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SIX MSDFORD (OREGON) MAIL THIBUNB
Church News
Central Point Pastor
Accepts Call to Florida
Central Point The Rev.
Jsmes Kreider, pastor of Pil
K'im Holiness church. Central
Point, will leave Monday for
Orlando, II , where he will as
Him; duties as pastor of the Pil-Jt-im
Holiness church there.
Mr. Lrcider has been pastor
of the Central Point church for
tr. past thrf-e years. He moved
to Central Point from Portland
where he attended Western
Evangelical seminary and was
minister of music at the First
Evangelical -United B r e t h ern
church, nor to moving to Port
land he was graduated from the
Owosso Bible colleae, with Owos
so, Mich., with a .degree in theo
logy. New pastor of the church is
the Rev. Clarence Jackson of
Klamath Falls who will assume
his duties as pastor July 4.
Mr. Kreirier will be accom
panied to Florida by his wife,
Katherine, and three children,
Linda, Sardra, and Wanrla.
Sunday morning at the 11 a.m.
sorvire the new church pews will
be dedicated. The Rev. William
S Deal, district superintendent
of the Pacific Northwest Pil
grim Holiness church, will speak
at the dedicatirxn service.
Presbyterians Set
United Service
The Presbyterian congrega
tions of Jacksonville, Phoenix,
Central Point, Ashland and Med-
ford are uniting Sunday even
ing at the First Presbyterian
church in Medford for a Union
Jfvenin.t Vesper Service at 8 p.m.
The Rev. Robert T. Bridge, for
merly of Washington, D.C. and
Abilene, Texas, and now of Jack
sonville, will be the guest speak
er. His topic will be "Art Thou
He Or Look We For Another?"
Mrs. Charles Champlin will sing,
accompanied by Miss Priscilla
West at the organ. A social hour
fcill follow the service.
At both of the morning wor
ship services Dr. D. Kirkland
West will preach on ' Does God
Answer All Our Prayers?."
The Westminster choir will
sing "The Twenty-Third Psalm"
. the first service, and the chan
cel choir will sing the anthem
"Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens
Adore Hin" at the second serv
iie. Dr. Elliott Harlow will be
the soloist for both services and
Will sing "The Ninety-First
Psalm."
At 7 p.m. Westminster fellow
ship for i?nior hijh young peo
ple will met in the fireplace
room and will hear reports from
lime of the hiuh school students
Who have returned from the
Presbyterian Senior High con
frrpnee at Lake of the Woods.
Approximately 20 junior high
campers will leave at 2 p.m. Sun
day afternoon for a week at the
Lake of the Woods camp and
conference.
Methodist Teachers
To Attend School
Mrs. Robert Forbes, chairman
of the commission on education
of the First Methodist church,
and Mrs. Alvin Minshill, teach
er in the fourth grade depart
ment and Miss Judy Davis, teach
er in the four year old depart
ment, of the church school, will
leave Sunday to attend a Labor-
tory school at the First Methodist
church, Eugene. Mrs. Forbes will
be the instructor for the three
year old nursery", on the staff
of file school. The school is spon
sored by the Uregon Conference
of the Methodist church, for the
training of teachers and work
ers from nursery through the
senior high departments. The
Medford church provides scholar
ships for all tea chers in the
church school who wish to at
tend. Tuesday Fun Nights
Planned for Youths
The Methodist Youth fellow
ship of the First M e t h odist
church has planned to have fun
nights this summer on Tuesday
nichts. This past Tuesday, the
group skated in Ashland. On
June 25. they plan to have a
swimming party at the Hawth
orne park Craig Walstead is
Fellowship Program Chairman
with Richard Fanger, adult ad
visor The Sunday meetings will
be held at 7 p.m., with "The
World Around Us" as theme for
June 23, "This I Can Do," on
June 30, and "Why Does it Mat
ter If I Drink?" on July 7. Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Igo are counsel
ors. Children's Day Set
At First Nazarene
Sunday morning services at
the First Church of the Nazarene
will be dedicated to the children
of the church. Following a pro-
cram presented bv the da ily !
vacation Bible school children at p.m. at the Salvation Army shelt
10:20 a.m. the worship service,! cr on Crew's rd.
10:50 a.m. will feature the child-1 Bids will be reviewed for re-
ren's dav message by the pastor, ! pair work to be done at the I
"... As Little Children." : Shelter. A tour of the shelter
The pastor's Sunday evening j will follow the lunch. Reports 1
sermon will be the third in a : to be given at the meeting will
series of sermons from the Pro- j include one by members who
phets. the subject will be "The : attend the state advisory board i
Kiddie of Ezekiel." i meeting in Fortland.
Rev. James Kreider
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Church School
Vacation Bible School stu
dents will present their demon
stration program at the Friends
church Friday at 8 p.m., ex
hibiting their handcrafts and
giving a resume of memory work
and songs learned during the
two-weeks Eible School. Weather
permitting, the program will be
given in the large tent behind
the church, where the primaries,
juniors and intermediates have
been meeting for opening as
sembly each day. The younger
children will be costumed in sun
bonnets, western hats, chaps and
skirts made dwring craft time
in keeping with the theme,
"Pioneering with Christ."
More than 240 children from
four years through the eighth
grade have been enrolled in the
Bible school, with a staff of over
40 teachers and helpers. Two
buses have been used each day
for transportation, and two tents
were erected on the church
grounds to provide extra rooms
for craft classes. Pastor Clynton
Crisman is superintendent of the
school.
Worship services will be held
in the church Sunday at 9:45
and 11 a.m. and at 8 p.m. Pastor
Crisman will bring the messages.
Pat Leek will be soloist for the
morning services. During the
Sunday school opening assemb
ly at 9:45 a.m. Mrs. James Hig
gins will play vibra-harp solos.
Christian Endeavor will be held
at 7 p.m., and the "Quaker Hour"
will be broadcast at 9:30 p.m.
over KM ED.
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FORMER PASTOR The Rev.
C. W. Frost, former pastor of
The Apostolic Faith church here,
will speak at the local church
Sunday morning and evening,
June 23. Mr. Frost, who will be
accompanied by Mrs. Frost, has
made his home in St. Louis, Mo.
during the past year and has
held evangelistic services
thro ughout the Midwest. The
Frosts will remain in Medford
one day on their way to the
Apostolic Faith International
c o n v e n tion-camp meeting in
Portland.
Apostolic Faith Tell
Summer Schedule
During the Apostolic Faith In
ternational, convention-camp
meeting in Portland fewer meet-
ings will be held at the local
church, according to the Rev.
Loyce Carver, pastor Schedule
for the church starting Sunday,
June 30. will be Sunday school,
9:30 am.; morning worship,
11 a.m. and Wednesday night
prayer meeting at 7 p.m. This
schedule will remain in effect
until July 28 when the regular
five meetings each week will be
resumed
Scheduled to Meet
I The advisory board of the
Salvation Army, Medford, will
meet Monday, June 24. at 12:15
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Dr. Balcomb to
Preach Farewell
Sermon Sunday
Dr. Raymond E. Balcomb will
preach his last sermon in Med
ford before leaving for new
duties in Corvallis Sunday at the
9:30 and 11 a.m. services at the
First Methodist church. The ser
mon will be "Now Hear the Word
of the Lord."
Several anthems will be sung
and Dr. G. A. Dierdorrf will
be soloist singing "The Great
Awakening."
Dr. Balcomb has been minister
of the First Methodist church for
the past three years. He was ap
pointed by Bishop A. Raymond
Grant to the First Met hodist
church, Corvallis.
Under the ministry of Dr. Bal
comb more than 440 members
united with the First Methodist
church and the local and bene
volent giving reached new re
cords. In November, 1955, at
the 70th A n n i versary of the
church, a campaign realizing
over S108.000 in cash and pledges
was carried on for building and
remodelling purposes. The
Clarence A. Meeker Memorial
chapel was dedicated in May
1956 and bids were recently re
ceived for the construction of a
new parsonage. Church attend
ance reached an all-time high
at the Easter services in the
Hedrick Junior High school audi
torium last April, and series of
Lenten Sunday evening services
with guest preachers and choirs
brought widely known speakers
and choral groups to Medford.
The church staff was increased
with the addition of an associate
minister and an additional part
time secretary.
The First Methodist church,
C o r v a 1 lis, is known as "the
church beside the campus" of
Oregon State college. Dr. Bal
comb will preach there for the
first time on Sunday, June 30.
Dr. and Mrs. Balcomb have
four children, Bernice, Rose
mary, Gene, and Scott A fifth
child, Joanne, died here in Jan
uary. School Demonstration
Program Scheduled
The daily vacation Bible
school demonstration program of
the First Church of the Nazarene,
520 North Holly, will be given
during the Sunday school hour
Sunday morning. A rhythm band
by the kindergarten and pri
mary departments will be fea
tured, also a junior and inter
mediate choir.
The offerings brought by the
children to vacation Bible school
is to be used to build churches
in Korea and Formosa, the in
termediate Department as also
worked on bandages and hospital
gowns to be used in missionary
work done during Bible school.
The program is scheduled to
begin at 10:20 a.m. and will
include songs and scripture
memorization from each depart
ment of the school.
Presbyterians to
Attend Synod Meet
During Next Week
Several Presbyterians will be
attended the Synod meetings at
Lewis and Clark college in Port
land, June 24 through 27. They
include Dr. D. K. West, the Rev.
John O. Reynolds, George Flan
agan, Robert Brewer, Fred Gat
ter, Ward Lampkin, Mrs. George
Osier and Mrs. Grover Comm.
Each person attending has an
official relationship with the
Synod, with Dr. West as chair
man of the stewardship and pro
motion committee of Synod; Mr.
Reynolds will be working with
the committee on camps and con
ferences; Flanagan, stewardship
and promotion committee; Brew
er, finance committee: Lamp
kin, evangelism committee; Gat
ter is attending as secretary-treasury
of Presbyterian Men's club,
and Mrs. Osier and Mrs. Corum
are the delegates to Synod of
the South West Oregon Presby
terial society.
Home Mission Director
To Speak Here Monday
The Rev. Clarence Solbere,
home mission director of the
Evanggelical Lutheran church,
will speak to the Ascension Luth
eran church congregation Mon
day, June 24, at 7:30 p.m. The
meeting will be held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Valton Finley,
1327 Reddy st.
Mr. Solberg will present the
home mission set-up as it per
tains to the building of the local
church which is scheduled to
start next month. The church
site is on Barnett rd. and Black
Oak dr.
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MEMORIAL WINDOW A memorial window for the First
Methodist church depicting the child bringing the loaves and
fishes to Jesus has been ordered by the church. The window
will be in memory of Joanne Elizabeth Balcomb, six-year-old
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Balcomb, who died last
January. The window is being created by the Cummings
Stained Glass studios of San Francisco and will be installed
early in the fall in the east windows of south transept of the
church. In the completed window the grape and leaf pattern
will fill the curved border of the window.
College President
To Speak Sunday
The Rev. Leland R. Keys, pres
ident of the Bethany Bible col
lege in Santa Cruz, Calif., will
speak at the 11 a.m. service Sun
day at the Bethel Assembly of
God, 1729 North Riverside ave.
Before occupying his present
position as Bible college presi
dent, Mr. Keys was pastor of
the Glad Tidings Temple in San
Francisco. He is widely known
as a Bible expositor and camp
meeting speaker. Together with
the Rev. C. M. Ward, speaker for
the Assemblies of God national
radio broadcast known as Reviv
altime, Mr. Keys will form the
camp meeting teams which will
speak at the Oregon District
Camp at Brooks, June 24 through
July 7.
A group of musicians from
the Bethany Bible college will be
at the Bethel Assembly of God
Friday, June 28, at 7:30 p.m.
They will present sacred music
in both vocal and instrumental
combinations. The group is
traveling extensively this sum
mer to represent the college and
to present concerts of sacred
music.
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CHURCH DEDICATED Dedication services
were held last Sunday for the Free Methodist
church which was recently completed. The
church, at 1266 South Peach St., is one of
three proposed units. The Rev. W. S. Kendall
and the Rev. M. C. Miller,' both of Salem,
7,000,000 American
Children to Attend
Schools and Camps
The National Council of Chur
ches estimates that more than
7,000,000 American children
will attend church-sponsored va
cation schools and camps this
summer.
Religious educators are en
thusiastic about the rapid spread
of these youth activities. They
point out that a child may re
ceive as much religious train
ing in one month at a daily va
cation church school as he gets
during a full year of the tra
ditional hour-a-week attendance
at Sunday school.
P R O G R AM-T H U R S DAY
Phoenix The closing pro
gram of the vacation Bible school
for the Church of Christ, Phoe
nix, will be held Thursday, June
27, at 7:30 p.m. Demonstrations
by various classes will be given
and crafts will be displayed.
Following the program a fellow
ship period for the parents and
children will be held.
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 end Oakdals Medford, Ore.
I Sunday School Picnic
Planned by Church
The Sunday school of St. Peter
Evangelical Lutheran church,
1020 East Main, will be held Sun
day afternoon on the south side
of Hawthorne park, beginning
at 1 p.m., according to Al Hunt
emann, chairman of the board
of education.
Families of the congregation
are reminded to bring food and
service. Ice-cream and beverage
will be supplied.
The Sunday school picnic is
an annual affair, sponsored by
the congregation, for the child
ren of the Sunday school and
vacation Bible school conducted
by the church.
Starts Gambling Fight
The Massachusetts Council of
churches in a state-wide crusade
against organized gambling.
First step in the "educational
campaign" was distribution of
a state crime commission report
asserting that Massachusetts has
more bookies than lawyers and
dentists. The report added that
gambling syndicates are milk
ing the sate of more than one
billion dollars a year.
Medford Boy to Attend
National Assembly
Robert Lichti of Old Stage
road, Medford, will attend the
Fourth Westminster Fellowship
national assembly at Grinnell
college in Iowa from June 26 to
July 3. He will be a delegate
from the Southwest Oregon
Presbytery.
Mrs. George Flanagan will
accompany the group from the
the presbytery as adult advisor.
The assembly will be geared
to the concerns of high school
youth and will include "talk-it-over"
sessions as well as speeches
by Presbyterian churchmen.
PASTOR TO SYNOD
Central Point Dr. Norman
K. Tully, pastor of First Presby
terian church, Central Point, will
leave Monday for the meeting of
the Synod in Portland. He will
visit his daughter in Davenport,
Wash., prior to his return. Sun
day, June 30, the Presbyterian
Men's club of the church will
conduct the worship service.
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Notice
of change to summer schedule at the
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Thomas McCamant, Minister
Groveland Ave. and Oakwood Drive
Church School at 10 a.m.
Church Worship at 10 a.m.
St. Luke's
Pastor Arrives
The Rev. Melvin W. Dixon
arrived in Medford this week
to assume duties as pastor of
St. Luke's Methodist church.
Mr. Dixon has been pastor of
the Shedd Community Method
ist church for the past five years
and was appointed to serve St.
Luke's at the recent Oregon An
nual Conference in Corvallis.
His sermon for the Sunday morn
ing worship hour will be: "The
Answer to A Question!"
The new pastor" was born in
China of miss ionary parents,
came to America when six years
of age, and has been in the min
istry for 12 years, having served
a Methodist church in Breck
enridge, Mich, prior to coming
to Oregon. His formal education
was received in southern Calif
ornia with degrees philosophy
and Biblical literature.
He was accompanied here by
Mrs. Dixon, two daughters,
Sharon, 12, and Martha, 10, and
Mr. Dixon's father Stanley Dix
on. Their residence is at 698
South Modoc ave.
Picnic - Paint Day
Set by Eastwood
Enrollment at vacation church
school at the Eastwood Baptist
church, North Keene Way dr. at
Ridgeway, has exceeded previous
years as the school been in ses
sion during the past week Total
enrollment is near 100. The
school continues next week, with
the annual picnic being held on
Fridav, June 28, at Lithia park
and the program will be that
evening at 7:30 p.m. Chlidren
from the ages of four through
the sixth grade in the area of
the church are invited to enroll
for the second week of the
school.
"What on Earth Are You Do
ing?" is the theme of the sermon
to be given by the Rev. Richard
M. Jones, pastor of tne tast
wood BaDtist church, at the 11
a.m. worship service. The choir
will lead in the worsnip service
Nurserv care as provided.
The Eastwood Baptist church
cooperates with the American
Baptist convention and is locate
north of the Hedrick Junior High
school.
Satnrdav has been designated
"Paint Day" at the Eastwood
Baptist church. Members of the
church are asked to corne pre
pared to do a number oi jods,
inrlndinc the Dlacinc of the bell
in the new tower, cleaning wax
inn the new floor and painting
trim and wainscote. The new
lawn will also be cut and rolled.
The church is nearing the com
nletinn of its remodeling Dro-
gram, with many changes being
made both inside ana ouisiae
the church structure.
conducted the dedication ceremonies at 3 p.m.
before an overflow crowd. Pastors and con
gregations from neighboring communities
attended the service. Pastor of the Medford
congregation is the Rev. John M. Root.
Church of God Plans
Closing Program
For Vacation School
A closing program for the
First Church of God wil be held
this evening, June 21, at 7:30p.m.
in the church a u d itorium at
Haven and Holly sts. Medford.
A record number of children will
be presented to the church for
graduation. Recognition will be
given the teachers.
A coffee hour will be held
after the Bible school program.
All birthdays and anniversaries
for the month of June will be
given special recognition.
The public is invited to at
tend the program.
REVIVAL CONTINUES
Evangelists Leah and Leatha
Cruce of San Jose, Calif., and
Miss Charlene Laffarn of Mod
esto, Calif, are continuing even
ing services at Sunshine Gospel
Mission. Mace rd. through next
week. The public is invited to
attend the 7:30 p.m. revival meet-
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Baptist Pastor
Attends Meeting
The Rev. James Neeley, pastor
of the First Baptist church, left
for Los Angeles this week to at
tend the annua! meeting of the
Conservative Baptists of Amer
ica. While in Los Angeles he will
also attended a board meeting
of the trustees of the Denver
Theological seminary of which
he was elected a member last
year. In the absence of the pas
tor, the Rev.- Haddon Robinson
will conduct the worship serv
ices. On Thursday. June 27, at 7:30
p. m. the church will celebrate
its annual "Christmas in June''
service. This service which is
planned and directed by the mis
sionary committee of the church
is designed to provide Christmas
gifts for Con servative Baptist
missionaries around the world.
It is necessary to have the serv
ice during the summer since it
often takes several months for
packages to reach distant mis
sionaries. The speaker for the
program will be the Rev. Russell
Smith of Portland. Mr. Smith is
director of the state missionary
work among negros. The Rev.
Lester Libbcy of the First Bap
tist church in Ashland will also
bring a brief devotion on the
theme of world missions.
Denomination Merger
Explained Sunday
The 10 a.m. service at the Con
gregational church on Sunday
will include a brief statement in
preview of tne Uniting Synod
of the United Church of Christ
which will be held at Cleveland
on Tuesday, June 25. At this time
the General Council of the Con
gregational Christian churches
and the General Synod of the
Evangelical and Reformed
church will unite to form The
United Church of Christ.
This is regarded as one of the
most significant denominational
mergers to have taken place in
this country. However it is not
expected to pro duce any im
mediate change in the status of
local churches and the Congrega
tional church - of Medford will
continue to be known by that
name.
The sermon by the Rev.
Thomas McCamant Sunday will
be on the topic, "Full of Life."
The second and con eluding
week of the vacation Bible school
will begin on Monday. Sessions
are from 9 to 11:30 a.m Parents
are invited to an open house
Friday at 10:30 a.m.
Church Department
Organization Talk
Set At Christian
The Rev. William C. Piper
will talk on "T h e Functional
Program" Sunday at the First
C h r i stian church. All depart
ments of the church have recent
ly been reorganized under the
plan used in most of the Christ
ian churches in the brotherhood.
Mr. Piper will explain this plan
and show by charts how it will
operate. Mrs. Gloria Smith will
sing the solo "How Lovely is
the Hand of God" and the chan
cel choir under the direction of
C. Warren Fairbanks will pre
sent the anthem "How Lovely
Are the Messengers." A coffee
hour will follow the morning
service.
In the evening the sermon title
will be "The Foundation of the
Kingdom."
SCHOOL CONTINUES
Phoenix The daily vacation
Bible school of the Church of
the Nazarene, Phoenix, will con
tinue for the second week. All
children in the community are
invited to attend the daily ses
sions at the church.
Sunday, June 23rd
Rev. C. W. Frost
1 1 a.m. and. 8 p.m.
Pastor of Church Here for Many Years
ORCHESTRA-CHORUS-SOLOISTS-EVERYONE WELCOME
Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Young People's Meeting 3 p.m.
Apostolic Faith Church
NORTH CENTRAL AT 3RD, MEDFORD
Loyce C. Carver, Pastor Phone SP 2-2757
Denominations
To Merge Tuesday
By LOUIS CASSELS
United Press Correspondent
Washington IP Next Tues
day, June 25, in a ceremony at
Cleveland, two of America's
oldest Protestant denominations
will formally merge into one
body.
The Congregational Christian
churches, descended from the
Pilgrims who came to New Eng
land aboard the Mayflower, will
unite with the Evangelical and
Reformed church, which Ger
man and Dutch immigrants es
tablished in this country in the
early 18th century.
The new body will be called
"The United Church of Christ."
With 8.200 local churches and
more than 2,100,000 members, it
will be the seventh largest U.S.
Protestant denomination.
Merger negotiations between
the two groups have been in
progress for years. A previous
decision to unite in 1949 was
blocked by a law suit brought
by an anti-merger faction. A mi
nority group within the Congre
gational Church still is adamant
ly opposed to the merger and
has threatened to remain inde
pendent. Leaders of the Protestant ecu
menical "d rawing together"
movement regard the forthcom
ing merger as one of the most
significant that has taken place
in the struggle to reunite the
long-divided Christian family.
Previous U. S. mergers in re
cent years have generally been
within the bounSs of a single
historic confession as when
various Methodist bodies joined
to form the Methodist church in
1939, or when two northern
branches of the Presbyterian
church united last year.
The Cleveland ceremony will
mark the confluence of two en
tirely distinct streams of Pro
testantism. The Congregational
ists stem from the English ref
ormation, while the E & R
churches are spiritual descend
ants of the continental reforma
tion led by Luther, Zwingli and
Calvin.
Despite their diverse ances
tries, the two groups found they
had no basic disputes over doc
trine. The principal differences
which had to be ironed out in
the protracted unity negotia
tions were in the realm of poli
ty, or church government.
Congregationalists, faithful to
the Puritan tradition, have al
ways accorded local churches
the highest degree of autonomy
in regulating their own affairs.
The Evangelical and Reformed
churches, in the Presbyterian
tradition, have had a greater
degree of central organization
and supervision.
The plan of union is designed
to provide elements of both
systems within the United
Church of Christ. In effect, local
churches will have a wide lati
tude to choose for themselves
how closely they will be con
nected with the central organi
zation. Adventists to Hear
Congress Reports
A report of the Spokane
Seventh - day Adventist Youth
congress will be given Saturday,
at 5:30 p.m. at the Medford
S.D.A. church during the regular
meeting of the local youth group.
Included in the report will be
an account of the ceremony
witnessed by the local delegates
attending the Youth rally. Sched
uled to give the report are Miss
Gladys Beddoe of the Medford
society and Miss Carolyn Glass
ford and Miss Marcella Wilbur
and Fred Wilbur of the Valley
View church.
CHURCH for Sale
Large corner lot with park
ing area located in Medford
Ph. KE 5-1457 or NO 4-2829
UNITY
TRUTH CENTER
Sunday Devotional Service and
Sunday School for Children 1 1 .m.
Regular Center Activities:
Thursday Midweek Service 7:30
0 m. Friday morning Study Class
1 1 a.m.
Ail Classes, Activities and Sunday
Services now held at the
HOLLY BUILDING
Katherine Bosworth, Leader