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
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NOW - PLEASE - Through The - - -
Medford
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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
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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
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