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Life and Times Janet (Martin) Bauman (43) – April 20, 1967. 1 st Childhood Home: RR #1 Waterloo. Now: Elmira, ON. Laverne Roy Brubacher (66) – May 3, 1944. 1 st Childhood Home: RR #1 Waterloo (by present Piller’s Meats). Now: St. Jacobs, ON. Leah Bauman (11) – April 4, 1999. 1 st Childhood Home: Elmira, ON. Now: Elmira, ON. Margaret (Good) Metzger (73) – January 5, 1937. 1 st Childhood Home: St. Jacobs, ON. Now: St. Jacobs, ON. wh at a R e s o m e o f y o u R faV o u R i t e s m e l l s, s o u n d s, ta s t e s? Janet: Choc.chip cookies. Hay drying. String quartet music. Bird songs. Waves lapping (shore). Crackling campfire. Earth after a rain. Laverne: Sweet clover. Maple syrup. Burning leaves. Elderberry pie. Citron jam. Autumn air. Music:Violin, Barbershop, Russian men’s choir. Leah: Mom’s cookies. Hot dogs roasting. Bon Echo Prov.Park. Ice&leaves crunching. Campfires. Chocolate. Dad’s honey baked chicken. Margaret: Beef & onions cooking. Fresh popped popcorn. Fresh mowed grass. Outside after rain. BBQ’d food. Sausage baking in church ovens. The ‘putt-putt’ of the old John Deere tractor. th i n g s y o u m i g h t n o t K n o w a B o u t m e ! Janet: Play women’s soccer since’87/hockey (recent).Design/plant perennial gardens. Dairyfarm child/I can milk cows! Violin (Gr. 5-10). Laverne: Hand-picked wild mustard for half a cent each. I have some claustrophobia. Played an E-flat alto-sax – way back! Punny. Leah: On Students’ Council. I like to cook bacon/egg sandwiches. Born Easter Sunday Morning. Named after 2 great-grandmothers. Margaret: Learned to drive a Buick McLaughlin car (age 9). Married in this church 50 years ago. I don’t like to watch TV. wh at a R e s o m e n o ta B l e P e R s o n a l i t y t R a i t s t h at o t h e R s w o u l d s ay y o u h aV e ? Janet: Calm. Serious. Discerning. Easy going. Sensitive. Perceptive. Laverne: Friendly. Musical. Stubborn. Generous. Practical. Grounded. Value-oriented. Risk taker. Leah: Funny. Speak clearly (good diction). Athletic. Easy going. Margaret: Friendly. Good cook. wh at a R e s o m e o f y o u R i n t e R e s t s? Janet: Hockey, soccer, cross country skiing. Camping, hiking, canoeing. Coaching girls’ sports. Reading, writing. Gardening. Cooking with fresh ingredients. Spending time with family and friends. Laverne: Golf. Volunteer Board work. Walking. Skiing. Travelling. Leah: Hockey. Soccer. Hanging out with friends. Writing. ‘Arena’ football. Drawing. Margaret: Read cookbooks. Read Christian fiction. Go to coffee shop with friends. Shopping in the U.S. Working in the church kitchen. wh at a R e s o m e o f y o u R faV o u R i t e l i f e t i m e m e m o R i e s? Janet: Childhood trips/now with my kids in Canada. 4-H dairy calf club. Farm (as child): open spaces, animals, games with siblings. Laverne: Eating a hard boiled egg boiled in maple sap evaporation. Bringing in cows with my stick on a wheel and finding a fourleafed clover. Milk and cookies after walking home from school (1 mile) in winter. Leah: Trips to Prince Edward Island, British Columbia, Alberta and Florida. Going to provincial hockey finals in Mississauga. Margaret: Homemade ice-cream /w cousins. Baby kittens with eyes open. Mom’s Sunday dinners. Camping. Four people in our bed. wh at a R e y o u P R e s e n t ly d o i n g ? / an d w h at o t h e R V o c at i o n (s) m i g h t y o u h aV e c h o s e n (o R s t i l l w o u l d c h o o s e)? Janet: Teacher, Rockway Mennonite Collegiate (17th year!) This year Gr. 9 & 10 Religious Studies and Gr. 8 PE. / Writer, pastor, farmer. Laverne: In transition from out of Menno S. Martin Contractors Ltd. (St. Jacobs) and volunteering. / Farming. Landscaping. Leah: I am in Grade six at Park Manor Public School (Elmira). / Being an author or journalist. Margaret: Work at Stone Crock Meats & Cheese store (St. Jacobs) and clean St. Jacobs Mennonite Church. / To be a chef. wh at a R e s o m e P l a c e s w h e R e y o u l i K e t o P l ay a n d/o R P o n d e R? Janet: Comfy attic chair. Kissing Bridge Trail (Elmira). Beside a lake. In backyard/gardens. Hiking woods. On my skis on a snowy trail. Laverne: In my garden. On the ski hill. On the golf course. In my office. Leah: In my room. On the computer. Outside. Margaret: At my kitchen table. Church sanctuary. Front porch. wh at a R e s o m e i t e m s o n y o u R … “to do in my lifetime” l i s t? Janet: Write a book. Take creative writing course. Travel Europe. Go back to Newfoundland. Learn piano or cello. See Grand Canyon. Laverne: Travel to Australia. Do a riverboat cruise. Do lots of exploring. Continue volunteering. Leah: Go to Switzerland (chocolate) and Italy (pasta). Play on Canada’s Women’s Soccer Team and Canada’s Women’s Hockey Team. Margaret: Go on a plane ride with Pete. SJMC - 14 “Th e wo r k S ar e Th i n e o ch r i S T, ou r lo r d” life To g e T h e r - oc T/no V 2010
life To g e T h e r - oc T/no V 2010 Vision View How will you respond to God’s call? Written By: Sandy Shantz, Leadership Council Chairperson SJMC Logo, circa 1980’s. Art design by Marilyn Wideman Feil. Wall hanging fabric drafting technique, piecing, quilting by Alice (Snider) Brubacher. “We seek to celebrate and listen to the Living God; empowered by the Holy Spirit to be a welcoming, caring community of faith centred in Jesus Christ; and to demonstrate God’s love in our neighbourhoods and the world.” - SJMC Vision Statement e e e When I was reading the latest minutes from SJMC’s Missions Facilitation Ministry, I was struck by the sense of the Spirit leading in a very active way. Our vision calls us to be a “caring community of faith centred in Jesus; and to demonstrate God’s love in our neighbourhood and the world.” Their minutes describe it like this: ... O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, ... (HWB #328) “Mission is seen as being integrated into all aspects of our congregational life. It is understood in a broad sense including: a. Engaging in grateful service for others, b. The promotion of peace & justice, c. Care for all of God’s creation, our environment, d. Reaching out and extending hospitality in our community and beyond, e. Nurturing our local and global partnerships.” That sounds to me like the essence of ‘being a caring community of faith centred in Jesus; and demonstrating God’s love in our neighbourhood and the world.’ As a congregation we need some structure and organization around our group activities, but what about as individuals? Is it enough to say, “We do mission because we have an active ministry, because there is a group of committed people who take care of that for us?” What is our personal response to those around us? At one of the MCEC congregational consultations, I heard a plea for opportunities and resources to learn about the roots of our Anabaptist and Christian beliefs. People are looking for answers to some difficult questions like, “How do I respond to the poor, those struggling with substance abuse, the homeless and otherwise marginalized people?” I believe we at SJMC are a caring community of faith, but to be truly responsive to God’s call we need to individually internalize those ideals that the early Christians and early Anabaptists fought so hard to retain. I know I have a long way to go before I can truly give of myself and reach out to the world around me as God calls us to. Change is in the air. In this era ‘they’ call post Christendom we need to define who we are as Christian Anabaptists. We need to reach to the depths of our being and rediscover the Christ who lived and loved and worked among us and who lives and loves and works among us now. As Ministry leaders at SJMC we try to provide opportunities to learn about and to actively participate in God’s mission – through Sunday morning worship; through Sunday School; through a wide variety of mission opportunities; through fellowship; and through various other channels within the broader church. The opportunities will be there – how will you respond to God’s call? Did You Know?... VBS Health Kit Offerings: (See story on page 5) ... 54 Combs, 47 Toothbrushes, 7 Nail clippers, and 10 Sanitary Pad packages! “Th e wo r k S ar e Th i n e o ch r i S T, ou r lo r d” SJMC - 15
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