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EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. Sat., Jan. 19, 1963 Page 3A Christendom Prays for Unity By GEORGE W. CORNELL or the Associated Press He lay on his death bed, a small, rail Roman Catholic priest. Nearby lay his white cshasuble, given to him by Anglicans. On a table were mementos from Lutherans and Presbyterians. On the wall were many crosses, Lat in and Orthodox, some Rus sian icons and above his head, a "Week of Prayer picture poster. It showed the allegorical figure 'of Humility, whose delicate hand moved among brambles and reptiles to "open the ways that are barred." This was the scene, as de scribed by visitors, in a small apartment on the Rue du Plat in Lyon, France, when Abbe Paul Couturier died on March 24, 1953, at the age of 71. Today, the work that he carried on, and which made him a friend and confidant of many kinds of Christians In many countries, has swelled into a worldwide en terprise, involving Protes tants, Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics. Friday, millions of mem bers, of all three branches of the faith, joined in a week of special prayer for a cause Opening Set For School In Leadership Sessions will begin Monday at 7 p.m. in the annual Leadership Training School sponsored by the Eugene Council of Religious Education. Registrations for the school will be taken at the first ses sion, and the registration fee is $2. All sessions will be at Central ' United Presbyterian Church, 1475 Ferry St., Eugene. The public is invited to partici pate in the non-denominational program. Classes will be held Monday evenings through Feb. 25. The five courses offered this year will be: Supervision in Christian Education. Creative Activity in Chris tian Education. Working With the Pre School Child. Church Leadership. Adult Workers With Youth. One course, Adult Education, has been eliminated from the curriculum due to "lack of leadership," leadership school officials said. Teachers for the courses have been selected from various Eu gene area churches, from North west Christian College and the University of Oregon and from church-related organizations. Theme of this year's school is "Unto the Fullness of Our Task." Dean of the school is L. M. Bixler, professor of Bible and Christian education at Northwest Christian College, Eugene. The Rev. Kenneth Wieg, Lutheran pastor to students at the University of Oregon, will present a series of Bible mes sages on the school's theme, and Charles Palmerlee, director of the University of Oregon YMCA, will lead the worship. United Church Women Here Sponsoring Study Series "Rim of East Asia," the 1962-63 foreign mission study theme for a number of church organizations and denomina tions, will also be the theme for a four-part study series sponsored by the Christian World Missions Department of the Eugene Council, Unit ed Church Women. The series will begin next Friday, and continue for three successive Fridays, at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 166 E. 13th Ave., Eugene. Sessions are scheduled from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The opening program will feature a film, "Rim of To morrow," and an introductory talk on Christian concerns in Korea. The speaker will be Evangelistic Program To Close Sunday William Orr, teacher of a radio Bible program in Cali fornia and former vice presi dent of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, will close an evangelistic program Sunday at Bethel-Danebo Baptist Chapel, 1600 Taney St., Eugene. He will speak tonight at 7 p.m. On Sunday, he will speak at 11 a.m. at the morning wor ship service, and again at 7 p.m. Both services are open to the public. Orr will oocn I week-long lec ture nrosram Jan. 27 at First Baptist Church, Eugene. expressed by Abbe Couturier in these words: "That the unity of all Christians may come, accord ing to Christ's will, in his way, in his time." It was this approach con centrating on Christ himself as the nub and nexus of un ity, rather than on any one ecclesiastical extension of Him. that has facilitated parallel participation by dif ferent churches. Generally in Roman Cath olic observances in the past, and still in some of them in this country, the specific in tention of the week's special prayers has been for "re turn" of other Christians to the Church of Rome. Members of other church es could not consistently join in that specific plea. But this year, for the first time in the annual observ ance, the same prayers, scrip tures and meditations are being used by the World Council of Churches and the Catholic Christian Unity Assn. of Lyon founded by Abbe Couturier. Their mutual theme, from Ephesians 2:14 "He (Christ) is our peace." Both organizations have issued identical materials for services during the eight- First Baptist Church Its New Minister for DUNCAN FERGUSON 1959 UO Graduate Workshop in Evangelism Scheduled to Open Friday Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 255 Maxwell Rd., Eu gene, will hold its three-day evangelism workshop, starting next Friday. The workshop, first to be held by, the church, will be directed by the Rev. Delbert Zier of Co quille and Mrs. Walter Samuel son of Roseburg. On the opening day, Friday, the program will start at 6:30 p.m., when the church has scheduled an "evangelism fel lowship dinner." At 8 p.m. Fri day, a film, "Just a Stranger," will be shown. Sessions will be held Jan. 26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the Rev. Zier and Mrs. Samuelson Mrs. H. A. Bork, who lived in Korea for more than a year. Topics for the other three meetings will be "Challeng ing Glimpses of Korea and Okinawa," Feb. 1; "Whither Christianity in Taiwan," Feb. 8, and "Christian Concerns in Hong Kong," Feb. 15. Study leader will be Mrs. Wayne Stauffcr of Eugene, who represented the Eugene Council at the Pacific North west International World Mis sion Conference at Tacoma, Wash., last August. Mrs. Stauffcr also served as lead er for the council's home mis sion study scries last fall, which involved 123 partici pants from a number of Eugene-Springfield area church es. Assisting Mrs. Stauffcr in arrangements for this year's conference are Mrs. Lloyd R, Stamp, chairman of the Chris tian World Missions Depart ment; Mrs. George Blinkhorn, literature and visual aids; Mrs. E. E. Gray, St. Mary's Church; Mrs. Frank Patlison, devotional leaders and regis tration, and Mrs. Hubert F. Willoughby, exhibits. Nursery care will be avail able for pre-school children during the session. Medical Class CRESWELL Medical self help classes will start Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m. here at the high school. Instructors will be Mrs. Harmon Webb and Mrs. Donald Drake. The Abbe's Work Goes On day observance. In countlesss Protestant, Orthodox and Catholic Churches, members are uttering the same litan ies and petitions, including: "0 God of peace , . .give us penitence for our divi sions, wisdom to know Thy truth, courage to do Thy will, love which shall break down the barriers of pride and prejudice and unswerv ing loyalty to Thy holy name." The Faith and Order Com mission of the World Coun cil, which includes most ma jor Protestant and Orthodox denominations, says it has distributed about 2 million copies of the prayer week materials, far more than ever before. The National Catholic Wel fare Conference's informa tion bureau circulated an nouncements of the joint pro gram. In some communities, such as Columbus, Ohio, Catholics and Protestants are coordin ating the timing and topics of services, for Bible vigils and prayers. Elsewhere, there will be joint retreats, study, meetings. The Rev. Roswell Barnes, executive secretary of the World Council's American Conference, said in a year end report that "mutual in First Baptist Church, Eugene, announced this week that Dun can Ferguson, a 1959 graduate of the University of Oregon, has been selected as minister of youth. Ferguson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Ferguson of Eu gene, will begin his duties next week. He is from Menlo Park, Calif., and first came to Eugene to at tend the University of Oregon. While at the university, he was active in campus politics, re ligious groups and activities, and was elected to serve as student body vice president during his senior year. He majored in history at the university. Following gradua tion, he attended Fuller Theo logical Seminary in Pasadena. Calif., and also served on the staff of Lake Avenue Congrega tional Church in Pasadena as meeting with church organiza tions to discuss the organiza tions' role in evangelism. There will be a youth ban quet Jan. 26 at 5:30 p.m., with the junior and senior league of the church. The Rev. Ziel will be the featured speaker. ' On Jan. 27, the program will feature discussion at the adult Bible Class and at the church school. The Rev. Ziel will speak at the morning worship service, beginning at 11 a.m.. At 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 27, lay visitors will meet with the evangelism board. At 7:30 p.m., the work shop director will report on the program at the evening vesper service. Baha'is to Mark Annual Events Eugene's Baha'i members, Sunday will hold their annual observance of World Religion Day at 8 p.m. at the Eugene Ho tel. Speaker for the evening will be Mrs. Helmer Lindstrom of Astoria, whose topic will be "Discovering Unity in Religion." The program will be open to the public. A reception will fol low the lecture Sunday at 341 E. 12th Ave., and this too is open to the public. Further information or trans portation is available by calling DI z-1060. World Religion Day, Baha'is in Eugene said in a press re lease, was established by the faith's National Spiritual As sembly in 1949 to "gain public recognition of religion as -the motivating force for world peace in a society now hovering on the brink of nuclear war." On Tuesday, the Baha'is held a special prayer meeting for three Baha'is in Nador, Mor occo, who recently were sent enced to death for practicing their faith. - First Christian Church 'The Church Wilh the Chimes" 1166 Oak Street , 9:30 a.m. ' CHURCH SCHOOL 10:45 a.m. "SEEK GOD & LIVE" Or. Carlton Buck, Minister 7:30 p.m. EVENING OF SACRED MUSIC terest" in unity has become "pervasive among Chris tians." He said various de cisions and events in 1962 including the Second Vatican Council, enhanced the trend. He added: "The most significant de velopment has been the change in attitude. . ." Distinct from the common Protestant - Catholic prayer program, however, is an old er observance, the "Chair of Unity Octave," sponsored since 1908 by the Friars of the Atonement, of Graymoor, N.Y., with prayers for "re turn" to Rome. This year is the 100th an niversary of the birth of the Graymoors' founder, Father Paul Wattson, a Maryland Episcopal clergyman turned Roman Catholic. While he urged "return," as do Oc tave prayers, a Graymoor spokesman, Father Titus Cranny, said: "Perhaps 'reconciliation' might be a better word. Interestingly, the annual period set by the Graymoors for the observance, Jan. 18 25, was adopted by Protes tant leaders in 1940, shifting from a spring unity observ ance so it would be simul taneous with that of Catholics. Names Youth Christian education worker. For two summers, he served as as sistant to the director of Mt. Herman Christian Conference Grounds near Santa Cruz, Calif. Last summer he began sev eral terms of graduate study in philosophy at Stanford Uni versity, Palo Alto, Calif. Ferguson and his wife, Judy are living at 631 E. 15th Ave., Eugene. Family Life Institute Begins Here Sessions began Saturday morning at Springfield Chris tian Church, 418. A St., In Family Life Institute. The program will continue to night, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the church. All sessions are open to the public, and further information is avail able from the church, RI 7-7113. Conducting the program will be Lawrence M. Bixler, profes sor of Bible and Christian edu cation at Northwest Christian College, Eugene. Bixler, who teaches a number of courses re lated to Christian family life, will be the featured speaker at a number of the institute pro grams. Tonight's program, titled "Why Don't You Grow Up?", will be for parents and mem bers of Chi Rho, a church youth group. Sunday, Bixler will speak at 8:30 a.m. on "As for Me and My House," and at 9:45 a.m. on. "Why Christian Family?" His topic for the service at 11 a.m. will be "God's Concern With Family." This service will be followed by a coffee hour. At 6:45 p.m., discussion groups are scheduled for vari ous age groups. Tuesdays program will fea ture Bixler as speaker at an all-church dinner at Springfield Junior High School. The dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. On Wednesday, a women's lunch eon is scheduled at noon at Springfield Christian Church. There, Bixler will speak on Trapped Housewife? FIRST EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN 8th c Monroe DI 9-9241 M. MAX MORGAN, Pastor Sunday School 9:45 a.m. WORSHIP SERVICE 11:00 a.m. and 7 p.m. 11:00 a.m. Broadcast KWFS 1940 PASTOR PREACHING Midweek Service 7:00 p.m. Thursday "Declaring the Whole Counsel of God" iiijllt Also, it was Abbe Coutur ier's interest in the Gray-moor-initiated octave that led him to launch his own movement, with its modified approach, thus providing means for both timing and content to be meshed this year in all branches. Abbe Couturier, often called the "Apostole of un ity," once said: "Christian unity is not purely and simply coexten sive with the idea of a 're turn' because history is ir reversible, and one can nev er again place oneself at the point of separation; its move ment is rather one of matur ity from within. . ." Christian reunion, he said, "will be a stupendous mir acle of the mercy of God, and this miracle must be asked for by all Christians, for ail are guilty, more or less, of the sin of separa tion." The week's meditations, for both Catholics and Pro testants, include these words: "Only Christ can heal the deepest scar. This is why we seek unity in Him alone. And while we all come clos er to Him, we are united ever more closely in His peace." i , Pastor's Work To Be Played For Concert First Christian Church, Eu gene, will hold a public pro gram Sunday at 7:30 p.m. fea turing musical compositions by the church s pastor, the Rev, Carlton Buck. There will be no admission charge for the program. The Rev. Buck, a member of the American Society of Com posers, Authors and Publishers and the Hymn Society of Ameri ca, has had a number of his compositions recorded or pub lished in sheet music form. A display of these will be featured at a reception in the church din ing room after the program, He has written music and ly rics, in addition to poetry, for many years, and church officials said that only a portion of the' minister's compositions will be 1 on the program. ' One of the minister's better- known works, "I Believe in Miracles," will be on the pro gram, and will be performed by the church's Sanctuary Choir, The Sanctuary Choir will also sing "He Came Redeeming" and "Come Now to His Table," a hymn written in collaboration with S. Clarence Trued of Rose burg. Others of the Rev. Buck's compositions will be sung by primary children of the church; Linda May Bussell, a soloist in the church's Junior High Choir; a sextet, male chorus and wom en s trio; Mrs. Buck, Arthur Bailey, and the Rev. and Mrs. Sydney Carnes. Bailey is the director of the Sanctuary Choir, and Mrs. Dean Morrow is director of the chil dren's choir. Nell Murphey Dick son will be accompanist. 1 Unity Church of Eugene 1213 OAK STREET Service and Sunday School 11.00 A.M. BLESSED ARE THE MEEK' Rose Elaine Lightburne Minister Study class Tues a c.m. neaiinK oervics juurs. 8:00 p.m. Afflllsted with Unity School of Christianity Lee'i Summit Missouri 3 Phone DI 5-9913 I timsmmmmmwrnrnMezMiaMmi Are You Looking? for a church that's Fundamental in Faith Liberal in Love J Contervative in Convictions Modern in Methods BEREAN BAPTIST 12th St Chambers HEAR ll:oe A.M. "Love's Load" . 1M f.M. "Cowed by the Crowd" Nursery at efery Service First Church of Christ, Scientist 14th & Pearl Street Eugene A Branch of The Mother Church. The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts Lesson Sermon: "lite" Sunday Service 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. Wednesday Testimonial Meeting 8 p.m. Nursery Facilities During All Services Reading Room 84 E. 10th Ave. All Are Welcome PROF. G. B. CRANE Ordained Methodist Minister Study Series banned Here Gertrude Boyd Crane, re tired professor of Pacific Uni versity at Forest Grove and an ordained Methodist minister, will be in Eugene Jan. 27-30 to conduct a scries of programs, 'spiritual life study," on prayer. Her lectures will be given at First Methodist Church, Eugene, and will be open to the public. Now a resident of Willamette View Manor, Portland, since her retirement, she has conducted a number of similar studies throughout the Northwest. The Eugene program will be based on the book, "Dimensions of Prayer," by Douglas Steere. Eugene lectures will begin Jan. 27 at 7:30 p.m., and will be held at 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. A discussion and resume period is scheduled Jan. 30 at 9:30 a.m, Nursery facilities will be pro vided during the daytime ses sions. A registration fee of $1 will be charged for the course. Mrs. Robert Kingsbury and Mrs, Glenn Gordqn of Eugene are in charge of arrangements. Church Classes to Continue Schools of Missions are con tinuing this week at a number of churches in the Eugene Springfield area. Among the programs planned for the coming week is a dis cussion of "Psychology for Juve niles," part of Wesley Methodist Church's program on "Arm of Compassion. The Wesley program is sched uled at the church Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Instructor will be Wayne Paxton, a psychologist with the Lane County Juvenile Department. The public is wel come at the program. Trinity Methodist Church, 440 Maxwell Rd., Eugene, is holding its sessions Sundays at 6:30 p.m. The theme there for adults is Youih lor Chrisi 7:30 Tortile! FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 12th St OAK Featured Speaker Tom & Linda Nash Par East Broadcasting Co. THE UNITARIAN CHURCH DI 4-7656 mepttno temporarily , t Frances Wlllard School West 29th at Lincoln 11 a.m. Worship Service and Church School "The Awful Truth" Rev. Carl Nelson WOULD RELIGION DAY A National tUha't F,.mI to ipr d Ike knowledge) ef, . HEAR Ethlyn Lindstrom speaking on "DISCOVERING UNITY IN RELIGION" Sun., Jan. 20, 8:00 p.m. Rosewood Room, EUGENE HOTEL Public Intlted Methodists Take Fresh Look at IQs Of Their Children By DORM AN CORDELL Of the Associated Presi ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. The high intelligence of today's children, a subject of intensive study by the nation's educa tors, has not been overlooked by the churches. Next year, the Methodist Church, second largest Protestant body in the United States (after Southern Baptists), will be come the first denomination to take wholesale action in the matter. The Methodists will discard all lessons and teaching mater ials now used in their weekly church schools some denomina tions call them Sunday schools for children from birth ' through the sixth grade. . - They will introduce a new curriculum, acknowledging the advanced intelligence level of children and presenting broad theological themes at an earlier age. ... "The Gospel hasn't changed, but the depth into which .the child will be introduced to the Gospel has been changed be cause of the changes in the abilities of children and the. op portunities of children," says Edward C, Peterson, editor, of children's publications for the church. "The child is asking theological questions earlier and. he is able to explore theological ideas earlier than his older broth er could or at least earlier than we had thought his older brother could." The new curriculum will be designed to encourage research by the children, Peterson said in an interview during the bien nial meeting of executive secretaries of Methodist conference boards of education, where the new curriculum was discussed, "Theology Is meaningful to them only as they see its rela tionship to themselves," he said. "Our purpose is not to tell them, but to lead them to explore until they find answers which satisfy them." - In an article he wrote for i Methodist publication to ex plain the forthcoming curriculum, Peterson said: "The new curriculum materials are being designed to help children explore life's big questions and problems, acquire un derstandings, and have experiences through which they may enter knowingly into a redemptive fellowship (within the church's fellowship) with God. It will emphasize faith, hope, and love. "The problem of sin, death, disappointment and tragedy will be recognized, but not apart from salvation, resurrection and faith in the final triumph of goodness." The 3.5 million children in Methodist church schools will begin to use the new curriculum in September, 1964. "Responsible Adults for Tomor row's World." Both churches plan fellowship dinners or "light lunches" at 5:30 p.m. to precede their study session. "The Church's Mission and Persons of Special Need" is the topic at Emerald Baptist Church, lBth Avenue and Pat terson Street, Eugene. Sessions there are held Sun days at 5:45 p.m., and the pub lic is welcome. D THE BIBLE Q SPEAKS Q TO YOU Q KORE-1450 kc Sunday 10:15 a.m. This week's chrlsUan Science program "You Can Be Free horn Seasonal Ailments" A AUrctful Fothir nt Hit Own Son to bring you Into Hii fold . . . K U constant hr sacking you, oogarly , awaiting you, anxiously urging you to com. SUNDAY ' ! 9:45 A.M. Sunday School 11:00 A.M. Morning Worship 5:30 P.M. : Pre-Church Groups 7:00 P.M. Evening Service WEDNESDAY 7:30 P.M. Mid-Week Service I am hkyam imn 1 evjndMrt.W. C. Cele, Pottenil MODERN MESSAGES from lUATTBEWlt y II A.M. ' "The Wrong Order of : Right Thing" i HASH BROADCAST T P.M. "The Two Ways" y A Great Musical Night $ BIBLE STANDARD COLLEGE CHOIR j under direction Wayne Poplin COMING ... JAN. Z7 FEB. 8 i Dr. Wm. Orr Los Angeles y "On rropheUe Subjects THE YEAR of DESTINVT first BAPTIST churcii ; i Dr. Vance Webster, Pastor ; Broadway-High DR. ELLIOTT Optometrist .' CREDIT GLADLY NEW LOCATION 93 West 16th at Olive Accon from Lane Tower Phone DI 4-4021 ll by H. L. McGaifey V i . . - v A THE MACHINE AGE Not long ago we saw a small news item that gave us quite lift in this era of automa tion. Out at Vandenberg AF Base in California, a Discov erer rocket was scheduled for launching. The ' count down started and stopped, frozen with 30 seconds to blastoff time. Two cars then drove out onto the launching pad. An air force sergeant got out of one. car, a safety technician car rying wrench. He went over to the rocket'i hissing base at the lower stage and removed a switch. Then the can drove off. Thirty sec onds later, after the pad was clear, the rocket blasted off. What we like about the story is that, with all our marvel ous machinery and awesome achievements in s c 1 e n e e, switches still get stuck. Apd there are still a few things a man can do with a wrench. McGaffay'a EUGENE i MEMORIAL :. CHAPEL : Funeral ' Directors and Counselor! 490 E. 13th DI 5-8718
