SIX MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBo..
Friday, April 11, 1951
2 Easter Church
Services Planned
By Presbyterians
Two Easter serviced at 9:30
and 11 a.m., will be held at the
First Presbyterian church. Dr.
I. Klrkland West, pastor, will
speak on "A Skeptical World
Looks for the Risen Christ In
You." The choir will bring spe
cial Easter music.
All Presbyterian young adults
are invited to the A. A. Laus
mann home for breakfast imme
diately after the Sunrise service
at Huener Butte.
Mr. and Mrs. AI James will
be hosts to the senior high fel
lowship group and their friends
at Rogue River Packing com
pany after the Sunrise service.
The Junior high fellowship,
with Mrs. Otto Frohnmnycr,
Mrs. Harold Gregory, Mrs. John
Henson, Mrs. George Flanagan,
and Mrs. Wayne Jamison as
hosts, is to have breakfast at the
church.
All classes below junior age
are to attend Sunday school at
9:30 a.m. There will be no eve
ning service or Youth group
meetings Sunday evening.
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Holly at First
Eastes Services
9:45 a.m. Sunday Bible
School. Program by children
1 1 :00 a.m. Morning Worship
Message:
"The Living Christ"
Solo by Elizabeth Wilcox:
"Open the Gates of the
Temple"
7:30 p.m.
"The Cross
Triumphant"
cantata by Ira B. Wilson, will
be presented by the choir.
John M. Eby, director
Ruth Eby, organist
You Are Welcome!
Vernon L. Wilcox, Pastor
The APOSTOLIC
Welcomes You
EASTER
CANTATA
SUNDAY
7:50 p. m.
Methodists Will Hold 3
Morning Services Sunday
Three morning services are
planned at First Methodist
church on Easter Sunday.
They will be at 8:13, 9:30 and
11 a.m. The Rev. Meredith
Groves, pastor, will speak on
"As It Began to Dawn."
At the first service the Vesper
choir, directed by Herbert
Danlrls will sing "Easter Morn"
and Daniels will sing "Christ
Arose."
At the other services the Chan
cel choir, directed by Mrs. C.
R. Adamson, will sing "In the
End of the Sabbath," with solo
Friends' Easter
Activity To Open
With Breakfasts
Easter observance at the
Friends church will begin with
a young people's breakfast at
the Raymond Brood home, fol
lowing the sunrise service, and
the Homebuildcrs class break
fast at 7:45 a.m. at the Mcdford
hotel.
At 10 a.m. children of the be
ginners through intermediate de
partments will present the Sun
day school Easter program, fol
lowed by brief class sessions.
At the 11 a.m. worship service
the pastor will speak on "Death's
Sting Removed." The choir will
present two anthems: "I Walked
Today Where Jesus Walked,"
and "Risen as He Said." There
also will be Children's church
during the worship hour.
To Present Play
A play, "The Challenge of the
Cross," will be presented at the
7:30 p.m. service.
Young people of the Senior
Christian Endeavor society will
make up the cast, as follows:
Evangel, played by Joan DeZell;
six disciples, played by Duane
Brood, Richard Hopkins, Pat
Schroeder, Jack Parker, Arnold
Lockwood, and Rose Marie Han
sen.
The church choir will furnish
background music for the play.
An invitation Is extended to all
who wish to attend.
Youth Choir Cantata -
At Sams Valley Sunday
Sams Valley taster services
will be held at 10:30 a.m. Sun
day at Sams Valley Community
church with a Sunday school
program and sermon by the Rev.
W. Lee Gray, "Jesus Lives.
There will be baptism and re
ception of members.
The young people's choir will
present an Easter cantata, "The
Cross of Redemption," at 8 p.m.
Sunday.
MORNING SERVICE
11 A.M.
SPECIAL MUSIC
Orchestra
I Know That My Redeemer
Liveth
Easter Fantasia
Chorus
He Rose Triumphantly
Our Living Lord
Supervised Nursery for Children
No Collections
THF 40-VOICE MIXED CHORUS PRESENTS
"From DARKNESS
To LIGHT"
From the Music of Tschaikowikl
SCRIPTURE - MUSIC - SONG
North Central Ave. at Third Street
bv Mrs. Lyle Schoppert. The
Methodist Men, male quartet,
will present a song, "He Is
Risen" and Mrs. Gregory Mac
Dougal will sing "The Holy
City."
At 9:30 a.m. the nursery, pri
mary and kindergarten depart
ments will have Easter programs
in their departments. Other de
partments of the Sunday school
will join in the 9:30 a.m. church
service.
Choir Festival
At 7:30 p.m. there will be a
Festival of Choirs. The four
choirs. Chancel, Vesper, Junior
and Cherub will present the fol
lowing numbers:
"Praise To the Lord The Al
mighty", Junior, Vesper and
Chancel choirs; "Fairest Lrd
Jesus" and "Let Hymns of Glad
ness Ring," Cherub choir; "Rus
sian Carol of the Trees," Mrs.
Vern Wilson and Chancel choir;
"May Jesus Christ Be Praised"
and "The Day of Resurrection,"
Junior choir with solo by Vir
ginia Daniels.
"Ye Watchers and Ye Holy
Ones," Vesper choir with solo
by Larry Henderson; "The Heav
ens Are Telling," Chancel choir.
"Christ The Lord Is Risen To
day," combined choirs.
The church will join in the
union sunrise service on a hill
near Jacksonville at 5:20 a.m.
This will be followed by a break
fast In the open for the youth
groups of the church.
Willamette Choir
Concert on Monday
With a program of choral mu
sic ranging from the formal dig
nity of Bach to Kodaly's unusual
harmonies, the Willamette uni
versity a capella choir will be
presented In concert at the First
Methodist church here, at 8 p.m.,
Monday, April 14.
The university choir draws its
members not only from the col
lege of music, but from liberal
arts students, making a stronger
and more select organization by
bringing out the best voices in
the university.
Toured Extensively
The choir, organized In 1939
by its director, Dean Melvln H.
Gcist, has toured extensively
throughout the northwest since
its formation. Using Salem as its
focal point, the group has cov
ered considerable territory in
Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
This year the choir has made
its second trip to central Cali
fornia within the last four years.
The 50-volce group began 1952
with a stop at Roseburg on April
3. They went as far south as
San Leandro, Calif.
FAITH
I
Apostolic Faith
Services Sunday
Feature Music
The Rev. C. W. Frost, pastor
of the Apostolic Faith church,
has announced that special mu
sic will be featured throughout
the Easter Sunday services at his
church. i
The Sunday school at 9:30
a. m. plans a specially arranged
Easter cantata to be presented
by the primary department un
der the direction of Hazel Craig
and Edamae Adamson. The jun
ior and senior departments will
also be represented with mu
sical numbers.
The prelude to the 11 a. m.
worship service will be present
ed by the orchestra. Numbers in
clude "I Know That My Re
deemer Liveth," from the "Mes
siah" by Handel, and "Easter
Fantasia" by Lake. The chorus
will be heard in "He Rose Tri
umphantly" and "Our Living
Lord."
Evening Cantata
The 7:50 p. m. service will
open with an organ prelude,
followed by an Easter cantata,
"From Darkness to Light," com
piled by Ellen Jane Lorenz on
the music of P. I, Tschaikowski.
This number features solos by
Mrs. Duane Jones, Mrs. Randy
Nichols, Mrs. Cecil ' Owen and
John Friesen and duets by Mrs.
Ray Robinson and Mr. Warren
Hanlin and Mrs. Nichols and
Mr. Efton Jones.
A mixed quartet and male
chorus are also featured as well
as the 40-voice chorus. Music
of the orchestra and chorus are
under the direction of Rev
Norman Allen.
Nazarene To Take
Mission Offering
"The Living Christ" will be
the subject of the Easter sermon
by the Rev Vernon Wilcox at
the Medford Church of the Naz
arene Sunday, 11 a.m.
Mrs. Wilcox will sing "Open
the Gates of the Temple." The
annual missionary offering will
be received at this service.
At 7:30 p.m. the church choir,
under the direction of John M
Eby, will present Ira B. Wilson's
Easter cantata, "The Cross Tri
umphant," with Mrs. Eby as or
ganist. Breakfast Set
The day will begin with the
young people participating In the
united sunrise service then hold
ing an Easter breakfast. At 9:45
a.m. the big Sunday School rally
of the year will be held. The
children's department will pre
sent a 30-mlnute Eastern pro
gram, following an abbreviated
class period.
A goal has been set to break
all existing attendance records,
according to Arnold Kornstad.
D. D. Randall To Talk
At Upper Applegate
Upper Applegate Sunday
school will hold its annual East
er services at the Grange hall,
beginning with a community
brcHkfast at 8:30 a.m.
The sermon will be given by
Rev. D. II. Randall and a visit
ing minister from the American
Sunday school union.
Ever one interested is Invited.
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Ashland Choirs
Slate Concert
Ashland The united choirs
of Ashland churches will pre
sent the 12th annual Easter
concert Sunday at 7:45 p. m.
at the Methodist church in Ash
land. The public of both Ash
land and Medford is Invited to
attend.
Under the direction of Miss
Lorraine Veidt, vocal music su
pervisor of the Medford schools,
the 45-voice choir will present
a program of anthems appro
priate to the Easter season.
Mrs. Frank Davis is the organ
accompanist.
The program will open with
an organ prelude of six num
bers by Mrs. Dick Joy. The choir
will sing three groups of num
bers and Maurice Bailey will
play a French horn solo, with
Miss Colleen Tiegs as accom
panist. A vocal ensemble of six
voices will sing one number
and Miss June Kelso will play
a violin solo. The organ post
lude will be by Mrs. Davis.
First Presbyterian Church
5:30 Sunrise Service.
9:30 and 11:00 Identical Services.
Dr. West: "A Skeptical World Looks for The Risen
Christ In You."
Special Choir Music.
Church School at 9:30 for children up to Junior Class
Contributed in behalf of the Religion in American Life Program by
Baptists To Hold
Sunrise Meeting
First Baptist church will hold
its annual Easter sunrise service
at 5:30 a.m. Sunday at the Stan
ley G. Parrish home on Old
Stage road. ,
Cars providing transportation
will leave the church at 5:15 a.m.
The adult and youth choirs
will present a youth program
Sunday evening.
Selections Listed
The combined choirs will sing
" Tis Midnight" and "Christ the
Lord is Risen Today." "Were
You There?" and "Christ Arose"
will be presented by the youth
group. "Early to the Garden,"
"Song of the Redeemed" and
"Now Unto the King Eternal"
are adult choir numbers.
Other selections will be "It Is
More Than a Dream," girls' dou
ble duet, and "Hallelujah, We
Shall Rise," boys' quartet.,
J. Robert Cochran is director,
Mrs. Ted Graham and Miss June
Darby are organists and Miss
Verna Cingcade is pianist.
Millions of Americans this month are making it
a special point to invite their friends into their churches -
as freely and frequently as they
ask them to their homes. You'll find that SHARING
your faith does something for you, and for your
friends as well ... it grows when it's shared . . . and your ;.
friendships grow, too.
Take soncctie to church this week....
Bible Prophecy Sermon Subject
Evangelist Harold E. Metcalf
speaking at the Bible auditorium
on South Central avenue, today
at 7:30 p.m. will explain how
the whole structure of Bible
prophecy rests upon the date of
the crucifixion and resurrection
of Christ.
Predictions In the book of
Daniel, which Christ told his fol
lowers to understand, will be
used to prove by mathematics
that Jesus is the Messiah of the
Jews, and that 31 A. D. is the
only date when his death could
have occurred.
The Sunday sermon will illus
trate the efficacy of the resur
EASTER SUNDAY
THREE GREAT MORNING SERVICES
8:15 9:30 and 11:00
SERMON "AS IT BEGAN TO DAWN"
Easter Music by Chancel and Vesper Choirs
9:30 A.M. Easter Programs in Nursery, Kindergarten,
and Primary Departments.
Other Departments meet with 9:30 Service
6:30 P.M. Youth Meeting
7:30 P.M. Festival of Choirs
Chancel Vesper, Junior and Church Choirs
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
West Main and Laurel
Meredith Groves, Minister ,
"HE IS RISEN"
You Are Cordially Invited
you'll both
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