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Newspaper Page Text1- - Of o SIX MEDFORD (OREOOK) MAIL TRIBUNE Church News ' - A - v H t '$ 1 1 it s ' ELECTRIC ORGAN A new electric organ was recently pur chased by the board of the Advent Christian church, corner of Jackson and Welch. Organist for the church is Melody Pierce, a sophomore student at Medford High school. The Rev. G. E. Waist on is pastor of the church. Dedication services for the organ will be announced later. Dexfer Williams New Paslor Here The Rev. Dexter Williams has assumed duties as pastor of Cen tral Church of CSirist, 608 North Central ave., Medford. Mr. Williams, who came to M()ford from the Christian Chuh, Gold Hill, Feb. 3, was pastor thare for a year and a half. A Native of Cottage Grove, Ore., Mr.AVilliams attended col lege at' Eastern Christian In q stitute in East Ortnca, N. J. and did advance work at Platte Vjrfiey Bible collage, Scotts Bluff, Neb. ' Mr, WUJami and his wife, Evalee,, and thi our ehildran, are msieg ttiair boma at 523 North Bartlett at. Cental Point Church Starts Meeting Series q Central Point The Rev. Ejett Wonttomery, W e n a t- (JheC Wsh., will begin a series of mtjatings at tn Community .Pib!H churiyi, (.antral Point 'Sundty, fab. it, at 11 a.m. CH -iR also speak that even ing t f 43 p.m. and meetings 'Still haJS aach night at the Kime ia itcept Saturday dur inf fK llo'in week. The last meetint will ta Sunday, March liantjomary has been ac tive organizing and promoting Jurtfc (llosftip groups as well vttina caloDle and Sunday School (Ooups. Hi is now pastor of the Christian and Missionary Ajiiancf $Uiirch in Wenatchee. ;..i.v..:, war y -, . co fV v VIW. Wontgomery o Wmtt 9k Compassion O Oj'04 at First CkrMmm Church O sirt Christian church, in (ioopertion with the National Cncil f Churcnes, is ooserv Jng Week0of Compassion the "iftek of Feb. 24. On Wednesday, Fe 27, at 6:45 p.m. the Brother hoajl dinner will be held at wich feme a special Compassion O offeing will be taken. This will tee1 used throughout the world to help those in need. The topic of the sermon which the Rev. William C. Piper will give Sunday morning is "Who Is hy Seighbor?" Mrs. Ralph Mat lack and Mrs. Gloria Smith will sing a duet and the Chancel choir will present the anthem "My Jesus As Thou Wilt." A cof fee" hour will follow the morn inc sarvice. In the evening Mr. O Piper will conclude his series of sermons on "Church History." This one will give the beginnings Qid development of the Chris tian church. RECORD AIR MAIL Washington 0J.R Postmast er General Arthur E. Summer field said today the Post Office Department expects to fly a rec ord 1-5 billion pieces of air mail during the current fiscal year ending June 30. 'Noble Ballew Talks at First Assembly of God The Rev. Noble Ballew, Port land, will speak at the First As sembly of God church, 1108 West Main st., Sunday, at 7:30 I p.m. Mr. Ballew will conduct a I revival at the church and speak Tuesday through Friday art 7:30 p.m. each evening. He will also speak Sunday, March 3. Mr. Ballew traveled through Europe and Africa in 1955 and will speak on the Union of South Africa while here. He is the former pastor of the Evangel Temple in Portland. The Rev. R. E. Cull Is pastor of the First Assembly of God church here. Sunday Schedule Announced Sunday morning at both wor ship services of the First Pres byterian church Dr. D. Kirk land West will preach on "Fath ers Then and Now," the third In a series of three. on the Par able of the Prodigal Son. James Baker will sing a tenor solo, "Be Thou Faithful Unto Death" and the Westminster and Chancel choirs will be und er the direction of Lynn Sjolund. At 5 p.m. the final class will be held for those who are plan ning to join the church. Dr. West will lead this class in a study on the Sacraments of Baptism and theh Lord's Supper. The Elders who comprise the session of the church will be present to receive the class into church member ship. New members will be pub licly welcomed March 3 at the second worship service. The film "This High Calling" will be shown to the adults at tending the 7 p.m. service. This picture was recently pro duced by the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. in order to por tray the present life, growth and outreach of the church in Ameri ca and throughout the world. The high school young people wag hear a report from 11 seniors who recently spent two days at Lewis and Clark college in Portland. These students ob served college life, sat in on classes and made plans for en rolling there next year. After hearing these reports, the Out reach Commission led by carol Dyke will continue its study of southeast Asia. The evening will close with games and refresh ments originating from that part of the world. New Members to be Received Sunday at Congregational Church New members will be received Sunday at the 9:45 a.m. service at the Congregational church. In their honor there will be a cof fee hour held between the serv ices in Pilgrim house. Friends of the church are invited. This gives an opportunity for all those attending the- church to become acquainted and for those who regularly go to one service to meet those who go to the other. Another fellowship activity of the church is the Couples club which meets Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Schuchard. 101 Geneva St. New officers of this organization are: president. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Norris: vice-president, Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Smith and sec retary treasure, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Stevens. LOOKS AT BOOKS "The Dead Sea Scrolls." a re cent book about the discoveries of ancient Biblical and other manuscripts in caves by the Dead Sea in Palestine will be re viewed by Dr. Raymond E. Bal comb at the First Methodist church Sundav at 7:3ft n m Tho book is by Professor Millar Bur rows of iale university. Friday, February 22. 1957 Lutheran Congregations Start Evangelism Mission z.ion jutneran cnurcn, corner of Fourth and Oakdale, will join with other Lutheran congrega tions in the All-Oregon Evange lism Mission durng thei week of Feb. 24-28. The opening service of this Mission will ba the 11 a.m. wor ship service when the Rev. John Zeltin of Redding. Calif., will begin his theme "The Abundant Life" with the sermon, "The Source of the Abundant Life. Other services of the Mission will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday Mr. Zeltin, born in Latvia, completed his academic training in the United States, graduating from the University of Chicago, the Northern Baptist seminary and the Chicago Lutheran semi nary. He was ordained in the United Lutheran church in 1938. He has served four former pas torates in the Midwest, and is currently pastor of the U.L.C.A. church in Redding. Firststeps of the Mission were taken this past week when mem bers of the Church were com missioned to call on the Congre gation's membership. The sec ond, and major step, of the Mis sion will be taken Sunday after noon when members of the Church will be commissioned to call upon non-members. The All-Oregon Mission, as the name implies, covers the whole state, and includes Congrega tions from all national bodies of Lutheran faith. Divided into area groupings, each area will report in to the Portland head quarters of the Mission every Rev. Paul Lehenbauer Mr. Lehenbauer to Speak at St. Peter The Rev. Paul Lehenbauer, pastor of St. Paul Lutheran church, Bridger, Mont., will be the guest missioner at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran church, 1020 East Main st. He will speak at the Sunday morning services, and each evening, Monday through Thursday at 8 p.m. The Evangelism services are connected with visitation of peo ple in the community by mem bers of the congregation. Mr. Lehenbauer will train the call ers briefly each evening during the supper hour, before they go out to make calls. St. Peter congregation is one of the more than 160 Lutheran churches in Oregon conducting such Evangelism services dur ing this week. Mr. Lehenbauer was born in Brazil S. A., where his father was a missionary for 17 years. After 28 months in the U. S. Air Force, pastor Lehenbauer entered Concordia seminary in Springfield, 111. For a brief period he served a parish in Brazil, but had to return to the United States fpr reasons of health. Since 1954 he has served as a pastor in Bridger. The public is invited to attend. Speaker to Show Pictures of Holy Land Visit Wednesday Pictures from the Suez Canal region will be shown Wednes day, Feb. 27, at 7:3 p.m. at the First Church of Nazarene, 520 North Holly st by the Rev. Ira Paul Dumas, minister of the First Church of the Nazarene, San Francisco. . " Mr. Dumas has recently from a trip to the Holy Land and will speak and show pictures in the local Nazarene church. The pictures will also show scenes along the route of the Ancient Exodus to Mt. Sinai, strange customs for the burial of the dead and trouble spots in the Near East in the light of the present crisis. While in Medford, the Dumas' will be guests of his sister, Mrs. Ella Herman, 320 Hillhouse, and Mr. and Mrs. Al Dumas, 2011 East Main St. 1 You and Your Family Are Jnvited 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 night so that control and en couragement may be given at every level and in each step of the program. The public is invited to attend. "ft. . : V ' rnl . .. . V -l 1 A if- Rev. John Zeltin Episcopal Bishop's Old Will Discovered By LEO SOROKA United Press Correspondent Memphis (U.Ri A stroke of fate has uncovered a yellowed, almost tattered document writ ten almost a century ago by the first bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Tennessee. The five-page document was found in a dilapidated building on the Mississippi waterfront here. There is no certain ex planation how Bishop James Henry Otey's "last will and testament" got to the place where it was found. Nor can it be certain that all the wishes of Bishop Otey were carried out to the letter. Bishop Otey, on March 22, 1862, had taken pen in hand to write "being of sound mind and aware of the uncertainty of life, do ordain, make and declare this to be my last will' and testa ment." Almost 100 years later the will was discovered by a de molition crew wrecking old buildings. The will was among sundry papers of business firms found in a well-preserved wood en box virtually sealed off be tween ceiling and roof. Oldtimers here said the build ing used to be higher, that in years gone by, several of the floors had been knocked down, a new roof placed over the re maining floors. Thus, the wood en box had rested for years, in a space not more than 18 inches high between ceiling and roof. Six Slave. The will showed that Bishop Otey had little cash, but there was some property in Memphis and Chattanooga, Tenn., Arkan sas and North Carolina and many church books "which he left to his six children with the words: "I exhort and earnestly be seech my children to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest what is contained in these books, and to give good heed to their teach ings as able to make them wise unto salvation, useful in life and happy in death." In making specific bequests of Bibles, prayer books and other church literature,, he wrote: "If I could impart to them the wisdom they (books) contain I should give them that which would be worth to them more than thousands of gold and sil ver or all else that this world contains." In his will he disposed of six slaves to remain in the family. "I especially enjoin that these servants shall not be sold out of the family and that they all be allowed the blessings of Chris tian worship and instruction." ATTENDS CONFERENCE Dr. Raymond E. Balcomb, Oregon Conference Chairman of the Board of Ministerial Train ing and Qualifications of the Methodist church, will attend a national meeting of Conference Chairmen at Salt Lake City, Feb. 28 through March 1. He also plans to attend the Earl Lectures at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif., Feb. 26 through 28. PARTY TONIGHT An All-church Washington's birthday social for the First Church of God will be held in the youth room of the church today at 7:30 p.m. All birthdays and anniversaries for the month of February will be recognized at the party. New Senior High Department Opens Sunday A new Senior High school de partment of the Sunday school will be opened Sunday at the First Church of the Nazarene, 520 North Holly st. The Youth department, form erly made up of Junior and Sen ior high students, has outgrown its quarters. Mrs. Lulu Larson, 822 Minn esota ave., is the new depart mental supervisor. Hot chocolate and doughunts will be served the High School students that arrive at 9:30 a.m. for fellowship before the official starting time of Sunday school at 9:45. The Rev. W. Lee Mansveld. administrative pastor, will be on hand to help the Youth depart ment workers inaugurate the new department. The Nazarene Church in Med ford has experienced a rapid growth in Sunday School mem bers the past years. In addition to new Departments and classes, the local church has bought land on Mt Pitt ave. and sponsored the construction of a new church. The second church, known as the Mt. Pitt ave. church of the Nazarene, is sched uled to open April 7. Members of the First Church of the Nazarene have set aside the next five weeks for an in tensive Sunday School Crusade, with a goal of 1000 people in Sunday school on March 24. As an aid in accomplishing this goal a visitation band of 50 to 100 church members, under the direction of Milton Kornstad, visitation chairman, meet each Wednesday evening for a brief meal served by the ladies of the church. They then go out in teams to make personal calls on friends who have indicated an interest in the church. j, " ' ' " " ' T---rFr n--M -jr. 4., , W(R !5V.Sf GENERAL OVERSEER The Rev. Robert Crawford, (right) in ternational leader and general overseer of the Apostolic Faith church, checks reports with the Rev. Loyce Carver, pastor of the local church, while Mr. Crawford was in Medford this week. Mr. Crawford stopped here no his return trip to the church headquarters in Portland after attending meetings in San Fran cisco and Los Angeles. Church Leader Calls Prosperity A Pressing Religious Problem By LOUIS CASSELS United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) One of America's most pressing relig ious problems, a church leader said today, is finding a Christian path through the pitfalls of pros perity. Our unprecedented abundance said the Rev. Cameron P. Hall of the National Council of Churches, carries with it an un precedented danger. For the first time in history, a whole nation is subject to the tempta tions that Christ had in mind when he warned that it is "eas ier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven." Hall is director of the Nation al Council's Economic Life di vision which asked 400,000 country to devote a week to conscience - searching examina tion of the question:- "Can we stand abundance?" In an interview. Hall listed several ways in which our grow ing economic wealth can pro duce spiritual poverty. One Danger One danger, he said, Is that we may become so obsessed with our material possessions that we crowd other values out of life. "The Christian faith does not go all out against materialism," he said. "It affirms that mater ial things are not to be denied but, in their place, enjoyed. But life is so made that material values cannot have first place without hurting and ultimately destroying individual and social well-being." William C. Pipu Minister Dr. Elmer Adams to Speak Sunday at Eastwood Baptist Dr. Elmer Adams, executive secretary of the Oregon Baptist convention, will speak at the Adventure in Missions at the Eastwood Baptist church, North Keene Way dr. at Ridgeway, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Dr. Adams made a trip around the world two summers ago, visiting the various mission fields of the American Baptist convention. He will show slides and speak on the work in Burma and the Belgian Congo. The public is invited. At the morning worship hour the Rev. Richard M. Jones will speak on "The Possibility of Faith." The choir will sing the Crusader's hymn. Nursery care is provided. Eastwood Baptist church is located north of the Hedrick Junior High school. Nazarene Youths to Celebrate Birthday Boys and girls of the Week day youth program of the First Church of the Nazarene, 520 North Holly st., will receive spe cial recognition in the anniver sary Pow-Wow to be held to night, in the Educational build ing of the church. A unit of the National Caravan organization, the local club has been in opera tion four years. Chairman of the local Cara van committee. Mrs. Esther Tompkins, will direct the activi ties of the evening. The activities will include: awards, a program showing the four phases of the Caravan work, mental, spiritual, physical and social, new mem bers inducted, and refreshments will be served. There are three active units of the Caravan program in the local church: Indian Braves boys, 8-10 years, Indian Maidens girls, 8-10 years and Pathfinders, girls, 11-15 years. Closely related to the threat of materialism, he said, is the tendency to be selfish with our abundance in a world where "for millions of others, unre lieved hunger is a way of life." No Escap "The sharp thrust of Jesus' saying cannot be escaped by any thoughtful Christian in the Un ited States: "Every one to whom much is given, of him shall much be required." Anyone who is inclined to think that Americans are being generous with their wealth, Hall said, should note that total pri vate donations to all church and welfare organizations to day amount to about one per cent of the national income aft er taxes. That is the same per centage that prevailed about 30 years ago before there was any talk about a religious revival. "Our standard of living has soared above that of yesterday; our standard of giving has stay ed where it was." ATTEND MEETING The Rev. and Mrs. G. A. Tro bough, and daughter, Gloria, and Mrs. Jennie Lawless, will attend a meeting of Junior Camp workers in Eugene Feb. 23. Mr. Trobough will be director for the Junior camp at Dead Indian Soda Springs camp from July 14-20. Mrs. Lawless will be unit leader at the same camp. Mrs. Grace Sayre, conference chil dren's worker, will be in charge of the training session in Eugene. First Christian Church "The Friendly Church Welcomes You TO ALL SERVICES Bible School t- 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. Oscar Brown Friends Start Revival Wednesday Revival meetings began Wed nesday at the Frineds church and will continue throughout next week with services' each evening at 7:30 p.m. except Sat urday. Evangelist is Oscar Brown, pastor of Greenleaf Friends church, a large rural congregation near Caldwel, Ida ho, who will leave here for a two-months tour of the Friends mission field in Bolivia, S. A. While there he will be evange list for the Bolivian Friends Yearly meeting with an expect ed attendance of 1000 Aymara Indian representatives from the 70 Friends churches in the Bo livian highlands and Yungas area. .Song leader for the local re vival series is Wayne Plersall, baritone soloist, pastor of the new Friends church at Ontario. Ore. He will be assisted each evening by a choir and ensemble groups. The meetings are open to the public. The evangelist and song leader will participate in the regular worship services Sunday at 9:45 and 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Other meetings of the day will be Sun day school at 9:45 and 11 a.m. and Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p.m. Religion Brought Into Coffee Break Chicago U.R) A Chicago trading stamp firm has launched a coffee-hour religious program to put "brotherhood in business. Once each week, employes sit down with clergymen of three different faiths to learn more about the various denominations and find avenues for putting re ligion to work in daily affairs. The program is voluntary. Peter Volid, president of the firm (King Korn Stamp Com pany), said the plan aims at "put ting religious principles to work" in the business world. He said the firm contributes half the time for the weekly half-hour sessions, with its 50 employees participating equally by spending their coffee break in the round-table talks. "We think there is sufficient interest to make it a continuing part of our operation," he said. At the initial meeting a Metho dist minister, Roman Catholic priest and Jewish" rabbi gave j short introductory talks and then presided at a general dis- cussion. The churchmen rotated . their visits thereafter and invited j other clerics to participate. ; A spokesman for the Church ; Federation of Greater Chicago j called the program "a very inter- I esting idea and one more evi dence of the increased interest in j religion." i AS A YOU ARE AN EVANGELIST Of rhe Good News A MISSIONARY Of the Lord Jesus AN AMBASSADOR Of God to Present the Gospel to a Lost World. 1st BAPTIST CHURCH Phone 2-9197 YOUR LAST OPPORTUN ITY to hear Dr. Hyman Appelman at the First Baptist Church No. Central at Fifth Sunday 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Wonhip "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?" 2:30 Man Mooting "From Jewish Lawyer To Gospel Preacher" 7:30 Evening Service "When The Saints Go Marching In" JOHNNY BISAGNO, former danco band leader will play his trumpet and lead the choir and congrega tional singing. JAMES W. NEELY, Pastor Community Work Topic Tonight at Teens for Christ What teenagers in partnership with God may do to benefit their communities will be the basis of a discussion by the Medford "Teens for Christ" group tonight at 7:30 at the George Beltz home, 1119 Niantic. The group is composed of young people ages 13 to 20 and has recently been organized as an auxiliary to the Young Peo ple's socieities of the Medford and Valley View Seventh-day Adventist churches. Projects already in operation by the group include singing for shut-ins at local hospitals and rest homes and "L-Bombs," christian literature wrapped and distributed by the youth. Ihe place young people may take in their communities civil defense work is being demon strated by several of their group who are active in the Ground Observor Corps. Oral Tucker Jr. and Lee Blank have received their wings as members of the corps, and Sande Beddoe and Ronnie Archer are working to wards theirs. As a part of the denomina tion's defense preparendness pr6- gram, many of the teen-agers hold Red Cross First Aid certif icates, and others of the group are taking the course at the pre sent time. Tonight's discussion will in clude plans for visiting individ ual shut-ins as well as those in hospitals and ursing home, and how to furthur a personal in terest in those visited. How young people may help others in terested in studying and under standing the Bible will also be discussed. Mrs. Allen McCoy, Medford Missionary Volunteer leader meets with Teens -for Christ group each Friday evening when the teeners sing gospel melodies, share inspirational thoughts and lay plans for youth evangelism in the Rogue Valley. PARTY TONIGHT The Builders class of young adults of Eastwood Baptist church, North Keene Way dr. at Ridgeway ave., will give a party tonight at 8 p.m. in the church. TONIGHT! HEAR Hyman Appelman Tonight "The Question to , Answer All Questions" t Saturday . 10:00 a.m.-"Thrill of a Youth Time" 7:30 p.m.-'The 2nd Coming of Christ" Jew and Gentile Sunday Morn-"Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" Afternoon "From Jewish Lawyer to Gospel Preacher" Evening "When the Saints Go Marching in Featuring: JOHNNY BISAGNO And his Golden Trumpet Crusade Choir Special Musical package First Baptist Church North Central at 5th 7:30 PJVl.