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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1958)
Your Church Is at Your S ervice by the Rev. Clarence Seidenspinner When harold and doris moved to Canbury, they found it impossible to get a house or apartment to live in. (gince they were good churchgoers, Doris finally proposed, "Why not visit First Chui-ch, which we intend to join? Maybe they can help us." The pastor and church secretary mat? thorn with a smile, made them feel at home, and promised to try to locate living quarters. Within a few days, the church found a pleasant flat for Harold and Doris. To make them feel further at home, the pastor and his wife picked them up for an evening drive in tho country ajid a friendly snack afterward. This is just one example of the many ways a church can help you colvo n$ronal problems whatever your faith. It can assist you to find a job, 0 baby-sitter, a blood donor, a physician, or a nurse. It can help you plan for trot wedding, baptism, or funeral. When thji regular employment agencies give up, your poetor often will b able to locate a job that will give you bargaining popper again. Tom Granger was an engineer with professional contacts throughout the country. When hi6 job foldad up, however, neither he nor his agencies were able to spot another, hpcauiE he was over 50 years old. In desperation, he went to his pastor and within a week he had on engineering job. It was not the top slot Tom would hav liked, but it kept him in the field and later led to a better job. A feel at home in your community, whether you are a newcomer or an old-timer: Visit your pastor and tell him you want to tacome acquainted. He will ask compatible people to watch for you. Sit in the same pew each Sunday so peopla fcnow you a9 a regular churchgoer. Visit the social and public meet ings echedulad for your particular age group. Bt friendly hen you got thjere. Soc&i you will to going around with the others. Many churches have dinner clubs for young adults which spe cialize in promoting friendliness. Have you skills and interests which you would like to express, such as the desire to sing? Your church will give you such oppor tunities for expression. If you sing, the church mayo offer you a place in the choir and schedule you for solo appearances at club programs.. If you enjoy cooking, there are dinners to prepare and food-interest groups to attend. If you like to speak in public, there are numerous programs which need good speakers. Classes await those who want to teach. Various clubs and groups are always seeking leaders with administrative ability. Your church can even help you continue your education. If you have never had the opportunity of going to high school or college, regular participation in the activities of a mod ern church or synagogue will inform your mind and broaden your appreciations. One active member of a vigorous rural church checked with an educator and found that within 20 years she had received a fine liberal-arts college edu cation right in her parish church! Best of all, your church can help you feel at iff a -r . MS I sSSL , Ji. !aiiteLi Need a baby sitter, an apartment, a job, an education? Help h yours for the asking. Try the church, also, when you need a fresh start especially when you move to a new town and begin to have that all-gone, not-a-friend-in-the-world feeling. Your church congregation can find new friends for you more quickly than any group in the community. Of course, you must cooperate. Here are some ways you can assist your church in making you home in God's friendly world. By its program of worship, fellowship, and personal counseling, it will give you that feeling of security which results in good mental and emotional health. Such health will enable you to relax with your self, with others, and with the world itself. This is the finest gift your church has, and it's yours for the asking! Familu Weekly. February 2, 195
