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10 stouffville suntribune thursday july 21 2005 united church hears student ministers first sermon wanda stride stood at the lectern of lemonville united church july 3 looked out over the congre- gation and delivered her first sermon as the churchs new student minister going into the ministry was something the former whitchurchstouffville res ident had already consid ered earlier in her life it has been on my mind since high school she said but after she had chil dren she couldnt put it off any longer she went through a year of discern- r as its called where a committee deliberates whether a ministerial can didate truly has been called or not when ms stride first arrived for classes at emmanuel she knew right away this is where i need to be she said now living in uxbridge she is in the first year of a fouryear program at emmanuel college at the university of toronto studying for her master of divinity degree those four our town withhannelore volpe years might well take her seven she predicted she noted that many of the stu dent ministers at emmauel college are on their second or third careers many are women and most are in their 30s 40s and 50s there is also a strong gay community which has come to the united church from other denominations she will bestudent min ister at lemonville united for three years the congregation want to help and want to be there for you she said it makes you want to be there for them erin todd the former student minister who had been at lemonville united for four years moved to a enhance weight loss with wm4000 ultra controls appetite increases energy complements weight management program 7itaf ki ofa c5 cvcu i piimss ksifafl 0 cfii wmi sty to weight loss nutrition vcentres church in wawa ont after being ordained this year lemonville uniteds man date is to have only student ministers one of the first things ms stride would like to develop at lemonville united is a sunday school since she and her husband john futhey have two young children six-year- old catie futhey and samuel futhey who is four would attend along with a few other children of the congregation she would also like to develop faith exploration classes and discussions in the evenings ms stride is wellknown in the whitchurch- stouffville area for her pas sion for music she was music director at stouffville united church for more than seven years several years ago she and anne gage started the bach to blues chorus her achieve ments in music were recog nized in 2003 when she received the music town ontario award in whitchurchstouffville despite the time taken by her theological studies and caring for a young fam ily ms stride is continuing with music which she describes as her passion she continues to play accordion tin whistle piano and guitar in a band called poor tom show kids you care scott schlussler of the stouffville kinsmen club received support from whitchurchstouffville council last week for the show kids you care advo cacy program mayor sue sherban noted that information on the program along with buttons and stickers will be made available at town events show kids you care was launched in may by the canadian centre for abuse awareness to increase pos itive attitudes toward chil dren and decrease inci dence of child abuse we as adults get so caught up in our daily lives that we forget to stop to talk to our kids mr schlussler said its just a helpful reminder of where pur priorities should be mr schlussler vice- president -of- the local kinsmen club would like to see show kids you care stickers in all shop win dows in stouffville and other materials from the program around town the stouffville kinsmen raise funds to support cys tic fibrosis research every year sponsor stouffvilles santa claus parade and donate money to help out local families and individu als who are in need georgina is the only community in york region to adopt the program so far the advocacy program is coordinated by sanderson layng former chairman of the centre for 30 years the show kids you care program can be reached at 9059670687 ext 240 feltanywhere in the f 9q5r2942200 x 33214 v vjv ipg cell 4168368292 mompetitive design anmb mit ratesavailable new bonus pak a powerful marketing envelope filled with exciting savings one very low rate includes design printing distribution call for more information