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Saturday, July 30, 2011 – Daily News 3B Religion Faith&Worship Church news Vacation Bible School Mill Creek Baptist Church will be having its annual Vacation Bible School this week, 9:30 to noon, Monday through Friday. There will be Bible study, singing, crafts, games, snacks, prizes and much more for grades preschool through sixth. The church is on the corner of Highway 99E and Taft Street, just north of Los Molinos. For information, call 384-0254. Start your engines Ladies and Gentlemen start your engines. At the HisS- cars Racing Academy kids will learn how to get in to the biggest race ever; the race for the Eternal Crown. All kids ages 4 through 11 are welcome to attend Drive Vacation Bible School. It will take place from Monday, Aug. 8 through Friday, Aug. 12 at Calvary Chapel Red Bluff ,12375 Paskenta Road. Kids will meet daily 9 a.m. to noon and learn Biblical truths to live by and apply to their young lives. This VBS theme of Drive will feature a NASCAR type setting that all kids will enjoy. Crafts, snacks, games and outrageous skits will help the kids get into God’s race. There is no charge for the camp. You may register the first day. Check in starts at 8:30 a.m. the first day of camp. Call 527-8219 with any questions. What's the best religious book besides your faith's? Unity's spiritual philosophy resonates A.M. Bhattacharyya, an active member of the Hindu community: In 1996, I visited the Unity Church in Unity Village, Mo., on an invitation to talk about my faith, Hin- duism, to a congregation who gathered for the "Honoring the Paths to God" retreat. At the end, Michael and Faith Moran, the organizers of the retreat, presented me with a book titled "Unity: A Quest f or Truth ," written by Eric But- terworth. As a member of the Kansas City Interfaith Coun- cil for many years, I have had the opportunity to read reli- gious publications of many faiths, which helped me to understand and, as a result, to revere different faiths as dif- ferent paths to the summit. I found Butterworth's book especially appealing as I found connectedness with my own belief system. We need to look at religion with an open mind. Bible, Qur’an share messages Syed E. Hasan, Ph.D., Midland Islamic Center: I have studied the Bible, and I am amazed at both the similari- ty and differences when comparing it with the Muslims' holy book, the Qur'an. As it turned out, I was struck with the near-perfect match between the stories of Joseph and of Mary (referred to asMaryam in the Qur'an). Passages like "Cried one of the brothers, 'Slay not Joseph, but if you must do something, throw him down to the bottom of the well; he will be picked up by a car- avan of travelers ' " and"Mary asked: 'How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has touched me and I am not unchaste?' The angel replied: 'So it will be. Thy Lord says this is easy for Me.' So she conceived him, and she retired with him to a remote place " are remarkably sim- ilar. Overall, I found that both books carry the same mes- sages of compassion, peace and justice toward humanity, along with beliefs in accountability, Day of Judgment and life in the hereafter. Thank God it’s Friday Hate Mondays? Of Course you do. It’s the farthest day of the workweek away from Friday. If our workday is a particularly tough one, we console ourselves by counting the days till Friday. Even Wednesdays are referred to as the hump day because it is only two days away from Friday. Say to someone on Tuesday, "good morning, how are you?" and you will more than likely get the usual response, "fine, and you?" But ask someone in the office on the last workday of the week how they are and you will often hear something on the lines of, "Great, it’s Friday, couldn’t be better." Friday mornings are celebrated by choosing a latte over our usual coffee with cream or three sweet rolls instead of the usual one. Employees bring in donuts for their peers to celebrate Fridays. We go to the movies because it is Friday night. We stay up later and over indulge because it’s Friday. There’s even a song sung by Rebecca Black called Friday, "Everybody’s celebrating the weekend," and of course there is the restaurant chain called T.G.I. Friday (Thank God It’s Friday). Tony Campolo, motivational speaker, tells the story of the tradi- tion in his church where once a year they had a "preach off." "Five or six preachers are invited to preach back to back, to see who’s best." Campolo goes on to say he was proud of his sermon, until his senior pastor preached a sermon, "Sunday’s coming." It goes something like this. "Friday, Jesus was dead on the cross. But that’s because it’s Fri- day. Sunday’s coming. Friday, people are saying as things have been so things shall be. You can’t change things in this world. But I’m here to give you the good news. It’s only F-R-I-D-A-Y. Sun- day’s coming." Excitement builds as the message begins to sink in to the listeners. It doesn’t matter what happens on Friday…Sun- day’s coming; the day Jesus rose from the dead, the day we cele- brate His resurrection, the day we come together and remind each other that God is victor, has always been victor, and will always be vic- tor. Our culture cele- brates Friday because it is the beginning of the weekend. They see themselves as free from the enslavement of appointments, rules and regulations for two days out of the week. They can sleep in, get up when they want to, go to bed when they want to, do whatever they want to on Saturday and Sun- day. some have made this hope a topic for late night talk show hosts and letters of ridicule to news papers. But what some distort remains truth. One day Jesus will return for his own people (I Thessalonians 4:15-18). Some say, "He has been promising for centuries, yet everything remains as it has always been" (2 Peter 3:4). What they do not realize is that God does not think of time like we do. He takes a long time before he moves in order to give people time to come to him (2 Peter 3:9-10). Shirley Fay We too can celebrate Fridays but for a different reason. Think of God’s timeline as a week. The seven days of creation and the flood are the Monday. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Solomon and the prophets are the Tuesday. Jesus’ birth and resurrection are the Wednesday. The building of the church and the letters from the apostles are the Thursday. Mod- ern culture in which we are living is the Friday. Saturday is the resur- rection and Sunday is eternity. Looking at it this way, we have every reason to celebrate. It’s our Friday but Jesus is coming. We see wars, earthquakes, fires and tsunamis but Jesus is coming. We experience stock market crashes, home foreclosures, lost jobs, but Jesus is coming. The price of gas skyrockets. The cost of food soars, but Jesus is coming. People marry. People divorce. People are born. People die. But Jesus is coming. It is true that predictions of RICHARDTON, N.D. (AP) — A Roman Catholic monastery in North Dakota is putting its ranching oper- ation out to pasture because it lacks monks with cow- boy skills. Abbot Brian Wangler tells The Dickinson Press that ranching has been a part of Assumption Abbey since 1893, when it was in Devil’s Lake. He says raising cattle helped make the monastery self-suffi- cient. He says two monks now care for 260 cows at the Richardton abbey, but only one has the skills to do it by GodTalk Sunday is not only rep- resented by Jesus’ physi- cal return for His children. It’s about His meeting our needs. When something goes wrong and we don’t see things getting better, we are tempted to say to God, "Where are you?" If you are in control, why did this happen." We have forgotten, it’s only Fri- day; Sunday’s coming. As sure as the sun rises, Sun- day’s coming. As sure as night will fall, Sunday’s coming. As sure as the winds will blow, as sure as the birds will sing, as sure as the flowers will bloom, Sun- day’s coming. As sure as days form weeks, as sure as weeks form months, as sure as months form years, as sure as years form cen- turies, Sunday’s coming. As sure as Christ came once he will come again. Thank God it’s Friday because Sunday’s coming. Dr. Shirley Fay is a Christian psycho therapist and pastoral counselor in practice in Red Bluff for many years. She can be reached through the Cornerstone Church of God or at 530-646- 9810 in Red Bluff. ND abbey puts ranching operation out to pasture himself. Seventy-six-year-old Brother Placid Gross has tend- ed the monastery’s cattle for 51 years and says it once had one of the biggest ranching operations in the region. He says he won’t miss the hard work but will miss the cows. Wangler says the abbey will rent its pastures to other ranchers. ——— Information from: The Dickinson Press, http://www.thedickinsonpress.com 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 — 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 Pastor Nancy Pharis-Curie — 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 OPEN VISTAS AWARENESS CENTER — 900 Walnut St. — 529-9285 Rv. Tresha Wing — SERVICE — Sunday 10:00AM Red Bluff.... 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 COMMUNITY CHURCH — 1275 Walnut St., Brickyard Apts. Community Room Pastor Stan Kolbert — SERVICES — Sunday 11:00AM — 282-2248 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