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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
ERS
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.
Jones
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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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