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p 12 the tribune thursday october 9 1997 st i5 rev howarth warmly received at bloomington gospel kate gilderdale correspondent members of bloomington gospel church on ninth line recently wel comed dr john howarth as their new pastor i spent almost six years as the senior pastor at grace church in newmarket and i came to stouf- fville the first week of september said howarth who was originally contacted about the post in febru ary his arrival had been eagerly awaited by the congregation since the church had been without a pas tor for a year following the depar ture of rev bryan coker for a new ministry in smiths falls when the opportunity was pre sented to him said howarth my wife natalie and i prayed about it and we were convinced that the lord had not only opened the door here he had kept it open so we just kept walking through the doors he opened howarth has been delighted with the warm reception from the com munity and enjoys the rural atmos phere im just amazed at the number of younger families who attend i think thats a real strength we have a whole spectrum of ages with a lot of little kids as well as mature citi zens iii the church and thats also important because the older people bring experience and wisdom howarth has already met with members of the stouffville ministe rial association and is impressed with the strength and enthusiasm he has encountered in the organiza tion im looking forward to a good partnership and cooperation with the other pastors over the years when members of the congrega tion were asked to give their views on what direction the church should take one of the responses was that they wanted to reach out to the community with the love of the lord and something really neat happened our church sponsored minor league baseball this summer and the team was called blooming ton avalanche the congregation attended games bringing ice cream and snacks and at the end of the season the team was second overall in the league two sundays ago we had a base- bathroom facelift as low as try our low prices on all renovations versabuild inc master builders since 1977 905 6400446 lawyer peter j lewarne matrimonii personal injury commercial litigation small business law bankruptcy real estate wills over 20 years experience low rates quality service 4701 highway no 7 at kennedy rd unionville ontario l3r 1m7 tel 4774381 fax4777601 24 hour availability ball service with team members their families and coaches because we wanted to congratulate them and celebrate their season his goal as pastor is to continue reaching out to the community sharing the love of jesus and serving people in any way we can the howarths have three children bruce 17 marlys 14 and karolyn 10 natalie howarth is a york region physio therapist who also runs her own private practice 10 off all instock small electrical appliances irons excludes personal care appliances our reg s 1799 to 37999 sale 1619 to 34199 jv ial offer 1799 arrow and van heusen dress shirts white toneontone fashion colours fancy stripes and neat patterns in the assortment of cotton blend shirts mm bbbh the work connection tops only at eatons cotton rib crew neck in 4 colours or cotton mock neck in 7 colours s to xl mock also in petites sizes our reg 4499 sale 2699 mi i m 18 ass 40 only at eatons retreat longsleeved mock necks turtlenecks and shortsleeved pique polos s to xl xxl in polo style our reg 2999 sale 1799 wsy ife ajulfmiiiitti ai mmm off 40 off converse separates for boys sizes 4 to 18 our reg 1799 to 2999 sale 1079jfco 1799 m mss- i m btximi 30to125off all maytag major appliances our reg 59999 to 216999 sale 56999 to 204499 40off elite fuji silk blouse fnly at eatons f tegular sizes s to xl fetites sizes 4 to 16 i our reg 4999 s be 2999 pluj sizes 16w to 24w 1 our rdb- 5999 sate 339 js