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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 21, 1969, p. 11

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acton witnesses plan to attend assembly peace on earth hu come stated hemy loewen presiding minister of the acton congregation of jehovahs witness he said thi in announdtaj that delegate from the congregation will be attending the peace on earth international assembly of jehovah wltnene acheduled to be held july 613 in bulttlo new york in spite of the protest campus rebellion bruihflre war and incidents which threaten war that are continually in the new peace la already an established reality hi the irv of jehovah wrtneue and will become eeea more solidly based in the near future mr loewen aad we are preparing for the largest total attendance at any aerie of our anemblica ever he continued famule front the acton congregation are making plana to go into buffalo to demomtrate not by a ttreet march but by living working and worshipping together for eight day that there do riot have to be confrontation because people have different political ethnic or social background lecture discussion group and costumed drama of life 4n bible time will be feature of the progranfat each convention the clergy apeak cat by rev harry j dawson st albans church distinguished organist choir at trinity sunday the choir from deer park united chinch toronto il presenting a choral concert with organ solo at trinity united church acton on sunday evening may 25 it 8 pan thli it one of the most distinguished cholri from toronto and the organist u william wright babo frcco considered one of the op organist in toronto and one of the truly great in the country mi wriaht will auo be accompanied on the organ by hit wile who li trained or gintst or german descent once a concert organist in a german cathedral trinity united choli i sponsoring the concert service oi gospel music baptist church sunday the reverend llirry j dawion it waint too many year ago that to be a citizen in our community in good standing was to be a faithful tnember of a particular denomination or church not so today it wai mr turner in last weeks free press who ipoke about change change i inevitable it u constant the old adage at it wai it now and ever uull be is a outmoded a yesterday style we live in a new and radically changing age our age list often been called a pottchrlstlan era people are saying tliey nave lost their religion such a statement would have been frowned upon not loo long ago but not today these is a new freedom in our land especially when it comes to religion people make up their own rule when it comet to belief or nun uluci in cud everyone is his own expert no longer is il necessary to go to church claim the unchurched the social stigma of the unchurched i fait disappearing such public figure a pierre berton and gordon sinclair outipoken critics of the church have unleiihed a new freedom they attract followers many chum to share the unit doubt the apparent honesty of tuch people appeal to me at timer but i often wonder whether their doubt are personal or parcelled from headllnen we do live however in an age where honeuy l more accepted surely thli fact mutt be safeguarded religion is no longer protected by social attitude moil of us do make friend of unbelievers there h little or no social stigma attached to unbelievers in our day this fact cannot but be of benefit both o hie individual and to the church surely in the matter of rellgioui belief we should have unhmited freedom in light of thli honety however come even greater demand on the faithful it meant that the old buttresses of the past have been wiped away no longer is it a social advantage to attend church no longer ii itnecetuiy to attend church to gel aliead in builneu the reaton for church attendance now more than ever before i left to the conscience and conviction of the individual the old pressure of fear and social itigma are no longer forcing people into hie realm of the church till cannot but strengthen the church in the long run our members may be dropping statistically but the remnant that tenuint will be belter convicted and more able to wilncii to the truth than ever before with honeity and freedom comes a greater responsibility which cannot but benefit everyone thai acton fre pre wednesday may 21 1969 12 financial campaign for st alban s church last evening tuesday luxton memorial hall was the scene of a parish dinner for st alban anglican church and the dinner had a twofold purpose to have all anglican sit down as one family in chnttlan fellowship and to have all understand the current need of the church and he plaris to overcome them a financb campaign was chosen every member and user of the church will be vniled within the next 10 day and asked to signify how they intend a special evening service of vocal geepel music will be held in acton baptist church on sunday may 25 at 7 pari featuring the churchmen quartet and accompanist of toronto there will be so mkiulei of sacred music presented in modem ilyle and rhythm by the quartet which 1 composed of single young men they have variations the teuton of trinity church ha decided in favor of variation in the form of worship for trinity congregation tills means there will be experiment with the form of church worship used been heard world wide on radio and seen on toronto tv and have also made a number of records there are two canadian in the quartet one from the argentine and another from sweden welfare institutions did you know that the canada assiitance plan support i a wide variety of welfare initltutloni for needy person the plan provide for federal slurirj- in the coit of such institutions ai home for the aged nursing homes home for unmarried mother hoiteli for transients and child care institution cfwi tmglimr jm tpmiitr john reoch will be the guest ipeaker at the service of knox presbyterian church on sunday may 25 mr reoch i a young civil engineer who hope to erect tlie first christian church in afghanistan this coming summer he ii the ion of rev allan reoch a veteran missionary of the presbyterian church in manchuria china and british guiana at hie close of the service there will be an opportunity to meet and talk with mr reoch while enjoying a cup of coffee everyone u welcome churchill church notices ehutatiu community onjttch churchill road north minister mr robert o w hyde ba phone i5mw sunday may 5lh 1969 1100 ean morning worship and sunday school 800 p m special folk service all re welcome at the church oa the hill acton tsaptot chutch pounded im2 pastor rev stanley gammon res 144 tidey ave phone 8531615 ptluytttlan church in canada knox church acton rev andrew h mckeiuie ii a d d minister mr b a hansen da organist and choir master sunday may 25lh 1969 945 am church school and adult bible class 1100 aiis morning worship paul the prisoner 7 00 pm evening service churchmen s ouartolte wednesday 6j0 explorer 00 pm pracr and brble study thursday choir at mo friday 700 pan bjlp feed the hock of god which is among you i peter 5 2 all welcome thnirv utirrta chukh minister the rev gordon b turner ba b d director of music dr george elliott ma phd sunday may j5lh 1949 045 a m church school for ages 3 lo 15 years tf 3 45 im ministers church mombcr ship class for teenagers 1100 am divine worship guest speaker mr john reoch p enp missionary iksignm with atyhnnistan intern uion il mission 1200 noon colyee hour for everyone a ihinic to meet and question mr reooh and his family everyone welcome ivanott hntfcostal yarutnacij paoc m churchill road rev s m thoman pastor 8531715 sunday may 25th 1969 1000 un tetoraug worship canadian brblc society preacher rev w h moore district secretary of cbs subject a valid priority goo pm choral concert by deer pork united churxh choir toronto sunday school 1000 am nursery to grede 4 1100 tan grade s to i we welcome you and your family to take part fat the life and worship of trinltyl isitrjhutchoi ttalarantmmaaityr angsjcan comer willow st and st alban drive rev h j dawson ba bth sunday may 25th 1969 day of pentecost whit sunday 9j00 am holy eiacharlst 1qj0 am church school and nursery i0j0 aan choral eucharist 1st 3rd and 5th sundays matthu 2nd and 4th sundays miry 26 10 am midweek holy comrmmlon nursery provided sunday may 25lh 1969 10 00 am sunday school 1 1 00 am momlng worship 7 00 p m evangelistic service imsdav 8 pm prayer service and bible study thursdas 8 00 pan christs ambassador friday 645 pm crusader 1 john i 9 if we confess our sins he 1 faithtul and just lo forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unright con snots mathi avtnui baptist church ii maple ave georgetown pastor- rev robert c lohnea sunday may 25th 1969 here is our sincere invitation to the whole family to attend church 9 45 a m sunday school all ages 11 00 am morning service 700 pm evening evangel georgetown 8774665 wthja chusttan r0ormio church minister rev p brouwer ba bd acton ontario sunday may 25th 1969 1000 tun english service 1110 aan sunday school 4 00 pan english service everyone welcome albert smiths garden has all vegetables up by mrs f macarthur a special folk service will be held on sunday evening may 25 in churchill corhmunity church at 8 km young and old alike are invited to lids unique expression of christian faith congratulations to mr and mrs clark winter of toronto on the arrival of a wee baby girl donna lea on wednesday may 14 at south peel memorial hospital another little granddaughter for mr and mrs alfred winter congratulations and best wishes to paul hamilton and his bride miss sheila sinclair of guelph who were mimed in trinity united church on saturday may 1 7 ray swackhamer spent the weekend in new york with the students from the acton district high school mr and mrs grant down and family of sunderland visited on tuesday with her sister and brotherinlaw mr and mr bob kerr mr and mr harold gnffin and smith r griffin attended the wedding of mr and mrs paul hamilton in trinity united church and reception afterward at the royal hotel in guelph mr and mrs robert dawson of chatham were dominion day viutors at their grandparents mr and mrs tred macarthurs home they also called on mr and mrs leroy macarthur and family mr albert smith a local home gardener is hoping for no hard frost he has all garden vegetables up even potatoes and it sure looks lovely mr wesley johnston of brampton was a sunday visitor with mr and mrs charles blnnie mr barry mcnichol a nephew also a niece miss anne hamilton both of toronto stayed after the wedding on saturday with theiraunt and uncle mr and mr vvard hamilton and family for tlie weekend j mr and mrs arcliic kerr miss lillcxstrokor and master donald andersonspent the weekend ot fenelon falls with the vanatter brampton boy wins hinton ring m graduation at sheridan a brampton hoy 22yearold micliael barber was awarded the mary e hinton ring for highest standing at sheridan college during the first graduation exercises last friday night mike is a graduate of the twoyear program in electronic data processing with- a grade point average of 4 0 the highest possible at sheridan as a high school dropout after grade ii mike travelled back and forth across the continent several times tpent a year in california at a job placement officer for a girl trinity united church choir twites you to a sunday evening choral concert 99 99 by deer park united church choir toronto under the direction of- mh william wright babdfrc co assisting artists mrs annegret wright organist mrs thomasvary violinist sunday may 25lh at 8 pm coffee hour following tlie bible toddy to support their church for the next two years a number of tlie men of the parish have volunteered to make these calls and will begin tonight wednesday bill denny was presiding chairman for the dinner harold denny outlined financial need george lee spoka on campaign objective joe bray spoke on the campaign plans le doby talked on reiponiibrlity and ted tratt spake on what your pledge should mean to you tlie recjor the rev ii j pawsoa added a few closing remarks it was pointed out clearly that in order to meet the church needs each person should teataet present church giving in light of present day cost their own income and lo what extent they could support their church over the next two year tlie objective i to have each strive to give a definite amount each week whether they are ai church or not as many of the costs are standard and reoccur regularly the people of the parish should consider equal genefoslty no equal gifts they learned there is an indication the financial target will be met if eacl one doeitus dure halfon womans fostfhjtes publish hilites paper tlie bible vocicty in ttuilsnd and laos presses on steadily with its task in spite of many distractions in thai part of the world and with much to encourage them for example a tlui girl became ill and needed to attend tlie manorom christian hospital at an out patient but she had been prepared for tlie new experience with it inevitable worry by watching the change in the life of her own father he had picked up a book which the brother had brought home one day and had become to absorbed hut he took it out regularly from the thatched roof of their cottage and read it regularly slowly his whole life changed the book was a new testament reeling puzzled as well as depressed the began to read tlie book for herself and later told one of the hospital staff as i read st johns gospel i knew in my heart hut these words came only from god later she left the hospital with a new heart a new joy and a new testament hilites l6tl 69 a newdelter reporting on junior and senior branch activities of llalton district women institute came off the presses this week the newsy eight page bulletin will be mailed lo w i officials across canada and distributed to members attending tlus weeks district annual meeting at boston presbyterian church mr john bird of auigrove president of hilton w i was editor of the publication with assistance by llome connmist mrs k williams mrs m nelll and mr i rank wilion and 400 copies were printed by the milton champion copies are selling at 60 cent each sprinkled with pictures of branch anniversaries and activities the illlite contains reports on use progress of all 17 branches in llalton plus junior institute and 4 ii club news and features greetings are included from the district president provincial board director mrs r c moffalt and the llome economist it is a fact the live of over 500 women and girls in rural llalton have been enriched by tlie w i activities reported in this publication and a score of cummunilie have been able lo retain their identity and are benefitting from the friendship generated by those w i groups says editor mrs bird it is hoped to publish lltlites regularly perhaps annually she said twin raked tml weekend rain forced eleven local cubs lo pack up tents and head for home after only one night the camp at wilcox conservation area near orangevitle was set up by tlie georgetown district organization for area cubs who would be moving up into scouts next year attending from acton were ricky van meet fred allen kevin bromtad jim pink robin inscoe michael mitchell steven conrny steven banks ronnie grant brian tarsen and steve daigle fashion school spent two years in the bahamas worked a year in europe in a series of hotels and finally came back to brampton to enroll at sheridan during the past two years he has been a member of the student senate on the studentfaculty liaison committee a leader in the student committee to build residences for the college and an involved type in most school functions he plans to go on to the university of western ontario this fall cohh to ctw tlrtsi ctwcli simmy hay 25 m sum stationery 1 vjr1

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