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Spiritual life depends on the
purposes we cherish. — CharlesSpurgeon
6His Glory’ Unites Area Churches
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Church Leader Remembered
R e v . J a n ie s E . C o o k e S r.
A funeral w as held Jan. 27 in M aranatha C h u rch o f G o d for the
Rev. Jam es E. C ooke Sr., w ho died Jan. 21, 2 0 0 6 at the age 94.
T he Rev. C o o k e w as bo m Feb. 13, 1 9 1 1, in B eaver D am , Ky.
H e m arried R oberta Ealy in 1937; she died in 1983.
H e w as a coal m iner in W est V irginia before m oving to P ortland
in 1962. H e w as a su p erv iso r in M em orial C o liseu m , an d after
retiring, becam e an o rdained m inister at A ntioch M issionary B aptist
C h u rch .
S urvivors in clude his daughters, N orm a M illner, G lo ria B row n,
N aom i W right, C arrie W atson, M ary H am ilton, M abel D avis and
E ssie Johnson; sons. H arold. L ester and A nthony; 4 4 g ran d c h il
dren; 51 great-g ran d ch ild ren ; and four great-g reat-g ran d ch ild ren .
H is sons, the Rev. Jam es Jr. and H illard E. Sr. died earlier.
A rrangem ents by R ose C ity F uneral H om e.
Conference
brings
music,
seminars
and worship
L o cal re sid e n ts and ch u rc h
m em bers are invited to "H is G lory
C e le b ra te d ,” a four-day c o n fe r
ence uniting local faiths T u e s
d ay , M arch 7 through F riday,
M arch I Oat the R am ada Inn-Port-
land A irport.
D ear D ean n a!
D e a r D eann a!
My father is causing a lot o f pain in my
family. 1 made the decision to date and
have interracial children. He calls my chil
dren horrible racial slurs and m akes jokes
about them to his friends. My fam ily has
now split against me because I choose
not to go around my father o r participate
in things if h e’s around. Is there a friendly
way to resolve this issue w ithout causing
more pain to my children and fam ily? -
Derrick J.; New York, NY
D e a r T am ara:
D e a r D ean n a!
I’m an older w om an dating a younger
man. O urrelationship is happy and healthy
but his m other has an issue because she
and I are the sam e age. H er son is very
mature, we get along well and everything
is balanced. W e 're starting to have argu-
The conference’s them e is “Thy
kingdom com e Thy will be done”.
O ne o f several featu red sp e ak
lationship, becom e friends and if she
d o esn 't respond, then too bad and keep
it moving.
I' m married but often go on w eekend trips
with my friends. My husband issued an
ultim atum to adjust my schedule but 1
chose not to. He threatened me and said
he w ould leave if I chose my friends
instead o f going with him to his family
reunion. I w ent on my trip. W hen I re
turned, he was gone, the house was em pty
and utilities disconnected. He w on’t talk
to me and now w ants a divorce and I d on’t
know what to do? -T a m a ra ; Louisville,
KY
It’s hard to im agine a girlie trip th at's so
good it w ould m ake you forsake your
m arriage, unless y o u 're cheating. Per
haps your friends can give you a cozy
couch to sleep on since you put them
before your husband. Your decision was
foolish, immature anddisrespectful. Reach
out to your husband and invite him to a
friendly location for a huge apology, an
explanation and much needed counsel
ing to help with issues you both obvi
ously have.
Bishop Tudor Bismark
Real People, Real Advice
An advice column known fo r its fear
less approach to reality based subjects!
m ents because his m other tries to inter
fere. W e aren ’t going to make it unless he
stops listening to his m other so much.
How do I handle this? - R o s e M ary;
Dallas, TX
D ear Rose Mary:
D e a r Derrick:
Y our father isa racist. He should realize that
yourchildren have his blood and he should
be ashamed o f himself. Y ou’re doing the
right thing because no one including your
family has the right to disrespect you or
your children. To m ake a long story short,
your father needs a good man-to-man visit
from you. Firmly let him know you will not
tolerate this behavior and if he wants to see
you or the children he needs to stop this
rudeness immediately.
You handle it by not robbing the cradle
and date men your ow n age. This is still
her baby boy and sh e’s sim ply not willing
to accept him being with som eone her Ask Deanna is written by Deanna M.
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Church Hosts War Forum
State Rep. C hip Shields will
hold a com m unity forum about
the w ar in Iraq on W ednesday,
M a rc h 8 at 6 :3 0 p .m . at
E m m anuel T em ple C hurch,
5 123 N. M ichigan Ave.
The local law m aker will be
jo in ed by Rep. Paul Holvey
w hose son is currently serving
in Iraq.
“W e cannot let the debate
subside," Shields said. “It is
past tim e to bring our troops
hom e."
S hields introdu ced a re so
lution in the past leg islativ e
session urging C o n g ress and
the P resident to d ev elo p a
tim elin e and exit strateg y for
the war.
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Please join us and hear our keynote speaker
REV. MATTHEW HENNESSEE
OF THE VANCO UVER A V EN U E BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday, March 12, 4:00 p.m.
Allen Temple C.M.E. Church
4236 NE Eighth Avenue - Portland, OH
contact: Dr. LeRoy Haynes. Service Coordinator at (503) 287-0261
The Albina Ministerial Alliance (AMA) has broken the silence
on HIV/AIDS in the African American communities by
educating the Christian Churches in the North and Northeast
community and fighting against the spread of HIV/AIDS.
AMA invites community members, pastors, ministers and
missionaries to the annual local observance of the national
Balm of Gilead’s Black Church Week of Prayer and Healing.
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T he free concert will feature pastors o f
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groups, ensem bles, and accom panim ent.
For more information, call Dorothy Davis
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The Portland and V ancouver C hapter of
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will present its first com m unity event o f
2 0 0 5 ,aP asto r’sC o n certo n Sunday, March
5 at 6 p.m. at M aranatha Church, 4222 N.E.
12,h Ave.
213 N.E. Hancock
Portland, OR 97212
9 am-6 pm Tuee.-Sat.
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C hurch in Harare, Z im babw e; Pas
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T ru th M in istrie s A sso c ia tio n ;
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v ario u s others.
All are invited and w elcom e to
com e and experience supernatural
transform ation. Special day sem i
nar sessions are offered on Friday,
M arch 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Topics include The A postle, Pro
phetic Ministry, Marketplace Evan
gelism , Intercessory Prayer and
Spiritual Governm ents.
Services will be held nightly at 7
p.m.
The Ramada Inn Portland A ir
port is located at 6 2 2 1 NE82"dAve.,
ju st o ff C olum bia Boulevard. For
more information, call 503-235-2127.
G ospel M usic W orkshop Sunday
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ers, A postle L evell T h o m as, S e
n io r P asto r o f P o rtla n d ’s C a th e
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the co n feren ce is to bring dow n
w alls o f sep aratio n th ro u g h d i
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an d d en o m in atio n ally .
“God dw ells in unity," T hom as
said. “W e w ant to find a nice d is
tinction o f diversity in w orship.”
All se rv ic es w ill co n sist o f life
c h a n g in g w o rsh ip an d p raise ,
an o in ted m usical g u ests and d y
nam ic, sp irit-fille d speakers.
C o n fere n ce sp eak ers include
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