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■Weekend Religious News I »y DAVID BROWN, RHIkIouh New* Editor tn Faster sunrise service will in at « u in. Sunday in Me hur Court on the University ipui. The service will consist narily of music, he Eugene (Jleemen, directed Fstly Schick, chairman of the sic department at North Bu ie High School, and the Eu 1C Women's Choral Club di ted by Itoyce Saltzman, associ professor of music, will lead musical expression of wor p. Bradley Scheer, professor of doty, will deliver the medita n The organist will be Ua tta Carter. I ainpus sponsored groups in s service are Christian House, nservative Baptist, church of ,ur Christ of I.atter Day Saints, us opal Campus Center, Luther V/esley Foundation, Westmin it House, and the Young Worn i s Christian Association. 1 imperative Christian Ministry There will tie no Sunday For ii at Wesley this Sunday, but ?xt Sunday (jeorge Streisinger, ■ofessor of biology, will start the evening with tiin talk, "The Mechanistic Image of Man.’’ The Womb, a coffee house at Westminster House, will he open Friday after 9 p m If you have something to contribute, a poem, song, one act play, or film, then contact Hob Chastain, 342-4876. Canterbury The Tuesday afternoon Semin ar will meet as usual at 4 p,m. at the center, Holy Communion is celebrated Wednesday at 7! a m., breakfast follows. Christian House There will be rides from Chris tian House to Del's Restaurant! for breakfast after the Faster service. The Discovery Groups will meet at their regular times and Chapel Worship starts at 9 p.m. on Wednesdays. Recreation like badminton and basketball are available at all times. I.uther House This Sunday at 7 p m. at Luther House Leona Manke will be show ing her slides on Mexico. Supper will also be provided. t Y Dialogue God Is Dead' Belief Examined By JIM KIMBALL Staff Writer ‘ God is dead," Friedrich Nietzsche said moire than BO years ago, and men murdered Him." Today Methodist theologian Thomas Utizer says, "God has died, and he died in our own generation.” Alfred Bloom, assistant professor of religion, and Duncan Fergu on, First Baptist Church youth minister, looked at some of the auses of the rapid popularity of the phrase "God is dead" in a Y )iaiogue Tuesday. Bloom said, ” 'God is dead’ is a social symbol in the consciousness if man by which religion appears to him as irrelevant. He said he us felt this way for some time, but had no way to conceptualize lis feeling in a slogan Most people don’t know what the scholars are talking about, but they’ve taken over the slogan and attached their own meaning. Ferguson said "It represents a romantic rebellion. It should be considered as a sociological, intellectual and historical trend. It will probably not become the concern of serious theology." ’ God is dead" theologians concentrate on these points: 0 God is crowded out of the world that most of us experience. • The vast evil in the world stands in contrast to the love of God as revealed in the Bible. • Man needs to be emancipated from a God who threatens our reedom and dignity and who takes away our responsibility. One wit has summed up general dissatisfaction with the church is "God is dead, and the church is his tombstone." Ferguson called his a reaction to the seeming irrelevance of the church on social s.suex He identified several problems that have prompted people to dentify with the "God is dead" movement, including the introspec ion of a church that's self-centered, rather than involved in the world about it, and not receptive to change— needed to keep pace with the society. He said "God of the gaps" thinking, (using a uipernatural being to explain whatever is not understood about meself or the universe) is another problem. "The church must hange with society if it is to speak to it effectively.” Bloom added that we tend to think of theological matters as ilready closed to change, and that the "God is dead" theology is an ittempt to say that change is a constant in the world and extends o religion as well. "We find God, not at the periphery of our activities or in the gaps n our understanding," Ferguson replied, "but at the center of our iving. We experience God not only in crisis situations, but also in oys, in tears, in quiet, or in activity, in all of our existence.” Bloom was optimistic about the effect of “God is dead" thinking in theology. "Churchmen will begin to discuss what it means for «od to be alive and question their church with this new outlook.” But even without traditional religious concepts, a man may still »e religious, Bloom said "Where a man chooses to stand on a value le perceives to be reality, as quality of all men, and is willing to die or it, he is religious." Religion will never die, for it is any system if absolute values and we all need some sort of skyhook to hang rom.” Tfit OtigtruX PANCAKt HOUSE.' 'ponu.kcs os \j«u Wet iHtnt _ OPtN A 6 am- +o o f-m. G^n ( Lo-iunencc. 313-157.3 Communion will be Wednesday night at 6:30 in Central Luther an Church Chapel. Paul Schnei der will present his collection of liturgical music (without piano) at Luther House at 7 p.m. Newman Center Kaster Sunday blessing of the ^ new fire and paschal candle and i renewal of baptismal vows will j be at 4:45 a m.; Mass of the Res-1 urrection wifi follow at dawn ! (5:30 a m ). Kaster masses will ' be at 9 and 11 a m., noon, 5, and ! 6 p.m. Good Friday solemn lit-! urgical service, adoration of the cross, and Holy Communion will begin at 4 p.m. The spring McKenzie retreat will be held April 16-17; for in formation call Newrnan Center, 343-7021. Wesley Foundation Kaster breakfast will be served at Wesley Foundation following! the Sunrise Service at McArthur Court. Kxpenses for the meal ’ will be shared (probably 30-401 cents each). Sign up on the bul-j letin board for reservations. "Dialogue” meets at 9:30 a.m. ’ Sunday to discuss "The Comfor- j table Pew.” Rides to church are 1 provided at 10:40 a.m. At 6 p.m. j Sunday, those interested in an1 Encounter Group will meet at Wesley. Baha'i "World Peace Through Reli gious Renewal” is the topic for discussion at the Baha'i infor mal meeting at noon today in the Student Union. COS Class A seminar this quarter will be studying Harvey Cox’s "The Secu lar City.” The workshop will dis cuss, "The Practice of the Chris tian Faith.” Sunday class at 9:45 a.m. will be on. The Demand of God.” The College Hour Sunday eve-1 ning, 8:30-9:30 p.m. will have Chuck Berger speaking on “Eas ter Faith and History.” This will I be at 1332 Kincaid St. _ SU Gallery Shows Church Exhibit A collection of brass rubbings from memorials in English medi eval churches is on display in the Student Union Art Gallery at the University. From the early Middle Ages to the 16th century, these brass plates were used as commemo rative monuments for honorable persons buried “ad sanctos” un der church floors. Effigies of the deceased, inscriptions, or religious and heraldic symbols were used as decorations and today from a record of the times of Chaucer and Shakespeare. Because of the material used in j making the memorials, they have 1 survived records made on more I perishable media Historians take particular interest in the memo-! rials because of the continuous, accurate picture they form of i social changes, revealing details of dress, language, and develop ments of style. Included in the exhibit are the effigies of Sir Thomas Bulley, father of Anne Boleyn, and Thom as Chaucer, son of Geoffrey Chau cer. The oldest rubbing is an effigy of Sir John D'Avernon i found in Surrey in 1277. The exhibit, part of Mrs. Lewis ' Purnell’s private collection, is, touring the country under the auspices of the Smithsonian In- < stitution Traveling Exhibition Ser- ’ vice. It will be on display through April 16. Kappa's Elect Kappa Kappa Gamma has elect ed the following officers for 1966 67: President, Gretchen Young; first vice-president, Martha Pow ers; second vice-president, Kathy Williams; recording secretary, Sally Bunting; marshall, Ann Williams; membership chairman, Marcia Yovel; scholarship chair man, Carolyn Wood; public re lations, Ann Nordquist; corre sponding secretary, Phyllis Hull; social chairman, Jeani Magnano. GOOD FRIDAY Solemn Liturgical Service — 4:00 p.m. Newman Catholic Student Center 1850 Emerald St. Confessions: 3:30-3:55 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) . 17th and Hilyard Street 344-2361 Sunday Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Bible Class for Students: 9:45 a.m. Harold J. Gieseke, Pastor Norman Metzler, Vicar First Methodist Church 1185 Willamette 345-8784 8:55 and 11 a m.—Dr. Norman Conard WESLEY FOUNDATION Next to the Co-op Bookstore—1236 Kincaid Robert Kingsbury, University Pastor 9:30 a m. Dialogue 10:40 a m. Rides to Church evening Program Orthodox Presbyterian Church (A Reformed Church) 3350 Willamette Street Sunday School—All Ages—9:45 a.m. Morning Service: 11:00 a.m. ‘THE FIRST EASTER’’ Evening Service: 7:00 p.m. “UNPROFITABLE SERVANTS” For information or transportation call Rev. Glenn T. Black 345-3638 First Congregational Church UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 23rd Avenue East and Potter (5 blocks south of campus) SUNDAY SERVICES 9:30 and 11:00 a m. Ministers, Lloyd Stamp and Wesley Goodson Nicholson For Transportation call 345-8741 First Bantist Church Broadway at High 345-0341 1332 Kincaic 9 45 C.G.3. Class 8:30 & 11 a m. Services "What Does the Resurrection Mean to You” Dr. Vance Webster 7 p.m. Evening Service An Evening of Easter Music Wednesday 7:30—Moody . Mens Glee Club Concert 8.30 College Hour 1st Assembly of God 1330 Madison M. W. McLees, Pastor 9:45 a.m. — Sunday School Attend Chi Alpha College Class — Les Binkley Transportation Provided Phone 345-3303 11:00 a.m. — Morning Worship Pastor McLees, Speaker 3:00 p.m. — Pastor’s Study KEZI-TV Channel 9 7:00 p.m. — Revivaltime Central Lutheran Church (The American Lutheran Church) 18th & Potter Sunday Worship — 9:30 & 11:00 a.m. LUTHER HOUSE 1824 University Kenneth F. Wieg — Campus Pastor Eric Ottum Olaf A. Anderson — Pastor 345-2053 Lay Assistant
