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Londesborough Lions' duck race another success
A beautiful day
The Londesborough Lions Club held its annual duck race on Sunday and, despite calls for
rain, the day was sunny, hot and humid. Robert Hunking's family took home the first -place
prize in the annual event. (Quinn Talbot photo)
At the beginning of last week, the
Londesborough Lions were
concerned about racing the ducks in
rain. But in spite of a forecast for
two days of rain last Sunday, May 27
was hot and humid and definitely
sunny.
Robert Hunking's family of
Bayfield was responsible for the first
duck to finish. The second -place
duck belonged to Barb Bosman of
Londesborough. Coming to the
finish line third was the duck of
Emma Greidanus from Goderich.
It was such a nice day for
swimming, duck number 295 took
its time coming in giving
Avery Wright of the Londesborough
Games, outdoor service planned for June 3
As has been the custom in recent
years, the UCW conducts the service
on conference weekend at
Londesborough United Church. On
Sunday, May 27, Londesborough
UCW President Bev. Riley
conducted the morning worship.
Marsha Szusz shared her gift of
music for the service and led a ladies
choir in the singing of the hymn
"Spirit of Gentleness".
The girls who gathered at the front
of the sanctuary for the children's
time heard "The Sunflower Parable"
read to them by Brenda Radford.
Logan wanted to plant sunflowers
that would grow all the way to
heaven. He was disappointed when
the flowers appeared to be dying
until he and his father talked about
how the seeds in the flowers would
provide food for the birds and people
around the world. And he would
save seeds to plant next year. He
learned that by working together
with his father and trusting in God's
help good things happened in the
garden.
Ann Adams read the scripture
passage from II Timothy, chapter 2.
These verses constituted a letter
from the Apostle Paul to Timothy
offering encouragement in his work
of teaching God's love.
Laura Scott and Bev shared the
message prepared by President
Church service led by MacGregor
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congregation welcomed Trish
MacGregor as their guest speaker.
Trish drew everyone's attention to
the announcements printed in the
bulletin and invited everyone to
greet one another.
The first hymn "God, We Praise
You for the Morning" was sung.
Trish lit the Christ candle on the altar
table. The call to worship was
repeated responsively followed by
everyone reading, "A New Creed."
The hymn "In the Bulb there is a
Flower" was sung.
The scripture readings were from
Isaiah 6:1-8, Romans 8. 12-17 and
the gospel reading was from John
3:1-17. The children's story was
"They All Saw a Cat." Trish had a
book with her and read the stories of
all that saw the cat. She showed the
pictures in the book to the
congregation. The dog, fox, fish,
mouse, bee, bird, flea, snake, skunk
and bats all saw the cat that saw the
world with its whiskers, ears and
paws. Even at the end of the story,
the cat saw the cat when it came to a
pool of water. God knows we are all
different and He loves us all.
The anthem was a duet by Cheryl
Cronin and Avon Corneil. They sang
the anthem "Did You Stop to Pray
This Morning?"
Trish's message to the
congregation was "Working in Us
and Others." The three scripture
readings were all based on the
relationship with God. Trish was
watching the conference videos on
YouTube from the London United
Church Conference instead of
during her regular chores around the
house. She had watched the video of
Gary Peterson's speech. He had
encouraged her daughter at the last
youth conference to find her voice.
Trish saw the spirit working in
these people. She asked her mother
if she was up to a road trip which led
them to London, to the ceremony of
the students being ordained. Hillary
MacDonald was one of those
students. Trish was pleased to see
that a busload of people from the
congregations of Blyth and Brussels
United Churches has made the trip to
London. God works through us as
we grow.
The next hymn "I, the Lord of Sea
and Sky" was sung. The offering was
received followed by the offertory
response "What Can I Do?" the
offertory prayer, the singing of the
hymn "Take Me As I Am" leading
into the prayers for the people, silent
prayers and the singing of the Lord's
Prayer.
The hymn, "0 Lord, My God" was
sung followed by the benediction
and the singing of the response
"Wherever You May Go I Will
Follow." Everyone was invited for
coffee, treats and fellowship.
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The hymn "In the Bulb There Is a
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of the service was sung.
The Sunday School will combine
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area the lame duck distinction.
The Lions Club thanks everyone
for their support once again. And
they also appreciate Bev and Helen
Wallace allowing the swim in their
backyard.
It never fails. In this area we seem
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summer without any time to
gradually get acclimatized to
warmer weather. This week I guess
will be the "season of the sticks",
dandelion stems some with little
white tops even.
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