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Page B2 September 27, 2000 (Elji' IjJorthtuò (Obòvrurr i M etro / Religion IM W M t Organ Dedication Concerts Continue Obituaries Willie I. Davis Organist Lee Garrett, Professor of Music and Organist at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, will present a concert at First Presbyte rian Church o f Portland on Sunday, October 8 at 1:00 p.m. This concert, third in a series of inaugural con certs for the church’s new Jaeckel pipe organ, is a benefit for the 2001 Adult mission trip Northern India. Dr. Garrett served as consultant to First Presbyterian’s Organ Com mittee when the Jaeckel organ was chosen, and is donating his perfor mance fee to India Mission Trip Fund. This trip will consist of a diverse group o f adults and youth from the church’s congregation. They will travel to old Delhi, bring ing health supplies for St. Stephen’s Hospital and Community Health Programs there. Leader of the trip is Dr. Ginny Feldman who spent A funeral was held Monday, Sept. 25, 2000, in New Hope Missionary Baptist Church for Willie I. Davis, who died Sept. 20 at age 84. Mr. Davis was bom July 31,1916, in Moscow, Ark., and moved to Port land in the early 1940s. He was a laborer for Hoffman Construction for about 25 years, retiring in 1978, and a member of the church. In 1951, he married Arlene McGee. Survivors include his wife; son, Willie J.; and two grandchildren. Interment will be in Sunset Hills Memorial Park. A rrangem ents are by Killingsworth Little Chapel of the Chimes. James Davis Jr. A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Fri day, Sept. 22, 2000, in True Vine M issionary B aptist C hurch for James Davis Jr., who died Sept. 17 of cancer at age 67. Mr. Davis was bom Aug. 16, 1933, in Wharton, Texas, and grew up in Merced, Calif. During the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Air Force in Okinawa. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1950s and was a tire retreader for Firestone until retiring in 1986. He lived in Portland for the past 11 years. In 1959, he married Bonnie Ewell; she died in 1987. He married Lucy E. Clewis in 1989. Survivors include his wife; daugh ter, Sheila A.; sons, Jimmy R., Reginald D. and Kevin C.; sisters, Rosie Perkins, Bertha McMurray and Lillie Jones; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Interment will be in Willamette National Cemetery. Arrangements are by Killingsworth Little Chapel of the Chimes. Ethel V. Fleming A funeral service was held Sept. 21 for Ethel V. Fleming at the Little Chapel o f the Chimes, am . Ethel V. Fleming was bom in Akrow, Ohio and died 9/14/00 at the age o f 76 in Portland, Oregon. Emanuel Hospital employed Mrs. Fleming as a Nurse practitioner where she retired in 1984. She was a member o f Lifeline Christian Church and she also en joyed sewing, and gardening. Survivors ofEthel V. Fleming hus band Leroy Fleming of Portland, Cary Lee son o f Cleveland, Ohio; Leroy Fleming Jr. son o f Portland; Audrey Taylor daughter of Portland; Kathie Turner daughter o f Portland; Robin Glover daughter o f Portland; Larawda Fleming daughter o f Port land; Fred Lee brother o f Piza Italy; five months on a medical mission to India in 1999. The program includes music from a variety of styles and periods, show ing off the organ’s many possibili ties for color contras. Bach famous’ Passacaglia’ will be heard, along with a 19Th century passacaglia by Ameri can composer Daniel Pinkham with accompaniment of other instruments and prerecorded sounds. Works by Duruflé, Messiaen, and Widor will also be presented. Ticket for this Organ Dedication Concert are $10 for adults and $7 for students. They are available from First Pres byterian Church, 1200 SW Alder, 97205, or from all Fastixx loca tions. Contact Person: Lyn Loewi or Geri Miller 228-7331 Parenting Help Offered We’re Here... We Care the faith community o f North/northeast Port land is offering a Free seminar on its Unifying Parents parenting classes on Thursday October 5, 2000 from 6:30 till 8:30 p.m. at Ainsworth United Church o f Christ located at 2947 NE Ainsworth Portland. If you are a parent, grandparent. expecting or a want to be a parent this is the class for you. This seminar will give you an overview of the twenty-week course and how it can help with challenges you face rearing children in today’s society. For more information contact We’re Here... We Care 493-3136. Dialogue for Neighborhood Leaders Facilitating the development of a An “Interracial Community Dia "It took who I was where I've come from to make me who I am. My life has been a journey and it ha always been easy. The song ‘Jesus Is a Friend o f M ine' tells my testimony. I don't think I could ha\ this fa r i f I didn’t believe in Jesus." — Aaron Neville Neville debuts Devotion Growing up in the Calliope Hous ing Project in New Orleans, Aaron Neville seemed tom between two very different worlds. There were the tough years spent growing up in the talented Neville family, gifted but unknown, scraping by in the Southern Louisiana of40’s and 50’s. Then when limited recognition eventually came to a young Aaron through the hit single “Tell It like It Is, “ the notoriety was short-lived, and none o f the money seemed to find its way back to the singer. He was still scraping to get by and pro vide for his family as a freight han dler, longshoreman, ditch digger, or steel mill worker—whatever it took to pay the bills. But he never quit singing. In fact, he couldn ’t quit sing ing. You might say Aaron Neville’s distinctive, floating, iconic voice was already the stuff of legend— even when he was just singing in out- of the-way venues on his off nights, or wandering the streets harmoniz ing with his three brothers. Now as four-time Grammy win ner with 25+ million albums sold, numerous # 1 hits, unending critical accolades, material success, and million of devoted fans around the world, Aaron Neville seems light years from where he began. And yet, in some ways, he hasn’t traveled all that far. His new EMI Gospel debut, De votion, comes as an evocative, stir ring collection of spirituals, hymns, and original songs o f testimony and thanksgiving that lay bare the deeper sources of peace and yearning evi dent in all of Aaron’s music, even from the earliest days. Co-produced by Aaron and longtime collaborator Steve Lindsey (Neville Brothers, Peter Gabriel, Leonard Cohen), and with special guest appearances by stellar CCM artists like Avalon and Rachel Lampa, Devotion reaches far and wide to paint a backdrop for Aaron’s entire life. “Jesus Loves Me is really the center o f the record,” Aaron ex plains. The recognition of God’s provi sion in a turbulent world served as Aaron’s inspiration to include a graceful remake of Bridge Over Troubled Water on his new project. Coupled with the personal testimony expressed in the spoken poetry of Jesus Is A friend O f Mine, Bridge Over Troubled Water provides a compelling insight into Aaron’s faith experience. “I hope these songs touch the hearts and soul of other people the way they touched mine," Aaron of fers in summation. “I’ve been wait ing to share them for long time.” logue for Neighborhood Leaders” will take place over a six-week pe riod during the months of October and November. The dialogues will begin Tuesday, October 17. The workshop will take place each Tues day evening through November 20,2000 from 7 PM to 9 PM City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Ave., in the Pettygrove Room. The event is co sponsored by the City o f Portland Office o f Neighborhood Involve ment, metropolitan Human Rights Center and Oregon Uniting. The dialogues, developed by Or egon Uniting provide an opportu nity for participants to have an hon est conversation on race, reconcili ation and responsibility in a safe and supportive environment. Partici pants will work together toward com mon understanding on race as one step in building inclusive and di verse neighborhood associations. The Office o f Neighborhood In volvement shares these objectives of interracial dialogue with Oregon uniting: Building lasting relationships through honest dialogue and ongo ing interaction. Prom oting interracial under standing and respect. Building trust and cooperation across racial and cultural lines. just, unified vision of the commu nity. Planning specific actions to move towards this vision. “The dialogue gives me an oppor tunity to share my opinions and ex periences,” says past dialogue par ticipants Erik Hanamura. “It gives me a chance to improve myself by listening and learning from other people.” Oregon Uniting is multi-racial coalition o f community, govern ment, and religious groups founded in 1997 as part of a national initia tive calling for actions to end racial division. Oregon uniting organizes interracial dialogues by pairing di verse civic, business and service or ganizations, churches, youth and community groups. Dialogues fol low a 12-hour curriculum and are led by a bi-racial team of trained volunteer facilitators. Ideally each dialogue group consists of eight to twelve racially diverse participants. City Hall is wheelchair accessible. Take bus or MAX service to the downtown mall. 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