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From the Minister’s Study
Minister asks,
‘Where is God?’
By Rev. Brian Nichol
Where is God anyway?
People look for God in the most
outlandish places. They’ll hop from
one religious institution to another,
delve into books, pray in various for
mal and informal ways, travel world
wide and engage in various rituals
and still keep looking.
Some of the most serious God
seekers I ever met were residents of
a men’s emergency shelter in
Kitchener, where I did a student min
istry placement. They didn’t have
much in the way of resources and
strangely enough, I think they were
more successful in their quest than
most.
I remember one young man telling
me, not knowing I was a chaplain,
that you would have to be blind not
to see God working in your life. I
thought it was a strange thing to hear
from someone whose life was any
thing but easy or comfortable.
Students make wish come true
HELPING THE WORLD
WRITE NOW
By Pauline Blok
Co-op student
It’s every kid’s dream to go to
Wait Disney World, but for one
child the dream is now reality.
Marija is a four-year old girl with
a Wilm’s tumour (tumour in the
kidney) whose only dream is to go
to Disney World to meet Minnie
Mouse.
Through the generosity of the
students from Central Huron Sec
ondary School, Marija’s dream
came true.
Alexis Morfopoulos and Maran-
da Blake, two Grade 12 students at
CHSS, were working hard to raise
money and organize fundraisers for
this Adopt-A-Wish child.
Adopt-A-Wish originated in this
school when the school adopted a
child three years ago named Jenna
Quick. This adoption started a new
program where families can corre-
A letter home
from worker
The following is a letter sent to
family and friends from area resident
Lena Siegers who is working with the
Christian Peacemaker Teams down
east.
Life here in Newfoundland is cold
and wet. We have two tents and a
trailer set up at the edge of the woods
near the coast of Minmach Bay. We
have four members on the team. The
space for wnting and e-mailing is
limited in this cold weather. I hope
we can spend more time outside
soon.
The people here are very friendly.
We have met many Aboriginal and
other community folk. It is a very
exciting time. The fishers are ready to
put their traps out. We will have a
scared fire and prayer vigil near the
wharf hoping and praying that no one
will get hurt but that all fishers will
come back safely.
The RCMP and Department of
Fisheries and Oceans met with us and
said they are pleased to work with us
to make peace. But it is obvious that
they wish treaty rights would just dis
appear. There are many longstanding
hurts here.
I am doing well and am enduring
the cold. I miss my family and
friends.
The prophet Elijah, at one of the
most desperate points in his own life
and ministry, went to Mount Horeb,
in the hope of hearing the word of
God. The prophet looked into the
wind, into an earthquake, and into a
great fire. God was not heard in these
dramatic events, but rather in a still
small voice.
One of the great comforts and
challenges of the Christian faith is
the claim that we can experience
God in the everyday events of life.
While we can certainly experience
God through religious practice, it is
far more important, 1 think, to see
God at work in the everyday events
of our lives.
It is my hope that you will see God
at work in your life as you raise your
children, earn a living and simply try
to find your way through this life,
because God is working in your life
as surely as God is working in mine
or anyone else’s.
Gently
It was fun and games on Saturday as the Brussels United Church held its annual Spring Fling.
Besides games for children, the day offered a variety of activities from good eats to sales.
Queen Victoria even paid a visit. (Vicky Bremner photo)
spond with schools raising money
for their children.
CHSS did many fundraisers
including: selling chocolate
almonds, scratch and give tickets, a
buyout for a pro-volleyball demon
stration, a teacher versus student
hockey game, and other donations.
Altogether the school which had
set a goal of $3,000 raised $3,200.
Alexis and Maranda went to meet
Marija at London’s Children’s Hos
pital to present the cheque for her
trip.
“After spending so much time
organizing such a huge fundraiser,
it felt great handing over a cheque
to help Marija. We are really proud
of our school and what we have
accomplished.” said Morfopoulos
and Blake.
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