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I - I. r t'1 Vi o a ontAreDroiD (oSegohj Church News f'r Roseberry yfies at First T)r. Ceirje G. Boseberry as-rs:rr.e-? ifjti, an minister of the 'T:tt 51 e . hodiit church, Med Jr& tr. wr-el ard Will preach a. !' e 30 and 11 m. services .of ora-.ip on j-jne 311 Or. BPcerry has just com P'' ' 'i ha second appointment as district superintendent, hav ing been J fi p o in'.ei first in li'iiihi). s.jf ears ago he was ap-tX'in'e- district superintendent of tre S.m district. J:'e ha rved pastorates in R jpc rt and C a!dll, Idaho, and t e Rose City Prft Methodist cnurch, Portland. Dr. Roseberry s graduated oni Kansas Wesleyen univer si'y at Salir.a) and from Garrett Theological siminary, Chicago. He uaj given a doctor of divin ity "cree from th College of Jt:;iho. a, Presbyterian College in 1 Piosrberry's have two daughters, Mrs. Paul Jewell who is married to the Rev. Paul O. Jewell, a recent traduate of Gar rett Biiicai Institute, pastor of a Portland Methodist church, and Miss Caralie Roseherry who was q graduate from Wills me tte university this June. Mrs. Roseberry has held dis trict and conference offices in the WSCS, and is a member of PEO and the Order of Eastern Star. Dr. Roseberry is a member of Masonic Lodge. Scottish Rite, Eastern Star and tha S.lem Rotary" club. He ha been on tha p Willamette univermity board of trustees, for the past is yean. The Rev. George A. Trobough, reappointea to the faff of the First Methodist Church, Med ford. will continue aa associate minister. Mr Troboujh cimi to Medford a year afo, after serv ing as minister of tha first Meth odist Church, St. Helens, Ore. for almost five years. Mr. Trobougi has served as chairman of th Orejnn Con ference Board of Social and Eco nomic Relations and a member of the newly appointed television-radio and film commission. Actiyifies Told By Methodists . The ore bestra of the First JHe'hod:st church. Medford, met on June 25 tor their first re-hea-sel. The Rev. Geo rge A. 'Trohought directed this first practice. The next meeting for the orches'ra will be on Mon day. Juiy 8. at 7:30 p.m. at the church. Youth and adults of the cbjrch are Invited to participate lo is orchestra. Trie Senior High Methodist Voutk fellowship council will meet on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Deal Indian Soda Springs camp for an officer's retreat and planning session. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Igo, counselors, and various adult advisors, will make the trip with the group Mr. Trobough will conduct a communion service- at the camp on Saturday evening. The Woman's Society of Chris tian Servica of the First Method ist Church authorized the send ing of 20 copies of the Upper Room to an American Air Force Unit in William iake, British Colombia.CCanada. The request came to the Woman's Society of Christian Service through Mr. Trobough who had contact with a master sergeant in March con cerning the servicemen in this isolated area. The chaplin of the squadron requested such devo tional materials as the Upper Room. Other literature will be considered by other groups of the church in the near future, which may be used by the men in the squadron. Cwitral Point Church Starts Sermon 5r' And School Contest Central Point The New Testament church will be the i theme of a series of sermons at the morning and evening serv ices at Church of Christ. Cen tral Point, starting Sunday, ac cording to the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Jean M. Shelley. The scries will deal with thj subject as revealed in the New Testament and from history Sunday topics are "What is Meant ftv the Church of the New Testmaent?" and "Prepara tion for the Found of the Church." The Bible school of the church has been entered in the nation wide bandwagon summer con test sponsored by the Look Out magazine. This contest begins Sunday and will continue for T)'e months of July and August Visitors are invited to attend the j Bib'e arhool each Sunday at 9.45 am. at the church. b;bie STUDY The Sunday 8 p.m. bible study f Kingdam Hall of Jehovah's W i t n e s ses. 2402 Jacksonville Jpghway, will be on "Appreciat ins Basic Christian Publications" ,fom the Hay 15 ssue of Watch tower. "Christian Science" will be V e srrmon subject Sunday at 10 am. at the First Church of Christ. Scientist, Windsor and , OaKftocd or. i mail tribune Assumes Methodist - f Dr. G. G. Roseberry Rev. G. A. Trobough 12 Week Study Ends Saturday Sabbath School services to be held June 29 in the Rogue Val ley's Seventh-day A d v e n t ist churches will mark the culmina tion of twelve week's study of the denomination's mission pro gram in its Far Eastern Division, and a offering will be taken for that field. Each division of the Sabbath School has heard weekly stories and reports from Japan and the Phillipine Island where this quarter's "13th Sabbath" offer ing will be used. According to Allen McCoy, 1728 Minear rd , who will have charge of the Saturday program at the Medford church, the1 of fering here will be combined with that of other S a b b a th schools throughout the denomina tion's world field, and will be used to begin construction of a new medical evangelism center in Osaka, Japan. . Word received from Elder Leo Van Dolson, pastor of the Kobe Osaka district in Japan states that the center is to be located only about a block from the pre fectural government offices there. Mr. McCoy also noted that portion of the funds received Saturday will also go to con struct two new schools in the Phillipine Islands. One of the schools will be located at Igna in the northern Philippines, while the second will be built near Digos on Mindanao in the south Phillipines. Bible School Program Tonight at Eastwood The final program for the Eastwood Baptist vacation church school will be held to night at 7:30 p.m. at the church Parents and friends are invited to come to the program and see the work that the children have been doing through the past two weeks. A coffee hour will follow the program with opportunity for the parents to go to the rooms of their children, meet the teachers and see the hand work. The school theme was a missionary one and the children will be singing songs from many lands and the juniors will diama tize a missionary play by the use of puppets. GUEST SPEAKER The Rev. H. Richard Cooper will be guest speaker Sunday at the 11 a.m. morning worship service at Eastwood Baptist church. Tuesday at 7 p.m. the board of trustees will meet and the advisory board at 8 p.m. SERMON The Rev. Elvin S. Tollefson, pastor, will preach on "Entire Self-sacrifice" Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Ascension Lutheran church. Pythian building, Grape and Fifth sts. SUBJECT TOLD "Divine Love in Expression" will be the subject Sunday at 11 a m. at the Unitv Center of Med ford. 203 Hollv Theatre bldg., Medford. CHURCH for Sale Large corner lot with park ing area located in Medford Ph. KE 5-1457 or NO 4-2829 TIB, :f :?'' 9 Friday. June 28. 1957 Butte Falls Church Tells Summer Plans Butte Fals High school young people of the Butte Falls Com muity Bible church are sponsor ing a film, "The Teen-Agor," at the church Wednesday at 7 p ro. The public is invited. Chuck Sturgill and a representative of the Young Life group will be present. Sturgill will substitute as lead er of the high school young peo ple during the pastor's absence. Regular meetings each Wednes day at 7 p.m. will be at the Elsa Abbott home. Other young folks of the high school age are in vited to join the group Thursday from 7 to 1 1 p.m. at the Ashland skating rink, the teenagers are sponsoring a skat ing party for the whole church. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Davies will ac company the group. Some of the teenagers are planning to go the Cannon Beach Bible conference at Cannon Beach, Ore. or the Young Life conference at Vancouver, Co. during the month of August. The Rev. Howard Simmonds of the Butte Falls Community Bible church wilth his family left Monday for a five-week vucation. They plan to go to Kentucky to visit his mother. En route they will visit in Denver, Colo, with Mrs. Sim monds' mother, Mrs. Pearl Mc Alister and with her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dale McAlister. Mr McAlister's four daughters, Virginia, Dal ene, Linda, and Debra have been living in Butte Falls with the Simmonds family. Other stops along the way will be in Ohama, Neb., and at Hick man Mills, Mo., which is the loc ation of Stonecroft, headquarters of Village Missions which spon sored the Butte Falls church until it could be self-s';staining. In the pastor's absence, the Rev. Lewis Collins of Central Point will fill the pulpit several Sundays? Chuck Sturgill will conduct the teenagers - meeting on Wednesday nights at the Ab bott home. Louis Cramer will lead the Bible study and prayer meetings on Tuesday nights and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Crammer will continue to lead the junior church group of sixth, seventh, and eighth graders at 6 p.m. every Sunday. Village Light Circle will meet next Monday night at 7 p.m. at Mrs. Albert Hnfmann's home. Bible School Closes At Nazarene Church The Mt. Pitt avenue Church of the Nazarene closed its first Vacation Bible School on June 21. A program was presented that evening by the students of the school. At the close of the service about 40 students re ceived graduation certificates. The parents toured the class rooms after the program and saw on display handcraft done by the children and the com bined results of daily chapel services and Bible study that each child had participated in. The school showed a total en rollment of 54 and an average attendance of 49. Pastor Leaves for Week at Family Camp The Rev. Richard M. Jones and family will leave Saturday, June 29, for Camp Arrah Wanna at the foot of Mt. Hood, for a week at the family camp spon sored by the Oregon Baptist convention. Mr. Jones will be the Bible speaker for the camp In the absence of the pastor, the Rev. H. Richard Cooper will be guest speaker at the morning service of the Eastwood Baptist church. Mr. Jones will return on Saturday, July 6 and will fill the pulpit again on July 7 Eastwood Baptist church is affiliated with the American Baptist convention and is locat ed at North Way, dr. at Ridge- way. Sermon Announced; Picnic Planned Sunday The Rev. Melvin W. Dixon pastor of St. Luke's Methodist church, will speak on "Faith s Decisions." for the morning wor ship service at 9:30 a.m. in Big ham Hall at the fairgrounds. Members and friends are invit ed to participate in the service and come prepared for a cover ed dish dinner to be served later at Hawthorne park in hon or Dr. and Mrs G. A. Dierdorff and family who are leaving for the East in the near future. ANNOUNCING NEW MEETING PLACE FOR OPEN BIBLE STANDARD CHURCH OLD ADDRESS 11 NEWTOWN NEW ADDRESS 2715 TABLE ROCK ROAD Sunday School 10:00 A.M. Morning Worship 11:00 A.M. Evening. Evangelistic 7:00 P.M. Phone SP 3-5504 All Are Welcome V. J. Harsh, pastor K-f-V fflfi --.- " s? W-7M "!. ,: U ; , f- km1 h - r prf tU 4 1 M k It-4? I LhAAHi 1 i ; i ilMI WINDOW INSTALLED Al Lane (left) and Robert Wickman of the Medford Plate Glass and Mirror company install the stained glass memorial window at the First Methodist church last week. The window, made by the Cummings Studios of San Francisco, is in memory of Mrs. Beulah Faber. It was installed in the large center window of the south wall of the church. Dedication services will be announced later. (Knackstedt photo) Catholic Position Told Regarding Graham's Revival By LOUIS CASSELS Washington OP The Rev. John E. Kelly said today he was voicing a "long-established" rule of the Roman Catholic church, not a personal projudice, when he warned Catholics to stay away from Billy Graham's re vival meetings. Kelly is information director of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, a job in which he often serves anonymously as a spokesman for the official Cath olic position. To his surprise, he found his own name in the head lines recently because of an article he had written for the magazine "Homiletic and Pastor al Review," which is circulated primarily to Catholic priests. The magazine article, which was widely quoted in news pa pers, described Graham's preaching as a "danger to the faith" and asserted that Catho lics should not attend the Gra ham "Crusade" in New York even out of curiosity. Kelly, a friendly Irishman from Rochester, N. Y., said in an interview today that he had no idea that his comments about Graham would attract so much attention, and stir up so much controversy. He said he has been receiving "a great deal of mail," from Catholics as well as Protestants, denouncing his stand and ac cusing him of bigotry. A spokes man for the Catholic diocese of Providence, R. I., said publicly that Kelly spoke for himself and not for the church. Kelly acknowledged that he acted on his own initiative in writing the article. But he said the views he expressed carried considerably more authority than his private opinion. Graham, in commenting on Kelly's article earlier this month said that "The Catholic church has always been as friendly and as tolerant as their church law will allow" toward his crusades. He later said that a number of Catholic priests have been at tending his New York meetings "even though it is impossible for them to give official sanc tion." Kelly took strong exception to the implication that his church, while technically up holding a ban on attendance at any Protestant service, actually sees no harm in Catholic listen ing to Graham's sermons. He said that while some of Graham's doctrines coincide with Catholic beliefs, others do not. For example, he said, Gra ham is "silent to the extreme" about the Virgin Mary; he does not share Catholic views on the authority of the priesthood or the nature of sacraments: and he does not recognize the claim of the Catholic church to be the "one true church" established by Christ. Wouldn't it be possible for a devout Catholic to listen to Gra- , ham, profit from the preaching that is in accord with Catholic beliefs, and ignore any doctrine that his church considers false? "Billy Graham is a forceful and persuasive preacher," said Kelly. "His sermons are so well constructed, and the true and false doctrines are so inter woven, that even a fairly well- instructed Catholic may be de ceived. Catholics who attend his services run a real risk to the integrity of their faith." Kelly said Graham advises his converts to attend "the Church of your choice" and implies that "one church is as good as an other." This, said the priest, is directly contrary to the tenets of Catholicism. "To a Catholic, there is no such thing as 'the church of your choice.' ou don't worship God as you please, but as God pleases. You choose the church Christ set up as the one true church which can trace its origin to St. Peter and through him to Christ himself is not only 'as good as' others but better." Kelly said he did not mean that individual Catholics arc "better" than Protestants, or that members of other churches cannot be saved. "Many Protestants lead more holy lives than some Catholics who fail to live up to the teach ings of their church," he said. ".Anybody who sincerely be lieves that he is worshipping God in the way God wants, who lives up to the graces God gives him, who follows a right con science, is loved by God and will surely be saved." But respecting the sincerity of another person's convictions is quite different from holding all religions to bi equally true, he continued. "We Americans don't apply the 'one's as good as another' idea in any other phase of life. We don't think that one automo bile or breakfast food, or news paper is as good as every other one. Why should it be true of religion?" The interviewer commented that some Protestants felt it was "inconsistent" for Catholics to invite them to listen to Bishop Fulton J. Sheen's broadcasts, when Catholics are forbidden to listen to Graham or any other Protestant preacher. Kelly said it was a matter of each being "consistent" with his own beliefs. "The intellectual basis of Pro testantism is private judgment. With this as a premise, Protest ants are essentially seekers aftei the truth. A Protestant there fore violates no religious prin ciple by listening to a Catholic sermon. "Catholicism, on the other hand, is a religion based on the authority of God's revelation as taught by Jesus and the church He founded. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Thomas McCamant, Minister Groveland Ave. and Oakwood Drive Summer Schedule Church School Church Worship at 10 a.m. Camping Program Told By First Baptist Church The summer camping program of the First Baptist church gets under way next week with the scheduling of a men's retreat .n July 5-7 at the Union Rogue Baptist camp near Prospect. During the past months, mem bers of the local church have cooperated with the other Con servative Baptist churches in Southern Oregon to modernize the facilities for the camping program. The men's fellowship of the First Baptist church pro vided the funds and supplied the labor to install a new walk in refrigerator in the kitchen Other members of the congrega tion have spent days clearing away underbrush and repairing the cabins while others have helped in the construction of a new Softball diamond. Under the leadership of the Rev. James Neely, chairman of the camp board, plans have been mad? for a five-year improvement pro gram. The schedule for the camps this season is junior camp from July 7 through July 13; unior high camp will be held from July 14 through July 20; senior high school camp will be con ducted from July 21 .through July 27. In addition to these regular weeks at camp, special retreaTs for the women and college-age people will be held from July 29 through Aug. 4. The camping program is open to any young people who desire to attend. Further information concern ing the church comping program may be obtained by calling the church office, SP 2-9197. Presbyterians Tell Sunday Sermon Topics Sermon topics have been an nounced by Presbyterian church Dr. D. Kirkland West will preach on "Christ's Question . . . Who Do You Say I Am?" at the two morning services. "The Bread of Communion" will be the topic of the Rev Robert T. Bridge at Jackson ville Presbyterian Sunday at 11 a.m. and Dr. Clifford Miller. Southern Oregon college, will preach at the Phoenix church in the absence of the pastor, the Rev. Ernest Volkman. The Rev B. J. Holland. Ash land Presbyterian, will have as his communion meditation "His Presence," at the 11 a.m. service there. Sunday evening at 8 p.m. the second in a series of union even ing services of the Presbyterian churches will be held at the Medford church with Mr. Bridge as the speaker. First Christian Tells Sunday Sermon Topics The subject chosen by the Rev. William C. Piper for his sermon Sunday morning at the First Christian church is "Dav id's Prayer for Grace" The chancel choir will present the anthem "God Is a Spirit". A cof fee hour will follow the morn ing worshihp service; this will be the last coffee hour until fall The subject for the evening service will be "Things Eter nal". The state convention of Chris tian churches will begin July 3 at Turner, Ore. Mr. and Mrs. Piper as well as several othe members of the church will at tend. PASTOR TRANSFERS Cave Junction New pastor at the Kerby Assembly of God church will be the Rev. LeRo Niedever of Phoenix. He and Mrs. Niedever, together with their three sons will move to the valley this month. Mr. Nied ever, who replaces the Rev Don Trimmer, will deliver his first sermon June ' 30. He resigned from his pastorate at Phoenix several weeks ago. COMMUNION SERVICE Eagle Point Communion serv ice will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Eagle Point Seventh day Adventist church at the Eagle Point grange hall. Elder John Trude will conduct the service. SERVICE CANCELLED The Rev. Robert E. Cull will preach on "The World of Au thority" at the 11 a.m. service at First Assembly of God Sunday. The midweek service held Thurs day evening at the church has been cancelled. . Phoenix "The Value of Life," will be the sermon topic Sunday at 11 a.m. service at the First Baptist church, Phoenix. The Rev. Perry M. Johnson. will preach. The evening topic at 7:30 p.m. will be "My Faith." at 10 a.m. JwS; Rev. W. S. Daal Girls Trio and Pastor Af Pilgrim Holiness Guest speaker at the Medford Pilgrim Holiness church Sunday at 11 a.m. will be the Rev Wil liam S. Deal, superintendent of the Pacific Northwest district of the denomination. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Deal and a girls' trio, The Pilgrimettes which will represent the denom inational college at El Monte, Calif. The Rev. James Rockholt who has been attending the local church this summer, prior to taking a pastoral charge in Klamath Falls, will occupy the pulpit for the evening service, at 7:30 p.m. Central Point The girls trio will present a program tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Central Poin Pilgrim Holiness church, corner of East Pine and Sixth sts The public is invited to attend. Nazarenes Set Lord's Supper Members of the First Church of the Nazarene will observe the Lord's Supper during the morning worship service Sun day. Members are to be received into the fellowship of the church The Nazarenes report an up surge of Sunday evening attend ance for the 7 p.m. service. The pastor is currently presenting a series of sermons from the Old Testament prophets. The fourth in the series, a sermon from Amos, will "be presented Sunday night. The summer choir will sing. and a feature of the musical pro gram will be selections by th radio mixed quartet, and a young ladies trio. The adult group of the church will start a training course, un der the direction of the assistant pastor, W. Lee Mansveld. en titled "The Living Word." This course is designed to teach young people how to use the Bible. The session wjll meet at 6 p.m. in the prayer auditorium. Violin Solo'Scheduled Sunday at Brethren Miss Ruth Rittenhouse will play a violin solo Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Church of Brethren Sermon topic will be "The Way of the Transformed," by the Rev. Escil Hiser, pastor. The CBYF discussion leader at 6:30 p.m. will be Howard Breazeale and the adult forum at 7:30 p.m. will be "God's Re demptive Plan," which will be presented by the Rev. Roy Port er. Colored slides of famous paintings will be shown. Congregational Pastor To Leave on Vacation The Rev. Thomas McCamant will preach Sunday at the Con gregational church. This will be his last sermon before going on vacation. The communion of the Lord's Supper will be celebrat ed. The sermon will be "Love, Sorrow and Joy". During the month of July the pulpit will be supplied by the Rev. Lloyd G. Knight of Cor vallis. He and Mrs. Knight will be living in the parsonage. PASTOR RETURNS Vave Junction The Rev Lewis Collins of Central Point, delivered both the morning and evening services at the Cave Junction Community church Sunday. Formerly the pastor at Trail, he hs just returned from evangelistic work in Canada. METHODIST SERMONS Talent Sermon topics Sunday at Talent Methodist church will be "Revelation of Jesus," at the 11 a.m. service and "Treasured Possessions," at the 8 p.m. eve ning service. TOPIC TOLD "What I Have, I Give," will be the topic Sunday at both the 8:30 and 11 a.m. services at Zion Lutheran church. The Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman will preach. William C. Piper Minister 9th and s r t r b it. fr-t. Medford Church Tells Schedule The sacrament of holy com munion will be observed at the First Presbyterian church Sun day. Dr. D. Kirkland West will preach on "Christ's Question . . . Who Do You Say That I Am?" The union evening vesper service, for all Presbyterians In the valley, will again be held in the First Presbyterian church. The Rev. Robert T. Bridge of Jacksonville, will bring his sec ond in a series of sermons on questions asked Jesus. A social hour will be held afterwards. At the first service the West minster choir will sing the anthem "Go Not Far From Me," and at the second service the chancel choir will sing "Create In Me A Clean Heart, O God." Miss Kathleen Barr and Miss Colleen Barr will sing a duet "O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High," at both services. Junior high fellowship for seventh and eighth graders will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Joel Gregory; and Westmin ister and Geneva fellowships will meet at 7 p.m. in the fireplace room. After the worship service, Geneva fellowship will continue its own meeting with a panel discussion on the leading ex- . ponents of the contemporary theological scene in America. Terry Sherwood. Young II Shin, Don West and Don Hatch will form the panel. Firesides will be held after each of the fellow ship meetings. On July 1, Dr. and Mrs West will leave for a month's vaca tion at Brookings and on tha coast During the month of July, Dr. West will supply the Brook ings Presbyterian church each Sunday. The Rev. John Rey- holds will assume responsibility for all pastoral duties at First Presbyterian church, Medford, during the absence of Dr West. J Services Sunday at New Church Location The Open Bible Standard church recently purchased prop erty for the building of the new church. The property is located at 2715 Table Rock rd The church ' is now meeting at 11 Newtown ave., since the first services were held April 7 1957. The house on the property will serve as the parsonage, ac cording to the Rev. Virgil Harsh, pastor. Services will be held there until the new church is constructed. Services Sunday will be held at the new address with Sun day school at 10 a.m. followed by the morning worship at 1 1 a.m. and the evening evangelis tic ssrvice at 7 p.m. Sermon Series Told At Church of God . The Sunday morning sermons for July and August at the First Church of God will be taken from the book of John. The pastor, Darold H. Jones, an nounces the series as "God's Love for Man". The evening ser mons during this period will be taken from passages of the Old Testament in a scries titled. "Old Wisdom for New Times" The public is invited to attend PASTOR ARRIVES Central Point The Rev. Mrs. Myrna Deal will preach at 11 a.m. service at the Central Point Pilgrim Holiness Church Sunday. During the Thursday prayer service at 7:30 p.m. the Rev. Clarence Jackson will be in charge for the first service since he assumed duties as pastor of the church. SCHOOL PROGRAM The closing program of the vacation church school, First Methodist church, will be held tonight from 7:30 until 9 p.m. The activties In the departments have been scheduled as various times so parents may visit the different department. PASTORS PREACH Sermon by the Rev. James W. Neely Sunday at First Baptist church, Medford, will be "Why Stand Ye Idle?" at the 11 a.m. service. The Rev. Haddon Rob inson will preach on "Christian and His Country," at the 7:45 p.m. service. 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 II a.m. All Classes, Activities and Sunday Services now held at the HOLLY BUILDING (Catherine Bosworth, Leader First Christian Church "Tha 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. Oakdal Medford, Or.
