October 3,1990 - The Portland Observer -Page 3
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RELIGION
S c rip tu re o f the M e e t
Matthew Chapter 10
North Portland Bible College Relocates
There is a treasure hidden in a
church basement in North Portland. Com­
paratively few people know about i t In
fact, it has just been moved from one
church basement to another.
Hardly recognizable, because
it is blended into the Christian Educa­
tion facilities of its host church. It is a
treasure, nevertheless, because it is so
valued by those who have discovered it.
It is a school for systematic Bible in­
struction and ministry training called
“ North Pordand Bible College.’’ The
college was founded in 1982 as a strate­
gic means of equipping believers and
strengthening churches in North/North-
east Portland, the home of the majority
of Portland’s black residents. Cultural
distance, economic limitations and
minimal encouragement put the usual
Bible colleges out of reach to most black
students. Moreover, many who desire
Bible training are past the normal age
for entering college. With jobs and family
responsibilities, they have fewer options.
To meet this need, the late Dr. John Gar-
lington, along with several local minis­
ters and lay leaders, initiated a commu­
nity-based evening school to offer in­
struction at a price local people could
afford, at limes when working people
can attend. Formerly a gucst/tcnant for
eight years in Maranatha, it is now
temporarily located in Berean Baptist
Church. Tuition is $35 fora three-credit
course at NPBC. Entrance requirements
consist mostly of a desire to study, and
students have ranged in age from 16 to
80. Some have limited skills and receive
specialized help. At the other end of the
spectrum are the students who have^had
college experience, but who desire qual -
ity Bible instruction. Some are associate
pastors, teachers, and leaders in their
respective churches.
A recent survey of past enroll­
ment shows that over three hundred stu­
dents have taken at least one class at
NPBC. They have come from 41 differ­
ent churches representing ten different
denominations. Several have earned the
Bible and/or Christian Education Cer­
tificates. NPBC is progressing toward
offering a program that would qualify a
student for an Associate degree in Bibli­
cal Studies. For those students who have
come from outside the community from
as far away as Milwaukie and Wemmc,
Oregon. It has been a valuable cross-
cultural experience.
The instructors are a unique
group of people. They all come from
busy lives, and yet they have such a
desire to enable others to know the Word
of God that they add a weekly class to
their full schedules. NPBC usually re­
cruits instructors from the N/NE com­
munity, thus recognizing and enhancing
the spiritual resources in the local
churches. Most have graduate degrees.
Although predominantly African Ameri­
can, the faculty also has included Cau­
casian, Hispanic, Caribbean and Native
American.
This fall it is crucial for NPBC
to receive enough support to get it out of
the basement and into the public view so
that is ministry will reach more people.
Now is a crucial lime for Friends and
Supporters of NPBC to pray and to send
their financial support as the Lord leads.
We have taken a giant step of faith. We
invite you to participate and then rejoice
with us as we see God answer prayer!
United Methodist Women Respond to Bush's
"Thousand Points of Light"
be cheap with children,: Sally Graham
Ernst, Bethel Park, Pa., national presi­
dent of United Methodist Women said.
“ It is time to stop giving lip service to
children and give priority to childrcn-
beginning with quality child care,” Ms.
Ernst told reporters.
Carol Burnett, Biloxi, Miss.,
said at the news conference, “ If we can
pay for Operation Desert Shield and bail
out the savings and loans in the middle
of a national deficit crisis, we can pay
for adequate child care services for poor
families.” Ms. Burnett is director of
Moore Community Houses United meth-
odist agency serving poor and low-in­
Ten thousand “ points of light” in the
form o f cards, signed by United Meth­
odist Women and urging President Bush
to not “ be cheap with children,” were
'delivered to the White House Sept. 26.
each card carried a small candle sym­
bolizin g one point of light as well as the
facts that children are the nation’s “ real
points of light” and millions of them
“ need good day care now if America is
to have a shining future. ’ ’ The president
was urged to sign a child-care bill passed
earlier th is year by the House and Senate
and now in conference committee.
‘ ‘Our message is simple: Don’t
come families.
Margery Freeman, a United
Methodist on the staff of the national
Council of Churches, said that “ our
children arc waiting’ ’ and “ we must not
let the Iraqi crisis or any other crisis
divert our attention from them. Children
do not stop needing care because grown­
ups arc fighting.”
News reports said the United
States will commit itself to a United
Nations declaration that sets many goals
for maternal and child health care, but
Mr. Bush has not said whether or not he
will sign the actual treaty.
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T U IS -S A T
Roosevelt Tellis accepted the
Lord as his personal savior in 1957 and
Ella as his wife in 1958. They raised
their children, instilling in them as well
a living example the fear of God. The
results of their teaching as well as living
a life submitted to God. All sons, sons-
in-law, daughters, and daughters-in-law
have accepted the Lord as their personal
savior and are active in the church. There
are two pastors, one assistant pastor, two
elders, two ministers, one deacon and
three missionaries, as well as two in­
spired missionaries.
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Elder Leon Brewer
Pastor
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Roosevelt Tellis Jr. married Ella
D. McFarland on September 30, 1945
on his birthday in Vancouver, Washing­
ton. They now have eight children:
Charles Austin Brown Tellis, Lamont
Tellis, Ruby Jones, Sandra Booker, Sharia
Calhoun, Darnell Tellis, Mark Tellis
and Linda Abel; four sons-in-law: el-
don Jones, Pastor James W. Booker Jr.,
Henry Calhoun and Melvin Abel; three
daughters-in-law: Linda Brown Tellis,
Claudia Tellis, Jeanette Tellis. Roosev­
elt and ella have 28 grandchildren and
five great grandchildren.
Oet. 17 marks the birthday of Jupi­
ter Hammon, the first black- Ameri­
can poet to be published in the United
States. It also is celebrated as Black
Poetry Day to honor and recognize the
contributions of African-American
poets to our country.
Jupiter Hammon was bom into slav­
ery in 1711, probably in Long Island,
N.Y. He was taught to read and was
allowed to use his master’s library.
And on Christmas Day in 1760, his
88-line ballad, “An Evening in
Thought," was published.
Hammon died in 1790, but his con­
tribution to American life and culture
still serve as an inspiration to strug­
gling poets today. IJ
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