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r Friends Church To Observe Fourteenth Anniversary Sunday Tht elder Mr. Ross has attend ed nearly every anniversary ob servance of the church and has been interested in its growth. Master of ceremonies, for the dinner and program will be Dr. Lutherans Plan Instruction Class Starting Monday Classes for instruction in Biblical doctrine, Christian life and worship, and the history of the Christian church will begin Monday, Oct. 15, at 8 p.m. at St. Peter's Lutheran church, 1020 East Main st. These classes are open to the public as well as church mem bers. Participation in the classes does not involve the obligation to join the congregation, the Rev. Kenneth Korby, pastor, ' said. Those interested in making a systematic study of doctrine and knowing the teaching and preaching of the Lutheran church, are invited to attend The first session will be held in the Church building. At the Church council meeting Tuesday evening, plans were be gun for the Preaching-Teaching-Rcaching mission to be held next February. It is scheduled to be conducted simultaneously with other Lutheran congregations of the state of Oregon. The Rev. Harold Wood, Hamilton, Mont., son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wood. 1101 Spring St., is area director. Negro Families Sought By Washington Congregation By LOUIS CASSELS United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) White t members of a Washington Luth eran church set out on a unique doorbell-ringing campaign this week. Their object: To bring Negro families into the congre gation. Many white Protestant churches in the nation's capital have proclaimed "open door" racial policies within the last few years. But the Augustana Lutheran church is the first to undertake a formal solicitation of Negro members. The church is located in the midst of oner of Washington's "changing neighborhoods." The number of Negro residents has been increasing steadily for sev eral years, while the white popu lation has dwindled. Like hundreds of other churches in the downtown areas of America's big cities, Augus tana Lutheran was faced with two alternatives. It could follow its white parishoners and move to the suburbs. Or it could stand fast and become a "color blind" church. Augustana Lutheran decided to join the small but growing group of racially integrated churches. Explains Why Its pastor, the Rev. Clarence T. Nelson, explained why. "We asked ourselves whose church this is. We realized that Wayne Roberts. Music will include accordion solos by Nick Gier Jr. and hymns by a mixed quartet: Rita Miller, Kay Johnson, Jack Hamilton and Ralph Waldo. Mrs. Alvin Roberts will give a humorous readin". and the history of the church, written by Mrs. Milo Hardin, will be read by a group of child ren. Food for the ham dinner will be furnished by ladies of the church and served by the social committe under the direction of Mrs. Joe Wolk-Laniewski, who with her husband, will bake and decorate the large anniversary cake. At the Sunday School hours, 9:45 and 11 a.m., classes of the junior through adult depart ments will go immediately to their rooms, , without opening assembilies. The pastor Mr. Clynton Cris man, will speak at the morning worship services at 9:45 and 11:00, and soloist will be Mrs. P. K. Nelson. Speaker for the evening in spirational hour at 7:30 will be the Rev. Edward Harmon, pas tor of the Ashland Friends church. The youth choir will sing, "Hallelujah for the Cross." Three Christian Endeavor groups, junior, intermediate and senior, will be held at 6:30 p.m. MONTHLY MEETING Central Point The regular monthly meeting of the Women's circle of the First Presbyterian church in Central Point will be held Thursday, Oct. 18, at 1 p.m. Mrs. Leola Faber will be hostess with Mrs. E. E. Reams, leader. it is Christ's church, not ours. And we knew that He would never approve of abandoning a community in which there are thousands of families whom we can serve.". But Augustana learned, as other churches have, that a de cision to welcome Negro fam ilies is merely the first step on the long road to racial integra tion. "We opened the door, but virtually no one came in," said the Rev. Mr. Nelson. "Our first Negro family was accepted into the congregation three years ago. By last fall, we had a total membership of just two fam ilies." It was then that the pastor and the lay leaders of the church decided to undertake Opera tion One Mile" a long-range campaign to bring into the con gregation families, regardless of race, who lived within one mile of the church. Teams of canvassers this week started going from home to home in the "one mile" neigh borhood, extending personal in vitations to every family. TOO, TOO MUCH Lowell, Mich. ;U.R) Kent County's home demonstration agent, Mrs. Alfreda McGuire, sampled 169 brownies submit ted in a brownie-baking competi tion and then retired as judge. Her stomach rebelled. Evangelist Sermon Topic Sunday At First Methodist "Dwight L. Moody A Pulpit Biography" will be the sermon theme of Dr. Raymond E. Bal comb at the First Methodist church Sunday, Oct. 14, at the 9:30 and 11 a.m. services. The life of the famous evange list has been chosen for presenta tion according to Dr. Balcomb, because of his vital importance and creative influence in the transitional period from 19th to 20th century Christianity. The anthem for the first serv ice will be by the youth choir under the direction of Mrs. George Sloniger. For the later service the chancel choir under the direction of Mrs. C. R. Adam son will sing. Rosemary Doolen will be soloist for both services. The Rev. William Piper, minis ter of the First Christian church, will speak to an adult interest group at 5:30 p.m. Family style snack supper will be served by the Ruth Esther Wesleyan Serv ice guild at 6:30 p.m. and Miss Cora Mason will tell a story dur ing "Inspiration Time" at 7 p.m. Adventisfs Unite In Worldwide Prayer Thursday A return to family religion is the subject of a worldwide prayer program in which Med ford and Eagle Point Seventh day Adventists will praticipate next week. On Thursday mornings indi vidual members and families will unite with other Adventists around the world in prayers for a greater Christian influence in the home as a key to solution of many human problems in the world today. The plan is being encouraged in cooperation with the denomi nation's international radio broadcast, the Voice of Prophecy, with headquarters in Los An geles. There the 100 staff mem bers meet each Thursday morn ing to pray for divine guidance in world affairs and for the in dividual needs of some 3.000 persons who write to the pro gram each week requesting prayer. The churches here will ear mark their regular contributions Saturday for the support of the Voice of Prophecy. The program, which last year celebrated its 25th annievrsary, is a portion of NBC's Monitor schedule each week end. It is the second largest religious broadcast. CONFERENCE SCHEDULED Eugene Leaders and special ist from California, New York, and Oregon will meet in Eugene Oct. 22, to lead discussions and address the conference on edu cation of the mentally retarded, co-sponsored by the Eugene chapter of the association for the help of retarded children, and general extension division of the Oregon state system of higher education. METER TAKE Bedford, Pa. U.R Parking meter collections during the last decade have contributed more than $100,000, to Bedford Borough's treasury. The 243 meters have taken in $105,229.98 in pennies and . nickels since 1946, than enough to meet the police force's payroll. Church Fund Raising Stresses Individual's Need BY LOUIS CASSELS United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) Thou sands of American churches will take a new approach to fund raising in their "every member canvasses" this fall. Instead of talking about the ehurch's need for money, they will emphasize the individual's need to give. The idea is to get each member to think of his pledge as a con crete expression of his gratitude to God rather than as "my share of the church budget " Churches which have tried this kind of appeal report phe nomenal results. In some cases, pledges have been increased by 50 per cent in the first year. More important, according to many ministers, this increased giving usually is accompanied by improved attendance at wor ship services, greater vigor in parish activities, spiritual up lift among the members.. Based On Budget The "gratitude giving" con cept, of course, is not really a new idea. It is as old as Christ's teaching that "Where a man's treasure is, there will his heart be also." But its rediscovery by modern churches, as the most m nited The goal for the 1 956-57 United Fund Drive is $1 17,175, a large amount yet small when you realize that it meets the year's needs for many character building activities right here in our own community! giie um meaningful basis for religious contributions, is a comparatively recent development. For years most U. S. Protest ant churches have based their annual contributions canvasses traditionally conducted in Octo ber or November on the budget for the coming year. This budget outlined what the church would need to pay the preacher, keep the furnace going, meet the de nominational quota for foreign missions support, and other necessary expenses. Experience has shown that a large number of church members tend to respond to this approach by doing a little long division budget divided by number of families in church equals what one ought to pledge. Since there are always some members who can't or won't come up to this arithmetic average, the total amount gledged generally falls considerably short of the budget and the church has to depend on special offerings and rigid economies to squeak through the year in the black. Some denominations have tried to overcome this "budget minded" giving habit by com mending to their members the 1 Biblical principle of tithing. own J' T NOW - PLEASE - Through The - - - Medford - Friday, October 12, 195S i whereby each persons sets aside 10 per cent of his income for church and charity. But others feel that Americans, long ac customed to giving only abouf one per cent of the national in come to support of their churches, need to relearn the whole basic concept of Christian stewardship before there is any hope of getting them to tithe. Given In Trust "Gratitude giving" is the way in which many churches are now starting to present the ancient stewardship teaching that all we have is from God, given to us in trust, to be used for the benefit of all mankind. The widespread use of the "new" approach this fall resulted in part from a conference spon sored during the summer by the National Council of Churches. Officials of 15 denominations met at Lake Geneva, Wis., for a "workshop" on methods of con ducting "stewardship canvasses." The'y returned to their separate headquarters to spread the word to local churches across the na tion. If stewardship catches on na tionally as it has in some pione ering local churches, it is safe to predict that there will be a sharp ra MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN rise in the figure which repre sents the average American Protestant's contribution to his church. That figure is now 94 cents a week. RESOLVED: WOMEN NICE Montreal (U.R) Oxford and McGill University debated the resolution "that this house seeks a truce in the war between the sexes." Oxford won with the ar gument that women are nice and what's the use of fighting it. Wings Over Jordan Choir Here Wings Over Jordan, 12-voice Negro choir, will present a con cert at the Ashland Methodist church, Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. The following week on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. the choir will appear in Medford at the First Christian church. The program will feature Ne gro spirituals as well as other selections. The original choir of 37 voices was founded in 1937 by the Rev. Glynri Settle, Cleveland, Ohio, minister. It was featured on CBS Crusad Published In cooperation with United Medford Crusade Committee Friendl? BIO If Shopping Center Rev. Brannum Serves Here Temporarily The Rev. Ralph Brannum, minister from Portland, will preach Sunday at the Temple Baptist Church. The former pastor, the Rev. Floyd Yeats, left Medford for Burlington, Wash., where he has assumed the duties as pastor of the Calvary Baptist church. Rev. Mr. Brannum will be temporary pastor at the church until a new pastor is called by the congregation. for 10 years as a Sunday morn ing program before being divided into the three choirs that tour the country today. The original choir was the first group of Negro spiritual singers to be sent by our govern ment into battle zones where it covered the European and Med iterranean theatre during World War II. The group is sponsored by the Oregon Christian Missionary society and all are invited to at tend either of these two ap pearances in the valley. the by . ...
