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o G O O SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Church Budget Approved by Presbyterians at Meeting nl " ""eeiing 01 me congrega - tjon Wednesday evening the First Presbyterian church unan imously approved the church budget for 1957. The meeting' was moderated by Stuart V. Mc Qiejen, chairman of the Board of Trustees. Robert Brewer, benevolence ; sanctuary. Dr. West will begin treasurers gave a report of the ; teaching a new series of Church church's givir.t for the present ! manship classes for adults who year, and Donald Whalin pre- j wish to become members of the sented the 1957 budget to the ', church. A separate class will be congregation. taught at the same time for The total of 1,e new budget young people, and a nursery Is S100.000 which marks an S8.-!wiIl be provided for children 000 increase over 19G6. Once j of parents attending the classes. again the church anticipates di-1 viding the amount on a 50-50 percentage basis between local I opeting expenses and the be-, nevolent nccos of the church in the United States and the worM. . Missionaries will be supported by tii? funds, as well as help given to several smaller Presuy' terian churches in the-southwest Oregon area. SunOay Dr. D" Kirkland West, Rt. Robert S. Romeii Lutherans To Hold Mission This Week The Rev. Robert S." Romeis, pastor- of St. John's Lutheran church, Sacramento, Calif., will conduct a "The Life in Christ" mission at the Zion Lutheran . church, corner Fourth and Oak- " dale ts. He will preach for the first time at the 11 a.m. service Sun day, Nov. II, with nightly meet ings at 8 p.ui. through Thursday, Nov. 15., Helping with the mission will be the Rev. Ross F. Hidy, area -director," who will conduct a leadership rally at 3 p.m. Sun Hay at 'tli church. During the minion members ot the con gregation will nuke invitational rails. All meetings are open to tile public. , Following the mission,' the Rer. G. H. HillerraBn, pastor of the local church, will conduct a rartor'i Class Sunday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. for those interested in exploring Christianity or church membership. Those attending are not bligated to join the church. . f . . "At- !- i 1 i i Two From Eastwood G Baptist to Attend CConvention This Week , The Rev. Richard M. Jones, O pastor of the Eastwood Baptist Q church, and frs. S. . Earhart, will attend the Oregon Baptist convention at JvlcMinnville, Ore., Tuesday, Nov. 13 through Nov. C 15. Q The convention is attended by (American Baptists throughout C the state of Oregon. Mr. Jones will lead the sing ling at the convention and also be w soloist. featured speaker will be" Dr. T. H. .Adams, president of the G Baptist World Alliance.' and Dr. Harry Dillin. president of the American Baptist convention rid Linfield college. Sereral - missionaries will also speak. The Linfield college students 0 will present a drama "Voice for the Wilderness." The play, writ ten by two iinfield college pro--fessori. depicts early Baptist ,work in the Pacific Northwest. On Tuesday the Woman's Mis siun Society of the state will bold its annuel sessions as well as the Ministers fellowship. Missionary To Speak (f Bethel Assembly . ' The Rev. Bob Turubull. mis sionary to the Dominican Repub G , lie for seven years, will be the O "guest speaker at the Bethel As w semfcly of Cod. 1729 North Riv C. crside. Sunday night at 7:30 p.m. A colored film showing mis sionary work in the Dominican Republic will be shown. The public is invited to attend the service. Dr. flaymond E. Balcomb and ' R. J. Bills are attending a meet-! ing of the Oregon Methodist Con ference Camp commission in Eu- ' gene. Dr. Balcomb is chairman of the Dead Indian Soda Springs i advisory board and Mr. Bills is j camp manager.The Rev. Ross Knotts. minister of the Meth odist church. Ashland, a member pf the commissioe, will also at- tend. pastor of the church, will preach on the theme "God Needs You Lynn Sjolund will direct the Westminster and Chancel choirs and Mrs. Rosalind Hoover will sing a solo "I Shall Not Pass Again This Way." Sunday at 5 p.m. in the church Group Attends Synod Meeting Nov. 10-12 This week end fifteen young people from the First Presbyte rian church wiil attend the an nual meeting of the Presbyterian Youth Synod at Pendleton. Ore. The group', accompanied by two advisors, the Rev. John O. Reynolds and Mrs. George C. Flanagan, will leave this eve ning for Roseburg where they will join other delegations from the Southwest Oregon Presby tery and will travel on to Pen dleton by chartered bus Satur day. Guest leaders for the Synod meeting are Dr. C. Warren Van Camp, pastor of the First Pres byterian church, Caldwell. Ida ho, and the Rev. T. Royal Scott, youth work department of the board of Christian education of the Presbyterian church, Phila delphia. The young people, who will re turn in time for school Tuesday morning, include Nyla -Loven- borg, Susan Davis. Claudia Hoo ver, Sylvia Baker, Philip Mor gan, Gordon Fleming, Marilyn Bushnell, Josette Harris. Nor man Gailacci. Joyce Gregory, John Jones, Dick and Jim Cor um, Carol, Dyke and John Flanagan. Methodists Schedule Variety of Meetings 'Paiil'j letters to Local Churches," a Bible course cover ing more than , half of the New Testament, is being taught by Dr. Raymond E. Balcomb, dur ing the School of Christian Liv ing, from 5:30-6:30 p.m., at the First Methodist church. In another interest group, the Rev. G. A.' Trobough will con duct the "Family Forum," the subiect selected on the basis of a question box., will be "That Teenagers May Know." The Church Membership class, an introduction to the history, doctrines, practices and purposes of the Methodist cnurcn, win De led by Mrs. Anne J. Gorby, minister of membership. Snack supper at 6:30 p.m. will be served by the Senior high M.Y.F. and followed at ' 7 p.m. by Mr. Trobough and "Inspira tion Time." The groups and organizations of the First Methodist church to meet during the week Nov. 11-17, include Council of Chil dren's Workers and Susannah Wesleyan Service guild on Mon day; W.S.C.S. executive commit tee, the children's choir rehears al, young married couples group, and the nominating committee on .Tuesday; Boy Scoutes. fellow ship of prayer,, led by the Rev. G. A. Trobough, commission on finance, and the Chancel choir rehearsal on Wednesday with the Adult Wo'rkers conference, Thursday. Service to Feature Trio The Girls Trio from the North west Christian college In Eugene will present a program of sacred music at the First Christian church. Sunday morning. The trio includes Miss Beverly Stump, Modesto, Calif.; Miss Mary Jane Eldridge, Eugene; and Miss Joan DeBolt, Puyallup, Wash.- All sophomores at the col lege, they hava traveled through out the Northwest singing for church groups. Hartzell Cobbs. a graduate of Northwest Christian college and until recently pastor of the First Christian church at Boise'. Idaho, will accompany the trio. He will speak at the morning service on the "Importance of Christian Higher Education in Today s So ciety." From here he will go to Modesto. Calif., where he will become the minister of the First Christian church. At the evening service the minister, the Rev. William C. Pipe.r, wilL" start a series of ser You and Your Family Are Invited to Sunday School and Church at the ... CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Thomas McCamant, Minister Groveland Ave. and Oakwood Drive Church Worship at 9:45 and 11 A.M. Church School at 9:45 Friday, November 9, 1956 1 Xj7 ysmT . . ' -I' GUEST SPEAKER Dr. Paul A. Davies. minister and superintend ent of the Congregational confer ence of Oregon, will be guest speaker at the Congregational church, Sunday at both services. Dr. Davies, a leader in starting the local church, has been a fre quent visitor here. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Davies. Record Attendance Church School Aim More than 2SO were present at the Friends church last Sun day for the first day of the Hid den Treasure attendance con test. Mrs. Bob McClearen and Lynn Malot chose prizes out of the treasure chest as winners in the adult and young people's departments, respectively, for bringing the most visitors. Mrs. Eunice Jones was named Teacher-of-the-Week. Goal for this Sunday is to break the all time attendance record of 306 which was set a year ago. A sound filmstrip, "Meet the Hess Family," will be shown dur ing the opening assemblies at O il and 11 a m. Sundav. Pro- hv the Friends Steward ship board, it is the story of a family belonging to the Lne halem Center Friends church, near Newberg. Pastor Clvnton Crisman will speak at the worship services at 9:45 and 11 a.m. Special music for the first hour will be an an them by the youth choir, "Ihe 5aVihath Rpllc " and a trio will sing during the second service. Christian Endeavor will be v,M t Kin nm with praise and worship at 7:30 p.m. The pastor will bring the message and music will be a young peo ple's mixed quartet. Townsend Club Meets At Carpenters' Hall Medford Townsend club No. 1 and auxilliary met Wednesday for a covered dish luncheon. Twenty-eight members attended Mrs. Thornton Arnold presided, and two new members were en rolled. Charlie Enos Naffziger read the Bulletin and Ernest Wolt ers read the Washington D. C. Flash. . Townsend club No. 1 meets the second and fourth Wednes day of each month. While the auxilliary meets the first and third Wednesday each month. The club meets again Wednes day at, November 14, at 12:30 p.m. for a covered dish luncheon at Carpenters Union hall, 12V,i West Main street. Visitors are welcome to attend all club meet- mons on "The Kingdom of God according to Daniel." The public to attend these services. Sunday Program At First Methodist "An Altar Too Small" will be the sermon by Dr. Raymond E. Balcomb at the First Methodist church Sunday at both the 9:30 and 11 a.m. services of worship. Mrs. R. L. Porter will be solo ist and sing "I Walked Today Where Jesus W a I k e d." The choirs will sing "If With All Your Hearts" and "From All That Dwell Below the Skies." An informal coffee hour will follow the IT a.m. service. FIRST MEETING FOR GROUP A new group for young mar ried couples of the First Meth odist church will meet Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Schweitzer room, number 102. The type of organization, its purpose, and time and subject matter will be discussed. ? A A FN J Worldwide Bible Readings Published for 13th Year i i This is the season when peo ple traditionally give thanks for the bounty of the harvest and the blessings they have enjoyed throughout the year. This is Worldwide Bible Read ing month, and starting on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22, and ending on Christmas, people throughout the world will unite spiritually in readings of ident ical passages in their Bibles. Worldwide Bible Reading was started in 1943 on Guadalcanal when a lonely Marine wrote his mother, asking his family to join with him in reading certain verses from the Bible each day. This came to the attention of the American Bible Society and grew into a worldwide move ment now sponsored by the Soc iety, and a committee of laymen headed by President Eisenhower. The daily recommended read ings, selected as the favorites of ministers throughout the coun try, have been printed in book mark form as reprinted on this page. Many of the local churches will be handing out these book Thanksgiving Day Union Services Planned Locally A union Thanksgiving service under the auspices of the Med ford Ministerial association will be held at 10 a.m. on Thanks giving day. The meeting will be held in the auditorium of the First Christian church, 209 South Oakdale ave. The Rev. William Piper of the First Christian church will be moderator, scripture reading and prayer will be given by the Rev. Richard Jones of the Eastwood Baptist church with the message by Dr. D Kirkland West of the First Presbyterian church. Spec ial music for the service will be by the members of the First Christian congregation. This worship service is held annually by the Ministerial as sociation and it is open to the public. Arrangements for the special hour of Thanksgiving are under the direction of the Rev. James Neely, pastor of the First Baptist church. Special Speakers Sunday At Church "The Power of the Gospel" will be the sermon topic Sunday evening at the Central Church of Christ when the Rev. EUmore J. Gilstrap will preach his last sermon here before retiring this week from the ministry. The Rev. Raymond W. Hum. minister of the First Church of Nazarene and president of the Medford Ministerial association, will also speak. The service, which will start at 6 p.m.. will also feature a talk by Mr. Everett McGee of Ash land. Mrs. Dexter Williams, as sisted by Miss Beverly Beck, will be in charge of the music for the evening. Mrs. Ruth Hover from the Central Point Church of Christ will be soloist. EXCHANGE STUDENT TO TALK John Hansen, exchange stu dent from Denmark to Medford High school, will be the speaker at the Pilgrim fellowship of the Congregational church Sunday at 7 p.m. Hansen, who is here under the program of American Field service, is sponsored by the Medford Rotary club and lives at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Christensen. He will talk on "The Churches in Den mark and Their Work with Young People." COME and HEAR REV. KNUT 0. F. HJERTSTBDT Evangelist and Bible Teacher of Portland, Ore. EVERY NIGHT at 7:30 P.M. SUNDAY AFTERNOON at 3 p.m. PRAYER FOR THE SICK FULL GOSPEL TABERNACLE - CORNER WESTERN AVE. Pastor Rev. Van McCoy Phone 3-3814 the' IDEAL r ri - A vit tub'lshtd i few weeks ho, this attractive. SV New Testament Is a beautiful fift for Christmas. Sound in red leatheroid and packed in a maroon slipcase. it con tains eight full color reoroducuons of masterpieces of relifioos art. includmf th works of Raphael. 1 Greco and Rembrandt. printed In easy-tp-fad tvpe on whjtt eoaoue wotr. teiis Testament has never befvt been avai'aoie. To be srt Wat fear copy is put audi for Christmas givinf, mail th. coupon below SWEM'S, 217 E. Main, Medford PlMt. Mnd " - sv Giff Ttsle.ntn!i at S3-9S each. NAMf A00SS CITY Mr r"ift.ne. marks for handy, reference dur ing the Thanksgiving Sunday service Nov. 18. For those who wish to con- i linue reading the Bible the last : six days of the year, the Ameri j can Bible Society recommends the following: DECEMBER 26 Luke 2:21-40 27 Luke 2:41-52 28 Luke 3:1-23 29 Luke 4:1-15 30 Sunday Luke 4:16-44 31 Psalms 90:1-17 mm To-dkly For the thirteenth year millions of Americans of all faiths will join in daily Bible reading from Thanksgiving to Christmas. This Worldwide Bible Reading is spon sored by the American Bible So ciety. The program was observed last year in 49 countries. The readings below were se lected by numerous denominations. They are without note or com ment, and one may use any ver sion of the Bible he prefers NOVEMBER 22 Thanksgiving Deuteronomy 5:1-21 23 Psalms 19:1-14 24 Psalms 27:1-14 25 Sunday Psalms 46:1-11 26 Psalms 103:1-22 27 Psalms 121:1-8 130:1-8 28 Psalms 145:1-21 29 Proverbs 3:1-20 30 ..Isaiah 40:1-11, 28-31 DECEMBER 2 Advent 3 4 5 , 6 . Isaiah 55:1-13 Luke 6:20-49 John 1:1-28 -John 1:29-51 John 3:1-36 John 4:1-38 -John 15:1-27 . John 17:1-26 9 Universal Bible Sunday Luke 8:1-21 10 Acts 17:16-34 11 Romans 8:1-39 12 Romans 12:1-21 13 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 14 Philippians 4:1-23 15 Hebrews 11:1-40 16 Sunday Luke 10:23-42 17 Luke 11:1-17 18 Luke 12:22-34 19 Luke 15:1-10 20 Luke 15:11-32 21 Luke 1:1-23 22 Luke 1:24-38 23 Sunday Luke 1:39-56 24 Luke 1:57-80 25 Christmas Luke 2:1-20 Cut out th list above and use it as a bookmark in your Bible. , Serviceman Honored In Nazarene Service Members of the First Church of the Nazarene will honor serv icemen in special exercises at the morning worship service and during the Sunday School hour Sunday, Nov. 11. In co-operation with the de nomination - wide Servicemen's Day, special prayer will be made for men in service. Families of the servicemen will be honored. The morning sermon will be taken from the book of I Samuel in the Rev. R. W. Hum's "Preaching Though, the Bible" THIRD BIRTHDAY SUNDAY The Congregational Sunday school, meeting at 9:45 a.m., will celebrated its third birthday this Sunday. The. Rev. Thomas Mc Camant will visit the Sunday school and tell the children how their organization began. Mrs. Richard Travis, superintendent, will be in charge. CHRISTMAS GIFT An Illustrated Edition of The R.S.V. New Testament STATt ) .nct.t.rt. fc.S .1 Ministers Attend Oceanlake Retreat Nov. 12 Thru 14 Oregon - Pacific district min isters in the Church o the Naz arene will meet Monday, Nov'. 12, through Nov. 14, at the Dorchester House in Ocean lake for the annual ministers retreat, Ministers and their wives from 74 Oregon-Pacific churches will meet for two and a half days of relaxation, discussion groups and devotional periods. Dr. Sam uel Young of Kansas City, Mo., one of the general superinten dents of the church, will be guest speaker. Those attending from the Med ford vicinity are the Rev. and Mrs. Raymond W. Hum, the Rev. and Mrs. W. Lee Mansveld, the Rev. and Mrs. LeRoy Harris, home mission chapel supervisor for Oregon-Pacific district, the Rev. and Mrs. Dwayne Bachelor, pastor of the Mt. Pitt Avenue church in Medford now under construction, the Rev. and Mrs. Marvin Lumley of the Phoenix church of the Nazarene, the Rev. and Mrs. Roscoe Hohn of the Ashland church, the Rev. and Mrs. Gerald Gardner of the Prospect church, and the Rev. and Mrs. W. O. Fisher of Grants Pass. Baptist Young People To Attend Retreat The Intermediate department of the First Baptist church will travel to Klamath Falls Saturday for a weekend retreat' with the young people of the Immanuel Baptist church. The youth group, under the ' direction of Dr. and Mrs. Rich- j ard Nordquist, will travel by : charted bus. Saturday evening there will have a youth rally in Klamath Falls church. They will stay in the homes of members of the host church and return to Medford following the Sunday morning service. The Sunday services at the First Baptist church in Medford will be conducted by the Rev. Haddon Robinson, assistant pas tor. Monday at 7:30 p.m. the sec-, ond meeting in an educational j series for members and friends i of the church will be held by the ! Rev. Bob Harlow. Mr. Harlow is covering such topics as "visita-: tion," "Sunday School teaching," and "Christian stewardship." Each of the class sessions in cludes a variety of visual aids and members of the classes par- j ticipate in discussing special ! problems. These classes are open to the members of any of the churches in Medford. Five dif ferent churches were represent-! ed at the sessions last Monday. ' NAZARENE SPEAKER j WEDNESDAY The Rev. Ira Dumas, minister j of the First Church of the Naz- arene, San Francisco, Calif., ' will speak at the mid-week pray er meeting hour Wednesday, Nov. 14, and show slides of a recent trip to the Holy Land. The meeting, which will begin at 7:30 p.m., is open to the public. How Do You Harness BOYPOWER? You don't even try. At enyone fho't lived with a normal, healthy youngifer can tel you, the boundless energy of an American boy (or girl) can't be harnessed mechanically ... can't be measured in kilowatts or amperes. But it can be channeled and directed, nurtured and trained. And that's what I Vi million teachers are doing daily in the ration's 995,000 classrooms. tw -4. -J 'A'X"W SALVATION ARMY SPEAKER Brigadier James Fookes of the Salvation Army will conduct evangelistic services nightly starting Tuesday, Nov. 13 at the Salvation Army Citadel, Fourth and Bartlett sts. through Sun day, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m. Brig adier Fookes, an officer in the Salvation Army for 44 years and now in charge of the 'Service Extension department of the Sal vation Army headquarters in Portlund! will be accompanied here by Mrs. Fookes who is also retired from the Salvation Army after 40 years of service. The public is invited to attend these services. PUBLIC MEETING The public is invited' to attend a special meeting at the Salva tion Army Citadel Thursday, Nov. 15. at 7:30 p.m. to be con ducted by Brigadier Harry Lar sen, divisional commander from Portland. William C. Pipe Minister taiirti iii i vunasl Jm4 neverenu o V Robert 'S; Romeis "The Life in Christ"" SUNDAY, NOV. .11, at 11 a.m. and ft p.m. 0 DAILY THROUGH NOV. 15, at 8 p.m. 0 Lutheran Evangelism Mission Zion Lutheran0 GhurcK II' ' ' 'I - 9 ; 6 ; L- O CO They're transforming raw "boypower" into trained manpower ... an asset $ measure in terms' of scientists and "9, neers, euto worlees and nurses, Tiouse-t wives .and mechanics. Have you ever watctied them do it firsthand? Ifjiot, visit your school this week. You'll bay glad you did because you'll seeone of America's most spectacular dramas talcing shape right before your eyes. SCHOOLS FOR TRAINED MANPOWER AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK NOVEMBER 11-17 SPONSORED IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Brethren Church Sponsors Dinner o TheWomen's Work council ol the Church -nf the Brethren is sponsoring a FCher-Son banquet for the mej) of tbg) church this evening. Theme of the (anquet will be "European Refugee (Hp settlement Program." Speaker0will be Dale Newton who will tell the men of the ex periences of the Fir Methodist church of Medford in their re settlement wck. The Brethren's Men's Work council is considering the re settling of a Dutch family. The women of the church plan to assist by giving the Pripceedciof the banquet to ie project. O Music fcr tie occasion will be provided "by a quartet f rn fromcthe jVtiitdale Commurftv church of the BrethrerPat G.-Snlf) Pass, o - 2 O o A new electronic organ will be dedicated Sundamorning in the Church ot th Brethren" here. The organ is a gait to the churgh. land Church of the rethrcn. te UNITY TRUTH CENTER to Sunday Devotional Service anl Sunday School for Children 1 .m Regular Center Activities: Thursday Midweek SerCe 7:30 p.m., Friday morning Study Class 1 1 a.m. All classes, activities aoSundjy Services now held at the HOLLY BUJJ.DIN9 Q u Katherine Bosworth, Leader O First Christian Church - o "The Friendly Churctt Q Welcomes You t TO AIL SERVICES, 0 Bible School - 9:45 o.m. o c Morning Service 10:50 a.m. Youth Meeting 6:30 p.m. Evening Service 7:30 p.m. 9th and Oakdale Meslfard, Ore. o : HEAR D J GO of Sacramento, California o Ci o O O o d " 4th .and Uakdale Ave. o i O O BT O o O O O: O o 'o o i. - o kr o
