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(File JJortlanb (Oh ser Her Page B 4 J u n e 19, 2 0 0 2 t üortLiuó I? R eligion / el o b s e r v a d o r Church Ministry Celebrated A rea residents are invited to a celebration honoring Rev. Dr. Leroy H aynes Jr. and his spouse. Rev. H elen H aynes, both o f the A llen T em ple C hristian M ethod ist E piscopal C hurch, for their com m itm ent and dedicated ser vice to the church and Portland community. Special events w ith dynam ic guest speakers are planned at the church, located at 4236 N.E. 8lh A ve., over three days beginning Friday, June 21 at 7 p.m. w ith P as tor H.B. Daniels o f D aniel M em o r ia l COGIC. O n S aturday, June 22, Pastor M elvin Bailey o f B ethesda Chris- tian Church, will address the Allen T em ple congregation at 6 p.m. On Sunday, June 23, Dr. H. I^eon W illiam s, pastor o f M iles M emorial CM E Church in Tacoma w ill serve as guest speaker during a 4 p.m. cerem ony. New Rules on Priest Abuse Supported (A P) — Portland A rchbishop John V lazny says new rules to p rev e n t a b u se in the R om an Catholic church are a positive step. Vlazny returned yesterday from the U.S. C onference o f B ishops in D allas, w here bishops adopted a policy that w ill rem ove m ost priests who m olest children from church work. V lazny says in O regon, there are plans to create a local review board to m onitor com pliance with the policy. T hat board will be m ade up o f both clergy and lay people. H e says donations to the Port land A rchdiocese have dropped since the nationw ide reports of priest abuse. T he A rchdiocese o f Portland is still facing dozens o f claim s brought by plaintiffs w ho say they w ere abused by priests in the 1950s and 1960s. Several local plaintiffs say that the D allas policies, w hile a start, are not com prehensive enough. O ne o f the plain tiffs, C liff W egner, says the Rom an C ath o lic church is still m ore focused on protecting priests than its parish ioners. Christian Center Plans Youth Service A se rie s o f ch u rc h e v e n ts geared to youth are scheduled this sum m er at M allory A venue Christian Center, 126 N.E. Alberta. The activities are scheduled under the banner “G od in the H ood,” starting w ith a “Y outh in C harge” service at the church on June 28 from 9 p.m. to m idnight. O ther youth evening services will include skating events at Oaks P arkonJuly 1, July 22 and Aug. 26. A youth service at the church on July 26 will feature the Shabach C h o ir from Seattle, hosted by D eacon H erm an and N ike G reen o f S alv a tio n an d D eliv eran ce C hurch o f G od in Christ. T he sum m er activities c o n clude with a beach trip, scheduled Aug. 9-11. World Travelers Embrace Baha’i Faith A Portland area couple w ho sailed around the w orld five years ago, will show slides and tell sto ries o f their trip on Friday, June 21, at the Portland Baha’ i Center, start ing at 7:30 p.m. T he C enter is at 8720 N. Ivanhoe, ju st o ff the St. Johns Bridge. C lint and Sarah E ckstein left A nacortes in their 45 foot sailboat in A pril 1997. T hey w ent south to Los A ngeles and then w est across the Pacific, stopping at m any o f the islands. It w as at R oratonga Island that Sarah said they first learned about the B a h a'i Faith. T he m eeting is free and no co n tributions are requested o r ac cepted. E v ery o n e w h o w ish e s can bring a contribution o f non-per ishable food for the O regon Food Bank. Socks and blankets are also being collected to give to ho m e less people. For more inform ation, call 503- 289-6331, or 1 -800-22-U NITE, or visit the P o rtlan d B a h a ’i w eb site at w w w.pdx-bahai.org. FULL GOSPEL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH PRESENTS: CONVENTION 2002 "¿ quipping ¿/ he C hurch . / or tHE i?lST C entury ” Featuring: Speakers That Have Traveled Across The Nation Bishop GG Bloomer Pastor Cheryl Brady Durham, NC Durham, NC Bishop A.A. Wells Presiding Bishop of F.G.P.C ALSO APPEARING: SPECIAL MUSICAL GUEST LOCATION: At Maranatha Church 4222 NE 12th Avenue, Portland, OR 97211 DATE: June 19th-22nd, 2002-7:00PM TIM E: Doors Open At 6:30 PM Nightly Approaching The 21st Church With Character And Integrity Daily Empowering Seminars Starting At 9:30AM For rpore information please contact: 503-287-2223 W o r s h ip w i t h u s a t t h e Albina C hristian Life C enter C h u rc h o f God (Cleveland Tennessee) Worship Opportunities A 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 lb in a P o r t la n d , O re g o n 97217 * 5 0 3 2 8 3-1635 Please call fo r information or counciliny. Wednesday Evening Bible Studies Now Held at 2149 N. Wllllamctte OUR NEW CHURCH HOME AS OF JULY 7,2002 Saint Padre Pio was endowed with many spiritual abilities: bilocation, prophecy, healing, the power to read men's hearts, the gift of tongues, and the fragrances which emanated from his open wounds. Pope Grants Sainthood to Padre Pio (A P) — Struggling against w ilting heat, Pope John Paul II declared the m ystic 20th cen tury m onk Padre Pio a saint on Sunday to wild cheers from one o f the V atican’s biggest crowds e v e r— hundreds o f thousands o f pilgrim s w ho jam m ed St. P eter’s Square and the nearby streets. Many pilgrim s arrived hours before the 10 a.m . cerem ony to secure a seat. T hey w aited as the tem perature clim bed to w ard a forecast 91 degrees and high hum idity m ade the air suf focatingly heavy. P adre P io, w h o se hands were said to have bled for years, w as considered the first priest in centuries to show signs o f the stigm ata — the hand, foot and side w ounds Jesus suf fered w hen crucified. A ccused by som e o f being a fraud and scorned by m any in the Vatican, P io — aC ap u ch in m onk w ho died in 1968— nev ertheless attracted a huge fol low ing in Italy and abroad. His 1999 beatification drew one o f the V atican’s largest crow ds ever. John Paul, w ho early in his p rie sth o o d o n ce jo u rn e y e d from Poland to have his co n fession heard by Padre Pio, is the m o n k ’s leading adm irer in the R om an Catholic hierarchy. O nly a few decades ago, the V atican scorned Pio, and at one point the C hurch ordered him silenced for years. But in recent years its saint m ak in g co m m ittee has a p proved the m iracles needed for Pio to progress dow n the path to sainthood. Cuba to Declassify Cuban Missile Crisis Documents (AP) — Cuba will declassify secret g o v ern m en t d o cu m en ts about the Cuban missile crisis dur ing an international conference in O ctober marking the 40th anniver sary o f the event that put the world on the brink o f nuclear war. V ice P resident Jose Ram on Fernandez, w hoorganized a sim i lar conference last year on the Bay o f Pigs invasion, provided no details about the docum ents in announcing the conference. E ntitled “T he C risis o f O cto ber: A Political V ision 4 0 Years Later,” the O ct. 11-12 conference in C uba is expected to include people from the U nited States and the form er Soviet Union. M ost R ussians associated with the 1962 crisis have died, but sev- e r a l o f th e la te P r e s id e n t K ennedy’s advisers are living, Fernandez said. He said confer ence organizers are studying the possibility o f taking participants to sites related to the crisis in the H avana area. T he C uban m issile crisis “w as the m ost dram atic episode o f the C old W ar,” said Fernandez. Follow ing several tense days o f negotiations with W ashington, M oscow w ithdrew the w eapons w ithout consulting w ith H avana — a m ove that enraged Fidel C a stro 's governm ent. Diversity Embraced Diversity is celebrated on the streets o f Portland Sunday during the annual Gay Pride parade, drawing participants in ornate costumes. photos b v D avid P lechi TT he P ortland O bserver Creating a Vision for Killingsworth Corridor, Community members and city planners share a vision for the future o f the North Killingworth corridor as they move past the hedges hiding Jefferson High School from the street. The group discussed the possibility o f opening up the face o f the school to create a more inviting atmosphere. P hoto by D avid P lbchi TT he P ortland O bserver con tin u ed fro m M etro street. “W e should show everybody w hat Jefferson H igh looks like,” Roberts said. T he school’s facade is cu r rently hidden behind shrubs that loom o ver sidew alks and crow d foot traffic. N eighbor M arcia W einstein do esn ’t w ant the character o f the corridor to turn in to another North w est 23rd A venue. “M ak e it P o rtla n d ’s secret gem ,” W einstein requested. Safercrosswalks. Underground u til itie s . A m o re a t tr a c t iv e streetscape. Suggestions kept com ing and city planners kept sketching. A local artist paused to co n sider the potential. “I ju st hope w hen it com es to im plem entation,” he com m ented, “they w o n ’t forget w hat w e have said here.” n nt in u n i t u a I e n ò a r (LT con tin u ed fro m M etro American Red Cross T he O regon Trail C hapter o f the A m erican Red C ross will offer a class called “W hen I’m in C h arg e” at Sabin E lem entary School at 4O13N.E. 18,h in Portland on June 21, from 12 p .m .- 2 :3 0 p.m. This 2.5 hour course is intended to train children ages 8 to 11 how to respond to and be safe in “hom e alone” situations. Call to register at 503-280-1440 or go online t o w w w .redcross.pdx.org. Business After Hours Networking The O regon A ssociation o f M inority E ntrepreneurs will be having their regular “ B usiness A fter-H ours” N etw orking on T hursday, June 20, from 5 p.m. - 7 :3 0 p.m. There will be a buffet featuring three types o f ethnic food and a no host bar. This is a chance to m eet key contacts from the business and governm ent com m unity. C all to R S V Pat 503-249-7744 or go o n lin e to w w w .oam e.org. Kaiser Permanente Hike T o help people learn to identify what N orthwest plants are potentially harmful, Kaiser Permanente is sponsoring a free hike on Saturday, July 27 called “Sinister Plants o f the Columbia Gorge.” The hike starts at 8:30 a.m. at Kaiser Permanente ’ s Rockwood Medical Office, 19500S .E. Stark St. and then carpool to the Gorge. Call 503-813-4820. New Seasons Barbeque T he N ew Seasons M arket in C oncordia will be having a delicious barbecue to support Z enger Farm , a unique urban education center, encom passing both farm and w etland. Funds will be used to expand the existing sustainable farm and add an education and jo b training center. The barbeque benefit will be held on Saturday, June 29 and Sunday, June 30, from 11 a .m .-5 p .m . Call 503-288-2323.
