The Citizen, 2008-08-21, Page 3THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2008. PAGE 3.
Happy anniversary to Scott and Sal
Bromley who celebrate Aug.
19.
I hear by the grapevine that I
missed a very important milestone in
July, so happy 50th wedding
anniversary to Corrie and Alvin
Wallace of Blyth who celebrated on
July 9.
Visiting at the home of Rev. Kathy
Douglas and Rev. Gary Clark on the
weekend were friends from St.
Thomas, Troy and Crystal Van
Ginkel and their family Areal and
Daaron.
BLYTH UNITED CHURCH
Greeting at Blyth United Church
on Sunday,Aug. 17 were Fred Meier,
Terry Richmond and Joan and
Lavern Clark. Lynda McGregor was
director of music. Ushering were
Brenda Brooks, Nicole Kerr and
Terry Richmond.
Rev. Gary Clark introduced
a friend who played the guitar
and sang for the congregation.
The call to worship was followed
by the choir singing, Draw the
Circle Wide and the congregation
was asked to join in, the first
hymn All Creatures of Our
God. The scripture readings
were from Luke and Genesis.
The next hymn, Lead on O Cloud
of Presence, was sung.
Rev. Clark asked the children,
What special thing they wanted.
Things people really want, they
must have hope that they will
happen, he said. Everyone
said a prayer together and the
children were given pictures of
camping to colour.
Rev. Clark’s message to the adults
was Danger, Falling Ice. Rev. Clark
walked up the street shortly after he
arrived in Blyth and read a sign on a
building that said, Danger Falling
Ice. This doesn’t happen in 25°C
weather.
Sarah and Abraham thought that
having a baby at their age was
impossible too.
Also many people are told never to
sing and many of these people love
to sing even though they can’t carry
a tune. These people lose their fear of not singing. There are many things people are afraid to do but they must let go of the fear and do them anyway. Jesus prepared His disciples to go out into the world and tell of God’s love. He tells them therewill be splits in many households.Some will choose
faith in God and others will
not.
People can draw the circle wide by
being concerned with the global
world. The world needs God’s word
and it will not be easy, the fear is
going to be there.
People are often afraid that they
are going to have to give up their
way of life but this does not have to
happen. Have faith in God and He
will show the way.
Welcome
Rev. Gary Clark is the new minister at Blyth United Church.
He preached his first sermon Aug. 10. (Bonnie Gropp photo)
Blyth United Church congregation
has welcomed a new minister.
Rev. Gary Clark arrived officially
Aug. 1, and led his first service Aug.
10.
After graduating from seminary in
Prince Edward Island in 1988, Clark
settled first in Saskatchewan for six
years before moving to Manitoba.
He remained there for 13 years, with
the exception of one year when he
served as intentional interim
minister at a church in
Stratford.
The job of an intentional interim
minister, he said, is to “exorcise the
ghosts, both good and bad, of
previous ministers.”
He explains that in the case of a
long-term pastoral charge, it can be
difficult for a new minister to come
in and not be compared to his
predecessor. “In that case an
intentional interim minister shakes
the dust off so they are already used
to someone else before the new one
comes in.”
On the other side of this is when
something has gone wrong between
a minister and the
congregation.
The situation in Blyth is neither of
these, however, as Blyth had been
without a minister for over a year,
and Clark was looking for a change.
His partner, Kathy Douglas, is the
new youth minister for the Huron-
Perth Presbytery. “Once we knew
she was being settled in this
Presbytery, that’s where I began to
focus my search.
In the United Church when a
church is looking for a new minister,
they first form a joint needs
assessment committee to discover
the congregation’s needs. “This is
important for the congregation to
take seriously so they aren’t
searching for the same thing over
and over,” said Clark.
Then the search committee, with
representatives from the Presbytery
send out what is essentially an ad in
the church circles. If there is interest
a call is put out.
“In this case I heard they were
looking,” said Clark, who is here on
an open-ended call.
Clark’s focus as a spiritual leader,
he said, is insuring that everyone’s
gifts shine, not just his. “My
understanding is that over the last
18 months this congregation
has discovered a lot of their own
gifts. I want them to grow in those
treasures they’ve already
uncovered.”
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