■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.”
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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