Four-day conference focus on prophecy.Byline: Religion Roundup by The Register-Guard Camp Creek There are over one thousand places in the United States named Camp Creek, including several hundred streams: Streams Georgia
The topics are "The Power and the Prophecy," 10 a.m. Sunday; "Israel in Prophecy," 5 p.m. Sunday; "The Anti-Christ and Armageddon," 7 p.m. Monday; "When Will `Thy Kingdom Come' Be Answered?," 7 p.m. Tuesday; and "Are There Signs of a Soon Coming of Christ?," 7 p.m. Wednesday. Admission is free. A free workshop on grief and loss will be held from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. today and on June 22 and July 20 at Peace Presbyterian Church, 3060 River Road. Each session will examine grief in the Bible, learning about grief in the world today and personal experience. To reserve space, call 688-2218. Snatam Kaur Khalsa, from Eugene's Sikh community, will present "To Heaven and Beyond," a mandala mandala (mŭn`dələ), [Skt.,=circular, round] a concentric diagram having spiritual and ritual significance in Hindu and Buddhist Tantrism. of world chants, during the Pentecost worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Wesley United Methodist Church Wesley United Methodist Church is a common name. It can refer to several churches in the United States:
"Emerson's Gospel," an award-winning composition by music director Tom Sears will be presented as part of the 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. services Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 477 E. 40th Ave. Adapted from Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay "Self Reliance," Sears' composition recently won first place in a national UU Choral Composition Competition sponsored by the Eno River The Eno River, named for the Eno Indians who once lived along its banks, is the initial tributary of the Neuse River in North Carolina, USA. The Eno rises in Orange County. The river's watershed occupies most of Orange and Durham counties. UU Fellowship in Durham, N.C. For more information: 344-2291 or www.efn.org/~uueugene. Restoration Life Healing Rooms, a part of the International Association of Healing Rooms, will open from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m Friday at Living Stones Church, 942 N. 28th St., Springfield. The rooms will continue to be open every Friday. For more information, call Fred and Debra Craddock, 741-3341. "Gardening With the Master" will be the theme of Mom's R&R from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday at Emerald Bible Fellowship, 1855 Cal Young Road. Gardener Susie Rexius will give a demonstration, and children's ministry coordinator Heidi Christian will talk about "Growing Your Child Spiritually." All moms and grandmas welcome. Childcare is available. Creation and evolution will be the topic when speakers debate "Intelligent Design or the Spontaneous Emergence of Order?" from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday in the Fir Room of Erb Memorial Union at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. . The speakers will include Jose Reyes, professor of nuclear engineering at Oregon State University Oregon State University, at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. ; Dennis Gilbert Dennis Gilbert is professor and chair of sociology at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. He holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University and has taught at the Universidad Catlica in Lima, Peru, Cornell University and joined Hamilton college in 1976. , a physics instructor at Lane Community College; and Thomas Alderman, a lawyer. Richard Beswick will be the moderator. The debate is sponsored by the University Christian Fellowship. "An Evening of the Stars" will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at Unity of the Valley, 39th Avenue and Hilyard Street. The congregational talent show includes music, comedy and dance. Admission is free. Unity is also offering an afternoon retreat for students of "A Course in Miracles," from noon to 6 p.m. next Saturday, May 25. Participants are asked to dress comfortably and to bring a simple vegetarian snack to share. Optional equipment: a writing journal, a blanket, a pillow or anything else that will help you feel at home. Admission is free, but donations will be sought. Godzwerkus Circus School, a five-day vacation Bible school Origins Vacation Bible School (VBS) is the term for a special type of religious education which caters toward children, usually during the summer. The origins of Vacation Bible School can be traced back to Hopedale, Illinois in 1894. D.T. for preschool through fifth grade, will be held at Grace Lutheran Church, 18th Avenue and Hilyard Street, from June 24 to June 28. To register, call 342-4844; more information is on the church web site at www.glchurch.org. St. Mary's Episcopal Church Episcopal Church, Anglican church of the United States. Its separate existence as an American ecclesiastical body with its own episcopate began in 1789. Doctrine and Organization , 13th Avenue and Pearl Street, will celebrate Pentecost at 8 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday. Solemn High Eucharist will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m., complete with incense. Celebrate the occasion by wearing red on Sunday. Also on Sunday, the church will celebrate the ministry of Dolores Dolores (or Delores) was a common given name (until the 1960s in the USA); it is cognate with the English word "dolorous" (meaning sorrowful) and equivalent in meaning. Dye, who is retiring after 27 years as bookkeeper. She will be honored at a potluck supper at 5:30 p.m. Classical saxophonist Colin Lippy will play at 4 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church First United Methodist Church is a common name for the first United Methodist church established in a particular locality. Many First United Methodist Churches exist around the world. , 1376 Olive St. Also performing will be Mike Curtiss, saxophone, and Julia Brown Julia Brown was an American madam and prostitute. In the 1830s, Brown entered a brothel owned by Adeline Miller, a well-known New York madam. She did not stay long, however; soon Brown was running brothels of her own on Chapel and Church streets. , piano. A free-will offering will be taken. Secular Franciscans (Third Order) of Eugene-Springfield will gather in Room 6 of St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery Catholic Church Parish Center, 1201 Satre St., at 2 p.m. Sunday. For more information call 683-6626. Former Peace Corps worker Barry Wheeler, now with the Department of International Studies at the University of Oregon, will speak about Africa at 5:15 p.m. Sunday at Allison Park Christian Church, 1520 Echo Hollow Road. Also speaking will be Aleyao Binioube, a UO student from Togo. The Russian Christian Church will hold weekly services in the Russian language Russian language, also called Great Russian, member of the East Slavic group of the Slavic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Slavic languages). beginning at 1 p.m. Sunday at Grace Lutheran Church, 18th Avenue and Hilyard Street. Call Ivan, 946-2010, or Yuri, 915-5952. Eugene Singles Ministry will hold a Spring Fling Spring Fling can refer to:
St. Paul Catholic Church, 1201 Satre St., will hold an ice cream sundae social from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. Included will be an arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. table for children, outdoor games for young and old, and resources on the Catholic faith. Ice cream is 50 cents. Pentecost will be celebrated at Wesley United Methodist Church, Cal Young and Oakway roads, with the wearing of red and a potluck of red foods following the 10:30 a.m. Service Sunday. Tradition has it that red was the color of the flames that brought the Holy Spirit to the disciples on the original Pentecost. Sheer Joy, a weekly Bible study class at Immanuel Church, 2533 Crescent Ave., will continue to examine the Book of Romans through May. The class meets from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays. The topic of Tuesday's class is Romans chapter 4. Sheer Joy takes a summer break starting in June and resumes in September. Religion Roundup is a Saturday feature that provides information about special programs, speakers and services sponsored by area churches or relating to religious issues. Items must be submitted in writing by noon Wednesday for publication the following Saturday. Deliver items to Religion Roundup, The Register-Guard, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene, OR 97440, or fax to (541) 683-7631. |
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