No. 2 - Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches

ground.
What I am actually doing in the United
Church ministry is to work at relating the
Gospel of Christ to the problems and
situations of modern man. For example
our church has a caring ministry for
handicapped children as well as a new
ministry for home-bound seniors. For the
past four years we worked very hard at
creating 90 units of Co-Op housing for
persons 50 years and over. This completed,
St. Andrews Place opened its doors this
past May 1st.
l Our Sunday school is growing (from 25
\ in 1972 to 100 students in 1978) and it is
both a Bible place as well as being a Fun
place. We are very pleased to have more
and more parents involved in the operation
of the Sunday school.
Our youth group that was non-existent
five years ago is currently an active
involved bunch of late and early teens of
around 12 who love to study the Bible
and then go about loving and caring for
senior citizens. They are also involved in
various other projects, such as raising
money to purchase new doors for the
sanctuary.
In addition to the more or less traditionalll
a.m. worship hour there emerged
about three years ago a 9:30 worship
event. In this very informal service the
sermon is generally a dialogue between
the people and the pastor.
When we discovered about a year ago
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lO/mennonite mirror/ october 1978
Compliments of
that the niece and nephew of one of our
members were orphans and stateless in
Malaysia, and had been refused entrance
into Canada, our church went to bat for
these two young people on humanitarian
grounds. The struggle resulted in a
change of mind of the Department of
Immigration. On Dec. 30th they arrived
at the Vancouver International Airport.
Soon after their arrival they became
students at the Fraser Valley College in
Abbotsford.
Just what am I doing in the United
Church of Canada ministry? I am allowed/
encouraged to be a caring, creative,
effective human being, albeit a minister
of the Gospel. mm
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A woman was stopped for speeding.
The traffic officer asked to see her
driver's licence. It was a restricted
licence and it read that she must
always wear her glasses while driving.
The officer, noticing that she was
without glasses, asked: "Where are
your glasses?"
"But officer," she replied, "I have
contacts."
"I don't care who your friends are,"
the policeman said. ''I'm going to give
you a ticket anyway."