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Annual InnerPeace Retreat Scheduled
The 1 999 Inner Peace Retreat will be
held at Q ueen ofP eace C hurch in Salem
(4170 Pullman Avenue S.E. ) on Saturday.
February 6. The day ofpray eran d reflec
tion will begin at9:30 ajn ., and end at2:45
p.m This day ofretrcat helps participants
rem em ber the contem plative spirit and
sacred vision in working tor social justice.
Ifoftersrevogm tionofcurrentm ulti-cul
tural ennchm ent efforts in this region, and
hopes to stimulate greater racial, ethnic
and cultural diversity in the shaping o f
parishes and related institutions in W est
em Oregon.
The Inner Peace retreat will include
participation from persons from a variety
o f ethnic origins: A frican American,
Asian-American. European-American.
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can. The welcom ing team members
inc hide: Phil M cBnen, M em berofthe So
cial M m istnes Comm ission, Q ueen o f
Peace
W endy VanElv erdinghe. C hairofthe
A rchdiocesan Justice and Peace Com
mission Sam Jackson. Jr.,Coordinatorof
African-An lencanM nastnes tbrthe .Arch
diocese and Founding President o f the
S t Patrick’s parish. Independence and
M em ber o f the Archdiocese Catholic
CainpaigntbrHumanDevelcpnientCom-
m itteeConnieSm ith.CiowO glalalakota
and Co-founder o f the City o f Roses
KateiCircle ReverendPetrus BmhHoang,
P arochial V icar, St. Joseph parish,
Salem M anhnKirvin-Quam m eandRev-
erendP eterB ym e.S J.,ofthe Jesuit Spiri
tu ality C en ter at St. M ic h a e l’s in
Portland.The th em eo fth ed ay will b e "O
HeahngRiver Memory FlowinginHope.”
Included will be som e reflections on free
dom and the struggle for justice in se
lected film clips and in Scripture passages
related to the Exodus and Resurrection
narratives. The day is sponsored by the
A rchdioceseofPortlandO lficeofJustice
and Peace, and is hosted by the Social
M inistriesCommissionofQueenofPeace
presents:
C oncord C hoir in ••.Amorous Pur
suits” a concert celebrating the m any
m oods o f love, at the First Christian
C hurch, 1315 SW B roadw ay, Friday
February 19th, 1999, at 8:00 p.m. $10
concert w ill be Benjam in B ntten’s “Bal-
lad o f Little M usgrave’’ and beloved
adm ission. T here w ill be a preconcert
lecture at 7:15 p.m. The program will be
treat will be Jean B elm ont’s sum ptuous
“ Ifm u sicb eth efo o d o flo v e.” U nderthe
direction o f founder D avid Tork, this
concert will be a m ulti-m edia event, as
part o f a continuing com m itm ent to
broadening audience m em bers ’ experi
ence and enjoym ent o f the m usic. As
during C oncord C hoir’s critically ac
claim ed Hildegard o fB m gen concert in
Novem ber, translations o f foreign text
sung will be simultaneously projected.
com prised o f m usic spanning the R e
naissance to die present, including a few
jazz ballads. Songs inspired by love will
include N orthw est com poser Salvador
B retons” “A n O regon L ove Poem .”
(Concord will perform Faure 's powerful
Requiem under his direction in M arch,
when they j om forces with the V ancouv er
Sym phony.) A lso heard a F ebruary’s
w orks o f D ebussy, Rossini, M ozart,
B rahm s, Dello Joio, and the fem ale Re
naissance com poser Aleotti. A special
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Sunday:
7 :0 0 A M E A R L Y R IS E R
1:30 P M S P A N IS H M E E T IN G
6 :3 0 P M S A Y T H A T
3 :0 0 0 P M S P IR IT U A L W A L K
7 :0 0 A M E A R L Y R IS E R
WEDNESDAY:
NOO N HOUR OF POW ER
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5 :3 0 P M U + M E = W E
MONDAY:
8 :0 0 P M A A M E E T IN G
7 :0 0 A M E A R L Y R IS E R
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7 :0 0 A M E A R L Y R IS E R
N OO N HOU R OF POW ER
5 :3 0 P M U + M E = W E
TUESDAY:
5 :3 0 P M M E N ’S M E E T IN G
7 :0 0 A M E A R L Y R IS E R
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per person in groups o f three or more.
Early registration is strongly suggested
by J anuary 29, by contacting the O ffice o f
JusticeandPeace,2838 E. Burnside Street,
Portland. OR, 9 7 2 14,orbycallmg503-233-
8361.
D uring the w eary tim es o fm y w alk,
on m y face before G od, I ’v e experi
enced H is hand o f m ercy, know ing
Fresh from D ecember revival C oncord’s
m any tim es I w as not w o rth y o f such
classic planetarium Solstice show “R e
providence.
turn ofthe Light,” som e additional visual
G o d ’s aw eso m e m ercy. I t’s the cor
surprises are also in store to enhance
nerstone o f a victorious life in C hrist.
enjoym ent ofthe evening ’ s choral, sm all
A nd nearly tw o decades after D arw in
ensem ble, and solo offerings. S om e o f
H obbs first opened his m o u th to sing,
C oncord’s finest soloists will be featured,
and acute aw areness o f that aspect o f
in clu d in g m ez z o -so p ra n o s P attey e
G o d ’s love perm eates his m usic m inis
Sim pson and Denise Andersen, and so-
try and serves as the prevailing them e
pranoJoanieM cM illen. Poetry readings
o f his d ebut album .
will com plem ent the musical offerings.
T he 10-song collection know n sim
Extend your Valentine celebration with
ply as M ercy, fully introduces gospel
this special concert dedicated to love. In
listeners to the richly earnest, soulful
keeping with the m ission o fth e concord
vocals o f a m an w h o has beco m e one o f
C om m unity o f Choirs, no one w ill be
the m usic in d u stry ’s best kept secrets.
turned aw ay due to lack o f funds.
O v er the past several years, D arw in ’s
rare vocal talent has been h eard on
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M o t h e r ’s N a m e : T a n y a R.
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F a t h e r ’s N a m e : B r a d y B o b b y
M o th e r ’s N a m e : J e n n ife r D a rro
N a lly o f P o r t l a n d
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B a b y ’s N a m e : J o rd a n B ria n R u h m sh o tte l
D a te o f B irth : J a n u a ry 9 , 1999
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M o th e r ’s N a m e C h ris tin a H o lly R u h m sh o tte l
F a th e r ’s N a m e : M a rio B ria n C u a n a lo o f P o rtla n d
T h e seco n d a n n u a l’‘S tep to C h rist”
d ed ica tio n w e e k e n d at th e M t. T a b o r
S ev en th day A d v e n tist C h u rc h w ill
b e g in o n F rid ay e v e n in g , Jan u ary 29,
a t 7 ;0 0 p .m ., w ith s p e a k e r L e o
G u g lio tto talk in g ab o u t “ M in in g the
W o rld fo rall its W o rth .” O n S atu rd ay
m o rn in g a t9 :3 0 a .m . he w ill sp eak on
“ S tay in g in B o u n d s,” an d at 11 ;00
a.m ., “ B ack to th e B ib le.” in the a fter
n o o n B ib le w o rk sh o p s w ill b e h eld
from 2 ;0 0 - 4 :0 0 p .m . D in n er w ill be
p ro v id ed at 12:30 p .m . fo r th o se a t
ten d in g .
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m ore than 20 album s and in concerts
throughout the U nited States and E u
rope, backing such established artists
as C eC e W inans, D onnie M cC lurkin,
M ichael C a rd an d M ich ael M cD onald.
Before ever beginning his debutproject.
nati native w as struggling to over
com e his parents’ divorce and ad-
ju s tto a n e w step-fam ily. P riortohis
m o th er’s rem arriage, church atten
dance w as ju st an occasional ele
m ent o f young D arw in ’s relation
ship w ith his grandmother. B ut along
w ith the changing dynam ics o f his
fam ily, D arw in and his five older
brothers and sisters w ere required
to do som ething new -regularly at
tend their stepfather’ ’ chosen place
o f w o rs h ip , E l-B e th e l B a p tist
C hurch. It w as there D arw in joined
the ch ild ren ’s choir and discovered his
m usical gift.
“I o pened m y m outh and I could
sing,” D arw in says sim ply.
In fact, he sang so w ell that he w as
pulled from the children’s choir, de
spite his age, and placed into the
ch u rc h ’s young adult choir. T raci,
D arw in ’s w ife o f six years and best
friend for the past 20, jokes, ‘ ‘H e thought
he w as a big shot because he got to sing
w ith choir m em bers, w ho w ere m uch
older th an he w as.”
A fter those early days at E l-B ethel,
D arw in continued to im pact listeners
w ith the unique strength o f his voice,
perform ing in school ensem bles, vari
ous C incinnati com m unity choirs and
several vocal groups. H e also began to
pursue vocal training, studying classi
cal m usic a r d w orking alongside other
local gospel artists.
D arw in ’s older sister, Pam , intro
duced him to a personal relationship
w ith the Lord w hen he w as 14 years old.
E xcited by the new direction in his
spiritual life, and challenged to know
m ore about G od, he left his fam ily’s
church and jo in e d C hrist E m m anuel
C hristian Fellow ship in C incinnati a
few years later. Traci followed him in his
spiritual pursuit and jo in ed the church
as w ell. A fter 5 years attending church
together, their friendship blossom ed
into a rom ance and they w ere m arried.
D arw in continued to pursue his m usic
m inistry from his hom etow n until an
experience at a C eC e W m ans concert,
in the Fall o f 1995, changed the direc
tion o fh is life. “ D uring that tim e in m y
life, I w as sort o f in a holding pattern,
w aiting for the tim ing o f G o d w ith re
gard to m y m usic,’’ he explains. “ I knew
I d id n 't w ant this ordinary, shallow
m inistry. P rio rto C eC e’s con cert I had
n ever experienced the glory o f G od
m ixed w ith such creativity and skill.”
W hen the concert ended, D arw in
began talking to R oger R yan, W mans ’
m usic director. A strong friendship re
sulted. Soon after, D arw in and his w ife
began to feel the pull o f the H oly spirit
to relocated to N ashville, T N - a g ro w
ing hotbed o f C hristian m usic innova
tion, and the city m any o f to d ay ’s m ost
prom inent gospel m usicians and art-
istscallhom e. W ithin w eeks o f relocat
ing in S eptem ber 1996, opportunities
began to arise for him to use his gift in
studio sessions and on to u r w ith sev
eral w ell-know n national artists and
m usicians.
D arw in ’s reputation as an acco m
plished singer drew the attention o f
several o fth e in d u stry 's m ost success
ful producers and songw riters. It also
drew their w illing participation w'hen
the tim e arrived for D arw in to com plete
his first solo project. M ercy features
so m e o f the b est w ork from F red
H am m ond, C edric & V ictor C aldw ell
and C hris R odriguez.
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him respect as a singer’s singer.
T hat ’ s no sm all feat for som eone
w ho stum bled onto the revelation
that he could sing at the early age o f
10 years old. A t that time, the Cincin
Church. Salem.
The cost ofthe retreat, which inc luded
asimple lunch, is$7.50perperson,or$5.00
Mímeles Meeting schedule
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D arw in ’s skill had already earned
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