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Happy 1st Birthday, Dec. 12, '91 Zachary Millson Engagement Announced Love, Mommy and Daddy Bowmanville resident John Mann won $25,000 in one of the Ontario Lottery Corporation's Corporation's current instant games, Scratch Poker. Mann,- an electrician for General Motors in Oshawa, received received the ticket as a Christmas Christmas gift from his wife, Kath- |ryn. They plan to take their "two children on a trip to Disneyland, Disneyland, Florida, and put the $25,000 Richer remainder toward their mortgage. mortgage. The winning ticket was purchased at Guardian Dmgs onWaverley Road, The Ontario Lottery Corporation Corporation is a Crown corporation responsible for operating government government lotteries in the province. province. To date, more than $4.2 billion has been raised for distribution distribution by the government of Ontario to a variety of projects. John Mann, of Bowmanville, and his wife, Kathryn, Kathryn, display the cheque that Mr. Mann received on January. 3. He won $25,000.in the Ontario Lottery Corporation's Scratch Poker instant game. TRINITY UNITED CHURCH Church and Division Streets Bowmanville, Ontario Church Phone Office Phone 623-3912 623-3138 Rev. Frank Lockhart M.A., M.Div., M.Th. SUNDAY, JANUARY 12TH, 1992 10:30 a.m. "About New Year's Resolutions" Church School for all ages. Nursery Available 6t. Sltt&ttfo's Tempérance and Church St., Bowmanville SUNDAY, JANUARY 12TH, 1992 11:00 a.m. Worship Service Sunday School and Nursery during Morning Service Come and celebrate. w::r Salvation Army Bowmanville Citadel 75 Liberty St. S. CHURCH SERVICE TIMES 9:30 a.m. -- Family Christian Education (Sunday School) 11:00 a.m. -- Holiness Worship 6:30 p.m. -- Praise Service Come and join us at a Community Church where Christ makes the difference. For more information call 623-3761 Corps Officers/Pastors: Captain and Mrs. G. Cooper &t. $attVs Stuttfr C6un& Minister: Rev. N.E. Schamorhorn, B.A., M.Div. Organist: Mr. Douglas Dowell Church Secretary: Helen Mclnnos 623-7361 SUNDAY, JANUARY 12TH, 1992 11:00a.m. 'Proclaiming the Year of the Lord's Favour" Sunday School for all ages NURSERY CARE FOR PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN EVERY SUNDAY If you're now to Bowmnnvillo, wo invite you to make St. Paul's your church homo The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, January 8,1992 7 'r&aaéà - 'TC&Pt&tM 'TVeddutÿ -- Ron and Joy Luxton and Ed and Brenda Dawson of Bowmanville are thrilled to announce the long- awaited engagement of their children, Lori and Jeff. The wedding to take place in Sept, of'93. 1st Birthday Celebrated Hi, everyone, my name is Amanda and beside me is my big sister Saran who's almost 3 years old. We just celebrated my 1st birthday on January 4th, 1992, along with my Mommy and Daddy who are Carl and " ~ die *" Karen VanBe my Family, le of Hampton, and with all the rest of ieion and 'ZùeclcUtoÿ Steven Frank and Susan- Jane Fini an were married Saturday, Saturday, October 26th, 1991 at the Vaughn Estate in Toronto. The bride is the daughter of Mark Seppcn of Brampton and the groom is the son of Walter and Pearl Frank of Bowmanville. Bowmanville. The marriage ceremony was performed by Chaplain Cath- ryn Cook with music performed performed by the Rousseau Duo. The bride's maid of honour was Debbie Leckie, and her bridesmaids were: Tina Ross, Pam Fuller and Rina Seppen. The groom's best man was Charles Ker and his ushers were: Alejandro Macia, Randall Randall Bain and James Zucchcro. The couple honeymooned in Australia and now reside in Whitby. On Saturday, September 14, 1991, Vicki Jeanne Kimball and Gary Lyle Haass were united in marriage at Newton- villc United Church at 3:00 p.m. Reverend Bryan Ransom performed the ceremony and Helen Wood was the organist. The bride is the daughter of Bill and Jean Kimball on Ncw- lonvillc. Parents of the groom are Herman and Joan Haass of Bowmanville. The maid of honour was Karen Kennedy, friend of the bride, and the bridesmaids were Nancy Shacklcton, sister ■of the groom and Mary Brand, friend of the bride. The best man was Ron Haass, brother of the groom and the ushers were Bob Shacklcton, brother-in-law of the groom and Rick Van Mccr, cousin of the groom. The reception was held in the Newcastle Town Hall. The bride and groom honeymooned at Stoney Lake and then went on to Bancroft. Mr. and Mrs. Haass now reside reside in Ncwtonville. Rotary Speaker Looks for True Christmas Meaning by Lorraine Manfredo Reverend Mike Abma, a pastor with the Christian Reform Reform Church, believes that losing losing sight of the true meaning of Christmas reduces the holy day to a mere festival of fear -- a , ceremony no different from those practised by ancient pagans. pagans. The pastor made this comment in a speech to the Bowmanville Rotary Club last month. In addition to being a pastor, pastor, Reverend Abma is also a medieval history graduate from the University of Toronto. Reverend Abma urged his Rotary Club audience to consider consider his historic parallel. "Are pagan festivities really part of the dim and distant past, he . asked? "Or arc huge cash out- ) lays a means of appeasing some god of material prosperity?" prosperity?" In order to draw a closer comparison between a modem • Christmas devoid of religious meaning and ancient pagan festivals, festivals, the guest speaker de scribed how both customs evolved. In the latter part of the Roman Roman Empire, Christianity was gaining a stronghold throughout throughout Europe. Hoping to quell the movement, the Emperor decreed in A.D. 274 that worshiping worshiping the sun would be official. official. The sun-god festival coincided coincided with the winter solstice According to Rev. Abma, this was no coincidence. "This is the time when it is darkest and coldest, the harvest is in and you watch the sun getting lower and lower on the horizon. People of this time did not take for granted that the spring would necessarily follow follow winter," tie explained. This uncertainty led pagan worshipers to disguise their panic in wanton revelry. Reverend Reverend Abma said that their winter festival was a time of ; fear, based on a belief that "tomorrow "tomorrow the sun might not come back." Early Christians responded to the Emperor's decree by strategically scheduling their celebration of the Savior's birth to "go head to head against the pagan sun worship festival." This earliest Christmas was designed to contrast sharply with the mood of sun worshipers. worshipers. According to Rev. Abma, Christmas was more a celebration celebration of hope than "one couched in fear." He said: "It focused on Jesus being the light that brings the warmth to the darkest darkest time of the year. "The true message of Christmas is deeper, more genuine, genuine, and truly a more joyous reason for celebrating" than the old rituals which were "cloaked and clothed more in fear than in festivity," said Rev. Abma. Without the faith that Jesus is the light that brings warmth to the darkest time of the year, Christmas becomes "a season of fear that the god of material prosperity is asleep," he concluded. concluded. 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