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Page A-6 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, August 13, 2014 Backyard bird watching with Harry: by Harry Johnson Feeding your birds from your hand Having bird seed feeders in your front or back yards can be fun for everyone in your family. I would like you to try feeding your birds from your hand. Yes, it can be done. Your backyard birds can be landing on your shoulder and taking food from your hand. With a little encouragement, some birds will accept you as a natural part of their environment. It’s not difficult to win the trust of the guest in your front or back yard feeders. Begin by filling your feeders at the same time every day, preferably in the early morning, when birds actively seek food. Include a few chopped walnuts or pecans to your sunflower seed, which many birds relish and then put them where birds can get at them immediately. These guys are smart and they’ll catch on very fast. Start by standing or sitting qui- etly for a few minutes about 10-15 feet away from the feeder after you put out their food. It’s ok to talk, in fact the birds will learn to associate your voice with the food, but avoid sudden movement. After a bit of scolding by the birds and a few false starts, the birds will come to the feeder. The first bird will get the treats all to itself. This is the nature of these inquisi- tive species to investigate novel food opportunities. It’s important that you are consistent to the times and location. Do the same thing on the following day and at the same time. Try not to close the gap too quickly. You may want to try doing this over a 2 week period. The birds will accept your presence there. It’s ok to skip a day or even a week, but the more often you repeat, the faster the birds will get used to you. Once the birds are coming to the feeder while you stand right next to it, put your open hand on or next to the feeder. It’s ok to wear gloves, provided they’re always the same color. When the birds have become comfortable eating near your hand, remove all the food from the feeder and offer the nut pieces on your palm. Be patient. One of the birds will land on the feeder and take a piece of the nut from your hand. It may even hop into your fingers. You’ll find that Chickadee, Nuthatch and Junco’s will likely be your first takers. They seem to be the most inquisitive of the birds in my front yard. The best time of the year is fall and winter. That’s when the Chickadee and Nuthatches are here in the Valley in full force. During the winter time, the cold seals away much of the natural food for these beauties. The birds will be especially eager at those times to get what you’re offering. So, bundle up, put on warm socks and boots and go out and have fun. An additional piece of advice from Cheryl – the hummingbird caretaker in our home: If you are interested in feeding hummers, put about a tablespoon of nectar into a small red or bright pink lid or small container (she used a 2 ounce plastic container). Stand outside with the container resting in your palm and hold your hand steady. Cheryl has fed many hummers in this manner. It is amazing to see how trusting they become, very quickly. She has had them stand/perch on her fingers, while they take a rest and dip into the container for a drink. It is an amazing experience. Try these methods and you may see the birds in new ways and observe things you never noticed before. I hope you enjoyed this week’s article. If you want to talk to me about this or any of the other articles I’ve done, you can come by My Place Café in Cave Junction on Saturday mornings. I have breakfast with bird lovers there each week around 8:30 a.m. Come on by and meet new friends. The above came from Bird- watching.com, E-Bird.com and Harry Johnson in O’Brien. Backyard Bird Watching by Harry Johnson is brought to you by My Place Cafe “Where Good Times, Good Folks and Good Food Come Together” Church News Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Spiritual Life Preservers (Matthew 14:22-33) Last week, we read about the feeding of the 5000. Jesus had been teaching all day and now the crowd was hungry. So He told Phil- ip that THEY (the disciples) should feed the crowd. Of course, they didn’t have enough food, or the money to buy enough food, to feed all these people. But the Gospel of John tells us that Jesus “asked this only to test (Philip), for He already had in mind what he was going to do.” John 6:6 It was a test. Jesus’ intention in that test was to stretch their faith in what He could do. BUT now, comes an even bigger lesson. And like every good teacher, Jesus sets the stage for what He wants His students to understand. Jesus had been gradually intensifying the level of His disciples’ education: starting sim- ply with turning water into wine, then healing the sick, and even raising the dead. At the feed- ing of the 5,000 he even had the disciples par- ticipate in the miracle. He kept turning up the volume with each new lesson; building one experience upon another. And that makes sense. If Jesus had walked out on the water when He first recruited His disciples they would have scattered to the four winds and never come back. It was only after they’d seen and experi- enced everything else that had gone before that they were ready for this challenge. It was only after He’d built up a relationship with them and given them an opportunity to see His power in a non-threatening way. And that’s how God works with us. He gently draws us into deeper and deeper walks of faith. In the KJV, 2 Corinthians 3:18 says “we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” The Revised Standard Version of that verse tells us that we are “…changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to anoth- er” 2 Corinthians 3:18 It’s like we’re climbing a set of stairs. We all start out on the same level: we believe in Je- sus Christ, we repent of our sins, we make the decision to accept Jesus as the Lord and Savior of our lives, and we’re baptized for the forgive- ness of our sins and risen up to a new life. But then God starts remaking us in His image. We take one step up the stair case… and then another. And the further up we go, the more “changed into His image” we become. And that means that lots of people are going to be on dif- ferent levels of maturity. Some are going to be further up or down the staircase than we are. We’ve got to realize that not everybody is on the same level in their relationship with Jesus. Some have only come up the stairs a few steps and others have been privileged to have gone a great distance in their faith. Our objec- tive as Christians is not to segregate ourselves from those who aren’t on our level, but instead to find ways of gently reaching down and help- ing them in their struggles. That’s why Paul wrote that we should “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bear- ing with one another in love.” Ephesians 4:2 Jesus spent an entire night in prayer be- fore He gave this object lesson to the apostles. He cared about them so much that He prayed for hours before He tried to move them further along on their spiritual journey. So how can we do any less? We need to be ready to act as spiri- tual life preservers, just as Jesus did on the Sea of Galilee. Community Bible Church Thinking About the Farm Again “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Ro- mans 3:23 One thing about my Uncle Ralph and Aunt Thelma’s farm was that there were many ways to get dirty. The soil there in places was a type of red clay, and you only had to walk in it to raise that red dust. On the farm there was always a percent- age of the fields that were left fallow. Fallow ground was that which was plowed or worked up with a disc or some other farm implement and left unseeded. This was usually done when a field had enough encroachment by weeds to make it unprofit- able. You would rework the soil with the tractor and appropri- ately implement every so often to kill the weed sprouts. After working those fields you would come in covered with dirt from head to toe. Moving hay was also a dusty, dirty job. When feeding the calves, it was impossible to stay clear of cow ma- nure, likewise with cleaning the pens in which the cattle were sometimes kept. During the harvest, the dirt and dust would drift over you, or the wind would blow it swirling around your head until you were covered. Cutting wood, building fence, working in the garden, gathering eggs all involved getting dirty. There was a remedy for this, only one – soap and water, and boy did that end of the day washing feel good! It’s the same with sin; there are many ways to get dirty from sin. We are faced with it every day, and often we don’t even have to go looking for it – it comes to us and leaves us oh- so-dirty. Over the years I had people come to me in complete despair over the dirt they have accumulated over the years. They feel so filthy, so tired of it, so very weary. I have the blessing of telling them that they can be clean again, because Jesus willingly forgives their sin. “Though your sins be as scar- let, they shall be white as snow.” Isaiah 1:18b Do you need to wash? In Christ, Pastor Dave Sunday, August 17 Morning Worship at 10:30 a.m. Praise and Prayer at 6 p.m. Wednesday, August 13 Prayer 10:00 a.m. Free Senior Exercise Class Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 9:00-10:00 a.m. Dining Room Community Christian Academy Preschool – 12th grade Now accepting applications – school starts September 3rd Ministry at CBC Places of Worship BRIDGEVIEW COMMUNITY CHURCH 5181 Holland Loop Rd., CJ 541-592-3923 “Come Join the Worship!” Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor Sonny Moore www.kbcc.us COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH Pastor Dave Gordon 113 S. Caves Ave., CJ Office: 541-592-3896 Email: cbccca@gmail.com Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m. Christian Academy Pre-K to 12th grade Awana - Wednesdays - 6 p.m. * * * * * * 7th DAY ADVENTIST 265 S. Old Stage Rd., CJ Sabbath School - 9:30 a.m. Saturday Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Christian Martin Church (541) 592-3218 Madrone Adventist School 541-592-3330 ST. PATRICK OF THE FOREST CATHOLIC CHURCH 407 W. River St., CJ 541-592-3658 Fr. William Holtzinger, Pastor Mass - Sunday 11 a.m.. Sacrament of Reconciliation Sunday - 10:30 a.m. Holy Days TBA * * * * * * IMMANUEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 200 Watkins St., CJ Phone 541-592-3876 Pastor Charles Chase Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. Sunday Worship - 9:15 a.m. Child-care for small children TAKILMA BIBLE CHURCH 10343 Takilma Road, Takilma Pastor Dan Robinson Bible Study / Prayer Time 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH East River Street & Lewis Court, CJ Annemarie Richardson Lay Pastor. Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. Church Phone: 541-592-2290 www.goodshepherdlutheraniv.net ST. MATTHIAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH 25904 Redwood Hwy., CJ 541-592-2006 Rev. Bryant Bechtold Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. * * * * * * VALLEY EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 498 Laurel Road, CJ P.O. Box 1248 Pastor Marvin Porter Sunday School - 9:45 a.m. Worship Service - 11 a.m. evfree@frontiernet.net 541-592-6160 THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS 209 S. Junction Ave., CJ Sacrament Meet - 10 a.m. Sunday School - 11:20 a.m. Priesthood, Relief Soc. - 12:10 p.m. Bishop Larry Hammersmith 541-592-3919 * * * * * * First Baptist Church of Selma 18285 Redwood Hwy., Selma 541-597-4169 Pastor Monty Pope Sunday School - 9:45 a.m. Worship - 11 a.m. Saturday, August 16, 2014 ~ 8 am to 4 pm FOUNTAIN OF LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD 451 S. Junction Ave., CJ 541-592-3956 Pastor Mark McLean Morning Worship 9:30 & 11 a.m. Wednesday - 7 p.m. Adult Bible Study We are now accepting applications for Vendors Inside and outside spaces are available Outdoor spaces must bring your own tables. $20 with a $5 refund for a cleaned space. Place: RCC/Belt Building 24353 Redwood Highway, Kirby, OR Reservation Deadline is August 12, 2014 Last day for refunds is August 14, 2014 Contact Hazel Griffith—541-592-6433 Or Jean Shubert — 541-592-6150 Sponsored by the Western Star OES Social Club
