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The Citizen, 1993-12-01, Page 19HURON CHAPEL MISSIONARY CHURCH PASTOR JAMES H. CARNE AUBURN 526-7515 Sunday - 10 a.m. — 11 a.m. — 8 p.m. — Wednesday - 8 p.m. — Friday - 7:30 p.m. — Family Bible Hour Morning Service Evening Service Prayer & Bible Study Youth - Pastor Bob Lewis, 526-7441 • BRUSSELS UNITED CHURCH Rev. Cameron McMillan Church Office 887-6259 Manse 887-9313 11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship - "Christmas Communion Service" - Church School - Nursery 9:30 a.m. - Ethel White Gift Service - Congregational Potluck Luncheon "There's a voice in the wilderness crying - A call from the ways untrod" MELVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BRUSSELS Rev. Carolyn McAvoy 11:00 a.m. - Morning Service - Sunday School 9:30 a.m. - Belgrave Service We welcome you to come and worship with us. Brussels Mennonite Fellowship Community Potluck 6:00 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4 WORSHIP SERVICE 7:30 p.m. Refreshments and games to follow. Come and Join the Fun! Sunday, Dec. 5 SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT Worship Service 9:25 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 10:30 a.m. COME AND CELEBRATE IN WORSHIP Pastor Tom Warner Elder John Baan 887-6388 887-6967 PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1993. From the Minister's Study Tragic news, nothing new By Don Valr Belgrave One evening last week as I watched the 9 p.m. news on CBC, I heard the words "crisis, weapons, assassination, retaliation, murder, fear, violent behaviour" to name only some. There was a special report focusing upon the violence perpetrated against women on the streets at night. With regularity, we see heart breaking accounts of the innocent victims of war and AIDS. This kind of news is nothing new, is it? It is the norm. No wonder that many have such overwhelming feelings of hopelessness as they try to cope with their own personal problems on top of it all. It is no surprise that people are popping tranquilizers and sleeping pills at an all time high. Without doubt, the heart of the problem is the problem of the heart. No, not that mechanical pump that is central to the well being of the body, but rather the heart that God The Blyth Christian Reformed Church has had a very busy weekend. On Nov. 27 Rev. John Van Till led some members in a workshop based on the goals of the church. The day started at 10 a.m. and continued until 4 p.m. In discussions people talked about the good things of the church as being open, loving, praying and alive. They discussed ways of becoming a more productive church within the church as well as in the community. The Sunday morning service began with the greeters Murray and Doreen Siertsema welcoming everyone and Barb Vanderlie and Kara-Lee Potter ushering. Then Ben Ten Pas and his family lit the first advent candle. The sermon started with Rev. Heersink reading Matthew, chapter The first advent candle was lit during the Sunday morning service, Nov. 28, at Brussels Mennonite Fellowship. Robyn Horst, aided by her father. Jim Horst, lit the candle at the front of the sanctuary. Thelma Steinman and Kathy Procter were in charge of the congregational singing. Rob Demaray was worship leader. looks upon, out of which Jesus said "proceeds evil thoughts, murders, adultries, fomications, theft, false witness and blasphemies" Matthew 15:19. King Solomon in Proverbs talks about the heart as being not only a place of knowledge and prudence but a place of perverseness, deceit, pride, lust and envy...among other things. Jeremiah 17: 9 says, "the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked, who can know it?" Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) said "materialistic scientists say that the brain secretes thinking as the liver does bile. They make the brain the centre of thinking. The Bible makes the heart the centre of thinking, and the brain merely the machinery the heart uses to express itself. This point is very vital in our judgement of men". "God never judges men by their brains, He judges them by their hearts." God has provided a correct diagnosis and cure for the heart 1. The sermon title was "It runs in the family". Matthew, chapter 1 deals with the genealogy of Jesus. It starts with Abraham and goes through many, many generations until Jesus. Some may find this chapter boring. Rev. Heersink said, but when you go through all the names you can see that a lot of them are familiar, as many have stories written about them in various chapters of the Bible. God chose ordinary people to be in the line of Jesus to fulfill his promise of salvation and God was proud of these people, Rev. Heersink said. God knows how sinful people can be yet he accepts us if we repent our sins, he said. Rev. Heersink related this to families. If we have someone who is important or admired in some way we are very proud of them, but Pastor Tom Warner preached from Isaiah 9: 107. ''The Community Praise group held its weekly service on Saturday evening and also celebrated the first advent service of the season. Next Saturday, the Community Praise will hold a pot luck supper for any interested persons, at 6 p.m. prior to the worship service. t- , trouble of which we speak. Again, as with every Christmas down through the years we hear the message "Joy to the world the Lord has come; let earth receive her king; let every heart prepare him room". "0 Holy Night" says "Truly He taught us to love one another: His law is love and His gospel is peace. Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother and in Hif name all oppression shall cease. Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we. Let all within us praise His Holy name". If we as individuals and our world as a whole, would turn to the Messiah Jesus Christ, and in genuine repentance from self and sin invite Him to come into our hearts as Savior and Lord; and peace, joy, comfort and love that these grand old carols speak of, would be worked in us and through us. 0 that all humanity would sing with sincerity the words "0 come to my heart Lord Jesus, there is room in my heart for Thee." if that same person did something that was embarrassing we are very quick to say that our relationship with that person is not that close. He said, in this season of Advent we can rejoice in the fact that God sent his son Jesus for us to wash away our sins. No matter how sinful we are Jesus is not ashamed of us. Jesus wants us for his brothers and sisters. • At the close of the service the congregation said goodbye to Rev. Heersink and his wife Iefke, who are now retiring from the ministry. He was thanked for his leadership, sermons, visits and fellowship. To start this Christmas season there will be the Community Candlelight Christmas service, held at the Blyth Christian Reformed Church on Sunday evening, Dec. 19. Anyone who wishes to share musical talents with song or instrumental music will be invited to do so. Dessert and games will follow the service. Next Sunday the Youth Group will have a Christmas dinner at Garlands following the Christmas Education Hour. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA You are welcome this Sunday December 5 - Advent 2 Holy Eucharist Trinity, Blyth St. John's, Brussels 9:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m. Rector, The Rev. E. Paul Acton, 887-9273 You are WeCcome at the BLYTH CHURCH OF GOD 9:45 a.m. - Sunday School for Children and Adults 11 - 12:15 - Morning Worship Bible Studies - Wednesday 10 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. Phone 523-4590 McConnell St., Blyth LISL BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH HIGHWAY 4, BLYTH-523-9233 Guest Pastor: Rev. G. Heersink Sunday 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The Church of the "Back to God Hour" and "Faith 20" Back to God Hour 10:30 a.m. CKNX Sunday Faith 20 5:30 a.m. Weekdays, Global T.V. elf Visitors Welcome Wheelchair accessible Blyth CRC has busy weekend Advent candle lit at service c What choices Linda Rankin of Listowel checks out some of the vast assortment of handcrafted wooden items which were available at the Ethel Presbyterian Church sponsored craft, antique and flea market. The sale was held at the Grey Central Public School on Nov. 27. Organizers Bob and Olive Cunningham says the event went very well, with good crowds in the morning and more expected later in the day.