The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 20, 1995 - BS Pat ee THORNHILL JR. SECONDARY held its Mooh-lah market « aver r the weekend, kicking of school spirit week. Parents, the community and local businesses donated lats of items for the - Market, including garage sale and auction items and baking. That's Gisele Charbonneau and Chantal Jeanson, both grade 10 students at the school, They were helping out at the market, but gave into temptation when they bought some baking. They're hoping the school will raise enough money from the market to buy ping- “pong tables, _ Remember to take time out Rey. Douglas Schultz, Pastor Zion Baptist . “EARLIER this month as ithe *. youth of our community began to ae :“make their. way back to school, = you could hear the sighs of "parents who had successfully kept a _ their children busy, and creatively occupied throughout the summer. “It. seemed to be immediately followed by 4 scream as they -realized all the things that had to “be done. this month. From repis- tering the children in the various ~,activities to trying to catch up with everything that has to be “done that was put off during the- a “summer, but absolutely, positive- -.. Ty, must be done before the snow ’. Mies (1 know snow is a four letter word). Most. of us do not live a calendar: year from. January to December, but a school year from ‘Seplember to August. But no matter what calendar that we use to mark. the passing months it “seems that one thing al] people: em to*have in common is the 7 “lack of time. “We seem to have 13 items to do on the list, but only enough time to finish maybe cight. And it al- Ways’ séems that there is some 2 urgent event that squeezes out the importan cmething t that is given “not live in tomorrow, nor can you undo’ “the past, but it is amazing -how. many people ty to live any- TO SAVE “When you buy a -Mannington —_ Gold floor, you get a floor to us“one day at a'time. You can- __ View Point where but the here and now. No, we can only deal with the minute that we have right now; there is No guarantee that tomorrow will come forall of us. Over the long term we tend to live our lives according to our. real priorities, not just the ones that we often pay lip service to. We tell each other things that are important to us. by the way we live, If I say that my family is impor- tant to me, but spend lite time with them, how important are they really? The one thing about a shortage of time to do everything is that if forces us to make choices. They: say over the course of the average person's life we spend 23 years sleeping, 16 years working, tight years in front of the T.V., and six years cating. (Maybe we eat, and sleep in front of the set to buy back time). The same study says that we spend only half a year wilh matters of faith. Af T.were to ask. you what is the claim? Opportuni REG. $58.95 su. YD. ‘that. not only starts” 4 . beautiful «- stays - beautiful for years and . years to come. See our samples of new. _Patterns. and Your Decor -. Terrace Carpet Centre Ltd. 3202 Munroe Street at Hwy 16 W, Terrace 635-2976 1-800-665-1657 Most important thing to you, what © _ would your answer be? Would your daytimer back up your - is important that we don’t let the people in our lives get squeezed out by things. Take time out to spend with your spouse — even with a family you are still a couple first, Take time out with the children, and even take time out for yourself to recharge. Jesus took time out from the crowds all the time. He took time out to be with the inner circle of disciples. He took time out to spend with the Father to recharge, If you don’t take time out, soon * quatity of what you offer to others also declines. © . Harold Wood of Manchester, England found out the hard way about getting hold of his time. Wood was repairing the clock at St. Mary’s Hospital, when a gust of wind blew down his wooden scaffold, He seized the three-foot minute hand .and screamed ‘for help. Help came five minutes later as workmen scampered up the 60 feet to retrieve him. Expe- riences like that often help us in . clarifying our choices, “So what is the most important? The above column is one in a series of articles from the Terrace Ministerial Association and ex- presses the views of the author. FIELDS sae CHET" STOPPERS A Large Display of Leaf Rakes Available for sale $7.99 - TERRACE CO-OP HOME CENTRE TERRACE CO-OP DEPARTMENT STORE 2912 Molitor St. - °4617 Greig:Ave. Dts Lottery Contre * Grocerlea URS: . STORE HOURS: ’ Cafeteria Mon eee HOURS! om. | sHadiware Be “MONDAY THRU SATURDAY + Family Thure.- gam..Spm- -| -Housewere am, -@ p.m,’ Fashions Saturday. am-6p.m., |" Sporting Goods OPEN SUNDAYS 44:00AM - 4 PM « Post Office ™ jiem:som. | *Appliances 3 . 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