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Allen Temple discusses
social problems
Religion in the News
I las C om m ission on C h ris -
t iin Social Concern of A llen
I ernple C .M J ..C h u i ch invites
the churches of the c ity to
come and let us reason to-
gethet in our coriccin fo r
m ankind. Sunday, A p ril 16th
• i I pan. Ths nubile is in
vited to the meeting w ith nine
churches o: the ci»y involved
in a panel discussion of such
vita l
topics
ar,
Housing,
I Unity, Jobs, I- am ily te la -
Lectures scheduled
1 ho Sixth Annual P ortland
C h ris tia n Le ctu re sh ip w ill 1»
held A p r il 25, 2b, and 27 at the
F ir s t
U n it e d
M e ilu xlist
C hurch, 18 iH s. W. Jeffe i .son
S treet.
I ho |>ur|KJse of the C h ris tia n
le c tu re s h ip Is to provide the
' ' e , iy . tiie lay leadership, and
the public of (he P ortland area
w ith the opportunity to explore
the ra tn lflc u tio n s of th o C h rls -
tlan fa ith , I he o ve ra ll theme
■if th is ye a r's le ctu resh ip w ill
be " C h r is t and C u ltu re .”
C roat scholars are invited
to P ortland each yea r to d is
cuss questions of paramount
Im portance to inetnliers of
many com m unions. Itis h o fie il
that intercom m unal associa
tion and learning w ill take
place as these (juestions ate
exam ined.
I he prom inent guest le c tu r
e rs in th is year's program are
l ather G regory Baum, P ro -
le s s o r of I heology at St. M ich
ael’ s College in the U n iv e rs ity
of T o ro n to , and I i r . John C.
Bennet, P re s id e n th m e rltu s o f
Union the olo gica l Seminary
and V is itin g P ro fe sso r at Pa
c ific School of R eligion.
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M rs . M a rie Sm ith eulogize .P a s to r E dgar Jackson Funeral was
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s p p r ril
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7th at A ll Nation
N ation’ s C*
Com m unity C hurch.
King’s dreams coming true
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As we near a date when
g u ilt fie iju e n ily may overtake
us, fail never shake us into re
a liza tio n ol die unfinished bus
iness of M a r tin l.u tiie r k in g , 11
cannot le said enough that
black people and die total na
tion have a f u lle r life by v irtu e
of die fa ct that D r. k tag died
on diu case. He was fighting
fo i the rig h t of garbage col le c
to rs to w o lk in d ig n ity, w ith a
union re p ie seniing t l e i r c o l
le ctive in te rests at the long
table.
T o see M rs . King at the
Black P o litic a l Convention in
G ary, was to rehearse these
f a c t s . F ir s t, M rs . C o retta
k in g is m ore than the widow of
a man who riveted die attention
of ( le nation on the rig h ts
of man fro m M ontgom ery to
M em phis.
M is . k in g has Continued to
le a s|>okesman fo r t h o s e to
whom the nation broke Ils
p ro m ise . Here ami on foreign
s o il, whether in u n ive rsity
convocations o r at ra llie s fo r
hospital w o rk e rs , she has kepi
(he nation’ s attention focused
on t ie unfinished business of
Dr. k in g .
Secondly, M rs . k uig lias lent
h a t p res en c e to the i»a I l/ t tI o n
of unity of black |eople ami of
a ll le o p le ol good w ill toward
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the goal of real |«.ice and
equality in the w o rld , ami in
th is nation.
D r . kin g brought us from the
back of d e lu s , to d riv in g d e
lu s . . . the P re skle n t seeks
now to take us oif lie bus be
cause it is leaded toward leav
ing us to secure some measure
of equality education. Induing
th is le not only f lu s trâ te s our
attem pts to secure quality
education tu t he snatches oui
options on a very c r itic a l is
sue away fro m us.
It was one of die great g ilts
of D r . k in g , as we entered
campaigns fo r |u b llc accom
m odations, fo r Voter Rights
and fo r decent housing, to
teach us d e a rt of e xe rcisin g
t ie options w iüi d e power ol
n u m te rs plus d ire c t action.
F o r tie use of these options
a ie the diffe re nce letw een in
te llig e n t
p a rtic ip a to ry in
volvem ent in a dem ocracy *n*l
blind allegiance about the
ideology of A m e rica n ism .
A t t ie tune of his death. D r.
kin g was sculpting the Rain
bow
co a litio n , com p risin g
black, brown, red, md white
a n d In some instances some
yellow [eo ple into a m assive
juggernaut to ra ise die Issue of
com pelling the nation to d e a I
w ith and re o rJ e r its p r io r
itie s . It was lie who reminded
the nation that th is p a rtic u la r
round would cost it some mon
ey. But m ore than th is, it was
k in g who perceived the type of
unity which would le neces
sary to move into A m e ric a ’ s
second reconstruction.
Black people have access to
die rig h t to pend . . . hut do
not have resources fo r an o r
ganized and adequate disposal
of ou r m eagre incom es. At the
same tim e, m eagre a s a re o u r
incomes, o u r.igg ieg ntem o ne
ta ry w orth, at $so b illlo n (th is
year) is g re a te r d u n the Gros
National Product ol i l l hut six
nations. \\ e are the m arg in ol
p ro fit of every m a jo rco n su m -
e r industry - a fact c o rro
borated by figu res from tie
National Ind ustrial C o nfer
ence Board, flu t since we pos
sess only 2 pe r cen tol the N a-
tton's wealth, an 1.8 pet ent
of its debt Iree assets; since
o u r (6 tanks c la im only liv e -
tenths of I pe r cent of the na
tio n ’ s banking assets. He is
sue is to organize our co lle c
tive resources to work to ru s .
(ijie ra tio n PUSH sees die
p la n -sch e m e of D r . k in g as
being as cru cia l as die dream
ol D r. King . . . fo r it f u lfills
tiie dre am . People United to
S e r v e and Save Hum anity,
constitute a wedge against m-
jU th e that la aa Itdevanl as,
inil often much m ore effective
d u n any law. I his force in (act
can w rite new laws that are
m ore tnclu >ive of the needs of
men.
When ou r fathers abandoned
us, tiie Roy W ilkin se s, the
M r s . Bethunes and M r s .
P a rks, W hitney Youngs, A.
P h illip Randolphs and | ) r . kin g
picked us up arid reared us.
Ihey were our o ld e r brothers
ami s is te rs who refused to let
us languish without guidance
o r hope.
In D r . Ralph Ahem adiy.C .
L. V ivia n , W yatt le e W alker,
Andy Young, B ernard Lee ami
I I ■•cite, Jin l e v
nd Ho
s t i W 111 la m e s , 1 . k
molded a team which paved the
way,
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tin d e rs , along w ith HobMoses,
M a rio n B erry and John Le w is,
in the long da rk night when
roadways fro m Selina’ s high
way 80 to M e m p h is 's L o rra in e
were lighted by an unbenign
fir e .
O peration Pl SH c h a n s a
course which is not so much a
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I he d ra m atic change in a
m an's life that can be brought
alxxit by C h ris t's dynam ic
power was illu s tra te d in the
person of I cm skin ne r, a black
man, fo rm e rly one of H a r
lem ’ s biggestgang leaders.H e
was the featured speaker at
the "S u n rise L a s te r s e rv ic e "
at the M e m o ria l C oliseum .
There was a robed c h o ir of
a thousand singers.
Skinner, who was fo rm e rly
leader of tiie H arlem L o rd s , is
author of a book, now in paper
back, en titled , "B la c k and
F r e e ," of which 700,000 are
now in p iin t. It te lls the amaz
ing story of his changed life .
A t present skin n e r heads the
Tom Skinner Associates, a
group of inspired evangelists
who speak at college cam
puses, at churches and various
organizations. He is also an
o ffic ia l of a college, are! a d i
re cto r of an in d u stria l e n te r
p rise .
He told an in sp irin g story of
how C h ris t reached a ll the way
down fro m t ie C ross ami up in
to H a r le m
to com pletely
change his I lie . And he de
Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church
3138 N. Vancouver Ave.
Phone 282-9496
Sunday School
Morning Worship
9:00 A.M.
1 1 ;00 A M.
Dr. O.B. Williams, Pastor
"T h e Church W ith A H e a rt-F e lt W e lco m e "
In Memoriam
pains of frie n d s ami loved ones
pains of my own consciousness
pains, of c rin g in g , try ing to evade
re a lity ot the loss.
I hurt so m ucli, 1 cannot sleep
It hu rts to think, to leel
But there is no escape
I here Is no place to lisle Hom tie ache.
I hu rt, I h u rt, I HURT . . .
I tie 1 e is n*> release
Cod lielp me to cope
Help those 1 love to bear.
God grant streng tli, a retuge
t ill. G a l’ I III R I .
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Ronnie, I hurt lo i you,
U e th o d is f E
j I-or your youth, lor the agony ol growing up Black
j G row ing up poor, to r growing up . . .
B lack, poor and alone.
I hurt for you, Ronnie, ami vet.
You (eel nothing ol the agony.
( ill, Ronnie, I hurt fo r you,
I hurt fo r your de p riva tio n .
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5828 N .Í. 8th
A. Lee Henderson, Minister
Mrs. Jessie Henson
288-5429
Ellis Casson, Associate Minister
Church School
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Morning Wor»hip
W ed Noon — The Hour of Power
W ed Prayer 8* C la n Meeting
.Nurtery Core Provided
9.45 ani
11:00 am
12:00 noon
7:30 pm
W a are 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 "
CALDWELL’S
COLONIAL MORTUARY
20 N.E. 14th Avenue
Portland. Oregon 97232
CALL 232 4111
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ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH
C o rn e r of 8th Ave snd Skidm ore
Sunday W orship 11:00 A .M .
C h ris tia n Youth F e llo w sh ip 6:00 P .M .
(2nd and F ourth Sundays)
Rev. Thomas Strayhand, M in is te r
S.S. 9:30 AJvf.
plugged into God. He said God
is life , and men car. have life
only if they remained plugged
into God and functioned ac
cording to in stru ction s.
He said the eating of the tree
of the Knowledge of Good and
E v i l meant death, because it
meant that men chose to go off
independently of God to ‘do
th e ir own thing.’ And th e ir own
thing brings them oniy suffer
ing and death.
Tom pointed out that by men
choosing to do the irow n thing,
ami this includes many nom i
nal C h ristia n s, it has resulted
in much hatred, many con
flic ts , and d iv id in g the w orld
into many d iffe re n t classes.
Some of the classes he men
tioned were the ric h and the
poor, the blacks and the
whites, the employed and the
unemployed, the E sta b lish
ment and the m ilita n ts .
Meuut Olivet baptist Church
Rev John H Jackson
Minister
N.E First and Schuyler
Portland, Ore
Lrt
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Phone 2 8 4 1 9 5 4
Sunday School
Morning Worship
Vasper
9 am
1 1 a.m.
5 p.m.
enter to wort tup and depart to terve.
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ci ired, "He can certainly do
I h u rt, I hurt, I 111 R 1 . . .
Deep down inside,
1 h u rt fro m t ie pain
I he pain fro m .1 loss too great to fathom .
I be O c to le r Z odiac gioup
of Bethel AJAIJI. C hurch w ill
present a m u s ic a l,"A F orm al
Hour W ith G o d ,"
Sunday,
A p ril loth at 5 pun.
Come out ami spend an in
spiratio nal houi w ith us.
I bis program w ill feature
singers, guest so lo ists, na r
ra to rs , ami some ol B ethel's
own tale nt.
M agnolia amt
Helen T a y lo r are coch.tlnnen.
fo r the M a y p rim a ry
By C a rn e g ie " H a p p y ” Pullen
the same lo r you.’’ Then he is
sue*'. his in vitatio n fo r con
v e rts .
In his sermon S kin ne rcom -
pared men to the latest design
of the mechanical m a rve l, the
re frig e ra to r. He said m ost
people jr e like new re lrig e ra -
to rs whose owners ’ ill them
w ith food, but to r some reason
neglect to plug them into the
e le c tric power source.
Skinner said men were de
signed somewhat like r e ln g -
e ra to rs , but they would not
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the issues and take d ire c t
action fro m a C h ris tia n view
point on those Issues which
confront a ll of u s d a ily . These
issues are being discussed
loudly in areas outsxie the
church and if there is to be
positive C h ris tia n d ire c tio n
and concern the church must
speak now o r lose it's voice.
Come
to A lle n Tem ple
C .M J .. Church, Sunday, A p r il
I6th at 3 p jn . anil jo in in
such positive action taking
dealing w ith issues of con
cern. Churches as fa r away
as T iga rd w ill be taking pa rt
in this event. W hatever your
le lig io u s
a ffilia tio n
your
church w ill m ost lik e ly be
represented o r you may come
and represent it.
A Period of fellow ship with
refreshm ents follow s the 3
pan. se rvice . In o rd e r that
you may know your fellowm en
better you are encouraged to
stay lo r Iellow ship and re
freshm ents.
and othet topics and the
C h ristia n s’ altitude and con
cern in these a re a *.
I his
is the f ir s t tim e such an
event has l«en attempted on
such a la ig e scale w ith the
Chi istlan churches com bining
t' do something about tiiese
areas of human livelihood as
a combined group.
The C om m ission on C h ris
tian Social Concern feels that
li is tim e ¡or the church to
come together anil speak to
By Jesse L . Jackson
People tu o ie a d lly c a u g h tu p
In m em o rial services fo r l i r .
K ing . . . o r the m em ory of D r .
k in g n t lie i than die meaning
of his life need to rem em ber
t o o , that lo t a nation with so
much capacity fo r good . . .
g rie f is not enough. A ll of us
can hurt in p ro te st to the pre
m ature assassination of his
Ixxly, how many of us w ill help,
how evei, in die ungoing te a li
ra I Ion and a ffirm a tio n of his
dre am s.
I.s s t Jan. IS, Rev. D l l s
M oss, one of f i r . k in g 's
frie n d s and d is c ip le s who look
the d iscip lin e of M l .k serious
ly , recited die story of a great
battle In ancient G r e e c e in
which vast eueigy w a s ex-
iwmled at the end of the Iw ttle,
not making peace o r seeking to
heal wounds and reb uild . . . but
in fighting over the body of die
dead liero of die iw ttile. lo o
much lim e is spent even now
figh ting over who was closest
Io, and who was nearest at
point of *lea(h to f i r . k in g .
Ih e ie Is a lesson to tie gleaned
fro m die story of die Apostle
Paul, who never saw Jesus in
the flesh tu t whose knowledge
of Jesus' m issio n was not only
iixiis|xi(a b le . ’. . but pi nrJuctlve
of building the church in the
G entile w o rld .
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T hursday, A p r il 13, 1972
I h u rt fo r your assailant, Ronnie,
F o r his feelings to rob so many it your goedne is,
Y out young man-hood, youi sin cerity and devotion to life
I hurt fo r those who have both known ami loved you ,
I hu rt fo r them a ll - ami m ysell.
M a ra n a th a E vangelistic Center
1222 N. E. SKIDMORE
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B ib le 1 raining School 9:15 am
Sunday m orning w orship 11 am
vening W orship 7 pm
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Youth O ffice 288-7243
B ib le StudY H our T ue. 7 pm
H o ur of P ra y e r Power
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wed / pm to o pm
youth M eeting F r i 7:30 pm
R e v e re n d W e n d e ll W a lla c e Pastor
A ll
things
new
in
1972
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W hy we
want to get
to know you.
It s simple. \\ e figure if we know you
Better, we can do more for you .
And. also, if you know us Better, You'll Be
more apt to ask for lielp when you ay ant it. Even if it’s just
getting change for your parking meter.
So stop in at the First National Bank of
Oregon and introduce Yourself.
It II give us a chance to do those little
things that make your hanking a lot nicer.
That’s why.
I hurt Ronnie, fo r the days 1 dkl not understand you
\nd you r needs, 1 h u rt.
I hurt fo r the nation of Blackness who continues
To do violence upon its own.
I hurt fo r the w o rld , Ronnie
I h u rt fo r the wrongs of living - of dying
O f loving ami hating - fo r knowing ami forge tting
I h u rt fo r us, Ronnie, and I h u rt fo r the m em ory of you
Ami your life as I knew it
I h u rt.
F IR ST NATIONAL B A N K OF OREGON
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