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Newspaper Page TextEIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, January 24, 1958 Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists Tells Church History and Practices By LOUIS CASSELS America's fastest - growing religious denomination pub lished a 1,544-page profile of itself this week. The profile, which comes in two massive volumes, is en titled "Encyclopedia of South ern Baptists." Its avowed pur pose is to give people of other denominations," as well as Southern Baptists them selves, "a guide to better understanding" of the history beliefs and practices of a 113-year-old religious body that has far outgrown the regional boundaries implied by its name. .Other denominations doubt less will avail themselves of the invitation to learn more about the Southern Baptist convention. Its phenomenal growth, in the North and West as well as in the South, has long been viewed by other churches with mingled ad miration and irritation. "In ten more years, at the present rate of growth, there will be more Southern Bap tists than there are people." While the Southern Bap tist may not reach that goal, it does seem likely that they will, in a good deal less than 10 years, surpass the Meth odist church to become to the nation's largest Protestant de nomination. When the last official count was taken, the Methodist church had 9,292,046 mem-1 pated their state governments : bers to 8,467,439 for The Southern Baptist convention. But that wa3 in 1956, and many churchmen feel the gap has closed considerably since then. The Southern Baptist con vention was formally organ ized in Augusta, Ga., in 1845. Finding the anti-slavery agita tion of Northern Baptists too much to bear, delegates from 165 Southern churches antici- Divinity School Studeni To Speak at St. Mark's Philip A. Getchell, student at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific at Berkeley, Calif., will be guest preacher Sunday at St. Mark's Episco pal church, in observance of .theological Education Sun- IBoth of these feelings are day by the Protestant Episco- reflected in the wry joke pal church throughout the which is currently popular country. among Methodist clergymen: Phoenix Church Tells Activities For Next Week Phoenix The youth group of the Phoenix Church of Christ plan a snow party Sat urday at Union Creek. Plans have been made to meet at the church building at 9:30 a.m. Transportation is provid ed from Phqpnix to Union Creek. The young people are tat bring a sack lunch and hot chocolate to drink. Mr. Kenneth Arnold, minis ter, and - his wife, of the church, and Bill Heberling, as sistant minister of the Central Point Church of Christ, travel ed to San Jose. Calif., last week to the 14th annual Con ference on Evangelism. "It Is Good for Us To Be Here", will be the sermon subject by Mr. Arnold Sun day morning. The Phoenix church decid ed in a conereeational meet ing, to make the first Sunday Main st., will leave tomorrow The speaker, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bayard M. Getchell, 28 Ashland ave., is well known in Southernn Oregon sporting circles, having won the Inter-Varsity Pacific Coast Golf title in 1955 and the Southern Oregon Amateur Championship in 1957. Mr. Getchell's visit marks the occasion when the eleven seminaries of the Episcopal church in the United States make an appeal for the sup port of the whole church in the training of young men for the priesthood. Following his studies at Stanford university and several terms at Fuller Theological seminary, Mr. Getchell entered the Berkeley Seminary last fall from his home parish here. Mr. Getchell will preach at both the 9:30 and 11 a.m. serv ices on Sunday and will ad dress the young people's fel lowship that evening. He will also speak to the St. Cath erine's guild Monday at 8 p.m. Sunday he will be as sisted at 11 a.m. by Leon R. McDougall, lay reader of St. Mark's who is also a postulant for the ministry, and will en ter Church Divinity School later this year. Pastor To Be Guest Evangelist The Rev. Kenneth Korby, pastor of St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran church, 1020 East of. each month 'Missionary Sunday, The money will go to' the Southern Oregon, Northern Californian fellow ship, to help establish new churches. for Pomona, Calif, to particip ate as a guest evengelist in a Preaching, Teaching, Reach ing mission of the greater Los Angeles area. Services will be held at the Sunday following the evening service, at the church build ing. This get-acquainted-night will be held the last Sunday evening of every month. Fun, fellowship, and refreshments aie planned. Mr. Arnold has been "morn ing visitor on KMED radio this week, bringing the morn ing devotions at 8:55 a.m. !A fellowship is planned local church Sunday morning, icieuiduiig me jeasi oi xne Transfiguration of the Lord. The sermon will be read by Joe Jarvis, lay reader. Sunday school sessions, for adults and children, will begin at 9:30 ajn. Sunday at 7 p.m. the Walth- er Leaguers will meet for dis cussion and group activity. Representative Ta Speak Here Sunday Ed Dewees, field represen tative of the Turner Memorial home, at Turner, Ore., will be guest speaker at. Central Church of Christ, 608 north Central ave., for the Sunday morning worship s e r vice. Turner Memorial Home is located nine miles southwest of Salem, and is dedicated to the purpose of assisting aged Christians, especially minist ers and their wives or widows or the Christian Church or Church of Christ. The Rev. Elmore Gilstrap former pastor of Central Church of Christ, and Mrs Gilstrap are making their home at the Turner home. The youth of Central Church of Christ will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Johnson home, 2717 Howard ave., for an evening of recrea tion, including games and taffy pull. Mike and Carol Johnston will act as host and hostess. Young People Conduct Meeting Butte Falls Young peo ple's group at the Butte Falls Community Bible church held their weekly meeting at the Elga Abbott home Wednesday night. For the first time, they co'nducted their own meeting. Doloris Brown led the devo tions and Larry Cavin led the activity period. Phillip Cram mer is the song leader for January. .Next Wednesday night the meeting will be at the home o the Rev. Howard Sim irrpnds. James Irwin will have charge of the devotional pe riod and Donna Berck will dfi-ect the recreation. TDonald Ellis, a former mem ber of the group, left Sun day for service in the Navy. Eproute, he planned to stop ire Berkeley, Calif., for a visit with his brother-in-law and sitter. Mr. and Mrs. William Glasscock and their daughter Monday at 7:30 p.m., Vil la-sre Lieht circle will hold trte regular devotional meet irtg. Place of meeting will be announced Sunday morning Nazarene Youth Announce Plans Of Coming Events Youth week will be obser ved at the First Church of the Nazarene, 520 North Holly st., beginning Wednesday, Jan. 29, when young people of the church will be in charge of the mid-week service. A smorgasbord will be given in the annex of the church beginning at 7 p.m. with the Rev. Jerry Johnson, Eugene pastor, and recently appointed superintendent of Nazarene work in West Ger many, as speaker. Mr. John son, a 29-year-old minister in the Church of the Nazarene, is a member of the Interna tional Youth Council, and dis trict president of the young people for Oregon Pacific Dis trict. He will leave for his as signment in Germany March 1. Friday evening a jrouth rally will be h e 1 d in the church sanctuary with Mr Johnson speaking to southern Oregon young people. Youth are to participate in both public worship services on Sunday, Feb. 2. Young people of the junior high department of the Sun day school of the First Church of the Nazarene plaji a snow party. As soon as attendance in the department reaches 50 the young people will go by bus for their snow party. Adult members of the Sun day school will launch an eight week series honoring "supervisor of the day" to be gin Sunday. Al Larson, adult departmental supervisor will present Arnold Kornstad as honorary "supervisor of the day" for that day. Mr. Korn stad will lead the fifteen min ute devotional service prior to the class session and will be assisted by members of his Sunday school class. Mrs Lena Marrs is the teacher. Training Classes Held By Assembly of God Churches in Valley ;A Sunday school workers' training class sponsored by the Assembly of God churches of. the Medford area was con ducted from Jan. 13 through 17 in the First Assembly of Gold, 1108 West Mam st.. The Rev. R. H. Buck of Boise, Idaho, conducted the class. Tho tpxt book studied was "ODeration Sunday School It is an up-to-date guide for local Sunday school adminis tration and serves as an orien tation course for all Sunday school workers. Sunday school workers re reiving certificates were from the following First Assembly Kf God, Bethel Assembly of Sod, Jacksonville Assembly of God and Phoenix Assembly of Cod churches. Valley View Camera Club Plans Program The Valley View Camera club is sponsoring a program Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Lincoln school gymnasium. The proceeds will go to the Worthy Student fund of the Valley View Seventh-day Ad ventist church. The program will be in two sections. The first part will consist of home talent, with the second part pictures that club members have taken. Phoenix The midweek Bible studies and prayer meetings of the Phoenix First Baptist church will be held in the homes of the parishion ers following action of the church. Announcements of place of meeting will be made each Sunday morning. Ser mon themes for Sundays serv ices are "My debt; Now!" at the morning hour of worship, with the evening sermon Separation unto Him." Pas-' tor Perry M. Johnson will speak at both services. i Pilgrim Youth Week To Be Observed; Meetings Continue National Pilgrim Youth week will begin Sunday with a scripture-memorizing con test on the subject of soul winning and other activities In 1956 Pilgrim youth spon sored and financed a new church in Orlando, Fla., and a new mission field in the Union of South Africa. In 1957 the project was "Opera tion Mission," in which gospel teams were sent to Mexico, South America, and the Brit ish West Indies. The youth project for 1958 is the spon soring and financing or. an international radio broadcast under the title "The More Abundant Life." The ministry of song evan gelists the Rev. and Mrs. Jim Sheets, of Salem, and the Rev. J. H. Philpot, of Fredonia, Kans., the revival meetings will continue at the local Pil grim Holiness church until Feb. 2. There will be services each evening at 7:30 except. Saturday. Mission Meetings Continue in Gold Hill Gold Hill The fourth in a series oi lour mission meetings on Japan will be held Sunday beginning with a pot-luck at 6:30 p.m. in the dining room of the Commun ity Methodist church. Japanese food will be fea tured at the dinner. Mrs. Roy Fskew will prepare the hot dish and Mrs. E. C. Hoff man will make the dessert. Guest speaker for. the eve ning will be Dr. Robert Peter son from Grants Pass. Mrs. Ogden Kellogg will lead the discussion. in secession by a full 16 years. Denomination Has Expanded For many years after the Civil War, the convention re mained a regional body of the Deep South. But in the last few years, it has reached out into the North and West with the kind of all-out evangelical program for which Baptists are famous. Today there are 755 South ern Baptist churches w it'll 136,000 members in Illinois; 556 churches with 105,000 members in California, and sizeable contigents in Arizona, Alaska, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon and Washington. tttI- ; l . j ! wnue envy may be a iactor in the irritation which South ern Baptists growth has caused in other denominations, it is not the only factor. The Southern Baptists have dog gedly refused to join the growing "ecumenical" move ment which has brought other major Protestant bodies into a close cooperative relation ship. Have Been Aloof They have held aloof from the national and world coun cils of churches. They have rejected any idea of merger negotiations with their North ern brethren of the American Baptist convention. And they have freely planted new Southern Baptist churches in communities where other de nominations, including the Northern Baptists, were al ready heavily represented An explanation of this de termination to go it alone is offered in the new encyclo pedia. The Southern Baptists sincerely believe that they have been entrusted with a "distinctive message and mis sion." and that they can ac complish more for the cause of Christ by continuing an "independent witness." What are the distinctive Southern Baptist tenets? One of them, of course, is insist ence on baptism by total im mersion of the body. Seven Principles Outlined The encyclopedia lists seven other "basic Baptist principles" some of which the Baptists share with other de nominations. They are: 1. Reverence for the Bible as the "one authoritative source of religious truth and knowledge." 2. Emphasis on "personal faith in Jesus Christ" as the prerequisite for salvation. 3. Rejection of infant bap tism on the ground that each individual must "come to God for himself." 4. Belief that baptism and The Lord's Supper are "ordin-. ances" rather than "sacra ments;" and that these rites have "no saving power" of themselves. 5. The "competency of each individual soul" to gain "direct access" to God with out the mediation of any priest or minister. 6. A strong emphasis on re ligious freedom, church-state separation, and liberty of con science for every individual 7. A unique doctrine of church government, under which each local church is an absolutely sovereign bady which cannot be given orders by an "association, alliance or convention" which it may join. gPEMk - for It - ; 1 : .V-: yj Westminster Fellowship Sunday to be Observed By Valley Presbyterians w estmmster F e 1 1 o wship church will share in the morn- YMCA SUNDAY Herb Patridge (left) youth work secretary for YMCA here, ex plains the YMCA symbol to two Medford ministers and two young members of the local Y. The symbol, which includes letters of the Greek alphabet and the triangle sig nifying the three aspects of life, will be used by some of the local churches during YMCA Sunday To Be Observed Here "YMCA Sunday will be ob served in many Medford area churches Sunday as "National YMCA Week" comes to a close. A total of 15 churches in the area have been provided upon request with 4,000 YMCA Sunday" church bull etins for distribution to mem bers at services. Other church recognition activities vary, including re lating sermons to youth, hav ing "Y" members participate in services, club attendance at services and YMCA speak ers at youth meetings. Robert Jones, general sec retary of the Medford YMCA said that for 107 years the YMCA has successfully dedic ated itself to the task of train ing youth for leadership based on principles of Christianity. He added that the YMCA is one of the top agencies de voted to the development of Christian citizenship among youth. In celebrating YMCA Week. The close partnership of the "Y" and churches -in preparing youth, to become strong in mind, spirit and body many be seen. Church Officers To Be Installed Sunday "Restored Harmony" will be the sermon subject Sun day at the 11 a.m. divine wor ship service at Ascension Lutheran church, 2501 Bax; nett rd. The Rev. Elvin ' S. Tollefson will speak. Church officers will be installed and' holy communion observed. The church council will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Pastor of Friends Church Returns Here Clynton Crisman, pastor of Medford Friends church, re turned Tuesday with his wife and daughter from Nampa, Idaho, where he conducted a series of revival meetings. Mrs. Crisman was song leader and solist for the meetings, held in the Nampa Friends church from Jan. 8 to 19. Pastor Crisman will speak Sunday at both the morning and evening worship services; His subject for the 9:45 and 11 a.m. services will be "Play ing the Fool." The youth choir will sing at 9:45 and the adult choir at 11:00. Sermon topic for the service at 7:30 p.m. will be "Never Run Away." There will be a clarinet duet by Nadine Brood and Char lotte Unruh. Christian Endeavor meets at 6:30 p.m. The three C. E. societies are having contests for attendance and scripture memory. Intermediates have challenged the Talent Friends society, and juniors and sen iors are having individual and team competition. Sermons-Meetings Told by Methodists "I Make All Things New" is the title of the sermon by Dr. George G. Roseberry, min ister, First Methodist church, for both services of worship at 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday. Music by the youth choir will, be "Ancient of Days" and the chancel choir anthem will be, "Send Out Thy Light." Mrs. Jack Harris will be soloist at both services. She will sing "Just Keep on Praying." The School of Christian Liv ing, held at 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. will continue with the interest groups, "Lands of Witness and D e c i s i o n," "Vocations and You.,, and "Inquirer's For um." Interest groups on Jap an will be held for the kind ergarten, primary, and junior children. The builder's class will pro vide the snack supper at 6:30 p.m. with Inspiration Time, at 7 p.m., when the movie, "Younger Brother," will be shown. Assistant Pastor To Preach Sunday The Rev. James W. Neely, pastor of the First Baptist church, traveled to Salem this week to attend the funeral of Dr. Kenneth Tobias, director of the Conservative Baptist Association of Oregon. Pastor Neely is a member of the C.B.A. of Oregon board of trustees and their represent ative to the commission for the new church program for 1958. Mr. Neely will preach Sunday in the South Tacoma Baptist church, and Monday he will meet with Conserva tive Baptist leaders in Wash ington as they plan for their new church program for 1958. In the absence of the pastor, the Rev. Haddon Robinson, as sistant pastor, will preach at both services of the church on Sunday. In the morning his message will be taken from Ephesians and entitled, "God's Part and Yours." Music will be featured in the 7:45 p.m. service, and the 6ermon will be on the subject, "The Chris tian's Use of Music." At 6:30 p.m. Sunday the combined Baptist Training Unions will meet to see "The Hidden Heart," a 30 minute sound film. their services Sunday in recognition of YMCA Sunday. Above are the Rev. Haddon Robinson (second from left) assistant to the pastor, First Baptist church, and the Rev. W. Lee Mansveld, assistant pastor at the First Church of t'ne Nazarene. The boys are John, 8, and Gary Fitchner, 12, both of 227 North Oakdale ave. i Protestant Youth To Hold Service "Youth Week observed by Protestant churches through out the United States will be observed in Medford, Feb. 2. The service will start at 5 p.m. at the First Methodist church, Medford. David Frohnmayer will be worship leader, Elizabeth Pra mann will read the scriptures, and Kathy Barr will lead the young people in singing. Young people from the var ious churches will speak and the Medford High school choir will sing under the direction of Tjynn Sjolund. After the service at 6 p.m. the group of young people will go to the YMCA for re freshments and fellowship.. Games and singing will fol low dinner. A nominal fee will be charged to cover the cost of the food. The participating churches are First Presbyterian, First Methodist, Z i o n Lutheran, Friends, First Baptist, St Mark's Episcopal, First Christ ian, Eastwood Baptist, all Medford and Phoenix Presby terian. All youth groups are invited to attend the youth rally. Joan Laurila is committee chairman in charge of the rally, with Rita Miller secre tary, and Mrs. George Flan agan, advisor. The committee chairmen are Susan Cartwright food Jeanine James, worship; Phil Morgan radio and TV; Dewey Gail and Rita Miller; registration; and Janet Bark er, publicity. bunday will be observed at both morning services of the First Presbyterian church. Medford, Sunday. Westminst er Fellowship is the official youth program of the Presby terian church and offers young people who participate in it the opportunity of grow ing into the full range of Christian experience. The Fel lowship carries out its pro gram with the conviction that the young people are a basic part of the church today and not merely the church of to morrow. In honor of the day several of the young people of the Congregational Service by Youth In honor of Christian Youth Week members of the Pilgrim Fellowship will take part in the two mornine services at the , Congregational church Sunday. Clarence Comstock and Nancy Miller will read the scripture. Two others will usher.: The sermon by the Rev. Thomas McCamant will be on "Jesus and His Band of Friends," continuing the series on the Life of Christ. The Couples club is having a chicken goulash supper at Pilgrim House beginning at 6:30 on Sunday evening. be the Guest Preacher At St. Mark's Sunday Philip Getchell will guest preacher at both 9:30 a.m. church school fam ily service Sunday and the 11 a.m. morning prayer with sermon service at St. Mark's Episcopal church. Holy baptism will be held at 12:45 p.m. Sunday at the church. BIBLE SERVICES at BIGHAM HALL Jackson County Fairgrounds SUNDAYS 3:00 p.m. Wed. and Fridays 7:45 p.m. These services are being held to bring about a deeper under standing of Christ and His teachings for our lives. ALL ARE WELCOME D. Brisr E. Blair Film To Be Shown During Adventure In Missions Session "Crossroad at Cedarmont", a film trip, will be used as the basis for discussion for the third session of the Adventure in Missions, 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Eastwood Baptist church, North Keene Way drive at Ridegway. The films trip begins with a narrative about the opposi tion encountered by a Negro family who try to move into a community of whites. It was produced to be used by churches following the home mission theme: Christ, the Church, and Race." The worship service begins at 11 a.m. with the pastor, the Rev. Richard M. Jones, speak ing on "Are You Comfort able?" The chancel choir, un der the direction of Mrs. Jones, will sing "Take My Life." Nursery care is provid ed and an extended session for four and five year olds is conducted. Eastwood Baptist -church is located north of Hedrick Jun ior High school and is affiliat ed with the American Baptist convention. Methodists To Be Af Conference Meeting The mid-year meetings of the boards and commissions and committees of the Oregon conference of the Methodist church will meet in Portland on Thursday, Friday, and Sat urday. Ministers and laymen who are members of the groups in clude Dr. George G. Rose berry, minister of First Meth odist church Medford, and Ross . Youngblood, Medford layman, commission on world service and finance; the Rev. Melvin Dixon, minister of St. Luke's Methodist church, board of temperence; and the Rev. G. A. Trobough, associ ate minister First Methodist church, chairman of board of social and economic relations, vice-chairman of the televi sion, radio and film commis sion, and chairman of the sub committee on broadcasting. The Rev. Robert Kingsbury, Cave Junction; the Rev. Louis Miles, Ashland, and the Rev. G. Wesley Turner, Grants Pass, will also attend the meetings. ' Presbyterian Pastor Accepts Position in Texas Jacksonville The Rev Robert T. Bridge, pastor of First Presbyterian church, Jacksonville, submitted his resignation to the session of the church Jan. 19, to become affective Feb. 19. Mr. Bridge, who came to the Jacksonville church last May, will assume duties as director of fund raising at Hardin-Simmons university, Abilene, Texas, next month. He will be in charge of the drive to raise one and a half million dollars for the univer sity to construct new build ings on the campus during 1958. Mr. Bridge, who with Mrs. Bridge made their home in Jacksonville the past year, was former assistant minister of the New York Avenue Presbyterian church,' Wash ington, D.C. and prior to his arrival here was engaged in church fund raising at his home in Abilene. He was interim pastor of the valley church until last fall when he accepted a call by the church to became its regular pastor. Pastor of the Jacksonville church prior to the arrival of Mr. Bridge was Dr. Norman K. Tully, pre sent pastor of the First Pres byterian church, Central Point. Sunday Mr. Bridge will preach on "What do You Think of Jesus?" at the 11 a.m. service. The sermon will be the firstn a series of four on questions about Jesus. At 7 p.m. Sunday the first in -a series of four Sunday evening Bible studies will be held by Mr. and Mrs. Bridge. Starting with a worship serv ice the group will divide into two groups. Mr. Bridge will conduct a study on "The New Testament As A Book Of Ad venture" and Mrs. Bridge's topic will be "A Panoramic View of the Bible." Saturday the monthly fel lowship supper wilj be held at the church at 6:30 P.m. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith are lead ers for the monthly event. At the congregational meet ing last Sunday Otto Nieder- meyer was elected a member of the session for a second three year term; Melvin Hall and John Keaveny, board of trustees for three years; and Mrs. E. O. Graham, was elect ed to the new position of dea coness. Others elected or ap pointed at the meeting were Mrs. Melvin Hall, director of music; Miss Marjone taens, pianist, Mrs. George Wendt, associate pianist; and John Niedermeyer, Sunday school superintendent. ing worship services, and the assistant pastor, the Rev. John Reynolds, will preach on the theme "Lord Help our Un belief." The Westminster choir will sing "Lead me, Lord" at both services, and James Baker will sing the solo "The Lord is My Light." Sunday afternoon Dr. D..K. West will conduct the second class in the present church membership course at 5 p.m. in the church sanctuary. This course is open to all who are interested in the basic doc trines of Christian faith. Westminster fellowship for meet at 7 p.m. in the fire place room for a joint meet ing with the youth groups of the Central Point, Jackson ville, Phoenix, and Ashland churches. John Flanagan will be in charge of the meeting which will consist of present ing several skits on well known Biblical incidents. Fireside refreshments and- devotions will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Flanagan on north Pacrfic Highway. Central Point In obser vance of youth week at First Presbyterian church. Central Point, the young people of the church will conduct the 11 a.m. worship service Sun day. Fellowship hour will be held immediately following the service. Phoenix The Rev. Harold Roberts will speak at the 11 a.m. worship service Sunday at Phoenix First Presbyterian church. The newly elected elder-trustees and deacons will be ordained and installed at the service. The following Sunday the Rev..E. J. Clark will speak and Saturday, Feb. 1, a work day will be held at the manse. All persons who wish to help paint the interior of the build ing are ask to be present that day. Ashland "Getting Along With Youth" will be the ser mon topic by the Rev. B. J. Holland at Ashland First Presbyterian church Sunday at both the 9:45 and 11 a.m. worship services. Sextet To Sing At First Christian "He is Able to Lead You," is the sermon topic at the First Christian church Sunday. A girls sextet willsing, "My Lord and I". Included in the group are Miss Oveta Walden, Miss Sara Hinkle, Miss Lynn Latham, Miss Priscilla Shafer, Miss Donna Demmer and Miss Marilyn Coner. The choir will sing, "Praise the Lord," dir ected by Mrs. W. C. Piper. The Men's fellowship are sponsoring a breakfast Sun day between 7 and 9:30 a.m. In observance of Youth Week, an all youth banquet is being held Wednesday at 6 p.m. Both the Christian Youth Fellowiship and the Chi Rho Fellowship have an active part in the planning and preparation of the ban quet. Joe Lewis will be mast er of ceremonies during the entertainment. Saturday the high school youth will finish painting the Sunday school room; Those not needed with the painting will plan details for the youth banquet. SUNDAY SCHOOL Central Point Mission ary Baptist Sunday school will be held at the Townsend club in Central Point Sunday from 10 until 11:30 a.m. MISSIONARY VOLUNTEERS The Missionary Volunteers program at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Medford Seventh-day Adventist church will be un der the direction of Miss Sharon Koch and will simu late a press conference re garding the Faith for Today television program. II CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH I United Church of Christ I Groveland Ave. and Oakwood Drive 1 I Church Worship at 9:45 and 11 a.m. I Church School at 9:45 and 11, a.m. "Jesus and His Band of Friends" Over 180 Delegates Attend Convention More than 180 delegates from the Medford and Cen tral Point congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses .are at tending the first ministerial convention of the witnesses to be held in five years in Grants Pass today through Sunday. T. R. Thompson, presiding minister here, has announced that more than 1,000 dele gates from northern Californ ia and southern Oregon will attend the convention ses sions. Theme for the conference is "Qualified To Teach." Misionary To Speak . At Trail Community Trail The Rev. Jack Schisler, missionary from Borneo, will hold evangelis tic meetings at the Trail Community church, Jan. 26 through Feb. 2. The opening service will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. with the evening services at 7:30 p.m. Services will not be held Saturday, Feb. 1. The public is invited to at tend. SERMON TOPIC "Truth" will be the subject of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, sermon at 11 a.m. Sunday. The public is invited to attend all services. UNITY CENTER of Medford Affiliated with United School of Christianity, Lee's Summit, Mo Sunday Devotional Service and Sunday School 11 ajn. Weekly Classes in "Lessoni in Truth" Thursday, 7 JO p.m.; Friday. 11 a. m. Center Open Daily 10 a m. till 4 p.m. Monday thru Friday. Noonday reading of daily word HOLLY BUILDING Katherin Bosworth. Leader Office SP 2-6902 Ret. TA 6-2098 ill William C. Piper Minister 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.