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Page 6 Porti and/Observer Thursday Juna 7, 1973 PORTLAND -£> (iRSERVEIR (IHITUAKY Religion in the News Until then My heart ran sing when I pause to remember . . . by M.A. Sell She remembers well stand ing on a precipice so high that only a void could be seen, and wondering what place in God's eternal plan a shy minister's wife could have. For all around this gentle lady, other members had their role - teaching, singing, etc. - but she had none. Then one night, while standing on the precipice. God came to her, trans porting her from the cliffs edge to the church door. And there He gave her a song to sing: “Until Then”. Thus was the inspiration of the dual role as choir leader and soloist for Minnie Cole man. To be sure the transport ing from precipice to church door, and the giving of a song to sing was God speak ing to Minnie through a dream several years ago. She has since continuously served the Lord through the ministry of music, now as choir leader at the Com munity Church of God. Here he is also lead soloist, adap ting her powerful soprano voice to a wide variety of songs. And there is an M INNIE COLEMAN incredible transform ation from the shy Minnie to the sacred music singer. She is literally radiant! And lis tening to her perform, one cannot help but feel the Spirit of God from deep within, inspiring her to sing. Praise God! A heartache here ia but a stepping stone . . . Though raised in a Christian home, it took a scare and literal heartache to bring the youth ful Minnie to the Lord. The scare came when, for some reason, this very sensi tive young lady began read ing the Book of Revelation. As she read its prophesies, the idea of beasts and terror on earth badly frightened her. And the last thing she wanted was to be around when all that happened! Couple that feeling with PSU holds class An approach to religious teaching in which students and teachers alike apply the principles of their faith to everyday life situations will be offered this summer at Portland State University. The two-week workshop is designed to enable ministers, rabbis, priests, Sunday school instructors and other teachers of religion to apply scriptural teachings to the realities of life, according to course dir ector Dr. David E. Willis. They will ob serve and participate in an inquiry ap proach to teaching “applied religion" to junior high school age youth from various churches. The teenagers will react to case studies on the basis of their religious be liefs. Every comment, no matter how “far out", is wel comed and freely discussed with the instructor and fel low students, Willis said. The students form a circle around the instructor, who 'y ’ Need an employee, sell a car... ¿*Sto rent a house... to improve business... is»' the fact that she was be ginning to experience chest pains - a literal heartache! She knew the consequences of death without Christ -- and she began attending Marantha Church. It was here she came to know her Lord; and subsequently, lost her fear. Thus her heartache was but a stepping stone to blessing. Along a trail that's always winding upward . . . A very quiet, unassum ing person, Minnie has a type of mag netism that gently draws one to her. Such a one is the Reverend James Coleman, the man she met and married while attending Marantha. Together they have four delightful children. .Anthony, Vincent, Valencia and An drea. Both James and Min cue are currently employed at Emanuel Hospital. James as a chaplain and Minnie as a L.P.N. This troubled world is not my final home . . . But in this troubled world one finds pleasure in recreation and favorite pasttimes. Minnie has two favorites: Rooting for the L.A. Lakers of the National Basketball Associa tion, and playing scrabble. Here is where much of her reserv e and sh y n ess are dropped and replaced with a determined, happy animation that is a delight to behold! But this world is not her final home and she is heaven- bound. and . . . "Until then my heart will go on singing ..." And indeed she is! In addition to her church com initments, Minnie sings or casionally for weddings, hos pital chapel services, and her husband's Sunday morn ing radio program on KGAR. She is a constant source of blessing to those around her daily, but a special blessing when she sings. The Psalmist invites: 0 sing unto the Lord a new song; Sing unto the Lord all the Earth Sing unto the Lord, bless His name; Shew forth His salvation from day to day. Psalm 96:1 & 2 And so she will, “Until the day God calls me home.' uses "Christ’s approach to teaching”. “Jesus taught by being in the midst of them." Willis said. “He talked with them, not to them." Teachers sit outside the arc but eventually join in the discussions and later analyze the effec tiv e n e ss of this teaching method. A similar course, included last winter in the Greater Portland Council of Churches "School of Christian Learn ing”, received enthusiastic acceptance from stu d en ts and teachers alike, according to an evaluation by the Council. Students welcomed the op portunity to voice their opin ions without fear of a put- down, and the challenge to think and discover God for themselves. Teachers were impressed with the down-to- earth tenor of the course, the manner in which it fostered co m m u n ica tio n betw een young people and adults, and The public is invited to the potential of this method attend the Union Ushers of teaching. The course “Teaching Reli Scholarship Program Sunday, gion Through Enquiry" will June 10, 1973, beginning at 6 meet Monday through Friday, p.m. at Highland Baptist June 18 through 29, from Church, 607 N.E. Alberta Reverend George 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Street. Koinonia House. 633 .S.W. Dick will pastor. Mr. J.L. Montgomery Street. Cost to Ganter is chairman of the teachers is $15. Tuition for scholarship committee, and students taking the course James Lee is president. for three hours credit is $59.95 for undergraduates and $97.50 for graduates. WELCOME TO Teachers who wish to en ST. M AR K’S BAPTIST roll should contact PSU Sum CHURCH mer Session, P.O. Box 751, 119 N , E . M o rris Portland 97207, telephone Sunday Service 9:15/11:00 a jn . 229-4081. Pastors who have Evening Service 7:30 p jn . young people wishing to par Reverend Edward W ilder ticipate should contact Dr. Willis at 229 4745. Scholarship Tea g o d is i Groves celebrate 50 years Fifty years of marriage will be celebrated by Mere dith and Esther Groves on Sunday, June 17, at the Lincoln S treet M ethodist Church. SE 52nd and Lincoln Streets in Portland. Their three sons. Mere dith, Vernon and Eugene, who are ministers, are plan ning the event, and will participate with Lincoln Street laypeople in leading Sunday morning worship at 10:00 a.m., which will con elude as the couple are asked to renew their vows. A reception will be held in the church parlor following the 10 a.m. service, with a second reception later in the day from 3 to 5 p.m. for their friends who might be unable to attend the morning recep tion. The couple has re quested that there be no gifts, but for those who wish, donations may be made to the Esther and Meredith Groves. Alaska M ethodist University Scholarship Fund in care of Watford Reed of the Lincoln Street Methodist Church. The couple met while at tending Bible School in Cin cinnatti. Ohio. Four years later they were married in Gem. Kansas by Reverend Fred .A. Groves, father of the groom, who was pastor of the Gent Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1925 they came to Oregon where they have served churches and in other places of leadership until his retirement in 1969. except for 5 years (1964 19691 when they were Superintendents of the .Alaska M issio n of the United M ethodist Church They are now serv ing as pastors of Lincoln Street Church. Many things have hap pened in the Church during the past year, which call forth from us our highest form of faith. Yes. faith in each other, faith in our selves, and faith in “the ulti mate triumph of that which is right". If this faith be misplaced, our hop«* is in vain. Like all Christian Churches "we seek to serve Jesus Christ" We hope to really make our churches "A Ser vant Church to a Secular Community". We shall strive to "make our neighborhood a brotherhood". Knowing that Jesus was concerned about the total man. we must also be concerned about men coming to Christ concerned about war. ignorance, disease and poverty. We realize that The Reverend Clinton M. we cannot love God and hate our fellow man. Marsh of Omoha, Nebraska, We recognize that the newly elected moderator of the General Assembly of the Church is the “House of God" United Bresbyterian Church, but, likewise, some people will be in the Bortland area may never come to the and speaking at the First church unless we bring them Bresbyterian Church of Van or that they come seeking couver, Washington on June our services or facilities. We 17. This appearance will be must not turn them away. Mr. Marsh's only visit to this We can never explain a fail One area in 1973 74 and will be at ure to serve people. great churchman put it this 7:30 p.m. He will speak and "In the crucial mo then conduct a question and way: ment« of life, don't waste answer program. words on lengthy expositions The members of Mina Tern pie »6* AEAON.MS. wor shipped Sunday. May 27, 1973 at Allen Temple CME Church, co m m em o ra tin g Jubilee Day, which is an annual event in Shrinedom. Accompanying the III. Bolen tale Eugene Bonner were the III. Commandress Clarice Shelby and members of Mina Court »142, BHA. After morning worship completion of the festivities ended with a buffet type refreshments at the Masonic Temple. 116 N.E. Russell Street. Moderator visits Immediate Restorations and exp lan ations. Your friends don't require it. and your enemies won't believe it." As pastors we serve many different denominations, but You are a great Church. Whether Baptist. Methodist. B resbyterian. Church of Christ, etc., t’ur ministry here in Bortland is a rich ministry, the kind of minis try that matures and seasons one and prepares him to "Do Business in Great waters”. We have known joy and sor row. success and failure, the exhilaration of being "in” and the torment of being "out". We have lived by the ideals that have guided us. We have not vacillated, we have not equivocated, we have called them as we saw them. Sometimes our vision was clear; som etim es it was blurred; but our aim is always to be obedient to the heavenly vision. May we thank your for your loyalty. Let us con tinue to press toward the work of Christ Jesus. We are ready to make our dreams a living reality. We are determined to stand up for God. Buffeted by the winds of adversity, burdened by the Constant Cross, which is the badge of a Christian soldier, we listen to the beat »1st«« ISMClta ■•(«•»«•«•fr « h », iM ts s r**i« rs < H d I SLEEP DURING EXTRACTIONS of a distant drummer and hearken to the message he bears. Many have lost faith in the Church. They have stop,ie<l working for reasons or ex ruses that only justify them selves. We have not lost faith in the future of our Church. We believe her future is written in the stars. Her challenge now is what it has always been, to lift a helpless, classless, defense less people from igomy and despair to hope, health and happiness. We want you to help us build God's Kingdom here on earth. SODIUM PINTOTNAl SIV IN AT ■I6IST 1*10 ANISTNITIST » A l l F i l l ANT » A l l H SNDP tOT I NOUNS: WwAAsyt l : M Is 1 « SeterAey I . M Is I 4 0 NO APPOINTMENT NKISSAATI DR. JEFFREY BRADY DENTIST M M lIR lU H O lN G S W Jrd A M « rn io ii R «rtland Orpoon Phone: 228 7545 ... in time of need ( A I .D W E L L S CO LONIAL M O RTUAR Y S I 14th ut Sandy und Hurnside 2 3 2 -4 1 11 Church and School for Community Reverend Bertram Griffin 806 N.E. Alberta Portland, Oregon 97211 281-4429 Masses: 9:00 a.m. Hymns 10:30 a.m. Choir 12:00 p.m. Folk Macs ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH Corner of 8th and Skidmore Sunday School 9:30 a an. Sunday Worship 11:00 a an. Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00 pan. (Second and Fourth Sundays) R everend T h o m as S trayh an d , M in is t e r & A. Lee Henderson, Minister 288-5429 "W e ere making our Naighborhood A Brotharhood' PARTIAL PLATES AND EXTRACTIONS ST. ANDREW’S CATHOLIC CHURCH & >.45 am DENTAL PLATES • Partial Plates I • Dewtai Plates Alfred L. "Rip” Henderson for Ministers of Albina MARANATHA CHURCH 1222 NE Skidmore e Morning Worship ................................................. 11:00 am Wed. Noon — The Hour of Power 12:00 noon Wed. Proyer A Clost Meeting 7:30 pm Nursery Core Provided MODERN Pastors’ implicit faith Shriners worship Bob Harrison Church School DR. JEFFREY I ! The Parson’s Pen Call 283-2486 and trv an & OBSERVER classified 5828 N.E. 8th Dewey G. Lear, 1706 NE Emerson, died May 31 at St. Vincent's Hospital. Lear was born on January 22. 1920 in Shreveport, louisiana. He had lived in Bortland since 1946. Mr. Lear was employed as a hyster driver for the Bortland Terminal Rail road Company for the past 21 years. He was a member of Bost »1. Amer ican Legion of Bortland; Ixtgan Lodge »5, F. A A M.; Prince Hall Affilia tion; Order of Railway Employees International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers. He is survived bv his wife, Clarette; his par ents, Mr. A Mrs. Joseph Lear; # brother. Davis; two sisters. M attie B. Humber and Oada Lear; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Cald well's Colonial Mortuary with Dr. O B Williams officiating. Internment was in Willamette Na tional Cemetery. 3138 N. Vancouver Ave. Phone 282-9496 Sunday School Morning Worship 9 :0 0 A.M. 1 ,¡ 0 0 A M. Dr. O. B. Williams, Pastor The church with a haart-felt welcome** Church school and Bible class: Sunday morning worship: Sunday Evening worship: Wednesday Evening prayer: Friday Worship Service: Pastor 9:15 10:45 7:00 7:00 7:30 a.m. a.m. p m. p.m. p.m. 288-7241
