SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2016
FUUF to hear about
‘Inner Divinity’ Sunday
This Sunday, Sept. 11, from
10 to 11 a.m. at the Florence
Unitarian
Universalist
Fellowship (FUUF), N*I*N
Bebeau will be the guest
speaker on the topic of “Our
Inner Divinity.”
Bebeau has two Master of
Arts degrees in Transpersonal
Psychology and Counseling.
She and her husband, Charles
Bebeau, founded four graduate
schools for archetypal psy-
chotherapy and healing. The
second
school,
Boulder
College, had 20 teachers and
200 students. At the third
school, Avalon Institute,
Bebeau created new innova-
tive forms of education.
As a spiritual teacher, she
founded the Qadisha, a
priestesshood of women; as a
peaceworker, she went on
several peace missions,
including one to North Korea,
and a journey around the
world lecturing on how we
can work together as a global
family.
“The art of self-love is the
core generating force for creat-
ing peaceful coexistence on
this small planet,” said
Bebeau. “In a world torn by
constant change, where do we
find a constant sanctuary of
safety?”
Each service concludes with
refreshments and dialogue
circle to explore the questions
that come up during each
service.
For more information, visit
www.florenceuuf.org or call
541-997-2840.
Seize the day, every day
Have you ever had one of
those days when you were busy
all day long but when you got
to the end of it, you found you
hadn’t accomplished anything
that you wanted or needed to
do? It’s so frustrating when this
happens.
I’m usually a very goal-ori-
ented person and can stay
focused on the things I really
want to do. But there was a
time recently when I found
myself struggling to finish
things that I started because I
was getting distracted by other
things that needed to be accom-
plished as well.
So I ended up with a lot of
loose ends and felt over-
whelmed by everything that
needed to be done.
I believe this happens to
many people because they are
letting their circumstances
seize them, allowing the many
interruptions that come up take
over their day. We need to learn
how to live our lives on pur-
pose and invest our time and
energy in the plans God is call-
ing us to accomplish.
It’s time for us to take our
lives back and stop letting
everything around us dictate
what we are going to do each
day.
Maybe you need to wake up?
In Ephesians 5:14-17, the
apostle Paul addresses this
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issue with born-again believers
in the church. He says:
“Awake, O sleeper, and arise
from the dead, and Christ shall
shine upon you and give you
light. Look carefully then how
you walk. Live purposefully
and worthily and accurately,
not as the unwise and witless,
but as the wise, making the
very most of the time, because
the days are evil. Therefore do
not be vague and thoughtless
and foolish, but understanding
and firmly grasping what the
will of the Lord is” (AMPC).
Notice that he says “Awake,
O sleeper.”
Sometimes we find our-
selves just going through life
and we’ve lost our excitement
about God and His purpose for
us because we aren’t living life
on purpose.
It’s easy to sit around, wait-
ing for something to happen to
you, wishing you were happier,
more disciplined, in better
shape, more successful and so
on. But we don’t reach our
goals just by wishing they
would be fulfilled.
I often say we don’t need
more “wishbone,” we need
more backbone.
Be careful and live carefully
The next thing Paul says is
“Look carefully then how you
walk.” The Greek word for
“carefully” here means to walk
circumspectly, looking around
you all the time as if you were
in a very dangerous place. A
good word picture for this defi-
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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.
BAY BERRY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
SINGSPIRATION
FLORENCE UNITARIAN
UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP
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
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
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE GROUP
“God Is Love”
Meeting Sunday at 10am
575-313-3640
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
Summer Worship 10:00 am.
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.
Website:fl orence4square.com
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
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
1424 15th Street •541-991-9398
Sunday Services: 10am and 6pm
Tues. Bible Study 7:00pm
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - SBC
1935 25th St. – 997-7660 • Pastor, Dr. Marvin Owen
Series “People of 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.
“live purposefully… not as the
unwise and witless, but as the
wise, making the very most of
the time” (Ephesians 5:15-16).
Don’t waste your life
I love how this scripture says
to live like wise, intelligent
people, “not as the unwise and
witless” who don’t know what
they are doing.
As we take time to study
God’s Word and learn what His
will is, we can make choices
that line up with His plans and
purpose for our lives.
Make a determined decision
to seize each day of your
life, focused on the things God
puts in your heart to do. Realize
that every day that goes by is
one you will never get back.
Refuse to waste your time
living in anger and unforgive-
ness or settling for a mediocre
existence that lacks zeal for the
call of God on your life.
Seek God in prayer and
through His Word. If you need
help getting started on a new
track, living with purpose, pray
something like this:
“God, help me to do what
You tell me to do in Your Word.
Help me to stop walking
around like a sleepy Christian
and to live carefully. I want to
invest my time and all of my
resources in Your Kingdom.
Help me to seize the day and
live for You.”
Spirituali-Tea to discuss
dissension, division
On Monday, Sept. 12, at 6:30
p.m., everyone is invited to join
a group from varied spiritual
paths to discuss the topic:
“Dissensions that Divide.”
Baha’u’llah says: “Bend
your minds and wills to the
education of the peoples and
kindreds of the earth, that
haply the dissensions that
divide it may, through the
power of the Most Great
Name, be blotted out from its
face, and all mankind
become the upholders of one
Order, and the inhabitants of
S PECIAL
one City.”
The main goal of the Baha’i
Faith centers around the
peaceful unification of the
entire human race.
The gathering will end at 8
p.m. 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 located
at 875 Seventh St.
For more information call
Suzanne Mann-Heintz at 541-
590-0779.
MASS , FEAST DAY
St. Mary, Our Lady of the
Dunes Catholic Church is hav-
ing a celebration Sunday, Sept.
11, beginning at 11 a.m.
The parish feast day will
begin with a special mass and
commissioning of ministers fol-
lowed by a reception, family
games and art and quilt show.
All parishioners, family and
friends are invited to this annu-
al event
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
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH
nition would be a person walk-
ing barefoot in a field of thorns.
You’d be very careful where
you step, constantly watching
where you walk.
We need to be aware that we
have an enemy who is trying to
steal, kill and destroy (John
10:10).
In 1 Peter 5:8 (AMP), the
Bible says to “be sober [well
balanced and self-disciplined],
be alert and cautious at all
times. That enemy of yours, the
devil, prowls around like a
roaring lion seeking someone
to devour.”
Now, the devil can’t devour
just anyone he wants to. But
those who aren’t careful about
how they live are vulnerable to
his attacks.
For example, have you been
offended recently? If so, that
was a thorn.
When we encounter thorns,
if we are living carefully, we
recognize what they are and
resist them. So when an offense
comes, we immediately decide,
“I know what that is,” and pur-
posely decide not to step on it.
We’ll refuse to take offense
and instead, forgive.
The truth is the devil is
always trying to steal from us,
and he’ll take our joy, our
peace, our time… anything
we’re willing to give him.
That’s why 1 Peter 5:9 says to
“resist him, be firm in your
faith.”
We accomplish this as we
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
2285 Highway 101 • Florence, OR 97439
(541) 997-8866
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
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)
FLORENCE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
RESURRECTION LUTHERAN CHURCH, L.C.M.S.
12th and Nopal –997-9020
Worship Service 10:30 a.m.
10 am Wed., Women’s Bible Study
Saturdays, Mens’ Breakfast @ 8 a.m.
Online Worship Service@ www.fl orencenaz.com
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
“War is still not the answer.” FCNL
We worship in homes at 11am Sundays
Call 997-4237 or 902-9511 for locations.
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ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
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.
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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Dr. James Ridley,DDS
206 Nopal Street
Florence, OR 97439
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541-997-6226