SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2015
Discover the key to self acceptance
Lutherans invite everyone
to ‘Come As You Are’
New Life Lutheran Church
continues through the Summer
with its “Come As You Are”
Wednesday evening Worship
Services at 6 p.m.
Come enjoy the more casual
setting and fellowship includ-
ing discussion and sharing life
stories among the group.
For more information, con-
tact Pastor Lori Blake at 541-
997-8113.
New Life Lutheran is at 21st
and Spruce streets, next to
Florence Food Share.
All are welcomed to be part
of this midweek worship serv-
ice.
Garage Sale TODAY!
Household items, collectibles, appliances,
clothing, shop equipment
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In today’s society, insecurity
and self-rejection have reached
an all-time high. More than
ever before, so many people
simply don’t like themselves.
Sadly, Christians are no
exception…
Over the years, I have met
countless people who believe
God is angry with them
because they haven’t “arrived”
at the place of perfection. As a
result, they live in a state of
perpetual frustration — contin-
ually rejecting themselves and
feeling bad every time they
make a mistake.
There’s one thing for sure-
Jesus didn’t give His life for us
to walk around feeling guilty
and condemned. He wants us to
feel good about ourselves and
our relationship with Him. And
it all starts with discovering our
true identity in Christ.
Are you a believer
or an achiever?
For many years, I tried to
please God with my works. It
seemed as if I was living on a
performance treadmill —
always trying to do something
to feel good about myself and
feel like I was in right standing
with Him. In the process, I
became weary, worn-out, and
unhappy.
I would think, Something is
just not working.
I was right. No matter how
much we love God and choose
to do what’s right, we will
always be frustrated if we don’t
learn this one valuable lesson:
Ephesians 2:8 (AMP) says,
“For it is by free grace (God’s
unmerited favor) that you are
saved (delivered from judg-
Memorial Service for
Florence Lewis
on Saturday, June 27th
at 1:00pm.
Location:
Florence
Nazarene Church
1536 12th St.
Florence.
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Join Us In Worship
4 lines, approx 15 words, $9 a week
4 week Minimum
Deadline 3 p.m. Mondays.
To be included in this directory contact
the Siuslaw News at 997-3441, or drop off
information at 148 Maple St., Old Town, Florence.
J OIN U S I N W ORSHIP
WATCH! 3 ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK
(3ABN) TV UHF Channel 48.
24 hour Christian TV highlights Bible studies of prophecy, inspirational music, health
lectures, healthy cooking and more.
BAY BERRY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
SINGSPIRATION
You are invited to come and sing your favorite old time gospel hymns
Every Friday night at 7pm • Non-denominational
Bay Berry Square; 101 at Sutton Lake Dr. /milepost 185 N.
For more information , please call 541-997-2681
COMMUNITY BAPTIST 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.
CROSS ROAD ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Corner of 10th & Maple –- 997-3533
Bible Study at 9:00 A.M.
Services: Worship, 10:30 A.M.
fl orencecrossroad.org • offi ce@fl orencecrossroad.org
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
FLORENCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Worship & Kids Sunday School 10:00
located at 2nd & Kingwood (541) 997-6025
“Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors”
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:fl orence4square.com
FLORENCE VINEYARD (GOD’S POWER HOUSE)
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
fl orencevineyardchurch.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.
Pastor Lori Blake
www.lutheranchurchfl orence.com
2nd & Ivy – 997-2961 –Non-Denominational
Worship Service: 9:00 am & 10:30 am
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF THE SIUSLAW
Middle School and High School youth groups meet on Wednesday.
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
FLORENCE CHURCH OF CHRIST
Pre-Denominational (Romans 16:16)
1833 Tamarack Street (2 blocks east of Hwy. 101 on 18th St.)
Bible Study: Sunday 10 a.m.; Worship: Sunday 11 a.m.
www.churchofchristfl orence.org
RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS)
“War is still not the answer.” FCNL
We worship in homes at 11am Sundays
Call 997-4237 or 902-9511 for locations.
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.
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
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.
ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
FLORENCE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
2135 19th St. –- 997-6600
The Rev. Georgia C. DuBose, Vicar
8:30am, Tuesdays, Morning Prayer
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
CATHOLIC CHURCH
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
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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
ment and made partakers of
Christ’s salvation) through
[your] faith. And this [salva-
tion] is not of yourselves [of
your own doing, it came not
through your own striving]….”
There is nothing we can do
to earn our salvation or right
standing with God… we have
been made right with Him
through our faith in Jesus
Christ. A believer that is lack-
ing this understanding is like a
jumbo jet on the runway with
no gasoline — he has all the
equipment but is going
nowhere!
In His mercy, God allowed
me to see that there was
absolutely nothing I could do
to make Him love me any more
or less than He already did. All
He wanted was for me to
believe in Jesus, the One
Whom He sent (see John 6:29)
and receive the righteousness
He provided.
See yourself through
God’s eyes
In order for us to experience
true freedom and grow in our
relationship with God, we need
to learn to accept ourselves
right where we are and see our-
selves the way God sees us. As
we do, we will begin to under-
stand that becoming like Christ
is a process that takes time...
and that God will be faithful to
finish the good work He began.
Second Corinthians 5:21
(AMP) says, “For our sake He
made Christ [virtually] to be
sin Who knew no sin, so that in
and through Him we might
become… the righteousness of
God [what we ought to be,
approved and acceptable and in
right relationship with Him, by
His goodness].”
This is the basis of self-
acceptance — knowing that
God accepts us through Jesus
and sees us as totally righteous.
This does not mean that we
don’t sin anymore or that we
can dismiss it like it’s no big
deal.
It simply means that God
loves us even while we are on
our way — while we are in the
process of becoming like
Christ — before we have
“arrived.”
For example, as a two-year-
old, one of our granddaughters
used to throw fits when she
didn’t get her way. She tossed
herself on the ground and
screamed uncontrollably.
Now, even though I disliked
her behavior, I still loved her
tremendously. I don’t stop lov-
ing my grandchildren or kick
them out of the family because
they do wrong things.
I love them and work with
them to develop the good char-
acter I know they need to suc-
ceed in life.
The same is true with God,
our heavenly Father. He does-
n’t love our wrong behavior,
but He certainly loves us.
Romans 5:8 says that He
proved His love for us by send-
ing His Son “while we were
still sinners.” In other words,
He didn’t wait until we were
righteous to send Jesus — He
sent Jesus because we would
never be righteous without
Him!
Put on your robe
Isaiah 61:10 (AMP) says, “I
will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
my soul will exult in my God;
for He has clothed me with the
garments of salvation, He has
covered me with the robe of
righteousness….”
What does this mean for us?
It means when we make mis-
takes, God literally has us
“covered” with His robe of
righteousness. So when the
enemy comes against us with
thoughts of guilt or condemna-
tion, we can stand firm against
his accusations.
We can stand on God’s Word
and say…
“I am the righteousness of
God in Christ. I am clothed in
His righteousness — not mine.
The Bible says that if I confess
my sin, God is faithful to for-
give me and cleanse me from
all unrighteousness. I am
loved!” (See 1 John 1:9)
God is on your side, and He
wants you to feel good about
yourself and the progress you
are making. So don’t spend
your time frustrated because
you haven't “arrived.”
God is not mad at you
because you are not perfect —
He is only disappointed if you
quit running the race!
Soup’s On to discuss
dealing with fear
On Monday, June 22, at
6:30 p.m., everyone is invited
to join Soup’s On, a group
with diverse paths who enjoy
discussing a variety of spiritu-
al topics.
This week, the subject will
be “Fear.”
The Baha’i teachings tell us
that God is always there to
help, even though it seems to
take time. Fear won’t let you
wait. It demands that you get
well now or get back down
under it.
Don’t give up because the
battle takes too long; keep
reminding yourself: “He, veri-
ly, rewardeth beyond measure
them that endure with
patience.”
The evening will begin with
bowls of seafood chowder,
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.
The Heintz home is at 875
Seventh St.
For more information, call
Suzanne Mann-Heintz at 541-
590-0779.
UU to discuss meaning
of metaphors in life
The program for Sunday’s
worship
service
at
the
Florence
Unitarian
Universalist
Fellowship
tomorrow, June 21, from 10 to
11 a.m., is titled: “Metaphors
We Live By.”
Guest speaker Frances
Downing
believes
that
“Metaphors not only make our
thoughts more vivid and inter-
esting but they actually struc-
ture our perceptions and
understanding,”
Downing
said.
Downing will be referring
to the co-authored book by
George Lakoff and Mark
Johnson, “Metaphors We Live
By,” which has led many read-
ers to a new recognition of
how profoundly metaphors not
only shape our view of life in
the present, but set up the
expectations that determine
what life will be for us in the
future.
All are welcome to attend
each Sunday worship service.
The UU Fellowship Hall is
at 87738 Highway 101 at
Heceta Beach Road.
FUUF is wheelchair acces-
sible.
Each service concludes with
refreshments and a dialogue
circle to explore the questions
that come up during each serv-
ice.
For more information, visit
www.florenceuuf.org or call
541-997-2840.
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