SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015
Grace: The great equalizer
Soups On to reflect
on meaning of life
On Monday, Feb 2, at 6:30
p.m., everyone is invited to
join a group from diverse
spiritual paths who enjoy dis-
cussing a variety of spiritual
topics.
This week they will reflect
on life.
Many people live their
lives without ever reflecting
on life itself or its meaning
for them.
Their lives may be full of
activities. They may marry,
have children, run a business,
or become scientists or
musicians, without ever
obtaining any degree of
understanding of why they do
these things.
Their lives have no overall
purpose to give meaning to
separate events, and they
may have no clear idea of
their
own
nature
or
identity, of who they really
are.
Bahá’u’lláh taught that if
there were no Creator, if
humans were simply chance
products of a thermo-
dynamic system, as many in
the world today assert,
there would be no purpose in
life.
The evening will begin
with bowls of minestrone
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 informa-
tion, call Suzanne Mann-Heintz
at 541-590-0779.
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If there’s one thing I’ve real-
ized, it’s that we can never ask
God for too much grace. And
we all need it — every day, for
everything we need to do in
life.
It’s so wonderful to realize
that God’s amazing grace is
available to everyone, no mat-
ter who they are or what
they’ve done. God has good
plans for every person who
accepts Christ as their Savior,
and He wants us to have the
abundant life Jesus died to give
us.
The key to this great life is
living in God’s great grace.
Grace is the great equalizer.
It’s so important for us to
understand that God’s grace is
available to every person on
this Earth, in whatever capacity
they need it. There is no one
who is beyond God’s reach or
His ability to save and restore
their life. I know sometimes we
can feel like we’ve done too
much wrong and we need to
earn God’s forgiveness and
grace, but His grace is a gift —
we can’t earn or deserve it. And
no one is such a “special case”
that He cannot help them.
We look at others’ lives, and
it may look like they have it all
together. People want others to
know how “good” they are, so
many will pretend everything
is okay in order to impress oth-
ers. But the outward appear-
ance doesn’t always tell the
real story.
We may see people’s out-
ward success, but can’t see the
inner turmoil they’re experi-
encing, or that they have no
real peace or joy in life.
I believe this is a common
problem for many people and
the reason there is so much
strife in the world today. Strife
in our hearts causes us to com-
pare ourselves with others and
compete, trying to make our-
selves “better” than those
around us.
It makes people frustrated
and confused, struggling with
so many issues in their lives
because they are trying to fig-
ure everything out and solve
their problems on their own.
But John 15:5 says that apart
from Jesus, “ you can do noth-
ing.”
All we have to do is humble
ourselves before God and ask
Him to help us. We have not
because we ask not.
James 4:1-3 explains in
detail why so many people are
frustrated, confused and living
in strife. Verses 2-3 say, “You
want what you don’t have, so
you scheme and kill to get it.
On Sunday, Feb. 1, from 10
to 11 a.m. at the Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship, the
guest speaker will be Liat
Meller.
Meller was born in the north
of Israel on Kibbutz Ein
Hamifratz, 14 miles from the
Lebanon border.
She is one of the third gener-
ation living in this kibbutz.
Kibbutz, a Hebrew word for
“communal settlement,” is a
unique rural community. It is a
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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
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.)
Bible Study: Sunday 10 a.m.
Worship: Sunday 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Marvin Aultman • www.churchoffhristflorence.org
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.
husband, who is an American
citizen.
The UU Fellowship is at
87738 Highway 101, at Heceta
Beach Road and is wheelchair
accessible.
Service concludes at 11 a.m.
with refreshments and fellow-
ship.
All are welcome to attend.
For more information, visit
www.florenceuuf.org or call
541-997-2840.
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society dedicated to mutual aid
and social justice. It’s a socio-
economic system based on the
principle of joint ownership of
property, equality and coopera-
tion of production, consump-
tion and education.
“A kibbutz is based on ideol-
ogy rather than religion and it’s
an attempt to create a better and
more just society,” said Meller,
who has been living in the U.S.
for the past 12 years with her
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”
CROSS ROAD ASSEMBLY OF GOD
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.
never lasted long. And just like
Paul found out in verses 24 and
25, I began to realize that I
can’t change myself — only
God can. So I asked Him to
change what needed to be
changed in me.
If you’re struggling to feel
good about yourself or be what
you think you need to be, I
want to encourage you to stop
trying and start asking God for
grace. God made you who you
are, and He knows what you
need and what needs to change
in your life.
He wants you to enjoy your
life while you’re in the process
of becoming all He created you
to be.
God will give you grace for
your case. That’s why I call
Him the great equalizer.
We never have to settle for
less than God’s best in our lives
when we have access to His
grace — His power to do the
things we can’t do in our own
strength — at all times.
God’s grace has no limit, it
won’t run out.
It is available to any and all
who will humble themselves
and receive it. Remember, we
can never ask Him for too
much grace.
He always knows exactly
what we need.
And He is always ready and
willing to help us.
FLORENCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - SBC
“You are jealous of what
others have, but you can’t get
it, so you fight and wage war to
take it away from them. Yet
you don’t have what you want
because you don’t ask God for
it. And even when you ask,
you don’t get it because your
motives are all wrong — you
want only what will give you
pleasure” (NLT).
We all have things on our
“wish lists,” things we want or
need or would just like to have.
And when we see someone else
with something we want, it can
stir up some strong emotions.
We can become envious and
begin to covet that thing.
I remember years ago, I
wanted to be like my pastor’s
wife. She was such a sweet
woman of God, so kind and
soft-spoken and people really
loved her. I, on the other hand,
was just so outspoken and
sharp with my tongue. I wanted
to be quiet and sweet like her,
so I tried but it didn’t work. At
one point, people even started
asking what was wrong with
me!
I felt a lot like Paul in
Romans 7:15, when he said, “I
do not understand what I do.
For what I want to do I do not
do, but what I hate I do” (NIV).
I just didn’t understand why
I couldn’t change! I wanted to
be sweeter and quieter but that
FUUF to hear about living in a kibbutz in Israel
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
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.
Every Sun., Bible Class 9 a.m., Worship Service 10 a.m.
85294 Hwy. 101 S. – 997-8038
DVD of Weekly worship service available.
Dan Wurster, Pastor
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