY SCHOOL 2
11 A.M. CHRISTMAS WORSHIP 2
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Corner of Elgin arid Waterloo Streets
Pastor: C. Fred Day
Christmas Choir Medley
Christmas Message by the Pastor
7 P.M. BREAKING BREAD TOGETHER
"Christmas Communion Service"
December 31 - 10 p.m.
"MY. SON, MY SON"
80 min. full length motion picture
film
"Come and bring the whole family"
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 2
Montreal Street (near the Square)
Edward J. Anderson, Pastor
Organist Mrs. Leonard Warr
9:45 A.M. MORNING WORSHIP
11:00 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL
EVERYONE WELCQME
HOLINESS BIBLE MISSIONARY CHURCH
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Sunday school 9:50 a.m.
Classes for all ages
Worship Service 11:00 a.m.
Prayer 6:30-7:00 p.m.
Evangelistic Service 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Night Prayer and Praise
Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God
Huron St. & Walnut St. Matthew 5:8 2
G. Clair Sams , Pastor
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524-2785
I North Street United Church
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The Rev. Ralph King, B.A., B.D., Ministe-
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Miss McGowan, Visiting Assistant
Mr. Robert Blackwell, A. Mus., M. Mus.
Director of Music
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1978
The Fourth Sunday in Advent
No Senior Sunday School until January 7, 1979
Church School for ages 4 through Grade 6 from worship
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COMING?"
WORSHIP - 11 A.M.
"WHERE ''IIS CHR;$T
The Michael Scott Family will Tight the Advent Can-
dles.
The Senior Choir:
Christmas Introit - Gibbons
A Son Is Born Of Mary - Wetzler
Torches - Joubort
WORSHIP - 7:30 P.M.
A brief family service of carols and the reading of the
Christmas Story. There will be no sermon.
The Bill Hassati Family will tight the Advent Candles.
Medley of Christmas Music by the McMillan Family
2 The Senior Choir:
He Is Born - arr. Wetzler
The Christ - Child Smiles - Whitehead
Nursery Facilities At Both Services
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