P o rtla n d /o b s e rv e r
Thursday, A p ril 26, 1973
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PORTLAND •£* O RS E Ri ER
Religion in the News
Denominations accept new common Bible
J E R A L D IN E B RIG HT
Bethel AME holds
W omen’s Day Service
Bethel A M E Churrh will
hold it* annual Women'* Day
Service on Sunday, April 29,
at 11:00 a.m. Theme for the
service is “Eaith and Jus
tice."
Chairman is Mrs.
Gladys Darley and Co ('hali
man Mrs. M ary Bridges.
Speaker lor the morning
service is Mrs. Jeraldine
Bright of Seattle.
Mrs,
Bright is a member of First
A M E Churrh. a member of
the Board of Trustees, a
member of the Board of
Directors of Northwest In
ternational Christian Mission
Conference (Canada and the
Unied States).
She is in
volved in many community
activities including the South
S e a ttle 1‘ rofes onal and
Business Women's Assoria
tion, the South S e a ttle
Chamber of Commerce, (he
N A A C P and the Urban Lea
gue. She is a member of the
Board of Trustee* of the
Washington State Children's
R E V IV A L
Home Society.
Following the service, ex
cerpts from Shakespeare's
"Othello" will be presented.
Othello, a tradgedy involving
a Black ruler, is playing this
season at the Ashland Shake
spearean Festival.
His outstanding portrayal
of Othello brought fame to
the great Black actor, singer
and freedom fighter,' Paul
Kobeson. More recent Othel
los have been the firitish
actor Lawrence Olivier, and
Black actor and producer
James Earl Jones, who cap
lured New York audiences
for several years with his
"off Broadway" production.
Mrs. Martha Jordan, direc
tor of Bethel's “Othello" urges
those who might not be able
to travel to Ashland, or who
missed the performances by
the great Black artists, to
come Sunday and enjoy ex
cerpts from the drama.
R EV IV A L
R EV IV A L
For the first time since the
Reformation, a complete Bible
acceptable to P ro te s ta n ts ,
Roman Catholics and Ortho
dox is about to be published.
Bearing on the cover the
words Revised Standard V e r
sion, Common Bible, this Bible
contains the Second Edition of
the Revised Standard Version
New Testament, the books
known to Protestants as the
Apocrypha and to Roman
Catholics as Deuterocanoni-
ral; other Apocrypha, and
the RSV Old Testament.
The Common Bilbe was
used for the first time locally
in Greater Portland Council
of Churches Easter Sunrise
Services at the Coliseum and
Laurelhurst Park.
Appearing about twenty
years after the first Revised
Standard Version Bible, pub
lished 111 1952. the RSV
Common Bible represents the
continuing efforts of an on
going group of distinguished
Bible scholars, now ecumeni
cal as well as international,
whose work has been author
ized by the National Council
of Churches since the NCC
was founded in 1950.
In the years since the first
edition of the RSV New
Testament, a wealth of an
cient materials have been
recovered, such as the God
mer Papyri containing parts
of Luke, John, Acts of the
Apostles and the Letters.
The earliest of these dates
from about 200 A D .
This
and other manuscript support
port have restored passages
to certain texts, and have
also furnished material for
significant notes.
Ancient non b ib lical ma
terials such as everyday let
ters, records and business
accounts
a great body of
Greek papyri unearthed in
Egypt
have also contri
buted to a better under
standing of the vocabulary.
Pat Boone appears
in Jesus Festival
Pat Boone, television and
movie star, will ap|H-ar at a
one night Jesus F e s tiv a l.
Monday, April 30th in the
Portland Coliseum.
Pat Boone has been out
spoken as to the value of
religion in the lives of young
people.
He has sold 45 million
records and has 13 Gold
Records and 7 Gold Albums.
He will be singing and telling
his own inspirational story.
Darrell Imhoff of the Port
land Trailblazers and other
personalities will also appear.
“The scope of this Festival
is inter faith and includes
many d enom inations and
those who may not attend
church." stated Richard Sha
karian. President of the spon
soring organization. He has
traveled in 47 countries of
the world presenting Christ
in hundreds of crusades,
rallies, and festivals.
A t the age of 13 he
founded 300 Bible Clubs
across America. He has led
hundreds of young people in
person to person witnessing
for Christ.
He has been honored by
resolutions from the Legis
lature of the state of Cali
fornia, from the Ix»s Angeles
County Board of S u per
visors, and from the city of
Los Angeles. He was invited
to speak to the United States
Congressional Prayer Group.
This past month he has
presented successful one-
night Jesus F e s tiv a ls in
Phoenix, A rizo n a , w here
8.000 attended and Fresno,
California, where 4,000 a t
tended and 1,000 were locked
out.
"All seats are F R E E for
the Festival" stated
Mr.
Shakarian.
MAY 6th THROUGH MAY llth
grammar and idiom of the
(»reek New Testament.
There are also changes in
the Second Edition resulting
from reconsideration of an
cient textual evidence with
fresh insights of scholarship.
This may result in word sub
s titu tio n , c la rific a tio n of
meaning through rephrasing
or reordering of the text, or
in resotration of passages to
the text.
The RSV Common Bible
comes into being as the
result of many years of ecu
menical cooperation and hard
work.
I t is a beacon to
further ecumenical effort in
the translation of the Bible,
and to the understanding of
the Bible by clergy and laity.
For many Christians across
the world this marks one
more step toward the end for
w h ic h Jesus p ra y e d
"That they may all be one".
POIC seeks support
Bishop W. L. McKinney,
chairman of the Board of
Directors of PO IC (Portland
Opportunities
Industrializa
tion C'en ter I, announced the
Ix-ginning of a citywide and
statewide program of infor
mation and education about
the OIC and the solutions the
program can bring to the
problems of the disadvantag
ed at both local and national
levels.
“We are now operating
with a proven commodity in
O IC , said Bishop McKinney.
"OIC has proven to be the
finest, most efficient, most
effective and lowest cost
manpower delivery system in
America. The acceptance has
been outstanding and was
illustrated once again by the
r e m a r k a b le p i l g r i m a g e
to Washington last month."
On March 29. nearly 10,000
people from all the United
States gathered in Washing
ton on a pilgrimage of pray
er to help "put OIC on the
mind and heart of America".
Highlighted by prayer and
words of cooperation, the
one day communications ef
fort voiced OIC's willingness
to continue its excellence in
the field of job preparation
in a joint effort with the
federal government.
Founder and Chairman of
the Board of O IC is Rever
end Leon H. Sullivan of
Philadelphia. In a short nine
years his concept of self help
has generated training cen
ters in over 100 American
cities.
The program is un
ique in that it combines
attitude training with skills
training to thoroughly pre
pare the unemployed and
underem ployed for useful
careers in industry.
W hile some programs re
quire as much as $5000 per
trainee, OIC generally trains
it people for less than $1.000.
"W e are the largest pri
v a te non p ro fit m in o rity
m anpow er in s titu tio n
in
A m e ric a ,” S u lliv a n said.
"And what we’ve done is to
bring together under one
umbrella the haves and have-
nots, so that all men and
women may have an oppor
tunity to participate in the
free enterprise system. Our
p artn e rs h ip em braces the
Black community, Puerto Ri
cans, A m erican
Ind ian s,
M ex ic an -A m erica n s, Orien
tals and poor white citizens.
And to achieve our goals we
have called upon the re
sources of industry, churches,
the communities and gov
ernment."
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R EVEREND W IL L IE T. SNEAD OF LOS ANGELES.
CALIFO R N IA . KNOWN AS THE SINGING. PREACHING
PREACHER - PASTOR OF GREATER TEM PLE OF
GOD BAPTIST CHURCH, W IL L LEAD IN THESE
SERVICES. TH E PUBLIC IS IN V IT E D TO A TTE N D
THESE SERVICES N IG H TLY AT 7:00.
W E L C O M E TO ST.
M A R K 'S B A l’T IS T CHURCH
Sunday. A p ril 29th. 1973
at the residence of M r. and Mrs. John Paris
2803 N.E. 16th Avenue
Sunday Service 9:15/11 a.m.
Evening Service 7:30 p.m.
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Reverend Edward W ilder
NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH
3725 N. Gantenbein Avenue
Portland, Oregon
The Churrh Designed to Meet Your Need
Reverend Andrew A. Newton, Pastor
5828 N.E. 8th
A. Lee Henderson, Minister
MARANATHA CHURCH
ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH
Co ..ei of 6th and Skidmore
Sunday School 9:30 sun.
Sunday W orship 11:00 sun .
C h ris tia n Youth Fellow ship 6:00 p .m .
(Second and Fourth Sundays)
1222 NE Skidmore
Reverend Thom as L . Strsyhand, M in is te r
Church school and Bible class:
Sunday morning worship:
Sunday Evening worship:
Wednesday Evening prayer:
Friday Worship Service:
9:15
10:45
7:00
7:00
7:30
a.m.
a.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
Church School
288 -7 241
Bob Harrison - Pastor
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Morning Worship ......................................................
W ed Noon — m e Hour o f Power ...................
W ed. Prayer A Class M eeting ...........................,
CHURCH OF GOO IN CHRIST
ORDER OF SERVICE
Sunday
Sunday School...;......9:45 am
Sunday Worship.... 11:00am
Y P W W ...................... 6:30 pm
Evangelistic Service.....8 pm
Tuesday
3138 N . Vancouver Ave.
Phone 282 9496
Sunday School
9:00 A.M.
Morning Worship
11:00 A.M
Dr. O. B. Williams, Pastor
“ T he church with s Iw a rt-te lt welcom e”
Rev. lohn H. Jackson
Minister
N E First and Schuyler
Portland, Ore.
Prayer m eeting ............. 8 pm
Friday
Bible S tu dy..................... 8 pm
Phone 204 -1 9 3 4
Sunday School
Morning Worship
Vesper
Let us » M rr to o ro re N e e n d d + e r t to s e n *
9 a.
I I a.
3 p.
Evening Service
Off. 283-3421
1234 N.E. Killmgsworth
B la hop H . B . D aniela, P a s to r
11:00 am
12:00 noon
7:30 pm
W» «re making our Neighborhood A Brotherhood"
GREATER MT. CALVARY
Olivet Napf ist Church
9.45 am
Nursery Core Provided
Rev. T. N. Noffa
□ y .Meant
288-5429
7:30 p jn .
6401 N.E. 10th Avanue