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Vancouver Avenue’s Home Coming
Histone church to
celebrate 70 years
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O n Sunday, A pril 27, at 2 p.m ., the
V an co u v er A v en u e F irst B aptist
C hurch, 3138 N. V ancou v er A ve.,
w ill com m em orate its 70th an n iv er
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se v e n p ie c e G o sp e l b a n d th a t fe a
tu re s the m u sic a l ta le n ts o f Patrick
L a m b , J a n ic e S c ro g g in s , B obby
G a rn e tt, M e g a le R o b e rts , P a m e la
M itc h e ll an d K e n B e rry .
A n in s tru m e n ta l e n s e m b le th a t
is d ire c te d b y fa m e ja z z a n d fu n k
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sary w ith a diam ond hom e-com ing
celeb ratio n that w ill cap tu re the
authentic essence o f the m essage,
the m usic and the m em ories o f this
historic church.
m usicians, K irk G reen and G ay lo rd
W arren , an d a h o s t o f o th e r g o s
p el sin g ers an d m u sic ia n s w ill also
jo in th e ro stru m .
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p a s t w ill be s h a re d b y a h o s t o f
lo n g -a g o m e m b e rs w h o h a v e r e
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tural experiences through fam ily and
tu rn e d fo r a m o m e n t in tim e. A
com m unity driven program s and
a n n u al e v e n ts th a t e n h a n c e the
spiritual, social, civic and academ ic
w ell-being o f the P ortland co m m u
nity.
p o s t re c e p tio n w ill sh o w c a se “ 70
d ia m o n d d e lig h ts ” o f h o m e m a d e
c u ltu ra l d e sse rts.
T he ev en t is open to the public.
R aym ond B urell III and F elicia Pool
A c c o rd in g to th e o rg a n iz e rs o f
th e a n n iv e rsa ry e v e n t, y o u sh o u ld
p re p a re y o u rs e lf fo r an a m a z in g
e p iso d e o f e m p o w e rm e n t, re fle c
tio n an d to ta l tra n s fo rm a tio n as
th e c e le b ra tio n p ro m ise s to b e o n e
O f th e s h im m e rin g e v e n ts o f th e
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Jio n fro m P o rU an d M a y o r C h a rlie
G e o rg e M e n rw e a fo e ro fN o rfo e a s,
o f G ra n d P ra irie T e x a s P ^ t o r
r r a i n e , le x a s , P a s to r
C o m m u n iI5' F e llo w s h ip C h u rch ;
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v o ic e G o sp e l c h o ir b a c k e d b y a
are co-chairs o f the celeb ration and
J.W . M att H ennessee is sen io r p a s
tor. F o r m ore inform ation, contact
V an co u v er A v en u e F irst B aptist
C hurch at 5 0 3 -2 8 2 -9 4 9 6 o r visit
v a fb c p d x .c o m o r th e c h u r c h ’s
F acebook site.
Easter Meals at Union Gospel I I n L o v in g M e m o r y
P reparations are underw ay at an y o n e in need
need.
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Janet Brown
Jan et R uth B row n w as bom
Jan. 3 1 ,1 9 2 4 to A rthur and Jennie
B row nofB uffalo,N . Y. She peace
fully departed this life on M arch
1 9 ,2 0 1 4 in Portland.
She received h er education in
B uffalo public schools, and B uf
falo is w here she com m itted her
life to Jesus C hrist at an early age.
H er favorite B ible passage was
the 23rd Psalm .
In h e r early 20s, she m oved to
Portland. She jo in e d N ew H ope
' i LU f y
M issio n a ry B a p tist C h u rch and
served faithfully on the usher board.
She m oved to M aranatha C hurch in
the 1970s serving on the usher board
fo r o v er 30 years. Jan et took h er
p o st as a d o o rk e e p e r in G o d ’s
h ouse seriously. K now n as “S ister
J a n e t” an d “A u n tie J a n e t,” she
helped to ensure that all attendees
and guests felt w elcom ed and co m
fortable.
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