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I t I Portland/Obterver Thursday, October 26, 1972 PORTLAND O/f.SA/flA/f Page 5 BLACK POWER is in the voting box this year. Religion in the News fTty Cburrti of pour Ö ¿boia That old time preaching Owxrh emd can keep churches young M o il churches with a generation gap problem are those that do not have soul and, m oie ea|«clally, those that have done away with (lie old time ieviv.il preach ing. Thia is llie opinion of many of the Black and White clergy of tie Albina M inis terial Alliance. Black churcles especially should return to tie old time revival preaching alined at injecting mote soul In their serv’ces in order to recapture thus-* young people who have drifted from tie church in disgust. R E V . JOHN I I. J \C K S tN The service in B la c k chuichea should 1« conducted In an a Unoapteie of warmth so that each m e m lrr of the con- glegation can leel tic spirit of Clod. Gospel music and gosp*’l preaching is tic o ld er of Ih r day. P re fe rs nice b u ild in g Rev. T N N o ffa Young w ill not v o te D r. O .n . W illiam s Kcvereixl Notfa predicted that even though Congress has agreed to give voting privilege to 18 year-olds, many youngsters will not participate In tic up-comtng Presidential election tecause neither President Nixon nor tic D e m o c r a t Ic nominee George McGovern appeal to them. Notice T ic Urban League Guild of Portland invites you to attend t l c l r Annual Autumn Member ship Tea from 1:00 pun. to 5:00 pun. Sunday-October 29th. 1972 - St. Phillip's Cliurch- l20N .E .K no ttS treet. Missionaries hold benefit I hoarded tic 1X3-10 at Dallas* Love Field on my way to C alifornia. I sat next to a casually dressed gentleman and we began to talk Immediately. I discovered In tire course of the conversat ion that the man was an A ir Force major en route to Viet Nam. T ic majorwasdlsheartened by the great amount of pro test for jeace because, as Ic saw It, "ic a c e is an Impossi bility anywhere on e a rth ". He wanted to know where on earth had tlc re ever teen any peace, I shared an old Chinese proverb with him, "When H e re 's icace In tic heart. H e re ’ s peace in tie home, when H e re 's jeace in the hone, there's peace In the city, when H e re 's peace In tie city, H ere's peace In tie lan d". T ie lamed guitarist J lml Hendrix was said to have posed a question to over 40,000 icople at one of his final con certs tefore his untimely death. He is said to have asked tie auditorium filled with spectators, if anyone in that packed auditorium had leard tie answer to the thing we call life, to stand up and tell him. The question m ark remains in the minds of millions like tie a ir force major who are checking tic world scene out like ju n l Hendrix. M ore than Vote this year, like your life depended on it. It does. $3 .50 a child par day Fam ily D a y /N ig h t Caro 4 6 3 5 N.E. 9»h 288-5091 ( Sealed, front 1 to r; Vivian Spearman, Ola Coins, Corine W illiam s, Edytbe Hardy. Estelle Greene. Jeraldine Bright. 2nd row, 1 to r: Minnie Becknell, Geraldine Douglass, Dorothy Hollingsworth, lva T o lliv e r, Vers Baldwin. Standing: 1 to r: Petress Johnson, Thelma C orm ier, Theresa Floyd. Geraldine Rollins, Rosanna Hook. Juanita Allen. Lula Brown. Not pictured: Louria Washington, M ary Hamlet, Geraldine Coaston, M e rry Cole, Edna Armstrong, Edith Johnson, Jean G am er, Lena Hubbard, Helen Johnson, Hazel Keith, Cloteil Swancy, Katherine Bess, Salome Moore, Claudine D illa rd , Valerie Joics. The chairman says, "this benefit represents our major emphasis month for Sickle Cell Anemia. Thia year our program Is " T o Live A New L ife " , In tic Faith Active In Love C irc le . We as committed Christian women are concentrating our efforts and reaching out in the community, hoping to alleviate some of tic critical problems of our time. The circle was lounded by M rs . Dolly J . Adams, who is now supervisor of the Missionary work in the 10th Episcopal D istric t, comprising the great state of Texas, and she is the wife of the Right Reverend John H . Adams 1:15 circle has ^3 active formerly a member of the Puget women. They are active in tic Sound Conference, pastor of circle, the church, the com F irs t A .M .E . Church, and now munity, and the various pro the Presiding Bishop over the fessions of which they are a 10 Episcopal D istric t of the part. We are proud to consider our mission work a "discipline A .M .E . Church. M rs . Adams w ill be our guest of jo y ". The public is invited, contact speaker, actors w ill perform in a one-act play produced by Bethel A .M .E . Church for de Theatre Arts NW, and other tails. Reverend A . L . Hen enough people look at the maze entertainment. derson, Pastor. and either become very dis gusted or very puzzled all ask the question, "W hat's it all about?” 'W hat’s It A ll About’ By Chuck Singleton Twenty-one civilizations have come and gone and In all civilizations man has found a way to communicate He question m ark. Man is a searching creature. Augustine wrote, “ thou hast made us O Lord and our hearts a"» •"»«Hess until tney find th eir rest In thee". The chemist-philosopher Pascal • rote, "there is aGod-shaj>- ed vacuum In the heart of every man which can only be filled by Jesus C hrist, the Son of God", The answer to life is found In a oneness with God. This unity with God Is found through a personal relationship with God as revealed In Jesus C h rist. " I In them and Thou In me, that they may he perfected io unity, that tic world may know that Thou didst send me and didst love them as Thou didst love m e.” (John 17:23) T ic bible says that man leaped up and began to walk. You might observe that when ever God gives us a command. He also gives us the power to perform It. (Mir success should not he measured by tic amount we have earned hut by the giving we have learned. 1 •* '« ’ Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church 3138 N. Vancouver Ave. Phone 282-9496 Sunday School Morning Worship 9:00 A.M. 1 1:00 A.M. Or. 0 .1 . Williams, Raster ••The Church With A H e a rt-F e lt Welcome" ig&J il S S 2 I N.E. tth A. Lee Honderton, Minister Ministers wives hold scholarship tea The Rose City M inister's Wives Council held their annual Blue and Gold Tea on Sunday afternoon, October 22, 197’ In the home of M rs . R. E . Donaldson, President, from 2 pun. to t> pun. M rs . Elizabeth W arren, wife of Revererxl Emmanuel W arren, member of Vancouver Avenue Baptist Church, and M rs . W illie Mae McCullumn, wife of Reverend Sylvester M cCul- By Carnegie "Happy” Pullon The power and the sin of the world Genesis 1:20-27. " F o r the word of God is quick and jxiwerful, and sharp e r than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the Joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the Hioughts and Intents of Hie h eart." Hebrews 4:12. " F ir e , and hail: snow, and vapours; stormy wind fu lfill ing His word.” Psalm 148:8. Jesus said, "The words 1 speak unto you, they a re spirit and they are life .” John 6:63. •He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them irom thelrdestructlon." Psalm 107:20. Jesus spoke of boHi the pow e r of the word and warned against the sin and the misuses of the word. He said, " I f ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto thia mountain. Remove hence to yonder place; and It shall remove; and noth ing shall he Impossible unto you." Matthew 17:20, In giving the same Illustra tion In the book of M ark Jesus ends the account by saying, A Methodist £ Zest of Life "In the beginning was the word. Hie word waa with God, and the word was C o l." John 1:1. The very power of God, the design, the shape, form w i l l and p u r p o s e issues through the sjxiken word of God. Nothing Is greater In flower than the word of God. The spoken words of men and angels contain within tlem the very power of God t h a t worketh their fulfillm ent. If men hut understood It th e y should stand In awe and trem ble before the power and the sin ol the word, God said, "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth; it shell not return to ine void, but it shall accomp lish that which 1 please, and It s h a l l prosjier In the thing w h e re u n to 1 s e n t it." Isaiah 55:11. "And God said. Let Here 1« light; and the re was light.” Genesis 1:3. "And God said, Letusm ake man In our Image, after our likeness... So God created man In his own Image of God c r e a t e d He him; male and ( e m a l e created He them." Corner of 8th Ave snd Skidmore Sunday Worship 11:00 A.M . Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00 P .M . (2nd and Fourth Sundays) Rev. Thomas Strayhand, Minister S.S. 9;30 A.M. Soul Purpose r DAY CARE MOTHERS n » I I ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ I I I ♦ ♦ CARE FOR INFANTS I ♦ IN YOUR HOME. I I ♦ I £ ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHUR CH LEE HENDERSON A . Lee Henderson said that tic t u n e has come for tic church as an institution to re-evaluate its function on earth, and to tic needs of the poor. Be lisle I tic iceds as: d e c e n t housing, better jobs, education, child care and Black political represen tatives. No m a i l e r what others think about tic church It is still tic strongest organiza tion in the Black Community. Ileixlerson telieves that if tic Black Cliurch could Im plement programs tocapture tic minds of young jcople, many of tlcin would not go astray. U r , U . B . W illiam s has pastoted Vancouver Avenue F irs t Baptist (or 28 years anJ has always Icen interest ed in young icople and would like to have all young peo ple throughout tic world re turn to tic church. He said Ic dues not foresee Item taking away leadership roles form older members («cause on God's program there is room for everyone. * K x in A P « C X O O H » n i i « * & 0 8 0 0 * l 0 *0 1 » Moss«» 9 0 0 •»" •»»— » ' O K ) » " C*e» ’ 2 00 pw » o * W » I Pictured are: Members of M issionaryCircle 3, showing their support of the upcoming Sickle Cell Anemia Benefit (Candlelight Dinner), being tcld at the Hilton Hotel, November 17, 1972 in Seattle. A number of |«rsons out- aide of tic church express re sentment of pastors for pur chasing expensive cars and for provldlnp e x o r b i t a n t church sttuctuies for t l c l r congregation. " I see nothing Immoral with worshipping in a magni ficent lu ild ln g ," Heverend John Jackson declared. D r. i l . B. W illiam s added,"most Christiana who alterni church regularly, c o n s i d e r tic cliurch their home, and asof such, would preler It to Ic decent and well kept." 2B 1 44? « •Od N t m B i r * U < IftnUUM e«l*»tP4 Leslie White, a teen-ager with Intention to enter the m inistry, charged that M r . Nixon has done Hale for tic economic enhancement of tic poor masses, and Ic apicaled to all Americans to tlnnk and pray twice before attempting to re-elect M r. N Ixon. ALFRED • » C « a » u * ’» ST ANOSFW $ CATHOLIC CHUSCM "H e shall have whatsoever he saith." M ark 11:23. J i st consider and stand In awe of this e x tr a o r d in a r y spiritual power contained In the sjroken word that has the Infinite piwer of God pack ed Into It that worketh its own fulfillm ent, bringing the word to pass-perhaps not In this lifetim e, but in the life here after, or in the lifetim e to come. In Proverbs we tind these words: "A w holesome tongue is a tree of H ie." Proverbs 15i4: and “ Death and life are In the power of the tongue.” Proverbs 18:21. J e s u s said, "out of the abundance of the heart tie mouth speaketh... "E v e ry Idle word that men shall speak, tley shall give account there-of in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou Shalt he jutifled, and by thy words thou shall be condemned. Maahew 12:34 , 30-37. Let men stand and tremble In awe at the infinite power that resides in tie words they speak. 2 8 8 -5 4 2 9 Elli« Caston, Associato Minister lumn, pastor of Morning Star Baptist Church, served as hostesses. The committee members were M rs . Bernice Hunter, wife of Reverend Archie Hunter, pastor of Neighborhood Church of God; M rs . Reese W illiam s, wife of Reverend Reese W illiams, member of M t. Sinai Baptist Church; and M rs . Louis P rit chett, wife of Reverend W alter Pritchett, member of Holliday Park Church of God. The chairman of the committee was M rs . C herry Green of Vancouver Avenue Baptist Church. Our special guests were M rs. Leona Wallace and M rs. Joseph B razil, members of Maranatha Evangelist Center. M rs . Joseph B razil, wife of Reverend Joseph B razil, was the guest speaker. The m inister’ s wives attending wore white blouses and long blue skirts and the hostesses wore blue gowns. All of the m in ister’ s wives also wore their official flower, a blue and gold rose. This was a well - attended event by members of many different churches. Church School Morning Worship W ed Noon — me Hour of Power W ed Prayer & C ia ti Meeting Nurjery Core Provided 9:45 am 11:00 am 12:00 noon 7:30 pm 'W e ere m e A »ng our N u g h b o rh o o d A B rotherhood" Zhe ,\hw tt Olivet baptist Church Rev John H Jockion Minister N E First ond Schuyler Portland, Ore. Phone 2 84-1954 Sunday School Morning Worship Vesper ber us rnârr to wonxAip and deport 9 am 11 a m 5 pm *rror M aranatha Church 1222 N.E. Skidmore 9:15 aun. Church school and Bible class: 10:45 a un. Sunday morning worship: 7:00 pun. Sunday Evening worship: 7:00 pun. J Wednesday Evening prayer: 7 30 p. ni. ■ Friday Worship Service: ■ JERRY HARRIS, Chairman, Trustee Board R EV, JOHN PARKER, Chairman, h id er Board J • • SA aaaaaaaaaB aaaaaaB aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal
