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New Testament Church
Annual Revival
1237 NE Falling ST (corner of 13"')
Portland, Oregon 97212
503-254-7594
riarch 25-Aprll 2, '2004
7:30 Pri Nighflg
Conduc ted By
Evangelist DwagncLoughridge
From
Los Angeles. California
Pastor Leon Brewer Jr.
Invites the Public to Attend
Come Expecting A Blessing
Living Faith Ministries
1710 N E 82“d
(one block N. o l the M ax the N A T A inside the training room )
Blened with Hip-hop
E ven th o u g h these fo u r te e n
ag e rs w ere raised on o ld -fa sh
ioned g o sp el, the h ip -h o p laced
bass lines m ake R a m iy a h ’s self-
titled deb u t album inspirational.
S till, th e ir rad io -read y single
“T urn it O u t” reaffirm s their dedi-
catio n to C h rist and holy praise.
D etro it-b ased sin g ers S herise
S taten, T racy B ryant, D eL aurian
B urton and S tep h a n ie B o n n er
have been describ ed as a m atch
m ade in heaven.
“ It’s not com m on for young
p eo p le in th is day and age to
lis te n to g o sp e l m u s ic ,” sa id
B onner.
“ W e show them it’s co o l to
stand up fo rG o d ," add ed B urton.
T h e b and has alread y tu rn ed
out so u l-stirrin g p erfo rm an ces at
the l l lh an n u al T ru m p et A w ards,
the 2003 S tellar G o sp el M usic
A w ards and "S h o w tim e at the
A p o llo .”
R a m iy a h ’s alb u m is in stores
now , o r v isit w w w .ram iy ah .co m
for m ore in form ation.
‘Under God’ Pledge Before Court
D oes it m a tte r w h eth er the
Pledge o f A lleg ian ce proclaim s
that the indivisible A m erican re
pu b lic is “u n d er G o d ” ?
In a p o litical sense, the an
sw er is c e rta in ly yes. T he a tto r
neys g en eral o f all 50 states, the
B ush ad m in istra tio n and m any
m e m b e rs o f C o n g re s s jo in e d
b riefs backing the cu rren t w o rd
ing, an issue to be argued before
th e U .S . S u p re m e C o u r t on
W ednesday, M arch 24.
B ut the r e lig io u s a n s w e r to
th e “ u n d e r G o d ” q u e s tio n is
m o re c o m p lic a te d , as in d ic a te d
Service Times
Sunday 10:00 am
Wednesday 7:00 pm
Everyone Welcome!
Ramiyah 's self-titled album combines
praise with an up-tempo dance track
by th e u n u su a l lin e u p o f g ro u p s
ta k in g s ta n d s an d w h at th e y ’re
s a y in g .
P led g e p ro p o n en ts th in k g e n
eral ac k n o w led g m en t o f relig io n
is g o o d for so ciety , and dro p p in g
G o d w o u ld re w rite h isto ry o r
th reaten re lig io n ’s leg itim ate sta
tus. O p p o n en ts, som e o f them
relig io u s b eliev ers, argue the
p h ra s e v io la te s c h u r c h -s ta te
sep aratio n as w ell as the reli
g io u s rig h ts o f som e A m ericans
- o r that it’s ju s t a m ean in g less
p hrase and p o ssibly dem ean in g
to p erso n s o f faith.
P.O Box 11648
Portland, OR 97211
503-284-8527
David <& Sherrie Littleton
Pastors
“ The Just Shall Live
By F a ith ” Rom ans 1:17
HIGHLAND UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
8 th ANNUAL APPRECIATION SERVICE
FOR
PASTOR & W IFE
Rev. W.C. H ardy Jr. & firbtLa-dyAli/Hardy
THEME:
“Look back and wonder - Look ahead and k n o w “
2 Corinthians 4 :17-18
Long Time Resident
Remembered
Community
Member Dies
Head Start
Assistant Dies
Mercedes U. Hardy
Princess Lee Miller
Dorothy B. Johnson
M ercedes U. Hardy died M arch 3,2004, at
age 95.
M ercedes U. Johnson w as bom Jan. 5,
1909, in Pensacola. Fla., and raised in Om aha,
Neb. She m oved to the Portland area in 1933.
She was a hom em aker and self-em ployed ca
terer. In 1931, she m arried Harry H. H ardy; he
d iedin 1976.
Survivors include her daughters, M arlene
Fuller, Beverly Johnson and M arsha Hardy;
sister, Burtron Kellogg; six grandchildren; and
four great-grandchildren.
Rem em brances to the O regon Com m ission
for the Blind. A rrangem ents by Rose City
Cem etery and Funeral Home.
A funeral was held T uesday, M arch 2
in A lbina Christian Life Center, for Prin
cess Lee Mi 1 ler, who died Feb. 24 at age 60.
Princess Lee Polk was born Nov. 6,
1943, in Bamboo, Miss. She was a food
service w orker and bartender and later a
child and adult care provider. She moved
to Portland in 1969. In 1987, she married
Porter Miller.
Survivors include her husband; sons,
Rodney Braxton and A lvin Johnson Sr.;
daughters, A ngela Braxton and Tifftni
Braxton; and three grandchildren.
A rrangem ents by K illingsw orth Little
Chapel o f the Chim es.
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A funeral was held Friday, M arch 5 at St. Johns
M issionary Church, for Dorothy B. Johnson, w ho
died Feb. 27 at age 75.
D orothy B. Johnson was bom Dorothy W ill
iams in Mt. Enterprise, Texas. She lived in Oregon
Appreciation Services to be held
for 48 years. She was a teacher’s assistant at
Friday M arch 2 6 “-, 2 0 0 4 7pm
A lbina Head Start. She was m arried for 50 years,
Special Guest
Special Guests
before her husband died in 1990.
Pastor Reggie C. Witherspoon Sr.
Dr. Terrence Rhone
M t. Calvary Christian Center
M t. Sinai Church of God In Christ
Seattle, WA
Pomona, CA
Survivors include her sons, Al-Din Rahmaan
and Billy D. Johnson; daughtersC lem m ie Daniels
and Dorothy N. Johnson; sister M argarite Lewis
Highland UCC -1 7 3 7 N.E. Alberta
Portland, OR 97212 - (503) 287-9567
and brother Jessie Ray W illiams; and 29 grandchil
dren and 25 great-grandchildren.
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