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Firemen from Gananoque and Seeleys Bay north of the town fought losing battle Friday to save the l43yearold Grace United Church In Ganano que Only the limestone walls were standing after $183 and he wont pay up wondered John Jones pay his bill see DEBT PAID Religion roundup Weekly meditation Have You paid your debt By REV FRANK WUEST Barrie and District Ministerial What would you do if someone owed you some money and didnt seem to have any intention of paying it back Maybe you heard the radio commentator tell of just such businessman forget the details of where this happened but the man who owned this business in the town had large sign made and hung up on the front of his store It read John Jones or whatever the mans name wasowes me You can imagine the excitement this created for everyone who walked past that store Yes folks pointed laughed and Someone asked the storeowner if the sign worked Did No said the owner with twinkle in his eye But lots of other people have been coming into settle old debts and so far Ive taken in thousands of dollars thought Id never Have you paid your debt Did you know that every time you sin you sin against God And sin always demands pay ment The Bible says The wages of sin is death Death in Fire razes Gananoque church fire roared through the old structure The fire began early in the morning In the church office CP Photo the Bible always speaks of Physical death is the separation of me my spirit from the body in which live for these few years on this earth Sin will eventually cause me to be eternally separated from God The good news is that God sent Jesus Christ to earth to live perfect life and to pay this sin debt on my behalf He was punished for us He was separated from His Father for us When we rely solely upon His finished work on the cross for our forgiveness God writes paid in full across the list of sins weve committed God knows all about what we have done thought or said He could hang out si with our name on it telling everyone we owe Him an the debt is overdue Because He has not does not mean that we shouldnt run to Him confes our sins and claim His foregiveness Anyone who thus goes to Him He will not cast out Ive written this so that in the future you will not like who will stand before the Living God and be judged many for all the sms committed in this life You see God keeps records too can tell you that it is wonderful thing to know personally the Saviour Who paid my sin debt wonder if there ever was such debtor as John Oh yes Jones separa tion not extinction Group wants raid documents sent TORONTO CP The Coun cil of Scientology Parishioners has asked the Ontario attorney generals department to send any documents in its possession relating to an FBI raid July 1977 on the Church of Scien tology in Washington DC to the US government The request follows recent US court judgment which said the FBI raid was illegal and that the government retrieve and destroy all copies of any materials seized which have been given to any person out side the US justice depart ment spokes an for the group said the documents contain false and misleading informa tion on the church which may be used in studies on mindde velopment groups New award TORONTO CP reli gious journalism award has been established in memory of Rev AC Forrest editor of the United Church Observer for 23 years before his death last De cember The ma azines board of di rectors wi award $1000 to the best magazine article sub mitted for the competition with Mdlnfd Jr yz growfitdy 01 éReelvkvi IMNFfllif fgwfikmf as the aim of encouraging the development of religious journalism in Canada Fills gap QUEENSTON Ont CPI The only survivor of monastic order founded in Grimsby Ont near Hamilton 32 years ago now operates home for mentally retarded women Sister Cecille 57 who over sees the care of seven women in foster home in Queenston 15 kilometres east of St Cath annes said the work has filled gap in her life There was great hole in my life she said wasnt fulfilled But finding the girls has given me spiritual regrowth and now have no trouble sleeping at night The order to which Sister Ce cille belongs the Missionary Sisters of Christian Charity was founded by Basilian priest and in the Eastern mo nastic tradition the nuns in volve themselves actively in the world She wants to raise funds to build group home that would accommodate 10 retarded women Such home would qualify This is or of what are purported by St Michaels Church Chicago ill Chicago Fire of l87l ashes for $1871 or In to be ashes from the Great The church is selling the an attempt to raise $25 million In renovation funds AP Photo for government subsidies to al low her to pay for fulltime staff As members of foster home the women get only welfare payments from the region she said Celebration SPENCERVILLE Ont CP The congregation of St An drews Kirk Presbyterian Church in this community 30 kilometres northeast of Brock ville will be celebrating its freedom from mortgage ac quired when the church was rebuilt after fire five years ago Donations from members of the church across Canada the insurance coverage and num ber of grants totalling 321500 paid for the restoration of the church built in 1877 We did not lose church we only lost building said the congregations pastor Rev Lawrence Cowper For retreat TORONTO CP The Can ada Full Gospel Central Church Torontos second Ko lean congregation is lanning to purchase property ora re treat and prayer centre and wants to double its New chapel dedicated The Barrie Branch Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was dedicated Sunday August 26 The dedicatory prayer was offered by Elder Russell Ballard of the First Quorum of the Seventy General Authori ty of the Church from Salt Lake City Utah As is traditional with all Mor mon Church buildings the chapel was completely paid for when dedicated Plans are now under way to complete the final phase of the church building which is located at 79 Ferris Lane Bar rle Beard helps refugees CALGARY CP Members of the First Christian Reformed Church boosted their young pastor onto picnic table sat him on chair tucked white sheet around his neck and raised 52500 for Vietnamse refugees Barend Beisheuvel 31 said he did not originally plan to have his eightyearold beard cut off but was talked into it by parishoners who were curious to see what he would look like without it congregation by the end of this year The congregation of about 100 hiaded by Rev Church Kyu ar Associated with Dr Yonggi Cho in Seoul Korea Canada Full Gospel Central Church holds its affiliation with the Pgntecostal Assemblies of Can Appointed REGINA CP Kate Med gett has been appointed presi dent of the Baptist Women of Westem Canada Mrs Medgett is graduate of of the Briercrest Bible Institute in Saskatchewan She spent 15 years as missionary in Rho desia and Zambia with her hus band Rev Basil Medgett After returning to Canada Mrs Medgett served on the Saskatchewan Womens Execu tive for eight years and was president of the group for two years Refugee aid TORONTO CP $50000 grant to assist Vietnamese refugees coming to Canada has been directed to George Em mett Cardinal Carter arch bishop of Toronto by the Share Life Appeal ShareLife is an annual appeal throughout the archdiocese of Toronto which raises funds for Catholic charities the education of future priests and Third World overseas protects Gift for Pope Pope John Paul ad mires bicycle which was presented him in Vatican City Wednesday during the general au dience in St Peters Square AP Photo Points to onder Footprints life and death $10M By THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO CP Volunteer had JohngdllnlIilein helpslgis church eps dont understand Wh is it walked al at our side 93 40 ionpeov 8m fiygggmztgufig take ms that down the hills anE over but here hen till walking Scmnbei is VicePfesidmt had written the article Poop He looked down and who the smooth and easy places was hard and the paths were the 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