Spiritual Life
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Thursday, January 13, 2022
SPIRITUAL LIFE HIGHLIGHTS
Zion Lutheran service
streamed live to YouTube
SUBMISSIONS
LA GRANDE — Zion
Lutheran Church will off er
in-person worship on Sunday, Jan.
16, at 9 a.m. Masks and social dis-
tancing are required. The service
will also be livestreamed to You-
Tube, and the link for that stream
will be posted on Zion’s Facebook
page and website on Saturday,
Jan. 15.
Stake Fireside for youth set
for Jan. 16
NORTHEASTERN OREGON
— On Sunday, Jan. 16, La Grande
Stake High Council members of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-
ter-day Saints will be speaking
in most wards on “The Greatest
Churches and faith-based groups are encouraged to submit Highlights for the Spiritual Life
page by 4 p.m. Tuesday for publication Thursday. Submit by email to news@lagrandeob-
server.com (with Highlights in the subject line).
Possession,” a talk given by Elder
Jeff rey R. Holland during the
October 2021 General Confer-
ence. The exception to this will
be the La Grande 1st and 2nd
Wards, along with the Young
Single Adult Branch, as they will
be holding ward conferences with
stake and ward leaders speaking
during Sacrament Service.
Sunday School will be held in all
locations during the second hour.
The “Come, Follow Me” lesson
for the week of Jan. 17 is based
on Genesis 5 and Moses 6, which
discusses the posterity of Adam
through many generations. Moses
chapter 6 provides greater detail
about Enoch and the teaching of
gospel principles, and its impor-
tance, since the beginning of
humankind.
On Sunday, Jan. 16, at 5 p.m.
there will be a Stake Fireside for
all youth planning to participate
in the August 2022 pioneer trek.
Pastor will speak from
Ecclesiastes
LA GRANDE — “Eat, Drink
and Be Merry” is the message at
the First Christian Church (Dis-
ciples of Christ) on Sunday, Jan.
16. Pastor Archie Hook will speak
from Ecclesiastes 5:18-20: “It is
appropriate for a person to eat,
to drink and to fi nd satisfaction
in their toilsome labor.” Worship
begins at 10 a.m.
God works through people
to reveal himself
LA GRANDE — This Sunday,
Jan. 16, Faith Lutheran Church’s
sermon will consider the epiphany
of Jesus’ fi rst miracle of turning
water into wine. He did this mir-
acle with the obedient work of
some servants who were asked to
fi ll jars with water. “This, the fi rst
of His signs, Jesus did at Cana
in Galilee, and manifested His
glory” (John 2:11). God regularly
works with and through people
to manifest his glory. The Divine
Service begins at 10 a.m.
Following the service will be
the monthly council meeting in
which options for congregational
donations will be considered.
Join worship service in
person or online
LA GRANDE — St. Peter’s
Episcopal Church will meet for
worship on Sunday, Jan. 16, at
11 a.m. Masks and social dis-
tancing are required. The service
will be streamed live. The link to
that stream will be posted to the
church’s Facebook page on Sat-
urday, Jan. 15, and can also be
used to watch the service at a later
time.
— The Observer
MLK walk and speaker promote peace and unity
Annual event set
Monday, Jan. 17, in
Hermiston
By TAMMY MALGESINI
Hermiston Herald
HERMISTON —
John Carbage, president
of the Hermiston Cul-
tural Awareness Coali-
tion, is looking forward to
hosting the Martin Luther
King Jr. Day Peace
March.
“We call it a peace
march because we want
to promote peace in the
land,” he said. “We don’t
want to cause a divide —
we want peace.”
With planning
underway to host the
in-person program, Car-
bage said the event will
begin Monday, Jan. 17, at
11 a.m. with a short walk
through downtown Herm-
iston — starting and
ending at the Hermiston
First United Methodist
Church, 191 E. Gladys
Ave.
After the walk and
some words by city
leaders, participants
are invited to enter the
church where the program
will include a short schol-
arship presentation by
the Hermiston Cultural
Awareness Coalition, fol-
lowed by Pastor Marlando
Jordan’s keynote address.
COVID-19 protocols
require people attending
the program at the church
to wear a face covering at
all times. A mask will be
provided for anyone who
does not have one.
Carbage said the coa-
lition always chooses a
person of color who can
share how the legacy and
work of Martin Luther
King Jr. has impacted
their life.
Jordan, who
started preaching as a
Continuing the work and
that King shared so long
14-year-old, became the
remembering the nonvi-
ago still burns bright
youth pastor in 1996 at
olent and peaceful lead-
in many of our faith
Word of Faith Center
ership King stood for is
communities.”
— now known as Sozo
paramount, he said.
While progress has
Church — in Kennewick,
“We don’t want
Wash-
the past to repeat
ington.
itself,” Carbage
He was
said. “We want
called as
peace, even in
senior
Eastern Oregon.”
pastor in
Jordan agreed,
2015.
saying everyone
Driven
can take an active
with pas-
role to aff ect
sion and
change on a
enthu-
daily basis. Very
siasm,
— Marlando Jordan, pastor of Sozo Church,
simply, he said,
Jordan
Kennewick, Washington
it’s a matter of
shares a
perspective.
message
“Begin to view each
of faith, hope and love. In been made in regard
other through the eyes of
to racial division, Car-
addition, he urges Chris-
God,” Jordan said. “Every
bage said, it’s important
tians to unite in an eff ort
individual is valuable in
to heal the racial divide in to continue to be dili-
the eyes of God.”
gent in promoting peace.
our nation.
“The faith-based com-
munity is called to rep-
resent the heart of God,
which is love, unity and
equality,” Jordan said.
“The church is sup-
posed to lead by example
in these areas, not the
world.”
Pastor Patty Nance
of the Hermiston United
Methodist Church also
highlights the importance
of peace and inclusivity,
which is why her congre-
gation readily opens its
doors to host the Martin
Luther King Jr. Day pro-
gram. King, she said,
preached hope for a better
tomorrow through nonvi-
olent civil action.
King’s eff orts and
the response of people
marching in the streets,
Nance said, helped shine
a spotlight on the teach-
ings of Jesus Christ. And,
she said, King’s legacy
Mari Dominguez, PMHNP-BC
has had a lasting impact.
“Faith communi-
ties began to look at the
inherent racism within
their own walls,” Nance
said. “While it has been a
slow and arduous journey,
that glimmer of hope
“The faith-based
community is called
to represent the heart
of God, which is love,
unity and equality.”
Hermiston Herald, File
Participants carry fl ags and signs during Hermiston’s annual Peace
March on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2013. The 2022 walk takes
place on Jan. 17, starting and ending at the Hermiston First United
Methodist Church, 191 E. Gladys Ave.
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North Powder
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Sunday Services:
Sunday School & Adult Bible Classes
9:45AM
Children’s Church & Worship Service
11:00AM
Family Worship Service
6:00PM
Wednesday:
Prayer Mtg, Children’s Bible Club, Youth
Group 7:00PM
GRACE COMMUNITY
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Sunday School for all ages - 9:00 am
Sunday Worship 10:00 am
Phone: 541-568-4230
grace.lutherancove@gmail.com
www.lagrandeumc.org
www.imblercc@gmail.com
Sunday Services
9:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Sunday School
Worship Service
La Grande Seventh-day
A Place where hope is found in Jesus
Join us in Fellowship & Worship
Saturday all age classes 9:30 am
Saturday Worship 11:00 am
1612 4th Street – 963-2498
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440 Ruckman, Imbler 534-2201
Adventist Church
“OPEN HEARTS, OPEN MINDS, OPEN DOORS”
Pastor Taylor Gould
Imbler
Christian
Church
2702 Adams Avenue, La Grande
963-4018
109 18th Street • 963-3402
Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
lagrandeor.adventistchurch.org
Learning for Today and Eternity
Little Friends
Christian Preschool/Childcare 963-6390
La Grande Adventist Christian School
K-8th Grade 963-6203
FIRST LANDMARK
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH
1812 1st St. La Grande
Pastor Dave Tierce • 541-605-0215
We use the King James Version Bible
Sunday School - 10:00 am
Worship 11:00 am
Sunday Evening Bible Study - 3:00 pm (Effective June 10)
Wednesday Evening - 6:30 pm
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