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P*fff 4 Portland Observer Thursday. February 28. 1978 ’ NAACP meets Ma. Teria Hall Pittman will speak at the Portland Branch NAACPs member ahip campaign kick-off meeting on Sian day, February 26th at 4:00 p.m. at Mt. Olivet Church. Ma. Pittman is the NAACP special consultant in planning for the national convention that will be held in Portland in June and is in the City thia week to facilitate planning. Ms. Pittman has been a staff member of the Western Region since 1952 and before that served as Bakersfield Branch president for ten years. She was the first president of the Northern Area Confer ence of Branches (California). A social worker by profession. Ms. Pittman is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. Portland Rranch President Reverend John Jackson urges the public to attend. Calendar Lincoln's AU-City guard. Kathleen H art, leads the (ardin al offense in last Friday's 61-23 rout of short-handed Jefferson. Ikemocrais Karen Parker and Carmen Scott occupied the bench during the regular season finale. K K Battles sat out much of the game in sym.iathy for her idled mates Jefferson .«laved the last 2:20 of the game with four ,(layers, due to the seated Parker and Scott, and foul problems for the _ stalwarts. The game was over in the o tening ateo, however, as the Cardinals aliened for 20 unanswered Lincoln- high scoring Karla Neu wert ir r pares to accompany H art s onslaught and Jefferson enthusiasts beguile the “Oboer ver" camera. {Photos: Terry Riddell! Hughes Memorial gains new pastor Until the beginning of the 70s decade the Hughes Memorial United Methodist Church enjoyed many years as a strong Christian institution in Portland's North and Northeast communities. Located close to the heart of Portland's most volatile mixture of Black and white, the church predictably reflected the anger and fear that touched Portland during the urban unrest of the now labeled violent sixties. The result was a racial split. Since 1970 the church has had no full-time Pastor. The diminished congregation and visiting Pastors from the Ecumenical Parish maintained the essentials of survival. Through faith and prtience they achieved a goal recently. Toe church has a new Pastor. Reverend Ausl n Ray appreciates the difficulties whic* the Hughes Memorial congregation h «s endured. He also understands tb it some of the alienation of both Black rad white members of the community v ill never be completely dispelled. And. whik some would consider racism to be a weal aess to a church, as it was. in fact, in F jghes' past. Ray sees the strength a Hughes’ future to be the leadershi’ the church takes in under standing ind aiding the members of its community when racial, social, economic, or religious problems threaten. The church should not mirror the problems of society. Ray says, it should lead its people in overcoming those problems. "The ministry has to go out from the church, get into the community where people are experiencing hell on earth, poverty, degrading circumstances. “We have to minister to the total person regardless of who, where, or whatever his condition might be. “I feel it's absurd to think of helping people spiritually without doing some thing about their economic, social, and personal troubles," said Ray. Ray doesn't underestimate the diffi culty of the racial mix of his community. Nor does be expect quick miracles at Hughes. But he clearly identifies race relations as a primary vehicle whereby Hughes can lead the community. “We must get away from the Black and white stereotype. That is the church's crisis of today. That's the community crisis. Blacks move in. whites move out. Blacks don't feel comfortable in a white church. Whites don't feel comfortable in a Black church. February 27 - Sabin Community Aaooc. Maranatha Church. 1222 N.E. Skidmore, 7:90 p.m. Guest Speakers: Nick Barnett, Metropolitan Human Relations Commis sion on the Neighborhood Mediation Project: Officer Bloom. Police Bureau, will give a crime report; Community School report. Feb. 27. Bolar Citiseas lm;>rovemeat Assoc. Cal) 248 4575 for location. 7:30 p.m. Fair Share housing. Feb. 28th King Neighborhood Assoc., King Neighborhood Facility. 4815 N.E. 7th, 7:90 p.m. Dission of Union Avenue Plan. March 1 - Portland Development l o o mission hearing on Union Avenue Urban Renewal project. 4815 N.E. 7th Avenue. Martin l.utber King Scholarship F und of Oregon will sponsor three plays at the University of Portland on Feb. 28 begin mng at 8:00 pm at Maco Hunt Center for Performing Arts. “Godspell". directed by Dan Martin; "Soul Gone Home" and "Just Be Simple" by Langston Hughes and directed by the Flooney Theatre Com pany. Also. "I've Been to the Mountain Top" will be presented at PSU. Park Theatre at 8:00 p.m. A Fashion Show and Disco Dance will follow. M omen in Transition Project will begin its first senes of workshops oiTFeb. 27th for women who are undergoing changes in role identification such as divorce, separation or widowhood as well as displaced homemakers 1234-06571 Jrrrrr.rrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeev'>^asss v ^ y ■ ■ . r r r r r r r r r r r j r r r r j jy j r r r r G f » Yon are M elrome to M orship at T H E A R K O F S A F E T Y C H U R C H O F G OD P E N T E C O S T A L , INC. “A warm s.iirit of fellowship always" The Hooorable Bishop U .V. Petorsoo. D .D . “The Holiness Preocher." » * - 8 n Sunday Sunday School Morning Worship 9:15 am 11:15 am "Showers of Blessings Broadcast" KGAR 1550 11:90 am-1290 nt YPBC Evangelistic W orshi . R OO im Tuesday Friday Noon Day Prayer Tuesday: Bible Band/Jr. Church Wednesday: Choir Rehearsal Friday: "The Pastor Speaks" 84 N E Kilbngswortb 281-0499 s special about IB M in San Jose? A sk someone who works there. If you re an engineer o r designer a n d have ever considered IB M as a potential employer you probably have asked yourself som e guest tons W hat about chal lenging projects work environment /ob security benefits opportunities for advancement? One o f the best ways to get those answers w ould be to ask a friend who works w ith IB M B u t if you don t have such a contact, here s a chance to do som ething about it For an interview today Reverend Austin Ray is the Hughes Memorial United Methodist Church s new Pastor. Reverend Ray is in his second month at Hughes. He comes from the United Theological Seminary in Dayton. Ohio. "And racism is as prevelant among Blacks as whites. The Black must admit there’s just as much prejudice in me as in my white brother. We have the same problem at Hughes as at predominantly white congregations. "But alienation shouldn't exist among God’s people," said Ray. Ray puts much of his hope for Hughes' future in the youth of the Hughes' community. He acknowledges that the institutionalized racism which many older Blacks experienced have left scars that are permanent, that to break the racism of some would break the person. “There is more hope for the youth. There is still a chance for them to be flexible, to accept new ideas. They don’t bear the same scars, the hostility that older Blacks carry toward society,” says Ray. Ray has reason to be confident of the young. As a part of his studies at the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. Ray spent a year at ‘Building Call Bob Cowie at (503) 2 3 4 -9 8 8 6 Bridges', a voluntary program for young people on probation. Ray is critical of some juvenile offend er programs, particularly some police administered programs, which pass per sons through institutions with no genuine effort at rehabilitation, but with an eye toward quotes which earn federal dollars. The following positions are available now Electrical Engineer Experience required m analog and I or digital design o f complex test systems Work involves designing building debugging documentation and support Should have knowl edge o f statistics magnetic recording and micro -processors Ray believes in rehabilitation, particu larly for youth. The ‘Building Bridges' program was'initially privately financed because no official layer of government would touch it. Its success, according to Ray. has brought national attention and. finally public funding. Ray hopes that he and the church will some day offer guidance for probationary youth in this community. But that project, like others, will take time Again, Ray speaks of slow progress. Ray says he is, "looking forward to a great and rewarding ministry. As long as people have hope, we have the potential for a strong church." 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