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Fellowship Scriptures Can Help Us Make Sense of Shooting By Lyndia Grant Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times T his week, it was as though we were reliving Sept. 15, 1963, all over again, when a bomb blast at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Al- abama, killed four African-American girls during church services. At least 14 others were injured. Three former Ku Klux Klan members were convicted of murder for the bombing. This time, 52 years later at Mother Eman- uel, the oldest church south of Baltimore, nine people were killed by a lone young white man. The Rev. Clementa Pinckney, a pastor at Emanuel AME Church and an esteemed state senator, a man of great honor, was the primary victim. Tywanza Sanders, only 26, was a graduate of Allen University. He earned a degree in business administration last year. Cynthia Hurd, 54, was an employee of the Charleston County Public Library for three decades, most recently working as the man- ager at St. Andrews Regional Library. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, 49, was a speech therapist and girls track and field coach at Goose Creek High School in sub- urban Charlotte, loved by her son. NAACP and Faith Leaders March and Rally in Solidarity with the Charleston 9 On Tuesday, July 7th at 5pm, hundreds of local community members will gather at First AME Church in Seattle (1522 14th Ave. Seattle, WA. 98122) to rally and march in solidarity with the Charleston 9. Orga- nized by the Seattle King County NAACP and Washington Christian Leadership Coa- lition, the event will be an opportunity for The Rev. Depayne Middleton Doctor, 49, was a church singer and former Charles- ton County community development block Those folks could have been any one of us! grant employee, having retired in 2005. Susie Jackson, 87, the oldest, was a long- time church member. Ethel Lance, 70, was a sexton at the church. The Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., 74, a mem- ber of the church’s ministerial staff, died in the operating room at the hospital. Myra Thompson, 59, was the wife of the vicar of Holy Trinity Reformed Episcopal Church. These folks could have been any one of us! Can you imagine in our lifetime, with a sitting African-American President that we would see such hatred? Though America is celebrating 150 years since President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation and we have our first African-American president, Amer- ica is shocked to awaken to such sad and hateful news. There are scriptures to help us better un- derstand. The young killer judged those he killed only by the color of their skin. the community to come together in the wake of the tragic attack that left nine unarmed Black people dead at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. Local leaders will be joining together to call for an end to the structural and systemic violence that has been targeted at communi- ties of color, and black people in particular, for centuries. From the flyer: “The blind hatred toward people of color has to come to an end... If we cannot feel safe in our own churches and homes, then where can we feel safe?” Page 10 July 1, 2015 The Portland and Seattle Skanner Matthew 7:1-5 NIV reads, “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.” Then let’s look at 1 John 3:15-16, which reads, “Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. By this we know love that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.” Better yet, let’s talk about the 14th Amend- ment of the Constitution. Ratified by the states on Dec. 6, 1865, it says “in Section 1 … nor shall any state de- prive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal pro- tection of the laws.” These victims were deprived of their lives; we pray for due process of the law. Henry Earl Dizer Born: Jan. 23, 1955 Passed away: June 18, 2015 Father to: Hennisha T. Dizer, La’Nisha L. Dizer, Terra N. Dizer Step-Father to: DeAndre R. Smith and Depree R. Smith Brother to: Michael Dizer, Rita Dizer, Charletta Malone, Marvina Ross, Ruby Sims and Russell Dizer Sr. Henry Earl Dizer Viewing will be held Wed July 1, 2015, from 5 to 7 pm, With A Celebration, “Remem- bering the Life of Henry Earl Dizer” will be held on Thurs- day, July 2, 2015 at 1:00 pm at Morningstar Church, 4927 NE 55th Street, Portland, OR 97218 Repast will follow the ser- vice. Marion Schultz Sutherland July 3, 1926 – June 24, 2015 D based in Washington, D. aughter of Clyde C. and past president of and Vella Schultz, her family, George Schultz Marion died peace- & “His.” fully in her sleep. A loving She had many friends mom, friend, leader, and from all walks of life; she volunteer, she is pre-de- was an avid bridge player, ceased by her husband, lover of music and ardent Earl C. Sutherland, and fan of the Seahawks and leaves behind her daugh- Mariners. ter, Chrystal Weinberg Marion will be remem- (John); son Clyde Mer- bered in celebration at 3 riwether (Jackie); grand- Marion Schultz p.m. at Seattle First Bap- children, Cherissa, Chris- Sutherland tist Church (1111 Harvard topher, and Jamal; step son Earl M. (Nancy) and grandchildren Avenue), Sunday, July 12. The family requests, in lieu of flowers, contributions Anna, Catherine, and Grace. A child of God, she was a long-time can be made to The Legacy Foundation, member and past president of Seattle P.O. Box 22061, Seattle, WA 98122, des- First Baptist Church and served on the ignated for The Marion Schultz Suther- board of the American Baptist Foreign land Leadership Award or The Christian Mission Society. Marion was the Tenth Children’s Fund. National President of The Links, Inc.
