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P age B5 T he P ortland O bserver • M ay 18, 1994 A l t e r n a t i v e s Killing Trends: Decaying From Within . and the dying process was never meant by M. I saacs H E K E V O R K IA N A C to be dignified. Death is a curse, placed Q U IT T A L IS /W A S A on mankind forhisdisobedience to God’s S H O C K T O M A N Y command and no man has yet found the that will cause the body to live P E R S O N S , R E A R E D T O key BE- L IE V E T H AT KILLING IS A SIN. eternally on this earth. You may face Murder in any form is still murder death bravely; but bravery is not dignity. Death with dignity.. .is asound-good and should be treated as such. What has happened to certain truths (ie) 1) Suicide phrase whose main thrust is to calm, happens when a person takes his/her soothe placate and satisfy the living. own life, by any method. 2) Murder Assisted suicide is a misnomer, it is occurs when a person’s life is taken from murder any way you look at i t Suicide is him by another person using any method one person taking his/her own life; once available); We were once a Nation of assistance is given (helping a person take people whose fundamental moral, ethi his/her own life) the act changes to in cal and legal principles held our nation, clude one or more persons, thereby, ceas based on religious beliefs, together. Are ing to be suicide. Since when has it been we such heathens as to believe that these considered compassionate to take a actions of “mercy” are not affecting any person’s life. This society’s mental pro one but our family member or friend or cesses are in a sieve-like state, affected acquaintance who has a desire to escape by influences other than compassion: pain and suffering. Death is inevitable Money not being the least of these influ for everyone. Everyone must face death; ences, motivated by greedy desires of the (a fact, a truth) some sooner than others; living, which also includes no regard for T ; life; intolerance of the aging process which hinders living relatives or those concerned from living lifestyles to which they are accustomed or lifestyles to which they would like to become accustomed if the aged one were dead; selfishness which required giving very little to and for the comfort of another and a fatalistic view of all so-called terminal illnesses. When did any of us become the giver of life, that we can so high-handily take it away, even if asked to do so by weak, unfocused, confused, faithless, hopeless creatures who have no anchor in God, the Creator or through pain has no comprehension of what the person is offering who wishes to assist in their death. There is a vast difference in refus ing heroic methods to stay alive and in attempts to hurry death along. There is no fine line between the two methods. One method of dying is an individual choice given by God; and the other method of dying is an abomination to U U U iy ovvi v. — -c. Theme Of Camp Is Families For A Peaceful World The them e for the annual P arent ing for Peace and Justice Family Camp is “ N urturing and Em pow ering Fam i lies for a ju st and Peaceful W orld.” T h e c a m p w ill b e h e ld a t th e A ldersgate Conference C enter near T urner, O R , June 30 through July 3, 1994. This fam ily cam p isdesigned to provide both education and practice in developing strategies for cultivat ing peacem aking skills in the family. The presenters for this y ear’s cam p will be Jim and Kathy McGinnis, and Steve Sanchez. T he M cG innis’ are the founders and coordinators of the Parenting for Peace and Justice N ew tw ork — an interfaith, interra cial, international association of fam i lies seeking peace and justice. They are the authors o f several books in cluding C hristian Parenting for Peace and Justice Program G uide, and H elp ing Teens Care. Steve Sanchez is a professional Youth M inister, skilled in music and story telling. The fam ily cam p will begin on Thursday, June 30, with an evening o f music, stories, and cam pfire. Pre sentations for the weekend will in clude “Peace Begins at H om e,” in volving family conflictresolution and decision making, and “Solidarity with th e P o o r ,” c o n c e rn in g fa m ily lifestyles. The C am p is sponsored and sup ported by the A rchdiocese of Portland Offices for Family Life, Hispanic M inistries, and Justice and Peace, Ecum enical M inistries o f O regon, M etanoia Peace Com m unity, Jack Estes andColleen O ’Callaghan, Peace with Justice Division: United M eth odist Church Oregon and Idaho A n nual Conference, Peacem aking Unit Presbytery o f the Cascades, Portland Black C atholic Lay Caucus, Catholic Peace M inistry in O regon, Jesuit V olunteer C orps Northw est, Mt. A n gel A bbey, N orthw est Fam ily Ser vices, Oregon Fellow ship o f Recon ciliatio n , O regon P eace Institute, T ra p p ist A bbey o f O ur L ady o f G uadalupe, and the U niversity o f Portland. Space is lim ited and early regis tration, before June 8, is recom m ended. C hild care is provided for children under three years old during the m ain presentations, and a pre school program will be provided, with related themes, for children aged three to six. C hildren aged seven or older w ill participate in the main sessions. F or inform ation and registration con tact the Archdiocesan Office of Justice and Peace in Portland (503) 233-8361. Portland’s Best The Portland M ass C hoir will be the featu red m usical guests at a fundraiser concert for The Y our Bible S p eak s co m m u n ity S ev en th -D ay A dventist Church. T h e c o n c e rt w ill b e h e ld at T h e C e n tra l L u th e ra n C h u rc h , 2 1 0 4 N E H a n c o c k in P o rtla n d on S a tu rd a y , Ju n e 11 b e g in n in g a t 5 :0 0 P .M . This fundraiser is the beginning o f many efforts thatyourB ibleS peaks Church will have toward raising mon ies to purchase their ow n church. The Y our Bible Speaks Church family recently celebrated their third year anniversary in M arch, 1994. O ther local singers will also par- Best Cash Prices 104 NE Russell Portland, O R 97212 282-5111 Speedy Service Friendly Call for Quote! J^L piatti ¿¡Missionary ^Baptist dH-furd} 8 1 0 1 N. Fiske Avenue Church Phone: 289-D147 Portland Oregon 9 /2 0 3 S tu d y P h o n e: 2 i 3 - 1 9 1 1 Sunday Service . . . . Pastor Elect A. Bailey will be installed as Pastor of the Vancou ver Avenue First Baptist Church on May 22nd at 3 :00 p.m. 3138 N. Vancouver Ave. Pastor Elect A. Bailey is a n a tiv e o f L o w n d e s C o u n ty , M ississippi. He has served as Pas tor in Lowndes County and Port land, OR. R. C. Jeffery, Pastor of New Hope Baptist Church of Seattle, W ashington w ill be the guest speaker. Everyone is invited. Pastor Elect A. Bailey Happy Birthday to Our D ad and Papoo 9:30 Bible Study ticipate in this evening o f praise. A lphonso M cCarthy is the Senior Pastor and Russell Fields is The A s sociate Pastor. Tickets are $5 Per Person. For ticket inform ation please call (503) 287-7649. All are w elcom ed, so m ake plans early to come and enjoy a glorious tim e in the Lord. on May 18th Looking Good! Do You Have An Event In Your Church, Organiztion School Or Club? Send Us The Information For Our Weekly Calendar M a llo ry Avenue Christian Church "Come to me oil you who ore weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest.” 9:45am Sunday School 11:00am Morning Worship 7:30pm Tuesday Bible Study and Prayer Inter-racial C ongregation 126 N€ Alberto Portland. OR 97211 (503) 288-5173 Evening Service 7:00pm Pantor. Re l.imcsC F Faulkner Killingsworth Chapel 430 N. Killingsworth Portland, Oregon 97217 503-283-1976 Lombard Chapel 3018 N. Lombard Portland, Oregon 97217 503-283-0525 íBafitíii ¿Hiuia/i 103 NE Morris St., Portland, OR 97212 ■ Sunday School -9:30am • Sunday Morning Wor ship Service -1 1 :00am • Sunday School Teacher's Meeting Tues - 6:30pm > Bible Study Wednesday - 6:00pm • Prayer Meeting Wednesday - 7:00pm Church Phone Number 287-7457 Dr. Joe S. Hardie, Pastor We Invite You To Come And Worship With Us. The Church Where Everybody is Somebody And C hrist! _______ Is AIL_____________ _ ' We W elco m e You to T he ( S r e a t c r j B a m t S > tc p lin t Mt Olivet Baptist Church Worship Services 8:00am & 11:00am, Church School 9:30 to 10:30 am, Bible Study, Wednesdays, 116 NE Schuyler, ,10:30am & 7:00pm Radio Ministry each Sunday, 8:00am on KBMS 6:00 ¿far n e r a t J ío m e Otho “D oc” Holiday Family Life Center, 8725 N. Chautauqua Blvd., at Willis Blvd. Sunday School . l * her death. On » the other hand, injecting substances to hurry death or using other methods to assist suicide is legally and morally wrong, because it involves the decision of another person, creating a certain death situation..at the hands of a person or persons, known or unknown; requiring the law to investigate. How can we legislate death? Can we not see the harm done to families by present abortion laws or has God given us over totally to a reprobate mind? Whether assisted suicide becomes legal or whether it remains a clandestine, illegal act.... Jt Is Murder, Plain And Simple, Shameful, Sinful: An Abomination To A Christian New Pastor Of The Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church Has moved Sunday services to 10:45 Hpcompc at at risk for for OtT other segments itself becomes risk of the population. Once the Laws of God or ignored and the social barriers are lowered it is inevitable that this practice will spread to many more people than the man-diagnosed terminally ill... The pow ers of darkness will then include the lame, the drug babies, the blind; We will be as animals, killing the weak, so only the strong survive. Corruption begats corruption; life begats life. America must choose which road she will take; whether life is sacred or expendable. All Chris tians must unite forces for good and pray for the mind of God and the Spirit of God to change the minds of the people of this nation, lest we be lost and at the mercy of Nation. If this nation ignores the legal-mo other nations whose God has never been rel-ethical restrictions prohibiting as our one and only Almighty God, The sisted suicide, then the God-given Life Father. « __ who is 75 years old Call 288-0033 Ask About Our Low Priced Or Discount Advertising M heating QQ oils Service _ God, cursed by God, spawned by the devil, who is the author of hopelessness. Genesis 4:11. The November 1993 Harris Poll shows how this country has decayed morally since the 1982 Poll which asked whether law should allow doctors to assist dying patients to have their life ended. Allowing the body to heal itself, using minor pain therapy or other agents for comfort, does not require the inter vention of the law and does not compro mise the doctor’s oath; and does not necessarily mean or lead to certain death. Sometimes Patients Recover. My Mother Did. Diagnosis cancer of the lung, 1945. No heroic methods were used, other than pain relief, fluid balance, and good nurs ing and prayer. My mother passed away in 1982 and cancer was not the cause of A Teaching Church H'ith A Reaching Ministry Dr. Jam es E. Martin, Senior Pastor C h u rch O f f ic e 1 1 6 N E S c h u y le r St. • ( 5 0 3 ) 2 8 4 - 1 9 5 4 iiltss io tta ry ^Baptist (Cljurclj “Serving The Lord With Gladness” Psalm 100:2 Sunday School 10am Morning Worship 11:05 Wednesday Prayer & Bible Study 7pm Rev. G.L. Black I Pastor 3605 N.E. Mallory Ave. (503) 281-8117 Portland, OR 97212 Rev. and Mrs. G.L. Black I
