Page 3 Portland Observer April 13,1989
W ELCOM E HOME PEGGY
by Mattie Ann Callier-Spears
MARANATHA HOLDS
CONCERT
April 16,1989 at 4:00 pm, the Mass
On Sunday, April 9,1989 at 4pm, in
the evening. The members of the Allen Choir of the Maranalha Church will
TempleCM EChurch, pastoredby Rev. hold its annual concert
The Public is cordially invited to
Phillip Nelson, presented Mrs. Peggy
attend the service.
Houston Shivers in a gala concert
The church is located at the comer of
Mrs. Shivers is a world renowned
lyric soprano who began her formal NE 12th and SKIDMORE.
studies in vocal music here in Portland
under the instruction of Bruce and Paula Rev. Wendell Wallace, pastor
Marvin at the Marvin Studio of Voice. Claude Bowles, director/organist
She attended Portland State University,
where she received her degree in
Education and later received a Master’ s
SCRIPTURE OF THE
in Guidance and Counseling from Ball
State University, Muncie, Indiana.
WEEK:
Mrs. Shivers’ travels and musical
achievements are vast. J She
> n e n has
a s MATTHEW chapter 9 & 10
performed with the San Francisco Opera
K
Ring ’ s Production andConcert Quartet,
she was accepted into the “ Escuela
Superior de Canto,” a conservatory of
music in Madrid, Spain, she performed
on Spanish television and National Radio
Network, the United States Bicentennial
IT MATTERS NOT
celebration in Madrid — in concert at
the United States Cultural Center under
Do not remind me, gentle friend,
the auspices of the United Stales
“ I shall not pass this way again” .
Embassy, appeared with the Colorado
It matters not to me today,
Springs Symphony Orchestra and
Who
loved each step along the way.
received glowing reviews.
Peggy Houston Shivers is the wife of Thank God I have not been deprived
Of windy hills when Spring arrived.
Lt. Col. Clarence Shivers who is an
Nor missed the Summer twilight
intern atio n ally
know n
artist
when
commissioned to do an eight foot statue
The
stars
lit
up
the night again.
of the Tuskegee Airmen placed on the
The
sweetest
moments
I recall,
grounds of the Air Force Acedemy in
Were down a golden lane in Fall,
Colorado Springs.
The dearest face I’ll ever know,
Peggy is the daughter of Lirlean Cash
Looked down at me through Winter
Anderson; the sister to Hilda and Robert
snow.
Buckley and Portland Police Officer
A heart wherein such things remain,
Larry Anderson and Renee Anderson
Cares not to pass this way again.
and Phyllis; the aunt of Hildonne, Robert,
Christopher, Cash, Lirlean and Emanuel
Grace E. Easley
and she is a niece of Garfield and Betty
Cash. She has one son, Hugh B. Flake,
II.
Sunday' s performance allowed us to
travel to France, Germany, Italy and
Spain; then, we came back home with
down home gospel and Negro spirituals.
She included the audience in two of her
songs.
Due to the change of climate, Peggy
was not in her rare fo rm -but everyone
in attendance thoroughly enjoyed her
performance. With the cold or without
the cold. Her closing number “ Mine
Eyes Have Seen The Glory” , with the
audience as the choir, was magnificently
done.
We were all blessed by her tremendous
talent. Its a gift from God.
Tfl< 1
Daniel J. and Elizabeth
O. Cohn Lecture
Friday, April 14,1989
7:30 pm
Guest Speaker:
Congressman John Lewis
DIOCESE OF OREGON THE EPISCOPAL .
CHURCH IN WESTERN OREGON
A special Paschal Candle is the focal point of a celebration this year of the
100th anniversary of the founding of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon.
Viewing the candle, which will travel to every church in Western Oregon,
are, from left, the Rev. Richard A. Bullock of St. Luke s, Gresham, the Rt.
Rev. Robert L. Ladehoff, Bishop of Oregon, the Rev. Bert Allen, centennial
celebration coordinator, and Myrtle Carr of S t Philip s Episcopal Church,
Portland. The candle represents the light of Christ and will be at St. Philip’s
U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia,
called by Time magazine “ a living
on Monday, April 10.
saint” , will deliver the annual Daniel
and Elizabeth Cohn Lecture at Temple
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Beth Israel on Friday, April 14, at 7:30
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pm. Lewis, former head of the Student
Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
YOU ARE WELCOME TO WORSHIP AT
and one o f the “ Big Six” of the civil
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rights movement, will speak on Black-
“ A warm spirit of fellowship always"
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C h ar Rehearsal
7 00 p m
Jewish relations today.
“To the Glory o f G o d ”
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Oneof lOchildrenof a sharecropper,
Sunday School
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Lewis became active in the civil rights
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movement as a college student at the
Evangelistic
beginning of the 1960’s . At 19, he
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FOUNDER The Holiness Preacher Bishop U.V. Peterson 0 .0 , Builder-Pastor
helped organize the first lunch-counter
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Noon Day Prayer
sit-ins, and in 1961 was brutally beaten
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on Freedom Rides in South Carolina
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Follow peace with The Pastor Speaks
and Alabama. In 1963, he became head
all men & holiness Morning P ay e r
9 00am
of SNCC, and spoke at the March on
Washington along with Martin Luther
without which no
man shall see the
King, Jr.
The nest year, he helped organize
Mississippi Freedom Summer, recently
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depicted in the controversial film
‘‘Mississippi Burning” , and in 1965
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led the Selma-to-Montgomery march
for voting fights, where he was attacked
by police with clubs, whips and tear
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gas. During his leadership of the
movement, Lewis was jailed 40 times.
WILL BE IN CONCERT
‘‘Probably none has paid a higher
price to change this country,” , wrote
SUNDAY, APRIL 2 3 , 1989
Washington Post columnist David
Broder, “ than John Lewis.”
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Lewis later served as associate head
of ACTION, the domestic Peace Corps,
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in the Carter administration, and in 1982
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was elected to the Atlanta City Council.
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On the council, he built political ties to
both black and white communities that
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enabled him to defeat Julian Bond for
M r s , V orene W il d e r ? D i rector
Atlanta’s seat in Congress ih 1986.
M r s . V ir g in ia M c C l in t o n , O rganist
In Congress, Lewis has been elected
R e v , M ilto n G reen , P astor
an At-Large Majority Whip and a
member of the Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee, and serves on
the Congressional Coalition on Soviet
Jewry.
Lewis’ prominence over the last 30
years puts him in a unique position to
discuss the relations between America’s
Jewish and black communities, closely
allied at the beginning of the movement
and suffering well-reported strains in
the years since.
“ We have lost some of our finest
leaders, but we are still very involved in
that struggle for liberation,’ ’ said :lewis
;last year, receiving an honorary doctorate
from Williams College. “ Our struggle
is not for one day, or one week, or one
year, but for a lifetime if that’s what it
takes.”
Lewis will speak directly after services
at Temple Beth Israel, 1931 NW
Flanders. Admission is FREE.
The Ark of Safety
Church of God in Christ
Lord
IN LOVING
MEMORY
OF
PEARL CLARK
CLOW
Funeral services were held on
Monday, April 10, 1989 at the Ml.
Olivet Baptist Church for Mrs. Pearl
Clark Clow. She was 93 years old. She
passed on Wednesday, April 5,1989 in
a Portland hospital.
She was bom in Virginia in December
26.1895.
Mrs. Clow has always been active in
the church and the community.
She came to Portland 50 years ago. She
attended Virginia Union University and,
after moving to Portland, she continued
her education and graduated from
University of Oregon.
Pearl Clark Clow was the wife of the
late Rev. Dr. Jessie James Clow. Rev.
Clow served 27 years as the pastor of
ML Olivet Baptist Church. He retired
in 1963. Rev. John H. Jackson filled the
pulpit following his retirement
Mrs. Clow became a member of the
Highland Baptist Church, pastored by
Rev. Ormond; and, she continued her
membership and ties with both churches
until her death.
Mrs. Clow became active in many
early civil rights women’s organizations
to bring about de-segregation in the
state of Oregon. She, along with 10
other women, staged sit-ins and demon
strations attempting to change the
separation between races, here in
Portland. She served as president of the
Chu(bh Women United of Portland,
secretary of the Portland Council of
Churches, Church Women United of
Oregon, president of the Oregon
Federation of Women’s Clubs, secretary
of the board of directors of the Downtown
Center YWCA, a board member of the
*. board o f directors of the Portland
Federation of Women’s Organization
and the American Association of
University Women.
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Please Brother Man
and Sister Lady
How much longer before you show up
and Get your mind togather
No Fuss about who the
Pastor is.
No Argument over the
salary.
Healing, Peace and
Prosperity
Coalition for Human Dignity,
1st and 3rd Thursday each
month at 7 p.m.
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N eig h b o rh o o d
Facility‘4815 NE 7th (1 block
south of Alberta)
contact person: Charles Ford,
280-5835 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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The Philadelphia Community M issionary Baptist Church
Allen Temple
Mrs Genevia Jones in full gospel concert on Sunday, May 21st at 3:30
Mrs Jones in a J & B Gospel Recording Artist from \ icksburg,
pm Mrs. Jones
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Coast gospc, conccrt tQ promote her
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newest album (her 2ndy She ha re
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to Portland a rich sound in aaditlona,
CME Church
4236 N.E. Eighth Avenue
(comer of 8th & Skidmore)
Portland, Oregon 97211
(503) 287-0261
? ,0 A d m S io n Charge.......FREE WILL OFFERING
Phillip S. Nelson. Pastor
C OM EONE COME ALL
For information call Mary O. McSwain - 281-4777
G. W illiam s-288-1814
Come and enjoy an evening of great gospel sounds.
Bishop W.G. Hardy
Little King
Mt. Sinai Temple
Services Each Sunday
12 Noon and 8 PM
Jesus Loves You!
238 NE Mason Street Portland, OR 9 7 2 1 1
PRESENTS:
They have found the Place and
the Place is
Psalm 34:3
Come see what every one's talking about
Mt. Sinai Temple
936 N.E. Beech
Portland, OR 284-0854
The Peoples Church
BISHOP W. G. HARDY
LITTLE KING
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