SIX MEDFORD (OREGON)
Migrant Ministry
Florida Following
By LOUIS CASSELS
United Press Correspondent
; Bad weather in south Flori
' da has created a new crisis
; for one of the oldest and
I least-known "home missions"
- of American churches.
Alternate raios and freezes
have severely damaged Flori
: da's winter crop of fruits and
: vegetables. This is a hard
T blow to the growers. It is
'. sheer catastrophe for 15,000
migratory farm workers and
; their families who are now
; stranded in the state, with no
; hope of finding work before
; spring plantings are ready
'. for harvest about March 15
" Emergency help is being
mobilized to relieve their des
perate plight at least to
; the extent of preventing ac
; tual starvation. State and
'. county agencies, civic clubs,
: business firms and private in
dividuals are cooperating
- Some surplus food from fed
eral stocks has been made
; available.
: In the midst cf this effort.
'. armed with few resources be
sides a tremendous determin-
- ation to help the migrants, is
-an inter - denominational
-church organization called
; the Migrant Ministry.
Z The Migrant Ministry was
" founded in 1920 by church
- women of 21 Protestant de-
- nominations. It now operates
- In 31 states, under the aegis
; of the Home Missions Divi-
" sion of the National Council
; of Churches.
- Lives Spent In Poverty
- Its mission is to minister to
the material, educational and
spiritual needs of about 1,-
500,000 men, women and chil
dren who "follow the crops."
These migrant laborers have
been called "the forgottenest
of America's forgotten fami
lies." Their lives are spent in
almost incredible poverty and
squalor.
During the cold months,
they congregate in southern
tier states like Florida, Ari
zona and Texas, where there
are winter crops to be har
vested. In spring they move
north in three streams of bat
tered vehicles one heading
up the East Coast into New
Jersey and New York; anoth
er through the Midwest to the
Canadian border; and a third
up the West Coast through
California.
They live in whatever shel
ter they can find, sheds,
barns, tarpaper shacks, occa
sionally the comparative lux
ury of a migrant barracks,
They travel in worn out cars,
or herd together like cattle
In "crew trucks.
Deprived Of Services
Because they cannot com
ply with residence require
ments for public aid, migrants
are often deprived of medical
care and welfare services,
Their illness and death rates
Work Day Set
By Fellowship
Members of the Pilgrim
Fellowship of the Congrega
tional church of Medford are
having a "Work Day" Satur
day. They are willing to hire
themselves out to church
members or friends who want
some work done. All the pro
ceeds will go into the treas
ury of the group to be used
to pay the pledge which they
have made to the state Pil
grim Fellowship.
The regular Sunday even
ing meeting of the Pilgrim
Fellowship will be suspended
so that the group may attend
the inter - denominational
Youth Rally to be held at the
Methodist church.
Youth Advisor To
Give Sermon Sunday
Fred Galloway, local youth
advisor for the First Church
of God, will deliver the ser
mon at the 7:30 p.m. evange
listic service of the churph.
His message, on this closing
night of Youth Week, will be,
"Lord, Help Our Unbelief."
The youth of the church
have participated in all of the
services of worship for the
past two weeks. Special youth
functions have also empha
sized the importance of youth
in the work of the church,
both present and future. This
local youth group has planned
social and educational activi
ties for young people of all
age groups.
SPECIAL BIBLE SERVICES
Continuing in BIGHAM HALL on JACKSON COUNTY
FAIRGROUNDS Each SUNDAY '3.00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY 7:45 P.M.
Subject Sunday 3:00 p.m. (February 2nd) Is Tithing for Today?
Hear Know
For Wednesday 7:45 p.m. (February 5th) What Is a Christian?
For Friday 7:45 p.m. (February 7th) Where Are the Dead
Is Soul Sleeping Scriptural?
ALL ARE WELCOME
Donald Brist Everett Blair
MAIL TRIBUNE
are much higher than the av
erage population. Sixty per
cent of them are illiterate.
The average family income, in
a good year, with everyone
including the children work
ing in the fields is about
$1,000.
The Migrant Ministry tries
to help them in several ways.
It organizes public and pri
vate aid for them when they
are destitute as they are
in Florida now. It conducts
Services To Be Held In New
Ruch Community Bible Church
Ruch People of the Ruch
Community Bible church will
move into their new church
building Sunday. In honor of
the event a praise service
will be held Sunday evening
with Provolt, Williams, and
Applegate churches attend
ing, according to the Rev,
Earl Best, Ruch pastor.
The regular worship serv
ice will be held at 11 a.m.,
preceded by the Sunday
school hour. The public is in
vited to attend these services.
The new frame structure
includes the Sunday school
department with six class
rooms. One partition has been
left out to allow for use of
one section as a chapel for
the present. The unfinished
exterior section allows for
addition of the chapel as
funds become available, ac
cording to Rex Davis, chair
man of the building commit
tee.
Two acres of land were
purchased from the Buckley
estate over a year ago, and
in April the new building was
started. The land, building,
pump and well cost $5,662.52,
and were financed entirely
with voluntary gifts, accord
ing to Mr. Best. Majority of
the carpentry was donated.
The interior of the new
building is knotty pine. Tile
flooring will be laid this
week, and the next job will
be pouring the cement floor
in the barement, where din
ing room, kitchen, and rest
rooms will be located.
The church group was or
ganized in March 1956, and
has met in the old mercantile
store building built by the
late C. M. (Cap) Ruch at the
turn of the century. The
building is owned now by
McDonough brothers.
The new church serves a
need in the community, which
has not had an organized
church since 50 or more years
ago, when a South Methodist
church, known as the Mat-
ney church, served spiritual
needs for many years. Since
that time varying denomina
tions have held services for
short periods, and Sunday
schools in the community
have served for many years.
Mr. Best, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Best of Ruch, was
graduated from the Multno
mah School of Bible in Feb
ruary, 1956, and returned
here to accept the ministry of
this church. Mr. and Mrs.
Best are residing at the Port
home.
Officials
Members of the temporary
organization board are Wil
liam Green, Glenn Hunter,
and Rex Davis.
Officers elected at a busi
ness meeting Sunday are Rex
Davis, treasurer; Mrs. Herbert
Devos, secreary; and Glenn
Central Church To
Install Officers
Church officers for 1958
will be installed at Central
Church of Christ Sunday, fol
lowing a potluck dinner.
Those to take office include
Clarence Pierce, Willard Hen
ney, Carl Bivens, L. Crowl,
elders; and Robert Daun, Al
den Johnson, Orrin Johnston,
deacons.
Sermon topics Sunday at 11
a.m. will be The Living
Christ in the World Today"
and "The Worship Convoy,
and Its Enemies" and the eve
ning service.
MISSIONARY BAPTISTS
Central Point Missionary
Baptists Sunday school will
be held at the Townsend club
building in Central Point
from 10 until 11:30 a.m. Sun
day.
Friday, January 31, 1958
Proves Worth In
Severe Freezes
literacy classes to teach adults
and older children how to
read road markers and sign
their names. It operates child
care centers where very
young children can be left
while their mothers are in
the fields instead of being left
in boxes between the rows,
or locked in overheated cars
in the broiling sun.
It also provides worship
services, conducted from al
tars mounted on the tailgates
Travis, Sunday school super
intendent. The teaching staff
includes Glenn Hunter, Fred
Devos, Mrs. Herbert Devos,
Mrs. Glenn Hunter, Earl Best,
Mrs. Clyde Smith, Miss Kay
RUCH COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH
Services in New Church Sunday
Local Adventists To
Elder Duane Corwin, Ore
gon conference evangelist,
currently engaged in an evan
gelistic campaign near Cot
tage Grove, Ore., will be
guest speaker at the 11 ajn.
worship hour Saturday in
the Medford Seventh-day Ad-
ventist church. His subject
will be "Building for Eterni
ty".
Elder Corwin, a former
Youth Director
To Speak Sunday
Miss Eleanor Bower, youth
director of First' Christian
church, will bring the morn
ing message this week en
titled, "What is Joy?" Mrs.
Ralph Matlack will sing,
How Beautiful Upon the
Mountain," and the choir
under the direction of Mrs.
W. C. Piper will sing, "Eter
nal Light, Immortal Love."
The youth of the church
will participate in the wor
ship service, games and food
in cooperation with the Med
ford Interchurch Council of
Youth, starting at the First
Methodist church and ending
at the YMCA.
For the evening service at
7:30 p.m. the youth will be
in charge and will present a
sermon in colored slides. The
youth who are in the service
include Miss Lynn Latham,
pianist; Miss Marilyn Jo Con
ner, song leader; Miss Sara
Hinkle, prayer; Max Johnson,
master of ceremonies; Jim Os-
born and Clinton Stiger,-deacons;
Joe Lewis, Boyd Henry,
Miss Barbara Gordon, Miss
Oveta Walden and Miss Pris
cilla Shafer will bring the
sermons and George Linde
mann the benediction.
Methodist Youth
Plan Snow Party
The Junior High Methodist
Youth fellowship of the First
Methodist church, Medford,
plan to have a snow party at
Union Creek, Saturday. They
will leave the church at 8
a.m. and will leave Union
Creek not later than 2:30 pjn.
Miss Carolyn Kent is in charge
of reservations and transpor
tation. Each MYF member
will take his own sack lunch
and 50c for snow insurance
for each person, which is re
quired. The Rev. G- A. Tro
bough and other parents will
provide transportation and
supervision.
The Senior Methodist Youth
Fellowship Witness Mission
will be conducted Saturday
and Sunday. Miss Karen
Paschke, witness chairman,
and John Kent, area advisor,
will be in charge of the Mis
sion. The youth will be divid
ed into teams, and will call
upon inactive youth.
EAGLE POINT SERMON
Eagle Point Elder Wil
ton O. Baldwin, Oregon con
ference educational secretary,
will be guest speaker Satur
day at Eagle Point Seventh
day Adventist church. The
service will be held at the
grange hall.
of station wagons. The min
istry now has 30 of these rov
ing station wagons, called
"harvesters," each manned
by a specially - trained chap
lain who is the modern ver
sion of the circuit - riding
preacher of pioneer days.
Miss Edith Lowry, national
director, estimated that the
Migrant Ministry is currently
reaching about 10 per cent of
the total migratory labor
population.
Adams, Mrs. Floyd Hawkins,
Mrs. Harley Hall, and Miss
Mary Beth Ramsay.
Average attendance during
the last year has reached
nearly 80.
Hear Guest
resident of Mediord, is a
graduate of Rogue River
Academy, and was a member
of the faculty there the year
of 1952-53 before fceginning
his ministerial work.
Missionary Volunteer meet
ing will be held in the Valley
View church at 4:30 p.m. Miss
Avis Bissiger will direct the
program and has chosen the
Scripture "Inasmuch as ye
have done it unto one of the
least of these my brethern,
ye have done it unto me, as
the key text ' around which
the afternoon program is
planned.
The students of Rogue Riv
er Academy , will present a
nature film, "The Living
North", in the Lincoln gym
at 7:30' Saturday night.
Pathfinders will meet m
their clubhouse at 7:30 p.m.
Monday.
Activities Told For
1st Assembly of God
The Men's Fellowship
group of First Assembly of
group of First Assembly of
God, 1108 West Main st., will
honor wives of the members
at a special ladies night pro
gram to be held in the church
annex Saturday evening.
Fred Nelson, president of
the fellowship, is in charge of
the program, and the Rev.
Harry Ayers, pastor of the
Assembly of God, Grants
Pass, will be guest speaker.
Musical numbers and group
singing will be included on
the evening's program.
Refreshments will be pre
pared and served by the men
of the fellowship group.
Christ Ambassadors youth
group of First Assembly of
God, held its annual business
meeting Jan. 22. New officers
elected were James Nilsen,
president; Leon Stansfield,
vice-president; Dorothy Hor
ton, secretary; Don Strong,
treasurer; and Luella Hanson,
reporter.
Accomplishments for the
past year were reviewed and
plans made for future proj
ects. Retiring officers who
gave reports were Mrs. Clin
ton Horton, president; Hazel
Hanson, vice-president; Chloe
Twedell, secretary; Peggy
Jackson, treasurer; and Mrs.
Donald Rasmussen, reporter.
FIRST BAPTIST SERMON
"The Way of Righteous
ness" will be the sermon top
ic by the Rev. James W. Nee
ly Sunday at 11 a.m. at First
Baptist church.
Special
Evangelistic Services
February 1st thru 7th-7:45 p.m.
Brigadier V. Dewsbury
of New York City, New York
THE SALVATION ARMY
4th & BartleM Streets
Presbyterians
Announce Sunday
Coming Services
Dr. D. K. West will preach
Sunday at both morning wor
ship services of the First Pres
byterian church. His topic
will be "How to Treat a Sin
ner.
The Westminster choir will
sing the anthem "Glory to the
King of Kings" at the first
service and the chancel choir
will sing "Seek Ye the Lord"
at the 11 a.m. hour. At both
services, Lynn Sjolund will
sing the solo "Hear My Cry,
O Lord."
Sunday the third class in
the current church member
ship course will be taught by
Dr. West at 5 p.m. in the
church sanctuary. The course
covers the basic doctrines and
beliefs of the Christian church
and is intended to be a pre
requisite for membership in
the local church. However,
those who are already mem'
bers or are curious to learn
more are welcome to attend
Sunday at 5 p.m. the Westmin
ster fellowship for high school
students will join with other
young people of the commu
nity for the Interdenomina
tional Christian Youth rally to
be held at the First Methodist
church.
Junior high fellowship for
seventh and eighth grade
young people will meet at
6:30 p.m. in the junior high
room for its meeting titled "A
Worship Workshop." The
meeting will be led by David
Irving, Darelyn Huson, and
Barbara Whalin.
The February family night
dinner of the First Presby
terian church will be held
Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 6:30
p.m. in the church fellowship
hall. The program this month
will feature Miss Rachel Ben-
fer, the National Missions rep
resentative for the National
Council of Presbyterian Wom
en. In addition to her mes
sage, there will be a time of
hymn-singing and fellowship.
The children's choir of the
church will also sing. Those
who attend are asked to bring
a hot dish and a salad. Rolls,
coffee and dessert will be fur
nished by the Women's Asso
ciation.
Central Point "Let God
Have Your Life" will be the
sermon topic Sunday at 11
a.m. by Dr. Norman K. Tully
at First Presbyterian church,
Central Point.
That evening Dr. Tully will
conduct the church member
ship class at 7:30 p.m. in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Max
Clark. Wednesday at 8 p.m
the Faith circle will meet at
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Braund, 1115 East
Pine St., to sew on new robes
for the youth choir.
Phoenix The Rev. E. J
Clark, Trail, former pastor of
Phoenix First Presbyterian
church, will speak at that
church Sunday. He will be
present for both the Sunday
school and church hours.
He will speak on "Watcher"
during the Sunday school
hour and "Prayer, A Guided
Missile," at the 11 a.m. serv
ice. .
Last Sunday morning the
elder-trustees and deacons of
the church were installed dur
ing the worship service by the
Rev. Harold Roberts.
The Women's association of
the church met last week for
the purpose of making pro
gram plans for the year and
Saturday night the Junior
high girls were entertained at
a party given by their teacher,
Mrs. Roy Bolz.
The Westminster fellowship
groups met Sunday evening
under the leadership of Carrol
Combs with the young people
at the Medford First Presby
terian church.
Jacksonville The Rev.
Robert T. Bridge will deliver
the second in a series of four
sermons on questions asked
about Jesus. His topic will be
"What Do You Owe to Jesus?"
At 6:30 p.m. the church Bi
ble study class will continue
fhPir rpview of the gospel of
John. Tuesday at 10 a.m. the
Candlelight circle oi xne
church will meet for the study
of Matthew.
Ashland "Can You aay
Amen?" will be the sermon
topic Sunday at both the 9:45
and 11 a.m. First Presbyterian
church, Ashland. The Rev. B.
J. Holland will speak. -
At 5:30 p m. the senior nign
Westminster fellowship wor
ship service and progressive
supper will be held by the
young people of the Ashland
church.
-Medford
Church News
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BISHOP A. R. GRANT THE REV. E. P. McGINNIS
, Medford Speakers Tuesday
'Invitation to Outreach7
Planned by Medford
First Methodist Tuesday
The Bishop's "Invitation To
Outreach", to be conducted
in Medford, Feb. 4, will be
one of 13 such meetings
scheduled in Wash i n g t o n,
Oregon, and Idaho, by Bishop
A. Raymond Grant, bishop
Books of Bible
Sermon Topics
At Friends Church
' Two morning worship serv
ices will be held as usual at
the Friends church Sunday at
9:45 and 11 a.m. Mrs. Claude
Lewis will be soloist the first
hour, and the adult choir will
sing at 11 a.m.
Pastor Clynton Crisman
will bring messages from the
Book of James, which is the
current selection in the
"Book-of-the-Month" project
sponsored by the Sunday
school: one book of the Bible
will be chosen by a commit
tee for each month of 1958,
to be read by the entire Sun
day school. Sunday's sermon
topic will be "Your Reflec
tion in the Mirror."
A nursery has been organ
ized to care for children up
through four years of age dur
ing the 11:00 worship hour
each Sunday. Children from
five years old through the
third grade are invited to at
tend the junior church serv
ice.
A missionary offering will
be taken during the opening
assemblies of Sunday school.
to be sent to the new Friends
church at Silverton, Ore.,
which was organized last
September. The congregation
there have completed the first
unit of their church building
and are now constructing the
sanctuary.
The Senior Christian En
deavor will dismiss their reg
ular Sunday evening meeting
to participate in the Medford
inter - church youth rally at
First Methodist church at 5
p.m. Junior and intermediate
C. E. will meet as usual. The
praise and worship service
will be held at 7:30 p.m., with
the pastor speaking on "Wis
dom for Those Who Ask."
"Quaker Hour" will be broad
cast at 9:30 p.m. over station
KMED.
Medford Girl Wins
Methodist Contest
Gold Hill A winter sub-
district rally of the Methodist
Youth Fellowship was held in
Gold Hill Sunday. Sixty-nine
MYF members from Medford,
Ashland, Grants Pass, Cave
Junction, and Gold Hill at
tended the meet.
A highlight of the program
was tne sub-aistnct speaK
offs. The winners of the con
test were announced as Joan
Laurila, Medford, first; Gor
don Newstrom, Grants Pass,
second; Peggy Harney, Grants
Pass, third; and Marsha Min-
shall, Medford, fourth. Each
contestant delivered a five-
minute oration on the general
subject "Here Am I, Send
Me", dealing with full-time
Christian vocations.
The participants were each
given an MYF pin for taking
part in the contest. The win
ner, Joan Laurila, will com
pete on "the Eugene district
level on March 2 at Roseburg.
Sub - district president,
Lynn Hales, announced plans
for attending the state-wide
conclave for Methodist youth
in Salem, March 8.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
United Church of Christ
Groveland Ave. and Oakwood Drive
Church Worship at 9:45 and 11 a.m.
Church School at 9:45 and 1 1 a.m.
Sermon: "Jesus and His Enemies"
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of the Portland area of the
Methodist church. The Rev.
Fred P. McGinnis, district
superintendent of the Alaska
mission, is accompanying the
bishop on the 15 day trip.
Methodist churches from
Roseburg to Lakeview are in
vited to the Mission in Med
ford, and more than 250
guests are expected. The
Woman's Society of Christian
Service of the church will
serve the dinner.-Mrs. Jennie
Lawless, secretary of Chris
tian Social Relations, will be
in charge of the preparations.
The program schedule for
the day includes the "Bishop's
Roundtable", at 4:30 p.m.,
when the people may discuss
with the bishop any questions
that they might have. At 6:30
p.m., the dinner will 'be
served, to be followed by a
message by Bishop Grant
Mr. McGinnis will speak at 8
p.m. in the sanctuary of the
church.
CONDUCT MEETINGS
Brigadier W. Dewsbury will
conduct a series of meetings
from Saturday, Feb. 1 through
Feb. 7 at the Salvation Army
church. An open air meeting
will be held at 7 p.m. each
evening followed by a service
at 7:45 p.m. Saturday youth
night will be held at the Sal
vation Army church. Start
ing at 2 p.m. a film, "Born to
Live," will be shown with
young people attending from
Klamath Falls. The afternoon
will include games and con
tests with a dinner served at
the close of the afternoon's
activities. The Corps cadets
and young people groups are
invited to attend the after
noon events. The public is in
vited to attend the evening
meetings.
Methodists Announce
Music and Sermon
Miss Rosemary Doolen will
be the soloist at both the 9:30
and 11 a.m. services of wor
ship at the First Methodist
church, Medford. She will
sing "Come Unto Him" from
the Messiah. Dr. George G.
Roseberry, minister, will
preach at both services, ine
sermon title will be, "Who
Goes There?" The anthem by
the youth choir will be, "Bless
the Lord, O My Soul" at the
9:30 service, and the anthem
by the chancel choir at 11
will be, "Cast Thy Burden
Upon the Lord".
SERMONS
Central Point "Sowing
and Reaping" will be the ser
mon at 10:45 a.m. Sunday at
Church of Christ, Central
Point, by the Rev. Jean M.
Shelley, pastor. At 7:30 p.m.
Sunday he will speak on "The
Way of Man Is Not in Hint-
self.
4 . ' , i.,
New Assistant Scheduled
To Arrive at St. Mark's
The Rev. John Smith Pow
er, until recently vicar of St,
Matthew's Episcopal church
at Benton, Ark., is expected
to arrive in Medford this week
end to assume his new duties
as assistant priest at St,
Mark's Episcopal church. He
will take, the place of the Rev,
John Bright who left the par
ish last August to become
vicar of St. Andrew's Episco
pal church in Portland.
The Rev. Mr. Power was
born in Saskatchewan, Cana
da, in 1916. He came to Ore
gon in 1929 and received his
high school education at Hills-
boro, Ore. He attended the
Oregon College of Education,
and Fresno State college
where he received his bachel
or of arts degree in education
in 1942. He served overseas
with the United States Army
in .New Guinea and the Phil
ippines for three and one half
years, after which he was dis
charged from the service with
the rank of lieutenant.
Mr. Power taught on the
faculty of Dallas High school
for two years and became
principal of an elementary
school at Klamath Falls, Ore.,
until his decision to enter the
ministry of the church iri 1949.
He received his theological
education at the University
of the South at Sewanee,
Tenn., where he received his
bachelor of divinity degree in
1954, and was ordained to the
diaconate in 1954, and to the
priesthood in 1955. Since his
ordination he has served as
vicar of St. Matthew's, Ben
ton, and St. Michael's, Airka-
delphia.
The congregation of St
MarK s will greet the new
assistant at all services on
Sunday, and a reception will
be held in his honor follow
ing the 11 a.m. service. Mr.
Power, who is single, will re
side at 427 North Grape st.
Zion Church Installs
Council and Officers
At the 11 a.m. worship
service of Zion Lutheran
church, corner of Fourth and
Oakdale, there will be held
the order for the installation
of the church council and the
officers of the congregation
for the coming year.
The elections, held at the
annual congregational meet
ing last Sunday evening,
placed Robert Glathar, Rich
ard Myers and Douglas -Gor-denier
on the council for a
three year term. Others being
installed from former elec
tions are: Bruce Braaten, Ber
nard Niehaus, Ryder Berg,
Daniel Kadin, Walter Nunley
and Otto Ewaldsen. The offi
cers for the congregation in
clude Otto Ewaldsen, vice
president; Robert Glathar,
secretary; Bruce Braaten,
treasurer; Hugo Guenther, fi
nancial secretary; Knute Lind
gren, building fund treasurer:
and Mrs. Nona Myers, me-
moriai-nymnal fund treasur
er. The Rev. G. H. Hillerman,
pastor, is president.
The pastor's sermon title
for the day will be "Inade
quate Goodness".
The congregation invites
interested persons to be pres
ent. Bethel Assembly of God
To Have Guest Speaker
The Rev. James Kessler
will be the guest speaker Sun
day night at the Bethel As
sembly of God, 1729 North
Riverside ave.
Mr. and Mrs. Kessler have
recently returned from
Ghana, West Africa, where
they taught in the Assemblies
of God Bible school. The mis
sionary program of the As
semblies of God throughout
the world is to establish Bible
Schools for the training of na
tional workers for the purpose
of evangelizing their own
people.
Mr. Kessler will show col
ored slides of the missionary
work in Ghana. The service
starts -at 7 p.m. and is open
to the public.
Talent Church Girls
Conduct Home Services
Talent The Kings Daugh
ter of the Talent Methodist
Sunday school comprised of
sixth, seventh, and eighth
grade girls, have formed a
gospel team to hold services
in homes of various shut-ins.
Each visiting period they will
visit three homes.
Tuesday a delegation from
the Talent church will attend
the Bishop Outreach meeting
to be held in Medford at the
First Methodist church.
William C. Piper
' Minister
The congregations at all serv
ices are asked to participate
in a shower of canned food
stuffs to enable him to set up
housekeeping in his bachelor
quarters. While the Rev. Mr.
Power will participate in all
services on Sunday, his first
appearance in the pulpit will
be on Sunday, Feb. 9, when
he will preach at the annual
observance of Boy Scout Sunday.
Church Official
To West Germany
Sunday Speaker
The Rev. Jerald D. John-
son, newly appointed superin
tendent for the Church of the
Nazarene in West Germany,
will speak tonight in the First
Church of the Nazarene, 520
North Holly st. He is now pas
tor of the First Church of th
Nazarene in Eugene. Mr.
Johnson is district youth pres
ident for Oregon and a mem
ber of the International Youth
Council of the Church of the
Nazarene. Announcement of
his appointment was made in'
Kansas City early this month.
The Johnsons, with their two
young sons leave for West
Germany the first of March.
Mr. Johnson spoke last
night to 80 young people who
attended the annual youth
banquet. He is in Medford at
the invitation of the First
Nazarene youth council to
lead the local group in the
youth week activities.
To climax youth week,
young people of the church
will assume responsibility for
the various parts, of the wor
ship services Sunday. Led by
Carol Harris, general youth
president, young people of the
church have participated in a
full week of activity.
Roily Griffith, president of
the Navigators group for
young adults, ' will share in
Scripture readings, prayers,
ushering, announcements and
special music in the morning
worship service at 10:50 a.m.
Senior high school young
people led by their chairman,
Dennis Walker, will have full
charge of the evening service
at 7 p.m. Several young peo
ple are scheduled to give talks
in the evening worship. These
will include Marilyn Shepard,
who will speak on "The Diffi
cut Choice of Right and
Wrong," Ron Warner, "Youth
in a Changing World," Russell
Speer, . "Dangers in Success"
and Lilly Sherman, "Your
Life Make the Most of it."
SI. Luke's Set
Program Tonight
Members and friends of St
Luke's Methodist church are
invited to the fellowship
evening to be held at First
Methodist church dining room
tonight at 6:30. The occasion
will begin with a covered dish
supper and the Rev. Melvin
Dixon, the pastor, will show
colored slides of some of the
trips taken by the family
through the United States.
The congregation still wor
ships at the Bigham hall on
the fair grounds and the pub
lic is invited to share in the
Sunday school hour at 9:4$
a.m. and the morning wor
ship service at 11 a.m. Mr.
Dixon's sermon topic Sunday
will be "The Power of A
Stimulating Hope!" 1
The pastor reports that
building activity will begin
next week on the new site on
Siskiyou boulevard, land do
nated to St. Luke's by Dr. I.
D. Phipps.
OFFICERS INSTALLED
The Rev. Elvin S. Tollef-
son will sDeak on "The Joy
of the Lord" at the 11 a.m. di
vine worship service at As
cension Lutheran church,
2501 Barnett rd. Sunday. The
senior choir will sing and the
officers of Luther League will
be installed.
UNITY CENTER
of Medford
Affiliated with United School
of Christianity, Lee' Summit,
Mo
Sunday DevoUonal Service nd
Sunday School 11 a m.
Wceklv Classes in "Lessom In
Truth" Thursday, 730 P-m-!
Friday 11 a.m.
Center Open Daily 10 a.m. till
4 p.m. Monday thru Friday.
Noonday reading of dally word
HOLLT BUILDING
Katherin Bosworth, Leader
Office SP 2-6902 Rei. TA 6-2088
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, Or.
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