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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Senior SPoTLiGHT
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son may experience small dots float-
ing in their line of vision (floaters),
flashes, and vision loss.
The condition is painless. A per-
son may wake up one day with the
condition or it may occur over weeks
or months.
A detached retina is a serious med-
ical condition that needs immediate
attention. Permanent vision loss is
a real risk, so don’t delay getting
assessed. Call your eye doctor and
share why you are calling in order to
move things along. Many eye doc-
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specialist.
Emergency rooms are not
equipped to deal with detached
retinas. If you must wait 12-24 hours
to see a specialist, no TV, reading or
Flashes and Floaters
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vision is a little darker than usual
and things are a little blurry. You’re
thinking it’s time to go to bed. But
you may be experiencing a retinal
detachment.
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Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
My Thanksgiving List
I’m convinced that the biggest killer of Thanksgiving thank-
fulness is Black Friday. In just 24 hours our thoughts turn from
being grateful for all the things we have, to thinking of all the things
we want. And there can be lots of things I want, especially after
watching and listening to all those commercials telling me about
things I just have to have, or at least have to buy for friends and
family if I have any real feelings for them and any holiday spirit.
The truth is, I’m pretty satisfied with my life. I have two
vehicles, which is more than most folks; even if one of them seems
to spend more time in the shop than out of it. But sometimes those
commercials with the shiny bright cars topped with beautiful bows
makes me think about getting a new one. Just a little, anyway.
The fact is, I’m lucky to be part of the world’s rich, relatively
anyway. If you make more than $2,138.00 a year, you’re rich, too.
Even America’s poor, the bottom 5% of Americans, are richer than
68% of the world’s population. But we still don’t seem to be happy
or satisfied.
I think that’s because we’re looking at what we have in the
wrong way. So, here’s my unconventional list of things I’m thankful
for.
I’m thankful for the taxes I pay, sort of, because that means I
have an income to pay taxes on.
I’m thankful for a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need
cleaning and gutters that need fixing because it means that I have a
decent home with a roof over my head, making me better off than
1.6 billion people in the world.
I’m thankful for my huge heating bill, at least until I have to
pay it, because it means that I’m warm.
I’m thankful for all the complaining I hear about our govern-
ment because it means we have freedom of speech.
I’m thankful for the clothes that fit a little too snug, because it
means I have enough to eat.
I’m thankful for the spot I find at the far end of the parking lot
because it means I’m capable of walking and, by the grace of God,
don’t need that little blue placard yet.
I’m thankful for that lady in church who occasionally sings off
key because it means I can hear.
I’m thankful for that annoying alarm that goes off early in the
morning because it means that God has blessed me with one more
day on earth.
And I’m thankful for weariness and aching muscles at the end
of the day because it means I’ve been able to be active and produc-
tive.
This list may not be made up of the things we think of sharing
when telling “What I’m Thankful For” around the holiday table, but
I’m thankful for each and every one of them anyway. I hope you
are, too.
May you have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving.
Seventh-day Adventist
Who are my brothers? Matthew 12:25-50
One of the things that cast a shadow over
Jesus’ life and ministry was the fact that His step-
brothers didn’t understand and support Him in
His ministry. The sons of Joseph had heard that
sometimes Jesus spent whole nights in prayer,
and that He was so busy that He didn’t even
have time to eat. They had heard that at times
He denounced the scribes and Pharisees and this
alarmed them. So they talked Mary into going
with them to approach Jesus, hoping that His
love for her would prevail in helping Him tone
down His attitude and words against the spiritual
leaders of the nation.
Just prior to this Jesus had, for the second
time, performed a miracle of healing a man who
was possessed, blind and dumb. Jesus’ enemies
tried to discredit Jesus by charging, “He casts out
devils through the prince of devils.” Then Jesus
told them plainly that when they said this miracle
was the work of Satan, instead of the Holy
Spirit, they were cutting themselves off from the
fountain of blessing. It is by His Spirit that God
works on our hearts. When the Spirit is finally
rejected God can do no more for that person.
While Jesus was still teaching the people,
His disciples brought the message that His
mother and brothers were outside and wanted to
see Him. He knew what was in their hearts and
answered, “who is my mother and who are my
brothers?” He stretched out His hand toward
His disciples and said, “look, my mother and my
brothers, for whoever does the will of My Father
in heaven, the same is My brother, sister and
mother.”
All who receive Christ by faith are united
with Him by a tie closer than human relation-
ships. As a believer and doer of His word, His
mother more closely related to Him than through
her natural relationship. His brothers would
receive no benefit from their connection with
Him unless they accepted Him as their personal
Savior. What a support Christ would have found
in His earthly relatives if they had believed He
was from heaven. It would have helped Him in
doing the work from God!
Those who accept Christ as their personal
Savior are not left as orphans to bear the trials of
life alone. We can’t understand but we can know
it is true from our own experience. If we ask
Him Jesus will help us treat our brothers and sis-
ters with loving kindness. What a privilege to be
adopted into the family of God. We are children
of our loving Heavenly Father!
Community Bible Church
Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart
1 Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His
name; Make known His deeds among the peoples! 2 Sing
to Him, sing Psalms to Him; Talk of all His wondrous
works! 3 Glory in His holy name; Let the hearts of those
rejoice who seek the LORD! Psalm 105:1-3 (NKJV)
There have been many times of giving thanks to
the Lord in this country’s history. In 1621, after a most
difficult previous winter in which a large part of the colony
had died, the residents of the Plymouth Colony experi-
enced a good harvest with the help of some Wampanoag
Indians. So they set aside a day of Thanksgiving to God
for His provision. In 1777, after defeating the British at
the Battle of Saratoga, the Continental Congress declared a
national day of thanksgiving.
In 1789, the 13 original states ratified the
Constitution of the United States, and President George
Washington declared a day of thanksgiving. The follow-
ing is the proclamation he made: “Whereas it is the duty
of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty
God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and
humbly implore His protection, aid, and favors…Now
therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th
of November next, to be devoted by the people of these
states to the service of that great and glorious Being, who
is the Beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is,
or that will be, that we may then all write in rendering
unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care
and protection of the people of this country, and for all
the great and various favors which He has been pleased to
confer upon us.” ~George Washington
There have been other times in our nation’s
historywhere times of thanksgiving have been declared.
We in the United States should be grateful for the tremen-
dous blessings that surround us on every side: freedom
of speech, freedom to live where we want, freedom to
work where we want, freedom to do what we want with
our lives, and how about paved roads and hot water!
But for myself, I am grateful to be able to worship God
freely. In many countries today a person wouldn’t have
these choices, because the government tries to force them
to worship according to governmental dictates. Are you
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
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7th DAY ADVENTIST
265 S. Old Stage Rd., CJ
Sabbath School - 10:15 a.m.
Saturday Worship 9 a.m.
Bible Study 11:15
Pastor Charles Byrd
Church (541) 592-3218
Madrone Adventist School
541-592-3330
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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
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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.
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
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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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VALLEY EVANGELICAL
FREE CHURCH
498 Laurel Road, CJ
P.O. Box 1248
Pastor Kevin Wood
Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service - 11 a.m.
evfree@frontiernet.net
(541)415-4189
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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
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FOUNTAIN OF LIFE
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
451 S. Junction Ave., CJ
541-592-3956
Pastor Mark McLean
Morning Worship
10:30 a.m.
Wednesday - 7 p.m.
Adult Bible Study
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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.
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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
Terry Vance Sr.
707-954-1273
541-592-4418
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Illinois Valley Baptist Church
541-592-6149
329 Caves Hwy.
Pastor Brent Smith
Sunday School 9:30 a.m
(for all ages)
Sunday Worship 10:30 AM
Wednesday Bible Study, 7 PM
Come be with us!
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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.
thankful? You should be. It might be good to spend some
time during your Thanksgiving celebration to give thanks
to the One who our nation’s first President called, “the
Beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that
will be…”God bless you. See you Sunday.
In Christ,
Pastor Dave
Ministry at CBC
Wednesday
No A.W.A.N.A.
Happy Thanksgiving
Sunday
Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.
Evening Prayer and Praise 6 p.m.
Senior Exercise Class
Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 9-10 a.m.
in Dining Room