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SCRIPTURE OF Scripture of the Week:
THE WEEK:
James Chapters 1-2.
RELIGION
INSIGHT FROM THE WORD
by Michael Lindsey, Dean of
North Portland Bible College
How do you feel when you read
the visions and dreams of Daniel?
Many limes we want to simply shake
our heads and run to the comfort of
Psalms or the gospels. But, the apostle
reminds us that “ ...all scripture is in­
spired by God, and profitable...” (II
Timothy 3:16) This doesn’t mean all
scripture is easy to understand today,
nor, that all scripture is equally
“ inspiring’. However, all of the Bible
has come from the breath o f God,
and it all fulfills his purpose (Isaiah
55:9-11).
Daniels’s vision in DANIEL, the
7th chapter, illustrates this point for
us. A knowledge of the history of the
Near East from 750 B.C. to the time
of Christ would help us understand
details of this awesome dream: the
four beasts, the little horn, its eyes
and boastful mouth. It is good to
study and learn things.Some impor­
tant lessons can be learned simply
from a careful meditation on the vision
(DANIEL 7:1-14) and its interpreta­
tion (verses 15-27). Here are a few:
1. The kingdoms o f earth will
rise and fall in succession to the very
end. (verses 11-12). Therefore, we
must never pin our hopes for eco­
nomic, social or spiritual salvation in
a political system or ideology.
2. G od’s people can expect per­
secution, and even martyrdom (verses
21-25). This is confirmed through­
out the New Testament as well. (JOHN
16:33; ROMANS 5:3-5; II PETER
3:11,14) and the saints will rule with
him forever (v.27). These are the
same saints who were overcome by
evil persecution (v.25). In the final
accounting, God is in complete con­
trol. He will sit as the righteous judge,
and no one will lose the reward that
has been promised.
SCRIPTURE OF THE WEEK:
JUDE (the entire book)
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V A LLEY
CENUS BUREAU TO SUR­
VEY HOUSEHOLDS
Friday, October 6-Saturday,
October 7, 1989. Receive helps for
Christian Educators. The convention
is to be held in Salem, Oregon at the
People’s Church, 4500 NE Lancas­
ter Drive NE. There will be over 100
workshops to assist the ministry of
local churches. There will be new
topics and new leaders. New for 1989!
There will be seminars exclusively
for Youth Pastors and Youth Work-
ers-G E N E R A L SESSIONS: A look
at today’s youth culture: W here are
we today? and A look at today’s
youth culture: developmental needs
o f adolescents. Plus.....SEMINARS:
Approaches to youth ministry today.
Questions and answers. Registration
fee: $10.00. Make all checks to:
G.S.A.C.E. or W illamette Valley
Christian Education Convention, 555
Gaines NE, Salem, OR 97301 or call
(503) 581-2129.
The Coalition o f Black Men
The Coalition of Black Men with
the Black Professional Network will
be hosting a GOVERNMENT & PO­
LITICAL ISSUES FORUM
Saturday, Oct. 14 9 a.m. -12
noon
PCC CASCADE AUDITORIUM
575 N. Killingsworth
Portland, OR 97217
T here w ill be topics on:
Multnomah County Charter review,
1989 Legislature review, the 1990
Census and potential impact on po­
litical boundaries. Everyone is urged
to attend.
M en’s Sunday
On October 8th, during the
morning worship service, the Men of
Mt. Olivet will hold its M EN’S DAY
CELEBRATION SERVICE. Music
will be provided by the M en’s Day
Choir, ushering will be done by the
MEN, the special coffee hour will be
hosted by the MEN, and Deacon
DennisG. Payne will presenta M en’s
Day commentary on: VISION COM ­
MITMENT and LEADERSHIP
CO-CHAIRMEN: Deacon Den­
nis G. Payne, & Bro. Paul Coakley
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CON­
VENTION...
F o r I am N ot A sham ed o f the Gospel of
C hrist....R om ans 1:16
MT OLIVET BAPTIST
CHURCH
Dr. James E. Martin, Senior Pastor
116 NE. Schuyler
BOARD CELEBRATES SUCCESS OF
HYMNAL
Local representatives of the U.S.
C ensus B ureau will revisit selected
B oard C elebrates Success of
area households beginning October
H ym nal
2 to conduct its Survey o f Income
Nashville, Tenn.(U M N S)-The
and Program Participation (SIPP), sale of 3.4 million copies o f the new
Leo C. Schilling, director o f the United methodist Hymnal by July 31
bureaus’s Seattle Regional Office, substantially exceeded projections and
announced today.
reflected the denomination’s "w id e ­
SIPP is a major nationwide con­ spread acceptance of the new
tinuing survey introduced in the fall book,“ United Methodist Publishing
o f 1983. It is one o f the nation's House President and Publisher Robert
largest surveys, with about 25,000 K. Feaster told the agency’s govern­
households participating.
ing board here Sept. 15.
The Census Bureau publishes
The board, headed by Anita J.
periodic reports providing informa­ Burrous of Peru, Ind., approved a
tion from the survey. Subjects cov­ resolution commending hymnal edi­
ered include the following:
tor Farlton R. Young; voted to ask
Jobs and earnings
the 1992 General Conference to honor
The economic effects of unem­ Dr. Young; witnessed the presenta­
ployment, disability, and retirement tion of the President’s Award and 10
How taxes affect personal spend­ citations to staff members who worked
ing
closely with the hymnal project; and
Participation in programs such as approved a $1 million distribution to
Social Security, Medicare, and Medi­ annual conference pension programs
caid, and food stamps.
in special recognition of hymnal sales,
Information from SIPP helps pol­ which have totaled more than $20
icy makers and administrators deter­ million.
mine how well government programs
C am pus racism Explored
are serving the public and how changes
Norfolk, Va. (U M N S)-A United
in programs and polices will affect Methodist-sponsored symposium on
the public.
college-based racism was held here
Here are some fac ts based on SIPP Sept 15-17, only two weeks after a
interviews from a 1983 to 1986 sur­ clash at nearby Virginia Beach be­
vey period on the number of U.S. tween local white merchams and other
residents participating in such wel­ residents and thousands o f black
fare programs as Aid to Families college students who were in the area
with Dependent Children. General for a Labor Day “ Greekfest.”
More than 60 persons, including
Assistance, Supplementary Security
Income, Medicaid, federal food students, campus ministers and ad­
stamps, and federal and state rent as­ ministrators, attended the symposium
sistance (the sample size limits accu­ held on the campus of United Meth­
rate reporting to national figures only): odist-related Virginia Wesleyan
About 18 percent, or nearly one University. Sponsored by the United
out of five.U.S. residents participated Methodist Board of Higher Educa­
in at least one o f five major govern­ tion and Ministry, the consultation’s
ment assistance programs during the purpose was to discuss college cam ­
puses as unwitting breeding grounds
survey period.
Only 11 percent of those who spent for racist values and learn how Chris­
the entire survey period in a married- tians present on campus can help
couple household received assistance, bring it to the surface and exorcise it.
compared with two -thirds of those U M COR E stablishes H urricane
Relief F und
who spent the entire period in a family
New
York
(UMNS)-As Hurricane
with a female householder (no spouse
present) and children under age 18. jHugo swept across Puerto Rico and
More than four out of five of those Continued its rampage through the
who spent the entire period as never Caribbean, the United Methodist
married mothers with children under Committee on relief (UMCOR) an­
age 18 received assistance during the nounced plans for assistance.
Emergency Advance Number
survey period.
The young and old were the most 401500-3 was established for mone­
likely aid recipients. One-fourth of tary donations and updated informa­
those under age 18, and one-fifth of tion was made available through
those age 18 to 24 participated in one UMCOR’s 24-hour hot line (800)
or more programs, as did 18 percent 841-1235. Initial information about
the storm damage was sketchy. Bishop
of those age 65 or over.
Susan
M. Morrison, Valley Forge,
Nearly halfof the nation’s Blacks,
Pa.,
whose
jurisdiction includes the
one-third of the nation’s Hispanics,
and 14 percent o f W hites received Puerto Rico Annual Conference, was
planning to fly to Puerto Rico over
assistance during the period.
Information collected in SIPP is the Sept. 23 weekend to assess dam ­
confidential by law. Field Represen­ age.
tatives have credentials identifying
them as U.S. Census Bureau em ­
ployees.
7:45am W orship Service
9:30am Sunday School
10:45am W orship Service
Bible Study:
10:30-12 Noon W ednesday
6:30-8pm W ednesday
Rapid City, S.D. (U M N S)-A set
of guidelines for the work of a United
Methodist task force on computer
software was introduced in early
September here.
The Rev. A1 Fifhause, Evanston,
111., an assistant general secretary of
the General Council on Finance and
Administration, said the task force
expects to take from three to five
years to accomplish its goal o f pro­
ducing standardized data definitions
and other computer standards for the
church. More than 50 persons are
expected to be involved in the effort.
H elps for Preaching Planned
N ashville, Tenn., (U M N S )-
Preachers who want to sharpen their
pulpit skills may find help through
four televised seminars to be offered
by United Methodism’s Cokesbury
Satellite Television Network.
The series, to begin in October,
will deal with using the lectionary
and offer suggested Scripture read­
ing for Sunday worship and other
special days of the Christian year.
The seminars will be broadcast via
satellite.
Publishing House Closing P rin t­
ing Unit
Nashville, Tenn .,(U M N S)-The
United Methodist Publishing House
will close its printing unit (Parthenon
Press) Jan 2. after its governing board
approved here Sept. 14 a $4.4 mil­
lion severance package for the 203
employees who will lose their jobs.
“ This has been a difficult deci­
sio n ," said board chairperson Anita
Burrous of Peru, Ind. “ There simply
is no easy way to part company with
so many loyal employees. However,
Parthenon has experienced signifi­
cant operation losses for several years,
and it would not be responsible ste­
wardship of the church’s dollars to
continue trends that seem irrevers­
ible.” Severance benefits average
$21,550 per worker. Sixty-eight
employees are being transferred to
other units in the house.
N e w s In B r ie f
Sewing thread, garden hoes and
other practical items are being col­
lected by United Methodists in the
Rockford (111.) District for direct
shipm ent to U nited M ethodist
churches in Angola as part of a United
Methodist Committee on Relief pilot
project that began Sept. 17 and will
continue for about six weeks.
An hourlong pilot program fea­
turing music with roots in the black
church will be shown on the VISN
satellite network Nov. 22. The pro­
posed program is designed to create
understanding and build bridges by
exploring the diversity and similar­
ity among all people, according to
the Rev. Moses C. Dillard Jr., a well-
known name in gospel music and co­
pastor at Edgehill United Methodist
Church in Nashville, Tenn.
United Methodist bishops in the
Philippines have protested inclusion
of a statue of the Virgin Mary in a na­
tional monument marking the 1986
revolution that ended the rule of
Ferdinand Marcos.
Project Equality, a national inter-
faith program for equal employment
opportunity, in which United Meth­
odists have leading roles, has recom­
mended that religious organizations
and institutions and individuals choose
Amoco Oil Company as a primary
supplier of gasoline and oil products.
S hell Oil also has met Project Equal­
ity participation requirements, but is
a target o f boycotts by the United
Methodist Church and other religious
grpups because o f it involvement in
Stjuth Africa.
The governing body of The United
Methodist Publishing House has
agreed to provide funds to help pro­
duce resources, programs, training
and networking for a Coalition
Working Group on Drug and Alco­
hol Concerns representing several
Methodist denominations and agen­
cies.
The Rev. Kathy Nickerson, staff
member o f the United Methodist
Board of Higher Education and
Ministry since 1980, is leaving her
position as director o f spiritual for­
mation for the Division of Ordained
Ministry to establish a feminist re­
treat and conference center.
Angolan United Methodist Bishop
Moisés Domingos Fernandez is study­
ing English at the University of South
Carolina in Columbia.
Maranatha Church
JURISDICTION #1
HEADQUARTER’S CHURCH
GREATER SOLID ROCK C.O.G.I.C.
1705 N.E. DEKUM • PORTLAND, OR 97211
Phone: (503) 283-1524
PASTOR & BISHOP
The REV. A.R. HOPKINS
Radio Ministry each Sun. 8am KBMS
284-1954
W ashington (U M N S )-U nited
Methodist congregation here that will
be involved in the United Methodist
Church ’ s effort against drugs will be
announced Oct. 23.
United Methodist bishop Felton
E. May of Harrisburg, Pa., who has
been named to lead the program, said
Sept. 9 here that the churches se­
lected > ‘.il presentan alternative life­
style io drugs, and be places of “ safe
haven” for persons in need. Bishop
May told a gathering of Washington
United Methodists that he plans to
be a “ soul saver not a drug buster”
during a year’s special assignment
that will begin Jan. 1.
Computer Task Force Sets Guide­
lines
C hurches for D rug P roject To Be
Chosen O ct. 23
4222 N.E. 12th Ave.
Rev. Wendel H. Wallace
Senior Pastor
Jesus Loves You!
Allen Temnle CME Church
The Albina Church of God
5522 N.AIbina/283-1635
4236 N.E. Eighth Avcnm.
(corner of 8th & Skidmore)
Portland, Oregon 97211
(503)
287-0261
Phillip S. Nelson, Pastor
With A Bold New Vision
Reaching out until He comes
Going Back when He comes
Psalm 34:3
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