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Page A-6 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, March 1, 2017 America needs mentors and life coaches: by Dr. Glenn Mollette A growing career industry across the country is life coaching. People are actually going into private practice opening offices and spending hours every week giving direction to people and a listening ear. We have had psy- chiatrists and other mental health workers for years but now people are training to help oth- ers with just the most basic types of problems and questions. We live in an age where people are more desperate than ever for somebody to talk to. People have problems from spiritual, finan- cial, to making daily decisions. People wonder about what to do with their lives. They don’t know how to get a job or what opportunities might exist for them. Millions of American kids pass through 12 grades of school and graduate clueless about what to do next. More than ever people need to know that their lives are not in vain. They do not exist to just create social media postings in hopes that a few people will “like” them. They need to know that if they do not make a television real- ity show that they are still OK because every day they exist in their own reality show. The reality is that each American has an opportu- nity to have a real life. Life is never free from hurdles, work, challenges and usually grit and grind. However, there are ways to navigate the maze of living life. Bad things happen to people. People are brought up in broken homes, by single parents, in poverty and surrounded by domestic vio- lence. The scenarios are endless. This is why more than ever we need everyday life coaches who can help people with the simplest of life’s quests. Young adults up to old age seniors need guidance. You can find a lot of answers on Google but often people don’t know the right questions to ask. How do I write a resume? What do I put on a resume? How do I dress for a certain job interview? Where do I start to find a job? What are my career choices? How do I choose a career? How do I know what I am good at do- ing? How do I save money? How can I make my life better? How can I avoid trouble? How do I start a business? How do I obtain financial aid for college? What do I have to do to be a schoolteacher, a lawyer, a doctor an engineer or other professional? My life is bad how can I change my life? I am unhappy with my physi- cal condition what can I do to be a healthier person? I understand that not every counselor has an immediate answer to every person’s questions. However, answers are available and often a steady mind with a listening ear can help someone find an answer. Some people need help from a medical professional. Some need help from licensed clinical counselors. Many today just need some basic common sense direction. Churches today are utilizing life coaches. Sometimes it’s a trained minister but other oc- casions exist where there is a trained life coach connected to the church whose job is to help those in the community to find direction and guidance. Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Mem- phis and every city in America struggling with violence would be well served to plant guid- ance coaches, mentors or life coaches through- out these troubled communities. In reality, it’s the job every parent should do. Unfortunately parents have either dropped the ball, flown the coup or just cannot pull their own lives together. Sadly in America we have so many dysfunctional families that life coaches are needed to help mom and dad as much as the young teens struggling in these scenarios. More law enforcement, more police dogs and more curfews are not going to solve the hurt being felt by so many lost young adults in America. More than ever these young men and women need community leaders, mentors and coaches with a listening ear and commonsense advice for living and achieving a better life. Glenn Mollette is a syndicated columnist and author of 11 books. He is read in all 50 states. Visit www.glennmollette.com and you can contact him at GMollette@aol.com. You can also Like his Facebook page at www.face- book.com/glennmollette. Church News Community Bible Church Discipline is not a four letter word Proverbs 13:18 (NIV) He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored. The word discipline has gotten a bad rap. Some people act like you are committing a crime if you try to develop a little self-discipline in a child. Every one of us should endeavor to exert some self-discipline in our lives. Almost any endeavor in this life takes some disciplining of ourselves even if it is simply getting out of bed in the morning. People exert self-discipline when they go to work, and when they work hard – even if they don’t feel like it. People demonstrate discipline when they clean their homes, use care in what and how much they eat, when they exercise, when they determine to read something rather than just watch television, or when they study to learn some- thing new – maybe some history or a new language. Personal discipline is necessary for people to save money or to say “no” to buying something they want but don’t need and can’t afford. It takes discipline to respond with control and reason when people around you are doing crazy, out of control things. It takes self-discipline to raise children, to care for a spouse, or even to care for a pet. Discipline can be contagious, learned by example. I knew a pastor that often said that “More is caught than taught.” He used this in relation to child raising, but it is true in every circumstance or relationship. Some people lament that they just don’t have any discipline and that’s sad, because I believe a disciplined life can be gained by starting in one area to discipline yourself and then expanding from there. Maybe it’s time to discipline yourself to go to church and learn about the Lord. I’m sure you would find yourself greatly encouraged as you would see a growing, disciplined life. See you Sunday. (Discipline yourself to be there!) In Christ, Pastor Dave Ministry at CBC Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Praise and Prayer 6 p.m. Wednesday AWANA 6:15-8 p.m. Preschool – Grade 6 Community Christian Academy Preschool – High School Senior Exercise Class Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 9-10 a.m. in Dining Room Good Shepherd Lutheran Church I only have eyes for you Have you ever noticed how the deepest emotional encounters, the deepest instances of sharing love between one person and an- other usually occur when we’re standing face to face? In that moment, we see no one except each other. There is nothing else; that moment holds everything. Whether that moment comes between parent and child, husband and wife, or redeemer and redeemed, we become a part of something much bigger than ourselves. There’s more going on than what physical eyes can see or understand. We have entered a mystery that can neither be defined nor discussed; only experienced. That’s what happened to Peter, James, and John in Matthew 17:1-19. They “looked up and saw Jesus himself alone.” They didn’t see Moses or Elijah, each other, the cloud, or the mountain. Everything and everyone was present in Jesus himself alone. This was as much their transfiguration as it was his. They didn’t just see the light, they became the light; all humanity illumined with and by divinity. It’s important to remember that Jesus didn’t change into something that he hadn’t been before that night on the mountain. He was always filled with the glory of God: radiating the divine light. He didn’t become something new, but the disciples did. Their sight was healed, their vision corrected, and their blindness removed. Every time we experience a transfigur- ing event our vision is healed and we see in a new a different way. We see with God’s eyes. Transfiguration is not so much about what we see as how we see. It’s the difference between seeing with physical eyes and seeing with heavenly eyes. There are moments like that in every life. Lovers gazing at each other see more than just another person; they see the mystery of love. Or the first time you saw your child or grandchild; you were seeing more than a baby; you were face to face with the mys- tery of life. And what about the last time you made a confession, and experienced forgive- ness. You came face to face with the mystery of grace amidst brokenness. Or what about the days and nights spent at the bedside of a loved one; watching and waiting for them to be raised up and carried into new life. We sit there, quietly, face to face with the mystery of death. These are the moments of transfigura- tion. Each one of them is distinct, unique, and unrepeatable. Yet somehow, they are the same. Each one is so authentic, so real, they glow with the light of God’s presence. They are moments of pure grace. We can’t make them happen. We can only be there to experience them when they do happen. In that moment, everything around us seems to fall away. There are no distractions. It is a moment of complete presence, attention, and union. It’s a moment when we come face to face with another person, with ourselves, and ultimately with God. In that moment, we can truthfully say, “I only have eyes for you.” Seventh-day Adventist Church Depression Test Take this depression test by rating yourself with the follow- ing scores after each question: 3 for nearly every day, 2 for about half the days, 1 for less than ¼ of the time and 0 for not at all. In the last two weeks have you been bothered by any of the following problems? (Write your score after each problem.) 1. Sadness or of emptiness; or feeling down, depressed or hopeless. 2. Decrease interest or pleasure in doing things. 3. Unhealthy decrease in appetite; or unusual or unwanted loss or gain in weight. 4. Trouble falling or staying asleep or sleeping too much. 5. Experiencing fatigue; feeling tired or having little energy. 6. Thoughts that you would be better dead or … consider- ing harming yourself or others in some way or being pre-occupied with death or symbols of death. 7. Feeling bad about yourself; feeling like you are a failure or that you have let yourself or your family down. 8. Decrease in your ability to think or concentrate on com- 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.bridgeviewcc.org * * * 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 * * * 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 *** Illinois Valley Praise Center 28569 Redwood Hwy. CJ Non-denominational Bible-believing Church Sunday school - 9:30 a..m. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. Thursday Seekers 7 p.m. Youth group Thursday - 7 p.m. www.ivpraisecenter.com 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. * * * 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 * * * 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 * * * 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. 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 * * * 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 * * * 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 * * * ST. MATTHIAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH 25904 Redwood Hwy., CJ 541-592-2006 Rev. Bryant Bechtold Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. 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 * * * Illinois Valley Baptist Church 541-592-6149 102 S. Redwood Hwy. (in the County Building) Sunday Worship 10:30 AM Wednesday Bible Study, Prayer & Youth Program 7:00 PM Friday Ladies Bible Study 11:00 AM mon tasks such as reading or learning and/or making difficulty making good decisions. 9. Others (or you) have noticed physical movements or speech have been slower than normal; or instead that you have more agitation, restlessness, or irritation with yourself or others. Add up your scores. This is what category you fall into based on your score: 0-6 is none, 7-10 is mild, 11-19 is moderate and 20-27 is severe. For more information about our depression and anxiety recovery program call Kathy at 541-291-7016.
