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A p ril 21, 1999
The Women’s
Convention
The Northwest Pentecostal Fel
lowship annual women ’ s convention
will convene at Albina Christian Life
Center. May 12*- 16,h
A ll lad ies are w elcom ed
Wednesday night 7:00 p.m. Thurs
day & Friday services 10:00 a.m.
- 12:00 p.m. Nightly 7:00 p.m.
Saturday cruise 2 hrs on the
Willamette River, meal included
all women wear white. Info for
tickets call 284-8627 director of
ladies ministries. Mrs. Ella R.
Irving 5522 N Albina St.
Vickie Winans
Throughout the album , the
shouting of Jesus’ name is para
mount, not to mention reverently
inspirational, starting with “I Hear
the Music,” an anointed explosion
that nearly lifts you out o f your
seat. With the choir’s harmonic
wall of voices as its launch pad,
V ic k ie ’s v ib ran t voice soars
through 19 modulations. “Oh What
Love,” which received special na
tionwide airplay over the Easter
Multicultural, Interfaith
Earth Day Celebration
This year on Earth Day, Thurs
day, April 22, in a rich tapestry of
spiritual ceremony, many different
religious and cultural traditions will
come together to express in dance,
song and prayer what their faith
teachers about human responsibil
ity to the earth. This year’s annual
inter-faith ceremony will be held at
7 PM at Trinity Cathedral, 147 NW
19* Ave., Portland.
Featured at the celebration will
be Murshid Elias Amidon, a leader
of the Sufi Way and director of the
Boulder Institute for Nature and
the Human Spirit. He is co-editor
o f the Years, a collection of invo
cations and blessings for the new
millennium contributed by spiri
tual leaders and visionaries from
around the world.
The Oregon Children’s Choir,
direct from a performer at Carnegie
Hall, the Hindu-based Natya Dance
Academy, the NW Tibetan Cultural
Association and the Sikh Bhangra
Indian Dance Group of Portland will
also perform.
Charles Jordan, the new Presi
dent of Ecumenical Ministries of
Community
Events that Make
a Difference
Catholic Charities will host a
Motherhood Mass on Wednesday,
May 5th at 7:00 p.m. at St. Philip
Neri Church (2408 SE 16th). This
liturgy will be an occasion o f spe
cial recognition for Catholic Chari-
ties’ Maternity programs: Eliza
beth House and Crisis Pregnancy/
Adoption Services. All mothers
including birth mothers and adop
tive mothers will be honored.
Please call Kathy Thomas at 231 -
4866 ex. 117.
You are invited to attend the
wackiest, wildest and most talked
about wedding in Portland! At
tend “Tony n ’ T ina’s W edding”
any time during the month o f April
and all p ro c eed s from the
Reception’s “Dollar Dance” go
directly to C atholic C harities
AIDS Ministry. Tickets avail
able through Ticketmaster (503)
790-2787.
Elizabeth House, a program of
Catholic Charities, hosts a Mentor
Informational evening on April 15*.
Mentors provide support to young
women, helping them become inde
pendent, capable mothers. Please
call Ginny Krall (503) 236-7235 for
more information.
At Centro de Canby, a program of
Catholic Charities, a representative
from the Employment Department
provides on-site services regarding
employment opportunities every 1"
and 3rd Thursday of the month at 444
N. Holly in Canby.
Please call 263-4944 for more
information.
Latina women’s support group.
The group is open to any woman
ready to engage in mental health
therapeutic sessions. Please contact
EL Programa Hispano, a program of
Catholic Charities, at 669-8350 for
more information.
Urban Dislocation
at the
End of the Century:
Redemption and Restoration
ARTS& THEOLOGY CONFERENCE
May 7-8, 1999
Featuring Peter and Tiffany Robinson
MAY 7, 7 :3 0 -9 PM
Evening Workshop • Music and Communion Service.
M A Y 8, 9 am-1 PM
Lectures & Discussions:
•The Physical World Reclaimed: The Church as a Community of
Redemption for all Creation with Peter Robinson
•Reception and Gallery Viewing
•A Case Study: Urban Architecture and the Dynamic of
Redemption with Tiffany Robinson
REGISTRA TION (8:30 - 9 am ):
$ 10 per person, payable at the door
VENUE:
First Presbyterian Church • 1200 SW Alder • Portland
For more information contact: Candace Primack at (503) 788-1845.
We, thefam ilyofLevi Russell, wish to extend our thanks to
those who sought to comfort us in this difficult time. Your
expressions o f sympathy and support through prayers, calls,
cards, food, flowers, and memorial donations to the African
American Health Coalition were greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Margaret, Lorna, Dominique, Yolanda and Arthur.
Oregon and Director of Portland
Parks and Recreation, will also par
ticipate in the program. Other fea
tured singers and dancers will come
from Christian, Jewish, Ba’Hai, Bud
dhist, Moslem, Sufi, New Thought,
Scientology, and Native American
religious traditions. This is the most
diverse assemblage of religious tra
ditions and ceremonies gathered in
one place in the entire Northwest.
The animals and other Earth ele
ments created for the Procession of
the Species, which occurs two days
later on Saturday, April 24, will be
blessed during the Interfaith Celebra
tion. The Procession of the Species
starts with last minute face-painting,
mask-making and drum-building at
11 am at Portland’s North Park
blocks, then the parade will make its
way along SW Broadway at 1 pm
with a Millennial Spectacle at Pio
neer Courthouse Square at 2 PM.
Forinformationcontact(502)452-
4483 or www.earthandspin.t.org.
Holidays is, notes Winans, “a pow
erful praise song expressing ones
eternal gratitude to Jesus for suf
fering for us and being our true
redeemer and Savior.
“Already Been to the Water,”
which, like one o f Vickie’s past
hits, “Long As I Got King Jesus,”
reaches deep down, bringing His
light and joy to the heart, spirit, and
soul. “ It has me singing Jesus with
all my might,” Vickie says, her
charming persona amplifying her
words. “I think we say Jesus 50 to
60 times back to back in the songs!
You see, I’m not ashamed to call
His name,” she beams! “Safe In
His Arms,” on which Winans once
again vocally excels, has extra sig
nificance for her because, she says,
“it represents an incident wherein’
my son Skeeter was robbed at gun
point. But because he pleaded the
blood of Jesus, the gunnman kicked
him to safety, unharmed. The power
o f the “blood” is awesome.
Live in Detroit II
Awesome sums up the album's
“Old Gospel Medley” which con
sists o f the tried and true tradi
tional church songs “ I Know the
Lord Will Make A Way,” Ju st
Vickie Winans
Another Day That the Lord Has
Kept Me,” “ I Know What I’d Do
Without the Lord,” and “I Thank
OB
the Lord Because He’s Been So
Good to Me.” Traversing the gen
e ra tio n g ap, as the m edley
progresses the segment goes from
traditional inspirational into what
can only be described as a funky
contem porary gospel groove -
Vickie Winans style.
“ Spirit o f the Living God,” an
other power praise offering, is also
analbumhighlight. “NeverGonna
Let You Go,” and “O Holy Lamb,”
also provide faithful forums for
Vickie to give her lyrical and mu
sical testimony. Vickie’s righteous
remake o f Marvin Winans' Ain't
No Need To Worry," is a testi
mony to her expansive ability to
make anything she sings her own.
With the Grace o f God she takes it
to Higher ground. "Every song
was chosen because it gave glory
to God, plus hope, enjoyment, and
spiritual direction to me, and hope
fully to everyone who listens to
the album."
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In Loving Memory of Roy Curry Sr.
Bom 01-28-34 in Bryant, Texas died 04-08-99 in Port
land, Oregon. Roy Curry was employed as water Bureau
service mechanic and retired in 1989, he was also a member
o f Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors o f Roy
Curry Sr, Roy Curry Jr. son, Jeanette Curry daughter, Patrick
Curry Sr. son, Rhonda (K-K) Taylor daughter, all o f Portland.
Oregon; Albert Curry Jr. brother o f Lubbock, Texas; Mary
Loyce Paul sister of Lubbock, Texas; James L. Curry Sr.
brother o f Portland, Oregon; and Larry Curry brother o f Los
Angeles, California. Rachel Kimmons & Jocelyn Powell
were raised with passionate love.
Dear Patron.
I appreciate your support
and wish to thank you fo r
supporting Emmanuel
Church o f God In Christ
during its Pastor and Wife
Anniversary. I sincerely
thank you and your estab
lishmentfor its commitment
and dedication to the
church and community. It
has truly been a pleasure
working with you in sup-
port ofour church. I f I can
be o f assistance to you in
the near future, please don't
hesitate to contact me. W-
Again thank you fo r your
support.
pfF
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Elder Maurice Wright II
Anniversary Chairman
Church of
God in
Christ
Oregon Northwest
Jurisdiction
19th Annual Women's
Convention
April 26-30 ,19 99
"Christian Women Lifting Up a
Standard" I saiah 62:10
Everyone is invited to attend.
FREE • FREE • FREE
Services 7 p . m . Nightly
Gospel Singing, Preaching,
Teaching...
Loving Memory of Robert “Joe Bill” McDonald II
Sunrise — October 31, 1932 Sunset - April 8, 1999
Robert McDonald was bom
October 31, 1932, in Paris,
Texas to Evelyn Edward &
Robert Jones (his Paternal Par
ents). His Aunt & Uncle, Vera
& Bob McDonald lovingly
raised him whom he was named
after. He graduated from Gib
bons High in Paris, Texas, and
later moved to Portland, Or
egon where he met and married
his wife Virginia McDonald
preceded him in death).
In 1958 Robert received an
honorable discharge from the
U.S. Army and later worked for
Crosby & Overton Ship Repair
as a “Labor Foreman: for over
twenty years until he retired.
Robert was the epitome o f a
loving husband and father. His
dedication, courage, devout
sense o f responsibility and love
for his children, Grandchildren
and Great Grandchildren truly
exemplified the man he was
until his departure.
His wife Virginia, their el
dest son, Roy Allen Johnson
and their eldest daughter,
Gloria Dean Johnson, pre
ceded Robert in death.
He is survived by five sons,
Dennis Sanders o f Dallas,
Texas; Earnest Johnson Jr., of
California; Marc, Michael, and
Robert McDonald of Portland,
Oregon; and two daughters,
M yra Ann and M onique
McDonald o f Portland, Or
egon; mother Evelyn Edwards
and sister, N ina Lynn
A lexander o f G reenville,
Texas; brother, W illiam
Sandifer o f Freeport, Illinois;
son in-law Aubrey Davis, of
Portland, Oregon; five daugh
ters in-law Gladys Sanders of
Dallas, Texas; Faye Brown,
M ona M cDonald, Deanita
M cD onald, and M elonee
Johnson o f Portland, Oregon;
24 grandchildren; 15 great
grandchildren; as well as a host
of Aunts, Uncle, Sister in-laws.
Brother in-laws, Nieces, Neph
ews, Cousins and Friends.
W A N T E D
KEYBO ARD PLAYER
Spirit filled & proficient in Gospel Music.
Able to teach as well as play
Full-Time Position with New Church in the area.
Call Sharlen at (503) 5 1 9-1 379 or (503) 8 0 7 -4 1 9 6
We encourage participation in the
National Black Evangelical Association
36th Annual Convention
Portland, Oregon, April 22 - 25. 1999
“Redeeming and Restonng the City "
Embassy Suites, Portland Airport
For more information 288-8550
Presidents Day
Thursday, April 29,1999
Guest Speaker -
North Portland Bible College
E vanclwtic M pwionarv
4905 N Vancouver Ave . Portland. OR 97212, (503) 288-2919
Opal King, Oakland, CA
Mother Elizabeth Jackson.
Cam P w - motnt
Bishop W.G. Hardy,
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P r TIATF.
Elder Donald Foster.
H ost P astor
St.Paul C.O.G.I.C.
2859 NE Rodney
In harmony with the NBEA theme, we are...
...making Riblical training affordable in the inner city
...encouraging Christ-centeredoutreach
...committed Io an evangelical Statement o f Faith
...offering an urban ministry education associate degree
...modeling interracial. interdenominational unity
Cowv COORDINATOR,
Mother Betty Green
For more information, call Msn.
Velma Jones 281-3229
Dr Otis F Brown, President
Edward Kent, Chairman o f the Board