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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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/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 ."
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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
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"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.
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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"
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5828 N.E. 8th
A. Lee Henderson, Minister
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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