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o o (53t MZDFORD (OREGCm MAIL TRIBOTT2 Friday, December 21, 13SS o 8118 ' ' " o o O o o Concerts, Pageants, Caroling Set by Churches For Sunday Arinoal tChristmac concerts, i The first part will give the pageanu and other programs i Christinas story in song and col w;ll be given f'jr the public by ored pictures will be shown to tie majority of the v 1 1 e y illustrate it. The second part of Wiurches Sunday siternoon and ! the concert will include famous evening .. " ' I carols jrf ail lands. The program fTV knmu.fr Faith .,,.! iwill be directed by Herbert S. O North Cei.Jral at Third sts., will ! S'ven tu'-'r "Christmas, concert atB p.m. featuring tlieir 40 piece Oorchflsti'; and 60 voice choir. Other vocal yroups and soloists ; will bifincj'.idtd uu the program. I o O CJ yiiring ln afternoon at 2:30 j O o -iwtty ' 0 group "will present th gajiii ' program for the men O jit th Can.p White domiciliary. Ettean Baptit church. White school Christmas program. '"The Thrre "Christmas Gifts" Sunday I at 7 aft n rrf, Mi f;n:an Palm! will play the lead under the die- 3 ection of Mrs. Don L'llon, Mrs. (Say Palm, and Mrs. Ida Watts, 3 Trts 'for the children attending Owut e gi-jt n out following the LA musical tableau, "Where 0J,oye "' will be given Sunday eveufcig at the Church of Chnt q church. Central Point. Message Jn Carols 9) The Church of the Brethren r wllj iwldoa Christmas worship i:e at J.30 p.m. with choir f-arsi ir(lrume.Tal selections. The Ctristmascmessage in carols will be a fervicePof vrship vith the C6risitHHS stufy from the Gospels of Jlotthew and. J-uke read by Sandra Fheister and ,. Kenneth Braezeale. A sermon, "Why the iiangenj" will be given by the Hev. Escil Hiser, pastor. 0 i.iSical selections, recitations. dialojtues, aad '"group singings TVill befcatured by the Sunday jeiiool departments in ctheir an il jalCChristopas. program at the OTori4t(UnityJ Qi'ule church, Cen-;-yral "Point, program Siinday at ,7.30 p.m. 0 o " The prograjn will clos'with a play, "ThfcTjream" givon by the (ltigh schijol jroup. following Q The program candy treats will be dirtri&itctf, ""' O Q"Pgeanlrof the Christ Child" wibe presented by0the Sunday 'ehoOI of the Congregational p,chuch Sunday at 7;30 p.m. -inder the direction of Mrs. Sich Travis. A speaking choir Miretited by Mrs. Ivan Burton and arjrhbir direcfid by Irs. Richard CSchtichawlj will0aio participate in tilp nrnpram P plater Uijit eveninf toe Pilgrim fellowship of the Congregational church will go to Ashland to join fellowship group Usare for caroling? Emtweod Baptist Vl"iat Can I Giae Him?" is the title,;of the, clmrch school Christmas program to be given -ounvay v p.m. ai uie casi- O'wtiod n Baptist church. North O Keene Wav ir. at Ridgeway. c. Mrs, 3phn i'ungen will direct "'the pageant with Mrs. Dean Andursoii at the console. Nathan oI'"rish will be narrator. Iusic during t'oe program will OO be byj!ie children a choirs and n soloists will 6e Mrs. Ernest Buch- r, flutist, and the Rv. aod Mrs. O JBichar'M . Jois. 3fhe 25 voiie chwr of Uie First O AstimbTir f God church, 1108 C-, Wst .i.un it. .-will present Im- Christmas r Sunday at .tryw cantata. V) P mA "r'- Robert E. will dirf?t the choir. Cull 9 Oil Sundav evening the train 0?-'. : . ti" . pring unions ui mt; r irsi oapiii churth wiltmcrie present in narration and song the message i.fwthe Christmas sason. rheimen-01 Peace ln a now war-Ill youth choir, the outii trio, and rlhe qii-tct will sing. The story (flt.lt. Ulilll 11 vH113k will uc Seed friSn its prophecy0 in the O Cd Jostamcnt toQ its fulfillment O the w Testament. S :ory Illustrated o At 7:c Sttnday the annual ; ftbiuttinas concert witl be civen i the choir the First Christ- O ian church. Ninth and Oakdale. oCftRISTMAS OO o o o Cj O G oS!3NDAY, DEC. 23-S00 Piete Orchestra G o Soloist Vocal Group O o o o Two Aitetingi Christmas Night 8;00 p.m. Enlarged Facilities New Balcony Added Supervised Nurseries No Collections -rTli, . T 5 Layce C Carver, Pastor Daniels with Mrs. Henry Huen ergardt at the organ. The cantata 'Gloria in Ex- Baptist Activities Start With Junior iHiqh Parly Ionian. Activities will occupy the ; 'oun8 people of the First Baptist church during the Christmas holidays. Parties and programs :hav! een scheduled for every . a8e group. partments will present a Christ mas program during the Sunday School hour on Sunday morning. The two groups wil meet on Sat urday at 2 and 3 p.m., respec tively, for a practice session and their annual Christmas party. The intermediate, high school, and college training unions will be in charge of the Sunday even Jing service. They are planning a presentation of Christmas music with the youth choir, the youth trip, and the mixed quartet. The junior, high group will have a party tonight at the church, and the high school and college young people are having pro- greseive dinners based on the holiday theme, "Christmas Around the World." Groups in every department of the church are planning Christmas caroling trips to the homes of shut-ins of the con gregation, to Camp White, and to the hospitals and rest homes in Medford. Anyone knowing shut-ins that would like a group to sing to them on Christmas eve is requested to call the church office, 2-9197, with the informa tion. Dr. Blake Speaks About Christmas Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Los Angeles and Philadelphia, president of the National Council of Churches said recently, " The shepherds said one unto the other, Let us now go to Beth lehem.' "Is this not what happens to us all at Christmas time? Each year as the holiday approaches, somehow Hie message of God breaks through to us. Every year the miracle is the same: Scrooge goes into hiding, the idea of giv ing replaces the idea of getting; the irreligious go to church; radio and television changes their tune and programs. "But then after Christmas, as happened to the shepherds, the angels disapper, the lights go out, the voice of God become a forgotten echo. The world is as it was before the dark night, and the people as cantankerous and as selfish as ever before. "Let this not happen to us this Christmas; but let us determine, on the basis of the Christmas feeline. to livp nir livp in thp -.. company pi Jesus Christ. If we sha11 decide, it shall make us ed world." DUET AND SOLO SUNDAY Mrs. S. J. Lacy and Lynn Sjolund wijl sing a duet, "No Candle Was There." and Mrs. B. M Hoover will sing the soprano solo, "Jesu Bambino," t the. Sunday morning services at First Presbyterian church. fill. 60 Voice Choir Apostolic Faith Church North CentroJ at 3rd St.' Martin Gira'd, Musical Director celsis" will be presented at 7 p.m. at the First Church of the Nazarene, 520 North Holly St., Sunday with W. Lee Mansveld, directing. The program, which will be the first choir program given by Mr. Mansveld since assuming his duties as minister of music with the Medford church, will be given by the combined sanctuary and youth choirs. Soloists will include Mel John son, tenor; George McUne, bari tone: Dean von Stein, tenor; Betty Chase, sporano; and a duet by Janet Bohl and Sylvia Yell. The eighth annual Feast of Carols will be presented by the combined choirs of the First Methodist church at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Directors will be Mrs. C. R. Adamsoa and Mrs. George Sloniger. During the service the con gregation will join with the chancel choir, the children's choir, and the youth choir, in singing. Carols from many lands will be sung as well as the more familiar ones. Presbyterian Programs Four area Presbyterian churches will present Christmas programs Sunday. The First Presbyterian church, Phoenix, will have their annual Christmas program at 7 p.m. while the Jacksonville church will have their pageant at 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The Phoenix church school will present the program "Let Us Tell the Story" at 7:30 p.m. with all the Sunday school classes taking part. Fol lowing the program treats will be given to the children. The traditional Christmas vesper service will be held at the Presbyterian church in Med ford at 5 p.m. The five choirs of the church will each sing several anthems under the direction of Darrelyn Huson, Mrs. Darell Hu son, Miss Natalie MacDougall and Lynn Sjolund. Infant children of 17 families will be baptized during the serv ice by Dr. D. Kirkland West, pastor. The young people of the church will be in charge with Terry Sherwood giving the in vocation, John Frohnmayer read ing the scripture, and Ann Den man leading the prayer. Joyce Gregory and Bruce West will both speak on "What Christmas Means to Me." Following the vesper service the Freshman, Westminster, and the Geneva fellowships, will go caroling for the aged and shut in people in the community. Friends Give Cantata The combined choirs of the Friends church will present the cantata, "Even Unto Bethlehem," at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. It will be directed by Mrs. Clynton Cris man with Mrs. Harold Sharp, organist, and Miss Avadna Peter son, pianist. Soloists for the pro gram will include Mrs. Harold Allen, Gary Smith, Deane Rob erts, Dr. Wayne Roberts, Mrs. Orrin Ogier, and Mrs. Crisman. At 5:30 p.m. Sunday the in termediate Christian Endeavor ers of the Friends church will go caroling which will be follow ed by refreshments at the Alvin Roberts home. "God's Supreme Gift" will be included in the Vesper program at the Pilgrim Holiness church, Central Point, Sunday at 5 p.m. Group recitations and singing will also be included in the pro gram. The Medford Pilgrim Holiness church will present its Christ mas program at 7:30 p.m. "The Star Still Shines," a play, will be presented. The Zion Lutheran Sundav I school will present their annual I Christmas program at 5 p.m. in j the church auditorium. A play, ' "Canticle of the Nativity" will be given by members of the I Luther leagues with the back ; ground music of familiar Christ mas carols. The play is given by the permission of Row,' Peter son and co. of Evanston, 111., and is under the direction of Mrs. H. T. Kinder. Following the program mem bers of the leagues will sing carols at Camp White at 7:30 p.m. under the leadership of Wil liam Gates.' The public is invited to at tend any of these programs to be presented Christmas Sunday evening. William C Pipar Minister m Stained sUsg window, Flrit "And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh." Matthew 2:11. Christmas Week Programs Also Scheduled by Churches Some churches will hold serv ices Christmas eve, Christmas day and during other days of the coming week. Among those churches is the First Methodist church which will hold its third traditional service Christmas eve at 11 p.m. The program will be based on the poem by Dorothy Parker, "The Maiden at the Inn," with the service a combination of scripture, poetry, and music re telling the birth of our Lord. The choir will be directed by Mrs. C. R. Adamson with the Rev. G. A. Trobough narrator and Dr. Raymond E. Balcomb conducting the service. The pro gram will end with the ringing of the chimes at midnight. The traditional midnight Eucharist will be held Christ mas eve at St. Mark's Episcopal at 11 p.m. and conclude with the administration of the holy sacra ment to the worshippers during the early hours of Christmas day. The service will feature Christ mas hymns and nativity music by the senior choir under the direction of John Drysdale with Mrs. Ernest G. Conrad at the console. This service will be broadcast over radio station KYJC and will be hear by radio by the over- Nativity Mural Shown At Eastwood Baptist This Week End A nativity mural painted by J. W. Tillotson. will be on dis play at the Eastwood Baptist church. North Keene Way dr. at RidgeWay, this weekend. The painting depicts the scene in the manger with the Christ-child in the hay, the shepherds watching over their flocks by night and the wise men coming from the East to bring gifts. The scene is seven feet by twenty feet and will be lighted. It is painted in briliant colors and framed with pine boughs. The public is in vited to drive to the church grounds and see the scene. East wood Baptist church is located on a hill just north of Hedrick Junior High school and has a lighted cross. PRAYER MEETING CANCELLED The prayer meeting regularly held on Wednesday evenings at the First Church of the Nazarene, 520 North Holly st., will not be held this week according to the Rev. Raymond W. Hum, pastor. First Christian Church "Tha Friendly Church Welcomes You TO ALL SERVICES Bibla School 9:45 a.m. -Morning Service 10:50 a.m. Youth Meeting 6:30 p.m. Evening Service 7:30 p.m. 9th ond Oakdale Medford, Ore. Presbyterian church, Medford. flow group of worshippers who may be accommodated in the Parish hall. The Rev. George R. V. Bolster, rector, will be speaker for the service. On Christmas day the Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at 10 a.m. without music but in cluding a Christmas meditation by the Rev. John Bright. On Wednesday, St. Stephen's day, and Thursday, St. John's day, private services with the aick and shut-ins will be held. On Holy Innocents' day, Friday, the Holy communion will be held at 11 a.m. Zion Lutheran Monday night the Zion Luth eran church will also hold 11 p.m. Christmas eve services. During the service of worship the congregation will sing and four anthems will be sung by the choir under the direction of Oscar Bjorlie with Mrs. Lor raine Evensen at the organ. Christmas day tiie First Pres byterian church in Phoenix will hold candlelight communion service at 8 p.m. Music for the service will be by the adult and junior choirs. The schedule for services to be held during Christmas week at St. Peter Evangelical Luth eran church, -1020 East Main st. were announced today by the Rev. Kenneth Korby, pastor. The senior choir will sing a brief concert at 7:45 p.m. Christ mas eve. The children of the Sunday school and the Walther League will present the Christ mas eve service. "Jesus, Light, Liberator, Lord," at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Christmas day, serv ices with sermon and Holy com munion at 10 a.m. will have the Junior and Cherub choirs sing ing for the first time. The senior choir will also sing. Wednesday at 6 p.m. the Wal ther League teenagers will go Christmas caroling. They will then attend services together and afterwards go to the Ernest Mal lams home for refreshments. The service for St. Stephen, the first Christian Martyr, will be held at 8 p.m. with sermon and Holy communion. On Thursday, St. John's day the Apostle's day, and Friday, which is the Holy Innocents' day, services will be held at 8 p.m. with sermon and Holy com munion celebrated each night. The public is invited to attend each of these services on Christ mas eve, Christmas day, or dur ing the remainder of the week. UNITY TRUTH CENTER r Special Unity Christmas Candle Lighting Service and Christmas Story in Verse and Song Sundav. Dec. 23 11 A.M. - PYTHIAN HALL CM Katharine Bosworth, Leader Public Cordially Invited True Christmas Meaning Forgotten Clergyman Says By LOU CASSELS United Presi Correspondent Washington 'iU.PJ Churches have a long way to go in their efforts to "put Christ back into Christmas," the dean of Wash ington Cathedral said today. Despite a marked increase in attendance at Christmas wor ship services in the last few years, the Very Rev. Francis Sayre said, there are still "a great many" Americans to whom the birthday of Christ is "mere ly an excuse for wassailing." Reminding people of the true meaning of Christmas through religious themes in greeting cards, store window displays and elsewhere is a "commendable" movement, the Episcopal clergy man said. But it can have only a "limited" effect in rescuing Christmas from "paganization." Millions Don't Believe The basic problem, he said, is that millions of people, includ ing many nominal Christians, do not really believe the "glad tidings of great joy" which Christmas publishes to the world. "Christmas represents the coming of Jesus Christ into the world," he said, "and observance of it consciously or unconscious ly reflects the importance we at tach to that event. "For those who believe that 'God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, Christ mas will always bring a sense of profound awe and thanksgiving. "But to the great many who do not accept Christ as the di vine Son of God and the redeem ing savior of mankind, Christ mas is and will continue to be merely an excuse for wassail ing." Services Broadcast Dean Sayre, a grandson of President Woodrow Wilson, has been a major contributor to the interdenominational effort to re store the religious meaning of Christmas. Holiday services in his high-vaulted gothic cathedral on Mount St. Albans have been broadcast to the nation by tele vision and radio for the past several years, and will be again this year. Although he Is gratified by public interest in the cathedral's services, Sayre would not have anyone nourish the idea that watching television or listening to the radio are "just as good" as attending church in person. The place to be on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, he said, is "in your own church thanking God with your own lips and in your own heart for His great Christmas gift to the wftrld." Services To Start Jan. 6 for Church January 6 has been selected as the date for the first service of Ascension Lutheran church, a congregation recenty established by the Home Mission Depart ment of The Evangelical Luth eran church, according to the Rev. Elvin- S. Tollefson, pastor of the congregation. Services will be held at 11 a.m. at the Pythian building, temp orary meeting place at Grape and Fifth st. The service will climax six weeks of work by Miss Ruth Zacher, ELC Home Mission parish worker, and Mr. Tollefson. A survey, which is being con ducted and was started the al ter part of November, indicates great interest among the res idents of that area in the new church, Mr. Tollefson said. CHRISTMAS DINNER Christmas dinner wil be serv ed all single men and women as well as transients or needy fam ilies at the Salvation Army shelter home on Christmas day. The Shelter home is located on Crews rd. on the north side of the railroad tracks -at the Big Y intersection. Dinner will be served between the hours of 3 and 5 p.m. y ni Christmas Sunday c Morning Prdgrans Scheduled by Many Christmas Sunday mbEning in the beginner aiij primary programs will be giver in" the departments will agpict the Sunday schools at many of the pChristmas story Jn a pageant. valley churches by the-tudents. Also on this Christmas Sunday sermon topics will express the meaning of Christmas. At the .Church ol Christ, Central Point, at Christmas pro gram will be p r e s e n t e 'd at 9:45 a.m. with the sermpn fol lowing at 11 a.m. by the Rev. Mr. Jeam M. Shelley on "No Room in the Infl." The Rev. Thomas" Mctamant, i Congreational church, will cdh- elude the series of Advent ser- mons Sunday with "Our Christ-J mas." The choir will sing-at both 9:45 and 11 a.m. services with the lighting of the last Advent candle. " Music, recitations, a'nd other events for children of all ages will be given 'Sunday at 1Q;30 a.m. at the First Assembly of God church, 1108 West Man st. Following the Christmas prS- gram treats will be given the children. Mrs. Paul Strong, Sun day school superintendent, will be in charge. Christmas Stcrrf On Sunday morning during the Sunday school hour at thg First Baptist church the students Two Programs Scheduled Tonight Two Christmas programs will be given this evening bf two church groups. The Salvation Arifly, Fourth and Bartlett sts., will hold their annual Christmas program start ing at 7 p.m. Following the Christmas pa,gent toys will be distributed to. the children i tending the program. At 8 p.m. ft the First Assemb ly of God church, 1108 West Main St., the Christ Ambas sadors youth group will giv "Mine Eyes Have Seen," a 3 act Christmas play at the church. Mrs. Robert E. Gull is director for the production. ; 0 The public is invited to attend both of these 'perforiria'hc.es. St. Peter Lutherans To Decorate. Church . Sunday at 2 p.m. the members of St. Peters Evangelical Luth eran church, 1020 East Main St. will meet to decorate the church for the Christmas holidays. This is the time each year whn air lands are made q deck tie in- torinr rtf (ha mvn , ., , , , The children of the Sunday school and the Junior a nod Cherub choirs will leave for Camp White at 4 p.m. for cafol ing. Sunday evening the Christian fellowship group of the con gregation will prepare the gifts and treats for the. children of the Sunday school ancf cn-' gregation. These gifts are dis tributed on CRristmas Eve. MARCH TO THE MANGER The traditional Teiirch to the Manger will beobserved Sunday at both the 9:39 and 11 a.m. worship sgrvices at th First Methodisl church At this time Christmas giftsoin'honor of t! Christ Child will be give by placing tnem in tl?e watering trough, which will be at the chancel rail. This special offer ing will be for the support of the reloased-time public school Bibjp instruction program. This count? ty-wide program Trias grown to include one full-time teacher and one part-tiree teacher. Eastwood Baptist Cliuch o Invites You . To worship gn Christmas Sunday. 1 1 :Q0 a.m.: WorshipPtfeeme1: "Surprfsed by Joy" o o O O To attepd the Church Schood Christ rfias Program. o 0 7:30 p.m.: Rgent theme: "What Can I Give Him?" Q o fr To see irne Nativity Mural, life-size, floodlighted, displayed on east side of Church. EASTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH Is Located North of the Hedrick Junior High School RICHARD M. JONES, Pastor "The Church on the Hill with the Lighted Cross" The primary choir will sing. ?he childPen's departmer of theoFirit oChristin churchrtwill give their aiiual Christmas pro gram at 9:49 a.m. Sunday. All the departments from the nurs eyy jo high School wilKjake part ti?ing the Christmas story in song, pageantry and scfifcture. Mrs. Howard gault is gQeral chairman of the program. Following the morning service at the Firsto Christian church a cofft hours will be htti for members and friends of the i church wSb are here for the holidays. The .Traon topic by j the Rev? W. C. Piper will be I "Christmas Story." The--f hancel !10'5 ""d" the direbtion of Herbert S. giftiiels will sing two numbers. Short Sunda school sessions will be eld at the irst Church of God, Haven and Holly sts., then thej, annual Christmas pro aramv?ill be hriby the junior department. Cantata of Carols Durjjig3 the worship hour at 11 a.m. a "Cantata of Christmas Carols" and a brief message, "Pece on Earth.'o by the Rev. Darold B- Jones, pastor, will ba given . A Christ's birthday offer ing for Missions wk will be received at the service. Sunday school classes at the First ChurceJ of the Nazarene, 52g N-th Holly St., will meet at the usuSl hour of 9:45 a.m. with all departments assembled in tle sannuary for the child ren's worship service which will be held at 10:30 a.m. Three children's choirs will siru with junior department children rwtelfrnfc the story (Jf Christ's birth. At the close of srvice treats wU be given to all present. A filnfe "Unt Us a Child i Born," wilP be jjhown for the opening assemblies Suiftlay schoofc at the Friend chch, Sunday at and 11 a.Q. At the mqgning wor?rap serv- O ices Mr Clynton Crisman, pas tor, will speak gn "So Ttoom," and Qthe choir will sing th anthem "Sar of the Eat" Service of Praise Introducing the Christmas sea s o n at St Mark's Episcopal church apre-itB."ity senjjice praise will 1 held at II a.m. Snday featuring the birth got Christ in prophecy, scripture" aid song. The nditatn will b. bj(0t!c Re. Jrn Bright0 ' A reftption of new members into the congregation yll ba held fcRowingCthe 11 n. wor ship service S'ejsiday a me Zion l jjuweraii cjiuruu, corner oiryesr. c.Fourth s. and vgn QaKdals ave. Holy cnmu4on w!l ba celeSrated during this $rvice. Fce other Christmas program? du public is invited to atiensr any'Sf these Sieivice. HAYRiD: AND CAROLING Youne FeoDle's fellowship of St. Mark's Episcopal church will Combine a hy ride, Sunday, Dec. 23, witc their annual custom of caroIingcThe hay ride jfill end. a? the home of Misstiue John.'i, one of the mgmbft-s of of the group jSme frofS college are inviSi to jSn the group Sunday evening. O o O CHRISTMAS MUSIC Christmas Susie Sunoay at Se First Methodisto church choirs will include "WSat Can This Mean," "There Were Shepherds," and "Sing Gtoria." Altar wses ' a,re in honor ofJerald flCott. NikodySi. u . . o o o o 1 O
