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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1972)
You EMULAMI xO OHSOFF.ff This and other Information was e l i c i t e d from 3500 In- depth Interviews at 2l<Jenomi- natlons in the United States ami Canada over a two-year p e ri od. T h e results were sum marized by the National Coun cil of Clurchss, which, how ever, did not conduct or spon sor the survey. St. Martin’s has party Child r »n at St. M artin 's Day Nursery presented aChrlstm as program for their parents and teachers. The day nursery for 3, 4 ani 5 year olds Is sponsored by the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Courses offered Church investment in war revealed The National Council of Churches criticised 10 major Protestant denominations on ethical and moral grounds for Investing >203 million In com panies that hold m ilitary con tracts. Spokesman for several of the churches said they were concerned about their Invest ment poll, lea and were re viewing them. The Council Itself admitted to having >333,831 Inverted In five corporations doing war business. The study showed that some at the churches that have been In the forefront of opposition to the war are mort gulMy of holding Investments "placing themselves In com plicity with the Irresponsible, Immoral and socially Inju r ious acts" of 38 corporations. The report said the church has a tradition of being a moral leader and therefore "has a special obligation to question complicity" with corporations manufacturing armaments. Instead "the churches are providing Important amounts of economic support for the m ilitary-Industrial complex and the war In Southeast Asta and "assisting the manu facture and use of weapons of mass human and environ mental destruction.” Rodney Page, A s s o c i a t e Director of the G reater Port land Council of Churches, an nounced today the beginning of a teacher education progiam for church school teachers. Various age group courses are offered to give support to derson w ill attend s planning teachers in the church by pro conference In Denver on Jan viding them with opportunities uary 1 8 - 2 2 . to define or refine their pur poses, to improve their teach ing skills and for sharing with The conference w i l l m a k e other teachers. plans for the General Confer In addition to these courses, ence of the African Methodist two Bible enrichment courses Episcopal Church to be held in w ill be offered: Dallas, Texas on June 7,1972. t-) "The Cospel in the Gos The General Conference is pels” , taught by D r. John held every four years. A n d e r s o n , of Lewis and M rs . W inchester Is one o f C lark College. f i v e lay delegates elected to 2.) " B o n e h e a d B i b l e " , represent th e Puget Sound taught by the Rev. Richard Conference of the Fifth Epis Rohrbaugh. o f S t . M a r k copal D is tric t. She was a del P r e s b y te r la n C h u r c h . egate to the 1968 Conference Each c o u r s e will run six held In Philadelphia, Pennsyl vania. consecutive Monday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 at Westmin Rev. Henderson is o n e of s te r. Presbyterian C h u r c h . f i v e m inisterial delegates Those Interested In attending elected to the P u g e t Sound should call the G reater Port land Council of Churches, at Conference. ------------------- 223-6101. AME delegates to attend Conference M rs C orrine (Lewis) Win chester snl Rev. A . Lee Hen- The denomlattone and the amount Inverted with defense contractors are- United Meth odist, >59.7 million Christian Church, >8.6 million United Presbyterian, >57.8 million American Baptist Convention, >30.5 million protestant E- placopal Church, >28.• m il lion. Lutherln Curch In A - m erica, >7.7 million United Church of Christ >2.8 million Church of the Brethren, >801,188 Presbyterian Church In the United States, >E4 m il- lor. Unitarian Unlveraaltsi A sm » letton, >2.8 million. ____ C orrine Winchester ommon cause — . Protect the environment Don’t be misled by the suc cess same citizens have had In h a lt in g environmentally harmful actions by govern ment and Industry. Power re lationships between polluters and the polluted have not been realigned. P a r from It. Tha average citizen atUI la at a staggering disadvantage whan ha undertakes to fight pollu tion. Thia Imbalance - particu larly as it applies to law suite- must be corrected, and Com mon Cause has Joined ths fight. Ths Environmental Protection Act (S1O32), a bill we are sup porting, would establish the right of every member of the public to the protection, pre servation, and enhancement of the environment. Moreover, the bill would establish an ad equate remedy to protect that right. It may surprise you that thia right has not yet clearly established by Con gress or that remedies are hard to come by. But It ex plains why effective anti-pol lution action by citizens la so difficult. The legislation la to correct the present Imbalance of power among citizens, ea- lahllahed economic Interests, “ d government bureaucra cies on management oftlw an- vlronment. The Environmental Protec tion Act (S 1032) Is being coo- aklarwl by the Environment Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee. Mem bers of the Subcommittee should be urged to act favor ably on the b ill. The Senator« M lch ^P h lllp H art, sponsor of the bill) Utah - Prank Mosa, R J . - Jo h nP atora,Tenn .-H o ward Baker, L a . - Russell Long, K y .-M arlow C o o k,K an. James Pearson, O re. - M ark Hatfield, Va. - W illiam S p « < . The legislation now being studied by a Senate subcom mittee deals with citizen en vironment suits. Thia would make clear that c itize n ^ on their own or In behalf of citizen organizations, have the right to bring law suits against pol luters or government agen cies. Personal Service Of High Ovality Pricing That Meets Your Requirement Courtesy That Is A Tradition C.Don Vann ” There is no doubt when you call Vann's" Existing law presents many roadblocks to legal action by an average citizen unless he can show he has a real stake in the environmental damage caused by a gene Ms or busi- oasses. Legally, it la hard to establish thia real Interest which gives a citizen "stand- lag" to sue; the m erits of ths Issue ate never discussed. Por example, the S ierra Club has encountered extraordi nary problems In establlshli< Its right to challenge govern ment authorization of a large rasort, electlrc power lines and highways In Sequoia Na tional Park In C a llfo m la . The bill we are working fo r would enable individuals and groups ■uch as the Sierra Club to take their cases into court with as surance that the m erits w ill be argued. But ths b ill would do more. Presently, citizens may not challenge the m erits of " d is cretionary" acts on the p a n of regulatory agencies, particu la rly those agencies managing our natural resources. Bureaucrats are shielded from the scrutiny of the courts and the public because of ths Ill-founded notion that only ad m inistrative specialists have the ability (1) to Judge the ef fects of a proposed action that might harm the environment and (2) to Judge the public In terest in ths m atter. TheSen- ate bill ( S 1092) would open up d » agencies’ "discretion ary” acta to public challenge and evaluation by an Indepen dent arb iter - the courts. As things stand now, citi zens are without power to challenge, on their merits, such agency actions as grant ing oil leases in the Santa Bar bara Channel, decisions to au thorize the SST, and govern ment extension of time for automobile manufacturers to meet a ir pollution emission standards. Ths Importance of providing this power to cit izens Is emphasized when it is recalled that most government regulatory agencies are sin gle - Interest organizations, •4. the Atomic Energy Com mis« Ion. ths Federal Power Commission, ths Department of Transportation. Common Causa has now be gun to lobby for passage of the Environmental Protection Act. In September, we testi fied before the Senate subcom mittee considering tha bill. Appearing on our behalf ware Charles R .H alpern and Robert Hallman who have consider able experience In environ mental protection efforts and In public Intsiest law work. They told the subcommittee that the time has come to grant citizens and citizen organiza tions the unqualified right to challenge such things as air quality standards, water pol lution abatement schedules, m i n e r a l leases, radiation standards, waste disposal practices, expansion of elec tric power facilities, on their m erlts and before the unbiased forum of the courts. On January 29, M rs .G e ra l dine Hammond, better known as "M is s G e rl" , the beloved T .V . personality, w 111 show how to make and entertalnwith simple puppets at ths Multno mah County L ib ra ry , 512 N. Kllllngsworth. 281-2836 Portland, Oregon € tw iff »T A N O tfW S CATMOUC CHURCH >•1 4429 roe t í a m o o a co o M » /211 ■f y GGSOON 1 C tO fY «A m m s sa ™ » 0 0 e» HysMa 10 JO «W Ouaw I 3 00 'eft «Aos. AUIN TEMPLE CME CHURCH C ^ , ° ' w ’; b, u * .'“ oo“ “ :" ' Christian Ycxith Fellowship 6:00 P jyj, (2nd and Fourth Sundays) Rev. Thomas Strayhand. Minister in rural areas in poverty. The leaders of the Aztecs is their " T a ta " , who is re cognized as their spiritual and earthly leader whm they would like to place in the throne once occupied by Emporer Mocte zuma. The ceremonies practiced by the group are a reberth of the culture anx religion of the Aztecs. The Aztecs had a rich culture before the coming of Europeans, a written language a calendar, mathmatics, medicine and an advanced architecture and a rt. The present day Aztecs have giv en up the practice of human sacrifice. Alabama to reapportion I he State oí Alabama was ordered by a federal court to reapportion the State Legisla ture. Representative Fred Gray, one of two blacks in the leg islature, said the decision w ill show blacks in Alabama to be represented for the firs t tin » "In p r o p o r t i o n to o u r strength." The decision, to go into e f fect in 1974, creates 105 sin gle-m em ber districts in the H o u s e and 35 in the Senate. Senate districts arecomposed of three house districts. The plan gives blacks a bet ter chance of being elected be cause they w ill run in predom inantly black districts t h a t w e re previously combinad with districts with white ma jo rities . Charles M o r g a n , s o u t h eastern director of the A m er ican C iv I I Lib ertiesL n io n , said the case can require the single m em berdistrlct across the South. He was a plaintiff in a suit in 196 4 in which the U.S. Supreme Court required five Southern states, including Alabama, to be apportioned on a population basis. Olivet baptist Church r/zf’ Re* John H Jock ion Minister N.E. First ond Schuyler Portlond, Ore. Phone 2 8 4 1954 Sundoy School M om .ng Worship Vesper 9 am 11am . 5 pm Lei uà erUrr so uzon/u/7 and depart u> aene vAethodisf £ 5828 N.E. 8th A. Lee Henderson, Minister 2 8 8 -5 4 2 9 Ellit C o tto n , Associate M inister Church School ........................... Morning Worrhip Wed Noon — The Hour of Power Wed Prayer & C la n Meeting 9:45 am 11:00 am 12:00 noon 7:30 pm Nursery Core Provided W e e re m o k i n g O u r N e i g h b o r h o o d A B r o t h e r h o o d ’ The Israeli Supreme Court Issued an order staying the de portation of twenty American "Black Is ra e lite s ". The blacks arrived In Israel In Oc tober to visit relatives who were among the "Black Is raelites" who began migrating to Israel from Chicago two years ago. The tourist visas expired In November and they were ordered to leave the country. They claim to be descendants of ihe ancient Is raelites, You can S e llit! w ith a p-O Person -to - Person W ant Ad Call 2 8 3 -2 4 8 7 Here&one paper you don’t have to hide VANN'S M ortuaiy 5211 N. Williams Ave. è ïbtCburrtiot Hour Aztec religion A Mexican religious s e c t Is quietly plotting the over throw of the mexican govern ment. It is part of a revival ot the ancient Aztec religion and a new racial conscious ness among Mexican Indians. The Indians feel they ahve been pushed aside by the m exi- cans , Spanish or Spanish- Indian ancestry. The modern Aztecs, who are several hundred in number, consider the present govern ment of Mexico to be the suc cessor of Cortez, who con- c/xeied the Aztec Em pire in 1521. They accuse the M exi can government of doing noth ing for the Indians who live Thunday, Jan. 1 À The operations of U. S. sible for U. S, companies to owned companies doing b u s do more than they are to over - iness in South Africa general come apartheid. He said 16 ly "strengthen and butress" million blacks and 2 million racial separation In that coun coloured (m lxed)aredom inat try , two officials of the Am er ed by 4 million whites. ican Baptist Convention The average salary for a charged. black Is >67. a month while A sixteen man delegation of the average white earns >382. American churchmen visited The statment released by South Africa In November to the delegation said that U.S. Investigate the racial policies firm s In South Africa should ot American firm s there and make an "Im m ediate, total to make recommendations on withdrawal from the Implicit how those firm s can help to support of the Apartheid pol end apartheid. icy " or must undertake “ stud Rev, Richard Ice, deputy ex ied, deliberate, strategic use ecutive secretary of the A - of corporate resources . . .to merlcan Baptist Home M is bring about a more Just so sion Sorltles, said It Is pos ciety” . Why some are leaving church Despite th e findli^s about why people d rift away from the church, pastors and laymen Interviewed expressed faith In the future of organized re li gion, K a te d least Important In reasons why people leave or ganized religion were "social Involvement of the c h u r c h , doctrinal differences, and in adequate church fac ilitie s." Kathsr, they d rift away, ac cording to most pastors que ried, because of a feeling that "the church Is not Important In modern life ," or l a c k of tin » , or a compensating Inter est In other organizations in the c o m m u n it y - in other wotds, they do not feel t h a t what the church offers them today has much meaning. M o s t of those questioned said they belwvwl the major function of the local church Is winning others to Christ a n d * providing worship f o r mem bers. Modern churches often forget thsse basic responslbl- 1 It lea, they said. Portland/Ob«erver, U.S. business in S.A. supports racism Religion in the No mrs When people d r o p o u t o f church It la not due to the m- atltutlon’ a Involvement In so cial Issues or sim ilar dissat isfaction, but becauae the church has ceased to be Im portant to them, a survey In the United States and Canada shows. Many people, as an excuse for no loriget attending serv ices, say the church Is "too activist,” or "too involved," o r Is taking on Interests a t variance with the gospel. Hut these people often are rationalIzlng - digging for an excuse to cover up a general lag In Interest In spiritual m atteis - the survey suggestt. better Informed because you read It In the Observer! from the kids. Presbyterians andCongre- gatlonallsts in England w ill combine Into a single church with a membership of about 200,000. T h e new o r g a n i zation w ill be called the U - nlted Reformed Church. An Army private was sen tenced to four months confln- tanced to four months confine ment for wearing a stiver cross outside his uniform. The soldier said upon hearing the verdict, “ If some men receive medals for performing nu merous bombing runs while another man Is punished for wearing a cross, we must as what are the values we hold." ( \ ancouver Ave. First Baptist Church 3138 N. \ ancouver Ave. Phone 282-9496 Sundoy School 9:00 A M Morning Worth,p 11:00 A.M. Or. O .Ì. Williams, Pastor 'The Church With A H e a rt-F e lt Welcome" Moranathci Evangelistic Center moo NE u r Skidmore eirfrimz..» 1222 Sunday School Sunday Evening Worship Hour of Power-Wed. You.i Meetlng-Frl. 9:15 a .m . 7:00 p. m. 7:00 p .m . 7:30 p .m . Church Office 288-7211 Youth Office 288-7243 Sunday Morning Worship R e v . A M r« . Jo s e p h E. B r a z il-In te r im 11:00 a. m. Pastors 'Unmual Services With An Unuaual People Becauae Of An Unusual Christ
