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8A Daily News – Saturday, November 17, 2012 Religion Faith&Worship Thanksgiving Courtesy photo Prof. Tom Meyer of Shasta Bible College in Redding, who has spent the last four years studying in the Holy Land is giving a special presentation open to the public at 11 a.m. on Nov. 18 at Sunrise Bible Fellowship, 956 Jackson St., in Red Bluff. Meyer will use his knowledge of earning two master's degree from Jerusalem, and his cultural insights of living with the Bedouin in the deserts of the Holy Land in his presentation from the book of Genesis. Meyer is an author on Bible archaeology, Bible memorization, and Bible Culture. More info. can be found at www.thescripturecannotbebroken.com. McConnells at Gospel Church Dwight and Heather McConnell will be at Neighborhood Full Gospel Church, corner of First and South streets, in Corning at 10:45 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 18. Dwight and Heather coordinate Community Health Evangelism, a program that integrates evangelism and disci- pleship with disease prevention and community based devel- opment. Their responsibilities include facilitating CHE training and post training followup while using CHE principles to facilitate community development. The couples' goal is to equip believers in Christ-centered health and development ministries and assist them in planting new churches with a heart of compassion for their communities. The couple has served in Nambia and South Africa since 1984 and were in Nambia when the first case of HIV/AIDS was reported. They see this pandemic as an opportunity to spread the gospel when effective methods of reaching people are imple- mented in their time of need. Prior to missionary appointment, Dwight and Heather ministered in churches in California and Arizona. For more information call 824-2323. travelers is only days away. Families gather together for food, renewal of ties, and – hopefully – sincere gratitude for all we have been given. Whatever our issues and challenges in this season most of us have a roof over our heads and food on our table. We are not con- cerned about armed attack, plague, or the loss of our homes to fire or flood – even in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. We expect our homes to be adequately heated in winter and cooled in summer. We do not face the prospect of clearing a forest with ax and saw before planti- ng our own food and hoping it will grow enough for the coming season. The first Thanksgiving about which our traditions revolve was held in the Plymouth colony in what is now Mass- achusetts. The colonists thought they were going to the much milder climate of Virginia when they left England. They crossed an ocean in a ship as crowded as it was leaky; each person had a few square feet to call his own. They arrived in a wild land filled with strange – to them – people who might be friends or deadly enemies. They faced diseases for which they had no names and a wilderness that – while full of promise – offered no ready to occupy shelter and less food. They consigned their souls and their well being to God and set to work. When they brought in a harvest their first year, made friends with the original inhabi- tants who turned out to be generous with their own supplies and with their own techniques for living, and found the game plentiful, they invited their new friends for three days of feasting and the giving of thanks to the God who created both communities. The Massasoit people brought a number of deer to the feast – for shar- The busiest holiday of the year for ing – while the Pilgrims provided wild turkeys they had shot, plenty of fresh fish, and the crops the Natives had shown them how to grow. There were more Natives – by half – than Europeans at that first feast and they gave thanks to the same Creator wor- shipped by the Pilgrims; the Pilgrims alone under- stood that this Creator could only be fully known in the Person of His Son, but it was enough for now that they respected one another. The two commu- nities got along well because they worshipped God – He was the center of life for both groups and at all times. James Wilson GodTalk Thanksgiving was always a secular cel- ebration at its roots. They point out that the feasting seemed to be an end in itself and later became an annual event by order of the civil government. They forget that the Pilgrims, and their broth- ers the Puritans, made no differentia- tion between sacred and civil life; the same was certainly true for Native Americans of all tribes and nations. They believed so steadfastly that they would have wondered at even a discus- sion of it that only their worship and service to God as they understood Him could lead them into the paths of plen- ty for which they gave thanks. We have challenges today that they Some scholars try to prove that would not have understood, as we can hardly appreciate the position in which they found themselves in a different time on the same ground. But the God they worshipped and served – and always sought to more fully understand – is the same today and tomorrow and always. His Word – in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 – calls us to be joyful, pray without ceasing, and give thanks in all things. These are choices we make – to look on the great things He has done instead of raging over what He has not yet done, to seek His face instead of our own poor substitutes for Him, and to give thanks not because of what we know but because of Who He is and what He promises that never fails. Of course, if we remind ourselves to do this three-fold activity often enough it becomes a short trip to embracing another Word in Matthew 6:33 – the one that says if we seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness we will have all other things we need as well. Thanksgiving is not just Turkey Day or the Day of the Big Game – or even some generic time of appreciation for what we have. It is a time to give thanks to God – Father, Son and Spirit – who blesses us day after day and calls us home to further blessing. It should not be limited to one day, but to the first day of the rest of our lives. The Rev. James Wilson leads PrayNorthState and the California Governor's Prayer Team. He has coordinated the GodTalk feature and hosted a weekly radio program on KBLF Red Bluff, AM 1490, at 8 AM Saturdays since 2007. He has taught and ministered at many Tehama County churches, led local prayer walks, and helped launch the Carenet Pregnancy Center in Red Bluff Thanksgiving Prayer Vigil offered at St. Peter's The Red Bluff Minister- ial Association will sponsor a Thanksgiving Prayer Vigil on from 5–8 p.m. on Sunday, November 18, at St. Peter's Episcopal Church. During the evening prayers will be offered for all Christian churches, their members and their mission; for the nation and all in authority; for the welfare of the world; for the concerns of the local community; for those who suffer and those in trouble; and for deceased loved ones. Prayers of thanks and praise for God's bountiful blessings will also be offered. Clergy and congrega- tional leaders of the Red Bluff Ministerial Associa- tion churches will guide the vigil. The First Christian Church and First Baptist Church will lead prayers from 5-5:50 p.m. The Vine- yard Church and North Val- ley Baptist will lead prayers from 6-6:50 p.m. The evening will conclude at 7 p.m. with a Taize Ecumeni- cal worship service led by members from the Tehama United Methodist Min- istries Cooperative Parish, Presbyterian Church of Red Bluff, Sacred Heart Catholic Church and St. Peter's Episcopal Church. Tehama County Church Directory CHAPEL OF THE FLOWERS 816 Walnut St. - Red Bluff FD 652 HOYT-COLE ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP — 21080 Luther Rd. — Pastor J.E. Heitman 528-2499 — WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM & 6PM Red Bluff.... 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 WORSHIP — Sunday 10AM & 6PM CALVARY CHAPEL — 12375 Paskenta Rd. — 527-8219 Pastor Gilbert DeLao Jr. — WORSHIP — Sunday 9:00 & 11:00 am 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 Clyde Brandt — WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 525 David Ave. — 527-5754 Pastor Nancy Pharis-Cure — 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. —530-727-7344 Pastor Carl Miller — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30am AM at Antelope School 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 OUT OF THE BOX MINISTRIES-COWBOY CHURCH — 585-3070 Tehama District Fairground, Bull Sale Barn –– Wednesday 7:00PM –– Sunday 10:00AM Red Bluff.... PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — Jefferson & Hickory St. — 527-0372 The Rev. Beth Hoyt — Worship Service 11:00 AM, Sunday School 9:30 AM, Child Care Available PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD — 370 Kimball Rd. — 527-6346 Pastor Mike Cox — WORSHIP — Sunday 11:00AM RED BLUFF COMMUNITY CHURCH — 1920 Park St. Pastor Stan Kolbert — SERVICES — Sunday 9:30AM — 282-2248 RED BLUFF GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 836 Washington St. — 529-9909 Pastor John A. Partsch — WORSHIP — Sunday 1:30PM - Wednesday 7PM RIVERHOUSE CHURCH Pastors John & Connie Christenson Meets Saturdays at 6 pm at Red Bluff High School Cafeteria 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 Major Kit Wetter, Pastor — 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. Maryly Adair — 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 — 528-8668 Pastor Loren Browning — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:45AM - Wednesday 7:00PM TRUTH TABERNACLE — 285 Gilmore Road, Red Bluff — 527-5533 WORSHIP — Sunday 1:00PM - 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 Pastor Herb Vierra— WORSHIP — Saturday 11:30 AM 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 COMMUNITY CHURCH — Bowman Rd. & Landes — 347-6130 Pastor Mark Lugg — WORSHIP — Sunday 10AM Bowman... This directory sponsored by: Los Molinos.... COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Sherwood & Josephine — 384-2656 Coordinating Pastor Nancy Pharis-Curie—CLayM Pastor Ray Watkins — 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 — Sr. Pastor John Gehrung 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 Rev. Diana Lueckert — CHURCH — Sunday 11AM Capay... COMMUNITY FRIENDS CHURCH — 4TH & MOLLER AVE. — 865-2806 Pastor TONI BROWN — WORSHIP — Sunday 9:30AM AUTO ELECTRIC INC. 1055 Main St. - Red Bluff RED BLUFF 527-5170 Cottonwood... FOURSQUARE CHURCH — 2400 Rhonda Rd. Rev. Paul Shrum — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM & 6PM Dairyville... CONE COMMUNITY METHODIST CHURCH — 11220 Hwy. 99E — 527-2329 Coordinating Pastor Nancy Pharis-Cure — CLayM Pastor Chris Bauer —WORSHIP — Sunday 9AM El Camino... COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Hwy. 99W — 385-2314 Pastor Nancy Pharis-Cure — 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 — 385-1091 Prayer meetings Fridays 7:30PM Brickyard Creek Apartments 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 Manton... MANTON COMMUNITY CHURCH — Forward Rd. — 474-5156 Pastor Michael Stiener —WORSHIP — Sunday School 9:30 Sun. 10:45 Paskenta... Platina... PASKENTA FLOURNOY BIBLE CHURCH — 13140 Round Valley Rd. Pastor Doug Maitia — Sunday 10:30AM — 833-0557 ST. HERMAN OF ALASKA MONASTERY — Begum Gorge Rd. Abbot Herman — LITURGY — Sunday 8:30AM Rancho Tehama... Tehama... COMMUNITY CHURCH (Non-Den.) — 585-2526 WORSHIP — Sunday 11AM CHRISTIAN LIFE MINISTRIES — 585-2975 Pastor Don Luke — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM/6:00PM ASSEMBLY OF GOD — Third St. — 384-2603 Pastor Walter Bright — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM ST. STANISLAUS CATHOLIC CHURCH — 824-5879 Corner of 4th & D — MASS — Sunday 8:00AM - English Vina... VINA COMMUNITY CHURCH — 5th & D Street — 839-2340 Pastor Larry Peterson — WORSHIP — Sunday 10:30AM & 6PM The Red Bluff Minister- ial Association welcomes local pastors to gather for cooperative work in the name of Christ. For more information about the Thanksgiving Prayer Vigil phone St. Peter's at 527-5205 or The Vineyard Church at 527- 2449. St. Peter's is located at 510 Jefferson Street, at the corner of Jefferson and Elm, in Red Bluff.