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FAITH
East Oregonian
PENDLETON
Episcopal Diocese
announces new bishop
East Oregonian
A man with regional
roots was recently elected
as the seventh bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese of Eastern
Oregon. The selection of
Father Patrick Bell was
announced Dec.
12 at Episcopal
Church of the
Redeemer in Pend-
leton.
Chosen
from
a pool of 16
applicants,
Bell
was among three
¿nalists, all with
connections to the
Bell
area.
“All of the
candidates had Eastern
Oregon roots and experience
and all were so well qual-
i¿ed,´ said .im 0cClain,
president of the diocese’s
standing committee “We
would have done well with
any one of the three.´
0cClain said Bell’s back-
ground lends itself to his new
position — he comes from
a seventh generation eastern
Washington family with a
long farming tradition and
his ¿rst Episcopal parish was
in Ontario.
“Bell understands rural
life in the Paci¿c 1orthwest.
We think he will make a really
good bishop,´ 0cClain said.
With the bishopric of
Eastern Oregon as a half-
time position, Bell will be
in the diocese two weeks a
month while maintaining his
residence in Coeur d’Alene,
Idaho, where he is
currently the rector
of St. Luke’s Epis-
copal Church.
In 2013, the
diocesan
of¿ce
moved to the
campus of Ascen-
sion School in
Cove. In addition
to
technology
available for phone
and video confer-
encing — a valuable asset
the diocese, which covers
three-quarters of the state —
the setup provides facilities
for gatherings.
“I really want to have
more opportunities bringing
the clergy together and
Ascension has the space and
the housing to do that,´ Bell
said.
Bell will be consecrated
Saturday, April 16. The site
has yet to be determined. For
information, contact Eastern
Oregon’s diocesan of¿ce at
diocese@episdioeo.org or
541-568-4514, extension 1.
BRIEFLY
Pilot Rock church
offers free meal
tonight
PILOT ROC. — The
Pilot Rock Seventh-day
Adventist Church is
hosting a free dinner for the
community.
The spaghetti meal will
be served Friday from 6-8
p.m. at the church, 104 W.
0ain St., Pilot Rock.
Church Women
United meet
Thursday
0ILTO1-FREEWATER
— Janice Young will share
about her experiences as
a missionary in Tanzania
during the upcoming
Church Women United
meeting.
Everyone is welcome
to attend Thursday at 1:30
p.m. at the First Christian
Church, 518 S. 0ain St.,
0ilton-Freewater.
The gathering also
includes the installation of
of¿cers and refreshments.
For more information,
call Judy at 509-520-8497
or Helen at 541-558-3969.
Pro-life breakfast
supports education
PE1DLETO1 —
Pancakes, ham, eggs, coffee
and juice will be served
during the 15th annual
Pro-Life Breakfast.
The event is Sunday, Jan.
24 from 9-11:30 a.m. at St.
0ary Catholic Church, 800
S.E. Court Ave., Pendleton.
The cost is $5 each or $20
for a family.
In addition, donations of
diapers up to size 3, baby
wipes and other infant items
will be accepted. The items
will be distributed through
Pregnancy Care Services, who
provide support to mothers
facing unplanned pregnancies
in Pendleton and Hermiston.
Sponsored by Pendleton
.nights of Columbus
and Pendleton Right to
Life, the event serves as a
fundraiser to bring pro-life
awareness and education
to the community. Their
efforts include a billboard on
Southgate in Pendleton and a
poster contest for children.
For more information,
contact Dennis Hull at
541-969-7136 or dmhull@
charter.net.
Anglicans sanction U.S. Episcopal
Church over gay marriage
1EW YOR. AP —
Anglican leaders on Thursday
temporarily restricted the role
of the U.S. Episcopal Church
in their global fellowship as
a sanction over the American
church’s acceptance of gay
marriage.
Episcopalians have been
barred for three years from any
policy-setting positions in the
Anglican Communion while
a task force is formed that will
try to reconcile conÀicting
views over sexuality in the
85-million-member family
of churches. The Episcopal
Church is the Anglican body
in the United States.
The announcement came
near the end of a weeklong
meeting in Canterbury,
England, called by Arch-
bishop of Canterbury Justin
Welby, to heal rifts over
same-sex relationships and
keep the Anglican Commu-
nion from splitting apart.
Welby, the Anglican spiritual
leader, does not have the
authority to force a compro-
mise. He set a news confer-
ence Friday in Canterbury to
explain the leaders’ decision.
Episcopal
Presiding
Bishop 0ichael Curry, who
attended the meeting, told the
other leaders their vote “will
bring real pain´ to gays and
lesbians and to Episcopalians
“committed to following
Jesus in the way of love and
being a church that lives that
love.´ Still, he said he was
committed to the Anglican
family.
The Global Anglican
Future Conference, which
represents
theologically
conservative Anglican leaders
worldwide, had sought sanc-
tions against the U.S. church,
and some members said they
would walk out of this week’s
meeting unless some penalty
was applied. One leader,
Ugandan Archbishop Stanley
1tagali, did so. In a statement
Thursday, the conference
known as GAFCO1 said
their leaders were pleased by
the outcome of the meeting,
but “this action must not
be seen as an end, but as a
beginning.´
Anglicans, whose roots
are in the missionary work
of the Church of England,
are the third-largest grouping
of Christians in the world,
behind Roman Catholics and
the Orthodox.
The fellowship has been
fracturing for decades over
gay relationships, women’s
ordination and other issues.
Those rifts blew wide open
in 2003 when the 1ew York-
based Episcopal Church
consecrated the ¿rst openly
gay bishop, Gene Robinson,
in 1ew Hampshire. Last
year, the top U.S. Episcopal
legislative body, or General
Convention, voted to autho-
rize gay marriages in their
churches.
The most vocal protests
to the Episcopal embrace
of gay rights came from
Africa, home to some of the
fastest-growing churches in
the Anglican communion and
the deepest opposition to gay
relationships as a violation
of Scripture. 0any African
countries have criminalized
gay relationships.
Friday, January 15, 2016
French Jews ask: Is wearing
your faith a risk, or a right?
By ANGELA CHARLTON
Associated Press
PARIS — Religious
Jews in 0arseille are
facing a wrenching choice:
Whether to wear the
skullcap that proclaims
their religion or tuck it
away in hopes of staying
safe.
It’s a dilemma about
identity and freedom of
faith that has confronted
religious
communities
elsewhere in Europe and
the U.S. It’s becoming
especially acute in France,
from where a record
number of Jews emigrated
to Israel as it grapples
with anti-Semitic violence
increasingly inspired by the
Islamic State group.
An attack this week
was the last straw for the
0arseille Jewish commu-
nity’s religious leadership:
A
machete-wielding
15-year-old slashed a
Jewish teacher in the street.
Under police questioning,
the boy invoked IS.
Zvi Ammar, head of
the Israelite Consistory of
0arseille, asked Jews to
go without the kippa “until
better days.´ .ippa is the
Hebrew word for skullcap,
while it is known as a
yarmulke in Yiddish.
Ammar called it the
hardest decision he’d ever
made. His words disturbed
and divided French Jews
and non-Jews alike, and
evoked 1azi-era fears.
And they were a slap
to the French government,
desperate to reassure its
Jewish community — the
world’s third largest — and
P eace L utheran C hurch
210 NW 9th, Pendleton
ELCA
Join us Sundays
AP Photo/Claude Paris
A member of the Jewish authority waits outside
during a visit from the Interior Minister Bernard
Cazeneuve, at the synagogue, in Marseille, southern
France, Thursday.
a nation shaken by a violent
year.
The president called the
recommendation intoler-
able. Two Jewish legisla-
tors wore kippas to French
Parliament in protest.
“It means that we
are projecting part of
the responsibility on the
victim,´ France’s chief
rabbi, Haim .orsia, told
The Associated Press.
“What is the limit?
... Someone who walks
in the street on Saturday
morning on his way to
the synagogue, isn’t it too
visibly Jewish? It doesn’t
end. And then, some people
won’t be allowed to wear
a Christian cross in the
street, to wear such or such
religious sign?´ he asked.
“At some point, we have
to defend the model of our
society and it is a society of
secularism and freedom of
religious practice.´
Jews face this challenge
Faith Center Church
Worshiping God
Loving People
9:30
Sunday
Worship
9:30 am am
Sunday
Worship
10:30 am Fellowship
11:00 am Sunday School & Adult Class
108 S. Main • 276-9569
~Come and be at Peace~
Sr. Pastor, Ray O’Grady
pendletonfaithcenter.org
on 1290 KUMA noon each Sunday
Sunday Worship
10:30 am
Community
Presbyterian Churc h
routinely, and widely.
Israel’s foreign ministry
has a “behavior recom-
mendations´ section on its
website to ensure safety for
Israeli travelers, advising
against highlighting “your
Israeli identity in dress,
equipment, behavior when
not necessary´ or engaging
in political arguments.
German Jewish leaders
have suggested skullcap
discretion in recent years,
notably in areas with large
0uslim populations. The
Israeli ambassador to
Denmark made a similar
recommendation in 2013,
drawing ire.
“I have plenty of French
customers,
Americans,
Australians, from all over
the world and I have noticed
customers abroad tend to
buy black kippas out of fear,
so it won’t be noticed,´ said
0aya Tzidon, owner of a
shop called .ippa Centre in
Tel Aviv.
NEW HOPE
COMMUNITY CHURCH
1350 S. Highway 395, Hermiston
Sunday Worship Services
English- Pastor Dave Andrus
9:00 & 10:45 am
Spanish- Pastor Genaro Loredo
9:00 & 10:15 am
Classes for kids during all services
For more information call
541-567-8441
Worship: 10 AM Sunday
School at 11:30
St. Johns
Episcopal Church
All People
Are Welcome
Scripture, Tradition
and Reason
Family service 9am Sunday
Gladys Ave & 7th Hermiston
Fr. Dan Lediard, Priest. PH: 567-6672
OPEN HEARTS – OPEN DOOR
585 SW Birch, Pilot Rock, OR 97868
(541) 443-2500
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Sunday School: 9:30 am
Worship Service: 10:45 am
Wednesday Services:
Kids’ Club: 6:00 pm
Youth Group: 7:00 pm
FAITH LUTHERAN
CHURCH
in Mission for Christ LCMC
Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 AM
Sunday Worship . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 AM
Red Lion Hotel
( Oregon Trail Room )
www.faithpendleton.org
Service of Worship - 10:00 am
Children’s Sunday School - 10:20 am
Fellowship - 11:00 am
www.pendletonpresbyterian.com
Open Hearted...Open Minded
Saturday Services
Pendleton
1401 SW Goodwin Place
276-0882
Sabbath School 9:20 am
Worship Service 10:45 am
Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m. (Nursery Provided)
Fellowship, Refreshments & Sunday School
Check Out our Facebook Page or Website for
More Information
541-289-4535
Tom Inch, Pastor
Grace and Mercy Lutheran Church, ELCA
164 E. Main St. / P.O. Box 1108
Hermiston, Oregon 97838
First United
Methodist
Church
352 SE 2nd Street
Pendleton, OR
541-276-2616
Sunday Worship 9am
Open Hearts, Open Hands, Open Doors
Facebook: www.facebook.com/
FUMCPendleton
Services are broadcast every Sunday
on KUMA-1290 AM @ 11am
Rev. Dr. Jim Pierce, pastor
555 SW 11th, Hermiston
567-9497
Nursery provided for all services
Sunday School - 9:30 AM
Worship - 10:45 AM
6:00 pm
Wed Prayer & Worship - 7:00 PM
“Proclaiming God’s word,
growing in God’s grace”
Come meet Jesus at
PENDLETON BAPTIST
CHURCH
3202 SW Nye Ave Pendleton, OR
541-276-7590
Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Sunday Bible Classes 9:45 AM
Sunday Youth Group 6:00 PM
Mon. Community Women’s Study
9:30 AM & 6 PM
Awana Kids Club (K-6th grade)
Wed Men’s Study 6 PM
MOPS meeting the 1st Thur of the Month
6 PM
T HE C OUNTRY C HURCH
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
-Presbyterian Church (USA)-
201 SW Dorion Ave.
Pendleton
Seventh-Day
Adventist Church
Grace Baptist Church
www.graceandmercylutheran.org
14 Martin Drive,
Umatilla, OR
922-3250
The kippa, traditionally
worn by men, is meant to
remind the wearer of God’s
presence over him. It has
become customary for
Orthodox Jews to wear the
head covering throughout
the day, while other Jews
often only do so when they
enter a synagogue, pray or
perform a Jewish ritual.
Public signs of faith
have put 0uslims at risk,
too.
U.S. 0uslim women
who wear headscarves
are
sharing
guidance
about what to do if they
feel threatened, and some
non-0uslims are wearing
the hijab out of solidarity.
Harassment, threats and
vandalism directed at
American 0uslims has
reportedly grown recently,
notably in the wake of
IS-linked attacks in Paris
and San Bernardino, Cali-
fornia, and comments by
U.S. presidential candidate
Donald Trump.
In France, the skullcap
debate has raised uncom-
fortable questions about
French attitudes to reli-
gious garb, and whether
they are fair to everyone in
the country’s multi-ethnic
society.
It’s illegal in France for
0uslim girls to wear head-
scarves in public school, or
for any woman to wear a
face-covering Islamic veil
in public. The headscarf
law forbids kippas or extra-
large Christian crosses
in schools, too, but is
widely viewed as targeting
France’s large 0uslim
minority and forcing them
to adhere to secular rules.
Pastor James Becker
FIRST SERVICE 8:30 AM
SECOND SERVICE 10:30 AM
712 SW 27 TH ST.
541-276-1894
www.fcogpendleton.com
32742 Diagonal RD
Hermiston OR 97838
Sunday School 10 am
Worship 7 am
Evening Service 7 pm
Bible Study Wednesdays 7 pm
Firestarter Youth Ministry
(Ages 12-17)
Monday @ 6 pm
St. Paul Anglican Church, APA
Currently Located at 119 SW Quinney Pl.,
Home Church in Pendleton @ Sunridge Estates
541-303-1261
Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday
Morning Prayer - 2nd, 4th & 5th Sunday
All Services - 10:00am Sundays
The Rev. Fr. Vincent Varnas
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241 SE Second St. Pendleton
(541)276-3809
www.pendletonepiscopal.org
Sunday Morning Worship 9:00 a.m.
Wednesday Worship Noon
Wednesday Evening Prayer
and Pot Luck 6:00 p.m.
All Are Welcome
To share your
worship times
call
Amanda Jacobs
541-278-2683