FAITH
Friday, October 20, 2017
East Oregonian
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LIMEY PASTOR
Lost and found
I
t has been a sad,
Later on this same
strange week.
week I got a call from
Jesus said that
a woman in Portland
“the Poor will always be
who my wife and I had
with you.” They really
previously helped by
are. Traveling down my
housing her dog when
road this last weekend
she was homeless. She
I noticed two familiar
had been quiet for a
balls of fur bouncing
number of months,
Colin
around on the road. I
having moved in with a
Brown
hadn’t seen them for a
gentleman friend. She
Faith
while, these two little
was homeless again. She
Pomeranian dogs who
is bipolar and she had,
look like Tribbles from Star
by her own admission, created
Trek.
problems where she was — and
I pulled over to the kerb,
is there no more.
looked out for traffic and got
We got a call from her
out of the car. “Go home!”
asking us to take her little
I yelled at them. Much like
poodle so she could get
ordering billiard balls back
temporary help. We did. I drove
to their pockets or herding
into town and reclaimed our
tiny sheep with even less
guest poodle, and met with
directional sense, they were
this woman’s older friend
duly disobedient, so I danced
who was opening her home to
lightly around on the road and
temporarily house our homeless
slowly guided them back to
lady. But she herself was in
their driveway. I used to do this trouble. This woman’s landlords
dance quite a lot, but hadn’t
wanted to claim her place to
seen them for several months
re-rent for better money, so they
and was glad to see that neither
had turned off her water and
of them had been flattened by
demanded that she vacate. She
traffic.
has a partial foot amputation, is
I walked them up the
disabled, and has also no place
driveway, as I had months
yet to go.
before. I noticed the
I was struck as I drove
homeowner come out of his
through the Portland streets as
doorway. I wasn’t too familiar
to how deteriorated things look
with him. I noticed that the
in this stale, impoverished city.
house was much less kept, the
I notice half-clothed men lying
lawn was no longer a lawn,
prone on sidewalks, breathing
but a bloom of dried grasses
but addicted and unconscious.
and two vehicles were there,
It looked like a run-down
apparently none too mobile.
Third World city. Police and
“Hi,” I said. “I’m your
ambulances passed these people
by without stopping. The
neighbor from up the road. I’m
recent change in the Oregon
Colin. I saw your little dogs
law reducing possession of
were out, and I recognized
heroin and methamphetamine
them.”
to misdemeanors instead of
“Hi” he said. “I’m ‘R’ and
felonies has created a “Blade
I haven’t been out too much. I
Runner” nightmare in the city
don’t get out much.”
where people are sliding into
It turned out that “R’s”
walking comas.
partner had passed away back
I stopped at a fast food
in July, and “R” had been in
mourning since then. “R” had a restaurant to eat and a woman
asked me if I could buy her
military background; he was a
some food. I said that I would
Marine. His partner’s husband
be happy to help. The staff
had gone off with another
ordered her out as they didn’t
woman, and then these two
childhood sweethearts had been like the ragged poor in their
establishment. I managed to get
reunited after the long years.
Both of them were in their early the food and take it outside to
her. No Christian spirit here.
50s, but he had come home to
To add to these local
their new common home and
stories of being down and
found her lifeless on the floor.
out, I received word from my
She had had a heart attack.
colleagues in Puerto Rico
“R” had been suffering
who had been devastated
ever since, and other family
by the hurricane. A team of
members have claimed the
people from England had
house — and are trying to get
flown out to help them in the
rid of “R.” He is now living
reforestation effort in the forest
in a house without power,
areas. Unfortunately, U.S.
water and little food. He has a
immigration in Puerto Rico had
military disability income of a
stopped the team in the airport
few hundred dollars a month.
and sent them back to Limey
He is in limbo. His dollars are
insufficient for much movement Land where they could refrain
from doing further good works.
to anywhere else. I am looking
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at resources that may help, but
Colin Brown is the former
there isn’t a lot. The post office
changed his key on the mailbox pastor of Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church in Boardman.
so he can’t even get his mail.
St. Johns
Episcopal Church
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Scripture, Tradition and Reason
AP Photo/Andrew Medichini
Pope Francis, background center, celebrates a canonization mass for 35 new saints in St. Peter’s Square
at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct.15.
Pope adds 35 saints to church, nearly all martyrs
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope
Francis, who often laments current
persecutions of Christians, has given
the Catholic Church 35 new saints,
nearly all of them martyrs, from past
centuries.
The latest saints were proclaimed
Sunday during a Mass celebrated
by Francis in St. Peter’s Square and
attended by some 35,000 faithful,
many of them pilgrims from the
homelands of those being honored.
Thirty martyrs, including priests
and lay persons, suffered anti-Catholic
persecution in 1645 at the hands of
Dutch Calvinists in Brazil, while three
children, ages 12 and 13 who were
indigenous persons in Mexico, were
martyred in the 1520s for refusing
to renounce their Catholic faith and
return to their ancient traditions.
The other two new saints are a
20th-century priest from Spain and an
Italian priest who died in 1739.
Since becoming pontiff in 2013,
Francis has repeatedly paid tribute to
Christians suffering or even dying for
their faith in current times, especially
in the Middle East.
At the end of the canonization
ceremony, Francis hailed the new
saints as “shining witnesses to the
Gospel.” In recent decades, the
Church has stressed that the latest
saints can serve as role models for
today’s Catholics.
BRIEFLY
Pastor’s collective offers
church leadership event
M-F church hosts gospel
bluegrass event
HERMISTON — A rural pastor’s
collective is hosting a Fall Gathering
for church leaders of all faiths.
The event is open to pastors of
all denominations, lay leaders or
other people in church leadership
positions. The Tumbleweed
Colloquy includes workshops
about end-of-life ministries, and
communicating effectively with
congregations, the community and
the media. In addition, there will be
trivia time focusing on knowledge
about John Wesley and the
Methodist movement, Martin Luther
trivia and a best sermon title contest.
The Tumbleweed Colloquy is
Wednesday, Oct. 25 from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. at the First United Methodist
Church, 191 E. Gladys Ave.,
Hermiston. Lunch will be served.
There is no fee thanks to a grant
provided by the Columbia District
Extension Society. If the cost of
gas would prohibit someone from
attending, there are funds available
to help defray the cost.
For more information or to
register, contact Patty Nance at
541-561-3314, umctumbleweeds@
gmail.com or visit www.facebook.
com/umctumbleweeds.
MILTON-FREEWATER — The
public is invited to tap their toes
during an upcoming Gospel
Bluegrass Festival.
Featuring area gospel and
bluegrass musicians, the free event
is Sunday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. at the
Milton-Freewater First Christian
Church, 518 S. Main St. The evening
also includes refreshments and a time
of fellowship.
For more information, call
541-938-3854 Monday through
Thursdays from 8 a.m. to noon.
Local churches celebrate
Protestant Reformation
HERMISTON — A pair of local
churches are hosting a Reformation
Weekend 500-Year Celebration.
Grace and Mercy Lutheran
Church and the Hermiston First
United Methodist Church are
hosting an event recognizing The
Reformation. Also referred to
as the Protestant Reformation,
it was a schism from the Roman
Catholic Church initiated by
Martin Luther and continued by
John Calvin, Huldrych Zwingli
and other early Protestant
reformers in 16th century Europe.
The public is invited to a dessert
potluck and movie event Sunday,
Oct. 29 from 3-5 p.m. in Davis
Hall at the First United Methodist
Church, 191 E. Gladys Ave.,
Hermiston. Attendees may bring a
dessert to share.
For more information, contact
Michelle at magoo@presys.com,
541-297-0050 or Regina at marksr@
eotnet.net, 541-571-0685.
Chuckwagon cooks up
meals for ministers
HERMISTON — In recognition
of Clergy Appreciation Month,
Chuckwagon Cafe is celebrating
the impact of ministers and their
families on the community.
Church leaders and their
immediate family members will
receive a 50 percent discount at the
cafe during the entire month.
The Chuckwagon Cafe is located
at 81027 Highway 395 North,
Hermiston. For more information,
call 541-567-6329.
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Community
Family service 9am Sunday
N.E. Gladys Ave & 7th, Hermiston
PH: 567-6672
We are an all inclusive Church who welcomes all.
P eace L utheran C hurch
210 NW 9th, Pendleton ELCA
FAITH LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Join us Sundays
9:30 am Sunday Worship
9:30 am Sunday Worship
10:30 am Fellowship
11:00 am Sunday School & Adult Class
in Mission for Christ LCMC
Sunday Worship.........9:00 AM
Bible Study......10:00 AM
~Come and be at Peace ~
Red Lion Hotel
( Oregon Trail Room )
www.faithpendleton.org
on 1290 KUMA noon each Sunday
Community
Presbyterian Church
401 Northgate, Pendleton
401 Northgate,
Celebration
of Worship
Pendleton
Sundays 10:00am
CELEBRATION
Youth: 0-6th grade OF
WORSHIP
Midweek 10:00
Service am
Sundays
Youth:
Wednesdays
6:00pm
0-6th
grade
Youth:
0-6th
grade
Overcomer’s Outreach
MIDWEEK
SEVICE
Tuesday’s 6:00pm
Wednesdays
6:00 pm
In the
Annex
Youth:
A Christ
Centered,
12 Step
0-6th
grade
Recovery Support Group
Pastor
Sharon Miller
Pastor Sharon Miller
541-278-8082
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www.livingwordcc.com
www.livingwordcc.com
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
14 Martin Drive,
Umatilla, OR
922-3250
Worship Service: 10:30am
Sunday School: 9:30am
Worship: 10 AM
Sunday School at 11:30
First United
Methodist
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”
To share your worship times
call 541-278-2678
Sr. Pastor,
Ray O’Grady
pendletonfaithcenter.org
Seventh-Day
Adventist
Church
Saturday Services
Pendleton
1401 SW Goodwin Place
276-0882
Sabbath School 9:20 am
Worship Service 10:45 am
Pendleton
Worship Livestream at
www.facebook.com/FUMCPendleton/
Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors
Rev. Dr. Jim Pierce, pastor
The Salvation Army
Center for Worship & Service
Sunday worship at
11:00 AM
420 Locust St. • Boardman, OR
541-481-6132
Colin Brown, Pastor
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
-Presbyterian Church (USA)-
201 SW Dorion Ave.
Pendleton
Sunday Worship Service
9:30 - Sunday School
COME AS YOU ARE
Service of Worship - 10:00 am
Children’s Sunday School -
10:20 am
Fellowship - 11:00 am
www.pendletonpresbyterian.com
150 SE Emigrant
(541) 276-3369
Open Hearted...
Open Minded
Wednesday Bible Study
5:30 Family Fellowship Meal • 6:00 Bible Study
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!
Sunday School: 9:30am
Worship: 10:40am
Fellowship to follow
Offi ce 541-276-5358 M-F, 8:30-12:30
www.fccpendleton.org
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
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PendletonLighthouseChurch
PENDLETON BAPTIST
CHURCH
LCMC
Sunday Worship 9am • 541-276-2616
Worship Broadcast on KUMA 1290 @ 11am
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
Come meet Jesus at
Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church
10:30 - Worship Service
Grace Baptist Church
Worshiping God
Loving People
108 S. Main • 276-9569
352 SE 2nd Street, Pendleton OR
Redeemer
Episcopal
Church
Faith Center Church
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
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FIRST SERVICE 8:30 AM
SECOND SERVICE 10:30 AM
712 SW 27 TH ST.
541-276-1894
www.fcogpendleton.com
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
BAHA’I FAITH
“The Unity of All Mankind”
Pendleton Baha’i Center at
1015 SE Court Place
Devotions Sundays @
11:00am; Everyone invited!
(541) 276-9360 visit us at
www.pendletonbahais.org