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Children Take a Course on Peacemaking
Kids learn
through song
about honoring
those o f
different faiths
and
peacemaking
practices at a
Spring Break
camp in
northeast
Portland.
first annual Peace Camp.
The program was d e
signed for children ages 6
through 12 and was held
from March 25 - 29 at the
Grace Memorial Episco
pal Church recently offered
a new perspective on world
religions and their attitude
toward peace through its
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church, located at 1535 NE.
17,h Ave.
The camp grew out of the
Grace Institute’s Summer
Arts Camps and the terrorist
W orsh ip w ith u s a t th e :
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C h ris tia n
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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 )
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Worship 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
P o r t la n d , O r e g o n
97217
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Please call for information or counciling.
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join us for our “Easter
Celebration 2002”
11AM
“He Got Up”
Workshop Choir with
Minister David Hart
3:30 PM
Cox & Cox Funeral Chapel
board:
• Trudy Gregory, business man
ager, First Christian Church, ( Dis
ciples of Christ), Portland;
• The Rev. Mark Knutson, se
nior pastor, Augustana Lutheran
Church, Portland;
• The Rev. Roula Alkouri, pas
tor, First Presbyterian Church,
Bend;
• GloriaCabine.memberof Allen
Temple Christian Methodist Epis
copal Church, Portland;
• Kelly McFarland, member Uni
versal Fellowship of M etropoli
tan Community Churches;
• The Rev. Robert Ned, pastor,
Bethel African Methodist Epis
copal Church, Portland;
• The Rev. Kent Harrop (re
elected), First Baptist Church,
McMinnville.
Ecum enical M inistries o f O r
egon is a statew ide association
o f 17 C hristian denom inations
including P ro testant, Rom an ,
C atholic and O rthodox bodies
working together to improve the
lives o f O regonians through
theological education and d ia
logue, public policy advocacy
a n d c o m m u n ity m in is tr y
program s.
Worship Service Follows
National Black Conference
Warner
Pacific
Hosts
Handbell
Choir
Everyone is invited to join
National Forum for Black Public
A dm in istrato rs c o n fe re n ce -
goers at a special ecumenical
service on Sunday, April 7 at the
downtown Hilton Hotel Grand
Ballroom.
The church services will in
clude sermonettes by Rev. Tricia
M cClendon o f Bethel AME
C h u rc h , M in iste r W illia m
M u h am m ad , R ev. A lcen a
T he n a tio n a lly a c c la im ed
Ring o f F ire H an d b ell C h o ir
w ill b rin g its ro u sin g re p e r
to ire to W arner P a c ific C o l
lege, 2219 S.E. 6 8 ,h, S unday,
A pril 7 at 3 p.m .
M usic to be perform ed will
include Parousia, com posed by
W amer Pacific ’ s music chair, Dr.
W alter Saul, as w ell as works by
acclaim ed handbell com poser
Kevin M cChesney.
Directed by Jason W ells, Ring
o f Fire is com prised of
s tu d e n ts
fro m
th e
T ualatin V alley Junior
A cad em y , a C h ristia n
school in H illsboro.
b
Boozer ofSt. Philip the Deacon;
Pastor Charels Hunter of Neigh
borhood Church of God, and
benediction by Rev. J.W. Matt
Hennessee o f St. Paul Mission
ary Baptist Church.
A lso featured are perfor
mances by HeavenBound M in
istries Ensemble and Highland
C om m unity C h urch’s mime
troupe. Services will be from 9
a.m .-10:30 a.m.
Nonviolent Communication Lecture
interconnectedness. Come learn
how to apply these simple but
powerful principles of organiza
tional and political discord world
wide.
A Nonviolent Communica
tion lecture will be given on
T uesday, April 16, from 7 - 9 p.m.
at Cleveland High School Audi
torium, 3400 SE. 26,h Ave. Re
quested donation is $5 - $15;
nobody is turned away.
For more information, call 503-
4 5 0 -9 9 0 9 o r go o n lin e to
www.cnvc.org.
Learn simple, but powerful
tools to improve the quality of
personal and professional rela
tionships. The Center for Non
violent Communication presents
author and international peace
maker Marshall B. Rosenberg,
PhD .
Forover35 years, Rosenburg
has traveled the world sharing
the language o f N onviolent
Communication, contributing to
a shift in consciousness from
violence, alienation and oppres
sion to a new paradigm of
t
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s
A private memorial service was held recently for Vernell Cornelia Watson who died March 6,2002,
at age 90. She was bom June 9,1911, in Portland. She graduated from Commerce High School and was
a clerk at Olds, W ortman and Kings Department Store. In 1930 she married Edward A. Watson; he died
in 1996. Survivors include her sons, Edward and Benjamin; three grandchildren; and three great
grandchildren. Arrangements by Killingsworth Little Chapel of the Chimes.
This ad dedicated to the loved ones who passed In:
2001
Jackson, Anna 10-17-01
Jackson, Constance 10-2-01
Jackson, (Jr.) W illis 4-4-01
James, Pamela D 10-3-01
Jones, Charles 12-29-01
Kelly, Irene 8-16-01
King, Robert 12-7-01
Kleckley, Joelle 9-14-01
Love, W illie B 1-19-01
Maxie, W illie Roy 2-2-01
McCauley, Robert 11-9-01
McClendon, Andrea 2-12-01
McGee, Ramona Lisa 4-15-01
Moore, Charlie, 5-27-01
Murphey, Evelyn 8-24-01
Nelson, Robert 11-01-01
Neyland, Damess 10-12-01
Penney, Norman 2-26-01
Peterson, Henry 11-18-01
Price, Myrdis 7-30-01
Reed, Alseame 10-20-01
Ritter, Barbara 9-28-01
Robinson, Dana 7-27-01
On Feb. 28, Ecumenical M in
istries o f Oregon installed new
officers and members to serve on
the Board o f Directors. The new
leadership was installed at EM O’s
Annual Community Celebration
and Dinner, held at the Portland
Downtown Marriott.
The new board officers include:
• The Rev. Dr. Wesley Taylor,
president. The Rev. Dr. Taylor
servesas senior pastorofTualatin
United Methodist Church;
• The Rev. Eugene Ross, presi
dent-elect. The Rev. Ross serves
as the co-conference minister of
the Central Pacific Conference of
the United Church of Christ;
• V irginia Robertson, immediate
past president. Mrs. Robertson is
a Presbyterian lay woman who
served as president in 2001 -2002;
• Robert Morris Smith, treasurer.
Mr. Smith, representing the Soci
ety of Friends, Quakers, was re
elected to serve as treasurer;
• The Rev. Dr. LeRoy Haynes,
secretary. The Rev. Dr. Haynes
serves as senior pastor of Allen
Temple African Methodist Epis
copal Church, Portland.
The following individuals were
elected to serve as members of the
Vernell Cornelia Watson
(503) 281-4891
Bailey, Mary 12-28-01
Baines, Gregory 3-10-01
Baker, Mary 6-5-01
Beaver, Eddie 2-19-01
Blake, Mamie 2-26-01
Brisco, Joseph 6-28-01
Brown, Thelma Juanita 7-23-01
Burch, Ron 12-28-01
Caldwell, Marie 9-29-01
Carney, Theo 2-9-01
Christopher, Sandra 11-15-01
Cole, Genora 2-7-01
Coulter, John 12-31-01
Crawford, Larry 6-21-01
Cunningham, James 11-4-01
Ellison, Rosie 10-25-01
Evans, Aloneia 12-4-01
Fowlkes, (Collins) Diane 4-8-01
Gardner, Bennie 9-25-01
Goodwin. Loic 8-7-01
G riffin, Lugena 12-5-01
Guthrie, Brett 8-10-01
Hams, Joe Lee 5-I2-OI
Ecumenical Ministries
of Oregon Elects New
Board Leadership
events of Sept. 11, 2001.
For more information on
programs available for
children, call 503-331-
8153.
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2736 NE Rodney
Portland, Oregon 97212
A pril 03, 2002
Robinson, Desmond 12-24-01
Scurlock, Larry 5-25-01
Sloan, Joseph 3-7-01
Smith, Celestine 10-23-01
Spencer, Terry Lee 4-15-01
Stevenson, M illard Ray 7-18-01
Taylor, Gregory 8-27-01
Tanner, W illie 3-4-01
Triplett, W illie 11-24-01
Tuck-Vaughn; Willard 11-12-01
Turner, David 5-10-01
Ward, J Reyana (Baby) 4-30-01
Ward, Jerline 2-5-01
Washington, Eurmegine 1-27-01
Williams, Ethelyn 6-8-01
Williams, Jake 6-14-01
Williams, Jason 10-13-01
W illis, Lottie 12-3-01
Samuel Barabin Jr.
A graveside service was held Friday, March 29,2002, in Rose City Cemetery for Samuel Barabin Jr.,
who died March 23 at age 70. Mr. Barabin was bom Aug. 15,1931. in Weeks Island near New Iberia,
La. He moved to Portland in the 1950s and was a painter and construction worker in the shipyards.
In 1951, he married Emily Thomas; she died in 1987. Survivors include his sons, Steven, Mark, Jeffrey
and Eric; and brothers, Leroy, John, Joe and Larry. Arrangements by Killingsworth Little Chapel of
the Chimes.
Mamie Lee Johnson
A funeral service was held on Friday, March 22,2002 at the Rose City Cemetary and Funeral Home
in Portland for Mamie Lee Johnson, who died March 16 at the age of 92. Johnson was bom on Jan.
29,1910 in Vance, Miss, and later moved to Portland. She worked as a Nurses Aide at the Multnomah
County Hospital and served on the Missionary Board of the Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church.
Survivors include herdaughter, Margie Grant; foster daughter, Ermagene Reed; brother, OseeGallion;
sisters, Bettie Robinson. Rowena Blish; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. Arrangements by
Rose City Cemetery & Funeral Home.
Irene Washington
We thank those families who have patronized our business.
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Funeral services were held on Monday, March 4 at the Greater Solid Rock Church of God in Christ
for Irene Washington, who died Feb. 25 at the age of 58. Mrs. Washington was raised and educated
in San Antonio and in Buffalo, New York. She married Delbert W ashington in 1966 and later moved
to Portland from Houston in 1989. She had been a bank accountant and most recently was a Foster
Mother for the Sate of Oregon for the last 8 or 9 years. Survivors include her husband; son, Sean
Washington; brothers, Oscar Brooks, Webb Lewis, John Lewis, Adolph Lewis, Asbery Lewis, Jr.,
Christor Lewis, Elmer Lewis; sisters, Ruthie Perdue, Clarice Anderson, Charlotte Rogers.