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FAITH Friday, April 13, 2018 LIMEY PASTOR Baptism and blessing L ast Easter that scandalize Sunday my congregations, young friend, then God himself Deeandra, was intervenes to bring baptized. A month about healing away from being and renewal. In 16 years of age, this this case the old was a mountaintop church shriveled Colin moment in her life. — its congregation Brown A more diligent, evaporated — and Faith more valiant child a new church was you could not wish formed that was to meet. She is inflamed by centered around Christ’s the spirit. love and healing spirit She is filled with joy. that did not deny God’s She is filled with a divine profound love for the little companionship. She had ones and the innocent. It sought out this sacrament still lives. herself. She had been There is a profound called by God and in his grace in the sacraments name. Deeandra received of the church, but Jesus the gift of baptism and trumps all — and Jesus is rejoiced. not constrained. He is the I love baptism. I love great liberator of all of us. how it feels like being He is the son of Love. hugged by Christ himself, My baptism was in and being raised up in that 1993. I was baptized as an amazing joy. Each baptism adult at St. Clare’s Catholic is a resounding yes to life Church in Portland. It and to Christ. was a full immersion. A I remember being great water tank had been godfather to Baby Tara, provided and steps led to years ago. Her mother had the top for those of us who borne her out of wedlock were the candidates for after I had helped counsel that season. I had taken her not to go ahead with the RCIA program given an abortion. It was the best to those who wished to and most happy decision enter the church. I wore Tara’s mother had ever the radiant white baptismal made. garment. My wife and son Being a Lutheran, our were in the congregation. denomination performs As I rose to the top of both adult and infant the tank, my leg caught baptisms, wherever people in my garment and I seek to receive Christ’s gift dove head first into the for themselves or for their cold water in a massive children. It binds us as one splash and wave. The family of God. It makes us congregation laughed and one with him. cheered and I received my There was a story I baptism to the hooting of had once heard of a small the priest and the people. community church in I did not know then that Eastern Oregon. A young the gift I once received couple lost their baby would begin to stretch me suddenly — and when they and deepen the ministry went to the leaders of their that has taken me to church asking them of their my role as a pastor. My baby’s destiny, the elders baptism lives in me as a told them that because their wave that continues to take child had died before being me deeper into the love of baptized, they would never Jesus and my trust in God’s see their baby again. There call. was no place for their baby Please pray for me. I in heaven with them. Such pray for you in all your terrible nonsense! churches and that the Lord The consequence of will continue to work this grotesque statement miracles and wonders in all was that the church your lives. itself imploded, and split Amen. asunder with this lie. ■ When a church turns away Colin Brown is the from love and mercy and former pastor of Good makes really stupid and Shepherd Lutheran Church heartbreaking statements in Boardman. WORSHIP C O MMUNIT Y By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — The presidents of Israel and Poland joined thousands of others Thursday for a Holocaust remembrance event at the former Nazi death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau, hoping to put recent tensions behind them. Presidents Reuven Rivlin of Israel and Andrzej Duda of Poland lit candles, bowed their heads and pressed their hands on the Death Wall, a site at Auschwitz where inmates, chiefly Polish resistance fighters, were executed by Nazi German forces during World War II. They then led thousands, including many young Jews from around the world, in the March of the Living, which takes place each year on Isra- el’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. The solemn march began at the main gate of Auschwitz and ended 2 miles away at Birkenau, where Jews from across Europe were trans- ported by train and murdered in gas chambers. Duda said he and Rivlin were there to give testimony to the destruction of the Jewish people and warn about where anti-Semitism, xenophobia and racism can lead. “Our common presence here shows the world: Never again anti-Semitism, never again genocide, never again Holocaust,” Duda said during a joint news conference. Rivlin recalled how Poland was the cradle of Jewish culture before the Holocaust. But he also referred to the “deep disagreement” his country has had with Poland over its passage earlier this 210 NW 9th, Pendleton ELCA Join us Sundays 9:30 am Sunday Worship 9:30 am Sunday Worship 10:30 am Fellowship 11:00 am Sunday School & Adult Class LCMC Sunday worship at 11:00 AM ~Come and be at Peace ~ 420 Locust St. • Boardman, OR on 1290 KUMA noon each Sunday 541-481-6132 Colin Brown, Pastor 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 Check Out our Facebook Page or Website for More Information 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 Saturday Services Pendleton 1401 SW Goodwin Place 276-0882 Sabbath School 9:20 am Worship Service 10:45 am Worshiping God Loving People 108 S. Main • 276-9569 Worship Service: 10:30am Sunday School: 9:30am pendletonfaithcenter.org AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski People take part in the annual “March of the Living” to commemorate the Holo- caust, a yearly Holocaust remembrance march between the former death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Thursday. year of a Holocaust speech law. The law criminalizes blaming Poland for crimes committed by Nazi German forces during their wartime occupation. The Polish government says its aim is to prevent Poland from unfairly being blamed for Germany’s crimes. Israel fears the law’s true intent is to whitewash Polish sins by repressing discussion about those Poles who helped the Germans kill Jews. Duda, whose wife has a Jewish father, insisted the disputed law never aimed to “block testimony” about the Holocaust. “Just the opposite. We want to defend historical truth,” Duda said. “I as Polish presi- dent want to defend this truth with all my power, including those elements that are diffi- cult for Poles.” The Jews of Europe and ethnic Poles were two of the Baptist church offers services, activities PENDLETON — People are invited to meet Jesus at the Pendleton Baptist Church. A variety of faith-based services and activities are offered at the church, 3202 S.W. Nye Ave., Pendleton. Sunday Bible classes meet at 9:45 a.m., followed by the morning worship service at 11 a.m. Also, there are several small group studies that meet on a regular basis and an Awana Kids Club for children in kindergarten through sixth grade. Everyone is welcome to participate. The church’s mission is to guide people of all backgrounds into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. For more information, call 541-276-7590 or visit www.pendletonbaptist.com. Pastor’s wife encourages regular attendance HERMISTON — Rev. David Dever and his wife, Debbie, welcome everyone to Hermiston Landmark Missionary Baptist Church. Some people, Debbie said, only SUNDAYS Celebration of Worship Pendleton Sundays 10:00am CELEBRATION Youth: 0-6th grade OF Morning Celebration - 10am Morning Kids Place - 10am Evening - 6pm Adult - Study Youth - Small Group Kids - Rangers & Girl’s Ministries 401 Northgate, WORSHIP Midweek 10:00 Service am Sundays Youth: Wednesdays 6:00pm 0-6th grade Youth: 0-6th grade THURSDAYS Celebrate Recovery - 6pm Celebration Place - Kids - 6pm The Landing - Teens - 6pm Recovery Support Group WEEKLY Pastor Sharon Miller Pastor Sharon Miller 541-278-8082 541-278-8082 Groups For All Ages 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” AN ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH 1911 SE Court Ave. 541.276.6417 • pendletonfi rst.com Community Presbyterian Church 14 Martin Drive, Umatilla, OR 922-3250 Worship: 10 AM Sunday School at 11:30 PENDLETON LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH 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 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 Open Hearted... Open Minded attend church around Easter and Christmas. She encourages community members to participate in services and activities throughout the year. Each week, the church offers Sunday school at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. The church is located at 125 E. Beech Ave., Hermiston. In addition, mid-week activities include a Creation Club for youths (Wednesdays, 5:30-7 p.m.) and an adult Bible study (Wednesdays, 6 p.m.) For more information, contact debdever@yahoo.com, 541-567-3232, visit www.hermistonlmbc.com or search Facebook. Center for Worship & Service Sunday Worship Service 9:30 - Sunday School 10:30 - Worship Service Wednesday Bible Study 5:30 Family Fellowship Meal • 6:00 Bible Study COME AS YOU ARE 150 SE Emigrant • (541) 276-3369 To share your worship times call 541-278-2678 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 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 BAHA’I FAITH IN PENDLETON “See ye no strangers, rather see all men as friends, for love and unity come hard when ye fi x your gaze on otherness.” – Abdu’l Baha Please come visit with us at The Baha’i Center: FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH in Mission for Christ LCMC Sunday Worship.........9:00 AM Bible Study......10:00 AM Red Lion Hotel ( Oregon Trail Room ) www.faithpendleton.org 1015 SE Court Place Everyone invited! Sunday Devotions @ 11:00am Sunday “Pure Prayer” (no talk, just prayer) @ 6:30pm Wednesday “Discover the Baha’i Faith” @ 6:30pm, Thursday Seminars on World Religions @ 7pm (541) 276-9360 or visit us at www.pendletonbahais.com www.facebook.com/pendletonoregonbahais/ First United Methodist Church FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Service of Worship - 10:00 am Children’s Sunday School - 10:20 am Fellowship - 11:00 am www.pendletonpresbyterian.com vowing that Israel would “honor them forever.” But he also recalled how Jews were murdered during the war not only by Germans, but also by Lithuanians, Belgians and others, including Poles. Duda recalled Polish wartime heroes who struggled to save Jews and said Poland fulfills its duty to remember the Holocaust by preserving sites like Auschwitz. Poland’s chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, said he was convinced the efforts by the two presidents moved their countries closer to reconcili- ation. He described them as “two friends working hard to resolve a serious and difficult problem.” Nazi Germany killed some 1.1 million people in the Auschwitz and Birkenau camps. The victims were mostly Jews, but also included Poles, Roma and Soviet POWs. The Salvation Army 401 Northgate, Pendleton All Are Welcome -Presbyterian Church (USA)- 201 SW Dorion Ave. Pendleton groups who suffered most during the German wartime occupation, with Jews targeted for total elimination and Poles considered a slave race. Many Poles were killed, tortured or forced into slave labor. Yet many bitter feelings remain today between Jews and Poles, as Jews remember Polish anti-Semitism that in some cases turned deadly. Many Poles, meanwhile, feel the extent of Polish anti-Semitism is often exag- gerated and that wartime Polish efforts to help Jews are being forgotten. Many bristle that their own tragedy is not as well known as that of the Jews. At Birkenau, the leaders paid tribute to the immense suffering that Germany inflicted both on Jews and Poles. Rivlin noted that Poland barely survived as a nation and acknowledged the thousands of Poles who put their own lives at risk to help Jews, BRIEFLY www.livingwordcc.com www.livingwordcc.com P eace L utheran C hurch Page 7A Israeli, Polish presidents join Holocaust remembrance march 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 Good Shepherd Lutheran Church East Oregonian 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 St. Johns Episcopal Church Join Us Join On Our Journey With Jesus. Scripture, Tradition and Reason Family service 9am Sunday N.E. Gladys Ave & 7th, Hermiston PH: 567-6672 We are an all inclusive Church who welcomes all.
