Page 8, Portland Observer, March 16, 1988
RELIGION
SCRIPTURE OF THE WEEK
EZEKIEL: CH. 43
Jesus Against Drugs and Alcohol
by Mattie Ann CallierSpears
Jesus Against Drugs and Alco­
hol (JADA) is a christian-based
program founded by the Rev. Roy
L. Tate. The program began in
1987 as an outreach for the
c h u rc h
(C h ris t
M e m o ria l
C.O.G.I.C.).
There are many program s
throughout the com munity deal­
ing with alcohol and drug abu­
sers; however, there are none as
unique as JADA. When all else
fails, this program has proven to
be totally successful.
Drugs and alcohol are the ma­
jor causes of the crimes, deaths,
and diseases. JADA focuses pri­
marily on trusting God’s love,
God’s caring, and praying for all
people regardless of the indivi­
dual circumstances. The pro­
gram serves as a support group
for family members who are deal­
ing with various addictions.
Anyone and everyone is wel­
come to attend the very moving
and enriching gatherings each
Monday night at 6 p.m. The ad­
dress is 1552 N. Killingsworth
Avenue.
Everyone shares his/her mira­
culous recovery and gives all the
credit to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Much of the credit is also given to
the counseling staff.
The majority of the walk-in par­
tic ip a n ts involved in C h ris t
Memorial’s JADA Program, are
now living Christian lives and are
actively participating in various
churches throughout the city of
Portland.
Here are some of the testi­
monials:
Come and experience the
Lord's saving, healing and deli­
vering power from addictions of
all kinds.
When you visit our facility, you
w ill find a spirit-filled staff of pro­
fessionals, some of whom were
once alcoholics, drug abusers,
drug dealers, prostitutes and
pimps, and others with criminal
backgrounds who have chosen
to follow Christ instead.
Theresa Strong — 32 years old
— this is her second day sober.
She said that she went from alco­
hol to weed, to cocaine. Sheask-
ed God to help her. She spent 9 1/a
m o n th s in the St. V in c e n t
dePaul's program and even tried
the Alberta/Albina Program, but
to no avail. It wasn t until she
Fred Douglas — " I ’m talking to
God every chance I get. At one
time, all I could dream about was
where to get more drugs. Yes, I
was in church, but a slave to
drugs.
Thank God for this
church. The old man dies, and
you're reborn in Christ. God is in
control. Sin is the root of the pro­
blem. Scheming, lying, cheating
and the rackets in prison are all
sins. Let Jesus guide you into
perfect peace. I’m so full of
Christ — I don’t need anything
else."
David Bell — once a big time
drug dealer on N.E. 15th and
Killingsworth. He said, “ I have
my wife and kids now. I thought
that I liked them — but I love
them so much now. How can you
say that you love someone and
steal from them. My children
were coming to church with big
holes in their shoes. I was taking
so much drugs until my speech
was slurred. Then the slurring
stooped and mv brain was gone. I
had
friends
that
started
trusting me to do responsible
thinqs. You see, before no one
turned it com pletely over to God
that she has seen any kind of re­
sults. She decided she couldn't
trustpeople. S hecouldonlytrust
God. God has caused her to
"We here at the JADA Program
loose her desire. PRAISE THE
are not going to tell you where to
LORD!
go, but we can tell you where you
We are making an appeal to the
must stay — stay with the people
community: We need finances to
of God."
successfully continue this pro­
gram. Please send your dona­
Marcus Pollard — off drugs
since September of 1986. He tions to the JADA Progrm, 1552
N. K illin g s w o r t h A v e n u e ,
said, “ I had to come out from
Portland, OR 97217.
among those people that pulled
For more inform ation about
me down. I found out that the on­
the
Program, call: Jack Kelly,
ly way that I could grow was to let
counselor,
(503) 681-0596; Crisis
Christ grow in me. I couldn't call
Hot
Line,
(503)
285-1676; or the
any of my old friends. I had to call
church
phone,
(503)
286-9624.
someone cleaner than myself.'
trusted me to do anything, be­
cause they knew that I was not
going to follow through with it. If
you entrusted something to me, I
sold it My wife couldn't trust me
to do with the money what I said I
would do. The dope man came to
me and asked me to use my
garage and I told him — NO. They
grabbed me out of my house and
beat me and threw me out of the
car, but I didn't rent my garage to
them. I am to the place now
wheie my wife can lay $3 on the
table, and it w ill be there the next
day ... untouched.” PRAISE THE
LORD!
The list goes on and on and on.
Rev. Tate told the group, ’’God is
your keeper. You don’t have to
bow and stoop to thedevil.” Then
he told the story about the ant
and the piece of straw. "There
was this ant trying to cross the
sidewalk with this piece of straw,
but he couldn’t cross the crack in
the sidewalk. The straw was too
large a burden for him. So, he
took the straw and put it down
across the crack and he crossed
over on the straw, safely to the
other side.” The morale to this
story is that sometimes your
burden is your way to get over.
Neighborhood Crime Contact
Persons & Telephone Numbers
50th Wedding
Anniversary
Celebrated
ON March 12, 1988, Gertrude
and Roger B. Morris celebrated
fifty years of marriage. In honor
of this occasion, many family
members and friends from all
areas of the country have gather­
ed to help them, along with their
children and grandchildren, re­
member the vows made between
then fifty years ago. Mr. & Mrs.
Morris were married in Oklahoma
in 1938. They are the parents of
two sons, one daughter and eight
grandchildren.
"911" should be used for re­
porting a crime and/or crime-
related activity.
The first two references and
the numbers may be used for all
crim inal-related activities and
concerns:
City Wide Crime Prevention Co­
o rd in a to r — D e n n is Payne,
248-4519, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Northeast Area Crime Preven­
tion Coordinator — Sharon Mc­
Cormack, 248-4575, Youth Gang
Task Force.
If you have any information
concerning gang activity or invol-
vement, call this number:
Gang Resource Department —
Portland Police, O ffice r Neil
Crannell, 248-5720.
The numbers for the School
Police are to be used for the re­
porting of school-aged youth and
other related persons of school
age or any person or persons con-
tributing to their delinquency or
participating in crim inal activi­
ties in or about the school area:
Portland Public Schools Police
-
Mac L o c k e tt, 249-2000,
24-hours, or Sgt. Steve H ollings­
w orth or Sgt. Dan Leedom,
249-3307 or 248-5703.
Vit
GOD’S CALL TO WHOLENESS
by Mattie Ann Callier Spears
This past weekend, I attended
a very spiritual and well-attended
workshop. It was held at the
Mount Olivet Baptist Church.
Don’t you know that every
good and perfect g ift comes frorp.
God? Check your life for unused .
gifts. Nothing would enlightep ;
the heart of God so much than i f
we all had a grand unw rapping,
party — yes — unwrapping all the
gifts that He has given us and
that we are not using.
There were women there from
all over the Portland area: young
women, older women, middle-
aged women. They all came to
listen, take part in, and taste what
God had in store for them.
How can you serve your fami­
ly? How can you serve y o u r'
church? How can you serve your
community? We must discover
our spiritual gifts and use them to
the glory of God, if God w ills it to
be done.
The question that was asked
was: "What w ill make us whole?”
First, we must ask God to help us
so we can be prepared to receive
the answer that He has for us. Se­
cond, we should work for God no
matter what the cost, though
working is very costly.
If you can sew, then, when you
sew, with every stitch, do it in the
name of the Lord. Allow the spirit
of the Lord to use you. “ Lean not
to your own understanding . . •
The gifts that God has given you
has nothing to do with what youi
grandmother’s gifts were, but
rather, where does your g ift fit.
The songwriter wrote: "W hat
can make me w hole again?
N o th in g but th e b lo o d of
JESUS!”
When we set out io be leaders
in the community, in the name of
our Lord and Savior, we must
have a purpose. Tune yourself in
to the w ill of God. Focus solely
on God. Then, you w ill be able to
focus not only on others but on
your own concerns. We must
study the Word to show our­
selves approved before the Lord.
We must forget ourselves and
take up the cross and follow
Christ. A good leader is a person
who is group-centered rather
than self-centered. Faith is the
greatest asset to have, but believ­
ing helps to make it happen.
Where do we feel com fortable
in the body of Christ as far as ser-..
vice is concerned? You know, it
doesn’t always happen on Sun»’ t
day. So, we should focus in one
what can we do — what can we»,
do to bring about positive results
into the new day.
Unwrap your gifts today and
swer God's call to wholeness.
Tree of Life
If ever I should not be me,
I think I'd like to be a tree.
Trees never seem to need
the thought
That they should be what
I
they are not;
I
They are content. When
1°
winds blow loud,
I
They bow, and they are not lie
too proud
I
To let birds roost among
f"
their boughs
t
Or share their shade with
sheep and cows.
They love the sun, and also
love
The rain, and w ithout push I
I
or shove,
I
Just by the fact that they
I
breathe there,
They give the world a
a sweeter air.
Trees live a century or so,
And all the while they live,
they grow!
by James Dillet Freeman
The hour is late. We must dis­
cover what our spiritual gifts are,
and we must learn how and when
to use them. We must move out
into the forefront and carry the
message. As a child of God, we
must ask for God’s strength to
move ahead.
God is a giver. His gifts are
essential. God’s gifts help deter-
m inethe w orld’sendurance. Itis,
now, time that we unwrap the
gifts that God has given to us.
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