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THE HERALD Wednesday April 198 Ordinary folk called to be saints CLERGY COMMENT By REV NANCY J KNOX St Johns United Church Georgetown and Glen Williams A legend tells of Jesus returning to Paradise after His years on earth The angels asked Him what He had done and what His plans were for the continuation of His work He reported that He had shared His life and His purpose with 12 men and these He expected to carry on An angel asked dubiously And what if these fail as one already has done The rep ly came I have no other plan They will not fail There was once a Christian con torn with discord careless about the moral laxity of its members and reflective of the cosmopolitan sophisticated and materialistic characteristics of the day To this group of very human and In many ways inadequate Christians their minister wrote a pastoral letter addressing- them as those called to be saints The congregation was the church at Corinth the minister was St Paul icon It is ordinary folk who are call ed to be saints called to be salt and light in the world you and I just where we are and as we are This does not mean that we are recognized for our achievements or virtues It does not mean that we are good enough or that we should be content as we are This is where we begin or where God begins with us The Old Testament tells of in dividuals selected by God for specific tasks who at once began to make excuses Moses pleaded his stumbling speech Jeremiah ex cused himself on account of youth and inexperience Jonah ran away at first But the great and loving God was able to accomplish much with these people in spite of their littleness in spirit God was gentle though firm God laughed at their pettiness and held to the possibility that they would grow Though we be fumbling or sinful or weary or reluctant God has strange ways of using us Gods OUR LANGUAGE by Jeffrey McQuain wrote We share many things in common and my teacher circled it What s wrong A In your sentence share or In common would be enough otherwise the sentence is redundant Try We share many things or We have many things in common Those two possibilities nave the sense of share in common Good service good coverage good price- Thatis State form insurance Guelph St Georgetown 8731833 Like a good neighbor State Farm is there FARM INSURANCE servants This is the season of Easter A time when we as Christians reflect particularly on the living among us A tune for us to wrestle with ideas that will enable our pilgrimage to result in worthier This is a time to ex amine ourselves as people have made a covenant with the liv i rig God A minister tells of an experience he had as a guest preacher for an anniversary service at a neighbor ing church As the choir gathered the minister introduced him to its members He found himself wondering how this motley group with strangely pitched voices could ever produce the anthem listed They were like figures he had seen on a great Pans cathedral Gargoyles he thought to himself Gargoyles to the glory of God I why yes to the glory of God Suddenly the pic ture changed and the plain faces took on new light as began to see them in the glow of the offering of love they were bringing to the gloryof God Called to be saints ordinary folk you and I the disciples of today called to be the salt and light of the world our world here and now In Marc Connollys play Green Pastures there is a line spoken by the character Noah I m just preacher Noah and I you servant I ain very much but I se all I got I am very much but all I got What more complete can there be Ceramic touches Youngsters completion of their first projects at the end nf the third week of the rec departments six week ceramics course hosted by WayMar Ceramics In Georgetown last Saturday Seen showing off heir handiwork were Dawn Richardson Joy Eve Ryan Viaser Rachel Desrosier Lisa Boulanger Lisa Williams and instructor Robin Absent from the photo were Michael Richardson Jennifer West man Cindy Clarke and Bradley Herald photo Keeping our commitment in rural Canada One of the most important parts of our commitment to rural Canadians is making postal products and services more accessible To help us do this we draw on the resources and the expertise of local busi ness Where practical we are approaching business people in communities across the country and offering them the opportunity to provide you with postal products and services As a result you can now buy postal products or services in more locations at convenient hours often including evenings and weekends outlets The objective is to increase the number of rural locations where you can access postal products or services from 5000 to 7000 More Convenience Retail postal outlets are conveniently located in businesses close to other services in communities across Canada Longer business hours give you even more accessibility to postal products More business for local merchants Local merchants are being given an opportunity to provide postal products or services This strengthens their business through increased customer traffic and maintains the business base of the community More efficient Service With local merchants retailing postal products and services Canada Post Corporation is able to concentrate on reliable pickup processing and delivery of mail to Canadians Canada Post Corporation is delivering on Us promise Were in rural Canada to stay MAILPOSTE Our commitment better service for you