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the transformative power of faith
and forgiveness, packed with the
soaring, soulful sounds of gospel
music, opening Friday, Oct. 7.
The Screen Gems release also
includes Idris Elba, Clifton Powell,
Aloma W right, Om ar Gooding,
American Idol’s Tam yra Gray,
Keshia Knight Pulliam, Nona Gaye
and gospel great Donnie McClurkin
in his acting debut.
Set in the impassioned world of
the A frican-A m erican church,
Kodjoe stars as David Taylor, a
dynamic young R&B star whose
chart-topping albums have earned
him fame and wealth, but whose
decadent lifestyle has estranged
him from his father, played by Clifton
Boris Kodjoe leads an all-star cast in The Gospel, a new movie
about the power o f faith and forgiveness.
Powell, the Bishop of his home
town church.
When David learns his father is
ill and near death, he returns home
to try and reconcile and discovers
his former best friend, Charles, por
trayed by Idris Elba, is poised to
become his father’s successor at
the church - and threatens to ruin
everything David’s father worked
so hard to achieve. Tom between
his successful new life and the one
he used to know, David has to
decide whether he can give up his
own desires to protect his father’s
legacy and make peace with his
family, his beliefs, and, ultimately,
himself.
Kodjoe made his feature debut
in the Spike Lee-produced Love
and Basketball. He also starred in
Brown Sugar and went on to win an
NAACP Image Award nomination
in the category o f Best Supporting
Actor in a Motion Picture.
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O ctober 9 - N ovem ber 20,h
An Open Invitation To Come As You Are!
Portland' Emmanuel Temple Church Presents A Special Personal
Spiritual Frowth Campaign Entitled:
40 Days of Purpose dedicated to:
♦Discovering your life’s purpose!
* What on earth am 1 here for?
♦Is there more to life than simply sleeping, eating, family and
earning a living?
* After all this, am I still really happy with my life today?
40 Days of Purpose, commencing October 9th through November
20"’, is not about you. Rather, it is about what God wants to do in
your life. Church mem bership or Church attendance is not a
requirement.
For more information call Emmanuel Temple Church in Portland at
503.281.9666. Everyone is welcome.
Blast off...
Couple Celebrates 50 Years of Marriage
“It was like they didn’t have any hope,”
Doris said. “They had no where to go.
There was a lot o f distress, heartbreak and
crying. It was just a sad situation. It broke
our hearts.”
She felt that the group’s purpose in the
Local Bishop Walter Scott and his wife,
shelter
was to encourage people through
Pastor Doris Scott, will celebrate 50 years of
faith
in
God.
marriage on Oct. 15 in a public, 3-day cel
Eventually, they were able to fly home to
ebration.
safety.
T hey’re still sending funds back to
Founders of the International Miracle
those
who
no longer have homes to call
Revival Crusade, a traveling gospel group,
their
own.
W alter and Doris are parents to 10 children
Watching the news, Doris said, “W e’re
- many of whom are also involved in the
on our knees constantly. It’s very distress
church.
ful. I don’t know how we would do without
Originally from Alabama and Mississippi,
our faith. We never got scared - it was like
the couple married young. After living a
a shield was around us.”
carefree lifestyle filled with gambling, smok
For the Scott’s, the hurricane marks just
ing and drinking, they turned to God for
one ofthe many trials they’ve lasted through
help.
together over the last 50 years. They cur
“We began to wake up, come alive and be
rently council couples having difficulties
more elated with life,” Doris said. “We
in their marriage, promotingthe importance
learned a lot of new things.”
of staying together through love, com m u
They later moved to Portland, where
nication, respect and forgiveness.
they've been preaching for the last 30 years.
Their 50"' Anniversary Celebration will
On a recent trip back to Mississippi with
begin
with nightly services and speakers at
their crusade group, Walter and Doris were
7p.m.
from Oct. 12 to 14 at PM R Church on
just two of many swept up in the tragedy of
Walter and Doris Scott will celebrate their 5Cfh
4828 N. Williams Ave. Adinner will be held
Hurricane Katrina.
wedding anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 15.
at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15 at the A.A.
“We caught the first of it,” Walter said.
Wells
Multipurpose Room on 1033 N. Sumner
“We saw trees rooted up, parts of buildings had been tom off by winds. They were taken to
Street.
a shelter at Crossgates United M ethodist
being blown off.”
For more information, call Pastor Iris Ramiz at
Even the roof of the airport they were sched Church in Pearl, Miss., where they stayed for
503-309-8967.
uled to fly out of on their way back to Portland four days with other victims.
Faith helps them
thfOUgh KatM/lCl
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to a harmonious space...
Enjoy a merging o f the senses.. .a union wilh Oneness., ,a collective experience ol Spirit
A ll arc welcome. No expectations. Come as yourself. Follow your path.
THE HARMONY CENTER
4 Church for the Un-Churchly
Sundays 10AM to noon at the Center Ring
5339 SE Foster Rd (near Powell & 52nd) /503-579-6420
Call for an appointment!
(503) 228-6140
Katrina Disaster
SATURDAY OCTOBER 8, 2005 — 7:00 PM
New Hope Community Church / 11731 SE Stevens Rd. / Portland, Oregon 97266
I 205 & Sunnyside Rd. - Across from Clackamas Town Mall (doors open at 6:00 pm)
Bonus: For the first 200 people that buy their tickets directly from the promoter will
receive VIP section seating. To reserve your VIP seating, call Lorraine at 503-775-4316
TICKETS: $25.00 Presale / $27.00 At Door
Wc a r e l o c a t e d a t
Opening Guest: DaNetl Daymon & A Royal Priesthood
1716 N.E. 42nd Ave., Portland, OR 97213
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(Between Broadway and Sandy Blvd.)
We specialize in:
Automobile accident injuries
Chronic headache and joint pain
Workers Compensation injuries
Hunger and the Universal Dec
laration on Human Rights will be
the subject of a Youth for Human
Rights Conference on Saturday,
Oct. 8 from 9 a.m. until noon at The
Church of Scientology, 709 S.W.
Salmon.
G uest speakers include Dr.
Catherine Thomasson of Physi
cians for Social Responsibility and
John Elizdale, director of the North
east Emergency Fixxl Program. Two
cans of food donated as admission
to the conference will go to the local
food program.
For more information, contact
Gwen Barnard at 503-228-0116.
Links Responds to
Your Care Our First Priority
Dr. Marcelitte Failla
II Chiropractic Physician
Human Rights
Conference Set
TICKET OUTLETS: Christian Supply: Portland: Salem: Eugene Seattle and Spokane
Music Millennium (two locations). Krister & Associates, Inc 5O3-33I-75O7. Mrs. Brister 503-286-27 7-5
Tickets Go On Sale in Outlets Friday. August 19. 2005
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One of this nation's premier black
w om en's organizations. The Links,
Inc., took immediate action follow
ing the disasterof hurricane Katrina
in the G ulf Coast.
Chapters throughout the United
States are providing service in a
number of ways and through a num
ber of programs with people and
other organizations of gixxl will.
Board members of the group
have developed a disaster relief
plan that includes a relief fund,
communicating with its member
ship, establishing command cen
ters within the affected areas and
coordinating local chapters of the
organization.
These women are suffering with
displacement, loss o f homes and
belongings and, in many eases, the
death of loved-ones.