The Citizen, 2010-02-25, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010.
Church dresses red for V-Day
The senior choir of
Londesborough United Church sang
the anthem, The Everlasting Arms
on Sunday, Feb. 14. Members chose
not to wear gowns that morning in
favour of touches of red. Both the
sanctuary and the Sunday School
room bore touches of red as well in
keeping with Valentine’s Day.
When the boys and girls came to
the front for their time with Terry
Fletcher, he told them a story about a
young eagle. This young bird fell
from his nest on a windy day. As a
result of his fall he ended up on a
turkey farm and grew up believing
he was a turkey. He gobbled and
never tried his wings.
One day an eagle high in the sky
spotted him and swooped down into
the farm yard. He told the young
eagle that he was not a turkey. When
the older eagle convinced the
younger bird to try his wings, the
young bird flew high. He never again
acted like a turkey.
Terry stressed to the children that
they must always soar according to
how they have been raised. They
should stand on their own when
others may be trying to influence
them. Terry wants them to be eagles
and be special.
The morning’s responsive psalm,
Psalm 95 is full of praise to God for
His love to His people. The scripture
passage was the familiar love
passage written by the apostle Paul,
1 Corinthians 13: 1-13.
The title of Mr. Fletcher’s message
to the adult was, The Word is Love.
He stressed that love, God’s love and
Christian love, is inclusive. The
apostle Paul states that love is the
essence of life. Terry asks, “If love
makes sense, why don’t all of us
show more of it in our daily lives?”
He suggested that we all try as
often as possible to live with love for
all peoples and our world. For we are
agents and examples in the world of
God’s all inclusive love.
There was a small congregation on
hand for the morning service at
Londesborough United Church on
Sunday, Feb. 21 for the service was
at 9:30 a.m. This allowed the Auburn
congregation to hold their annual
meeting following their service at
Londesborough’s regular time. The
senior choir sang, Jacob’s Vision as
their ministry of music.
This month’s Minute for Mission
was read by Lynda Horbanuik and
was titled, Thankful Giving. It was
the story of how the Moores
throughout their lifetime gave time
and money generously to the United
Church’s Mission and Service fund.
They believed this manner of giving
helped improve the lives of whole
communities. Upon their deaths, the
couple left a legacy to the fund. They
wanted the church to look beyond
themselves as they always had and
help others.
During the children’s time at the
front, Terry told them a story about a
fox and a lion. The fox and all the
other animals in the jungle feared the
lion. But the fox decided he didn’t
want to live in fear and went about
each morning trying to make friends
with the lion. When the fox got up
the courage to ask about the lion’s
family, the lion took him home to his
hungry family. The fox was never
seen again.
Terry reminded the children that
life holds some scary things and they
need always to be careful and wary,
to not let one’s guard down. He
reminded them that God would
always protect them, if they asked
Him.
Being tested was the title of Mr.
Fletcher’s message to the adults. He
suggested that one might
wonder why this story is included in
the scriptures. It is included so we
might realize that God understands
that we are tempted throughout our
lives.
Christ was tempted in the same
ways we are. The devil appealed to
Christ to use His power to improve
His life economically, politically and
theatrically, even quoting scripture
to impress Him. But Christ realized
that everything the devil offers is a
lie.
So, how does one recognize the
devil or temptations in life? We must
understand our own points of
vulnerability. Our temptations are
intended to distract us from what is
right. It takes a strong will and trust
in God to recognize the signals of
temptations.
The congregation of
Londesborough United and the
Londesborough community extends
condolences to Barry and Kendra
Brohman and family. Barry lost his
mother, Lorraine, on Feb. 13.
There will be a short board
meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 24
beginning at 7 p.m.
Londesborough United will hold
their annual meeting and final JNAC
meeting following the morning
service on Sunday, Feb. 28. A
pancake and sausage lunch will be
provided between the church service
and the meetings.
The family movie night is Friday,
Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. The Amazing
Panda Adventure will be shown that
evening. Everyone is welcome.
The Sunday School invites
everyone to their annual skating
party on Saturday, Feb. 27. Skating
will be from 4-5 p.m. followed by a
chili and hot dog lunch. Families are
asked to bring finger food desserts.
NEWS
FROM LONDESBORO
Hello snow!
While it has been a mild winter for the most part, snowmobilers were able to get out onto the
snow last weekend for Londesborough’s Snowarama to benefit the Easter Seals. (Vicky Bremner
photo)
The Happy Gang Seniors held
their February card party at the
Londesborough Community Hall
on Friday, Feb. 12. There were 16.5
tables of euchre players that
evening.
Rita Flynn and Verna Gibbings
won first place by a long shot,
scoring 84 points. The second
place couple, Murray and Marlene
Forbes tallied up 74 points. Eric and
Kathy Driscoll took home
third-place money with a score of
73.
There was a tie for most lone
hands. Five lone hands were played
successfully by Bob and June
Thomas and Edythe and Doreen.
The next card party will be
March 12.
Seniors hold February party
The Blyth Kings Midget boys
broomball team travelled to Barrie to
play at the provincial broomball
tournament held at the Barclay and
Stroud arenas, Feb. 12-14.
Blyth played a very strong first
game against the Windsor Riots on
Friday afternoon. Each team went up
and down the ice taking some shots
on net, but neither team could score
until the last minute of the first
period. Windsor took advantage of
their scoring opportunity with a
quick wrap-around the net to slip the
ball past Blyth’s goalie and
score.
The second period saw several
penalties awarded, but neither team
could score on their power play.
With minutes left in the game Blyth
pulled their goalie to try and even up
the score. The Blyth Kings hit the
crossbar and made some nice shots
on net. With only 10 seconds left in
the game, Windsor slipped down the
ice and put another ball into the net
earning their team a 2-0 win. The
Blyth Kings played a strong game
against this team and should be
recognized for their efforts.
Saturday morning saw the Kings
up bright and early to play against
their local rivals, the Seaforth
Stealers. In regular season games
Blyth dominated their opponents
boasting two wins and no losses
against Seaforth. Possibly the early
hour hindered Blyth’s speed and
focus on the game and they just
didn’t pull together to play a strong
game. Goalkeeper, Wyatt Bearss
made some awesome saves to stop
his opponents from getting on the
scoreboard. The game ended in a
scoreless tie forcing sudden death
overtime. Seaforth manoeuvered
past Blyth’s defensive players and
took a nice wind-up shot and scored
to win the game. This was a
disappointing loss for Blyth, putting
an end to their tournament playing.
On Feb. 19, the season ended with
a fun night of broomball playing
against the midget girls and some
parents.The Blyth Kings had a large
team this year with 16 players. The
captain was Greg Roetcisoender
with assistant captains Mike
Rawlings and Alex Sanders. The rest
of the team members were: Wyatt
Bearss, Greg Boyle, Hunter Broda,
Murray Dale, Derek deBoer, Marc
Dery, Zach Drost, Lucas Frawley,
Brody Grummett-Nairn, Jon
Hakkers, Tyler Hallahan, Tyler
O’Rourke and Ryan Stute. The Blyth
Kings were coached by Matt Nairn
and Gord Stute.
Blyth Kings finish
season in Barrie
The Blyth Brussels Bantam girls
defeated Mitchell 3-1 in the second
game of the provincial playoffs in
Blyth, February 17.
Justine Reid, in goal, was
pummeled with shots by Mitchell
early on in the game until the local
girls seemed to wake up and play
hard.
Nicole Middegaal fired up her
team with a short-handed goal which
got the girls going. Mitchell
came back to score, but before the
second period was over Jordyn
Sholdice popped one in the
net to give the local team a 2-1
lead.
In the third period both teams
were playing hard. With just over a
minute left in the game Mitchell
pulled their goalie, taking advantage
of the fact that Blyth-Brussels also
had a penalty.
The tension of the final moments
was relieved for the home fans when
Heidi Raynard got a break-away and
scored into the empty net to nail the
victory.
Goalie Justine Reid played
amazingly well and deserved much
of the credit for the victory.
The next home game is February
28 in Brussels against St. Marys at
5:30 p.m.
Bantam girls in playoffs
This past weekend in Lower Lakes
Female Hockey League action, the
Saugeen Maitland Lightning AA
Midgets gained a 2-0 Provincial
series lead, winning their second
game in a best-of-five against the
Stratford Aces on Friday night, Feb.
19 by a score of 4-0.
Sarah McGall had the shutout,
with Ona Mezenberg, Marcie
Landman, Dollee Meigs and
Lindsey Ceaser getting the goals.
On Sunday, the Lightning won the
first game in a best-of-three series
against the Cambridge Roadrunners
by a score of 1-0. Emily Kelly
earned the shutout with Sara Gossell
netting the lone goal of the game.
The Saugeen Maitland Lightning
will be playing game three this
Tuesday night in Howick against the
Stratford Aces, hoping to clinch a
spot at Provincials. Admission is
free.
Lightning up in provincial
series against Stratford 2-0
The team skipped by MikeAlexander captured first play in theJanuary-February draw at the
Brussels Curling Club.
Alexander’s team, made up of
vice, John Dorsch; second, Jeff
Cardiff; and lead, Jeff Thompson,
scored 48.5 points.
Steve Knight skipped the second
place team with 46 points, Mike
Boven, vice; Douwa Top, second;
and Debbie Campbell, lead.
The third place team, with 38
points was Steve Steiss skip; Sandra
Josling, vice; and George Zwep,
second.
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