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The Citizen, 1986-09-10, Page 27From the Minister's Study THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1986. PAGE 27. Worshipping together in the body of Christ BY REV. CHARLES CARPENTIER BRUSSELS-ETHEL UNITED CHURCHES Read Ephesians chapter 4. “The Unity of the Body” and “The New Life in Christ”. For the past five years, the Boards attempting to minimize strikes BY TOBY RAINEY A report released by the Huron County Board of Education Sept ember 2 may speed up the collective bargaining process in any future disputes between Ont ario school boards and teachers, if its recommendations are adopted. The Huron County Board of Education has supported the pro posals presented in the report by the Ontario School Trustees Com mittee (OSTC), which are aimed at amending Bill 100, the bill which defines the bargaining process between teachers and school boards. John Elliott, Huron trustee for E. Wawanosh, Morris and Blyth, is the local board’s repre sentative to the Review Commit tee. If the amendments are adopted, the length of time over which a teacher’s strike can drag on will be substantially reduced, by putting pressure on the teachers to settle quickly. Put simply, the new model could be described as “nocontract, no work.” Under the existing Bill 100, mediation in disputes is not mandatory, permitting strikes to drag on and on, to the decided detriment of students and of congregations of Ethel United Church and Knox Presbyterian Church in Ethel, have been worshipping together as one body in Christ. In Christ we belong to God and to each other. This is the faithful fact. Now, maybe some of the mem ratepayers’wallets. Underthenew proposal, notice to bargain must be givenby January 15, teachersmust deliver theirfirst brief by February 15, and if no agreement is reached, a mediator will be appointed by April 30. The final offer by the school board must be presented on or before August 15, and the teachers would be required to vote on this offer prior to the first day of school. If no settlement can be reached, the bill would require a full withdrawal of all services by the first day of school, and the Egg producers feed hungry About 60 Ontario egg producers are donating more than $17,000 worth of egg powder to help feed the world’s hungry. Voluntary, individual donations by producers as well as staff members of the Ontario Egg Producers’ Marketing Board will send approximately three tons of egg powder to Ethiopia, where it will be distributed by the Menno- nite Central Committee. The project was initiated by egg producers in Perth and Waterloo Counties. Tom Graham, the two counties’ bers may not fee! this. They may have very little tangible evidence of it. Indeed, at times they may feel quite cut off from the body, and outward observation may affirm that to be so. Our task, then, would seem to be that of working toward the idea of being one body. As Christians, however, we are strike would continue until a settlement is reached, or until the government legislates an end to it. The OSTC Bill 100 Review Committee feels that the proposed model would put extreme pressure on both sides of a dispute to reach an agreement quickly, rather than permitting the process to drift along without deadlines, as it can under the present bill. Mr. Elliott points out that until a final vote is taken at the Ontario School Trustees Council later this month, the proposal can not be seen as the official position of the OSTC. director on the Board said the producers were concerned about ongoing food shortages and want ed to contribute to relief efforts. “Eggs are so nutritious and egg powder is such a good food supplement we felt it was natural that we should make a contribution of our own product,” he said. “In this country we take food so much for granted it’s hard to imagine huge numbers of people dying from lack of food. It’s time we realize how lucky we are and do something to help.” not to live by feeling or by appearances. We are to live by faith. We are called to pin our lives on the facts revealed to us in Christ. One of those facts is that we are all one in Christ. So, as we go through life, let us remember that the people we meet, those with whom we eat and talk, those with whom we work and play, are all our fellow members in the body of Christ. What we do and say affect them for good or ill. What they do and say affect us for good or ill. And all together we affect the whole body of Christ for good and ill.andinturnthewholebodyof BRUSSELS UNITED CHURCH King Street invites you, your family and friends to join us for Morning Worship and Sunday School 11:00A.M.SUNDAYMORNINGS ASPECIALINVITATIONTO ALLTHOSE WHO HAVE RECENTLY M0VEDT0 OUR COMMUNITY. i Blyth Christian Reformed Church HIGHWAY4, BLYTH Rev. Roger Gelwicks Worship Services 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Sunday School 11:00 a. m. TheChurchof the “Back to God Hour” and “Faith 20” Back to God Hour 10:30 a.m. CKNX, Sunday Faith 205:00 a.m. weekdays, Global T.V. ALL VISITORS WELCOME humanity. “If one member suff ers. all suffer together; if one flourishes, they all rejoice togeth er.” Today then, let us watch out- words. our tones, our actions. Let us express what we mean and mean what we express. Let us offer sincere appreciation, but stop all flattery. Let us say what we believe, even though it may not gain approval. And let us stop singing, and saying, and praying whatwe don’t believe. “Let us speak the truth in love; so shall we fully grow intoChrist" ....each part working properly. BUSINESS DIRECTORY Ward & Uptigrove Chartered Accountants Listowel Mitchell R.B. C.D. R.E. C.W. Brouse, C.A. R.H. Loree, C.A. G.J. Martin. C.A. 291-3040 348-8412 Karcher, C.A. Newell, C.A. Uptigrove, C.A. 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