The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-03-16, Page 35i
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BY THE REVEREND
JOHN D.M. WOOD,
Victoria Sto Benmiller
United Churches •
When the late Dr. Willard
Sperry was dean of Harvard
Divinity School, he reported
that a prominent British.
churchman, with whom he
shared the platform • m a
discussion, shot at him the
unexpected:question, "Has it
ever occurred to you that the
Christian religion may not
be true?" To this question,
Sperry replied, "Yes,
certainly. And 1. do not know
that I could. feel, I really
believed it unless at.:t i nes. I
`
bad doubted it " ''
There may be a few people
who have,on
.:forall,. seta,
ed" all their doubts or never
really had any, but most of
usare like the man,In Mark's
gospel (9:24) who said,
`'Lord, I believe, help my.
unbelief."
Those who speak to us
most convincingly of faith
are those who have also fac-
ed most honestly the alter-
native of unbelief. In the 23rd
Psalm it is written, "The
Lord is my shepherd" But in
the 42nd Psalm it is written,
"My tears have been my
food day and night, while
they continually say to me,
"Where is your God?". The
words of Jesus on the cross,
"Father. into Your hands I
commit my spirit" are
preceded by the words, "My
God, my God, why have You
forsaken me?"
It might be easier to stop
-WO i our minds about:
what God IS like, to. stop
wonderinc g what .He :Intends,
In the world ltd how it will.
613 come out. It might he
simpler to lives pagans, to:
letthe churchget along
t.
g
without us, to keep.
Christmas and Easter . as
secular holidays, to silence
the prodding of our con:
sciences about justice and
human rights, to never shed
a• tear of pity, to newer hoPe
or despair. That seems , a
real possibility until we real-
ly:look at it and even more
really try to live it. Then it
turns out that the difficulty
of unbelief is greater than
the difficulty of belief, for
there is nothing to sustain us
on our journey, no God
whose purposes are being
worked out in history, no
kingdom to serve and labor
for with the confidence that
the kingdoms of this world
will become the kingdom of
our God and of His Christ.
Unbelief sets us outside the
'company of great believers.
Huronview news
World Day of Prayer held.
Friday morning the World
Day of Prayer was held at
Huronview with a good at-
tendance. Christian women
of the Caribbean call their
sisters throughout the world
to prayer.
Elaine Bechtel was in
charge and the theme was
entitled. "New Persons in
Christ In lovely voice
Barbara Hodgins sang a solo
accompanied by Joanne
Walker at the piano.
In the afternoon, there
Discussion group
held by branch
The Canadian Cancer.
Society, through the
Goderich. Branch Education
Committee, conducted a four.
night . discussion group
session at A.M. & G. hospital
in Goderich on March 7, 8, 9
and 10 in the Board Room
from 7 - 8 p.m.
Though we are told that
cigarette smoking is the
most widespread example of
drug dependence and
causes more illness and
death than all .other drugs,
few . smokers want to think
about it. The fear . of
developing lung cancer,
heart disease or health
problems relating to
smoking touched the interest
of six men and two ladies
from the local area. In a
round -table discussion with
three ladies and two men
who no longer smoke plus the
organizers, these people
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disposal.
The group learned that in
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two pack-a-day smoker
spends from three to four
hours with a curette in
mouth, hand, or ash try,
takes about 400 puffs for the
day and inhales up to 1,000
milligrams of tar. Many
learned that though they will
die sometime, with smoking
it will be sooner than they
think.
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zs
were several good games of
bingo.
Sunday morning worship
was held in the chapel with
Reverend Norman Pick in
charge.
Lionel Reeves and his wife
entertained on Monday and
held a worship of song and
music in the chapel with a
very good attendance.
The music session with
Bruce Cookson was can-
celled due to illness but will
resume again next week.
Special Care folk held a
social hour Tuesday in the
auditorium. They played
games to music and refresh-
ments were served. •
Some residents were busy
Wednesday baking cookies
while others attended a
fashion show held in North
Street United Church in
Goderich.
.. The March birthday party
was postponed until next
week.
A warm greeting is ex-
tended to Mrs. Cowan from
Blyth, who has come to
reside at Huronview.
der o>.,., , w.
Christ?" What Jesus delud
ed when He ¢st dfastly, set
His<face to go to Jerusalem"'
saying, "I .notalone for.
the Father: -.with a?"
You may say it is difficult
to believe inChristianity. Of
course it iso Ent which is
harder, to say that the earth
Is a bit of a star gone wrong,
or to say that Clod created
the heavens and the earth
prepared tthome for
map, gave a •mom
'Mae, endowed him with a
capacity to love, end gave
IMO hopes and ideals?
To saythe first is to say
that ail things are going
blindly and -that there are n0 •
values because there 18 n0,
valuer. Thereis difficulty ;in
believing that, and more dif9'
f iculty 11 living it. It means;
that every road we choose
will finally come to a dead
end.
Chrlstianit► affirms that
Friendly Helpers
of Victoria St.
Church meet
The Friendly Helpers,
Unit Two, of Victoria United
Church met at the church on
Wednesday, March .9 with
only 10 members answering
the roll call with a household
hint.
Dessert was served by
Leona and Maye McBride.
The minutes were read
and approved and the
treasurer, Joyce Goddard
gave her. report. One
member had a birthday and
members sang "Happy Bir-
thday". Donations were
made to the Craft Box.
Beulah Good announced
that the White Elephant Sale
will be on March 28 at 7
o'clock for dessert. Dates for
the Rummage Sale were set
for April 29 and 30 and the
next general meeting will be
on April 4 with Unit One in,
' charge. Door Greeters for
April 3 are to be Elsie Ensign
and Ferne Moore and on
April 10 Leona McBride and
Evelyn McCue.
Evelyn was in charge of
devotions and read a story
"Extend a Hand of Friend-
ship to Those in Trouble",
"How Far Lord" and an arti-
cle' on "The Value of Kind-
ness." She closed with
prayer.
Quite a fewmembers are
in the sunny south and let-
ters were read from Ann
Smith and Mary Currell.
They commented on reading
every bit of news in the
Signal -Star, including all the
advertisements.
Joyce Goddard was in
charge of the program and
had a show and tell on the
making of ceramics. . She
showed some very lovely;
pieces that she had made.
Beulah Good closed the'
meeting with' the benedic-
tion.
For the April meeting,
Eva Horton will have the
devotions and Ferne Moore
will be in charge of the pro-
gram. There will also be a
Chinese Auction. Lunch will
be provided by Evelyn Mc-
Cue and Elsie Ensign and it
will be held in the evening at
7:30 on April 13.
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SUPERIOR
MEMORIALS
ESTABLISHED OVER
50 YEARS
SPECIAL
SPRING PRICES
IN EFFECT
Goderich Area
Representative
ROBERTMcCALLUM
11 CAMBRIA: ROAD
GODERICH
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Clinton Kien
Representative
MICHAEL FALCONER
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CLINTON
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Jesus Chrjst we ,semAI
Clearly the love o'
toward .1
ehooaa hi
rather of our
Christ ,or w choose: ryr, ..
other. In the lace of ..
ternative . we sa,y, tri,
Wwhom,shall we got You
.-ailh words of eternal
is
the Way
theway And the' truthand,the
lit
+e
tefhT
d� i
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s t
said, Take
up, a cross and
follow me." It is difficultto
forgive Our enemies and to
da tot othersaso„ t
dTdo to : Shit
da,to, i n sei
ing hl th igswew,, ev p
kfollow offmanly of` now we
far are on, thepath that
...eafiis: to life and there is no
fn tills Lentenseason let ui3
e. move from a half -doubt to a
yeper faith. The New
Bible gives us this
ids
Mark
e
0f St.
9:24,
"I have faith; help me where
faith fallss short." Let us ..
make this text our personal
prayer.
AD OOULD BE
AILThAT'S SFANDING
BETWEEN YOU
ANDA FQSFERGIILU
On the surface, it's not difficult to have a mis
takeniimpression about foster care.
And if you never take the time to crack the
surface, and find out the facts, you might very well
be denying yourself, and a foster child, a.very
rewarding experience.
Your willingness to care -may be all the qualifica-
tion you need to be a foster parent. Financial
assistance, guidance and support are available -to
foster parents.
The personal rewards of sharingyour love with
a child or young person,who really needs you
are very great.
Please contact your local Children's Aid Society
or Family and Children's Services, and find out
more about foster care.
The children need you now more than ever
before. And maybe you aced them too.
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William Davis, Premier
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