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Josiah Hill Memorial Nov. 4
Portland Leader
Remembered
A m em orial serv ice celebrating
the life o f Josiah Hill w ill be held
Saturday Nov. 4 at 4 p.m.
Hill was a longtim e leaderofthe
C oalitionofB lack Men, Physicians
for Social R esponsibility and nu
m erous other com m unity groups.
T he m em orial w ill be held at
Irving Covenant Church, 4008 N . E.
M artin Luther K ing, Jr. Blvd.
All are w elcom e. For further in
formation, please call 503-287-5226.
Josiah Hill
Obituaries---------------
Portland Poet Dies
Lois M arie L ew is died O ct. 13 at
the age o f 67.
Lois w as b o m M arch 14, 1933 in
Texas. She m oved to Portland in 1962
and retired from Portland Public
Schools in 1994.
She loved w riting poetry and w as
also a tax consultant.
Survivors include her com panion,
C larence Berry; sons, E dger B. G ar
ner Jr., Elbert D. G am er Sr., and Danny
G am er; daughters, C arolyn Parks,
Patricia A. G am er and N ora L. T ho
mas; stepsons, Frederic D. Berry and
Jonathan M. Berry; stepdaughter,
A nnette M. B roussard; sister, Ruth
Lois Marie Lewis
Ram sey; 29 grandchildren and 23
great-grandchildren;
Musician, Husband Dies at 42
A funeral w ill be at 11 a.m. Friday,
Oct. 20inK illingsw orth Little Chapel
o f the C him es for Jeffrey C harles
M etzner, w ho died Oct. 8, apparently
o f a seizure, at age 42.
M etzner was bo m Oct. 17,1958,in
Portland, w here he lived all his life.
H e served in the U.S. Arm y. He
was a com puter technical analyst for
H ollyw ood Entertainm ent for a year
and for D A T Services for the past
m onth. H e w as a m em ber o f G ood
Shepherd Church.
in 1995, he married KitaGail M ont
gomery.
Survivors include his wife; step
daughters, O luw akem i Sosanya and
T olulope Sosanya; mother, Sharon
O rdaz; brother, M ichael; and sister,
M elodie Adams.
Interm ent will be in W illam ette
N ational C em etery.
A TLANTA (A P)
The Southern
Baptists, already suffering from de
f e c tio n s
because
of
th e
denom ination's conservative posi
tions, have lost one o f their best-
known members: Jim m yCarter.
The form erpresident, w hoseevan-
gelical Christian faith figured prom i
nently in his 1976 W hite H ouse cam
paign, said in a letter m ailed to fellow
Baptists that he is cutting ties to the
Southern B aptist C onvention after
struggling w ith the “ increasingly
rigid’’ creed o f the n atio n ’s largest
Protestant denom ination.
Some o f the gro u p ’s positions,
including recent decisions barring
w om en pastors and declaring that
w ives should “subm it graciously” to
their husbands, “violate the basic
premises ofm y Christian faith,” Carter
wrote.
“ I ’ve m ade this decision w ith a
great deal o f pain and reluctance,”
the 76-year-old C arter told The A sso
ciated Press on Friday.
“ F orm e, being a Southern Baptist
has always been like being an A m eri
can. I ju st have n ever thought o f
m aking a change. M y father and his
father w ere deacons and Sunday
Schoolteachers. It’sso m eth in g th at’s
ju st like breathing for us.”
But he added: “ I personally feel
the Bible says all people are equal in
the eyes o fG o d . I personally feel that
w om en should play an absolutely
A free workshop to inform school-
age students, and their parents, about
steps needed to get into college will be
held Saturday from 8:30a.m. to 12:15
p.m. at M t Olivet BaptistChureh,8725
N. Chautauqua Blvd.
Designed especially to reach mi
nority youth , the workshop is spon
sored by A frican-American alumn i o f
George Fox University, in cooperation
with the University’s Undergraduate
Speakers Celebrate
Month-Long Event
s is te r s , L o re tta (B ro o k s) F ra z ie r,
K a r e n ( B r o o k s ) J a c k s o n , an d
D e b ra a n d R o b e r ta ; b r o th e r s ,
R o b ert Jr., D arry l a n d D am on; an d
a h o s t o f fa m ily m e m b e rs.
V iew ings w ill be held Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday at C aldw ell
C olonial Chapel, w hich is also pro
viding the arrangem ents.
Former President Jimm Carter cuts his ties to the Southern Baptist
Convention after struggling with the "increasingly rigid" creed of the
nation's largest Protestant denomination.
equal role in service o f C hrist in the
church.”
T he president o f the 15.8 million-
m em ber Southern Baptist C onven
tio n , th e Rev. Jam es M erritt o f
S n e llv ille , G a ., d e fe n d e d th e
denom ination’s positions Friday and
said o f C arter’s departure: “W ith all
due respect to the president, he is a
theological m oderate. W e are not a
theological m oderate convention.”
C arter w ill rem ain a deacon at
M aranatha B aptist Church in Plains,
w here he has served as a Sunday
school teacher since he w as 18. Last
month, at C arter’s urging, M aranatha
voted to divert h alf its m ission contri
butions from the SBC to a less con
servative group o f congregations.
C arter said in his letter that he and
his wife, Rosalynn, will associate with
Baptist groups “w ho share such be-
liefs as separation o f church and state
. . . a free religious press, and equality
o fw o m en .”
In recent years, the Southern Bap
tis t C o n v e n tio n h as b o y c o tte d
D isney and issued resolutions op
posing hom osexuality. M erritt said
his group isn ’t getting m ore conser
vative; A m erican society is getting
more liberal.
“A lot o f people say it’s society
that’s too loose. W e’ re w illing to take
a stand even if it’s not very popular,”
he said. H e said he has not seen any
"m ass exodus” from the faith.
H ow ever, more m oderate Baptist
organizations have grow n as congre
gations leave the Southern Baptists.
The A tlanta-basedC ooperative Bap
tis t F e llo w s h ip n o w h as 1,800
churches after only a decade in exist
ence.
O n W ednesday, the Seventh &
James Baptist Church in Waco, Texas,
voted to sever ties to the Southern
Baptists. “As the resolutions have
been m ore and m ore exclusionary,
w e’ve been em barrassed to be asso
ciated w ith the convention,” said the
Rev. R aym ond Bailey.
Bailey said C arter’s decision to
leave m ay encourage som e m oderate
Southern Baptists to follow.
“ H e’s a wonderful model ofC hris-
tian servanthood on an international
level, and certainly his positions have
an effect," he said.
College Workshop at Mt. Olivet Church
Jewish
Experiences
Explored
Hatina Brooks Memorial Saturday
A m em o rial se rv ic e w ill b e held
at 3 p.m . S a tu rd a y a t the K ingdom
H all o f Je h o v a h ’s W itn esses, 2930
N .E. 102, fo r H atin a D aw n B rooks
w h o d ie d in a n a u t o m o b i l e
a c c id n e t O ct. 2 l a t th e ag e o f 24.
T in a w as b o rn o n S ep t. 9, 1976
to R o b e rt a n d J u d y B ro o k s in
P o rtla n d , O re g o n . S he g ra d u a te d
fro m B e n so n P o ly te c h n ic H ig h
S ch o o l in 1994.
S h e lik e d p h o to g r a p h y a n d
lo v e d w o rk in g w ith c h ild re n . S he
w as th e s u p e rv is o r at 2 4 - h o u r
F itn e s s ’ K id s C lu b in th e H o lly
w ood D istric t. S he w as k n o w n fo r
h er b e a u tifu l sm ile an d h e r g e n e r
o sity .
She is s u rv iv e d b y h e r 3 y e a r
old son, J a ’S h aw n C a lle n B ro o k s;
p a re n ts, R o b e rt an d Ju d y B ro o k s;
Carter Breaks Southern Baptist Ties
The M ittleman Jewish Community
C e n te r p ro u d ly sp o n so rs Jew ish
B ook M onth as part o f the national
celebration o f Jew ish books dem on
strating the full range o f Jew ish life
and experiences. The event is spon
sored in part by a grant from the
Regional Arts and C ulture Council.
From O ct. 3 1-Dec. 3, the MJCC
and num erous Jew ish organizations
and synagogues, bring to Portland a
w ide range o f authors reading in ven
ues throughout the city. In addition,
Admissions office.
The event is designed to be a first
introduction into looking at college
and to help high school students
understand that it is possible to go on
to college.
A question-and-answer time with
all presenters will held following the
workshop sessionst.
F ormore information, phone (503)
544-2253.
B ro ad w ay B ooks helps turn the
M JCC lobby into the largest Judaica
bookshop in tow n for the m onth,
selling Judaic books from the reli
gious, to the hum orous, historical to
great Jew ish fiction. Kids books and
cookbooks, also.
Perhaps since Jew s have been tra
ditionally called the “people o f the
book,” it is only fitting that this month
long national event, now held in ven
ues throughout the U.S. has becom e
a m ajor force in the bookseller world.
This year’s Portland celebration fea
tures both national and local authors.
Starting o ff Oct. 31 will be M imi
Sheraton, form er food critic for the
N ew Y ork Tim es and author o f the
new book, The Bialy Eaters. A patron
party will feature Sheraton. This event
costs $25 and is open to the public.
Please call the MJCC at 244-0111 for
reservations and location.
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