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Relations Sought
With Cuba
The Board o f Directors o f Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon has
adopted a resolution concerning the U.S. relationship to Cuba.
The Rev. Dr Phil Harder, Chair of the ministries' Refugee,
Immigratvons and International Ministries Commission, asserts, “ In a
situation similar to the on-going life ofChrist’s church in East Europe and
Russia before the destruction o f the Berlin Wall, the life o f the church in
Cuba has remained alive. We feel it is time for the U.S. to initiate
negotiations with Cuba to remove the Caribbean Wall and let trade and
travel grow between our countries.”
“We are gratified that the Board of Directors of EMO has joined the
grow ing chorus of people and organizations across the U.S. — both left
and right, church and non-church - in asking our government to normal
ize relations with Cuba and to reevaluate U.S. policy, which seems
counter-productive for both Cuba and the U .S ,” stated Tom Hansen,
Regional Director of Pastors for Peace in Cuba of Minneapolis, Minne
sota.
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Veronica is a lovely child with
considerable potential and much to
offer an adoptive family. This affec
tionate 9-year-old has a happy dispo
sition and is an excellent student with
advanced reading abilities and ex
pressive language skills.
Veronica has never experienced
the permanency o f a stable, loving
family, and her self-esteem is very
low. As a young toddler, Veronica
and her older sister were abandoned
by their birth mom due to chronic
parental substance abuse. An aunt in
the extended family became their
guardian until 1991, when she was
no longer able to care for them. Two
subsequent, foster placements dis
rupted amidst evidence of abuse.
Veronica has been living in a
group treatment center, where she
has made wonderful progress in ad
dressing her feelings of grief, her
fears o f abandonment, and her frag
ile ability to trust. She is now ready
for her own permanent family. Veron
ica very much wants to be part of an
African American or a bi-racial fam
ily
Veronica’s sister is being adopt
ed by a family in western Washing
ton, and it will be important for the
girls to have the opportunity for con
tact with one another as they grow
up.
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Veronica
Oregon agencies waive or re
duce fees for families adopting older
children like Veronica. To learn more,
contact the Special Needs Adoption
Coalition at the Boys and Girls Aid
Society, 222-9661.
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M attie Ann C allier-S pears,
daughter o f Edward and O livia
C allier, was born April 6, 1944
in New O rleans, Louisiana. She
was the m other o f four children;
U lf Hansson Von Spears, Velma
M a ria S p e a r s - P e n n , E ric k
D ’am on S p e a rs a n d D e ric k
LeM ont Spears. She had also
been blessed with four grandchil
d re n ; D io n te J o v o n S p e a rs ,
S o lo m o n N a th a n ie l S p e a rs ,
C h ris tia n L am o n t P enn and
A dreanna O livia Spears.
She is also succeeded by three
brothers and three sisters: Brothers,
William Elliot, Ronald George and
Ricky Lovell. Sisters, Geraldine
Eliziabeth Hammond, Gwendolyn
Lorraine and Maryetta Delisa. And a
host o f nieces and nephews.
M attie began singing at the
early age o f 6 years old and at the
age o f 16, becam e the first “N e
gro” to jo in the T ri-M usic M as
ters Society in P ortland, Oregon.
Her singing career was well on
its way and M attie received many
rem arkable accolades by the time
she graduated from high school.
One notable accom plishm ent was
her being recognized as the first
black (in the South) to sing for
the launching o f a large ocean
vessel from the Amy Lykes Lines
at A vondale M arineway.
Following high school, Mattie
was accepted to Xavier University
where she would major in Voice and
minor in Strings. It was there that
Mattie began writing and became a
The American Jewish Congress
has released a letter from Ralph E.
Reed, Executive Director o f the
Christian Coalition, repudiating state
ments attributed to him in the Wall
Street Journal on July 19, stating that
the goal o f the Coalition is for Chris
tians ‘to take back this country, one
precinct at a time” so “we will see a
country once again governed by
Christians...and Christian values.”
In his letter to AJCongress Ex
ecutive Director Phil Baum, Reed
stated categorical ly, “As for the quo
tation attributed to me in the July 19
Wall Street Journal, I never made
any such remark. During my entire
tenure at this organization, I have
never made a comment that even
member o f the Creative Writers
Guild. Since then, Mattie has studied
with the Portland Opera Associa
tion, under Mrs. Dorothy Fisher-
Jones, Mr. Gibner King and tutored
by Mrs. Gloria Cutsforth; notable
Theme:“Jesus Is The Center O f M y Joy"
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remotely resembled that which has
falsely been attributed to me.” Reed
added, “1 hope that this clarifies my
view on this very important issue.”
Baum had asked for Reed’s clar
ification follow ing a meeting between
Jewish and evangelical leaders in
Washington on November 29 in
which Reed offered views that con
tradicted the remarks attributed to
him in the Journal story. He has now
expressly repudiated those remarks
in writing.
“It’s quite clearthat in the months
and years ahead there will be numer
ous and substantial disagreements
between AJCongress and the Chris
tian Coalition on prayer in the schools,
reproductive rights and other signif-
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Mattie A nn Callier-Spears
artist in their field.
M attie was a devoted mem
ber o f Mt. O livet B aptist Church.
A servant with a big heart, she
had served as the C hurch Soloist,
choir d irecto r and choir m ember.
She had also served in a number of
other capacities such as member of
the American Baptist Women’s Mis
sion Department, Church Women
United, Part-time Church Secretary,
Assistant Directorofthe Prison Min
istry, In-Take Counselor, and Editor
o f the Voice (Mt. Olivet’s newslet
ter).
Her civic activities included:
Le Femmes D ebutante and C av a
lier Society, N ational C ouncil o f
N egro W omen, NAACP, A frican
A m erican F estival A ssociation
(Exec. Secretary, American B usi
ness W om en, F .l.T .S . P riso n
M inistry, E ditor for the Religion
section o f The Portland O bserver
and N orthw est A frican A m eri
can W riters W orkshop.
These activities and her demands
to sing kept Mattie busy. Nonethe
less, Mattie said her greatest accom
plishment had been that “she is a
child of God and she shall be found
actively doing the work of her Father
who sent her.”
V ie w in g
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s c h e d u le d
W ednesday from 11 a m. to 6
p.m. at Vann & Vann Funeral
H om e, 5211 N. W illiam s. A
Home G oing T ribute/V iew ing is
Thursday at 9:30 a.m. with a
Home G oing C elebration fo l
lowing at 11 a m. at Mt O livet
Church, 8501 N C hautauqua. If
you would like to send some type
o f contribution, please send them
to: U lf Spears, 5622 NE 10th,
Portland, OR 9721 1. P h o n e2 8 1 -
5380 or 249-8284.
Christian Coalition Leader Repudiates ‘Christian R a tio n ’
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Services To Honor Civic Leader,
Writer Mattie Ann Callier-Spears
Our Father which art in heaven, hallow ed b e thy nam e, thy
kingdom com e, Thy will b e do n e on earth, a s it is in heaven.
Give u s this d a y our daily bread, a n d forgive us our debtors,
a n d lead u s not into temptation, but deliver u s from evil: For
thine is the kingdom, a n d the Power, an d the glory forever.
A m en! M atthew 6: 9-3
icant issues,” said Baum. “ What
Ralph Reed’s letter has done, how
ever, is remove the diversionary
theme of a 'Christian Nation’ from
our debates with the Coalition; it
allows for more rational discussion
on the merits o f the issues that divide
us. It doesn’t contribute to the quality
o f public discourse to allow emo
tionalism and rhetoric to distract us
from the genuine differences we con-
front.”
In his D ecem ber 8 letter to
Baum, Reed also quoted from his
book “ P o litically Incorrect: The
Em erging Faith Factor in A m er
ican P olitics.” In this quote, Reed
discusses “the enorm ous co n tri
bution that Jews have made to
A m erica,” and calls the idea o f a
C hristian N ation “som ething o f
an anachronism .”
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