BORDEN — The Borden Lions held their regular monthly meeting on March 2 and the main topic was the district governor’s visit March 18, when DG Beryl Bauer will visit for a meal and to induct new members followed by musical entertainment by Celtic Country.
The Lions donated $100 to Borden School Breakfast program for March and will be holding a Mother’s Day brunch Sunday, May 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Borden Community Centre. There will be a door prize and the proceeds will go to diabetes.
Two post-secondary students had written essays for the Lions scholarship award of $500 – Rachel Sutherland and Danika Pidwerbesky. The winner will be awarded the scholarship at a later date.
The winner of the second week of chase the ace drawn March 2 was Jamie Drover from Lloydminster who won the weekly prize of $76. Until the ace of spades is drawn, the jackpot will keep growing and the payout will get larger. You can buy tickets locally at the village office, Lion Bev Assman or Roadside Inn or you can get them by emailing bordenlionsraffle@gmail.com
Rachel Sutherland, who is enrolled in the College of Agriculture at the U of S, along with 10 other students from the college, have just returned from a trip to Ecuador. They travelled to various villages to study their farming practices. The weather was great as it was summer there, until the last day when it rained, but they didn’t enjoy the food served. Rachel has to write a paper on her trip and also speak about her experience. The students get credit for the trip.
St. John’s Anglican Church hosted the World Day of Prayer service March 3, with a great turnout from the Lutheran and other churches. The service was prepared by the WDP Committee of Taiwan and was shown on a large screen in the church, with Rev. Sheldon Carr hosting the event.
The video began with facts about Taiwan, which grows more than 250,000 species of flowers and fauna and is home to 23.6 million people.
The service began with opening hymn with Linda Hosegood playing the organ/piano, and ladies from Ontario and other parts of Canada leading in scripture, meditation, faith stories of women and girls in Taiwan, intercessory prayer and various choirs and singers from across Canada rendered their versions of hymns, songs and dance.
Offerings of more than $700 will be sent to the Women’s Inter-Church Council of Canada. They distribute WDP grants of up to $5,000 to various causes in Canada and around the world.
The service concluded with a hymn and then adjourned to the church lower hall where lunch was served. The wonderful decorations were supplied by Brenda Tumbach, featuring large ferns and many bouquets of flowers in the church and then downstairs she had graced the tables with red tablecloths, gold runners and many candy dishes or teapots filled with Taiwan candy. She had Taiwan displays at the front by the food tables and many teapots – miniature and larger — were on display. Served were many varieties of tea with pineapple cakes or squares along with all the candies. A door prize of a rock gem from the Gem Shoppe in Radisson was won by Jackie Meister of Borden.
