FAITH
Friday, October 14, 2016
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)
— North Carolina-based
evangelist Franklin Graham
has wrapped up his 50-state
tour calling on Christians to
pray for the country and to
vote this fall with a rally in
his home state.
Thousands attended
the last stop on Graham’s
“Decision America” tour held
midday Thursday outside
the old Capitol building in
downtown Raleigh.
The Rev. Billy Graham’s
oldest son has been traveling
to state capitals to preach the
Christian faith while urging
its believers to stand for
“biblical principles” and vote
when possible for candidates
who hold similar principles.
Graham is not endorsing
any candidates but told
attendees Thursday the
most important issue in the
presidential race is the next
president’s top picks for the
U.S. Supreme Court.
Festival features
gospel bluegrass
MILTON-FREEWATER
— Some of the best
bluegrass musicians in
the region will perform
during an upcoming Gospel
Bluegrass Festival.
The free event is
Saturday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m.
at the Milton-Freewater
First Christian Church, 518
S. Main St.
A time of fellowship
will follow the concert. For
more information, contact
mfjjcollins@q.com.
Aglow celebrates
Jewish holiday
WALLA WALLA — A
Feast of Tabernacles is
planned by Walla Walla
Aglow.
The potluck gathering
will include an opportunity
to lean more about the
Jewish holiday and to pray
for Israel and the United
States. It will feature special
worship, singing and
dancing with Jewish music.
The event, which is open
to the public, is Sunday at
6:30 p.m. at the Village Way
Clubhouse, 601 Village
Way, Walla Walla. Those
planning to attend are asked
to bring g a dish to share.
Aglow, which started
in 1967, is an international
organization that seeks to
minister to its members
and share God’s word in
the community. For more
information or to RSVP for
Sunday’s event, call Darya
at 509-876-1668 or Lora at
509-540-0212.
Workshop addresses
serving the aging
PENDLETON — An
upcoming workshop will
present information on
providing services and
ministering to the older
generation.
Serving the Aging
and Those Who Care for
Them is Saturday, Nov. 12
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at the First Presbyterian
Church, 201 S.W. Dorion
Ave., Pendleton. The guest
speaker is Quentin Holmes,
editor of Presbyterian Older
Adult Ministries Network
News. In addition, local
service providers and pastors
will share.
There is a suggested
donation of $10. The event
includes lunch and materials.
Those who plan to attend are
asked to register by calling
541-276-7681.
Losty the lost dog
Community
O
in. I found out that a little cheese
n my refrigerator is a
sprinkled on the top of the dog food
“Rescue Dad” plaque,
caused him to chow down on it like a
which my wife awarded
power lawn mower on a bush.
me for my tendency to ind lost
I scanned the websites and the
dogs and cats. I suppose it is a
Facebook pages to no avail for his
good trait in a pastor, looking for
owner. I contacted the police in a
the lost, inding the place for them
couple of cities over where I heard
where they can be reunited with
that a Lhasa Apso had gone missing;
the one who loves him or her. We
Colin
one of the policemen came over and
all have been lost at one time or
Brown
took a photo and contacted a possible
another.
Faith
owner in Portland. But it was not
I found Losty last week, Losty
the dog. So we keep searching until
was the name my wife gave him
Losty maybe becomes Foundy.
(yes, a boy dog) until we could uncover a
As Christians, like it or not, we are
real one, a true name of origin — a Lhasa
Apsu in a state of chronic disrepair, scruffy custodians and guardians of the garden, of
the Earth itself. It is a vessel of the Holy
and dirt-covered, scarred with scattered
insect bites on his back end, with blood-red Spirit, including all its creatures. We are
called to love everything that breathes and
inlamed eyes. After we chased him down
to see God’s work inhabiting his creation.
the streets, a teenage girl helped me move
The more we look, the more we “consider
him into a space under a parked car where
the lilies of the ield” and we see more and
I could embrace him and draw him forth,
more clearly each other, with Christ’s eyes.
half-blind and looking closer to death than
We see the homeless and feel compassion.
the other end of life’s journey.
We see the old donkey in the ield and take
I took him home and then to the local
a carrot to it. We see a Syrian child hurt and
vet, an angel of dogs and cats known
screaming in pain in a photograph that cuts
simply as Dr. Beth.
at our conscience. Every time we look, we
She shaved half his body and applied
weep and wonder.
lea medication, steroids to calm his
Out hearts break, they break wide open,
bleeding skin and antibiotics for his
at the pain in suffering creation. We are
blood-red eyes. Dr. Beth thought that there
called to act.
was a risk of him losing one of his eyes
We say in communion, “This is the
altogether. How close he was. How close
Lord’s body, broken for you.” It breaks our
he was. The vet’s assistants clucked over
hearts like the breaking of bread, allowing
the guy like mother hens. He had no chip
the compassion of Jesus Christ to come
— he was identity-less.
though. It is a compassion that washes
I took him home, shaved, medicated,
our hearts clean with tears and renews the
and pretty with a jaunty yellow scarf that
world.
Dr. Beth gave him.
■
He gulped down water by the pint, but
Colin Brown is pastor at Boardman’s
turned away from dog food as if he had
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Locust
forgotten what it looked like. He liked
Road.
cheese, which I wrapped his steroids
Pope on migrant kids:
Integrate, don’t repatriate
VATICAN CITY (AP) —
Pope Francis has denounced
the forced repatriation of
unaccompanied
children
migrants who lee wars and
poverty, saying countries
should try to meet their needs
rather than return them to
uncertain futures back home.
Francis took up the
plight of child migrants in
his annual message for the
World Day of Migrants and
Refugees on Thursday.
History’s irst Latin
American pope didn’t cite
speciic cases, but the plight
of unaccompanied Central
American children crossing
into Mexico en route to the
U.S. has been a concern of
Catholic bishops and Cath-
olic grassroots organizations
for years.
Mexico now deports more
Central American migrants
than the United States, a
dramatic shift since the U.S.
asked Mexico for help in
2014 after a spike in illegal
migration, especially among
unaccompanied
minors.
Most Central American
migrants, who are leeing
drug and gang violence in
Guatemala, Honduras and El
Salvador, are deported from
Mexico on buses.
In his message, Francis
said countries must balance
their right to control migra-
tory movements with their
“duty to resolve and regu-
larize the situation of child
migrants, fully respecting
their dignity and seeking to
meet their needs when they
are alone, but also the needs
of their parents.”
He warned that children
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migrants are often led into
prostitution, pornography or
are enslaved as child laborers.
He said more often than not,
children are forcibly returned
home “without any concern
for their best interests” rather
than being welcomed and
integrated into new countries.
Even detention centers
are cause for concern, he
said.
“It is not unusual for
them to be arrested, and
because they have no money
to pay the ine or for the
return journey, they can be
incarcerated for long periods,
exposed to various kinds
of abuse and violence,” the
pope said.
Francis visited the U.S.-
Mexico border earlier this
year and prayed for migrants
who died trying to reach the
U.S.
In 2014, more than 46,000
unaccompanied minors from
Central America crossed into
the United States, leading
the U.S. government to
turn to the governments in
Mexico and Central America
to try to stanch the low. In
most cases, Mexico holds
migrants only long enough
to verify their nationalities
before sending them home.
According to Mexican
government igures quoted
by the U.N. children’s
agency, more than 16,000
migrant children from El
Salvador, Guatemala and
Honduras were apprehended
in Mexico during the irst
six months of 2016. But
thousands still make it to the
United States.
While unaccompanied
children apprehended in the
United States are guaran-
teed an immigration court
hearing, they are not entitled
to a court-appointed attorney.
A comparison of cases
initiated in 2015 showed that
by June 2016, 40 per cent of
unrepresented children were
ordered deported, compared
with 3 per cent of children
who had lawyers.
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1350 S. Highway 395,
Hermiston
Sunday Worship Services
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9:00 & 10:15 am
Classes for kids during all
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In this April 16 ile photo, Pope Francis meets refu-
gees at the Moria refugee camp, on the Greek island
of Lesbos.
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108 S. Main • 276-9569
Sunday Worship
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Pope taps Chicago,
Indianapolis in 1st
U.S. cardinal picks
CHICAGO (AP) — Pope
Francis looked to the Amer-
ican Midwest when picking
his irst U.S. cardinals.
The Vatican announced
Sunday that Chicago
Archbishop Blase Cupich and
Archbishop Joseph Tobin of
Indianapolis, Indiana, will
become cardinals in a Rome
ceremony Nov. 19.
Francis also picked Bishop
Kevin Farrell for the honor.
Farrell has led the Diocese
of Dallas, but is leaving for a
prominent Vatican post.
The three men are
moderates who follow
Francis’ emphasis on mercy
over rules.
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