Page 8, Portland Observer, November 6, 1986
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Heligion Editor. Portland Observer
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The Family Situation
by Bev. F H Brown
Many o f our American families are in trouble today We read about the
statistics on family problems but we also know that many families manage to
slay strong and happy despite the inevitable ups and downs ot life
Members ol strong families are dedicated to promoting each other s welfare
and happiness I heir lose, support, and loyalty lo r each other is steads and
lasting, through good times and bad. Strong families cope with the pressures ol
life by reminding themselves ol what is truly and lastingly important
Our strong couples are committed to sexual faithfulness and leel it is one ot
the most important factors contributing to salislaction in their relationship Some
couples express the general feeling: “ When one partner has an affair, it damages
tlie sell-esteem of the other ”
So many o f us today are living in new fam ily situations restructured
families, step families, foster families, adopted families, whatever you want to
call them, and some ol us have little or no experience with living that way
When I look around in our community and see broken homes and broken
hearts, I realized that we are faced with many problems today in the realms ol
marriage Ihc statistics teach us that in 187(1 there was one divorce out ol everv
I f marriages. In 1964, we tmd one divorce in everv three marriages ( urreiitlv,
over luilf the marriages end in divorce
I he increased divorce rate and the rapid increase ol juvenile delinquency go
hand in hand: when parents don't get along, the home docsn t provide the
security children need W hen divorce occurs, the children are torn emotionally
It’s hard for the children to relate to both parents when they know they don t
love each other enough to slay together
When parents are church members or profess to be Christian, the children
in such a home will often abandon the church and question all biblical standards
ot morality and look upon marriage as an institution that no longer has meaning
or purpose in our modern society Only in a home where husband and wile live
harmoniously can all the family members lind liillilln ie n t, watnull, and security
I he ingredients that go into making a strong healths family are good com
municalion between husband, wile and children W hen communication breaks
down, or is never established, the process halls ( oinmunicatioii is not always
through speech Io communicate is to share, to have communion, to have
fellowship, to understand
A strong, healths marriage is marked bv at least lour desirable eliarac
tenstics: I a lifelong fid elity; 2 a pattern ol t hrist like love in which both
husband and wile sacrifice then own interests lor tbe happiness ol the other; 3
being affectionate, polite, and more caring in what you say to one another; and
4 a mutual respect lor one another.
COMMUNITY
CHURCH of
GOD
202 N.E. S kid m o re
281 5678
284 5669
Services
9:45 a.m., Sunday School
11:00 a.m., Morning Worship
7:00 p.m., Evening Worship
7:00p.m. Wednesday, Prayer Meeting
V ic to r R. B ro w n , B. Theology. Pastor
N e ls o n (P a s to r)
Allen Temple hosts welcome
ot Roses, the tea will be held Nov. 10
from 3 to 5 p.m. at 4236 N.E. 8th in
fellowship Hall
The Allen temple family invites the
Portland metropolitan area to come
and jo in us in welcoming the Rev.
Phillip Nelson and family to the city
S o u th A fric a n leader w a rn s o f
p o s s ib ility o f civ il w a r
N E First b Schuyler • 284 1964
John H Jackson Minister M Ed M D
9 30 A M Church School
11 00 A M Congregational Worship
5 00 P M Vestier Service
10 00 A M Baptism Fourth Sunday
11 00 Communron Each First Sunday
Boevak, and several clergy, among
them the Rev Charles Villa-Vicen/io,
a Methodist teaching religious studies
at the University ol Capetown, and an
African Methodist Episcopal cleric
Coinciding with Dr Naude’ s ad
dress, the Board o f Global Ministries
intensified its plans lot divestment ol
stock in companies and financial in
stitu lio ns doing business in South
A frica
The board's directors
promised total divestment bs the end
of 1986 in all U S corporations that
provide products or services to the
South African police or military, plas
a significant role in that nation s
economy, ot produce products which
support apartheid
A state o f civil war exists in South
Africa because the government can no
longer m aintain control in Black
townships without force, the Rev. C .
I Beyers Naudc, general secretary ol
the South African Council ol Chur
ches, told the United Methodist
Hoard ot Global M inistries Oct. 25
in New York
“ II someone were to say we are
moving into a state ol revolution, I
would vav that’s a reasonable predic
lio n ,“ added Dr. Naude, a Dutch
Reformed cleric and a leading
Afrikaner opponent ol apartheid He
said he had just received word of the
detention ot 50 anti apartheid ac
tivists in the Western ( ape, including
the lawver defending the Rev Allan
THE M OUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH
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The American Baptist Convention, American Baptist Churches of
Oregon Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention National, Oregon,
Portland Ecumenical M inistries American Bible Society. M ftM
Board
UNITY CHRISTIAN
P res en ts
A Thanksgiuing w e e k e n d m u sical fe a s t
AIDS suffers: "the new lepers"
Individuals sullering from AIDS
( Acquired Immune Deficiency Sv n
drome) “ have become the new
lepers," and pose a critical lest lor the
lose and ministry ol the church, hi the
opinion ol I tilled Methodist Bishop
WoodieW White
“ Such persons are isolated and
rejected," said Bishop W hite in a
tecent i >vue ol the ( e tilta l Illin o is
( ontercilcc edition ol the I ruled
Methodist Reporter “ I hose w h o
know no one personalis w ith the
disease liequentls view them av a
ealegotv, or a statistic, or even as a
sinner
I urther. writes Bishop W hite,
“ mans who want to he open, under
standing, and even ‘L hnslian,' need
mote medical evidence and assurance
that the disease cannot be transmitted
bs s.isual contact It is a complex,
ambiguous, frightening and heart
breaking situation
Noting that lesus “ specifically m
slructed“ bis dictples " t o heal the
lepers," Bishop W bile asks
How
would lesus translate that command
“F e a tu rin g '
In C oncert
today for us, his modern dictples,
with these contemporary lepers ’ "
I be Illinois area bishop also asks
whether children with AIDS would be
denied admission to Sundas school,
as lias beeti the case in some public
schools
"
all these tor whom t hrist died
need tbe losing compassion ot the
c h u rc h ,'' he coutilines “ I ach is a
member ol some fam ily, someone's
son ot daughter each precious, who
perhaps requites the love and accept
ance ot the ( h nslian com m unity
mote now than ever before ”
lb bop White voices the hope that
government, private citizens and
Inundations will provide the financial
resources needed lo t research, and
adds
” And I pray that we in the t hurch
will not be found lacking when and
should these out brothers and sisters
with Acquired Immune D eficients
Sv m il onie appear at out gates,
seeking the ministry and love ol the
( hutch
The First Lady of Gospel
EUANGELIST SHIRLEV CAESAR
And
THE CAESAR SINGERS
Also A ppearing
Mr. Perfect Peace
(Himself)
KEITH PRINGLE
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