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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-05-18, Page 11luque oilers, or! :It legant, Comp IS ,tgoostsAY, -MAY 11404 1 St. Helens U. C. W . The May meeting of the 'St. Helens U,C• W. Was held.at the:: home of Mrs, Don Cameron. Mrs. T. 'I . Todd opened the meeting with a hymn, Scripture. and. Prayer, The roll call, name a missionary and where stationed,, was answered by 18 members. and 3 yisitors. Mrs Mintz: was in charge of the program. A poem, Evange- Itze, was read, followed byray- er.by Mrs. W. i. Miller, Mrs. . Lorne Woods gave: the topic on • ",Evangelism. and Missions" , Mrs.' $intz dealt, with the. newstudy book. Readings were given by Miss W. D. Rutherford, Mrs. S•. F. Green , Mrs, John Cameron and Mrs. Gordon MacPherson, 'A hymn and prayer by Mrs. Mintz closed this part of the ine.eting.. Mrs. Lorne Woods„presided.for the business. Mrs. Frank 'IVIeQuill- in , secretaryread the minutes and reported over $51 had ,been received for the Easter °Thankoff ering.' An'1nvitation was received to attenda tea and bake sale on. May .17 at thehome of Mrs. Wharry. in Lucknow .An invitation From `Brick::U. C. W... to join with them on their bus trip May 18 to Toronto to visit the;city mission United' Church. House, Covenant'; College and the new city_hall. It was announced a quilting will be ' held in the basement of the church: in May or�June A sale of bulbs and plants was held at the close ofthe meeting which netted $7.80. The meeting was closed with a hyriin.and pray- er by Mrs. L .Woods. The host -1 esses,`Mr`s: Don Pannabecker_and Mrs. W E. Rice, served .lunch. 414•WityrIlWiC" !! r+ ' ail orinik 1G TIM LUCKNOW SaNT.INIL, •t LUCKNOW, ONTARIO.. PAO* 'X 41 H.: . Pine River OCW .Unit 1 (Amberley. News) Mrs. Bert Irwin of Ripley •was hostess for Unit .1 of Pine River United Church for'the May meet ing .There was an attendance of." twenty-four. Mrs. Eldon Bradley' presided. The secretary, Mrs. Ernest Thompson, read the minutes and correspondence. Nineteen ' • hospital gowns, which were' made and sent to'Korea were acknow ledged. and. gratefully received. The roll call was answered with, the word 'mother' The U,C.W ;Purpose and. Prayer- were repeated. Mrs, George Wightman gave. the • treasurer's report, and Mrs: Mer- !vyn Hooey gave a report of the • Presbyterial meeting which was ;held ,at. Paisley; Mrs, Sant Gibson also gave her report: of the meet Mrs. Morris Reid was convenor for the devotional period' and read a poem, entitled !Mother' .` . The theme of the ;meeting was motherhood. A passage Of script- ure from the book. of Samuel was. read by Mrs. Morris Reid; ,in which the story of,Hannah was; told. .:She. prayed for a 'son,. and her prayers (were answered. She said that as... long as he liveth,he Shall be lent oto the Lord. .The scripture reading was given by Mrs. Mervyn Funston Viand was followed with readings by Mrs, E. Bradley, Mrs., H. Pillen, Mrs,. I. Ferguson, Mrs, S. Gibson Mrs. and M g r . Wesley Robb,, A poem, "Who will take Grand - Mar was read by Mrs. Morris Reid, A tape recording on "Peggy Way and the Women Folk" was interesting, and brought out many thoughts on Christian service. After the benediction, a dainty. lunch was. served and a social hour was enjoyed.. Mrs. John. Ferguson gave the courtesy ,remarks, thank- ing Mrs, Irwin for her hospitality. PO. River / Unit 2 Unit 2 of Pine River United Church held their May meeting' on,Tuesday evening with an ,att- endance of ,twenty-eight., Mrs. Donald Courtney presided and Mrs.,. Elden Lowry was secretary. The Meeting opened by repeating the ` U: C. W. Purpose and Prayer. Af- ter f -ter the' roll call, which was ans- 4wered with the word 'mother',. Mrs.. Carrick C'olling gave a je- port of the' Presbyterial which was held at Paisley. • Mrs. C. Culling wasconvenor for the worship: service, .thae theme.. tieing '"Quest for the chrfstian lam Taking part were. Mrs. Carl . Hooey Mrs 'Allan Irwin, Mrs; Lorne Henry, Sandra Pillen and Gail Messenger. The scripture reading by .Mrs. Lorne Henry ,was followed with prayer by Mrs.,. All- an Irwin. A duet by Sandra 'Innen and Gail Messenger` was accom- ' panied'by Mrs. Robert Courtney.. A Mother's .Day reading was - given by Mrs. Allan Irwin. "When` is a Christiane family" was given in dialogue by Mrs, 1-1, Pillen, Mrs, Murray Walden and Sandra :Pilsen. The meeting • closed by repeating family pray- ers. Mrs. Eldon: Bradley gave a` tape recording .on -” Peggy Way and the Women Folk which •:was interest- ing'. After the benediction:by Rev. H. 'Pilsen, :lunch was served harean by; rite ;committee in charge g. d, a .social hour was enjoyed. • Gauntry Church, Is Now Urban ANK. ONTREAL, `Lucke ow Branch: MILTON RAYNER, Manager amnia tablast "The Church is- mostly. 'urban" said Rev. 'Stewart lCrysdale, Assis tam Secretary of the Board, of Ev- angelism and Social Service of . the United Church of Canada when addressing the Bruce Presby- : tery Evangelism Planning Fellow- ship held at Southampton,United Church on Saturday, May:lst,, *Mr-, . Crysdale thought that people•of rural areas are.now- lar- gely urbanized in thought and life as well as citypeople due to television , hydro .etc. Profound changes for the life of the family community and the Church are taking place due to increasing technology, automation and. use of computers: • Today, the•,Church .has two roles, 'nam!e ly , . to conser/e . our heritage ofvalues: and to change man's understanding of God. Thee Church should innovate necessary change even though.costly and • painful. as it came to be for Christ, "What is evangelism for? asked Mr. Crysdale..thinking,of new ideas concerning evangelism and than the evangelistsupreme was Christ who went out among the. people, .An evangelist is a bearer of good.news: Every. • Christian shouldbe bearing the good news in home, community acid dailywork through , bettor und- erstanding and loving concern ex- pressed in word and deed.. in this, way he will relate men more fully to God ,and to other people; The Christian will also try to see the most- urgent needs such as that, of making worship more Understand- able and meaningful.: A better 'effort should be made, by the Chur- ch to instruct people in how to deal with the.problems and needs of the lonely, young married couples,. unwed mothers nen-church goers, Indians,' those whose marriages are failing etc. Greater effort should also, be made to generate more warmth and enthusiasm in - kingse The ladies of the Langside S., met on Thursday, May 12, at the home of. Mrs. Wes Young. The afternoon was' spent quilting for. save the`bale.•' The roll call was answer, ed by 8 members and 1 visitor. The President, Mrs. Charlie Tif- fin conducted the business period.' Mrs. Conley invited the ladies to' • her home for the>:next meeting. Mrs. Gordon Wall and Mrs. Welsh are to prepare the program..: It was decided to' answer the roll call with your' favourite hymn: Sever- al letters were read by the secret- ary.- The' Presbyterial at Teeswat- er.:on May 26 was discussed`. The afternoon was brought to a close with. the hostess serving lunch. w Presbyterian'. Cuckoo • W M The Women's Missionary Society of the. Lucknow Presbyterian Chur •ch met on. May 4th with the pres- ident .Mrs. Morgan Henderson, in the chair. The meeting opened with prayer by the president, and the Aim and. Purpose of the W. M. S, ' The topicwastaken by Mrs.. Ken Chester, Roll call was answer- ed with a verse from Lamentations. Mrs, Philip Stewart and Mrs.. , Harry Nixon took part in the pray- er circle. Readings. were given by Mrs. James Little followed by the Bible.Study by Mrs, Charles Cooke. Mrs. Henderson gave an interest- ing report on the Synodical which • met in Drummond, Hill Presbyter- Ian Church, Niagara Falls, in April: The meeting elosed with. prayer by the president. Secure High School For Bible School (Contributed by The Lucknow' Ministerial Society) Various things have been done' since we°wrote the last article. The Revs.. :Kaiser 'and •McLeod ,. visited .a meeting of the School ..Board, and'upon our request. we received permission from'the ' Board to use the High School and 'all its`facilities in Lucknow for our Bible School. We are :most grateful for that, . and rejoice in the co-operation that we are rec- eiving from many people. LastWeek, :Mondayevening, a • ek, . g, meeting'was held for teachers in the. Presbyterian Church - of Lucknow That, too was a gratifying sight. No less than 8 teachers were pres- ent., and two more have indicated their, willingness .to. teach. This is wonderful, for we have over-.' come the two most difficult prob lems, that of a place and'that of a good staff. On that :evening the' materials were given to tie teach- ers for home Study. Various matt- ers were discussed, among which the problems that May arise due to'thetime in which we have planned our .Vacation Bible School, July 4-15. However,; it was decided to keep the date as 1t was, since many of the activit- ies are going on all summer. . . We were able to secure some numbers as to pupils. •With 4 ' grades 'reporting from our public school in Lucknow, we arrived at a totalof 60 pupils, , Four more: grades have to respond' yet; and' we hope to know• a Tittle more. next week. If this can be taken as an average, then we are look- ing forwards to the possibility of some 150 2;.0 pupils.— The - ;schools of Belfast. Langside, Holy' rood, Dungannon, St. Helens etc, have received application forms last•week, and the result of that should be in by•this time. •, All°in alh it is beginning to • take shape.,. There is a great deal to: be done yet, but there is at the same time great willingness' to get things done. ' Announce- ments will be made in the church- Church hurch- church life and to get men, as a'. vast resource of power, to take more• active interest in the Church' - life and work. Among those leading in•the Plan- ning lan-ni 'g Fellowship were Revs. G. V. Ba 1, .Ripley and H. t, 'Pillen,. Pine River,..who, led in devotions, Revs,' L. Keays, Paisley and C. •Plant, Lion's Head, who led in discussion. and Rev. R. Chapman who was in charge of the literature display and'book sales. • Father C. Caruana lede ., opening . prayers for the May meet- ing under the leadership 'of the new president, Mrs. Carl Reigling The secretary's.` andktreasurer's re- ports were read to .the.22. mem • hers present. Our social action convenor reported eight greeting. cards'were sent to the 'sick.. Mrs, Rita Howard; . Spiritual Convenor, described the meaning and use of the word "Amen".. .The Educ ational Convenor read from the C.W.L4. handbbook.the object and policy the C. W. L,. Completion of plans for the catering to the :Knights of Colum bus Corporate Communion Break- .fast on May 28 were finalized. A May Crowning' sponsored:by, the.: '. `C. W, L. will take place. on May , 29 at the S.30 Mass. New business was brought 'forward. - and forward:and discussed. 'A' birthday party will be heldfor the residents of Huronview on; July, 20: at 2 p.m. The. Council':: Communion Sunday Will be the second: Sunday of each month. and the t monthly meetings will be the sec md` Monday, of each month All meetings will' be held through the two summer: months and discontinued in January and February. An interdenominational' 4H club. will be established this ' fall if there are enough interested a girls and mothers. Handmade articles for the July.. garden 'party are to be handed in - - to the section leaders no later than June .15... One apron and two .mis- •cellaneous . items are required from each lady of the parish.. The meeting was closed with a prayer and lunch was served. a _ es, and very soon by. means of posters, etc. Another teacher's meeting' has been scheduled for- - Thursday, May 26, 8.00 p.m, in the Church Hall of the Anglia- an Church in Lucknow. We need helpers, boys and girls and young. people to assist our. teachers..; - Finally one thing we have fore gotten to mention; Vacation Bible School•will be held every day. Monday through Friday, from 9 to 11.45 every morning The final program will be on Friday . . evening, July 1b , in the Auditor- ium of the High School. - .J . rl rYs:.uiga'++r. 1614