The Citizen, 2001-11-14, Page 16MELVILLE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BRUSSELS
11:00 a.m. - Morning Service
- Sunday School
9:30 a.m. - Belgrave Service
Tuesday 7:30 p.m. - Faith and Live Video Discussion
Wednesday 2:00 p.m. - Bible Study - meeting at Huronlea
Wheelchair accessible
Nursery care available
Rev. Cathrine Campbell - 887-9831
BLYTH UNITED CHURCH
Corner of Dinsley & Mill Street
November 18
Worship Service & Sunday School at 11:00 a.m.
Guest Speaker: Melissa Whitmore
Dec. 2 - Christmas Bureau and White Gift Dedications
Office: 523-4224
HURON CHAPEL EVANGELICAL
MISSIONARY CHURCH
Auburn - 526-7555
PASTOR DAVE WOOD - 523-9017
Sunday 9:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m. -
7:30 p.m. •
Wednesday 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. -
7:30 p.m.
Friday 7:30 p.m. •
Family Bible Hour
Morning Worship Service
Evening Worship
Crusaders & Youth
Adult Prayer Meeting
Youth
You are Welcome at the
BLYTH COMMUNITY CHURCH OF GOD
9:45 a.m. - Sunday School - for ages 3 to adult
11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship
7:45 p.m. - Evening Worship
Kids' Club - Tuesday - 3:45 - 5 p.m. Ages 6-11 welcome.
Bible Studies - Wednesday morning 10 a.m.
Wednesday evening 7:30 p.m.
Phone 523-4590 308 Blyth Rd., Blyth
9:30 a.m. - Sunday School
for all ages,
10:30 a.m. - Worship
at Blyth Public School,
corner of King & Mill
Pastor: Ernest Dow
523-4848
www.tcc.on.ca/-dowfam
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THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
Miconw, you to come and wo,ohip, with to,
November 18
Trinity, Blyth
9.30 a.m.
St. John's, Brussels
11:15 a.m.
HOLY EUCHARIST
The Rev. Tom Wilson, B.A., MDiv. 887-9273
BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Joan Golden - Diaconal Student Minister
Church Office 887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wcl.on.ca
Ethel United Church
9:30 a.m.
Worship Service & Sunday School
Brussels United Church
11:00 a.m.
Worship Service and Sunday School
November 16th at 8:00 p.m.there will be an informal time of prayer.
All are invited for a time of reflection and prayer.
Come worship and celebrate with us!
Cornerstone
Bible
Fellowship
Ethel
Communion - 9:45 - 10:30
Family Bible Hour and Sunday School - 11:00 - 12:00
Prayer & Bible Study - Tuesday 8 p.m.
Adventure Club: Thursdays for 10 consecutive weeks
September 27 to Nov. 29, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Children ages 4 to 12 welcome.
Ladies' Time Out: the last Wednesday of each month
7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
John 14:6 - Jesus said, "I am the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE, no
one comes to the Father, but through Me."
Everyone Welcome
For more information call 887-6665
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Morning Worship Service - 10 a.m.
Evening Worship Service 7:30 p.m.
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, nei-
ther the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor
anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God
that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
— Romans 8:38
BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
Lt Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233
Wheelchair accessible
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From the Minister's Study-
Pastor offers ways to fight evil when guns fail
By Brent Kipfer, Pastor
Brussels Mennonite Fellowship
A new kind of war. Elgin Eby
believed he was doing the right thing
when he enlisted with the Canadian
army in World War I.
Three years ago, my wife Sarah
and I saw a copy of letters he
exchanged with his sister Candace -
Sarah's grandmother. We smiled at
their humour and the affection they
shared, aware that Elgin spared his
younger sister many details of the
horror that was around him.
Then the letters stopped. Elgin was
killed in France on September 30,
1918.
Elgin had responded to a call to
join the "war to end all wars." A new
kind of war.
This Remembrance Day, warfare
was not a distant memory. Canada
has joined many other nations in
The fall rally of Huron-Perth
Women's Missionary Society was
held in Knox Presbyterian Church,
Listowel. About 90 ladies registered
for the day-long meeting. Muffins
and coffee were supplied by
Listowel Britton and Bessie
McMurchy WMS groups.
Nancy Schrieber organized the
morning program when the women
visited three older traditional church-
es and two newer ones and learned
of the development of the church
buildings. At Knox Presbyterian and
Trinity United, it was interesting to
see the memorial windows in memo-
ry of the boys who had lost their
lives when the hockey arena col-
lapsed several years ago.
Rev. John Zondag explained the
various features of Knox.
At the United Church George
Gracey described the development
of the various parts of that church.
The third older church was Christ
Church Anglican where Pauline
Yang gave its history, noting that the
original pipe organ is still there.
Just west of Listowel is the large
new First Baptist Church. Bob Lewis
explained how they recently moved
from a small church downtown to
their modern new church. Of special
interest to the Presbyterians was the
baptistry and his explanation of how
adult baptism is carried out.
The last church visited was the 10-
year-old St. Joseph Roman Catholic
Church where Father Graham Keep
WIs meet
All Women Institute branches in
Huron East District were represented
at the 62nd Guelph Area Convention
held in Knights of Columbus Hall in
Maryhill on Wednesday, Oct. 24 and
Thursday, Oct. 25.
At the banquet members were
entertained by Area Code 519 a quar-
tet from the Royal City
BarberShoppers singing many old
favourites.
Guest speaker for the evening was
Paul Knowles, New Hamburg who
spoke on volunteering. The author of
Down the Garden Path, he is an avid
gardener. He likened gardening to
volunteering a lot of hard work, the
basics, rewards, growth, beauty and
joy of the finished product.
The second day of the convention
consisted mainly of business -
reports of the different convenors,
election of officers and new busi-
ness.
The FWIO president, Christine
Reabum addressed the members and
brought them up to date on the busi-
ness and events of the coming year.
She alSo stressed reading Home and
Country and participating in the hap-
penings of Women's Institute.
supporting the United States in the
war against terrorism. George W.
Bush and his government have
called for a unique, all-out battle
against terror - "a different type of
war."
In 1965, the U.S. Secretary -of
State said much the same thing: "The
war in Vietnam is a new kind of war,
a fact as yet poorly understood..."
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11
call for a clear and assertive
response. Violence can never be
excused. Like earlier battles, this one
is different from those before it. Still,
in ways that really matter, it looks
remarkably the same.
What weapons really work in the
fight against evil? How might terror-
ism be defeated once and for all?
Two thousand years ago, Jesus
Christ began waging a war that is
truly a different kind of war. Jesus
Portuguese families. Their baptism
is carried out in the narthex of the
church.
During lunch, which was served
by Listowel Willing Workers and
Wallace WMS, Lois Home, North
Easthope, reviewed several books
that were available at the book table.
Rev. Mark Davidson welcomed the
ladies on behalf of Knox Session.
To begin the afternoon the Senior
Serenaders entertained with a varied
musical program. They were thanked
by Donna Webster, Exeter.
Monkton was in charge of the
devotions with Eldeen Ward and
Ruth Ward taking the scripture and
prayer. Marion Smith gave a
entered a world that was politically-
charged and violent. Jewish people
were oppressed by the Romans.
Galilee was a hot-bed for recruiting
freedom fighters.
Jesus fought evil by refusing to
give in to it, by refusing to fight with
the same weapons as his enemies.
Instead, he forgave sinners, healed
the sick, raised the dead and
announced the kingdom of God.
Jesus confronted the powers of
evil with weapons that left them con-
fused: courage, truth, love, patience
and forgiveness. He loved his ene-
mies. He did not make them feel
comfortable - but he loved them.
To a violent world, Jesus sounded
both naive and dangerous. Who
would have expected God to bring
salvation through a cross?
Jesus spoke and lived a message
that led to his execution on a cross.
theme of our creation and environ-
ment.
The offering was received by
Atwood and dedicated by Margaret
Peebles.
Rev. Shirley McCuaig, Atwood,
was the guest speaker. She pointed
out that God's world is the whole
world, not just North America. She
had been to Nicaragua to help build
a school and said that they had food
but were in need of education and
new methods of doing things.
President Shirley Aitcheson
announced the January executive
meeting and the annual meeting on
Feb. 4. Ruth Hart, North Easthope,
gave the courtesy remarks.
In the eyes of the world, it looks like
an abysmal failure. But to Christians
who believe that Jesus rose from the
dead, the cross is the place of victo-
ry. It shows his relentless - nonvio-
lent - love for his enemies. A truly
new kind of warfare. Jesus is alive
and equips us to fight evil with the
same weapons: love, peace, prayer,
courage in the power of his Spirit.
According to our usual patterns of
thinking, these weapons seem irrele-
vant. How can they help us when
there are terrorists at large who need
to be stopped?
It is a matter of faith. Who is Lord
of history?
In the vision of Revelation 5, God
holds a scroll - a symbol for the des-
tiny of creation - the outcome of all
history. What will become of us and
our world? Only one person has the
authority to open the scroll. A lamb
appears on the scene - looking like it
had been killed. It takes the scroll.
Angels fall before the Lamb:
"You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals, for you were
killed, and your blood has ransomed
people for God from -every tribe and
language and people and nation."
Jesus is the Lamb - victorious over
sin and death and violence through
the power of his cross. He loved his
enemies even until death. Worthy is
the Lamb! He bids us to
follow.
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