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Planning a Future for
St. Johns Neighborhood
Conference Addresses City Challenges
A Portland congregation is
passionate that Portland is in
need of spiritual renew al and
has scheduled a five-day con
ference with special speakers to
address the c ity ’s many ch al
lenges.
Sponsored by the Cathedral
o f Praise m inistry, “His Glory
Conference 2O()2” is scheduled
June 3 -8 , with services at 7 p.m.
nightly at 1821 S.E. 39'h and
S tephens.
Services and sem inars d u r
ing the event are free, but a reg
HORACE
S IM P S O N
GERALD
TAYLOR
istration fee o f $10 will be re
quested to receive a conference
packet.
Evening services will consist
o f transform ing w orship and
praise; anointed musical guests;
dynamic and Spirit-filled speak
ers from across the country, such
as international preacher and au
thor Apostle Jonas Clark of Florida.
C lark, with his m essage of
divine im pact and reform , calls
on nations o f the w orld to feel
the pow er o f God.
Other special guests include
Prophetess Nona Parker of Illi
nois, Prophetess Julia Currence
of North Carolina; and local speak
ers Apostle T. Chiles Sr. of Better
Life Ministries, and Pastor Ber
nard of Greater Faith Christian
Center Church of God In Christ.
All area residents are invited
to come and experience the mani
festation o f G o d ’s glory and its
im pact on the city o f Portland.
The conference host is Pas
tor Levell Thom as o f Cathedral
of Praise. For more information,
call 503-235-2127.
Bring in this coupon
Musical
Redeemed! At
Maranatha
6844 N. Interstate Ave.
when you visit and get
Portland, OR 97217
$2.00 o ff a Haircut
503-247-3165
Tickets are now available for In
G od’s Image Productions’ Re
deemed!
The theatrical musical will be
performed May 31, June 1 and
June 2 at Maranatha Church, 4222
N.E. 12'*’ Ave. at 7 p.m. each night.
Redeem ed! is the story of
Sherrice Wilson, a 22-year-old
woman sharing a rundown Los
Angeles apartment with her 14-year-
old brother, Hakiem. Given a once
in a lifetime opportunity, she aban
dons her faith and family to pursue
musical stardom, however, this
decision comes with a tragic cost.
The performance features the
music of Kirk Franklin and the
Winans. The musical is written and
directed by Sandra Joan Brown.
A donation of $ 11 is suggested
for tickets, available at Hook-Ups,
2536 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr.
Blvd.; Reflections Bookstore, 446
N.E. Killingsworth; the W omen’s
Resource Center on the PCC Cas
cade campus in north Portland;
and Higher Ground Coffee Shop
in Newberg. For more informa
tion, call 360-258-7170.
Pastoral
Celebration
2nd Year
Anniversary
Pastor &
Mrs. Matthew Waters
Thursday, May 30
Friday, May 31
Saturday, June 1
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afford to buy a home, but it’s
g o in g th ro u g h tre m e n d o u s
changes,”
There’s a need for business
revitalization, Logan says, but
“there’s no point in pushing the
neighborhood as a business place
until you clean it up, make it attrac
tive, and give people a reason to
come out here.”
Nelson promotes the creation
of a new truck route and removing
truck traffic from the center of
town.
“Your transportation system
is your pulm onary sy stem ,”
Nelson says. “We need to be able
to get people in and out quickly
and reliably on a daily basis, with
as few blockages as possible.”
Jean Estes Hoops of Friends of
Cathedral Park said the St. Johns
business district needs more thriv
ing enterprises and less vacant
storefronts.
“We have the St. Johns Cafe,
which is the best breakfast place
in the city,” Hoops says. “We
need one or two more eating places
fro m Metro
Opdyke would like to see
Lombard accommodate “a com
mercial district that serves young
people and the elderly who don ’ t
have access to a car.”
Perhaps a more important goal
is to preserve the ethnic diver
sity of the area, with its mixture of
w hites, A frican-A m ericans,
Hmongs and Latinos, to preserve
affordable housing and boost
home ownership.
“We want people who live
here to feel, ‘This is my home,
this is where 1 belong,” ’ Opdyke
says. “It makes for a much stron
ger community.”
St. Johns residents Bud Lo
gan and Trevor Nelson see a
need for better infrastructure.
“We have 100 year old side
walks that need to be brought up
to date and a lack of curb cuts
and crossings,” Logan says. “It
needs to occur as quickly as
possible. St. Johns is one of the
last places where you can still
like that.”
Hoops is somewhat cynical
about the planning process, not
ing, “Everyone knows there’s
no money to do the things we
plan for.”
One asset St. Johns has in
abundance in community loy
alty and identity.
Until 1912, St. Johns was an
independent village, and many
old timers still see it as a world
apart from the rest of Portland.
L o n g s ta n d in g
annual
events are the St. Johns Pa
rade and the C athedral Park
Jazz Festival. The latter cel
ebrates Cathedral Park, created
through the help of many pub
lic jurisdictions at the behest
o f local volunteers. It is also a
m em orial to one o f them , the
late self-styled “m ayor o f St.
Johns,” Howard G albraith.
The former shipyard worker
used to say, “There are two kinds
of people: Those who live in St.
Johns, and those who wish they
did.”
Mt. Hood Jazz Fest Ends 20 Year Run
continued
people. It faced competition from
other outdoor concerts. It alien
ated some mainstream jazz fans in
the late 1990s by trying to incor
porate pop-inflected “smooth”
fro m Metro
profit sponsors.
But in the past decade, the fes
tival struggled to attract as many
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jazz acts. It also suffered from th e ,
death of many legendary artists
who became household names
when ja z z ’s popularity was at its
peak.
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