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.
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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.
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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
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.
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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.
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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
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