PORTLAND &
Report on peace:
ORSERWR
Religion in the News
by Jack Kirkwood
Maranatha installs Pastor
Reverend Bob H arrtsonw as
tnat.illed aa P astor of M arana*
(ba Church, Sunduy afternoon,
H arrlaon la a graduate of San
Franclaco State College and
Bethany Bible College, and
attended tlie San Franclaco
Conservatory of M ualc, He
spent thirteen years In world
evangelism with B tllyG raham
and
with
the
overseas
Crusade, as well as serving
as a m issionary In the P h il
ippines fo r two years,
Reverend H arrison Is tie
author of tie book " W ie n Qod
W as B lack" and produced a
film ,
"Som e Bridges
are
B la c k ".
Reverend H arrison and his
w ife, M a rily n , have five chil
dren: Keith, 19; C a ro l, 17:
Adrenne. 14; David 12; and
Steven, 3,
Participants In the service
included t ie Senior and Youth
choirs, d liected by Donald
W arren; Richard Prohaacu
and
Gerutha
N lc k le le rry ;
Reverend Ralph Sander of
Seattle; Reverend N JJ.D avld -
son. Superintendent, Assem -
F o u r of us from Oregon»
walked Into the great convo
cation Wednesday evening just
as C a rl M c In tire mounted the
platform asking (he assembl
ing delegates to sing "M y
Country T Is of T h e e ." But
the organ began to play, "W e
Shall O vercom e",
and the
g ie a t New York Avenue P res
byterian Church In Washing
ton echoed with tlie voices of
tie people gathered from all
p an s of the United States to
worship tog etleran d prepared
fo r t ie next day when they
would v is it theircongressm en
to encourage them to legis
late an end to the w a r. T ie
high hopes fo r peace g e re ra t
ed In t ie p re-election period
had turned to despair. The
le a v e s ! bombings of the w ar
over tie Christm as holidays
had dashed hopes fo r recon
ciliation, and t ie convocation
Reverend Bob Harrison is Installed Pastor of Maranatha
Cliurch by Reverend Ralph Houson. With H arrison Is his wife
M a rily n .
biles of Cod, Salem; Reverend
I I . Daniels, Pastor of G re a te r
M t. Calvory Church of God In
C h rist; E ld e r L ero y H a n ,
P astor of (he House of P rayer;
ReveiVnd V ic to r Brown, Pas
to r of t ie Community Church
of God; J e rry H a rris and Rev
erend Joseph E . B ra zil of
M aranath Church; Bishop W ,
L . M cKinney, P astor of Me
Kinney Tem ple was a plat
form guest. 1 1« sermon and
die charge to service were
delivered by Reverened Ralph
HtMston of Los Angeles, a
life-lon g friend of Reverend
H a rris o n .
MIRACLE M INISTRY
Attend
church
First Time
On Radio
this
Sunday
fv o n g e /is f W PrifcheH is o m in iste r w ho dares fo
b e lie v e God for His W ord a n d has m in istere d to
thousands across the n a tio n . He w ill te ll h o w G od w ill
m eet your needs. Listen to liv in g testim onies p ro vin g
God w ill do it.
Also a c c o m p a n y in g Evangelist Pritchett is Rev
erend J. C ole m a n w h o is c h a p la in in one o f Portland's
hospitals. His m in is rtry in v o lv e s p re ach ing , teaching
a nd counseling.
KGAR 8:30-9:00 a.m .
each Sunday
L e t me but live my life from
year to year
With forward face and un-
relectant soul.
Not hurrying to, nor turning
from the goal
Not morning fo r the things
that disappear
In the dim past, nor holding
back In fea r
From what the future veils;
but with a whole
And happy heart, that pays Its
toll
To youth and age, and tra v
els on with cheer.
So let the way wind up the
h ill o r down.
O 'e r rough o r smooth the
journey w ill be joy;
S till seeking what I sought
when but a boy,
when but a boy.
New friendship, high adven
ture, and a crown.
I shall grow old, tut never
loose life 's zest.
Because the road's last turn
w ill be the best.
Author Unknown
planned fo r 1000 turned into
a gathering of 2500 people
spilling Into the aisles and
into other rooms of the great
church.
The o rd er of worship In
cluded leaders from Protes
tant, Catholic and Jewish
faiths who joined in common
fellowship to protest the w ar
carried on in their names.
Readings from scripture and
p rayer w ere rudely Interrup t
ed by M c In tire and his follow
e rs shouting, "V ic to ry In
V ie tn a m l" and "W hy don't you
say anything about North V ie t
namese attroclties? " They
were escorted from the room.
W illia m Sloan Coffin served
as m aster of ceremonies for
all
proceedings.
Eugene
Carson Blake of the World
Council of Churches and other
religious leaders read the lit
urgy.
Ramsey C la rk spoke
concerning his recent visit
to North Vietnam and the dev
astation which 1« saw. He
especially admired the close
ness of Vietnamese fam ily
life and spoke of th eir love,
respect and devotion to tlie
e ld e rly
In
th eir society.
Nguyen T h l Ngoc Thoa B ran f-
man, a nurse from South V ie t
by A. L.
to
mutual
edification
and
C h ris ti ikeness.
It seems to me that In spite
of an apparent weakening of
t ie home life of A m erica,
that the home is the most
powerful educational Insti
tution and the parents are tie
true teachers of th e ir ch il
d ren.
T herefore, we must
not fall to give direction ami
inspiration
fo r
Christian
homemaking.
If God has teen left out
of m a rria g e, an institution
that le him self established,
he must be invited to return.
T h ere is fa r less chance of
divorce and the tragedies that
follow among couples who
• og n i
• f * MtTRAN*
peace legislation, thinks such
visits to Washington might be
a waste of time and money,
and that the effort might serve
a better purpose if we would
work with labor unions, serv
ice clubs, churches, etc . to
build a political base onwhich
Congress can build. Al U ll-
man wants strong legislature
action to end the w ar. The
biggest surprise was Wendell
W yatt who has given solid
backing to the President on
nearly all of his w ar policies.
He showed us a copy of a
letter he had written to tie
President fo r his personal
attention denouncing the re
cent bombing as m ilita rily
unwise, destructive of chances
fo r successful negotation, and
a stain on Am erica’ s reputa
tion in the w orld. He feels
that he can be more effective
working behind the scenes than
blasting the President public
ly .
The
President was the
hardest to reach. 1 called
twice from Portland and wrote
a le tte r requesting an appoint
ment with the President o r
an aid prepared to discuss
the questions I posed. I called
again a fter I got to Washing-
ton, hut was told that an ap
pointment would not be possi
ble, but that 1 could leave
the letters 1 c arried and that
I should d ire c t them to M r .
David P a rk e r, an aid to the
President regarding foreign
a ffa irs . A fter a little chat
with the m ail cle rk at the
Old Executive Building, he
wished us luck and put the
le tte rs In a c o u rie r envelope
to M r . David P a rk e r. T h is is
just one example to Illustrate
the vast distance and Isolation
of the people from th e irP re s i-
dent.
As W ill lam Sloan Coffin said
in his concluding rem arks at
the Thursday afternoon ses
sion, "W e may not be rep re
sented wisely, but we are
represented all too w e ll." He
also reminded us that we
should be concerned not only
with what happens out there,
but with what happens In here,
inside each of us. 7 he move
ment fo r peace needs more
loving and caring for each
other, c le a re r thinking, m o re *
articulate expression and dis
ciplined emotions tochallenge
the violence of our institutions
with the power of non-violent
methods of action and truth.
above us, faith in the little
infinite soul within us, faith
in life and in our feilow souls
- without faith, the plus qual
ity, we cannot really live. To
faith must be added a life of
wisdom which may be sum
m arized in six words, the
three greatest maxims of the
race. Two, we owe to Greece,
two to Rome, and two to Judea:
"Know thyself, control thy
self, give thy s e lf." F o r the
rest; hope much, fear not at
a ll, love with all your heart,
do your best, seek the best
in others: take life and dare
Henderson
In this computer-minded
age. when personality has been
de-personalized, tlie Church
continues to a ffirm the dignity
and worth of human beings.
Man is more than a machine:
man is a child of God, a
fre e soul with selfhood, a
relative of humanity made in
the Image of God.
In Industry, man is a num
b er. In the armed services
of our country, man is a
serial number. In our social
structured society, our w el
fare state, man is a case
num ber. Everywhere man is
a number, a nameless face.
Such de-humanizlng of human
beings Is all too prevalent in
the age of the atom.
Dostoevski causes one of his
characters to say. " I am an
X In an Indeterminate equa-
V. Brown
o u r objective as the Com
munity Church of God Is to
live according to tie Com
mandments
of
C h ris t as
taught In tie New Testament,
to preach the simple and
en tire g ospel of salvation,
C h ristian life and C hristian
duty at home and abroad to
encourage and admonish back
of AFSC, Eugene; Ben Rich
mond, AFSC staff, Portland;
Susan O rlansky, Reed student,
Portland; Ruth Van Dyke, Stu
dent at Western Reserve Un
iversity In Cleveland, of C o r
vallis; and Joriet Stevenson of
Astoria; and m e.
In summary, eachofourlaw
makers sees himself as an
advocate of peace. All of them
have been appalled at the re
cent intensive bombing of
'lensely populated areas. D e l-
lenbach, Wyatt and Packwood
have
confidently
expected
peace, but believe the recent
bombing may force Congress
to act to end the w a r. They
now question whether tie
President has the w ill o r the
ability to end it, but so fa r
they are not committed to any
course of action In this regard.
Edith Green does the most
thorough job of documenting
her
statements and votes
against the w a r. The problem
seems to be a lack of motiva
tion to assume leadership fo r
peace and unwillingness to
support legislation to end the
w ar if other aspects of de
fense would be affected. M ark
Hatfield, who has the strong
est record as a prom oter of
The Parson’s Pen
Smile -God loves you
by Reverend
nam, told of tier brother and
many thousands of others who
are in ja il because they want
peace. She said, "Y ourpeople
were told to come and pro
tect us. And instead th e ir
bombs pour on our heads.
You think the bombs a re stop
ping, but the bombs are still
raining on my country." P h il
ip B arrigan spoke, and Joan
Baez and o tters sang peace
and freedom songs. As people
picked up candles fo r the si
lent vigil across Lafayette
P a rk from the White House
Joan explained that It was
raining outside, but we should
te thankful it was only w a te r.
At the vigil the dripping wet
p ilg rim s dropped contribu
tions into a large b arrel tabled
" F o r the V ic tim s ” to help
relieve suffering of the w a r.
A fte r
the briefing next
morning, the Oregonians cau
cused to plan strategy. 7 hose
present included Ray H a rt-
sough, Peace Secretary fo r the
Northwest of AFSC: M a rk
Beals, a staff m em ber of P o rt
land Youth fo r C h rist; E d -
wlna W ills , authorof a recent
ly published book, "Rhapsody
on L o v e ," from Sheridan;
Charles G ray, national board
read tie Bible, who pray to
gether dally and go to church.
Disputes may aris e about
money, sex and children. Use
this simple formula: Get on
your knees, hold hands, and
say together, " L o rd , we've
argued. W e’ve beconw hurt
and angry. Help us to under
stand each other and. Lord,
please forgive u s." The ch il
dren need the love and gui
dance of two parents If they
are to realize th e ir potential;
to walk out on them is to
destroy a p a n of th e ir birth
right and to jeopardize th e ir
future happiness.
You are invited to come
and worship with us.
tion. I am a sort of a phan
tom of life who has lost all
beginnings and end. who has
forgotten his name.” The af
firm ation of tlie Church con
fronts every man with the
words, " I know your real
name. You are not an X in
an indeterminate equation o r
a phantom In life, you are a
child of God. You a r e a broth
e r of man in C h ris t.”
L e t God he thanked, there
is on earth an Institution
that transcends race, nation,
and class; an institution which
loyally undertakes to embody
the s p irit of C h rist, and In
his name to relieve human
suffering.
promote
human
w elfare and c a rry on a m in-
isty of reconciliation among
men.
Statistics tell us that pop
ulation continues to increase
at an accelerated rate. W orld
production of food, while at
a record rate, is dropping per
w o rk e r. T here is an awesome
Increase in new knowledge,
and all of this makes fo r
com plexity. The uses of tech
nology, the creation of more
leisure, the vast increase In
specialized
and
scientific
knowledge - all these tend to
make many men lose th eir
sense of self and feel alien
ated and alone. Such are the
problems, h it what are the
possibilities? Have we tlie
power to solve these age-old
perplexities? TheChurchsays
yes!
The Church's message now,
as in days of old is the same
yesterday, today and forever.
The message Is simple, the
directions c le a r. To live well;
the Church contends, we must
have a faith fit to live by,
a self fit to live with, and
a work fit to live fo r - some
thing to which we can give
ourselves and thus get our
selves off our hands. We can
not tell what may happen to
us in this strange medley of
life . But we can decide what
happens within us - how we
do with it - and that is what
re a lly counts in the end.
How to take the raw stuff
of life and make it a thing
of worth and beauty - that
is the test of living. Courage
is the firs t virtue, as kind
ness is the final joy - " T o
be a little kinder than neces
s a ry ." To take life fo r grant
ed, grudgingly, is to spoil it;
whereas to take it fo r g ra
titude, bravely and without
fe a r is to enjoy it, despite
all its aches and ills . To be
happy is easy enough if we
give ourselves, forg.ve oth
e rs , and live with thanksgiv
ing. No self-centered person,
no ungrateful soul can ever
be happy, much less make
anyone else happy. L ife is
giving, not gening. L ife is an
adventure of faith if we are
to be victors ever it, not
victim s of it: Faith in God
yAethodisf
it, have a little fun and share
it: and put your trust in "the
veiled kindness of the Father
of m en,” in whose great hand
we stand.
COMMUNITY
CHURCH OF GOD
202 N. E. Skidmore
28 1-5678
SUNDAY SERVICES:
9:45 Sunday School
11:00 M orning Worship
7:00 Evening Worship
Pastor V. R. Brown
Home: 2 8 4 -5 5 5 9
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Rev. T. N. Noffa
Welcomes you to
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5828 N.E. 8th
A. lee Henderson, Minister
288-5429
Ellis Casson, Associate Minister
ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH
4635 N
Sunday School
M orning Service
Breakfast 9:00 -
Avenue
10:00 a dii.
11:00 a .m .
10:00 a j n .
Reverend Samuel Johnson
W E LC O M E TO
S T . M ARK'S BA P TIST
CHURCH
119 N . E . M o rris
Sunday Service 9 :1 5 /l|;0 0 a jn .
Evening Service 7:30 pun.
Reverend Edward W ild e r
C o rn er of 8th and Skidmore
Sunday School 9:30 a j n .
Sunday Worship 11:00 a j n .
C h ristian Youth Fellowship 6:00 pun.
(Second and Fourth Sundays)
Reverend Thomas L . Strayhand, M in is te r
Church School
Morning W orthip
W ed Noon — The Hour of Pow er
W ed Proyet & C lo tt Meeting
9:45 am
11:00 am
12:00 noon
7:30 pm
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W e ere m a k in g our N eighborhood A B ro th erh o o d "
Sunday School'*1* ' 9:45 a j n .
Church Service
11:00 a jn .
Evening Service
7:30 p jn .
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