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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2017 Be the person you were created to be Surfriders May meeting at ‘Riverside’ in Old Town The next monthly meeting of the Surfrider Foundation will be held on Wednesday, May 17, at 7 p.m., at the Riverside Restaurant, 1340 Bay St. in Florence. The meeting will focus on ongoing water quality efforts, new legislative initiatives and upcoming clean-up events. Community members inter- ested in protecting the ocean, it’s wildlife and associated industries are strongly encour- aged to attend this meeting. Surfrider Foundation is com- mitted to protecting and moni- toring local water quality and also organizes beach cleanups. They will also discuss month- ly marine debris monitoring efforts and helps raise aware- ness about the Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve and holds quarterly Adopt-a-Highway Cape Perpetua cleanups. For more information on current initiatives and for membership information check out Surfriders Siuslaw Chapter website or facebook page. DENTURE SERVICES INC. LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED Open 4 days a week! Here to serve your denture needs: Dentures Partial Dentures Immediate Dentures Implant Dentures Relines & Repairs Same Day Monday-Thursday 10am - 2 pm 524 Laurel St. 541-997-6054 William Foster LD Sherry, Offi ce Manager “As a denture wearer myself, I can answer your questions and address your denture concerns.” ~ William Foster, LD Financing: Citi Health Card 12 Month no Interest HIT THAT LIKE BUTTON! F ACEBOOK . COM /S IUSLAW N EWS Join Us In Worship 4 lines, approx 15 words, $10 a week 4 week Minimum Deadline 3 p.m. Mondays. It seems that in our society today, insecurity is an epidem- ic, and the result is that many people don’t like themselves. This is a problem because self-rejection and self-hatred cause many relationship issues. The Bible has a lot to say about relationships. It teaches us how to have a personal relationship with God, as well as how to have healthy relationships with the people in our lives. It also talks about how we need to have good relationships with ourselves. So, how do you feel about yourself? I believe most people think about their relationships with others but they don’t real- ize they have one with them- selves. We need to think about it because we have a more active relationship with ourselves than we do anyone else. Think about it: You never get away from yourself; every- where you go, there you are. Every second of your life, you are with you, and if you don’t like yourself, you’re in for a miserable life. Reasons we don’t like ourselves I spent many years of my life not liking myself. I was sexual- ly abused by my dad through- out my childhood, and it caused me to have a root of shame in my soul. The best way to discover God’s purpose and plan for your life is to give your life to Him completely, receive His love for you, and then love yourself and others the way He loves you. I was ashamed of who I was because I didn’t understand that the way he treated me was not my fault, and I thought something was wrong with me. Shame became a poison in my soul, and it affected the way I looked at everything and everyone else in my life. Many people have a similar story. But even if you haven’t experienced abuse like this, you may struggle with insecu- rity or a poor self-image because of the world we live in today. There is often the message “You just arent quite what you ought to be.” We see models in ads and compare ourselves to them, or we feel the pressure of a suc- cess-driven society. The bottom line is it’s easy to feel like you don’t measure up most of the time. It’s a mistake for us to com- pare ourselves with others or to try to fit in with standards that the world around us says we should live by. God created everyone to be unique individuals, with differ- ent strengths and weaknesses. 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 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 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 Wednesday, 7 p.m. - Family Connections Adult Bible Class, 9:30am on Sundays. Sunday Services, 9am and 11am. fl orencecrossroad.org • offi ce@fl orencecrossroad.org 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. 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 FLORENCE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 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 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. 5 A 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 each month worship at 10:30 am 2nd-5th Sundays worship at 9am and 10:30am Every Sunday Adult Sunday School at 9am Children and Youth Sunday School at 10:45 AM 2nd & Kingwood • (541) 997-6025 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 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, Th ursday night @ 5:00 pm fl orencevineyardchurch.com NEW LIFE CHURCH-UPC 1424 15th Street •541-991-9398 Sunday Services: 10am and 6pm Tues. Bible Study 7:00pm We need to know what they are, and focus on developing our strengths with God’s help. We do need to pray for God to help us overcome moral weaknesses and attitude prob- lems, but when it comes to ful- filling our purpose in life, we should strive to develop the tal- ents and abilities He has given us. Discovering God’s purpose and plan I’ve never felt like an “ordi- nary” woman, and I remember how, many years ago, I com- pared myself with other women I knew and tried to be like them. For example, my neighbor was a great gardener and canned her own vegetables. I tried to have a garden and it was a failure. She also sewed and made clothes for her fami- ly. I tried that too and it was a disaster.Honestly, I just wanted to go out to eat and shop for my food and clothes. It was a relief when I real- ized God didn’t create me to be just like my neighbor, or any- one else I was comparing myself to, and I could be free to be the woman He created me to be. God’s love is the key I want to encourage you to break out of the “box” you may have put yourself in, trying to be like someone else or meas- ure up to the world’s ideas of success. Living this way will only frustrate you, steal your joy, and make you unfulfilled. Ask God to give you the courage and boldness to say, “I’m not going to try and be something I am not meant to be anymore. I’m going to find out what God has for me, and I am going to do it with all of my heart.” The best way to discover God’s purpose and plan for your life is to give your life to Him completely, receive His love for you, and then love yourself and others the way He loves you. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (AMP) says that anyone who accepts Christ as their Savior “is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come…” As you pursue a personal relationship with Christ and become the “new creature” you are in Him, you will experience His love for you and be able to love yourself and others. You’ll also be more free to do what He puts in your heart to do.God loves you. He made you an original and He has a unique plan just for you. See yourself the way He sees you, and you’ll have the confi- dence and freedom to be your- self and live with real peace and joy. FUUF to discuss the ‘Mother’ presence On Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 14 from 10 until 11 a.m., Rev. Dr. Ruth Miller will lead the Florence Unitarian Universalist worship service titled: Feeling the Connection. “The Mother presence gives rise to all the material of life – and is alive in all of us, male and female, for the nurturance of life and wellbeing in our lives and those around us,” Miller said. “Honoring the ancient and modern traditions surrounding the idea of moth- ering, helps us feel our con- nection with all of the inter- connected web of life – past, present, and future.” The UU Fellowship is locat- ed at 87738 Highway 101 at Heceta Beach Road and is wheelchair accessible. Each service concludes with refreshments and a dialogue circle to explore the questions that come up during each serv- ice. Every Sunday evening at 5:30, Jim Tubesing leads Peaceful Meditations at the Fellowship Hall. Also see their Facebook page and please call 541-997- 2840 for more information. S pirituali-Tea to discuss ‘Motherhood’ On Monday, May 15 at 6:30 p.m., at 875 Seventh St., everyone is invited to join a group of friends from varied spiritual paths to discuss Motherhood. “O ye loving mothers, know ye that in God’s sight, the best of all ways to worship Him is to educate the children and train them in all the perfec- tions of humankind; and no nobler deed than this can be imagined,” said Abdu’l-Baha. Please bring your stories about Mom and Motherhood to share with the group. 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. For more information call 541-590-0779. 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. ...need a friend? Meet Eva Eva is a fun-loving girl that can’t get enough play time. A free spirit with high energy that loves food. If she hears you shake a bag of food or crack open a can, she will come running! Loves long conversations about how she doesn’t get enough attention. Needs to be an only child as she can get a little jealous. 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 FLORENCE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 2135 19th St. –- 997-6600 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 If you would like to meet Eva or any of her friends, please visit us at: OREGON COAST HUMANE SOCIETY 2840 Rhododendron Drive • Florence • 541-997-4277 www.oregoncoasthumane.org This message brought to you by: Masses: Sat. 5:30 p.m., Sun. 11:00 a.m. 1.5 miles south of river on Hwy 101 – 997-2312 email: steve@siuslawtax.com
