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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1971)
PORTLAND/OBSERVER T hursday, Feb. 25, 1971 The Parsons Pen ©X Churri) of Dour £1,01« by A lfred L HENderson “ There Is something new going on, a radical re-appiaisal and her relationship with the world in general and with blacks In p a rticular. A new language... A new hair style... A new handshake... A new or renewed anger and anguished... (here is a ground swell from the bottom declaring Justice now.” The style of life as we have known It has changed making new demands upon our view ol the m in is try . No longer can we see it as a static re a lity of traditional form s. It has been suggested that modem man has come of age The awesome responsibility of his “ new found” re a lity is both a blessing and a curse. It is then necessary that the m inis try , if it is a m in istry, par- ticipate in the dymnamic real ity of encounter and struggle to give both inspiration and direction to the new thrust of community life , (here is a price to be paid by the modern churchman. 1'he s p irit of the modern technologically o ri ented world relegates to the trash heaps ceremony without service, tradition without mean ing, prayers without legs, faith without works. The c ris is of our m in istry in Protestant Am erica is tw o-fold. We have lost the power of the protes- tant principal to be c ritic a l and transform ing as suggested by Paul T illic h In his book "T H E PROTESTANT ER A " to be c ritic a l and t r a n s form ing” . We must look at ourselves as painful as the view in honesty suggest, the march of events suggests when I was a child 1 spake as a child, but Tid Bits for Living Bjr REV, TX._STRAYHAND “ Solve this little puzzle and you may have the answer to most of your problems. Whxn you arx txxptxd to takx a Sunday off, and you thinkthat thx absxncx of onx pxrson .... won’ t xakx too xuch diffxrxn cx.. at church, you placx your xin - is tx r in thx saxx position as a fxllow trying to fypx with two kxys xisstng. Hx can xakx sub» stitutions just as wx havx donx, saxx as whxn hx has all thx xxxbr xxxbxrs of thx congrxgarion ? C hurch C arnival That is rig h t. A l l e n Temple C M E Church’ s youth w ill— have a carnival at the church on Saturday, February 27, be - g in n in g at 4:30 p.m. They promise to make this one of the most exciting carnivals of the year, cake walks, white elep - hant sale, side shows where you see yourself on the screen, fortune telling, refreshments of all kinds. Come prepared to en joy yourself, get in the carnival mood. Youth carnival w ill not come to Portland again. O w ec t, a n d School te r C o— unity ST ANDREWS CATHOLIC CHURCH 2(1 4429 (0 « N E AlBtrrA K V M tTtA M G U tttN 7O9TLANO. O9EGON 97211 « V GO9DON L DKXEY M o,.— 9 00 a— M,—n. 10,30 am Chou 12 OO pm Fa* Mm, ST PH ILIP S EPISCOPAL CHURCH N.E. Knott Street at Rodney Avenue Telephone 2H7-2O12 Rev. L.O. Slone Vicar SUNDAY SERVICES Holy Communion Sunday School Holv Communion 7 45 AM 9 :3 0 AM 6 :0 0 PM Holy Communion ' (First ond Third Sunday») I I 0 0 AM Morning Prayer (Second ond Fourth Sunday») 1 1:00 AM Wednesdays 4 Holy Doy» when 1 became a man (in a modern world) 1 put away child ish things. Our institution, galvanized and protected by its unique h isto ricity must not be lieve that it canmescape its own responsibility-"putting its house in o rder.” The A . M . E. Church was born out of the ges ta lt of oppression. Richard A llen, prophet and pragnatist was relevant to the predicament. The edodus from our cliurch and the lack of the pilgrimage to It may attributable to the fact that we have become patty to and a participant in the in stitutional form which caused Richard Allen to walk out of St. George Church- across town from where we meet today. 185 years later we are, stand ing now on the cutting edge of a nation constantly polarized between blacks and whites, a presidential commission vali dating a disease that sickens our society—"w h ite and black racism .” The church at Philadelphia, in order to save herself, must recapture what she found in the birth pains in her original d e live ry. The call to relevance is both prophetic and prag m atic. In simple terms it is more than adding up members, cutting up d is tric ts , electing Bishops. Is the s p irit of God once again let loose in the w orld. It is more than add ing up members. It is not bargain basement, cheap class activity m irro re d in political v!ctriolics(nam e calling). It see the challenge as the chance to redeem itse lf. It sees the nemaces in the nature of our deeds here and now "th e judg ment of God upon us” . We must be great because oui God is great. Our members are too few, our budget too short, o u r imagination too narrow and and our s p irit too hungry What then must the m inistry be about? Engage the world as Allen dreamed in an en te rp ris e of finding the church ST. PAUL CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST N 1 M ,- J.C. F.— . Min.— Sunday School 9 :4 5 A.M . Worship Service , 2 : 0 0 Noon YPW W 6 :3 0 P.M. Evening Worship — Sunday, Tue»day, Friday 8 :0 0 P.M The Friendly Church - You are only o Stranger once M allory Avenue Christian Church 126 N.E. Alberta Rev. Dale A. Stitt, Pastor Church School 9:45 A.M. Morning Worsh.p 11:00 A M. ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH Corner of 8th Ave and Skidmore S.S. 9 :3 0 A .M . Sunday W orship 1 1 :0 0 A .M . Christian Youth Fellowship 6:0 0 P.M. (2nd and Fourth Sundays) Rev. Thomas Strayhand, minister HUGHES MEMORIAL CHURCH United Methodist Cor. N.E Phone 2 8 8 4 3 7 3 Rodney & Foiling O rd n ary Peopte tngogw l In Ex'roordtnory Work EVERYONE WELCOME Richard J. Parfcar, M inutar ,0 9 N FIRST A.M.E. ZION CHURCH Skidmore Street Reverend L.J. Thompson, Pastor Phone 2 8 7 -4 7 7 4 9 :4 5 A M. 11 :0 0 A M Sunday Schoo) Morning Worship Highland United Church of Christ Highland Community Center 4635 N X 9th Avenue Rhone 244-5440 Rev Samuel Johnson, Pastor Sunday Breakfast Sunday School Morning Worship 8 :3 0 A.M . 9 :3 0 A.M . 1 , 0 0 A.M, MCKINNEY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 1737 N.E Alberta Office 2 8 2 -8 5 2 2 Lobby 2 8 4 -9 0 7 5 Bishop W.L. McKinney, Minister 9 30AM 1 1 45 A M 6 30 P M 8 00 PM Sunday School Church W o rth y YFW W Ev«n<rsç WortNp T b . Tampka That W t k o r w t AU Nattons c H u ff c in th e streets and m in iste r to the s p irits of our constituency the rejected an disbelievers. Let those who dare to serve engage the world with cour age and meet the world with conviction and pay the cost A frican Methodism w ill live o r die to the degree that it meets this mission here and now. The fly sat upon the axle-tree of the chariot - wheel, and s a id , what a dust do I raise! Francis Bacon, Essays (Quoted from Aesop) unlit iiiiiir tannili 5 8 2 8 N.E. 8th 2 8 8 -5 4 2 9 A . Lee H enderson, M in ister Ellis Casson, Associate M in ister Church School ........................................................... 9:30 A.M. Morning Worship ...................................................... 10:45 A M. Wed. Noon — The Hour of Power ................... 12:00 N O O N Wed. Prayer & Class Meeting .................................. 7.00 P.M. Nursery Care Provided ”We are making our Neighborhood A Brotherhood” Maranatha Evangelistic Center 1 222 N.E. Skidmore Rhone 288 3700 - 4035 "Unusual S t r v ic n M ilh art Unusual Paopla bacausa o l an Unusual Christ' Sunday School Morning Worship Evening Worship Hour Power — W ed Friday Youth O Rama Reverend W end ell W a lla ce , Pastor 9 15A M 10 45 A M 7 00 P M 7 00 P M 7 30 P M Che Oieuut Olivet Hupt ist Church Rev. John H. Jackson Minister N.E. First and Schuyler Portland, Ore. Phone 2 8 4 -1 9 5 4 Sunday School Morning Worship Vesper Ijtt us enter to worship and depart to serve. 9 a.m. , 1 a.m. 5 p m.
