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the clay ateak put by rev andrew a mckenzie of knox presbyterian churdi the acton free press wednesday october 1 congregational confucts during ihe past thirty yean in which i have been serving the church of christ a atudcnt and ordained minister it ha loo frequently been my raipoatibiuty to moderate in conflicu thai were disturbing the life of congregation and from these deeply dlttreainf circumstance i have drawn few conclusion which i want to share with readers of this column it is unfortunately true and abo possible that as a minister friend said to toe just yesterday in the church a nobody can quickly become a somebody by virtue ot talent personal magnetism eagerness lo wield influence and control decisions an agg person can rapidly become the leader of a militant group within a congregation and even become ifl the minds of the rankandfile members of that pariah group aaor important than ihe clergyman or the governing body chosen by the congregation or let in their place by superior authorities or by the enabling grace of god which create in a mill of woman deepened consciousness of blessing received and which impel him lo use hii glftl and talents for godi glory and man enrichment a person may suddenly spring from the shadow of the wing into the limelight of the centre stage so much depend on the motivation and every one of ui who serve in the church must ask ourselves repeatedly i believe whose praise and honour we are working for are we servant of the living god who ha called u out of darkness into hi marvellous light or are we servants of ourselves trying to present an image of greatness by our teal and drive are we seeking to bring other person into an acknowledgement of the lordship of jesus christ or are we seeking personal aggrandizement in which we may roughly or subtly auggeit that they should take their cue from us if we seek the utter we have no right to think of ounetvei u redeemed individuals we are hypocrites concealing under a mask of piety our intention of gaining power and prestige for ou nerves almost all communion teach their confirmee and member that jetu christ himself is the king and head of the church this mean that the church is in the final analysis a chrlttocracya fellowship in which christ governs and rule by the free gift of god guiding spirit democracy of a kind is possible in the church only when all the individual churchiu community chukh churchill road north r minister the rev a walter fosbury ba bjb 124 ttdey ave phone hjmsa sunday october sth im9 it 00 a m worship and church school sermon subject the bread and the wine world wide communion sunday visitor are welcome at all church gath ering at the church on the hill acton mfttst chukh founded imi sunday october sth 1969 1100 tununrilng worship no evening service no midweek prayer meeting until advised study to show yourself approve of god 2 tbn 1 19 all welcome brhtt chusflan wroimid chukh minister rev p brouwer ba bd acton ontario sunday october sth 1969 1000 am morning worship service nursery and prcschool sunday school 1110 am sunday school 400 pm aftemooi worship service 7j0 pm teen meet at the church tuesday evening 7joi0jo catechism classes come worship and wtudy with us to be better equipped to serve god and men bvavyoxse wssoostke numyttettlan chukh in canada knox church acton rev andrew h mcketuie bjl bj minister mr e a hansen bjl organist and choir master sunday october sth 1969 945 am church school for children j to 15 years 1040 aun session meeting 1100 am divine worship and the sacrament of the lords supper communion homily the masters memorial 8j0 pjnyoung adult discussion group everyone moat welcome communicant members remember that together they strive to know to accept and obey the will of god for his church as declared fas scripture and revealed by his spirit i recall that in a toronto church of my own denomination many years ago there was an exceptionally gifted minister who ml having curticulty with ome member of hi session these men undoubtedly felt they were quite justified in disapproving very strongly of the tendency of their spiritual leader to become highly intoxicated on occasion and they brought it rather pointedly to hi attention in a meeting of the session this clergyman acknowledging that this was a problem ti whlm h all have concent invited the elder immediately to engage with him ifl prayer to that they might unitedly ascertain how cod would have them deal with the problem if tome si us are inclined lo find such an incident as this somewhat humorous a i do our chuckling should jvot obscure for us the fact that ihe guidance given by this member of the cloth wai an example of genuine spiritual insight when a man bring into the fellowship of believer tome besetting weakness or an inappropriate and selfish lusting for power or tome other telfterving idolatry it should be a matter of concern thought and prayer to the king and head of the church to discover if possible the best way of dealing with the matter to a not lo destroy an individual and to ruin the peace and harmony of the church this is the living out of the redemptive role of the church of christ and for the proper administration of the parish ii much preferred to expulsion of the sinning individual or excommunication the church detnonttratei its awareness of the lifechanging power of god spirit when conflict within it are resolved effectively and happily we should not be surprised then when some deep unpleatanlnes rocks a parish for evil i always aggressive and seeking to operate in good societies what we should lament is the fact that there is sometimes so little real turning to god for the wisdom and strength necessary to resolve the crisis and to bring good order once more and we all realize i am sure that if the local congregation cannot find ways to end iii conflict hi attempts to influence a world where there are indexible ambitions bitter emnitiei and even more profound and farreaching hypocrisies than in ihe church will be indeed pathetically inadequate church notices mattel mm tvanokl hntfcostal tabhnacu paoc 33 churchill road rev s m thoman pastor 8532715 wednesday october i 8 p m one night only canadian ambassadors male trio preaching and singing sunday october sth 1969 iuo0 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm sectional rally in waterloo lutheran university 75 university ae waterloo tuesday 8 pm prayer service and bible study thursday 8 pm christ ambassadors pialm 119 verse i blessed are ihe undented in the way who walk in the law of the lord majhi avfnui baptist church 81 maple ave georgetown pastor rev robert c lohncs sunday october sth 1969 here is our sincere invitation to the whole family to attend church 945 am sunday school all age 1 1 00 a m morning service 7 00 p m evening evangel georgetown 8776665 thi chukh of st auan thi martyr anglican comer willow st and st albana drive rev h j dawson ba bth sunday october sih 1969 trlnllv xvih harvest thanksgiving sundav 900 am holy eucharist 1010 am church school ond nursery i0j0 a m holv eucharist wednesday october 8 10 am holv communion said in church follow ed by a coffee hour in the parish hall trinity united chukh minister the rev gordon b turner b a bd director of music dr george elliott m a phd sunday october sth 1969 1000 am corporate worship sacrament of holy communion 1000 am nursery sunday school to grade 4 1100 am sunday school grade 58 1115 am talk back adult program of dialogue with the minister 700 pm hi c and hi 9e youth groups for teen alternating sunday evenings we welcome you and your family to take part in the life and worship of trinity guest speakf r rev e a cline right thowr htv w h moore centre and acton branch president of the canadian bible society arthur harris a copy of the scripture in viet names at sunday evening annual meeting of the bible society mr harris was persuaded to remain as society president for another vr a successful financial campaign has reached 3600 by sunday nlghtisttlf photo today is a day of opportunity speaker tells bible society the basic need in the world today is spiritual and the answer to that need it found in the bible ihe rev e a clime regional secretary for ihe united bible societies in soulheait asia told the annual meeting of the acton branch of the canadian bible society at knox church sunday evening mr cline is living in burlington until he return to asia where he will be bated in hong kong he told those at the impressive service and business meeting of the acton society that there is a real demand for the bible in the wartorn countries of asia there ii a harveit ai the lord hai promised the speaker stressed but the coit ii often great in rfuulonaries and suffering were seeing the remit of sowing the seed of gods word among ihe laymen mr cline said chrntian laymen are taking over the ministry in refugee camps and the demand for scriptures is so great the society has difficulty keeping abreast of it he described the situation in indonesia in 1965 when things looked bad for the christians uiti of missionaries to be aasaisinated were being circulated by ihe communiili but the coup failed and today more than 400000 indoneiiant have embraced christianity the weil ii on trial in viet nam the speaker said and today is a day of opportunity mr cline said he was disappointed lo come home to canada and find thai the church which used to be respected ii today exposed to ridicule today it ii the accepted thing to ridicule the goipel ana ridicule the clergy but people till need ihe scriptures he itressed he urged hi audience to make gods word real in their own minds and a real factor in their own community at the earlier business meeting of the acton branch of the bible society arthur h harris of rock wood was returned at president for the year mr harria wa highly commended for the time and talent he put into the acton branch this year receipts from the financial campaign amounted to s3s00 by sunday and donations are still coming in members of the executive for this year are harold swallow dorothy simmoni robert wame jake van der kooy and secretarytreasurer mrs a orr retiring secretarytreasurer clarence colea wai given a vote of thankt for hit many yean of service the district secretarytreasurer of the canadian bible society rev w h moore ii retiring in december and he and hu wife were presented with a gift by the acton branch with flowers also going to mrs moore they were presented by carol mckenzle life memberihipi were presented at the conclusion of the service which was conducted by the president a welcome to knox was given by rev a mcketuie who urged those in attendance to support ihe bible society he congratulated the executive on the fine results this year and said if people believed in the bible there will be plenty of support forthcoming mr m coles read the scripture terry atkinson wai the soloist and ted hansen ihe organist clarence coles read the minutes of the previous yeart annual meeting baptist congregation bids farewell to rev and mrs stanley gammon friends of rev and mrs stanley gammon met in the baptiit church basement on friday evening to bid them farewell prior to their moving to thornbury mr gammon will begin a pastorate there after seven faithful years spent with the baptist congregation here before the short program began judy gordon presented mrs gammon with a lovely pink carnation corsage a farewell gift from the bhf group everyone enjoyed the oldfashioned singsong led by gerry skirrow mrs frances man charged hit and run a hit and run accident on st albans drive last wednesday afternoon resulted in police investigation and a subsequent charge about 225 damage was caused to the car owned by egbert hofstede scene st a limehouse area man was charged with leaving the scene of the accident his car had an estimated s7s damage acton night at wingham it was acton night at wingham legion saturday when ihe first anniversary of the opening of their new legion was celebrated i a large representation of acton member with wives enjoyed the dinner and dance the chorahers entertained the large crowd led by george musselle with gil malcolm doing the announcing john mchugh and mrs dave harris tang solos with hector daigle and henry leachman giving tome of their popular guitar and mouth organ number feltham contributed a solo he hideth my soul which was much enjoyed w feltham read the psalm unto the jills suggested by the hills which the gammons will be able to enjoy in the thornbury area brian harris showed slides of familiar scenes including some taken al the gammon cottage at dorset al the close he spoke words of appreciation of the years of faithful service mr and mrs gammon have given to the church and conveyed prayers and good wishes accompanying them to their new ministry he presented mr and mrs gammon with two oil paintings of the beauty ipoti in halton county mr gammon replied thanking the church for the thnuflittulnm raying the gifts would remind thrm of their time spent in acton he alto invited everyone to visit them at their new home if in the vicinity mrs marg baillie presented mrs gammon with a tray the gift of the mission cirle a time of fellowship was enjoyed over the tea cups and a delicious buffet lunch was served by the social committee until arrangements are complete for another minister for the congregation laymen are taking ihe services anniversary at trinity guest preacher sunday at the united churchs i 2 s t h anniversary was a professor of preaching ihe rev dr greer boyce dr boyce lectures in preaching and pastoral care at emmanuel college in the usual talk back hour over coffee after the service members of the congregation talked with the guest speaker roxii 78 3272 showtlues sun thru yhur gpm tavspm mpm irhir5mlsat oct 34 hnians rainbow color petuia clark fred astaire skyscraper cartoon sun mow tub wis oct 5 v prime of miss jean brodie maggie smith adult color scubba dubba cartoon thorsfhisat octblfji day of the evil gun color glenn ford battle beneath earth color keftwin mathews lady curlers enjoyed golf and lunch together monday at hilltop lodge erin mr and mr j a towruend bramalea mr and mrs arnold weaver and mrs t flynn and teresa from hamilton visited with mr phillip on fall fair day mr and mrs jack frank visited with mr and mrs howard donald mount forest last week mr and mrs dick wood and family of toronto were fair visitors and their names were missed from last weeks list mr and mm ed watt and stanley of kearney visited with mr and mr j m frank on monday on friday evening ihe high school staff and their wivei husbands and gueiti enjoyed a wiener roast around a bonfire al the home of mr and mrs brian skerrett on churchill rd n miss janet braida ii a patient in st josephs lloipitalguelph the sheridan itudent daughter of mr and mn rino braida hai had a knee operation back home again friday after a very enjoyable bus tour through the united states to california are mr and mrs r l davidson mrs j dennl and mr evelyn near seeing the grand canyon lai vegai and disneyland weie highlights of ihe dip wellknown in acton yesri ago mrs j w jones toronto visited friends here sunday mr and mn jones first operated a store where gordons llardware is and later where family outfitter i now mil jonei ii widowed and her grandson drove her up to acton personals mrs pearl kennedy pent a week with her slsferm4aw in haueybury and alio with other friend in northern ontario mr and mr l m uacdotuld or detroit mich and mrs w t a bell of toronto visited with thetv molher mr r m mscdociald this week mr and mr norman small of niagara fall called ori the utter mother mr r m uacdonald on sunday several acloniani were among ike guetl at the ontario science centres preopenlng reception saturday the centennial centre wa open lo ihe public sunday over 20000 invitation had been sent out for ihe saturday affair and from report the visitor were thrilled by the 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