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Thief Without Faith
On Saturday, Bethel A.M.E.
Church and Maranatha Church
was ransacked and robbed. The
two persons one black and one
w h it e
were caught robbing
Maranatha, but fo r the th ird
tim e within a year the parties
that robbed Bethel a “ servant
church to a secular communi­
ty ,” s tlllru n s free. Along with
the damage you caused and ex­
pense, you sadly, did not notice
the dreams of the community we
hoped to build here at 5828 NE
8th Avenue. Bethel was one of
the voluntary sights for the
"Sum m ertim e P ro g ra m ," dedi­
cated to the proposition that If
today Is bad, tom orrow w ill be
better, and each one of us w ill
help ourselves.
Did you know that a dream,
a dedication, a purpose Is
b e y o n d destruction? You jim ­
mied the doors of Bethel, broke
the glass of the office door to
steal property. But you left
’ ’purpose"....a treasure more
valuable than what you walked
o ff w ith. I Invite you back to find
purpose.
Bethel has a store house for
economically deprived fam ilies.
Here we have food and clothing
fo r people. Some of them find
us very helpful because while
they are waiting to qualify for
state and county qualification we
feed and cloth them. From these
persons you took two boxes of
clothes left in the pastor's clos­
et, some can goods and number
of other things too numerous to
mention. These things were In
transfer to the store house.
S o m e of these people went
hungry yesterday. But you didn’t
care. You took th e ir food and
clothes. But you left their
fa ith ..Ja ith in a community to
help where help Is needed. You
took th e ir food, a few toys for
children we were going to make
s o m e young children happy
Christmas that otherwise would
not have had a Christm as. So
now we are inviting our friends,
Including those who read this
open le tte r, to help us.
We are not pleased to ask for
help, but where It Is necessary,
we must. This Is where we are
not ashamed to forego our pride
and s u b s t i t u t e "PURPOSE."
Had you thought about that be­
fore you robbed us? Did you
think to ask fo r what you so des­
perately needed, to be recog­
nized as a human being Instead
of scrawling your signature In
anonymous destruction through
Bethel's building.
Missing also Is one hard-
earned 16 sound proje cto r, (one
w ireless tape recorder belong­
in g to the pastor), one huge
e le ctric fan, one slide film pro­
je c to r, and adding machine.
It w ill take more Sundays than
I can count to replace the Items
o r the love o r the s a crifice that
went Into their acquisition.
Many days, social workers,
from the M ulti-Service Center,
assembles at Bethel fo r wor­
ship try in g to solve some of the
problems of our community.
We are trying to "m ake our
neighborhood a brotherhood."
We sponsor a youth basketball
and softball team, youth camps
and retreats, a boyscout troop
and many other helpful pro­
gram s.
The AMA (Albina M inisterial
Association) the Masons and
th e ir siste r organizations, The
Eastern Stars, the Negro Coun­
c il of Colored Women, the
NAACP and many other commu­
nity organizations always find
our doors and the doors of
Albina Churches opened.
Most of all many who worship
D isp laced P erso n s
The Emanuel Displaced Per­
sons Association has requested
the Department o f Housing and
Urban Development to to ld up
th e final authorization of the
Emanuel H ospital-Portland De­
velopment Commission project
until certain requirements are
more adequately met.
The Association has also re ­
quested that It be designated as
the citizens participation orga­
nization fo r the project by the
Development Commission.
"Because of additional ex­
pense
that would be Imposed
upon the some of the people who
could not afford to be in debt
fo r a number of years It looks
like source of the Expansion of
Emanuel Hospital w ill be de­
la ye d ," said Robert E. Nelson,
o\ the Community Relations
Committee American Friends
Service Committee.
here find the sp iritu a l inspira­
tion they need from day to day.
Some m arry here while the dead
receive th e ir honor which the
living cannot embellish.
Bethel AME Church as freely
provided and welcome the gath­
ering of a ll those actively In­
volved who need a place of free
Christian democratic assembly.
You too, are Invited back. To
see me. To walk Into the church
without having to break In. To
ask fo r what you need without
having to take It. To help your­
self...your selves, and please,to
help me u n d e r s t a n d why?
Please • •• why?
A. Lee Henderson, M inister
Bethel AME Church
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