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Tri-city 4. Com debuts at #2
EMO’s new board members and officers
reflect statewide and faith diversity
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Reflecting its statewide outreach.
Ecumenical Ministries o f Oregon
(EM O) board members and officers
instal led on February 24 come to their
p o s itio n s
from
T illa m o o k ,
McMinnville, Bend and Portland. In
a d d itio n each o f the m em bers
re p resen ts a different C hristian
denom ination: Greek O rthodox,
C a th o lic , M eth o d ist, L utheran,
Presbyterian, and Quaker.
“ W h a t’s im p o rta n t,” said Lori
Brocker, Esq., who assumed the role
o f president o f
EMO board o f directors last month, “
is that we all share a commitment to
the concept o f the community and
believe that we can be more and do
more together than we can do alone.”
Brocker is general counsel and director
o f governmental affairs for Oregon
Newspaper, Inc. She has served on
the EMO board o f directors since
1993 and on num erous EM O
committees. She is a Former Lutheran
pastor and prior to her work at Oregon
Newspapers, worked as an attorney
at Davis Wright
T riam inic in Portland. Brocker
replaces Charles Jordan, Director of
Portland Parks and Recreation, as
president.
EMO’s new president-elect is Virginia
R o b e rtso n , in te rim e x e c u tiv e
presbyter o f the Presbytery o f the
North Cascades. Prior to becoming
interim presbyter, Robertson served
as executive o f North Central Iowa,
R o b ertso n serv ed on EM O
committees dealing with Jewish and
Christian relations. Currently she is
an elder and memberofW estminster
Presbyterian Church in Portland.
Installed as secretary o f the board.
Father James Retelas has been an
active member of EMO’s board and
Denominational Leaders Forum for
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overayear. During the past five years,
he has served as senior priest at Holy
Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. A
former forester with the U.S. Forest
services, Retelas received his Master
ofDivinity from Holy Cross Orthodox
School o f Theology on Brookline,
Massachusetts and was ordained by
Archbishop Iakovos in 1987.
Assuming the role o f treasurer is
Robert Morris Smith o f the Willamette
Quarterly Meeting (Quaker Society
o f F riend). Sm ith is an active
participant in EMO’s Denominational
Leaders Forum and serves on several
EMO committees. He has worked as
an accountant and served as treasurer
for numerous non-profit social justice
organizations.
Four new board members were also
installed in February. The Rev. Martin
Jones, who also becomes the chair o f
EMO’s Public Policy Committee, is
D irecto r o f N etw ork R esource
M inisters in four local churches
before beginning his work at the
conference center in 1982.
The Rev. Bill Ellis, rector o f Trinity
E p isco p al C hurch in B end, is
currently the ecumenical officers for
the Episcopal Diocese o f Eastern
Oregon and an active member o f
Interfaith M inistries o f C entral
Oregon.
Father John Henderson, Minister o f
Scared heart Parish inTillamook, is
currently working on the formation of
th e
T illa m o o k
E cu m e n ic a l
Community. He is a member o f the
Tillamook Ministerial Association
and is active in the Society o f St.
Vincent dePaul.The Rev. Kent Harrop,
minister o f First Baptist Church in
McMinnville, has been involved in
n u m e ro u s local and W o rld
peacemaking and justice activities,
in c lu d in g the B a p tist P eace
Fellowship o f North America. He
participates in several social service
and ecumenical organizations in
McMinnville.
EMO is an association o f 15 Christian
denominations including Protestant,
O rthodox and Rom an C atholic
religious bodies that work together
to respond as a people o f faith to the
needs o f O regonians. For more
information, call Teri Ruch at 221-
1054.
EMI Gospel artist, Tri-City Singers, meets with significant
critical and consumer acclaim in first week o f sales
EMI Gospel is celebrating the enormous success o f their
newest release Donald Lawrence presents and Tri-City
Singers tri-city 4.com . In its first official week o f album
sales, the critically acclaimed project debuted at #2 on
Billboard’s Top Gospel Album sales chart with a
Soundscan tally o f more than 6600 units. That number
also earned the album a #13 spot on Billboard s
Heatseekers Album Chart, one o f Billboard’s few charts
that measures sales across music genres.
The chart success ofTri-city4.com culminates a week o f
milestone activity surrounding the retail release ofproject
that both the award-winning group’s EMI Gospel debut
and their first new album in nearly five years.
February 29th, the retail release date o f the album, also
marked the beginning o f multi-city promotional tour,
spanning3600miles form February 2 9 th -M a rc h 4. Ina
joint effort between EMI Gospel, EMI Music Distribution
and Chordant Distribution, the Tri-City Singers and
Donald Lawrence— the album’s producer and group
visionary— appeared in retail locations in6 majormarkets
(G reensboro, NC, A tlanta, GA, C leveland, OH,
Washington, DC, Philadelphia, PA and New York City).
In keeping with the new technology theme o f the 13-song
album, EMI Gospel selected Liquid Audio, Inc. to offer
a free promotional download o f the album ’s first single,
“Never Seen the Righteous” for 30 days, beginning
February 15. That partnership marked a first for an Urban
Gospel Label, and resulted in the availability o f the
promotional download on more than 500 web sites, as
several online retail site [musicland.com, samgoody.com,
mediaplay.com, oncue.com, National Record Mart.
(mrmmusic.com), virginmega.comandmybytes.Com]
and lifestyle media web sites (gospelflava.com ,
gospelcity.com, g-a-n-g.com and crosswalk.com).
Tri-city4.com has already garnered significant media
attention. A spotlighted review in the 2/5/00 issue of
Billboard magazine praised the project’s lead single:
'The hyper hooky, Never Seen the Righteous’ puts a
jazzy, rollicking rhythm section underneath'jammin’,
jump-for-joy horns' unrivaled since 70s-heyday '
Earth, Wind & Fire.'
The project, and unique Internet component were the
sole focus o f Lisa Collins “In the Spirit” column in the
3/11/00 issue o f Billboard, and earned front page
status in the 2/28/00 issue ofCCM Update, the leading
trade weekly in the Christian music marketplace
Tri-city4.com has drawn enormous airplay radio. Driven
by the single “Never Seen the Righteous”, the project
has gained more than 3.2 million listener impressions
in the past six weeks, according to broadcast Data
Systems (BDS).
The newest division o f the EMI Christian Music
Group, EMI Gospel began operations in April 1998
with the primary vision o f signing and establishing
new and developing artists in U rban G ospel
marketplace. The Tri-City Singers Became EMI
G ospel’s first established artist signing this past
October.
Brentwood Tennessee-based EMI Christian Music
Group, a member
The EMI Group, is the world’s largest Christian music
company, operating the EMI Gospel, Sparrow, Star
Song and Forefront labels in addition
EMI Christian Music Publishing and Chordant
Distribution Group.
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(Jn [ouina m e m o ry o f
Philip Wallace Lavoy
Sunrise
January 16, 1935
Sunset
March 16, 2000
Funeral March 21,2000 Will be at River View Cemetery 1:00 PM
Funeral Home Little Chapel o f the Chimes.
Survivors: include Companion, Sheila Finkel o f Portland, Oregon,
Sister Evelyn Robertson ofCarmel Valley, California
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Thursday, March 16, at 7pm
CRAIG CAROTHERS
SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND
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May 7, 1957
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Sunset
March 13, 2000
Memorial Service will beat 2:00 PM, Saturday, March 18 at his Mother,
Arlene A aron’s home in Portland. He had worked as a laborer in various
businesses.
He had attended Boise Elementary School and Washington High
School
A life long Portland resident. Survivor include: Mother Arlene Aaron,
Father Jimmie Keller, Sisters Saundra, Beverly, Sherrie, Tony, & Elizabeth,
Bothers John, Bean, Marlon, Stanley, Bruce, Marcus, John Brown,
Kenny & Tiny
Uncles John Keller and Wilbert Walker, Daughter Latonya Keller.
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Sunrise
March 12, 1913
Sunset
March 17, 2000
Ben Ware was bom in Locust Bayou on March 12,1913. Ben lived in the
Portland area for 56 years and served as retired chairman o f the deacon
o f his church, Mt. Sinai Baptist. He is also a retired supervisor o f a
company that handles the sandblasting o f boxcars.
Ben W are leaves to cherish his memory:
Fannie Mae Ware Wife Portland, OR
Donnell Ware Son Portland, OR
Betty (W are) Tolbert Daughter Portland, OR
Ernest Ware Son Portland, OR
Bennie Ware Daughter Portland, OR
Billy Ware Son Portland, OR
Gladys Ware Sister Lincoln, Nebraska
Harrison Ware Brother Chidester, Arkansas
13 Grandchi ldren, 28 Great-grandchi Idren and 6Great-great-grandchildren