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A i P ortla nd /D be ervet PORTLAND OBSERVER k Religion in the New S AMA breaks sex barrier piwm acy, has la lle n le lo r e t lie onslaught of women's lllie ia - tlon. SISTER Sil INKY I h o Albina M in ls ie i lal A l liance, one of the few re m aining h a illo n s of tn.de su- I lie m in is te rs of AMA have admitted the lu s t fem ale to n ie m le i ship and have ap- |H>inled het th e ir ■.ecietaty. Slater Sidney is d ire c to r ol religiou s education at St. An d re w 's C atholic Church and fin is li e position challenging and most enjoyable. She has taught school, it all levels. Io. many years. A m em ber of the Holy Name S iste rs, she le lie v e s that "S is te rs lelong Ight In li e m iddle of any action that can help b ring liettet lives to our co m m u n ity." ( ine of tie r liappy achieve ments Is to become a memhei of AM A. Bethel’s Zodiac Tea y ✓ MRS. PERLENL WHI II VICE-CHAIRMAN MRS. MINNIE SC( i IT CHAKIMAN I he F lt s t Annual Zodiac le a w ill Represented by Betb- el AJW.E, C hurch at the Hay- ilen Island I hundei b it d M otel, Ja n l/e n Beach, onsunday,A|>- i ll 30 I ruin SjOO to 9;00 pan. M i a. M in nie scott is c h a ir man of the event and Mrs. P e a rlin e W hite Is assistant chairm an. Judge M erceries D e i/. M is . M a rk ( I. H a tfie ld , M r s . C lay M y e rs , M r < P e te r H u rst and M is . Reverend rhom as S tia yh a n l a ie among (lie many celebi Hies invited to pom . An o fle t Ing w ill he accepted to r payment of tlie church m ortgage. lio n M arkrnari, chairm an ol the planning gtoup, announced the decision of three Lutheran Churches in N o rtlie a st P o rt land to establish a three -po int Clustet In o id e i to renew th e ir m in is trie s and to m ore effec tive ly serve die needs ol tlie Model C lu e s com m unity. I'o t ovei a yeai Augustana, M es siah ami Redeemer Lutheran Churches, congregations In volved in a changing com m unity, have been engaged Ina process ol study, discussion and planning w ith tlie assis tance of the C e nter fo r Urban l.ncountei of tlie G reate r P ortla nd Council ofC hurches. I rulei tlie plan ol agreement, each congregation w ill retain its legal autonomy w hile com n u ttin g itself lo shared decI- slon-niaklng and staffing with the o th e r churches. I (« c lu s te r plan isunique in that it rep resents an attempt by the three churches to shaie a common m in is try without a form al m ergei of the congregations. I lie three congregations are a ffilia te d w ith tlie Lutheran C hurch in A m e rica and have received pledges ol support from the denomination to as sist in underw i itm g the s a la r ies ol additional sta ll fo r die c lu s te r . Augusta Lutheran Church Is loc tied it ' 7 » N .1 . i lth Atre. M essiah Lutheran Church Is located at 1715 N .C o m m e rcia l Ave. Redeemer I o t h e r an C hurch is located at 5 4 3 IN J ;, ¿Oth Ave. I CbL . I R A M IA N I H H ITY or r n m p s pre-sen holds open house I he I ee Owen stone t'oopei d iv e P re -s c h o o l ( f o r m e r ly s t. P h ilip s C ooperative P re-sch o I) w ill hold an . l’en house and dedication on Sunday, A p ril 30th. -’ ;0U to S;00 p j n . I he ile d n a tio n set vice w ill l*e it 3: :00 p .m . w ith R t. R everend Hal R. G ross, S utii age Bishop ol ( ire g o n . I lie p u b lic is in v ite Mrs. Jessie Henson CALDWELL’S COLONIAL MORTUARY 20 N.E. 14th Avenue Portland. Oregon 9723? CALL 232 411 1 DAY OR Jy NIGHT Scholarship Tea I lie Mount o liv e G r a n d Chapter of tlie ( in le t ol I asi ern S tar of Oregon c o rd ia lly in vites you to attend th e ir an nual Scholarship le a on Sun day, A p ril 30, 1972, from 2:30 to h;00 p.m . at tlie homeot M i . and M rs . J ohntue Butflngton ol ¿916 N .E . 17th Avenue. Dona tio n ! accepted. jssinH,? I Chicken dinner s i. M onica’ s G uild of St. P h ilip 's I piscop.il Church is sponsoring a Chicken D in n e r. I I k - din n e r w ill l*e held at tlie church at l.’O N J - . Knott st., on Saturday, May p, from 12:00 n o w un til 5:00 p.m . le liv e r ie s w ill l*e made w ith in a liv e - m ile radius of the church. C all 288-99 om j o r d e liv e rie s ; on tlie day of the dinn er c a ll the church, ¿81- 5802. REVEREND SAMUI L JOHNSON Highland Church honors pastor The m e n d e rs of High land I nited Church of C h ris t w ill present an Appreciation Day lo r th e ir pastor. Rever end Samuel Johnson, on May 7. The program w ill 1« held at the church, at 4635 NE 9 Avenue, at 3:30 p.m . Guest speakers include: Reverend John II. Jackson, Reverend Myntn Bentz, Rev ered H ill, Reverend Thomas Noffa, Len T errygood and Joe W ilson. M usic w ill be provided by tie Golden Eagle of Alabama and tie C h ris tla n a ire s , a local group. The public Is invited. 5828 N.E. 8th A. Lee Henderson, Minister 2 88 -5 4 29 Ellis Cation, Associate Minister Church School lorning W o u h ip ,/ed Noon — The Hour of Power Ved Prayer & C la n Meeting Nursery Care Provided 9.45 anl ll:(X> am 12:00 noon 7:30 pm " W e e re m a k in g o u r N e ig h b o rh o o d A B ro th e rh o o d " arvd VMel ♦«» Cowwwixwy ST A N O e iW ’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 21' 442» poan-AHO oatcON f7 2 ii « v oo n o o i i* w airr N E AiWrTA tt / MtniAA! •0 6 > 00 »»> i 2 00 Hywwe 1 0 30 ar> Char «4<n> ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH Corner of 8th Ave snd Skidmore Sunday Worship 11:00 A .M . Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00 P Jvi. (2nd and Fourth Sundays) Rev. Thomas Strayhand, Min 1 ste r S.S. 9:30 A .M . Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church 3138 N. Vancouver Ave. Phone 282-9496 Sunday School Morning Worship 9-00 A M 1 b 0 0 A M. Dr. O.B. Williams, Pastor "The Church With A Heart-Felt Welcome" Zest of Life By C a rn e g ie ''H a p p y ” Pullen T ill SEX E X P L O S K * to rocking the (ouixiations of A m ei lea’ s m o ra ls, and is en dangering t ie s p iritu a l su r vival of th is g re .it nation. I hi;, year alone it is estunated C a lifo rn ia w ill produce m ore than a hundred thousand c h il dren by unwed school students. In some lo c a litie s in the nation it is estim ated that as high as 43 p e r cent ol the brides who m arch to the a lta r are pregnant at the tim e . Is tin s holy o r unholy m a tri mony? Am erica tegan as an at tempt to esta blish a m oral and holy nation upon the newly found continent. F ro m the beginning, ot course, there were lib e rtin e s anti scoun d re ls who would defame and debauch the flo w e r ol young Am erican womanhorxi, so w atchfully protected by tie s tr ic t P u rita n standards ol sexual m orality. lie . ause w in te rs w ere cold, travel any distance to v is it a g ir l- fr ie n d was slow, anti heating system s were inade quate, the custom of bundling sprang up. A young lady, and young man, a d e q u a te I v clothed, could repose m the same bed,w ell separated (rom each other by some lo m i ol m echanical d iv id e r. But tie P u rita n m o ra lity was strong fo r sexual chastity ind stern against any kind ot sexual relatio nship le to re m a rria g e . I « la y , because ol a w o rld wide breakdown in respect fo r and influence ol p rin c ip a ls ol re lig io u s and s p iritu a l m o ra l ity , and because ol tie hourly dram as ol human situations in which sexual p e rm is s iv e ness and s p iritu a l sanction ol p re m a rita l sex ire p ic tured on the home IV set, sexual im m o ra lity is parad . I before sm all and large c h il dren in the home. N e ithe r pornographic l i t era tu re and m ovies, o r 'b lu e ’ television dram as and humor are to blame; but K goes txick to basic and tra d itio n a l disobedience of religiou s commandments given in the o ld Iestam ent and re stated by Jesus in theGuspels. Even as Jesus said, "M a le and fem ale created He them ,” which means that men and women have b u ilt in tem pta tions, tu t we are to attain to the Kingdom oi Heaven by overcom ing the d iffic u ltie s and tem ptations ol this w o rld . At tlie end of the same chap te r (Matthew |9j Jesus said, " E v e r y one that hath fo r - ■ iken houses............o r la th e r, o r m other, o r w ile , o r c h il dre n, o r lands, to r my name’ s sake shall receive in hundred- lo kl, and shall in h e rit eve r lasting lu e . " F orsaking , o r abstaining fro m sex appears to be a condition lo r " i n heriting ete rn al li f e , " because lie said also in I uke ¿0:34- ’(>; " I he c h ild re n ol tins world m a rry and are given in m a rria g e . “ But they which shall he iccounted worthy to obta in that w o rld, and the re su rre ctio n Horn the d e a d ," (the C hildren ot G ut) " n e ith e r m a rry nor aie given in m a rria g e : N ei the r car they die any m ore: lo r thev are equal unto the angels; and are the childre n ot God, being the children oi the re s u rre c tio n .’’ Here Be Is speaking in the p re sent tense, lh is do ctrine of C h ris t is much objected to bv a ll denotninations ol C h ris tians; but it is t ie doctrine of C h ris t. And C h ris t com mands the w holly obedient ,nes to abstain fro m sex. The Return " I he Ret .111", a 3(1- m inute co lo r movie that re te lls the Story ol the re tu rn ot tlie Jew ish nation and fo re te lls the events leading to the final hours in w o rld h is to ry , w ill be shown twice Sunday evening, A p ril 30, 5:00 anil 6 :0 0 p .m .a t the W illa m e tte BlVd.Evangel leal C h uich of ¿149 N. W illa mette B lv d , P ortla nd . The movie w ill be in tro duced and narrated by Hal I mdsay, author of ’ ’ I he I ate G reat Planet E a rth ." Benjam in Bonney, Consul Genei il of Is ra e l, commented that "T h e R e tu rn " Is "o n e ol the beat film s ol its kind ave r made on this s u b je c t." ¿ Ctourril of Dour 1 Cboia »••Ih iitHir f.imilu The Reverend A .C e c ilW il- liam s ofS a n F ra n cisco ’ sG lid e M ethodist C hurch, drew such a crowd to theF Irs tM e th o d is t Church in Atlanta that the service was moved to the A t lanta C iv ic C e nter. The Church, whose congregation and pastor objected to its use try Reverend W illia m s du rin g the General Conference of t ie 1 nited M ethodist Church, was fille d to capacity an hour and a half before t ie service was scheduled to begin. T en m inutes before the s e r- vice was to le g in . Reverend W illia m s took the p u lp it In his red da shiki. and said, "W e have made our witness at t ie F ir s t M ethodist Church, now le t's go to the C iv ic C enter so everybody can get in, because there are thousands standing outside." An estim ated 5,000 persons subsequently fille d the C iv ic Center A u d ito riu m . W illia m s , whose downtown San F ra n cisco church is ove r flow ing every Sunday, has been c ritic iz e d because of his rock m usic and hip life styles in the church. In his hour long serm on, he compared the M ethodist C h u rc h to th e V a lle y of d ry bones. He then ex plained: " o u t of the struggle of my sta rtin g point a people has emerged . . . we shall not give up until eve ry person is l i b e r a t e d . . . in the new church, we accept people as they are; we d o n't te ll them to get s tra ig h t f i r s t . " A t the same tim e . R e v.C arl M c In tire , u ltra - fundamenta lis t, a n ti-C o m m u n is t radio eva n g ilist. held a p rotest ra lly a ttra ctin g less than 200 per sons. Lutheran churches form cluster M ,' M RS. H U M ' 5,000 hear Williams Thursday A p r il ¿7, 1972 PageS C h ris t who called H im se lf "T H E W AY” did not m a rry , and neither He nor H is d is c i ples, w hile they were with H im perform ed m a rria g e s . And C h ris t ne ithe r recom mended m a rria g e to the woman at the w e ll, o r the woman caught in a d ulte ry. M a rria g e was la te r ordained and instituted by Paul (I C o r. 7:2). Jesus said it was be tte r lo r a man to make h im se lf an eunuch. C h ris t, our exam ple, made H im se lf " a s an eunuch." (M a n . 19:12.) In Matthew 22:30 He said, " I n the re su rre ctio n they neither m a rry , nor are given in m a r ria g e ...” But in Luke ¿0:36, He is speaking of those who w ill qu alify fo r the re s u rre c tion, o r are "w o r th y ” ami He speaks in the present tense. 1 he power oi the Holy S p irit w ill cause a sudden sharp halt to a ll sexual a c tiv ity fo r those who s triv e to do God’ s w ill ami are subject to the Holy S p irit. Today un m arrie d m ovie actresses and others boldly te ll re p o rte rs they are c a rry in g the child oi such and such a person. Jesus said, " \ s the days ot Noe were, so shall a lso th e co m in g of the Son of man . . . They w ere eating and d rin k in g , m a rry in g ami giving in m a r riage . . . ami knew not t i l l the flro d came and took them a ll a w ay." (M a t. ¿4:37-39. As it was in the days of Noe: today a consxlerable num be- of youth; thank God it is not a m a jo rity : engage in sexual p ro m iscu ity; and many of them p a rticip a te in "g ro u p sex a c ts ," o r o rg ie s . H e re were some righteous people in Noah's days; hut not enough, as today' r//(- ,\[euut Olivet Uhiptlet Church Rev John H. Jackson Miniifer N.E First ond Schuyler Portland, Ore Phone 2 8 4 -1 9 5 4 Sunday School Morning Worship Vesper 9 a 1 1 a. 5 p. Let us en&r ¡o n o r t d tp a n d d ep a rt tv te r v e "M y whole family reads The Portland Observer” The Obsei~vei goes to great lengths to see that its readers are given concise, dependable news coverage fro m a ll over the globe as w e ll as im portant local happenings. 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