Po r l a n d
PORTLAND
Block
Minister
appointed
to FCC
OBSERVER
Religion in the News
Bethel presented
"A formal hour with God M
Rev. and M rs. Byrd we 11
M t Olivet sets
"Sing along"
M l. O live t H u piisi Church
■ 'H u iliilug Fund C om m ittee*'
presents
A Sing-along with
Rev. A M is . B y id w e ll, J r .
ol M t. Z ion Haptlst Church
ol Seattle, Sunday, Apt II 30,
1772, 5;0U p.m , ut the 116 N.l-.,
Schuylei St Church.
M is . R yrd w oll Is an out
standing soprano and pianist
ami has been pre sen t« ) in
many con certs. Stic studied
voice and piano at Fresno
State College.
Rev. H y'd w e ll gradual«)
fro m Fresno State as the f ir s t
oigan in a jo i in die college's
lu s to iy . At die present, M rs .
H yrdw ell is serving as the
accompanist lo r die c h o ir and
Rev. H y' dw ell as assistant
m in is te r.
As pa rt ol B ethel's " F o rm a l hour w ith G od " tlie Rhodes S ingerssang” |t took a M ir a c le ."
I tie program Included many odiei ta le n t« ! a rtis ts .
CUE contracts student exchange
M r . Rodney Page, D ire c to r
ol die Centei lo r I r b a n En
counter, announced today the
signing ol a contract Iwiween
CUE
anil die College ol
W oostei in W oostei, Ohio.
peg inning Ju ly 1st die C o l
lege o l W ooster w ill le g in
sending students to P o itlu n l
lo i an " I rban iju a rte r** ex
perie nce.
I he students w ill
he p la c « l in a public o r p r i
vate service agency dial is
in v u lv « l in va iio u s problem s.
Issues,
and
concerns
ol
m e lio p o lits n Portland.
In
addition to the Held place
ment w ith a service agency.
they w ill also attend a weekly
sem inal conduct«! liy die s ta ll
of CUE ■ elating d ie lr Held
placement (o various urban
problem s.
I lie Center lor
Urhan Encounter has fourni
die best la b o ra to ry lo i urban
n a m in g la d ire c t engagement
In social problem s ami in te r
d is c ip lin a ry le lle c tio n in the
context ol th e ir engagement.
Urban problem s come alive
m a rem arkable way when
done In die context of jvere
son a I encountei w a ll such pro
blems as: Law ami Justice,
Governm ent, E c o n o m i c » ,
Racism , E nvironm ental (ja u l-
Black serves Seminary
The Hoard ol D ire c to rs of
the P ittsbu rgh
theological
Sem inary announc«! the ap
pointm ent of Reveiem l Davkl
T , Shannon as I lean ol F a cu lty.
Rev. shannon is die I u st black
dean to sei*ve a predom inantly
white denom inational sem i
nary In die United States.
C u ire n tly associate pro fe s
sor ol R eligion a n d d ire c to i ol
M in o rity Studies at Hucknell
U n iv e rs ity , Reveieml shannon
holds a H.A. f r o m V irg in ia
Union U n iv e rs ity , a H J i.fr o m
V irg in ia I nlon School ol R e li
gion, an S .I.M . (rom O be rlin
Graduate School ol Iheology
ami Is a cam)slate lo t the
S, I J l . degree Horn C atholic
U n iv e rs ity ol A m e rica .
An A m erican Haptlst pastor
a ml teacher. Rev. shannon has
taught at llix v a n l U n iv e rs ity ,
V irg in ia I nioii ami developed
the Urban I raining P rog ram
at St. M a ry ’ s se m in a ry.
lie has field pastorates in
V Irg lm a Jiu lt duo, ami has held
special lectures lo t tnei uro-
|iean I heologlcal S em inar of
Haptlst E ducators in Bonn,
G erm any; the A m erican Bap
tis t M in is te r's C ouncil in s t.
Paul, Minnesota; N o rth A m e r
ican Haptlst sem ina ry in Sioux
F a lls , S J).; and the I vangeli-
cal sem inary in Puerto Rico.
Ity, and C u ltu ia l Change.
M r . Page stated, " T h is af
fords us die opportunity to
w o ik w id i an academic in
stitu tio n on a continuing basis
to u tiliz e die c ity as a cla ss
room , to In mg the expertise
and com m itm ent of students
Into d ire c t service w ith help
ing agencies ami to allow stu
dents to work w ith in p a rti
cular problem s in government
ami p rivate ami com m unity
organization.*
I he Centei lo r Urban En
counter (Cl l ), an agency of
the G reatei Poi 1 1 ami Council
ol Churches, was in itia l« ! in
January, IT n s to tu liilla th ie e -
lold mandate:
(1)
tra in in g pei sons lo r
com m unity action th tough u r
ban encounter, refle ction ami
action;
(2) rese aich
in to
tlie
causes ami cures lo r urban
problem s:
( I) ex|>eriinentution in tlie
a rts ami com m unication.
The com i act w ill begin
J u ly 1st, 1972.
Black parents sue Catholic school
A group uf black parents
have su«l the Roman C atholic
Diocese ol Alexam li la, L o u i
siana, Monday because ol
segregation in church schools.
7 lie parents want the Diocese
to Integrate by d ils fa ll o r
lose th e ir tax-exem ptions ami
l« le r a l aid.
Law yer
Hen Lam berton,
who file d tlie suit, w o rk« ! on
patents In A balusis, Loui
siana.
T hat group sued tlie
a s im ila r case in |77it in
volving a group o l black
C a th olic C lairch lo r segregat
ing Black ami W hite C atholic
-schools dial w e ie 500 yards
ap art, separat«! only by an
m tegiated ce m e ta ry. The US
D is tr ic t C o urt ordered dio.se
two schools together by tlx?
F a ll of 1971, but the issues
were never answered, th a t
case was die f ir s t tith e anyone
had sued any C a th olic school
fo r ra cia l segregation.
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5828 N.E. 8th
A. Lee Henderson, Minister
288-5429
Ellis Cotton, Associate Minister
Church School
Morning W orihip
Wed Noon — The Hour of Power
W ed Prayer & C lo u Meeting
Nursery Care Provided
9; 45 am
11:00 am
12:00 noon
7:30 pm
"tVe ere making our Neighborhood A Brotherhood“
i
Lam berton sakl that the
A lexandria case, however,
w ill "G iv e us die means io
close one of the most sub
stantial loopholes in the whole
integration situation.*'
No
longer w ill whites lie able to
flee integrated schools lo r
a ll-w h ite chinch schools.
Because of a lederal case
staling that M is s is s ip p i se
g re ga tionist academies could
nut get tax exem ptions, die
IRS Is also being sued. I he
June, 1770, case sakl that
schools hail to show they were
not d is c rim in a tin g in o rd e r
to gel lax exem ptions.
HEW is also ln vo lv« l be
cause school systems apply
ing fo r ami getting lederal
funds have to sign statements
of n o n -d ls c rim ln a tlo n .
lh is
Is p a rt of the equal protection
clause of die C iv il Rights
Act of 1764. W ithout signing
th is statem ent, the schools
cannot get la te r a l o r state
money. 7 tie Bishop of A le x
andria signed the statement,
but tlie parents say he has
never stopped segregation in
Ids schools.
I lie
A lexandria
schools
could possibly lose as much
as on e -th ird ot th e ir budget.
Lam berton h in t« !, from state
and federal gra nts being taken
away.
II tlie parents win,
the case "c o u ld lie used all
over tlie country in cases of
segregation in public amt p r i
vate
schools,”
I. a nr le i ton
concluded.
O b serv er
T h n r d a y A p r i I 2<> . 1972 P a g e
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ST A N N E W ’S CATHOilC CMUDCH
Benjam in L . Hooks, aM e m -
phis attorney and m in is te r,
w ill be nominated as the f ir s t
black on die s e ve n -m e m b e r
F e d e ra l
Com m unications
C om m ission, P reside nt Nixon
announced. Hooks would re
place Robert H o rtle y, who
plans to r e tire June 30.
Hooks* te rm in the$38,OOO-
a - y e a r job would be seven
years.
Hooks was appointed in 1965
to the Shelby County, le n n e s -
see. C rim in a l C o u rt by the
late G overnor F ra n kC le m e n t.
A year la te r he was elected to
an e ig h t- y e a r te rm , but re
signed in 1969 to resum e p r i
vate p ra ctice in M em phis.
Hooks Is the pastor of the
M iddle
H aptlst Church in
M em phis. He Is the co-found
e r of the M utual Savings and
Loan A ssociation of.Memphis,
a board m em ber of SCLC and
a L ife M em ber of theN AAC P.
He has been co -p ro d u ce r of
several tele visio n program s
broadcast by M em phis sta
tio n s.
Of his pending nom ination.
Hooks said, " I ’m c e rta in ly
happy” that M r . Nixon " h a s
seen f it to recommend me fo r
die Com m unications C om m is
sion. It is one of the m ost im
portant re g u la to ry agencies
that we have, and I feel hon
ored to be nominated fo r the
position.
"1 feel that dealing w ith peo
ple, both black and white, fo r
the la st 23 years q u a lifie s me
to w ork on the C o m m is s io n ."
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M tT lA A » G U H tH
goodoh
I »Of i y
•««»»M 9 00 am Hywww 10 M) aw Chow
’ 2 00 pm FoA «A sm »
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 PJvt.
(2nd and F o u rth Sundays)
RevDThomas Strayhand. M in is te r
S.S. 9:30 A .M .
Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church
3138 N. Vancouver Ave.
Phone 282-9496
Sunday School
Morning Worship
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Dr. O.B. Williams, Pastor
Zest of Life
"T h e Church W ith A H e a rt-F e lt W e lco m e "
By C a rn eg ie " H a p p y ” Pullen
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Hare k rishna and Hindu Cow
W orsh ip have come to P o rt
land. Pei haps you have seen
the rathei strangely a ttire d
dancing mem bei s of the Hare
k i ishn.i Cuosc lousness move
ment da no mg on tlie streets
neai big departm ent stores,
whe e a lot of people pass.
I he dre ss in odd yellow
robes, and the men wear th e ir
t c l se, ex-
ceiit fo r a patch of h a ri ju st
lu c k of the crow n, which is
brawled into a so rt ol pig
ta il. The g ir ls in die group
seem to keep a ll th e ir h a ir.
I his scub e partook of a
feast (pasada) with a group
of them in then temple on
R ouse'elt Way in Seattle, neai
tlie I ntvei sity of W ashing ton.
sixne of the p ig ta il« ! m em
bers w ere a le rt young codege
students, and there was even
a ju n io i executive among
them.
W hile | was there H is D i
vine Grace A.C.Ghaktivedanta
Swami, p lu n d e r and Acharya
ol the movement, and audio
uf " I he Hhagavad G ita As It
Is Now,’ a rriv e d and gave
a d isco u ise on "H in d u Cow
C u ltu re ,' durin g an in te r
m ission in the dancing.
His D ivine G race exp la in« !
that H indu's recognize that
God is everyw here and in a ll
things, even in snakes, cows
anti other anim als, the rea
son die cow is singled out fo i
special reverence Is that ol
all cre a tu re s she gives of
he rself so u n se llish ly and so
continuously in the se rvice of
mankind. Ih e w orshippers of
Krishna in tu rn recognize ano
w orship
the
presence ol
k > ishna
m the cow. S ri
Hhaktlvedanta also exp la in« !
the p ig ta ils of die d iscip le s
represents the ta ils of cows
as a m a rk of ies|>ect anil
reverence of this lowly se r
vant of m ankind, the cow.
In Poi Hand the Hare K t ish
n.i |>eople hold m eetings at
7 p.m .
each night, except
luestlay, at 2325 | . Burnside
not see among the Hare k r is n -
s t.,
Feast and reception at
na people any m anifestation of
3:30 Sundays.
They have a
sup erior wisdom , o r s p iritu a l
constantly repeated m antram
exaltation,
blessedness o r
o r chant which goes as fo 1-
m ira c le s than among devout
lows:
"H a re K rish na Hare
C h ris tia n s w hich brings to
Krishna kris h n a K rishna Hare
mind some words of Jesus
Hare Hare Rama H are Rama
ju s t before He gave the sug
Rama Rama Hare H a re ."
gested words of a model pray
Each of these words is a
e r, "T h e L o rd 's P r a y e r ."
name of G 'xl, and they believe
Jesus said, " B u t when ye
that by repeating these names
pra y, use not vain repetitions,
ovei endlessly, along with
as the heathen do: fo r they
th e ir p ra y e is and m editations
think they shall be heard fo r
they w ill receive great s p ir i
th e ir much speaking.
tual exaltation and enlighten
" B e not ye the re fore like
ment. Hut any kind of stre n
unto them: fo r your F ather
uous exercise and concentra
knoweth what things ye have
tion of thought and m e n ta tio n
need of, before you ask H im .
upon any one concept o r ob
M a tt. 6:7 -7 ,
je c t brings rew ards of one
fo rm of s p iritu a l exaltation
A fte r th is manner there
fo re pray ye:’ ’ Then He gave
oi a n o th e i.
the L o rd ’ s P ra y e r.
One wonders if there is
" C h r is t is the prototype of
not some connection between
a humanity that is yet to he;
the Hindu concept ot the
Not the great exception, but
sac redness of the cow, and
the gre at e xa m p le ."--G e o rg e
the Baal w orshippers of an
Seaver.
cient Is ra e l, which was con
sidered a lake re lig io n which
Competed w ith the re ligiou s
w orship ol the ancient Is ra e l
7 he M edical Staff of St.
ites.
V incents Hospital has con
A nother strange re m inde r
tribu te d $500 to tlie P ortland
comes to m ind. In about 1920,
C om m unity College scholar
th is w r i t «
accompanied a
ship fund fo r the tra in in g of
psychology class through an
nurses.
insane asylum in C olum bia,
S.C. One of the typica l cases
they brought out fo r the stu
dents to see and speak to
was an e ld e rly black man
who had his p a rtly shaved,
and a p ig -ta il braid of h a ir
hanging down tlie back. He
The C hurch Mouse T h r i f t
said, " D o you want to know
Shop in the basement of 7 he
why I weai m y h a ir this way7 "
Did C hurch, S.W. llth an dC lax
And of course, we sakl e
stre e ts, P o rtla n d , has had a
s p e ctfu lly, Yes. He said, " I t
grand reopening ami is now do
is to keep cows fro m getting
ing business 1 uesdays through
Saturdays, II a.m . to 3 p.m .
hollow h o rn ." Note the asso
Donations of clean resellable
cia tio n w ith cows. W a s itp e r-
clothing, household and g ift
haps that this man had some
item s,
lu rn itu .e , je w e lry ,
inhei it « l m em ory of an in
records and books a re accept
carnation as a Hindu, o r m em -
able lo r resale. I he p ro ce « ls
hei of some race which re
from the shop aid in the resto
verenced
and
worshipped
ration of 1 lie Did C hurch as a
cows?
h is to ric landm ark and com
i ’ne
other though comes
munity c e n te i.
up fo r consideration, one does
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Olit’et baptist Church
Rev John H. Jackson
Minister
N.E. First and Schuyler
Portland, Ore
Phone 284 -1 9 5 4
Sunday School
Morning Worship
Vesper
9 am
1 1 am
5 pm
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Reverend W endell W allace Pastor
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