The Citizen, 2015-01-22, Page 3THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2015. PAGE 3.
14/19 receives
charity status,
refocuses efforts
Just a precaution
When a fire alarm was triggered in an upstairs apartment on Blyth’s main street on Jan. 14,
the Fire Department of North Huron responded quickly. Fortunately, there was no fire and the
firefighters were able to return to the station, and their regular schedules, a few minutes after
arriving. (Denny Scott photo)
Campaign 14/19 has officially
received its charity status and
Administrator Karen Stewart said
the experience of obtaining the
designation was a worthwhile one.
“It really made us think about how
14/19 is going to benefit the whole
public,” she explained. “We went in
thinking that the renovations of
Memorial Hall and the educational
component would be what we would
providing for the charity
designation, but this process really
put our thinking on its ear and made
us look at how 14/19 is going to
provide education and awareness
and appreciation of art for the whole
community.”
Stewart said that prior to the
completion of the process, the group
was looking at Memorial Hall
renovations as the centrepiece of its
charity work, including aspects of
education, but to receive the status,
they had to think of 14/19 as more of
a whole project than a sum of its
three phases.
“Memorial Hall is a legitimate
donee for us to work with, but to get
the charity status, we had to look at
all three aspects of the project: the
Memorial Hall renovation
fundraising, the Centre for Canadian
Rural Creativity (CCRC) and the
rural fund,” she said.
The educational component will
consist of the classes that will be
held at the CCRC. The courses are
scheduled to begin this year focusing
on fashion arts, documentary
making, photography and
photojournalism. However Stewart
explained that the courses alone are
not enough to earn the charity
designation.
“Sharing the results of the courses
with the community is considered
part of what we do for charity,”
Stewart said. “We’ll have open
houses, an online gallery and free
public talks. That’s where the
education is going to be brought to
the public as part of the charity
designation.”
Stewart said that determining how
to bring that education to the public
was a good exercise in focus and
helped to further flesh out the plan
for the CCRC.
“We were in full fundraising mode
to work on the Memorial Hall
renovations,” she said, “but those
alone wouldn’t fully qualify us for a
charity. This really forced us to focus
on all other aspects of the project.”
Aside from that change in focus,
however, Stewart said that
everything else should remain the
same after the change in charitable
status.
“It’s exciting that all three phases
are moving forward right now
because we never wanted one phase
to get ahead of the rest,” she said.
“The big thing now is we’ve got the
charity designation and we can
continue to work towards the goals
of the campaign.”
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Bullied boy recreates self with kindness
Greeting worshippers at Blyth
United Church on Sunday, Jan. 19
was Marilyn Craig. Ushering were
Nancy Hakkers and Nicole Kerr.
Floyd Herman was music director.
Fred Hakkers ran the power point.
David Onn welcomed everyone to
church and drew attention to the
announcements printed in the
bulletin. Special mention was that
the ladies are starting to make pies
again on Feb. 11 for turkey pies and
Feb. 25 for beef pies. Call Joann
MacDonald if you wish to order at
519-524-9274.
David invited everyone to greet
one another. Reid Button was invited
to help David light the candles on
the altar table. The singing of the
new centring music, “Arise, Your
Light Is Come” was sung first time
by the choir and the congregation
joined in for the second and third
times.
Rev. Gary Clark led the prayer of
approach with sign language in the
response. The music “Rise Up, Rise
Up” was sung. The interactive
scripture was from the book of
Daniel and the story of
Daniel explaining the King’s dream
to him.
The children were asked to come
to the front for their story time. Rev.
Clark started out by telling the boys
that all they could see was his. Was
this right? The answer was no, it is
everyone’s house and also God’s
house. Sometimes people think that
everything is theirs, but it isn’t; they
are gifts from God. A way to say
thank you to God is to pray.
The children and congregation,
along with Rev. Clark, said a prayer
and then the children went
downstairs for their time of
fellowship. The choir sat and
listened to the anthem, “Star of the
East” sung by Cheryl Cronin and
Avon Corneil.
Rev. Clark’s message to the
congregation was “Comfort in the
Shadows”. After Christmas, we
don’t hear much about Jesus until
He turns up at the temple talking to
the priest and then again when He is
a grown man and comes to be
baptized. Jesus is thought maybe to
be preparing for the life that God has
chosen for him. Jesus knew that
people would be angry at Him for
challenging their beliefs. We have to
take the time to know what God has
in store for us. After Jesus was
baptized, He was ready for what
came His way. God never asks us to
do things He thinks we can not
handle.
We watched a video of a boy being
bullied who then changed schools
and went to the city to start over
again. He changed, he opened the
door for others and said good
morning and he became the person
who helps others. He came out of the
shadows and became a public
speaker. When being bullied we
should fight back with a little
kindness. We need to start with the
simplest things and step out of the
shadows to change the world. In our
prayers we can pray for others.
The hymn, “Born in the Night,
Mary’s Child” was followed by the
receiving of the offering, the
offertory response. “In the Bleak
Midwinter” the offertory prayer, the
prayers of the people and the singing
of “Make Me A Channel of Your
Peace” by Cheryl and Avon and the
singing of The Lord’s Prayer. The
last hymn, “My Faith Looks Up to
Thee” followed by the singing of the
“Three Fold Amen”.
Everyone was invited for coffee,
treats and fellowship before going
home.
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Mary might well complain of Martha!
(Charles Spurgeon, “Flowers from a Puritan’s Garden” 1883)
“Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing
is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from
her.” Luke 10:41-42
“The world eats up our time, our energies, and our thoughts--and God has but a
little share, little worship, little reverence.”
For the most part in our households, Mary might well complain of Martha, for
family cares still encumber many and keep them away from Jesus’ feet. Very
seldom are Christians nowadays too much in the closet, too much with their
Bibles, too much at prayer-meetings. Alas, the most of them are all zeal for the
world, the shop, or the evening party! “Martha, Martha!” we may well complain
to the Master of you--for you leave Him alone, and forsake His teaching--and all
for this poor, cumbering world!
Lord, help us to balance our duties, and thus may we serve you after the best
manner, through your grace.
A Grace Gem
Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church,
Listowel, ON 519-291-1956
Church offers PA day childcare
Sympathy is extended to the
family of David McDowell, who
passed away this past week.
Happy birthday to Ed Daer,
Wingham, who celebrates Jan. 23;
Mary Rouw, Gerald Kerr and Jessica
Sparling, Jan. 24; Fred Hakkers, Jan.
27 and Alvin Wallace, Jan. 28.
The Blyth Swinging Seniors
monthly meeting for January is on
Wednesday, Jan. 28 at Blyth
Memorial Hall at noon with a
potluck lunch and entertainment to
follow. Come out and enjoy the
fellowship.
A PA Day Child Care program is
being offered Thursday, Jan. 29 from
8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for kids ages
four to 12 years at the Blyth United
Church. Lunch and snacks are
provided, $5 per child donation. Pre-
registration is appreciated. Bring
along your mini sticks and Lego.
Call the Blyth United Church at 519-
523-4224 or e-mail:
blythunited@tcc.on.ca
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