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Juneteenth
4 Celebration
in A m erica, Invisible M an, was
p ublished to w orldw ide acclaim .
S ince then, readers have eagerly
aw aited the release o f his second
novel, w hich the w riter rew orked
thro u g h o ut his life. N ow , thanks
to the efforts o f Lew is & C lark
p ro fe s s o r John C a lla h a n , the
m an u scripts w hich E llison left
at his death in 1994 have been
assem bled into this long prom
ised work.
T itle d Ju n e te e n th , the new
novel provides am ple evidence o f
E llison’s creative genius. As his
longtim e friend and literary ex
ecutor, John C allahan has under
taken the painstaking task o f as
se m b lin g the n o v el from the
au th o r’s notes, and the result is
one o f this year’s most significant
events in the w orld o f books.
“ Ralph Ellison was alw ays try
ing to plum b the depth and breadth
o f A m e ric a n s o c ie ty ,” n o te s
C allahan. “ He was fascinated by
the changes and the perm utations,
the fluidity and flux o f A m erican
B> R alph E llison
Portland Arts & Lectures and
O rego n C ouncil for th e
Humanities Highlight the late
Ellison’s Newest Book
On Tuesday, June 22 at 7:30pm,
ie O regon Council for the Hu-
lan ities and Portland Arts & Lec-
ares jo in forces to com m em orate
he release o f Ralph Ellison snew -
st book, Juneteenth. The event,
o be held at the First Congrega-
ional Church (1126 SW Park Av
enue), will feature readings from
he b o o k ’s editor, John Callahan,
is w ell as music by renow ned jazz
lianist D arrell Grant.
The event is free and open to
he public, but seating is lim ited,
rick ets can be obtained from the
Oregon Council for the H um ani
ties (812 SW W ashington, Suite
225, Portland, OR 503-241-0543
or 1-800-735-0543), or from the
Arts & Lectures (720 SW W ash
ington, Suite 700, Portland. OR
503-227-2583). Tickets are also
availab le through p articip atin g
area bookstores: Annie B loom ’s,
Broadw ay Books, Looking Glass,
P o w ell’s Books on H aw thorne,
R eflections Coffee & B ooks and
T w enty-Third Avenue Books.
R alph E lliso n ’s po sitio n in the
literary landscape w as p e rm a
n ently secured in 1952 w hen his
m asterw o rk on race and identity
An a ffiliate o f the N ational
E ndow m ent for the H u m an ities,
the O regon C ouncil for the H u
m anities prom otes the h u m a n i
ties in O regon through c o m p e ti
tiv e
g r a n ts ,
th e
O re g o n
C h a u ta u q u a s p e a k e r’s b u re a u ,
s p e c ia l p ro je c ts a n d e v e n ts ,
scholarly research and p u b lic a
tions. The C ouncil w orks s ta te
w ide to provide all O reg o n ian s
w ith com m unity-based o p p o rtu
nities for learning about h isto ry ,
lite ra tu re , p h ilo so p h y and the
arts.
Literary A rts, Inc. is a state
wide, non-profit organization, with
five program s: Portland A rts &
Lectures presents a seven-part an
nual lecture series and other spe
cial events featuring authors and
artists from the international com
munity; Oregon Books A w ards are
presented annually in a public fo
rum o f readers and w riters; O r
egon Literary Fellow ships provide
fiscal support to em erging w riters
and sm all independent publishers,
W riters in the Schools em ploys
O regon authors to teach in a com
prehensive writing program w ithin
the P o rtla n d /V a n c o u v e r p u b lic
schools; Poetry In M otion is an
annual project that places the work
o f local and national poets on Tri-
Met buses and MAX trains. T heir
m ission is to sustain and keep vital
the im portance o f ideas and know l
edge through the w ritten word.
life.”
The book’s title refers to the
date in 1865 w hen A frican A m eri
cans in Texas first learned from
U nion soldiers that they had been
freed by the Em ancipation P roc
lam ation. As an annual holiday,
Juneteenth was an anniversary that
generations o f southern Blacks
used to m easure their progress to
w ards true equality.
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The Prince Hall Grand Lodge,
Free and A ccep ted M asons
(F&AM) o f Oregon and its Juris
diction along with The Price Hall
Grand Chapter, Orderofthe East-
i Star ’s (OES) o f Oregon and
o f Portland Police Bureau
Saturday, June 26,1999
9:00 p . m . - 12:00 a . m .
Where
Howard Johnson Aiport Hotel •
7101 NE 82“i.Avenue »Portland, OR
For reservations and further
information contact: Andrew &
JoAnn C hilds’ 1-360-256-5231
Annual Banquet
Monday, June 20,1999
6:00 p . m . Social Hour
7:00 p . m . Dinner
Keynote sp e a x c r
Charles Moose, PH.D., Chief
ONE DAY
Biblical Faith Miracle And
Deliverance Seminar
W ith
Evangelist W. Pritchett
One Great Seminar on how to
trust God’s promises
In this seminar, you will leant
from God’s word
How to exercise faith in God so
that he will fulfill his promises.
Everyone is invited
S atu rd ay , Ju n e 12,1999
2 P.M. - 5 P.M.
Red Lion Inn Coliseum
1225 North Interstate
Portland, Oregon 97227
Ä Gospel Music Workshop
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H ighland U nited C h urch o f
C hrist congregation and m usic de
partm ent presents a G ospel M usic
workshop featuring Sam uel Larry
Tow nsend o f Seattle, W ashington.
The w orkshop w ill be held on
Thursday, June lO ^ a th ^ O p m ,F ri
day, June 1 l ,h at 6:30pm and Sat
urday, June 12,h at 10:00am.
A lso on June 12,h there w ill be
a M usical at 7pm. O n Sunday,
June 13"’ the finale w ill be held at
6pm , the H ig h lan d ’s m ass choir
in concert w ill perform .
W orkshops w ill be held at the
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H ighland Tem ple (U nited Church
o f C hrist) at 1737 NE A lberta
Street, Portland, OR.
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inform
please
contact the H ighland C hurch at
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503-287-9567.
N ew C hurch O pening C elebration
Evangel Temple
Community Church
Come and be with us as we cel
ebrate our opening on Sunday May
30, 1999 at 11:00 a.m. Special
Revival Services will be held nightly
at 7:00 p.m. for the month o f June,
with special Guest Speakers.
Host Pastor Cary Pratt will start
May 30-June 4 at 7:00 p.m.
Evangelist Betty King & Lou
Stevens from Little Rock, Arkansas
June 7-11.
N a tio n a l E v a n g e list R onnie
Nicholson from Colorado Springs,
Colo June 14-18.
National Evangelist Dorthy I ate
from Phoenix, Arizona June 21-25.
Host Pastor Elder Cary Pratt
Come and be Blessed
Banquet Chairpersons
Appreciation Celebration
■or Rev. Dr. LeRoy Haynes Jr. and spouse, Rev. Helen Haynes
Drug Abuse Ministry: A national
model founded by Dr. Haynes to re
store addictive persons, codependents
and families. This ministry has im
pacted the Portland metropol i tan area.
• Spiritual Training; Enhance the
officers and members o f the Church
skills, knowledge and gifts through
regular and consistent training.
Established the Intercessory Prayer
Warriors: Prayer Warriors pray as teams
unceasingly for persons, families,
churches, youth, cities and nations.
• Established the expository ex-
egetical method o f verse-by-verse
study o f the Bible in the All Church
Bible Study. Bible study every Tues
day Evening - 7:00 P.M.
• Cooperative Ministry: Joined
Allen Temple in cooperative minis
try with the “We ’ re Here — We Care
ministry o f churches in north and
northeast Portland to programmati
The Allen Temple Christian Meth-
dist Episcopal Church will be spon-
oring appreciation services for Pas-
jr and his spouse, Rev. Dr. Leroy
laynes Jr. & Rev. Helen Haynes here
it our church located at 4236 NE 81“
< venue, Portland, Oregon. There will
>e two days o f celebration, on F riday,
une 11, 1999 - 7:30 and Sunday,
tune 13,1999 - 4:00 - culmination.
There have been a great outpour-
ng o f the spirit o f God since Dr.
LeRoy Haynes became Pastor at the
Mien Temple CME Church. He was
ippointed to Allen Temple in 1997.
Dr. Haynes has brought with him
many gifts and talents as well as
being a seasoned pastor. He and his
spouse. Rev. Helen Haynes has made
a great impact on our church and the
Portland community. Some accom
plishments are as follows:
• Established the Resurrection
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cally address the Gang problem and
youth violence in our community.
• The Young adult Homeless Min
istry: A ministry in which the Young
adults serve the homeless with clean
used and new clothes and other acces
sories, also help feed the homeless.
There are many other services
that Dr. Haynes and spouse under
take as Pastor and ministers in our
church and community, but we can
not name them all. We take this spe
cial time to thank them and show our
appreciation for their untiring ser
vice to our church and community.
We invite you to come and cel
ebrate with us on Friday, June 11,1999
- 7:30 P.M. or at the closing service on
Sunday, June 13,1999 at 4:00 P.M.
We look forwarding to seeing
you there.
In Jesus’ Love,
Allen Temple Church Family
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