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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Christian Life Center welcomes new
pastor, celebrates reopening June 29
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Right to Life
meeting set
A Morrow County Chapter of Oregon Right to Life
meeting is set for Monday, June 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the
St. Patrick's Parish Hall in Heppner.
The public is invited to attend.
For more information call Becky Cherry, 541-676-
5975.
Clough graduates
summa cum laude
from OHSU
Stephanie Clough. Portland, graduated summa cum
laude from the Oregon Health Sciences University School
of Nursing in ceremonies June 2.
The daughter of Karen Clough of Heppner, she is a
graduate of Heppner High School and the University of
Oregon with a degree in biology.
Marriage Licenses
The Morrow County Clerk's office has released the
following report of marriage licenses:
-June 12: Richard Joseph Negrete, 31, Boardman,
and Scharrie Maryann Wood, 28, Boardman.
-June 16: Nathan Joe Kennedy, 25, Lexington, and
Kasandra Lynn Stark, 27, Lexington.
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WEDDING TABLES
Jim Schlaich &
Casey Mähen &
Amber Steinhoff
Katie Britt
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June 21, 2014
June 28, 2014
Kevin Drake &
Keith Scott &
Brittany Farrell
Lynan Bingh am
Shower
June 22, 2014
Wedding
July IQ, 2014
Nichole Gihhs &
Cody High
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July 5, 2014
Nath an Kennedy &
Kasandra Starli
Wedding
July 12,2014
Wedding
July 17,2014
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Serving Morrow, Wheeler & Gilliam counties Since 1959
C ham ber lunch
m eeting
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“ We saw this sign
that said, 'N o services
until fu rth e r n o tic e ,’”
David recalls. He called
the A ssem blies o f God
Lead Pastor o f Church
Development Lee McCloud
and asked, “What’s going
on with this 'no services’
in Heppner?”
“That question started
the ball rolling,” David
says. “He basically said,
'You want to change that?”
David is officially an
interim pastor. The couple
says they d o n ’t know
how long they will be in
Heppner—after all, they’ve
already tried to retire at
least once—but they come
with no time limit in place.
“ We hope to be a
blessing,” says David. “We
do not mean to distract
from other churches or take
people away from any other
church. We hope to add to
the spiritual life here. We’re
not here to compete with
anybody. We just hope to
be a blessing to anybody
who might need a pastor or
a church.”
D avid Jenkins w ill
begin his pastorship in
Heppner June 29; Sunday
school will begin at 9:30
a.m. following by a church
service at 10:30 a.m. A
potluck will follow the
service that day. A Bible
study is also planned for
Sunday evenings at 6 p.m.
As a side note, former
C h ris tia n L ife C en ter
pastor Tim and Myma Van
C leave’s three youngest
children. Kristen, Daniel
and Betheny, will also be
on hand June 29 to help
David and Sharon Jenkins
with worship.
Kristen just recently
graduated from nursing
school and will spend the
next school year working
in Africa as a nurse. Kristen
has been leading worship
with her siblings at Bethel
C hurch in P e n d le to n .
Daniel just graduated from
Pendleton High School and
plans on going to school to
work toward a degree in
computer science. Bethany
will be a junior next year
at Pendleton High School.
Jonathon and Joyce
Chen, formerly of Heppner,
w ill also be a part of
the group. Jonathon is
currently attending Rice
U n iv e r s ity , w o rk in g
towards being involved in
medical missions. Joyce
will be a junior at Pendleton
High School this coming
school year.
“Christian Life Center
has had a major impact on
their lives while growing
up in Heppner and they
just want to come back
to help pay back some
o f that investment from
folks in that church and
community and help assist
in the church’s reopening,”
says Tim Van Cleave.
Heppner day care
makes summer plans
projects on Tuesdays. June
24, children will be making
a snow-globe aquarium.
July 22 will be Christmas in
July, and children are invited
to wear Christmas colors or
themed summer clothing,
or use their imaginations.
August 5, it will be time
to “get ready for fair!” as
children don suspenders,
pigtails and other country-
themed clothing.
The day care is open
Monday through Thursday
from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; child
care cost is $2.50 an hour.
They do ask that families
call ahead to reserve a spot.
Over the Tee Cup
Community lunch menu
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David and Sharon Jenkins
The board and staff at
Heppner Day Care say they
have a fun and eventful
summer planned, and hope
children will come and join
in the fun.
To name a few of the
activities, M onday and
W ednesday aftern o o n s
are pool days. Wednesday
mornings, children will go
to story time at the library.
The center is also putting
in a garden, so children
will have the opportunity
to help take care of plants,
watch them grow, and eat
the fresh vegetables.
Teachers have planned
The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of
some exciting lessons and
Commerce will be Thursday, June 19, at noon in Heppner
City Hall conference room. Kimberly Lindsay will give
an update of Community Counseling Solutions.
Cost of lunch is $10; Bucknum's will cater. Chamber
The 18 ladies who
lunch attendees are asked to RSVP at 541-676-5536 no
showed
up at Willow Creek
later than the Wednesday before.
Country Club June 10 had
great w eather for their
morning o f golf. Taking
St. Patrick’s Catholic Parish members will serve lunch low gross of the field was
on Wednesday, June 25, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Nancy Propheter. Low net
The meal will include hot, open-faced turkey sandwiches; of the field went to Betty
mashed potatoes and gravy; mixed vegetables; sliced Bums, while Eva Kilkenny
tomatoes; cranberry sauce; and pumpkin bake. Milk is had least putts.
For flight A, Virginia
served at each meal.
Grant
had low gross and
Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject
KP,
Pat
Edmundson had low
to change.
net, Corol Mitchell least
Six area churches will be hosting a free vacation
Bible school (VBS) for children ages four through 12
beginning Monday, June 23, and continuing through
Friday, June 27. The VBS will be held again this year at
Hope Lutheran Church and on the adjacent parsonage
lawn. Each session will begin with a light supper at 5:30
p.m. and conclude at 8 p.m.
“Weird Animals” will help children learn that Jesus’
love is “one of a kind” and no one is excluded.
For more information, contact one of these sponsoring
churches: Hope Lutheran, All Saints Episcopal. United
Methodist, Nazarene, Amazing Grace Fellowship and
Willow Creek Baptist.
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Wallowa, OR in 1969. They
spent a couple o f years
there before returning to the
Parkdale area.
“In the course of things.
I’ve done a lot o f things
o u tsid e o f p a stu rin g —
worked in logging, as a
ranch hand, a saw mill,
plywood mill, section hand
on U.P. (Union Pacific),
railroad clerk, general train
man, locomotive engineer,”
D avid Jenkins recalls.
Sharon spent the tim e
raising their two children
and working as a medical
secretary.
Somewhere in there—
p erh ap s in the 1980s,
they agree—they went as
m issionaries to Central
Indian Bible College in
South Dakota, where David
taught for four years and
served as academic dean for
two, while Sharon served
as admissions director and
registrar.
T h e c o u p le th e n
returned to the Mt. Hood
area, where he worked for
the railroad and pastored;
Sharon spent the next 15
years as a church secretary
in Hood River.
D avid “ re tire d ” in
2001.. .or not. He spent two
years as a “substitute” mail
carrier, as well as spending
a year as an interim pastor in
Vemonia, OR. He also kept
busy volunteering work on
a new church building and
working their eight-acre
hobby farm. Sharon joined
him in this semi-retirement
in 2007, hoping to pursue
her passions of reading and
horseback riding. They are
both leaving retirem ent
behind for the moment to
come to Heppner.. .which is
perhaps the most interesting
part of the story.
“ We ju s t got bored
sitting around the house
one day,” says David. “We
decided to get in the car and
go for a drive.”
They passed through
Heppner around dark, so
decided to stop and spend
the night. The next day, they
drove by the Christian Life
Center.
Heppner churches
plan VBS
OUR NEW CHANGES!
edging
Bv Andrea Di Salvo
S u n d ay , Ju n e 29,
Heppner’s Christian Life
Center will celebrate its
reopening as it welcomes a
new pastor, David Jenkins,
and his wife, Sharon.
David, 76, and Sharon,
74, say they are coming out
of retirement to reopen the
church and get it back on
its feet after being closed
for several months. They
hail most recently from
Parkdale, OR, in Hood
River County; however,
their w anderings have taken
them farther afield and back
again.
D avid was born in
Wyoming, but his family
moved to the Hood River
Valley before he was old
enough to remember. Since
then, he says, he's lived and
worked many places but
“always gravitated back
there.” He graduated from
Odell High School in 1956.
Sharon was born and
raised in Alhambra, CA,
graduating from San Juan
High School in 1957. She
worked as a clerk typist
in the governor’s office in
Sacramento before leaving
in 1960 to attend Bethany
Bible College in Santa Cruz,
CA. That was where she
met David, also a student.
They both graduated in
1964; they were married
after graduation and he took
his first pastoral post that
summer at a small church
in Hereford, OR, south of
Baker City. David Jenkins
notes that it has been 50
years this month since he
received his m inisterial
c r e d e n tia ls w ith th e
Assemblies of God church.
“That makes me sound
so o ld ,” he jokes. “ I ’m
really young at heart.”
After a couple of years
in Hereford, the couple
left and he attended the
University o f Oregon in
Eugene, graduating with
a m a s te r ’s d e g re e in
education in 1967.
David taught public
school for a couple of years
before quitting and taking
on a pastoral position in
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putts, and Eva Kilkenny
long drive overall. For flight
B. Jan Paustian and Sarah
Rucker tied for low gross,
and Lorrene Montgomery
had low net. For flight C,
Pat Dougherty took low
gross, Judy Harris had low
net and Jennifer Jaca had
least putts.
In other events, Nancy
Propheter and Jennifer Jaca
had chip-ins; Propheter also
had a birdie.
If you or someone you know has a gambling problem,
help is available and that help Is FREE of charge.
If Y O U h ave a fam ily m em ber w ho suffers from
gam bling addiction, Y O U can also receive F R E E treat
m ent even if the g am bler is not receiving treatm ent.
If you are a resident of M orrow County and you
wish to take ad van tag e of the services ab o ve or d e
sire m ore inform ation. P lease call any of the following
num bers to set up a LO C A L appointm ent or just to
talk:
Bobby FHarris @ 5 4 1 -6 7 6 -9 9 2 5 or 5 4 1 -2 5 6 -0 1 7 5
Community Counseling Solutions (CCS) @ 541-678-9161