Clarion Defender_1970-01-15

OPENING! I OPENING!! The Northwest Baptist Thelogical Seminary (Extension Unit o! the American Baptist). The Seminary will open with a mass meetin~ Friday, Jan. 16, 1970 at 7:45p.m. at · the Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church. Guest speaker is the Dr. M.L. Scott, Los Angeles, California, pastor CalTacy Baptist Church, Lecturer o! the National Baptist Convention U.S.A.; a dynamic speaker indeed. Choris will sing: Providence, St. Mark, Morning Star, Ht. Olivet, and Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Churches. ETeryone is inTited to attend. The basic purpose o! the Seminary is to proTide an opportunity !or Systematic Study !or Mini– sters, pastors, missionaries, counselors, teachers (Sunday School and B.T.U.), Christian Community leaders and laymen. Further, it is the purpose o! this educa– tional training to extend some o! the opportunities o! the Seminary in Christian education. COURSl!S OF STUDY 1. Reading and ~lish 2. ·Bible History (Old & New Testament) 3. Preaching and pastoring 4. Black History 5. Sunday School & _Training Union 6. lifissions 7. Brotherhood Work 8. Church r~usic A!ter completion o! courses, a certificate or Christian training or diploma in Theolo~ will be presented. vle hope you will attend the :mass meeting and enroll. The Rev. 0. B. vlilliams, Dean The Rev. John H. Jackson, Registrar-Treasurer VANCOUVER AVENUE "Jim '8afttia ~ "The Lord shailjudg~ His 'PeoplB. • E v e r y ~esponsible indivi– dual is aware that judgment is certain. Ip any-given situa– tion, faced -with a particular . challenge or an lnv/- - Deuteronomy. 32:36 temptation, our actions will be open to the judgment of ·our contemporar,ies and to the stirrings of our own con– s~ience. A word or deed can 'bring about social ostraclsm.-– A crime against the state may result in Jmprisomnent, even dea th.. Bu t. most ~portant of an,. the.re is th"e judgment of ·.Go d. . With all of this, _ fea·r of ·.'judgment should not dic.tate our every . act and deed. · In– stead; we should strivetolead a life that is_pleasingtoGod– not because we fear a· day of reckoning; but ·_ b~ause .we seek to please God through a Ip"e .which is «a~cordhig to llis · will." We ca.nnot be- perfect; it .. is not expected. . Yet: we can turn away from-that whiCh IS !::: . wrong and, with conscience ::::: !~~~ as ' a guide, str'tve· always· to t?; I .. . ~~~~~~:~;;lt~:~ I ~:~:;:;;!:;::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;:::::::::::::;::~:~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::~::::::;:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~~=~~:~:!:~:;:!:::=:;:~:::;:::::::;:::;:::::~ . SO.UL SAVING .R EVIVAL 3138 North Vancouver Ave. ATlantic 2-9496 Portland , Oregon REV. 0. B . WILLIAMS, Pas tor- "The Church With AHeart-Felt Welcome" Singing Praying - Preaching CONDUCTED BY Evangelist lEON BREWER JR. of los Angeles, Calif. Jan. 18 .. 30, 1970 7.30p.m. St. Luke _Church of God in Christ 4077 N. 9th Ave. at Mason St. Portland Oregon ELDER R. T~OMAS, PASTOR f· l