Never Reaching Grads Receive Timely Commencement Thoughts
Pastor Bill offers a reflective graduation message for the class of ’93, urging grads to embrace lifelong learning while recognizing humility. He cites a puzzled mural motto Never Reaching and anchors the call to read Proverbs 1 2 7 to emphasize pursuit of wisdom.
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Footprints poet visits Chetwynd and shares story
Judy Carlson reports on the author of Footprints visiting Chetwynd in June 1620 with local residents meeting her. The piece recounts the poem’s origin by Margaret Fishback Powers in Kingston Ontario and notes Paul Powers’ troubled past, foster care, and the Powers family children’s ministry begun in 1966.
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Don’t turn your back on Jesus in humble love
Poem extols Jesus as savior and guide, urging faith and obedience. It speaks of redemption, forgiveness, and eternal life through belief, stressing the value of his life over ours and encouraging readers to rely on his word. The piece closes with a notice from Wilfred Stebbe inviting local poetry submissions to the Chetwynd Echo by Thursday noon.
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