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Hallelujah! Gospel Concert on Pioneer Courthouse Square
In the heart o f Downtown Portland Gospel Hummingbirds anti I.inda Hornhuckle will perform
Since 1988, the Birds have ventured
usic o f the holiday season
into uncharted gospel territory, tak­
is all about making a joyful
ing on their mix out o f the church and
noise, and the Gospel Concert
into blues festivals and nightclubs
Pioneer Courthouse Square will bring
world wide with a propulsive, soulful
exhilarating and soulful harmonies to
sound. They have been invited to
the heart o f the city. This year’s
perform at the San Francisco Blues
concert, the second annual gospel
Festival, the Monterey Blues Festi­
on the Square event, will feature
val, the Ravenna (Italy) Blues Festi­
Portland’s own Linda Hombuckle,
val , The Oakland Coliseum tribute to
and the G ospel H um m ingbirds.
Nelson Mandela, and the Monterey
Downbeat Magazine describes the
JazzFestival. They’ve also performed
music of the Gospel Hummingbirds:
in Japan, Australia, Belgium and
“A spiritually charged jubilant col­
France, where their album Steppin'
lection o f Christo-Afrocentric tunes
Out was named the Gospel Album o f
that both unashamedly testify to the
the year by the F rench Jazz Academy.
Lord and exuberantly rock the house’
M
They have provided background vo­
c als for b o th the F a b u lo u s
Thunderbirds and Huey Lewis. The
group is rock solid in their faith and in
their approach togospelmusic. James
Gibson, lead singer for the group
states, “We are taking gospel and its
music to people who otherw ise
w o u ld n ’t be e x p o se d .” L inda
Hombuckle has been called “the most
beautiful and powerful blues/Gos-
pel/Soul voice in the Pacific North­
west.” Her phenomenal voice gives
her a confident, world class bearing
and her presence is legendary - she is
able to electrify an audience. From
her roots as a church singer (begin­
ning at age 6 in her Father’s Pente­
costal Church) and soloist, Linda
Hombuckle has performed at many
o f the nation’s most prestigious Jazz
and Gospel festivals, nationally and
internationally, and has opened tor
the Temptations, BB King and many
other blues/jazz and gospel perform­
ers. Nominated for over 40 Grammy
awards, she has recently released a
new CD Linda Hombuckle - playing
on radio stations across the country.
Hombuckle is recognized as the Soul/
Blues Diva o f the West Coast - “ Its a
real experience to hear someone sing
who can perform vocal gymnastics
o f the sort Hombuckle employs.
What Linda Hombuckle does with
her voice other singers can only
dream about. She is destined for
stardom.” said Andy Grigg in Real
Blues Magazine. Karen Whitman,
M anager o f Pioneer Courthouse
Square explained the success of the
Gospel Concert on Pioneer Court­
house Square: “At this time o f the
year, alm ost everyone seeks a spiri­
tual experience at some level, and
some form. The Square is our city’s
celebration place, and we want to
provide that spiritual resonance in
George Fox Saturday Class to show How
Examining Business World Can Benefit Churches
students to understand and work
P O R T L A N D , O re . - N o orga­
with spiritual m atters, w e fall m is­
nization - not even the church - can
erably short o f preparing our spiri-
get bigger than the capacity o f its
m a n a g e r s to m a n a g e , sa y s . tual leaders in the know ledge, un­
derstanding and training in busi­
Raym ond Gleason.
ness adm inistration,” said Gleason.
T h a t’s w hy ch u rch es, m in is­
“W
ithout this know ledge, under­
tries and not-for-profit organiza­
standing
and training, the church
tions stand to benefit from looking
and m inistry have a ceiling on suc­
at how the business w orld copes
ce ss.”
w ith to d a y ’s c h a lle n g e s , say s
The course, listed as Pastoral
G leason, w ho is executive-in-resi­
Studies (PST) 585, is titled “W hen
d ence and adjunct professor o f
the Church or N ot-for-Profit Means
m anagem ent at G eorge Fox U ni­
Business: A n Introduction.” It
versity. Starting Jan. 30, Gleason
m eets from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
w ill teach a n ew fo u r-se ssio n
four Saturdays - Jan. 30, Feb. 27,
course at the U niv ersity ’s sem i­
March 13 and April 17 - at the
nary that addresses this need.
U niversity’s Portland C enter cam ­
“ If you speak w ith m ost pastors
pus, 12753 S.W . 68th Ave.
or church leaders today, they will
G leason is a form er co-ow ner
be quick to verify w hat national
o
f
a m ultim illion dollar m arket re­
and regional studies have recog­
search
and design com pany, past
nized - that w hile sem inary educa­
w
inner
o f G eorge F ox’s top teach-
tion does a good jo b preparing
ing aw ard, and a consultant in
business m anagem ent to com pa­
nies in the United States, Europe
and N ew Zeland.
He said the course will progress
th ro u g h th e fo llo w in g to p ic s
M e g a tre n d s ,” “ U n d e rsta n d in g
Business,” “ M anaging Money and
Inform ation,” “M anaging People,”
“ Establishing Strategies,” and “ im ­
proving the O rganization.” Guest
speaker at one session is John
Christenson, a financial planning
consultant from W ilsonville, Ore.,
who specializes in serving the Chris­
tian com m unity.
G leason said the course is based
on thebiblical adm onition in I Peter
5:10 (N ew A m erican Standard ver­
s io n ) “ to p e r f e c t, c o n firm ,
strenghten and establish” pastors,
key church leaders and adm inis­
trators. It seeks to equip them with
an understanding o f business and
the tools for strategic m anagem ent
and to prepare them for change
and innovation.
“T he church is transform ing,”
said Gleason. “The church is b e­
ing challenged. T he church is
changing in the w ay it worships,
grow s, m inisters and educates.
L ike it or not, pastors, church
leaders and adm inistrators either
are-or will be-part o f that change.”
He said the course will look
closely at the need for pastors and
church leaders to understand “That
they m ust provide their mem bers
w ith program s, m aterials and ser­
vices that they value. And in order
to do this, they m ust develop pro­
ficiency in balancing the constraints
o f their denom inational requisites,
their individual church’s m ission,
and its m anagem ent, planning, or-
ganization and control needs.”
G leason said the course grew
out o f discussion he once had with
the late Ed Stevens, then George
Fox president, and later w ith sem i­
nary D ean Tom Johnson, w ho
served a year as the university’s
interim president. All agreed that a
course on applying business m an­
agem ent skills to the work o f the
church could prove valuable for
m any.
“ I’m not m aking the case that a
church should be run like a busi­
ness,” said Gleason. “A church
and a business are not synony­
m ous. But there are m any pro­
cesses and m any o f the sam e con­
cerns that business and churches
have.”
For more information or to reg­
ister, phoneGeorgeFox University's
sem inary at (503) 554-6100.
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January 4 - March 18, 1999;Mondays, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
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an exciting way that speaks to diver­
sity o f our musical and cultural com­
munity. Gospel on the square does
just that. Gospel On the Square
Concert is free and open to the pub­
lic because o f the generous spon­
sorship of: KGW TV Newschannel
8, KINK Radio, Smart Park and
Freepark, Pepsi Cola Company and
Thriftway Stores.Event date: Sun­
day December 13, 1998 Pioneer
Courthouse Square 1:00-3:00 PM
Contacts: Karen W hitmanMichele
Theis Manager PR Pioneer Court­
house Sq Pioneer Courthouse St
(503)223-1613,(503)223-1613
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Play cards, chess, table tennis,
foosball o rpool.
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o r o th e r handw ork.
Y our hostess, Elaine, w ill be
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