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Thursday, March IS, 1973
PORTLAND
Bishops fight 0 E 0 cuts
ORSERVIM
by Patricia A . Spaulding
Religion in the News
Bishops
of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church
made history in Washington,
D .C .,
recently when they
joined
the Congressional
Black Caucua in a press con
ference on Capitol H ill to
protest the Nixon Administra
tion's cutback in funds for
the Office of Economic Op
portunity-- marking cite first
time that two such powerful
Black groups have formed this
type of coalition.
The Black elected officials,
representing their own consti
tuents and the Black clergy
men, representing some 2
m illion members of the AME
Church, pledged at the press
conference, to hold a summit
meeting of all Black organi
zations and institutions in the
country, to plan strategy for
combating the federal cut
backs.
Rep. Louis Stokes(D-Ohlo),
Chairman of the Congres
sional Black Caucus, welcom
ed the new alliance with the
clergymen and expressed a
desire to continue to jointly
fight
all
oppression
in
this country.
According to Bishop H.H.
Brookins of Los Angeles, the
Bishops* visit to the nation's
capital grew out of a session
of the Bishops* Council of the
AME Church, held in Louis
Participants in the Allen Temple CME fashion show include Rose M artin, Beverly Perry,
Sherrie Medlock, Beverley G riffin, Celeste Dickey and Regina Green. Not picttured are -
Gwen Stokes, Ronnie Manus, C arm elita Weatheroy and M rs . Deborah Wallace.
ville, Kentucky, only days be
fore the Washington press
conference.
At that conference, the Bis
hops drew up a resolution
calling upon the Presiding
Bishops of Episcopal Dis
tricts , Presiding Elders, Pas
tors and Lay Members of the
AME Church to join orga
nizations and agencies cur
rently protesting the cutbacks
in Washington.
In a prepared statement dis
tributed at the press con
ference, tl« Bishops said,
"W e are hare today because
we care. We have come to
call the conscience of tiie
nation to the moment of judge
ment.
We call the great
leaders ofourm inority groups
to assemble a leadership con
ference immediately to lay out
a blueprint for action,
"F u rth e r, we call upon the
members of the African Me
thodist Episcopal Church in
every village, town and hamlet
in America to join with those
forces who are mobilizing to
fight these cuts with all vigor
and to appeal to the highest
and best in A m erica."
The OEO cutbacks w ill af
fect programs In education,
houstng, community organiza
tions, manager training, child
care, health care and eco
nomic development.
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Allen Temple holds fashion show
The Young Adult C ircle
of
Allen
Temple C -M X .
Church w ill be presenting
their 2nd annual Fashion Re
vue
Sunday March 18, at
5:00p.m. at St. Andrews Ca
tholic Church Parish Hall
N X . 8th and Alberta Street.
The attraction is one of
the most outstanding events
presented by the Young A -
dult
C irc le p rio r to Allen
Temples Mammoth Tea.
There w ill be a review of
the latest styles, featuring
fashions for the youth, adults,
and various ethnic groups,
climaxed with a bridal scene.
Donation is $1.00. Your sup
port for the event w ill be ap
preciated by the group. Re
verend T X . Strayhand; Pas
tor, M rs . Sarah Strayhand;
Young
Adult
Coordinator,
M iss Beverley Perry; Chair
man.
Notice
The Zodiac Projects Com
mittee of Bethel A M E Church
will sponsor a Smorgasborg
on Saturday. March 17. 1973
at Bethel A M E Church, 5828
N .E. 8th Avenue, from 11:00
a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
The public is invited. M r*
Ruby Howard is chairman oi
the dinner.
SERVICES
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TO MEET YOUR
UNIQUE NEEDS . . .
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Emanuel Hospital 1972 Service Awards were presented to
two members of M t. Olive Baptist Church. M rs . Mabie Neal
was awarded a Ruby pin for 1,182 hours of volunteer service
and Miss Lena Hillsman was awarded a pin for 251 hours
of volunteer service.
Obituary
Mrs M o llie B. Rogers
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mollie E. Rogers were held
March 9th at New Hope
Baptist Church. Mrs. Rogers
died in Emanuel Hospital of
a heart attack.
Internment
was in Riverview Cemetery,
with Vann's M ortuary offici
ating.
Mrs. Rogers was born in
Laurel. Mississippi on April
11. 1908.
She moved to
Portland from St. Louis 28
years ago.
She resided at
233 N. Fremont Street.
Mrs. Rogers was an active
member of New Hope Bap
tist Church. She served a«
Treasurer and President of
the Missionary Society. She
was a member and treasurer
of the Inspirational Choir and
a member of the Mary C ir
cle.
She was Financial
Secretary of the General
Baptist Convention of the
Pacific Northwest, a member
of the Portland District Bap
tist Association, a charter
member and program chair
man of the Rose City Minis-
ters Wives Council. She was
active in the Keep Christ in
Christmas Committee.
She
was charter member of the
Fleur De Lis Social Club.
Survivors include her hus
band. Reverend Roosevelt
Rogers; sons. Theodore R.
and William P. Rogers; mo
ther, Mrs. Dan Jones; sis
ters, Rebecca M iller of Port
land, Priscilla Ackerson of
V e n ic e .
California. Ann
Meadows. I xm Angeles. Cas
sie Jones. Chicago: brothers,
Tommie Jones, F o n t a n a .
M urray Jones, Birmingham.
Alabama; eight grandchild
ren and two great grandchil
dren.
Bishop John Adams of Texas
contrasted the attitude In
America towards helplngpoor
people with that of Am erica's
attitude towards "bellingout"
such majority-owned busines
ses as Lockheed and the
nation's railroads.
"W hat this shows,** he said,
" Is that in this country we
have Socialism for the rich
and rugged individualism for
the poor."
Bishop S. Ward Nichols, Se
nior Bishop of the group, who
Is from South Carolina, said
the AME Church has always
stood for Black pride and is
now representing all Black and
poor people who have not been
able to share In this coun
try's affluence, lie said the
Council of Bishops would move
to organize the summit meet
ing as soon as possible, but
did not give a definite date.
1 lie other Bishops attending
the Conference along with
Members ot theCongresslon.il
Black Caucus, included; Bis
hop E X . Hickmann, repre
senting Delaware, New York
and New England; Bishop Hen
ry W . Murph, representing
Washington, D .C ., Maryland.
Virginia ami North Carolina:
Bishop H.1, Bearden, West
V irginia, Ohio and Western
Pennsylvania;
Bishop H .T .
Prtm m , Illinois ami Indiana;
Bishop Harrison J. Bryant,
President of the Council of
Bishops, M issouri, Kansas,
Colorado, New Mexico, A ri
zona and the western states;
R lcha rd H llderbrand, Georgia;
Bishop M l. Bonne, Louisiana
and Mississippi; Bishop Vin
ton Anderson, Alabama; Bis
hop H. N . Robinson. Florida;
Bishop S 3 . M o rris , Arkansas
and Oklahoma; Bishop W .R.
W ilkes, Tennessee and Ken
tucky; Bishop Frank Retd,
Washington,
D .C . I Bishop
Fred James, South Carolina;
Bishop Fred Talbot,Washing
ton, O X .: snd Bishop Frede
rick D . Jordan, D irecto r of
Urban M inistries, Los \nge-
les.
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Corner of 8th and Skidmore
Sunday School 9;30 a jn .
Sunday Worship 11:00 aan.
Christian Youth Fellowship b:00 p jn .
(Second and Fouith Sundays)
Reverend Thomas L . Strayhand, M inister
Church school and Bible class:
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Sunday Evening worship:
Wednesday Evening p ra y e r
Friday Worship Service:
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10:45 a zu.
7:00 p jn .
7:00 p jn .
7:30 pun.
288-7241
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Pastor V. R. Brown
Off 283-3421
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