2A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL March 18, 2015 BIRTHS March 7, 2015 March 11, 2015 March 14, 2015 To Lisa and John Parsons of Cottage Grove, a son. To Tanelle and Daniel Azzato of Creswell, a daughter. To Meghann Mosco and Doug- las Elliot of Drain, a son. March 8, 2015 To Courtney and Jason Palmer of Cottage Grove, a son. To Karen Martens and Samuel Bentson of Dorena, a son. To Alecia Schneider and Dylan Johnson of Creswell, a daugh- ter. $ PUUBHF ( SPWF 4 FOUJOFM Our Community Newspaper since 1889 Please give us a call for a hearing evaluation to see if we can help. Subscribe and $AVE Celebrating 20 years of providing the best customer service in the business. IN MEMORIAM Galen Nelson Farnsworth 1930-2015 Beloved father and minister of Christ Galen Nelson Farn- sworth, age 84, passed away March 4, 2015. He was born on April 4, 1930 in Grant City, Mo. to Zella and Fred Farnsworth. Grant Gording, BC-HIS He was married to the love of his life, De- lores Jeanne F a r n - sworth, for 59 years until her passing in March 2014. They had eight children: Timothy, Donald, Dale, Paul, Valerie, Carolyn, Judi and son Kenneth, who passed away at age 32; 23 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a brother, Claire. Galen was a minister for over 50 years and remained faithful and devoted to God. He was also a man of many artistic tal- ents including singing, playing the guitar, woodworking and painting. A memorial service for Ga- len will be held at Garden Way Church of Christ in Eugene, Oregon on March 21, 2015 at 2 p.m. Arrangements under the care of Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel, Cottage Grove. The great provider O ne of the names of God is Jehovah Jireh, which means “the Lord our provider” or “the Lord will provide.” It’s so wonderful to know that God is our source for everything we need and He cares about every- thing we care about. There’s no need so small that He doesn’t know about it, and nothing too big that He can’t provide for us. He is omniscient (all know- ing), omnipresent (everywhere, all the time), and omnipotent (all powerful). (See Jeremiah 42:11 AMP.) The Bible says He’s… Our shelter, refuge and hiding place (Psalm 91) The one who comforts us (2 Corinthians 1:3) Our healer (Psalm 103:3)The source of wisdom (James 1:5) And everything else we need! The Lord is your Provider. He loves you and He has a good plan for your life. He wants to bless you so you can fulfi ll His plan and purpose…so you can really enjoy your life. And in His Word, He tells us who He is and how we can access every- thing we need through Christ. The problem is, sometimes we miss out on what God wants to do in in our lives because we go to people, expecting them to give us what we need, instead of God. Now, God will work through the people He puts in our lives to help us, but we need to go to Him fi rst and let Him determine the best way to meet our needs. Philippians 4:19 (AMP) says, “And my God will liberally sup- ply (fi ll to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” This verse clearly tells us that God wants to meet our “every need…in Christ Jesus.” But we can’t just take this one scripture and ex- pect to have everything we need without reading it in the context of the whole Bible. PROBLEMS UNDERSTANDING SPEECH? Matthew 6:33 (AMP) says, “But seek (aim at and strive af- ter) fi rst of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.” When we seek things instead of God, our focus is not in the right place. Our relationship with God needs to be our num- ber one priority all the time, because everything we need is found in Him. When we seek God to know Him more and to learn the right way to live, then we can have confi dence that He will take care of everything that concerns us and meet all of our needs. I’ve found that when I spend more time seeking God’s face and not His hand—what He can give me and do for me—then my desires and thoughts line up more with His will. And when I spend more time praying for God to show me how to walk From the Family of Justin Simons We would like to take this opportunity to thank the people of Cottage Grove and surrounding communities for the overwhelming support and prayers that you all have shown our family in our time of loss. The loss of our Justin is a huge hole to fi ll but with all of the love and prayers surrounding us, it has made the everyday troubles a little less stressful. You folks have touched our hearts in ways we cannot explain. All we have to offer is our heartfelt thank you and a huge “we will hug ya later”. Thank you, The Family of Justin C. Simons Roger L. Kephart 1950-2015 Roger L. Kephart, 64, of La Pine, Oregon passed away Feb. 28, 2015 from COPD. He was born Sept. 21, 1950 in Murphy, N.C. to Verlon Kephart and Iva Lee (Allen) Miller. He attended Cottage Grove High School and worked in logging and a mill as a truck driver. He enjoyed hunting, fi shing and camping, and being with his family and friends. Survivors include his partner, Ernestine Castor Wiggett, a daughter, Michelle Smetana of Campbellsport, Wisc., two sons, Roger Kephart and Kerry Kephart, both of Cottage Grove, two brothers, Verlon Kephart of Crescent, Ore. and Rick Kephart of Culp Creek, Ore., a grandson, Joshua Kephart and a granddaughter, Jordan Kephart. A private inurnment and family memorial will be held at a later date. Arrangements under the care of Autumn Funerals, Bend. in love and treat people right, I’m more likely to want what God has for me—what’s best for me—because my mind and heart are set on the right things. 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