2A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL August 12, 2015
BIRTHS
Elizabeth Pryce was born to Kayla Miller
and Cody Pryce of Cottage Grove at McKen-
zie Willamette Hospital in Springfi eld, Ore.
on July 21, 2015 at 2:01 p.m. She weighed
fi ve pounds, seven ounces and was 18
inches long. Grandparents are Brenda
Shipp, Frank Miller and Tim and Janice
Pryce. Elizabeth joins brothers Joshua and
Richard and sister Jasmine at home.
Aug. 4, 2015
To Samantha Frese and Jeremiah
Steele of Cottage Grove, a daughter.
Aug. 7, 2015
To Amber and Christian Garrett of
Cottage Grove, a daughter.
Death Notice
H e l e n
June Coo-
per, 72, of
Springfield,
Ore., former-
ly of Cot-
tage Grove,
passed away
Aug.
3,
2015.
She was born June 17, 1943 in
Cottage Grove to Lawrence and
Mable (Blackmore) Funk.
Helen graduated from Cottage
Grove High School. She married
David Cooper in Cottage Grove.
After about 50 years, on May 1,
2012, she retired from working as
a cook. Helen especially loved her
little dog, Mona.
Survivors include her four chil-
dren, Rina Schmerber and husband,
David, Vincent Cooper, Kelly Coo-
per and wife, Traci, and Sterling
Cooper, 10 grandchildren, seven
great-grandchildren, and two broth-
ers, Gary Funk and wife, Alice, and
Paul Funk and wife, Barbara.
She was preceded in death by
her parents and a grandson, DJ
Schmerber.
A celebration of life will be
held at the Thurston Grange, 6596
Thurston Rd., Springfi eld, OR on
Sunday, Aug. 16 at 1 p.m.
Dallas D. Shepherd,
85, of Cottage Grove
passed away Aug. 6,
2015. A celebration
of life will be held
Friday, Aug. 21 at 11
a.m. at Grove Commu-
nity Church in Cottage
Grove.
od wants us to enjoy
our everyday lives. John
10:10 says that Jesus died for us
so we “may have and enjoy life,
and have it in abundance (to the
full, till it overfl ows)” (AMP).
But it seems so many people who
say they believe in Jesus are not
really enjoying their lives. It’s
tragic to think that Jesus paid
the price for our sins, that He
suffered to make that sacrifi ce,
and yet there are Christians who
are struggling just to get by and
make it through each day.
The key to having abundant
life in Christ is living by God’s
grace through faith. Because
grace is His power working in
us that enables us to do what-
ever we need to do in life.
When we try to do everything
in our own strength and leave
God out of the equation, we just
get worn-out and frustrated by
our mistakes and failures. But
when we lean on God, we actu-
ally enter into His rest and can
enjoy our lives, no matter what
our circumstances may be.
Hebrews 4:9-11 (AMP) says,
“So then, there is still awaiting
a full and complete Sabbath-rest
reserved for the [true] people
of God; for he who has once
entered [God’s] rest also has
ceased from [the weariness and
pain] of human labors…. Let us
therefore be zealous and exert
ourselves and strive diligently
to enter that rest [of God, to
know and experience it for our-
selves]….”
Now the rest of God is not a
rest from work—it’s a rest in
work. It’s partnering with God
to do what He is calling you to
do by His grace, and leaving the
part you can’t do in His hands,
trusting Him to do it. Hebrews
4:3 says it this way: “We who
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have believed (adhered to and
trusted in and relied on God) do
enter that rest….” So we start by
believing.
When I’m trying to believe, I
haven’t entered God’s rest. But
when I do believe, I have com-
plete rest in Him. Living by faith
is not a struggle—it’s rest. And
you can enter into God’s rest in
every area of your life.
I’ve discovered that the stress
in my life is caused by the way I
approach my circumstances and
the attitude I have toward them.
It was a turning point for me
when I realized that the world
will probably never change, but
I could learn how to change the
way I go about handling situa-
tions that are challenging.
One key to this is knowing
that as believers in Christ, we
are partners with God—we have
a part and He has a part in ev-
erything He calls us to do. When
we don’t do the part we can do
and we try to do His part, that’s
when we live stressed-out with
worry, fear, anxiety, frustration,
no peace and no joy.
The reason this happens
sometimes is because we think
God needs our help. We medi-
tate on the problem—rolling it
over and over in our mind, wor-
rying, trying to fi gure out how
things should work out. It’s like
we’re telling God, “I kind of
think You need my help, and
I’m not sure You can take care
of this situation, Lord.”
We need to realize that worry-
ing is useless! It’s like sitting in
a rocking chair, rocking all day,
wearing yourself out and getting
nowhere. Trusting God means
we give up worrying, reasoning,
and anxiety and we enter into
His rest with simple childlike
faith—we live by grace through
faith!
Ephesians 2:8-9 is a great
scripture that says we’re saved
by grace through faith. And we
walk out our relationship with
God and His plans for our lives
the same way we receive sal-
vation: by grace through faith.
This is possible because Jesus
made the perfect sacrifi ce for us
when He gave His life, taking
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our guilt and condemnation and
paying for our sins. Through a
personal relationship with Je-
sus, we access God’s grace so
we can do what He’s calling us
to do.
It’s so amazing to know that
God is always with us, giving us
His grace for everything we need
to do in life. Trust God’s uncon-
ditional love for you today. Do
what you can do and give Him
everything else. And when you
fi nd yourself getting frustrated
or feeling overwhelmed, like
you just can’t do it anymore, re-
member to stop, get your focus
back on Him and enter into His
rest once again.
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Virginia Rose Shirley, 94,
from Cottage Grove, Oregon
passed away July 13, 2015. She
was born June 14, 1921, in Th e
Dalles, OR to Floyd and Ellen
(Ashbury) Brown. Virginia grad-
uated from Cottage Grove High
School in 1939. Virginia’s good
sense of humor served her well
her entire life. She used it in the
raising of her fi ve younger broth-
ers and sisters. Next, she used
her sense of humor raising her
own fi ve children, 18 grandchil-
dren and helping raise her 33 great-grandchildren. Her various
homemaking skills were canning, sewing, needlework played a
large role in her caring for her immediate and extended family.
Reading was her hobby, loving to read the funny papers and
mystery novels. Her chosen career was bookkeeping, working
mainly as a bookkeeper for the Village Green. She also used
this skill in service to her community. She was treasurer of the
Women’s Guild at Cottage Grove’s United Methodist Church
and treasurer of the Cottage Grove Museum. In the 1970’s and
1980’s she served by watching the polling booths and counting
the votes for Cottage Grove’s 4 th ward. Virginia married James
R. Shirley in October, 1940, in Eugene, OR. She is survived by
her 5 children, 18 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and 1
great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her hus-
band James Shirley on January 23, 1995, one grandchild and
one great-grandchild. A memorial service will be held at a later
date. She was buried at Taylor-Lane Cemetery, July 25, 2015.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Alzheimer’s Asso-
ciation of Oregon. Arrangements by Restlawn Funeral Home,
201 Oak Grove Road, N.W., Salem, OR 97304.
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