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Art work
Sara Johns, left and Courtney Karounos, Central Huron Secondary School students showed
their artistic side during the recent Epic Shift Youth Festival Event this past weekend in Blyth.
(Vicky Bremner photo)
Did anyone else notice how bright
the moon was on nights around the
last weekend of January? When I
checked the calendar I realized Jan.
30 was designated the first full
moon of the year. Ergo it is called a
‘wolf moon’, a name from Native
culture and the idea of wolves howl-
ing at a bright moon on cold winter
nights.
It was and will be the biggest and
brightest full moon of this year. On
the clear nights around that weekend
moon surface details were much
sharper.
In each orbit of the moon, which
takes roughly one month, the moon
reaches a point when it is closest to
the earth, called perigee. Once or
twice a year that perigee coincides
with regular full moons.
That is what happened on that
weekend.
Studies into connections between
strange behaviours and full moons
have been inconclusive. However
science recognizes full moons have
an effect on weather such as high
tides.
Remember how bitterly cold it
was that weekend? It was a bright
day on Saturday, and Sunday people
experienced some quite unexpected
poor wintery driving conditions.
Perhaps because of that full
moon.
The character attribute under
consideration at Hullett Central
Public School for February is perse-
verance – staying purposeful and
committed.
Principal Shawn Allen notes that
perseverance is the most important
and essential key to success in any-
thing one accomplishes. He will
stress to the student body that the
person who succeeds in anything is
the one who is determined and per-
severes even if they fall more than
one time along the way.
The student council has designat-
ed on Friday, Feb. 12, another spirit
day. Students are encouraged to
dress in red and white for
Valentine’s. Grades 4 - 8 will have a
dance in the afternoon that day.
The Grade 8s are selling pre-
ordered Elmira Poultry products to
raise funds for their grad trip to
Camp Celtic. Products may be
arranged through a Grade 8 pupils or
directly through the school. These
are great items for one’s freezer.
Fishing was the theme that ranthrough the whole service atLondesborough United Church onSunday, Feb. 7.During the children’s time severalboys and girls helped Terry Fletcher
do actions on the dias. They pre-
tended to row their boat across from
side to side and throw in their net to
catch fish. They returned to shore to
hang their nets to dry.
Jesus decided to use their boat to
sit in and teach the people gathered
on shore. Then he instructed the
fishermen/children to row out again
and toss their nets one more time.
This time all the children had to help
pull the catch into the boats.
The fishermen hadn’t wanted to
throw in their nets again but Jesus
encouraged them to trust Him.
When they obeyed they caught
many fish. Terry wanted the chil-
dren to recognize that they need
only do as instructed and good
things may come of the action.The morning scripture reading,Luke 5:1-11 was the story enactedby the children. Following this mir-acle, Jesus called Simon, James andJohn as the first disciples. David the
writer of the responsive psalm,
Psalm 138, recognizes in his prayer
of thanksgiving that God will do
everything He has promised for His
people.
Simon Peter experienced an unde-
niable miracle that day of fishing.
He had called Jesus "master" to that
point, a term of respect for a mentor
or teacher. The miracle of fishing
filled him with fear and he hid.
When called by Jesus to be a disci-
ple, Peter called him "Lord", which
recognized Jesus as his leader.
Typically, that day Jesus talked to
the men and the crowds ‘ in their
language’, in terms they would
understand from their daily life. Mr.
Fletcher wondered how Jesus might
speak to each of the congregants intheir daily life or work week. Would each of them recognizeHim? Perhaps when one feelsnudged to do something out of theordinary, something that defies
logic, it is Jesus doing the nudging.
Terry urged everyone to not ques-
tion the feeling but to ‘trust and
obey’.
Perhaps by trusting our lives and
our world may change. Where and
when we least expect it there may be
fish. The fish symbol has remained a
living reminder of the miracle that
day on the Sea of Galilee.
As February’s celebration for
Londesborough United’s 150th
anniversary, everyone is invited to
remain following the service on Feb.
14 to enjoy a Valentine lunch
together provided by the official
board.
Melody Van Dorp, who has just
returned from Haiti, will be the
speaker at the UCW meeting onMonday, Feb. 15. She will talkabout her work at an orphanagethere. The evening will begin withdessert at 7:30 p.m.Orders for frozen dinners must be
in by that evening, Feb. 15. One can
order by stopping by the post office
or by calling Lynda or Joan. Dinners
will be ready for pickup by noon on
Feb. 17.
Have a heart during this month of
February, the heart month, and drop
a food donation in the box in the
narthex to help build up supplies at
the Salvation Army Food Bank.
The Sunday school invites every-
one to join them at the Blyth arena
on Saturday, Feb. 27 for their annu-
al skating party.
Rocking the house
Streetcore from the Clinton area rocked the room at
Memorial Hall on Sunday during the Epic Shift Youth
Festival. (Vicky Bremner photo)
NEWS
FROM LONDESBORO
By BRENDA
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Fishing theme of United Church service
Consideration HCPS attribute