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P o rtlan d /o b s e rv e r Portland hosts Evangelicals , PORTLAND. d? OBSERVER Pastor seconds as sign painter Religion in the News M t. Calvary Church new home Hawkins makes life like charcoal protraits from photo graphs. Generally approxi mentaly one third life size, his portraits are more detail ed that the usual sketches. He does both human and animal portraits. by Harry Daniela, J r. In the y e a r of 1949. Bishop M cK inney aaw fit to appoint E ld e r D aniela to the church In R u ee e llv llle . E ld e r D aniela found this church In a wary ran down condition and It had also been cloaed fo r a period of tim e . Unfortunately. due to the church being cloaed, many of the parishioners had left to go to o th er churches o r had quit going altogether. Upon reopening the church. E ld e r D aniels found just a very few m em bers th e re . In spits of many discourage m ents, and also by p erc e i ving how others had failed to establish a w ork th e re . E ld e r D a n ie la , a man w ith a vision and of great In teg rity, said It could be done. T h e ra he started a w ork with the few m em bers consisting of: D ea con and S la te r K e lly , M o th e r Bagley, and E ld e r D a n ie l’ s w ife and three ch ild re n . Being a man of progress. W X. he was not satisfied with this place of worship, although lie made many Improvements on the building. E lder Daniels also gave the church a new name, that of M t. Calvary. He hoped that the name M t. Morris Brown «lebratos 92 years On Monday. M a r c h 12. 173. Morris Brown College ill celebrate its 92nd year i services t o education, he speaker w i l l he the ight Reverend John Hurst dams with D r. Ann Coch ran, Professor of Education, serving as Program Chair professional know how in the whole area of college man agement; thus, leading I o spectacular developments at the college. Bishop Adams was also serving as chair man of the Board of Trus tees when the college re ceived its full accreditation. man. Bishop Adams exemplifies the spirit of self-help and determination which I s so p re v a le n t in the M o r r i s Brown College history. He w a s recently elected 87th Bishop of the African Metho dist Episcopal Church. Bis hop Adams has devoted his life to service of mankind through the Church, commu unity service organisations, and through education. Bishop Adama d e m o n straled strong leadership as president and later as chair man of the Board of Trus tees of Paul Quinn College in Waco, Texas. W hile serv ing at Paul Quinn College. Bishop Adama successfully met the challenge of reor g a n i x i n g the institution's Board of Trustees to include and tap the resources and George Hawkins, who is a minister and evangelist, has a second profession portrait and sign painting. Bishop Adams holds de gress from Johnson C. Smith University, B o s t o n Uni versity School of Theology and Boston University Grad uale School. He has done further study at Harvard Uni versity U n i o n Theological Seminary a n d the Urban Training Center for Missions. His many work experiences include serving as pastor of Bethel A .M .E . Church. Lynn, Massachusetts; First A .M .E. Church. Seattle Washington, and Greater A .M .E . Church, I xm Angeles, California. Bishop Adams also served as a professor at Wilberforce University i n Wilberforce, Ohio, and he is currently presiding as bishop of the Tenth Episcopal District of the African Episcopal Church ITrxas area). GREATER MT. CALVARY CHURCH OF GOO IN CHRIST O R D E R O F S E R V IC E Sueday Sunday School.......... .9:45 am Monday W orship.,.. 11:00 am Y P W W ..................... Evangelistic Service .....8 pm Tuesday Prayer m eeting ....... Friday Bible S tu dy.............. Hawkins earns his living as a sign painter. He paints all types of business signs, post ers, murals, window signs, and whatever is needed. As a hobby he makes yard ornaments and enjoys wood working. A native of Texas. Hawkins attended Bay Ridge Christian College in Kennelton, Texas, where he earned a Bachelor of Theology degree. He pastured the R o ckpo rt Church of God in Rockport, Calvary would be a constant, Texas for four years. He is reminder that Christ gave his now doing evangelestic work life to save the world. M t. with the Community Church Calvary, In keeping with the name, ha a heen like a moun tain of faith for many seeking refuge and consolation. In 1955, M t. Calvary began to make plans for a modern edifice. Construction was started, but due to the fact that urban renewal and free ways would be occupying the The Reverend Richard \ area, M t. Calvary was forced Hughes, E xecu tive D ire cto r, to look for a new location. Oregon Council o f Churches, In June of 1967, Bishop M c announced rece ntly th a t a Kinney looked upon E lder le tte r has heen sent to the Daniels faithfulness and ap fo llow ing S tale Senators ri pointed him as his assistant. garding the proposed \ olun O ur Pastor yet holds the office Laty Euthanasia A ct: Hal of Assistant Bishop, of which lock, Browne. R urgidge. K he Is very proud and endea Burns, H a rtu ng , H olm stron, vors to do all he can to help H ow ard, Je rste d t, O u d e rkirk his Bishop and his people. and W ingard. T his stale Once again, the Lord has inent comes from the Lege, blessed ual We have found lative Commission of t he our long-sought location at O regon Council o f Churches. 1234 N . Kllltngsworth Street. "T he L e g isla tive Com m is O ur future plans Include ope rating a half-day nursery so sion of the O regon Council that small children between o f Churches is re v ie w in g SR the ages of three to five might 179, yo u r proposed Volun be taught education and ta ry Euthanasia A ct. We C hristianity. take this in fo rm al way of We also hope to build a sharing out thoughts, con recreational center for our cerns, and proposals w ith young people, and old folk's you. home for the Saints who work "It is our feeling that this ed hand-ln-hand with God and b ill is a response to the helped us acquire the bless 'Death W ith Dignity' issue ings we have received, lo o which G overnor Tom McCall often, people overlook the raised in a sym posium last sacrifices our older saints year. We concur in the have made; and In their G. HAWKINS of God w i t h Pastor Prit chett. He has a wife, Catherine, and they have three children; George Timothy. 5; Michael Eric, 4; and Stephanie Re nieta, 1. Mrs. Hawkins is a clerk typist with the Family Counseling Service. Page 5 r DAY CARE MOTHERS n “ Loved. We W ill Lo ve" is the theme o f the 31st Annual C onvention o f the N ational Association of Evangelicals, to convene a t the P ortland H ilton H otel May 1 3. Representatives o f some 36.000 churches f r o m 33 member denom inations, inde pendent bodies and num er ous evangelical organizations w ill m e e t in devotional, w orkshop and business ses sions. The 19 7 3 theme, "Loved, We W ill Lo ve", based on I John 4; 11 and Ephesians 5:2, depicts C h rist's sacrificial love as the m otiva tion for C hristians to dem onstrate a m in is try of love to a dc prived w orld. V ariations of the theme w ill be the focus of m ajor ad dresses d u rin g the three day convention. In sem inar and w orkshop sessions. N A E 's commissions and affilia te s w ill preside practical h e l p from reor ganized a u thorities in I he areas of evangelism, higher education, missions, church extension, evangelical action, laymen's w ork, social con cern, radio and television, chaplaincy, w orld re lie f and youth. Thursday. M arc h 8. 1973 i i CARE FOR INFANTS J t IN YOUR HOME. I $3.50 a child por day A AMA J Family D a y /N ig h t Care f 4 6 3 5 N.E. 9th 288-5091 OCC questions euthanasia act hour of need, they have no where to turn. As good Christians, It la our duty and our desire to show our appre ciation by providing these Saints with a place of comfort where we can look afterthem . At the request of our Bis hop W X . McKinney, we In tend to change the name of our church from M t. Calvary to G reater M t. Calvary. We are proud of our leader, Bishop H.B. Daniels, S r. We realize that being a capable leader requires tact, diplo macy, sensitivity to all si tuations, and above all, being a man of God, all of which our Pastor, Bishop H.H. Dan iels has In abundance. Attention The Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church will commemorate the 28th year of the pastorate of D r. O.B. Williams Marrh 8th through the 11th. Services with special speakers and music will be held on Thursdays and Friday evenings at 7:00 p.m. and on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. The fellowship Dinner will be held at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, March 10th. St. Paul Church of God in Christ 2859 N X . ROONEY 287-7998 Sunday School 9:45 a j n . YPWW Morning Worship 12:00 noon Weekly Services 6:30 p jn . 8:00 p jn . Bishop J.C. Foster, Pastor lue* l,y f e ffo rt to deal w ith this very d iffic u lt issue in a legislative way. lint we feel that there are many areas that need to be investigated p rio r Io the passage of such legislation. "T he re is much confusion over the use of the term s 'death w ith d ig n ity ' a n d ’euthanasia'. I t is basically our feeling that SR 179 un necessarily adds to this con fusion. As m erely one ex ample of this confusion, we believe, w ith the G overnor, t h a t 'death w ith d ig n ity ' means the choice of an indi vid ua l not to have heroic medical measures extended in his behalf once he reaches a p a rticu la r physiological m e n ta le m o tio n .il stale. U , believe t h a t 'euthanasia' m eans, in conlentporaiv usage, the active bringing about of the death of person by a physician. between the deliberate of inducing death, and deliberate choice to lei death run its natural course, unii,: peded by the heron- in, , sures that can be used to stave o ff certain d e a I I; through the uses of nuslerti medical technology. Hies, differences, and th e ir ethical im plications, n e e d fu rth e r exp lo ra tio n ." 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 inister MARANATHA CHURCH WELCOME TO ST. M ARK’S BAPTIST 1222 NE Skidmore CHURCH 119 N . E . M o rris Sunday Service 9:15/11:00 a jn . Evening Service 7:30 p jn . Reverend Edward W ilder Church school and Bible class: Sunday morning worship: Sunday Evening worship: Wednesday Evening p ra y e r Friday Worship Service: Bob Harrison - P COMMUNITY CHURCH OF GOD a s 2 0 2 N. E. Skidmore r 2 8 1 -5 6 7 8 SUNDAY SERVICES: 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Worship 7:00 Evening Worship Sunday School "^’, r 9:45 a jn . Church Service 11:00 a jn . Evening Service 7:30 p jn . Pastor V. R. Brown You are invited to come and worship with us Blahop H . B. Daniela, Pastor 288-7241 Rev. T. N. Noffo Welcomes you to <y OH. 2 *3 *3 4 2 1 1234 N.C. KUHnpaworlb t o 9:15 a jn . 10:45 a jn . 7:00 p jn , 7:00 p jn . 7:30 p jn . 6401 N.E. 10th Avenue Home: 2 8 4 -5 5 5 9 y e th o d is t £ 5828 N.E. 8th A. Lee Henderson, Minister V ancouver A ve. First Baptist Church 3138 N. Vancouver Ave. Phone 282-9496 Sunday School Morning Worship 9 :0 0 A.M. 1 1 :0 0 A.M . Dr. O. B. W illiam s, Pastor “ T h e church w ith a h e a rt-fe lt w elcom e" 4635 N. E. 9th Avenue Sunday School 10:00 a jn . Morning Service 11:00 a jn . Breakfast 9:00 - 10:00 a jn . Reverend Samuel Johnson Telephone: Evenings 287-5341 2 8 8 -5 4 29 Ellis Casson, Associate Minister Church School Mornmq W orihip Wed Noon — The Hour of Power Wed Proyer & Clot* Meeting Nurjery Core Provided 9:45 am 11:00 am 12:00 noon _ 7:30 pm 'W e e re m aking our Neighborhood A Brotherhood Che „Haunt Olivet Rapt ist Church Rev John H Jock »on Minuter N f First ond Schuyler Portlond, Ore. 1er ua m a r Phon. 284 1954 Sunday School Morning Worship V rip ., to e to rtk te e " d ih p a r i to te rv e 9 e.) I I e.l 5 p.f
