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O' BIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Church News Protestant Leaders Urged To Provide Church Programs Suitable For Handicapped O By LOUIS CASSELS Washington (W iesus Chriit in his earthly ministry dis played a special concern for han dicapped people the blind, deaf, crippled and mentally dis turbed. 0 Protestant churches through out oAmerica re no being urged to follow their Lord s ex ample in this regard. There are several million peo ple in this country who "suffer from flaental or ghytical handi caps which mate it difficult or Impossible for thm to partici pate in regular church programs. Oregon Churches Included in 1959 Centennial Events Development of the church in Oregon during the past 100 years will be commemorated in several special events to be plan ned for Oregon's centennial years in 1959, It is announced by Dr. A. Talney, executive dir ector of the Oregon council of churches. Mrs. Monroe Sweetland, mem ber of the XJregon centennial commission Serving as liaison between churches and the cen tennial, appeared before the board of the council of churches recently and received wixlclal approval of centennial partici pation by that group. Dr. Talney said that a 10 member committee will be ap pointed in the near future to work out VtaiJ of church par ticipation in the centennial. Among suggestions which the committee will consider is the possibility of an exhibt at the Oregon Centennial Exposition and International Trade Fair de picting the influence and im portance of the church in the early development of the state. A Viistnriral survey of the church moverftnt in Oregon might be undertaken in connec tion with the proposed display. Statewide observance of the cen tennial through special services during a pre-designated week in 1959 is also a possibility, Dr. Talney said. Mrs. Sweetland indicated that efforts to bring all church groups into centennal activities would be made during th next lew months. The Oregon council of church es represents a number of ma jor denominations o in Oregon with moft than 900- member church.. The council is also af filiatecPwith 13 local and area church councils. ; The motion passed by the council board pledged full co operation not only with the cen tennial commiftion and staff but "with other organized church .groups which may participate. Valley Prosbyferims Announce Speakers . Central Point "How Much is Enough?" taken from the "Presbyterian Life article will L3 :the sermon topic for Steward ship Sunday at Central Point O First Presbyterian church. Dr. W Gorman K. Tully will preach at the Sunday 9:45 a.m. worship sere. Ashland The Rev. B. J. Hol land, pastor First Presbyterian Ichurch, Ashland, will preach on A Look at Loyalty," at both the 9:45 and 11 a.m. worship 'services Sunday. Phoenix Sam Harbison, "member of the Presbyterian Men's club, Medford, will speak ;at the Presbyterian church, 'Phoenix, Sunday at 11 a.m. . Monday, Nov. 11, the regular monthly meeting of the session will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the '. church. . Jacksonville The Rev. Rob ert T. Bridge will speak on "The Escaping Fragrance" at the 11 'a.m. Sunday service at First Presbyterian church, Jacksonville. Ministerial Association Announces Speaker For Tuesday Morning Meet Mrs. Vera Thompson, Port land, field representative for the state of Oregon Commission for the Blind, will speak at the monthly meeting of the Med ford Ministerial association Tuesday, November 12, at 11 a.m. Mrs. Thompson will speak about the work of the commis sion in providing services for the blind in the state, including adjustment and training prob lems for them. Prior to the talk a business meeting will be held at 10 ajn. at the First Presbyterian church in the Fireplace room. The asso ciation is open to ministers of all denominations and churches in the area. - A comparatively few churches already provide special worship services and religious education classes for them. Rut Prntpstant IpaHprs have Inno Kofin auroro that mrct Irw I cal churches are neglecting the spiritual needs of the handi capped. The first important step to ward remedying this situation was taken last montn. Kepre- sentatives of major denomina tions met at Green Lake, Wis., under the auspices of the Na tional Council of Churches, and agreed to work together "to arouse churches to their respon sibility" to provide suitable Christian education programs for all types of handicapped per sons. ihe conferees recommended a long-range, cooperative program of training special teachers, pre paring special Sunday school curriculum materials, and ad vising local churches and pastors on specific ways in which they can minister more effectively to the handicapped. They asked that a new unit be set up within the Christian Education Division of the National Council to over see the effort. The Rev. Randolph Thornton, administration director of the Christian Education division, told the United Press that it is now up to local churches and to denominational headquarters to decide how swiftly these recom mendations are carried out. The big problem, as usual, is money. One hope is that some wealthy philanthropist, or foun dation, may see fit to under write the cost about $20,000 a year of setting up the proposed new council unit, or the consid erably larger costs of establish ing a national workshop to train teachers for the handicapped. Meanwhile, Thornton said, there is plenty that local churches can do on their own to begin serving neglected groups. They can pool their resources on a community basis, as church es in Evanston, 111., are doing to provide Christian education classes for the mentally retard ed; as churches in Pittsburgh and several Connecticut towns have done for the blind; and as churches in Syracuse, N.Y., have done for youths in a detention school. Medford Presbyterians Approve $113,104 Budget At a congregational meeting of the First Presbyterian church held Wednesday evening, the budget for 1958 was presented and approved. The church has set a total budget of $113,104, dividing it evenly on an equal basis between home base needs and the world Christian mission. This budget is $13,104 over the budget of 1957. It was pointed out during the meeting that the local church has been instrumental in start ing new churches at Brookings and Tri-city during the past five years. Several other Presbyter ian Churches in the Synod of Oregon have also been aided by the local congregation. Other amounts of the world mission budget are designated for the denomination's program of Christian education, theological education, and interdenomina tional Christian agencies. The Every Member Canvass is being directed this year by Fred Gatter and Ray Mencke. Dedi cation of pledges to the church will be made on Sunday morn ing, Nov. 17 at both services and teams of callers will contact those who do not pledge at that time. Mr. Gatter has said that "We pledge to the church be cause all we own belongs to God" and this is the basis of Christian stewardship. Sunday morning at both serv ices, Dr. D. Kirkland West, pas tor, will preach on the theme "What Christ Expects From His Church." The Westminster choir will sing the anthem "Savior, My Dying Love," at the first service and at the second service the chancel choir will sing "Praise, Lord, For Thee in Zion Waits." Mrs. B. Melvin Hoover will sing the solo "Consider the Lillies." Classes for prospective mem bers of the church will begin Sunday at 5 p.m. Dr. West will lead the class for adults and the Rev. John Reynolds, assistant pastor, the class for young people of junior and senior high school age. These classes are open to anyone interested in knowing more about basic Chris tian faith and the Presbyterian church. This Sunday young people's class will be instructed by a member of the Session. Westminister fellowship for high school young people will meet at 7 p jn. in the church and the Junior High fellowship for seventh and eighth grade students will meet at 6:30 p.m. Youth Synod The annual meetings of the Westminister Fellowship Youth Friday, November 8. 1957 Wis; 1 " i'm git, amm i A- - j MAJOR. LEONARD ADAMS To Speak Here (Kennell Ellis photo) Salvation Army Officer Here Sunday-Monday Senior Major Leonard Adams, divisional young people's secre tary of Oregon and southern Idaho for The Salvation Army, will visit Medford, Sunday and Monday. He will conduct the semi-annual program review and inspection of the youth program. This includes a conference with Captain William . Ricken, commanding officer, and youth leader, Sunday school teachers and the local Corps. The 1957 summer camp program, daily vacation Bible school program and the other phases of youth work will be reviewed. Sunday evening a meeting with the junior soldiers, 6 through 14 years of age, will be held at 5 p.m., and with the young people's legion at 6 p.m., ages 15 through 30 years. He will speak at the second group meeting. At the 7:45 p.m. service Major Adams will be the speaker. The public is invited. Monday the Major will meet with about 15 members of the Corps Cadets, group of youths, 12 years and older, taking a six year course of study in Scrip ture work. A meeting of the teachers and youth works is also to be held on Monday evening. Major Adams has had varied appointments in The Salvation Army having served in China, Burma and England before com ing to the United States. Synod for the state of Oregon will be held this weekend, Nov. 9 through 11, at the Central Presbyterian church, Eugene. Young people from the state will gather Saturday noon for the opening session of the Synod, meeting to consider the theme "Take My Life". The main speaker for the Synod will be Miss Sara Perkins, former missionary-nurse held prisoner by the Chinese Communists for four and one-half years, who recently visited in Medford and spoke at the local Presbyterian church. Twenty-two members of the Westminister Fellowship group of the First Presbyterian church are planning to attend the Syflbd meetings and will be accompa nied by Mrs. George Flanagan and the Rev. Mr. Reynolds. Talent Friends Church To Show Film Sunday Talent "What Shall I Do With Jesus?" will be the ques tion asked by the Rev. A. Clark Smith, pastor, at the 11 a.m. morning service at the Talent Friends church, Sunday. Sunday at 7:30 p.m. the color film "They Wait for Peace" will be shown at the church. The pic ture, filmed during the closing days of the Korean conflict, pre sents the signing of the truce between the United Nations and the Communists and gives an ac curate account of the hardships and needs of the Korean people. Included in the film is the service carried out by the schools, churches, orphanages and Christian missions in Korea. The film is presented by the Film department of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. LAY SPEAKER C. Elwood Hedberg will preach at the 11 a.m. morning prayer service Sunday at St. Mark's Episcopal church. j CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH United Church of Christ Groveland Ave. and Oakwood Drive , Church Worship at 9:45 and 11 a.m. Church School at 9:45 and 11 a.m. Sermon: 'What Makes Us Do What We Do?" Demand Increases For Religious Christmas Cards New York A nation-wide program to encourage wider use of religious Christmas cards is being lanuched throughout America by a network of state and local Councils of Churches and the Christmas card publish ers. The National Council of Churches made a formal request to the Christmas card publish ers in 1947 for greater varieties of reverent and appropriate Christmas greeting cards. Since then, great progress has been made through the cooperation of church-goers and the publishers to place more emphasis on the true significance of Christmas with cards that fully express the spirit of the greatest of all holi days. H. H. MvConnell, acting ex ecutive director, department of evangelism of the National Coun cil of Churches recently said, "The attention of our thirty eight million constituents has been called to the greater variety of reverent designs and the in creasing number of Christmas cards available with specific Christian content. We are also pleased to note that more Christ mas cards are being published using Scripture references." Association Cooperates Expressing the viewpoint of Sermon Series Continues "Speak the Truth in Love" is the theme of the sermon to be given during the morning wor ship hour at the Eastwood Bap tist church, North Keene Way dr. at Ridgeway, at 11 a.m. Sun day. The sermon given by the pastor, the Rev. Richard M. Jones, is the tenth in a series of sermons on the Ten Command ments for our day. A women's trio will sing. The fourth session of the Lay Development program will be held beginning at 7:30 Sunday evening. The pastor will lead a general workshop on the theme "How American Baptist Church es Work with One Another." Following this workshop and a brief worship period, the simul taneous workshops will be held on communications, community witness, a pattern for a Baptist church and the pastor and the people. These workshops are open to the public and all mem bers and friends of the church are invited to attend. Eastwood Baptist church is lo cated north of Hedrick Junior High school and is affiliated with the American Baptist conven tion. Investment Fair Set For Saturday Evening The Sabbath school members of the Valley View Seventh-day Adventist church will hold an Investment Fair Saturday eve ning at 7:30 in the gymnasium at the Rogue River Junior Acad emy on South Stage rd. Funds received from the fair will go to the Sabbath school invest ment project. The denomination uses the money to open new mission work throughout the world. At Saturday night's fair the juniors will sell "white ele phants"; the primary division will sell cookies, doughnuts, and candy, and punch will be sold by the kindergarten children. The ladies of the Eagle Point dorcas society will sell Christ mas cards. The Valley View Camera club is to have a display. There will be games and musical entertain ment for the rest of the evening. Sermons Announced; Box Social Scheduled The morning message of the First Christian church Sunday will be entitled "Heavenly Re wards" and will be delivered by the pastor, the Rev. William C. Piper. Miss Marilyn Conner and Miss Sara Hinkle will sing, "Somehow" and the choir di rected by C. Warren Fairbanks will sing, "Judge Eternal." The topic of the evening mes sage will be "Two Roads With Different Destinations." An old fashioned box social is being sponsored by the youth Saturday, Nov. 16. All the par ents of the youth, the Lamp lighter class and young adult class are invited to attend. All proceeds will go to the Christian World Friendship fund. SERMON SUBJECT "Adam and Fallen Man" will be the subject of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, ser mon at 11 a.m. Sunday. r America's leading greeting card puDiisners, &. y. snannon, ex ecutive director of The Greet ing Card association, said that members of his organization are most appreciative of the con tinued cooperation of the Na tional Council and church lead ers of many denominations in directing the attention of the American public to the rising importance of the religious Christmas card. Each year the Association makes a survey to determine the popularity of the various re ligious Christmas card designs. For 1957 Madonnas are in first place, followed by delineations of the Holy Family, the Three Wise Men, churches, cherubs, the Christ Child, manger Scenes, angels, shepherds, and in tenth position, illustrations of choirs. While invariably from year to year the Madonna is by far the most popular design, there is considerable variation of the other illustarations symbolic of the holy season. Indicative of the great pro gress that has been made in re cent years in the trend of public demand for the sending of re cerent Christmas greetings, the association estimates that in 1957 over 25 per cent of all Christ mas cards mailed will be religi our in character in contrast to only about a 5 per cent usage of such cards ten or twelve years ago. Many of the cards reflect the rich traditions of classical art, along with modern conceptions of all phases of the well loved story of Christmas and all that it means. The rapid growth of the re ligious Christmas card clearly indicates that not only is Christ mas a time for "ejoicing, but a time for prayer too, and re verent thoughts of Bethlehem and the Babe in the manger. Stewardship, Saturday Topic "Christian Stewardship" will be the subject of study presented by Pastor John D. Trude at the 11 a.m. worship hour Saturday in the Medford Seventh-day Ad ventist church. Elder George Belleau, field secretary of the Oregon confer ence Sabbath school department, from Portland will conduct a workshop for Southern Oregon Sabbath school leaders here Sat urday night. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Dorcas building, corner of Edwards and Beatty, and will be attended by representatives , from Ashland, Eagle Point, Medford, Klamath Falls and Valley View churches. Instruction will be given to workers in all departments of the Sabbath school, and Elder Belleau will present a number of books and visual aids avail able to teachers. " Both officers for the past year, and newly elected officers for the coming year will be present. Anyone interested in learning about Sabbath school work is in vited to attend. Medford Pathfinders will meet in the Pathfinder club house Monday at 7:30 p.m. Unitarians to Hear Methodist Minister The first November meeting of the Rogue Valley Unitarian Fellowship will be held Wednes day, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Girls Community club, 229 North Bartlett st., Medford. Guest speaker for the evening will be the Rev. Louis Miles, as sistant minister of First Method ist church, Ashland. Mr. Miles' special interest is the newly dedicated Wesley Foundation for students at Southern Oregon college. He has chosen as his topic, "Perfection and Progres sion". Meetings of the Unitarian Fel lowship are held on the second and fourth Wednesday nights of each month, and consist of both a worship service and a discus sion period. All interested per sons are invited to attend. GROUND FLOOR APPROACH Ventura, Calif. OP! Ven tura College today invited citi zens to enroll in its first Sput nik tracking course. The class in the evening school has no pre requisite, but graduates can par ticipate in the government's forthcoming Operation Moon vatch, a spokesman said. Grand Rapids, Mich. (IF) Eleven is an important number for Jimmy Willis of Grand Rapids. Jimmy will be 11 years old Monday at 11 p.m. on the 11th day of the 11th month. William C. Piper Minister First Baptists To Observe World Day of Prayer The First Baptist church will cooperate Wednesday in a World Day of Prayer for Con servative Baptist missions all over the earth. Churches throughout the United States will pray for the missionaries on the home and foreign fields, and the missionaries on the field will also unite in prayer for the churches in the homeland. The program at the Medford church is directed by Mrs. Gladys Peters. The morning ses sion of prayer which will begin at 10 a.m. will center on the, re quests of the foreign mission board. During the morning hour, those meeting for prayer will hear a message from Dr. Donald Nelson who is a medical mis sionary in the Belgian Congo. A sack lunch will be served at noon, and many of the men of the church will gather during their lunch hour to participate in the prayer service. During the afternoon hours, the congregation will pray for the requests of the home mission board. Pastor James Neely will open the session with a brief talk on the place of prayer. After a period of prayer, the Rev. James Haley, a Conserva tive Baptist missionary in Ar gentina, will present a challenge for prayer and praise for what God has done. The day of prayer will con clude with a service on Wednes day evening devoted to missions. After a time of prayer, Mr. Ha ley will show slides on his work in Argentina. Ministers Attend Pastor's Conclave Next week Nazarene minis ters of Oregon will gather at the Dorchester house in Ocean lake for the annual minister's conference. Those attending from Med ford are the ministers and their wives from First Church of the Nazarene, the Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Hum and the Rev. and Mrs. W. Lee Mansveld, The Rev. and Mrs. Dwayne E. Bachelor of the Mt. Pitt Avenue church of the Nazarene will also attend. The three day retreat will consist of conferences for the pastors and their wives in the morning sessions, with the after noons for recreation and rest. A banquet on Wednesday and Thursday evenings will feature Dr. H. C. Powers, one of the five general superintendents of the church. He will also address the pastors in their morning conference on Thursday and Friday. Over 70 pastors and their wives will attend the three-day meeting from western Oregon. Dr. W. D. McGraw Jr. of Port land, district superintendent, will be in charge of the sessions. Topics Announced For Central Point Church Central Point "Ye Therefore shall be Perfect" will be the 10:45 a.m. Sunday worship serv ice topic of the Rev. Mr. Jean M. Shelley, pastor of Church of Christ, Central Point. Each family is asked to take a waterbottle to church for 7:30 p.m. evangelistic service when the pastor will preach on "Is Your Water Bottle Empty?" At the Sunday evening service "fill a pew night" will be ob served with each familv asked to fill one row of seats for the worship period. STAKE CONFERENCE The Stake conferen Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will continue through Sunday evenine in Klamath Falls. Saturday at 8 p.m. a priest hood meeting will be held and Sunday meetings will be held at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. with a 6:30 p.m. youth meeting. The Sunday night service will be at 7 p.m. BIBLE STUDY TOPICS Bible study topics has been announced by the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses for the week. Sunday at 6 n.m. the Watchtower study topic will be "Endurance Like Job's in the Time of the End," with the Tues day and Wednesday 7:30 n.m. topic "This Means Everlasting Life." KIWANIS FOUNDER DIES Detroit (IP) Services will be held Saturday for Donald A. Johnston, 83, one of the four founders of the International Ki wanis Club, who died Wednes day at his home in suburban Birmingham. 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. Former Chicago Police Officer Guest Speaker George Marshall, former mem ber of the Chicago police depart ment, and now a student at Southern Oregon college, Ash land, will be the guest youth speaker at the Youth Fellowship hour at the First Church of God Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m. Miss Joanne Galloway will be chairman of the service. Temple Baptist Schedules Dinner Thursday Night Invitations have gone out to all members of Temple Baptist church, the Sunday school, and their families to attend a church family and loyalty dinner Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. The dinner is being held in the Pioneer room, Jack son hotel, because of limited fa cilities at the church. The dinner is a feature of a four weeks stewardship cam paign now being conducted by the church. The Claude Miller, pastor of the church reported that the dinner is for the pur pose of fellowship and informa tion. He added that is is an op portunity to inform everyone connected with the church of the $14,618.32 budget which the church adopted last Sunday. Children eight years and un der will be entertained at the church at a party under the di rection of women from Calvary Baptist church, Ashland. Infants and children to three years will be cared for in the church nursery. At the evening worship serv i c e Sunday Temple Baptist church will show the film "All for Him" which was originally scheduled for last Wednesday evening. The film is being shown in connection with the four weeks stewardship cam paign, and all members are in vited to take their friends. At the Sunday school hour the junior, intermediate, young peo ple, and adult departments will study stewardship lessons look ing toward pledge day, Nov. 17. when the church will subscribe the largest budget in its history. The budget for 1958 is a $6,000 increase over last year. Documentary Film Set For Sunday Evening "They Wait for Peace," a 30 minute documentary color-sound film on Korea, v. ill be shown at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Friends church. Sponsored by the Sen ior Christian Endeavor, this will be the first in a series of mis sionary films produced by the Bible Institute of Los Angeles to be shown once each month during the winter at the local church. For the worship hours at 9:45 and 11 a.m. the pastor will speak and the adult and youth choirs will sing. Sunday school is held at 9:45 for children and adults and at 11 a.m. for junior high through college age young peo ple. For the 7:30 p.m. worship hour Deane Roberts will be soloist and the pastor will bring a message. "Quaker Hour" is broadcast over KMED at 9:30 p.m. Hon Lutheran Church To Commission Workers Following weeks of prepara tion, zion .Lutheran church, cor ner of Fourth and Oakdale, will enter the week of active solicita tion of support of the work of the church through the steward ship program by the commis sioning of the lay visitors at the 11 ajn. worship service Sunday. For this occasion the title of the sermon to be preached by Pastor H. H. Hillerman will be, "The Drive Of True Livine" The choir under the direction of Oscar Bjorlie will sing "Praise Ye the Lord". PHOENIX SERMONS Phoenix "Day in Court" and "The Search for Assurance" will be the sermon topics of the Rev. Perry M. Johnson, Sunday at First Baptist church, Phoenix. The services will be held at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. THE NEED IS GREAT Chicago Iff) Neighbor hood children are looking for someone to take the place of re tiring Sister Hilda A. Lee, a Lutheran deaconess. The form er nurse setup a doll hospital 30 years ago and mended thou sands of dolls, sometimes draw ing from a doll "bone bank." (John 16:33) Hear of the peace that passeth all understanding at our Church this Sunday. ' 9:45 Sunday School for all ages n:00-"Sound Investigating" (Broadcast KBOY) 7:45 Evening Evangelistic Hour FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH North Central at 5th James W. Neely, Pastor Where Visitors Are Always Welcome Eastwood Baptists To Participate In Convention The Oregon Baptist conven tion will be in session Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week at the First Baptist churcn in Grants Pass. Women's day will be Tuesday with the president of the state organization, Mrs. J. M. Ham merly, presiding. Mrs. Hammer- ly is the mother of Mrs. Richard M. Jones, wife of the pastor of the Eastwood Baptist cnurch. The convention session begins on Tuesday evening with Dr. Norman Paullin, professor of homiletics at the Eastern Baptist Theological seminary, Philadel phia, Pa., the featured spelr. Wednesday morning and ftet noon will feature addreStes bS Dr. Gordon Palmer, estrn vice president of the American Baptist convention; the Rev. Jd ward Bollinger, missionary to Japan and Okinawa; Dr. Harr$ Dillin. president of Linfield col lege; Dr. Titus Frazee, president of the Oregon Temperance league; Dr. Mark Talney, execu tive secretary of the Oregon Council of Churches; and the Rev. L. C. Lemons, director, periodical circulation, American Baptist Publication society. The convention banquet will be held on Wednesday evening. Thurs day morning convention business will be considered with adjourn ment at noon. A number of the members of the Eastwood Baptist church will be attending and participating. The pastor, the Rev. Richard M. Jones, is the convention soloist. Dean S. Anderson will be lead ing the devotions for the lay men's banquet on Tuesday even ing and a trio of women from the church: Mrs. Stanley Par rish, Mrs. John Yungen, and Mrs. Richard M. Jones, will sing for the Women's day program. These meetings are open for all in the Medford-Grants Pass area. Church Building Nears Completion The Ascension Lutheran con gregation is scheduled to move into the new church buSding Dec. 1, according to the pastor, the Rev. Elvin S. Tollefson. They plan to use the Sunday school room for worship serv ices until the church auditorium is completed prior to Christmas Day, Mr. Tollefson said, Dedica tion services was tentatively set for early 1958. At the Sunday 11 a.m. wor ship service Mr. Tollefson will speak on "Signs of the Times." New members will be received into membership at that time. Services are held in the Pythian building, Grape and Fifth sts. Sunday at 2 p.m. the general committee of the Every Member Visitation will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Melum, 832 Marshall ave. Norman Hok enstad, Eugene, will attend the meeting as an instructor in the visitation program. CANTATA PRACTICED Three choirs of the First Church of the Nazarene . have been practicing for several weeks preparing a Christmas cantata to be given the evening of Dec. 15. The choirs, under the direc tion of the minister of music, W. Lee Mansveld, will sing, "The First Christmas." O LEADER Ashland Dr. Wayne Wells will lead the class session at the Wednesday evening school of missions at Ashland First Meth odist church. The session will follow the 6:15 a.m. potluck supper at the church. OUR HERITAGE "Our Heritage" will be Dr. George G. Roseberry's sermon topic Sunday at both the 9:30 and 11 a.m. worship services at the First Methodist church, Medford. UNITY CENTER of Medford Affiliated with Unity School of Christianity, Lee's Summit. Mo. Sunday Devotional Servica and Sunday School. 11 a m. Weekly Classes in "Lessons In Truth" Thursday, 7:30 pjn.; Friday, 11 a.m. Center Open Daily 10 a.m. till 4 p.m Mondav thru Friday. Noonday reading of daily word. HOLLY BUILDING Catherine Bosworth. Leader Office SP 2-6902. Res. TA 6-2098 OUT OF WAR comes chaos, suffering and more wars. The only peace is found in Christ. "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."
