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/ A church that has arrived at the position of prestige in 50 years of steady growth that this, one holds must have something unusual about it. Research has reâ€" vealed that its roots stem from â€" two _ divergent theological patterns â€" Arminianism â€" (belief _ in free will) and Calvinism (belief in predestination). It seems impossible that the two concepts could be merged into one religious Page 18 â€" Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, January 22, 1975 mated There were 8,000 congreâ€" gations, 600,000 communâ€" icant members and 3. clergy. It was a me able communion gervice i the old Mutual Street Skatâ€" ing Arena in Toronto when that union was consumâ€" In the year 1925, on June 10, the Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregaâ€" tional churches of Canada urited to form one body â€" The United Church of r- M ts couron coon ror U -1 r- EM Ts couron coon ror U -‘ N OW 0PE N B@R®@@oNn~: covron re n»2zaq UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT "LINTRODUCING THE LITTLE CAESAR SQUARE SHOOTER PIZZA" GOOD MONDAY AND TUESDAY ONLY Little Cacesars Pizza Little Caesars Pizza DINE IN, TAKE OUT, OR DELIVERY United Church prepares for 50th anniversary QONE COURroN PER ORDER . | _ BUY aAnNYyPIZZA AT THE REGULAR PRICE GET IDENTICAL PIZZA FREE !! $1.00 OFF FREE LARGE "SPECIAL PIZZA ROUND OR SQUARE on the purchase of a faith, but this has been achieved. It was Cromwell who said, ‘The Lord had givâ€" en him a clear view‘, and this is the essence of protâ€" estantism _ â€" _private judgement based on conâ€" science. The United Church has been a crusading church. It has come by this honestly, for the zealous Methodist circuit riders were the foreâ€" runners, and the rolls of the churches are studded with trail blazers. The people of this church are actite in all phases of Canadian â€" life. History records The United Church of Canada has played a promâ€" inent part in the developâ€" ment of this country. It is Canada‘s national church in some respects. While it has no ambition to be a naâ€" tional church in the sense of a state church, it does shoulder such responsibility by virtue of its concern to provide Christian ministry Little Caesars Pizza Treat OUR NEW PHONE NUMBER IS 885â€"6060 103 King St. Waterloo, for all Canadian people reâ€" gardless of race, color, conâ€" dition or class, who are not being ministered to by another church. 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Methodist, Baptists, Presâ€" byterians, Congregationalâ€" tsts and some others make up the United Church of Zamâ€" bia. In Southern India such a united church (The Church of South India) includes the Anglicans. The outcome of these disâ€" National plans include a cussions has not yet been CBC telecast from the finalized. Study groups of opera hall of the National interested people are held Arts Centre in Ottawa, on in many churches to dis Sunday, June 8th, 1975; the cuss church union. The Comâ€" issuing by the Postmaster mittee on Union and Joint General on May 30th of a Mission consisting of memâ€" postage stamp featuring bers of the Anglican, United the Rev. Dr. _ Samuel and Christian Church (Disâ€" Dwight â€" Chown, General ciples of Christ) in Canada, Superintendent _ of _ the are working out the format Methodist Church, who preâ€" for the new, unified church. sided at the Inaugural Serâ€" The committee has asked vice in Toronto on June 10th, for a joint meeting of the 1925, and pronounced the national executives of the threeâ€" churches one; an Inâ€" three churches for February ternational _ Youth _ Exâ€" 1975. It would be a fitting change which will see Caâ€" tribute to the celebration nadian young people visit of the 50th birthday if the Third _ World _ Countries, Right now the imaginâ€" ation of United Church peoâ€" ple is concentrating on ways in which the 50th anniâ€" versary can be made visible and beneficial to all Caâ€" nadians. Congregations from . Bonavista to the Queen Charlotte Islands are well beyond the planâ€" ning stage as the June 10th date approaches. There are new strucâ€" tures not yet formed for tomorrow‘s United Church. They are in the imaginâ€" ation of its people. There will be those who will live out their personal faith on the periphery of the church structure, _ carrying _ on their commitment in small house churches, Bible study and discussion groups, inâ€" dustrial mission groups, student Christian moveâ€" ment cells, and similar unâ€" structured gatherings. Thus The United Church of Canada will move on from the present to the future, and there are exciting transâ€" formations coming. We are How is the United Church to get from where it is to whtere it wants to go? It has already learned that deâ€" nominations have outlived their usefulness, and the ecuâ€" menical church is for the future; a kind of ecumenâ€" ism in which people work together in their own local communities on the issues which Christians need to solve together without refâ€" erence to denominational lines. > body of uniting churches was enlarged to include these also. in the middle of the big change, and when today‘s revolution is over we will probably realize that it has been more far reaching than the one that took place in the sixteenth century. The current â€" reformation has to do more with the church‘s relationship to the secular order, and only secondarily _ with the church‘s internal life. 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In the field of literature and the arts, a children‘s history called Three Into One Will Go, by Audrey McKim of Toronto, a popular â€" history _ entitled Brief Halt at Mile 50 by Grace Lane. of Regina, Saskatchewan have been published, and a definitive history of the United Church has been commissioned. The author will be Rev. Dr. Gerald Cragg, a former mi mnister of Erskineâ€" American United Church, Montreal and now principal of Andoverâ€"Newton Theoâ€" logical _ School, _ Massaâ€" chusetts. An anecdotal and humorous history by Franâ€" ces Russell is also to be published. ‘ Not an anniversary celeâ€" bration in the worldâ€"wide sense is a Consultation of United Churches sponsorâ€" ed by the World Council of Churches Faith and Order Commission to be held June 2 to 9, in Toronto. As an â€" anniversary â€" celebraâ€" tion, however, The United Church of Canada will host the group and has contribâ€" uted $5,000 towards the travelling expenses of deleâ€" gates from emerging naâ€" tions who would not otherâ€" wise be able to attend. opera hall of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, on Sunday, June 8th, 1975; the issuing by the Postmaster General on May 30th of a postage stamp featuring the _ Rev. 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