Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, July 27, 1972, Page 5, Image 5

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Alien I empie Church
hosts CME Conference
Religion in the Mews
The A la s k a -P a c ific Con­
ference, youngest conference
in die C A I J i. Church w ill
hold its sixth annual session
• t
A lle n
Tem ple C .M .E .
Church August 2nd through
sixth, 1972.
I he conference opens w ith
Communion Service on Wed­
nesday night, August 2nd at
7:10 pan. Rev. L J J . M oorey
of Seattle, Washington w ill
preach the communion se r­
mon.
Thursday and F rid a y at 12
noon, the Rev. W .L . Sm ith,
fo i me r pa stor of AI len 7 emple
and present p a sto r of M is ­
sionary (em ple San F ra n ­
cisco, C a lifo rn ia w ill be the
noon-day pre ach er. Ih e R e v .
I -S. W hite of Oakland, C a li­
fornia w ill preach the M is ­
sionary sermon on Thursday
night at 7:30 p.m . Thursday
night
is also a night of
pageantry
when the M is ­
sionary women, I. a y m e n ,
M due I.. C o le m an g ir ls and
C hildren C irc le s w ill m arch
in a candlelight procession.
I I id iy, August Uh is I |y .
men day. I he day w illc lim a x
w ith a huge banquet at the
top of tfie C osm opolitan M otor
Hotel. Speaker fo r the Ban­
quet w ill be D r . L e w is R ick-
Big Bishops and Big Preachers
by H r . j . w . Y . n c y , 11» Mov­
ing Kepoi te r
(E x e ip ts fro m
the A A fJ i.
C h ris tia n R ecorder)
I have never been In any of
Bishop H J . B ry a n t's m eet­
ings. 1 have nevei been in
*ny of Bishop B i yarn’ s Con­
fe re n c e s (I hope to someday).
Hut
fro m
ce rta in exhibits
in his D is tr ic t, I know Bishop
B ryant la a BIG BISHOPI flow
do I know lie I I S BIG BISHOP7
I know («cause BIG PREACH­
ERS
are found In a BIG
BISHO P’S
D is tr ic t.
Big
P reachers " D lg - m , " u n fu rl.
’ "P ind in a Big Bishop
D is tr ic t. I lie two. p ie a clie rs
ami blshopaare proportionate.
Bishop
B ryan t has them
strewn out fro m tip to tip of
die F ifth Episcopal D is tr ic t.
Oil die fa r northeastern con-
ne>, there Is D r. Vinton R.
Anderson at S t.P a u l,S t.L o u is
(e le c ta ! Bishop at the Gen-
e ia l Conf. In D a lla s,, on the
fa r noithw est c o in e r, th e ie
la
Rev. A . I.ee Undersoil,
pastor of Bethel, P ortla nd ,
Oregon, fn thia a rtic le , the
Ihjuld pa stor In P ortla nd , O re­
W e tk T re l0 f7 y i.'rs Oö * ,>C’ C° mmUn“ ’n
M r s . lU z i e Weeks at
gon received the attention of
I lie Roving E d ito r . He Is Rev.
A. I.ee Henderson , f l u i d
pastor of Bethel, P ortla nd ,
Rev. Hnederson la pastor
of M othei B ethel, B a ltim o re ,
ol Bethel, E d ito r-P u b lis h e r
U, a >2-1/2
M aryland when lie was e le c t­
of the P ortland o b s e rv e r, the
m illio n child care agency
ed
Bishop
in
1964.
E
v
e
r
'• ' " ' '
M l Weekly,
serving three counties and
been to " B e th e l" B a ltim o re .
"b la c k owned papei of 10
over 50 program s; a m em ber
It not-go there and get an eye
pages. As pastor of Bethel
of die Board of D ire c to rs of
fu lll
He*. H e n d e r s o n ^ ’ ’Com­
F a m ily Counseling of P o rt­
m unicative’ ’ w ld i a ll phases
land,
die
I Than I eague,
ut P o rtla n d 's environm ental
Albina M in is te ria l A llia ri.e ,
Journals
published
Influences. In fact, the m otto
anti T ri-C o u n ty Day Care
•if Bethel AJM .E. Church in
A ssoclatlon.
Bethel Church publishes
P ortland la: "s e rv a n t Church
Reverend Henderson came
several jo u rn a ls as its func­
to Secular Com m unlty-W e a re
to die 5th vis die Oklahom a-
tion o l com m unication to Its
M aking our Neighborhood A
Texas way.
m e m le is h ip . Some of these
Brotherhood.*’
Rev. Henderson was born in
are the "W e e kly N e w s le tte r"
M a rlin , Texas, reared In A rd -
die Church Com m unication
m ore, Oklahoma andgiaduat-
B u lle tin on Annual Events,
«1 fro m DouglassHlghSchool
the "B e th e llie , ’ and the huge
Bethel
inclusive
of that c ity . He then came to
Church B n x h u re , published
Texas ami graduated fro m
at die eml of t ie church year,
Bethel Is the th ird oldest
Black Church In P ortla nd , es­
tablished In 1889. |t |S (ha
second largest AMI-. Church
u> Ihe Pudget Sound Conf.
It la consldeied tlwj Bulwark
of A fric a n M ethodism in (he
stale of O regon.
D u r in g
the Youth Con­
gre ss, held in 1969, this
church had the largest youth
group attending t:» Congress
than any oth er church In
tire 5th Episcopal D is tr ic t.
Bethel considers he re s e ll a
"C h u rc h T ru ly liftin g die
• V I ,.;
I
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Paul
giving a ll d e tails of finances
ami a c tiv itie s
c a rrie d
on
du rin g the Conference year
fo r Bethel.
Rev. Hem leison was pastor
of P ric e Chapel, Los Angeles
where Ire paid o ff the outstand­
ing note on die chu rch w ithin
11« months after he was ap­
pointed the re . He lias se rv­
ed two years as the Finance
Chairm an of his Conference
am! serves as D ire c to r of
P u b lic ity fo r the Pudget Sound
Conference.
Q utaa
C o lle g e ,
B .s .
d e g re e .
He
p a s to re d
M ission Churches in Texas
amt was P rin c ip a l of an
E le m en ta ry School In Texas
hefore going out to the 5th
Episcopal D is tr ic t. Much of
tire success of Rev . Henderson
Is due to his e ffic ie n t w ife,
who has been ve ry loyal
to his cause ami understand­
ing to his ca llin g In
the
M in is try , But, Rev. Hender­
son liad a BIG BISHOP, Bishop
H a rriso n J B ryant to g ro w u n -
d e r in these tim es out there in
gan. 7 ickets for the banquet
may le purchased from the
pastor o r any m e m te r of
Allen I em ple C hurch. Dona­
tion is $10.00.
M cC arthy N ursing Home. M rs .
I * o iii rnd.
s till,
another
Bishop Bryant
gives p la q u e
In recognition lo r t ie In e
w ork done at Bethel, am! In
considei atlon fo i the largest
Youth
attendance,
Bishop
B ryant
cited
thia church
w ith a Placque. Who would
know le tt e r than H ish o p B ry-
ant about He growth ol church
a ctiv itie s ? Look where le
came fro m l He was P astor
Reverend Henderson Is tie
C h a in n a ii of t ie Board of
D ire c to rs o f t ie M etrop olitan
Wt'VAA*
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aseo
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A U E N TEMPLE CME CHURCH
: ’0 A.M
Stravhand
C o rn e r o f 8th Ave snd skslm o re
Sunday VV oi ship U;0U AJV1,
C h r is tia n ) outh F e llo w s h ip 6:00
(-’ ml and F o u rth Sundays)
* ’-‘ k
M in iste r
7:30 the youth w ill present
a talent show at the church.
P rincesses and P rin ce s fro m
each church w ill m arch in a
co lo rfu l
procession.
fane
young lady in the group w ill
be crowned queen of the con­
ference.
7he conference w ill end on
Sunday, August 6th, w ith the
reading of the pastoral ap­
pointm ents
follow ing
the
m orning se rvice . B is h o p
W alter H. Am os of I e t r o it,
M ichigan
and P r e s i d i n g
Bishop of the A la s k a -P a c ific
Conference w ill preach Sun­
day m orn ing .
7 he public Is c o rd ia lly in­
vited to a ll sessions of the
conference. Rev. T .L . S tra y-
ham:,
host
pastor, Allen
Tem ple CJV1JE. Church, c o r­
ner of N .E. Skidm ore and
Eighth Avenue.
PNB experiments
Pi Its e ffo rts to continually-
cut costs caused by in flatio n
ind
Thank-You
11 the Pastor, iff leers, ind
m em bers —
7 hanks to each of you fo r
a ll the kindness shown to us
durin g our recent sorro w .
M rs . C la ra T r lp le tt
and fa m ily
Fuchsia Show
7 he Oregon Fuchsia Society-
w ill have a Fuchsia Show Au­
gust 4th ami 5th at M ont­
gom ery W ard Garden Center
in M a ll 2ft5, 9800 S.E. Wash­
ington, P ortla nd , Oregon.
K M 0 a.m . tu 9:00 p.m . on
August 4th, ami 13:00 a.m . to
5:00 p.m . on August 5th are
the tim e s of the shows.
Everyone is welcome to
v is it the show, and no ad-
m ission w ill be charged.
Community outreach
Bethel is thoioughly inte­
grated w ith com m unity re ­
lations a c tiv itie s . Bethel has
» Dsy C are C e nter w ith 9
employees. Bethel does tie
cen tra l Iz a l cooking fo r the
6 centers In t ie Model C itie s
A re a . The two m illio n d o l­
la rs which was siloted fo r
Model C itie s a c tlv itie s c a m e
thiough t ie office ami hands
of Rev. Henderson. T h e P o rt-
land o b s e rv e ,, a Blackowned
le p e r of P ortla nd , Edited ami
Published hy Rev. Henderson,
has done much to develop
black leadership in P ortland
and the Pudget Sound section.
»«. Ç earnest.
big
I I III •! ’, Bishop H. | . | ’ i imm
now, prelate of the 4th E pisco­
pal
D is tr ic t,
took
Rev.
Henderson from
le xas ami
planted his feet U|ion the soil
of t ie 5th Episcopal D is tr ic t.
if,.
Of tire c lx u c li, C oi Ine A. W m-
cbestei was a delegate to the
General Conference in Dallas
Sire was also a delegate to the
G eneral Conference in 1968.
Rev. Hem leison was a dele­
gate to the General C o n fe r­
ence In D a lla s.
Satunlay is youth day with
the youth sermon on Saturday
at noon by the Rev. Robert
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form a. Satunlay Evening at
sr4
» I A N O tfW $ CATHOUC CMUSCH
2« ««2«
other factors. Pacific
to PNB on its D ire c to ry A s s is -
tance service that are d is ­
cussal in a b ill in s e rt being
sent to P ortland area cus­
tom ers o ve r a month’ s tim e
s ta n in g June 2b.
Accom ­
panying the b ill in s e rt is
lis t of P ortland telephone
num bers that are frequently
Northwest B e ll is sta rtin g a
new program in the P ortland
m etropolitan area that could
result in annual savings of
$1 m illio n .
T hat’ s ttie amount t ie com ­
pany estim ates it costs to
requested
from Directory-
handle needless class to its
Assistance operators. A lso
D ire c to ry A ssistance opera­
included in the lis t are re ­
to rs fro m the P ortland area.
ferences to pages In the d i r ­
"Cm an average business
e cto rie s where num bers fo r
d a y ," says E.I . I t e lle r , ! M
certain businesses and o r­
Portland d iv is io n manager,
ganizations can be found.
"w e beadle about 81,000
Ih e company is asking its
quest fro m o u r P ortland cus­
custom ers to stick the lis t
tom ers fo r phone n u m b e rs ."
to the f ir s t page of th e ir d i r ­
"A n d of that to ta l," P fe ife r
e cto rie s and " s t a r t your own
con tinu al, "w e estim ate that
lis t of fa v o rite stores and
two th ird s of the numbers
services on the same page.”
are listed in c u rre n t d ir e c ­
P ortland represents about
t o r ie s ."
half the volum e of ca lls to
The company calculates its
D ire c to ry Assistance opera­
Costs— basically
op era to r
to rs in Oregon, P fe ife r points
w a g e s-- to
handle
these
out.
"n e e d le s ” class at about $1
"A n d f o r that re a so n ," he
m illio n .
said, "w e are try in g this ap­
The fig u re s are extracted
proach to cost cutting here
fro m o v e ra ll Oregon costs
f ir s t . ”
Zest of Life
By C a rn e g ie " H a p p y ’’ Pullen
KARM A, (the law of s p ir i­
tual cause arxl effect) fills ,
surrounds ami overflow s our
live s.
Karm a provides the
s ta te -s e ttin g , the c irc u m ­
stances, the cast of charac­
te rs, and even our own here­
d ity , race, c o lo r, sex. In h e ri­
ted tendencies, talents and
op po rtu nitie s. Karm a isG od’ s
exacting ju s tic e functioning
through cycles of life tim e s
(Incarnations o r reincarna­
tions).
Ihe law Is succinctly state«!
in Ephesians 6:7 as follow s:
"W ha tso eve r a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.’ * ft
Is stated ove r and o ve r In
many paces In S crip tu re s.
In Revelation It is stated
this way:
"H e that leadeth
into c a p tiv ity shall go into
ca p tivity: He chat k llle th w ith
the sword m ust be k ille d with
the sword. Here is the pa­
tience ami the fa ith of the
saints.”
Rev. 13:10. In E c -
cleastices it Is staged as fo l­
lows:
"Because sentence against
an e v il w ork is not execute!
= »I*»'lly, ................... Thefw
ju st men, unto whom It hap-
peneth according to the w ork
ol the w ic k e t; again there he
w ic k e t men, to whom it hap-
peneth according to the work
of the rig h te o u s." E ccl. 8:11.
14.
A man who was righteous
In a form er life tim e , but who
Is wicked in this life , s t ill
receives rew ards of for-m er
righteous deeds.
Thus we
see cases of the wicked pros­
pering fa r beyomi what they
apparently deserve. A righ­
teous man in this life often
reaps rew ards of a previous
e v il life .
L ife is not equal, but also,
life is not u n fa ir.
Jesus explained the opera­
tion of the law of Karm a in
these w ords:
"W hen thou
m akest a d inn er o r a supper,
ca ll not thy frie n d s, nor thy
brethren, ne ithe r thy kins­
men, nor thy rich neighbors;
lest they also bid thee again,
and a recompense he made
thee.
" B u t when thou makest a
least, c a ll the poor, the
m aim ed, the lame and b lin d ."
"A n d thou shalt he blessed;
fo r they cannot recompense
thee; fo r thou shalt be re ­
compensed at the re s u rre c ­
tion of the ju s t . " Luke 14:12-14.
Quoting fro m John Stuart
M il l’ s famous essay entitled,
"N a tu re ” : " I f the law of all
creation were ju stice and the
C re a to r om nipotent, then In
whatever amount suffering
and happiness m ight he d is ­
pensed to the w o rld , each p e r­
son's share would be exactly
proportioned to that person's
good o r e v il deeds. No human
being would have a woi se lot
than another without worse
Oeserts; accident o r fa v o ri­
tism would have no p a rt In
The A postle Paul wrote:
such a w o rld , but eve ry hu­
"B e in g fille d w ith a ll un­
man life would be playing out
righteousness,
fo rn ica tio n ,
a dram a constructed like a
wickedness, fu ll of envy, m u r­
perfect m o ra l tale . . . "
d e r, debate, deceit, m align ity;
" T h e problem s a rise s la r ­
B ackb iters, haters of God . . . "
gely fro m the b e lie f that a
" B u t a fte r thy hardness
good God would rew ard each
and im penitent heart tr e ­
man according to his d e se n s
asures! up unto thyse lf w rath
and that an ‘ a lm igh ty’ God
against the day of w rath and
would have no d iffic u lty
m
revelation of the righteous
c a rry in g th is out. The fact
judgm ent of G o d ." Rom 1:29-
that rew ards and punishments.
30; 2:5.
In the way of happiness and
A fu rth e r extension of this
d .sco m fo rt, appear to be hap­
law was stated by Jesus as
hazardly d is trib u te d in this
follow s:
"Ina sm uch as ye
life d riv e s many to question
have done It unto one of the
e ith e r the goodness of God
least of these, m y brethren,
o r H is pow er.”
ye have done it unto m e '"
I f e ve ry man who hit an­
M a tt. 25:40.
other man on the nose were
Instantly struck on his nose
w ith equal fo rce , a ll men
would learn to live at peace
w ith th e ir neighbors.
A ctu a lly the law of God is
that exacting; but as the S crip ­
tures say, "B ecause sentence
against an e v il w ork is not
executed speedily, yet it shall
be executed su re ly, and fu lly ,
and som etim es w ith In te re s t."
There is a delay som etim es
fo r a whole life tim e o r m ore
m
before recompense is made.
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Bui there Is an escape fro m
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this law by pe rfe ct obedience
I B P asto r B ible C lass 9; 15 am
Church O ffic e 2 8 8 -7 2 4 1
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t , l b , e T raining School 9; 15 am
to C h ris t’ s whole law. God
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Sunday moi ning w orsh ip 11 am
Youth O ffic e 2 8 8 -7 2 4 3
does everything according to
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Evening W orship 7 pm
IBs own purpose and tim e s ,
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By such obedience John the
B aptist could have saved his
head. (John 17:12).
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m a ra n a fh a Evangelistic Center
B ible Study Hour Tue. 7 pm
Hour of P ra ye r Power
W ed 7 pm to 8 pm
i w u u i ¿ M M eetine
ecum
Youth
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
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