Spiritual Life
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Thursday, June 30, 2022
SPIRITUAL LIFE HIGHLIGHTS
Communion service held
July 3 prior to fellowship
SUBMISSIONS
LA GRANDE — St. Peter’s
Episcopal Church will have a
communion service starting at
10 a.m. Sunday, July 3. A time of
fellowship will follow the service.
Churches and faith-based groups are
encouraged to submit Highlights for the
Spiritual Life page by noon Tuesday for
publication Thursday. Submit by email
to news@lagrandeobserver.com (with
Highlights in the subject line).
The sermon, based on Luke
10:1-11 and 16-20, is titled “Unity,
Not Uniformity.” Holy Commu-
nion will be served. Fellowship
time will follow the service.
The worship service will be
streamed live and will also be
available later. The link for those
will be posted to Zion’s Facebook
page and website on July 2.
Stake activities are
planned for early July
NORTHEASTERN OREGON
— Members of the congrega-
tion will have the opportunity to
share testimonies during Sacra-
ment Services for the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
on Sunday, July 3. Members are
encouraged to fast for two meals
this day and to donate the value
for support of the less fortunate.
The “Come, Follow Me” lesson
for the week of July 4 is based
on 2 Kings 2-7, which is a record
of the miracles performed by the
prophet Elisha.
Upcoming stake events include
a mother/daughter activity
July 8-9 and the Pioneer Day cel-
ebration July 16. Pioneer Day
will be held from 5-8 p.m. at the
Island City pavilion and ball fi eld.
Dinner will be served 5-6 p.m.
with activities to follow. Check
the stake calendar or with ward
leadership for more information
on both events.
Sunday worship service
will be streamed live
LA GRANDE — Zion
Lutheran Church will meet for
worship Sunday, July 3, at 9 a.m.
Pastor to speak from
Romans 14 on July 3
LA GRANDE — First Chris-
tian Church (Disciples of Christ)
will celebrate the Fourth of July
early on Sunday, July 3, with
Pastor Archie Hook’s message,
“Are Our Religious Freedoms
Condemning Others?” He will
speak from Romans 14:10-13.
Worship begins at 10:30 a.m.
Registration is open for
summer camp in Cove
COVE — Cove Christian
Camp is accepting registrations
for those wishing to attend the
third and fourth grade camp on
July 10-14 or the fi fth and sixth
grade camp on July 31-Aug. 4.
Information and registration
forms are available at www.
covechristiancamp.org or at La
Grande First Christian Church,
901 Penn. The camp is at 68405
Mill Creek Lane, 1.5 miles up the
road from the Cove swimming
pool.
his word, the kingdom of God is
brought near to other dear souls.
After the Divine Service will
be the First Sunday potluck fol-
lowed by a meeting of the elders.
Sermon series digs
deeper into meaning and
application of Lord’s Prayer
ENTERPRISE — Rev. Dr.
Craig Pesti-Strobel of the Enter-
prise Community Congregational
Church on Sunday, July 3, will
continue delving into the Lord’s
Prayer. This week, the focus is on
“Forgive us our debts, as we for-
give our debtors,” with the mes-
sage focused on Matthew 6:9-13.
Digging into the deeper meaning
and application of this scripture
will show us how to lead more
spiritual lives. Pastor Craig will
lead Bible study at 9:30 a.m.
before the 11 a.m. service.
Potluck and elders’ meeting
follow Lutheran service
LA GRANDE —At Faith
Lutheran Church’s 10 a.m. service
on Sunday, July 3, the sermon will
expound upon Luke 10:1-20 in
which Jesus sends 72 followers to
places that he was about to go to.
They were sent to care for people
and to say, “the kingdom of God
has come near you” (vs. 9). As
Christians share Christ’s care and
— The Observer
Cancer support group providing help day by day
By BILL BRADSHAW
JOSEPH — Four women
from Tenderfoot Christian
Fellowship in Joseph whose
lives have been aff ected by
cancer are starting a can-
cer-support group that will
meet each Sunday afternoon
at the Joseph Community
Events Center.
The goal of the group,
which held its fi rst meeting
June 26, is to help cancer
patients, their families and
friends get through the
journey that is life with
cancer on a day-by-day
basis.
That’s why it’s called the
Day by Day Cancer Peer
Support Group.
The seed of prayer
It all started when Susan
Poole, a 71-year-old who
has been diagnosed with
terminal cancer, asked for
prayer during a church Bible
study meeting in November.
“Sue just brought this up
as a prayer need and shared
that she had a heart for this
and for supporting these
folks, so we ran with that,”
said Rebecca Patton, another
of the group’s founders.
She has a unique van-
tage point when it comes
to cancer locally, working
at Wallowa Memorial
Hospital.
Poole was impressed
with how quickly plans
for the support group were
implemented.
“I couldn’t believe how
fast this happened,” Poole
said. “One of the things I’ve
discovered on this journey
is that the breast cancer
group in Enterprise is the
only one from Pendleton to
Boise,” Poole said. “In that
same area, there is no com-
fort for the families who
are doing the caretaking for
cancer patients.”
While they recognize
the value of the Wallowa
port group does, in this case,
is it gives you that voice, it
gives you that power back.”
The group aims to help
patients and their caregivers
on the journey that is cancer.
“There’s over 100 kinds
of cancer,” Poole said.
“There isn’t a week that goes
by in Wallowa County that
somebody isn’t diagnosed
with cancer. It hits us all.”
The women take part in
a telephone help line, which
Poole has been doing for
some time already.
“The dragons come out
when everybody’s asleep
but they need somebody
who understands what’s
troubling them,” she said. “I
talk a lot to a young woman
who was just diagnosed
with cervical cancer and
she calls me at 1:30 because
she’s in a panic and she’s
scared.”
DAY BY DAY
Wallowa County Chieftain
What: Support group for cancer
patients and their loved ones
and caretakers
When: Every Sunday 2-3:30 p.m.
Where: Joseph Community
Events Center, 102 E. First St.
Call: 541-701-1748 or
541-514-7012
Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
From left, Trina Rice, Rebecca Patton and Susan Poole talk about the
new Day by Day Cancer Peer Support Group they founded, along
with Doneva Bolen, in Wallowa County.
Memorial Hospital Breast
Cancer Support Group, its
scope is limited.
“We wanted to take
the opportunity to expand
that to all cancers,” Patton
said. “At the same time
the peer-support group is
meeting, we’re going to have
a room for family members
and caregivers to meet.”
Poole, Patton and Patton’s
mother, Trina Rice, said the
church is sponsoring the
group, with a place to meet
— they use the events center
the same days the church
rents it for services — and
snacks, fl yers, meals and
volunteers.
The fourth founder,
Doneva Bolen, lost her hus-
band to pancreatic cancer.
“She has been an integral
part of this group,” Poole
said.
Patton and Rice also
have a direct connection to
the disease. Rice’s husband
— Patton’s father — was
diagnosed, but had a hap-
pier outcome.
“My dad had a terminal
cancer diagnosis that he
miraculously recovered
from more than a dozen
years ago now,” Patton said.
But that episode brought
some stark realizations.
“From that experience,
we have a heart for pro-
viding support for family
members and caregivers of
people with cancer,” Rice
said. “It wasn’t until years
later that I realized how her
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Losing one’s voice
Poole explained her own
experience.
“Cancer takes away our
voice,” she said. “I went
through chemo and lost all
my hair. I didn’t know the
person in the mirror. You
get sick. You get scared.
You watch your family cry
because they’re scared. It
strips our voice. What a sup-
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Poole spoke highly
of Wallowa County and
the hospital’s oncology
department.
“I have had better care
at this hospital than I did in
Portland,” she said. “I’ve
never seen a place that has
such a giving heart as Wal-
lowa County.”
Poole’s son proved to be
one of her earliest support
people.
After fi rst being diag-
nosed, Poole made arrange-
ments and prepared to die.
That was in 2019.
“My son said, ‘Mom,
why don’t you just live?’
Wise words, and I did, and
God has led me to such
joy,” she said. “I got
that diagnosis and I was
alone, and I don’t want any-
body to go through that
alone.”
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Cove United
Methodist Church
1708 Jasper St., Cove, OR
North Powder
United
Methodist Church
390 E. St., North Powder, OR
JOIN US... Catch the Spirit!
Worship: 9:00 a.m. Cove
Worship: 10:00 a.m. N. Powder
SUMMERVILLE
BAPTIST CHURCH
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
A church for your whole family
Visit us at summervillebaptistchurch.org
First Christian
Church
(Disciples of Christ)
901 Penn Avenue 963-2623
lgdisciples@gmail.com
Bible Study
9:00 a.m.
Worship
10:30 a.m.
~Join us at The Lord’s Table~
Imbler
Christian
Church
www.imblercc@gmail.com
Sunday Services
9:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Sunday School
Worship Service
Phone: 541-568-4230
grace.lutherancove@gmail.com
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
www.lagrandeumc.org
Sunday School for all ages - 9:00 am
Sunday Worship 10:00 am
Adventist Church
“OPEN HEARTS, OPEN MINDS, OPEN DOORS”
For service information go to
The Place
62848 Philynda Loop in Island City
440 Ruckman, Imbler 534-2201 “We are called to Serve”
LA GRANDE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Pastor Roberta Smythe
GRACE COMMUNITY
LUTHERAN CHURCH
2702 Adams Avenue, La Grande
963-4018
109 18th Street • 963-3402
Sunday School 9:30 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
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
“Where you can find TRUTH according to the scriptures”
www.flmbclagrande.com
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