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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1972)
P o rd and /Observer Thursday November 23, 1972 page 5 POUT ¡.AND -¿3 OHS M W EH Religion in the News Reverend T. N . N offa opposes pledge By Religious News Service The constitutionality of a North Carolina law requiring use of the phrase "so help me God" In voter registration and In changing political party affiliations la questioned In a suit filed In U.S. Middle Dis tric t Court le re . Tlie action was filed by R, Fletcher Good IV , editor of the E lkin, N .C ., Tribune, In nearby Surry County, who con tends tie law deprives voters of their constitutional rights of equal protection under the laws, freedom of religion and the right to vote. M r . Good asked that the suit he made a class action for tria l by a three-judge panel, whose ruling would affect all voters, lie said tewasdenied a change In party affiliation by the Surry County board of Elections wlien lie refused to swear "so help me God." He said he wanted to change his affiliation from H e Demo cratic Party to "n o-p arty af- lla tio n ," and an employee of the hoard handed him a copy of tlie oath which lie signed after striking out the phrase. M r . Good said the board's aide tlien informed him !e could not register as affiliated with any party unles tie sub- Providence honors pastor’s six years The Providence Baptist Church 3J3 Nl£ Falling Street and Union Avenue la celebra ting their pastor anil wife hth pastoral anniversary. This promises to le one of tlie heat annlveraarleswlth The McKinney 7 ernpleChurch of God In Chrtat as host church, with bishop W. |.. McKinney d e l i v e r i n g the anniversary message. The general public Is In vite,! along with the host of frleixls, church |«<>ple atxl m e in lers. the Royds have made outstanding contributions to the church and civic com munity. The date is tlie 26th of N o vem ler at 3:00 p.m . This anniversary also ties In with the yearly revival whlchwlll *«|U» Sunday night at 7:00 p. m . ami each night tliereafte i . The He ve rend 1). Lyle California w ill he the pre- siding evangelist. You w ill miss a rellgioue treat of your life If yeu don’t liear tills gteat men of God. Union Fellowship I te Union Fellowship w ill hold Its I hanksgivIngService at Vancouver Avenue F irst Baptist Church, 3138 N Van couver Avenue at 10:45 a jn . Reverend I. J .Thomas, pastor of F irs t A A l Z i o n Church w ill bring the message. The ixibllc is invite,!. Welcomes you to scribed to the oath In full, and that such a ruling was backed up by tlie board's ex ecutive secretary. He said the oath now required by state law should le declared unconstitutional and unenforceable, that an In junction should be Issued fo r bidding tie State Board of Elections or any o tle r board from enforcing the law con taining the prescribed oath. M r . Good asked fo r a rul ing that would be in keeping with e a rlie r U.S. Supreme Court decisions Involving prayers In the public schools. " I ’ m not against religion,” he said, "although I admit Infre quent attendance at Galloway Episcopal church of Elkin where my wife and I are mem bers. I do regularly attend and occasionally teach be Adult Forum Sunday School Class at F irs t United Methodist church of E lk in ." The North Carolina C ivil L ih erties Union provided the lawyer who is pressing M r. Good's suit. The action is against J . Brian Scott, c h a ir man of the North Carolina Board of Elections, and its members. Church of the Living God DR. DAVID HYATT Hyatt becomes prexy D r. David Hyatt has been named President-Elect of the National Conference of Christians and Jews it has been announced by tie four National Co-Chairmen of the NCCJ. D r . Hyatt, wlio is the exec utive vice president of tie NCCJ, w ill be Installed at the NCCJ’ s annual meeting of the Board of Governors in A p ril. He will succeed tie retiring president. D r.S terling Brown. D r . Hyatt thus w ill lecome the fourth NCCJ president since tie non-profit human re lations organiztion was found ed in 1928 to create inter- rellgious and interracial un derstanding following tie anti- Catbolic prejudice that erup ted when Al Smiti ran for Will parochial schools survive? INTRODUCING NEW If tie parochial schools disappear. It la because rich America has let them starve to death. Must we awake some day to flixl that a vital part of our cultural diversity has disappeared? We would miss tie educational alter natives which produce much human happiness and shape human character. T ie big lesson that we can learn from the defeat of Ballot Measure 4 Is that tie public doesn’ t want tie state to support two school systems: one public, the other je ro - chlal. But in tie election of 1972. many citizens lehaved as though it were 1850 all over again. Society has changed a great deal since Oregon’ s birth. Even tlie churches w h ic h sponsor parochial schools have undergone vast changes. r i M o le surprising has teen lite ra l attorneys and edu cation talking like the re ligious ultra-conservatives and still fighting .i battle which was long ago settled: way back in the early days of our nation when our consti tution w a s written w h e n church and state were given th eir own arenas of activity. The lea roil raid on state funds by parochial schools w ill le v e r take place. Now, having reclaimed financial Immunity, the Oregon tax payer could afford a mild generosity: limited aid to the non-public school pupil. In footing tie bill lo r private tuition, the parents of these spare the Oregon treasury m illions of dollars. They m e rit some neighborly help, like free textbooks drawn from state-adopted textbook lis ts. 7 he state can he leutral In assuring that every school child has tie tools of funda mental education, t e .. his numbers, letters, basic hy giene, and the foundations of good mental health. The state should te so neutral that It w ill seek legal ways to aid the educational process f o r every child, regardless of his p a r e n t ’ s secular, re- n DAY CARE MOTHERS I I I » ♦ I CARE FOR INFANTS ♦ IN YOUR HOME. ♦ ♦ I $3.50 a child per day Fam ily D a y /N ig h * Care 4635 N.E. 9th 288-5091 i i i i ♦ ♦ ♦ i ♦ | president. D r . Everett C lin- chy and D r. Lewis W . Jones were the other NCCJ presi dents. F o r the past 18 years. D r. Hyatt has heen deeply involved in the field of education for interracial and interreligious understanding and justice. He joined the NCCJ in 1954 as na tional director of public re lations. In 1958 le was named V ice President for Public In formation and in 1965 became Executive Vice President. Hyatt is the author of nu merous articles for period icals on these problems. He is currently serving his second three-year term as a member of the United States National Commission for LNESCf ). Zest of Life By Carnegie (The following statement was Issued by M r . David l eech after tie N ovem ler 7 defeat of RallotMeasure 4, "Changes State Constitution Provision Regan! ing Religion." M r. Leech is headmaster of ( ire- gon Episcopal Schools - St. Helen’ s H all, bishop Dagwell Hall - and presklent of tie Oregon Federation of Inde pendent Schools.) Sunday School 9:45 a jn . Church Service 11:00 a jn . Evening Service 7:30 p jn . RBI KT A BRAND IN — CHRIS T IA N IT Y 1 Christianity is as llglous, or political beliefs a brand new and truly re which dictated placement In volutionary model car — a public or parochial school. the most appealing and ad F o r the state above all vanced design that can do other concerned entities has wonders no other car can do. a vital interest ui assuring It can travel at phenomenal that all schools are goal. speeds and sudilenly project They all serve tlie public wings and take off Into the welfare: therefore. In a signi upper a ir. But this amazing ficant sense, there Is truly moi lei has rarely heen seen no such thing as a non-pub outside die dealer’ s display lic school. room. It is greatly desired We are told, wrongly, that and sought after, hut few In the very instructional methods deed can be found who can used In parochial schools so or w ill pay the fatulous price entangle secular and religious fo r this marvelous inven concerns that tlie state can tion. not even provide basic text It Is the w rite r’s conten books without onstitutional tion that hut a rare few p er violation. But If Catholic sons ever truly performed the children are piously remind whole instruction of Christ. ed of the Holy Fam ily In It is bis contention that the classes on human relations, Christianity that is practiced so much the better. Baying In the churches — any church for tlie textbooks would 1« you can mention - - is not tie a tremendous tax bargain! Christianity of the ’ hard Joseph apparently weathered sayings’ of Christ: but the a most difficult domestic sit easy, convenient, permissive uation and the fam ily stay*! version of C hrist’ s doctnres together to raise an able son as taught by tte Apostle Paul who actually learned a social and It tears little resem ly useful trade and "found blance to C h rist’ s hard doc favor with God and m an." trines. What a good teaching Illus This tew religion costs so tration that is fo r a public as much more; tut it gives you well as a parochial school. so much more in die way of Historically in many states absolute divine protection, parochial schools have been im m ortality for tte body, fed by the urban poor who and tte mastery over c ir oftentimes have good reasons cumstance and miracles of fo r not sending their children supply, healing and blessing to the nearest public schools. In a Kingdom of Heaven How may more freedoms — centered here on earth. This like a freedom of school Is a revolutionary doctrine, choice not rendered useless I know; but it is the only by shee r poverty — a re to be true religion that answers all denied the poor until, like the unanswered questions and the Blacks and Indians In perplexities of this frustrated Am erica, they find ways to and perplexed age. It is the get their demands listened to only religion that truly offers and acted upon? The parents of parochial school children deserve some financial aid from the tax monies they themselves pay the state for educational purposes. We must find a way to help! Catherine L . Blakey died at Emanuel Hospital on Novem ber 13, 1972. M rs . Blakey was born In Vernonia and attended Falling Elementary School and Franklin High School. She was a surgical aid at Good Samaritan Hospital for 25 years. She was a mem her of F irs t A .M .E . Zion Church and a past member of Dahlia Temple 202 I.B.P.OJE. o fW . Surviving relatives are tier husband, Paul L . Blakey, Sr.: a son, Paul J r « three brothers, four sisters, and six grandchildren. Reverend L . J . Thompson officiated the funeral: held et Caldwell's Colonial M ortuary. <he ,\ieunt Olwct baptist Church 'Happy'' Pullen a worthwhile and workable meaning of life; and offers to men at once "dominion over the earth ,” mastery of self, life, death, hell and circum stance. It offers virtual omnipo tence: “ If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth” Mark 9:23. It offers him omniscience: “ The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father w ill send In my name, he shall teach you all things . . . He w ill guide you into all truth . . . and he w ill show you things to come." John 14:26; John 16:31, C hrist holdy promises the faithful and obedient ones: "Behold I give unto you power to tread on serpents and sco"iions, and over all the power of the enemy” (evil) "and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” Lu. 10:10. " I f they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them: they shall lay hands on tte sick, and they shall recover." M ark 16:18. " V e rily , verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my say ings, he shall never see 6401 N.E. 10th Avenue death.’ ’ (John 8:51. Whicl sayings"’ Surely He means all of them. What does C hrist re (Uire for admission Into the Kingdom? “ Seek ye firs t the Kingdom of God, AND HIS RIGH T E D ! SNE S S i AND ALI THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDEI NTl Y O U ." M an. 6:33. "B e ye the refore per- feet, even as your Father which is in Heaven is per- feet." This is a command- ment. We have to consider and act upon C h rist's words, not the words of any prophet or apostle. For we are weighed and judged by C h rist's words. " I f ye abide in men, and my words abide in you," (if you obey my words) "ye shall ask what ye w ill, and it shall he done unto you." John 15:7. "H e that believeth on me, the works 1 do shall be do also; and greater works than these shall he do." J ohn 14:12. G.K. Chesterton, theCatho- lic w rite r said, "C hristianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not trie d .” Re* John H Jockion Minuter N E First ond Schuyler Por Mond, Ore Phon« 284 1954 Sunday School 9 a i Morning Worship 1 1 o i V«sp«r 5 p i u j t r U t r to i v o r t / u p a n d d e p a r t to ««rue yAethodisf £ .0 ^ . j'P ' g it 'll" CNugç. * ■<? 4 5828 N.E. 8th A. Lee Henderson, Minister 2 tt-5 4 2 9 Ellis C a tio n , Associate M inister Church School Morning Worship Wed Noon — me Hour of Power Wed Proyer 5 C la n Meeting Nuriery Core Provided 9:45 am 11:00 am 12:00 noon 7:30 prr. W e ere matting our Neighborhood A Brotherhood" ora S-No* N> xoeies.^h ST ANOSOV S CATMOllC CMUSCM 3 # ' «43« •to N l AlM«VA M i HL am SfePFtfM «V • cr ran c o r ig o « » ’ 3« » GORDON • M oite» « 0 0 «»•» N»ew»s i o W JT ’ 3 0C «*■ mo »» ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH Corner of 8th and Skidmore Sunday School 9;30 a jn . Sunday Worship 11:00 a jn . Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00 p jn . (Second and Fourth Sundays) Reverend Thomas L . Strayhand, M in iste r _.-s *•**•»-. Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church WELCOME TO ST. M ARK’S BAPTIST CHURCH 119 N . E . M o rris Sunday Service 9:15/11:00a jn . Evening Service 7:30 p jn . Reverend Edward W ilder 3138 N. Vancouver Ave. Phone 282-9496 Sunday School 9 :0 0 A M. Morning Worship 1 , :0 0 A M. Church Dr. O. B. Williams, Pastor "T h e church with a heart-felt welcome" 4635 N. E. 9th Avenue Sunday School 9;00 a jn . Morning Service 11:00 a jn . Breakfast 9:00 - 10:10 a jn . MARANATHA CHURCH 1222 NE Skidmore Reverend Samuel Johnson Telephone: Evenings 287-5341 REVEREND JOHN PARKER, Chairman, E ld e r Board Church school and Bible class: Sunday morning worship: Sunday Evening worship: Wednesday Evening prayer: Friday Worship Service. 9:15 a jn . 10:45 a jn . 7:00 p jn . 7:00 p jn . 7:30 p jn . 288-7241 JERRY HARRIS, i Chairman, 1 rus tee Board
