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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1972)
Porr lu d 1 » PORTLAND (»¡SERVER Y holds Holiday Holdups Religion in the News Dr. Paul Wright resigns On Sunday, November 5th, O r, Paul s , Wright, pastor ol ttie F irs t Presbyterian Church, made tie following announcement to his congre gation: "T h ia Is tie time that I have chosen to make known the date on which my re lationship as paator of tie congregation of (he F irs t Piealiyterlan Church of P o rt land will term inate, The date that la propltluus for all con certed la Thanksgiving Day, 1*73. Several factora con verge to validate our judg ment ol this as tie right time for us aa for this church. "T h e flrat la a sentimental reason. This week I have privately leen grateful in tie celebration ol my 5(Jtb anni versary of ordination to tie m inistry of tie Gosjel by tie Presbytery of Minot. North Dakota. Thia la a special time aial an auspi cious one for a change of vocational locus, hut not of commitment. Interest and service. " T i e second Is also of some sentimental value. I came to Portland, oiegon In tie fall of 1*41, and legsu my m inistry In this congle gation. This Is not tie tin e to recall all that these years have meant; tle te w ill be op portunity for that la te r. But tley have been years very significant to li e and years of happy association. "T te third is tie most Im portant and lelevant con sole ration. We are now in a jerio d of creative change. The future Is taking slepe and promises much. a. We have leen made aware of tie structural changes taking place in tie Presbyterian Cturch — at large. That the church’s L Sr < D R . PAUL WRIGHT mission might continue to go forward with great power and affect, lew adjustments In tie structure through which It functions must te made. " b . Changes are also tak ing place In our own com munity, If tie plans now under cons ale ration bygroujis such as tie Portland City Planning Commission go Into effect. F irs t Presbyterian C lu rch is called fresh to op portunity and tie challenge for m inistry. " c . In accord with tlese changes and In anticipation of tie further opportunites con fronting our church, the Session, at a recent retreat, authorized a study of goals and objectives. "These w ill te stirring aid promising days. Obviously, It w ill not te possible for the same leader who has been with you since 1941 to con tinue In dils era of change and promise. I w ill relin quish to anotler m inister of your choosing tie work which now Invites your united and entliusiastlc endeavors." D r . W right was tie recipient of tie American Civil L ib er ties Union *s second annual McNaugliten Award in 1963 for his years of service to civil llb e rte s and civil rights. He hat been Involved In many ac tivities for human te n e m e n t Including (he fight for elvd rights laws In Oregon, for open housing, for school desegre gation. He was one of the founders of the Interfaith Counseling Service. Colonialism and apartheid exposed Same ¿0 representatives of tie black press left a semi nar held In New York with Insights into colonialism and apartheid In Southern Africa, and with the stated Intention of informing tie black com munity about those Issues and seeking to teip change con ditions. l i e reporters and editors also sakl tle re should te more seminars on Soutlern Africa and other seminars on International issues for communications n ed la . Exposure to tie Issues was at the Southern Africa Semi nar for the Black Press aial o tter Selected Journalists and Church/Community Leaders. It Is helleved to le the first such seminar at the United Nations and the Cturch Center for the UN. The workshop was sponsored by three United Methodist units (A fric a Office, Interpretlwe Services, UN office) In co operation with tie National Newspaper ihibllshers As sociation,' comprising most of tie black press. T ie seminar members heard from speakers and* panelists about conditions of black Africans ruled by tie Portuguese In Angola and Mozambique and by white minority governments In Rho desia, South Africa and Namibia fSouth West Africa). I ley heard how Africans are responding. In varied ways tanging from peaceful poli ticizing and non-violent resis tance to m ilitary efforts at I lie ration. Seminar members taw African (black) poverty and European (white) affluence In South Africa In a film , "End of a Dialogue," and viewed other film s. Several speakers clmrged Western [xxwers are "overtly or compllcltly re lated to o p p r e s s io n In Southern A frica” through In vestments and other ways. Program personnel In cluded representatives o f the Organizations of African Unity (DAU), the Special UN Com mittee on Decolonization, the Ib u s e of Representatives Sub-Committee on Africa, the church and spokesmen for various African llhsratlon movements and political groups. A discussion on the hiack press and Africa was moderated by the participant/ planners of ths seminar, Ethel Payne, Washington con- respondent of ths CHICAGO DAILY DEFENDER andMoses Newson, executive editor of the AFRO-AMERICAN news- papers. Many semlnarevents were filmed lo r showing on television’ s "Black Journal". The Reverend Isaac Bivens of the Board of Clobal M inis tries Africa Office and George M . Daniels of the Board's Interpretive Ser vices said the seminar might serve as a prototye for future Issue and area-oriented seminars for church press and other media. The black press seminar was important, the two polntel out, as " t ie sensitizing to Issues Is crucial. We teed to reach blacks with the story of tie oppression of t l e l r brothers in Southern A fric a. In in forming and mobilizing tie black community, tie black press plays an indisjensable ro le." Editors and reporters came from coast to coast and in between. Leading magazines such as TUESDAY AT HOME, BLACK ENTERPRISE and ESSENCE were represented, along with radio and TV and a dozen leading newspapers» Including THE LOS ANGELES sl.N I INI I , SAN ERANCIsCi I si IN HI I t 'R I I K. THE APR) >- AMERICAN. CHICAGO DAILY DE L i N D E R , MICHIGAN CHRONICLE, ST. LOUIS M l I K . '- s i N I INI I . KANSAS C IT Y CALL, SACRAM ENTO OBSERVER andM UHAM M ED SPEAKS. The program wgs arranged p rim arily by M rs . M ia Adjall, executive secre tary of the United Methodist Office for the I IN, NAACP sells Freedom Seals The National Association for tie Advancement of Color ed People’ s annual Freedom Seal Drive has begun. Thia year NAACP has teen fl- tanclng a large scale voter registration drive In the South. Scheduled locally is NAACP sponsored housing project for the elderly. The NAACP has only two regular ways to raise money nationally— by tnsmbershlp and through tie Fighting Fund for Freedom (FFF). A large portion of the F F F money Is raised through tie sale of holi day seals. NAACP’ s seals are beautifully designed, can be used throughout tie year, and sell for 100 starrps for > 1.1X1. NAACP does not have tie resources with which to en gage in a large mad campaign for seals, and therefore telies upon the Initiative of its trend s to both txiy and sell seals. The quickest way for your church or organization to receive seals w ill te to call the NAACP office after noons at 284-7722. O r send your dollars direct to tie office of the National Associ ation for tie Advancene nl of Colored People, 2752 N . W il liams Avenue, Portland, O re gon, 97227 Clergy orientation held by GPCC An 'Orientation fo rC lerg y’ , sponsored by ths Canter for Urban Education of ths Great er P o r tla n d Council of Churches, w ill ba held Tues day and Wednesday, November 14th and 15th. This two-day educational experience la sn opportunity (or clergy In d e Portland area to hecom« a w a re of the Issues and acqua Intel with tie res.xir.es of the city. Addressing ths clergy on the firs t day of tie Orienta tion w ill he LloyJ Anderson. Portland City Commissions!; Gladys McCoy, member of the Board of Education; Hal Hart, Deputy D istrict Attorney for Multnomah County. The second day w ill Introduce pastors to communtrv re- sources for m lnistiy toyuutn, older adults, and alcoholics. The orientation Is open U all m e t r o p o l i t a n aiea clergy. For reservations contact tie Center for Urban Education at 224-1114. nr J.»., A Northeast Portland YWCA has scheduled "Holiday Hold- U p s ", a series of four pro grams to felp tfe buyer plan, choose carefully and make purchases for d e holi day season. The series will be presented by M rs . Joyce Penson, consumer represen tative for ties Consumer Pro tection Program , Model C ities Office. The programs w ill be at d « Nortlieast YWCA Center located at M allo ry Avenue Christian Church, 126 N J i. Alberta. Each w ill be at 10 agri. The November 16 program, " T ls tfe S e a s o n to be E ra t id e d " , wdl le lp the shop per avoid the Christmas "c o n " man as well as resist Impulse buying. Helpful tilrts w ill be given on how to keep tie jingle In your <rwn pocket until you know what you a re buying. "G ifts are for giving" wdl le d e theme ol d e November 30 program. Information wdl te given on how to select appliances, check warranties, choose fabrics and how to examine toys with safety fac tors In rnlnd. On December 7, holiday decorations w ill be discussed In die program, "Deck tie Halls with Light and Safety". Safety tips wdl te given on holiday candles, tree lights and decorations of all kinds. "Y o u r Holiday Tab le" wdl l e presented on December 14. Suggestions w dl be made for wise buying of food items. Menu ideas w ill be given for attractive and festive holiday fare. T le r e w ill te no charge for d e programs. Ctotnrfj of Oom Vl Ctioirr ard $>•«■>■ »o» ' •04 »4 t AiMV's •f « ,» H - », $T A N O IF W $ CATHOLIC CHU«CH ;« «42» n • e ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH C o r n e r o f 8th A ve srxl s k a lm o r e X .M . W o is h ip il.-iX J C ^ n s c u n Y u f F e llo w s h ip o:0 0 (-’ nd irxl F o u rth Sundays) J LANE DIXON K , •i . nd, \ I in is te r Dixon visits Portland Named as one of tfe "Twen ty Most Admired Women inthe W orld " for three consecutive years, author of a daily column carried by over 300 news- pspers, both in d e (J.S. and abroad, JeaieDixon once said, " W ie n God has ytxi In His heart you have an Instan- taneous Identification with every human soul that is born.” It is an unusual statement, made by an unusual woman with a firm ly established re putation for predicting major world events with remarkable accuracy. The INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF MAN w ill present Jeare Dixon on a one-hour lecture, followed by a ques tion and answer period and >Aethpdisf opportunity for personal con tact at 8:00 p jn ., November 17, 1972, at Pamplin Center, Lewis and C lark College, Portland, Oregon. Advance tickets may be ottained from Stevens and Sons jewelers or at the ticket window at Pamp lin Center, prior to the program. A well-known author, .Mrs. Dixon has written My Life and Prophecies. Reincarnation and Prayers to Live By, and The Call to G lory. Bookswdl be available fo r purchase at die auditorium. Those per- sons already having her books are invited to bring them for autographing by M rs . Dixon at the completion of her pro gram . •o ^ £ S t 2 l N.E. 8th A. Lee Henderson, M inister 288-5429 Ellis C o tto n , Associate M inister Church School Morning Worship Wed Moon — me Hour of Power W ed Prayer & Clot» Meeting Nurtery Core Provided 9.45 trn 11:00 am 12:00 noon 7:30 pm W e e re m aking our Neighborhood A B rotherhood' Quotable Quotes "Violence, less and leas embarrassed by the lim its imposed tiy centuries of law fulness, la brazenly and victoriously striding across d e whole world. The world Is being liamdated by tie bra zen conviction dial power can do anything, justice nothing." — Aleksandr I, Solzhenitsyn, Nobel Prize-winning Russian no bel 1st. T rav elers on the Bethe of M rs . Elnora M o rris . ) Vancouver Ave First Baptist Church 3138 N. Vancouver Ave. Phone 282-9496 Zest of Life Sunday School By C a rn e g ie "H ap p y'* Pull en THE A ^ j C . OF ECONOMIC TR U TH I "Render unto Cse- sat the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God’s ." M an . 22:21. He who steals from the poor robs God. Wlien men conspire together to double prices of all goods, by that act tliey steal away half the nation's wealth. W ho lias rob bed us of our living? Who has stolen this nation blind? Who has robbed you, and me, and God? During World W ar II when all goods were really scarce a P rice Control Law kept tlx: prices of everything fairly stable. After die w ar ended Congress (Both Democrats and Republicans) voted to re lease price controls. A casual glance at the econo mic charts shows that prices have been skyrocketing ever since. Even when prices are rais ed one jiercent a nation’ s monetary system Is debased and sabotaged, and Congress never should have permitted It to happen. Congress is to blame. tk ir U 3 . monetary system Is based on tie relative scarcity of gold. But this Is and unworkable and unrealis tic money system. Banks get die U.S. to print more bills for about >1.00 per >100.00 against bonds. Actually, purchasing power (money In the hands of con sumers) should be issued against and balanced with pro duction (the nation's real wealth known as the Gross National Product: GNP). At present banks (the bank ing system, not the Federal Reserve Bank) actually owns all the money that Is In c ir culation. Neither you, I, nor the Government owns ttie money we use. Every ad ditional d o llar—all dollars— spent Into circulation by the Government or citizens had to be borrowed from a hank by someone. All die time this money is in circulation, ttie borrower, has to keep paying some bank interest on that money. Even the Govern ment does not own any money. Wlien a borrower repays money to a bank of issue that much money goes out of circu lation untd someone else borrow s it. If all the borrowed monej were repaid to die benks there would 1« no money left in circulation. Think a- bout d is for a while. It is astounding If when you fully comprehend tills. Every d ollar In circulation is owned by some bank somewhere. The banka rent out this money to us at a steep rental (rate of Interest), This eats Into the earnings of corporations, the wages of workers, and die taxes ol the Government and adds to prices we pay fo r goods. A glance at the as tronomical National Debt, and a quick tatulation of all put- lic, state, local corporate and personal debts w ill show you that we have already leen overwhelmed by debts which we can never repay. A new generation is saddled with this impossible nightmarish debt when it is born. And because prices have skyrocketed, and wages are constantly sabota ged we are getting lntodeeper debt. Much of our taxes go to pay interest on these debts. I am not a Socialist tut 1 am in favor of the sociali zation (Government i Nvner- shlp) of die nation's money In s t e a d of the banks. Government should issue new money as the GNP rises; it should te equitably distributed to all consumers, it should operate twiiks like it did tie post office. Thus Abundant Buying Power (adequate money In come) for all Consumers, issued against and balanced 9 -0 0 A M . Morning Worship with production and equitably distributed would quickly banish the national debt; it would greatly reduce taxes, thereby making all citizens with Incomes rich er. Itwould guarantee full employment and full production; and the aged, the disabled and students and unemployed would have an in come probably double what they now have. Then In a few decades personal or public debts would be ra re . Great conglomerate com bines have been forced to merge' and txiy out all profitable sm all businesses and soon no man w ill be m aster of his own job any m ore. All citizens are kept relatively poor and In debt while they struggle under the impossible txirden of support ing tins debt-money system. Instead of gold-based dollars we should have commodity dollars, non-interest-bear ing, and both we and our Government would be free of this giant slave-making sys tem. This could save our free enterprise system. 1 1-00 A M. D r O.B. Williams, Pastor "T he Church With A H e a rt-F e lt Welcome" « r to r //f J/iw /Z Oliirt Kaptiit Church Re' • John H. Jackson Minuter N E First ond Schuyler Portland, Ore Phone 2 8 4 1954 Sunday School M o rn in g W orship Ve»per L n ua e n ttr to w o rtlu p a n d i g a n Io t t r i t -ÍÍS- M aranatha Church 288-7241 1222 N .E , S kidm ore c Church school and Bible class: Sunday morning worship: Sunday Evening worship: Wednesday Evening prayer: Friday Worship Service: JERRY HARRIS, Chairman, Trustee Board 9:15 s jn . 10:45 azn . 1:00 p jn . 7:00 p jn . 7:30 p. m. REV, JOHN PARKER. Chairman, E lder Board ! «■■■■«■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■•■•■■■■■■■■■■■■I
