Trenton First United Church, Trenton Nova Scotia
81 High St B0K 1X0 Trenton, NS, Canada

Interesting coffeetime read All over the Netherlands during the Second World War, the Germans took the large (and small) church bells to melt down and make into bullets. When word got around to Groningen, the locals would have none of it. They took the bells down, buried them and seeded crops on top of them so the Germans couldn't find them. One man made a map of where the bells were buried and hid the map in a church basement so they could get them after the war. Canadi...an troops were billeted all over the area immediately following the end of the war. It took a lot of time and effort to dig up the bells, clean them, hoist them up into the tower and mount them. The "Chime Master" was expected to play the Dutch National Anthem the 1st time the bells were to ring out after the many years of silence, but he had another plan. He approached the officers of the Canadian Soldiers who had liberated Groningen and asked them, "what is the song of the Canadians". the officers responded "God save the King" "Ya, Ya.. that is the official song of the British Empire... I would like to know the song of Canada!" They then replied, "O Canada". No one had the sheet music to O Canada, but a Chaplin in the Canadian Armed Forces that was stationed there had a good clear voice and he was summoned and sang "O Canada" a few times for the Chime Master who wrote down the notes, climbed into the tower and for the 1st song to be played in years, he played "O Canada" as a tribute to the soldiers who had liberated Groningen, Netherlands. See more

HOW TO CALL THE POLICE WHEN YOU'RE OLD, AND DON'T MOVE FAST ANYMORE. George Phillips, an elderly man from Walled Lake, Michigan, was going up to bed, when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. ... George opened the back door to go turn off the light, but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things. He phoned the police, who asked, "Is someone in your house?" He said, "No, but some people are breaking into my garden shed and stealing from me. Then the police dispatcher said, "All patrols are busy, you should lock your doors and an officer will be along when one is available" George said, "Okay." He hung up the phone and counted to 30. Then he phoned the police again. "Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people stealing things from my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I just shot and killed them both; the dogs are eating them right now." and he hung up. Within five minutes, six Police Cars, a SWAT Team, a Helicopter, two Fire Trucks, a Paramedic and an Ambulance showed up at the Phillips' residence, and caught the burglars red-handed. One of the Policemen said to George, "I thought you said that you'd shot them!" George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!" (True Story) Don't mess with old people

Good morning everyone 9 Looks like it may be a long week so stay safe, happy and well caffinated

Is your coffee pot ready?

What a beautiful verse to close up our day Good night

WARNING! Please be careful opening up the butter tub this week, it's probably gravy

A meeting of the Executive was held on Wednesday, October 13th to approve the Community of Faith Profile. This Sunday, October 18th a copy of the Profile will be available to the congregation. A Congregational Meeting will be held to approve the Profile on Sunday, November 1st immediately following the Worship Service.... Rev. Jim Webber-Cook will attend this meeting. Please bring your draft copy of the Community of Faith Profile with you for this meeting.

What a beautiful reminder that life really is "life is short so just live in the moment".

A nice little coffeetime read I just read a post where a neighbor was complaining about a yard on her street that was normally taken care of, but had recently been let go. There was a barage of people demanding it be turned in to be cited by the city. ... Can I ask my friends to consider something?...if you see this in your neighborhood, go knock on the door and see what's going on. Last year my Mother in laws yard, which is normally immaculately manicured went weeks without being touched. She was inside the home caring for her husband who was dying from Cancer. I remember watching as a few young men from her Church showed up with trailers, riding mowers and went to work getting it taken care of. It took a village to help her last year and I know she may not have remembered everyone that helped, I know she appreciated having every single second she could with Chris. Maybe your neighbor has something much bigger to take care of than uncut grass...and maybe they need some help. Let's don't lose all ability to be neighborly. #alwaysbekind #BeKind# #neighborshelpingneighbors

Great advice especially for todayHappy Wednesday

A little after dinner chuckle to warm the heart

A little chuckle because every home has one of these for today or in the next few days

Good night everyone! I hope you enjoyed your weekend surrounded with family and friends

Well here's praying everyone had a awesome Thanksgiving weekend and you got your heart filled up with countless blessings and gratitude. Time to pour a cup, sit back and think of 101 ways to use up the leftover turkey

Give yourself a pat on the back and a High Five. You did it!

Ahhh, I think it's time for a break Cheers