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■ r 11 «i n (J / O h { e r V e r ATTEND THE — h : s íi < iíi ¡ i ' ui | C H U R C H S E R V IC E i V if , ! ,,j A Th ef » e a 1 h lJ M <Jay. Au g m t 12. 1971 «ta Vhool ta, t,—«... i t i c i ST ANDREW S CATHOLIC CHURCH H ** t 2« I 442« A l SERT A O M H IN «ptTtÄNO C W G O N «221 I WV G O tO O N I c»d ftv MRTS a m » 0 0 m H ,™ , 10 JO » 12 00 — OF YOUR CHOICE Ctaw baptist Ourtt) 3 723 N. Gant«rb«lr Avarua Fort land, 0'sgon th e C hurch D e tig n e d to M e e t Y o u r N e e d ü£V. ANDREW A. NEWTON, P«tor r_ n R” n“ : J , Z \'. 281-Ä47A (1 Ü N o w th a t you h a v e seen the o u ts it t s w h a t s on the inside th at co u n ts” | J M I I Dl K I N NOI I A, JK Of GOO IN CHR ZRZ-Zl IST Bithop J.c. N«Hr, Mini«!«' Sundov School 9 :45 TKWW Ever,ng Worship - 12 0 0 Noon 6 :3 0 F M . Sunday Tuasday, Fndoy 8 0 0 F M. The Friendly Church You ore only a Strings» once CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD Uethodisf £ CHUfc DAILY LIVING We as Christians have to live a differ ent life than the rest of the world, a l though we breathe the same a ir, we can not afford to participate in ungodly things. The worldly path is different from the Quoting the Rev. J . « * , r w ill bring the Black commun path the Christian MUST choose. The s o a t. ity to its divine task of re G il A. G riffin thlng new going on. A radical deeming the Soul of American worldly walk after the flesh. reappraisal of America and Society. her relatlonsldp wltii die world Gllroye A . G riffin, J r . was national legal m atters, and 5828 N.E. 8th mlc fortunes, then, for the Three hundred years of 'Die Christian path is the spiritual 288-5429 In gwieral and with black* in born in Columbia,SouthCaro- directing Corporate Services serving tlie needs of a people firs t tim e, we w ill have a A. Lne Henderson, Minister path. Paul states in Romans 8:2 "F o r particular. lma where he attended Departments for all of the who have been victims of every true “ opne m arket” situation A new language . . . Ellis Casson, Associate Minister elementary and high school. firm 's offices. kind of debasement and in minority hiring. the law of the spirit of life in Christ Church School ........................................................... 9- 30 A M A new lialratyle . . . humiliation, gave the Black He received his B.A. degree Before Joining Kenyon & Griffin believes that the day A new liandshake . . . Jesus hath made me free from the law Morning Worship ....................................................... 10:45 A.M church a genius for sablng In 1959 from Dartmouth Col Eckhardt, G riffin was Man of extreme governmental A new or renewed anger church a genius for saving .Wed Noon — The Hour of Power ........ 12:00 N O O N lege, majoring in English. In ager of Labor Relations and of sin and death." and anguish. pressure is past...though the the unsavable and the desti 1962 lie was graduated from Wed P-oyer & Class Meeting ................................... 7:00 P.M Urban Affairs with B risto l- There Is a gound swell from regulations and safeguards tute. At tills point In the The path we travel daily must be a Columbia University Law M yers Company from May Nursery Core Provided the tottom declaring Justice w ill be reuined, and that de confrontation of black and School receiving a Juris Doc now.” 1968 to October 1970. From holy one, as Isaiah said, 11A highway spite the racist attitude of white, the Black church lias We are m aking our Neighborhood A B rotherhood" tor degree with specialization R seems that during this September 1964 to May 1968 he the key which wlU unlock and some Individuals In personnel of holiness no uncleansed can walk in period in our history the black in corporate and labor law. was employed by the Mobil mobilize the Imagination, positions the ability of the church has a better oppor It.” His wife, Judith B erry G rif O il Corporation In a variety committment and resources of minority professional is now a tunity to bring redemption and fin, is an elementary school these Blacks and whites who of industrial relations and m atter of record. He thinks When we find it hard to feel kindly regeneration to our society. are seeking a breakthrough teacher and the author of two legal capacities culminating In that the promise of equal op- The opportunity Is before tlie In tlie midst of revolution. toward our neighbors, or cannot show widely acclaimed books for his acting as Legal Counsel that the promise of equal black church to take liold of If the Black church can come boys and g irls . The Griffins to the North American D ivi opportunity in American love one to the other, we are lax, we this generation of Black to a knowledge of Its self are the parents o f a three sion of the corporation. tuslness w ill soon be visable Americans, which lias been so and tlie many splendid gifts must find the path, the holy path of year-old son. M rs . Griffin From the July issue of well equipped to do the Jot). and he urges all who have of It’ s own tradition; If It Is a graduate of the University Contact, in an article written They must be lifted abve the worked to implement equal righteousness. Only through constant can take seriously the thought of Chicago and Columbia seeds of destruction and with by Gil G riffin, we quote, "A tliat tlie current crisis In the opportunity not let down their and diligent prayer can we find this path. th eir newly found self pride University’s Teachers C ol friend of mine once said, no social order are acts of God efforts. and the genius of the “ Black lege, she began to write and a challenge to It’ s own more than half in Jest, that My friend, why must wc* toy with the He closes his article in Tradition” give new birth to genius; and lith e Black church because she felt Black Child the goal of Equal Employment Conuct with this paragraph: the American society. most precious possession we have in the can believe that this Is Its ren needed books of their Opportunity would be reached ” 1 remember Whitney Young tt is not a question whetlier moment In history, then It own: books whose central only when corporations felt world - our life, our soul - do you not was fond of saying that he the Black church lias the abil w ill move with dispatch to be characters they could admire that they could fire Blacks with would be happiest when there ity to reintegrate a people gin fulfilling Its destiny. think we are running a great risk in an! with whom they could the same ease that they fired against Impossible odds; tils- would no longer be , need Our Black brothers and sis identify. whites. U one were to acoept tory answers tills for us. The handling these possessions so carelessly for a National Urban League. ters are still being demoral He is presently Vice Presi this rationale with no ques question Is status and Image, This Utopia, unfortunately, ized and dehumanized by tlie ho indifferently. Too often the answer dent oi Corporate Adminis question Is whetlier the Black tions asked, then the miracu structure and systems of our still lies somewhere beyond church can cease to dissi tration at Kenyon A Eckhardt, lous day of true equality of is " I do this all the time." Only on society. R is the task of the horizon. 1 suggest to you pate tier energy with Its In Inc., a worldwide advertising the Black church to challenge opportunity is indeed at hand.” that, in the area of equal r//f O h'in Kaptist Church Sunday do I act like a Christian. Our stitutional status and Image the white church to act upon •nJ communications corpor ’ ’We have certainly seen the employment opportunity Im and seize the opportunity and the moral and ethical im per way is not a path of Sundays, but an ation with headquarters In New end of the day when recruiters, Rev. John H.Jackson plementation, there remains provide the leadership which atives of theGospe. The Black Phone 2 8 4 -1 9 5 4 York C ity. His responsibili for “ numbers” purposes or and w ill continue to be a very M inister everyday Job of Christian living. ’ church is challenged with tlie Sunday School ties include directing all otherwise, seek any and every great need for the National Joyous burden of declaring F irsi and Schuyler Morning Worship God states in the holy writings that personnel operations in the available Black graduate they Urban League and all of the that no priority In our society Vesper company’ s general counsel on can find. When companies individuals who believe in its Is higher than the Items of we must love the Ixrrd with our hearts Portland, Ore. both domestic and inter- with good track records In w ork." the Black agenda. souls, and minds and our neighbor as* her ut enter to u o n iu p an d depart to terne. minority hiring are forced to Let us therefore look at NAACP Social Security reduce their staffs and treat some of these. In the critical ourselves. Truly our lives must be like The NAACP membership assessments of tlie plight of the dismissed Blacks (min a light on a hill that cannot be hidden. meeting w ill be held Sunday Black Americans It Is crystal orities) in the same way as not enough August 15, at 4 p.m . at St. clear, and yet most embar their white ex-employees, the It profits us nothing to be a people M ark’ s Baptist Church, 103 rassing, that white America time for a realistic approach NE M orris St. has not responded In more who talk about praying, but never pray; is at hand.” " I t is my very Social Security does not The Portland branch’ s offi concrete ways to their pro strong feeling that the n e« provide security for the sur a people who say tything is right, but The Rev. D r. John W. Tho mises to Black Americans. cial delegates, president Ellis five years w ill be curcial to viving spouse after death of mas, Washington staff mem P rio ritie s have not bean a l Casson, past president, Tom never tythe; a people who claim mem ber of the American Baptist the concept of equal employ a retired w orker. This is tered, everywhere there Vickers, and M r. and M rs. bership in a church and never attend Convention’s Department of ment in the United Sutes. If, the plaint of Representative Chauncey Hays, win report seems to be lack of Integrity Social Concern, and and to lr play. The crld on "Echoes From the NAACP as all economic barometers, Cornelius Gallagher, New nor support the church program; a people’ Christian M R , James A. Sapp, director and fair play. The credibility National Convention.” The prophets, soothsayers indi Jersey, who wants Congress of correlation services, Bap gap seems to be getting wider convention was held In Minn who say the Bible is God’s word to man cate, we are destined to see to make a basic change in tist Joint Committee on Pub and wider. eapolis, July 5-9. a strong upsurge in our econo- Social Security so as to con but never read it. How few of us realize lic Affairs, Washington, D.C., tinue full benefits to the spouse are urging Baptists to write our impertinence when we stand and pro th ' after death of the Insured eir Congressmen asking And the nation s Independent claim that we are children of God. We them not to sign a petition tuslness proprietors tend to would force out of the open our mouths and the words pour out. which agree with him, as evidenced Hous Judiciary Committee a bill allowing prayer In the by a poll by the National L ater, we are appalled to see the danger public schools. Federation of Independent Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church we have brought. In 1967, extensive hearings ABC DfcF Business. If finds 54 percent 3138 N. Vancouver Ave. were held on a sim ilar bill. As I close I say to you, cast all your At of the business people erxlors- that time the Rouse Judi Phone 282-9496 o 0 o of the business people cares upon Him. lie loves you. When ciary Committee felt that the Sunday School 9:00 A M enforcing Representative Ga majority of those who testi JKL M NO G HI your motives are misunderstood your fied llagher s legislation, while 40 were opposed because Morning Worship qq percent express opposition such a b ill would run counter actions m isrepresented, your friends for 0 0 0 to the doctrine of the separa and 6 percent refrain from an Dr. O.B. Williams, Faster sake you and when companionship grows tion of church and state. opinion at this time. TUV WXY PRS g y w n g t h e I n n e r C it y S a v in g th e I n n e r M e n " Therefore, Congressman cold, tell Jesus. He will draw near and C eller feels that nothing new © © fill the aching void of the desolate heart can be added M r. Thomas said that '• Bap OPt R when the clouds of sorrow cast their tistia are opposed tradition shadow on your course. He will clear ally to any attempt to make prayer compulsory, and the clouds away when sickness separates urged Baptists to w rite their asking them not you from the throne and you are laid to Congressinan sign the petition. aside. Tell Jesus. He and He alone Said M r.S ap p ,"B ap tistsIn sist on true voluntarism In will comfort and keep you and He will prayer. Prayer Is not prayer lu e ■ unless It Is voluntary. The give you peace. Decade Ahead For The Black Church Baptists position on school Prayers è e , , . o ST P H IL IP S EPISCOPAL CHURCH “ N E Knott Street at Rodney Avenue Rev 1 ,0 .Stone Vicar SUNDAY SCRVICtS Holy Cnmmufwon ' Comm unton Telephone 2H7.»12 Holy Communion (R rft and Third Sunday») I I ,0 0 AM Morning Prayer (Socond and Fourth Sunday») I | ,0 0 AM need for government assis tance for a person to pray Is unthinkable. Government re quirements for prayer or de votions are objectionable. Government siiould never be given the authority to permit o r not to perm it prayer In the true meaning of the word.” See our light show. The Trimline Telephone (2) Pacific Northwest Bell Maranatha 1222 N.E. Skidmore Phone 288 3700 - 4035 Unusual S t f f n n i tenth an Unusual Paopie bocausa o f an Unusual Christ Sunday School Morning Worship Evening Worship Hour Power Wed Friday Youth O Rama _Reverend WendeH W a lla ce Pastor
