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Organ Dedication Concerts
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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. The workshop is
free and open to all but you must
register in advance. For more infor
mation, contact Brian Hoop at 823-
3075 or Joleen Jensen-Classen at
823-3203. TTY contact is 823-
6868.
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