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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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A. Lee Henderson, Minister
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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