November 7 , 1990—The Portland Observer - Page 3
Portland Observer
RELIGION
Proudly Presents It's Annual
Zeta Sigma Omega Chapter
Talent Show and Dance
Friday, November 16, 1990
9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
$10.00 per person
Columbia Point club
6801 N.E. Cornfoot Road
Portland, Oregon
For Tickets, Please call 236-5297 or 282-2434
The Gospel is both an
announcement and a
demonstration of good
news, especially in the
midst of the turmoil
threatening our city. We
need not be bound by the
status quo, but we can be
together in His love.
Why not join us for
services beginning
november 11th at
Fernwood Middle School,
NE 33rd and Hancock-one block southwest of Grant
High School. Our Sunday morning celebration
begins at 10:30am and a special Sunday evening
service with noted author and evangelist Tom
Skinner. Don’t forget-Sunday, November 11th-
Fernwood Middle School. For more information, call
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NORTHEAST PORTLAND CHURCH
HOLDS CELEBRATION
Pastor Henry Greenidge and Irving­
ton C ovenant Church invite the com m u­
nity to a celebration, 6:00 p.m., N ovem ­
ber 11, at Fernw ood Middle School (N.E.
33rd & Hancock). The purpose of the
event is to com m em orate Irvington
C ovenant’s growing, diverse congrega­
tion and to m ove to this new bigger
facility. The kick-off event will feature
national evangelist Tom Skinner, whose
them e will be “ G od’s purpose for the
church,’’ and the celebration will be
accentuated with special music from the
Irvington Covenant W orship Team as
well as other performers.
Skinner, a former Harlem gang leader,
has com m itted his life to becom ing a
force for constructive rather than de­
structive leadership. He currently serves
as advisor, counselor and m otivator to
business and civic leaders, athletes and
entertainers throughout America.
Irvington C ovenant’s pastor, Henry
Greenidge, will be holding the first Sunday
service at the new location (Fernwood
Middle School) the morning o f the cele­
bration, N ovem ber 11, at 10:30 a.m.
SCRIPTURE OF TH E WEEK:
II TIM OTHY 3
Opposition on the Journey
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
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Scripture o f the ‘Wcef
Greenidge, formerly an Associate
M inister at M aranatha Church, has been
involved with the N ortheast Portland
com m unity on many fronts (as m ember
o f the National Black Evangelical A sso­
ciation, board m em ber of O ne Church
One Child, and advisor to the Multnomah
County Children Services Division).
G reenidge saw the need for an inclusive,
dynamic church to meet some o f the
special needs o f Northeast Portland-his
community. In 1987, he began Irvington
Covenant Church in his home with sup­
port o f his family, and the financial
sponsorship o f the Evangelical C ove­
nant Church o f America. Irvington’s
congregation has since outgrow n both
G reenidge’s home as well as its current
location at 1718 Northeast 11th Ave.
Irvington Covenant sees its mission
as reaching out to the unique ethnic
tapestry o f N ortheast Portland by being a
worshiping, celebrating, nurturing com ­
munity that em braces cultural diversity
and cares for people in need. It’ success
is already being told.
“12TH ANNUAL”
THANKSGIVING CRUSADE
conducted by
Eld Leon Brewer Jr.
pastor of The New Testament Church
Service will be held at
Highland United Church of Christ
4635 N.E. 9th
(corner of 9th and Going St.)
Rev. C. Prescol Host Pastor
November 22-25,1990
7:30 p.m. nightly
Sunday Service 3:30 p.m.
Excerpts fro m H EAVEN W ITHIN
THESE WALLS by Rev. G landion C ar­
ney. associate pastor o f the Mt. Olivet
Baptist Church, dean o f W arner Pacific
Bible College, author, parent, husband,
world renown evangelist and m ission­
ary. The inspired words, o f this book,
will enlighten your hearts and rekindle
the fire, o f the H oly Spirit, deep within
your souls.
giving in to laziness, using time unpro-
duclively, dropping out o f a ministry
activity to enjoy a selfish pleasure, or
allowing my mind to occupy itself with
sexual or m aterialistic lust. All o f these
diversions can sap the vitality o f the
inner life and drag me dow n into a con­
dition o f com placency.
But if we arc to take our humanity
seriously, and I suggest we must, then we
must deal with a deep and present real­
In his classic on spirituality, Pil­ ity: the pow er o f evil. I ’m grateful to
grim s’s Progress, Puritan w riter John author S e e * Peck for restoring evil to
Bunyan depicted the spiritual life as a public dialog. His book, People o f the
long journey. Along the way the young Lie, is about evil in human relationships.
pilgrim in the story encountered num er­ It’s a topic our culture prefers to ignore,
ous temptations to abandon his pursuit of much to our harm. We seem to operate
the Celestial City. His toughest chal­ these days with a Star Wars view o f evil.
lenge was simply to persevere in the We believe that evil is an external nega­
journey.
tive force that can be overcom e by posi­
I feel like this pilgrim most o f the tive thinking or by reliance on good
time. Almost daily I find m yself being intentions. W e believe and act as if evil
tempted to forsake my spiritual journey. exists “ out there,” but not inside. W e
There are always im portant things to do choose to ignore the fact that evil perm e­
and delightful pleasures to be enjoyed. ates our actions and m otives. Such a
These activities may be w orth-w hile at view o f evil is unreal and incorrect.
certain times, but often they have the
Evil poses a constant threat to our
negative effect o f draw ing my attention spirituality. It prevents us from discover­
away from God. At other times I become ing who we are. Evil also prevents us
com fortable with my daily routines and from receiving the forgiveness and strength
begin to believe my life is com plete right which Christ offers as the only means to
where I am now. I really don’t w ant to genuine spiritual development.
Evil is both personal and cosm ic. It
change because I might have to give up
some thing I treasure. But the spiritual affects us personally today in all o f our
journey requires me to keep moving.
transactions with the world. At the same
So like B unyan’s pilgrim , I have time, evil pervades our culture and the
discovered that perseverance is the most structures o f society. I want to exam ine
difficult part o f the journey. Indeed, the both of these dimensions o f evil and help
tem ptations may not be so formidable. chart a course for our spiritual journey in
They are often subtle and innocent, like an evil world.
SAFEWAY SUPERMARKET SATURDAY
BENEFITS THE HUNGRY
On Saturday, November 10, the eighth
annual Safeway Superm arket Saturday,
a food drive to benefit the hungry, will
take place at all Safeway Stores in O re­
gon and Southwest W ashington. Over
100 radio stations will broadcast live
from the stores between 10:00AM and
6:00 PM in an effort to draw public
attention and participation in the event.
Volunteers, some o f them known per­
sonalities, will be on hand to accept
donations o f food and m oney and to
answ er questions about the hunger prob­
lem.
In the W ashington County area, 11
Safeway Stores will be participating to
benefit the county-w ide food bank, tu-
alatin Valley Food C enter (TV FC), a
program o f W ashington County C om ­
munity Action. A ccording to TVFC
spokesperson, Denise Harkness, “ We
need a volunteer coordinator to oversee
the event at each store, as well as other
volunteers to collect the donations of
food and m oney.” Anyone interested in
helping out with this effort should con­
tact Denise at 642-3236.
Hunger relief needs persist in W ash­
ington County, as well as elsewhere around
the state and nation. Drastic cuts in fed­
eral funding for both em ergency food
and housing means that the over 33,000
people living in poverty in W ashington
County must rely even more on em er­
gency food boxes to feed their families.
Food in those boxes m ust primarily come
from the community-businesses, churches,
social organizations and individuals.
The public is being asked to bring
donations of food or money to their local
Safeway stores on November 10. Items
most needed are tuna, peanut b u fer,
canned meats, stews, pasta (macaroni,
spaghetti), powdered milk and packaged
beans, peas and lentils.
All donated food will remain in the
community in which it is collected.
ARANATHA
HURCH
4222 N.E. 12th Avenue
Portland Oregon
Sunday Services
Sunday School
9:00 A.M.
Morning Worship
10:30 A.M.
6:30 P.M.
7:30 P.M.
Rev. Wendell H. Wallace
Senior Pastor
Jesus Loves You!
Special Guest from California
Bro. James Robins with his guitar
Crusade choir singing nightly
"The public is invited"
4236 N.E. Eighth Avenue
(comer of 8th & Skidmore)
PORTLAND OBSERVER
Encourages you to join forces with your church
and support a literacy program.
Portland, Oregon 97211
(503) 287-0261
P h illip S. N e lso n , P a s to r
HIGHLAND CHURCH
ANNUAL DINNER
Highland United Church o f Christ
located at 4635 NE 9th Ave. will sponsor
its 20th annual free com m unity T hanks­
giving dinner on Saturday, November
17,1990. D inner will be served from 12
noon to 3:30 pm.
This annual dinner has been a joint
effort o f H ighland along with St. Luke
Lutheran Church o f SW Portland since
1970. The dinner was started to serve
less fortunate people who would not have
a Thanksgiving dinner. O ne o f the major
sponsors of this years dinner is Bill Kwik-
Mart, located at NE Frem ont and MLK
Blvd. The proprietor, John Rho believes
in supporting com m unity endeavors. W e
appreciate his participation.
Dinners will be delivered to the sick
and shut-in. Please call 287-9567 for
delivery.
Portland Police
Sunshine Division
Names New
Commander
AINSWORTH
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
presents
"OUR TRANSFORMATION...
THROUGH MUSIC"
a musical extravaganza
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18,1990
3:00 PM
featuring
The Randy Cannon Trio
Janice Scroggins
Thara Memory
Dr. Robert Leon
Rocky Blumhagen
Rev. Rich Osburn
Ainsworth UCC Choir,
Lessie Williams,director
PCC Saturday Music Class
at
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Ainsworth
United Church of Christ
2941 N.E. Ainsworth St.
Portland, Oregon
tickets $7.00
(can be purchased at the door)
for further information, call:
284-8767, Rev. Paul Spurlock
Sergeant Jeanne Bradley, a
14-year veteran o f the Portland Police
Bureau, has been named com m ander of
the Sunshine Division, taking the place
o f longtime com m ander Sgt. Mike
Skyline M emorial Gardens &
Salmon, who has retired.
Funeral Home will sponsor Skyline’s
As com m ander o f the Sunshine Annual Veterans M emorial Service on
Division, Bradley will m anage a small Saturday, November 10, 1990, at 1:00
civilian staff in conducting the Sunshine p.m. in the Funeral Home Chapel. The
D ivision’s emergency relief efforts. She a d d re ss is 4101 N W S k y lin e
has been a sergeant for the past eight Blvd. .Portland, Oregon.
years. She has held uninform ed posi­
The service will feature par­
tions at the Police B ureau’s Central Pre­ ticipation from many veteran organiza­
cinct and has been previously assigned tions, including AM VETS, Paralyzed
to personnel, drugs and vice, crim e pre­ Veterans o f America, and Veterans of
vention and forfeiture units.
Foreign W ars. Duane Goodman o f the
Salmon had been com m ander American Veterans organization and
o f the Sunshine Division for 14 years Patrick M ulrooney of the Paralyzed
and had been with the Police Bureau for Veterans o f American will be featured
26 years.
guest speakers.
Formed in 1923 by concerned
Included in the service will be
citizens, the Sunshine D ivision is a vol- the “ Battle Hymn of the R epublic” and
unteeragency devoted to providing tem ­ “ G od Bless A m erica” sung by Ron
porary emergency food supplies to Port­ Spence accompanied at the organ by
land fam ilies in need year round. The Loretta M uralt Holstein, and the “ N a­
Sunshine Division also distributes thou­ tional A nthem ” and “ Taps ’ by bugle
sands o f food baskets to needy fam ilies soloist, Earl Barton.
at the holidays, and distributes used
Refreshments will be served in
clothing, shoes, appliances, bedding, the lobby following the service and flags
furniture and cooking and eating uten­ will be available to anyone who wants to
place a flag on a V eterans’ grave.
sils when available.
Service Honors
Veterans
MT OLIVET BAPTIST
CHURCH
Maranatha School of Ministry
Mid-Week Services - Wednesday
‘77iz time has come fo r the unification
o f two friends who have [earned to
laugh, (ove and honour one another.
Joanna Marlene
and
Cornelius 'Williams
along w ith their parents
%fV. and Mrs. ‘Thomas 9^ ‘B rown
Ms. 'Betty ‘Williams and Mr. Cornelius ‘Williams Sr.
w ould appreciate your presence to witness
the uniting o f two lives, in the midst o f
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
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Saturday, Qfpvember 24, 1990 at 3:00 p.mC
'Bethesda Christian Church
109 Jfprth ‘Emerson, ‘Portland, Oregon d
WE ARE MOVING
SUNDAY SERVICES
TO
Stone Tower Church,
N.E. Sandy Blvd. ft 30th
Worship Services 8:00 A.M. & 11:00 A.M
Church School 9:30 AM. to 10:30 A.M.
Bible Study, Wednesdays, 116 N.E.Schvyler
10:30 A.M. and 6:30 P.M.
Radio Ministry each Sunday. 8:00 A.M.-KBMS
A Teaching Church With A Reaching Ministry
Dr. James E. Martin, Senior Pastor
Church Office 116 N.E. Schuyler,