Februaiy i2 ,2003_________ CElje Jlortlanh
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celebrates Black History Month
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R eligion
Music,
Words and
Muslims
Take Journey
to Blessed
Place
Poetrg for
Peace
Area residents are invited
to the St. Andrews Commu
nity Center on Northeast 8th
and A lberta to prom ote a
peaceful culture and celebrate
Susan B. Anthony’s birthday
in conjunction with interna
tional events against war.
The free program from 4
p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday,
Feb. ,5 features The Gospel
Music Workshop of America
choir and local m usicians
Sam usson and T o m assi,
Yvonne Simmons and Juliete
Wyers. Human and civil rights
activists Kathleen Sadaat and
Lisa Clay are also scheduled
to address the celebration. Re
freshments and peace puppets
will be provided and audience
participation is encouraged.
For more information, call
The Gospel Music Workshop o f America choir is scheduled to perform Feb. 15 at St. Andrews Church to promote a peaceful culture.
503-288-8958.
SUNLAN & The Light Bulb Lady
Space Burgers Owner Remembered
BEMY VALENTINE ANDGIVE ME SUNSHINE
1 walk in to my house, turn on all the lights and still cannot make it
bright enough to chase a way the winter blues. How come?
THE RIGHT LIGHT TO CHASE THE WINTER BLUES
Zs a light that is very close to the light nature created Early man
A m em orial ser
vice was held at Rose
City Funeral H ome
F rid a y , w ith c o n
cluding services and
in te rm e n t in R o se
C ity C em etery, for
W illia m " B ill” T.
R u s s e ll S r,, a ls o
know rt as “ D ad d y
Russell.”
H e w a s b o rn
M arch 25, 1926 in
L eav en w o rth . K an.
to V elm a W ashing
ton and Eddie Russell.
A fter serving in the
U.S. Arm y and fight
ing in the Korean Con- William
flict, he m oved to
Portland to work part-tim e as a
w aiter and host for the old
A laddin Restaurant, once lo
cated in the Lloyd C enter Mall.
From 1965 to 1976 he ow ned
and operated the family busi
ness, Space Burgers & D rive-
lived by light, sun up - go to work, Sundown-go to sleep. Today,
we are expected to work before sunrise and after sunset we are
home doing the family thing. We go from one dark cave to another.
Our lights let us see what we are doing but do not provide
Sunlight Sulan has several sun like like lights in the play room to
help Light up your life. More next month...
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Pastor and First
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Services
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Morning Worship
Evening Worship
Wed. Bible Study
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and the first to leave.
H is sp o rtin g ac tiv i
ties in v o lv ed a little
fish in g in his early
years, bow ling and
m ore than anything
go lfin g . H e w as an
activ e m em b er and
past presid en t o f the
L eisu re H our G o lf
Club.
H e is su rv iv ed by
his ch ild ren ; W ill
ia m " B i l l y ” J r .,
J e a n e tte , V e lm a ,
S y lv ia, K athy, A n
g ela and M eish ia;
h is c o m p a n io n o f
o
v e r 21 y e a r s ;
T. Russell loved golf and good food.
M arie W oods, and
in D airy on North Shaver and h er ch ild ren ; 19 g ra n d c h il
V ancouver.
d ren , 5 g ran d ch ild ren , c o u s
He e n jo y ed social g ath erin g s ins and a h o st o f fam ily and
w ith th e fa m ily a n d c lo s e clo se frie n d s. H e w as p re
frien d s, esp ecially w hen it in ced ed in d eath by tw o c h il
v o lv ed good hom e co o k in g . He d r e n ; E d w in R u s s e ll an d
w as alw ay s the first to arrive C aro ly n B iggers.
Hajj is celebrated
worldwide as the
“Festival of
Sacrifice”
F areeua S aahik
F or h ie P or i land O bserver
More than 4,000 years ago Allah
(God)commanded Prophet Ibrahim
to sacrifice his son Isma'il in the
Nameot Allah. At that time there was
no Mecca in Saudia Arabia. The
father took his son to a hill near Mina,
a few miles from present day Mecca.
As the prophet was about to commit
the slaughter, Allah sent Jibra’eel to
replace Isma’il with a grown lamb.
God accepted the great sacrifice. This
day, which falls every year a day
after Hajj, is celebrated throughout
the Islamic world as Eid-ul-Adha, the
Festival of Sacrifice.
Previously, when Isma'il wasjust
an infant, it was ordained by Allah
that Prophet Ibrahim would aban
don his younger wife, Hajar, and
his only son in the desert and go
back to his elder wife, Sara who was
an Egyptian princess. Hajar was
extremely ptxtr and humble to the
degree that Sarah did not object to
her becoming the second wife of
her husband, Ibrahim, in order to
bear him a chi Id. When, after a few
days the waterskin left by Prophet
Ibrahim became empty, the mother,
Hajar and the infant Isma'il were at
the verge of dying of thirst. The
mother kept on running between
two hills Safa and Marwa and cry
ing out to Allah for a drop of water.
The rituals of Hajj are a memory
of Hajar. Allah’s miracle happened
and the place where the infant was
crying and rubbing his tiny feet on
the ground, a spring of sweet water
gushed out. The spring, after 4,(XX)
years is still supplying tons o f wa
ter and is the famous well of Zam
Zam in the House of the Lord.
When Prophet Ism a’il had be
come a teenager, Allah sent back
Prophet Ibrahimtohim. Both father
and son were then directed by Al
lah to stone walls around the heav
enly rock that is Kaaba, the house
of the Lord.
Prophet Ibrahim and Isma’ ill, af
ter finishing their work, were taught
by Allah to go round the Kaaba
seven times, and say “I am present
My Lord” and pray for Allah Mercy.
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Former northeast Portland can M ethodist E piscopal
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Rev. Ronald Williams died last
Williams served the north
week in Santa Monica, Calif, east Portland church from
after a recent stroke. The 1998 until November 2001.
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