The Castlegar Sun \ | Wednesday, December 14, 1994. Wednesday, December 14, 1994 The Castlegar Sun ‘Tema’ Not By Bread Alone Submitted by: David Kroeker,, Russian Evangelical Church The Fall is a beautiful time of harvest. We enjoy the beautiful colours of the leaves on the trees. We enjoy the harvest of our gardens and our fruit trees. All these things are made possible by the Merciful God for our need and our enjoyment. When the Bible talks about bread, it includes all these things. While Jesus was in the desert for forty days, fasting, and being tempted by Satan, Satan said to him, “Command this stone that it be made bread.” And Jesus answered him saying, “It is written that man shall not live on bread alone, but by every word of God.” (Luke 4:3, 4) Every person has two lives: one is the physical, the | other, spiritual. The physical life is eating, pinay man shall not live by bread alone. History is full of examples of people who were able to have all the material things they desired, but without God, they suffered from depression, loneliness, fear, and were driven to alcohol and drugs. God has given His word for people, so that they shall know the love and salvation that God has prepared for them through Jesus Christ. The feeding of the soul is what is meant by the beattitude, “Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after. righteousness, for they shall be filled.” (Matthew 5:6) We often say, “When all else fails, read the instructions.” How often we see people try to put together a kit or furniture or things like that, without ig the i i and making a total mess of it. working, looking after ourselves and our child is satisfying our needs for food, for shelter, me recreation, for general living on this Earth. It is often said that people who are able to acquire whatever they want “live the good life”, and this is referring to the physical life. But at the same time, we have everlasting souls, which cannot be fed with earthly things. They need spiritual food, which is the word of God. Our souls were created by God, they search for God and His word. When we shut ourselves away from God and His word, when we only satisfy our physical needs and ignore the needs of our souls, they become malnourished and hungry. That is why Jesus said that ST. PETER IRAN If a person were to try to build a“house or a boat without reading’ the instructions, he would have only himself to blame for the cost of his mistakes. We also have our instructions for putting our lives together. God’s word is meant to tell us how we can “live the good spiritual life”. When we don’t read these instructions, we have only ourselves to blame for the suffering of our souls. Let us remember to look after the needs of our souls as well as our physical selves. This is what Jesus told in Matthew 6:33, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” God bless you all. Amen. a = SL DAD'S NNGLICAN CHURCH NJ The Rev. Canon Dorothy Barker Phone: 365-2271 TO KNOW CHRIST AND TO MAKE HIM KNOWN Ih At e 2329 6th Ave., Castlegar ¢ 365-5818 SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP 10:30 am EVENING CELEBRATION 6:30 pm WEDNESDAY FAMILY FELLOWSHIP 6:30 - 8 pm © Youth Ministries ¢ Victorious Women ¢ Men's Policasahig somone WATCH FAITH ALIVE ON SHAW CABLE 10 SoaRNeoRaERRNES RCE GRACE PRESBYTERIAN 2605 Columbia Ave. Bible Based, | Soper Fee | Rev. Murray Garvin . \) Family Church 1-226-7540 ¢ 365-2438 CASTLEGAR | UNITED CHURCH Affiliated with Canadi. hip of Church & Mi LIVINC WATERS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY - Grades K - 12 Individualized Curriculum ° RAISING TOMORROW'S LEADERS -* 10 am Mom. Worship «6:30 pm Exe. Clean + MIDWEEK SERVICES + We 630 Faly Nght Poneer Chub Becthes Racor Groups participation. Sagyor and Fri 7:90 - Youth Extrasagaranc FRIDAY WIGHT LIVE CASTLEGAR FULL GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP 1801 Connors Rd. Sanday School 9:45 am Sunday Morning Worship 10:45 am Evening Fellowship 6:30 pm Wednesday Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 pm Friday Youth Activities 7:00 pm A loving, caring church invites your You are welcome here! Pastor Bob Marsh 365-3430 - Church 809 Merry Creek Rd. Castlegar Pastor Stan Block 365-6317 Remembering what giving is Christmas! A time for food (too much), parties (too many), relatives (oh) break from work and school (hooray), and a time for 4 The question is not what Shakes said, “To be or not to be?”, the question is what to give? Money is usually in short supply and our families sel- dom need any- 7 My grand- i could open their own toy store and pay their college fees for the first year. What to ive? Travel back with me in your own mind and think on the gifts that were really special. My def- inition of “special” is, “the gift had to be an extension of the giver, and something we greatly desired.” I think we would all like to give and receive such a gift. These gifts are seldom bought with money or found in a store. How do we go about finding such gifts? First we start by being observant and by listening. Lis- tening is an art and hard work. We set aside our own needs and “give” ourselves to that per- son for the moment. We are “present”. Keith Miller in his book A Sec- ond Touch shares how he deter- mined to do just that. He realized he had dealt with the same gas station attendant, the same bank teller, the same head waiter, the secretaries in his office and never really seen them as * “Although I could not poak to them all that day, I found that just a question, an interested ar, and one might create a 30-second island of caring ina person "s oth- erwise day.” The gift of being present, of actually “caring” how your day is. What wonderful gifts. In memories eye, I see letters. Letters of appre- ciation from an adult son: there is one thing you two have taught me, you don't need a lot of money to have fun with your family.” Then he shares about holidays past. I cried half-way to Prince George as I read that letter. Appreciation, what a gift! T am sure your trunk of memo- ries is as full as mine. Maybe it's time to take them out and remind our children what giving really is. A leading sociologist and min- ister, Tony Compolo, often talks to parents when their kids have messed up in school. The parents are angered and always say, “After all we have given this child, how dare they do this”. Rev. Compolo asks what it is they have given and invariably it is things. Rarely is it themselves. I think this town of Castlegar would burst at-the seams, if we began giving the gifts of “ “our and “our app i and‘ “ourselves”. What a Christmas it would be. Happy giving. _ Sead tr Little Koaunth Thes Chrestnas! 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In her ii ion to the inds her 77 pond and “ por ders”: “This will be a very different experience for most of you” and wisely urges them to concen- trate, not on “how things are always done at home”, but how things are done in the country that they are now calling “home”. “Enjoy!”, she says. “What you experience now could become a permanent part of your holiday experience” (not to mention, a part of an entirely new career) “after you return home from exchange”—a piece of advice that a lot of adult travellers could take profitably to heart as well. This 10th issue of the newsletter contains letters from exchange students who will be spending their first Christmas in such countries as Finland, Venezuela, Denmark, Turkey, Poland, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Mexico, France, Japan, Bel- gium, Argentina, Chile and Costa Rica, as well as other reports from inbound students both from the above countries as well as from the Netherlands and Colombia. Castlegar has seven outbound students and four from abroad. Most of the letters have a common denominator in such things as the excitement of the new experi- ence and frustrations in coping with a new language, as well as the pleasures of finding new and helpful friends and the open arms of welcome everywhere. On the other hand, there is a distinct feeling of individual adventures and in some cases a surprising sensitivity and insight. Within the space available it is only possible to select excerpts of the excerpts. , Elaine electric ice- breathing dragon no Bm od boron and I pray for breath of air ahd have tact, their faces expre: have so much and they literally don’t own pieces of clothing? The faces of the children ed up like Christmas trees at the sight of a toy truck with one whee] times eat a chocolate-hazelnut spread called Nutella. A few days ago I returned from a class trip to Florence, Italy. It was a lot of fun.” Involvement in the extra-cur- Turkey writes: Mr Lee jos as Aches als club and play regularly. Thave also joined a fitness Another student, a girl reports: “| toured the north of Chile then dipped into Peru for a day and I danced a native dance of Chile with some classmates during a day-long celebration of Chile’s birthday.” as Castlegar girl writes of her experiences, such in the ocean (Atlantic) for the first pl of Brazilian bikinis (the ultimate, from what I hear), Brazilian drivers (an oxymoron, apparent- ly), and of returning at 4 am. from a night out, and being asked by her parents why she was home so early! Another Castlegar student is delighted by the fact that the Brazilians love her blue eyes. In the same newsletter an in-bound student from Japan has her ambitions set on being a skier and skater while anticipating the excitement of the next Rotary camp, and a fellow student from Bel- gium takes obvious pride in doing a slide show for a Grade 3 primary class. And what do all these snippets add up to? They underline the fact that these youngsters, having already found a community of spirit in a different land and culture will doubtless find the resources to enjoy new ways of celebrating this season of peace and good will. et also suggests that there is a great deal more One girl, for example, who is in V la (where it is now the height of summer) heads her letter: “Excerpts from my diary” and writes: “September 29—Incredible storm last night rocked my apartment building. Today the streets are flooded, the phones aren't ringing (again) and we have no power. The ‘heaven’ created by my k and love in this world than is indicated in the media headlines and it suggests that in spite of everything, there is still hope for peace on earth. I wish them all a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year in whatever their host country expresses it, for they are a part of it all. Organizers doubtful of goal Halfway through the annual Christmas Seal Campaign, Castlegar-area residents have donates $3,372 to the British inflation, minimal as it has been. The 1994 goal amounts to 3.6 per cent more than last year’s dona- tion levels, and we must make that just to regain lost ground.” Direct government funding ig A and caganizers remain uncertain about reaching this year’s goal of $5,257. Province- ‘wide /donations are two-thirds of thé way to the B.C. goal of $1,5 million, approxi- mately the amount received last year at this time. “It's a little troublesome because returns tend to fall off as we get into December, and we must do better than in 1993,” said Bunny Charters, the Lung Asso- ciation’s Castlegar-area director. “Christmas Seal returns have been essentially flat for three years, so we have fallen behind TLEGAR _

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