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Page A-6 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, May 3, 2017 Harassment begging in America: My wife and I visited New York City a couple of days recently. We were walking through Times Square and masses of people on a Saturday night after a show when someone called out to us for money. “Will you please give me a couple of dol- lars I am hungry,” came the first plea. I barely heard this out of my right ear, as we were moving forward with the crowds. I hadn’t really noticed this guy as I was trying to watch where we were going, not trip on someone or the sidewalk while trying to enjoy the lights and sounds of Times Square. People begging for money have become a common sight in America. I see it in Cincinnati, Nashville, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Baltimore, Seattle, Portland and well you get the picture...begging is ev- erywhere in America to some extent. There is no American that can hand money to every beggar they pass on the street. My wife and I try on occasions to help people. We’ve seen mothers with their babies on the street begging. We’ve seen families on the street begging. We’ve seen Veterans on the street begging. We have passed people and then gone back with a few dollars if we had it to give. Last Saturday night I was more attuned to walking with my wife and trying to enjoy a brief NYC visit. For some reason this beggar in NYC tuned in on me when I did not turn my head and look at him or respond. He moved toward me, got in my face and yelled at me, “You are a S.O.B. and I hope that you choke on your food tonight.” I looked at him for just a moment. He was a very angry man obviously from the Middle East. I by Dr. Glenn Mollette don’t know if he was from Syria, Yemen or who knows but definitely Middle East. My wife and I moved forward. I wasn’t scared but it’s irritating to be accosted for money when some- one is calling my mother the B word. I was happy that I had not given that man a penny. I understand that people get desperate and hungry. I un- derstand poverty is rampant in this nation. I understand people are victims of unfortunate circumstances. I do believe we should help people and I’ve tried throughout my life to always be involved in charitable projects. I don’t feel sorry for people who feel they are entitled to harass, accost and literally try to rob people. Thieves and robbers who break into people’s houses rationalize that they need stuff and however they can get it is justifiable in their minds. What I am seeing more and more in America’s cities is what I’ve seen in Africa, Turkey and other foreign countries, which is harassment, begging and pleading. Our tour group was warned about leaving the ancient city of Ephesus in Turkey back in 2005. Our guide told us the people would beg vehe- mently for anything you have. Do not even make eye contact with them we were told. Sure enough it was a mob who did ev- erything but try to take our wallet and purses. They literally got in our faces and begged, pled and cried for anything we might give them. I’ve seen this same demeanor in other parts of the world. More and more of these people are coming to America and more of them will end up on our streets and prowling our neighborhoods. Taking a carefree, delightful stroll down Mich- igan Ave in Chicago, a leisurely walk through Times Square or most any major American city has changed. We’ve always had the poor and needy. However, we are now facing a different attitude and in reality a frightening mentality that does not mind getting in your face to get some of your money or whatever else they feel possessed to try to take. Finally, everywhere I go in America people are work- ing from every nationality around the world. From hotels, to restaurants, to taxi drivers to vendor people are working and I can’t understand anything they say. They do seem to work hard and seem to be happy to be in America. I am happy for these people if they are legal, but I do wish I could understand what they are saying. If you run into a guy in Times Square calling you a S.O.B. and wishing for you to choke on your food please do what I did not have the presence of mind to do. Remember, hindsight is always 20/20. Tell him about all the Internationals working all over America. Tell him he can work a real job to. If he doesn’t want to do that to please do us all a favor and go back to where he came from. Glenn Mollette is a syndicated columnist and author of eleven books. He is read in all fifty states. Visit www.glen- nmollette.com Contact him at GMollette@aol.com. Like his facebook page at www.facebook.com/glennmollette Seventh-day Adventist Church He showed us how to overcome Our wonderful Jesus wants to help us overcome the sin in our lives. He knows that our sins are separating us from Him. In the wilderness of temptation Christ encountered the leading things that we are all tempted with. The first great temptation was on appe- tite. Our enemy, Satan, has overcome millions of people by tempting them to indulge their appetite. Through the gratification of taste, the nervous system becomes excited, and our brains are enfeebled, making it impossible to think clearly or rationally. The mind is unbal- anced. Its higher, nobler faculties are per- verted to serve animal lusts, and sacred eternal interests are not regarded. When this object is gained, our enemy can come with his two other leading temptations and find ready access. All his temptations grow out of these three great leading points. The next temptation our enemy brought against Jesus was another of his common temptations called presumption. This is based on an acceptance or belief based on reasonable evidence. When he uses this temptation on most of us, he obtains the victory over nine out of 10 of us. Those who profess to be Christ’s follow- ers, and claim by faith to be against all evil, frequently plunge without thought into tempta- tions world and the glory of them if He would only bow down to Satan. How did Jesus overcome these three major temptations? He showed us how to over- come. Christ resisted Satan with scripture. “It is written,” He said. If the sacred scriptures were studied and followed the Christian would be fortified to meet the wily foe. When the religion of Christ rules in the heart, conscience approves, and there is light in the soul. Submission, love, and gratitude to God keep sunshine in our hearts, even though the day be ever so cloudy. So take heart let’s allow God’s word be our guide, and ask Him to help us overcome the temptations in our lives. that would require a miracle to bring them out of. Meditation and prayer would have saved them from the danger they had placed themselves when they gave Satan the advan- tage over them. God’s promises are not for us to rashly claim while we rush recklessly into danger, violating the laws of nature and disre- garding the good judgment which God has given us. This is the most flagrant presump- tion. The third great temptation that Jesus met was love of the world. Never will any of us face as hard temptations as our Savior did. He was offered the thrones and kingdoms of the Community Bible Church The Old Road Jeremiah 6:16 (NKJV) 16 Thus says the LORD: “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; then you will find rest for your souls.” On my uncle’s dairy farm, there was a lot of history. My uncle’s grandfather homesteaded on the rim of Silver Falls Canyon in the 1860s. In the back woods there had been a small saw mill which had been destroyed or torn down. As youngsters my cousins and I used to go back there and find odds and ends of things left behind. There was an old road that ran in back of the pasture area. One time my uncle and I – in search of an errant bull – headed down that old road as an easy means of getting to where we believed that bull might be. As we walked down that road, my uncle began to talk about the people who had lived there in the days of his youth. I remember one place that was only a pile of rock – maybe a chimney or foundation – and my uncle began to tell me about the family who lived there. He talked of riding in wagons and on horses as they went to town or to the school for a gathering of one sort or another. As he talked, my mind began to envision a wholesome, simpler time (if not more difficult), and neighbors who shared their lives, their experi- ences, even their needs with one another. We never found that bull that day (if I remember right he came home on his own), but I remember the walk we took along that old road to this day – 40 plus years later. Maybe we all need to remember those old paths. Maybe you older ones need to talk to the younger generation who really need to hear about a simpler, more person-to-per- son time. A time when parents, teachers, and law enforce- ment officials were respected, and neighbors helped keep track of their neighbor’s children and needs. Oh, by the way, I believe that God was also revered and honored by most everyone. God help us to remember those old paths. Hope to see you Sunday. In Christ, Pastor Dave Ministry at CBC Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Praise and Prayer 6 p.m. Wednesday NO AWANA: See you in September Community Christian Academy Preschool – High School Senior Exercise Class Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 9-10 a.m. in Dining Room National Day of Prayer Thursday, May 4 12 – 2 p.m. All are welcome to join us in prayer for our country, our president and government. The House of Prayer next to New Beginnings Church and across from Perfect Pizza in the little plaza, 210 Redwood Hwy. Come and go as you are led or need to. It is not required to stay the whole 2 hours. Hope to have you there! Please answer the call wherever you are! Let us be known by our love. Places of Worship ST. MATTHIAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH 25904 Redwood Hwy., CJ 541-592-2006 Rev. Bryant Bechtold Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Next to Junction Inn Show Times: 5:00 & 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by: Illinois Valley Family Coalition ++++++ ADVANCE TICKETs +++++++ Illinois Valley Family Coalition Yanase Jewelers IN ADVANCE CIRCUS DAY Adult...............$10.00 Child/Senior .....$7.00 Adult................$13.00 Child/Senior.......$8.00 Come watch the tent raising between 9:30 & 10:00 am! 866-BIG TOP 6 Reserve Advance Tickets Scan Me!! * * * * * * Wonder Bible Chapel 11911 Redwood Hwy. Wonder, Ore. Sunday worship 10 a.m. Non-denominational Bible believing Church Sunday School Nursery Youth group meets Sunday 6:30 p.m. CAVE JUNCTION Monday • May 15 Clip this coupon and bring it to the Circus for $1.00 off the price of one pony ride. Limit one coupon per person. This coupon can not be exchanged or refunded. Valid only at Culpepper & Merriweather Circus. * * * 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. * * * 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 * * * 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 C&M CIRCUS PONY RIDE *** 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 * * * 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 * * * 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 Off * * * 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 * * * 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 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 1.00 * * * 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 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. $ 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
