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Newspaper Page Textfc-EDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Church News Rogue River Couple Prepare for Medical Mission Work Abroad Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Klomhaus, Rogue River, were commissioned for medical missionary service in the Lutheran church in the new territories in New Guinea in services held March 17 in Aurora, 111. The former Aurora residents, who have lived in Rogue River since 1943, became interested in the missionary field after a mis sionary friend in New Guinea visited them at their home. They offered their services and the de tails were worked out through the Foreign Mission Board of the Lutheran church Missouri Syn od. They will leave from San Francisco about the middle of April. Nw Mission Field The Klomhauses will be work ing in territory that is among the newest of mission fields as the first Lutheran missionaries ar rived in New Guinea in Novem ber 1948. They will be working about 150 miles inland west of Madanz. Among the mission posts in the area the Lutheran These include the correspond church is completing a 180-bed tence school, ministerial training, hospital at Mambisandi. Dr. Assemblies of God academic Klomhaus will have full charge I schools. Central Bible institute, of the hospital and Mrs. Klom-and other Bible institutes and haul will supervise and train j Bible colleges of the denomina- nurses. The area where the couple will be working is reached only by plane since there are no roads or highways over the moun tainous terrain. White men reached this territory for the first tune in 1933. Dr. Klomhaus attended Val paraiso university and the med ical school of the University of Illinois. He interned at Hurley hospital in Flint, Mich., and for two jears was resident physi cian at Copley hospital in Au rora. He started his practice in Aurora, opening his office there in 1932. Member Welfare Commission Mrs. Klomhaus, who is a mem ber of the Jackson County Pub lic Welfare commission, studied at the University of South Dako ta and began her training as a nurse in the Swedish hospital at Minneapolis. She has worked at Cook County hospital in Chi cago, the General hospital of the University of Cincinnati, and was supervisor of nurses at Cop ley hospital. The couple was married in 1933. They have been active in the j Luther.n church-Missouri Syn - od and are members of St. j "wi Lutheran church in Medford The. Klomhauses have two j children. Their daughter, Gretch en, will receive her degree in nursinf t the medical school of the University of Oregon in 1953, and their son, Gilbert, is (Jh his second year of pre-medical work at the medical school of the University of Oregon. Consecration Services Dr. and Mrs. Klomhaus, who have been in the Midwest the past several weeks, are sched uled to return to Oregon next week. Consecration services will be held for them at St. Peter's Lutheran church in several weeks, according to the Rev. Kenneth Korby, pastor of the church. E?i Holistic Crusade Finishes it Nazarene Concluding services of the Spring Evangelistic crusade at the First Church of the Nazar ene, 520 North Holly st., will be held Sunday. Dr. E. E. Zachary of Yakima, Wash., will preach at 10:50 a.m. and 7 p.m. Music under the direction of W. Lee Mansveld will feature the sanctuary rhoir. They will sing "All Hail the Power of Jesus Name." In the e,vening service combined choirs of the church will sing. Church school workers will be striving to break the all time at tendance record of 748 at the Sunday school hour 9:45 a.m. The record was set on Easter in 1953. All friends and members of the church have been urged to be on hand for the special rally next Sunday. Miss Anita Harris to Speak at Ashland Church Ashland Me.hodist Young Adults of Rogue Valley churches will meet at Ashland Methodist church at 3 p.m. Sunday. Miss Anita Harris, field secretary for young adults of the board of missions in New York, will speak. Miss Harris is making a tour of Methodist churches and stu dent centers in Washington and Oregon. As a missionary. Miss Harris directed the junior col lege department of the Metho dist Collegio Bennet girls' school in Rio de Janeiro and later was president of the school. A new Bible Word Book, which will contain more than 1.200 words and phrases of the King James Bible translation which have been modified by changing English usage, is now 1 being prepared. This was re ported at the business meeting of the General Board of the Na-1 tional Council of Churches. Guest Speaker At Assembly Church Sunday The Rev. J. Robert Ashcroft. secretary of the department of education of the Assemblies of God, Springfield, Mo., will be guest speaker at the 11 a.m. ser vice, Sunday at the First Assem bly of God church. As education department sec retary, Mr. Ashcroft heads five divisions of the educational ac tivity of the Assemblies of God. I tion. I Before accepting his present position, he served as the direc tor of the religious education department of Central Bible in stitute and was a member of the faculty for six years. Dinner Meeting A dinner meeting will be held Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Med- ford hotel for laymen of the various Assembly of God churches in the Rogue River val ley. Purpose of the meeting is to organize a Rogue Valley Men's Fellowship and elect officers. The Fellowship will serve as a social organization and in addi tion will promote, cooperation for future activities planned by Assembly churches in the valley. Meetings will be held quarterly by the Fellowship. Guest speaker for the dinner meeting will be the Rev. J. Rob ert Ashcroft. Committeemen who have been active in planning the dinner in clude the Rev. Robert E. Cull and William H. McKinley of First Assembly, Medford; Roy iH. Hagcman of Bethel Assem- "l chael of the Ashland Assembly, i ij a , Junior High Uioir to 9 Sing Sunday at Church The McLoughlin Junior High school chorus of 65 voices under the direction of Ray Lewis will sing at the First Methodist church on Sunday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m. They will participate in the third annual series of Lenten Sunday evening services present ed by the church. The guest preacher for the ser vice will be the Rev. Roy Nich ols of the Downs Memorial Me thodist church, Oakland, Calif. Mr. Nichols gave the devotional addresses at the recent Pastoral conference and Earl Lectures, which were attended by more than 1,000 west-coast clergymen at Berkeley, Calif. At the 9:30 ana 11 a.m. ser vices of morning worship Dr. R E. Balcomb. will preach the sec ond of his current series of ser mons on "The Marks of Jesus" under the theme, "Goodness." Mrs. George Sloniger will be the soloist for both services. The youth choir will sing at 9:30 and the chancel choir at 11:00. Easter Services Set By First Methodist The officials of the First Meth odist church, Medford, have an nounced a Community Easter service to be conducted in the Hedrick Junior High school building, on Easter Sunday, at 11 a.m. Dr. Raymond E. Bal comb, minister of the First Meth odist church, will preach, with the Rev. George A. Trobough assisting. Other Easter services to be held in the church building will include worship services at 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., and the church school at 9:30, with nurs ery and kindergarten arranged for all services. At 4 p.m. the traditional East er Sunday baptismal service will be held in the Meeker Memorial chapel with Mr. Trobough. Congregational Groups Hear Speaker Sunday The Couples club of the Con gregational church will meet Sunday evening at 7:30 at Pil grim House. Guest speaker will be Dr. Clifford Miller of S.O.C. who wil also show slides of Africa. The Pilgrim fellowship will meet at the parsonage at 7 p.m. and then be guests of the Couples club for the program portion of the meeting. ( CHURCH for Sate Large corner lot with park ing area located in Medford Ph. 3-3585 or NO-4-2829 Friday. March 22. 1957 Baptists Host To Association During Week The First Baptist church of Medford will be host to the an nual association meeting of the Shasta - Cascade Conservative Baptist churches Thursday and Friday March 28 and 29. The meetings will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday and conclude with a luncheon Friday noon. Speakers for the sessions will include Miss Helen Walter, mis sionary from Japan; Dr. Kenneth Tobias, state field director for Oregon Conservative Baptists; and Dr. Melville Chatfield, of Western Conservative Baptist seminary, Portland. The Rev. Haddon Robinson will give a series of messages on Christian living; the annual ser mon will be delivered by the Rev. Howard Roth, Newell, Calif.; and the doctrinal sermon on the theme, "Redemption," by the Rev. Lester Libbey, Ashland. Included on the program will be a banquet at the Hotel Jack son Thursday at 6 p.m. with mu sic to be provided byan ensem ble from Judson Baptist college, Portland. Churches of the Shasta-Cascade association are the First Baptist churches of Ashland; Newell, Calif.; Selma, and Med ford; Open Door Baptist church, Grants Pass; Immanuel Baptist and Bible Baptist, Klamath Falls. "9 '4 S 1 1 'A it Tin f " Miss Helen Waller A Cappella Choir to Sing Here Monday The a caprlla choir of Pacific Bible college of Azusa, Calif., will present a concert Monday, March 25, at 7 p.m. in the Salva tion Army hall, Fourth and Bartlett. The choir will present a va riety of musical selections rang ing from hymns to Negro spiritu als and gospel songs. Many of these feature the arrangements of the director, Jack Arthur Rains. The 32 voice group has sung for more than 20 denominations in California, Oregon, and Arizona. t School Principals Vary on Teaching Of Ethical and Spiritual Values By LOUIS CASSELS United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) High school principals in all parts of the nation regard the moral training of teen-age youths as one of their most urgent prob lems, a United Press poll dis closed today. But principals who participat ed in the poll had a wide variety of ideas on how ethical and spiritual values can be taught effectively in public schools. They were sharply divided on what role religion should play. Some strongly favored non-sectarian religious observances and objective teaching about relig ion as part of the school pro gram. Others contended that re ligion must be excluded entire ly from public school efforts to develop high moral character in students. The poll was conducted among 40 principals selected at random among delegates to this week's annual convention of the Na tional Association of Secondary School Principals. Every section of the nation was represented among the respondents. The first question was wheth er public high schools should I make a "special effort" to teach moral and spiritual values. Twenty-six principals rated this task "imperative." Thirteen chose the term, "desirable." Only one said it is "unneces sary." Each principal was then asked to outline briefly what his school is now doing in this field. Four replied that no particu- UNITY TRUTH CENTER Sunday Devotional Service and Sunday School for Children 1 1 a.m. Regular Center Activities: Thursday Midweek Service 7:30 p.m., Friday morning Study Class 11 a.m. All Classes. Activities and Sunday Services now held at the HOLLY BUILDING Kafhenne Bosworth, Leader Rev. Claude A. Miller, Pastor of Temple Baptist The Rev. Claude Allen Miller I has assumed duties as pastor of the Temple Baptist church, 794 Lozier lane, Medford. Mr. Miller, who will move to Medford April 12 with his fam ily, is now a teacher at Skip worth Home with the Lane county Juvenile department. He has also taught in the Lane county public schools in Eugene. Mr. Miller was ordained in the Southern Baptist church in 1948 by the First Baptist church, Sinton, Texas. He received his bachelor of arts degree from East Texas Baptist college in,fc , ,, rr. . n n .. J I Aiarsnau, xexas, in isis uu received his advance training at Southwestern Baptist Theo logical seminary. Fort Worth. He did graduate study at the University of Oregon. He has been pastor of churches in Tyler, Fairplay, and Kilgore, Texas, and was for one year pastor at G 1 e n d a 1 e Baptist church, Glendale, Ore., and pas tor three years at the First Southern Baptist church, Eu gene. Mr. Miller, who was born in Santa Barbara, Calif., lived sev eral years in Medford and at tended grade school at Washing ton school here. His ' father operated the barber shop in the Medford hotel prior to moving to Texas. ' His wife, Mildred, has a bache lor of arts degree from East Texas Baptist college. Their three children are, Sue, 12; Patsy, 6; and Nancy, 3. Young People Start Program A new program for young people will begin Sunday at 6 p.m. at the Eastwood Baptist church, North Keene Way dr. at Ridgeway. The evening will begin with Dine-A-Mite, a light supper, serv ed by two families of the church. The supper will be followed by singing and games and a pro gram conducted and planned by the young people of the church. The evening will close with de votional moments at the home of one of the men.bers. Sponsors of the Junior highs are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Palmer. The pastor, the Rev. Richard M. Jones, will be working with the Senior highs. An invitation has been extend ed to all young people in the Eastwood Baptist church area who are not members of other youth groups, to attend Sunday evening at 6 p.m. for this Accent on Youth. "The Exaltation of Humility" will be the pastor's sermon at the morning worship service. Nursery care is provided for ages 1-3, cribs for babes in arms, and a second-hour session for ages 3-6. The Eastwood Baptist church is located north of the Hedrick Junior High school and is affilia ted with the American Baptist convention. lar effort is being made. The other 36 principals reported a wide variety of programs. Soma Method Religious observances of some type were listed by 13 prin cipals as an integral part of the moral guidance activities of their schools. Morning devotionals, featuring Bible reading and prayer, . were the most common pattern. One school broadcasts a daily five-minute inspiration al program over its loudspeak er system to each classroom. An other brings in local ministers to address student assemblies. Five schools reported content courses in comparative religion or in church history. Another widespread approach is to reach moral values in the context of regular curriculum courses, especially history, litera ture, social studies and psychol ogy. About half of the principals listed this as their most effective device. Eleven principals said they got their best results by working through student organizations. For example, in several schools, student councils have drawn up "codes" of ethical behavior for students. Others feature student led discussions of moral prob lems in assemblies, in High-Y clubs or similar activities. The "example" set by a good teacher in her own daily life was mentioned by five principals as a major source of moral guid ance for students. In several schools, this example is rein forced by direct counselling ses sions in which teachers seek to CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Thomas' McCamant, Minister Groveland Ave. and 6akwood Drive Church Worship at 9:45 and 1 1 a.m. Church School at 9:45 Sermon "What Makes You Happy? 1 1 ', Rev. Claude A. Miller K of C Members To Be Honored Some 20 members of the 4th degree, Knights of Columbus from Klamath Falls will attend services at Sacred Heart Catho lic church in Medford, Sunday. The visitation by the Klamath Falls 4th degree will be in ob servance of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Knights of Columbus. John L. Hockstatter, Grand Knight of the Medford council announced that the 3rd degree. Knights of Columbus, Medford, would act as hosts to the visiting group. The visiting guests will be present at the 9:30 a.m. service at Sacred Heart church and will hear a sermon by the Rev. Thomas Zeyen. SJ, mission priest from Santa Barbara, Calif. Program-Bible School Discussed at Meeting The Easter program for the Sunday school department of the First Presbyterian church, Phoenix, was discussed at the meeting of the officers and teachers Tuesday evening. It was decided that beginners and primary students would pre sent their individual programs in their respective rooms and -invite parents to attend. The junior and intermediate groups will present a short program during the opening exercises in the main Sunday school audi torium. The Daily Vacation Bible school to be held in June was discussed with Mrs. Charles Marfs as superintendent. Plans were also made to send a representative to the Presby terian Training school at Lewis and Clark college when it meets in July and August. help youths who seem to be In particular need of it. Widest Range The question which evoked the widest range of views and the sharpest comments was: "What part, if any, should nonrsectar ian teaching about religion play in a public school program of moral and ethical concepts?" Insofar as the individual re plies could be categorized, eight principals assigned an import ant role to religious teaching, 10 a small to moderate role, six ruled it out altogether, and the remaining 16 either declined to answer or lined up with the principal who confessed, "I hon estly don't know." Some of the pro and con com- ments: "Knowledge about religion is ; an educational right." j . "Keep religion out of it." "I do not see how religion can be taught on a non-sectarian ; basis." ' "The value and purpose of all j religion can be stressed, and I each student can be taught to have more loyalty to his own j faith." I "Objective teaching about re-, ligion certainly should have a place in public schools. But the whole problem of moral and j ethical concepts is broader than can be handled in s non-sectarian course 'about' religion." "Courses about religion can be a dangerous thing if denom inational doctrine is taught. But there is a common ground among all religions and these values can and should be taught" IffijiiiiilTiVr-"" : ska Presbyterians Tell Services Dr. D. Kirkland West wilt preach at both mnminn unniiin services of the First Presbyter- iau cnurcn Sunday on "Growing Pains of Christians " The wf. minster choir will sing the an- uiciu r-raise My Soul, the King m iicaven at uie lirst service, the chancel choir the anthem AH in the April Evening" at the second." Mrs. Effie H. Kurtz will sing the solo "He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over Thee." The evening service will be held at 7 p.m. in the Fellowship hall nf tv,o , u t"- r. - ...v. vuuitu. ravorne hymns will be sung, and a brief message from the "Surprise Box" given by the Rev. John Reynolds. After this worshin nprind 4V,.. group will divide, with the adults remaining with Dr. West for the third study in the pres- ... scries or churchmanship classes. These classes are for those who desire to unite with the church on confessio' of their faith or bv tnirr ' tu.: - . vji mcir membership from other church- The Westminster fellowship for senior high young people will have a discussion on the mo tives for Christian giving and compassion, and will conclude me meeting by viewing a film strip entitled "The Year That r lowered. me communirante' fr youth will be taught by Mr. Rey nolds during the second morning worship service. Approximately 23 young people are taking the course of instruction preparatory iu memDersnip. Stewardship Revival At Church of God The Stewardship revival con tinues at the First Church of God on March 17. Part of the worship hour was titled "Thinking About Our Church." This examination cov ered the worship services, th; total program of evangelism Christian education, the pastor, and the parsonage. Sunday evening, March 24 will find another unveiling of stewardship emphasis. The youth fellowship hour, at 6:30 p.m., will find the showing of the filmstrip, "A Tip or a Tal ent." This film depicts a teen agers problem in giving some thing to God. At 7:30 p.m., during the gospel hour, the film "Stranger in the House" will be presented. This film shows what full grown love can do to change the course of a man's life. The public is invited to all of these special services. Delegates to Attend State Youth Retreat Three delegates from the First Church of God in Medford will attend a youth retreat at the Church of God in Rosphnrir to day and Saturday. Two of the local delegates hold office in the state rcuth work and they will represent their offices at the re treat. The Rev. Darold H. Jones ln- cal pastor, is one of the vmith advisors for the Churches of God in Oregon and Miss Leota Mc CuIIough is secretary for the state-wide youth program. Paul Ryn, local youth president will also be present, along with an other elected delegate, at this meeting. The youth retreat will reflect planning sessions on the state youth camps, the state youth convention, the state camp meet ings, and the newly adopted scholarship plan for enll youth of Oregon who are in neea oi financial assistance. FIRST CHURCH OF THE Raymond W. Hum, Pastor SUNDAY SERVICES INCLUDE 9:00 A.M. 'THE GOSPEL HOUR" KMED (1440 KC) 9:45 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY We will be trying to break the attendance record of 748 Classes for all ages 10:50 A.M. -tDr. E. E. Zachary, Preaching J' W. Le Mansveld j St. Luke's Methodist Starts Sermon Series Starting Sunday, March 24, the Rev. John Albert Taylor, pastor of St. Luke's Methodist church will begin a series of four sermons' on prayer. The se ries is entitled, "The Life of Angels." The individual topics are: March 24, "Hoist a Sale"; March 31, "Silence of Eternity": April 7, "Trumpets in the Morn ing"; and April 14, "Dilemma in Gethsemane." The congregation of St Luke's is presently meeting in Bigham hall on the Jackson county fair grounds. Construction of their new church building is expected to begin about June 1. Series Ends at First Christian Sunday evening's study will conclude the series on "Missions U.S.A." at the First Christian church. The individual study groups will meet at 6:30 p.m. The guest speaker for the gener al assembly at 7:15 will be Mrs. Joe Crick of Grants Pass. She will talk about her experiences behind the Iron Curtain. At the morning worship ser vice the Rev. William C. Piper will preach on "xhc Barren Fig Tree." The chancel choir will present the anthem, "Jesus, Sav iour, Pilot Me." A coffee hour will follow he morning service. The monthly aii-church Fel lowship dinner will be held Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. A musi cal program has been planned. The young people of the church who are participating in the Southern Oregon Music Festival in Klamath Falls Saturday will play their solo pieces. Appearing on the program will be Nancy Simmons, Donna Demmer, Mari lyn Conner, Joyce Hunter, Joyce Stockstill, Clinton Stiger and Robert Allen. Advenfists Observe Ordinance oi Humility Medford Seventh-day AdVent ists will re-enact instructions laid down by their Lord some 1900 years ago on Saturday, at the local church, corner of Ed wards and Beatty, according to Pastor John Trude. At the' 11 a.m. service, mem bers of the church will partici pate iirthe ancient Ordinance of Humility enjoined by Christ fol lowing the Last Supper. This ordinance will be followed by the regular Christian commun ion. In the Ordinance of Humility which will follow Pastor Trude's comments, members of the church will engage in the cere monial of washing of one anoth er's feet, an act symbolic of the humility necessary to the Chris tian life. Unfermented grape juice and unleavened bread, symbols of the body and blood of Christ, will be taken in the Communion service which members will at tend following the Ordinance of Humility. The service is observed in Seventh-day Adventist churches four times a year, according to Pastor Trude, and are "a rededi cation by individual church members to their baptismal vows. William C Pipm Miniitar ifY c ! m You are invited o attend the . . 520 North Holly W. Lee Mansveld, Minister of Musle One of America's fore most Bible expositors, he pioneered the open ing of the Nazarene work in Australia, and is Superintendent of the Northwest District. Musical Features ... Gospel Hour Men's Quartet Gospel Hour Ladies Trio Sanctuary Choir Youth Choir 7 p.m., Dr. E. E. Zachary, Preaching Concluding Services of Evangelistic Campaign Oregon Lutherans Provide Method fo Fight Delinquency Oregon's Lutherans are pro viding a preventive method of coping with juvenile delinquency and broken-home situations. At the annual meeting of the Oregon Lutheran Welfare asso ciation held at Central Lutheran church, Portland, last month they voted to add to their staff. W. E. Payne, Ph.D., an experi enced social psychologist, wno has had notable success in pre serving and improving Christian family relationships as well as repairing broken or impaired family situations. Constructed on a seminar basis, . Dr. Payne's chief tool in this work is a Family Relation ships course of six lessons in Which parents and others who work with young people receive instruction in keeping healthy Christian attitudes present among the members of families. Lessons are two hours in length and the size of the class is usu ally between 24 and 30 students. After each session Dr. Payne of fers 1V2 hours of private coun selling to those who wish it. Classes are conducted through out the state at the request' of individuals or congregations. Another program being offer ed by the Oregon Lutheran Wel fare association is a course of training in which lay persons are given instruction in visiting guests in nursing and rest homes and hospitals. All such institu tions in the state are being con tacted to obtain permission lor visitors to serve their residents. Those homes and hospitals which desire this service will be assigned to Lutheran congrega tions in the area and members who complete the three-class course of training will soon be designated officially in charge of the visitation program in those institutions. Thess training programs, too, are being offered to the congregations throughout the state. Instructors are the Rev. E. E. Ramsey and the Rev. F. W. Krinke, both of whom have had institutional experience as chap lains. Schedule Announced For Friends Church Pastor Clynton Crisman of the Friends church is currently con ducting a series of lessons on "What Friends Believe," to which those interested in mem bership in the church are invit ed, The classes are held each Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in connection with the reg ularly scheduled youth and mid week prayer meetings. WANTED People who ere interested in on ' Open Bible Standard Church in Medford. CALL 3-5504 609 West 4th 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, Or. NAZARENE E. Zachary Dr. E.