Page ZA-k EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Sat., April 21, 1962
Church Concentrating on Fiji's
Changes Taking Place
By PEPPER BERKELEY
or the BerUlcrGuard
Turn your world globe slowly and tilt it up to that the
Fiji Islands of the South Pacific come into view.
In these islands, the work of the church Methodist, in
this case, is self-supporting. And throughout the Fiji Islands,
and the many thousands of islands and island groups through
out the South Pacific, a number of changes important to the
growth of Protestant work in the area are taking place.
These changes and the causes and developments behind
them are now being studied at the Institute of Church Growth,
the graduate section of Northwest Christian College where a
. group of missionaries are studying the growth of churches.
At the Institute, the South Pacific expert is the Rev. Alan
R. Tippett, who has spent 21 of his 27 years in the ministry
as a missionary in the Fiji Islands. Before coming to NCC, he
was head of a theological seminary in Suva, in the Fiji Is
lands. The Reverend Tippett, who will be the featured speaker
. Sunday at a sunrise service on Decker Hill, Cottage Grove, at
6:30 a.m., was sent to the Fiji Islands in 1941 by the Method
ist Church of Australia.
He worked first in the field, and after nine years in this
work, ipent two years in Fijian cities, working to combat ju
venile delinquency and other problem of city churches. Then,
he spent four years in charge of a seminary where catechists
trained lay workers of the church were prepared for their
work.
Then he was appointed to the theological seminary.
To an American accustomed to hearing about mission
fields where the people have little say in their church affairs,
the church organization in the Fiji Islands appears to be very
advanced.
The Reverend Tippett said that the present self-supporting,
Independent church in the Fijis is partly a result of World
War IL During the war, he said, there was a shortage of "for
eign" missionaries in the Figis and gradually, native Fijians
were needed to fill vacancies caused by retirement or death.
In 1946, the native Fijians were give a majority vote in the
church in the islands, and, according to the Reverend Tippett
this led to "some very interesting changes."
One of these, he said, was an awakening of "life and vital
ity" in the Figlan church.
Under an agreement of many years, the South Pacific area
is divided among the various Protestant missionary societies
for missionary work. The Methodist Church, then, was allotted
the Fiji Islands, and, at the present time, the Island's natives
are about 83 per cent Methodist, about 10 per cent Roman
Catholic, and only about one per cent non-Christian. The other
sections of the native population are members of other de
nominations. These 150,000 Methodist Fijians are now served by some
130 native ministers, an even larger number of native cate
chists and only a handful of "foreign" missionaries, who work
mainly in theological education and with the Islands' large
lumbers of Indians, who are of Moslem, Hindu and other
faiths.
The Fiji Church is entirely self-supporting, the Reverend
Tippett said, and has progressed to the point where native
Fijians are being trained and aent as missionaries to other
Pacific Islands and to Australia, where they work with the
aboriginies.
Now, the really important development in the South Pa
cific area is the plan for the establishment of an inter-denominational
theological seminary, which will be located in the
Fiji Islands, the Reverend Tippett said.
This seminary, which has developed out of years of plan
ning by the native churches and missionary societies working
in the large islands area, will be of a "higher level" than the
present South Pacific seminaries, and is planned in order to
give prospective native ministers the "right orientation" to
work with their own people.
At the present time, the Reverend Tippett explained, these
ministers who wish higher training than that now provided
in the area must go overseas Australia, England or the Unit
ed Stales. But the work they have overseas docs not necessar
iH. 'jrtain to the problems and needs of their area. The new
sehiinary would be oriented to the South Pacific.
This seminary, the Reverend Tippett said, "would be the
biggest thing In Pacific missions ever," and would serve more
than a million persons.
Now, the missionary-educator is studying the "why and
how" of the forces that lead people to become Christians, and
along "what lines they move into Christianity."
He has found "some very definite patterns" in the conver
sions in the whole of the South Pacific area, even when dif
ferent denominations are concerned, and these conclusions
will be examined in a book which he is writing and which will
be published next fall.
The importance of these studies, the Reverend Tippett
said, cannot be ovcr-cmphasiza,d. "We know," he said, "that
within the next 20 years, a definite number of Animists (a re
ligion where objects and forces are given religious signifi
cance) peoples will become something. They may become
Christian. On the other hand, they may become Moslem or
Communists or Just secularists."
The Reverend Tippett, and the others at the Institute, ore
wo. king to help missionaries and churches bring these people
the Christian faith.
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Fiji Islands His Special Field
On Easter Sunday
New Church Buildings to Open
Salvation Army Divisional
Chief to Conduct Services
Easter services at the Salva
tion Army in Eugene, 707 Pearl
St., will he conducted by the
Army's divisional commander
for Oregon and southern Idaho.
Lt. Col. John Y. Erickson of
Portland.
Erickson will conduct an en
rollment of new Salvation Army
soldiers Sunday In the 11 a.m.
service, and will also conduct
the Sunday school hour at 9:45
a.m. At 7 p.m., Erickson will
receive the Eugene congrega
tion's "self-denial" check
$3,200 designated for Salvation
Army worldwide missionary
work.
JOHN ERICKSON
To Conduct Services
IMMANUtL I.UTIIHtA.N
"Lutheraa Brethren"
KM Weal tad. Buirae
Robert nvrriaar) Patter
9:45 a.nt Sunday dthool
11:99 a.m. Morning Worship
t:M p m (renins Fellowship
Wednesdays 1:34 p.m.
Prayer and elble Study
Erickson had his first contact
with the Salvation Army at 14
when his parents became mem'
bcrs. He scried in the Hart
ford, Conn., Corps as a bands-
man and young people's secre
tary until 1922, when he at
tended the New York Training
School for Officers. After grad
uation from the school, he com
manded a number of corps in
the Army's Eastern Scandi
navian Department. In 1941, he
was appointed leader for the
Scandinavian Division in the
Western Territory, and in 1950,
when the Scandinavian work in
the Western Territory was
merged with other division
operations, he became division
al commander for the lnter
mountain Division of the Corps.
He has held his present rank
since 1951, the same year that
he was selected as a delegate to
the International Staff College
for Officers in London, England.
COTTAGE GROVE Two Cot
tage Grove congregations will
have their first services in new
church buildings on Easter Sun
day.
First services at the new Cot
tage Grove Free Methodist
Church, South Sixth and Harri
son streets, will begin at 9:45
a.m., when the congregation and
friends meet in the old chapel
for a brief service. A ribbon-
cutting ceremony opening the
doors to the new sanctuary will
follow.
Easter s e r v I c e s in the new
sanctuary will include a musical
program and narrations by the
Junior Choir, a ladies' trio and
an organ solo. The Rev. Herbert
Hansen, pastor of the church,
will speak at 11 a.m.
Designed by Pastor
The Rev. Hansen designed
the new sanctuary, which will
seat 240 persons with a glass
enclosed overflow room with
special sound equipment for an
additional 40 persons. This room
is especially designed for wor
shippers accompanied by small
children.
Native woods unsanded fir
plywood, Douglas fir, native ce
dar and other materials have
been used throughout the
sanctuary. Windows are of
stained amber glass, and lami
nated arches, mahogany and
paneling of other woods are fea
tured in the construction.
The sanctuary's highlight is a
10-foot mahogany cross, hung
against a curtain of gold cloth.
End of First Phase
Completion of the new sanctu
ary marks the end for the first
phase of the church's building
program. Remodeling is now
scheduled on the original build
ing, and future construction
plans include the building of a
new pastor's study, church of
fices and prayer chapel.
Much of the church's con
struction was done by volun
teers from the congregation.
While the Free Methodists
are moving into their new build
ing, members of Cottage Grove's
Church of the Nazarcne will be
worshipping in their new build
ing for the first time.
The new building is located
on the corn of M and Bryant
streets in Cottage Grove's Oak
Park addition.
Exterior finish of the new
church is of pumice block,
stained glass windows and
stained brown board and batten.
This church too has an over
flow room, adjacent to the
sanctuary and separated by
glass windows. The sanctuary,
finished in mahogany paneling,
scats 175 persons.
The building also includes
four Sunday school clcssrooms,
Three Wise Men
According to one tradition,
the names of the three wise
men who brought gifts from the
East to the infant Jesus were
Mclchior, Balthasar and Caspar.
You're
Invited
to
Worship This
Easter Sunday
Mj 4,1 .m. jL
Sunday School
y 11:00 a.m.
Mornlnr Worihlp
l BEREAN 1
? BAPTIST 1
LW f-UTTDrU '
I: p.m. Kvpnlnf
uospM Hour
Nursery at Every Service
12th and Chambers
one designed for multi-purpose
use.
Labor Donated
The congregation's new build
ing was designed by Carl Rich
of Cottage Grove Construction
Co. and by Louis Bonson, with
the church's minister, the Rev.
Arlie B. Conner, acting as build
er and contractor. Much of the
construction labor was donated
by members of the church, and
with the inclusion of the church
property, the church now is
valued at $40,000.
Services Sunday in the new
church will include Sunday
school at 9:45 a.m., Easter wor
ship at 11 a.m., a young people's
meeting at 6:30 p.m., and an
evangelistic service at 7:30 p.m.
Weekly prayer and praise serv
ices are scheduled Wednesdays
at 7:30 p.m.
Southern
Baptist Churches
Welcome You
EUGENE
FIRST SOUTHERN
2520 Harris SL
Ret. Robert W. Smith
FAIRFIELD CHURCH
3991 Elmira Rd.
Charles E. Bush, Pastor
SPRINGFIELD
TRINITY
12th & B Streets
Buren Hiadon, Pastor
Women Plan
Luncheon
For May 4
Eugene Council, United
Church Women, will hold its
annual May Fellowship Lunch
eon on May 4. This year's theme
is "One Family Under God:
Who is My Family?"
The luncheon, scheduled to
begin at noon, will be held at
the First Congregational
Church, 1050 E. 23rd Ave., Eu
gene. Tickets will be on sale
this week only, and may be ob
tained from church offices in
Eugene or by calling Mrs.
Charles Childs at DI 4-2568.
This year's program will in
clude a showing of the film,
"Breakthru," at 11 a.m., also
at the church.
Mrs. Melvin Moore of Eugene
is general chairman for this
year's luncheon: Other commit
tee chairmen are Mrs. Clarence
Forsberg, program; Mrs. Barry
Lause, hospitality; Mrs. John
Stamm, luncheon; Mrs. Lyn
Gheen, decorations, Mrs. W. L.
Rush, dining room; Mrs. Lester
Murphy, kitchen; Mrs. Walter
Hertzman, cleanup; Mrs. Charles
Childs, tickets; and Mrs. R. M.
Blemker, publicity. All are Eu
gene residents.
Speaker for the luncheon will
be Mrs. Arthur Flemming, wife
of the president of the Univer
sity of Oregon.
Young Organist
To Give Concert
Two young concert organists
17-year-old Tessa Wagner and
14-year-old George Wagner will
be featured in a dual concert
Wednesday at First Congrega
tional Church, 1050 E. 23rd Ave.,
Eugene.
The concert one of the
church's annual organ concerts
is scheduled for 8 p.m., and
is open to the public. No admis
sion charge will be made, and
no offering taken. A reception
will follow the concert.
Miss Wagner and her brother
have studied organ for nine
years, and have given a number
of concerts in Olympia, Wash.,
their home. They have ap
peared throughout the North
west, and at events in Eugene,
including a concert for the
Hammond Organ Society of Eu
gene. Wednesday's concert will fol
low the church's regular fellow
ship dinner, scheduled for 8:30
p.m.
FIRST EVANGEL
UNITED BRETHREN
1th & MONROE DI 5-5211
M. Max Morgan
Pastor
9;45 A.M. -Sunday
School
Easter
Worship Service
8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Choir Easter Concert
7:00 p.m.
Heated Buildings
Georgia has more than 2,000
electrically-heated commercial
buildings (more than any other
state in the Union) and the
number is increasing at a rate
of about 55 per month.
IS
vou are vvreo TO A rre.vo - -
LlGHTHOUS TMPL
l&g'' I2IM a OLIVE ST..
9:45 A.M. Children's Program
- 11:00 A.M.
Morning Worship
7:00 P.M.
"Easter Musical"
EVERYONE WELCOME
HERB BRADSHAW, PASTOR
EASTER SUNDAY
SPECIAL SERVICES
9:45
11:00
5:30 PRE-CHURCH GROUPS
7:00
SUNDAY SCHOOL
EASTER PROGRAM
MORNING WORSHIP
RECEIVING NEW MEMBERS
BAPTISMAL SERVICE
Church o ih. Open Bible
3195 Hilyard Street
REV. & MRS. W. C. COLE, Pastors
Easier Services li,
at lt:15, 9:30 ami II a.m.
Firt MrilHHlist Clrn-fW
.
"The Light at the Tnp of thm 9l alr," jttrnmmt hy 9. Fnrsfattag f
a
. MIMs'l ERSt
a
. Kennrth a. almond. Sr.
Robert n. 0nshury '
8 Claranca ). rorrs
' Christ The Lord u Risen Today . . .
Alleluia
You are invited to
EASTER WORSHIP
SERVICES
CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
18lh and roller Eugene
Rev. Olat A. Anderson, Pastor
2 Identical Services
9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Sermon Theme:
"SOME EASTER ASSURANCES"
Special Music by the Senior
Choir'and the unipr Choir
at both Services
BaaaaaaiBaVj'
Church of Christ
One Assembly
As the Scriptures Teach
233 Kourt Dr.
(out River Rd.)
WORSHIP:
Sun. 10:30 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Wed. 7:30 p.m.
Congregational Singing
Saturdays 7:30 p.m.
Phone DI 4-1052
Rally
Tonight at 7:30
See . . .
"THE POWER
OF THE
RESURRECTION"
(In color)
Church of the
. Open Bible
32nd ant Hlljard
H CHRIST
Y
0
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Church of Christ
288 W. 6tb
'Come Thou With ls and
vVe Will Do Thee Good"
Wed., 7:30 P.M.
Sun., 10-12 A.M.
Sun., 6:30 P.M.
Choice L Bryant
Evangelist
" EMERALD
BAPTIST
CHURCH
American Baptist j
Conuentton
lSlh Ava.
Patteraon Sta.
"A church with
a warm heart
and a
world vision
:4b A.M.
Sunday School
11:00 A M
Morning Worship
and Junior Cburco
7:00 P.M.
Worship Servtcar
Rev. Edgar A.
Wollam
Interim Castor
" mimiuiimiHi... .
First Christian Church
'The Church With the Chimes"
USS Oak Street
S:30 a.m.
CHURCH SCHOOL
TWO SERVICES 8:15 and 10:45 a.m.
Dr. Carlton Buck, Minister
Speaker at Both Services
TRUTH ABOUT THE RESURRECTION"
7:30 p.m.
Film: "The Meaning of Easter"
Jacob worshipped at BETHEL (Gen. 28)
, Why Not You?
CHILDREN'S EASTER PROGRAM
DURING SUNDAY SCHOOL HOUR
A full Gospel Church Proclaming JESUS
as Savior Healer Baptizer The Coming King
&tLe( 4d5eml?( of Qol
Rev. C. K. Barnes, Pastor Phone RI 6-6432
21stand K Streets Springfield, Oregon
EXPERIENCE
The resurrection of Christ gives mem
hope of viclory over death.
IWORSHIP WUH US ON Factcp
wmtmmmimm
"ROAD
TO
CALVARY"
6:30 A.M. 9:00 A.M.
. 11:00 A.M.
7:00 P.M. REVIVAL TIME
"SIGNS WAT THREE WORLDS WERE THERE"
WEDNESDAY - 7:30 P. M. MIDWEEK SERVICE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE CHOIR
FIRST
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
1330 MADISON
M. W. McLEES, Pastor
3
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Lutheran Churches
cordially invite you
to attend their
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BETHESDA LUTHERAN CENTRAL LUTHERAN
r. a. u c.
444S Royal Street Eusene
Paneho District
H. MILTON PETERSON
Pastor
9:30 Family Worship antf
Sundav School
11:00 Divine Woriblp
SPRINGFIELD LUTHERAN
1 . A. L. C
Mohawk Slvd & I street
Springfield
OTTO L. FRAN KB Paitor
11:110 Worship Servlra
B:.10 Wor.htp Service
8-45 Sundav School
CHRIST LUTHERAN
alo Svnod
W nth A Territorial Rd.
Veneta
R. J SCHALEGER
Pa nor
IS A M Sundav School
10 30 A.M. Worihjp Service
UNITED LUTHERAN
U u C, A
Wh. A t3nd Ave.. Euerne
WESTON UMUNYON. Paetor
a 30 Church Service
9 43 Sundav School
11. Oo Church Service
GOOD SHEPHERD
LUTHERAN.
I A. Ii C.
Vi ml. oft Lorane Hrv on
McBelh Road .
Thorn. WUkena, ttttern
45 Sundav Schout
11 On Wtft.hio Servtc'.
ISth and Potter Eusene
OLAF A ANDERSON Pallor
.45 Sundav School and
Adult Bible Cleu
11:00 Worihlp Service
GRACE LUTHERAN
Ma. Synod
ITth A Hilyard rusene
William B mair partor
8 30 Worihlp Service
9:45 Sundav School
11:00 Worship Service
EMMAUS LUTHERAN
r a. u c
1150 Weil Hth Eusene
EDWARD K ANDERSEN
Pastor
9:30ram!!v Worship and
Sundav School
11:00 Worship Sendee
HOPE LUTHERAN
MP Svpod
14th streets, sprtnefield
E. & HELLWEGE Pastor
9:30 Sundav, School
11:00 Worship Servlea
MESSIAH LUTHERAN
Mo. Srsod v
S?S0 River Road Eutene
LAWRENCE r ROHLFINO
PasSjr
a no worship service
9:11 Sundav School
HVSli Worship SerfVe