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FMC Autumn Newsletter Fort Massey Star AUTUMN - THANKSGIVING - 2011 www.fortmasseychurch.com From the Pastor’s Desk... Scripture Reading: claims “Our international Enter His gates with Psalm 100 nonprofit organization pro- thanksgiving; His courts In regions of Mexico hot vides resources for living in with praise. Give thanks springs and cold springs the gentle power of grate- to him and bless his are found side by side. Be- fulness, which restores name, for the Lord is cause of the convenience courage, reconciles rela- good and His love is ev- INSIDE of this natural phenome- tionships, and heals our THIS ISSUE: erlasting; His faithfulness non the women often Earth.” Some of the re- endures to all genera- Upcoming 2 bring their laundry, boil sources on the site are tions. UCW Events their clothes in the hot Christian and some are Throughout the history Spirit Con- 3 springs, and rinse them in from other faiths. Some of our faith there have nectors Book the cold springs. A tourist are even from those with- Selections been people of faith who watching this procedure out faith who still feel a have written about the Phantoms of 4 need to live in thanksgiv- the Pipes XIV commented to his guide need for thanks. We need ing. “They must think Mother only look at our hymns like Dr. Mina 5 Nature is generous to MacKenzie Some people are now ‘Count your many bless- Memorial freely supply such ample keeping gratitude journals. ings, name them one by Trust Fund clean hot and cold water.” They take the time to one’ and a more modern Hardships of 6 The guide replied “No write down for a few hymn ‘Our God is an awe- Life senor. There is much minutes each day a short some God’. Different grumbling because she sup- list of things for which they words but the same under- plies no soap.” are grateful. Someone who lying emotion. Gratitude. has written about such a Think of how often we Thanksgiving reminds us practice notes, “By ac- look at life from ungrateful that we are a people called knowledging what is work- eyes; and how often we to gratitude, to a way of ing in our lives, we set in grumble about a small living and being which motion an ancient spiritual thing when overall life is means that we count our law - the more you have going well. Thanksgiving is blessings and live with our and are grateful for, the already here. Some people adversity. We go forward more will be given to you.” are pausing not just for from this day with a new football and turkey but to The Psalmist would not attitude, seeing the glass ask whether there is an have looked up ‘Gratitude half full even when our attitude of thanks in their dot org’ on the internet, inclination is to see it half daily living, an attitude of but he understood grati- empty. Happy Thanksgiv- gratitude. There is a web- tude. ing! site for gratitude which ~Rev. Trent P A G E 2 Upcoming UCW Events Our ‘Annual Harvest bread with cheese, sweet Submitted by Irene Parks Tea’ is on Saturday, Oc- breads and cookies. Our sale tober 15th, 2 - 4 pm. tables include Silent Auction, Special music with Kevin Pantry, Jewellery, Christmas, Roberts & friend. There New-to-You and Crafts. will be a Bake Table. Tickets are $5 at the door or Freewill offering. during Coffee & Conversa- The ‘Christmas Tea & tion on Sundays. Sale’ is on Saturday, No- Our ‘Christmas Lunch- vember 19th, 10:30 am eon’ will be held at a restau- to 12:30 pm. As usual, rant this year. The restaurant we serve brown & raisin and date is undecided. From the Manse - Fall 2011 “So now we head Channel surfing is fun son. So we will all have rainy summer evening. but as most of you know, off to college to wait for the next in- On the night stand has you can look at channel stallments. But with a been The Book of Ne- basketball games after channel and find large cast and a budget of groes. But it has finally nothing that appeals. So to watch Beatrice a million dollars an epi- been returned to the most evenings if the TV sode, it is well done. If library - well worth the is on at the manse, there play for the you missed the first few read. And our favourite ia a DVD in the player. episodes, Vision usually University of Kings; movie of the summer First we discovered that starts over and shows it was “The Help”. to concerts with Video Difference has a again or you can wait for wonderful collection but it through the library. So now we head off to Tristan as assistant you can begin to spend We also enjoyed the college basketball games too much on rentals. So to watch Beatrice play conductor and 2010 version of Upstairs then we discovered that Downstairs - a few epi- for the University of singer with the library has most of sodes with some of the Kings; to concerts with the same DVDs. They same cast from the origi- Tristan as assistant con- Camerata are not on the shelf but nal series. ductor and singer with Singers…” you can go online and log Camerata Singers; and into their system and Midsomer Murder and back to bridge lessons Inspector Morse have request. Then you wait. hoping to learn how to been our murder mys- keep score and to re- Our favourite show tery favourites this sum- member what we this summer was Down- mer. Both are British and learned last year. And if ton Abbey. And just as as the plot twists and you attend Bette Mac- we finished it, we discov- turns, we try to guess Donald’s comedy show ered that it is on Vision “who dun it”. Walking in December at the TV this fall on Wednes- through the streets of Cohn, and you hear a day evenings. It is like Oxford with Morse or familiar laugh from the “Upstairs, Downstairs” through the small villages audience, yes, that will and they are currently with Barnaby are good be your minister enjoying filming the second sea- escapism on a cold and every minute of it - again. FORT MASSEY STAR AUTUMN - THANKSGIVING– 2011 P A G E 3 How To Stop Rumours Mildred, the church gossip, alcoholic after she saw his away. He didn’t explain, and self-appointed monitor old pickup parked in front of defend or deny. He said of the church’s morals, kept the town’s only bar one af- nothing. sticking her nose into other ternoon. Later that evening, Bill people’s business. Several She emphatically told Bill quietly parked his pickup in members did not approve of (and several others) that front of Mildred’s her extracurricular activities every one seeing it there house...walked home...and but feared her enough to WOULD KNOW WHAT left it there all night. (You maintain their silence. HE WAS DOING! gotta love Bill!) She made a mistake, how- Bill, a man of few words, Submitted by Jean Brown ever, when she accused Bill, stared at her for a moment a new member of being an and just turned and walked A Special Remembrance ATTENTION…Please join Doughboy was survived by Ivany Place, located off me in remembering yet an- his wife, Play Dough; three Hammonds Plains Road other great icon of the en- children, John Dough, Jane tertainment community. Dough and Dosie Dough; plus they had one in the ov- The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast en. The funeral was held at infection and trauma compli- 3:50 for about 20 minutes. cations from repeated pokes Submitted by Joan Hyslop, to the belly. He was 71. resident at Northwood’s Spirit Connectors Book Selections Harvey Cox’s book, two books this fall/winter on Thursdays at 10:30 am, be- The Future of Faith ginning October 13, 2011. and These books can be pur- Barbara Brown Taylor’s chased or ordered at any book, An Altar in the World bookstore, or on-line, and are available in paperback. Our Spirit Connectors group will be reading these Fall Winter P A G E 4 The Royal Canadian FORT MASSEY Holy Humour College of Organists CHURCH Queen & To- A minister parked his car in a Halifax Centre bin, near South, Hali- no-parking zone in a large city fax, NS 423-4294 because he was short of time and couldn't find a space with a P R E S E N T S MC - Dr. Walter H. meter. Kemp PHANTOMS of the Then he put a note under the SATURDAY, 7:30 PIPES XIV windshield wiper that read: "I PM, OCTOBER 29, have circled the block 10 times. 2011 If I don't park here, I'll miss my The Scariest show appointment. Forgive us our Admission: $10, $5 in Town trespasses." (seniors), Children When he returned, he found featuring some of the featuring some of the free, $15 family a citation from a police officer scariest people! along with this note "I've circled PHANTOMS of this block for 10 years.. If I don't the PIPES XIV give you a ticket I'll lose my job. Lead us not into temptation.” QEH Time Capsule Holds Historic Artifacts A time capsule from said she couldn't wait to students mingled with the old Queen Elizabeth go to the new school. the elderly QEH grads as High School was cracked "I was in Grade 10 in '42, they read the old news- open for the first time in I was 15, I was dying to papers, dominated by 70 years.
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