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8A Daily News – Saturday, June 25, 2011 Religion Faith&Worship Church news Vacation Bible School Take a walk on the wild side at Kingdom of the Son VBS June 27-July 1. During this spectacular prayer safari, kids will journey into the Serengeti-the magnificent grassland region of Tan- zania and Kenya. They'll discover exotic animals, create safari crafts, songs, and enjoy delicious safari snacks! And while the kids are having safari fun, they'll also learn to talk to God as they explore the Lord's Prayer,discover prayers and lives of Saints and go on an expedition into the pages of God's Word. VBS begins at Sacred Heart Parish Hall, 2355 Monroe Ave., in Red Bluff and will be June 27-July 1 for students entering firstthrough sixth grades.Cost is $5 a day or $20 for the week. For more information or to register call the parish office 527-1351. Why do some people experience a lot of bad things? KARMA SHAPES LIFE Lama Chuck Stanford, Rime Buddhist Center & Monastery: It is important to qualify your question by ask- ing what is meant by the term "bad things." Twenty-five-hundred years ago, the Buddha observed that everything in this phenomenal world is impermanent — nothing lasts. Therefore, all of us are subject to old age, sickness and, eventually, death. This is the human condition that none of us will escape. Accepting the fact that our world is impermanent and ever-changing can help us better deal with unexpected changes. We have recently seen people suffer greatly because of natural disasters. Earthquakes in Haiti and Japan and, more recently the tornadoes that devastated entire cities in the South and Midwest, resulted in incredible suffering. But even within these natural disasters, some were spared while others perished. From a Buddhist perspective, everything that happens to us is a result of karma from this lifetime or from past lifetimes. Karma is the cosmic law of cause and effect. H.H. Dalai Lama says, "If you want to know what your past life was like, look at your current sit- uation. If you want to know what your future life will be like, then look at your current actions." FREE CONCERT! - Southern Gospel at it’s very best! - Wonderful for entire family - Invite friends and family Love Brother’s Forever Offering will be taken Known for its power vocals and harmony. They travel nationally and tour year-round. Musical style ranges from So. Gospel to Inspirational Contemporary gospel. The group’s members have powerful testi- monies and have been nominated for many awards, including Favorite Male Group at the SGM Fan Fair Awards and Best Southern Gospel Group at the Christian Music Hall of Fame/Vision Awards.The group has performed at the National Quartet Convention. Opener: Son’s of Light Quartet Thurs., June 30th 6:30 p.m. 1005 So. Jackson St., Red Bluff First Church of God American exceptionalism - Part 1 When I was privileged to give a keynote address at the Fourth World Christian Gathering on Indigenous People in Kiruna, Sweden, the MC – and also a convener of the event – gave a dramatic and worldview changing response. I delivered a message that worldwide revival would begin with the indigenous peo- ples, but only if all of us chose repen- tance over redress of even justified grievances. (I am white, but descend- ed from Scottish Highlanders.) I came from the Biblical concept that none can look God in the eye without first falling on their faces before Him. None are without sin, according to Romans 3:23, "For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." Arild Maso, a Sami man, took the microphone when I finished my address and called for a complete change of course in the assembly. We had always concentrated on forgiving those who had harmed us; today he required us to focus on seeking for- giveness from those we had harmed. The more than one hundred tribes and nations represented spent the rest of the day in repentance. In making my appeal as I did I was expressing one of the primary tenets of what is known as American Exceptionalism. That tenet is that all we have in the United States is an undeserved gift – the uses of which we are both responsible and account- able. It comes from the Puritan play- book, along with the kernels of every other institution we hold dear in this country. American Exceptionalism is the matrix of ideas summarized in the understanding that we are a people bound together not by a common his- tory or ethnicity, but by a shared body of belief about who we are and what we are called to do. We reiter- ate this understanding each time we say that we are a nation of immi- grants, that we are uniquely gifted to bring liberty and limited government to the world, or that we do what we do for the good of mankind rather than for a self-serving agenda. When I offered my apology to a Filipino delegate named Pio Arce that afternoon in Swe- den, I apologized for the brutality and arrogance with which we blessed his nation, but not for the fact that we are the only nation in histo- ry to conquer a land and work tirelessly to set it free in less than a generation. He agreed with me and we became friends that day. I republic in history and the first nation constituted so as to have a limited government for the release of maximum opportunity for all mankind. Of the latter reality there can be no doubt; the record of histo- ry is clear; of the former there can be no reason- able doubt when viewing the whole of our track record. James was again expressing a pri- mary tenet of American Exceptionalism – we see ourselves not as masters but as servants to the world. Wilson GodTalk Critics will say that imperial pow- ers throughout history have claimed the kind of exceptionalism that ani- mates Americans – from Rome to Great Britain and from Nazi Ger- many to the Soviet Union. It is true that Rome saw herself as gifting the world with Pax Romana, while the British Empire called it Pax Britan- nia – the peace and order of civiliza- tion as those nations understood them. Nazi Germany claimed to offer racial purity and the Soviets came bringing so-called political purity. Rome and Great Britain stumbled on their own arrogance and sense of entitlement. Nazi Germany and the Soviets were evil and corrupt out the gate; they fell of their own bloated weight. Americans are unique – for better or worse – in believing we are called by God to bless the world with what we were given by Him – the first democratic KIDS’ DAILY VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL focused on “The God of Wonder” at the Gerber Bible Fellowship 301 Samson, in Gerber Monday June 27 - Friday, July 1 9 am- 12 noon GAMES, PRIZES and Fun Activities Come join the fun “ You will always remember” Sponsored by CHRISTIANS FOR CHRIST Tehama County Church Directory This directory sponsored by: Red Bluff.... ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP — 21080 Luther Rd. — Pastor J.E. Heitman 528-2499 — WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM & 6PM ANTELOPE HOME FELLOWSHIP(SBC) — Berrendos School — 401 Chestnut St 200-4112 — Pastor John Bohrer — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:45AM APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLY — 1321 Nelson Dr., Red Bluff. — 527-8541 Pastor Rudy Cepeda — WORSHIP — Sunday 1:00PM & Friday 7PM BETHEL ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 625 Luther Rd. — 527-0445 Pastor John Christenson — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM & 6PM CALVARY CHAPEL — 12375 Paskenta Rd. — 527-8219 Pastor Gilbert DeLao Jr. — WORSHIP — Sunday 9:00 & 11:00 am CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1605 Park Ave. — 527-3036 Evangelist Gary Dent — WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM & 6:30PM CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS — Antelope-545 Berrendos 529-2506 — Bishop James Beeman — SERVICES Begin Sunday 11:00AM CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS — Red Bluff-545 Berrendos 527-7012 — Bishop Earl Wintle — SERVICES Begin Sunday 9:00AM COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 598 Round -Up Ave. 527-4203 Pastor Dr. Paul Wright — WORSHIP — Sunday 9AM & 6PM CORNERSTONE CHURCH OF GOD — Hwy. 36, Jorgenson 527-9210 — Pastor Roy Duggins — WORSHIP — Sunday 10AM & 5PM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 501 Pine St. — 527-4361 Pastor Bruce Cloutier — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:15AM FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — Hickory & Madison — 527-4688 Pastor Dan Woolery — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM FIRST CHURCH OF GOD — Jackson & Luther — 527-5717 Pastor Rod Thompson — WORSHIP — Saturday 6PM & Sunday 10:15AM FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — Johnson & Hickory — 527-3361 Pastor Jesse Morris — WORSHIP — 10:30 AM FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH — 585 Kimball Rd. — 527-5083 WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 525 David Ave. — 527-5754 Rev. Kate O’Leary— WORSHIP — Sunday 11:00AM GATEWAY BAPTIST CHURCH, IND. FUND. — 12830 Glasgow Dr. — 527-2964 Pastor Jeff Eldred — WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM & 6PM GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF RED BLUFF — 22630 Antelope Blvd. —227-3630 Pastor David T. Stark — WORSHIP — Sunday 5PM LAKE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY CHURCH — Lake Club — 347 6970 Jim Bredow, Pastor — WORSHIP — Sunday 8:30AM-10:15AM LUTHERAN CHURCH, ST. PAUL — Jefferson & Elm — 527-3414 Pastor Dallas D. Dubke — WORSHIP — Sunday 8:30AM & 11AM NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH — 1625 Johnson St. — 527-8134 Pastor Vern Milliken — SERVICE — 10:00AM NEW HOPE FOURSQUARE CHURCH — 925 Walnut St. — 528-0642 PastorS Steve and Linda Priest — WORSHIP — Sunday 10AM — Youth, Thurs. 6:00 PM NORTH VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH (Ind.) — 345 David Ave — 527-0543 WORSHIP — Sunday 10:50AM NUEVA VIDA — 11841 Hyw 99W — Red Bluff — Spanish-speaking Pastor Freddie Villasenor — WORSHIP — Sunday 11:00AM Red Bluff.... OPEN VISTAS AWARENESS CENTER — 900 Walnut St. — 529-9285 Rv. Tresha Wing — SERVICE — Sunday 10:00AM PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — Jefferson & Hickory St. — 527-0372 The Rev. Beth Hoyt — SERVICES 11:00AM —Summer Worship 9:30AM PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD — 370 Kimball Rd. — 527-6346 Pastor Mike Cox — WORSHIP — Sunday 11:00AM RED BLUFF COWBOY CHURCH — Hampton Inn, Round-Up Room Pastor Coy Huffman — For infomation call 209-559-9965 RED BLUFF GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 836 Washington St. — 529-9909 Pastor John A. Partsch — WORSHIP — Sunday 1:30PM - Wednesday 7PM SABBATH COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN — 705 So. Jackson St. — 529-1890 Pastor Ron Largent — WORSHIP — Saturday 10:45AM SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH — 515 Main St. — Father Joyle T. Martinez MASS — Saturday 5:15, Spanish 7PM — Sunday 8:30AM, 10:30AM, Spanish 12PM THE SALVATION ARMY — 944 Walnut St. — 527-8530 Majors Frank & Susan Severs, Pastors — SERVICES — Sunday 10AM & 11AM SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRUCH — 720 S. Jackson — 527-3733 Pastor Jon Spoolman — WORSHIP — Saturday 10:45AM SHEPHERD HOUSE OF PRAYER — 601 Monroe St. 529-5350 — Pastor Brent Kohler — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:00AM ST. PETER’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — Jefferson & Elm — 527-5205 Rev Diana Lueckert — Sunday 9:30AM, Holy Eucharist Rite II SUNRISE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP — C.B.A. — The corner of Cedar & Jackson — 527-6818 Pastor Byron Shaw, Pat Hurton — WORSHIP — 10:50AM — Bible Study 9:30AM TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL — 8529 Placer Rd., Redding 243-5726 — For service dates & times — 529-9246 TRINITY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 20920 Hampton Rhodes Drive — Cell:925-980-5396 Pastor Jim Williams — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:45AM - Wednesday 7:00PM TRUTH TABERNACLE — 285 Gilmore Road, Red Bluff — 527-5533 Pastor Sam Howard — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM - Sunday School 9:30AM UNION SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1256 Walnut St. Bidwell School Cafeteria — 840-6177 Pastor Robert M. Wheatley — WORSHIP — Sunday 3PM only UNITED CHURCH OF GOD — 645 Antelope Blvd. Suite 13 — 824-3657 Elder Dick King — WORSHIP — Saturday 12:30PM VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP — 738 Walnut St. — 527-2449 Pastor Steve Igarta — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM WALNUT GROVE CHRISTIAN CENTER — RHEMA Bible Church 435 Round Up Ave. — 527-9065 — Pastor Michael Ragsdale — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM ZION CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES — 836 Washington St. 529-1836 — Pastor Joshua John McKim — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:15AM Bowman... COMMUNITY CHURCH — Bowman Rd. & Landes — 347-6130 Pastor Mark Lugg — WORSHIP — Sunday 10AM Los Molinos.... COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Sherwood & Josephine 527-3490 — Pastor Kathleen Smith — WORSHIP 11AM MILL CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH — HWY 99E and Taft St., 384-1564 — Pastor Carl DeBiase — WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM & 6PM SPIRIT OF LIFE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD — 25235 Orange St. — 384-0100 Pastor Richard Tucker — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM & 6PM Corning... BELIEVERS CHURCH OF GOD — 783 Solano St. — 824-6502 Pastor Dan Steigmn — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:00AM BETHEL CHURCH — 1520 East St. — 824-0175 Ron Cottingham, Pastor — WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1418 South St. — 824-3603 WORSHIP — Sunday — 10:30AM CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1440 Yolo St. — 824-4333 David King, Minister — WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM & 6PM CHURCH OFJESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS — Marguerite & Blackburn — Bishop A. Daniel Drum — WORSHIP — Sunday 10AM CORNING FOURSQUARE — 404 5th Street — 824-5776 Rev. Sue Duffy WORSHIP — Sunday: adults 9:15, 10:30 AM — Tues.10AM prayer meeting FAMILY BIBLE CHURCH — Marin & Pear Sts. — 824-0989 Pastor Joycel — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:45AM & 6PM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 506 Colusa St. — 824-3490 Pastor Chris Fissori — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:15AM — Sunday School 9AM FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 1421 Marin St. — 824-5739 WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 824-5535 — Marguerite & McLane Pastor Howard Sanborn— WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM HARVEST CHRISTIAN CENTER CHURCH OF GOD — 1006 6th St. Corning 824-2091 — Pastor Michael Sharp — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:00AM IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 824-5879 — 814 Solano St. Father Juan Manuel Ponce — MASS — Sunday 10AM, 12:00PM - Spanish MT. OLIVE LUTHERAN CHURCH — 341 Solano St. — 824-5530 Pastor Dallas D. Dubke — WORSHIP — Sunday 9AM NEIGHBORHOOD FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — 901 South St. — 824-2323 Pastor Ken Killinger — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:50AM & 6PM NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY CHURCH — 824-3426 Pastor J.R. Gonzales — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:00AM - Sunday School 9AM OLIVE BRANCH BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP — 565 1st St. — 824-3661 — SERVICE — Sunday 10:30 AM SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH — West & Butte — 824-2153 Pastor Jose Torres — WORSHIP — Saturday 11AM ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — First & Marin Sts. — 824-4979 Pastor Maryly Adair — CHURCH — Sunday 11AM TRUTH TABERNACLE — 1308 Solano. — 824-4586 Pastor Ed Schaefer — WORSHIP — Sunday 2PM AUTO ELECTRIC INC. 1055 Main St. - Red Bluff 527-5170 Vina... VINA COMMUNITY CHURCH — 5th & D Street — 839-2340 Pastor Larry Peterson — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM & 6PM Cottonwood... ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTER — 19019 Gaspoint Road — 347-9208 Pastor Doug Hamblin — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM ASSEMBLY OF GOD — Gaspoint Road — 347-3313 Pastor Bob Whitman — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:45AM & 6PM FOURSQUARE CHURCH — 2400 Rhonda Rd. Rev. Paul Shrum — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM & 6PM Dairyville... CONE COMMUNITY METHODIST CHURCH — 11220 Hwy. 99E — 527-2329 Pastor Kathleen Smith —WORSHIP — Sunday 9AM El Camino... COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Hwy. 99W — 385-2314 Pastor Nancy Pharis-Curie — WORSHIP — Sunday 9:30AM SHADY REST FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — 7211 Hwy. 99W 385-2155 — Pastor Andrew Dalson — WORSHIP — Saturday 7PM Gerber... BAHA’I FAITH OF TEHAMA COUNTY — 22870 Reno Ave., Gerber 385-1091 FAITH HOPE LOVE MINISTRIES — 21941 Chard Ave. 385-1431 — Pastor Ina Driggers — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM GERBER BIBLE FELLOWSHIP — 301 Samson @ Ventura 385-1718 — WORSHIP — Sunday 10AM Las Flores... LAS FLORES FULL GOSPEL — 9662 San Benito Pastor Rev. Elroy & Martha Lake — WORSHIP — 10:00AM Wed. 6PM Manton... MANTON COMMUNITY CHURCH — Forward Rd. — 474-5156 Pastor Michael Stiener —WORSHIP — Sunday School 9:30 Sun. 10:45 Platina... ST. HERMAN OF ALASKA MONASTERY — Begum Gorge Rd. Abbot Herman — LITURGY — Sunday 8:30AM Rancho Tehama... COMMUNITY CHURCH (Non-Den.) — 585-2526 WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM CHRISTIAN LIFE MINISTRIES — 585-2975 Pastor Don Luke — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM/6:00PM Tehama... ASSEMBLY OF GOD — Third St. — 384-2603 Pastor Walter Bright — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM 11:15 AM & 6PM ST. STANISLAUS CATHOLIC CHURCH — 824-5879 Corner of 4th & D — MASS — Sunday 8:00AM - English RED BLUFF Americans as a people and culture are a flawed template for such an undertaking. We failed to make a constitution that abolished slavery, although we expressed our disgust for it in the document and the papers that facilitated its adop- tion, and we installed a mechanism in the document for repairing its defi- ciencies by amendment. We treated the indigenous peoples we found with brutality, although we address such issues with an open-ness that is unprecedented in the world. When we repent of our sins and excesses, as I did in Sweden and later in the Philippines, it constitutes not an about face but a return to our identity in Him who creates us as a work in progress. The next installments of this series will examine our flaws and our rootedness in a hope-filled future. As we approach our Independence Day it seems the right thing to do. The Rev. James Wilson is heard Saturdays at 8 a.m. on KBLF AM 1490 with PrayNorthState Radio. As Independence Day approaches Jim thought it appropriate to give an historical context for the concept of the much debated American Exceptionalism. Church News? Event? Fundraiser? Send by e-mail to clerk@redbluffdai- lynews.com or Fax to 527-9251