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Saturday, February 6, 2016
NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST
Obama says faith is ‘great cure’ for fear
By DARLENE
SUPERVILLE AND
KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
Associated Press
Jeffrey D. Allred/The Deseret News via AP
A riderless horse is used to honor LaVoy Finicum as
his hearse drives by during the funeral in Kanab, Utah,
Friday.
Finicum hailed as
a hero at funeral
By FELICIA FONSECA
and TERRENCE PETTY
Associated Press
KANAB, Utah — Inside
a packed Mormon church
in this desert town Friday, a
leader of the Oregon armed
standoff who died in a
confrontation with author-
ities was called a man of
conviction and not a threat to
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who shot him.
“My dad was murdered
defending the liberties so that
we may be free of bondage,”
said Brittney Beck, a
daughter of Robert “LaVoy”
Finicum, who died Jan. 26
during a confrontation with
FBI agents and Oregon state
troopers.
Finicum’s death on a
remote Oregon road has
become a symbol for those
decrying federal oversight,
on public lands in the West
and elsewhere, and has led
to protests of what they
call an unnecessary use of
force. But authorities say the
54-year-old was reaching for
a gun during the confronta-
tion.
At the funeral, Finicum’s
family drew on their faith
and quoted scripture in
describing their father as
a man of conviction and
courage.
One daughter, Thara
Thenney, said her father was
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ally slain.”
“He had never, not once,
abandoned his trust in the
Lord,” she said.
The funeral was held
inside a Mormon church,
but national leaders of the
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints last month
denounced the armed take-
over of the Malheur National
Wildlife Refuge and said
they were “deeply troubled”
by reports the occupiers were
using scriptural principles to
justify it.
Ammon Bundy — a
Mormon and the main leader
of the refuge occupation —
has said he was following
divine orders when he and his
followers seized the refuge
Jan. 2. Bundy demanded the
government change federal
land policies and free two
ranchers imprisoned for
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Bundy is among 12
people in custody for their
involvement in the ongoing
occupation outside Burns.
Bundy and four others
were arrested during the
Jan. 26 confrontation that left
Finicum dead.
Federal prosecutors say
“My dad
was murdered
defending the
liberties so that
we may be free
of bondage.”
— Brittney Beck,
daughter of LaVoy Finicum,
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from carrying out their
duties, threatened violence
and intimidated locals.
Four occupiers remain
holed up at the refuge,
refusing to leave without
assurances they won’t be
arrested — an unlikely pros-
pect since they are among 16
people named in a federal
grand jury indictment.
Hundreds of people from
across the country packed the
church for Finicum’s funeral.
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of Finicum and the words
“Murdered by the FBI.”
“He’s a hero to me, honest.
His heart is for everybody,”
said former occupier Ben
Matthews of Port Huron,
Michigan, who came to
Kanab to pay his respects.
The day’s events in
this town just north of the
Arizona border were billed
as “LaVoy Finicum’s Stand
for Freedom.”
Family and friends wore
red, white and blue ribbons
featuring Finicum’s picture
and pieces of blue tarp pinned
to their shirts. Finicum had
been called “the tarp man”
after spending a night under
a tarp at the wildlife refuge
when he feared an imminent
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Utah Highway Patrol were
on hand to ensure the events
were peaceful. Given the
anti-government sentiment
that was expected among the
crowd, local law enforcement
agencies pleaded with the
FBI and other federal agents
to stay away.
Of the 16 Bundy followers
charged
with
felony
conspiracy, only three have
been allowed to leave jail
ahead of trial. They include
Shawna Cox, who was in
Finicum’s truck when he was
shot.
Just hours before the
funeral, a federal judge in
Portland allowed Cox to
attend the ceremony in her
hometown but ordered her
not to discuss the standoff.
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WASHINGTON
—
Delivering his last annual
sermon to Washington’s
elite, President Barack
Obama
on
Thursday
warned of the corrosive
impact of fear in public
life and urged a bipartisan
group of powerbrokers to
abide by their faith “even
when no one is watching.”
“Fear does funny things.
Fear can lead us to lash
out against those who are
different. Or lead us to try
to get some sinister other
under control,” Obama
said at the annual National
Prayer Breakfast. “Faith is
the great cure for fear. Jesus
is a good cure for fear.”
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president to an American
mosque — a trip he said he
made to tell Muslims “they,
too, are Americans and are
welcome here.”
His remarks come amid
of a campaign-season
debate
over
curbing
immigration,
preventing
terrorism and whether the
U.S. will continue to open
its doors to people of all
faiths. Some Republican
candidates and lawmakers
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refugees from Syria or block
all Muslims from entering
the U.S. in an effort to deter
Islamic extremists. Obama
says such proposals would
violate American values.
In keeping with the
tradition at the annual
gathering, the president did
not directly mention the
political scene.
Obama also preached
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President Barack Obama speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington,
Thursday. The annual event brings together U.S. and international leaders from
different parties and religions for an hour devoted to faith.
speaker Ben Carson, then
a neurosurgeon and now a
Republican candidate for
president, drew attention for
complaining about tax laws
and offering suggestions
for health care changes.
Carson’s speech raised his
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and helped launch his
current White House bid.
Carson, who has stepped
away from campaigning
coming in fourth in
Monday’s Iowa caucuses,
was in the audience
Thursday.
House Speaker Paul
Ryan also veered into
political territory with
welcoming remarks that
referenced the debate over
gun control. The speaker
noted what he described
as “growing impatience”
about his personal fears,
saying that “the main one
I’m feeling right now is
that our children grow up
too fast.” He said his faith
has helped him overcome
the “unique elements” of
his job. The president urged
those in the audience to
practice their faith out of
limelight and “to seek the
best in each other and not
assume the worst — and
not just at the National
Prayer Breakfast.”
An event that stretches
back to the Eisenhower era,
the prayer breakfast is often
seen as a chance for politi-
cians to press pause on the
debate of the day and gather
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It has not always lived
up to that billing.
In
2013,
keynote
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with prayer. He seemed to
reference criticism of poli-
ticians who offer “thoughts
and prayers” to victims of
mass shootings but oppose
tightening gun laws.
The
hashtag
#thoughtsandprayers was
adopted after the San Berna-
dino shootings by those
frustrated with prayerful
sentiments offered by
gun-rights supporters in
Congress. Obama, too,
has said “our thoughts and
prayers are not enough.”
“The attitude in some
quarters these days is,
‘Don’t just pray; do some-
thing about it,”’ Ryan said.
“The thing is, when you
are praying, you are doing
something about it. You are
revealing the presence of
God.”
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352 SE 2nd Street
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541-276-2616
14 Martin Drive,
Umatilla, OR
922-3250
Sunday Worship 9am
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Pastor James Becker
32742 Diagonal RD
Hermiston OR 97838
Sunday School 10 am
Worship 7 am
Evening Service 7 pm
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Firestarter Youth Ministry
(Ages 12-17)
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FIRST SERVICE 8:30 AM
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712 SW 27 TH ST.
541-276-1894
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541-276-7590
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541-303-1261
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