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Minister's Study
Image
of the
Holy
Spirit
By Fr. Lance Magdziak
St. Michael’s Roman Catholic
Church
Dear Friends:
In our Christian Churches the
beginning of June marks the Fast of
Pentecost - the day dedicated to the
Holy Spirit.
For a few days I have been
wondering about the best image of
the Holy Spirit. How can I talk
about the realities of the Spirit?
Anyone can try - it is not easy!
Perhaps the following story can
help all of us. My mother told me
this story many times.
It is about a great Polish pianist,
Ignace Paderewski - we have to go
back in history at least 60 years. A
mother took her five-year-old son to
a concert by the famous Maestro
Paderewski. She was sitting close
to the stage.
Then she saw an old friend sitting
nearby. She got involved talking
with her friend and did not notice
her son leaving his seat. When the
spotlight fell on the piano on stage,
she noticed her boy picking out
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
Before she could do anything,
Maestro Paderewski walked over to
her son and said, “Son, keep
playing!”
Then, leaning over the boy, he
reached out his left hand and began
filling in the bass. Then he reached
around and encircling the boy,
added a running obbligato.
Together, the Maestro and the boy
mesmerized the audience.
My Friends, Pentecost or the
Coming of the Holy Spirit which we
celebrate at the end of the Easter
Season is precisely the image of
what our God can do to us as He did
to Jesus’ followers! If you are one
of them, believe it can bring
greatness to you!
Melville news
Last Sunday morning was
Pentecost Sunday. It was also
Communion Sunday at Melville
Presbyterian Church.
Greeters at the door were Jim and
Leona Armstrong. The organist was
Crystal McClellan, and Rev.
Cathrine Campbell was back from
general assembly in Guelph to
conduct the service. Following the
organ prelude, a recorder duet played
by Matthew Cardiff and Kasey King
opened the service.
The choir sang the anthem, Here is
Bread, Here is Wine, accompanied
by Mary Douma. This was followed
by the congregation’s responsive
reading of Psalm 104:24 -35.
As reader, Gordon Mitchell
assisted Rev. Campbell with the
scripture selections of Ezekiel 37: 1 -
14; Acts 2: 1 - 21; and John 15: 26 -
27, 16: 1 - 16.
The sermon. Comings and Goings,
was Rev. Campbell’s reflection on
her week at the general assembly
which reminded her of the original
Pentecost with many people coming
together from many different areas
and speaking with different
perspectives,, yet coming together in
understanding.
She described the people she met
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Solemn occasion
Pastor Les Cook of Blyth Community Church of God led the
service for the annual Decoration Day at Blyth Union
Cemetery. Providing special music was John Battye. (Vicky
Bremner photo)
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
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Sunday, June 15
Morning Worship Service - 10 a.m.
Evening Worship Service - 7:30 p.m.
BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
Pastor John Kuperus
Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233
Wheelchair accessible
BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Joan Golden - Diaconal Student Minister
Church Office 887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wcl.on.ca
£
£
£ Bl June 15 - Father's Day
"Fathers -
Spiritual
Defenders of the
Home"
Ephesians 6:1-4, 10-18
Church Beyond the Box
I 10:30 a.m. ~ Contemporary Worship |j
at Blyth Public School,
“ corner of King & Mill
J Pastor: Ernest Dow - 523-4848 L
www.tcc.on.ca/~dowfam
United Church
Walton
ANNIVERSARY
SERVICE
Sunday, June 22,2003
Worship 11:00 a.m.
Guest Speaker:
Rev. Charles Swan
Special Music “Gospel For You”
a quartet from the Grey-Bruce Singers
Lunch to Follow
Everyone Welcome
June 15
Ethel United Church
Worship & Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Sacrament of Communion
Brussels United Church
11:00 a.m.
Worship Service
Come to worship and celebrate Pentecost
Cornerstone
Bible
Ethel
Communion - 9:45 - 10:30
St. Michael's
Roman Catholic Church t
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.
John 14:6 - Jesus said, "I am the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE, no
one comes to the Fat.ner, but through Me."
Everyone Welcome
Call Pastor Andrew Thursdays or Fridays at 887-6123
254 Drummond St. E., Blyth
Sunday Mass 9:00 a.m.
Father Lance Magdziak Pastor
519-527-0142
email: stjames@rcec.london.on.ca
HURON CHAPEL EVANGELICAL
MISSIONARY CHURCH
Auburn-526-1131
PASTOR DAVE WOOD - 523-4941
Sunday 9:30 a.m. - Family Bible Hour
10:30 a.m. - Morning Worship Service
7:30 p.m. - Evening Worship Service
Wednesday 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.- Youth
7:15 p.m. - Adult Bible Study
Coi^Tnunity Church of
"The Church is not a
Building,
It is People Touching
People"
Sunday - 10:00 a.m. - Sunday School for all ages
11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship
7:30 p.m. - Evening Worship
Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. - Bible Studies
Phone 523-4875 308 Blyth Rd. E.
Pastor Les Cook 523-4590
Blyth United Church
Corner of Dinsley & Mill Street
Sunday, June 15
Worship Service & Sunday School
11:00 a.m.
Father’s Day
Sunday School Awards
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Minister: Rev. Dr. Eugen Bannerman
Office: 523-4224
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
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Sunday, June 15
TRINITY'S 125TH ANNIVERSARY
HOLY EUCHARIST
Celebrant & Preacher The Rt. Rev. Bruce Howe,
Bishop of Huron
Trinity Sunday
No service at St. John's, Brussels,
please join us in worship at Trinity
Trinity, Blyth ~ 9:30 a.m.
The Rev. Tom Wilson, B.A., MDiv. 887-9273