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FAITH/WORLD Friday, June 30, 2017 LIMEY PASTOR D ear Mr. President, ability to care for their families and I didn’t think that I would themselves is of utmost significance write to you again so soon, to them. You care about this and but I thought that it might help aren’t going to allow millions to a situation developing. I noticed lose their health care for grubby today’s headlines about your tweets. politicians in suits. My own feeling is that, if sleep is That is why the recent froth and difficult, it is better to be wakeful churn of debate on health care is and pray for others than to tweet so difficult. My own background Colin and cast stones. The White House is of a fellow from limeyland, Brown is indeed a glass house. I think where, in the 1940s we created a Faith de-tweeting is on the cards, unless countrywide health service where some joyful, positive melodies of we got rid of the gatekeepers thought can be produced. I think you can, (the insurance companies) and paid the as you have an inner comedian that is quite doctors, nurses, and workers in health enchanting. You appearances on television care directly. At least 50 percent of the comedy shows are hilarious. money goes to the insurance companies I previously wrote to you when you who are the gatekeepers in these situations. were just the president elect and you In limeyland we didn’t get rid of private were in a whirl of activity. I remember health care companies but we stopped reminding you that you are a creation of giving most of the money to them. This is God’s providence that his destiny for you is sufficient to take care of the bills. This has going to astonish everyone. worked now for 70 years. I still firmly believe that God has called You are the artist of deal making, so you to a very high purpose, and that the please dear sir make a deal where that can Lord likes to take some fairly rugged folk happen. It will solve the issue quickly. and make out of them shining examples to Even make a deal with Canada to use their mankind is beyond doubt. Look at Moses, systems if necessary. You don’t need to who murdered, and King David who lusted pay billionaires more money to get the and committed adultery. All of us who call same technological infrastructure. It exists themselves Christians, and I know you do, already just up the road. have some pretty checkered pasts. King With my recent heart operation I know Henry VIII — the English King who was the huge amount of effort that went into the driver of the English reformation — rescuing my sorry self, and the cost of the was driven by unseemly lusts for multiple effort was staggering. I also know that it wives, without which we would still be a would be quite possible, quite soon, to have European afterthought. such surgery be beyond my reach. I can I said in my letter that you had called honestly say that America, with its doctors out to the poor and that you had been and nurses, conspired to save this limey’s elected by the poor. This is true. I know life, who, in thanks, rededicates his efforts you are moved by human suffering. to sharing the good news of Jesus Christ You spoke to the senators and who escorts us to Paradise. congressmen about how what they had I wish all Americans to have the crafted with health care needed to have a opportunity of sharing my blessing. heart. Tweet joyfully, dear President Trump. ■ This is true, painfully so, as you and Colin Brown is the pastor at Good God both know — most American’s are on Shepherd Lutheran Church, located on the edge, struggling to make ends meet on Locust Road in Boardman. Come and visit a daily basis. You are their champion. Of all the things that concern Americans, their us 11 a.m. Sundays. By MATTHEW LEE and ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press WASHINGTON — A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban took effect Thursday evening, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet still likely to generate a new round of court fights. The new rules, the product of months of legal wrangling, aren’t so much an outright ban as a tightening of already-tough visa policies affecting citizens from six Muslim-majority countries. Refugees are covered, too. Administration officials promised that implementa- tion this time, which started at 8 p.m. EDT, would be orderly. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Dan Hetlage said his agency expected “business as usual at our ports of entry,” with all valid visa holders still being able to travel. Still, immigration and refugee advocates are vowing challenge the new require- ments and the administration has struggled to explain how they will make the United States safer. Under the temporary rules, citizens of Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Iran and Yemen who already have visas will be allowed into the United States. But people from those countries who want new visas will now have to prove a close family relationship or an existing relationship with an entity like a school or business in the U.S. It’s unclear how signifi- cantly the new rules will affect travel. In most of the countries singled out, few people have the means for leisure travel. Those that do already face intensive screen- ings before being issued visas. Nevertheless, human rights groups on Thursday girded for new legal battles. The American Civil Liberties Union, one of the groups challenging the ban, called the new criteria “extremely restrictive,” ‘’arbitrary” in their exclusions and designed to “disparage and condemn Muslims.” The state of Hawaii filed an emergency motion Thursday asking a federal judge to clarify that the administra- tion cannot enforce the ban against fiancés or relatives — such as grandparents, aunts BRIEFLY more information, contact summerconf@ oregonchristianwriters.org. PORTLAND — Top editors, agents, and award-winning authors will help writers of all levels and genres reach their writing goals during the Oregon Christian Writers Summer Coaching Conference. With a theme of “Filled with His Wisdom,” Frank Peretti and Tessa Afshar are the keynote speakers. The event also offers coaching classes, manuscript reviews, one-on-one meetings with editors and agents, mentoring with published authors and professional panels. The event is Tuesday, Aug. 15 through Friday, Aug. 18 at the Jantzen Beach Red Lion, 909 N. Hayden Island Drive, Portland. For registration information, visit www.oregonchristianwriters.org. Discount registration is available prior to July 10. For Nazarene church hosts outdoor worship service HERMISTON — People are invited to bring a lawn chair, sunglasses and attend Church in the Park. Hosted by Hermiston Church of the Nazarene, the event is Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at Victory Square Park, 150 S.W. 10th St., Hermiston. A worship service will kick off the event, followed by a potluck meal and games. People are encouraged to bring a dish to share, yard game equipment and enjoy a time of fun and fellowship. For more information, contact hermistonnaz@gmail.com or 541-567- 3677. SUBMIT FAITH NEWS Friday’s faith page features local, national and international faith-related news. Send information about local faith-related news and events, including concerts, special speakers and activities to community@eastoregonian.com or drop off to the attention of Tammy Malgesini at 333 E. Main St., Hermiston or Renee Struthers at 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton. Call 541-564-4539 or 541-966-0818 with questions. LCMC Sunday worship at 11:00 AM 420 Locust St. • Boardman, OR Colin Brown, Pastor 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 Redeemer Episcopal Church 241 SE Second St. Pendleton (541)276-3809 www.pendletonepiscopal.org Sunday Holy Communion 9:00 a.m. Wednesday Holy Communion Noon Weekly Adults Spiritual Life Group All Are Welcome Grace Baptist Church 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” P eace L utheran C hurch 210 NW 9th, Pendleton ELCA Join us Sundays Community Presbyterian Church 14 Martin Drive, Umatilla, OR 922-3250 Worship: 10 AM Sunday School at 11:30 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH -Presbyterian Church (USA)- 201 SW Dorion Ave. Pendleton Service of Worship - 10:00 am Children’s Sunday School - 10:20 am Fellowship - 11:00 am www.pendletonpresbyterian.com Open Hearted... Open Minded a “bona fide relationship” with a U.S. person or entity. The court offered only broad guidelines. In guidance issued late Wednesday, the State Department said the personal relationships would include a parent, spouse, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law or sibling already in the United States. It does not include other relationships such as grandparents, grand- children, aunts and uncles. Business or professional links must be “formal, docu- mented and formed in the ordinary course rather than for the purpose of evading” the ban. Journalists, students, workers or lecturers who have valid invitations or employment contracts in the U.S. would be exempt from the ban. The exemption does not apply to those who seek a relationship with an Amer- ican business or educational institution purely for the purpose of avoiding the rules. Refugees from any country will face similar requirements. But the U.S. has almost filled its quota of 50,000 refugees for the budget year ending in September and the new rules won’t apply to the few remaining slots. With the Supreme Court set to consider the overall ban in October, the rules could change again. The travel ban may have the largest impact on Iranians. In 2015, the most recently available data, nearly 26,000 Iranians were allowed into the United States on visitor or tourist visas. Iranians made up the lion’s share of the roughly 65,000 foreigners from the six countries who visited with temporary, or non-immigrant visas that year. St. Johns Episcopal Church Join Us On Our Journey With Jesus. Scripture, Tradition and Reason Family service 9am Sunday N.E. Gladys Ave & 7th, Hermiston Fr. Dan Lediard, Priest. PH: 567-6672 We are an all inclusive Church who welcomes all. PENDLETON LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH Sunday Service: 10am & 6pm Tuesday Kingdom Seekers: 7pm Wednesday Bible Study: 7pm We off er: Sunday School • Sign Language Interpreters • Nursery • Transportation • & more! Pastor Dan Satterwhite 541.377.4252 417 NW 21st St. • Pendleton, OR 97801 www.facebook.com/ PendletonLighthouseChurch Worshiping God OPEN HEARTS – OPEN DOOR www.graceandmercylutheran.org Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. (Nursery Provided) Fellowship, Refreshments & Sunday School Check Out our Facebook Page or Website for More Information FIRST SERVICE 8:30 AM SECOND SERVICE 10:30 AM 712 SW 27 TH ST. 541-276-1894 www.fcogpendleton.com 541-289-4535 Tom Inch, Pastor Grace and Mercy Lutheran Church, ELCA (First United Methodist Church) 191 E. Gladys Ave. / P.O. Box 1108 Hermiston, Oregon 97838 Seventh-Day Adventist Church FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH Saturday Services Pendleton 1401 SW Goodwin Place 276-0882 Sabbath School 9:20 am Worship Service 10:45 am in Mission for Christ LCMC Bible Study.........9:00 AM Sunday Worship......10:30 AM Red Lion Hotel ( Oregon Trail Room ) www.faithpendleton.org ~Come and be at Peace ~ To share your worship times call Terri Briggs 541-278-2678 or uncles — not included in the State Department’s defi- nition of “bona fide” personal relationships. Much of the confusion in January, when Trump’s first ban took effect, resulted from travelers with previously approved visas being kept off flights or barred entry on arrival in the United States. Immigration officials were instructed Thursday not to block anyone with valid travel documents and otherwise eligible to visit the United States. Karen Tumlin, legal director of the National Immigration Law Center, said the rules “would slam the door shut on so many who have waited for months or years to be reunited with their families. Trump, who made a tough approach to immigration a cornerstone of his election campaign, issued a ban on travelers from the six coun- tries, plus Iraq, shortly after taking office in January. His order also blocked refugees from any country. Trump said these were temporary measures needed to prevent terrorism until vetting procedures could be reviewed. Opponents noted that visa and refugee vetting were already strict and said there was no evidence that refugees or citizens of those six countries posed a threat. They saw the ban as part of Trump’s campaign promise to bar Muslims from entering the United States. Lower courts blocked the initial ban and a second, revised Trump order intended to overcome legal hurdles. The Supreme Court on Monday partially reinstated the revised ban but exempted travelers who could prove Faith Center Church 9:30 Sunday Worship 9:30 am am Sunday Worship 10:30 am Fellowship 11:00 am Sunday School & Adult Class on 1290 KUMA noon each Sunday AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Travelers make their way up the arrival ramp at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at the Los Angeles Interna- tional Airport Thursday in Los Angeles. After months of wrangling, tighter restrictions on travel to the U.S. from six mostly Muslim nations take effect Thursday evening after the Supreme Court gave its go-ahead for a limited version of President Donald Trump’s plans for a ban. Worship Community Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 541-481-6132 Page 7A Travel ban takes effect but less chaos expected A limey letter to President Trump Christian writers’ announces summer conference East Oregonian Behind These Stone Walls Beat the Hearts of Some of the Warmest Most Sincere, Most Caring People in Pendleton. We Invite You to Come Get Acquainted! Summer Worship 9:40 am Fellowship to follow Offi ce 541-276-5358 M-F, 8:30-12:30 www.fccpendleton.org Loving People 108 S. Main • 276-9569 Sunday Worship 10:00 am Sr. Pastor, Ray O’Grady pendletonfaithcenter.org First United Methodist Church 401 Northgate, Northgate, Pendleton 401 Pendleton Celebration of Worship Celebration of Worship Sundays 10:00am Sundays 10:00 am Youth: 0-6th Youth: 0-6th grade grade Midweek Service Midweek Sevice Wednesdays 6:00 pm Wednesdays 6:00pm Youth: 0-6th 0-6th grade grade Youth: Overcomer’s Outreach Overcomer’s Outreach Tuesday’s 6:00 pm Tuesday’s 6:00pm In the the Annex In Annex Christ Centered, A A Christ Centered, 12 12 Step Step Recovery Support Support Group Recovery Group Pastor Sharon Miller Pastor Sharon Miller 541-278-8082 541-278-8082 www.livingwordcc.com www.livingwordcc.com Pendleton 352 SE 2nd Street, Pendleton OR Sunday Worship 9am • 541-276-2616 Worship Broadcast on KUMA 1290 @ 11am Worship Livestream at www.facebook.com/FUMCPendleton/ Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors Rev. Dr. Jim Pierce, pastor
