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PORTLAND O OHS PHI HH Soul Purpose Religion in the News Africa stakes satellite claim by N o n iu n Kart NAIROBI, Kenya - A vlaltor Io Kenya aaya (hat lie aakeri Hie Government M in later at that time reeponalble (or broadcasting what lie was go ing to do willi tlie satellite earth station which lies In Kenys’s Rift Valley, 30 miles from Nairobi. The M inister, lie sakt. looked at him In a sad and puzzled way and replied, "T h a t is not for us. It ’ s for them.'* Satellite communication he re me possible when men dis covered how to rocket Into sftace satellites from which radio signals could be bounced beck to the earth. Tlie fact that this could he done was only demonstrated 14 ye are ago, hut today tliere are satel lites 22,000 miles above tlie Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans liy which communica tions can be ‘ bounced' from any part of the world to any other part. To send and recelws tie communications, earth track ing stations are needed on tie ground, andAfrlcaalrea>ly has nine of them, with 13 more to follow in tie ¡ext two or three years. But possessing an earth tracking station is not an automatic passport to entry into the powerful sa- t e llia club. At present only six nations — tie Soviet Union. tf«U J»jA „ Prance, Japan. China and Great Britain, In (hat order — have put up satellites. And while 81 nations, in cluding some 20 African countries, are members of tie International Telecom munications Satellite Con- sorlum - INTELSAT - this does not nean that tle y have an equal say In (he use which can le made of this new means of communication. The Ecumenical Satellite Commission, o r ECUSAT. Is concerted about the usewhlc! nations Intend to make of the Shake off thy Great Heaviness ''H e a r, O ye my beloved, salth tlie Lord: behold tie days of trouble are at hand, but I w ill deliver you from the same, lie not afraid, neither doubt; for God Is your guide, and gusle of THBM wild M i l’ MY CUMMANDMENTS AND PRECEPTS, said the Lord God: let not your sins weigh you down, and let not your In iquità la lift tfemselves up. "And deretane shake off thy great lea vlie sa , and put away (le multitude of sorrows, that tfe Mighty may le m e rc i ful Into (lee again, and tie Highest shall give (fee test and ease from thy lab o r." 11 Esdras 16 ff. THERE IS MURE TO LIU. THAN GROWING O LD . OLD AGli AND D E A IH ARI P o rt! and/Observer Thursday Janu ary 4, 1973 l* S — _ By Chuck Singleton A w rite r named LeC erf surveyed the world around him and finally surmised, "M y s te ry Is the footprint of the divine.” His statement was not a newly revealed truth. Somehow men had never put It In words, hut that truth hss always feen there. Yet we act as If God Is the dummy when there’ s something about Hun we don’t understand. "W hat do you mean T rin ity, how you gonna get three beings Into one?" "V irg in birth, how's a virgin gonna have a baby?" “ Noah's ark? How you gona flood tfe whole earth? Even God caln't do that." It's amazing how some of the supposed most brilliant minds become like babies when it comes to tfe things of Cod. I remember tfe P fo . who decided that If he safcl stu dents were wits, he'd he tel ling a half-truth. He couldn't figure exit how any Imbecile could believe that God was the originator of life when It was perfectly clear that man came from a ore-celled animal who was tfe original life . . . Of course, he never told me where tfe one celled anlrnal came from??? | was the fool ’cause fe taught In school. Maybe that's why a Pti? don't guarantee no J .O.fJ, - almost anyore can get one. Many men feel that once they are doctors in some field, they've got the whole world in th eir hands, not realizing it’ s only a particle of dust. Blacks influence Council of Churches 4FRI0A i ju s t atxxit every meeting with two or more blacks has a black caucus - an American tradition. The General As sembly of the Council was no exception, tut tfe composition and style of the black group, in this religious setting, was different. Moreover, tins cau cus was more effective than most. no (f* iilí «o O WxÀx What about price? At Vann's no gimmicks are used. We refuse to insult your intelligence. We know the buy ing public can recognize qual ity. We make certain tie fam ilies we serve have a wide variety to choose fro m . They select the price category that is best suited to them. V A N N ’S MORTUARY 5211 N. Williams Avenue 281-2836 Portland, Oregon By W ilbur Colon SA7EU.I7F ô t a t io n î • UMuCartrto caa^krho* dole - w i t Ikal^ cao^lrU. ¿fe satellites. W ill they he used F o r A frica the uses of sa by each country which can tellite communication go far afford a shaie in lliem simply beyond tie exchange of tele to project a hettei image of vision programs which has that country - to extend the teen their most spectacular ’•w a r" latween 0 « external use so fa r. Satellites can le broadcasting services of the used to forecast (le w eatler U.S.A.. China, Russia, South — meteorological satellites A fric a ’ s lead? W ill tle y le gave many months’ warning used simply toexchange trivia of the weather systems which which offend no one - tele caused tie last floods In East vision programs of stage Pakistan. shows and football matches? Above all, w ill a way be Satellites can le used to found of letting tie developing survey laid for m inerals and countries share tlie facilities to determine what kind of which the satellites offer, even crops w ill grow le s t. They though tley cannot afford to can le used to track tie move spend as much? Already ments of wild life . They can ECUSAT has attended a con le used for education—India ference of tlie International w ill have tie use of a satel Telecommunications Union in lite jxit up by tie United Mates Geneva to (17 to ensure that (he for a two-year experiment in case of tie developing coun broadcasting programs to Im tries Is heard by the countries prove agriculture, aid social who can already make us i of vleveloptnent and teach family satellite communication. planning. Mobile receivers and trans m itters (mounted on lo rries and tra d e rs ) for transmitting local news, to g e tle r with cleap television sets which need no large amount of elec tric ity , could mean th atinfive years time noAfrlcan country reed be too vast for its people to know quickly what is hap pening in it and around it; no distant vdlage need feel iso lated from its capital or from knowledge. The question which C h ris t ians see particularly cle arly is w tether men have the w is dom to use these possibilities, to live in this naked world which could be created. 'We want to see the new technical opportunities In sa tellite communication used for the development of mankind, and not for exploitation," says ECUSAT. = ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH WELCOME TO ST. M ARK’S BAPTIST CHURCH N . E . M o rris Sunday Service 9:|5 /||:0 0 a j n . Evening Service 7:30 p jn . Reverend Edward W ilder ondly, to establish, with budget, an ongoing task force to m onitor tfe progress of the Council witf regard to minor ity group affairs. The black caucus, along with the Africa caucus, pre sented a comprehensive doc ument on southern A frica.The resolutions In the report passed tfe Assembly over whelmingly. It called upon the United States Government to halt purchases of chrome from Rhodesia, to cancel South African sugar quotas, to terminate loans to Portu gal (which has colonies in southern Africa),, and to re fuse tax credits to corpora tions doing tusmess in South Africa occupied Namibia. Meeting at least once a day, and often twice, tfe black caucus hosted some of tfe leading names in tfe black church and the C ivil Rights movement. Bishop Stephen Sponswood. president of the NA.ACP, Dorothy Height, na tional president of tfe National Association of Negro Women, Bishop B. Julian Smith, of Memphis. Tenn.. the Rev. An drew White of Nashville, The Rev. D r . Edler Haw Bishop FJd. Jordan of Holly kins, chairman of the black wood, C al., and Bishop EJ>. task force, said at the end Murchison of Birmingham, of tfe Assembly: "Blacks were among those active in have won m ajor victories at the caucus. this meeting for our race Hulbert James, D ire cto r of and mankind. What we must the Crusade Against Hunger do now is follow through with tar the National Council of the effective cooperative ac Churcfes, worked as chief tions that we have witnessed strategist for tie caucus. Un here. If black church leaders der his leadership, tfe caucus could w or1 together year was able to: one, have a round like they worked togeth new commission on Justice, e r at this meeting, the I ite ra L iteration and Human F u lfill tion of black people w ill surely ment which w ill he at tfe van soon he a reality, and the guard of the Council's social fullness of me Lord's king and political thrust, and, sec- dom w ill surely be on ea rth ." •oe n • i» B I T A » C A IIlN i » m * Ovn* tr-d S<No«> ’o» Canw’xx'.», $T ANDREW $ CATHOLIC CHURCH .• 44.» KWTLANO O R G O H U 'l Corner of 8th and Skxlmore Sunday School 9;30 a jn . Sunday Worship 11:00 a jn . Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00 p jn . (Second and Fourth Sundays) M o i» , • □C o»» ’ Í 00 Albino Ministerial Alliance Week of Prayer January 7 -1 2 , 1973 Come One -- Come All Good Samaritan Church of God in Christ 19th and N. Wygant St. Reverend FJ. Creor Host Pastor Reverend John Jackson, President Come Alive 'Come to Jesus' ' 0 JC ar» » o il Church of Come Alive the Living God Reverend Thomas L . Strayhand, M in is te r P.G. of T. Temple # 3 900 NE Ainsworth Portland, Oregon Sunday School 9:45 a jn . T .U . 6:00 p jn . P rayer service Junior Church So MARANATHA CHURCH UNNECESSARY! 1222 NE Skidmore Church school and Bible class: Sunday morning worship: Sunday Evening worship: Wednesday Evening prayer: Friday Worship service: Bob Harrison - Pastor Rev. T. N. Noffa Welcomes you to 9<j5 ajll> 10:45 a jn . 7.Q0 p jn ." 7:00 p jn ’ 7.30 p jn . r/zr .\icuut o/iirt baptist Church 288-7241 Rev John H Jackson Minuter N E First and Schuyler Portland, O re /e< üb enter Phone 2 8 4 1954 Sunday School Morning Worship Vesper Morning Service 11:00 a jn . Evening Service 7:30 p jn . Wednesdays 7:30 p jn . F nd ay 7:30 p.m. Pastor Rev. S. Green 111 9 o i lia i 5 p » r o z i t y arid d e p a rt .a yAethodisf £ .l«»»’ ' Cui,/, * '0 / ***/ /M HIGHLAND ' N E It h A. Lee Henderson, M inister 2 8 B -5 4 2 9 Ellis C o tto n , Associate M inister Sunday School Church Service Evening Service 9:45 a jn . 11:00 a jn . 7:30 p jn . 6401 N E. 10th Avenue Pages Churth School Morning Worship W ed Noon — me Hour of Power '-d Prayer & C lo u Meeting 9:45 am 11:00 am 12:00 noon 7:30 pm Vancouver Ave First Baptist Church 3138 N. Vancouver Ave. Phone 282-9496 Sunday School Morning Worship 9.QQ 1 1.00 A M Nursery Core Provided W ere rneArng out Neighborhood A B rotherhood Dr. O. B. Williams. Pastor ' 1 lie church with a lieart-feit welcome" 4635 N. E. 9th Avenue Sunday School Morning Service Breakfast 9:00 - 10:00 a jn . 11:00 a jn . 10:00 a jn . Reverend Samuel Johnson Telephone: Evenings 287-5341
