SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 2015
Soups On to set spiritual
resolutions Monday
Is God angry at you?
Group to gather at 6:30 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 5, at 6:30 p.m.
everyone is invited to join a
group with diverse spiritual
paths that enjoys discussing a
variety of spiritual topics.
This week it will discuss the
fact that just about every reli-
gion and ancient culture has a
form of New Year’s resolu-
tions. So this year, in the spirit
of all those cultural and reli-
gious traditions, the group is
proposing a set of spiritual res-
olutions to put into practice for
2015.
The evening will begin with
bowls of fisherman’s soup,
fruit, homemade bread and
vegetables, followed by the
evening’s topic until 8:30 p.m.
The gathering will end with
prayers for the requests left in
the prayer pole in the garden
of the Florence Playhouse and
those shared by the group.
Everyone is invited to
attend. The Heintz home is at
875 Seventh St. For more
information, call Suzanne
Heintz at 541-590-0779.
I grew up in an angry, unsta-
ble home. My father was very
angry most of the time, and I
didn’t always understand what
he was angry about. When I
accepted Christ as my Savior, I
took this experience with my
father into my relationship with
God. I believed God loved me
and forgave me of my sin, but I
still had this vague feeling that
He wasn’t pleased with me and
He was just a little bit angry
with me most of the time.
I lived this way for years
MAY ALL THE JOY
of this holiday season
CARRY INTO THE NEW YEAR
HAPPY
2015
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until I finally realized the truth:
God is not mad at me!
I believe many people feel
like God is mad at them. One
day I put a post on Facebook
that said, “God is not mad at
you.” Within a few hours, we
literally had thousands of posi-
tive responses from people say-
ing things like, “That is exactly
what I needed to hear today.”
Obviously, this is a message
we need to hear.
Getting to the root
of the problem
So where does this concept
of God come from? Maybe it’s
because of an angry parent who
was difficult to please.
Or maybe it’s due to the pain
of rejection from parents or
friends who didn’t know how
to give unconditional love.
Or it could be the influence
of church and being pressured
to follow rules and regulations
to make us acceptable to God.
We want to be good and
please God, and we may be
able to follow the rules for a
while, but when we mess up,
we feel guilty and condemned
again. Because we can’t be
good enough and do everything
right in our own effort and
strength.
“But God demonstrates His
own love toward us, in that
while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us” (Romans
5:8 NKJV). Notice this says
“while we were still sinners.”
Galatians 3:10 (AMP) says,
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FLORENCE UNITARIAN
UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP
N.W. Corner of Heceta Beach Road & Hwy. 101
Every Sunday at 10 a.m.
All are welcome. (541) 997-2840
FLORENCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Worship & Adult Sunday School 9:00
Worship & Kids Sunday School 10:30
located at 2nd & Kingwood (541) 997-6025
“Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors”
4590 Hwy. 101, Across from Fred Meyer –- 997-7418
Sunday School, 9:30a.m. – Worship, 10:45
Wed. Prayer - 6:00 p.m. –Wed. Ministries 1-8 Grade 7 p.m.
CROSS ROAD ASSEMBLY OF GOD
FLORENCE VINEYARD (GOD'S POWER HOUSE)
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - SBC
1935 25th St. – 997-7660 • Pastor, Dr. Marvin Owen
Series ‘Through the Bible’ on Wednesdays 6 p.m.
A friendly place to worship, vacationers welcome.
Sun.; 11am & 6pm, Sunday school 9:45am.
FLORENCE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
2nd & Ivy – 997-2961 –Non-Denominational
Worship Service: 9:00 am & 10:30 am
Middle School and High School youth groups meet on Wednesday.
FLORENCE CHURCH OF CHRIST
1833 Tamarack Street (two blocks east of Hwy. 101 on 18th St.)
Service times: Bible Study Sunday 10 a.m.
Worship Sunday 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Marvin Aultman • e-mail: florenceoregonchurchofchrist@gmail.com
FLORENCE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
12th and Nopal –997-9020
Sunday school for all ages 9:15 a.m. • Worship Service 10:30 a.m.
Youth Group Wed. 7-8:30 p.m.
Sunday School (for all ages) 9:50 a.m.
FLORENCE EVANGELICAL CHURCH
1318 Rhododendron Dr. –- 997-2523 – Worship at 11:00 AM –- Sunday School
at 9:30 AM – Variety of Sunday evening activities - 5 PM
Wed. Bible & Children classes at 6:00 PM
Call for details.
“All who depend on the Law
[who are seeking to be justified
by obedience to the Law of rit-
uals] are under a curse and
doomed to disappointment.”
What are you depending on
to make you right with God?
Are you depending on rules
and regulations that you follow
or try to keep?
Now I realize you can’t live
a healthy, productive life with-
out having some guidelines,
but this scripture is saying that
we will have serious problems
if we think our worth and value
as human beings are based on
following rules and regula-
tions. We are only made right
with God through the blood of
Jesus.
And life is marvelous when
you know the true character of
God and who you are in Christ!
That’s when you feel good
about yourself deep down in
your heart, not because you do
everything right, but because
you know you are special to
God and He loves you —
unconditionally, constantly,
completely.
It seems too good to be
true…but it is true!
I do want to be clear about
something here: Although God
loves us unconditionally, He
does get angry at sin, wicked-
ness and evil. But He is not an
angry God. God hates sin, but
He loves sinners! He will never
approve of sin in your life, but
He always loves you and wants
to work with you to make
progress in living a holy life in
Christ.
Psalm 103:8 (NKJV) says,
“The Lord is merciful and gra-
cious, slow to anger, and
abounding in mercy.” God is
merciful — that’s His charac-
ter. He’s gracious — that
means He’s good. And God is
slow to anger.
The truth is God created us
to have relationship with us. He
wants to love us and take care
of us, and He wants us to love
Him. That’s where our walk
with Christ has to start.
We need to be obedient to
God and do the good works He
has for us to do, but first we
need to understand and believe
He loves us. Then we can have
a relationship with Him and
live by faith in Him with the
power of the Holy Spirit in us,
giving us the ability to live the
way God is calling us to live.
I’m so grateful God opened
my eyes to the truth!
He has taught me to believe
by faith that He is pleased with
me, not because I do every-
thing right, but because I
believe in Him and trust Him.
And this is just as true for you
as it is for me.
If you struggle with feeling
that God is disappointed in you
or angry because you don’t do
everything right, I want to
encourage you to take hold of
this truth today and believe it:
God is not mad at you!
Florence gallery owner
speaks at FUUF Sunday
SK Lindsey, owner of
Kenneth B Gallery, a unique
contemporary art gallery fea-
turing original art, a communi-
ty printmaking lab and film
house in Old Town Florence,
will be the guest speaker for
the
Florence
Unitarian
Universalist
Fellowship
(FUUF) program on Sunday,
Jan. 4, from 10 to 11 a.m.
Back in the 1990s, Lindsey
acquired approval to travel
abroad to continue her art
studies directly with the
Dogon people of Mali, West
Africa.
This experience taught her
about the power of art when it
is created to support communi-
ty as opposed to individual
artists. Lindsey will give a
brief slide show and discuss
her
experiences
living
amongst the Dogon, and the
lessons they teach regarding
materialism, spirituality and
social justice that sustains
remote villages throughout the
Dogon region of Mali.
The fellowship is at 87738
Highway 101. For more infor-
mation, visit florenceuuf.org
or call 541-997-2840.
FOURSQUARE CHURCH
1624 Highway 101 (next to A&W) –- 997-6337
Pastor George Pagel – Something for the entire family.
Sun. Services: 10:45 a.m., Wed. Bible Study 7 p.m. – Youth Group: Sat., 6 p.m.
Website:florence4square.com
Corner of 10th & Maple –- 997-3533
Bible Study at 9:00 A.M.
Services: Worship, 10:30 A.M.
florencecrossroad.org • office@florencecrossroad.org
5 A
2610 Kingwood, Florence • 541-268-2025
Sunday Worship @ 10:00 a.m., experience the Power of the Holy Spirit
Pastors: George & Beverly Sisemore
Intercessory Prayer & Worship, Thursday night @ 5:00 pm
florencevineyardchurch.com
S e e J i m f o r y o u r
A u t o S a l e s N e e d s !
NEW LIFE CHURCH-UPC
1525 12th St., Suite 24 •541-991-9398
Sunday Services: 10am and 6pm
Tues. Bible Study 7:00pm
NEW LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH, E.L.C.A.
21st & Spruce Street – 997-8113
Adult Forum 9 a.m. – Sunday School 10:30 a.m.
Worship services; Sun. 10:30am & Wed. 6pm.
office@lutheranchurchflorence.com
www.lutheranchurchflorence.com
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF THE SIUSLAW
Traditional Worship Service 10:00 a.m. , Pastor Steve Knowles
Sunday School and Nursery – Organ and Choir
All Welcome. Come as you are.
3996 N Hwy 101
997-7136
RESURRECTION LUTHERAN CHURCH, L.C.M.S.
2150 Hwy. 101 • Florence
(541) 997-3475 • 1-800-348-3475
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ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
FLORENCE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
2135 19th St. –- 997-6600
The Rev. Georgia C. DuBose, Vicar
Sunday Services: 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. - Wed, 11 a.m.
Everyone Welcome – Come walk our Labyrinth.
4445 Hwy 101 (South of Fred Meyer) – 997-3951
Worship on Saturday 10:30 A.M.
Adult/Children’s Sabbath School 9:15 A.M.
SAINT MARY, OUR LADY OF THE DUNES
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Masses: Sat. 5:30 p.m., Sun. 11:00 a.m.
1.5 miles south of river on Hwy 101 – 997-2312
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