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Wednesday, July 22, 2015
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F ROM THE PULPIT
New church window bears three themes
By the Rev. Ray Isenberger
To the Blue Mountain Eagle
You may have noticed a new art
work of stained glass in the city of
John Day. Recently, a window on the
church building at 300 West Main
Street received a second stained
glass addition.
Historically, stained glass win-
dows were more than a work of art.
Stained-glass windows were a way
to teach people about the relation-
ship between the Creator and His
creation. Once techniques were de-
veloped to stain glass, early artisans
joined the glass pieces with strips of
lead. Today, the technique is very
similar.
As with any expression of art,
there is a meaning behind this new
stained glass window. In fact, there
are three themes incorporated into
this new window.
First, there is a skull that rep-
resents death and the curse of sin.
No person on this earth will be able
to escape death. There is no escape
from death. “And as it is appointed
unto men once to die, but after this
the judgment...” (Hebrews 9:27)
This is very bleak and hopeless.
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From left, First Baptist Church Pastor Ray Isenberger, Hillary
Stokes, Barbara Williams and Ted Williams.
The answer is not with man, but with
God.
Secondly, there is a profuse
amount of blood. This blood is
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a slit where the heart of Jesus was.
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full payment for the curse of sin. It
is the blood of Jesus that complete-
ly washes away past sins, present
sins, and future sins. “In whom we
have redemption through his blood,
the forgiveness of sins, according to
the riches of his grace...” (Ephesians
1:7)
The Creator wants a genuine rela-
tionship with you through the blood
of Jesus. Nothing can wipe away
your sins except for the blood of Je-
sus. “Much more then, being now
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saved from wrath through him. For
if, when we were enemies, we were
reconciled to God by the death of his
Son, much more, being reconciled,
we shall be saved by his life...” (Ro-
Contributed photo
The new stained glass window at
First Baptist Church in John Day.
mans 5:9-10)
Third, there is a star arising
from behind the cross. This star is
a guiding light of God’s sure word
of promise in a dark and evil world.
“We have also a more sure word
of prophecy; whereunto ye do well
that ye take heed, as unto a light that
shineth in a dark place, until the day
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PRAIRIE CITY – I
forgot to go to the
reception desk at the July
15 meal. Pam told me
the week before they
would be gone taking the
granddaughters home.
Rose Coombs
But I’ve been all over the
state since then. There
was a little nagging voice in my brain saying somebody told me they
were going to be gone, but I couldn’t remember who or for what
purpose. When I returned and saw Chairman Joe at the desk, I
remembered. Norma volunteered to take over while I got other things
organized. So I finally got to my “job” about half an hour late. Oh,
well. As you can see, I’m not indispensable.
Monday, we were in Bend at the urologist’s before 10 a.m. Then
had to wait until 4 p.m. to see the spine surgeon. The plan he has for
Derrol’s neck is quite extensive and not guaranteed to cure the
balance problem. So forget that for now. On Tuesday, we went the
other direction to Ontario and Fruitland for 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
appointments. One doctor there encouraged us to go to St. Luke’s
Balance Clinic. Got their info and will pursue that.
So, by Wednesday this body was t-i-r-e-d. After dinner we watched
“Rambo III.” Nice relaxing movie.
Buzz, Bruce and Joe did the set-up. Buzz led the flag salute, and
Bob Meador asked the blessing. We had 72 names on the book. Sandi
Rennels won the $5 in trade gift certificate from Prairie Hardware and
Gifts, and Wanda Kaufman received the $7.50 towards a meal
donated by Chuck’s Little Diner.
We had a Mexican meal, with iced tea served from the lovely
dispenser on the side table. JoAnn, Gary and Marlene brought us
refried beans, lettuce, tomato, cheese, olives, marinated veggies and
the hamburger sauce on a taco shell, topped by sour cream. Sandi
even had two, and she ate them all. Did take the dessert home, though,
to save for later – banana cream pudding with vanilla wafers topped
by whipped cream.
Ivan and Ralph Nance and their two guests came again. Doesn’t his
yard look nice? Cousin Al and Diane also were in attendance.
The grapevine report: closing in on 5 feet, 5 inches. The morning
glory has a blossom! And it’s climbing the rose stalks to get to the
trellis. We added some help in the way of old baling twine to bridge
the gap. By the next morning, the vine had made three turns around it.
Wow and holy cow. That last expression is probably a violation of the
third commandment.
Have started writing “Ding-a-ling” music for Christmas on the
Prairie; that helps keep you cool. Trying to condense Leroy
Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride” to a manageable length so the chimers’
arms won’t get too worn out. It will probably be a lot slower ride, too.
If you have a free hour and a half on Wednesday morning, come
join us. As reported on the news, people need to stand up and move
more. This fills the bill.
Exodus 28 : 34, 35 “ ... a ... bell ... shall ... sound {and} be heard ...
when {they} go in ...”
JOHN DAY – On
July 13, we had Italian
stuffed peppers in
marinara sauce with
oven fries, corn,
cornbread and cottage
Alma Joslin
cheese/tomato salad.
Lisa whipped up some
cherry turnovers for
dessert. We only had approximately 28 diners. Buz and Bobbie
Gilmore and Jeanette Kile delivered 22 meals, and then 16 frozen
ones to shut-ins.
Marianne Morris and Ron Dowse greeted us at the desk. Our
servers were from Redeemer Lutheran Church. Bobbie Gilmore led
the flag salute, and Buz asked the blessing.
Veanne Weddle announced there has been an opal ring lost,
possibly around the Senior Center. If you find it please turn it in.
Buz Gilmore won the Len’s Drug gift certificate, and Helen
Bogart won the free meal. Congrats, folks.
On July 16, we had approximately 60 diners for a wonderful lunch
of cheesy, mushroom-smothered chicken breasts, baked potatoes,
Italian green beans and grilled Texas toast, and for dessert, orange
parfait and homemade chocolate chip cookies. The entrée was
furnished by Ansel Krutsinger, who joined us for lunch.
Preceding lunch, we had some wonderful country dancing music
from the 40s-80s, played and sung by Monte Eldon from Great Falls,
Mont. More recently, he’s from Yuma, Ariz., and Vancouver, Wash.
We really enjoyed and appreciated it.
Sherry Feiger and Jean Willey delivered 26 meals, with cook Shay
Lewis taking the Mt. Vernon route in Veanne’s absence. Our servers
were from United Methodist Church. Jean Willey led the flag salute,
and Sherry Feiger asked the blessing. David Pasco and Ron Dowse
worked the desk.
Ron Dowse did the announcing, and thanked Eldon for the music.
He also thanked Linda Stoltz for the art work decorating the walls.
Sherry announced that Nelda Coe from Prairie City had a stroke and
was flown to Bend. She asked us to pray for her and her husband.
Ansel Krutsinger, the financial advisor for the Senior Center, gave a
report on our trust fund. We have reached our original goal and he
urges us to continue saving.
We had several guests: Kim Ausland brought the Valley View bus
down with Chuck Corwin and Billy Drinkwater. Chuck’s daughter,
Linda, joined them with her grandson, Mason, from Seattle. Also
attending for the first time were Phyllis Gregory and Yvonne Majors
from Canyon City, and Harold Grout and Ralph Davis from John
Day. A big welcome to all you folks and we hope you will come back.
Sandy Hawk won the Chester’s Thriftway gift certificate, and Mike
McCurty won the Valley View lunch for two.
On Thursday, July 23, we’ll have beef cottage pie with mashed
potatoes and green salad. On Monday, July 27, it will be pulled pork
sandwiches with cauliflower salad and peach crisp for dessert.
Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace,
goodwill toward men.”
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dawn, and the day star arise in your
heart.” (2Peter l:19)
God wants this day star to arise
in your heart and bring you into a
genuine relationship with Jesus. To
know or see the star is not enough.
Jesus wants faith to arise in your
heart. This genuine relationship
with God begins by a second birth.
“Jesus answered and said unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee. Ex-
cept a man be born again, he can-
not see the kingdom of God.” (John
3:3)
Just like in history, the stained
glass windows of First Baptist
Church reveal God’s communication
to men, women and children. What
you do with this revelation could
change your life. Be open to the re-
ality that your Creator is trying to
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how good God is!!!!
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“Thank You” goes out to Barbara
Williams, Ted Williams and Hillary
Stokes. These folks were instrumen-
tal in the creation of this stained glass
window. With their help, the city of
John Day has received another land-
mark pointing people to Jesus!
Ray Isenberger is the pastor of
First Baptist Church in John Day.
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MONUMENT –
Whew, just got back in
from being outside in my
garden. Some kind
neighbors, Roy and
Carolyn Peterson, came
Soo Yukawa
to help me put more
fencing on my garden. I
had been having a fiasco
with the deer coming in
and nibbling away all my hard work. I thought having to deal with
pesky squirrels was bad – having deer is definitely ten times worse.
My neighbors heard about my deer problem, brought some fencing
they had and we managed to put it up. My poor hubby is sick with the
flu and couldn’t help. God is amazing in His faithfulness and
provision.
I wracked my brain as to what I was going to do before that deer
was going to decimate my garden. This particular deer kept nibbling
on my pepper plants down to the nubbin, chomped on my potato
plants, and the last straw was when she nibbled down the leaves of my
new raspberry leaves that I got from another neighbor.
This deer brought a friend to join in on her feasting the other day. I
saw them just outside the fence when I went down to water. Another
friend gave me a bottle of genuine coyote urine. I tied some cloth
around the fencing and dribbled a bit of that stuff and it did stink. I
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think it helped a little bit, or temporarily anyway. I dribbled it on
some of the little raspberry leaves that survived the munching, for
good measure. I did get a certain pleasure thinking if the deer tried to
eat it, it would get a mouthful of stinky coyote urine. Snicker.
So, on with the July 14 senior news. We had 50 attendees and seven
take-outs. Our greeters were Bob Blakeslee, Bodean Anderson and
Marva Walker. Bob led our flag salute, and Bodean prayed the
blessing over our meal. Our wonderful cooks were Terry Cade and
Heather Bowlus. We miss Carrie Jewell, and hope she comes back
soon.
We had fried fish and chicken, French fries, salad and peach cooler
cake. Ellie Lucas won the Len’s Drug gift card, and the free meal
winners were Ron Odett and Maybear Bruce.
Sharon Falls got home from the Bend hospital. She is doing well
and on the road to recovery. Her son and friend are staying with her
and Ed for a couple of weeks to help out. Thanks to all those helping
by bringing a dinner for them. Meals have been scheduled until
Wednesday, July 22. Anyone who wants to help can call Sharon and
Ed to find out what days are available.
Love my community! I love how just people come together to help
each other out. We are truly blessed here in Monument.
Psalm 103:1-2 “Bless the LORD, O my soul: And all that is within
me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not
all his benefits.”
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241 S. Canyon Blvd. John Day • 541-575-0529
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