Friday, January 3, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
onsiruction omd
Stories Also on Property
Purchases and Guest Speakers
BY PEG HUTCHINSON
Mail Tribune Church Editor
Church construction and
new ministers in the valley
CENTRAL POINT
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Third and Oak iti.
Mr. Jean M. Shelley, minister
Sunday:
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
10:45 a.m. Worship servic
10:45 a.m. Junior church wor
ship 6 :30 p m. Junior. Junior High
and Senior youth meetings
7:30 p.m. Evening evangelistic
service
Wednesday:
7:30 p m. Midweek service
COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH
Paul O. Kroon, pastor
Sunday:
9:45 a m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Worship service
6:30 p m. Prayer pals, junior
and senior yovng people. Basic
Bible studies, pre-service prayer
meetine
7:30 p.m. Evening evangelistic
service
Monday:
7:30 p m. Men's prayer meeting
Wednesday:
7 p m. Choir practice
8 p m. Bible study and prayer
Thursday :
7:30 p m. Teacher training class
EAGLE POINT
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
Grange hall
John Trude, pastor
Saturday:
9 10 a m. Sabbath school
11 a.m. Morning worship, Clif
ford Turney, speaker
Wednesday:
7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting home
OI Mr. and Mrs. timer .sieue
JACKSONVILLE
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Robert Bridge, pastor
Sunday:
9:45 a m Sunday school
11 a.m. Worship service
ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC
CHURCH
Fr. William McLeod
Sunday:
9 a.m. Mass
PHOENIX
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
301 Third St.
Martin M. Lumbly, pastor
Sunday:
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Monday worship
6:30 p.m. NYPS
7 pm. Evening worship
Monday:
7 p.m. Young groups skating
party.
Wednesday :
7 p.m. Prayer m.eting
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Second and Church sts.
Sunday:
10 a.m. Church school
11 a.m. Worship service
12 noon Coffee hour
7 p.m. Westminster fellowship
Wednesday:
9:30 a.m. Bible study and pray
er hour
SHADY COVE
OUR LADY OF FATIMA
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday:
11 a.m. Mass
ST. MARTIN'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
(School gvmnasium)
W. B. MacHenry. vicor
Sunday:
9 a.m. Morning
worship and
sermon
9:30 a.m. Church school
TALENT
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
First and Wagner
Miss Alice May Woolley, pastor
Sunday: . ,
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
ii m Wnrshio service
k. n.m. Junior and Senior
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7:30 p.m. Evening worship
service
Wednesday:
7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting
Friday:
6:45 p.m. Fellowship supper
WAGNER
BAPTIST
CREEK MISSIONARY
Sunday:
10 a.m. Sunday school
7 p.m. Bible study
8 p.m. Singing service
Thursday:
7 p.m. Prayer meeting
RURAL CHURCHES
CHURCH OF THE GOOD
SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL
W. B. MacHenry. vicar
Prospect
Sunday:
in a m fTtiiirrh school
11:15 a.m. Holy communion and
service
6 p.m. Episcopal youth of Ore
gon
COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH
Butte Falls
Howard Simmonds, pastor
Sunday:
9:50 a.m. Sunday school
11 a m. Morning worship
7 p.m. Evening worship
7 p m. Bible study and prayer
Wednesday:
3 p.m. Good news club
6:30 p.m. Young people
Thursday:
7:30 p.m. Choir practice
GRIFFIN CREEK UNION
SUNDAY SCHOOL
(Non-denominational)
Griffin Creek Grange
Tyley O. Evans, pastor
Sunday:
10 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Annual business meet
ing 7 p.m. Bibleletics and Bible
study at Bovd Lawton's, route 1,
box 398B. Medford.
Wednesday:
7 pjn. Bible study and prayer
time
ROGUE VALLEY SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
Route 1. Box 161. Gold Hill
M. M. Kruse. D-D.
Sunday:
8 p.m. Service
SAMS VALLEY GOSPEL CHURCH
(Interdenominational)
Sunday:
10 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Morning worship,
Floyd Pollock, speaker
7:30 p.m. Regular service, D. E.
Young, speaker
Thursday:
7 JO p-in. Bible study and pray
er . ... .
continue to be top stories in
the church news department
during 1957.
Twelve new ministers as
sumed duties here during the
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. .Father Carl Mai'
year while nine transferred
to churches outside of the
valley.
Several building projects
were completed during the
year while others are still in
the process 'of being built or
are still in the blueprint stage,
according to a poll conducted
of many of the local churches.
During the year Ascension
Lutheran church was official
ly organized and completed
a $45,000 unit of a proposed
church building. New church
in Medford was the Open
Bible Standard church which
originally held services in the
Moose hall and now have a
parsonage and a partially
completed church building
on Table Rock rd.
St. Luke's Methodist church
held groundbreaking cere
monies during September for
their building, while the Ash
land Methodists completed
Wesley house on Southern
Oregon collep campus for
college students. First Meth
odists in Medford completed
their new parsonage and ad
ded - two memorial stained
glass windows to their sanctu
ary. Youth Directors
Two youth directors were
added to church staffs here
Miss Eleanor Bower arrived
at First Christian church
while Miss Lucille Rieben as
sumed duties at First Pres
byterian church.
Also high on the list for
major stories was the pur
chase of property for future
church sites by four churches
Among those purchasing
property for future church
construction were the Med
ford Seventh-day Adventists,
First Christian church, and
the First Church of God. Med
ford Community church mov
ed from their building on
South Central ave. to West
Main st. at Orange ave.
Several churches added
new auditoriums to their pre
sent buildines. They included
Central Point Church ofl
Christ, Ashland Seventh-day
Adventists, and Phoenix First
Baptist. Remodeling was com
pleted by Butte Falls Com
munity Bible church and
First Church of the Nazarene.
Last year saw the Protest
ant churches combine to pro
mote the use and understand
ing of the Bible by two days of
Bible emphasis workshops
and speakers. Keynoter for
the conference was Dr. Eug
ene Carson Blake, then pres
ident of the National Council
of Churches of Christ in the
United States of America.
Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Klom
haus, Rogue River, members
of St. Peter Evangelical Luth
eran church, left the valley
during May to assume duties
as medical missionaries in
New Guinea.
Here is a month-by-month
summary of church news.
selected from cnurcn new
stories appearing in The Mail
Tribune:
JANUARY
Eastwood Baptist church re-
receives silver plaque for out
standing recognition for the
work of its Sunday church
school during 1956 . . -Feasts
of Lights held at St. Mark's
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Episcopal church . . . New
hymnbooks dedicated by Med
ford Presbyterians ... the
Rev. John A. Bright, curate,
St. Mark's Episcopal, ordain
ed to priesthood . . . East
wood Baptist church shows
40 per cent increase in church
school attendance . . . Phoe
nix Presbyterian church
starts Bible study series for
adults . . . Pastor Clynton
Crisman speaker at the quart
erly meeting of Friends
churches in Salem area . . .
Youth Week observed by
local churches . . . Lt. and
Mrs. George Johnstone, com
manding officers at Medford
Salvation Army, transferred
to Spokane, Wash.
FEBRUARY
Dr. D. Kirkland West,
pastor of First Presbyterian
church, Medford, and George
Flannagan, elder-trustee, at
tend three -day Moderator's
Briefing meeting in Cleve
land, Ohio . . . Valley View
Adventist church announce
$17,000 building program
plans . . . Church remodeling
completed at First Church of
the Nazarene . . . Preaching,
Teaching, Reaching services
held at St. Peter Evangelical
Lutheran church . . . Capt.
and Mrs. William E. Ricken
assume duties as commanding
officers, Medford Salvation
Army . . . Medford Seventh
day Adventist church build
ing committe members tour
O r e go n and Washington
churches . . . David W. Pro
ffitt, moderator of the Gen
eral Assembly of the Pres
byterian church in the U.S.A.,
speaks to Presbyterian Men's
club in Medford . . . Con
gregational church adds
clause to constitution estab
lishing the racial inclusive-
ness of the church
their.'
Rev. Dexter Williams assumes
duties as pastor of Central
Church of Christ.
MARCH
School of Missions starts at
First Christian church . .
local Methodist men partici
pated in Portland public rela
tions seminar . . . sermon
writing contest open to Med-
ford Presbyterians . . . the
Rev. Richard M. Jones, East
wood Bantist. attends Na
tional Survey Commission on
Christian Higher Education
of the American Baptist
church, Portland . . . Girl
Scout service scheduled
March 10 in loqal churches
. . . Lenten Sunday services
start at First Methodist .
the Rev. Claude A. Miller,
new pastor of Temple Baptist
church ... Dr. and Mrs. A.
Klomhaus. Rogue River, mem
bers of St. Peter Evangelical
Lutheran church, commis
sioned for medical missionary
service in New Guinea .
Sacred Heart Catholic church
Knights of Columbus observe
75th anniversary . . . Ascen
sion Lutheran church official
ly organized March 24 . .
Free Methodists hold serv
ices in new church building
. i . Design of new stained
glass window approved by
First Methodist church .
farewell services and dedica
tion of the charter members
of Mt. Pitt Avenue Church of
Nazarene held at First Church
of the Nazarene.
APRIL
Open B i b 1 Standard
church holds first services in
Moose hall . . . Mt. Pitt Ave
nue Church of the Nazarene
holds first services . . . First
Church of the Nazarene ob
serves 35th anniversary . . .
southern Oregon district of
the Reorganized Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints conducts missionary in
stitute in Medford . . . Easter
service plans announced . .
Benediction of the Palms at
St. Mark's Episcopal church
. . . Friends church host to
representatives of 12 Ore
gon churches . . . First Church
of God purchases property
in Grandview area . . ordina
tion services for the Rev. Ty
ley O. Evans, pastor .of the
Griffin Creek Union Sunday
school, held . . . Easter serv
ices held in valley churches
. . . record crowds reported
at churches . . . community
service held by First Meth
odists at Hedrick Junior high
school . . . sunrise services
church. Table Rock id.
Ministers Top A957 Church'
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held . . . Advent Christian
church host to annual spring
meeting of Willamette Valley
Advent Christian conference
. . . Eagle Point Community
Bible church completes 51st
year . . . Medford Community
church moves to corner West
Main and Orange sts.
MAY
Ashland Methodist approve
plans for student center .
Operation Search courses held
at First Baptist church . .
the Rev. David F. Barnett,
pastor of Hope Presbyterian
church, Rogue River, and
Arthur M. Peters, elder of
Ashland Presbyterian church,
attend General Assembly of
the Presbyterian church in
the U.S.A. in Omaha, Nebr. . ,
Paul Haviland, Medford at
torney, speaks to Minist?rial
group on indecent literature
. . . Clynton Crisman, pastor
of Medford Friends church,
elected president of Medford
Ministerial association . .
the Rev. James Neely, First
Baptist church, vice-presi
dent of association with the
Rev. Escil Hiser, Church of
the Brethren, secretary-trea
surer . . . Richard L. Hensel-
man, elected to serve on board
of directors of the Congrega
tional conference of Oregon
at annual meeting . . . vaca
tion Bible school plans start
ed by valley churches . . .
the Rev. Robert T. Bridge as
sumes duties as pastor of
Jacksonville First Presbyter
ian church . . . First Baptist
church, Phoenix, dedicate
new auditorium of church . . .
First Methodists approve
new parsonage plans . . . Dr.
D. Kirkland West, First
Presbyterian church, appoint
ed advisor to the department
of stewardship and promo
tion of the Presbyterian
church in the U.S.A.
JUNE
Catholics schedule after
noon mass at frospect lor
fisherman and vacationers in
area . . . dedication services
held at Our Lady of Fatima
Catholic church in Shady
Cove . . Free Methodists
hold dedication service for
new church . . . Lt. Richard
Anthony, assistant officer of
Medford Salvation Army
corps, transferred . . . Dr.
Raymond Balcomb, First
Methodist church, transferred
to Corvallis church . . . the
Rev. Melvin Dixon assumes
duties of St. Luke's Methodist
church ... the Rev. James
Kreider, pastor of Pilgrim
Holiness church, C e ntr a 1
Point, leaves for Orlando,
Fla., church ... the Rev.
James Neely, First Baptist
church, attends annual meet
ing of the Conservative Bap
tists of America in Los An
geles . . Dr. George G. Rose
berry assumes duties as min
ister of First Methodist
church . . . Open Bible Stand
ard church purchases prop
erty on Table Rock rd. . . .
Robert Lichti and Mrs.
George Flanagan, First Pres
byterian church, attend
... Ascension Luthern church, 2501
... Bethel Assembly of God, Mc Andre
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Methodist church parsonage, Hollywood ave.
Fourth Westminster Fellow
ship national assembly at
Grinnell college in Iowa.
JULY
The Rev. John Bright, cur
ate at St. Mark's Episcopal
church, appointed vicar of
St. Andrews Episcopa'
church, Portland . . . ground
breaking ceremonies held by
Ascension Lutheran church
. . . the Rev. Clarence Jack
son assumes duties at Pil
gram Holiness church, Cen
tral Point . . . the Rev Ernest
Volkman, pastor First Presby
terian church, Phoenix, as
sumes duties as assistant pas
tor First Presbyterian church,
Oakland . . . David Frohn
mayer, exchange student in
Germany, writes of religion
in Europe . . . the Rev. Rich
ard M. Jones, Eastwood Bap
tist church, attends church
extension conference at the
American Baptist Assembly,
Green Lake, Wis.
AUGUST
Miss Eleanor Bower joins
staff of First Christian church
as youth director and secre
tary . . . Congregational
church holds annual vesper
service at the rim of Crater
Lake . . . pastor of Ruch
Community church, Earl Best,
ordained as minister . . . First
Christian church purchases 8
acres on old Crater Lake
highway for future church
site . . . Miss Lucille Rieben
appointed director of Christ
ian Education for First Pres
byterian church . . . Ashland
Seventh-day Adventists hold
services in new auditorium
1 . . the Rev. John Fuiten,
Butte Falls Assembly of God
church, moved to Portland
church . . . two high-ranking
officials of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints in Medford for quar
terly conference of Klamath
Stake . .' . "The Ten Com
mandments" film opens for
run in Medford . . . the Rev.
Nicholas Deis, priest of Sac
red Heart parish, assumes
duties in Ocean Lake, Ore.
. . . the Rev. Carl Mai, Cot
tage Grove, arrives as priest
at Sacred Heart Catholic
church . . . Bethel Assembly
of God church starts construc
tion on church on McAn-
drews rd. . . . Rogue Valley
Gideons elect new officer's
85 delegates from Med-
ford Jehovah's Witnesses at-
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SEPTEMBER
Roman Catholics in North
west hear edict regarding
working, shopping and opera
ting a business on Sunday
. . . the Rev. W. Bruce Mac
Henry appointed vicar of the
Church of the Good Shepherd,
Prospect, and St. Martin's
Shady Cove . . . the Rev.
George R. V. Bolster, St.
Mark's Episcopal church,
celebrates three anniversaries
. . . the Rev. James W. Neely,
First Baptist church, repre
sents ' Oregon Conservative
Baptists at Denver, Colorado,
meeting . . . Church of Christ,
Central Point, starts con
struction of new auditorium
Jacksonville Presbyterian
hold centennial services
Rogue Valley Unitarian Fel
lowship starts fall schedule
. . . St. Luke's Methodist
church holds groundbreaking
ceremonies on property at
Siskiyou st.
OCTOBER
World Wide Communion
Sunday observed in valley
churches . . . Wesley house,
new Methodist student cen
ter at Southern Oregon col
lege, opens . . . Medford Min
isterial association meeting
includes panel discussion on
capital punishment in Ore
gon . . . Use and Understand
ing of the Bible conference
starts with Dr. Eugene Car
son Blake, president of the
National Council of the
Churches of Christ in the
USA, keynote speaker . . .
First Baptists sponsor teen
centers following football
games . . . Immanuel Meth
odist church, Cave Junction,
receives plaque and $200 prize
in Oregon Town and Country
Church improvement pro
ject . . . Rosse V. Long, Palm
dale, Calif., arrives to as
sume duties as minister of
West Main Church of Christ
. . . electronic hearing aid
system installed in First
Presbyterian church, Ashland.
NOVEMBER
Free Methodists host dist
rict convention at South
Peach st. church . . . Pastor
C E. Wimer assumes duties
as" pastor of Valley View
Seventh-day Adventist church
the Rev. Gene Denning,
new pastor of Cave Junction
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Community church, arrives
from southern .California . . .
new parish library opens
at Sacred Heart church . . .
Dr. D. Kirkland West, First
Presbyterian church, attends
annual meeting of General
Assembly committee of the
department of stewardship
and promotion for the Presby
terian church of the U.S.A. in
New York . . . centennial tea
and fellowship held by Wo
men's associataion of First
Presbyterian church, Jack
sonville . . . union Thanks
giving service planned by
Ministerial associati ons
throughout valley . . . Salva
tion Army divisional com
manders, Lt. Colonel and Mrs.
John Y. Erickson, arrive for
inspection.
DECEMBER
Ascension Lutherans sched
ule services in new church
building . . . Dale Flowers,
Medford, student at South
ern Oregon college, delegate
to attend conference of Meth
odist Student Movement in
Lawrence, Kan., . . . Butte
Falls Community church
completes remodeling . . .
Charles Wesley drama, cele
brating 250th anniversairy of
his birth, held at First Meth
odist church . . . former teach
er wills $5,000 each to First
Methodist and First Presby
terian churches ... Christ
mas services scheduled by
valley churches . . . Dr. Ray
mond Balcomb, former First
Methodist church minister,
now of Corvallis, here for
dedication of Joanne Balcomb
Memorial widow . . . Nazar
enes hold annual service of
old things . . . churches wel
come New Year with watch
night services.
SUPERIOR GENERAL DIES
Rome (IP) The Very Rev.
Mother Marie-Therese de Le
scure, 73, superior general of
the Roman Catholic Society
of the Sacred Heart, died at
the mother house of the order
here Tuesday. Mother Marie
Therese was in charge of the
182 schools, colleges and mis
sions throughout the world.
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Delbert Hill, newly elected
Sabbath school superintend
ent at the Medford Seventh
day Adventist church will
conduct the first Sabbath
school session of 1958 begin
ning at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
Mr. Hill will be assisted by
Mrs. Robert Jolliffe, secre
tary, and Miss Celeste Burrill,
assistant secretary, who will
acquaint Sabbath school mem
bers with the mission field
chosen as a special project for
the first quarter of the year.
Besides Mrs. Jolliffee and
Miss Burrill, Mr. Hill's staff
will include Harold Yost,
Clair Wyant and Mrs. Eli
Davis, assistant superintend
by JANUARY 10th and earn
a full 12 MONTHS' HETURN
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