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Porti and/Observer Thursday Juna 7, 1973
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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
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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.
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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'
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AND EXTRACTIONS
ST. ANDREW’S CATHOLIC CHURCH
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DENTAL
PLATES
• Partial Plates
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Alfred L. "Rip” Henderson
for Ministers of Albina
MARANATHA CHURCH
1222 NE Skidmore
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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
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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