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ROM INE MINISTER'S STUDY
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REV. PETER G. ST. DON BETHEL^ PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE
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Christmas is viewed by many given takes place when an in -
as a time for giving gifts. Often, dividual gives his or her life to
we spend much time and give God's use in return of God's
much thought about the type of gift to humanity, the gift of
gift we will give a loved one. 1 ,.Jesus Christ.
sometimes wonder if we take A good illustration of such a
time enough in this busy and gift from mankind to God is
joyous season to think of the , this , true account from
greatest gifts of all. Scotland. A boy was attempting
The greatest gift ever given a church service when he heard
in the history of the world is an appeal for a gift of money to
the gift God gave altxrost two support foreign missions. This a
thousand years ago - the gift of lad had no money, but. his
Jesus His Son. The Bible words heart was touched and. he wan -
it this way: "For God so loved ted to givvei:something, so he
the world, that he gave his only took a piece of paper, wrote his
begotten Son." John 3:16 name on it, and dropped it into
Why is God's gift•of Jesus the
greatest gift? For the following
reasons:
• IT WAS A GIFT TO HIM-
SELF: Jesus and the Father. Christia ns spen ..heesus- asse
• e eareaone,hu
himself. Your greatest gift is
not jewels or money or cars -
hut self• give away
IT WAS. A GIFT OF LIFE • •�+
e o• erator o ` e` 8ni e. urc i congregations 'Presb'ytery. decided to send. a today by other faiths in Jesus
ME: The babe of Bethlehem United Church of Canada has "We ask ynu in our churches to 9 ,
grew to be a man of sound appealed copy of Mr. Walkorr�. � .Christ of Nazareth. Thus, he
I to members of take an"old, used, beat -up en- statement to all merrFbers and told the clergy to "go •on with
example w,ho also gav His life congregations across -the coun- velope and re -cycle. it 'by have the matter more fully your preaching,
on the - cross in our stead'so thatp g, share in-person
mankind ss ht have thejoy of try to "spend a little less on marking on it Hunger'.:.put, in discussed at the, next meeting. Jesus, and 'po'int people to hint-.
Might Christmas presents for our- this envelope your gift to help "What's Ahead. For Rural Your job is not to be successful;
.knowing his sins can be selves so that we may share alleviate hunger pangs and ' Ontario", was the theme ,of a but to be faithful."
forgiven and the hope of eter- more of Christ's presence with save lives in Bangladesh. When two dayS
nal life with God in heaven. others." Symposium that Mrs. Also present was Niel Camp -
IT WAS A GIFT OF LOVE: this has been done, close the Evelyn •Demara of Bluevale,bell,
y Dean of Westminister
In particular, the Right envelope with a bit of Scotch Henry Davey of Monkton, and College, recently in the news as
God's gift of His Son Jesus to Reverend Wilbur K. Howard, tape and place it on the offering Rev. Bert Daynard of Staffs,.
all mankind was not merely ChristmasY the result of a fire. A number of
in his, first Christmas message plate next time you're in attended in October. They '' area youth who attend the
love in theory, nor love ex- to United Church people since church."
pressed in words, but love inbecoming reported � that The Hon. University of Western Ontario,
moderator, asks for "There'll be no more spent William Stewart, Minister of are residents in Westminister.
action..• The Bible says:, donations to "put food in the on advertising posters, slick Agriculture for `Ontario, and Mr. Campbell reported that the
"Greater love hath no .man mouths of hungry and starving pamphlets or fancy gift en- Dr. Pleva, of the Geography fire has beenresolved and a re-
his
that, a man lay down human beings in Bangladesh.", velopes. Furthermore, when Department of the University of building program begun.
his !ife for his friends." John Displaying his well-known you re -cycle an old envelope, g
•15:1<3: P Western O,rltario, attended this A new minister will be
•�-sen'e of humour, Dr.. Howard you help somebody else help event 'and gave excellent coming t -o Brucefield in
The second greatest gift ever - says ,in a letter' to -ministers of you do something about world presentations. They' said that February. He is- ' Rev. E, F.
hunger - may be, your Aunt " Mr. ,Stewart challenged the Stephens, who comes from
Hilda or the oil company", Dr° church by asking that it give Buti•gessville.
Howard Wrote. "'
leadership. and prepare people Delegates also learned from '-
"Be careful about telling• for the new way of life facing Rev. Murray Aspden of
your ' kids about this oppgr- rural Ontario.
tunity to relieve hunger in our ' Rev. Daynard reported that.
world because' they'll likely . Dr. Pleva was no less deman-
want you to send to ding when he said that the
f Bangladesh most of the money church needs to have_a say in
you were going to spend on land use, and in particular em-
" .their Christmas gifts",- the ,phasize that the top priority is.
APPLES OF GOLD they know they rebeing wat- .moderator's letter concludes, for agriculture. The church's
• shed, and who, at home," is a . All monies received for this role is made even more impor-
. A friend of . mine recently sarcastic, irritable, critical, appeal will be sent directly to taut, noted Rev• Daynard, since.
brought me around a little querulous monster. It would do the National Council of Chur- man is still 'boththe problem
book, called Apples of Gold, _us good to remember that the ' "ches in Bangladesh. and the corrective devise to the'
containing excerpts from ser-£;- 'words;;that telt what=we';are,'are' ' ' ;Rev', A:C=ll?'or>re ,ti Editor"of solution tip the dwindling lift='
mons of: ,Peter Marshall. The those''spbiken when -the guards
title is taken from the Proverb, are down.
"A word fitly spoken is like ap- So much for words that are
pies of gold in a basket of 'unfitly spoken'. 4Let's consider
silver". We know that Peter now,, the Apples of Gold words,
Marshall spoke many • great words that lift us up, that make
-. words and ' that `Apples of us glow with a serise of well -
Gold'
is a truly fit title, for this being. Such words are all too
small volume.- rare.
I wonder if the rest of us ever In one of his sermons Peter
fully realize'how far-reaching Marshall said this, "A word of
our words are, and what im- encouragement means more
pact they have on those around thati we can possibly imagine.'
us. I also wonder if we ever Think how many people there
stop to think on how much our are in the world whoa are
words effect, and reflect our hungry to hear someone say a
very own selves. word of encouragement, a word
Very solemnly, Jesus said, "A , of cheer; to keep up morale, to
good man's speech reveals the give courage." '
rich treasures within him .•. . He points out that although
you must give account on we often say things on "the' im-
Judgement Day for every idle pulse that we ought not to say,
word you speak ... either you there is never anything wrong
will be justified by them or you with • words of encouragement
° will be condemned." and we should never be slow•in
Words . . . how easily we .. saying • them. ' ..
bandy them about,;often never.There are words of praise
considering where they wild and appreciation. We know
'lend. An • ancient 'Greek how we shrivel and dry up with
philospher said"Choose rather criticism."' By the same token,
to fling a chance stone than to we know.how we blossom when
b speak a chance word." Once a ,complimented on a job well
hurting word is spoken nothing 'done. Why not pass out a: few"
will bring it back;' and it pur- * ,more apples of gold in the
sues • a course of damage direction of all those who help
wherever' it goes. - make our lives happier, easier
• Our character is known from and more fruitful.
our words. We can only Then there are words of
produce through our lips what testimony to our faith. How
is in our• hearts. A few words many people' will 'be better
from us and our listeners soon •Christians by what you said
know' whether our minds are about 'Christ and the church,
lovely,. kind and sympathetic, about prayer and the constant
or dirty, cruel, callous 'and need to keep the pennant of our
critical. We are constantly faith flying. high and not
revealed by what we say. dragging in ,the mud?
However, most of us . put People around us are star -
guards on our words when ving for these apples of gold.
we're ,in public,, and there's Surely it is one of our duties to
many a person who is a model God that we help meet -their
of charm in their speech When
the collection plate. That boy's
name was Robert Moffat, who° Charles Walkom of
later went. as a missionary to Thamesview United Church,
Africa. Fullarton, charged last week at
Robert Moffat had given the meeting of the Huron -Perth
himself to God so that God U.C. Presbytery that a few
might use him in God's service clergy who live, in urban areas
and the serving of mankind. of the province are giving the
In conclusion I ask this impression that the in -
question: Have YOU ever taken stitutional church is anti -
or given of these two great farmer. These remarks were ex -
gifts? pressed as Mr. Walkom presen-
"For God sent not his Son. :ted a statement on the recent
into, the world to condemn the boycott movements of Califor-
world; `Tut that the world ' nia grapes and lettuce. 'He
through him might be saved." asked that Huron -Perth
John 3:17. Presbytery, being in a rural
area, protest such boycotting
by some Canadian Churches.
Failing that, he asked that at.
least each member of
Presbytery gather'. as much „in-
formation as possible on the
issue and decide for himself
whether to join the boycott. or
not.
Since this presentation was, , message. He' noted that in this
United Church believes
farmland is important
Church moderator asks
,I n conclusion Rev. Daynard
noted that the United Church
of Canada has set up a Com-
mittee on agriculture and food.
The highlight othie meeting
was the Visit of thresident of
London Conference, Rev. Dr.
aAllen Churchill, and his wife
Helen, of St. Andrews United
Church, Chatham. Dr, Chur-
chill, a former R.C.M,P, Of-
ficer, has been termed by the
United Church's national
magazine, . the "Observer," as
"the new look of evangelism in
the church".
He spoke to delegates on the
theme, ,Where is the -Church
going? Does it have a future?
Dr. Churchill assured members
that it does'have a ' future
because it is a place of new
birth, life and human warmth.
The power that the church
seeks is the basic gospel
need.
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SOCIAL CORtttCIhN
The'United Church Observer, is support resources. Dr. Pleva
leaving this week on a fact- called for the church to study
finding trip •to India and what attracts people to rural
Bangladesh on behalf of a areas, and then try to preserve
group of United States church those values.
,publications and The Observer,
Dr. Forrest will be consulting
with officials of Church World
Service, Lutheran Wprld Relief
and Asian . church (agencies
receiving funds from the World
Council of Churches.
our nom .�
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CHRISTMAS
SE
Bob McCALLUM
• Representative _
11 Cambria Rd., Goderich
THE BAHA'i FAITH TEACHES
The solution God has given man to lead him out of the
unending confusion and despair Into which the world
has sunk remain 'Only words until the hearts and minds
of man are awakened. The key, to the heart of man is •
the remembrance of God and the acceptance of His
Messengers: The key to the mind of man lies in the area
of menkinds sincere (unfettered •search after Truth. •
Goderich P.O. 212
..Clinton P.O. 234
ry
s.•
Millbank, that :36 people had
attended the Lay School of
Theology just held n in Central
United Church, Stratford,
Another school is planned for
,the winter season.'
Rev. Derwyn Doc'ken of
Walton, and chairman of the
50th Anniversary Committee,
reported on the—Mans being
made to celebrate the 50th bir-
thday of the United Church of
Canada in 1975. An Inter-
national Youth Exchange will
he held for young people ages
17 - 25. All United Church
clergy have received details
and , application forms, which
have to be in by Dec. 31, 1974,
to the, convenors of the
Presbytery Selection Commit-
tee, Rev. Norman Gibson, Commit-
tee,
Mrs. Cora Thistle of 4,1tratford.
Other events being planned
are a Banquet .for Presbytery
members on 'June 7, a masa ser-
" 's Ip" on 'tuesday,
June 10, and .a banner contest
• for all congregations.
BEA + BLOOD DONOR
TO:TESE fAREIE[[
MRS. MARY A. STOLL
Mrs. Mary A. Stoll, a former
resident of Goderich, died sud-
denly Saturday, November 30,
at Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital.: She was 89.
She was the daughter of
Allan and Elizabeth (Foreman)
Wilson, and was married to the
late Amos Stoll.
Mrs. Stoll was born Septem-
ber 21;' 1885 at Rosseau, Card-
well Township, in the Muskoka
district. -
She was married December
24, 1912 in Toronto. She
resided in Osprey Township un-
til 1927. She then lived in
Colborne Township until
moving to Goderich in 1945.
She had been, living at Iuron-
v'iew, , Clinton, the past few
years.
She was a life member of 'the
Women's Missionary Society of-
the°United Church, and a mem- •
ber of the : Victoria Street
t, a though I walk thrvuh the volley
l th,• tihudow'ul death 1 shall leer no
I lar ihou art with me
-•-23rd Psalm.
Charles, Brockville; Gordon,
Flint, Mich.; arid Robert, Van-
couver. She had 20 grand-
children and 16 great-
grandchildren.
The funeral was December 2
at Stiles Funeral Home. Rev.
Leonartd Warr presided, Inter-
ment was in Colborne
Cemetery. Six grandsons served
as , pallbearers, John; K n1
Doug, and Gordon St 1,
Lawrence Nesbit, and hit
Clark.
Flower bearers were Jim,
Bill, Andrew and Bruce Stoll.
MRS. DELENA . FOWLER
Mrs. Delena M. Fowler, 133
Britannia Rd. E., ied Sunday,
November 24, at her home after
a lengthy ,illness. She was 61.
The former Delena M.
McCreath was a life-long
- resident of Goderich, where she
was born July 21, 1913. She
'was the daughter of Harry and
May (Wilson) 'McCreath, and.
was married to J. Howard
Fowler.
She was trained as .a
registered nurse, and nursed at
Alexandra Marine and General
Hospital until her retirement in
1970. She was a member of
North Street United Chur
ch.
Surviving, are her husband:
ore son, Robert of Ottawa; one
brother, Wilson • (B -u -d,)
McCreath of Goderich; and her
parents. She had five grand-
children.
She was 'predeceased -by one
son, Billie. °
The funeral was. held Wed-
nesday, November 27. at
McCallum Funeral Home. Rev.
alph 'King presided. '
Interment was in Maitland
Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Thorns Dickson, Carl Ander-
son, Charles Allison, Jim Kelly,
Ben Freeman and Frank Allin.
She is survived by a daughter
and two sons; Mrs. Fordyce
(Irene) Clark, Goderich; Allan,
Colborne•Township; and Edgar
RR, 3° Kippen. Also surviving
are three sisters and fouler
brothers, Mrs. Elizabeth Einar -
son, Rosseau; Mrs. Edith
Crawford, and Mrs. Pearl
Foreman, both of Flint, Mich.;
James" Wilson, Cochrane;
SUNDA Y
SERVICES
BEREA=BYt-THE-WATER
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Meeting at Robertson Memorial School 4
(Blake 'and Eldon Streets, Goderich)
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1074
Sunday School for all ages 9:30 A.M. - x
Divine Worship 11:00 A.M.
Sermon: "BE' GLAD! HE IS COMING"
Marvin L. Barz, Pastor 524-2235
"Being justified by faith, we have peace with Gad through our
Lord Jesus Christ" Romans 5, 1 ,
FIRST BAPTIST -CHURCH
' (Baptist. Convention of Ontario and Quebec)
MONTREAL STREET near The Square
REV, W.H. McWHINNIE F.R.G.S.
Organist: Mr. Frank BidSett.
9:45 a.m.--Sunday School
11:00 a:m. Morning Worship. „
The Pastor Preaching'
Communion Servl a Reception of new members
COME AND WORSHIP WITH US
ALL ARE WELCOME
The Free Methodist Church
Park St; at Victoria', Pastor: H. Ross Nicholls'
10:00 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Topic: "THE BLESSED HOPE"
6:30 p.m. Bible : Study
Anyone needing bus transportation phone 5214-9903
Everyone Welcome
Rev. David .Clark
WILL SPEAK
The Clark Family
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET
EVANGELISTIC —FUNDAMENTAL
• REV. R. BRUBACHER, Paster
10 A.M. FAMILY BIBLE SCHOOL FOR ALL A"GES
11 A.M. WORSHIP SERVICE
6:15 p•im. - WORD OF LIFE CLUB
7:30 p.m: - EVENING SERVICE
SUNDAY DEC. 15th 10 a.m.
WIL PROVIDE WELCOME TO OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM 1 -*•-
'1' WED. 8 P.M. PRAYER MEETING
FOR FREE TRANSPORTATION CALL 524.9497.
EVERY VISITOR AN HONOURED GUEST
SPECIAL MUSIC
Huron Men's Chapel;
AUBURN
8:00' P.M.
SUNDAY, DEC. 8
Everyone Welcome
tfvll prevails When goody men do hoth'irig,
Knox Presbyterian Church
THE REV. G. LOCKHART ROYAL, BA. Minister
THE REV. RONALD C. McCALLUM, Assistant
WILLIAM M. CAMERON, girector of Praise
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1874
10:00 a.m. Sunday School
' 11:00 a.m. Divine Worship
SERMON SERIES FOR ADVENT:
(2) "The New Testament Threshold"
(Nursery and Junior Congregation) White Gift Service -
7:30 p.m.. �C.G,I.T. Vesper Service
Enter to Worship, Depart to Serve
10.
The family that prays togeth'er....Stays together
THE SALVATION ARMY
. 18 WATERLOO ST. S • 524-9341
SUNDAY SCHOOL -- 9:45 A.M.
FAMILY WORSHIP -- 11:00 A.M.
„ EVANGELISTIC SERVICE -- 7 p.m.
WEEKDAY Home -League (ladies) Wed., '8:00 p.m.
Prayer & Bible Studies Thurs. 7:30 p.m.
OFJCERS - CAPTAIN G. HERBER - CAPTAIN M. MBcKENZ1E
"All Are Cordially invited to Attend"
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1974
ADVENT II
HOLY COMMUNION AT 8:30 A.M.
MORNING PRAYER AND SERMON AT 11 • A.M.
THE RECTOR. AT BOTH SERVICES
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMME AND NURSERY AT 10 and 11 A.M.
Rector: Canon G.G. Russell, B.A., B.D.
Choirmaster -Organist: Joseph B. Herdman
Don't Just watch us grow Come and help us grow
Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle
Affiliatedwith the Pentecostal-Assam.lies of Canada ..
CORNER OF ELGIN AND WATERLOO STS.
REV. PETER G. ST. DON, Pastor
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1974
10:00 a.m.—SUNDAY SCHOOL
Free Bus Transportation
Are
You
Reading 11:00 a.m.---MORNING SERVICE
The :00 p,m.--EVENING SERVICE •
Quotes? Tues. 8:00 p.m. BIBLE STUDY.AND PRAYER
Friday 7:30 p.m. -Youth Service
FRI. DEC. 13th 7:45 P.M. CHRISTMAS CONCERT
a• "Bit of Love" is the only Bit that will put a bridle on the
tongue."
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT CHURCH SERVICES
CALL 524-8505
VictoreStreet United Church
HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP REV. LEONARD WARR
10:00 A,M. Bible School for all grades
11:00 A.M. -'Worship Service
WHITE GIFT SERVICE
--W--E---1--C--O—M.._ .E�
Mrs. J. Snider - Organist & Choir Director
North Street United Church
The Rev. Ralph E. King,'B.A., B,D., Minister
Miss Clare McGowan' - Visiting Assistant
Mr,,,Lorne H. Dotterer :director of Music
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1974
Sunday School ages 10 and up et 9:45 a.m.
Ages 3 to 9 from Worship at 11:00 a.m.
Worship at 11:00 aim.
Sertrion: "THE MIGHTY MINORITY"
Choir Concert, Deceinber 11th at 8 p.m.
Nursery facilities
Come and Worship with us.