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Metro East
Portland Interfaith
Hospitality Network
Preparing For the New Millennium
is S 10 Rose City Park United Meth­
odist Church is located at 5830
N.E. Alameda. The building is
handicapped accessible by eleva­
tor and located on Tri-M et bus
lines #71. Please call the church
office, 281-1229 for more infor­
m ation, or Betty Doss, 281-9030.
W ell-know n pianist M ichael
A llen Harrison will present a ben­
efit concert on Septem ber 24,8:00
p.m. at Rose C ity Park United
M ethodist Church
The concert is a benefit for the
M etro East Portland Interfaith
H ospitality Network (M EPIHN),
a community group com posed of
congregations from various spiri­
tual traditions and other service
organizations that respond to the
needs o f homeless fam ilies in the
Metro East Portland area by pro­
viding temporary shelter and sup­
port as they look for housing and
employment. About five times a
year for one week periods church
congregations provide overnight
lodging, m eals, and hospitality
from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Dur­
ing the day, a local day center is
used to provide show er facilities,
care for pre-school children, and
provide guests with a m ailing ad­
dress and home base from which
to conduct their housing search.
70% o f all families who work with
MEPIHN eventually find housing
and/or better em ploym ent oppor­
tunities. Tickets will be available
at the office o f each involved party
and advanced purchases are re­
quired. as seating is limited. Cost
Host
C h u rc h e s ^ ^
Ascension Catholic Church •
Faith United Methodist Church
• Gethsemane Lutheran
Church • Our Savior
Lutheran Church
•
Parkrose Community United
Church o f Christ • Pleasant
The Mighty Clouds of Joy are preparing for the new millennium in the studio with producer,
Fred Hammond. It Was You, their first CGI/Platlnum entertainment album Is scheduled for
an October release. (From left to right: Michael McCowIn, Ron Staples, and Richard
Wallace of the Mighty Clouds of Joy: Fred Hammond: Joe Ligon, and Michael Cook of
Mighty Clouds of Joy
Home United Methodist
Church
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Host Churches
Resurrection
Lutheran Church • Rose City
Ascension Catholic Church • Faith United Methodist Church • Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Park United Church o f Christ
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Our Savior Lutheran Church
Waverly Heights United
Parkrose Community United Church o f Christ
Pleasant Home United Methodist Church
Church o f Christ •
Wh atridg" Foundation
•
Rose City Park United Church o f Christ
•
Zion United Church o f Christ
Wheatridge Foundation
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Resurrection Lutheran Church
Waverly Heights United Church o f Christ
Zion United Church o f Christ
Mentors School Mothers in
Basics of Parenting
As kids head back to school
this fall, som e mothers w ill need
extra help outside the classroom
to learn the basics o f parenting.
F or a woman who has had little
o p p o rtu n ity to learn parenting
skills from her own parents and
has experienced addiction, d o ­
m e s tic v io le n c e , p o v e rty o r
hom elessness, a personal guide
to help her catch up on the basics
o f leading a family is invaluable.
V olunteer m entors at Ecum enical
M in istries o f O reg o n ’s Parent
M entor Program help m others
learn parenting attitudes and skills
they m issed w hen they were grow ­
ing up.
N ow beginning its third year,
the program has provided m en­
tors to about 80 women with re­
sponsibility for about 160 chil­
dren. M entors help m others de­
velop control over their own lives
and the lives o f their children
th riu g h visits, w alks, heart-to-
heart talks and other activities. A
m entor designs activities to fit
the individual p aren t’s needs. The
m entor m ight show the m other
how to organize a cupboard or a
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not lim ited to p aren tin g skills. A
fam ily also needs basic o p p o rtu ­
n ities and services in clu d in g af­
f o r d a b le h o u s in g , f o llo w -u p
counseling after treatm ent for ad­
dictio n and high q u a lity adult
edu catio n and child care. M en­
tors often express dism ay that
the inadequacy o f such services
for po o r m others saps th e ir en ­
ergy for raising children. By sup­
p o rtin g a m o th e r’s e ffo rts to
m aneuver on this tough road, a
m entor helps her stren g th en her
p o sitio n as a parent and un d er­
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stand her po w er to a ffe c t the
w orld around her.
The Parent M entor Program is
part o f the EMO com m unity m in­
istries dedicated to m eeting basic
hum an needs. EMO is an asso c ia ­
tion o f 15 C hristian denom ina­
tions including Protestant, O rtho­
dox and Roman C atholic religious
bodies that w ork together to re­
spond as a people o f faith to the
needs o f O regonians. For more
inform ation about the Parent M en­
tor Program , contact Sylvia Hart-
Landsberg at (503) 231-3571.
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S u b s c r ib e ! F ill
On Sunday, September 12, at
3:00 p.m., Rose City United Meth­
o d ist C hurch w ill p re se n t the
W estside Singer in concert. This
concert is the first o f twelve con­
certs and marks the beginning of the
15th concert season at the church
The W estside Singers, a mixed vo­
cal ensemble with instrumental trio
backup, have been entertaining au­
diences for over 50 years. Their
repertoire focuses on jazz and swing
while including show tunes and con­
temporary music. Their concert will
include familiar swing and jazz hits
from the 20s through the 90s - from
Irving Berlin’s “Puttin’ on the Ritz”
to Billy Joel’s “River o f Dreams.”
Rose City Park United Methodist
Church is located at 5830 N.E.
Alameda. Admission to the concert
is a free will offering taken at inter­
mission with net proceeds to benefit
tw o local agencies, F IS H and
Loaves & Fishes. Free childcare is
available. The church is located on
Tri-M et bus line #12 and #71 and is
handicapped accessible by an el­
evator located at the Alameda en­
trance. Please call Patricia Holman,
Concert Coordinator, 288-0353,
should you require any additional
information. Season brochures are
available by calling the coordinator
or the church office at 281-1229.
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calendar for exam ple, find career
clothes in resale shops, take kids
to the C h ildren’s M useum, or su rf
the Internet.
The deeper value o f m entoring,
though, lies in the relational skills
a m other develops. “ How can a
m other give her children affec­
tion and affirm ation she has never
experienced herself?" asks P ro­
g ra m D ir e c to r S y lv ia H a rt-
Landsberg. “A relationship w ith
a m entor increases the pro b ab il­
ity that a woman can learn to nur­
ture h e rse lf and her children.”
The Parent M entor Program as­
signs m ost m entors to current or
form er clients o f the Letty Owings
C enter, a residential drug and a l­
cohol treatm ent facility for p reg ­
nant and/or parenting women. A f­
ter com pleting treatm ent, the typi­
cal client sets up a new household
independent from fam ily m em ­
bers who m ight not help her pro­
m ote a safe environm ent for her
children. D uring this transition
the m other appreciates a friend to
help her practice new behaviors
and express her feelings.
The “b a sic s” o f parenting are
Westside
Singer’s
Concert
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Davis. She passed away on July
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Emily is now “RETIRED!"
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