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2-Orono Weekly Times, Tuesday, December 23rd, 1980 #rono ÎBceMp Stmeg Second Class Mail Registration Number 000368 Published Every Wednesday at the office of Publication Main Street, Orono Roy C. Forrester, Editor CHRISTMAS REVEALS GOD TEACHING "WISDOM THROUGH FOOLISHNESS" In an article in the Toronto Star on Saturday the Rt. Rev. Lois Wilson, Moderator of the United Chruch of Canada writes that Christmas is safe anchorage for those crafts that spend the year in stormy waters. Agreements are more easily assumed for a while. Thé simple birth of a child speaks across the most complex divisions of culture and faith and conviction. Troops under all sorts of banners have called truces on Christmas Day, in the most bitter of wars. "Ater all, the pretensions that surround the worthy cause look a little silly on hearing the account of a God who makes entrance into our world through a barn. What is more, the revealing of the nature of such a God is entrusted to a babay, watched over by a confused father, a tired mother and a group of unlikley gusets. "For the foolishmess of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (1 Cor.l:25). "Christmas tells us of a God who comes as a carpenter's son, who begins his life as a refugee, and ends it . broken on a cross. The Rt Rev. Wilson says read the whole song of the Suffering Servant in Isaiah. Then you will discover that it is not a Superstar whose, coming we celebrate at Christmas; not an obvious Saviour and liberator . Indeed, He is a child who came as a vulnerable baby, to a family with not special claims, who was finally deserted by his followers, but who proved to be what the world was waiting for. Ceptral to the Christmas mystery is the fact that God's presence is silhouetted most sharply among the obscure, the homeless, the exiled, the dispossessed. Our' world is filled with woundëd people, not only in the physical sense, but also those battered by hostility, exploitation, and rejection, however polite and subtle. Sometimes the experience of suffering seems to have no rational cause or explanation. Yet even then, there is. room for "the works of God to be made manifest. That is part of the mystery that Christians fumble to embrace in all of life. Christmas celebrates God's way of encountering us - without any great fuss or pretence, but with power and healing, in strength and weakness. It is a style that the world is still learning to respect, and Christians have too often forgotten. Children, and especially the child Jesus, help us to remember." Kendal News Once in Royal David's city • Stood a lowly cattle shed, Whee a mother laid her Baby In a manger for his bed. Mary was that mother mild Jesus Christ her little child. He came down to earth from heaven Who is God and Lord of all, And his shelter was a stable, And his cradle was a stall. Beth Cuthbert tells that the first Christmas in Bethlèhem when our Lord was born was a clear, cold evening, according according to the records. Snow occurs in Bethlehem once every three years so there may or may not have been snow. Two planets joined together to make the very ' bright Bethlehem star. They were Jupiter and Saturn perhaps, We have more snow now than we had all last winter. Sunday, December liai was the shortest day in the year, yet a goodly number came to church. We were glad to have Mrs. Judy Fonk, Don and Robert from Woodstock with us at the service. Mr. Ron Frank greeted the people at the door. Mr. Keith Wood assisted with the devotional, part of the service. He announced the death of Mr. Lawrence Hooey on Friday evening, December 19th. He will be missed by the farmers of this area whom he served as a drover. The Sunday School girls sang, "0 Come All Ye Faithful". The ceremony of lighting the last three advent candles was carried out by Glen Foster, Darlene Mercer appentngs. NO PAPER NEXT WEEK The Orono Times will not be published next week, 'Wednesday, December 31st. We will be back in production for the issue of Wednesday, January 7th. Have a good holiday season. ORONO COUPLE COMMITTED TO TRIAL Charged with possession of a narcotic for thé purpose of trafficking, an Orono couple, Frederick Hamm, 36, and Janice Hamm, 28, will-be tried iri County Court. The cotiple appeared in provincial court and have been committed to trial after a preliminary hearing. ' They were charged on Spetember 14th after RCMP and Durham Regional Police seized 32 pounds of what is believed to be marijuana having a street value of $15,000.00. Letter to Editor CHRISTMAS SPIRIT DAMPENED It's almost here - the day we have waited all year for, Christmas. Years ago everyone shared in the festive season by decorating the tree, putting up Christmas decorations in the house, and putting Christmas Christmas lights on the trees in the yard'and around the porch or eavestroughs of the house. Now, as the years go by more and more people are no jonger putting up as many and Patricia Frank. Rev. Tizzard read Matthew 2, verses 1-11. The story of the three wise men. He stated, "The good news of the birth of Jesus came to both Jew and gentile. The good news therefore therefore is for both the Jew and the gentile". The wise men asked, "Where is this important important child for we have seen his star?" We call him king because he is king of our life. He came to bring us love, grace and joy. The Kendal Women's Institute Institute met at the home of our president, Mrs. Diane Wybenga Wybenga for our Christmas pot-fuck dinner on December 16th at noon with twenty-three ladies present. Our honoured guest was Mrs. F. Watson of Solina, President of Durham West Women's Institutes. After a marvellous dinner of all the ladies favourite dishes, we retired to the picturesque sitting room for the program. Mrs. Wybenga stated that we , would not open this meeting the usual way but we would begin with the Christmas story read by Miss C. Stewart, Luke 2 verse l-2o. Then for a roll call each lady was to name her favourite carol and we sang a couple of verses of each, followed by the exchange of gifts. The penny collection was taken up. Then Mrs. D. Wybenga provided us with pins, scissors scissors and two double sheets of newspaper. One was to make a paper hat, the other lady was to be the model and wear the hat. Many wonderful creations were made. By a majority vote the most original original hat was made by Mrs. D. Gosson and modelled by Mrs. R. Elliott. They received; the prize. Snaps were taken of tlie ladies who wore the hats. Another card game was played following the instructions instructions of Mrs O. Hçliand. Then Mrs. Helen Henderson, our past president was presented with a small gift in recognition recognition of her faithful services as president from the members of the W.I. A thank, you lcR- -- » received from Mrs. A. Smuk and it read as follows: To the members of Kendal Women's Institute and Church: Thank ' you very much for the shower, we appreciate every gift very much. We miss you. May the good Lord bless everyone of you, in every way. Thank you. Ursula and family. The Smuk family are now living at 96 Duke Street in Bowmanville. Arrangements were made to deliver the Poinsettas to our shUt-in folks. The next, meeting will be at the home of Mrs. E. Foster, January 20th, 1981. Miss Catherine Stewart had her neice Mfs. Mary Browh and her family Carrie and Michael of London, Ontario come to visit her for the Christmas holiday. They all plan to go to Scarborough on Christmas Day to have dinner with Jean, Mrs. Danny Kean and family. decorations, especially Christmas lights outside. Why is this»? Could it be they lack Christmas spirit or ambition? Possibly, but more than likely it's due to inflation. Now don't get me wrong, . there are people who still have Christmas Christmas spirit and inflation hasn't got them down. Some people still put up Christmas decorations decorations inside the house and lights on the outside. Each year when Christmas approaches people get out their decorations and start to decorate. During the year some of the decorations have becpme ( lost and some damaged damaged so there's the need to buy more to replace the lost and damaged ones. Also, there always seems to be a' light or two that neéds to be . replaced on the set of Christmas lights. So to the Store they go to buy what is needed. During the year the prices have increased considerably considerably but that doesn't stop most people, after all it is Christmas. Upon arriving at home, the family all get together to put up all the decorations. Once the tree and the inside of the house is all decorated, everyone everyone goes outside to put the lights on the big tree in the yard and around the eavestroughs eavestroughs of the house. At last the home is all decorated, inside and outside, and the sign that Christmas is coming is more obvious than ever how. For the next, few days everyone walking by notices how nicely decorated your .yard is, especially at night with all the lights on. Your neighbours all ask you how you managed to get the lights going all the way to the top of the big, tall tree. Ha, ha, you'll never tell - Christmas never was a time for asking questions. Then something happens. That huge tree decorated to the top with Christm'as lights is literally attacked; by who will probably remain a mystery. mystery. Remember those sixteen sixteen light bulbs that didn't' work so you wént to thé store to buy sofne more, paying St. Savie* e r$ ANGLICAN Cn #3<CH Orono, Ontario Regular Sunday Worship Service - 10:00 a.m. Rev. Allan Haldenby B.A. L.Th. UNITED CHURCH Orono Pastoral Charge Minister Rev. Wayne Wright, B.A.; M.Div Organist and Choir Director DavMOray Sunday, December 28,1980 ORONO UNITED CHURCH Sunday Church School 10 a m. Morning Worship ' 11:15 a.m. CHRISTMAS EVÉ SERVICES Leskard 7:30 p.m. Orono 10 p.m. KIRBY UNITED CHURCH Sunday Church School 9:45 Morning Worship 9:45 Vander Stoop's Florist and Greenery Main Street, Orono STORE HOURS: Mon.-Sat. 9-5:'30 Fri. 9-9 PHONE 983-9715 After Hours 987-4670 those high prices so that you would have an attractive looking ' tree to add to the Christmas spirit. Well, what a waste of "hard earned" money because now instead of sixteen bulbs that didn't work, you now have twenty, YES TWENTY, bulbs missing. missing. Some scrooge or Scrooges Scrooges actually had the nerve to steal your Christmas light bulbs. Why anyone would steal something like bulbs is beyond me; maybe they found it challenging, or maybe maybe it was their amusement for the day. Whatever their reason was, it is unbelievable to think that someone(s) would stoop so low as to steal anything so useless., to them and especially with it so close to Christmas. Bah humbug to them! Things like this really dampen ones Christmas spirit. spirit. No wonder legs people are decorating outside of their houses. It's too expensive to be buying decorations and lights that pfeople are only going to be "ripping off of your own property". So to all those people who get» their thrills out of stealing Christmas light bulbs pnd anything else, "have a heart. By stealing from others it dampens their ' Christmas spirit'(and yoursi) and 1 after all it's Chrjstmas - a time of joy, laughter, and love for one another." , Signed, Twenty Bulbs Less and Christinas Spirit Dampened. "