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The Citizen, 2002-11-13, Page 15AOKOMMIMME1202M Living 1Vater 19 Cfiriatian Telleamilip 3 3 3 8 I I B Christ-centred, Bible-believing, Fellowship-friendly, Growth-geared November 17 - Mt. 10:21ff "Loving Jesus More than Life: the Persecuted Church" Dedication of PA Operation Christmas Child SHOEBOXES BLYTH UNITED CHURCH Corner of Dinsley & Mill Street Sunday, November 17 Worship Service & Sunday School 10:45 a.m. The Blyth Festival Orchestra will be special guests A Wk-ecooce Minister: Rev. Dr. Eugen Bannerman Office: 523-4224 Remembering those lost Blyth Royal Canadian Legion and Auxiliary members, local dignitaries, Scout, Beaver, Cub, Guide, Brownie, Spark and Venturer representatives and others marched from the Legion to Memorial Hall Monday morning as part of the Remembrance Day service. (Janice Becker photo) 254 Drummond St. E., Blyth Sunday Mass 9:00 a.m. Father Lance Magdziak, Pastor 519-527-0142 email: stjames@rcec.london.on.ca Sunday Wednesday Friday 9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. 7.00 - 8:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Family Bible Hour Morning Worship Service Evening Worship Crusaders & Youth Adult Prayer Meeting Youth St. Michael's t Roman Catholic Church cti HURON CHAPEL EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY CHURCH Auburn - 526-7555 PASTOR DAVE WOOD - 523-9017 MELVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BRUSSELS 11:00 a.m. - Morning Service - Sunday School 9:30 a.m. - Belgrave Service Wheelchair accessible Nursery care available Rev. Cathrine Campbell - 887-9831 THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA 2Wc4,4feJ gaze to came a.m7e wazatilt ectia cect Sunday, November 17 HOLY EUCHARIST LI Trinity, Blyth 9:30 a.m. St. John's, Brussels 11:15 a.m. The Rev. Tom Wilson, B.A., MDiv. 887-9273 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. Ladies' Time Out - The last Thursday of each month 7:30 -.9:00 p.m. "Adventure Club": (for 10 consecutive Tuesdays) beginning Tuesday, October 1st - 6:30 - 8: p.m. All children ages 4-12 welcome John 14:6 - Jesus sal I am the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE, no one comes to the Father, but through Me." Everyone Welcome Call Pastor Andrew Thursdays or Fridays at 887-6123 You are Welcome at the BLYTH COMMUNITY CHURCH OF GOD 9:45 a.m. - Sunday School for all ages 11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship (Junior Church during service) 7:30 p.m. - Evening Worship Bible Studies - Wednesday morning 10 a.m. Wednesday evening 7:30 p.m. Phone 523-4590 308 Blyth Rd., Blyth Peea‘te /two ad iro,t, weprottefr Sunday, November 17 Morning Worship Service - 10 a.m. Evening Worship Service - 7:30 p.m. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs on your head are all numbered. — Matthew 10:29-30 BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH t Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233 Wheelchair accessible BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Joan Golden Diaconal Student Mrnister Church Office 887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wcfon ca November 17 3 Ethel United Church 9:30 a.m. Worship Service and Sunday School Brussels United Church 11:00 a.m. Worship Service and Sunday School Remembering -- Celebrating - Living Our Faith! THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2002. PAGE 15 From the Minister's Study Some health tips ••• from a minister By Res.. 1)r. Eugen Bannerman Blyth United Church The two things Jesus did most often was tell stories. and heal people. Mq.st modern churches do very little. of either: we are preoccupied with worship. community and the proper organization of otir church committees. These functions are essential in a church. but Jesus seemed more concerned for the physical and spiritual well-being of the people he met •than the organizational framework of where they worshipped. Jump ahead two millennia. Someone told the feminist author Gloria Steinem that she "loOked great for 50.1' Her reply can be repeated. "This is what 50 looks like today." In spite of the reality of aging, people over 50 look, feel, act and, in fact, 'are phySiologically younger than their parents and grandparents were when they were the same age. Fifty years ago, old age began at 65. Today, old age begins ,at 75. That's a remarkable physiological and sociological fact, due in large part to better nutrition; better hygiene, advanced medical care, and more-active lifestyles. In the last few nionths, I have been reading a magazine 50Phts, dedicated to the hundred of thousands of baby boomers who are jogging past the 50. mark. The monthly magazine describes this group as consisting of "very important people wh6 will dominate the world's cultural, political and social fabric for the next 50 years!" People passing the50-year mark in Canada are "smart, 'trendy, sophisticated. fun-loving, funny and fresh." That includes many, if not most, of the people in our congregations. Putting the ancient and modern bits of information together. I have come up with an idea: to provide some tips for healthy living, on the assumption that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Health and healing were prime issues in the ministry of Jesus. If Jesus felt it was important for people to be healthy, why shouldn't we? So here are a couple of modern health tips from your minister. Researchers in California have given us even more reason to drink - water. that is. More than 20,000 men and women aged 38 to 100 were observed for six years. The study found that people who drank five or more glasses of plain water a day, had a 50 per cent lower risk of fatal heart disease than those who drank less than two glasses a day. Believe it or not, not drinking enough water can be as harmful to your health as smoking. The health tip: drink a glass of 110:30 ntin,7 Worship & Sunday School p at Blyth Public School, B corner of King & Mill r A Pastor: Ernest Dow - 523-4848 www.tcc.on.ca/-dowfam 3 plain water every two or three hours every day. A second health tip. According to Genesis,. Adam and Eve were told they could "eat the fruit of any tree" in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:16). We have no idea what they ate, but tradition ha's suggested the apple tree grew in the garden. Researchers in the Federal Agricultural Lab in Guelph, Ontario, have studied Canadian apples. Not all apples are created equal, they report. The value of an apple lies in its antioxidant content (antioxidants defend the body against free radicals in the blood). At the top of the list are the red delicious, with the peel being the richest source of antioxidants. Next came spy, ida red, cortland, golden delicious, mcintosh and mutsu. Empire apples came in last, with less than half the antioxidant value of red delicious. The health tip: A delicious-apple a day may keep the doctor away. Back up two millennia. Mark wrote that it was the healing ministry of Jesus that drew the largest crowds: "So they ran throughout the whole region, and wherever they heard he was, they brought him the sick lying on their mats. And everywhere Jesus went, to villages, towns, or farms, people would take their sick to the marketplaces and beg him to let the sick at least touch the edge of his cloak. And all who touched it were made well." (Mark 6:55). I think churches that will focus on some type of health and healing ministry may find that a sense of well-being is .a key to living a long and fulfilling life.