TJC KBDPORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
UnSon Thanksgiving
Planned in Medford,
The annual union Thanks
giving services under the aus
pices of the Ministerial associa
tion In Medford and Ashland
will be held Thursday morning.
The Medford service will be
held at the First Assembly of
Church News
Fourteenth Annual
Readings Announced
During this season people
traditionally give thanks for the
bounty of the harvest and the
blessings they have enjoyed
throughout the year.
This is worldwide Bible read
ing month and starting on
Thanksgiving day, Nov. 28, and
ending on Christmas, people
throughout the world will unite
spiritually in readings of iden
tical passages in the Bible.'
The readings first started in
1943 when a Marine on Guada
canal wrote his mother asking
the family to join with him in
reading certain verses from the
Bible each day. This came to
the attention of the American
Bible Society and grew into a
worldwide movement now spon
sored by the Society and a com
mittee of laymen headed by
President Eisenhower.
The daily recommended read
ing, selected as the favorites of
minister throughout the coun
try, have been printed in book
mark form.
Local Churches
Many of the local churches
ill be handing out these book-
Thanksgiving
Services Told
Central Point "Reasons for
Thanksgiving" will be the
Thanksgiving Sunday sermon at
Church of Christ, Central Point,
by tl minister, the Rev. Mr.
Jean M. Shelley, at 10:45 a.m.
The topic for the 7:30 p.m. ser
mon will be "For This We Give
Thanks."
The evening service will in
clude several surprise speakers
and musical selections accord
ing to the pastor.
The Wednesday 7:30 p.m. mid
week service at the church will
be a community service of pray
er and praise. Mr. Shelley re
ported that a number of musical
features are planned for the ev
ening including poems and
thoughts on the Thanksgiving
theme. The service is open to all
persons in the community.
Sermon-Music Told
For First Christian
Mrs. Robert Reaves will sing,
"Thanks Be to God" and the
choir will sing, "Praise the Lord,
O Jerusalem" for the morning
worship at the First Christian
church. The Rev. William C.
Piper, minister, will preach on
"God's Care for All Life" at the
morning service and "Things
Jesus Brought From the Tomb"
for the evening service.
The campaign to pay off the
annex debt is officially ended
with the total amount received
of $2707.61. Contributions for
this cause will be received until
the debt is paid. Any surplus
collected will be added to the
building fund.
let Us Give Thanks'
Sermon at Eastwood
"Let Us Give Thanks" is the
theme of the Thanksgiving serv
ice at the Eastwood Baptist
church. North Keene Way dr.,
at Ridgeway at 11 a.m. Sunday.
The Rev. Richard M. Jones, pas
tor, will speak.
At 7:30 p.m., the evening pro
gram will be centered about the
theme of evangelism, with a film
strip entitled "Go, Make Dis
ciples" being shown. This is the
beginning of a program planned
to train and enlist callers. ' A
worship service will follow.
Eastwood Baptist church is
located north of Hedrick Junior
High school and is affiliated with
the American Baptist conven
tion. Thanksgiving Party
Planned for Nov. 23
The teen-age young people of
the First Church of the Naza
rene, under the leadership of
Mrs. Betty Chase. Mrs. Joanne
Weatherford and Mrs. Dora Mae
Shepard are to be hosts for a
Thanksgiving party to be held
Saturday, Nov. 23, at 7:30 p.m.,
in the annex of the church.
Guests of the teen-agers will be
young people from the Mt. Pitt
ave. Church of the Nazarene,
and Yreka. Calif., Ashland "and
Phoenix churches. All local
young people are invited to attend.
God church, 1108 West Main st.,
with George G. Roseberry, pas
tor First Methodist church,
bringing the message.
The Ashland service will be
at 10:30 a.m. at the First Baptist
church with the Rev. Wendell
marks for handy reference dur
ing the Thanksgiving Sunday
service Nov. 24.
NOVEMBER
28 Thanks
giving.... Micah 6:6-8
29 Psalms 90:1-17
30 Psalms 103:1-22
DECEMBER
1 Advent
Sunday Romans 13:7-14
2 James 1:1-27
3 Genesis 1:1-31
4 Psalms 8:1-9
5 ....Psalms 139:1-24
6 Matthew ....20:17-29
7 Ephesians 4:1-32
8 Universal
Bible Sun. Exodus 20:1-17
9 Matthew ....22:15-40
10 Romans 8:14-39
11 1 Corinthiansl3:l-13
12 1 John 4:1-21
13 Matthew 5:1-26
14 Matthew 5:27-48
15 Sunday... Matthew 6:1-18
16 Matthew 6:19-34
17 Matthew 7:1-29
18.. John 3:1-17
19 Titus 2:1-15
20 Isaiah 11:1-9
21 Isaiah 53:1-12
22 Sunday...John 1:1-18
23 .....Hebrews 1:1-14
24 Matthew ......1:18-25
25 Xmas. Matthew 2:1-12
For those who want to con
tinue reading the Bible the last
six days of the year, these pas
asges are recommended:
26 Matthew 2:13-23
27 Acts 7:51-60
28 Matthew 23:1-22
29 Sunday... Matthew ....23:23-39
30. Psalms 19:1-14
31 Psalms 19:1-16
Nutritionist To
Teach Cooking Class
The health and weaith depart
ment of the Valley View Seventh-day
Adventist church is
sponsoring a class in applied
nutrition. The instructor will be
Miss Dorothea Van Gundy, nu
tritionist for the International
Research Foundation at Arling
ton, Calif.
Miss Van Gundy has just re
turned from a three months lec
ture tour where she held classes
in Chicago, New York City,
Washington. D. C. and other
large centers. While on this trip
she visited a number of research
centers. She will bring the lat
est research material as well as
the most modern methods for
food preparation to her classes
here.
In the classes each person will
learn how to prepare food that
will meet the nutritional de
mands for a well balanced diet.
Classes will meet from 2-4
D.m. and 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. on
Sunday, and from 7:30 - 9:30
p.m. Monday, Nov. 25. They will
be held at the Rogue River
Academy chapel, on South Stage
rd. Men, women, and young peo
ple, including juniors are invit
ed to attend.
Samples will be served, reci
pes will be furnished and prizes
will be eiven away each eve
ning.
November Programs Set
By Illinois Valley
Ministerial Association
Cave Junction Plans for two
November programs were made
at the potluck dinner meeting
of the Illinois Valley Minister
ial association Friday at the Art
Drews home, Cave Junction.
Participating in the Farm and
Home week program at the Illi
nois Valley Grange Thursday,
the Rev. Roy Nidever, Kerby
Assembly of God church, was
principal speaker for the as
sociation. The Rev. Don Brown
served as master of ceremonies.
Harry Clark, county agent,
and a specialist from Corvallis,
also took part in the Farm and
Home week event.
A Thanksgiving service, pre
sented jointly by all churches
in the association, is scheduled
for 10 a.m. Thanksgiving morn
ing, Nov. 28. The committee in
charge of the program includes
the Rev. Gene Denning, the
Rev. Robert Kingsbury and the
Rev. Roy Nidever.
CHURCH NEWS DEADLINE
Deadline for church news
and announcements for the
Nov. 29 edition is 12 noon
Wednesday because of the
Thanksgiving holiday. For
other weeks the deadline for
the church section of The
Mail Tribune remains the
same, 12 noon Thursday.
Friday, November 22. I9S7
Services
Ashfland
1 0. Herbison, First Church of
Christ, preaching.
Other ministers participating
in the local service will be the
Rev. Dwayne Bachelor, Mt. Pitt
Avenue Church of the Nazarene,
invocation and benediction, the
Rev. Escil Hiser, Church of the
Brethren, scripture reading and
prayer, and the pastor of the
host church, the Rev. Robert
E. Cull. The First Assembly
of God church will present the
music.
Others Participating
The Rev. Ross Knotts, First
Methodist church, Ashland, will
give the invocation at the Ash
land service with the Rev. Ed
ward F. Harmon, Ashland
Friends church, the prayer, the
Rev. B. J. Holland, First Presby
terian church, scripture, the
Rev. Conrad Heidel, Hillside
church, music, the Rev. John
L. Thompson, Trinity Episcopal
church, benediction, with the
Rev. L. S. Libbey, First Baptist
church, presiding.
Collection taken at the Ash
land service will be divided
equally between the Ashland
United Fund and the Share Our
Surplus drive. The Medford
group will donate half of the
collection received to the Jack
son Cdunty Board of Christian
Education.
Both of these annual services
are open to the public.
Final Crusade
Meeting Scheduled
The final service of the cur
rent "Youth Crusade" conducted
by the Rev. William Wills will
be conducted tonight at 7:30
p.m. These special services di
rected at the young people of
the church are conducted with
the use of chalk art, motion pic
tures, oil painting and other vis
ual aids that hold the attention
of children.
Sunday, a Thanksgiving serv
ice will be conducted by the pas
tor, the Rev. James Neely. The
church choir will provide music
for the worship period, and the
theme of the morning message
will be "Thanksgiving in Re
verse."
Sunday at 6:30 p.m. the church
will show another in its series
of monthly films entitled, "Si
lent Witness." This motion pic
ture features actors from high
schools around the nation, and
it is designed to show how high
school students can bear an ef
fective witness for Christ among
tneir friends.
Pilgrim Holiness To
Hear Guest Speakers
In the two weeks asence of
its pastor, the Rev. Sherman
Moore, the Pilgrim Holiness
church, Jackson st. at Bessie,
will have guest speakers fill its
pulpit.
The Rev. Floyd H. Pollock,
Eagle Point, will speak at the
11 a.m. worship service, Nov.
24; the Rev. Edwin Harmon,
Ashland, at 7:30 p.m. The latter
will speak at the same service
Dec. 1.
No announcement has been
made concerning the morning
service on this date. Mid-week
prayer service both weeks will
be conducted by Rev. C. Edwin
Cox, Medford.
The Rev. Sherman Moore is
conducting an evangelistic cam
paign in the church of his de
nomination at Buena Vista,
Calif.
Berean Baptist Church
Plans Potluck Dinner
At the Berean Baptist church.
White City, there will be a
church dinner following the
worship hour Sunday. It will
be potluck and guests are to
take their own table service.
Following the dinner a congre
gational meeting will be held to
vote on a proposed affiliation
with Conservative Baptists of
America.
Thursday the Thanksgiving
service will be held at 10:30
a.m.
The prayer and Bible study
hour usually held Wednesday
evening will not be held this
week.
Operation Fellowship
Meetings During Week
"Operation Fellowship"- has
been meeting each night this
week, under the leadership of
the Rev. J. T. Ralph Johnson,
minister of the Centenary-Wilbur
Methodist church, Portland,
at the First Methodist church,
Medford. The membership of
the church was divided into
three groups, one group meet
ing on Monday, another on Wed
nesday, and the third on Friday.
Special groups meeting with
Mr. Johnson were the official
board and families, and the
youth of the church. The minis
ter was assigned to the Medford
church for the week by the
Bishop A. Raymond Grant. Mrs.
Jessie Minear has been coordi
nator for the dinning room service.
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VERNON PEARSON
Watchtower Representative
Circuit Minister
Scheduled Speaker
Visiting the Medford Congre
gation of Jehovah's Witnesses
this week is Vernon Pearson,
circuit minister and representa
tive of the Watchtower Society
of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mr. Pearson is spending the
week training local witnesses in
house-to-house ministry, with
special emphasis on arranging
home Bible studies. The high
light of the week's activity will
be the public address "Finding
Happiness in a Troubled World.
This will be given by Mr. Pear
son at 6 p.m. Sunday. Thompson
quoted Mr. Pearson as saying:
"Though there is a great deal
the public is invited."
Following the public address,
the weekly Watchtower Study
will consider the subject "Inter
national Praise to the One God"
Hiroto Zakoji,
Guest Speaker
Hiroto Zakoji, director of
Klamath Indian education pro
gram, Chiloquin, Ore., will ne
the guest speaker at the fourth
session of the study on "Christ,
the Church, and Race," being
presented during the School of
Christian Living, at the First
Methodist church, Medford. The
Rev. G. A. Trobough is the class
leader.
Dr. Georee G. Roseberry,
leading the class on the study
of the "Apocrypha", books that
were written between the Old
Testament and the New Testa
ment, will include "The Letter
to Jeremiah", "The Wisdom of
Solomon", and others.
Mrs. Ernest Ludwig, direct
ing the Wesley Drama group,
will continue their study and re
hearsal. The Drama is to be
presented on Dec. 15, at 7:30
p.m.
The snack supper, to be served
at 6:30 p.m. will be prepared
by the Senior Methodist Youth
fellowship. Inspiration Time, at
7 p.m. will be directed by Mr.
Trobough, and the subject will
be, "The Church -Beyond your
Window", a sound filmstrip.
Presbyterians
Thanksgiving
Sunday at First Presbyterian
church, Medford, the assistant
pastor, the Rev. John Reynolds'
will preach on the subject "Why
Jesus Gave Thanks." At the first
service the Westminster choir
will sing the anthem "Come, Ye
Thankful People, Come" and
the chancel choir will sing the
anthem "Make a Joyful Noise
Unto God" at the second service.
Mrs. Jack Harris, contralto, will
sing the solo "Prayer" at both
services.
Sunday at 5 p.m. churchman
ship classes for adults and youth
will be held. John Smith will
teach the class for adults and
Mr. Reynolds the class for youth.
The junior high fellowship will
meet at 6:30 p.m. for a discus
sion titled "What Makes Par
ents Tick?" A panel of students
and parents will lead the dis
cussion. The evening youth service will
be held at 7 p.m. and will be
followed by the Westminster
fellowship meeting for high
school youth. A Thanksgiving
meeting will be led by the stu
dents. Fireside will be at the
home of Miss Carol Swan, 926
South Holly st.
Other Churches
CENTRAL POINT "Dont
Be Stingy with Your Thank
Yous" will be the Thanksgiving
Sunday sermon at Central Point
First Presbyterian church, Cen
tral Point, by Dr. Norman K.
Tully. National missions Sun-
UNITY CENTER
of Medford
Affiliated with Unity School of
Christianity, Lee's Summit, Mo.
Sunday Devotional Service and
Sunday School, 11 a.m.
Weekly Classes in "Lessons In
Truth" Thursday, 7:30 pjn.;
Friday, 11 am.
Center Open Daily 10 ajn. till 4
pjn Monday thru Friday. Noonday
reading of daily word.
HOLLY BUILDING
Katherine Bosworth, Leader
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Butie Falls Church
Sets Meetings,
Elects Officers
One of the largest groups ever
accepted into membership at the
Butte Falls Community church
joined the congregation last Sun
day. Nine persons became mem
bers.
Village Light circle will hold
their devotional and business
meeting at the home of Mrs
Louis Crammer, Monday, Nov
25 at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. C. L. Strat-
ton will lead the devotions.
Young people will have their
meeting at the Elga Abbott home
This group is for the high school
and after high school ages. The
weekly meetings are held at 7
p.m. Games and quizzes are
popular features of the sessions
Two Good News clubs meet
in the church every Wednesday
afternoon from 3 to 4 p.m. Mrs
Louis Crammer leads the pri
mary group and is assisted by
Mrs. Howard Simmonds, Mrs
Harry Dalton, Mrs. Elmer Leath
erman and Miss Virginia Mc
Allister. Stories with flannel-
graph illustrations, and choruses
are presented to nearly 40 chil
dren each Wednesday.
Mrs. Linley Berck heads the
junior and intermediate group
and her assistants are Mrs. Duane
Burton and Mrs. Ted Freden
burg. About 25 are enrolled in
this section.
At present beanies of red
green, black, gold, and white
colored felt are being readied
for all the children who attend
the classes. As each boy or girl
learns memory verses, small
token awards will be given to
pin on the beanies.
At the annual church meeting
Monday night all present offi
cers were selected to continue
in office except one member of
the trustees. Mrs. N. B. Stod
dard expects 4o be away much
of the time especially during the
winter months. Mrs. George Han-
naford was elected to the board
of trustees for a three-year term
L. W. Berck will be the Sunday
school superintendent.
Central Point Church
Scheduled Evangelist
Central Point A series of
meetings with the Rev. Jack
Schisler, Azusa, Calif.,, as the
evangelist, will be held at the
Community Bible church,
Fourth and Alder sts., Central
Point, Nov. 27 through Dec. 8.
Mr. Schisler with his wife and
family served as missionaries
under the Christian and Mis
sionary Alliance Mission Board
in West Borneo for seven years.
They were in char'ge of the
Bible school for the nationals
for three years.
When Dr. Arthur Mouw re
turned to the states on furlough,
Mr. Schisler took his place in
West Borneo. '
He was the Bible teacher and
missionary speaker at the Lake
of the Woods Youth Camps last
summer.
Mr. Schisler will speak at 7:30
p.m. each evening and at 11 a.m
and 7:30 p.m. both Sundays. The
public is invited to attend.
Announce
Sermon Topics
day will also be observed with
an offering for home missions
taken.
PHOENIX A praise service
will be held Sunday evening at
7:30 p.m. at the First Presby
terian church, Phoenix, by the
Women's association. The pro
gram will be entitled "As
Saw the Lord, or Here I am
Send Me."
Mrs. Harold Ross, assisted by
Mrs. Rex Nicodemus, Mrs. A
N. Consbruck, and Mrs. W. M.
Caldwell will present the pro
gram. Congregation singing will
be included in the program
ASHLAND "The Ground
for Thanksgiving" will be the
topic for both the 9:45 and 11
a.m. services at First Presby
terian church, Ashland, Sunday.
The Rev. B. J. Holland will
preach.
Monday at 1:30 p.m. the Sun
day school department super
intendents of the nursery
through junior departments will
meet at the church and at 7:30
p.m. the church expansion com
mittee will meet at the church.
JACKSONVILLE The Rev.
Robert T. Bridge of the First
Presbyterian church, Jackson
ville, will speak on "A Goodly
Heritage." Thanksgiving serv
ices at the church will be held
Wednesday, Nov. 27, at 8 p.m.
Mr. Bridge will speak on "If
There Were No Harvest," and
will be assisted by several young
people in the church. The choir
will sing.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
United Church of Christ
Groveland Ave. and Oakwood Drive
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Church Worship at 9:45 and 11 a.m.
Church School at 9:45 and 1 1 a.m.
Sermon: "Thanks and Giving"
'Give Thanks by Giving' Urged
By Members of Religious Faiths
By LOUIS CASSELS
United Press Correspondent
Washington (IP) America's
three great religious faiths will
urge their members next week
to "give thanks by giving" to
the hungry and homeless of
other lands.
Thanksgiving week marks the
start of simultaneous but sepa
rate appeals by Protestant, Cath
olic and Jewish relief organiza
tions which have become the
primary channels for "person to
person" American aid to desti
tude families abroad.
Operating with low overhead
costs, and making full use of sur
plus farm products made avail
able free by the Agriculture De
partment, these religious agen
cies offer Americans an oppor
tunity to dispense a great deal
of charity for comparatively
little money.
Each dollar of private contri
butions moves about 300 pounds
of food overseas. A $5 donation
will give bowls of cereal to 500
undernourished' children each
day for three weeks. Ten dollars
will provide bread for 400 needy
persons for two months.
More Aid Needed
This year the religious agen
ces are distributing nearly
1,500,000,000 pounds of food,
30,000,000 articles of clothing
and thousands of tons of blankets
and medicine in 80 foreign coun
tries. But even this program has
barely scratched the surface of
chronic poverty and under
nourishment. The agencies hope
to do much more next year if
the Thanksgiving appeals bring
in enough contributions,
Proceeds of the Protestant
"Share Our Surplus" drive will
go to Church World Service, the
inter-denominational relief arm
of the ' National Council of
Churches. Contributions may be
made through local churches by
placing in the collection plate a
check or envelope earmarked
for "Share Our Surplus." Or
they may be sent directly to
Church World Service, 215
Fourth ave., New York.
Catholics are being asked to
contribute 10 million pounds of
clothing through "The Bishops
Thanksgiving Clothing Collec
tion," which is more familiarly
known .in many Catholic par
ishes as "Operation Clothes Clo
set." The clothing collected by
local churches will be shipped
abroad and distributed by Cath
olic Relief Services, a branch of
the National Catholic Welfare
Conference.
Catholics are asked to donate
money for overseas relief in a
Pilgrims and Indians
In School Competition
Several hundred Pilgrims and
Indians will attend the .First
Church of the Nazarene, Sun
day, when members commem
orate the first Thanksgiving
with a little friendly competi
tion in a Sunday school contest.
One half of the Sunday school,
under the leadership of Pilgrim
Governor Hochhalter, will be in
competition against the remaind
er of the membership led by
Indian Chief, Bill Brewster.
Their goal is to exceed Sunday
school attendance records pre
viously set on Thanksgiving Sun
day. The first Thanksgiving feast
will be commemorated at the
close of the pastor's sermon,
when the annual thanksgiving
offering will be received for the
denominations foreign mission
work.
Musical number by the choir,
under the direction of W. Lee
Mansveld, will be, "Let us Praise
God".
Zion Lutheran Notes
Year End; Service Set
Zion Lutheran church, corner
of Fourth and Oakdale ave. will
observe the end of the church
year at the Sunday worship serv
ice beginning at 11 a.m. The ser
mon for the day by Pastor G.
H. Hillerman, will be titled,
'Facing the Unexpected", and
the choir will sing "I Will Thank
Thee", under the direction of
Oscar Bjorlie.
Wednesday evening at 8 p.m.
the Thanksgiving service of the
congregation will be held in the
church. The sermon by the pas
tor, "Wherein Shall We Give
Thanks?", wiU be based on the
scripture passages, Daniel 6:1-10
and Matthew 11:20-26. The choir
will sing as an anthem the old
Welsh hymn, "For the Blessings
of Our Days."
All interested persons are In
vited to attend.
Choir rehearsal on Thanks
giving eve will start at 7 p.m.
different drive, conducted dur
ing the spring.
Jews will contribute through
their synogogue to the "Emer
gency Rescue Fund" of the Unit
ed Jewish' Appeal, sponsored by
the Synagogue Council of
America.
Refugees Largest Group
Refugees some of them still
homeless from World War II,
others unrooted by more recent
disturbances in Hungary, the
Lecture Thursday
Stresses Prayer
"Liberation from the bondage
of sin, disease, and limitation
is available to all," Elbert R.
Slaughter of Dallas, Texas, said
in a lecture on Christian Science
here Thursday evening.
"Ever increasing numbers of
people are gaining freedom
from discords of every kind
through an awakened under
standing of God and man's re
lationship to him," Mr. Slaught
er continued.
The speaker, who spoke on
the subject "Christian Science:
Its Message of Liberation," dur
ing the course of his lecture
described healings through spir
itual means alone of alcoholism,
influenza, and accidental injur
ies. Mr. Slaughter is a member of
the Christian Science Board of
Lectureship.
Throughout recorded history,
the lecturer said, no force has
spurred on individuals more
than the longing for freedom.
Prayer is the most important
factor in the life of a Christian
Scientist, he concluded, defining
prayer as that process by which
one establishes his present unity
with the one God.
Dr. Kreisman Listed
As Speaker by Group
The next meeting of the Rogue
Valley Unitarian fellowship will
be held Wednesday, Nov. 27 at
7:30 p.m. in room 2 of the Girls
Community club, 229 North
Bartlett st., Medford.
Speaker for the evening will
be Dr. Arthur Kreisman, chair
man of humanities at Southern
Oregon college. Dr. Kreisman's
address will be one which he
delivered in August at Seabeck,
Wash., where he was a theme
speaker at the Northwest Con
ference Institute of the Unitar
ian church. Theme for the Insti
tute was "Enrichment in Diver
sity." Wednesday evening's program
will be followed by the custom'
ary discussion period.
At their meeting on Nov. 13,
the Fellowship heard the Rev.
Louis Miles, assistant minister
of the Ashland Methodist church.
Mr. Miles pointed out the sim
ilarities and the differences be
tween the Wesleyan doctrine of
"perfection" and the liberal con
cent of evolvine morality, as
held by most Unitarians.
United Thank Offering
Sunday at St. Mark's
The fall ineathering of the
united thank offering will take
place at the 11 a.m. service, Sun
day, at St. Mark's Episcopal
church.
Ever since the first United
Thank offering was presented
in 1889, more and, more church-
women have participated, -acn
offering becomes larger than the
previous one, and the women of
the church, in adopting their
United Thank offering budget,
continue to assume wider re
sponsibilities. In less than .three-quarters of
a century the original purpose
comes closer to reality; that
everv Episcopal woman regular
ly make her thank offering of
prayer, money, and service.
Services Scheduled by
Christian Scientists
"Soul and Body" will be the
subject of the First Church of
Christ, Scientist, sermon at 11
a.m. Sunday.
A Thanksgiving service will
be held at the church Thursday
at 11 a.m. The service, open to
the public, will include a ser
mon entitled "Thanksgiving"
which will be read in all Chris
tian Science churches that day.
Included will be selections from
the Bible and from the Christian
Science textbook, "Science and
Health With Key to the Scrip
tures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
Voluntary testimonies will also
be given by members.
4S r irst Christian Lhurch
The
William C. Piper
Minister
Middle East and China 1 tigo
largest group of needy fantilieV
receiving aid from U.S. reliio
agencies.
Church World Service tttt
mates there are at least 30 mil
lion refugees in the world tofiej.
Most of them are "homelee.
hungry, disease-ridden M
dressed in rags and patches," ac
cording to the Rev. R. Nojo
Wilson, director of the agencf .
Wilson said the world's "grMfr
est concentration of humf
need" is in Hong Kong, whir
one million Chinese have sought
refuge after "voting with their
feet" against the Red govern
ment. "They are living In incredible
squalor in tar paper shacks, in
road drains, on the rooftops of
crowded tenements and in cave
like holes on the hills," he said.
"Nearly 95 per cent of the adults
have tuberculosis. The children
are pitifully undernourished."
Wilson did rapid calcultationg
on a note pad.
For the price of one typical
American Thanksgiving dinner,
he said, relief agencies could
give 1,000 Hong Kong children
"the biggest feast they've had in
months."
Loyalty Sunday
Planned Nov. 24
Loyalty Sunday will be ob
served at the Congregational
church Sunday. In keeping with
the spirit of thanksgiving mem
bers and friends will take their
pledges to the church, where
they will be dedicated at botb
the 9:45 and 11 a.m. services.
The sermon by the Rev. Thomas
McCamant will be on the theme,
"Thanks and Giving".
At a meeting of the congre
gation on Wednesday evening
the budget was presented as it
had been prepared by the church
council. It was presented by
Dick Henselman, chairman of
the every member canvass, and
then was unanimously approved
by the members present. An
other feature of the - evening
program was a showing of the
film "Split Level Family."
Those who are not able to
bring their pledges to the church
will be called on by a canvas
sing committee of men of the
church.
Children's Choir
Scheduled to Sing
The children's choir of the
First Methodist church will sing
at 11 a.m. service of worship
Sunday. Dr. George G. Rose
berry will preach at both the
9:3D and the 11 a.m. services,
on the subject: "A World of
Thanks".
The children's choir, under the
direction of Mrs. Milton Snow,
will sing, "We Gather Together
to Ask the Lord's Blessing".
The chancel choir will also sing.
"Now Thank We All Our God",
directed by Mrs. Charles Adam
son. Rose buds on the altar will
be in honor of Judy Florence
Kuschel, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Kuschel; Janet
Ruth Boyer, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Boyer; Richard
Lester Moyer Jr., son ol Mr.
and Mrs. Richard L. Moyer. The
rose buds on the altar are an
indication of the enrollment of
the child in the Nursery home
department.
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Morning Service 10:50 a.m.
Youth Meeting 6:30 p.m.
Evening Service 7:30 p.m.
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