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FAREWELL APPRECIATION MUSICAL
FOR QOSPEL RADIO PERSONALITY
GEORGE F IT Z
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3:30 PM
New Hope Baptist Church
IN APPRECIATION
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George F'rtz has been playing Gospel Music on the radio in the Portland Metropolitan Area for 30
years. Now its time to say good-bye and we would like to invite you to share with us as we share
with him in a time of fellowship, praise and appreciation. If you have been blessed by the music
Christmas Celebration Honors Police
Rev. A. W ayne Johnson and
the Morning Star Baptist Church
o f inner northeast Portland will
be c e le b ra tin g th e ir an n u al
C hristm as G ala A ffair on Sun­
day, Dec. 9 at the Embassy Suites
H otel A irport.
A hosted reception will w el­
come guests at 5 p.m . and the
program and dinner will begin at
6p.m .
Nine African A merican offic­
ers o f the Portland Police Bu­
reau w ith 20 plus years or more
o f experience are this year’s
honored guests.
Ministry to Hold Christmas Celebration
The public is invited to attend
a free Christmas celebration pro­
gram on Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 7
p.m. that is held annually at the
New Beginnings Christian Center
Music Ministry, 7600 N.E. Glisan.
The ministry will present “An-
them of Praise,” a showcase of
praise and worship songs. A mu­
sical presentation of Christmas
and Chanukah that unites and
represents diverse musical styles
is also planned.
Childcare is provided forchil-
played on the radio by George come and show your love and appreciation. Please join us on
W arner Pacific College will
be having their 27'*' annual cho­
ral Christmas concert on Sun­
day, Dec. 9 at 3 p.m. at the cam­
pus, 2219 S.E. 68,h and Division.
The concert will serve as a
benefit for choral student Kailyn
Daniels’ medical expenses and
recovery from a tragic automo­
bile accident this fall.
Daniels had just auditioned
for the concert choir this sum-
H ighlights
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Guest Choirs
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Groups
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Soloists
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Musicians
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Special Out-of-Town Guest
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CHRIST MEMORIAL C.O.G.I.C.
PASTOR: ELDER ROY TATE
Contact:
Slater M ary Sm ith
Contact:
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Front Row Productions
1 5 5 2 N Killlngsworth St.
Portland, Oregon 9 7 2 1 7
Phone: 5 0 3 -2 8 6 -9 6 2 4
NEW HOPE Missionary Baptist Church
Pastor R obert C. Jointer
3 7 2 5 N Gantenbein
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W o rsh ip w it h u s a t th e :
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C h ristia n
L ife C en ter
C h u r c h o f G od
(C le v e la n d T e n n e s s e e )
W4 w s / u / j Opportunities
& Services
Sundays
Sunday School: 9:45 AM
Morning Worship: 11 AM
Evening Worship: 6 PM
Wednesday
Family Training Hour, 7PM
Sr. Pastor
Bishop Samual M. Irving
5 5 2 2 N. A lbina
P o r tla n d , O regon
97217
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Please call fo r information orcounciling.
Other Church of
God Location:
Center o f Praise
Ministries
3402 R S t
Vancouver, Washington
Pastor Marcus J. Irving
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Home Going For Annie Pearl Preston
Funeral services for Annie
Pearl Preston, 67, o f North
Vancouver Ave., will be held
Thursday, Dec. 6 at 11 a.m. at
A ntioch M issionary B aptist
Church, 5935 N. M innesota
A ve., with the Rev. Felton
Howard Pastor and associate
ministers Rev. James Cook, Rev.
Charles Collins and Minister
Charles Howard officiating.
Burial will be at Skyline Me­
morial Gardens, 4101 N. W.Sky-
lineBlvd.
Mrs. Preston departed this
life on Monday, Nov. 26,2001 at
Oregon Health Sciences Univer­
sity.
She was a long time resident
of Portland, a native of Warren,
Ark.
She was a member of Antioch
Missionary Baptist Church for
30 years, where she served faith­
fully on the senior usher board
for just as long. She worked at
fundraisers, collections of build­
ing funds, and other charities
for her church family, all with
love.
She is survived by six daugh­
ters, C aro ly n Sue, JoA nn,
G w endolyn L ouise, Brenda
Marie and Sharon, all of Port-
Annie Pearl Preston
land, and Tresseme of Oceanside,
Calif.; two sons, Michael and
Jessie o f Portland; 17 grandchil­
dren, 24 great-grandchildren; six
sisters, Norma Jean W heeler and
Georgia Lee, both of Mil waukee,
Wis., Mary Sue Boyrd of Califor­
nia, Francis Coleman o f Flint,
Mich., Gracie Mae York and
Nancy Sue Hampton, both of
Arkansas; tw o brothers, Richard
Lee Marks o f Portland and James
Ralph M arks o f Chicago; and a
host o f nieces, nephews, cous­
ins and very special friends.
H er grandsons will serve as
pallbearers. The Killingsworth
Little Chapel o f Chimes will direct
the funeral services.
www.newbeginnmgs.org.
Union Gospel Mission is gear­
ing up for Christmas after serving
1,253 meals to Portland’s home­
less and needy in a tent that
spanned Northwest Third Avenue
between Burnside and Couch on
Thanksgiving Day. The lent was
donated by Northwest Natural
Gas, enabling the mission to serve
more people at one time and the
space for staged live music. The
number o f people served nearly
doubled from last year.
mer and was awarded a talent
grant for her vocal contributions
to the college’s music program.
The W arner Pacific choirs,
under the direction of Dr. Tho­
mas Miller, will present a pro­
gram of music featuring Advent
and Christmas selections as well
as other music appropriate to
the occasion.
For more information, contact
Dr. Miller at 503-517-1059.
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dren 5 and under.
Limited parking and seating is
available. Seating will be on a first
come first serve basis. For more
information, call 503-256-6050or
go
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to
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Warner Pacific Christmas Concert
Sunday afternoon, December 9 ,2 0 0 1 a t 3:30 PM.
The e v en in g ’s guest speaker
w ill be Rev. D ale Jay Sanders,
pastor o f the Fifth A frican B ap­
tist church o f New O rleans.
For m ore inform ation, call
M arci Jackson at 503-823-0474
or the church office at 503-281 -
4925.
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Jacqueline
Holland Taylor
G rav esid e serv ices w ere
held M onday, Dec. 3 ,2 0 0 1 , in
P a rk H ill C e m e te r y in
V ancouver for Jacqueline H ol­
land Taylor, w ho died Nov. 26
at age 57.
A memorial service was held
M o n d a y in C o m m u n ity
Church o f G od in Portland.
M rs. T a y lo r w a s b o rn
Jacqueline Pettiw ay on Oct.
31,1944, in Birm ingham . Ala.
She m oved to Portland as a
child. She w as a hom em aker
and also an underw riter for
the D epartm ent o f H ousing
and U rban D evelopm ent for
six years. She w as a 30-year
m em ber o f the church. She
m arried H arrison L ee Taylor;
he died in 1978.
Survivors include her daugh­
ters, Lekeisha, Blondell, Yolanda
Taylor-Frazier and Carolyn Hol­
land-Mitchell; sons, Terrance
and Sheldon H olland; sister,
Blondean L ockhart; and 10
grandchildren.
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Funeral H om e.
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