2A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL September 21, 2016
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Schmale recognized
by Rotary Club
Chuck
McLaughlin
presents a
Paul Harris
Foundation
Recognition
Pin to Linda
Schmale,
who is soon
to relocate to
Arizona.
Jenrettes celebrate 50 years together
Leo and MaryAnn Jenrette were married 50 years ago on
Sept. 25, 1966 in Drain, Oregon. They have two children,
Tim Jenrette and April Plowright, three grandchildren and
fi ve great-grandchildren. They are members of the Covered
Bridge Church of the Nazarene. The couple plans to cel-
ebrate with a visit to the Oregon Coast.
Keep reaching for your dream
W
hat do you want out
of life? Do you have a
dream for your life, your chil-
dren, your fi nances or your mar-
riage? Is there something you
are hoping for: an idea, a goal,
a plan or vision? Whatever it is
that you want, what is it going
to take to reach it?
We need to be reaching toward
our dreams all the time because
God didn’t create us for passiv-
ity or to be static in life. So if
you’ve got your life in park, you
need to get it in drive and start
moving toward the dreams God
has put in your heart.
See, the things you want are
not going to just fall into your
lap. You are going to have to
reach out and grab them. You’re
going to have to get a holy de-
termination in you that says, “If
anyone can have the life God
wants them to have, then it’s go-
ing to be me!”
But you need to remember
that you’re probably not going
to get there overnight, so it’s
important to fi nd the balance be-
tween being content and striving
toward those desires.
Paul said he learned to be
content in all situations: I know
what it is to be in need, and I
know what it is to have plenty. I
have learned the secret of being
content in any and every situa-
tion, whether well fed or hun-
gry, whether living in plenty or
in want (Philippians 4:12 NIV).
He never got upset about where
he was, but at the same time, he
continued to look forward to
what God had in store for him
down the road.
I was good at looking for-
ward. God gave me a big dream
for this ministry, but at the time,
I didn’t fully understand the
contentment part Paul was talk-
ing about—enjoying where you
are until you get to where you’re
going. So I spent a lot of years
allowing the dream God gave
me to torment me, instead of
enjoying the journey.
Over time I discovered that
while it’s important to keep
your God-given dreams in front
of you (see Habakkuk 2:2-3),
you also have to learn to be con-
tent so you won’t be miserable
on the way to the fulfi llment of
your dreams. At the same time,
we should never allow content-
ment to make us so comfortable
that we forget about the vision.
God wants you to dream. He
wants you to plan. He doesn’t
want the demands and routines
of life or things like fear to keep
you from moving forward in
life. So when those things come,
we have to be ready to rise up
against them. Even something
as simple as waking up every
morning and saying, “Some-
thing good is going to happen
to me today,” can put fear and
other distractions in their place.
That simple act has power
because there is power in your
words. Proverbs 18:21 says our
words have the power of life or
death in them, so we need to fo-
cus our words on proclaiming
the promises of God over our
lives.
When you spiritually con-
nect with God by proclaiming
His promises, that’s when your
dreams start being fulfi lled.
You can be like Abraham and
Sarah if you’ll just believe and
press toward God’s best for
you. They were old and having
a child seemed impossible, but
God gave Abraham a vision that
he would be the father of many
nations. Because Abraham be-
lieved God, that vision was
fulfi lled through Isaac and the
many generations that followed.
(Read Abraham’s story in Gen-
esis, chapters 17-21.)
If you have a dream that seems
impossible, start saying, “I will
have everything God says I can
have. I will do everything God
says I can do. I will be every-
thing God says I can be.” Be-
cause with God, all things are
possible!
Maybe it’s time for you to
make a new commitment today
to start going after your dreams.
I encourage you to decide right
now to stir up your faith, shake
off any fear, remember who you
are in Christ, and make a deci-
sion to trust God to do the im-
possible every day you get out
of bed. Then you’ll enjoy the
journey, one day at a time, to the
fulfi llment of your dreams!
L
inda Schmale, past Rotary
President and long-time
member, received her third Paul
Harris Foundation Recognition
pin at Cottage Grove Rotary’s
Thursday meeting.
Rotary Foundation is a world-
wide foundation that has volun-
teers working on many issues
around the world. Locally, the
Foundation money will come
back to the local Cottage Grove
club to be used for such things
as the children’s playground at
Coiner Park and scholarships.
The pin was presented by
Chuck McLaughlin, chairman of
the Paul Harris Foundation for
the Cottage Grove Rotary Club.
McLaughlin is also a Paul Har-
ris Fellow, having joined Rotary
in Omaha, Nebraska.
Schmale has been Chamber
president twice, managed title
companies for 30 years and is
responsible for guiding many
homeowners through the pitfalls
of purchasing their fi rst home.
Schmale will be leaving Cottage
Grove to join her twin sons in
Arizona very shortly.
A farewell party for Schmale
is sponsored by the local Rotary,
Lions, Chamber of Commerce,
Habitat for Humanity and other
organizations at noon on Thurs-
day, Sept. 22 at Stacy’s Covered
Bridge. Guests are welcome if
seating allows.
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IN MEMORIAM
Jonathan Colby
Coffman
1977-2016
Jonathan Colby Coffman, 39
of Cottage Grove passed away
on Sept. 10, 2016.
He was born May 19, 1977 in
Springfi eld, Oregon to Randy
and Juana
(Harrison)
Coffman.
He
at-
t e n d e d
Cottage
Grove High
School.
Jon en-
joyed lis-
tening to music and had a pas-
sion for writing songs. He was
a big sports fan of the Portland
Trailblazers and the Chicago
Cubs. He loved spending time
with his friends and taking their
money at the poker table!
Jon is survived by his children,
Hannah and Skyler DesChamp of
Eugene, Oregon; parents, Ran-
dy and Patti Coffman of Cottage
Grove; mother, Juana Harri-
Parkinson’s
support group to
meet
The Cottage Grove Parkinson’s
Disease Support Group will be
meeting Thursday, Sept. 22 at
1:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran
Church, 675 S. 7th St. This
is for partners and caregivers
of people with Parkinson’s
disease to meet for open shar-
ing of information and mutual
support. The guest speaker
will be presenting informa-
tion about free senior living
referral services and options
for senior care. Meeting is free
and open to anyone. For more
information, call 541-345-2988
or email: libby@parkinsonsre-
sources.org.
son; grandmother, Joan Coff-
man; brother, Joey Coffman of
Portland, Oregon; sister, Jenni-
fer Coffman of Cottage Grove;
brother, Josh Coffman of Sur-
prise, Arizona; step-brother and
sister, Brad and Natasha Custer
of Cottage Grove.
A memorial service will
be held at 2 p.m. on Friday,
Sept. 23, 2016 at Smith-Lund-
Mills Funeral Chapel, 123 S.
7th St., in Cottage Grove.
Death Notice
Timothy William McIver, 65,
of Saginaw, passed away Sept.
10. Arrangements by Smith-
Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel.
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