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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1971)
PORT LAND/ OBSERVER Thursday April 8, 1971 W £ hwrrt) of j?our Cljoirt R eli io n Church and School for Community Tid Bits for Living A.M.E. Bishop speaks Church and e U. "Consulation on c h u r c h union? I'm against i t . " "M y C ritic is m of PresidentNixon was voiced here in Portland by Bishop Harrison J . Bryant representing 2 J2 m illio n mem bers of the AME Church. Bishop Bryant forecast that it w ill be a long time before demonominations merge with white denominations, either on an individual basis o r through the Consulation on C h u r c h Union. Bishop Bryant, whose home Bishop Harrison J . Bryant is at Baltim ore, oversees the feeling is that the same con work of his denomination in ditions exist that led ou r 17 states and has officess at founders to w a lk out (of a both Kansas C i t y and L o s white Methodist Church) in Angeles. 1787. "T h e re is a general feeling "T h e re has been some im among our people that Pres. provement. But the problems Nixon is A nti-B lack and is not have not been worked out well so friendly as some other presi enough fo r black and white to dents have been," said the be in the same church and Bishop. treated as brothers. "T he office is much b ig g e r!" "A good indication showing He seems to think the black that the time is right w ill be people didn’ t support him . He when we can move into a is dead w rong." white community or a white "H e got m illio n s of blacks congregation without seeing the votes, even though the m ajority white people run from us. We of black people were not fo r need to feel that they w ill him . On church union. Bishop treat us like brother before* Bryant said: we merge. Did you ever feel that your church was not what you felt it should be and wondered why? Here is a lis t of thing you might review to find the answer. The church is com posed of people like me. We make it what it is. I want it to be a church that is a light on the path of p ilgrim s leading them to Goodness . Truth and Beauty. It w ill be, if I am. It w ill be friendly. If 1 am. Its pews w ill be fille d , if I help to f ill them. It w ill do a great work, if I work. It w ill bring other peo ple into its worship and fel lowship, if I bring them. It w ill be a church of loyalty and love, of fearlessness and RO RTIA NO . O R E G O N » 7 2 1 1 MV Marro» GORDON I DtC kE r » 0 0 ont Hymn« 10 3 0 am Chou 12 0 0 pm F o * M a». ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH Corner of 8th Ave and Skidmore S.S. 9 :3 0 A .M . Sunday Worship 1 1:0 0 A .M . Christian Youth Fellowship 6 :0 0 P.M. (2pd and Fourth Sundays) Rev- Thomas Stroyhand, minister J 2 . 5 T » N . . l PAUL CHURCH OF GOD IN r CHRIST J e h . ~ 2 .7 .7 9 » , u r n - , Sunday School Wor»h.p Swvica YPW W Evening Worship - 9 :4 5 a .M , 2 0 0 Noon 6 3 0 r M. Sundoy, Tuetday, Friday 8 :0 0 P.M TKe Friendly Church - You ore only a Stranger once ST PHILIP’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH N.E. Knott Street at Rodney Avenue V ic a r Telephone 287 2012 R ev. L .O . S to n e SUNDAY SERVICES Holy Communion Sundoy School Holy Commuruon (Firtl and Thud Sundays) 11 ¡0 0 AM 7 :4 5 AM 9 30 AM (Second and Fourth Sunday» I I 0 0 AM Holy Communton 6 :0 0 PM W e d n e td t2 y s 6 H o ly (J o y . MCKINNEY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOO IN CHRIST Office 3 8 2 -8 5 2 2 Lobby 2 8 4 -9 0 7 5 Bishop W .l. McKinney, M in is te r Sunday School Church W ordttp YPW W Evening Worship « » 30 A M | | 4J AM 6 30 R M 8 0 0 P AA The To That AJ N o A o m ¡ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH* 5935 N. Minnesota. — ■ 1 • u . ¿trayhand. faith: if 1 who make it what it is, am filled with these. A statistician has figured that 5% of all church members do not exist, 105& of them cannot be found: 25% never go to church; 50% never con tribute a cent to the church; 75% never attend a midweek prayer service; 90% do not have fam ily worship in their homes, and more than 95% have never tried to win a soul to C h rist. A re you satisfied with your church? A re you doing what you can fo r it? If not, ded icate yourself to the task of being what you want your church to be. A 2 8 9 -2 3 6 4 Sunday School Morning Worship 11:00 A.M. Evening Service Minister Felton Howard 7:30 P.M. "I was in the spirit on the Lord’s Day, and heard behind me a great voice at of a trumpet. " Mt O liv e t Boptiat Church 1 1 * N.E Schvyle* Phone 2 8 4 -1 9 5 4 Rev John Jockaon Potior “Ver BaP“ St A,<™ 'Chur<=t- Dr.O. B. 5« A ndrew s CotholK Church 8 0 6 N f Alberto Phone 2 8 1 -4 4 2 9 Father Bert G nfhn, Potior Bethel A M E Church 5 8 2 8 N L 8th Phone 2 8 8 -5 4 2 9 20 Rev A Lee Henderson. Postor tA- Mvuut Olivet ttiptist Church Rev. John H. Jackson Minister Phone 284 1954 N.E. Fir«, and Schuyler M oronotho Evonçehthc Center 1222 N E S u m e re Phone 288 3700 Rev WendeM WoBoce. Potior Portland, O r . ’ Sunder School , “ ’ 8 Wo,*h,p 1! ° m ’ V esp er 5 pm . ua enter to wortfnp and depart to terue. A llen Tempfe C M E Church 4 2 3 6 N.E. 8th Phene 2 8 7 -0 2 6 1 Rev Thomot Stroyhond, Potior Can you imagine a Catholic Youth group singing in an AME Church? Father Gordan Dickey delivered the morning message at Bethel AM E. W o u ld M te to be The Church Home A w o y From Home For College Students attending Colleges in our area W e «nN ptci up Students on arrival in our city and rxronge t root portât» on to Public Worship and Ac tivates. For further information write or c a l us ytethodi« «ó. % 58 28 N.E. 8th A. Lee Henderson, Minister Maranatha Evangelistic Center 1 22 2 N.E. Skidmore Phone 2 8 8 -3 7 0 0 — 4 0 3 5 "Unuauat S a m c a i w ith an Unuauat Paopta bacauaa o f an Unuauat C h ria f x -1737 N.E. Alberto J a y s o n , president of AMA attends NAACP mem- ^ s ’or 2 (1 4 4 2 » • 0 6 N t A18E8TA HE* BERTRAM O I F Í I N By RE V, T X , STRAYHAJip Prelate critizes President The Right Reverend H arrison J . Bryant, Presiding Bishop of the F ifth Episcopal D is tric t of the AfricanM ethodistEpiscopal Church w ill preach at Bethel A M E Church Easter Sunday at 11:00 aan. ST. AN DREW 'S CATHOLIC CHURCH Sunday School 9 15 A M M orning Worship 10 4 5 A M Erecting W Of «hip 7 00 P M 7 0 0 P.M 7 30 P M Hour Power — W a d Friday Voufh-O Roma Reverend Wendell W allace Pastor Church School B l i ‘ C O ,‘ ° n ’ M in i.!., ZZZZZ»0t4S Morning W o,.hip ........................... AM* Wed Noon - The Hour of Power ................ J2Q 0 N O O N Wed. Prayer & Class Meeting ...................... > ,0 0 P M Nursery Care Provided W e ere making our Neighborhood A Brotherhood'’
