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A x . • . * . Tid Bits for Living The Berean Baptist Church at 4822 N Vancouver Avenue will hold a Revival Meeting starting February 7 - 14, 1971 every evening at 7:00 P.M. except Sat urday. The Reverend Charles Wil l i a m s , Director of the North West Branch National Negro Evangelical Association will be the speaker. Special music Is planned and the showing of film s will be presented each evening. The public Is cordially invited to attend and hear this dynamic speaker. By REV. T X , STRAYHANP Freedom o f choice The story Is told of a man who had falling eyesight and had to have an operation to correct h 1 s sight. The operation was successful but then his memory was a f f e c t e d . The doctors operated again and his memory l m p o r o v e d but his eyesight failed. Finally the puzzled doc tors asked the man what did he choose eyesight or memory. After much hesitation the man replied, ” 1 choose my eyesight because I would rather spend my life looking ahead to the fu ture than to spend It remember ing the past. Choices of life come our way each day. You can refuse to act In the present or plan for the future when tecom e embittered by the past or let m em ories of the past hinder your progress towards the future. If we could have both sure we would like to remem ber and to s e e . However, If there Is a ctw ice of the past or the future why not build a b e t t e r future. We have come over and know what the past has b e e n , we have good and bad m em ories of It, we have good and had experiences to relate, but the future lie s before us. It Is yet untouched, unmolded and unspoiled. You can make of It REV. T.L.STRAYHAND what you choose. The choice Is yours and since we have to en t ir e the consequences of our choices let the choices of the future 1* tetter than the past. B u ild a better life, a better home, a better community, a tetter city, a better world and certainly a tetter character. participating In the benefit. Others were also contacted. The Annual Benefit Is sup ported by the Albina M inisterial Alliance. It has a professional Judges panel for Youth up to 18 y e a r s . The search for talent will end February 20th and In formation will be distributed throughout Albina In the local churches. P rizes will be given persons I n t e r e s t e d . Call or write Mrs. Christine Robinson, McKinney Tem ple, 1737 N.E. Alberta, phone 281-9275 or Fa ther Gordon Dickey, 806 N.E. Alberta-St. Andrews Catholic Church, phone 281-4429. Your cooperation will be highly ap preciated. « 9 K1he march of Dimes TELL OUR ADVERTISERS YOU SAW THEIR AD IN THE PORTLAND OBSERVER W W W * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Church ond School tor Community ST. ANDREW S CATHOLIC CHURCH BO« N l MV 71 I 442» A1BMTA F O tT lA N O O « t G O N »721 1 M V COCOON I 8M TBA M G M F fIN V o lt — DtCXfY » C O am Hymn, 10 2 0 am O t o . I 2 0 0 pm M a ,, FoA ST. RAUL CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 2 8 5 9 N.E. Rodney _ 1 Phon« 2 8 7 *7 9 9 8 ' Bi »hop J.C. Fo»*er, M ini*»«. Sunday School 9 :4 5 A M . Worship Service 12 :00 Noon YPW W 6 :3 0 P.M. Evening Wor»hip — Sunday, Tuesday, Friday 8 :0 0 P.M The Friendly Church - You are only a Stranger once There Is no general formally organized religious body or de- n o m l n a t i o n known as "The Black Church." Protestant de nominations among black people are known as Baptist, Method i s t , Presbyterian, Episcopal, Congregational, e tc ., but none called Black or Negro. Nor Is there any formally organized sin gle local church, to my k n o w l e d g e , called Negro or Black. Local churches are des ignated F irst, Second, Third, e t c . , or named after biblical c h a r a c t e r s as. St. Jam es, St. P eter, St. Paul, etc., or after great world renowned Christian leaders as Richard Allen, Dan iel Payne, John W esley, James Varlck, Francis Asbury, Isaac Lane, etc., also after local leaders as Gordon, Mason, Wil liam s, Collins, etc. A large number of local churches bear the names of places in the Bible such as Bethel. Mt. Zion, Mt. Sinai, Mt. Nebo, Mt. Carm el, etc. There are hundreds of other names but no "Negro Church" *or "Black Church." The term Black Church or Negro Church, 'however, is a most convenient way to desig nate a segment of the Christian Church according to the tradi tional pattern of forced and Im posed racial segregation, em phasizing the racial rather than the historical or theological background of the denominations to which American people of Af rican descent have traditionally attached them selves as m em bers. The term "Black Church" or "Negro Church," which cuts across and ignores denomina t i o n a l lin es, victoriously em phasizes the fact that we Amer ican black people have a far more basic Christian religion than can be expressed by the term s Baptists, Catholic, P r e s byterian, Episcopal, Methodist, etc., each of which had Europe an rather than African origin s, and theological rather than hu manitarian motivation. "Black Church" Is now, in 1970, far’ m ore than a convenient descrip tion designating a segment of the Christian Church according to the traditional patterns of se g regation. It is a proudly ac c e p t e d explicit sou l-stirrin g title sym bolically describing a determined people who have com e thus far by faith In God and solidarity among them s e lv e s . — o* The a v e r a g e automobile owner pays about $30 a year (60 c e n ts’ a week) In Federal t a x e s to the Highway Trust Fund which provides the Fed eral share of the nation's roadbuilding c o sts. The U.S. Department of Transportation estim ates that benefits to the a u t o m o b i l e owner should amount to about $100 a year when the Interstate System Is completed, through lower op erating co sts, reduced a cci dents, and tim e and other sa v ings. — ¿burri) of gour Choi« I uniti uuiir fiim ilu ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH Corner of 8th Ave and Skidmore S.S. 9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship 1 1:00 A.M. Christian Youth Fellowship 6 :0 0 P.M. (2nd and Fourth Sundays) Rev. Thomas Strayhand, minister MCKINNEY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 1737 N.E. A lb .rta Office 2 8 2 -8 5 2 2 Black church Annual talent benefit By CHRISTINE ROBINSON Searching for talent for the "Annual Talent Benefit" to be held at McKinney Temple April 3, 7:30 P.M. I attended a youth m usical at the St. Luke Church, 4077 N.E. 9th Mason Street, directed by Minister Daniel F r a z i e r . Talent groups were: Voice of Faith, Ken Berry, KGW-TV Radio, John Richard son, along with the St. Luke Jr. Choir. M rs. Mary Key repre sented McKinney, who's well known for "Oh Happy Day." The search was not in vain. A new group known as Earl Turner's Instrumental was Indeed a treat. They are from the O verstreet Powerhouse Church and plan on PORTLAND/OBSERVER Feb. 4, 1971 Revival meeting Lobby 2 8 4 -9 0 7 5 Btthap W.L. McKinney, Minlefer Sunday School Church Worship YPWW Evening Worship 9 JO A M 1 1 45 A M 6 ,3 0 P M 8 0 0 P.M The Temple That Welcomes AH Mahons ST PH ILIP’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH N.E. Knott Street at Rodney Avenue Rev. L.O. Stone Vicar Telephone 287-2012 SUNDAY SERVICES: Holy Communion Sundoy School Holy Communion 7:45 4.M (Fir*l ond Third Sundoy») 1 1 0 0 AM 9 :30 AM Morning Prayer (Second ond Fourth Sunday») 1 1 0 0 AM 6 :0 0 PM V /e d n e td o y t 4 Holy Day» Holy Communion I 'Fe' Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church 3138 N. Vancouver Ave. Phone 282-9496 Sunday School 9 :0 0 A .M . Morning Worship 1 bOO A .M . Dr. O.B. Williams, Pastor “ S erving th e In n er C ity S aving the In n er M a n ” v¿ethodisf £ . • cP - s i» ’ *"’ <36 5 8 2 8 N.E. 8th 2 8 8 -5 4 2 9 A . Lee Henderson, M in ister Ellis Casson, Associate M inister Church School ...............................................................9 :3 0 A.M. Morning Worship ........................................................ 10:45 A.M. Wed. Noon — The Hour of Power .................... 12:00 N O O N Wed. Prayer & Cla»» Meeting ................................... 7:00 P.M. Nursery Core Provided "W e are m aking our Neighborhood A B rotherhood" 1 L Maronatha Evangelistic Center 1 22 2 N.E. Skidmore Phone 2 8 8 -3 7 0 0 - 4 0 3 5 'Unutuat Sanricat «vrt/, an U nutuat Paopta bacauaa o f an U nutuat C h n it' Sundoy School Morning W or*h,p Cvantng W o ,,h ip Hour Power — W ed Friday Youth O Rama Reverend Wendell W allace, Pastor » IS A M 10 4 5 7 00 7 00 7 30 A M P M P M Che „Wouut Olivet Kuptist Clturclt Rev. John H. Jackson mis er N.E. First and Schuyler Portland, Ore. - Q. , o. . Phone 284-1954 Sunday School Morning Worship Vesper PM Z^f us enter to worship and depart to serve. 9 a.m. I 1 a m. 5 p.m.
