Pwlt Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Saf Aug. 11, 1948
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
(Published Every Evcnlnc tnd Sunday)
EDITOR AND P"mT Alton F. Bikir
MANAGING EDITOR WUlUm M. Tufmaa
NEWS FTiYK Preta, United Ptcm
KyMnra Audit Bureau of Circulation
Entered at the Port Office at Eugene Oregon, as eecond-
manor.
The Reaiiter-Ouard'a ooller li the complete and Impartial
publication In lte news page of an newt and etatementa cm
mws. On thli page the editor of The ReiUter -Guard offer
thetr opinions on eventa of the day and matte.! of Importance
the community, endeavoring to be candid but fair and
helpful In the development of conitructlva community poJicy.
Assembly, World Council of Churches
(Editor'! Note: The following article ii submit
ted by the Oregon Council of Churches and pre
pared by Robert S. Bilheimer, executive secretary
of the Intereemlnary Movement, secretary 01 me
U. S. ecumenical study committee for the Amster
dam Assembly of the World Council of Churches,
and Presbyterian minister from Cedar Manor, New
York.)
By ROBERT S. BILHEIMER
More than 1400 persons representing 142
Protestant and Greek Orthodox denomina
tloni from 42 countries of the world will
gather together at Amsterdam, Holland, Sun
day for a two weeks' assembly of the World
Council of Churches.
Many persons who are qualified to know,
feel that this meeting in Amsterdam will be
one of the most important events in the his
tory of the mighty Christian Church. Surely
the bare facts of the meeting will not call
for such an opinion. The meeting is small,
it will not vote huge sums of money; it will
make no political rearrangements; it may to
many hardly seem relevant to the great is
sues which plague mankind. Yet the judg
ment ii justified, for if God has His way
with this first Assembly of the World Coun
eil of Churches, vast parts of the Christian
Church in the world will be renewed and
unified.
One of the powerful contributing factors
to the effectiveness of the Assembly is the
process of preparatory study which has pre
ceded it. Thirty-seven authors have been
chosen, and four volumes have been pre
pared, but behind these facts stands a long
period of Intense consultation among the
leading minds of the Protestant and Ortho
dox churches a consultation which has clari
fied issues, brought persons closer together,
and prepared a solid spiritual and intellectual
foundation for genuine advance at the meet
ing of the Assembly at Amsterdam.
This process has come to be known as that
of ecumenical study: a kind of international
school, carried on by conferences and corre
spondence, in which persons from different
nations and churches advance a conviction,
send it out in an article for criticism, and re
write the original on the basis of constructive
comments.
The ecumenical study leading up to the
Assembly of the World Council of Churches
has involved exactly this process, over a pe
riod of two years. Three meetings of leading
Christian thinkers, drawn from different
countries and churches, have been convened.
First and second drafts, and in some cases
third drafts, of the different chapters have
been prepared, and subjected to the most in
tense criticism. In America alone, 500 people
have been asked to comment laymen, cler
gy, educators, theologians, church executives
alike, so that a representative cross section
of opinion might be gained.
The whole is thus far more than an inter
change among professional theologians. It
represents a genuine meeting of minds, not
always in agreement, indeed sometimes in the
sharpest disagreement. It is part, and a fun
damental part, of the painful process by
which the disunity with which we are beset
Is fashioned out into a recognizable unity.
Moreover, the process has helped greatly
to clarify issues, and in some cases to locate
answers, on the great themes with which the
Assembly will be dealing. The general sub
ject of the meeting is "Man's Disorder and
God's Design," and the theme of each volume
is as follows:
The Universal Church in God's Design.
God s Design and the Church's Witness.
The Church and the Disorder of Society
The Church and International Affairs.
The first study in which the participat
ing Americans are Conrad Bergendoff, Clar
ence T. Craig, Bishop Angus Dun, Georgia
Harkness, John A. Mackay, and H. Bichard
Niebuhr goes directly to the Bible for the
basis of our thinking about the church; and
though different Interpretations appear, It is
agreed that our unity is to be found in the
Biblical message concerning the church.
Moreover, it is clear, especially through the
remarkable chapter on new life in the
church, that there will be no unity without
a great rebirth in the church's life. Beyond
this, the ecumenical movement and its or
ganizations, are treated in order to show their
relationship to this renewal and this unity.
In the second volume, "God's Design and
the Church's Witness," the subject of the
evangelistic task of the church is viewed
for the first time on a comprehensive, world
wide basis. The unequivocal position of the
book is that evangelism, that is, the work of
bringing the Gospel to life in the hearts of
men the world over, is the first task of the
church. The commission is a representative
one, in which the Americans are Robert S.
Bilheimer, Robert L. Calhoun, Walter M.
Horton and Kenneth S. Latourette, and there
are different views as to how this Gospel
should be stated; but on the question of the
evangelistic duty of the Christian there is no
doubt. An impressive survey of effective
evangelism is at once encouraging and dis
heartening: there Is universal evidence of the
hunger of people for faith in God, and in
many places people are joining the church
by thousands. Yet there is still to be dis
covered a really significant "break through"
by the church into the hardened secularism
of our time, nor is there evidence that the
church is able to stem the tide of spiritual
disintegration in western society which is so
ably analysed In one of the chapters.
The third study of "The Church and the
Disorder of Society" is concerned almost ex
clusively with the prime problem of western
society, namely the need to achieve a con
structive balance between freedom and or
der or control in a society which has become
almost wholly mechanized. Two brilliant
analyses, one particularly indicating the con
sensus which exists among Christian and
secular thinkers alike, states the uroblem
clearly. How may the Christian Church con
tribute to the achievement of a truly respon
sible society, in which man is free, but in
which the machine and all its benefits are
controlled for the common good? A state
ment of the goal of Christians in this regard
is followed by a statement of some of the
strategies which may be followed by the
church, the whole indicating the chief social
issue which must continue to challenge the
mind of the church until the key answer is
found. These participating in the commis
sion from Amercia are Reinhold Niebuhr,
John C. Bennett, F. Ernest Johnson and
Bishop William Scarlett.
The fourth study on "The Church and In
ternational Affairs" strikes at three points:
the overwhelming tension between Russia
and the-United States; the fundamental im
portance of religious liberty, and the respon
sibility which the church has for exerting
its ministry of reconciliation within the
struggle of international power politics. It is
too early yet to indicate the way in which
this volume will state the problem, or the
recommendations which will stand out from
it. More of the process of ecumenical study
is needed: drafting, criticism from many na
tions, redrafting, before the volume is ready
for publication. The forthright attack of lead
ing lay-people and clergy from America
John Foster Dulles, O. Frederick Nolde, Rein
hold Niebuhr, Bishop Ashton Oldham, Bish
op G. Bromley Oxman, F. W. Rennie and
Mrs. Leslie E. Swain on this problem how
ever, particularly in an ecumenical setting,
is a source of strong encouragement.
Even this cursory account of some of the
major issues which have raised themselves
in the total study, indicate that the recur
ring theme throughout the four books is the
renewal and unity of the church. In each
book there is a vigorous criticism of the pres
ent thought and life of the church; in each
also repeated demand for radical renewal.
This is undoubtedly the overarching question
which the preparatory study will present to
the Assembly: can that happen which will
bring to the church the new and vigorous
life which God is ready to give us?
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REV. STERLING SIMONSON breaks ground for the first unit
of the Springfield Lutheran parish house and church project at
Fourteenth and I Streets. A pumice block structure is now being
built at a cost or about $20,000 on the 405 by 111-foot site. The
first building will be used for worship until a new church is con
structed later, and the first unit Hill will then be converted for edu
cational purposes. The building te a project of the Home Mission
Churches of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The local congre
gation is less than two years old. (Wiltshire engraving).
Oregon Day is Observed at
Washington Cathedral Sunday
WASHINGTON, D. C. The
State of Oregon will be honored
at Washington Cathedral here
Sunday, Aug. 22, when prayers
will be offered for the government
and the people and particularly for
all Oregon men and women who
served the nation in time of war.
The Very Rev. John W. Suter,
dean of the cathedral, indicated
many Oregonlans would share in
the observance of Oregon Day
thla Sunday. Each state in the
Union Is honored annuallv at
Washington Cathedral in the na-
tloni capital as part of the cam
Bethesda Lutheran
At Bethesda Lutheran Church
Sunday school and Bible classes
lot all ages is at 9:45 a. m.
Divine worship with Holy Com
munion Is at 11 a. m. The pastor's
ermon theme will be: "The Di
vine Assurance of Forgiveness."
Mr. Carl Petersen will sing a
solo. The Luther League will meet
la the church parlors at 8 p. m.
paign seeking contributions to
complete and maintain the cathe
dral. In Oregon. Mrs. William
Horsfall of Coos Bay is chairman
of the cathedral committee.
Rev. Suter said completion of
the majestic Gothic edifice crown
ing Mount Saint Alban, highest
point in Washington, is dependent
upon the support and continuing
interest of all the people. He said
more persons are become associat
ed with Washington Cathedral
daily as they submit the names
and war records of their service
men and women for enrollment on
its National Roll of Honor.
Springfield Lutheran
The Perfection of God" is the
title of Pastor Sterling Simonson's
sermon Sunday, Aug. 22, with ser
vices being temporarily held in
the VFW Hall at Springfield. The
young married couples' club will
meeting at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at
the Home of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, at 7:45 in ih nihil. '
1335 B St., for potluck aupper. I tinuintf th .luriv
First Christian
The First Christian Church ser
vice will be at 11 a. m. Sunday,
Pastor Hugh N. McCallum will
bring a message on the theme
"What Place Has Jesus in Life?"
Barbara and Janice Warner will
sing the processional hymn, "Un
der His Wing." Robert Fulton will
sing a solo 'All's Well" by Del
Riego.
At the evening service at 8 Mr
McCallum will speak on the
theme "Who Gains the Election?"
A trio will be sung by Miriam
McCallum Fulton, Vera and Mary
beth McCallum.
Sunday school is at 9:45 a. m.
for all age groups. Nursery ser
vice is provided for both morn
ing services.
Junior High Christian Endeavor
meets at 6 p. m. at the church
with Peter Webster leading the
group; High School Endeavor will
meet in the annex at 6:30 p. m. and
the Town and Campus group
meets in the White Room at 6:30
P. m.
Mid-week service is Wednesday
Pastors Asked
To Workshop
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
A two-day radio workshop for
ministers and directors of relig'
ious youth centers has been sched
uled for September 14 and 15 by
K.UAL, me state-owned radio sta
tion.
Invitations have been sent by
Rev. Gilbert Christian, executive
secretary of the Oregon Council
of Churches, to 250 ministers in
Oregon towns where there are
radio stations.
cooperating in this first non-
denominational radio workshop
are tne Oregon Council of Churclv
es, Oregon State College, the Cor.
vallis Ministerial Association and
the Oregon State Broadcasters
Association.
The ministers will have an op
portunity to view and inspect the
inside operation of a radio sta
tion as well as to learn from spec
ialists in the field techniques of
broadcast materials, microphone
manners, script and music for re'
ligious radio.
Dr. Marcotte Chooses
Sunday Sermon Topic
Dr. Henry Marcotte, pastor at
Central Presbyterian Church, will
preach on "The Abundant Life"
Sunday at 11 a. m. Patricia Havs
will sing "With Verdure Clad" by
Mendelssohn. The Genevas and
Senior Highs will have a joint
meeting in Fellowship Hall at 6:15
p. m. Topic, "What Does God Ex
pect of Me?" leader, Jacqueline
Madigan.
At Central Presbyterian Church
Thursday evening at 8:15, Mrs.
Edna Pearson, the choir director,
will present two of her voice pu
pils in recital. They are Rena
White, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Leslie White, and Phil Elvigion,
son of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Elvigion.
They will be accompanied bv
Thad Elvigion, who will also give
piano numoers. The public is invited.
Childrens' Story Hour
Offered in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD Church of God
at Fourteenth and D St. has an
nounced a vacation Bible story
hour to be conducted for children
from Aug. 23 to 27.
The program will include sing
ing from 9:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. m.,
along with learning scripture
verses and participation in handi
craft classes. Those in charge of
the story hour will be Mrs. Her
bert Sackett, Mrs. James Lewis,
Mrs. Dwight Miller, Mrs. L. Fish
er, Mrs. Tom B. Grey, Mrs. Lewis
Mills, and Mrs. Richard Burgess.
Children between the ages of three
and 14 years are invited to attend.
First Congregational
Services at the Congregational
Church will be at 11 a. m. Sunday.
Rev. Wesley G. Nicholson will
preach on "The Christian Individ
ual." The summer girls' choir will
sing "Prayer of the Norweslan
Child." by Kountz. Joyce Davis,
soprano, will sing "O Lord On
High," by Mozart. A nursery will
be provided for the children.
There is no rgeular Sundav
School during the month of Aug
ust,
McCallums Return
Rev. and Mrs. Hugh McCallum
were scheduled to return Satur
day from Berkeley, Calif., where
Mr. McCallum has been taking
a two weeks refresher course at
the Baptist divinity school of re
ligion. Rev. McCallum was to be
back in the pulpit of First Chris
tian Church here Sunday.
Emmaus Lutheran
Sunday School and Bible classes
will be at 9:45 a.m.: morning wor
ship at 11 a. m. Sermon topic:
'Who Is My Neighbor."
Sunday school teacher's meetine
will be at the home of Andrew-
Anderson at 8 p. m.
PIONEER SPEAKS
JUNCTION CITY Rev. J. J.
Gillespie, pioneer evangelist from
Salem, will speok at the 11 a. m.
and 8 p. m. services of the Church
of God here Aug. 22.
Dr. McCall is Guest
At First Methodist
The guest minister at First
Methodist Church Sunday morn
ing will be Dr. Roy C. McCall,
head of the speech department at
the University of Oregon.
The soloist is Miss Henriette
Scholten, who has come to this
country from Arnhiem, Holland,
where she was graduated from
teachers' college. For the past
year she has been a student at
Valparaiso University in Indiana,
and she plans to return there this
fall. Miss Scholten has just com
pleted work with the Internation
al Service Seminar in Eugene un
der auspices of the American
Friends Service Committee.
The minister. Reverend L. O.
Griffith, will be serving as dean
of Suttle Lake Institute at Suttle
Lake, Oregon, from August 21
to August 28. Many of the young
people of the church are planning
to attend this summer camp.
There will therefore be no Meth
odist Youth Fellowship meeting
this Sunday evening.
Sunday School Has
Membership Drive
THURSTON A membership
drive between the "Win One
Class" and the "Bible Class" of
the Thurston Christian Church
w&s begun the past Sunday and is
scheduled to run until the an
nual church "rally day" which
is always held durinB Octnher.
Both classes are organizing plans
10 enusi meir community friends,
and new people who have re
cently moved to this area. Lea
ders of the respective classes state
that some type of entertainment
is in store for the winning group,
but as yet no announcement of
the nature of the affair has been
given. Sunday School is held each
ounaay at 10: a. m., in the Thurs
ton Grade School. Church serv
ices, under the direction of Rev.
Harold Rchards, follow at 11 a.m.
Church Gets
New Pastor
SPRINGFIELD Rev. Wesley
Graves, pastor of the Methodist
Church at Willamina, Ore. ihe
past five years, is the new pastor
of the Springfield Free Methodist
Church.
The new Springfield minister
replaces Rev. C. B. Starkey, who
has been transferred to the Cot
tage Grove Methodist Church.
Rev. Graves will speak at 11 a. m.
Sunday on the sermon theme:
"Finding Yourself."
Visiting the church this week
end will be the Rev. J. R. Stewart
of Salem, conference superintend
ent of the Oregon Free Methodist
Churches. It will be his first visit
to Springfield since his recent
election as superintendent for the
state of Oregon. Rev. Stewart will
speak at 7:45 p. m. Sunday.
Meal Features
Foreign Food
A typical Guatemal an dinner
will spark a missionarv-minHprf
evening program planned by
members and friends of the
Church of the Nazarene, Aug. 26,
at 7 p. m., in the Colin Kelly
School.
The meal will hp nmiroH k
a former missionary, Mrs. Eugenia
Coates, of Dallas, assisted by two
natives, leresa Castro Juarez and
Guillermo Paau. Following the
dinner the visitors, dressed in na
tive costume, will present a pro
gram of Guatemalan life. The ev
ening will be sponsored jointly
by the Women's Foreign Mission
ary Society and the Teen-Age
Missionary Society of the local
church.
Baptists to Hear
Speakers, Quartet
At the 11 a. m. service, Dr.
Vonce H. Webster, pastor of First
BaDtist Church will hrino o
sage on "Man's Disorder and God's
uesign, tne tneme of the World
Council of Chiirchpis
Amsterdam.
This service will be broadcast
over radio station KASH. At the
dy, pastor of the Highland Baptist
L-nurcn in Portland, will be guest
speaker. His theme will be, "Does
God Forgive?" There will hp
baptismal service.
The Bible school meets at 9:45
with classes for all ages, and the
six Fellowship grouns meet at
7 p. m.
At the mid-week service at 8
P. m. on Thursday the Calvary
Male Quartet of the Bible Insti
tute ot los Angeles will present
a program. The quartet has been
making a tour from the nit tn
east coast and return. Dick Cook
of Eugene is a member of the
quartet. There will be no admis
sion charge but an offerinff uHU
be received.
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Bishop Gerald II. Kennedy,
elected a general superintendent
of the Methodist Church at the
recent conference In Seattle, has
been assigned to the Portland
area which Includes Alaska,
Oregon, Idaho and Washington!
Bishop Kennedy will take up his
residence In Portland about
Oct. 1, after filling a number of
speaking encasements the
east and midwest.
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At Dexter Sunday
Rev. P. Crowle-U'Renn will fill
the pulpit at the Dexter Baptist
Church Sunday, Aug. 22 in the
absence of the pastor, Rev. Frank
uoora. Rev. Crowle-U'Renn will
preach a sermon entitled. "The
Dying Embers on the Hearth," at
the morning service.
Monroe-Alpine
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tion for the sermon Sunday, Aug.
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Methodist Churches will be 'The
Value of the Kingdom of God"
(Mat. 13: 44.45). Wnrshir. .....i..
at Alpine will be at 11 a. m.; and
ai ivionroe at 8 p. m.
Sunday schools meet at 10 a. m
Rev. H. G. Herrmann is the pastor.
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VACATION BIBLE STORY HOUR
CHURCH OF GOD
14h and D Springfield
9:30 A. M. to 11:30 A. M.
August 23 Thru 27
sinS'"g Handcraft
Moving Pictures Each Day on "Life of Christ"
No Admission Charge All Children Invi
Lutherans to Hear
Sermon on Faith
In the Sundav service at flrapp
Lutheran, which will begin at 11
a. m., ine pastor, Rev. W. B.
Mier, will speak on the subject,
"Salvation bv Faith. Nnt h
Works." William O'Leary will
sing a special selection.
ihe Lutheran Hour will Hp
broadcast over KORE at 9:30 a. m.
Sunday school, with Bible classes
for young people and adults, will
convene at 9:45 a. m.
The Lutheran Laymen's T
will meet on Sunday evening, be
ginning at 8, in the church parlor.
Henry Dodge will preside.
Lighthouse Temple j
Pastor W. Crawford Jones of
Lighthouse Temple will begin a
series of sermons Sundav nn iho
general tneme "Tne Holy Spirit."
mum ienowsnip groups will
meet at 6 p. m., and in the even
ing service at 7:30 the pastor will
speak on the subject "Up and
Down." At 7:30 p. m. Tuesday
he will continue Bible studies, on
the subject of what God is to His
People." The Overcomers, young
people's group, will conduct the
service Friday evening, and at 2:30
p. m. Saturday the boys' and girls'
gospel hour will be held.
First Baptist Church
Broadway at High
11 A. M.
Dr. Vance H. Webster Will Speak On
"Man's Disorder and God's Design"
(Broadcast Over KASH)
8 P. M.
Hear Rev. George Hardy of Portland, Oregon
Speak on "Does God Forgive?"
There Will Be a Baptismal Service
9:45 Bible School J P. nt. Fellowship Grid
Grove Lutheran .
COTTAGE GROVE The Luth
eran Church of Cottage Grove will
meet for wirship at 1 1 a. m. Sun
day. Sunday school will begin at
9:45 a. m. Beginning this Sunday,
Aug. 22, services will be held reg
ularly at these hours. Fnrmpriy
services have been held at 9 a. m.
ana 10:15 respectively. Servirpi
are held In the Seventh Day Ad
ventist Church, located on the cor
ner of West Main and North M
Streets.
The Rev. Richard E. Gross, who
was installed as resident pastor
during a special service last Sun
day, will preach his first sermon
as minister of the congregation.
MEETING AT HOME
The Willagillespie Baptist Sun
day school will meet in the gar
den of the Truman Ch
during the remaining Sundays in
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Monroe-Methodist
MONROE Mrs. Thurman
don, the pastor's wife, will have
special stories for the rhi1rf-on
at the Free Methodist rh-i
Carson Hall, this Sunday, Aug'
22, 10 a. m. g
Rev. Gordon will speak at 11
a. m., and again in the evenine
at 7:45. s
Prayer meeting is Thursdav
ening. The hour has been changed
to 8 p. m.
Unity Church
Rev. Cleoda Dawson will ni.
Sunday morning on the topic,;
"Subconscious Power." Donald :
Johnson will sing Mallntte's
"Lord's Prayer" and "Benediction"
by Brown. Mrs. A. F. Holnier
will play a selected ETOUt) of nianit I
number, 1 1
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EVANGELICAL CHURCH
834 Monroe
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MORNING WORSHIP-11 a.m(Fint in Series) "THE PROMISE OF JJJj.
YOITH MEETING9-6:00 p.m. Youth Programs That Are Christ Centered. rt)
EVANGELISTIC SERVICE 7:30 p.m. 'tjP AND DOWN" (Hlus. with 12-ft. color
MID-WEEK SERVICES
TUESDAY EVENING 7:30 p.m. Bible Study, Testimonies and Prayer.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON 1:30 p.m. Ladles' Prayer Service.
FRIDAY EVENING 7:30 p.m. Young People of Church In Charge.
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