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P o r t l a n d / O b 'c r v v t PO U T L A N D Mt Olivet holds revival Reverend John 11. Jackson, P aa tor of M t. o liv e t B aptist C hurch, announced tlie te - glnnlng of M t. o liv e t’ s Ninth Annual Revival Services.Sep tem ber 24 to S ep tem le r 29, The Mount o liv e t B aptist C liu rch w ill le g ln Its Ninth Annual Revival Services Sep tember 24 th - s e p te m le r 29th. S ep tem le r 24th the service w ill le le ld Ht 11(00 a.m . and 5:00 p j n . I In 5:00 p jn . service w ill In a Youth Ves per P rogram w ith in r tic lp a - tlng youth ch o irs of 0 « are a. Monday through F rid a y se r vices w ill be lield at 7:30 p jn . I In E vangelist lo r tlie Re viva l Services w ill In D r . M .C . W illia m s , M in is te r of New Hope B aptist Church in D enver, C olorado, T in public is Invited to attend. CU in CHURCH DR. M . C , WH LIAM S Food furthers fellow ship In tier new book F D liD FOR FELLOW SHIP COOKBOOK A nt lunette Kuamanlcb Hat fie ld , who lias entertained in a g o vern or’ s and senator’ s home and hosted two U.S. P re sid e n t’ s w ives, shares le r ’ ’ se cre ts’ ’ of group e n te r tain in g. In 140 illu s tra te d pages Pie wife oi Oregon Senator M a rk O. H atfield te lls how to make tlie m ost out of social a c tiv itie s , es p e cia lly in the church. Aware of t ie alienation that is present in many ch u rcle s and f a m i l i e s , Antoinette w rite s in t ie introduction to Pie book, “ F ellow sh ip in tie e a rly Church meant getting togePier fo r tie (urpose of sharing and sustaining each o th e r , . . Today we seem to have lecom e so fo rm a lize d in o u r w orship that some tim es we wonder if tie fellow ship which sustained tbe early C liurch has teen lo s t.” H e r book contains many tips on Pie cre a tive use of food in bringing (euple together and helping them to share w it: snother. l i e took is d is tille d ex perience gained in her years as an active church mem ber and entertaining which in cludes tem g ch a in : ar, of tie F ir s t I ady’ s p ra y e r I reak- fast fu r M rs . Lyndon J oh:.sun and geneial chairm an of tie luncheon given by Pe senate wives tu r M rs . R ic la rd Nixon in |97o. ste as authored two le s t selling cookbooks, one which is now in its fifth p r in t ing. P is e ■: j A .M . C o rn e r of d tl Ave snd S kid m o re sundav W o is lu p il: 0 0 A„W. C h ris tia n Youth F ellow sh ip o:00 B > 1, (2nd arxl Fourth sundaysj Rev, f homas strayhand, M in i s ta r Her latest book, FDOT along w ith menus and recipes geared fo r medium and large groups and tips on how to o r ganize food preparation fo r m axim um enjoym ent of a ll , a rtic ip a n ts . 1 able arrange ments and in stru ction s on how to set up an e ffective lu ffe t are included with suggesti..-s on when to use the::.. Re- cepes are indexed. F< R F I . L L i W s H Il’, a rra n g e d in 24 ''a ro u n d -th e -c lo c k ” sections, is fu r both tle g o u r - • sections co ve r every s itu a tion from snacks fo r p re schoolers in Sunday school to the wedding d in n e r. Sug gestions on how to use a p a rtic u la r event o r a ctivity m eaningfully are included Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church 313« N. Vancouver Ave. Phone 282-9496 Sunday School Morning Worship 9 :0 0 A M 1 1:00 A M Dr. O.B. Williams, Pastor “ The Church With A H e a rt-F e lt W elcom e“ WOULD YOU B E LIE V E * — An Irre g u la r stretch of gra vel, concrete chunks, up- rooted liv e s , stinking muck, and trash tliat w as once called Irv in g s tre e t In W ilk e s -B a rre , Pa.? -- A house sunk so leep in lo cally by Portland O.I.C. O pportunities In dustrialization Center N . E. Union Avenue H eld a t M e m o ria l Coliseum Everybody ««C an Bob Hope, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mathis, Lionel Hampton, Nancy Wilson, Ramsey Lewis, Ricardo Montalban, Rita Moreno, Sammy Davis, J r , Vikki Carr and many more, in a closed circuit television spectacular celebrating National O.I.C. Day, October 11,1972. I ickets on sale at theC ollseum , I.lo y d C e n te rM e ie r and I rank, lic k ts : J HUM) - $5.00 - $2.50 High School and under: $2.00 (o r $5,00 seats $1.00 fo r $2.50 seats I* ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH by Lonoar 1 M . P e rrym a n Portland O. I, C , . I, (L’tx Chiniti of pour ¿bow M ethodists aid flood victims 4401 S e p te m b e r OHS E M EH Religion in the News Sponsored I h nr d a y , a hole P a t you an see only its roof at ground le v e l' — A b O -y e a r-, Id man with six heart attacks, a mortgage on his m u d -fille d home and facing $28,tHio in re p a ir f ill s who says, ” ( d course I ’ m going to r e lu ild . I he L o rd was good to me: I ’ m s till a liv e ."? — A fou r-ch urch c irc u it where m e n d e rs Irom three churches have ome for two months to clean up, ami to le lp run a feeding station fo r 100 flood v ic tim s da ily in tie fourth church that was under w a te r fo r 9b hours ’ - - A school teacher fro m KXJ m ile s away who took a load of supplies to flood v ic tim s and stayed six weeks to d ire c t volunteer re lie f operations le - cause "1 lik e try in g to help le o p le who feel Cod lias a le n - doned th e m ." Dues tliat s tra in c re d ib ility ? Perhaps not. However, i t ’ s not what the average I nited Metho d ia l hears about every day . Put those are ju st a tiny traction of the overwhelm ing facts of natural disa ste r, human suf fe rin g . hope and C h ris tia n love thiat make up the story of W ilk e s -B a rre . Kingston and northeastern P e n n s y l n a n la towns ravaged alm ost beyond d e scrip tio n by pie June floods. What are United Methodists doing in response to tlie m u lti b illio n d o lla r catastrophe in five Eastern states ($2,000,000 000 in tlie W ilk e s -B a rre v ic i nity alone)? A catastrophe that brought $4,313,000 in damage and loss to pastors, other church w o rke rs, th e irfa m llie s , church tu tld in g s, parsonages, homes fo r the aging, a school and oth er p ro p e rty — not to m ention uncounted m illio n s in losses to church m e n d e rs In homes, possessions, jobs ami s e c u rity . M ore Pain$2,000,000 of the loss was in the Wyoming United M ethodist Conference, m o stly around W ilk e s -B a rre . The United M ethodist Com m ittee on R elief (UMCOR). charged by t ie 1972 General Conference w ith a mandate for re lie f/re h a b ilita tio n In the U.S. as w ell as overseas disasters, moved Into action along with many other agencies. The program at West N anti coke C a lvary I nited M ethodist Church now feeds about 100 le is o n s a day, though e a r lie r m ore tlain 500 meals a day w e re served, lie estim ated that 17,000 meals have leen p re pared since the center opened a week a lte r Pie flood, which meant only a m atter of days a fte r w a te r receded fro m tlie lu i Id lug Its e lf. Rev. LeRoy W . F lo h r and Pie Flood R elief C om m ittee said the program has meant m ore Pian iusi three goixl meals a day fo r residents of flood-dam ared homes In tlie v ic in ity . People have used m ea ltim es as an opportunity to share personal experiences du rin g and a fte r pie flood, pro viding a “ real psychological lift,” Lite National D is a s te r Fund gra n t, said the Flood R elief C om m ittee, mean9 people w ill “ not be forced la ck into th e ir kitchens to prepare food te fo re P e kitchens have been | n e r l y cleaned and sanipzed, or before fu ll u tilitie s lave teen re s to re d ." I lie feeding center is only one example of bow pastors and m em bers of churclies in Pie W ilk e s -B a rre region, and in a ll floud areas, organized im m ediately to le lp v ic tin s. lin e vignette n a y suffice. F ir s t United M ethodist Church in Kingston, ore of p e strong est in W yo m in g C o n ference (o v e r 1,000 m em b ers', la J put up a tew building 13 years ago a fte r a lir e destroyed a fu n n e r plant, on Ju re 23 tie church along with m ore Pan 9o pe r cent of Kingston (on a f it ! flood plain d ire c tlv across ” I ' e Pood was a g re a t eco- from W ilkes-1 a rre went under e v e le r,’ when Pe bus'iuelanna R iver G om m er, and Pie cen ter has be ame a Iiv e -tn ile -w id e lake, leen serving ch ild re n of flood lie m in is te r, t ie Rev. v ic tim s , (Hior, m iddle class C harles F . Cum m er, J r . , re and w e ll-to -d o . "E v e n if turned im m ediately a fte r t e yo u 're a fam ily p a t ’ s w e ll off, floud re.ed ed . I l.ougl w ater when F a t'e r has to go I ack to had teen KJ feet deep in b e w ork and M e tie r faces Pe sanctuary, and though, a le a u ti- Heart-1 reaking task of trying lu l pipe organ and other e ,uip- to restore a m u d -fille d house, ment w ere sodden and damaged, some! ody has to Lake care of the m in is te r decided the churcl the ch ild re n . 1 la t is w le re should go into service Im our day-care program comes mediately. W ithin a m atter of m. <if coures, we w ill pro days, a day-care center which bably get ta ck to ou r o rig in a l Pie church had ujera te d r in - cliente le, tu t a ew bridge of c ip a lly fo r ch ild re n of low - understanding among persons income fa n n ie s was Lack in of dnfere.-it economic levels o je ra tio n . (inly now it was can 't help but have .‘ een built d iffe re n t. 5828 N.E. 8th A. Lee Henderson, Minister 288-5429 Ellis Casson, Associate Minister Zest of Life Church School 9;45 u n 11:00 am Morning Worship W ed W ed Noon — me Hour o f Power Prayer & Class M eeting ... 12:00 noon 7:30 pm Nursery Core Provided By C a rn e g ie ’ H a p p y ” Pullen W e are m aking our N eighborhood A B ro therhood" ■ THE SIX DAYS OF C R EA- T lo N — how long were those days? T h is is a question P a t 'a s ta llie d theologians, B ible students, and scie ntists f o r thousands of yea rs. How long were the days of C re a tion? "In the beginning God created the heaven and the e a rth ,” says Genesis 1:1. 1 la t is a com pact sentence to encompass a ll that has happened in leaven and e a rth — in t ie cosmos— since Atom I. But when did G reat ion be gin; and how long a tim e did the process take? We o ffe r no conclusions, tu t only clues. l i m e did not just teg in 6,000 years ago; no r a m il lio n , no r a hundred T llllo n years ago. S cientists have had to struggle against great handicaps w ith atomic clocks, caibvn dating m ethixls and o th e r means, and have not come anywhere near a un animous fig u re of how long tim e has existed, o r even how long tie earth has stood. T lie earth and moon show unm lstakeable evidence of having hung In the sky, hu rt ling as guided m is s ile s , o r 'space capsules’ around the sun fo r some b illio n s of yea rs, ra ttie r than a mere few thousand years: as some B ib lic a l chronologists c la im . lin e clue is that perhaps God created the universe In two states: one stage having taken any num ber of hundreds of b illio n s of years before Pie six days of C reation specified In Genesis I tegan, This Is only a theory, but one worthy of consideration, offered by some p ra c tic a l and logical theologians. L e t us consider the f lr y t two verses of Gene sis I, “ In the («ginning God created the heaven and the e a rth ,” "A n d the earth was w ith P.e sun un til the fo u rth day. out fo rm , and void; and dark In the C reation account God ness was upon the face of was speaking sp e c ific a lly of the deep. And the S p irit of the tw en ty-fo ur hour day: God moved upon tlie face of “ Ih e evening and the m orn the w a te rs .” T his long and ing were the fou rth day.” alm ost in fin ite process may Gen. 1:19, The B ible scholar have teen going on fo r un wonders how these things can accounted b illio n s of years be. In the scheme of C rea before God began to reckon tion so many conditions fo r the six days of C reation as the elaborate scheme and web s je c ifie d in the rem a ind er of life , so greatly dependent of the chapter. upon each other, and upon That God took uncounted p re va ilin g ideal conditions, eons to create the vast uni the C reation as we know it verse, probably in rough, un m ust have been cast Into pe r finished fo rm , before begin fe ct form w ith a rem arkable ning to count the specific six de g re e of s lm u lta in ie ty . So days of C reation In Genesis I, many conditions favorable to does not do vigilence to the life , and life subsistence, B ib lic a l account. It would m ust have come into e xis m erely mean we m ust adjust tence alm ost instantaneously. o u r lim ite d concepts of tim e Can lo gica l C h ris tia n s he- Rev. John H Jockson to an in fin ite ly longer tim e Phon« 284 ,9 5 4 lleve th is -1 What method of M inu ter 9 am scale. Another question the Sunday School C re atio n that fits a ll the facts N.E. First ond Schuyler Morning Worship 11am lo gica l m ind asks is. "W h a t can a C h ris tia n o r an un- Portlond, O re. 5pm Vesper was God doing durin g the I l te lie v in g scie n tist con trive? lim ita b le span of tim e ’ ” But God could produce as much— Let us enarr to v o rth tp and d tp a n to m * He does not need to answer o r a ll- o f C re atio n He wanted that question unless He to in six days' chooses. Y et, Jesus said, “ The C o m fo rte r, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the F ather w ill send In my name. He shall teach you a ll thin gs,” John 14:26, T here fore such knowledge is accessible through Pie S p irit. If we consider the six days of Creation which God speci fied as beginning when He saxl, “ L e t there be lig h t: and Piere was lig h t . . . and God divided the light from Pie darkness. “ And God called the light Day, and the darkenss He called N ight. And the evening and the m orning were the 1222 N .E . Skidm ore 288-7241 f ir s t day.’ ’ Gen. 1:3-5. If we look at the problem In Church school and Bible class: 10:45 a jn Pits way it takes a great g Sunday m orning w orship: 7:00 p jn . w eight of c re d u lity off tie g Sunday Evening w orship: 7:00 p jn . m inds of the Agnostics and ■ Wednesday Evening p ra ye r: 8:00 p jn . skeptics, and the C h ris tia n a F rlday W o rsh ip Service: doubters. a JERRY HARRIS, Chairm an, I rustee Board R EV. JuHN PARKER, Chairm an, E ld e r Boar, ■ By the Geiiesis account of C reation God did not create Zhc ,\\cuut Oluet baptist Church ^■■■■■aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ; S M a ra n a th a Church ■■■■■■aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaB aaaaaaaaaaaM
