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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE - -J -i M :, , I v : :i t ' jars.- t T9 r v v j v r S. r; - .:.m PRESBYTERIAN MEN Visiting while J tcnding the Western area meeting of the Na tional Council of Presbyterian Men are sever al of the conference speakers and members tf the Medford First Presbyterian church. Seat ed (left to right) are David W. Proffitt, mod erator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, who spoke in Medford Feb. 21, and Kenneth G. McGilvray, president of the National Church News Nazarene Church Announces New Church Opening Officials of the First Church of the Nazarene, Medford, an nounced this week that the open ing of the Mt. Pitt Church of the Nazarene, located at the corner of Mt. Pitt and Chestnut In south Medford is scheduled for Saturday, April 6. The new pastor, the Rev. Dwayne Bachelor, has been in Medford for several months helping construct the first unit of the new church. Sponsored by the First Church of the Naz arene, the new congregation will have, a building valued at more than $40,000 dollars. In a special meeting this week the following schedule of events was planned to precede the open ing. ' On March 24 a Sunday school rally has been planned to help the mother church to reach its attendance goal of 1,000. Mem bers of the new church will par ticipate in visitation of Sunday school and church member pro spects. March 31 the final ceremony of dec'tcating the new members to the work of the new church will be held at the altar of First church. Mr. Bachelor will be pre sented with the church member ship book containing names of the charter members. April 7 the first service will be held in the new building. Easter Sunday April 21 Dis trict Superintendent Dr. W. D. McGraw Jr. will preach the ser mon for the new congregation. He will make final inspection of the property and meet with the congregation in regard to church business. Ten Weeks Loyalty Campaign Starts Ten weeks loyalty campagin begins Sunday at the Church of Christ, Central Point, with the message for Sunday evening at 7:30 being "What Sin is the Most Horrible in the World?" Members have been asked to turn in the answer to this ques tion with the person giving the correct answer receiving a gift. The question will be answe.red during the evening service. Starting with this service the church orchestra will be pre sent. Every one is invited to at tend. ATTENDS PORTLAND MEET Dr. Raymond E. Balcomb, minister of the First Methodist church, Medford, will be in Portland on Thursday, March 7, to attend a meeting of the Ore gon Conference .Board of Min isterial Training and Qualifica tions. Dr. Balcomb is chairman of this conference board. REVIVAL SERVICES Evangelist Noble Ballew, who has been holding revival services at First Assembly of God church, 1108 West Main st., for the past two weeks, will con tinue for an additional week ac cording to the pastor, the Rev. R. E. Cull. The public is invited to attend these nightly services at 7:30 p.m. William C. Pipm . Ministat Naturalist, Author To Speak Monday Sam Can.pbell, naturalist, u thor, and national lecturer will speak at the McLoughlin Junior High school gymnasium Monday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. Campbell is author o? ten books on nature. The lr.test one is Fiddlesticks and Freckles. Earlier books include How's Inky, Too Much Salt and Pepper, A Tippy Canoe and Canada Too, and The Seven Secrets of Some where Lake. The stories are of Campbell's experiences at his animal sanctuary in Wisconsin. The program here is part of a tour throughout western Ore gon sponsored by the Seventh day Adventist church youth department of the Oregon Con ference, and locally being pre sented by the associated student body of Rogue River academy. Tickets for the evening pro gram may be purchased at Rob inson Brothers store in Medford. Methodists Plan To Finance Churches Chicago (U.P.) Methodist leaders are organizing a lay men's group to help finance the building of new churches. John Van Sickle, lay leader of the church's Rock River Con ference announced the Board of Lay Activities hopes to enlist 1,500 laymen willing to con tribute a minium of $10 each time a newly established con gregation builds a church sanc tuary. The boaQ said it plans to build 12 new churches between 1957 and 1960 with the help of the "Church Builders Club." Camp Life to be Discussed Sunday A family night preview of camp life will be presented Sun day at 5:30 p.m. at he First Methodist church. The program will be divided into three parts j beginning at 5:30, under the heading of camper view the par- ents and youth from the fourth grade through high school win take a look at the different camps and the campers under the heading of Camper View, at 6J0 p.m. under the heading of Camper Chew a real camp lunch will be provided by the Junior High MYF. Beginning at 7 and until 7:30 p.m. the Camper Clue, which will be a clue to the deep er meaning of camp life, will be centered around a camp fire time with camp fire songs and inspirational stories. The Rev. George Trobough will be in charge of the program. MUSIC ANNOUNCED The choir anthem at East wood Baptist church Sunday at 11 a.m. will be "Jesus, the very thought of Thee." The Rev. Rich ard Jones will preach on "To day's Samaritan." ANTHEM SUNDAY "Lead Me Savior" will be snnff bv the choir of the church of the Brethren 345 North Mary st. Sunday at the 11 a.m. wor- ship service. 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. Wi 4-i- Council ttf a'l-eriyleC'i.tM Site. Standing (I'M to right) r Br. Cut?n C&rjasi KUk, srttU elerk of th 3"'5b7thrin ehu?ch anfi flviai rfent of tiwe Katio-ni.1 Council T.t' huic?i3 in iht U.S.A.; Sa-ftrehce Oari and Pp. Kolinfi Mayer, members o the f.Iedfordl Ppsobjiiriia Men'i clufo, nd !Or. t'O. ffiirfeland West, psop of th Bedford cfiurch. The confttsnc tJO hld in Si i'rancisco Feb. 23 throush 20. Pffisbylerraa Em Lsymrn of ti"i First Presby terian church will be in charge c both morning worship se";v icts Sunday. Last weekend, fif teen mrn from 'Lhe church at tended the annual conference of f'rtfhyterian Mfn held in San Francisco. These men wil'. con duct the service.-?. At th 9:45 vorship service. Wallace r.rill and Dr. Rolind Msyfr will speak on the con ference theme "I am not asham ed . . .". At the 11 . m. service Georee Witter and Lawrence C.Urk will speak. Dr. D. Kirk laf.d West wiil speak briefly at both services. The Westminster choir will sing the anthem "God So Loved The World" at the first service, and the Chancel choir, "Sing Alleluia Forth" at the second service. Both choirs are under the direction of Lynn Sjolund. Miss Natalie MacDougall will sing the soprano solo "O Rest In the Lord". At the first service ten per sons will be publicly received into membership. At 7 p. m., the evening ser vice will be held. Dr. West will lead the adults after the opening worship period. The Westmin ster fellowship will continue its study of Southeast Asia under the direction of Carol Dyke, out reach commission chairman. Fireside will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert James, 1426 Euclid avenue. Sermon Writing Contest Open to Members of Medford Presbyterian All membe'j of the First Pres byterian church, Medford, are eligible to participate in a ser mon writing contest that is be ing sponsored by the church. The sum of $250 has been don ated to encourage the writing of good sermons by the lay mem bers of the church on the theme "Simplicity of the Christian Gospel." It is not necessary for the ser mon to be delivered for the writ- ' or tr Vo 1tcnhl fnr a nrize. hut will be judged by a board. Sermons should not be more j than 20 minutes in length, ; r i Report fo be Gven ; SundaV Ofl Men's Meef C. William Abbott will give a report Sunday at the Central Point First Presbyterian church on the Presbyterian Men's meet ing in San Francisco last week. At the morning service Dr. Norman K. Tully, pastor, will preach on the first word from the cross, "Forgiveness." BABY DEDICATION DAY Baby dedication day will be held Sunday at the First Churcn of God, Haven and Holly st., at the 11 a.m. worship hour. Four babies and five small children will be dedicated at this service. The Rev. Darold Jones will speak on "Consider the Chil dren." Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls has caused people of all religious faiths to take a new interest in the Old Testament. I Books explaining the finding of i th scrolls and interpreting them j are available at the Medford Public Library. 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 Adventist - Higher iducation Dispute To Be Aired Saturday The current dispute of the Ssv- enth-iay Adventist church with ths tt board of higher educa tion over Saturday classes will b aired in Medford publicly Saturday t 3 p.m. in the Adven tist church, corner of Edward and Batty t. Elder George S. Belleau. Ore gon conference religious liberty director from Portland, will pre sent the denomination's position. The church maintains that seven 1955-5S freshmen dental stu dents were "expelled" when they frefused to attend Saturday class es. The school now requires signed statement of students that they will attend classes 5V2 days. The church calls this "discrimin ation asainst religious minor ity." "The attendance at Satur day classes- is an immoral, wrone, id sinful act to a Seven-the-day Adventist," the elder stated. The relieigus liberty leader will produce letters from the school statins, "It will be neces sary that you submit, in writ ing, a brief statement to indicate that you will be able to attend school on Saturdays.". He will point out thjt this policy will mean that Jews, Seventh Day Baptists, Seventh Dav Church of j God members, as well as Adven- : tists, will not be able to attend Oregon State colleges. Elder BelleajJ, n.oy Oreflon conference religious liberty dir ector, was formerly pgstor of the Medford congregation. Controversial Subject This has been a controversial subject in state newspapers for the past few days with Dr. John Richards, chancellor of the Ore gon state board of Kigher educa tion stating that the seven stu dents in question were not ex pelled, but voluntarily chose to transfer to a California school. Adventist leaders maintain that the students were told that if they were to continue their work at the Oregon school they must agree to attend classes on Satur day, their Sabbath. "It is a dangerous thingi when a state-operated institution or organization embSrra sspsi its Historian Ciies Pilgrim 'Myths' Los Angeles (U.R) The Pil grims, who set the example for Thanksgiving Day, did not come to America for religious free dom, did not land at Plymouth Rock and did not live in log cabins, according to Dr. C. Page Smith, assistant professor of history at the University of Cali fornia. "Nevertheless," he said, "the Pilgrims are a proper and ap propriate symbol of the early settlers whose dramatic struggle against hardship and peril built America." Dr. Smith said the first men tion of Plymouth Rock was made 100 years after the Pilgrims' ar rival. As for religious freedom, the Pilgrims had found it in Holland, according to ur. smun, wno aa ded that they came west for economic and cultural reasons. They feared their children would become more Dutch than Eng lish if the group stayed in Hol land too long. As for the log cabin "myth," according to the h.storian the Pilgrims built English-type houses of frame and stone, and log cabins were introduced later by Swedes. Film to be Shown Sunday Evening at Eastwood Baptist "This is Your Work" is the title of a filmstrip to be shown during the School of Missions at the Eastwood Baptist church. North Keene Way dr. at Ridge way. The film is a resume of a trip around the world by Dr. Ralph Johnson, executive sec retary of the Council on Miss ionary Cooperation of the Amer ican Baptist convention. Mission fields in Japan, the Philipines, Burma, India, Thailand, and the Belgian Congo will be featured. The film will be shown at 7:30 Preceding this, at 6 p.m. there will be a snack supper and at 6:30 p.m. calsses on Southeast Asia for children, young people and adults. Communion Sunday will be observed in the morning wor ship service. Eastwood Baptist Church is affiliated with the American Baptist convention and is located north of the Hedrick Junior High school. JACKSONVILLE CHURCH The Rev. John O. Reynolds, assistant pastor of the First Pres byterian, church, Medford, will speak Sunday at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian church, Jacksonville. youth for a minority religious bslicf," Elder John Trade of the locs.1 AdventUt church, stated. The ctioa by the church lead ers ells for support of state sen ate bill "12, whereby "no pr- ' -4. ttKiZS son ,11 be expellefitfrom r hi admission e tu- dinf to school, imtitulfioa or d$iPtment. . . for tiie eola pea- son thrt he is unable, because of his yIijious beliefs, to attend cUsscs on a particular flay or; u3vS." 9he bill has been intr&3uced by Stat Senator Lsander Quir ing, Umatilla county Republican, who is listed as a Methodist. Mr. Trude pointed out that srmefi services have fnade spec ial provision for Adventists and other religious groups. . Action fey the Aflventist con ference committee is "being sent to state legislators. ion Three icst speakers will ap pear Wednesday, Marco 6, t 7:30 p.m. in thr. Pythian build ing. Fifth and Grape sts., Med ford, to explain the. activities of the Home Missions department of the Evangelical Lutheran church. Sppal.frs1 will be Dr. H. L. Foss, president of the tPacific district from Seattle, and the Rev. Clarence Solberg, regional director, and Mervill S. Moline, head of loan refinancing and sponsorship, both from Minn eapolis, Minn. The men will particularly ex plain that part of the work which aided in the starting of the As cension Lutheran church in Medford. Following the talks a discussion period will be held. The Rev. Elvin S. Tollefson, is pastor of the Ascension Luth eran church which was founded under the general supervision of the Home Missions board of the ELC which also provided finan cial assistance as a part of its service to the new congregation. School of Missions ! r . , i jjIgflS g IhriStldn A School of Missions will be conducted each Sunday evening during March at the First Christ ian church. The theme for this year's study will be "Mission U.S.A.." There are seven mis sions institutions in the United States maintained by the Christ ian churches. There will be a study group for each age level kindergarten through adult, beginning at 6:30 p.m. At 7:15 groups will meet together for a film. There will be refreshments and a soc ial hour at 8 p.m. Nursery care will be provided for small child ren. At the morning service the Rev. William C. Piper will preach on the subject "The In evitable Answer." The chancel choir will present two anthems, "When We Lift Our Eyes to Pray" and "Listen to the Lambs.' A coffee hour will fol low the morning service. SERMON ANNOUNCED "The Most Valuable Hour" will" be the sermon of the Rev. George A. Trobough, at the First Methodist church at 9:30 and 11 a.m. worship services Sunday. This will begin the week of de dication in the Methodist Churches throughout the World. The sermon will deal with some of the misleading charges made against the Sunday schools. The soloist will be Mrs. Jack Harris, who will sing "Prayer." The chorus will sing the anthems "Sanctus" and "Miserere Mei." The rosebud on the alter honors Diana Lynn Smith. V ... . i. l ah l NOW- MODERIi NURSERY Under Supervision of Registered Nurse at Every Service 9:45 Sunday School, classes for all 11:00 a.m. "New Life's Center and Circumference" (Broadcast over KBOY) 7:45 p.m. "New Life's Responsibilities and Privileges" FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (Conservative) N. Central at 5th Jamet W. Neely, Pastor Series Started by Unitarian Group The Unitarian 'Fellow ship started a series of- programs ora "Religious Liberals Look at the Bible" Feb. 17. The group plans to po through the books of tiie Bibte and the Apocrypha; to study their origin, value a-s history, literature and religiaa and their significance for peo ple today. The .group will at tempt to approach the Bible in the light o3 modern Eibilical scholarship. Member 'e? th e"ellowhip srill lead the study and discus sion. The group -yill decide how mueh time will be sgnt on the various book's. I ID?. ArthuF Kreisman prcfes- of oi literature at Southern Oregon college, started the study of the Bible at the last meeting with a talis on its general back ground and characteristics and then dipcussed the first five boobs of the Old Testament, the Pentateuch. He will lead the Sunday meet ing at 8 p.m. at the 4reisman home, 111 Bush St., Ashland. The group will continue the stutiy sf the first five books of the Bible, emphasizing- the books of law. teal Men Participate ar The Public Relations seminar will be conducted for the Port land area of the Methodist church in Portland March. 4 and 3 under the direction of thjp Rev. Dr. Ralph Stody general Sec retary aijd director of tne com mission on public relations and f.'I e t h o d ist information, K;w York. Dr. Raymond S. Balcomb, minister o'r the First Methodist church, Medford, is scheduled to participate on a panCl Mon day discussing the subject "The Local Church Needs Its; Pv:blics in Other Ways." The Rev. Georg A. Tisobough, Hssociate minister of the, Med ford church and Everett Iaber, vice-president of KBES-TV, 5Ied- ford, will participate, on '3 panel Monday discussing) "Radio and TV in the Service of the Church." This pa"hel will be moderated by the Rev. William A. Meadows, director of service and training, television, radio, and film commission, Nashville, Tenn. Albert W. Peterson, church news editor of the Oregon Jour nal, will speak on the subject "What Is News and How To Pre sent It." Peterson is associate lay leader of the Portland dis trict of the Methodist church. Oldest Carillon Is At Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. (U.R) The 23 bells of North America's old est carillon have rung out daily for 101 years across the Notre Dame campus. The bells, housed in the spire of the university's Sacred Heart church, were imported from France in 1856, just 14 years after the school was opened. The Rev. Edward F. Sorin, Notre Dame's founder and first president, ordered the bells, which range in weight from 15 to nearly 1,100 pounds, from a French foundry. Each bell is named for a different title ac corded the Virgin Mary. The bells originally were con trolled manually, then were me chanically synchronized with the church spire's clock. In 1953, the bells were re-hung with a new keyboard, permitting either manual or mechanical control. The Rev. William McAuliffe, Notre Dame's current carilloneur and director of the Moreau Sem inary choir, often plays sacred or classical melodies on the car illon. It has become a tradition for him to play Christmas carols as students leave for holidays in mid-December. An additional bell, larger than any in the carillon also is housed in the Sacred Heart church spire. This bell, named for St. Anthony of Padua and weighing 15,400 pounds, required six per sons to operate manually, but now it can be rung electrically. It is used only to herald a solemn or memorable occasion. ST. PETER MISSION St. Peter Preaching Mission Eagle Point, will have services ! with sermon and holy comm union Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Antelope school. Sunday school and Bible study will be held at 3 p.m. SOLOIST Wayne Piersall will be the soloist at all of the serv ices Sunday at the Friends church for the closing day of the series of revival meetings that have been held there by Evan gelist Oscar Brown. Services will be held Sunday at 9:45 and 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Six States Served By 'Flying Parson' Omaha U.R) When the Rev. Charles . V. Lee, Yankton, S.D., was a Marine pilot in World War II, he "fired a lot bullets" at Japanese aircraft but rarely knew if his shots scored hits. . Today, the 31-year-old min ister still pilots a plane in a different cause and he still is uncertain how many "direct hits" he, is making. Lee's present task is "revital izing religion." in a six-state Great Plains area embracing Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and the Dakotas. A "sort of domestic missionary," he often flies more than 400 miles between sermons delivered in tiny, isolated towns where organized religion has to battle for existence. For some six months, Lee has been flying from town to town, visiting areas- in which there has been no real church service for years, often because of de clining population. J Getting a Perspective He sets a schedule to visit seven different towns one night each week. Then, he flies back to the same towns on the same day each week for a time "to keep the ball rolling." Lee is pioneering in an ex periment for the Board of Home Missions of the Congregational Christian church to determine what can be done for churches in the face of declining rural and small town populations in many areas. Lee decided to become a min ister "gradually," after being shot down twice over Okinawa. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star for his work in piloting planes as an artillery spotter. Trail Community Church Youth Plan Service Young people' of the Trail Community church are planning the service to be held Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at the church. Rodney Collins is president of the group and Barbara Wagler will be in charge of the mufic for the evening. John H. , Carlton will bring the evening message. The public is invited to attend. Services and Meetings At St. Peter Lutheran Ash Wednesday services with sermon and holy communion will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. at St. Peter Evangelical Luth eran church, Missouri Synod, 1020 East Main st., Medford. Monday at 8 p.m. a voters meeting will be held at the church with adult class sched uled for Thursday at 8 p.m. BIBLE STUDY LESSONS Tuesday evening another in a series of Bible study lessons will be held at the First Presbyterian church, Phoenix, at 8 p.m. The lessons, for married couples with children stilLin school, are held at the church in the fireside room. The lesson Tuesday will be "Why did people want to kill Jesus What is the Cross all about?" YOU will be helped by attending these services and hearing these messages. 11:00 A.M. "DIVINE EQUIPMENT" 7:00 P.M. "A MIDNIGHT LOAN" Carl Goodwin Edna Goodwin WEEK-DAY SERVICES Tuesday thru Friday - 7:30 P.M. Everybody ought to go to SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:45 A.M. 6:00 P.M. MISSIONARY FILM IN SOUND 1729 North Riverside (Just North of Jorgcnsen's Dairy) L. D. KRAUSE, Pastor Spain's Civil.War Church Shrine Nears Completion BY PETER KNOX United Press Correspondent Madrid (U.R) Engineers are seeking to complete by spring Spain's controversial $6,000,000 monument to its Civil War dead a cross as high as the Eiffel Tower built atop a church hewn from a massive rock. The cross and cavernous church, which Spaniards hope the Vatican will name a cath edral, dominate a wooded glen christened "the Valley of the Fallen." There more than a quarter of a million persons will be able to gather to hear open air mass. Work on the project is now in its final stages. Chief of State Gen. Francisco Franco conceived the idea of this monument to the "heroes and martyrs" of the 1936-39 civil strife and visits the site at the foot of the Sierra 30 miles from Madrid five to six times a year. But Diego Mendez sole arch itect and author of the project and director of works since 1949, denies that the shrine is to be Franco's tomb, as has been free ly and frequently reported abroad. "This is a monument to the men and women who died fight? ing at the front, or fell executed in our Civil War," he said dur ing a visit to the valley. "Gen eral Franco has never mentioned the possibility of his burial here." But thousands of war victims will be laid to final rest in the vaults built on either side of the church deep in the mountain. There will be no political dis crimination of friend or foe, Republican or Nationalist, ac cording to Mendez. "The only qualifications need ed for a victim of our Civil War to be buried within the moun ment is that he or she was a . Spaniard and that rule elimin ates Communists, members of the intprnatinnal VirionHps w h 1 i- h t fought against Franco and many of the anti-clerical factions of the Left. But Catholics who fought for the Republicans will be eligible. "This is to be consecrated ground; we could not accept non believers or atheists," Mendez pointed out. It seems unlikely that families of men who died fighting Franco would ask such victims be re buried in the monument. Many of them have opposed the idea of the "Valley of the Fallen" on the grounds that it is awaken ing old arguments best forgotten. Franco and his followers on the other hand visualize the glade, with its peaceful but au stere setting against a back ground of the rocky rugged Sierra, as a place where the spiritual will predominate and the material aspirations of men be forgotten. The whole valley forms a "na tural church" with the cross's rock foundation serving as the high altar. Fourteen little chap els, linked by a rough path, are dotted around the valley's five mile circumfence. A giant square at the foot of the cross will accommodate at least 250,000 persons. It is here that the open-air masses will be celebrated. The crowds will stand and kneel under the shadow of the great cross built with 140,000 tons of concrete, towering 300 meters above them. The rock stands 150 meters high, and the centerpiece of the cross another 150 Sneters. That makes it as high the Eiffel Tower. A lift, or 1,700 steps, will take the visitor to the cross-piece 270 meters up for a bird's eye view of the valley. Madrid is clearly visible on a good day. But the cross is not designed as a tourist attraction. UNITY TRUTH CENTER Sunday Devotional Service and Sunday School for Children 1 1 .m Regular Center Activities: Thursday Midweek Service 7:30 p.m., Friday morning Study Class 1 1 a.m. All Classes, Activities and Sunday Services now held at the HOLLY BUILDING Katherine Bosworth, Leader i o
