SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2015
UU to discuss how
‘Black Lives Matter’
Born out of the unrest in
Ferguson, Mo., after the
police shooting of Michael
Brown last summer, and cul-
minating this year with the
slaughter of nine church
goers in Charleston, the cur-
rent
protest
movement
known as “Black Lives
Matter” will be explored this
Sunday, Oct. 11, from 10 to
11 a.m., at the Florence
Unitarian
Universalist
Fellowship.
This civil rights movement
is among some of the most
important movements of the
time, urging everyone toward
racial justice in our nation.
This Sunday will offer
consideration on how all
can be credible allies
in this nation-wide work.
The program will feature
a video sermon by the
Rev. Thom Belote of the
Unitarian
Universalist
Community Church of
Chapel Hill, N.C.
There will be opportunity
for open discussion after the
video is shown.
The UU Fellowship Hall
is at 87738 Highway 101,
and is wheelchair accessi-
ble.
Each service concludes
with refreshments and a
dialogue circle to explore
the questions that come up
during each service.
For more information,
visit www.florenceuuf.org
or call 541-997-2840.
Dare to believe
My father became a
Christian when he was 83
years old.
There were many times
throughout the years when I
thought, “He will never
change.” But I kept praying
for him.
And thank God, eventually,
he did change — he experi-
enced the greatest transforma-
tion of all.
To be transformed means
you are changed entirely from
the inside out. When we
become born-again Chris-
tians, 2 Corinthians 5:17
(AMP) says we are “a new
creation; the old has passed
away. Behold, the fresh and
new has come.”
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The Holy Spirit comes to
live in us, and He works in us-
transforming our mind, will
and emotions-so we become
more like Jesus day by day.
As we grow spiritually, the
good work that’s happening
inside us can be seen through
the way we live, and we
become testimonies of what
God has done.
Sadly, many times people
don’t believe they can be
completely changed. And
often they don’t believe other
people can change. But the
only thing that never changes
is God (Hebrews 13:8).
He wants us to dare to
believe that He “is able to do
superabundantly, far over and
above all that we ask or think”
(Ephesians 3:20 AMP).
The question is what are
you expecting God to do for
you? Maybe you’re having a
hard time believing that your
kids can change, your mar-
riage can improve or that you
can ever lose weight, get a
better job or get completely
out of debt.
But Jeremiah 29:11 says
God’s thoughts and plans for
us are “for welfare and peace
and not for evil, to give you
hope in your final outcome.”
He has a good plan for you,
and you can dare to believe
He can heal you anywhere
you hurt and help you with
every problem you face.
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information at 148 Maple St., Old Town, Florence.
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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
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
Located at Munsel Lake Road and North Fork Road
Worship Services 10:00 AM Sunday
All are welcome! 541-997-7268
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
1st Sunday of Month Worship 10:30
All other Sundays Worship 9 A.M. & 10:30 A.M.
2nd & Kngwood • (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)
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.
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
CROSS ROAD ASSEMBLY OF GOD
NEW LIFE CHURCH-UPC
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
1525 12th St., Suite 24 •541-991-9398
Sunday Services: 10am and 6pm
Tues. Bible Study 7:00pm
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - SBC
NEW LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH, E.L.C.A.
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
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
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
It’s time to start expecting
more from God than you’ve
ever believed He would do for
you before.
The key to having what
God wants you to have is
learning to think like He
thinks.
Romans 12:2 teaches that
we are transformed by the
renewing of our minds. I’ve
discovered several ways we
need to change our thinking
so we can live with the mind
of the Holy Spirit (Romans
8:6).
We need to change our
thinking about:
• God. It’s so important for
us to know who God really is.
He’s not an angry God, and
He’s not “harsh, hard, sharp
or pressing, but comfortable,
gracious,
and
pleasant”
(Matthew 11:30). God loves
you, and if you know how
much He loves you right now,
then you’ll have hope that the
things in your life that need to
change can be changed.
• Ourselves. If you don’t
like yourself, you’re going to
have difficulty in every area
of your life. Don’t demand
perfection from yourself. No
one is perfect, and no matter
what we do, we usually don’t
think it’s enough: we don’t
pray enough, work hard
enough, study the Bible
enough, etc.
God spoke to my heart one
day and told me, “Joyce,
you’re never enough, but I’m
always more than enough.”
That’s why Jesus came.
Believe that, in Christ,
there’s more right than wrong
with you, and you can do
whatever you need to do in
life through Him (2 Corinth-
ians 5:21; John 15:5; Phil-
ippians 4:13).
• Trials, or the hard,
painful things we go through
in life. Habakkuk 3:19 says
God is our strength and He
will help us to “walk and
make spiritual progress upon
high places.”
James 1:2-4 encourages us
to “consider it wholly joyful
…
whenever
you
are
enveloped in or encounter tri-
als,” because “the trial and
proving of your faith” are
what God works through to
make us “fully developed …
lacking in nothing.”
• The level of importance
we put on what others think
about us. It’s easy to let what
others do and say affect us,
and to feel like “If you don’t
like me, my day is ruined.”
But the truth is, if we’re more
concerned with being a peo-
ple-pleaser than a God-pleas-
er, we won’t become what
God created us to be and do
what He’s calling us to do
(Galatians 1:10).
I want to encourage you to
study scriptures that reveal
God’s true character and His
heart for you.
And dare to believe that
there’s nothing in your life He
can’t change — including
you.
Soup’s On to discuss
intellect, heart Monday
Monday, Oct. 12, at 6:30
p.m., everyone is invited to
the home of James Heintz
and Suzanne Mann-Heintz at
875 Seventh St. to discuss
intellect and heart — and
which one runs our lives.
The group that attends this
weekly gathering is from
diverse spiritual paths and
finds comfort and growth in
openly sharing their spiritual
discoveries and learning the
paths of others.
Abdu’l-Baha,’ the Son of
the Founder of the Baha’i
Faith, says: “The intellect is
good but until it has become
the servant of the heart, it is
of little avail.”
The evening will begin
with bowls of vegetarian fall
harvest soup, fruit, home-
made 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.
For more information, call
Suzanne at 541-990-0779.
Food Share expands hours to
include two Saturdays a month
In order to better serve its
clients, beginning Saturday,
Oct. 17, Florence Food Share
will be open from 10 a.m. to
1 p.m.
Many of Food Share’s
clients are working families
unable to utilize the pantry
during the normal work
week.
Thanks to an anonymous
donation specifically for
this purpose, Food Share
will now be open on
Saturdays.
The pantry will initially be
open the first and third
Saturday of each month, and
will soon expand to being
open each Saturday.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF THE SIUSLAW
Traditional Worship Service 10:00 a.m. , Reverend Greg Wood
Sunday School and Nursery – Organ and Choir
All Welcome. Come as you are.
3996 N Hwy 101
997-7136
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.
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.
FLORENCE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
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.
5 A
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
ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
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.
SAINT MARY, OUR LADY OF THE DUNES
CATHOLIC CHURCH
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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