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Church: News
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SV MINISTERS Two ministers, one new to the area and
n ho will get a new church soon, talk as they met on a
Seford street last week A, left is the Rev. Dwayne Batch
'or, pastor of tlie Mt. Pitt Avenue Church of the Nazarene,
and the Rev. Dexter Williams, pastor of Central Church of
Christ. "r. Bttchrior, v.ho arrived in Mcdford last July from
Kansas City seminary with his wife and two children, has
helped ith the construction of the new Nazarene church
here. Cervices w;n b held there April 7 for the first time.
Mr. Williams Arrived in Medford last month from Gold Hill
where he . pisfor of the Christian church.
Religious History Studied
By Advontlst Young People
Relizious historv will be ex-1 "Sinffsnirafinn" in P.pants Pace
plored by th young people of
the Medford end Valley View
Seventh-day Adventist churches
during a special Week of Prayer
to begin Saturday, March 18.
The Week of Prayer is an an
nual event to the young people
of the denomination, but it
assumes dded significance this
year as youth throughout the
world joan ia a year-long ob
servance of the golden anniver
sary of th Missionary Volunteer
Society, official youth organiza
tion of th Svnth-day Adven
tist Tr! sreiety was begun 50
years as by a small group of
r.-ars in Switzerland who
felt the naed of a special organ
ijgiioTi for youth in the church.
In Accordance with anniver-
(lajr ebservation, the week's
trne 'ill be "Sharing the
?tith of Our Fathers." Elder
l"Ioyd Jrae will stress the im-
pnr&nc of youth at the 11:30
ra n. aorhip service in the Val-
Qjl Vi church.
O "Th( future of our nation and
.ii church lits with its youth,"
tit) till tall the congregation,
fgnl ia th future the church
Sill lt as strong as our young
(JopI ml it."
JProffair Ire Wilbur, prin-
4i$l of tha lcrtj church school,
Rou Rivar Academy, will be
th sptker for the worship
hoi in the Medford church, and
his topic will ba "The Faith of
JeaTtt." Professor Wilbur states
there will be meetings for every
gtale in the school each day
throughout the week, conducted j
by Elder Gresee. and the stu-1
dent will be encouraged to par
ticipate in special prayer bands. !
Other features of the week,
according to Mrs. Allen McCoy,
Medford MV leader, will be a
-o
Naw Program
Mr. Reynolds, chairman of the
radio - television committee, an
nounced the program. "Noontime
Prayer," to be heard on radio
station KMED Mondays through
Fridays at noon.
Williim C fipm
Minister
SPECIAL ATTRACTION
An Evening of Sacred Music by
the Salem, Oregon, College and
Academy Choir of 40 Voices
The Sjlem Academy is an inter-dcnominational Christian High School, Mrving itudtnrs who
deiiro their education under Chriitian influence and the company with other Chrittian young
people. Students from all over Western Oreqon communities attend the Salem Christian
Academy. There is group of the academy officials who will accompany Mr. Eugena Fadel and
the choir and Mr. Wayne W. Carr the public relations man.
YOU WILL ENJOY THIS EVENING OF FINE MUSIC
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 8:00 P.M.
Medford First Baptist Church
for CHR!ST-5th & N. Central
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'at 3:30 p.m. Saturday for all
young people in this area, and
meetings in the Medford church
at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Wednes
day and Friday nights.
Advenfisfs Start
Vacation Bible
School Training
Training of summer Vacation
Bible School workers will be
held at 1 Dm. Monday, March
18, at "Mley View church.
South Stage rd., for the Seventh
day Adventist churches in this
area.
Elder George S. Belleau, Ore
gon conference Sabbath school
director from Portland, will be
in charge of training. In an
nouncing the course he said that
the church last year conducted
48 Bible schools in western Ore
gon. Some 700 youth workers
provided leadership for the
more than 5,000 youth who at
tended the schools.
One of the most successful
Vacation Bible schools conduct
ed by the denomination in the
state of Oregon last year was
held in the Roseburg Seventh
day Adventist church, the con
ference leader stated.
The training course to be con
ducted here will feature four
women from Roseburg. Mrs.
Mildred Griffin will present the
work of the VBS director; Mrs.
j Lewis Webb will instruct in
technique for juniors; Mrs. Dixie
Cook will instruct primary divi
sion workers; and Mrs. Peggy
Konzack, pre-school workers.
Mrs. Die Christenson has been
appointed director of the Valley
View churches VBS for this sum
mer, and Mrs. Allen McCov will
be the director from Medford.
Their staffs will include many
of those already working in the
children's divisions of the two
churches.
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.
Friday- March IS. 1937
Talent-Medford
Churches lo Hear
.College Choir
The Friends churches of Med
ford and Talent will be hosts to
the 32-voice a cappella choir of
George Fox college this week
end, when they will appear in
sacred concerts at the Talent
church Saturday at 7:30 pm.,
and at the Medford church Sun
day at both the 9:45 and 11 a.m.
worship hours.
According to Ro.-s Stover, con
ductor, the four sections of the
choir program offer a variety of
sacred music, including contem
porary American anthems, 16th
century and Russian church mu
sic, and folk songs of the south.
"The Creation," a choral setting
of a Negro sermon from James
Weldon Johnson's collection,
"God's Trombones," will be nar
rated by Mr. Stover. Heinrich
Schutz' setting of Psalm 100
with "built-in'" echo, and the recently-translated
Russian hymn,
"How Great Thou Art," are two
other works that will be included
in the program.
Conductor Stover is a former
member of the Westminster
choir which is now on tour
around the world. Accompany
ing the choir will be President
and Mrs. Milo Ross of the col
lege.
The Medford congregation will
serve a pot-luck dinner at the
Howard school cafeteria at 1
p.m. Sunday, with the choir
members as guests.
Youth for Christ
Sponsor Salem Choir
Medford Youth for Christ, an
interdenominational young peo
ple's organization, will present
the Salem Academy choir Sat
urday at 8 p.m. in the audito
rium of the First Baptist church.
The public is invited to attend.
The choir, directed by Eugene
Fadel, has 37 members. The con
cert will consist of a variety of
sacred music.
Rav Sloneker is the director
of the local Youth for Christ
rally.
CHOIR HERE The Seattle Pa
cific college a cappella choir,
directed by Robert Scandrett,
will present a concert Monday,
March 18, at 8 p.m. in the Med
ford High school auditorium.
The choir, sponsored locally by
the Free Methodist church, will
sing a wide range of selections
include Negro spirituals. There
is no admission but a free will
offering will be received to de
fray traveling expenses.
Sermon Title-Music
Told for Eastwood
The Rev. Richard M. Jones,
pastor of the Eastwood Baptist
church. North Keen Way drive
at Ridgeway, will speak on
"Majoring on the Minor" at the
morning service Sunday at
11 a.m.
The choir will sing "Spirit of
God." This will be the first Sun
day the new lighting will be
in use, which will add to the
service. Nursery care is pro
videded for both cribbers and
toddlers and an expanded ses
sion program for three to six
year olds.
Eastwood Baptist church Is
affiliated with the American
Baptist convention and is located
just north of the Hedrick Junior
High school.
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A Cappella Choir
To Present Concert
Sunday Evening Here
The A Capella choir of Pacific
Bible college, Portland, will give
a concert of sacred music at the
First Church of the Nazarene
Sunday, March 17, at 8:30 p.m.
The touring choir is sponsored
by the First Church of God.
This group of singers, which
tours annually some part of the
Pacific coast, has 46 members
representing many parts of the
United States and Canada.
There is no admission for the
concert and the public is invited
lo attend.
Choir Concert Tonight
The Salem Academy choir will
give a concert at the Community
Bible church. Central Point, to
night at 7:45 p.m. The public is
invited to attend.
Lavmen to Officiate
At St. Mark's
Seven of the eight lay readers
of St. Mark's parish will partici
pate in the 11 a.m. service at the
church Sunday.
This observance will honor
the men, who are selected by
the rector, and licensed by the
bishop to conduct the worship
of the church, whenever and
wherever called upon.
The present group of lay read
ers at St. Mark's include: C. El
wood Hedberg, Leon McDougall,
Bob Rix, Jerome McDougall,
George K. Bruse, C. H. Barrell,
William E. Duhaime, and Hal
Todd, who is visiting in Georgia.
These men, in addition to as
sisting in the local services, also
maintain regular services at the
Church of the Good Shepherd at
Prospect, and at St. Martin's
church at Shady Cove. '
The sermon at Sunday's serv
ice will be delivered by C. El
wood Hedberg, who has chosen
for his topic "A Layman's Par
able." The remaining lay read
ers have been assigned various
parts of the service.
During the service the Rev.
George R. V. Bolster will pre
sent each lay reader with the
bishop's license to officiate in
the diocese.
A croup photograph of the
clergy and lay readers will be
taken immediately following the
service and the men will be the
guests of honor at the coffee
hour.
Guest Speaker at
Christian Sunday
Charles H. Addleman will be
the guest speaker at the First
Christian church Sunday. He is
secretary for the Oregon Chris
tian Missionary society, a posi
tion he has held for the past 10
years. Prior to that he was the
minister at the Kern Park Chris
tian church in Portland for 18
years.
Ah the morning service the
chancel choir under the direc-
tion of C. Warren Fairbanks,
will present the anthem "Dear
Lord, and Father of Mankind.
A coffee hour will follow the
morning service.
The School of Missions will
continue at 6:30 with study
groups for all age levels. Mr.
Addleman will be the speaker
at the general assembly and
show a film about the church's
missionary work.
Missionary Service
At Assembly of God
The Rev. and Mrs. H. V.
Engelgau, missionaries to Africa
will conduct the Sunday evening
service at First Assembly of
God church. March 17, at 7 p.m
The Engelgaus have been in
the mission fields of Upper
Volta, French West Africa, and
have returned to the United
States for a rest. At the Sunday
service they will tell of their ex
periences in Africa and show a
film regarding the missionary
work. The public is invited to
attend.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Thomas McCamant, Minister
Groveland Ave. and Oakwood Drive
Church Worship at 9:45 and 1 1 a.m.
Church School at 9:45
Sermon
"How Good Is Your Money?"
Revival Services, Choirs
Scheduled at Nazarene
Dr. E. E. Zachary of Yakima, )
Wash., will be the guest speaker
in a series of revival services to
start Sunday in the First Church
of the Nazarene, 520 North Holly
St., Medford. He now serves as
the district superintendent of
the Northwest District of his de
nomination, which includes east
ern Washington and northern
Idaho. Formerly, he served in
Australia as missionary superin
tendent, opening the work of the
Nazarene church there.
Three separate choirs are
scheduled to sing Sunday in the
First Nazarene. The Salem Chris
tian High school choir of Salem,
Ore., will present a concert from
9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. The local
church sanctuary choir under the
direction of Lee Mansveld will
sing for the morning worship,
and the Pacific Bible college
choir from Portland is scheduled
to sing two numbers at the open
ing of the 7 p.m. service and will
also present a concert following
the Sunday evening service at
8:30 p.m.
With 502 in Sunday school last
Sunday in the First Church of
the Nazarene, the pastor, the
Rev. Raymond W. Hurn, reports
this week that Easter attendance
is being experienced in the
Lenten Sunday
Services Start
At Methodist
The minister of the Garden
Street Methodist church of Bell-
ingham, Wash., the Rev. Clarence
J. Forsberg, will start the third
annual series of Lenten Sunday
evening services at the First
Methodist church, Medford, on
Sunday at 7:30 p.m. His sermon
will be, "Under Orders."
The combined youth and chan
cel choirs will sing three an
thems, "O Sacred Head," "Praise
to the Lord," and "Sanctus."
Mr. Forsberg is also director
of the Wesley Foundation at
Western Washington College of
Education. He attended the
North Park Theological semi
nary, Chicago, and Garrett Bib
lical Institute, Evanston, and has
served churches in Chicago,
Lincoln, Nebr., and Hillsboro,
Ore., before his appointment to
Bellingham four years ago. He
has been conference speaker for.
the Alaska and Idaho confer
ences of the Methodist church
and preached in Hawaii under
the auspices of the Methodist
Board of Evangelism.
Other speakers and choirs for
the series will include the Rev.
Roy Nichols of the Downs Me
morial Methodist church, Oak
land, Calif., with the McLough
lin Junior High school choir un
der the direction of Ray Lewis,
on March 24; on March 31, the
Rev. Richard Steiner of the
Church of Our Father, Portland,
with the Willamette University
choir, from Salem, and on April
7, the Rev. Joe Harding of the
Trinity Methodist church, Sa
lem, and the Southern Oregon
College choir, under the direc
tion of Oscar Bjorlie.
On April 14, Palm Sunday,
the chancel choir will present
the cantata, "Risen King."
Rev. Clarence J. Forsberg
COFFEE HONORS MEMBERS
An informal coffee hour, in
honor of new members will fol
low the second service of wor
ship at the First Methodist
church Sunday. Dr. Raymond E.
Balcomb will preach at the 9:30
and 11 a.m. services, the first
of a series of sermons, "The
Marks of Jesus," entitled, "Joy."
The anthems will be, "Bless the
Lord," and "Turn Thv Vane ;
From My Sins." The Girls' trio, I
with Sue Donna Doolen, Rose- i
mary Doolen and Karen Sloni- '
ger, will sing "Alleuia" at the
9:30 service, with the Children's i
choir anthem "Children of the
Heavenly Father."
church, two months early.
For eight weeks the church
school and worship services
have shown consecutive gains.
Visitation teams have been busy
on Wednesdays preceding the
prayer meeting hour and report
many new members enrolled in
the Sunday school.
A goal of 1,000 has been set
for Rally day, March 24. On
that day the morning service
will be conducted in the Mc
Loughlin Junior High school
auditorium just across the street
from the church, v
Professor to Give Series
Dr. Gurdon C. Oxtoby, pro
fessor of Old Testament litera
ture at San Francisco Theo
logical seminary, will speak at
both services Sunday at the First
Presbyterian church. His topic
will be "The World of Our God
Will Stand Forever."
The Westminster choir will
sing at the 9:45 a.m. service and
chancel choir at the II a.m. serv
ice. Mrs'. Rosalind Hoover will
sing a solo "Trust." Dr. D. Kirk
land West, postor of the church,
will share in both services.
Dr. Oxtoby will begin a series
of evening messages Sunday at
7:30 p.m. on "Something Old,
Something New, From Your
Bible," which will be held each
evening through Wednesday.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day at 10 a.m. Dr. Oxtoby will
deliver a series on "New Re
sources for Daily Living," at
the church.
At 3:30 p.m. Monday and
Tuesday he will speak to high
school students on "What Do
You Know About Your Bible?"
and will hold a question and
answer period.
There will not be a separate
high school youth meeting Sun
day evening. Freshman fellow
Baptist Association
To Meet Tuesday
The annual meeting of the
Rogue River association of
American Baptist churches will
be held at the First Baptist
church of Grants Pass, at 10
a.m. Tuesday, March 19. A num
ber of members of the Eastwood
Baptist church will be attending
this meeting during the day and
evening. The Rev. Richard M.
Jones, pastor of the Eastwood
church, will bring the annual
sermon. Dean S. Anderson, vice
moderator of the association,
will be toastmaster at the ban
quet in the evening.
During the afternoon, the wo
men of the association will meet
in separate session for business j
and inspiration. Members of the ;
state staff and officers of the ;
women's state group will be j
present. Speakers will be the
Rev. Veldon Patten, West Coast !
representative of the American !
Baptist Home Mission Boards '
and the Rev. Zenas A. Yeghoy- i
an, a native Armenian who took !
refuge in Havana, Cuba, from 1
Turkish prosecution. He was for
merly a faculty member of the
Haitian Baptist seminary in ;
Limbe and is now a missionary j
of the Home Mission society. i
Sunday Evening Service
To Emphasize the Home
The third in the series of fea-
ture Sunday night services will
deal with the home at the
Church of Christ, Central Point, ;
Sunday evening. The sermon !
"Henpecked Husbands and Fool
ish Wives," will be given by the
pastor, the Rev. Mr. Jean M. !
Shelley. j
Reports will be given by the j
men's gratitude club which was j
organized two weeks ago and a ;
men's choir will sing at the j
service. .
Three Great Choirs
Sunday, March 17-9:30 A.M.
SALEM CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR
Presents o 25 minute concert in the sanctuary preceding
10:45 A.M. THE' SANCTUARY CHOIR
Directed by W. LEE MANSVELD in the opening of the
revival campaign.
DR. E. E. ZACHARY, preaching
. . . one of America's foremost Bible preachers, he will
be speaking each evening next week.
March 17-24 (except Saturday)
7:30 p.m. week nights
7:00 P.M. PACIFIC BIBLE COLLEGE CHOIR
Will present a 10 minute musical capsule at 7:00 and
will give a concert at 8:30 p.m.
DR. E. E. ZACHERY, preaching
FIRST CHURCH OF THE
520 North Holly .
(PLAN NOW TO ATTEND MORNING SERVICES MARCH 24 in
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM)'
Unitarian Fellowship
Continues Series
Sunday in Medford -
The Rogue Valley Unitarian
Fellowship, which meets the
first and third Sundays of each
month, will hold a regular meet
ing. Sunday, March 17, at 8 p.m.
They will continue a series
of studies of the Bible in the
light of modern scholarship. The
topic Sunday will be "History in
the Bible," presented by F. Rob
ert Bauman. The meeting will
be held in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Hatch, 3131 Madrona
lane, Medford.
Everyone is welcome to at
tend. ship for ninth grade students
will meet at the home of Carol
Slater, 310 Mary st., Medford.
The public is invited to attend
Dr. Oxtoby's lectures
Dr. G. O. Oxtoby
Baptist Youth to
Grants Pass Sunday
The young people of the East
wood Baptist church will meet
with the youth fellowship groups
of the First Baptist church of
Grants Pass Sunday evening.
They will meet at the Eastwood
Baptist church at 5:30 p.m. for
a light supper and then drive
to Grants Pass for the meeting
and remain for the concert to
be present by the Berkeley Bap
tist Divinity school men's choir
from Berkeley, Calif. All young
people of the Eastwood Baptist
church area are ivited to attend
the special program.
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DR. E. FRANCES FLICKINGER
DR. E. FRANCES FLICKINGER
Of Unity Christ Church, Pasadena, California
Lecture Topic:
"Unify, The Whole Religion"
PYTHIAN HALL
2 P.M.-SUN DAY-MARCH 17
Everyone Welcome To Hear This Outstanding Speaker
You are invited to hear
Good Friday
Services Told;
Speaker at Meet
Clem-Ault of the U.S. Soil
Conservation Service, spoke on
"Soil Stewardship" at the month
ly Ministerial association meet
ing Tuesday at the First Presby
terian church.
He told of the meahine of
soil sewardship week. May 26
through June 2, and distributed
literature to the ministers to be
used as possible sermon material.
Good Friday services will be
held from 12 noon until 3 p.m.
and are -scheduled at the (First
Christian church) the Rev.
James V. Neely, chairman of
the special services commitye,
announced. Mr. Hum will4t
moderator for the three hour
service with the following speak
ers during the afternoon: the
Rev. George A. Trobough, the
Rev. Dexter Williams, the Rev.
John O. Reynolds, the Rev. Law
rence D. Krause, Clynton Cris
man, Dr. D. K. West, and the
Rev. Serman Moore.
Services at the First Church
of the Nazarene would be held
for the students of McLoughlin
Junior high school while serv
ices at Eastwood Baptist church
will accommodate the students
from Hedrick Junior High school
wishing to attend the Good Fri
day services.
The Rev. Raymond Hurn an
nounced that the portable organ
owned by the First Church of
the Nazarene was available at
the Nazarene church to all con
gregations who may wish to use
it in their services at the jail.
The organ may be checked out
at the church, First and Holly
sts.
APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH
North Central ave. at Third at.
Rev. Loyce C. Carver, pastor
Sunday:
9:30 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Morning worship
3 p.m. Young people's mretina
8 p.m. Evangelistic service
Tuesday and Friday:
8 p.m. Evangelistic servica
j ASSembi.t or god. phoenix
411 2nd st.
Rev. LeRoy Nidever. pastor
Sunday:
9:45 Sunday school
11 a.m. Morning worship
6:30 p.m. CA.'s young peopl
Wednesday:
730 p.m. Bible study and pray-
CHURCH for Sale
Large corner lot with park
ing area located in Medford
Ph. 3-3585 or NO-4-2829
MEDFORD
UNITY
CENTER
Announces -
GUEST
SPEAKER
the Sunday School session
E. ZACHARY
I. ' ' i-V,
DR. E.
NAZARENE
THE MclOUGHLIN JUNIOR