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3 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Home News Latest Stories Emergency services, May 3 Former San Quentin guard publishes book Photographers capture some lovely blooms in latest Mail Tribune contest Soaring rents, stagnant wages create housing crisis Wimer's Highland Games appeal to both the kilted and kiltless Crime, Courts and Emergency Services Emergency services, May 3 Dozens of drivers nabbed in Medford pedestrian sting Emergency services, May 2 Gold Hill man torched his foreclosed property No leads on who smashed about 20 windows in Ashland before dawn Thursday Politics and Elections BREAKING: Baltimore prosecutor charges officers in Freddie Gray's death Earthquakes hit regularly in Medford (Oklahoma, that is) Medford School Board, Position 6: Curt Ankerberg vs. Janet Lightheart Arthur I. 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RELIGION BRIEFS Religion Briefs: Friday, May 1 MailTribune.com Writer Posted May. 1, 2015 @ 12:01 am Posted May. 1, 2015 @ 12:01 am » Social News p bs:newslist StartDate="20121121" EndDate="p bs:datecalc Months="3"" DateSort="1" UseObjects="1" ObjectClass="81" Taxonomywords="2325,665" ExactTaxonomyMatch="1" Image="1" Count="4" --> Author talk and book signing Author Guy Finley will give a talk and sign his new book "The Secret of Your Immortal Self: Key Lessons for Realizing the Divinity Within" at 7 p.m. Friday, May 1, at Barnes & Noble, 1400 Biddle Road, Medford. Call 541-476-1200 or see guyfinley.org.   CSL events The Center for Spiritual Living Rogue Valley will hold a game night from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at Ashland Haven, 1970 Ashland St., Ashland. Author Neale Donald Walsch will speak on "Life's Seven Simple Questions" during a service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 3, at 3581 Lear Way, Medford. A guided meditation will be from 10 to 10:15 a.m. A children's program is offered during the service. A book study group will continue its discussion of the "Conversations With God" series by Walsch at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the center. See cslroguevalley.org.   St. Mark's hosts guest preacher Clive Rainey, director of community relations for Habitat for Humanity International, will serve as guest preacher at 8 and 10 a.m. Sunday, May 3, at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 140 N. Oakdale Ave., Medford. Rainey will also speak during the adult forum between the two services at 9:10 a.m. in the church parish hall. Children's church school is offered during the service. Call 541-773-3111 or see stmarks-medford.org.   Medford Presbyterian services Pastor Murray Richmond will give a sermon titled "Grapes for God" during services at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 3, at First Presbyterian Church of Medford, 85 S. Holly St. An informal service is offered at 8:30 a.m., and a traditional service with full choir and pipe organ is offered at 10:30 a.m. Call 541-779-1711 or see firstpreschurchmedford.com.   Day of Mindfulness In celebration of the Buddha's birthday, Peaceful Refuge Sangha will hold a Day of Mindfulness from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 3, at the Ashland Community Center, 59 Winburn Way. Activities will include sitting meditation, teaching and sharing, walking in Lithia Park, eating in silence and a ceremony celebrating Buddha. Admission is a suggested donation of $25, but no one will be turned away. Registration is not required. See peacefulrefugesangha.org.   Worship at Ascension Lutheran Ascension Lutheran Church will hold its worship service at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, May 3, at 675 Black Oak Drive. The education hour begins at 10:45 a.m. with a family Sunday school, and the adult forum topic will be about traveling in the Holy Land. Call 541-773-3594 or see ascensionlutheran.com.   Christian Science service Christian Science Church Medford will host guest pianist Megan Duke during the worship service at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 3, at 100 Windsor Ave., Medford. See christiansciencemedford.com.   MCUCC reaches out to transgender people Rev. Kurt Katzmar will give a sermon titled "The Open Table" with an emphasis on joining transgender people in communion during the worship service at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 3, at Medford Congregational United Church of Christ, 1801 E. Jackson St. Following the service will be a class for people seeking to learn more about United Church of Christ. Rob Hight of MCUCC and Barbara Haddon of First Presbyterian Church of Medford will lead their closing discussion of the book "Convictions: How I Learned What Matters Most" by Marcus Borg at 7 p.m. Monday, May 4, at the church. An adult study group titled "Saving Jesus" is offered at 11 a.m. Tuesdays at Lidgate Social Hall at the church. Call 541-772-8860 or see medforducc.org.   Guest speaker at RVUUF Guest speaker Rev. Pandora Canton will speak on "The Divine Feminine in Each of Us" during the service at 10:25 a.m. Sunday, May 3, at Rogue Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 87 Fourth St., Ashland. Canton is chaplain at Asante Ashland Community Hospital, with a master's in divinity from Starr King School for Ministry in Berkeley, Calif., and is ordained as an interfaith minister through the Chaplaincy Institute in Berkeley. Call 541-482-4755 or see rvuuf.org.   Christ Unity Church events A sacred healing meditation service will be at noon Saturday, May 2, at Christ Unity Church, 540 N. Holly St., Medford. Rev. Rob Wheeler will give a sermon titled "Balancing Intake and Output" during a service at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 3. Children's Sunday school is available during the service. A silent Unity prayer service is offered at 11 a.m. Wednesdays. A metaphysical Bible discussion is at 11:30 a.m. Call 541-772-6902 or see unitymedford.org.   Worship at Church Divine Rev. Chris Johnson will give a sermon titled "The Age of Religion" during a service at noon Sunday, May 3, at Church Divine, 748 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland. Call 541-301-8695 or see churchdivine.org.   Eckankar services Eckankar will lead a discussion "Spiritual Wisdom on Dreams" from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, May 4, at the Guanajuato Room of the Ashland library, 410 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland. A free book will be distributed during the event. Call 541-851-4036.   Bible study at Zion Lutheran A weekly Bible study, "The Whole Picture (of the Bible)," will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays beginning May 6, at Zion Lutheran Church, 516 W. Fourth St., Medford. Call 541-774-4674 or see lutheranswired.org.   Day of Prayer service A service recognizing the national Day of Prayer will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 7, at the Historic Presbyterian Church, 405 E. California St., Jacksonville. Call 541-899-1287 or email [email protected]. 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