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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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