The Citizen, 2010-02-04, Page 16PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010.Kerri Grant played the organ forthe morning service atLondesborough United Church onSunday, Jan. 31. Flowers on thememorial table had been placed inmemory of Angela Konarski by herfamily.
When the children gathered at the
front of the sanctuary, they noticed
that Terry Fletcher was holding a
straw, a knife, a fork and a spoon. He
explained that a group of friends
were having lunch together, a lunch
of soup, ham and bread and water.
However the friends chose the
wrong utensils for the serving of the
food, for example, a fork to serve the
soup. The children recognized the
problems and suggested how to
make it better.
Terry told them that each of themhas a particular gift that someoneelse may not, that by talking out theproblems each can use their gift tohelp others and make the worldbetter.Psalm 71, the responsive psalm, is
a prayer of praise that asks for God’s
deliverance. Luke 4 speaks of Jesus’
experience in the temple in
Nazareth, his hometown. The people
recognized Him but didn’t
appreciate His telling them that God
cares for all persons. When He
realized they were not listening to
Him, He walked away through the
crowd unseen.
The title of Terry’s message to the
adults was Staking a Claim. The
Jews of Christ’s time felt they were
the people favoured by God, theywere the most important. And theydid not take kindly to Christspending time with Gentiles,Samaritans and other persons theyconsidered sinners.Jesus regularly championed all
persons as equals. Terry pondered
whether people’s vision of God’s
love was also exclusive. Perhaps
Christians today want God to do
what we consider right not what God
feels is right.
However the Creator is intimately
connected to all His creation. His
love is an inclusive love. The
question becomes, unlike the people
of Nazareth, are Christians now
hearing what God is telling them and
spreading His love and caring to
everyone?Confirmation classes will happenin March. Anyone interested shouldcontact the church office or Mr.Fletcher. The presbytery youth minister,Kathy Douglas will be helping with
the classes.
The UCW is planning to make
frozen dinners to sell. They prefer
the dinners to be pre-ordered by
their meeting night on Feb. 15. The
dinners will be ready for pickup by
noon on Wednesday, Feb. 17. Cost is
$5 each. Contact Lynd 519-482-
7585 or Joan 519-523-9021.
There will be a Valentine lunch
following the morning service on
Sunday, Feb. 14. This is part of the
150th celebrations.
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The Happy Gang Seniors held
their first meeting of the new year on
Wednesday, Jan. 27 at the
Londesborough Community Hall.
Their gathering began with their
usual potluck meal at 12:30 p.m.
During the business portion of
their afternoon the group decided to
make a donation to the Salvation
Army in Clinton and to the
Londesborough Lions Club to assist
them with their current project of
repairing the brickwork of the hall.
The seniors welcomed Dave Riach
of the Davara Studio in Blyth as
guest speaker. The Davara Studio
specializes in glass, clay and wood
creations. The studio name is a
combination of first names of Dave
and his wife. Formerly known as
The Pottery, the studio is across
Queen Street from Bainton’s.
For the seniors, Dave
demonstrated and talked about
cutting and soldering glass pieces to
make sun catchers. It was evident
from his enthusiasm that Dave
enjoys this form of artistic
expression. The sun catcher he made
that afternoon was won by Keith
Tyndall.
The seniors will meet again on
Feb. 24.
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The three month education period
for the new distracted driving
legislation will soon be ending.
Starting Monday, Feb. 1 offenders
would be issued fines of $155 by
way of offence notices (tickets) at
the side of the road.
Since the Legislation took effect
on Oct. 26, 64 charges have been
laid and, 3,260 warnings were issued
by the OPP province-wide under the
new legislation.
The legislation makes it illegal for
motorists to use any handheld
communication and entertainment
devices while operating a motor
vehicle.
Although we have seen a decrease
in the number of persons using
handheld devices while driving, we
are concerned about the large
number of drivers who continued
to engage in this dangerous
activity.
“Distracted drivers are a safety
risk to themselves and others,” said
Const. Joanna VanMierlo.
“The OPP is committed to
ensuring the safety of all motorists in
Ontario.”
Fines begin for distracted drivers
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