The Citizen, 2003-11-19, Page 21THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2003. PAGE 21.
Student lay minister preaches at Melville
The service at Melville
Presbyterian Church was special last
Sunday morning because Rev.
Cathrine Campbell welcomed Julia
Mitchell, a member of the
congregation to share the pulpit with
her. Mrs. Mitchell has been
completing a course to become a lay
minister under the tutelage of Rev.
Peter Bush and Chris O’Reilly.
The children were assembled at the
front of the church for story time.
Using an empty gift-wrapped shoe
box Rev. Campbell illustrated to them
the plight of many children in the
world at Christmas time. And
suggesting that all might fill some
boxes and make dreams come true,
Rev. Campbell told the children “It’s
a special thing we can do to help
others in many countries of the
world”. Thus the Sunday School
children are participating in
Operation Christmas Child this year
as a mission project, with
contributions of school supplies, toys,
hygiene items, and other gifts to be
assembled by next Sunday and then
shipped to international destina-tions.
Not to forget the local mission
work, the children will be putting up
the mitten tree and a collection box
has been placed at the front of the
church to receive donations of hats,
mitts, books, crayons and such like
items to be sent to the Huron County
Morning Star meets
Christmas Bureau for distribution.
Rev. Campbell led the congregation
in the responsive reading of Psalm 93
then, assisted by Mrs. Mitchell read
the scripture lessons of Isaiah 25: 6-9
and Luke 14: 16-27.
The sermon, Who Will Be Our
Next New Member? was presented by
Mrs. Mitchell. First she reviewed
Jesus’ parable of the Great Dinner
from the Gospel of Luke, in which a
person had invited many friends to
come and share a feast with him. But
when the banquet was on the table,
the guests all made excuses and
would not join him. So the host sent
servants out into the streets to find the
poor, the blind and any others who
might come and share his feast.
Then with still more room at his
table, he sent his people out again to
invite strangers to eat at his table. But
those who had
invitation were
again.
To illustrate
prejudging people, Mrs. Mitchell
described a beggar on the streets of a
large city and asked, if congregation
members saw her shuffling along
with her shopping bags full of
treasures would they know all the
facts of this individual’s life. The
woman could work part time as a
crossing guard or in a food
distribution centre as well as be a bag
refused his initial
never welcomed
the dangers of
lady on the streets. It should not be
assumed that she is unimportant and
not worth notice.
Mrs. Mitchell said that the message
of Jesus’s parable was that people
should go out into the country and the
lanes, and invite others in to fill the
churches.
“Can we be a volunteer for God,”
she asked, “can we promote
friendships and be the person who
brings in our next new church
MUNICIPALITY OF CENTRAL HURON
EAST WARD #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 AP#1 AP#2 ' TOTAL
Deputy Reeve $
Bezaire 97 109 89 122 88 12 64 581
Jewitt.68 38 71 73 68 16 65 399
Councillor
Anderson 110 96 111 135 103 22 116 693
Collyer 96 62 84 101 82 16 49 490
Colquhoun 68 73 86 102 72 11 40 452
Stevenson 84 in 97 116 91 19 57 541
School Board Trustee
Colquhoun 41 39 52 54 55 6 35 282
Dyck 45 30 33 34 29 9 29 209
Kaastra 60 47 52 89 51 11 56 366
WEST WARD
Deputy Reeve
Bezaire 49 50 59 56 3 6 223
Jewitt 36 27 43 44 3 4 157
School Board Trustee
Colquhoun 12 18 12 12 0 5 59
Dyck 12 6 16 9 3 3 49
Kaastra 53 50 62 65 3 2 235
member?”
Collection was gathered by Frank
Schimanski, Brian Armstrong,
Maurice Douma and Doug McArter.
The organist was Mary Douma and
Murray and Betty Cardiff were
greeters at the door.
This is a busy week in the life of
Melville church. Tuesday evening
was the junior choir practice at 6:30
p.m. and at 8 p.m. the Melville Guild
and the WMS held their monthly
meeting in the church parlour. All
members were to bring a recipe for
the special 150th Anniversary Cook
Book.
Both the junior choir and the ladies’
group would welcome any new
members to join them at any time.
On Wednesday evening the church
session members meet and on
Thursday at 2 p.m. the afternoon
Bible Study of the Gospel of Matthew
is to be at the home of Helen Elliott.
TOWNSHIP OF ASHFIELD-WAWANOSH-COLBORNE POLL RESULTS
The regular meeting of Morning
Star Rebekah Lodge #315 was held
on Tuesday, Nov. 11. There was a
good attendance of members.
Noble Grand Sister Elva Brown
reported laying the Rebekah
Oddfellow wreath at the cenotaph
that morning. A minute of silence
was observed by the members.
Plans were made to celebrate the
Christmas meeting with a dinner on
Dec. 9 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will
follow in the Lodge rooms.
The next casserole supper and
euchre party is to be held on Nov. 17
at 6:30 p.m.
Sister Mae Ebel and Sister Elva
Brown celebrated their birthdays.
ASHFIELD WARD #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 TOTAL
Connie Black 94 87 39 108 80 86 71 565
Marilyn Miltenburg 106 149 104 158 150 105 97 869
Carl Sloetjes 97 129 104 73 76 59 87 625
WAWANOSH WARD #1 #2 #3
Walter Elliott 62 56 110 228
Neil Rintoul 123 107 136 366
Kevin Shiels 109 108 119 336
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