BIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Churchmen Speak On Christmas
Commercialization and Customs
By LOUIS CASSELS
United Press Correspondent
Washington L This is the
time of year when church people
get to brooding about what's hap
pened to Christmas.
Some raise the perennial cry
that commercialization has ru
ined the great Christmas holiday.
Others say that pagan customs
tave obscured its religious sig
nificance. Nearly all agree that
Something should be done to
'put Christ back, into Christ
mas." But how?
The United Press put that
question to three clergymen an
Episcopalian, a Catholic, and a
Presbyterian. Here are their
answers:
The Rev. Robert F. McGregor,
a canon of Washington Cathedral
Annual Christmas Vesper Service
Scheduled by Medford Presbyterian,
Other Churches Tell Sermon Topics
The annual Candlelight Christ
mas Vesper service of the First
Presbyterian church will be
held Sunday at 5 p.m. All of the
choirs will file into the sanctu
ary holding candles and singing
O Come All Ye Faithful."
The junior high choir will
ling the anthems "The Christ
mas Song" and "Rise Up Shep-
rifrn an' hn mw he rhi nrpn
choir, under the direction of
Mrs. Darrel Huson, will also sing
two carols. An anthem titled
'"There Were Shepherds" will be
lion Lutheran In
Yule Ceiebrafion
Zion Lutheran church, corner
of Fourth and Oakdale ave., will
complete its preparation for the
celebration of Christmas at the
worship service Sunday morning
which is the Fourth Sunday in
Advent. Pastor G. H. Hillerman's
final sermon for the Advent sea
son will be titled, "Where Will
You Find Him?"
) Sunday at five p.m. the first
oi special unnsimas services
will be held when the Sunday
$chool presents its program. Fol
lowing the brief order of open
ing, the nursery-beginners de
part will sfnje their Christmas
songs, and will be followed by
the primary department with
the presentation of the Nativity
BCene.
The whole congregation will
den join together under the
leadeship of the junior depart
ment in the telling of the Christ
inas story through recitations,
film-strip pictures, and songs.
Tuesday at 11 p.m. the congre-
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lervice will be held. This
fotig tervice will give the con
gregation the chance to sing
mat of the familiar Christmas
caroli. and the choir will sing
five Christmas anthems closing
with the "Hallelujah Chorus,"
by Handel. All persons are wel
come to services of the church.
Congregational Sets
Christmas Programs
The choir will sing at both
the 9:45 and 11 a.m. services at
the Congregational church Sun
day. Their anthem will be "Sing
Gloria:" There will also be a
duet by Miss Carolyn Miller and
her father, Clarence Miller,
"Tlie Birthday of the King". The
sermon by the Rev. Thomas Mc
Camant will be on "The Man
ger". There will also be baptism
of children.
The church A has received a
gift which will be enjoyed for
the first time at this service.
Carpet has been laid on the plat
form and steps of the sanctuary.
The givers desire to remain
anonymous. The church Christ
mas tree was decorated by mem
ber of the high school Pilgrim
Fellowship.
The Christmas pageant of the
church school will be presented
Sunday at 7:30 p.m. It is entitled,
"God's Supreme Gift" and is
directed by Mrs. Ivan Burton.
Mrs. Richard Travis, the super
intendent, and several of the
teachers and parents are assist
ing. Carroll Graber and Mrs. O.
C. Failing are directing the
music.
First Christmas Services To
Be Held By Ascension Lutherans
The Ascension Lutheran
church, 2051 Barnet rd., will
hold their Sunday school Christ
mas program and candle-lighting
services Sunday at 7 p.m. at
the new church.
The candielighting service will
feature more than 100 candles
throughout the congregation
during the singing of "Holy
Night, Silent Night." This serv
ice will" follow the children's
program.
At the close of the program
all Sunday school children will
receive candy, nuts and an apple.
Monday members of the Luth
er league will sing for the sick
and shut-ins. They will meet at
and dean-elect of Trinity Epis
copal Cathedral at Newark, N. J.
said it is "not so much what we
do at Christmas, as how and why
we do it," that matters.
"Christmas Meaning" Needed
Instead of wringing hands
over Santa Claus, office parties,
greeting cards, and other secu
lar aspects of the modern Christ
mas celebration, McGregor said,
churchmen should seek to "in
vest these popular customs with
Christian meaning."
For example, sending Christ
mas cards can be treated as an
annual nuisance "something we
have to do to keep from offend
ing people" or it can be a real
expression of friendship.
"Art office party can be a slug
fest of gossip and drinking; or it
can be a time to establish a
sung by the women's triple trio
under the direction of Mrs. Har
vey Field. The high school West
minster choir will sing two an
thems and the chancel choir will
bring several selections from
Handel's "Messiah." The West
minster and chancel choirs will
combine for the "Alleluia" chor
us. Young people of the church
will lead the Vesper service.
Dan Christensen of Oregon State
college will give the call to wor
ship and Miss Deanna Bruning
of Willamette university will
lead the evening prayer. Dick
Ragsdale, moderator of the
Freshman fellowship, will read
the scripture and Miss Carol Mc
Keown and Robert Lichti of the
Westminster fellowship wil give
brief Christmas meditations.
The sacrament of baptism for
infants will be held during the
service and conducted by the
pastor, Dr. D. Kirkland West.
After the service, familiar
Christmas carols will be played
over the church's carollonic
bells bv the organist, Mrs. Rich
ard W." Hart.
The college age Geneva fel
lowship, Westminster fellowship
and the junior high young peo
ple will all go caroling to the
sick and shut-in members of the
community after the Vesper
service.
Sunday morning at the two
worship services, Dr. West will
preach on the subject "God's
Gift and Ours." The chancel and
Westminster choirs will sing and
Louis Clayson, tenor, will sing
the solo" Cantique de Noel." A
nursery is provided for infant
children at both services.
Ashland "God Touches Hu
man Nature" will be the sermon
topic at both the 9:45 and 11
a.m. worship services Sunday
at First Presbyterian church,
Ashland. The Rev. B. J. Holland,
pastor, will speak. At 6:30 p.m.
Sunday a Christmas Vespers
will be given at the church.
Jacksonville The Rev. Rob
ert T. Bridge, pastor First Pres
byterian church, Jacksonville,
will speak on "Jesus Came to
be A Saviour" at the Sunday 11
a.m. worship service.
At 4 p.m. at the church the
Christmas program for the
church will be presented by the
Sunday school children. The
program will be titled "Gifts."
Christmas Services At
First Church of God
A Christmas message, "From
Heaven to Earth" will be pre
sented in the call to worship
hour at the First Church of God
Sunday at 11 a.m.
The Youth Fellowship of the
church will present a Christmas
play, "Home for Christmas" at
the 7:30 p.m. Worship hour Sun
day. Christmas treats will be
passed out to everyone present
both in the morning service and
after the youth play in the even
ing. The public is invited to at
tend both services.
PHOENIX SERVICES
Phoenix "That Ye Might
Have Life" will be the sermon
topic Sunday at 11 a.m. at First
Baptist church, Phoenix, by the
Rev. Perry M. Johnson, pastor.
At 7:30 p.m. the Christmas pro
gram will be held. Midweek
services at the church have been
cancelled for this week.
the church at 7 p.m.
Christmas day divine worship
will be held at the church at
10 a.m. with the Rev. Elvin S.
Tollefson speaking on "The First
Christmas Sermon." Adult con
firmation, infant baptism and
reception of new members will
be included in the service. An
organ has been installed for the
service and a student from Ore
gon State college will be guest
organist.
The sermon subject for New
Year's day divine worship serv
ice will be "The Past, Present,
and Future" at 11 a.m.
Sunday at the church the pas
tor will speak on "Witnesses
To Christ."
Friday, December 20, 1957
needed sense of community
j among people who work together
all year long.
McGregor said it is a disserv
ice for churches to suggest that
God is interested only in "the
specifically religious aspects of
Christmas."
'Christ is present wherever
there are human beings wrest
ling with human problems," he
said.
"The wise men found him
wrapped in swaddling clothes in
a smelly stable; and men still
find Him wrapped in the ordin
ary realities of human existence,
which include the so-called secu
lar aspects of Christmas.
"He does not ask his followers
to withdraw from the customs in
self-righteous scorn, but to use
them in a Christian way, and for
Christian purposes."
The Rev. William J. Await of
St. Matthews Catholic Cathedral
here said most of the customs
that have grown up about Christ
mas singing carols, giving pres
ents, decorating homes are
meaningful only as "expressions
of a deep sense of joy."
"Symbols" Reflect Happiness
Many people, he said, have a
let-down feeling at Christmas be
cause they expect these "sym
bols" to produce happiness, rath
er than merely reflect it,
"There is only one source of
genuine joy at Christmas," he
said. "It is belief in the good tid
ings which the Herald Angels
proclaimed: That Christ has
come into the world to redeem
men from the bonds of sin and
death.
"In our attitude toward Christ
mas, each of us answers the
ancient question: "What think ye
of Christ?' If we think of him as
a 'great human teacher' who
lived nearly 2,000 years ago, it is
simply not possible to work up
much enthusiasm for celebrating
his birthday.
"If we know Him in our own
lives as the redeemer, as the
power of God unto salvation, it
is quite natural to feel joyous
and reverent and thankful on the
day that commemorates His
coming."
Point Missed In Two Ways
The Rev. Dr. George M. Dogh
erty, pastor of Washington's New
York Avenue Presbyterian
church said there are two ways
of "missing the point of Christ
mas." The most obvious, he said, is
to "let yourself become totally
preoccupied with Santa Claus,
jingle bells, and the tinsel on the
tree."
The more subtle temptation
which confronts professing
Christians, he said, is to treat
Christmas as a time of "slushy
sentimentalism" in which the
challenging figure of Christ can
be forgotten while we concen
trate on the babe lying in the
manger.
"Whatever else Christmas is,
for the Christian it should be a
time of reassessment of his own
personal need of Christ as sav
ior," he said.
First Christmas
For New Church
The Mt. Pitt Avenue Church
of the Nazarene will celebrate
its first Christmas season as an
organized group. In harmony
with the season of the year they
are presenting a program in
which the primary, junior and
senior departments of the Sun
day school will participate.
Sunday morning at 9:45 the
Sunday school under the leader
ship of Fred Hall, superinten
dent, will dramatize in poem,
prose, and song the story of
Christmas. Directing the pri
mary and junior department ac
tivities will be Mrs. Robert Ed
wards, departmental supervisor.
The senior department under the
leadership of Roland W. Kruggel
will act out a pantomime en
titled "Carols are More than
Music."
Also participating in the di
rection of the activities will be
various teachers.
The First Church of the Naza
rene loaned necessary costumes
for the production.
Following the presentation of
the Sunday school program the
pastor of the church will present
a message entitled "Let's Keep
Christmas Christian." At the
close of the service Christmas
candy treats will be given to all.
PARTY MONDAY
A Christmas party will be
held Monday at the Salvation
Army building, Fourth and Bart
lett sts., Medford. at 7 p.m. A
Christmas play will be presented
and gifts will be distributed to
the children 15-years and under.
IONGREGATIQHAL CHURCH
United Church
Groveland Ave. and Oakwood Drive
Church Worship at 9:45 and 11 a.m.
Church School at 9:45 and 11 a.m.
SERMON: "The Manger"
Stained glass window. First Presbyterian church, Medford
"And the angel said to them, 'Be not afraid; for
behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which
will come to all the people; for to you is born this day
in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
And this will be a sign for you: you will find a babe
wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger'."
Luke 2:10-12
March to the Manger
Set Sunday bv Methodists
be observed at bo. a the 9:30
and the 11 a.m. services of wor
ship at First Methodist church
Sunday. Dr. George G. Rose
berry, minister, will preach on
the subject, "The Holy Family."
The youth choir, at the 9:30
service, will sing the anthems,
"Praise Ye the Lord of Hosts"
and "Sing Gloria". The chancel
choir, at the 11 a.m. service, will
sing the anthems, "There were
Shepherds" and "Sing Gloria."
The March to the Manger is
the annual custom of the church,
when the entire congregation
Hazarene Services
Includes Speaker
Children of the Sunday school
of the First Church of the Naza
rene, 520 North Holly st., will
present their annual Christmas
program of recitations and songs,
under the direction of Mrs. Joe
Johnson, Sunday. Sunday school
will meet at 9:45 a.m., with the
Christmas worship and program
to begin at 10:30 a.m.
Kindergarten department will
present recitations and songs and
rhythm band will play "O Little
Town of Bethlehem"; primary
department of choral reading
and Twelfth Century Carol; and
the junior department will pre
sent a pantomime, "By that
Same Star", with the junior
choir, under the direction of W.
Lee Mansveld, minister of music,
will sing, "Bethlehem", and
"Star of the East."
Message by the pastor, the
Rev. R. W. Hurn, will be "The
Up-Side-Down Christmas Tree."
Treats will be given out at
the close of the service.
The Rev. R. E. Griffith, super
intendent of the church of the
Nazarene in New Zealand, will
show pictures of the church in
that country and tell how Christ
mas is celebrated there at the
First Church of the Nazarene,
Sunday at 7 p.m. The father of
Rolland Griffith, 942 Park st.,
Mr. Griffith arrived by plane
last week to spend Christmas
in Oregon.
Assembly of God To
Present Play Tonight
A three act Christmas play
will be given at the First As
sembly of God church, 1108 West
Main st., tonight at 8 p.m.
The play, "Home for Christ
mas," will be put on by the
young people of the church.
Between the acts two numbers
have been planned by the junior
high group and and the senior
high and college young folk.
Sunday the choir will present
a Christmas cantata entitled,
"night of Nights." Solos vill be
sung by Chloe Twedell, Helen
Graves, and Jim Nilsen. A duet
will be featured, sung by Rosalie
Twedell and Betty Cook. Mrs.
Agnes Thorton is the- accompa
nist and Mrs. Thelma Heide is
the organist.
of Christ
brings their gifts to the "water
ing trough", at the chancel steps,
where a nativity scene will be
placed.
A Vesper Christmas program,
presented by the church school,
at 5 p.m. Sunday, will include
live Christmas cards, drama, and
music.
The Junior Methodist Youth
fellowship will sing Christmas
carols at Camp White at 7 p.m.,
and at the home of shut-ins later
in the evening, and will com
plete the evening at the home
of the Rev. and Mrs. George A.
Trobough, for worship and re
freshments. Miss Marylou Garn
er is the counselor.
The Senior Methodist Youth
fellowship will sing carols Mon
day, Dec. 23, starting from the
church at 6:30 p.m. Plans are
for the group to sing at the Mil-
ledge Convalescent Home, and at
the Park View Nursing Home,
as as members of the church who
are shut-ins. The MYF will com
plete the evening at the home
of the Rev. and Mrs. G. A. Tro
bough. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Igo
are the counselors.
Baskets will be delivered to
families in need on Monday, by
the staff of the First Methodist
church. The Shipmates class, the
Builders class, and the Methodist
Youth fellowship groups have all
contributed food and money to
help provide a happy Christmas
for others. The church is coop
erating with the Inter-Service
agency in clearing this aid.
Church of Brethren
Tells Christmas Plans
Christmas will be observed at
at the Church of the Brethren in
two services Sunday. The chil
dren's program, under the direc
tion of Mrs. Charles Nelson, will
begin at 10:30 a.m. and will be
followed by the morning wor
ship in a unified service.
The sermon by the pastor will
be the last in a series of sermons
on the general subject of prayer.
The topic will be, "Sufficient to
Your Need," and will be fol
lowed by a vocal solo by Mrs.
E. K. Witt, "Teach Me to Pray."
In the evening the pageant,
"The Holy Nativity" will be
presented by the young people
at 7:30 p.m. Director of the pag
eant is Mrs. Floyd Evernden, and
director of the choir, Mrs. Ray
Pence.
Bethel Assembly of God
Christmas Play Tonight
The Sunday school department
of the Bethel Assembly of God
will present its annual Christ
mas program tonight at 7 p.m.
The departments participating
will be. those from the cradle
roll through junior high classes.
The high school class will pre
sent a play entitled "Carol Finds
Christmas".
Children will receive treats at
the close of the program. The
church is located at 1729 North
Riverside ave.
William C. Pipei
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Former Teacher
Wills $10,1
To Local Churches
The First Methodist and First
Presbyterian churches, Medford,
will each receive a S5,000 legacy,
local church officials were no
tified this week. The money was
willed to the churches by the
late Miss Mabel C. Mickey, Port
land, former Washington school
teacher here.
Miss Mickey, according to
friends in the valley, moved to
Portland with parents between
1910 and 1915. She had taught
elementary grades at Washing
ton school for five or ten years.
According to the will the
amount given the First Metho
dist church is to be used for its
endowment fund in memory of
Miss Mickey's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Marion Mickey, and
their family. The other S5,000
will be used by the Presbyterians
for its endowment fund in mem
ory of Olah M. Neidenoff, brother-in-law
of Miss Mickey, and
Mabel C. Mickey.
It is believed by friends here
that the Mickey family moved
to their home on South Ivy st.,
Medford, in 1890. They had four
children, Roy, Guy, Mabel and
another daughter, later Mrs.
Olah M. Neidenoff. The sister
also taught at Washington school,
it was reported. The family was
believed to have been active in
the Methodist church.
Reports show that Miss Mickey
died in Portland last August.
She was in her late seventies.
Letters received from Roscoe
C. Nelson, Portland attorney,
said that Miss Mickey's estate
is now in the process of probate
in the Multnomah county circuit
court and distribution of funds
is expected about June, 1958.
Adventist Offering
To Build Chapel
Rogue Vallev Seventh-day Ad-
ventists will help build a "Chap
el in the Snow," on one of
"Greenland's lev Mountains."
Local church congregations
will assist in the building of the
chapel by proxy when they give
a special offering during Sab
bath school services Saturday.
The chapel will be used for wor
ship by Eskimos at the seaport
town of Godthaab on Green
land's west coast.
Reporting to the local church
es about the proposed far-north
church in the official church
missions paper, Andres Nielsen,
pioneer Adventist missionary to
the world's lareest island. Pastor
Nielsen said icy conditions make
missionary activity among
Grpenlanders difficult. The
chapel will be the first Seventh-
day Adventist church in Green
land. Paul Beddoe. 30 Richmond
ave., Medford Sabbath school
leader, said funds will also be
appropriated from the Saturday
offering to three other special
projects of the church. They are:
A new college domitory in Nor
way, a mission headquarters in
Liberia, and a new medical clin
ic in Southern Ethiopia. The
Christmastime offering climaxes
12 weeks of study of these mis
sion fields by Sabbath school
members.
The traditional Christmas sub
ject will be given a modern slant
by Professor Willis Coffeen,
Rogue River Academy, guest
speaker at the 11 a.m. worship
hour at the Medford church, in
his sermon entitled "A Message
from Space." Alvy . Bowman,
tenor soloist, will sing "O Holy
Night".
A Christmas party will be
held Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the
Pathfinder clubhouse for Path
finder members and officers.
Berean Baptist Plans
Christmas Pageant
A Christmas pageant, "The
Promised Messiah" will be pre
sented Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in
the Berean Baptist church,
White City.
The program, under the di
rection of Mrs. Ray Palm, will
include the children and young
people of the Sunday school.
Features will be a vocal solo
by Dallas Redding and several
accordion selections by Randy
Ullom. Mrs. Fred Phillips will
provide the organ background
music for the program. The Rev.
Glenn S. Wade will be the nar
rator. Following the program treats j
will be given the children which
are provided by the adult class
which Charles Stof fmeister ;
teaches. The treats were pack-1
aged by the high school class ;
of the church school.
j 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.
Catholics Tell Schedule
For Christmas Week
The Rev. Timothy Sandes
OSB, of Mt. Angel Abbey, win
be guest priest at Sacred
Heart Catholic church during
the Christmas week.
Christmas masses scheduled
at the county Catholic
churches include 6, 7, 8:30, 10,
and 11:30 a.m. masses at Sac
red Heart; 9 a.m. at St. Jo
seph's Catholic church, Jack
sonville; and 11 a.m. at Our
Lady of Falima, Shady Cove.
Christmas eve midnight
masses will be held at both the
Sacred Heart church and St.
Mary's school gymnasium in
Medford, and at both the
Shady Cove and Jacksonville
churches.
Confessions will be heard at
Sacred Heart church in Med
ford Sunday and Monday from
7 until 9 p.m., and Tuesday
from 1 p.m. through the evening.
Young People Plan
For Christmas
At Butte Falls
Butte Falls Young people of
the Butte Falls Community
Bible church are preparing a
Christmas pageant, "The Prom
ised Messiah" for Sunday at 7
p.m. The opening scene shows'
an early Israelite family reading
from the sacred scroll about the
coming Messiah. Subsequent
scenes depict the fulfillment of
the prophesies.
The choir, directed by Dean
Bogan of the high school faculty
and accompanied at the piano by
Mrs. Rodger Harris, will sing
throughout the service. Mrs. El
mer Leatherman will sing the
closing solo, "Star of the East."
Charles Stratton will be the
pageant reader and Eugene Ir
win will manage the lighting
effects.
Sunday school children of the
church will present their Christ
mas program of songs and reci
tations at 9:50 a.m. After their
brief program they will go to
their regular classes. There will
be treats for them that morning.
By special arrangement Mr
and Mrs. Elga Abbott will give
recorded Christmas music from
the vestibule of the church for
the enjoyment of the whole
neighborhood. Young people's
group plan to sing carols during
Christmas week.
'The glass partition between
the auditorium and the main
Sunday school room is in place
so that parents of small children
may view the service and watch
their children at the same time
without disturbing anyone.
St. Peter Church
Tells Programs
St. Peter Evangelical Luther
an church, 1020 East Main st.,
has announced its Christmas
schedule.
The children will have their
final rehearsal for the Christmas
Eve service, Saturday, at 2 p.m.
The children's service is sched
uled for Tuesday at 8 p.m. Their
program is called "The Little
Lord Jesus".
Sunday beginning at 2 p.m.
members of the congregation
will gather to decorate the
church for the Christmas cele
brations.
Christmas Day services will
be held at 10 a.m. with sermon
and Holy Communion. The
choirs will sing at this service,
according to the pastor, the Rev.
Kenneth Korby.
Phoenix Church Closes
Contest, Awards To Be
Presented in January
Phoenix Church of the
Nazarene, Phoenix, Sunday
school has completed a contest
held during October and No
vember between the blue and
red airplanes. Winner of the
competition was the red air
plane with 1,684 points or miles
ahead of the blue.
The contest was held to en
courage attendance at the Sun
day school. Awards will be pre
sented during January.
A good attendance was re
ported at the Sunday school
Christmas pageant held at the
church last Sunday. Women and
children of the church helped
with the program direction while
others aided with the wrapping
of candy and gifts distributed
at the close of the program.
Annual CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Sunday, Dec. 22
8:00 P.M.
Sunday: Radio Brcdacast KMED 8.15 A.M.
Sunday School 9:30 A.M.
Morning Worship 11:00 A.M.
Young People's Meeting 3:00 P.M.
Christmas Concert , 8:93 P.M.
Wednesday: Special Christmas Service 11:00 A.M.
Friday: Evangelistic Service 8:00 P.M.
APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH
Third and Central Medford
Pre-Harhify
Observances At
St. Mark's Church
Anticipating the Nativity Ma
son a special choral service of
praise will be held at St. Mark's)
Episcopal church at 11 a.m. Sun
day. Many of the best known
Christmas hymns and carols will
be sung with congregational par
ticiptation, and the choir will
present Gruber's arrangement
of the anthem "Silent Night".
The Nativity passages from St.
Luke's Gospel will be read by
Lay Reader Jerome McDougalls,
and a brief meditation" will be
given by the Rev. George R. V.
Bolster. Following the service
a coffee hour will be held in
the church Markade.
At the church school family
service at 9:30 a.m. following
the regular worship period, Miss
Vera Cingcade will, present a
flannelgraph demonstration en
titled "Why the Bells Rang".
Following her talk the school
will adjourn to the classrooms
where candles and gifts will be
distributed and the roll call tak
en. .
The junior church school in
vites all parents of six, seven
and eight-year-old children to be
guests of the school at the 9:30
a.m. service. Following the wor
ship period a Christmas play will
be presented in which all the
sery service will be available in
children will participate. Nur
sery service will be available in
the annex, both for this service
and also at 11 a.m.
The Young People's fellow
ship of St. Mark's will gather
at the church at 7 p.m. for a
hayride and carolling expedi
tion to which all college young
people on vacation are invited.
Baptists Schedule
Varied Activities
A wide variety of activities
have been scheduled during the
coming week at the First Bap
tist church to celebrate the
Christmas season. ' o
Sunday evening, the adult
choir will present "Glora in
Excelsis", a Chrismas cantata
arranged from the musical com
positions of Felix Mendelsshon.
The cantata will feature duets
and solos along with the com
bined voices of the choir. The
cantata will be directed by the
Rev. Kenneth Raymond, rSusic
director at the church.
Sunday morning during the
Sunday schcol hour, the begin
ner's department will have a
Christmas presentation- of the
scene at the manger. Monday
night at 7:30, the rest of the
Sunday school departments will
give a Christmas play that was
featured in a recent issue of
Moody Monthly magazine. The
play is directed by Mrs. Donald
Zimmers.
The Sunday morning worship
service will also have special
Christmas music by the adult
choir, and Pastor James W.
Neely will bring the Christmas
sermon, "Let Us Go To Bethle
hem."
The Christmas observance will
end with a prayer service on
Christmas night that will begin
at 7 p.m.
Unitarian Fellowship
Schedule Holiday Party
The Rogue Valley Unitarian
Fellowship will hold a holiday
party Saturday, Dec. 28, at 8
p.m. at the Kreisman home, 111
Bush st., Ashland. The party will
be held Wednesday, Jan. 8, at
7:30 p.m. in the Girls- Commun
ity club, 229 North Bartlett st.,
Medford.
SERMON TOPIC
"Is The Universe, Including
Man, Evolved By Atomic
Force?" will be the subject of
the First Church of Christ, Sci
entist, sermon at 11 a.m. Sun
day. The public is invited to at
tend all services.
UNITY CENTER
of Medford
Affiliated with Unity School of
Christianity, Lee's Summit, Mo.
Sunday Devotional Service and
Sunday School 11 ajn.
Weeklv Classes in "Lessons In
Truth" Thursday. 7:30 pjn.:
Friday. 11 a.m.
Center Open Daily 10 a.m. till 4
p.m Monday thru Friday. Noonday
reading of daily word.
HOLLY BUILDING
Katherine Bosworth. Leader
Office SP 2-6902. Res. TA 6-2098