BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 242nd Edition - May 1, 2025 HAPPY MOTHERS’ DAY To all the ladies we wish a happy Mothers’ Day. Despite all the vaunted claims of men, the old statement, “The hand that rocks [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 241st Edition - May 4, 2025 A WELCOME VOICE FROM THE PAST Recently, when clearing out a big filing cabinet containing over sixty years of correspondence and accounts, I found an old gem. [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 240th Edition - April 27, 2025 TORONTO EASTER CONFERENCE The Toronto church held its first Easter Conference last weekend with Rev. John Greer as the guest preacher. Normally, the Toronto congregation lent its [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 239th Edition - April 20, 2025 HAPPY EASTER The English word “Easter” appears only once in the Bible [Acts 12:4]. It is the Greek word ‘pascha’ which literally means ‘passover.’ The English translation [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 238th Edition - April 13, 2025 SOWING AND REAPING “He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, binging his sheaves with him” [Psalm 126:6] In a [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 237th Edition - April 6, 2025 LOSS OF POWER Last Sunday, we awakened to check out the forecasted ice storm and see if we could drive to church. Checked the computer – it [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 236th Edition - March 30, 2025 THE AIR WE BREATHE Some of our bodily functions are so familiar to us that we seldom think about them yet if we did, they would show [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 235th Edition - March 23, 2025 THE LIMITATION OF CANCER Dr. Ralph Colas, before he died with cancer in 2015, shared the following verse, with the members of the American Council of Christian [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 234th Edition - March 16, 2025 THE MIRACLE OF DAYLIGHT Every morning, we awaken to a fresh miracle – the miracle of daylight. In the night all is black and dark. No earthly [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 233rd Edition - March 9, 2025 REV.WILLIAM WHITESIDE Billy, as he was known to his many friends, sadly passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2025. He was 78. He spent many fruitful years [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 232nd Edition - March 2, 2025 A SHINING FACE In the Old Testament, Moses went up Mount Sinai to meet with God and to receive instructions on how Israel should be governed. So [...]
BITS and PIECES A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. 231st Edition - February 23, 2025 A MODERN-DAY JONAH Last week Adrian Simancas and his father Dall went out for a pleasant canoe trip on the Strait of Magellan off Chile’s Patagonian Coast. [...]
