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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Church News Bishop Dagwell to Ordain John Bright to Priesthood The Rev. John A. Bright, curate, St. Mark's Episcopal I church, will be ordained to the j priesthood by the Right Rev. I Benjamin D. Dagwell, bishop of Oregon, Saturday, Jan. 19, at 1 10:30 a.m. at St. Mark's church. He will be presented by the . Rev. Georee R. V. Bolster, rec-; tor of St. Mark's. The Rev. Geer M. Taylor, professor at Church Divinity school of the Pacific, Berkeley, will preach. Assisting t the service will be the Rev. Peter N. A. Barker, Grants Pass, the Rev. John L. Thompson, Ashland; the Rev. Donald B. Walster, Coquille; the Very Rev Joseph O'Rillion, dean of St. Stephen's cathedral in Portland and the Rev. Alfred S. Tyson. In the celebration of holy com munion which will follow the ordination, the newly ordained priest will administer the holy eacrament to the clergy and servers, and to his mother, Mrs George A. Bright of Long Is land. N.V.. who wilil be present for the occasion. Mr. Bright was born Sept. 1, 1927, in Portland. He was grad uated from Princeton university In 1950 with a A.B. degree in English. Following his gradua tion he taught for a year at Governor Dummer academy in Massachusetts, besides working In a hospital and doing sales work in Portland. He attended Lewis and Clark college before transferring to the Divinity school In Berkeley. He was graduated with a B.D. degree in June 1958 showing the greatest improvement in his preaching. He was ordained to the deaconate June 29, 195S. Mr. Bright has been curate at St. Mark's since his graduation. He will remain in that post. Following the ordination cere mony Saturday morning re ception will be held In the Par ish house by the Altar guild of St. Mark's. All members of the parish and friends of the Or dinand are invited to attend both the service and the recep tion. The Rev. Thomas McCamant. minister .of the Congregational church, will continue his sermon series Sunday on Paul's letters. Sermon topic Sunday will be "The Cause of Divisions, and of Unity." Others in the series will Include Jan, 27, "Marriage and Immorality": Feb. 3. "Eating to the Glory of God": Feb. 10. "The Best Gift": Reb. 17. "After This Life", and Feb. 24, "Practical Matters." Americans Buy More Than 8 Million Bibles During 1956 to Set Record Br LOUIS CASSELS United Press Correspondent Washington (U.PJ Ameri cans bought more than 8 million copies of the Holy Bible last year, a new record for the best lelling book in history. Publishers report that 1958 ales of the scriptures were up bout 10 per cent from 1955, the previous record year. They attributed the increase to grow ing public interest in religion. The King James version easily held its place as the popular favorite. Its total sales, estimated by publishers at more than 6 million complete editions, far out-stripped the sales of all other translations combined. In second place, with sales nudging the million mark, was the new revised standard ver sion, published in 1952 under the sponsorship of the National Council of Churches. Thomas Nelson and sons, publishers of the RSV. said 1956 sales climbed bout 20 per cent, indicating steady growth In popular ac ceptance. A committee of 32 famed scholars spent 15 years prepar ing the revised standard version. Their aim was to produce a "readable" Bible in the lan guage of today and to eliminate some of the misunderstandings which have resulted from changes in the accepted mean ings of many English words since the King James version was translated nearly four cen turies ago. Long Way To Go - Its sponsors hope and believe that the RSV eventually will replace the King James as the "standard'' Protestant Bible in American homes. But the 1956 sales figures show that it still has a long way to go. One reason was suggested by Dr. Paul K. Jewett. theology professor at Fuller Theological seminary. Writing in a recent issue of the Protestant maga zine, Christianity Today, Dr. Jewett said the King James ver sion is holding its place because of its "vastly superior literary duality." Conceding that some of the language of the older version is "fast becoming archaic," Jewett said the "majestic music'' of the King James translation has be come so intgral a part of the nation's culture heritage that it will not easily be supplanted by a "compendium of scholarship" such as the RSV. I. .11 M - - ?4 : - R.T. John A. Bright (Hall photo) St. Mark's Starts Religion Classes Classes of instruction in reli gion and the basic tenets of the Christian Faith designed for adults, will start at St. Mark's Episcopal church, Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in the annex building, and will continue weekly for 12 12 weeks. The classes, which will be con ducted by the Rev. George Bol ster, rector of St. Mark's, and the Rev. John Bright, assistant, will be open to all who care to attend and will involve no com mitment to further association with the church. Subjects which will be cov ered in this course of instruc tion will include church history, church Boctrine, church worship and practice, the Christian sac raments, the holy Bible, the Book of Common Prayer, the organization of the church, the meaning and purpose of con firmation, and a concluding class on personal religion. The classes will be informal and questions and discussion will be included. For those who desire, these classes may lead to communi cant membership in the church. A baby sitting service will be available in connection with these classes. For any further in formation phone the church of fice, 3-3111. Publishers estimated 1958 sales of other Bible translations ar follows: Douay version, the standard Bible for American Catholics, 750,000; Jewish Bibles. 70,000; modern translations, including Moffatt and Goodspeed, about 25.000. Besides the complete Bibles sold through regular book chan nels, hundreds of thousands of bibles are distributed free each year by such organizations as the American Bibie Society and the Gideons. Bible prices range from 25 cents for a paper-back edition to $265 for highly-annotated ref erence bibles. Bibles come in all sizes, from tiny editions that fit into the palm of the hand, to a 20-vohjme edition in braille for the blind. You also can buy a complete Bible on 170-long-plaving phonograph records. A single firm, the World Pub lishing Co., produces about half of the Bibles sold in America. During 1956, World sold 3,126, 000 complete King James Bibles under its own Imprint, and pro duced hundreds of thousands for distribution under other Im prints. Local Pastor Speaker "All Things Working To gether" will be the theme of pastor Clynton Crisman's mes sage at the Friends church Sun day in the 9:45 and 11 a.m. worship hours. The youth choir will sing. "My Hope Is In Thee." in the first service, and music for the 11 service will be a solo by Dr. Wayne Roberts. Other services of the day will be Christian Endeavor for juniors, intermediates and sen iors at 6:30 p.m., and the con gregational praise and worship service at 7:30 p.m. "Quaker Hour" will be broadcast over KMED at 9:30 p.m. - Saturday Clynton Crisman will be speaker at the Quarterly Meeting of Friends churches in the Salem area to be held at the Marion Friends church Friday through Sunday. Mr. Crisman, CONGREGATIONAL SINGING The evening gospel hour Sun day, 7:30 p.m. at Advent Chris tian church, West Jackson and Welch sts., will start with con gregational singing, according to the minister, the Rev. G. E. Wal ston. A film will be shown dur ing the evening. Friday. January It, 1957 Rev. Lewis R. Collins To Speak Sunday at Trail Community Church Trail The Rev. Lewis R. Col lins, former pastor at Trail Com munity church, will speak at the church Sunday, Jan. 20, at 11 a.m. Mr. Collins, who is visiting friends in the valley, has been conducting evangelistic meetings in Canada and Montana and comes here from Shelton, Wash. A potluck dinner is planned at the church following the service. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Collins and their daughter, Esther. The Rev. Ernest Evers is pas tor of Trail Community church. First Baptists Elect Officers A new group -of officers were elected, and new budgets were adopted by members of the First Baptist church at the annual church business meeting Wed nesday. Four men were selected to serve as deacon until 1960. They are John Luttrell, who was also elected as church clerk, Ed Chavis, Melvin Johnson, and Dr. Richard Nordquist. Two other men, the Rev. Kenneth Ray mond and Mearl Kaufman, were chosen to fill out the terms of two deacons who resigned. Four deaconesses were elected at the meeting: Mrs. Ralph Ray mond, Mrs. Albert Nordquist, Mrs. Guy Nelson, and Mrs. Ada Adams, will each serve for a three year term. The members also placed three new trustees in office: Doyle Franklin, Joe Garris and Albert Nordquist. They will serve on the 12 man board that guides the business affairs of the congregation. The church voted to retain the Rev. Haddon Robinson as assistant to the pastor for anoth er year. He is responsible for the youth work. Three budgets were approved: a missionary budget of $10,160 and a current expense budget of S33.613.00. An extra budget of $1,150.00 for the February evangelistic campaign with Dr. Hyman Appleman was also ap proved. Dr. Appleman, nationally known evangelist, will conduct a two-week evangelistic crusade a, the First Baptist church from Feb. 11 through the 24. Churches Urged To Help Fight Slums Chicago (U.R) A church lead er says the clergy and lay lead erg should do more in the fight against slums. Walter Kloetzli Jr., secretary of urban church planning for the .National Lutheran Council, expressed this view in the Jour nal of Housing, monthly maga zine of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment officials. "Not only should church lead ers see to it that provision is made for adequate spiritual min istry in every new community whether it be suburban or re newed inner city but they should also be spokesmen for adequate housing, schools, parks and recreational facilities," Kloetzli wrote. He said there are certain "eth ical issues" involved in . city planning and urban renewal, and that churches should share in settling such Issues. He listed such questions as: "Should families in blighted areas be permitted to double up? "Should speculative home builders have no responsibility for providing schools and play grounds in growing suburbs? "Should they have no respon sibility for . providing church sites? "Should new or renewed neighborhoods or housing proj ects be homogeneous or should they be non-segregated as to class, age and race?" At Salem Meeting Dr. Wayne Roberts, and Mrs. Alice Roberts will leave Friday to attend the meetings, return ing Saturday night. Dr. Roberts will also attend a session of the George Fox college board of trustees, of which he is a mem ber. TALK-IT-OVER GROUP The Talk-It-Over group, young adult group at the First Presby terian church. Central Point, will meet at 104:50 a.m. Sunday. They will discuss Overcoming Our Worries. The public is in vited to attend. 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 ajid 11 A.M. . Church School at 9:45 'Blue Laws' Protested by ' Adventists The Medford and Eagle Point Seventh-day Adventist churches will initiate action Saturday to support their national organiza tion in protesting the enactment of enforcement of "blue laws" protecting Sunday as a religious day, as being opposed to the principles of religious liberty upon which the United States was founded. Professor Fred Wilbur will be the speaker at the Medford church and Elder John Trude will conduct the service at the Eagle Point church. They will present to the churches a state ment from the denominational headquarters in Washington, D. C, reporting increased pres sure for such laws in most states. The Seventh - day Adventist church is the largest of several Christian groups which observe Saturday as the Sabbath. The following statements will be read to the churches, "As America becomes increasingly a church-going nation, its religious leaders must avoid the tempta tion to invoke civil power for the protection of religious insti tutions. This is completely alien to the American way of life," and "Legal restraints for re ligious minorities and to that half of our population not affili ated with any church. In the end the spiritual power of the church will die when it lays hold of civil power to assure its se curity." Among specific lines of action to be adopted at the churches here will be a program to cir culate "Liberty," the denomi nation's journal on religious freedom. SERVICES AT ST. MARTIN'S The Rev. George R. V. Bol ster, St. Mark's Episcopal church, will conduct services Sunday, Jan. 20, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Martin's Episcopal church, Shady Cove school in Shady Cove. After services there will be a meeting and coffee hour in the school cafeteria. Ladies of St. Martha's guild will serve re freshments. All members of St. Martin's church and friends are invited to both the church serv ice and the coffee hour. Episcopal Diocese Tries Advertising Campaign By LOUIS CASSELS United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) "Any. body in trouble? Let God have a try?" With that invitation, spread across the top of a two-column newspaper advertisement, the Episcopal diocese of Washington recently launched an experiment in "advangelization." Through a series of paid ad vertisements, which will appear weekly in Washington's daily newspapers at least through next Easter, Episcopal leaders here are testing the theory that they can "sell" their services to the public with the same kind of forthright, professionally-drafted newspaper ads that business firms use. The display ads are prepared by a committee of Episcopal lay men who are advertising men in private life. They appear on weekdays in the regular news sections of the newspapers, rath er than on the special "church pages" of Saturday editions. They are addressed primarily to people who are not attached to any church but who have en countered crises or problems in their lives in which they feel a need for spiritual strength and guidance. For example, the ad addressed to "anybody in trouble" carried this text: "So often trouble turni a per son inward on himself, only ag gravating the worry. Don't try to go it alone. There is a trust worthy friend with training and spiritual understanding who can help you solve your problems. Your minister can bring you the guidance of God's wisdom and love." Always Welcome Each advertisement in the se ries features the name and ad dress of a different Episcopal parish church, with a picture of its rector. Each concludes with the assurance that "you're al ways welcome in an Episcopal church." "Are you alone in the city?" asked one advertisement. "The biggest crowds can be the loneli est places. So can bars, taverns and cocktail lounges. The Episco pal church can show you the Former Pastor, Now in Salem, Leaves for Tour of Hawaii The Rev. and Mrs. F. Wildon Colbaugh, former pastors of the First Assembly of God, Medford, are leaving Portland Saturday to fly to Hawaii for a six-week excursion throughout the islands. The trip is being made in conjunction with Mr. Col baugh's work with Church Ex tension plan, an agency to assist churches in financing their building projects, of which he is the national director of pro motions. The Assemblies of God have approximately 24 churches throughout the islands and it is Eastwood Baptist Shows Attendance Church school attendance at Eastwood Baptist church increas ed by 40 per cent during the last year, according to reports made at the annual meeting of the church last week. Church mem bership showed a gain that ex ceeded 40 per cent. At the meeting the proposed budget of $14,900 was approved and adopted and Neal Hahn, chairman of the pledge commit tee of the Every Member Can vass, reported that the canvass exceeded its goal by more than $800. The nominating committee made its report and the follow ing officers were elected fojj the coming year: Dean Anderson, moderator; Robert Balk, vice moderator; Peggy Balk, church clerk; John Yungen, financial secretary; William White, treas urer; Virginia Yungen, church school superintendent; Lydia Harris, assistant church school superintendent; Don Matheus, deacon; Lucille Fields, deaconess; and Harod Hewlett, trustee. Also elected were members to the different church boards and committees. The annual meeting was pre ceded by a potluck dinner and closed with congregational sing ing and a devotional message by the pastor, the Rev. Richard M. Jones. Following the meet ing the various boards and com mittees met to elect their chair men and secretaries for the com ing year. Eastwood Baptist church is affiliated with the American Baptist convention and is located north of the Hedrick Junior High school at the corner of North Keene Way dr. and Ridge- way. most satisfying way never to feel alone again. Whether you are a newcomer or an old-timer there is a parish church 'home' for you." An ad that appeared at the height of the Christmas shopping season asserted that "Nothing you can buy for your children means as much as the gift of yourself." "Lead them to the church, or let them lead you. Worship and pray with them, give them com panionship under God . . . it s the greatest gift you can offer them. Make Time Count A New Year's advertisement placed earlier this week chal lenged readers to "make time count." "The minutes you spend in church each week can be the most rewarding of your life. Through the church's teachings you gaii a deeper understanding of yourself, of your loved ones and of your fellow men. Belong ing, worshipping, serving God through the church bring spir itual fulfillment to life." Miss Gertrude Orr, director of promotion for the Episcopal dio cese, said the general pattern of the campaign, and some of the language of the advertisements, was borrowed from a highly suc cessful "advangelization" drive conducted earlier this year by Christ Episcopal church, Cincin nati, Ohio. The Cincinnati church ran its pioneering ads with a $5,000 grant from the National Council of the Episcopal church. The Washington campaign is the first in which an entire diocese has adopted the idea, using its own funds. ST. PETER SERVICES . Clifford McGinty will preach on "A True. Living Church" Sunday, Jan. 20, at St. Pete Evangelical Lutheran church at 11 a.m. Joseph Jarvis will assist in conducting the service. Sun day at 2:30 p.m. a Voters' meet ing will be held at the church. St. Peter Preaching Mission will not have services in Eagle Point Sunday since the Rev. Kenneth F. Korby is still convalescing at his home after his recent illness. William C. Pipw Minister planned that the Colbaughs to gether with the Rev. Harold Headrick, superintendent of the Assemblies of. God in the Ha waiian Islands, will visit each of these churches. During the trip Mr. and Mrs. Colbaugh will visit with the Rev. and Mrs. Morris Nylander, formerly from Medford, who are engaged in missionary work on the islands. The Nylander? went to the islands in De cember 1955. Flights between the islands will be made in a new airplane which has been made available for the missionary work throughout the islands by the Speed-the-Light program of the Christ's Ambassadors, the youth division of the Assemblies oi God. Mr. and Mrs Colbaugh expect to return to the States about the first of March to Salem where they now make their home. Mrs. C. D. Colbaugh, 141 South Holly St., Medford, mother of Mrs. Colbaugh, will remain with the children in Salem during the absence of their parents. William Antablin Missionary Guest Speaker Sunday The Rev. S. William Antablin will be guest speaker at both worship services of the First Presbyterian church Sunday For the last five years he has been with the Ecumenical Mis sion of the Presbyterian church working in the Middle Eastern countries of Lebanon and Syria, He is a member of the faculty of the Near East school of Theology in Beirut and has been associated with the work of the Arab Protestant church in the Merjayoun area of southern Le banon. , Before going to Lebanon five years ago, Mr. Antablin was as sociated with the First Presby terian church of Berkeley, Calif. He is a graduate of the Univer sity of California at Los Angeles and Princeton Theological semi nary. His message Sunday will be "Christ's Mission in the Middle East." The Chancel and West minster choirs will sing under the direction of Lynn Sjolund and Mrs. Charles Champlin Jr. will sing "My Redeemer and My God." At 4 p.m. Sunday an Informal discussion will be held in the Fireplace room of the church on "The Middle East and World Affairs," with Mr. Antablin pre siding. Friends of the church J and all interested people are ! invited to attend. J The evening service will be held at 7 p.m. in the Fellowship ! hall. Slides of Lebanon will be j shown at the very beginning of j the service and will be followed j by hymn singing and a conclud-' ing message from Mr. Antablin j Young people and adults will j attend the evening service and j refreshments will follow. Religious Leaders To Participate In Inauguration Jan. 21 Leaders representing the Prot estant, Eastern Orthodox church es and the Roman Catholic and Jewis faiths, will participate In the inauguration of President D. D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard 'Nixon, Jan. 21. Dr. Edward L. R. Elson, pastor of the National Presbyterian church, Washington, D. C, will give the invocation. Archbishop Michael of the Orthodox church- will give the first prayer, with Dr. Louis Finkelstein of Jewish Theological seminary the second prayer, and Edward Cardinal Mooney of Detroit, the benediction. SNOW TRIP SATURDAY Youth group of First Presby terian church, Phoenix, will meet at the church Saturday, Jan. 19, at 7:30 a.m. to go on a snow trip to Union Creek. P.' V'. ' ' Her. S. First Christian Church "The Friendly Church Welcomes You TO ALL SERVICES Bible School 9:45 a.m. Morning Service 10:50 a.m. Youth Meeting 6:30 p.m. Evening Service 7:30 p.m. . 9th and .Oakdale ' Medford, Ore. Watchtower Bible Society Sponsors 3-Day Convention The entire congregation of the Medford Kingdom -Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses will attend each session of the three-day training program in Ashland, Jan. 25 through 27, according to Ted Thompson, presiding minister. I The local congregation will serve as volunteer workers help ing to staff the various conven tion departments as more than 1,000 people are expected to at tend from 20 congregations in northern California and south ern Oregon. The circuit assembly of Je hovah's Witnesses will be held in the Armory in Ashland. In charge of the convention organ ization is John A. Green, a grad uate of the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead, Ithaca, N.Y., who supervises the missionary work of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Colombia, South America. He is currently serving as a circuit minister supervising the preach ing work of 20 congregations in that area. He will address the assembly Friday, Jan. 25, at 8:15 p.m. Other speakers will in clude Nicholas Kovalak Jr., con vention chairman, who is a rep resentative of Watchtower so ciety. The three day convention of Jehovah's Witnesses is sponsored by the Watchtower Bible and Tract society and is for Bible instruction and concentrated gospel preaching in this area. The convention will consist of morning, afternoon and evening sessions of Bible talks, discussion and demonstrations. The convention will open at 6:45 p.m., Friday, Jan. 25. Couple Leave for Church Construction Work in Mexico Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Jones members of the Medford Sev enth-day Adventist church for the past 10 years, left Sunday for Sonora, Mexico, where Mr. Jones will be in charge of the electrical work in the construc tion of a college, Escuela Agri colay Industrial del Navojoa Mexico, in Sonora county. The college is being built by the Seventh-day Adventist de nomination, and will aid in teaching better methods of agri culture and industrial arts to the Mexican people. , Mr. Jones, who has held the position of Home Missionary secretary in the Medford church for five years, has offered his services as a contribution to the denomination's missionary pro gram. Mr. and Mrs. Jones expect to be gone approximately three months. STOP! What Do You Really Know About Religion? What Do You Really Know About The Church? Why Not Find Out THE TRUTH? COME TO THE Adult Instruction Class Starting This Sunday 9:30 a.m. St. Mark's Episcopal Church FIFTH AND OAKDALE No Commitments Whatsoever EVERYBODY WELCOME Rev. George R. V. Bolster, Rector Build a stronger, richer life WORSHIP TOGETHER EVERY WEEKT KkoAfnrA Mail ' ' ' ' John A. Green Minister's Institute Scheduled Jan. 24-25 The Rev. Thomas F. Zimmer man, Springfield, Mo., assistant " general superintendent of the Assemblies of God, will speak at the sectional minister's in stitute of the Oregon district of the Assemblies of God at the Ashland Assembly of God, Jan.1 24 and 25, according to the Rev. M. Homer Thompson, pastor of the Ashland Assembly of God. Services for the two-day insti tute will be under the direction. of the Rev. N. D. Davidson, sup erintendent" of the Oregon As semblies of God. Sessions will begin each day at 10 a.m. The evening services at 7:30 p.m. will be open to the public. Mr. Zimmerman, one of four assistant general superintendents of the Assemblies of God, will use as his theme, "The Minister and His Ministry." Active in the Assemblies of God since 1927, Mr. Zimmerman began his ministry in Indiana where he was ordained in 1932. Prior to going into the ministry he attended Indiana university. Thursday at 7:30 p.m. the service will be devoted to the leaders in the various depart ments of the church such as men's groups, missionary and youth activities. These church leaders are invited to attend. UNITY TRUTH CENTER Sunday Devotional Service and Sunday School for Children 1 1 cm. Regular Center Activities: Thursday Midweek Servic 7:30 p.m., Friday morning Study Class 11 a.m. All Classes, Activities and Sunday Services now held at the . HOLLY BUILDING Katherine Bosworth, Leader Triknna Cl
