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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1973)
Portland/Ohs^rver Thursday January I«, W7S r a * f PORTLAND Religion in the News Burton Alvls, Dean of tla School of Christian Learning announced tla dates for the 1973 school as running from Monday Januiry 22 through February 26. I la School for Christian Learning, sponsored by the G reater Portland Council of Churches, has drawn togetler a wide variety of Issues and concerns that reflect the p riorities of Chrlsrlan educa- AMA features Lockridge D r . S A I. Lockrklge w ill 1« the featured preacher for the Albina Min late rial Alliance Rally Service to be laid Sun day afternoon January 21, 1973, 3:30 p jn . at Vancouver Avenue Baptist Church 3128 N, Vancouver Avenue, Rever end O , B, W illiam s, pastor. Not a str inger to Portland, having teen a guest preacher for p r . O .B , W Ilham s on pre vious occasions, |) r , Lock ridge w ill call attention to tla needs of people today for spir itual wholeness, directing our lives toward ways of C h rist ian service. The work of the Christian Is to fulfill the three-fold m inistry of Christ, pleaching, teaching and heal ing. Frontiers of evangelism and human ta a lj.^ aie every where about us, and the call of C hrist today Is to respond actively to the hurts of hu manity, tla struggles of |«co pie In our community for a better life, and the yearning of people for |ieace, justice and human rights. D r . Lockridge has develop ed a wide reputation for tils preaching and evangelism campaigns. He has heen pas tor of Calvary Baptist Church at San Diego, California for the past 20 years, and Is In great demand for revival services In many churches and s u ie s . He has leen associated with D r . o j l , W illiam s In thework of tla National Baptist Con vention of Am erica, and has also served as an officer In the California Baptist State Convention. T la Rally Service la a call to tla religious community to look at tie ways that ttas Christian can be an active agent of laallng In the day-by day world, reflecting the power of God to renew lives and rebuild cities. a. The Albina M inisterial A l liance represents tla Interest of pastors reaching out Into many areas of personal and community need. These activ ities Include management of a welfare assistance program, coordination of day care cen ters, developing summer pro grams for youth, originating neighborhood clean-up cam - pains, providing pastoral counseling for Individuals and fam ilies In distress, assist ing In promoting health- oriented programs such as sickle cell anemia testing, cancer detection services. Portland Youth for Christ w ill present Its single winter Rally Happening on Saturday, January 20, at Marshall High School, S Ji. 91 st and Powell Blvd., at 7:30 p jn . No ad mission charge. T la program w ill feature the film "Though I Walk Through tla V a lle y " directed by fo rm er Portland Y E C F lIm D ire cto r Mel White and deals with the Issue of death. In cluded on the program w ill he tla Youth fo r Cl rist music ensemble tla PONBVBR FREE in concert, along with Ron M a rrs , guitarist, and oth e r special music. The [While is Invited. DR. S. M. I.DCKRIDGI Loaves and Fishes, and a va riety of community oriented projects that show tla way for Christian conviction and action. The task of spiritual healing Is toassist individuals and community to move toward wholeness, where tla welfare of each [arson, our neighbor, hecomes our gatsonal con cern, for In serving that per son, we serve C h rist. People of all churches are are Invited to the Rally Serv Ice. The message and coin err: of the Christian community Is to gather ourselves for re newal and Inspiration, <nd to know we alaworking together. There w ill 1« music p r e - f : ti.*>: by the Vancouver Avenue Baptist Church choirs ind oth e r musical selections from AMA church groups. Plan t attend the Rally Service, Sun day January 21, 1979, 1:90 p jn . Hear D r. Lockrklge, join In Christian felkw shlp, share In concern for the ministry of healing topersonsandcom munity. This service Is the com pletion ut a series of pro gram s sponsored by tie A l bina M inisterial Alliance and the Emanuel Hospital Chap- la nicy I iepa rtm ent. ( m F rklay, J ntuary 19, tla Portland area lergy are invited to a pas toral workshop, " T l a Cturch md tla M inistry of Healing - tow ard Personal and Social W holeness". I his program IS laid at Emanuel Hospital School of Nursing. The speak e r for tla workshop Is Rev- erend ,terre i D . Booker, pro- fessor ut pastoral psychology rent I heologicsl Sem- vanston, Illinois, and ma re c to r of chaplain ser- als Reverend Samuel Johnson Telephone: Evenings 287-5341 s W ELCOME 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 ild er Masonic M em orial service under auspices of Accacia Masonic Lodge. Consltory md Shrlner ser vice was laid Thursday Ev ening at Van’s, at 8 p jn . The widow, M rs . Bonnie P alm er survives. Internment w ill be In Rose C ity Cemetery. M attie Calvin Funeral service for M rs . M a tta M artha Calvin was laid at I I a jn .. Wednesday, at Morning s ta r Baptist Church. Internment was at Riverview Cem etery. She Is survived by 4 daugh ters and three sons, and 18 grandchildren. M rs . Calvin had teen a school w ill be held at F irs t United Methodist Church and Zion Lutheran Church. The following courses w ill be taught in the School this yean Inquiry Method of Education; Sex In Christian Living; A l ternatives to the Nuclear Fam ily; New Styles In Fam ily Living; L ife Styles andValues of the Elderly: C rim inal Jus tice and the Church; Human Relations Laboratory: Youth Culture Workshop; Signs of Shalom (Peace Education In the Church School); The Fam ily as Religious Educa tor; The Moving Images of Christ; Focus: Human Nature and Destiny In Contemporary Literatu re; Right Now, This Is Where It’ s At (Educa tionally, That is); The Gospel of St. M ark, Bible Meaning for Today; Help in Teaching Four and Five Y ear Olds; Help In Teaching F irs t and Second Grades; Help in Teaching Third and Fourth Grades; Help In Teaching Grades 5 and 6; Teaching Junior High Youth and Ad ministration of Church Edu cation in the Parish. THE CHURCH OF SCIEN TOLOGY has some doctrines and activities which suggest they may have feen contrived by a Science-Fiction w riter; and indeed the founder of the Church got his start as a Science-Fiction w rite r. The Church of Scientology Is a spin-off from the M as ter- work of L . Ron Hubbard, en titled, "D iaratics: The Mod ern Science of Mental H ealth." The slogan of the Church Is, "Step into the exciting world of the totally fre e .” There are hundreds of thousands of members in the U A W In Eng land, Australia, In Europe and A fric a . Churches are called "O rg s .” I Helen M cDaniel Funeral service for Helen M d n ie l, was laid Monday, January 8, 1973, from tla . h ipel of Vann M ortuary. She resided el I .. . 7th Ave. She is survived by t a r bus- land, M i ies. SI« was form e r ly em ployed by t la State em ploym ent se rv ic e , and also ijulte ' five In anti poverty programs, and tla rehabilita tion program of Oregon State p ris o n . She was bom In Seattle, Washington, She passed away J iiaiary 3, 1973. by Chuck Singleton Human Being or Human Doing The young cat sat on the co m e r as tla well-dressed gentleman walked up. "Boy, why don’t you get up and do something. Are you human or are you just another post In the sidewalk.** The young brother turned his head toward the street and said, "Just existing, Daddy-O, just exist ing.” "Young man, you can’t just alt there and rot, get up, Yo’ human, ain’ t you?" “ Just existing, man, just existing," said the youngster sternly. "W hy you can’t do that, you can’t justexlst.You’ re human, you gotta do something, hu mans can’t just exist, they gotta do." The young cat turned over, yawned, and said, "T h e word Is human being, man, human being, not human doing." The brother just wanted to be. He had no hangup about activity. That was one thing, but HE was something else. T his dude knew that activity could never be a person, It could only represent a person. Maybe that's why young folks are saying today, "Junk Zest of Life OBITUARIES Died January 8, 1973 In a local hospital. Age 75. A resident of Portland since 1941. Born in Levanworth, K ansas. He was ret I red w orker from the dining ca r department of the Union Pacific Railroad. He w «3 a m e n d er of the Urban league of Portland Railroad Senior Citizens As sociation, Accacta Masonic 1 dge, Prince Hall Affiliation, W lllainette Consltory 4 23, Shriners Mina I emple 46, Funeral service was laid Friday January 12, 1973, with Sunday School 10:00 a jn . Morning Service 11:00 a jn . Breakfast 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. vices at Community Hospital In Evanston, and Provident Hospital In Chicago. Reverend Booker la also leading a Pastoral Counseling Seminar fo r Albina M in iste r ial Alliance members, Satur day, January 20 at 10:00 a jn . to 2:00 pan. at the Emanuel Hospital Extended Care Fac ility. Community Room. At this seminar he w ill use vid eo taped counseling resources as an aid in assisting the pas tors In strenglaning their counseling skills in inlnestry. to rt throughout ths Portland Metropolitan area. In addi tion to offering courses that w ill help church school teachers with the basic age levels, the School ofChrlstlan Learning has attempted to offer a number of courses that w ill help the Christian Community deal with the ethical ami moral Issues that are now emerging, develop skills which will help mem bers of tt« Christian com munity become more effec tive In our m inistries, and provide opportunités to en rich the content of our know ledge. It is essential that mem- f a rs of the Christian com munity have the opportunity to continually expand our m inistry through an educa tional exposure that allows us to raise the questions that w ill move ua Into a living of the new life that Is central to the Gospel message. The School w ill tegin January 22, 1973 and run six consecutive Monday evenings, lasting two hours each ses sion, 7:30 to 9:30 p jn . The ■MMMM NNI E (S h e ik ) P a lm e r 4635 N. E. 9th Avenue Soul Purpose School of Christian Learning announces new dates ORSLRi LR member of Morning Star Bap tist Church fo r 23 years. She resided at 8606 N . Bayard. Raymond Lomax Funeral service for Ray mond S, Lomax was held at 1 p jn ^ Thursday, January 11, 1973, at Vann's M ortuary. He Is survived by his widow Jo Ann. M r . Lomsx was born In Oakland, California 31 years ago. He was employed as a health coordinator by the Kaiser Foundation. He had teen a resident of Portland for tliree years. He passed away at the resi dence of 5906 N .E . Cleveland. In Portland, Oregon, where this column 1s w ritten, the Church of Scientology is lo cated at 1607 N .E . 41st A v enue. It Is a converted fam ily house where people live and the Church conducts its business. It has little resem- blence to a religious organi zation. Its meetings are more like a sales-pltch, and the name of God Is seldom in voked. Scientology is called, "the applied philosophy of know ing." "D ianetics,” la a radi cal, and to the layman, a confusing textbook full of In novative technical terms, re quiring a glossary tocompre- hend. Scientology is an advanced and highly organized program consisting of sharp Incisive analyses In the form of start lingly intimate questions and answers while the applicant, o r patant, is connected up to an E -m e te r, consisting of something like "tw o empty V -8 vegetable cans” hooked up with wires and batteries. It has been called a T ie detec tor* tut Scientologists p erfer to call it a "truth detector." Listening to tapes by the founder, and watching special ty prepared movies are also part of tla course of instruc tion and analysis which are basic features of Scientology. Persons firs t coming to Sci entology are called " p re - clears” . Those whose treat ments are successful are called " c le a rs ." Scientology claims to cure a larg e r per centage of persons than psy chiatrists, and do it more quickly. The person approaching Scientology is said to be be deviled by any n u m b e ro f'e n - g ram s.” These are the hang ups resulting from traumas. While on the E -M e te r the subject is asked a long lis t of exceedingly intimate and of ten embarrassing questions. The questions are asked and the emotional responses are recorded by an "auditor” . The organization also has "Reverends", who counsel with members. Everybody needs Scientology according to spokesmen of the organi zation. Paulette Cooper has written t paper-beck book. Published by Tower Publications, New York, entitled, "The Scandal of Scientology." It is sub titled, "A chilling examina tion of the nature, beliefs, and practices of the •’Now Religion." In the deeper analyses Sci entologists claim their sub jects can be led to remember events which happened ¡nearly .,u k M T e o ..- .<\c you why, and he has every right to ask that question. Many young people ask "w hy” to the work ethic, ami they want to hear more than just plain "s u rv iv e ", because Uncle Sam, two babas, and W elfare can handle survival. At the base of this ques tioning attitude is that one truth. That a person Is not a HUMAN DOING, he’s a "H U M A N B EIN G ", and he wants to BE before la can DO, He wants to know the basis of his existence. He must know "W hy am I here." "Why am I f a r e ." "W hat's It all about, Alfie?” Jesus was hip to this prob lem . This is why he got him self together, went into an untogether world, told the world to get itself together, and the only way to do it was through him . What He was saying is "People, be something. Be a spiritual be ing, at one with God." Jesus’ actions were an outgrowth of what he was. A man must fa before fa can do. Carnegie ’H ap py’ Pullen vAethodisf £ •O ^ the Monopoly games, baby. I ’ m tired of acquiring, acquir ing, and I don’t even know who I am y e t". Despite the accused lazi ness, there Is much to he gained from close observa tion. This philosophy has a very deep point to It. You ever wonder why so many on the littlest side of the generation gap are drop ping out of society? W ell, just ask the parent a few questions like "Why do you work so hard?” "T o earn money’’, he’ll say. Ask him why. "T o live and save it up", he’ll say. Ask him why. " T o re tire ," he’ ll say. Dig It, to retire. R etire, that's just what his son does at 15 years of age, he's got the same values. He just beat his old man to It by 50 years. There's a one word ques tion people are asking quite a bit lately - that one-word question is "W hy?" Nobody has the answers to that ques tion. When you tell a man to do something, he’s liable to ask h <o( childhood, and even back into the womb. Some claim to re call conversations between th eir parents at the time of their conception. Then they follow the trail back into for m e r lifetim es; and some claim to remember having lived on other planets. Headquarters ofScantology Is a flotilla of three ships, called "The Sea Org"ofwhich the Flagship is the Royal Scotsman; which carry about 20(1 uniformed Scientologists. Ron Hubbard, usually aboard the Flagship, is usually in accessible even there. COMMUNITY CHURCH OF GOD 2 0 2 N. E. Skidmore 2 8 1 -5 6 7 8 C5 SUNDAY SERVICES: 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Worship 7:00 Evening Worship Pastor V. R. Brown Home: 2 8 4 -5 5 5 9 SMILE - COD LOVES YOU Rev. T. N. Noffa Welcomes you to o«O fcafttete- N» c tawwix«-«> •<v n » ju lfr* •tv ST A N O V fW S CATHOLIC CHUtCH 28' «42« .W G O n 9ÎJ» I »4• ' l A » GAtFFiM M an», 9 0 0 are " « " " s 10 W » 2 00 * « a ««o«. (M » 5828 N.E. 8th A. Lee Henderson, Minister 2 8 8 -5 4 2 9 Ellis Cosson, Associate Minister ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH Corner of 8th and Skidmore Sunday School 9:30 a j n . Sunday Worship 11:00 aun. Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00 p jn . (Second and Fourth Sundays) Reverend Thomas L . Strayhand, M in iste r Church School 9545 am Morning Wor »hip 11:00 am Wed Noon — The Hour of Power 12:00 noon Wed Proyer & Clots Meeting __ 7:30 pm N u rte ry Core Provided "We are making our Neighborhood A Brotherhood' Sunday School Church Service Evening Service 9:45 a jn . 11:00 a jn . 7:30 p jn . 6401 N.E. 10th Avenue
