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THE HERALD April a 18 Cucumbers pluck church from financial pickle By AM Herald Writer At one time it was nearly to schedule a day for he church picnic because of the pickle harvest Because many mem ben of the Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Acton worked in agriculture Ladies Society outings also faced the same constraint by the growing Pickles are big in the Bethel church a history They helped build the triangular shaped building on Highway near Churchill Road Back In the 1960s pickles brought the congregation together on the church lot Church members raised them to give the building fund a boost Formed as an offshoot of the Brampton and Christian Reformed lions the Acton Christian Reformed parish came into being In May made up of 34 Dutch families Meeting under the guidance of Rev Garret Andre a home missionary sent from the to establish congregations among Immigrant families with background from tho Netherlands the Acton group set Itself up Following their first worship service elders and deacons were elected to form first consistory of the church In the reformed church the consisto ry is the local governing body Services were held at the Lux Ion Memorial Hall and meetings in the Knox Church basement In 1951 the group began to meet at the building Renting the for a month thecongregationwould gather Sundays to a on chairs rented or from a nearby funeral home Church member Bert said he used to bring the chairs back and forth from the funeral home with his truck for the Sunday services By the following year the congregation had purchased an organ for a bargain even In those days They also purchased a parsonage for This was later sold and Spring Fair here May Members of St John United Church In George town have derived special benefit from the past two months preparations for the church elaborate Spring Fair coming May As well as working toward a good cause that should prove exciting as well as profitable for Spring Fair visitors congregation mem have found particular delight In drawing together In a spirit of fellowship and The allday event starting at 10am Johns will fea lure several concurr events highlighted by a silent auction Bidders receive a list of Items up for auction and a chance to peruse those on display If they drop off the highest bid on the receptacle provided they could receive such fascinating items as free window washes a home- cooked dinner for four or even room and board at someone cottage Bidding continue all day but the auction itself open at As well as coming up with unique and exciting Hems for the auction St John mem bers have been busily sear ching their homes for art for the giant yard sale If you haven gotten too full at the heaUly laden bake table you might want to try the special lunch of lea soup and ham on a bun Organizers predict a very interesting day full of friend ship at St John Come out and bring the whole family All proceeds to to church Bethel Christian Reformed Church It was in June IKS that the consistory put down an offer of for a church lot The bank rolls of the had grown with fund raising camp aigns and weekly tiara from members The consistory had early on that each family was to contribute a week toward the church budget Now families contribute J a week to meet expenses In January 1957 the base ment was opened on the church lot However just three years later tho roof was leaking and palls were set out to collect the water squirt In In a vote the majority supported constructing upper building to the base- Reformed Church were tcdinJune i9G30fflvename3 submitted by the Bethel was to be the name of the new church The name Bethel derives from the Old Testa where Jacob son of Isaiah says Bethel is the House of the Lord Besides emptying their piggy banks to cover the cost of the new church building youngsters went out pop bottle hunting fourth bottle would buy the church a brick By December of the following year the upper structure was com pie led RI PAST You may realize it but when you drive past Bethel church what you re seeing from Hightt ay is actually the back of the church The front faces onto a private roadway Just off Churchill Street The Bethel church belongs to the District Council which is made up of seven churches It ha Sunday school classes for children from four to nine years old When children reach the age of ten they becomo Cadets if they arc boys and if they arc girls The two clubs were formed In requiring boys and girls wear uniforms and scarves much like the scouting movement With most of the parish coming from a Dutch back ground problems developed in communication The Dutch language was slowly being lost ana the younger generation t understand or speak It When one of the Sunday school teachers offered her resignation because she was unable to teach the children In English the parish resolved the language problem by splitting the children into two She said that no ic of her six children speak Dutch although they have a llmiled under stand ngof the language when it spoken They re sorry they learn it Mrs said From the S Rev John Cooper current minister at Bethel church Is on a three- week trip to Holland Most of the ministers can preach In Dutch anymore Mr said Rev Cooper is learning Dutch from The need for an English speaking Ladles Society arose COMMENT The real cure By PETER RALPH George lawn Alliance Church I d be okay if I had your money That was a smart crack tomake when I on the loading dock In a world that marks Its calendar from lottery to lottery everyone believe that money will cure us And lots of money will keep us veil So if everyone believes It It must be true right Solmag1nemyurpriseUfindinProverbs3a Band the prayer of a man pleading with God to KEEP him FROM richest Don t moke or 1 11 forget you Lord Don make mo poor or 1 11 steal and shame you Glvo me Just enough for my needs The Bibles ideal Is balance man wealthy whose life has the right blend of material and spiritual goods Food Clothing Housing Yes but he also shares with the poor and treasures his children over his dally interest account And his greatest prize is that ho knows God Jeremiah A Christianbas God things on earth to do God will He will give an account one day He Jealously seeks and guards the balance of life His God has pledged to provide his needs indeed that He is aware of the needs before the Christian himself Is There priceless freedom to bo found in learning to trust God and love life balanced as He wants It to be Freedom from fear of tomorrow and from today freedom to cheer when someone else prospers Christ who became poor for us calls us to be converted from a grasping world to a balanced freedom in Him The GDHS Folk Club Presents FOLK 10 All Ontario Folk Music Competition with special quest performer Scott Merritt Tickets al Fri Night NEILS MUSIC Concert KENTNERS DAIRY Saturday TELEVISION Concert 3 Weekend Pass See you at GDHS April 30th May 1st for GOOD MUSIC GOOD TIMES Put yourself on the Panasonic Cheque 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