Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, June 10, 1971, Page 5, Image 5

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P o rt I
^ R e lig io n
The Churches
A re M in isters losing fa ith
Religious Influence
Diminished
W ith
no n u
notable ex­
A lam Clayton Pow ell, Archie
cept ions, A m n rle .’ a clergym an B a ll C arey, M a rtin Spence
are a pretty d lsco u ra g .il lot. (w i Ite r fo r the ( Iregon Joni nal)
l i l l l s Casson, I a n y O lom and
I h e ir ce llin g c a lls foi m m e Lonnie W orm sly a ll wanted to
than what/A'cTs the natural eye. quit the m n ls tr y but lourut out
M ln ls le i i haven’ t lu -.tla ith ln that tliey Just couldn’ t quit all
God, Aisl tliey rem ain convince I to g e llie i.
that
A rn tric a n s desperately
A ll (bese mon found out that
m ed the s p iritu a l values and even though you may not b i in
the |>ers|iectlve on life that can an active pustor of a congie-
lw ganel Irani true re lig io n . gatlon there are other form I of
G u l’ s m in is try . Spence dors In
Broken Dishearten
Ills w ritin g .m l by te llin g Imth
si.le of the s to ry. B ills Casson
I base fig u re s may t« sur­
through c iv il rig h ts , I i r r y
p risin g t " you. 43 |ie r cent of
( Hom maybe would have been
the Jew ish rabbis, 12 pel cent
the next Black M ayor of Newark
of tlie P rotestant iiitnlN tei s ari l
New Jersey but these men s till
2d ,iei cent of theC athollc pi lest
have that uige to preach even
a ie so dl.slioal tened aland tlie ir
tin ougb a colum n ol paper,
work they have seriou sly con-
through fighting fo r the under­
s Ida its I leaving re lig io u s life .
dog in c iv il o r p o litic a l rig h t.
A look into these insights into
the altitudes aisl feelings ol to­
Congi egallon Vain
day’ s c le ig y come fro m a re ­
A 47 year old Episcopal
cent nationwide survey by tl«e
m in iste i said ” my congi egatlon
G illy s i u g a n l/a tlo n . I be find­
has leeri demanding, vain ami
ings have been made available
p e tty,”
lie futhe i state,! that,
to re lig io u s leaders aisl com ­
" I liey a ir too concerned with
m entators 111 a re p o it en titled
th e ir In llv lilu a l nee ls arxl le­
"R e lig io n in A m e rica , 1971.’ *
s ire s . ••
••I feel I pi u lx ilily cixilil do
G iving I p
m ore fu r humanity in sum .
other fie ld . said a C a llfo t ma
Jesus C h ris t as lie hung on
te
■ cried out “ Pater, Kahbl.
P a te r,.
• rteken
" I am fru stra te d with people
me / ”
I ins may seem to m m v who wear re lig io n like a badge
that tlie whole human ex­ but nevei grasp Its essentials.
Getting acquainted w ith Hopspital Resources was pa rt of program during five-w eek series of
pe rim en t had failed , I hat even 1 w o n d e r what I ’ rn re a lly
workshops on hospital m in is try sponsored by the Albina M in is te ria l A llia n ce at Emanuel Hospital:
tlie Son of God had given up on accom ollshlng,” said a young
participants included, from le ft, E lder S ylvester Green III; Rev. John H. Jackson; Rev. T h o m a s
the human experim ent. I he C a th olic padre.
I., strayliand; Rev. Rozell G ilm o re; Leland Brown, Emanuel M edical technologist, dem onstrating
M astei C raftsm an, h o w e V e r.
" I t is Incom ing increasingly,
laboratory equipment; Rev. Adolph A . W ells, Emanuel Tem ple; Rev. W illia m F . A dix. Emanuel
Just could not give up on " I l l s b a r : to re a lly m ake an Unprinty
chaplain; E ld e r Tom Noffa.
higliest cre a tio n .”
said an AM • c le r g y .
G iving up why?— The te-
John Jackson, m in is te r of
m a alizattun of tlie c le ig y is M l . td lv e t B aptist Church said,
reflected not only In tlie high "W ith o u t em itlo n a lla tn in tlie
(wrcentages who have Con­
Black Church we too would feel
sidered giving up the m in is try , lik e it la to no a v a il."
Seven m e m le ri of the Albina members, they met fo u r- hour staff, discussed "Physicians and Thomas Strayhand
discussed
but alsu In th e ir responses to a
B utting It a ll together.
It M inisterial Alliance on June 3 Saturday morning sessions which pastors’ ’ during one session, a t "Follow -U p Care and Rehablllta-
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question about whether re lig io n would appear that layinsn who participai«) In a formal
pre- beean In A p ril and ended May 20. the next, M rs. Edith O’ Donoghue, tlo n ” at the final session,
la an increasing or le cieasing ask what’ s d riv in g so many sentalloo ceremony which con-
Emphasis w as on hospital R.N., and M rs. Dorothy J. Seim,
Certificates were presented
influences in A m erican life . c le ig y tn tn to de spa ir can lie eluded a series of five workshops fa c ilitie s , resources, and organl- R.N., discussed “ Nurses
and June 3 to participants w ho
In­
Six out of 10 expressed the given a b rie f ami categorical in hospital m in istry held
at rations, as well as on the special- P astors." The Rev. w illia m F. eluded Elder Tom Noffa, Church
view (hat re lig io n 1» a wsning answer:
Emanuel Hospital.
lie d needs of hospitalized p a - A d ix , D. D., Emanuel chaplain, of the Living God, Rev. Adolph A.
influence on human conduct.
You are.
The workshops were sponsored rlshloners.
talked about "M in is try In C risis Wells Emanuel Temple; Rev.
b y the A.M.A. a sp a rto f a pro-
Walter C. Reynolds, M.D., and Counseling" and “ M in istryto Rozell QUmore Berean Baptist-
When asked to give reasons
gram of continuing education for president of the Emanuel Medical Term inal Patients;’’ t h e Rev. E ld e r Sylvester Green
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fo i then lis c .u i agem •nt, they
cite,! d e c l i n i n g church at­
tendance; widespread evslrnce
of im blic ln d lffe r e n c e to in o i.il
The Albina M inisterial
and s p iritu a l Values; growing
Alliance announced tliat It
m a te ria lis m ; and Jack of public
teaching both A fro -A m e r­
has applied to the M etropol­
concern about rig h tin g th e
ican and Western European
itan Area 4-C Council to sub­
wrongs of c o n t e m p o r a r y
tra d itio n s .
contract for the 4-C Family
so cie ty.
Day and Night Care Program
The program Is open to
£f)f C burri) of pour
€l)o ia
with your family
Church
-ieri
School fo» Community
ST ANDREW 5 CATHOLIC CHURCH
H O óN f
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28 I 4429
A, M P T A
PO»r ANO Ci Of G O N 972 i I
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motwam gpippin
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9 00 am K y rema 10 30 am Chow
1 2 00 pm Folk Most
ST. PAUL CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
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Sunday School
Wooh.p Senses
YPWW
Evening Worship -
9 45 a m .
I 2 oo N<xx,
6 30 P M
Sunday, Tuesdoy, Friday 8 0 0 P M
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Th« Fr<ndly Church • You ore only a Stranger once
ST P H ILIP ’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
N E Knott Street at Rodney Avenue
Rev L.O Stone Vicar
Telephone 287 2012
S unday services
Holy Ccenmunwn
Maly Commuruor
Sunday School
9 30 AM
Holy Comn>un«or
6 0 0 PM
7 45 AM
(Rrrt and Third Sunday,) I I 0 0 AM
M c n n fl Prayer
Second and Four* Sunday,) I I 0 0 AM
Wedneedoy, A Holy Day,
Albina Ministers participate in Emanuel workshop session
AMA seeks
Child care
Church of the L iv in g God;
r//f J/iV/zzZ
A dix; Rev. Strayhand,
y ; en
M
Tem ple
E
C h ris tia n
Plsc°Pal;
Rev-
John H. Jackson, M t. Olivet
Oliirt baptist 'hutch
Rev.John H Jackson
M inisfer
N.E.FirstandSchuyler
Portland, Ore.
Phone 284-1954
Sunday School
Morning Worship
Vesper
9 a m.
1 1 a m.
5 p m
Let us enter to uorship and depart to »erut.
B aptist Church.
Bethel child D evelopm ent
Center
A round
the Church
By Tony M a rsh a ll
B llll Al > .1 DM A C< »MM N IIV
BAB I LSI CHI RCH:
M ira c le
I line Crusade hegln June 2,
t il 1 ', conducted by Rev. John
C o rb in of B erkley, C a lifo rn ia .
Each night a siw clal prayer fo r
the sick, service nightly 8:00.
Tlie church Is located on tlie
c o rn e r of Mason and G arH ield .
MAR ANA I ILA EVANGEI .LS TIC
C l.N I1 . R: ( ¡pel a tlon ’ M1 i l 1’ w ill
begin on June IOth and run t ill
tlie 13th, at tlie church on 13th K.
Skidm ore. ’ M- iB’ atandsfol tlie
M Isslon ( ¡utreach B ro je ct of the
church. ’ M lB ’ a* purpose is to
acquaint m em bers and frien ds
of M aranslha with the various
p ro g ra m s functioning to reach
and win souls to C h ris t.
I hursday through Saturday
w ill le nights packed w ith M is ­
sion inform ation fo r you.Lead­
e rs from a ll A u x ilia rie s w ill tie
on hand to Inform you of our pre­
sent outreach and what you can
do to lielp .
Be on hand to find youi place
In God’ s Blan.
M eetings s ta rt at 7:B.M . each
night w ith ap od al M Isslon sLm »
phasls on Sunday m orning and
evening .•
• I ’ lease note that services w ill
lie helil at Jefferson Highschool
on that Sunday. I lie public Is
asked to attend any of the m eet­
ings. Sis. Colleen Hanks.
fo r the Model C ities area.
M e tro io llta n
Area 4-C
Council Is the prim e con­
tra c to r fo r the Model Cities
Comprehensive Child Care
Component,
and
sub­
contracts the Individual pro­
jects to child ca re o r comm­
unity organizations.
F x ls tlix
sub-contracts
are:
Be rean Child Care
Center, which operates cent­
ers fo r children ages 3 - 5
at Hughes Memorial Meth­
odist Church, Berean Baptist
Church, and w ill open a cent­
e r al Woodlawn Metliodlst
Church; Bethel AME Church
which w ill open a Child Care
Center at Bethel Church;
Hughes Memorial Methodist
Church, which operates the
Emergency
Child
Care
Center at the M ulti-Service
Center ; and the Portland
Public Sc tool a, which liave
after school child care In the
Model Cities area schools.
If AMA’ s request Is ap­
proved by 4-C, AMA w ill be
the sub-contractor fo r the
Fam ily Day and Night Care
P rogrm , which Is being
tem porarily operated by the
Metro|>olitan
Area 4-C
Council because
a sub­
contractor was not available
when the program began In
December of 1970. The Fam­
ily Day and Night Care P ro ­
gram provides child care In
ce rtifie d fam ily homes for
165 children who are under
the age of three o r who are
unable to adjust to a group
caro setting because of e-
motlonal, Intellectual
or
physical
handicaps,
and
children under 14 who need
night care. The program is
funded by Model C ities and
federal matching funds.
Io open
a ll
children, regardless
o f race and religion, who are
Bethel AME Church w ill
residents of the Model Cities
open its Child Care Center
area.
during the week of June 14th.
The program w ill also In­
The center, which w ill pro­
clude the Sullivan Program ­
vide full day care fo r tlilrty
med Reading Readiness Pro­
children, ages 3 through 5,
gram developed by the Be­
Is hind«! through the Metro­
havioral Research Labor­
politan Area 4-C Council
atories of Palo Alto, C alif.
with Model Cltle funds and
This material lias been spec­
othr federal matching mon­
ific a lly produced to prepare
ies.
children fo r their firs t ex­
The center w ill combine an
posure to formal learning.
“ Ethnic School" with the
The children are taught d ir ­
traditional
child develop­
ection, s;>atlal concepts, col­
ment program. The Ethnic
o rs , the alphabet and sound-
School supplements West­
sym tol relationships. Re­
ern Eureopean tradition with
search Involving the use of
Afro-Am erican tradition and
these materials In Ocean
places the two traditions in
h ill- Brownsville In New
supplementary
relation­
York Indicates tliat rem ark­
ships. It provides exper­
able gains can be demon­
iences for building strong
strated. Models for the com­
self-image, self-respect and
bination of the Ethnic school
self-understanding.
It
and Sullivan Programmed
teaches “ Black love’ ’ with­
Reading materials are Grant
out teaching “ white hate” .
AME , Ix>s .Angeles In 1968
It Is a learning experience
and the Educational Growth
that enriches theteachers as
Organization (Watts) In 1969-
well as the students.
1970.
The program Is Intended to
combat attitudes o f Black In­
fe rio rity , hostility and self-
hatred prevalent In young­
sters growing up In low -
By Rev A Purnell Bailey
Income areas Infested with
poverty and neglect. It Is the
Intent of the program to help
O n c o l nix tc.ichcrs once s.tiil
young children see them­
that he had the |x-r fe it xv.ix for
selves as the product of un­
d ent black cultures as well a vo tin g w om an to heenme rich
as productive and success­
q u ic klx
\ l a rrx a rich vo tin g
ful people. The television,
m a n 1 I lie t u n hecomc one. the
radio, books and other media
riches nl one Ix im n e tlie w e a lth
do not provide positive he­
o l lx It 11.
roes with which this child < an
I lie supreme exam ple o f this
Identify. Thus, we seek to
is w h at happens to a man w hen
provide a cultural back­
he I alls m love w ith the M aster
ground to generate pride and
- the lin k Ilian o f true w ealth.
self-confidence. Self-hood
I le sixin has I I is lin e, I lis tin
and person-hood fo r Blacks
can be achieved only by
selfishness, I l l s hnnestv, I lis
BREAD OF LIFE
p u rity . \ \ here else can one fin d
h riches Ix’stowcd so lax ish
x? VVe in d c c il r e e e ix e I lls
righteousness
not self rig h t
eousness.
R ich men tend to traxel in
the com pany ol xxeallhx men,
so it is xx uh (hose xx ho xxould lx 1
ric h in s p iritu a l things, they
soon Im d the com pany of those
going in the same directio n.
lien xou lake xout i llild Io |
i h iire li he re ie n e s more than
the xxoids Irom the Sundax
Sehixtl tear her or a pastor he
becomes in fe cted xxitli the io n
Ligiousness of your s p iritu a l I
hunger
sir
I I f If,i,If tli me
hi
the puilix of
righfeonoiesx for his
suite. QPsalm 2 A A)
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Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church
3138 N. Vancouver Ave.
Phone 282-9496
Sunday School
(le ft to rig h t)
M *s. Russell Dawson, M rs . June T e r r y and
M rs . L e r.o r- M o rris during Women’ s Day a c tiv itie s . M rs .
Russell Dawson was the guest speaker and M rs . T e rry and
M rs . M o r r is were co-chairm an.
9:00 A.M.
Morning Worship
J 1:0 0 A M.
Dr. O.B. Williams, Pastor
'Serving the Inner City Saving the Inner M a n ”
• ^ ¿ e th o d is f
Again By Request and Demand
a tiA H T
chuhc .
Prove God now Miracle
<D
Crusade
Evang W . Pritchett
W illa M a e Dorsey
W ith a n a tio n w id e
¡miracle m in is try w ill
>e m in istryin g to the
sick, tro u b le d and
unsave
In te rn a tio n a l T.V.
Radio ra d io Concert!
and recording artist|
w ill sing G od’s
blessing upon you
Community Church of God
202 N.E. Skidmore
Pastor James Coleman sponsor
Fri., Sat. June 11, 12 7:30 P.M
SunJune
13
3:0 0 4 7 :3 0
pm
uum e s
Ev«ry one is w elcom e
5828 N.E. 8th
2 8 8 -5 4 2 9
A. Lee Henderson, Minister
Ellis Casson, Associate Minister
Church School
Morning W orship
Wed Noon _ The Hour o f Power
Wed Prayer & Class Meeting
Nursery Care Provided
9 30 A M.
10 45 A M
1 2 00 N O O N
...
7:00 P M.
...
W e ere m a k in g our N e ig h b o rh o o d A B ro th e rh o o d ”
A JTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
5 9 j 5 N. M innesota.
2 8 9 -2 3 6 4
Sunday School
9 :4 5 A M
M orning Worship
11:00 A M.
Evening Service
Minister Felton Howard
7:30 P.M.
T wa- in the spirit on the bird'? Day, and heard behind
me a great voice as of a tru m p e t."
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