md2 wednesday march 14 1984 at baptist church new minister inducted by lisa partsa staff reporter i more than 100 markham baptist church members gathered recently to witness the formal induction of their new pastor re verend douglas sherwood the church had been without a fulltime minister since september 1982 according to the church clerk judy davidson a dili gent search was carried out before decid ing on reverend sherwood reverend sherwood and his wife g wen began their ministry here in january he had previously served as pastor of centen nial park baptist church in grimsby for eight years the guest speaker for the evening was reverend bill chapman most recently pastor of stoney creek baptist church and the newly appointed principal of the bap tist leadership education centre to open this fall in whitby according to mrs davidson reverend chapman likened the relationship of pas- iiiiii the wallpaper centre features a fabulous sale buy one get one 1 on a beautiful instock selection wallpaper three or four rooms for the price of one hours 9 am to 6 pm open thursdayand frjday nights until nine the wallpaper centre 4 levendale rd richmond hill 8830330 across the road from loblaws on levendale road iiiihiiliili 1 a a a 1 i i 11 a a 1 tor and the people to that of a marriage which to survive and grow must be based on mutual trust honesty love and commit ment originally from wallaceberg reverend sherwood was encouraged to join the church in 1952 some people felt i had gifts and talents for the ministry and pointed me in that direction he ex plained a high school dropout reverend sher wood said he felt the need to go on in the baptist church after working full time and decided to complete his academic educa tion in night school at 20 he enrolled for theological training at the toronto bible college he began his ministry in timmsville baptist church in 1959andwaslaterordainedin bradford in 1968 the reverend is currently commuting to markham from grimsby until he and his wife and three children can move into their new home on gladiator dr so far he and his wjfe are loving it in markham we like the people here at the church said reverend sherwood we find mar kham vital alive and growing theres a progressive atmosphere about the town reverend sherwood welcomed the chance to come to markham saying he wanted a cew challenge he and his wife gwen who also graduated from the toron to bible college want to get to know the people and the community as quickly as possible then after that he chuckled have to play it by ear ill rev douglas sherwood was recently inducted as pastor of markham baptist church here he sits in the sanctuary of the church he previously pastored in grimsby sjoerd vvitteveen timeless treasures clearance sale 50 off anri figurines 50 off lladr0 figurines 50 off c0alp0rt figurines 3 0 off royal d0ult0n figurines 20 off hummel figurines 50 off mclelland figurines 20 off discontinued royal d0ult0n figurines a select group of collector plates up to 60 off timeless treasures 70 main st j markham 2942942 pahitwaupapertile seven star plaza markham 2947835 mccowanrdandhwy7 moa frtues 8 am 6 pm wed thurjfri 8 am saturday 9 am 6 pm 7775 yonge st n th0rnhill 8862881 kmfe south hwy 7 at centre st 9pnt moatueswedl9aja6pjatlwstrrrl9am i saturday 9 am- 6 pm 180 steeles ave w thornhili 9 pm 8812734