Church Building Boom
In America Declared
Smashing All Records
Washington (U.R) Ameri
ca'! church-building boom is still
smashing records.
The Commerce Department
reported today that $219,000,
000 was spent during the first
lour months of this year for
construction of churches, syna
gogues, Sunday schools and
other religious edifices.
That k more than twice as
much as Americans spent for
worship facilities during the en
tire year of 1956, a decade ago.
So far this year, outlays for
religious construction are run
ning about two per cent above
the previous all-time record set
Jast year.
Prirat Estimates Higher
The Commerce Department
estimates that total 1956 spend
ing will approach $850,000,000.
Mission Service
Will Be Topic
Al Presbyterian
Dr. Gordon Mahy Jr., recently
. returned from mission service in
; the Philippine islands, will speak
I on the theme, "With Christ in
; the Philippines," at both Sunday
; morning services of the First
' Presbyterian church.
; Upon arrival from the Philip-
; pines this past week, the Rev,
I Mr. Mahy was honored by hav
! ing the degree of Doctor of Div-
inity conferred upon him at Lew-
; is and Clark college of Portland
', For many years he was asso-
ciated with Dr. D. Kirkland
; West, pastor of the church, in
; mission work in China, but since
! the Communists forced him to
; leave he has acted as chaplain
and lecturer at Silliman univer-
: sity, Dumaguete, in the Philip
pines. During both morning ser-
. vices the Chancel choir will sing,
and Mrs. Rosalind Hoover will
furnish a soprano solo.
Hacant Members
Last week 60 persons met with
the session of the church and
were received as members. At
the first morning service next
Sunday, the young people who
were in the communicants' class
will be publicly welcomed as
members, and their-parents will
sit with them in the worship ser
vice. The adults will be received
in a service at the second ser
vice. At the service at 7 p.m., 'the
Senior High Westminster fellow
ship will join with the adults to
hear Dr. Mahy tell more of his
experiences. Mrs. Mahy and oth
er members of the family will al
so share in the service. A recep
tion will follow in the social hall
of the church.
Some private estimates go as
high as $900,000,000.
Even at this prodigious rate,
however, . the churches have
barely begun to meet their needs
for more space to accommodate
steadily-growing congregations,
Some church leaders estimate
that $7,000,000,000 will be spent
during the next decade on the
greatest building program in re
ligious history.
A number of factors have con-
tributed to the building boom
the overall growth in population.
the postwar exodus of millions of
families from cities to suburbs,
and the favorable economic cli
mate (reflected in Increased con-
tributions) which permits
churches to undertake long-
needed building programs which
were deferred during thi depres
sion and war yesrs.
Religious Interest
But the "primary" explana
tion, according to Dr. Harry At
kinson, head of the Church
Builders Bureau of the National
Council of Churches, is "the tre
mendous resurgence of religious
interest in the United States
since the end of World War II."
He noted that church mem
bership has climbed steadily and
spectacularly since the war. The
latest Yearbook of American
churches reported total member
ship of all denominations at 97,-
500,000 or more than 60 per cent
of the U. S. population
'Graduation'
Set at Friends
A graduation ceremony for
three-year olds going from the
cradle roll to the nursery depart
ment will be a feature of the 11
a.m. service at Friends church
Sunday.
Cradle roll mothers have made
blue and pink caps and gowns for
the young "graduates" to wear
as they are promoted. Mrs. Bert
Langston, cradle roll superinten
dent, will have charge of the cer
emony. Also at II a.m., pastor Clynton
Crisman will have a service of
dedication for babies born dur
ing the past year. His message
will be, "A Great Day in the
Life of a Mother."
At the 9:45 a.m. service, the
pastor's message will be, "The
Christian Home." A ladies' trio
wifl sing during both worship
services. '
Mothers day theme will be car
ried out in all departments of
the Sunday school, both at 9:45
and 11 a.m.
Christian Endeavor societies
and children's story hour will
meet at 6:30 p.m., with congrega
tional meeting for praise and
worship at 7:'30 p.m. The high
school boys' quartet will sing and
the pastor will speak.
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JAMES E. BAKER
Assembly Speaker
Assembly of God
Members To Hear
Missionary Speak
James E. Baker, formerly s
missionary to China and Hong
kong, and more recently in For
mosa, will be guest speaker at
the Medford Assembly of God,
1108 West Main st., Sunday at
7:30 p.m. Films of mission work
will be shown.
Mr. Baker and his family
recently returned to this country
after spending eight years in
missionary service in the Far
East. He will relate experiences
and tell of progress of missions.
The son of missionary parents,
he was born and raised in China.
He studied at Asbury college in
Wilmore, Ky. and at Central
Bible institute in Springfield,
Mo. From 1941 to 1945 he was on
the faculty of Central Bible in
stitute.
In 1946 Mr. Baker, with his
wife, returned to China.
At the conclusion of his fur
lough, Mr. Baker plans to return
to Formosa. He is now visiting
churches of the Assemblies of
God presenting needs of work in
Formosa.
The public is invited.
Dedication Held;
Conference Ends
Over 200 persons attended
dedication Sunday of the newly
built Berean Baptist church at
White City.
Dr. Chester J. Padgett, Los
Angeles, guest speaker, contin
ued hi: stay in the valley and
has been speaking nightly at the
church. Tfnight will mark the
close of the Bible conference
which he has conducted.
He is a graduate of Wheaton
college and Princeton seminary,
N.J., and at the present is pastor
of the Cslvery Church of Plac-
entia, Placentia, Calif. He also
has taught for the past 10 years
at the Bible Institute of Los An
geles and Talbot seminary for
three years.
Bishop To Conduct
Historic Rites;
To Honor Members
The historic rite of the laying
on of hands in confirmation will
be administered by the Right
Rev. Benjamin D. Dag well, bish
op of Oregon, to a class of 12
adults at the 11 a.m., service at
St. Mark's Episcopal church on
Sunday.
lne class, which has been un
der instruction from the Rev,
Robert Burger, assistant priest,
for the past three months will in
clude, Mesdames Maisie Daily,
Yvonne Irene Earnest, Eleanor
Othelia Edmonds, Jo Ann Bar
bara Hart, Tessie Walker Rob
erts, Anna McNeil, Nell Opal
Nilsson, Carrie Adella Yoakley,
Miss Nancy Lee Rinabarger;
and Messrs. Floyd Henry Hart,
Robert Jackson Keeney, Jerry
Carlton Neill.
The Rev. George R. V. Bolster,
rector, will conduct the service,
and music will be furnished by
the senior choir under the direc
tion of Ward Smith, with Mrs,
E. G. Conrad, organist.
Following the service the new
ly confirmed class members will
be guests of honor at a coffee
hour arranged by the Altar guild.
In the afternoon the bishop will
administer confirmation rites at
the Church of the Good Shep
herd in Prospect, and St. Mar
tin's church, Shady Cove.
Friday, May II, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
HORNBROOK
Church Superintendent Due
Officer To Arrive ,
For Discussions
With Unitarians
The Rev. Frank Ricker, sec
retary of the Pacific coast Unit
arian council, will arrive in the
valley today to discuss problems
with members of the Unitarian
fellowship group in Ashland and
Medford. He is making a tour of
Unitarian churches and fellow
ships of the northwest.
. Officers of the local fellowship
will meet with the Rev. Mr.
Ricker this evening and he also
will speak at a meeting today
at 8:45 p.m., at Grafts Pass in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chest
er Flory, 740 Northwest Fourth
St.
Dr. R. E. Balcomb
Elected to Post
Dr Raymond E. Balcomb, min
ister of the First Methodist
church, has been elected by the
Methodist General conference,
in quadrennial session at Minne
apolis, Minn., to a four-year
study commission on racial rela
tions and jurisdictional structure
within the Methodist church.
The commission is composed of
12 bishop?, 23 ministers, and 35
laymen.
Dr. Balcomb is the only minis
terial representative from the
Pacific Northwest According to
Bishop A. Raymond Grant of
Portland, this is "the most im
portant commission authorized
by the ganeral conference." The
purpose of the commission will
be to advise the church as to
ways and means of fully imple
menting its resolution looking
toward full racial integration in
the church.
Temple Baptists
Set Dedication
Services for the dedication of
children will be held at the
Temple Baptist church, 794
Lozier lane, at the 11: a.m. serv
ice on Mother's day. Poems,
songs, and a message by the
pastor, the Rev. Floyd H. Yeats,
will be given.
Opportunity will be offered
parents to dedicate their child
ren in commemoration of the
time mothers brought their child
ren to be blessed of Jesus. Hands
will be laid upon each child and
a prayer offered for each family.
The children will not become
a part of the church in the serv
ice, except those old enougn to
do so of their own accord. They
will not be sprinkled nor bap
tized during ceremony, only dedi
cated. Every one of any denom
ination is invited to attend ana
dedicate their children.
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Hornbrook The Rev. "Ben"
Gould of Chico, district superin
tendent of the northern California-Nevada
district of the Meth
odist church, will be at the local
church, Monday, May 13, for a
special meeting. The Rev. C. C.
Addington has requested that
all persons interested in the wel
fare and the future of the church
be present. The meeting will be
held at the church at 10:15 a.m.
(DST).
On May 8, Mr. and Mrs. Lau-
ran Payne were hosts at a bar
oecue party at their ranch up
the Klamath river. Besides the
Paynes and their two sons, Bob
and Lornie, those present were
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. French and
daughter Nancy, Mr. and Mrs.
Eb Marlowe and daughter Lin
da, Mr. and Mrs. John Jolly and
daughter Judy,, and Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Chiuminatto, all of
Yreka, and from Hornbrook,
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Walsh and
daughter Sharee, Mr. and Mrs
Al Kutsky and daughters, Me-
gin, Joan and Suzanne, Mr: and
Mrs. Ralph Bennett and children
Douglas, Benjamin and Marsha.
The afternon was spent play
ing baseball. The party was one
of a series given by the group in
celebration of each other's birth
days, this one being in honor of
Mrs. Payne and Mrs. French.
The Boy Scout camporee
which was scheduled for a re
cent date had to be postponed
because of the rain. A new date
may be announced later.
The boys are conducting an in
tensive fund-raising campaign
this spring. Object of the cam
paign is to raise enough money
to make it possible for every
boy in the local troop to attend
the regular Boy Scout camp at
Lake o' the Woods this summer.
Nazarenes Plan
Week Observance
Local Nazarenes will cooper
ate with the denomination-wide
week of intercession from May.
13 to May 20, a traditional com
memoration of Pentecost in the
New Testament church. Servic
es of prayer will be conducted
throughout the week as Nazar
enes around the world pray for
a reenaction of Pentecost in the
life of the church.
Scheduled prayer meetings of
the week will include an early
breakfast prayer meeting Tues
day morning, a regular midweek
prayer meeting on Wednesday at
7:30 p.m., prayer and fasting
Thursday noon, high school pray
er fellowship Thursday night,
cottage prayer meetings sched
uled throughout the city for Fri
day evening, prayer around the
church altar Saturday at 7' p.m.,
and a final Pentecost Sunday
prayer meeting to be held at 6
a.m., around the church altar
Sunday, May 20.
Central Church
Program Listed
"So You've Decided To Build
Home," will be the title of
the sermon Sunday at Central
Church of Christ, Central and
Jackson sts., to be given by the
Rev. Ellmore J. Gilstrap, pastor.
A Mother day program at Bible
school at 9:45 a.m., will be con
ducted and music at the morn
ing worship will be in the same
theme.
The evening service will begin
at 6 p.m., and at 7 p. m., Al
Versic will speak on the subject,
"Three Men Named ' Ananias.
Mr. Versic is a San Jose Bible
college graduate.
Communion services will be
conducted at 7:20 p.m., and the
services will conclude at 7:30
p.m.
First Baptists
Sunday Program
To Honor Mothers
A Mothers day - sermon will
he given Sunday at First Baptist
church by the pastor, the Rev.
James W. Neely. "Bible Photos
of Mother," will be the topic at
the service which will be held at
11 . m.
During the past week, 31 fam-
iles have joined at the church in
services which observed Home
week. The services next Sunday
will be designed to stress the
position of the home in church
and community living.
A group of families in the
church now have a period of
Bible reading and prayer at
breakfast and dinner. A train
ing program in this line will
be conducted next fall under
direction of Robert Harlow.
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Laura Bennett, is spending the
week at his former home,
Springfield, Ore.
Mrs. Grace Quigley was host
ess for the Contract Bridge club !
May 8 at her home on Henley I
rd. Members playing were Mrs. j
Duane Hamner of Hilt, who won
high score; Mrs. Dave Holland j
who won second; Mrs. James j
Hodge, Mrs. Laura Swinnerton,
Mrs. Lester Nye, Mrs. Bertha
Bradley and the hostess, Mrs.
Fred Mills was a guest player.
Leo King, who has been quite
ill for the past month, is report
ed by Mrs. King to be improv
ing, although he is still confined
to his bed.
Mrs. Ruth Cummins, who un
derwent surgery in San Francis
co last Friday, is recovering sat
isfactorily, according to her hus
band, Loren, who talked with
her by phone Monday evening.
She is expected to remain in
the hospital about three weeks.
Friends wishing to send cards
may address them to her at
Room 1241, University of Cali
fornia hospital, San Francisco,
Calif.
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