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Portland O bserver Christian Jew to speak o jis K ia jjt Religion in the News Kev. M ichael Esses, noted lle rb ra ls t and Did Tes tament expositor and scholar, w ill speak at I he P assover and I a >t Supper m the l.r h M e m - oi i d I ill Room on thel n iv e r- sity ol Oregon campus, ac cording to Kev. M u rra y M e le e , ol W dlam ette C h ristia n Center. Ih e Passion of Christ portrayed at Grotto An a r tis tic p o rtra ya l ol I lie Paaxlon ol C h r iit w ill b e p re - sente»l on Palm Sunday and l-.asiei Sunday in I h e G r o t t u A u d ito riu m ol I he Sanctuary o f o u i Sol ro w fu lM o th e i,N .I 85th and Sandy Hlvd. Designed by a r tis t, Donald mane, Judas b e tra ys C h ili t . Judgment before P ilate, Ihe P urp le K oi« and the C low n of (h o rn s. Procession to C a l va ry, I h e C ru c lfix io n , andThe R esurrection. Ih e • flutter, the portrayal com* yeai In preparing Ihe P ussio n of C h ris t. He lo u is through out 11« yeai in die northwest , perl . va ru s, I ■ I lie Iiiu m p h a l I n t i y m in u te p e r fo r ■' i L. » . A p ril 2nd. YPD ru m m a g e sale set ■ 1 io Isa 1 1 , t n d chui d ie s, A noted feature ol the p u i- Unyal is ih e Combination of coloi aikl lighting to g ive an i l lusion ol th ive -d im e n slo n lo lla? many fa m ilia l sce n e slio n i I h e Mount of le m p n iio n iu I lie Mount ol I lie A se e n s io n . Ils? p o rtra ya l also v iv id ly fo rty mance is sclieduled to begin at * ! h l p .m . on Sunday, M arch blue , n iw o ik , lig h tin g , sound e llc i s, and a d ra m a tic n a rra tion lo prevent a panorama ol events in die P ile of C h ris t. M r . I Xittei Is a pi olesstonal a rtis t and has »pent ovet a . Kev. |, es attended the He brew school fo r rabbinical nam ing fo i 14 years ami 12 years at the Hebrew Yeshiva f m vei sity at New Y o rk. lie is an exp osito r ol tie I altnud wlucb encompasses d l 613 of the Jewish laws. I hese 613 laws Cover every phase of man’ s life . Included in the laws are the ordinances md commandments given by God and a ll the rabbinical la w s . Kev. Esses was o r dained a Kabbi in 1950. But m 1963 he became a omplete Jew in J e s u s C b ris t, by a divine encounter w ith the Lord which changed his life . He attended the P resb yteria n Lay Academy im m ersed in New testam ent studies fo r the next fou r years. In 1968 Kev. Esses became associated with Melodyland C h ristian ( ’en te r, Anaheim, I he Young P eople's! le p a rt- ment ol |<eils?l AM I. Church is planning t h e i r fu s t annual rummage sale on M arch 24 ami 25. I he young | «ople a re ask ing lo t donations. Ih e k ic k -o lt event w ill s ta u w ith a moon lig h t sale on M a r c h 24 I torn 8:00 p jn . u n til 11:00 p.m . 11« .ale w ill continue on Satui la y, M arch 2s Iro tii 9:00 a .rn .u n til 6:00 p.m . Proceeds w ill goto the Young People's D epart m ent. I seable donations can te taken to M rs . P e r l e n e W hite, 13.4 N j .. Wygant, 287- 3150. 11.in Van B ro c k iln , custodian fo r the Highland I nited Church of C h ris t, prepares lo r spring . I he church, pastured by Keverend Samuel Johnson, is located on N J i. 9th and Going. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Zest of Life By C a rn e g ie " H a p p y ” Pullen ■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■•■■■a ■■■■■■■■■■ • V V i-7 Mrs. Jessie Henson CALDWELL’S COLONIAL MORTUARY ?0 N f 14th Avenue Portland. Oregon 97?3? CALL 232 4111 hay OR N IG H I “ . . . P reside nt Nixon ls perhaps the unly man w ith s t ill an op|K iilun lly to turn Peking tway fro m p o litlc s th.it , m spell d ls o id e i and even nu le i i w . ii .*' Jrail t ‘hrn Hrulr in lha •Sun /lir g o f ninii San D i * q o , California Take an enthralling tourney through Comm inn t China trom the on»et ot its revolution up to the threshold of the controveriial Nixon Mao sum m it meeting Currently a best seller in France and Britain . . . . Now for the first time in America . . . 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I hey have a large txia id Containing a " P r a y e r L is t ” of things they need; am! anothei board show ing results of th e ir witnessing a c tiv itie s . 1 h e y c a ll them selves "'T he l am - lly , ” uml I. Idei Naam.m An tioch Is acting head ol tl« household. " P r a is e t h e L o rd ." Recommend Books fo r young people By Lenwood G. Davis FORW ARD MARCH TO F Kl L I x >M: 11« story o t a . P h ilip Randolph, by Barbara Kaye G reenleaf. I his Isa bio graphy ol a man whose eyes have always been directed to ward th e attainm ent of goals tlu il would eni ich the lives ol w orking men amt w o m e n . I here a ie a ls o illu s tra tio n s on every page that add a graphic p o rti.iy .il ol a fo rce fu l leader. G rosset ami Dunlap P ublish e r » . $ 2.95 C A N HIF.M HERDE5. A ser ies of paperbacks developed by the Boa nt ot Education of tl« C ity of New Y o rk dealing with Black and white individuals who have achieved despite b a r r ie r s . 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Before his re tire m e n t, he was a mechanic fo r P a cific D iesel P o w e r Company. lie Is survived by his w ile , E lo ise ; a son .M a rtinC hen au lt ol F airb an ks, A laska; a ste p daughter, Juanita P erkins and s te p - son, W illie B e ll, both ol P ortland; four s is te rs and th ie e g ra n d -ch ild re n . Internm ent was at W illa m ette National C em etery. « ■ in I where he is an evangelist at la ig e and teacher at Intern a tional C h a rism a tic C lin ic s . He Is an Iris tru c to ra tM e lo - dyland School of the Bible and has keen ordained at M elod y- land C h ris tia n C e nter as a m in is te r of the Gospel. His genology goes back to 586 B.C. to the T r i l e of Judah. H is fa th e r's side Is fro m the house of Judah, but th e m oth e r 's safe is fro m the royal house of David, King of Judah. Kev. Esses w ill conduct the sem inar an i PassoverSupper, Friday, March 14, at die E r t M e m o ria l B a l l Koom on the U n iv e rs ity of Oregon campus, beginning at 7:00 p.m . Cost of tl« Sem inar and Meal is$3.5O per |>erson. Ib is tra in in g w ill include in stru ction in the Old and New Testament sym bols of each of the foods and the ap p ro p ria te comments from the Kabbi and from the congrega tion . Kev. Esses w ill explain how th is Passover Supper re lates to the New Testam ent Communion Supper. Advance le se rva tio n s are re q uire d. They may be made by contact ing W illa m e tte C h ris tia n Cen- t e i . The public is welcome, according to P asto r M cLees. Vestal students visit elderly I Al I.S AND STDRil 5 F O R HI ACk F t >1 Ks, edited by Toni Cade Ham bara. I his Is an an thology of essays by African amt Black Am erican w i ite rs as w ell as by young people them selves. Doubleday Z e nith . $1.75 GDI DI.N IK A IID LEG ACY: Il I I s - IIIS Ic K A zine ; (D ls trllx ite d maga FREI by M ai ket Developm ent, the Co ca-C ola C o., Box 1734, At lanta, Ga.) Each of these mag azines presents tncom lc-book style and fo rm a t, incidents fro m the live s of famous B lack A m erican s, such as H a rrie t lubm an, C rls p u s A ttuck ami M arcus G arvey. Youngsters w ill lìm i th e ir s to n e s e xcitin g , e sp ecially t l« reluctant read e rs . (JtJOTE: ” I here is m ore to life than growing old' So live that If every man lived as you do th is w o rld would be a Hea ven.” P h illip s Brooks. Gixt dxl not c reate th is w orld that men and women should grow old, become diseased, grow -.enile, BUffai ICCldM I , iisastets, deprivation and death. C h ris tia n s m a y con sid er it a strange thing that Jesus said in John 10:9-10, " I am the Door: by me If any man en ter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in ami out, and find pasture. ” I he th ie l cometh not, but to steal, ami to k ill, a n d to d e - stro y. 1 am come that they m ight have life , ami that they m ight have it m ore abund a n tly .” He uses the sheepfold as a parable ol the kingdom of Cod. I he thief being if « false prophets w h o deceived the E le ct ami m islead them w ith false ol easy, p e rm issive ami Iiin e , which say in effect: "H ow to entei the kingdom ol Heaven without tr y in g ." Death is not t l« d o o r. I >eath is the wages pax! fo r sinning. F u ll obe dience to C h r is t's Command ments ami say ings is th e d o o r. Students at Vestal Elem en ta ry School in P ortland are spending tim e a fte r school at nearby B aptist M an or in fun and games w ith e ld e rly c it i zens who live In the home. A game com m ittee has been appointed at the school and a number of students pay regu la r v is its and play suchgames as chess, dom inos, Chinese checkers and a v a rie ty of card games. Students p a rticip a tin g in these a ctivité s also hope to provide chess and checker boards to donate to the home. I hese w ill be made in the in d u stria l a rts shop at the school and presented to the M a n o rfo r the use of residents. ‘ I . I C A k i.s SONGS AND READINGS OLDSTERS Dennis Richey, a rt co o rd i nator at the school, and his students plan to displa y stu dent a rt at tl« M anor and arrangem ents are t« in g made fo r both students and teachers to spend some tim e w orking at t l« home. E xh ib itio n soft- ball contests between faculty and students are also sched uled w ith the advent of spring weather. Manor residents w ill be pa rticip a tin g in spec ial contests at these events. Teas fo r residents and a spec- e n i C iv iliz a tio n , A t r i e an. United States, I atin Am er ican, F a r E a s t in Modern I im es, Russia and the U.S. in t l« 19th C entury. Ihe sen io r C itize n s p io - g ra m , f ir s t ol its kind in O re gon higliei education, has been . rranged by PSI 's D epart ment of Continuing Education to bring Portland area re s i dents to the com pact, conveni- ent downtown Portland campus ol the U n iv e rs ity . I nder PSI rules, a sen io r citize n is any person of b5 years o r o ld e r. P roo f ot age may 1« require»! at tim e of re g is tra tio n , which w i l l be held in the lobby of Neubergei H a ll, M arch 28-31 and A p r il3, (rom 8 a.m . to 7:30 p.m . Be cause ot class room space lim itations en rollm en t w ill be held w ith in a range of It) lo 20 sen io r citiz e n s , who w ill 1« accepted on a l u s t - c o m e , fir s t- s e iv e d basis. Students twlow the age m in i mum are e lig ib le f o r these and other classes in the spring te rm at standard fees, undei ................. — i i £br€tourrfjof j>our ih o in mmm ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH C orner of 8th Ave snd Skidm ore Sundav W orship 11:00 A .M . C liT istisn Youth F e llow sh ip 6dW PJvf. (2nd and F ourth Sundays) j i e o Thomas Strayhand, M in is te r S.S. 9:30 A .M . V lethodisf £ 2 8 8 -5 4 2 9 Ellis Casson, Associate M inister Church School .................................................. 9:45 »m 11:00 am 12:00 noon 7:30 pm M o rn in g W o rih ip W ed Noon — The Hour of Power W ed Prayer & Class M eeting Nursery Core Provided F or W e are making our Neighborhood A Brotherhood" NAACP books Diez r//(' .\leunt Olivet baptist Church Rev. John H. Jackson Minister N.E. First and Schuyler Portland, Ore. C a lvin O. H enry, P resident of the C o rv a llis Branch of the NAACP, announced th e branch's Second. Annual F re e dom Fund Banquet to be held A p ril 8, 7:30 p . m , a tth e o r e - gon Statet n tve rsity.M e m o ria l Union. Judge M ercedes D iez, D is t r ic t C o u rt Judge fo r M ultno mah County, w ill speak o n ''|s There E quality U n d e r The L a w ? ". M a s te r of Cerem onies w ill be R o llie Sm ith. The branch plans (o r 500 guests. T icke ts may be ob tained by w ritin g . Box 495, C o rv a llis , at $5.00. I he F reedom Fund Banquet is an annual event to la is e funds fo r local and national N A ACP w ork. Phone 2 84 1954 Sunday School M orning Worship Vesper 9 am 1 1 am 5 p.m L ti u t entgr to ir o n /u p a n d d ep a rt to «erve T PSU offers free classes to senior citizens P ortland State U n ive rsity w ill o p e n 26 classes ot t he spring term without charge to lim ite d num bers ot men a n d women 05 years andoldei who wish to e n ro ll without rece iv ing c n s llts . Those accepted w ill attend II) o r II weeks ol classes. Among the selected courses in the s j« c ia l n o n -cre d it se r ies to be conducted Wednesday nights is one by P ro fe sso r M o r r is Webb to study China, the Com m unist nations, the F a r East and t l« P re sid e n t’ s v is its to China and Russia. Webb, a m em ber of the P S I faculty fo r 17 years is a w idely recognize»! authority on the subject. A ll t l« othei sen io i citiz e n classes are In the le g u la r r " - - ntng sche»lules of t l« college.' of A rts and L e tte rs and Social Science. The c u rric u lu m In cludes Peoples and C u ltu re s of the W o rld , W estern Religious Thought and t l« I ife of Jesus, together with (o u r classes ui lite ra tu re , five in philosophy, tw o In p o litic a l science an d oth er h is to ry courses InW est- - Students at Vestal are w o rk ing hard to prov ide some m us ical highlights fo r sen io r c it izens liv in g In the area s u r rounding the school. In m us ic classes students are learn ing some of the tra d itio n a l m usical fa v o rite s - such as B attle Hymn of the Republic- and cho ral readings on the D e clara tion of Independence. Recently students visite d nearby B ap tist M an or, a home fo r the e ld e rly , and conduc ted a sing-along. AM TEA PARTIES, SO FTBALL GAMES AND ART March 23, 1972 Page .5 5 8 2 8 N.E. 8th A. Lee Henderson, M inister lal bachelor cooking exhibition are also planned. Home eco nom ics teacher Jean Johnson and her students are planning tl« teas and the "b a c h e lo r b o ys" under leadership of M rs . Dorothea Scott w ill host a breakfast f o r a ll senior citize n s In the area. GREET INC CARDS Cookies, cupcakes and gre etin g cards may sound like sliance com binations, but they have proved a winning m ix ture at V esta l. They are a ll p a n of the c h a rity bake-off conducted at t l« school. Stu dents baked the cookies and cupcakes and then conducted a food sale after school. P ro ceeds from the sale are to be used to subscribe to news papers fo r e ld e rly citize n s in the school area who cannot atford them and to purchase greeting cards to sendtothein on appropriate occasions. Thursday « s Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church 3138 N. Vancouver Ave. Phone 282-9496 the rules fo r special students in Continuing Education. F u r th e r in fo rm atio n is available at the PSU Departm ent of Con tinuing Education, 1633 S.W. I irk \v e , ot ! ’ .(>, Box 14% P o r t l a n d , 97207. Phone: 229-4800. Sunday School 9 ;0 0 A M Morning Worship 1 1 :0 0 A M Dr. 0.B , Williams, Pastor ‘ The C hurch W ith A H e a rt-F e lt W elco m e" M a r a n a th a Evangelistic Center 1222 N E. »SKIDMORE P astor Bible C lass 9 ;|5 am B ible I ra inin g School 9;T5 am~ (-l,u rc h O ffic e 288-7241 O • ■ Sunday m oi rung w orship 11 am ... ,, , — W orship 7 pm Youth O ffic e 288-7243 _ B ib le Study H our Tue. 7 pm Hour of P ra y e r Puw er Wed 7 pm to 8 pm Youth M eeting F r l 7:30 pm Reverend Wendell Wallace Pastor All things new in 1972 "■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■aaaaoB ooaaaoooaaaaaaaaaaa B ■ ■ J ■ J a
