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December’s Children
David is a healthy, bright-eyed
two-year-old who cackles with de
light over life’s simple pleasures,
such as bubble baths. David is one of
the younger of the 150 Oregon chil
dren currently awaiting adoptive fam
ilies.
Described as “all boy,” David
likes to keep busy running, jumping,
and rough-housing. Toy trains and
tricycles top his list o f favorite play
things. David is also capable of qui
et, calmer activities. He enjoys being
read to and sung to sleep.
While David eagerly soaks up
the attention and affection he re
ceives from his older foster siblings,
he is also very gentle and appropriate
with the younger babies that have
been in the home. David’s casework
er believes he would adjust to almost
any type o f family composition, as
long as his new parents are active,
involved, and available.
David is healthy and “on-target”
for his age developmentally. Normal
two-year-old temper tantrums are
easily mitigated by redirection or
time-outs. David shows normal cog
nitive abilities, and his pediatrician
David
Julian
sees no causes for concerns in any
area.
If you are a young, active fami
ly, please consider adopting David!
Oregon agencies waive or re
duce fees for families adopting older
(non-infant) children like David. Pre
adoption orientation meetings and
training classes are offered on a reg
ular basis. To Special Needs Adop
tion Coalition at 222-9661, or One
Church, One Child at 285-7634. To
leam more about becoming a foster
parent, call your county’s Children’s
Services Division.
Julian is a beautiful two-year-
old whose features reflect his Mexi
can-American heritage. He is one of
the younger 150 Oregon children
currently awaiting adoption.
Julian is active, responsive, and
generally happy. Toys that make
music especially hold his attention.
Julian interacts well with his foster
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parents and their acquaintances. He
is beginning to use simple sentences
and is quite talkative when in famil
iar surroundings. Julian appears to
be intellectually and developmental
ly appropriate for his age
Julian had a difficult start in
life, as he was born addicted to
several illegal drugs, and su f
fered severe w ithdraw als. He was
placed in his current foster home
directly from the hospital. As
with many children exposed pre-
natally to drugs, future effects
are not clearly predictable. Julian
needs a fam ily to accept him with
the unknowns about his future
potential.
Single adults as well as couples
are encouraged to explore adoption.
Pre-adoption information meeting
and training classes are available
throughout the state. To leam more
about adoption and the children who
await adoptive families, call the Spe
cial Needs Adoption Coalition at 222-
9661, or One Church, One Child at
285-7634. To leam more about be
coming a foster parent, call your coun
ty’s Children’s Services Division.
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“AN EVENING IN DECEMBER”
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We Call It Sunday Morning
Worship, But Most OfUs View It As
A “Preaching Service. Today, as
opposed to my growing-up day, prin
ciples o f biblical worship are not
sought as the foundation of Church
practice. We view the Preacher’s
sermon as significantly more impor
tant than the entire congregation’s
act o f praise, confession, adoration,
thanksgiving and dedication. These
views rob the Church o f its spiritual
assets. We work hard to reach the
world for Christ to build up the body
o f Christ, but neglect to give our first
best love to God Himself-—which is
essentially what worship is about.
Going through the motions of
Church are causing believers to lose
interest and Church attendance rap
idly dwindles. Fellowship with
God without proper worship is a
fallacy. Proper worship o f God cre
ates within believers a concern for
such matters as integrity, spirituality,
balance, excellence, emotion, intel
ligence, motivation, corporate action,
sound doctrine and spontaneity. God
is first. God is worthy.
There is no true worship without
the Holy Spirit present in us. We
LEARN through the Holy Spirit to
worship in spirit and truth. To love
God completely with all our heart,
soul, strength and mind. Worship is
about God, not man, and worship is
what God desires from us. God Is
Spirit— therefore, worship is a state
o f the heart, not a place; “Neither in
the mountain nor in Jerusalem shall
ye worship”, Jesus’ statement to the
Samaritan woman at the well of Jacob.
(John 4:19-24) “But an hour is com
ing, and now is, when the true wor
shipper shall worship the Father in
spirit and truth; for such people the
Father seeks to be his worshippers”.
We ask How and Where questions,
but Jesus’ answers deal with reality,
with spirit and truth.
Attitude makes a difference in
worship. By faith Abel offered a bet
ter sacrifice than Cain. Through faith
we can please God. Genesis 4:4,
Hebrews 11:4 -G o d the Father has
desired true worshippers from the
beginning. God does not need our
worship”. God is complete, perfect
and sufficient. But God the Creator
desires the adoration of His people.
We must relate to God from the inner
person, from the heart. “Come, Ye
Thankful People, Come!’ We do not
require another Preacher, new songs,
a new structure, a different Service
format, it is we who need the change.
We require a renewed reverence for
God. “Heart Worship is a Style of
Life”; for then we will come to wor
ship no matter who is preaching,
singing or visiting.
There are many areas that “Hurt"
among congregations and individual
Christians. So many needs scream
for attention, that we attempt symp
tom rel iefwith programs, workshops,
counseling sessions, etc., but the
“pains” continue and the needs grow
stronger. We have become experts at
hearing the Word of God, but remain
babes in doing the Word of God.
Worship Means To Respond To God.
Worship Is Revelation And Re
sponse. How can we love one anoth
er if we do not practice loving God.
We must become accustomed to
speaking o f our God. We must prac
tice our praise on one another, then
we’ll find it easy, natural to tell of the
goodness o f God in the community,
on the job or on our school campus.
God revealed to the Prophet
Isaiah and in every case Isaiah re
sponded to the revelation. Revealed
in vision the awesome power o f God,
Isaiah 6:1-4. Response was Isaiah’s
recognition of his sinful state (v5).
Isaiah’s recognition and confession
brought about God’s action of cleans
ing and forgiveness (v6-7). God re
veals His plan and need o f a messen
ger; Isaiah’s response “Here am I,
send me”. (v8). The pattern of wor
ship has not changed. God still re
veals His plan and His will; those that
worship in spirit and truth will re
spond. They are not ones who seek
and beg for God’s Will, they know
him, therefore, His Will is perfectly
clear.
We must have respect, rever
ence and awe for the Holy Name of
God. We must glory in His Name. A
knowledge of God coming through a
knowledge of his Word leads true
We Welcome You to The
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Sunday, December 18,6:00PM
No Admission Charge - General Seating
Portland First Church
is located at
6100 SW Raab Road
Sunset Highway at Sylvan Exit
(503) 297-6100
Funeral services were held Friday, Dec. 2, 1994 at the
K illingsw orth C hapel o f the Chimes for V idella Storey, 84,
form erly o f Portland, who died Nov. 27, at a Gresham nursing
home. B urial follow ed at Rose City Cem etery.
She was born Oct. 10, 1910 in Tuskegee, Ala., and lived in
C hattanooga, Tenn. for several years prior to m oving to P o rt
land. She was a m em ber o f the Allen Tem ple A.M E. C hurch in
Portland.
She is survived by two sons, W illie and C harles o f Portland,
seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
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worshippers into “fullness o f joy”.
Who comes to worship God? One
who has studied well the words con
cerning the indescribable Glory,
majesty, and Wonder of our God.
Psalm 29, Psalm 47, Psalm 104:1.
We do not know fully what is
ahead o f us, but we know when He
appears, we shall be like Him, for we
shall see Him as He is. 1 John 3:2
NIV. Practice His Presence. Trust in
God with all your heart, and do not
lean on your own understanding. In
all your ways acknowledge him, and
he will direct your path, (make your
paths straight). Proverbs 3:5-6. Ac
knowledge Him (ie) know actively
the presence of God. We must wor
ship personally, daily, hourly to be
fully practiced in corporate worship.
We are a community of God’s peo
ple. We need each other as we wor
ship God. “Let us consider one an
other so as to stir up love and good
works, not forsaking the assembling
o f ourselves together as is the man
ner of some, but exhorting one an
other, and so much more as you see
the Day approaching”, Hebrews
10:24,25. NK.JV. We are mutually
dependent on each other. It is in the
community (Church) that God is ba
sically at work. We cannot cut our
selves off from God’s people with
out cutting ourselves off from the
blessings of God. We are responsi
ble to God as individuals, but we
worship Him best together. Worship
with God's people in the Church is
not optional, but imperative, and
watching T.V. Services is, except
perhaps for “shut-ins”, no substitute.
We worship God not because we feel
like it, but because He is God and
worship is His due and our necessity.
Who will enter to Worship?
Those who worship God before they
approached the Church building. And
when they enter, they enter to do in
public that which they have already
done in private: To Adore The Liv
ing God. Those who enter the wor
ship center of Church on Sunday
Morning to worship God are those
who hold Him in awe. They are also
those who practice His Presence in
daily living and in private moments.
So Let Us Live— So Let Us Come!
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