The Church Speaks Arbor Day hi Brooklin Sponsored by the WHITBY MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION By REVEREND JACK RONEY Rtori Ail Saints' Anglican Church, Whltby Have you ever. wondered how God can posslbly deal wlth you and your problems as weil as the four billion other people in the world? In daily life each of us sems to be no more thana number in some corporations or goveroments files or computers.. Why would.it be*any different wlth God, especilly when He has much larger numbers' We are ail aware of the impersonality of the letter addessd correcty to usbut wh j>lxth rsu f a compllcated technical proess. No one reaily knows you In the oil Company, the car credit corporation, or the governiment. Altbough we have names we are littie more than a number to them. Smail won- der then, that manÙY People tblnk of God in the srne way. The person at the other end la faceless as far as you're concerned when a mistake Is made in your accouût. Io Godalso without a face? When it cornes to prayer - conversation wlth God, muot Of us need to know .Hlm on a personal basis. Jesus, who used topray as a child, and as a growing aduit, cailed GodP "Father",. That's why Christians say that God la beat understood in'the person of Jésus. - It goes along wlth. the expression, 'lMe father, like son'.i' don't say that God looka like Jésus but. that He.i18'ike Hlm, ipersonallty, character and personhoodi There are occasions i the Gospels whom Jesus prayed,, takting la daily concerna hio God. Like the time- Jesus a8ked for helphI heallng a man, or brlnging Lazarus back to life. Certalnly Jesus SOUght direction for his own future. He received asnwers, but also faced silence as He dled on the crOs. You and I can and should raise the same kin- sofquetions i our prayers. Prbesarise when we belleve that the only an- sfwerhi our prayer should ho "l'es." When we hear nothng, we may have forgotten that "No"f is a valid answer hi prayer. Any parent can provide illustra- tions of that sort. God's carlng, I the long run, provides -the best answer hi a situation, even when we asked for heallng for our friend or relative and he dies. To pray. is hi face the God who is cailed 'our Father' by Jesus Christ. In the Gspels Jesus often spoke about prayer. He cautioned us not hi -give up (see page,15 Sales LeaderO for Aprl Brooklln celebrated Arbor Day isaturday May 14 at Grass Park wlth the plantlng of a Downy Servlceberry tree. As Regional Coun- cillor Gerr Emm wat- cbed on, the Junior Gar- den Club planted the tree, native 'to Ontario with beautiful white flowers in the spring and edible bernies later. The purpose of Arbor Day is to stress among young and old the importance of trees and hi, encourage them to have respect for other peoples' property.. As part of the Arbor Day celebration, a film! titled "Trees - Our Plant Giants" was shown hi youngsters at the Brooklin Public Lib- rary and at Meadow- crest PublicSchool earller ln the week. On Wednesdy, the entire Meadowcrest student body Was present for a tree plant- ing ceremony wlth Councillor Rosa Batten officlating. The entire commnunity of Brooklin la belng on- couraged hi plant flowors and generally Type writer RENTALSt also SALES & SERVICE I20% OFF ALL SOLAR BLANKETSq 18' Round S87.48 Other sizes at similar 8a'vings. TAUNTON POOL lTaunton Rd. W., Oshawa 579-0189 PIC TURE FRAME CLEARANCE SALE 1,000%s b choose from. Low.st prices ln Canada. Our 11h successfui year. One day only. THURSDAy, MAY 19 10 &.m. to 9p.m. WHITBY CURLING CLUB 815 Brook Street North, Whltby Bringyourprints, photos, needlework, etc. IID WAY CARP'ETS1i LILIAN NORTH Peopie like LiLIAN NORTHI have 2helped the, CENTURY 210 system become the Number 1 real estate sales organlzab.lon In North America. In 1980 atone, the C'EN. TURY 21 system help-' ed generate over $25 billion In realeestato transactions. Whe- ther you're buylng, seliing, movlng or ln- vestlng, lt's people Mîe LiLiAN NORTH who can heip you with ail your rsi estate needs. Cali us, today. 824 oEUT 112w j6862Î -- "RWh A«e.p 044FUL w RITA ICHOLAs TUDOR STLE - 2 atories ln southeast Whitby on large lot close to schools, shopping and GO sy!s- tem. For further Infornion please cmii Jake Vos at 6684171 or Torontofine 8M1821. WrnITY - A PLACE TO CALL HOME SllS,66-O-n a seciuded court with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 162' irrogular lot. Cali Merv Psrchamnt 666.6171or W&8 8m4. Canada-wide <IOIrad estte service. FUR STORAGE beCool., Coesm o. Aciuyi Fr9ePIck.u'p & DeIIv.ry Restyline' 19 Silmcoe St. N., Oshawa 433-0949 I 1 -À .- PE Midway Carp q m m WHITRY FREE PRE.Ss, WEDNESDAY MAY 1 8, 1983, PAGE Il