The Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, March 22. 1952 .
Abbey's New Church Dedicated
In Friday Rites at Mt. Angel
BY IX) RETT A E. DEHLER
Statesman New Service
MT. ANGEL Solemn dedica
tion of the magnificent hew Mt.
Angel Abbey Church here Friday
climaxed a 70-year goal of the
Benedictine Oregon in Oregon.
A near-capacity throng of clergy
and laity was present as the Most
Rev. Archbishop Edward D. How
ard, DD, Portland dedicated the
structure to St. Benedict and St.
Michael, whose plaques adorn the
front of the buff bricl and terra
cotta ediface. It is located on the
hilltop above Mt. AngeL
Excluding the choir, or sanctu
ary, used exclusively for monks of
the Abbey, the nave and galleries
will accommodate nearly 500 peo
ple. The new church brings to reali
ty a dream -long in the minds of
the monks and the people or Mt.
Anuel. to for now the laity may
again attend the solemn service of
the monks denied them for many
years due to lack of space.
Assisting the archbishop were
the Very Rev. Patrick Meagher,
as deacon; the Rev. Sebastian ier
haar, as subdeacon; and the Rev.
Lawrence Turgeon as metropou
tan cross bearer. Forming an honor
guard were 18 fourth degree
Knights of Columbus in full re
galia. The archbishop blessed the out
side wafts of the church while
monks and seminarians chanted
the psalms; then his group entered
the church where he blessed the
interior.
The Rt. Rev. Abbot Thomas
Meier of Mt Angel Abbey, his
assisting priests and servers then
entered the sanctuary and cele
brated the pontifical mass while
monks in choir, led by the Rev.
Albert Bauman, sang the beauti
ful Gregorian chant.
Officers of the mass included
the Very Rev. Martin Pollard, as
assistant priest, the Rev. Luke
Eberle and the Rev. Stephen Hof
mann as assistant deacons; the
Rev. Dominic Broxmeyer as dea
con of the mass; the Rev. Placidus
Sander, the Rev. Thomas Brock
haus, Frater Benedict Suing and
Frater Leo Rimmele.
Among church notables here for
the occasion were Abbot Colum
ban Thuis, Covington, La.; Bishop
E. Kelly, Boise, Ida; the Rev. Fr.
Luke and the Rev. Fr. Joseph, both
of St. Martin's Abbey, Olympia,
Wash.
Also present were about 100
clery from the Northwest as well
as Benedictine priests from around
the state, a large delgation of nuns
from the convent at Mt. Angel and
representative of various religious
orders in Oregon.
Lutheran Church
Sets Film.Sunday
A film night and fellowship hour
are scheduled by the congregation
of St. Mark Lutheran Church at
7:$0 Sunday evening, according to
the pastor, the Rev. John L.
Cauble.
"Messenger of Peace" is a full
length religious picture with a
Hollywood cast, produced by the
Lutheran Laymen's League.
The affair is sponsored by St.
Mark's Booster Club. The club
will direct a brief fellowship pro
gram with refreshments in the
social rooms following the film.
Mission Appointee
Slated at Heights
Statesman News Service
SALEM HEIGHTS The Rev.
Ted Koehler, missionary appointee
to Panama, will speak and show
pictures of that land Sunday even
ing at 7:30 in Salem Heights Bap
tist Church.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Koehler
have made their home in Salem
in recent years and expect to leave
for Panama in a few weeks.
At the 11 a.m. worship service
the pastor, Elmer Hiebert, will
speak.
Hear EvangelisJ C. B. (Barney) Cunningham
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MT. ANGEL Leading the first mass in the Mt Angel Abbey's new
church Friday morning was the Rev. Abbott Thomas Meier, OSB,
seated above wearing miter, here singing the rospel. Seated at up
per left is the Most Rev. Edward O. Howard, archbishop of Port
land, who blessed the church. Kneeling in left foreground is the Rev.
Prior Martin Pollard, OSB. (Statesman photo.)
Zululand Film
Due in Church
At Silverton
Statesman News Service
SILVERTON A new sound
color film, "Zulu Harvest" will be
shown at Trinity Lutheran Church
Sunday night under the sponsor
ship of the Luther League. The
film was made in Africa under the
direction of the Board of Foreign
Missions of the Evangelical Luth
eran Church and presents episodes
of the 100-year history of Lutheran
Missions in Zululand, South Af
rica. Background music is by the Con
cordio College Choir which ap
peared in Salem a year ago. The
showing is public. An offering will
be divided equally between the
mission board and the Luther
League. The regular meeting of
the league will be Sunday nfght at
6:30, an hour earlier than usual,
with the film to be shown at 7:30.
Lenten services will be at 8 pjn.
Thursday,
Trinity ' Brotherhood will meet
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock with
Henry Raaen, Salem, as speaker.
A sound filmstrip, "Had I Known,"
will illustrate his talk. On March
30, Trinity choir will give its
spring cantata, "Great Deliver
ance," at 8 p.m. at the church.
Immanuel Lenten services will
be Wednesday night at 7:30. Pa
cific Lutheran College choir will
sing at Immanuel church Sunday
night, April 6.
Missionary Fred Ditmanson of
China will be guest speaker at
Calvary Church Tuesday night at
7:45 o'clock.
Schramm Elected
By Young Adults
Philip Schramm was elected this
week as president of the new
Young Adult Class at First Meth
odist Church.
Other officers are Mrs. Robert
Bennett, vice president, and Rich
ard Gatke, secretary-treasurer.
Mrs. Waldo C. Zeller is teach
ing the group currently, in its
meetings at 9:45 a.m. Sundays.
Lead Music
Max and Barbara Hamilton,
(above), musicians and singers
from Indiana, who are now in
revival services at Pilgrim Holi
ness Church, will sing and play
at the ministerial convention of
the church next week.
Pilgrim Host
To Ministers
Ministerial convention of the
Pilgrim Holiness Church is slated
for Wednesday and Thursday at
the Salem church.
Services will be at 9:30 a.m., 2
and 7:30 p.m. each day. The Rev.
William S. Deal, district superin
tendent, will serve as evangelist.
Musicians will be Max and Bar
bara Hamilton of Indiana.
Africa Lepers Aid
U. S. Flood Area,
Give Up 2 Meals
Lepers at Teleo, Africa, went
without breakfast and dinner for
a day to send $15 to the fund for
rebuilding Methodist churches in
the Kansas flood area, according
to Dr. B. P. Murphy of Louisville,
Ky., executive secretary, division
of home missions and church ex
tension, Methodist Church, in a
report on the church-wide re
sponse to the flood relief appeal.
The appeal has yielded $198,
188.16 to supplement $80,000 raised
within the stricken section by the
Kansas-Nebraska area fund. It
will help replace certain personal
losses of pastors and replace prop
erty. The summer floods caused
property damage in excess of
$300,000 and "untold personal loss
to our pastors and church mem
bers." The board furnished emer
gency pastoral support of $11,875.
Bishop Dana Dawson, of the
Kansas area, says that discourage
ment was deeD after an inspection
of the 58 damaged church proper
ties and the estimate of hundreds
of thousands of dollars needed to
restore them, but that the church's
response gave new heart to the
victims and they are rebuilding.
Sunday School
Commentaries
20 oil
Some bargains in books &
Greeting Cards
Large assortment of Easter
Cards. New shipment of Sacred
Recordings Just received.
Bible Book House
150 8. Liberty St.
TOUR DECISION
Will It Be Life or Will It Be Death?
Meetings now in session through March 30 at the
Emmanuel Ilennonile Church
of Protum
Eight miles east of Salem on Garden Road
Glen Welborn - Evangelist
Easter Week
Film Planned
Completion of plans for a re
turn Salem showing of "King of
Kings," famed film about Christ
were announced Friday by the
Rev. Harold W. Black.
The Cecil B. DeMille picture
will be at the Elisnore Theater
on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday of Holy Week, April
8-10, for free showing at 9:30
a. m. Sponsorship is by Salem
Council of Churches.
Funds Sought
For Expansion
By Lutherans
A special committee of St.
John's Lutheran Church has been
named and organized the local
phase of a nation-wide "Conquest
for Christ" Lutheran expansion
program, according to the Rev.
H. W. Gross, pastor.
Members of the committee are
William Lewis, chairman, Carl
Anderson, Roger Malbon, Carl
Melzer and Arthur Ring.
The 5,000 congregations of the
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod,
an international church body, have
voted to raise $10,000,000 to pro
mote thgir world-wide mission
program and to expand facilities
for training teachers and minis
ters. The endeavor will be achieved
through the voluntary gifts of the
I, 810,000 members with individ
ual contacts March 23. After a no
host dinner served by the women
of St. John's Lutheran Guild at
the parish hall, 30 men will go out
to canvass local members.
MT. ANGEL Trinity Luth
eran Church, three miles east of
Mt. Angel, Sunday will join its
5,000 sister congregations in the
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
in gathering a ten-million dollar
offering called the "Conquest for
Christ," according to John H.
Werth, pastor.
This offering is being gathered
to expand the church's colleges
and seminaries for the training of
more pastors, teachers, and mis
sionaries, and to furnish the mul
tiplying home and foreign mis
sions with the necessary chapels,
parsonages, and other urgently
needed mission equipment and
supplies.
The committee chosen to par
ticipate in the church-wide can
vass at Trinity congregation are:
Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Blomen
kamp, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dick
man, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Goschie, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Homann, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Mohr, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sch
roeder, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wan
ner, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Wanner,
Mr. and Mrs. George Willig and
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Nickodemus.
Henry Homann is chairman of the
committee and Erwin Nickodemus
is secretary. '
Argentina Work
Program Subject
At Goo3 Shepherd
Statesman Newt Service
SALEM HEIGHTS The Rev.
Levon H. Spath, a missionary of
the United Lutheran Church in
America to Argentina, will pre
sent a program at Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church on Tuesday at
8 p.m.
Spath is a graduate of Western
Lutheran Theological Seminary
(now Central) and has been en
gaged in mission work in Argen
tina since 1944. He was a semin
ary classmate of the Rev. Harold
Hamilton, pastor of Good Shep
herd Church.
Now on furlough he will return
soon to his parish work in Argen
tina. He is the author of numerous
articles and stories for religious
magazines.
Members of St. Mark and Faith
Churches have been invited to the
program.
Standing committees and chair
men recently appointed for the
church are building, Clarence
Feller; education and literature,
Mrs. Marion Miller; finance,
George Martin; membership and
evangelism, Joseph Hustad; prop
erty, Isaac Schmidt; worship and
music, Mrs. Frank Zinn; steward
ship and benevolence, Marion
Miller.
Japan Workers and
Revival Set, Labish
LAKE LABISH Mr. and Mrs.
Willis Ruyle, recently returned
from Japan, will speak of then
experiences at the 11 a.m. service
Sunday at Labish Community
Church in Labish Village.
In the evening, the Rev. William
Lewis of Upland, Calif., will com
mence a revival service to con
tinue for two weeks, at 7:45 each
night except Saturday.
9:45 A.M. Sunday School
11:00 JLM. "Have I Done
My Best for Jesus?"
6:30 P.M. A- Y. Fellow
ship. 7:30 P.M. 'Taithful Fok
lowers."
W. A. Begier - Pastor
Gospel Crusade
Slates Johnson
For City Meet
Jimmie Johnson of Raleigh,
N. C, will conduct a mission in
Salem this summer for the Greater
Salem Gospel Crusade, the board
announced Friday. Dr. John R.
Turnbull was named director of
the campaign.
Johnson is the founder of New
Life Camp in that state, sponsored
by "Your Daily Devotional Pro
gram" network. He is said to be
one of America's outstanding
evangelists.
Included in his party will be
Les Barnett, known as "the poet
of the organ," in radio and films.
Since his conversion a few years
ago, he has devoted himself to a
ministry of music in the evangel
istic field.
The third member ef the party
is the baritone soloist and song
leader, Clyde Taylor.
The crusade board consists of
representatives from the local Na
tional Association of Evangelicals,
Christian Business Men's Com
mittee, Christian Business and
Professional Women. Youth for
Christ, Child Evangelism and sev
eral members at large.
WSCS Readies
Leslie Church .
Sunday Rites
Miss Edna Holder, returned from
work as a missionary in India, will
speak at the Sunday morning ser
vice at Leslie Methodist Church.
This will be the annual thank
offering service of the local
Women's Society of Christian Ser
vice. Mrs. C. W. Stacey, president,
will preside, with Mrs. A. W. Metz
ger and Mrs. Everett McRae as
sisting. At 7:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs.
Stacey will tell of their recent
trip around the United States and
to Cuba, to visit many Methodist
Institutions.
The Rev. G. Wesley Turner,
pastor, will be in Klamath Falls
as guest leader in the evangelistic
mission for the coming week.
China Mission
Story Slated,
First Baptist
The Rev. James Garrison, mis
sionary to China under the Con
servative Baptist Foreign Mission
Society, will speak at 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon in First Bap
tist Church.
Garrison served for five years as
a missionary to the Nosu tribe on
the borderlands of Tibet. When
ordered to China, the party of 12
missionaries and children traveled
250 miles over the rugged mount
ains of West China by foot and
carrier. Missionary Garrison will
tell of his experiences with the
people not before reached by the
Christians, and of their treatment
under the Communists before
leaving their mission station.
Churches Will Note
YWCA Day Sunday
Sundav will be observed as
YWCA Day in many Salem
churches, calling attention to the
YW building fund campaign to
open next Thursday. Goal is $200,
000. Designation of the day was giveii
by Salem Ministerial Association:
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
South Liberty and Miller
Omar N. Barth, Pastor
11:00 "The Best Beatitude"
7:30 "And
: (Sound
j "Come To A Friendly Church
How Does Communism Operate in China?
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
SUNDAY SERVICES
O 11:00 ajn. "Crumbs From the Table" - Pastor
Anderson
O 3:00 Missionary Jim Garrison giving the story
of his work among the Nosu people and his
expulsion by the Committee.
O 7:30 pjn. "A Bride For Isaac" - Pastor
Tune In to Three Radio Broadcasts
O 8:00- 8:30 Sunday a.m. ZSLM
O 11:00-12:00 Sunday KOCO
O 8:15- 8:30 Mon. thru FrL - KSLM
Marion at Liberty Lloyd T. Anderson. Pastor
Raymond Hoekstra
A Man of Faith Preaching Faith Building Faith
Saturday 8 P.M. Two Services Only Sunday 8 P.M.
"We Have Come to the Mount"
Sunday 11 AJVL - Message by M. Wyatt
Attend Our Growing and Lively Sunday School 10 A-M.
"Eds Klub" 2 PJVL Saturday
Starting Thursday 8 PII.
DrT MofJot ol Canada Nightly 8 P.M.
One who is learned coming also in the
power oi the Spirit of God.
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Faith Tabernacle
1305 North 5th at Gaines
Aids Program
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DR. JOHN HENRY SOLTMAN
1st Methodist
Building Fund
Crusade Ready
A crusade for $130,000 to com
plete funds for remodeling the
80-year-old building of First
Methodist Church will begin Sun
day. Dr. John Henry Soltman, di
rector, will speak at the 11 a.m.
service tomorrow, Loyalty Sun
day. Dr. Soltman is one of six min
isters employed in such work by
the Methodist Board of Church
Extension.
Funds will be raised by volun
tary giving, with no solicitation
either at public services or by
some 100 members who will be
visiting other church families dur
ing the coming two weeks. Pledge
cards will be brought to the serv
ice on Palm Sunday.
The money from this drive will
join some $90,000 already received
in bequests from the late Mrs. B.
E. Carrier and J. H. Baker.
Plans are being prepared for re
modeling, principally in the sanc
tuary, to make interior and exte
rior harmonize. Most of the out
side restoration has been com
pleted. Architect is Glenn Stanton of
Portland. Planning has been in
charge of the trustees, serving as
a building committee, including
A. A. Keene, chairman, V. T.
Golden, Walter C. Winslow, Ron
ald C. Glover, Mrs. Thomas Hol
man. Carle Abrams, Henry G.
Carl, Frank B. Bennett and Win
ston H. Taylor. Bennett also is
crusade chairman.
Church of God
Opening Due
Opening services for the new
Church of God at 1580 S. 20th St.
will be Sunday, P. G. Shroyer,
pastor, announced.
The church, of the denomination
whose overseer is M. A. Tomlin
son, has just erected a new build
ing here.
Sunday school is at 10 a.m., with
Elmer Jackson as superintendent.
Other services include preaching
at 11 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. Sunday,
prayer meeting at 7:45 p.m. Wed
nesday and preaching at 7:45 p.m.
Friday.
Additional Church News
on page 3
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Mission Theme
For 2 Sundays
At Dallas EMB
DALLAS Missions will be the
central theme at Dallas Evangeli
cal Mennonite Brethren Church
all day March 23 and 30, according
to the Rev. A. P. Toews, pastor.
The Rev. Russell G. Honeywell,
from the Far Eastern Gospel Cru
sade Mission in the Philippines,
will be the speaker on March 23,
in the morning worship service at
11, at the youth fellowship pro
gram at 7 and in the evening ser
vice at 8. In both evening en
gagements he will use colored
motion pictures. Honeywell was
first in the Philippines as a World
War II Army chaplain.
On March 30 the Rev. Samuel
Casells, field director of the Sudan
Interior Mission for the Western
States and Canada, will speak at
the three services, using motion
pictures to display the progress
and needs of his field in Africa.
A new film, "Hands Across Ethi
opia" will be shown In the even
ing service.
At this service will be also the
commissioning service of Miss
Anna Fast as a missionary to
Nigeria.
Methodists
Plan Series
At Jefferson
Statesman Xfwi Service
JEFFERSON Jefferson Meth
odists are completing plans to par
ticipate in the national Methodist
program of evangelism, and have
scheduled the Rev. Charles R.
Davenport of Amity to conduct a
week's series of meetings.
Services will be March 23-28 at
7:30 each night. A youth rally
with color-sound motion picture,
"Regions Beyond" will be held at
7:45 p.m. Saturday, March 22, pre
ceded by a no-host supper of the
Methodist Youth Fellowship in the
parsonage at 6:15.
The congregation is observing a
week of dedication and Sunday
commissioned those who are to
make evangelistic calls. Cottage
prayer meetings were held this
week.
On the - local promotion com
mittee are Nila Settle, spiritual
preparation; Joe Benninghoff, pub
lic serv ice; Les and Gladys Shields,
publicity and promotion; Mrs. W.
F . Gulvin, personnel and assign
ment: Gerald Wing, finance.
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Male Quartet at Bethel
The Haxmonaire male quartet of
George Fox College, New berg, will
present the 7:30 worship service
program Sunday at Bethel Baptist
Church. It will include organ,
vocal and trumpet solos.
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LUTHERAN f
(Dowa-towi Chortli) j
Hi N. Church Street I
Rev. John L Cauble, Pastor t
9:45 AL Sunday School I
11:00 A-M. Morning Worship!.
7:30 PAL Film Night, "Tnr
Messenger of Peace 1
ALL ARE INVITED .
Ckrisl Lutheran (alc
Worship Service 11 0 ojsL
Sunday School 10:00
Luther League 7 pun.
Lenten Serrice. Wed.
7:45 pun.
C R. Schulz, pastor
1760 State St. Phone 3-3728
Firs! Presbyterian
Chemeketa at Winter
Salem, Oregon
Paul N. Poling, DJD. Pastor;
B. J. Holland, Asst. Pastorh
"Putting Away WorrT-t
Services at 9:45 and
1100 AJ.
Sermon bj Dr. Polina
Capital Baptist
Church j
Cooperating with Southern
Baptist Convention
Meets to SJ)-A. Chvreh
X. Summer and Heed
Welcome te Ovr Serricee
Sunday School f:45 A. M. '
Train in Union 6 J P. M.
Worship 11 A. M, 7 Jt F. Sf.
Wednesday Prayer Service
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Installed
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Self-contained
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