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the HERALD Religion Wednesday October Letters to God reveal youths hopes and fears By JIM RYAN Herald Special 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 20 1991 Mk Here are some more letters from young adolescents to God Dear God How are you As you probably know I am doing pretty good Im keeping myself busy and trying hard at school J hope I do very well this year even though it is a lot harder for me Anyways I want to thank you for somethings that are very important to me for my wonderful parents they have been really helpful with my dancing and cheerleading by putting forth the money and not saying a bad word about it Also just the fact that they are always both there for me when and wherever I need them I couldnt ask for two better parents than them Thank you for my three brothers and my sister- inlaw and the great relationships I have with them By the way I would like Karen sisterinlaw to have a baby sometime in the near future so if you have anything to do with that could you Talk to later Love Becky Dear God Hi its me Jennifer Sometimes I get in fights with my stepfather and my mom gets really upset because shes trying to please me and my stepfather I try to get along with him but it doesnt work Help please I have another problem to God sometimes I feel dont know who my friends are Sometimes its hard to say who is Theres one of my friends who feels the same way but I know I can always count on her Sometimes I feel shes my only friend Help me find out whats wrong and if Im doing anything wrong Help me be a better person and do good in my school work Religion and Reality by Jim Ryan Thank you Love always Jennifer Dear God HI God and how are you today I hope you are doing fine and everybody else up there Today is a very gloomy day outside It has been raining the whole morning at this very moment it doesnt look like it is going to clear up out there Well since I have left Marian Many reasons for giving thanks B REV MARGARET St Stephens and St Johns Anglican Slew art town National Thanksgiving Is that a contradiction in terms In our Canadian muddle can we be thankful all at the same time Does National Thanksgiving ac tually include the notion of being thankful for our nation We are often critical of the press for the negative focus in the stories presented as news I wonder if we as Canadians are not sometimes predisposed towards a negative view of things After four days of wonderful weather I made the comment Isnt it a gorgeous day The other person responded Yes but it cant last We went on to talk about what would probably happen to our weather instead of enjoying the gift of a beautiful day The Earth has been very generous this year offering us her bounty and abundance a con sistent two weeks ahead of schedule But dont get carried CLERGY COMMENT away in enjoying that Dont forget winter will come w weeks early too But then why should we be cheerful Things are in a mess The government is up to no good internationally nationally pro- locally GST Constitional giveaways strikes requiring backtowork legislation too many minority rights issues too much money being squandered on social assistance for those who are looking for a free ride Never mind the fact that most of us have more than enough We would rather pat ourselves on the back for good behavior and ra tionalize the look of hunger we see in someone s eyes Never mind the fact that our communities are safer than S communities and much safer than the spots where armed guards walk the streets and the night air is shattered by the sound of terrorist bombing Never mind the fact that we value the unionmanagement process when it is our contract being settled but we want govern ment to intercede in the labor disputes which cause in our lives Never mindth fact that we dont want to be in the minority racially or otherwise We are still quick to criticize the govern ments struggle to establish justice for all Never mind the fact that even with the G ST we enjoy a stan dard of living far above the ma jority of the countries in our world And that is why so many people would like to be Canadians The grass is greener on our side For once let us set aside our negativism Break with tradition Be Thankful Special Thanksgiving service By BETTY Herald Special The Thanksgiving Sunday ser vice at the village church was a time to reflect on home family agriculture and the many things in our lives to be thankful for The Ballinafad News Junior Choir set the tone for a lovely service with the hymns I Bible Digest Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say Rejoice Philip plans Get your joy from Jesui lie never changes When you do thai continuous joy will be yours Waiting on the Lord tan be most rewarding Be patient God has a plan for you Let all your things be done with charity 1 Corinthians Whatever you say or do make that it is seasoned with This is one of the best testimonies that a Christian can Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men and the weakness of God is strong than men Corinthians 1 Since this is the case we should be welladvised to put our irust in Jesus and not in ourselves others Only He has all wisrlum and power Wait on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart wait I say on the Lord Psalm Waiting can be one of the most frustrating enterprises of life Let all the earth fear the Lord let all the inhabitants of iho world stand in awe of him Psalms s Forasmuch as this M people draw near mc with their mouth and with their lips do hon our but have their heart far from me and their fear toward is taught by toe precept of men they sang The congregation did not forget the less fortunate as they arrived laden with food donations for Georgetowns Loving Christ Food Bank The 4H Club is turning up some really interesting facts about dairy products The group studied the different kinds of cultures needed to make items such as yogurt sour cream cot tage cheese etc Members com pared animal fat contents and just how much air is used in pro ducts to create that light texture At their last meeting members made butter and an ice cream pizza The pizza is to be sampled at a following meeting needing time to set A taste test was con ducted with the group identify ing a number of unlabelled samples of dairy products Members scored pretty high in correct answers November 2 has been set for the Annual Turkey Supper to be held at the United Church lake outs will be available again this year Tickets can be purchas ed by tailing at and Alma Sinclair at Adult is This is an event not to be missed A sponsor is needed for the tober newsletter please call Bet ty Sojka at or leave your name at the Ballinafad General Store The cost is the purchase of loo stamps Your help would very much be appreciated Folks are reminded that the Halloween Dance tickets are now on sale at the Ballinafad General Store at a cost of per person Academy nave changed also down here Not that many friends yet nobody to go out with on weekends Hopefully all that will change soon But overall this is an excellent school and very high in spirit Alright Bye for now Take care of everybody up there Yours sincerely Darren Dear God Well its Friday finally its been a pretty tough week its weird this week it was like school was a place of pleasure and relaxation rather than home My Dad has been away all week like usual my sister has been away at school and for some odd reason my mom and I were fighting I dont think she trusts me anymore and honestly I dont think Ive done anything to make her lose faith in me It hurts Im a good student always getting good grades I have a lot of nice friends Im a good person and Im not on drugs I dont smoke I dont drink and I definitely dont sleep around or cause trouble shouldnt she be happy to have so meone like me to be totally honest I live well up to the name goody two shoes Right now there is only one other problem All week people have been talking about suicide and drugs Those two topics are very touchy with me especially when theyre both in the same conversation I am a very sen sitive person and the incident in volving a friend when I was in grade six still bothers me and its almost been 3 and a half years I wish I didnt think about him anymore I mean after all hes dead right Well then now come I cant get him off my mind lately Its not like we were best friends I didnt know him that well he was dating my sister but it was her first boyfriend that I can remember and that I got attach ed to It still hurts so much Why dp people have to do that I dont understand I mean everybody considers it in hard times but we never go through with it Why do you have to let them die Why cant you stop them I know these questions are pointless because you cant answer them but I just want you to know how it feels to the people left behind Luv always Jennifer the HERALD A CHURCH DIRECTORY Bum ANGLICAN St A bans Anglican Church 19 St Albans Dr Acton Summer Service SundaysatlOOOam St The Martyr Anglican Church 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