Times-Advocate, 1988-08-17, Page 14Page 12 Times -Advocate, August 17, 1988
South Huron "dropout"
• • EXETER- - Martyn Van Essen
quit South Huron District High
School before completing grade 10.
He is now a Reformed Church
minister. While Van Essen agrees
- some people find that extraordinary,
he takes it all in stride. pointing
out it took him nearly a decade to
get where he is today.. •
After Van Essen left school, be
started.a career in autobody repair,
but felt something' was missing
.. from his life: -
"1 began to have the feeing there
• had to be mora to life, or my life,
than autobody," he said. The urge
was to.become involved in helping
or counselling people. The mini-
- stry was not yet a visible goal.
Van Essen married this wife Mary
in 1980 while she was a. student re-
porter.for the Times -Advocate. She
.reccived,her degree _in journalism
from Ryerson Polytcchnical Insti-
tute and pursued a career in business
communication. She recently left
her IX)sition as executive director of
communications for Goodwill In-
dustries in order to join Martyn in:
Brantford.
Martyn decided in 1981 he was
• being called to.the-ministry and en-
• rolled in a pre -university course -at
the University of Toronto. l le says
TO MARRY - Mr. and Mrs. William
Gilfillan are pleased to announce
the forthcoming marriage of their
daughter, Wendy Charlene to Lee
Wilmer, -son of Mr. and Mrs. Mac
Hodgert. The wedding will take
place on August 27, 1988 at 6:30
p,m. at Thames Road United
- Church. Open reception to follow in
Exeter, For information call 235-
0116 or 235-2857.
Agr-icrew
winds down
CLiNTON.- As the summer of
• 1988 draws to a close the Agricrew
. and Junior Agriculturalist programs
• wind down for another ycitr.
Huron -County Agricrcws, who
have worked .diligently • through
record breaking temperatures, have
completed another successful sea-
son..
This year's team members were
from Clinton; Pete Clynick Wendy
Johnston,•Tina Thomas, Michelle
Turner, Ron Wammes, Dave Watt,
Steve Watt, from -Exeter; Mike Ag-
new, Lynn Fcency, Jcnnifcr.Giel-
. nik, Brian Payne, Derck Schwarz-
zentruber, Dennis Webster. And
from the Wingham arca crew; Tim
.Hays, David Johnston, Donna
:Johnston, Andre Kryzanowski,
Mike McCullough, Lori Moran and
Kurtis Purdon.
The crews were -kept busy this
summer by the strong demand from
iluron County farmers.
The Junior Agriculturalist pro-
gram was also successful with five
of the eight participants completing
the program. Students from Clear-
water, Petrolia, Camlachic, Wcl-
--7-tailttt and Peterborough worked
alongside Glcnn Jeffrey of Exeter,
Matin Van`inliuys of Bclgravc,
Ron, Pentland of Dungannon, and
Mervin 'Smith of Walton. Both
hosts .and the Junior Agricultural-
ists enjoyed the summer -long work-
ing experience. .
Angie and Don, the Ituron Coun-
ty Supervisors would like to_thank
Huron area farmers and participants
for their hard work and interest in
both programs.
New safety
standards
on cribs
OTTAWA - Fcdcral Consumer
and Corporate Affairs Minister Har-
vie Andre • announced plans to
amend the Cribs and Cradles Regu-
lations. This move will improve
child safety in new crib models
with move -away sides. .
This type of crib is designed so
that one side, in addition to the tra-
ditional positions, can be lowered,
raised or opened for greater conven-
ience. .
The amended -regulations •under
the Hazardous Products Act will,
when promulgated, require the fea-
turcd move -away side to have addi-
tional locking mechanisms that can -
be activated only by an adult. This
style of crib will also have to carry
a warning label, visible with the
crib side in any position, about the
potential hazard of (caving a child
unattended unless the side is in the
normal use position.
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whatever study habits he might
have had during his short high-
school• career were long gone by
this time, but claims his'"stick-to-
it-ivencss" • got him • through the
course and gained him entry to. the
University.
"It's not always an easy road," he
"1 think we knew it was going to
be a long haul," agreed Mary. "The
Lord has .been leading the 'whole
way.'
He graduated with a Bachelor of
Arts in ancient near -eastern studies
in 1985 and gained his Master_of
Divinity from the Western Theo-.
logical Seminary in Michigan this
May.
Martyn explains because the aver-
age age of the students in the semi-
nary school was 32, he felt a lot of
support from his classmates. Many,
like him, were returning to school
attains goal as
after leaving other careers.
A Reformed -Church in Brantford
soon offered. Martyn a position as
their minister. This too, will not
be apt easy road. ,
The Bethel Reformed Church in
Brantford has been without a mini-
ster for two years. Martyn believes
it needs a strong leader to put it
back on the right track. Hc has set
goals to resume pastoral visita-
tions, to devote himself to strong
NEW MINISTER - Recently ordained Martyn Van Essen has become the
new minister of the Bethel Reformed Church in Brantford. Van Essen, seen
here with his wife Mary, left South Huron .District High School before.com-
pleting grade 10. -
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preaching and theological teaching
and to-stablilize the church's con-
gregation.
While the Reformed Church of
America is North America's oldest
established denomination, -it enjoys
much larger support . in the U.S.
where Americans are not as choosy
over the denomination they attend.
Martyn says Canadians are- more
likely to attend the same church' as
their parents.- Martyn himself at-
tended the Bethel Reformed Church
in Exeter along with his parents:
Thus the growth of the Reformed
Church in .Ontario beyond 25
churches is likely to bc.slow. - -
The project for - a Reformed
.Church in' London's Whitchills
sulxtivision has been scrapped in fa-
vor of a better -received Kitchener
location. - -
While Martyn's congregation is -
aware of his .previous blue collar
career, not all welcome the idea as
pastor
one 'tight think. • Some of the old-
er members of.the congregation re-
serve a certain esteem for their min-
isters.
"They like to have their minister
up on a pedestal," said Martyn, but
he says the finds the Brantford con-
gregation very friendly.
For the many who return to
school, the ministry is not likely
to be a top choice as a second ca-
reer. This i' as it should be, ac-
cording to Marlyn. -
"It's -a. very high calling. You
can't do it on your own," he said,
adding that he relied on God's help -
all they way..
Martyn's advice to those who are
considering .returning to school is
simple: a clear purpose is neces-
sary.. -
-
"They really have to work with a
goal in mind, with a carccr in .
mind. They have to know what
they want," said Martyn.
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