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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1973)
P age 6 Poni n»! l server Thursday May 51, 1973 Black women talk politics The National Black Wo men's Political Leadership Caucus will hold its annual Convention in Washington, D.C.. June 1st through 3rd at the Shoreham Hotel. The three year old non partisan organisation, whose membership includes, in ad dition to most of the coun try's Black female elected officials, women from every walk of life, works to height en political awareness and /Y W // . l \ / > -¿? OftS 'A W O Religion in the News Guaranteed Income: prospects dim Reverend B. Owre and E llis Casson »Need an e r plovee.. p*to sell a e a r ... rent 2 house... £ to improve x b u sin ess... 5 g r Call 283-2486 and trv an OBSERVER classified A CALDWELLS NAACP honors O w re NAACP President Ellis H. Casson presented a plaque to Reverend Benjamin Owre. pastor of Hughes Memorial and Woodlawn United Meth odist Churches for his com mitment to Human Rights. Casson said the NAACP wanted to take this oppor tunity to say 'thanks' to Pas- Betehl AME Second Zodiac Tea was held Sunday, May 20th, in the Willamette Room of the Hayden Island Thun- derbird Motel. Many celebrities attended the Tea. Among them were Secretary of State Clay My ers and Ethel. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Mann from the State Department of Agriculture, Mr. and Mrs. William Greaby of the United States National Bank of Oregon. A large number of guests came from Seattle. The winners for the best decorated tables were: Pis ces Ms. Bea Mills, First Place; Scorpio Ms. Mabie Washington and E d w a r d ; Cancer Ms. Kuby Harda way. Third Place. Raising the most in con tributions was Virgo Willie Jenkins and Charles Jordan. Second place went to the Leo group spearheaded by Ms. Ruby Howard and Mr. Carlos Martin. Third place was taken by Sagittarius by Len ore Morris. Ms. Perlene White and Ms. Clara Peoples were Chair men. Pastor Henderson an nounced that Ms. Alyce Rol> inson and Ms. Lenore Morris will be chairmen for the Year MARANATHA CHURCH 1222 NE Skidmore Church school and Bible class: Sunday morning worship: Sunday Evening worship: Wednesday Evening prayer: Friday Worship Service: 9:15 a.m 10:45 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 288-7241 On June 1st and 2nd the Assemblies of the Greater Portland Council of Churches and the Oregon Council of Churches will come together in a very historic meeting. On Friday evening, June 1st, at Trinity Episcopal Church the two Councils will delib erate and decide upon a new constitution. This constitu tion when ratified will create an entirely new ecumenical agency for both the City of Portland and the State of Oregon. This assembly will climax a year's work author ized by both Assemblies and carried out under the direc Bob Harrison - Pastor !■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Just fill out and mail this coupon Portland Observer P O. Box 3137 Portland, Oregon 97 2 0 8 Please enter my subscription to the Portland Observer at $5.25 ( ) annually Name Children from 4 to 14 years of age are invited to participate in The Salvation Army St. Johns and Temple Corps daily vacation Bible school, which will be held at 8432 N. Syracuse Street each day from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.. June 4 through June 11. The school is open to all interested children without charge and no pre-registra tion is required. Reverend Thomas L . Strsyhand, MmlsWJ Church and School for Community ST. ANDREW’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 281 4429 Reverend Bertram G rilfin 806 N .E . Alberta Portland. Oregon 97211 9:00 Masses* a .m . H y m n s 10:.»4J a.m. 12:00 p.m Sunday School Church Service Evening Service Choir Folk Maae 9:45 a jn . 11:00 a jn . 7:30 p jn . 10th Avenue The camera catches M rs . Ellen Law and M rs. M artha Jordan at the Bethel A.M.E Zodiac Tea. m enni nos Ms. Mickey Harris and Reverend T.N. Noffa will be married on Sunday, June 3rd at 4:00 p.m. The wedding will be held at the Church of the Living God, N.E. 10th and Highland. Ms. Harris, a graduate of Warner Pacific, is a private bookkeeper in the Portland tion of a Joint Committee representing the two largest councils of churches in Ore gon. The result of these efforts and self examinations means that on June 1st and 2nd the Assemblies are facing a far more important issue than the apparent consolidation of two large councils. They are attempting to bring into be ing a new approach to work and governance which takes into account today's facts and attitudes about the Church and the world and the way the two can be brought into meaningful conjunction, at the same time recognizing the necessity of deepening and strengthening the "theo logical" and “spiritual" basis of church life. The new constitution leans heavily on the assumption that organization, work and governance must grow in healthy fashion and through maximizing to the fullest extent “grass roots" partici pation and the supporting and strengthening of ecum enical work at neighborhood and community levels. The new machinery is program med for service to churches to help encourage their ex pression of needs and issues; then to respond to these, and through that response build policy and prioritize time, money and the utilization of staff and volunteers. ------ Address City C o rn e r of 8th and Skalm ore Rev. T. N. Noffa Welcomes you to Council of Churches forms new structure 232-4111 “One doean't h a v e , throw one's hat |Mn tNt ring to be in politic«," states Ms. Boswell. "There is very little in the lives of Black people that goes unaffected by the body politics," she explains, "our program ia designed to heighten the Black women's awareness of this fact.” Sunday School 9:30 a«m. Sunday Worship 11:00 a jn . Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00 p jn . (Second and Fourth Sundays) Bethel AME Tea 1973. N F 14th at Sandy and Burnside tor Owre for his devotion and support to the NAACP "not only in words but in deeds". Stating that Owre has been a man of action during his six years in Portland, Casson said he will be missed from this community. Owre is moving to Sheridan. Ore gon where he will pastor Sheridan Willamina. be. ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH SA holds Bible school by Gordon Dickey The future of a Guaran teed Annual Income, one which will eliminate poverty, stabilize the family, end the cruelty and inhumanity of the current system, cut down crime, shift the tax burden from the regressive property tax to the progressive in come tax, and provide each American economic security and freedom, is grim. America has the resources, GORDON DICKEY the plans, the social science, the comparative example of other western nations, but What must be done? we lack the popular attitude Attitudes must be chang and heart to make GAI a na ed, consciences shaken, and a tional priority. national debate begun. It In an opinion report, the remains a haunting concern opposition to GAI needs to why we haven’t achieved it be deprived of its good already, or as Robert Ken conscience. At present, a nedy said. “1 believe that as weird resignation over the long as there is plenty, scandal of poverty admist poverty is evil." plenty affects us. Following the urban riots Historical o p p o s i t i o n in 1965, President Johnson in America of advantaged referred to conscience when people contributing to disad he addressed the nation in vantaged people has been these words: true of all social change and "The only genuine, long legislation. Opposition was waged against social secur range solution for what has happened lies in an attack ity, unemployment insurance, medicare and even against mounted at every level, upon free public education. Re the conditions that breed gardless of Great American despair and violence. “All of us know what those political themes, the hard ingorance, fact of social welfare history conditions are: discrimination, slums, pover in America is one of painfully ty, disease, not enough jobs. slow progress. • We should attack these conditions, not because we are frightened by conflict, but because we are fired by conscience. We should at tack them because there is simply no other way to achieve a decent and orderly society in America.” The question of a Guaran ...i n tim e o f need teed Annual Income is not whether we can provide eco nomic security and freedom for every American, but will we? CO LONIAL M O RTUAR Y activity among Black women. The Honorable Hildagard eis Boswell, chairperson for the convention, and member of the Maryland House of Delegates. announced the convention theme "Black Women in Politics: Perspec lives and Strategies" and stated that this year's meet ing will seek to emphasize the political leverage that the Black woman can exert wherever she msv happen to WELCOME TO ST. MARK’S BAPTIST CHURCH 119 N. E. Morris Sunday Service 9:15/11:00« jn . Evening Service 7:30 pjn. Reverend Edward Wilder Reverend Noffa is Pastor of the Church of the Living God. He is also co-owner of the Noffa Brothers Construe tion Company, doing general contracting. A reception will follow the wedding. Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church Oregon Methodists meet 3138 N. Vancouver Ave. Phone 282-9496 Sunday School Morning Worship 9 :0 0 A.M. 1 1:00 A.M. Dr. O. B. Williams, Pastor ••The church with a heart-felt welcome” Grass roots input will be sought when more than 400 leading Methodists of Ore gon and Idaho hold their annual conference at Willa mette Universtiy June 4 through 8. The ministers a n d lay members of the conference will meet five t i m e s in groups of about 10 each to seek "grass roots input" and broader participation. Church leaders expressed hope that new thinking will "bubble up" t h r o u g h the small group meetings. Among issues scheduled for discussion are a proposal to raise $1.25 million to fund minister's pension, a report on Methodist work at state supported colleges, restruc ture of the machinery and setting priorities for 1974. xAethodisf £ A. Lee Henderson, Miniator 288-5429 5828 N.E. 8th Church School ........................................................ 9»45 am Morning Woryhip ............................... 11:00 W e d . Noon — The Hour of Power W e d . Prayer & C lo it M ealin g .. . 12:00 noon 7:30 P"1 Nursery Core Provided "W e ere m a k in g o u r N e ig h b o rh o o d A B ro th e rh o o d " tßerean Church * S S I-OSSO / SS4-SSS4 Sunday 9:45 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Sunday School Morning Worship 7:30 p.m. Prayer and Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Young Disciples. Youth Group Adult Bible Teacher Training ",.. They received the W o r d ... and aearched the acripturea d a ily . . . ” Acta 17:11 Rev. WUMe O. Peterson, Paster
