the tribune april 3 ik called a witch er of terror by joann thompson stouffville they called her a witch but that was eight years ago before pamela blackburn of newmarket gave her life to christ pamela shared her unusual experiences with about 60 ladies duhipg a recent coffee hour at the stouffville missionary church although she had never practiced the an cient ritual of witchcraft she was often introduced as a sorceress at an early age pamela realized she had special powers her childhood a time that should have been filled with joy was terrifying particularity afraid of running water and heights she would slither along the ground on her stomach because she didnt want to be too high at 17 she was reading tea leaves although it was more of a social event but when the most outrageous of forecasts came true she became frightened of the ability to foresee the future more predictions became realitybin eventually she wasnt afraidthe fear was replaced with a feeling of superiority by the time pamela was married with four children she was having precognition flashes and was actively involved in astrology numerology palmis try tran scendental meditation yoga and studied the theories of re incarnation deeply withdrawn she maintained a feeling of condescension for everyone because of the special gift physically unable to cry since she was 20 in her own words she drove the ones she loved away with her nagging domineering behaviour every mirror in the house was eventually covered with towelsshe couldnt bear to see herself but that wasnt enough she would wear wmglavses in the privacy of her own home depressed she contemplated suicide it was at this point she says that god in tervened he said no you will go no further but the uncanny forces within pamela were still very much alive living in st catharines she met an old woman who taught her the art of casting spells admittedly pamela didnt take it seriously initially but when the first attempt was suc cessful she was astounded and had to learn more by this time her husband and children had left she knew a change had to come it was a friend of her teenager son who recommended she read hal lindsays late great planet earth shortly after she began attending church throwing away stacks of books on sorcery along with two valuable bud- das she began the road to her new life after a horrifying vision one night pamela was cleansed she is now able to read the bible and understand the words- and says shes truly happy for the first time service an evening of sacred music by the sacredaires of st catharines will feature the sunday evening service may 4 at 7 pm in the stouffville missionary church toromarks simmons vfe t this car is economical to operate and fully airconditioned lloyd britton wouldnt recommend this kind of car for someone planning a trip to florida however he admits itd be great for rounding up the cows in the back forty while comfort may leave something to be desired it comes fully airconditioned at no extra cost here lloyd takes wife marg for a spin around the lot west of stouffville jimholt queen size matt box spring r 17s ce i j big discoumtssertasefllysimmohs t0r0mark furniture one location sherwood pl2 markham 2942581 open 99 ashamed to be a canadian speaker spring luncheon the ucw are holding a spring lun cheon wed may 21 at 1 pm in the hall of stouffville united church the guest speaker will be margaret elliott president of womens interchurch council tickets priced at 350 can be purchased from the church office or by calling bea jennings at 6401453 babysitting will be provided at the church tells banquet stouffville im ashamed to be a canadian ashamed of the way our prime minister dillydallies around while russia is raping afghanistan when are we as a country going to stand on our own two feet and make firm decisions on such situations k about 65 men from 10 churches within the area attended a banquet april 21 to hear rev ken campbell founder of renaissance in ternational speak on the concerns of people in society today referring to politicians he said that the world js being dominated by representatives who reject personal ac countability both to themselves and other people when is mr trudeau going to humble himself and lead canada with profound goodness and not with fence- straddling policies he asked regarding religion in the 1980srev campbell said there is a general suppression of the truth of god and the myths of secularism are foolosophies the public- school system is an institution which is- morally and religiously neutral and sometimes even hostile to bible teachings the evolutionary process is explained with no reference whatever to the creator in fact one high school student told me she had never read a book which had presented scientific fact that creation is a legitimate theory he said he would rather forsake his property and possessions than lose his family to a society that is led by sick kings with pagan thoughts citing a recent in cident in which a major service club held a stag party he pointed out- the irony of the situation many of the men who took part in the wild drunken orgy called themselves church people they actually hired a woman to take off her clothes for their entertainment to them i say your names and addresses- should- be published in the local newspaper rev campbell said that before one can ac cept christ he or she must declare the truth that humans are self- centered rebels and each is as bad as the next through my- ex tensive travels around the world i have not found anything that affects us in a more positive way than the gospel he said bute young bright ambitious active and vouve r m n welcome to the club unfortunately the membership is not all that exclusive the fact is there are some 3500 canadians with ms if you had ms youd be paying your dues every day you see there is no known cause of ms nor is there a known cure as it stands now 35000 canadians are living with the prospect of impaired vision 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