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Po r » a n d P O R T IA N I) ORSERPER M t. Olivet honors pastor Claire lie a. He has sei-ved on tlie Albina C itizen's War on Poverty, Portlaial M etropoli tan Steering Committee, and and Trl-C uunty Community Council Hoard of D irectors, NAACP Executive Hoard. In 1966 he became tlie firs t black to 1« appointed to a state commission wfieri le was ap pointed to i negon State Public Welfare Commission try Mark Hatfield fo rm e r Governor of Oregon. Williams builds again O r. o . I). W illiam s, pas to r of VancouverA venue F irs t Baptist Church fo r tlie |>ast 28 years, told reporters this week that conditions fo r blsck people aie much le tte r today than tliey were 28 years ago when te firs t cane to P o rt land. ‘ T have aeen progress made ami yet we have a long way to g o ," D r. W illiam s said. "W ie n I fir s t came to P o rt land, Blacks could only have jobs as Red Caps, but It la different now." D r. W illiam s pastors tie laigest black conglegation In Portland with 2,200members. He has teen President of tie General Baptist Convention of tie Nortlrwest fo r tie past 20 years. The conference In cludes Washington, Idaho and Oregon. D r. W illiam s started tie convenlon 20 years ago with 25 members In tie base ment of his ctu rch . "In today's world, we face a fundamental spiritual prob- lem. 'L e t him deny h im s e lf and serve o tte rs . The p ro fit motive and personal satisfac tion have so engrossed us that doctor, lawyer, w orker, chief have forgotten that tle y are part of a whole and that It Is better to serve than pro f it.” . . . Frank A. Sharp, D ire c to r, American Baptist ' ’ws Service. Dr. O.B. Williams Enroute to Y a k in e , Wash ington, D r. W illiam s told re porters how tie convention furchased 8 acres at a cost of $20,000 to build a religious re tre a t. "1 am going now to see about budding some suitable buildings on He s ig h t," W il liam s said. With tie retirem ent of D r. Paul W right from tie F irs t Presbyterian Church, D r. W illiam s now becomes tie oldest pastor . . . that is In tenure of service. In P ort land. Bishop W X . McKinney is the next In tenure of service among Blacks ami lerhaps in Portland. r i i ♦ i i n ♦ ♦ CARE FOR INFANTS IN YOUR HOME. $3.50 a child per day Fam ily D a y /N ig h t Care 4635 N .l. 9th 288-5091 The m e m be ra of Betlel AME Clairch wdl honoi Ms. Verna I,. Henderson, f i r s t lady of Bethel, Sunday Novem ber 19, at 5:00 pun. It has been tie custom fo r churches to give an appreci ation service jo in tly toi tie Pastor and wife; however, tie members thought that a min is te r Is always in the spot lig h t arid tie wife Is really left out of so many tilings. A m in is te r's wife must he a g r a c io u s hostess at all tim es. She must realize that le r husband is ma r r l e d firs t to God and tie church. She is called upon to be more understanding than an attorney's wife, a teacher o r a doctor. Ms. Henderson is a grad uate of Hustori-Tlllotson Col lege, Austin, lexas, majoring in Elementary Education and I * • I' .i ’ o » »» ;•> «eju •0« n f XiMf's * «•’ . »e •» • , juo Moraa* » X »• i C M i' a*- • ». >'00 o- («A «km ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH Business Administration. Sie has taught school in 7e \as and in C alifornia. Ms. Henderson also worked as a s o c ia l worker in Stockton, C alifornia. Ms. Henderson is marr ied to T ie Reverend A. Lee Hen derson and tley have two '»•>. '■ '0 \ . \ l . daughters, Misha C le r i 9 and Roslyn Lentia 7 years of age. Ms. Henderson says that people are wonderful to work with and that ste would not exchange roles fo r this place fo r anything In this w orld. C orner of 8th Ave snd skidm oie su'xlav tto is h ip 11:00 4JM. C hristian Youth Fellowship o:OO PJM. (2nd arxl Fourth Sundays) Thomas stiayhand, M inister by Juanlty Hollingsworth Religion on tlie camjus has long been an occupant of tlie beck seat, but In r e c e n t months it has almost taken over its old position, tlie d riv e r's seat. A recent survey on tie A8i I State U niversity campus showed tlie re is no longer a ghostly tear of expression and this expression has found deep roots In religion; it has created within die students a great urge to communicate th e ir true feelings, their true beliefs. The a rt of expression has erased from tlie students' minds die idea that they must conceal th e ir means of vocal Intonation because some per sons think a showing of joy o r emotion is somewhatdero- gatory. It is die circum stances of time, not because there is a new revival of religion, that die re is a re li gious upsurge on campus. "T lie re is not a great d if ference In the number of people believing In God now as before. It is expression, absent of inhibitions," stated Reverend Cleo McCoy, d ire c to r of religious activities at A IT . He added dial most people who are expressing diemselves now were actually religious already tefore tle y entered A&T. Reasons fo r such a gradual Increase in religious expres sion may be found within die students. Edna Warren, a freshman stated, "R eligion Is a basic need fo r m an." Another freshman, Trudy Hawkins, added, " I t plays an important role In one’ s life ." “ Students are basically religious. Tliey must have some type of god, some ty;e of religion, even it i t ’ s only their different social clubs, cars, clothes, etc. The only problem is which one is die true, the real god," asserted Reverend W illiam T. Brown, M ethofist campus m inister. Even though an immense feeling of religion has legun Its course on campus, die re s till remains the fact that it is yet a small w hirlpool. A l though influencing In many ways, religious expression has not engulfed tie entire canijxis, o r even half of it. There are s till those stu dents who feel diat religion possesses no relevance to the Black cause. Also, some stu dents feel that religion w ill Interfere with their sleep on Sunday mornings, therefore they tend to display in d if ference toward religion. "Students have based th e ir opinions of religion as a re sult of d ie ir unpressions of tt e tr prospective churches," Claimed Reverend Brown. " I dunk diey (students) don't have any motivation; you know, at home, there is your mother and lather there to push you along,” expressed Malinda Newsome, a senior sociology m ajor. J/iwzZ O/ii'Ct baptist Church Rev John H Jock ion Minuter N E First ond Schuyler Portlond, Or« Smail Darren Burton displays a contented smile as he rides the back of Volunteer w orker Yolanda M artin at the Maranatha Emergency Chdd Care Center. I he center, located at the Albina M u lti-se rvice Center, provides emergency child care fo r Model C ities children. 9 a i I 1 O I 5 P < Hl Allen Temple holds homecom ing Sunday According to Reverend McCoy, much of the indif ference on die part of the students is due to the era, the era of youth leaders c ritic iz in g the church m inis try . Also, lie stated that many, especially during their freshmen and sophomore years, are somewhat rebel lious toward rules and regu lations. T h e ir creeds are taken from tlie beautiful philosophical statements of inspired w rite rs of tlie ancient and recent past, and from the present. Here are some of those statements; "A thought—good or e v il— an act, in tune a habit.— so runs life 's law: what you live In your thought-world, that, sooner o r later, you w ill find objectified in your life ,” Ralph Waldo Trine "T lie te st that Is In us is le tte r than we can understand; fo r it is grounded beyond ex perience, and guides us, blind folded tu t safe from one age to another.” R. L.Stevenson. " T o bring tie largeness of God Into tie thought of each small moment, to bring tlie love of God Into every re lation with our neighbor, to have that constructive trust In God which means mastery over circumstances and peace at tlie center whatever storms may rock us, tills would be tlie millennium of tlie soul. Such an Ideal means life and health and happiness more a- Hindantly.” Samuel Fellows. " I t is the mind that maketh good o r HI, That maketh wretch o r happy, rich or p o o r." Spencer. “ Where all hearts to one purjxise run And all men lif t as one; Where each one, self- forgetting, gladly fiends To serve the A ll, tlie wondrous world of friends. This Is the dream to which all ages trod— The faith of prophet and the prayer of God.” Edwin Markham. Phone 2 8 4 1 9 5 4 Sundoy School Morning Worship V«ip«r /e» ua rn a r to w orsA ^ and dtp a rt to M flv Allen T e m p le C .M f, Church w ill celebrate Home coming Day on the 4th Sunday in November. The celebration begins with the SundaySchool at 9:30 aun. when the youth classes and newly expanded men and womens classes meet fo r Sunday School Instruction. A ll fo rm e r members of the Sunday School are invited back Zest of Life AFFIRMATIONS alone CANNOT SAVE A MAN; but lie Is saved by full oledience to every precejx that procee- deth out of tlie mouth o fC h rist. Some Churches which le - lteve strongly in, and practice, the I ’ow erof Positive Thinking recognize that the universe is governed by Divine Law; Hit they do not recognize fully that tlie commandments and sayings of Jesus is the speci fic statement of this Divine Law and to attain salvation and tlie Kingdom of Heaven total obedience to C h rist's whole instruction is required. In this tliey are In the same boat as all the other Churches of Christendom. Tlie late 1)r.E niest Holmes, founder of the Cliurch of D i vine Science, and the Science of Mind Mazazine, which con tinues to publish articles on subjects such as "How toStay Young," "How to Renew Your life ,” " I Am A P art of God,” and the like; yet D r. Holmes did not attain physical Im m o rta lity . T h e ir creed might te tte r te stated as "How to Stay Young," Until It Is Time to D ie, They do not believe and practice tie whole doc trine of C h rist. The Church of Truth, Church of C hrist Universal, and others which stress tie Positive Power of Dynamic Thought, (sometlnes called New ThoughtChurches) do not ask you to give up your sins, but merely our concept of sin. WhatChrlstlan Churches call sin they usually ca ll, "m issin g tie m a rk ." » Chiniti of pour CboiH o re Students dig religion survey indicates i i » ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ i i ) N • • » t m *’ i r I * $T AMORFW $ CATHOLIC CHURCH By Carnegie "Happy" Pullen DAY CARE MOTHERS i ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ i ____ Jackson said that in tie nine years le lias been In Portland opportunities have develojed fo r Blacks In many areas. In tie 84 year history of tlie Oregon American Baptist Convention, it n e t this year fo r tie firs t tune In a black church, it met tills year at M t. Olivet ami Reverend J ack son was ore of tie three elec ted representatives to tie Gereral Council of tie A m eri can Baptist Convention, Rev. John Jackson li u r d • Bethel honors 1st Lady Religion in the News M t. Olivet Baptist Church wUl celebrate tie ninth an niversary of l u |w«tor, Rev erend John H. Jackson, during the i 1:00 sun. service on Sun day, November 19th. 1 tie Rev erend E lite H. Caaaon w ill deliver the annlveraary ad- dieaa. Co-chairmen fo r the anni versary are M ra. Eaaie l.ee Evana and M r. Norman King. Pour choirs w ill sing. Reverend | ackson came to Portland In 1964. lie was born In P ittsburg, Peiui sylvan la. He earned Ida bachelor's de gree at tla U niversity of P lt- talurgh In I'M«and hlsM aater of Education In 1957. Ile e a n i- «1 a Bachelor of D ivin ity at Union I heologlcal Seminary In 1944 am! did graduate work at Columbia U niversity, tlie Uni versity of Oregon and tlie Uni versity of PlQ sturgh. He at tended the Urban Training Center fo r Christian Mission In Chicago In 1967 on a Ford Fellow ship. Revereid J ackson la active in community affairs. He is currently serving hla second term as President of tlie A l bina M in iste ria l A lliance. lie is a Paat-pieetdent of tlie G reater Portland Council of < ) » c r . t r "M an is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man Com mands all light, all influence, all fate. Nothing to him falls early, o r too late. Cur acts our angels are, o r good o r 111, Our fatal shadows that walk by us s t ill. " John Fletcher. "T h e Important question about the C hrist is not how fa r tlie New Testament story of Jesus is accurate, but how fa r we may now actualize these principles In Individual and social experience." Benjlman F . M ills . “ Law, not confusion, is tlie dominating principle of the universe; Justice, not in justice, Is tie soul and substance of life; and right eousness, not corruption, is the moulding and moving force In tie Spiritual government of the w o rld .” James A llen. “ It becomes, therefore, the most important of a ll con siderations with what char acter we invest the Universal Mind; fo r, since our relation to It Is jxirely subjective, it w ill Infallibly bear to us ex actly the character which we Impress upon it; In other words. It w ill 1« to us exactly what we believe It to be." T reward. "M an is what lie thinks a bout all day.” Ralph Waldo Emerson. fo r tins special day. The 11:00 a jn . Worship Service w ill be highlighted with all Class Leaders and m e m b e r s of the classes sitting together in specially marked areas fo r each class. The adult and youth choirs w ill render special music. A fte r the morning service the congregation w ill assemble in the lower level of the church and share In an old fashioned Homecoming dinner f r o m baskets prepared and brought by the congregation fo r this occasion. The climax of the Home coming celebration w ill te on the 4th Sunday nightw ten the Musical Pageant, "The Great W hite T hrone" w ill be presented in the church at 7:45 pun. This pageant is under the direction of M rs. T rula Kendricks. It w i l l fe a tu re many B i b l i c a l Characters and characters of C hristian experience such as Hope, H um ility, Prayer, Peace, etc. There is no ad mission charge, a free w ill offering w ill be asked of those present or who wish to send a donation. The public is cordially invited to come and witness this great homecoming event at A ll e n Temple C.M.E. Church, 4236 NE 8th Avenue. The call has gone out to all church members to Come Home to Allen Temple on Homecoming Day. T I , 7 ' Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church 3138 N. Vancouver Ave. Phone 282-9496 9 -0 0 A M. 1 b o o A.M. Sunday School Morning Worship Church Dr. O. B. Williams, Pastor “ The church with a heart-felt welcome" YAethodisf £ Pi. V»uMiMMo,,,; * 4 5828 N.E. 8th A. Lee Henderson, Minister 2IU -5429 Ellis Coston, Associate M inister Church School Morning Worship 9:45 am Wed Noon — me Hour of Power Wed Ptoyer 8 Clast Meeting Nursery Core Provided We 11:00 am 12:00 noon 7:30 pm ora m aking our N eighborhood A B rotherhood' MARANATHA CHURCH 1222 NE Skidmore REVEREND JOHN PARKER, Chairman, E lder Board Church school and Bible class: Sunday morning worship: Sunday Evening worship: Wednesday Evening p ra y e r Friday Worship Service: 9:15 aun. 10:45 tu n . 7;00 p jn . 7:00 pun. 7:30 pun. 288-7241 JERRY HARRIS, Chairman, Trustee Board
