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Dow, MacDonald lead Memory Garden service
An annual tradition
The Blyth Memory Garden's annual remembrance and dedication service was held over the
weekend. Blyth and Brussels United Churches minister Hillary MacDonald was the guest
speaker for the service, while Ernest Dow of Living Water Christian Fellowship also performed.
(Quinn Talbot photo)
UCW craft, bake sale set Nov. 9
Greeting worshippers at Blyth
United Church on Sunday Sept. 17
was Marilyn Craig. Ushering were
Nicole Kerr and Lissa Kolkman.
Susanna Lyman was guest pianist
and Katie Dockstader, choir director.
Hillary MacDonald welcomed
everyone to the church service. She
drew everyone's attention to the
announcements printed in the
bulletin. Special mention that the
ladies are making meat pies
beginning Oct. 4 for turkey and Oct.
11 for beef. Fruit pies can be ordered
as well by calling Donna Moore at
519-523-9855. The choir is reminded
that choir practice will resume after
the church services beginning on
Sept. 24. Hillary also mentioned that
the UCW is holding a craft and bake
sale with additional vendors on
Saturday, Nov. 9 at Blyth United
church from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. The
UCW will meet in the church parlour
on Thursday Sept. 28 at 1 p.m. Emily
Phillips thanked all the volunteers
who helped in any way with the
renovations to the sanctuary –
without them the improvements
would not have happened.
Hillary invited everyone to greet
one another and to remain standing
while singing the first hymn "Let Us
Build a House." The call to worship
was said responsively followed by
the prayer of approach. The scripture
readings were from Exodus 15:1-11,
20-22 and Romans 14:1-12.
Hillary explained that a dream of
someone to renovate the sanctuary
grew and became a committee and
then a reality and now we celebrate
in this new welcoming place. The
choir sang the hymn, "How Great
Thou Art" as their anthem. Hillary's
message to the congregation was
"Creating a New Vision."
In the scriptures, Paul tries to deal
with two different groups of people
with different ideas. One follows the
rules and customs while the other
group wants to try new things and
ideas. Paul says neither should be
judged, as both are God's people.
Society also struggles with who
should be welcome. Jesus never
sides with one side or the other. He
considers them all God's people.
Let's be ready and fully welcome
everyone who comes through the
doors.
The next hymn "Draw the Circle
Wide" was sung. The offering was
received followed by the offertory
response "Praise God from Whom
All Blessings Flow", the offertory
prayer, the singing of "Where Two
Or Three Are Gathered", leading
into the prayers for the people, silent
prayers and the singing of the Lord's
Prayer. The last hymn, "Great Is Thy
Faithfulness" was sung. The
benediction was followed by the
singing of the response "Take Up
His Song". Everyone was invited for
coffee and treats and fellowship with
one another.
A long-term project
Throughout several years, and a significant number of staff
changes, the Mill Street infrastructure project has remained
high on North Huron Township's to-do list. The project,
which includes digging up portions of Mill and
Westmoreland Streets, finally started earlier this month.
Westmoreland and parts of Mill Street will be inaccessible
during this first phase of the project. (DennyScottphoto)
Special Meeting
NORTH of Council
HURON
Monday, September 25, 2017
7:00 p.m.
Wingham Town Hall Theatre
274 Josephine St., Wingham, ON
Representatives from the OPP will present a Police Service Costing to
service the Town of Wingham. Members of the public are welcome to
attend and hear the presentation.
www.northhuron.ca
From Marilyn's Desk
By Marilyn
Craig
Call
523-9318
Happy birthday to Bruce Wheeler
who celebrates Sept. 21; Hunter
MacDonald, Sept. 22 and Sadie
Chalmers, Sept. 25.
Shoot winners for Sept. 12 were:
first, Brock Vodden; second,
Dorothy Carter; third, Sharon
Freeman; most shoots, Mae Ritchie,
four.
Shoot is played every second and
fourth Tuesday of the month at Blyth
Trinity Anglican Church Hall. Come
out and enjoy the fun and fellowship.
Next shoot will be Sept. 26 at 1 p.m.
Coffee break at the Christian
Reformed Church is starting Oct. 4
at 10 a.m. Clinton's Miki Nott will
be speaking. Everyone is welcome.
Many family and friends attended
the annual Memory Garden
remembrance and dedication service
held at the garden on Sunday, Sept.
17. Hillary MacDonald, minister at
Blyth and Brussels United Churches
was guest speaker. Pastor Ernest
Dow accompanied the hymns with
his guitar. Brock Vodden brought
greetings from North Huron Council.
Diane Ferguson gave a short history
of the garden and volunteers who
look after the garden.
Donna Moore closed the service
and invited everyone for treats and
refreshments and encouraged
everyone to take a look around the
gardens. Diane had displayed
pictures of the garden at different
times throughout the year. Next year
the date for the service is changing
to June to get a different view of the
garden.
FROM BLYTH
MURDERED!
(From Spurgeon's autobiography)
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our
justification. Romans 4:25
There was a day, as I took my walks abroad, when I came by a spot
forever engraved upon my memory, for there I saw this Friend, my best,
my only Friend...MURDERED!
I shuddered, for I had known this Friend full well, He never had a fault —
He was the purest of the pure, the holiest of the holy.
Who could have injured Him?
For He never injured any man — all His life long He "went about doing
good." He had healed the sick, He had fed the hungry, He had rased the
dead — for which of these works did they kill Him? He had never
breathed out anything else but love — and as I looked into the poor
sorrowful face, so full of agony, and yet so full of love — I wondered who
could have been a wretch so vile as to pierce hands like His. I said within
myself, "Where can these traitors live? Who are these that could have
smitten such a One as this?
And as I looked upon that corpse, I heard a footstep, and wondered where
it was. I listened, and I clearly perceived that the murderer was close at
hand! It was dark, and I groped about to find him. I found that, somehow
or other, wherever I put out my hand, I could not meet with him, for he
was NEARER to me than my hand would go.
At last I put my hand upon my bosom. "I have you now!" said I — for lo,
he was in my own heart — the murderer was hiding within my own
bosom, dwelling in the recesses of my inmost soul!
MY SINS were the scourges which lacerated those blessed shoulders, and
crowned those bleeding brows with thorns! My sins cried, "Crucify Him!
Crucify Him!" and laid the cross upon His gracious shoulders.
His being led forth to die is sorrow enough for one eternity — but MY
having been His murderer, is more, infinity more grief than one poor
fountain of tears can express.
If Christ has died for me, as ungodly as I am, without strength as I am —
then I cannot live in sin any longer, but must arouse myself to love and
serve Him who has redeemed me.
I cannot trifle with the evil which slew my best Friend.
I must be holy for His sake.
How can I live in sin — when He has died to save me from it?
A Grace Gem
Submitted by Immanuel United Reformed Church,
Listowel, ON 519-291-1956