SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2016
Find true stability by trusting God
Have you ever put your trust
in someone who ended up dis-
appointing you or hurting you?
Maybe you put your trust in
your money and then some-
thing happened and suddenly
you didn’t have it any more.
Have you ever wasted years of
your life trusting yourself?
There are many things peo-
ple put their trust in that are not
stable. But God loves us so
much He won’t let us keep our
trust in other things and simul-
taneously have a great relation-
ship with Him.
The truth is, God is the only
One we can really trust all the
time, in every situation.
Many years ago when my
ministry was just beginning,
there was a group of ladies
helping me that I considered to
be my best friends; I thought
they would never hurt me. But
eventually, I found out they
were talking about me behind
my back and telling lies about
me.
My world was shaken and I
didn’t understand what was
going on. The pain in my soul
was so deep. But looking back,
I understand now that God was
getting ready to promote me to
a new level of ministry, and I
couldn’t take those people with
me. I also learned that we set
ourselves up for a lot of pain if
we think there are people in our
lives who will never hurt us.
Another thing I learned is
that it’s one thing to trust God
FOR something — to change
something or someone in your
life — but it’s another thing
entirely
to
trust
God
THROUGH something.
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I’m talking about continuing
to trust God when He’s not
doing what you think He
should do and everything
around you is shaking… when
you don’t understand why.
I can tell you from personal
experience that when every-
thing in your life is shaking, the
only real answer is to trust God
and keep on trusting Him. I
know it’s difficult to do this
when you don’t understand
what’s going on and the situa-
tion is not fair. It’s hard when
you feel like you’re doing what
you should be doing and you’re
not getting a right result. And
it’s especially hard when you
see someone who is not doing
the right thing, yet they are
seemingly getting a better
result than you are.
When you get into trouble
that you don’t understand,
that’s when you have to choose
to keep trusting God — no mat-
ter what you think or feel, and
no matter what your circum-
stances look like.
Hebrews 12:26-27 (NIV)
says, “[God] has promised,
‘Once more I will shake not
only the earth but also the heav-
ens.’ The words ‘once more’
indicate the removing of what
can be shaken — that is, creat-
ed things — so that what can-
not be shaken may remain.”
God wants to shake things in
our lives until only the things
that cannot be shaken remain.
He wants to work with us until
we let go of all the unstable
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things so we’re only hanging
on to the rock of our salvation
— Jesus Christ — who cannot
be moved or shaken.
It’s difficult when something
is stripped out of your life that
you’re not ready to give up.
All things are possible with
God, and He can take things
that aren’t good and work them
out for our good. (See Romans
8:28.)
The key is understanding
that you are a partner with God
as you walk out His purpose
and plan for you. He doesn’t
just automatically work things
out for good; we choose to trust
Him and do what He shows us
to do, and He works on our
behalf so we come out on top
when all is said and done.
If you feel like everything in
your world is shaking, there are
probably things in your life that
you don’t need or that aren’t
good for you and God wants to
remove them. If you will trust
Him and let Him do what HE
wants to do, He will give you
something stable. He’ll give
you more of Himself.
I want to encourage you to
make a determined decision to
trust God with every single part
of your life. Pray: “God, I
invite You to shake everything
in my life that can be shaken so
only the things of You will
remain in me.”
He loves you, and no matter
what condition your life is in
right now, with God’s help, you
can trust Him.
To be included in this directory contact
the Siuslaw News at 997-3441, or drop off
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
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
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
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
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
Worship Service 10:30 a.m.
Youth Group Wed. 7-8:30 p.m.
Online Worship Service@ www.fl orencenaz.com
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.
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.
Pastor Randy Benscoter
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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Superintendent to speak
of bond at FUUF Sunday
During the Sunday, May 1,
worship
service
at
the
Florence
Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship from
10 to 11 a.m, Siuslaw School
District Superintendent Ethel
Angal will speak about the
importance of constructing a
new high school in Florence.
“Every youth in Florence
deserves nothing less than a
quality education. Part of the
quality comes in the form of
an up-to-date learning facili-
ty that is safe and convenient
for all concerned,” said
Angal.
The community always
finds funds for what is need-
ed, from upgrading its emer-
gency room, to the library
expansion, to the senior cen-
ter and more.
Come hear Angal give the
hard facts of why the upcom-
ing bond deserves serious
consideration.
The UU Fellowship is
located at 87738 Highway
101, at Heceta Beach
Road, and is wheelchair
accessible.
Each service concludes
with refreshments and dia-
logue circle to explore the
questions that come up dur-
ing each service.
For more information, visit
www.uuflorence.org or call
541-997-2840.
St. Andrew’s to ‘bless the
boundaries’ tomorrow
Long before April 22 was
celebrated as Earth Day,
Christians in the Anglican
tradition offered thanks for
the glory of the earth and its
blessings on a Sunday known
as Rogation Sunday.
Traditions
include
“Blessing the Bounds,”
which is the practice of walk-
ing the bounds of the land for
which the church is responsi-
ble, and using staffs to offer
blessings, chase away unde-
sirable influences and clean
up litter.
This celebration used to be
called “Beating the Bounds.”
When St. Andrew’s vicar,
Georgia DuBose, learned that
the name came from the
medieval practice of taking a
young boy of the parish to
the bounds of the parish and
beating him at each of them
so that he would always
remember the boundaries,
she thought it was time for a
change.
St. Andrew’s now “Blesses
the Bounds” with a walk
along the boundaries of the
church land on Rogation
Sunday.
A procession through the
Labyrinth and Meditation
Garden includes stopping for
a litany, or prayerful requests
to God, to be faithful caretak-
ers of the land there, and all
of the earth. (“Rogation”
comes from the Latin “roga-
re” for “ask” or “request.”)
Join the ceremony at 10
a.m. Sunday, May 1, and
pray for the Earth and all of
God’s creation.
Bring a staff, cane or walk-
ing stick to be blessed, and
receive a prayer card with
prayers for love and respect
for he Earth.
St. Andrew’s is at 2135
19th St., one block east of
Spruce.
For more information, call
Vicar Georgia DuBose at
541-305-5549.
Soups On to discuss Bahá’í
sacred writings Monday
On Monday, May 2, at 6:30
p.m., everyone is invited to
join a group from varied spiri-
tual paths to discuss the
Bahá’í Sacred Writings, which
emphasize the importance of
education as the key to materi-
al and spiritual progress.
The Bahá’í teachings exalt
knowledge, promote free
inquiry and learning and
emphasize the importance of
acquiring expertise in arts and
sciences to promote human
prosperity.
The main goal of the Bahá’í
Faith centers around one ulti-
mate aim: The peaceful unifi-
cation of the entire human
race.
The evening will begin with
bowls of Tuscan vegetable
soup, homemade sourdough
bread, fruit and vegetables.
The gathering will end at
8:30 p.m. with prayers for the
requests left in the Prayer Pole
in the garden of the Florence
Playhouse, as well as those
shared by the group.
The Heintz home is located
at 875 Seventh St.
For more information, call
Suzanne Mann-Heintz at 541-
590 0779.
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