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Mallory installs
Pastor deplores
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Associate Minister
On Sunday, July 9th, at 3:30
p jn . (tie Rev. M r . Edaal D .
Coldson w ill ba Installed aa
(tie
Associate Min lata r of
M allory
Avenue Christian
Church. The Kav. M r . Oala
A . Stitt la the Pastor of the
congregation.
M r . Gold son comes to Port
land after completing hla
studies at Christian Theologi
cal Seminary, Indlanspolla, on
May 28, 1972.
M r . Coldson Is a native of
Jam aica. Ila has lean In tha
U n lt*l States on a Student Visa
for the past aeveu y e n s . Ila
la currently » eking ha pen-
marent Visa, wlth plans to
become a citizen of tie USA.
At M allory, M r. Goldaon*s
responsibilities will lnclole
oversight of the Claire h's
Activity Program for neigh
borhood youth; development of
o tte r outreach programs to
tespond to community needs;
sharing In the regular minis
try of the congregation.
This position Is made pos
sible through the grant of furvls
from the Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ) Recon
ciliation Offerings from tie
Christian Church In Oregon.
School busing is a substi
tute for quality education, wel
fare is a substitute for a good,
healthy economy, and black
people are the victims of both,
s California pastor said In an
Interview here this week.
D r . H J t. Brookins Ispastor
of the F irs t African Method 1st
Church, Los Angeles. He Is
a candidate for election to
bishop
during
the
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General Conference meeting
at Municipal Auditorium, June
20-July 2, on the heels of the
massive evangelist training
congress Explo *72.
Speaking about that con
gress, D r . Brookins noted that
one of the themes of the evan
gelicals is an urgency to pre
pare people for the next world.
"B lack folks have not had
a chance to live In this world
yet," he declared, "so we're
not anxious to get to the next
one."
A fte r
acknowledging his
respect for Evangelist Billy
Graham, honorary chairman
for Explo, D r . Brookins sub
mitted, "B ut as the gieat
evangelist of this country, he
could do so much more to
challenge the decision making
processes that have divxled
u s."
School busing, said the pas
tor, is not an Issue with black
people.
"T he Issue Is quality edu
cation," he recounted. "But
plain goal sense tells us that
the only way to get It In many
areas Is through fusing.
"How can black youngsters
Gospel of rights
preached by Jackson
Rev. Jesse Jackson has
rail 1*1 tie African Methodist
Episcopal Church with hyp
notic fervo r to his banner of
religious, political and civil
rights unity.
Shouts of " rig h t on” were
mingled with ‘ 'amen” when
the young black religious lea
ds r-o f ten compared to the
late D r . M artin Luther King
J r . — addressed the sect's
Gene ral
C o n fe re n c e
in
M em orial Auditorium Tues
day night.
"T h e only bed, bad case
of theology," he said, "has
been when the lino was drawn
between the church and the
civil rights movement. Who
was Moses tut the leader of
an oppressed people fighting
that oppression? Hew astalk-
ing about nothing but walking
down Highway 80 In Alabama."
Most observers agieed that
the fienzied standing ovation
Jackson drew from hts 5,000-
member conglegation was re
miniscent of King's responses
during the mid-1960's, the
Chtcsgo-bss*l People I n it *
to Save Hum.nlty (PI si I)
which he heads has become
one of tie most politically
popjlar civil rights organi
zations since the pre-m ilitant
days of the Congress of Racial
Equality.
" In
sem inary," Jackson
said, stressing black religious
unity, "w e heard a lot about
tie ecumenical movement . . .
about the white folks being
jp llt on dogma.
We didn't
pay too much attention to that
in South Carolina.
If you
were late. It was just sort
of the firs t church you came
to. Ihey were probably stay
ing next door In tbe same pro
ject anyway. We were always
fa irly ecum enical."
PCC trains
emergency technicians
E a rlie r, Jackson had blast-
tl*e Explo '72 religious
festival,
chargutg that it
"avoided such an issue as
race, which is a paramount
religious Issue.’*
"T he black church In the
best sense of the word repre
sents the gospel of 'a ll God's
ch ild ren'."
What would you do if your
husband was watering the lawn
and had a heart attack?
This Incident happens every
day, but few people know how
to react to even the most com
mon accidents. TheEm ergen-
cy Medical Care program at
Portland Community College
is training a new breed of med
ical technicians, men and wo
men who know what to do In an
emergency.
"Just to be Jumping up an!
down having Jesus-flts In the
r iv e r —that's what people used
to accuse the blacks of doing.
There used to be a cheap
booza in the black community
c a ll* ! 'Splo.' Explowas klnda
like splo— a cheap high,"
Jackson said.
Mrs. Jessie Henson
with
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Portland. Oregon 97232
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Started five years ago by the
Multnomah County Medical
Society and PCC, the course is
taught by licensed physicians,
members of the medical soci
ety, and includes Instruction
In the treatment of shock,
bleeding, bandaging, burns,
drowning, heart attacks, and
many other incidents requir
ing emergency cars. Students
who complete the course may
work for ambulance compan
ies, hospitals, and clinics; or
they may be firemen, police
men, or nurses who are up
grading th elrsk llls In handling
emergency situations.
He used an analogy with the
Biblical prophet Ezekla who
was taken to a valley full of
dried bones by the hand of
God.
Ezeklal was told that
the bones could live again
tli rough God.
He was thus
called to preach in sinful Ba
bylon.
"W hat
la
Babylon but
and what Is the
valley but the Ghetto?' Jsck-
son asked.
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A new 17 point federal pro
gram has been adopted follow
ing the PCC format which in
cludes 25 lessons of three
hours each. In addition stu
dents spend three four-hour
sessions In hospital erne rgen-
cy rooms assisting hospital
personnel. At the completion
of the course students take
a written examination. Upon
passing the written test they
are eligible to take the prac
tical examination, a demon
stration of skills learned in
the couise observed by li
censed physicians.
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In this country become de
pendable and productive when
their brain is not cultivated?
Without trained minds, they
are left out of the mainstream.
"Busing Is a substitute for
separable but equal education
but It Is (be only positive tool
available to achieve quality
education for all people."
The C alfom la clergyman,
an articulate spokesman on
social Issues for the oldest
and largest black church In the
country, deplores welfare, and
called It a " tra p " for black
people.
''W elfare puts a man Into a
slump from which he cannot
extricate
him self,”
said
Brookins.
" It
was deli
berately designed to put peo
ple In a rut that made them
look for handouts when they
could not get Jobs. It pro
vided a good excuse.
"A sum of »3,300 for a
fam ily of four Is not enough
of a cushion to provide their
needs, but It is enough to
lull him to sleep."
Brookins
asserted
that
these issues should be the ac
tive concern of all Christians,
including the so-called Evan
gelicals.
"T h a t’ s what Jesus Is all
about,"
said
the pastor,
"feeding, clothing and relating
to His fellowman.
This Is
the message 1 would like to
see BUly Graham interpret to
President Nixon who has a
pulpit for setting a moral
climate that r e a c h e s the
w orld."
Students who complete the
tests are listed in theNational
Registry for Emergency Med
ical Technicians. They re
ceive a shoulder patch, wallet
card, and a certificate from
Portland Community College.
Don M illican , PCC Instruc
tor, says that approximately
100 people have completed the
course. He sees a trend de
veloping In community col
leges to include Emergency
Medical Technician training
as s tw o-year associate de
gree progrsm In the allied
health programs.
In answer to the best proce
dures to follow for care of a
heart attack victim , M illican
says, " C a ll an ambulance; use
Clos*l
heart compression
which means to push hard on
tl« breastbone while the pa
tient I les on his back; alternate
this with mouth-to-mouth re
suscitation.
F o r more Information on
the Emergency Medical Care
program at Portland Commu
nity College, call 244-6111.
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As we enter Into honesty
again
this week, honesty
seems to be a touchy subject,
until we get down to studying
God’ s word and the mysteries
of the gospel. Apostle Paul
calls the mystery of the gos
pel a pass that relates to the
whole purpose of God and
human history. What Is done
for man ant! by man affects
his salvation.
We think of ourselves as
honest and don't like to have
our honesty questioned. But
how many people can say
their
honesty Is unques
tionable In the eyesight of
G al, man, or himself. There
Is a secret to the mystery of
the gospel.
The secrets of
God are only received by men
ard women who are babes in
their own Initiative and w ill
ingness to be taught the way
of God. They are hidden from
those who are too wise to
receive instructions in carnal
and
spiritual things. The
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ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH
Corner of 8th Ave snd Skidmore
Sualav Worship 11:00 AJM.
Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00 PJvf.
(2nd and Fourth Sundays)
Rev. Thomas Strsyhand, M inister
s.s. 9:30 4..M.
Rev. T. N. N offa
tracized. still being oppres
sed, and yet asking a ques
tion.
Is Christianity only
another philosophy of life that
has evolved slowly from le
gends and our ancient tradi
tions? O r is It what it claims
to be — a divine providence
that offers men eternal life?
Is Christianity as It claims
to be — the record of God's
Involvement In Inman history
by Jesus C hrist's willingness
to die In man's place, to rest
in man's tomb, and tc break
forever the band of death? In
the final analysis we hold the
future in our own hands.
One more thought: As long
as man lives In this world,
his life is subject to amend
ments.
But If he persists
in wrong doing, I« w ill con
firm himself in evil, because
he continues to love it. On
the other hand, the man who
delights in living in love to
God and his neighbor w ill
firm ly establish himself In
heavenly life.
carnal mind Is emitted against
God. But the spirtuallymind
ed man (hat Is trying to please
Gad w ill find these secrets
and use them In the avenues
that God Instructs him In
In out society and culture
we are brought up with a
double standard of honesty.
We are taught there are dif
ferent levels and degrees of
honesty.
F o r example, we
hear our mother say not to
lie, yet we hear mother tell
exaggerated truths.
In our
society the law Is written to
be equal for all men, but the
minority
has Its hardest
struggle trying to be effec
tive in it's doings as the
majority does. We are taught
to say we enjoy things that
we really don’t enjoy.
1 hen there is Christianity.
How is Christianity different
from all other things in our
society? Does it offer answers
that others do not? Is it
mere potent to mee: the need
of human hearts?
O r is it
only a search for God arising
out of man's intense urge to
worship, leaving him finally
u n s a t i s f i e d within — still
urg‘ng.
crying out, still
praying,
still
being
os-
Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church
3138 N. Vancouver Ave.
Phone 282-9496
Sunday School
9 -0 0 A.M.
Morning Worship
J 1 .0 0 A M
Dr. O.S. Williams, Pastor
"The Church With A H e a rt-F e lt Welcome"
John was fully aware of the
task assigned him, namely
to prepare the way of the
Lord.
What about our task
today? Do we know and under
stand it with out whole heart?
If you have not your foot
upon the lowest mound of the
Ladder (Faith), you w ill never
come within sight of the bles
sed face of Hun who stands
at the tip of it, and who looks
down to you at this moment,
saying to you, " M y chiid,with
thou not cry unto m e."
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A. La« Handarson, Ministar
Ellis Casson, Associate M inister
W ed
W ed
9545 gm
11:00 am
Noon — ine Hour of Power
Prayer & Clast M eeting
12:00 noon
._ 7:30 pm
N o rtery Core Provided
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and activity. It is a fellowship
of those w ho, hav mg accepted
the validity of one or more of
these phenomena, would en
courage each other and ulti
mately the whole church to
seek for further light and great
reality in the spiritual life.
"S F F
recognizes that no
man or Institution can both
stand still and follow truth. It
recognizes that some of the in
sights of modern depth psy
chology are prov ing for many
to be roads to sell understand
ing and spiritual reality.
Dozens of the larger and
more prestigious universities
are beginning to establish la
boratories and research cen
ters fo r In depth testing and
reproducing In trained sub
jects various types of para
normal phenomena, including
the influencing of persons and
even moving physical objects
by the power of the mind. Thus
science and the church have
awakened Interest In these
matters In a serious degree.
As SFF literature states,
" I t is really closer to the fun
damentals of New Testament
Christianity than are many of
the so-called fundamentalist
groups, which only accept c e r
tain things as fundamentals
while ignoring otherswhichdo
not fit Into their framework.
SFF also calls men back from
the tendency to de-mytholo-
gize the Gospels by abstract
ing from them the supernatur
al elements and leaving only a
purely
humanistic view of
C hrist.
This movement holds that
the doors of revelation are
never closed: that God is still
speaking to men who know how
to listen: and by thedlsclplines
of study, prayer, and healing
our generation may learn
more of those (ruths which
Christ said Hisdisctpleswere
"not vet able to bear."
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Church School
Morning Wor»hip
By Carnegie "Happy” Pullen
"W e encourage spiritual
growth through study groups In
prayer, in spiritual healing,
and In psychic development.
"W e foster a resea rch pro
gram which collects data and
selves as a repository for
further study and projects in
psychical and mystical ex
periences. Il seeks to encour
age and Interpret to the
churches the rising tale of in
terest tn mystical, psychical
and paranormal experience.
"S F F Is spiritual in that it
deals with non-physical phe
nomena which relate to God,
the human spirit, and the fu
ture life. It Is frontier because
It explores matters beyond the
usual range of church worship
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Zest of Life
Spiritual Frontiers Fellow
ship with headquarters st 800
Custer Avenue, Evanston, III.
is an inter-faith, non-profit
religious corporation formed
in 1956 "to sponsor, explore,
and interpret the growing in
terest In psychic phenomena
and m y s t i c a l experience,
wherever these experiences
relate to effective prayer,
spiritual healing and personal
su rvival."
T h e ir
literature states:
"W e do not seek to modernize,
change, o r replace the hesic
experlences recorded in the
Bible, but to understand them
by trusting God's guidance
provided by extra - sensory
means as well as those which
we perceive by more rational
process.
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Spiritual Frontiers Fellow
ship is a non-denominational
movement of Christians seek
ing to bring m iracles of heal
ing, spiritual visions, and the
relevance of psychic pheno
mena (ESP experiences) back
Into the church as a means of
renewing and revitalizing the
spiritual life of the church.
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SFF seeks to cooperate with
like-m inded individuals and
groups both within and outside
the churches. It would attract
the support of all spiritual pi
oneers and specifically seeks
sponsorship by courageous
and forward lookingeccleasti-
cal leaders. Most of the lead
ers of the movement are mini
sters and persons prominently
active in various Christian
movements.
Northwest D irecto r of Spi
ritual Frontiers Fellowship is
Nestor O. P erala, 2229 SJE.
M arket S t , Portland. He is a
priest of the recently organ
ized Portland parish of the Old
Catholic Churct^ a branch
which broke from the Roman
Catholic Church by denying the
infallibility of the Pope.
Membership in SFF is ten
dollars per year, which is
rather steep fo r persons with
limited lncomeandstudents.lt
Is to be hoped they w ill adopt
an associate membership for
five dollars or less.
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Olivet baptist Church
John H Jackson
Minuter
N.E First and Schuyler
Portland, Ore
Rev
Phone 2 8 4 19 54
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M aren ath a Evangelistic Center
1222 N. E. SKIDMORE
Pastor Bible Class 9; 15 am
Bible Training School 9:15 am
Surxlay morning worship 11 am
Evening Worship 7 pm
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Bible Study Hour Tue. 7 pm
Church Office 288-7241
fouth O ffice 288-7243
Hour of Prayer Power
W ed 7 pm to 8 pm
Youth Meetine F r l 7:30
Reverend W endell W allace Pastor
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