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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
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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.
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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,?
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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
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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 "
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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."
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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'
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,\[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.
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Reverend Wendell Wallace Pastor
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