6 MAIL TRIBUNE, Madfora1, Of gow, Friday, May 30, 1958
1957 Award of Merit Winner
Methodists To Install
Official Board Sunday
The First Methodist church,
official board officers for new
church year will be installed
at the morning worship serv
ices Sunday.
The installation service will
take place during the 9:30 and
11:00 ajn. services. Nearly 50
persons of the church have
been elected to office during
the all church conference that
was presided over by the dis
trict superintendent, the Rev.
Meredith A. Groves of Eu
gene. The worship service will
close with a family potluck
dinner in the fellowship hall.
Each family should take a
hot dish and a- salad.
The commissions and com
mittees of the church will be
organized for the new year's
work at each of their regular
meeting daring the month of
June. A review of the work
of each commission will be
given during the program at
the family dinner Sunday.
Ralph E. Van Horn, Wil
lamette university, will sing
"The Lord is my Shepherd"
during the worship services.
At the conference meeting
the congregation unanimously
voted for the return of lit.
and Mrs. George G. Roseberry
for the year 1957-1958. The
year's activities have included
the construction of a new par
sonage for the , minister's
Men's Fellowship
Schedules Dinner
The Rogue Valley Men's
Fellowship of the Assemblies
of God will meet at the Jack
son hotel Saturday nigh for
dinner. The Rev. N. D. Da
vidson, Oregon district super
intendent of the Assemblies
of God, will speak.
At a recent meeting for the
purpose of organizing the Val
ley Fellowship, officers were
elected. They included Roy
H. Hageman, Bethel Assem
bly of God, president; Wil
liam McKinley, First Assem
bly of God, vice president;
Daniel Smelser, Bethel As
sembly of God, secretary, and
Gene Bates, Phoenix Assem
bly of God, treasurer.
The Rev. Wesley J. Brans
ford, pastor of Phoenix As
sembly of God, was elected to
serve as pastor advisor of the
sectional group.
Although Assembly of God
churches throughout the
United States have had local
organized Men's Fellowship
groups for some time, the
Rogue Valley Men's Fellow
ship is the first such group in
the Oregon district to be or
ganized on a sectional basis.
The Rogue Velley section in
cludes 15 churches.
Daniel Smelser is in charge
of reservations for the Satur
day dinner.
Social Security Law Changes Affecting
Ministers Explained by Officials
Ministers who have not de
cided to come under social
security still have time to do
so, according to officials at
the local social security of
fice. The 1957 amendments to
the social security law pro
vided for an extension of
time during which ministers
could file their election to
come under social security.
Filing of the proper form
with the director of internal
revenue is mandatory if the
minister desires coverage.
Before the law was
changed, those ministers who
had not filed the certificate
within two years of ordina
tion or prior to April 15,
1957, were forever barred.
This deadline is now extend
ed to April 15, 1959. Minis
ters who want the coverage,
however, should not delay
. filing the waiver form.
In addition to extending
the time during which, minis
ters may elect coverage, an
other change was made. The
rental value of a home fur
nished a minister and the
value of meals and lodging
are now included for social
security purposes. These
items, however, are not con
sidered in figuring the in
come tax of the minister.
The local office of the di
rector of internal revenue or
the social security office is
located at 33 North Riverside
ave. .
Questions that have been
asked by ministers and an
swers supplied by the social
security officials' are listed
here.
A minister who files a
waiver certificate during
the period extended by the
social security law can have
coverage for exactly what ,
CHURCH NEWS
National Religious Publicity Council
family. The Roseberrys came
from Salem last June where
Dr. Roseberry was district
superintendent for six years.
I?r. Roseberry and two lay
members of the Oregon an
nual conference, Ben Schmidt
and O. P. Taylor, will attend
the Oregon Methodist confer
ence in First Methodist
church, Portland, June 17
through 20. At the close of
that conference the appoint
ments of the Oregon Con
ference will be made by the
presiding bishop, the Rev. A.
Raymond Grant.
Nazarenes Set
Bible School
Under the direction of Mrs.
Ronald Weatherford the Bible
school will open at the First
Church of the Nazarene, 520
North Holly st., Monday,
June 9 at 9 a.m., and continue
through June 20. Sessions are
held each morning until 12
noon.
The school will be graded
and include classes for child
ren from four years through
sixth grade.
The kindergarten depart
ment supervisor will be Mrs.,
Russell Speer, primary depart
ment, including first through
third grades, will be under
the supervision of Mrs. -Clarence
Starley, and the junior
department, fourth through
sixth grades, supervised by
Mrs. Milton Kornstad.
Bus service will be avail
able and the program of, the
school will include songs, re
acreational activities, crafts
and Bible stories.
Holy Trinity Feast
To Be at St. Peter
The feast of the Holy Trini
ty will be celebrated Sunday
at St. Peter Evangelical Luth
eran church, 1020 East Main
St., with sermon, choral com
munion, and music, by the
choir, according to the pastor,
the Rev. Kenneth Korby.
The choir will sing an an
cient metrical version of
"Kyrie, God Father in Heaven
Above." The pastor will
preach on the topic "God's
Life Manifesting Itself Anew
in the Life and Work of His
Congregation."
The board of education of
the church has announced the
dates of the church's vacation
Bible school for this summer.
It will be held June 16
through June 27. Bible stories,
handicraft, singing and train
ing in worship and prayer
will again constitute the ma
jor emphasis of the school's
study program, it was report
ed. period of time?
Ministers who file during
the extended period (through
April 15, 1959) will be man
datorily covered for 1956 and
subsequent years for which
they have self-employment
net earnings of $400 or more,
any part of which was from
their duties as a minister.
I am a minister who filed
a waiver certificate before
August 31, 1957, but too
late lo secure coverage for
1956. Do I understand now
that by filing a supple
mental waiver during the
extended period provided
by the recent change in the
law I might still get cov
erage for 1956?
You are right. You may
secure coverage for 1956 now
by filing a supplemental
waiver. The law does not
permit ministers to elect cov
erage retroactively for 1955.
Does the amended law
affecting ministers' cover
age change the two year
deadline for persons who
become ministers and file
a waiver after the close of
the extended period?
The amended law. does not
change the two year dead
line for ministers who file the
certificate after April 15,
1959.
In January 1959, I plan
to retire at 65. As a min
ister of a small church, I
receive only $2400 a year
plus a home which, would
cost me $100 a month to
rent. In addition I have
about $200 a year from
weddings and funerals. The
. church pays all my travel
expense. How much social
security will I receive?
Under the 1957 amendment
the rental value of your home
will count for social security
Valley Adventisfs
Meet Goal For
World Missions
In announcing the comple
tion this week of the annual
World Missions Appeal in the
Ashland, Eagle Point, Med
ford and Valley View Seventh-day
Adventist churches,
John D. Trude, pastor, ex
pressed appreciation to the
citizens of this locality for
their aid in making the cam
paign a success.
"The p e o p I e," he said,
"showed a growing under
standing of the world's prob
lems and the responsibility of
Christians in meeting those
problems.
The goal for the four
churches in the six-week cam
paign, begun April 12, was
$6,150. These funds, collected
by volunteer workers, will be
added to that from other Seventh-day
Adventist churches
around the world, and will be
used toward, extending a
world ministry of welfare,
disaster aid, educational,
medical and spiritual services
at home and in 184 other
lands.
Pastor Trude will meet
with church leaders through
out the Oregon conference at
Hermitage park in Eugene,
Tuesday, June 3, where final
reports of the campaign will
be read and compared, and
figures tabulated to see if the
entire conference goal of
$114,000 has been reached.
An opportunity to visit the
"dark continent" of Africa in
color pictures and stories will
be presented to those attend
ing the Missionary Volunteer
program in the Medford
church at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
Elder and Mrs. Earl J.
Gregg who spent 6 Vi-years in
mission service there will tell
of their experiences in the
Zambezi union, where Elder
Gregg held the position of
secretary-treasurer. He will
show pictures of denomina
tional churches, schools and
hospitals along with points of
general interest. -
Elder and Mrs. Gregg and
their three boys, who have
been spending the past few
months in the United States
on furlough, will be return
ing to Africa this summer for
their second term of mission
service.
Christian Workers
Not to Meet Tonight
The Young Christian Work
ers of Sacred Heart church
will not meet this eveining.
At the last meeting of the
group Miss Josephine Culbert-
on, president, and Phyllis
Black, secretary, submitted
their resignations as they plan
to be away from the area for
the summer. The group will
hold elections at a later date
to fill the vacancies.
Interestei persons who
wish to attend the week end
study seminar in Springfield
June 7 and 8 are asked to con
tact Miss Eileen M. Doherty,
SPring 3-3586, for informa
tion and reservations.'
purposes starting with your
taxable year ending on or
after December 31, 1957. As
suming that you have social
security credit of $2600 in
in 1955 and 1956, and $3800
in 1957 and 1958, your old
age insurance benefit would
be about $95 per month. This
is based on income for 1956,
1957 and 1958, since tha years
1951 through 1955 are drop
ped. I am a minister in a small
parish. To supplement my
income from the parish. I
do odd jobs of carpentry
work on a self-employed
basis. Can both my income
.from the ministry and my
income from the carpentry
work be combined in figur
ing my social security ben
efits when I retire? I have
elected coverage for my
ministerial income.
Yes, they can . be. While
each business must be con
sidered separately in figur
ing the income and expenses,
the combined net profit will
be subject to the social se
curity self-employment tax
and the social security bene
fits will be based on the com
bined net profit when, your
payments are computed.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
United Church of Christ
Groveland Ave. and Oakwood Drive
f
Worship at 9:45 and 11 a.m.
Church School at 9:45 and 1 1 a.m.
SERMON: "The Love of God"
Pilgrim Holiness
To Meet in School
Church services Sunday
for Pilgrim Holiness
church, corner of East
Jackson and Bessie sts..
will be held at Roosevelt
school gymnasium .The
present church building is
being moved to provide
space for the proposed
building and will not be
relocated farther back on
the church property in time
for the Sunday services.
Present plans call for a
$40,000 church building to
be built by members of the
congregation. Pastor of the
church is the Rev. Sherman
Moore. ,
Ashland Churches
Tell of Events
For Coming Week
Ashland Four Ashland
churches have announced,
sermon topics and scheduled
events for the week.
Holy communion will be ob
served at Grace Lutheran
church, Mountain and Iowa
sts., Ashland, Sunday at the
11 a.m. worship service. The
pastor, the Rev. E. Paul Rie
del, will speak on "The Call of
the Lord to do His Work."
The church council will
meet at 7:30 p.m. May 31 and
the following Saturday will
be work day at the new
church on Frances lane.
First Congregational church
717 Siskiyou blvd., Ashland,
will start their daily vacation
Bible schol Monday, June 2, at
9 a.m.
Tuesday at 8 p.m., the
church council will meet and
Thursday at 1 p.m. the Guild
picnic will be held.
The, Rev. Ross Knotts, pas
tor of First Methodist church,
North Main sf., at Laurel ave.,
Ashland, will speak on "Is
America Going Pagan?" at the
11 ajn. service Sunday.
First Presbyterian church,
North Main and Helman sts.,
Ashland, will have Dr. .Titus
A. Frazee as a guest speaker
at both the 9:45 and 11 ajn.
worship services Sunday.
Monday at 6:45 p.m. the
property and finance commit
tee of the church will meet
with the church session meet
ing scheduled for 7:45 p.nu
Vacation church school will
begin Monday June -2 and con
tinue through Friday, June
13. Miss Mildred Thompson is
director of the school which
will meet daily from 9 until
11:30 a.m. Children in kinder
garten, primary and junior
departments may attend. :
Methodist Church
Sets Church School
Cave Junction "Jesus" is
the theme of the third annual
vacation church school con
ducted by the Immanuel
Methodist church in Cave
Junction from June 9 to 20
from 9 to 11:30 a.m. All chil
dren in the community from
the ages of four through jun
ior high school may attend
the program and classes. A
fee to cover cost of materials
used and the craft equipment
for the older youth will be
made.
The poster contest being
held at the present time in
the church school, advertising
the vacation church school,
will be on display next week.
. Mrs. Jim Allen, director of
the school, will be assisted in
the classes and activities by
Mrs. Vernon Larson, Mrs.
Robert Smith, Mrs. John Kihs,
Mrs. Dick Rians, Mrs. Ernie
Hamilton and Miss Joyce Lar
son and Sharon Prather.
Mrs. Robert Kingsbury is in
charge of publicity . and ar
ranging transportation. Par
ents needing transportation.
CENTRAL POINT TOPIC
Central Point c "Jesus
Teaches Gratitude" will be
the 10:45 a.m. sermon topic
Sunday at Church of Christ,
Central Point, by the Rev.
Mr. Jean M. Shelley. The
evening service at the church
has been cancelled for Sunday
because of Crater High school
baccalaureate service.
PHOENIX SERMONS
Phoenix 'Tell Peter" will
be the 11 a.m. worship serv
ice sermon topic Sunday at
First Baptist church, Phoenix.
The Rev. Perry M. Johnson,
pastor, will speak. The 7:30
p.m. service topic will be
"Gifts of God."
Friends Church
Plans Programs
For Next Month
"No vacation from Sunday
school" will be the slogan for
the month of June at the
Friends church, with special
program features each week
during the opening assembl
ies. .
Sunday at the 9:45 a.m.
Sunday school hour married
couples will be honored. Spec
ial recognition will be given
to the couple who have been
married longest, the couple
most recently married, and
the couple with the most un
usual wedding.
In the young people's Sun
day school opening assembly
at 11 a.m. honor will be given
to those graduating from high
school and grade school.
Theme for the pastor's
Memorial day message in both
worship hours, 9:30 and 11
a.m., will be "The Whole
Family in Heaven and Earth,"
from Ephesians.
The junior and intermediate
Christian Endeavor groups
and the adult Bible study
class will meet at 6:30 p.m.,
but the senior C. E. will be
dismissed so that the young
people may attend bac
calaureate services.
Edward Harmon, pastor of
Ashland Friends church, will
bring the message at the even
ing worship service, 7:30 p.m.,
in the absence of the pastor,
Clynton Crisman, who will
give the invocation and bene
diction at the Medford Senior
High school baccalaureate
service. '
Babies Names "May
Be Added to Roll
Gold Hill Babies of mem
bers of Gold Hill Community
Methodist church may place
the bay's names on the cradle
roll, according to the Rev.
Howard Walton, pastor of the
church. Mrs. Fred Lester is in
charge of keeping the cradle
roll records and members' in
terested should contact her.
Mrs. John Bruce is in
charge of home services for
the church and persons who
are unable to attend church
should contact her.
Mrs. Lester and Mrs. Bruce
are members of the commis
sion on membership and evan
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THE REV. JAMES MEAD
Unitarian Speaker Here
Guest Speaker at
Unitarian Fellowship
The Rev. James Mead, min
ister of Unitarian church, Eu
gene, will speak Sunday at
the weekly meeting of the
Rogue Valley Unitarian fel
lowship. His topic will be
"The Unitarian Service Com
mittee." ,
The service will be held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
J. Gulash, 820 Lozier lane,
Medford. Prior to the serv
ice the daughter of the Gu
lash's will be christened.
Mr. Mead is a graduate of
the University of Oregon and
of the Star King School for
the Ministry. His wife, Mary,
will accompany him here.
Visitors are welcome at the
service. For information, con
tact Mrs. Walter Arron, MUr
dock 9-3146.
TALENT SCHOOL
Talent Daily vacation Bi
ble school at Talent First
Methodist church will start
Monday June 2 and continue
through Friday June 6 at the
church, First and Wagner sts.
The school will start daily at
9 and continue until 11:30
ajn. Beginners through
eighth graders are invited to
attend.
LUTHERAN SERMON
"Drink Ye, All of It" will
be the sermon Sunday at 11
a.m. at Zion Lutheran church,
Fourth st. and Oakdale ave.,
by William Gates.
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Events Planned
By Presbyterians
Phoenix Members of the
youth group at First Presby
terian church, Phoenix, will
leave following the morning
service Sunday for Fred
Pramann's cabin where they
will spend the day.
At their regular 7 p.m. serv
ice they will discuss the topic
"Boy Dates Girl." June 7 the
group plan a swim party and
a barbecue. The group will
leave the church for the party
at 2:30 p.m. with the barbecue
at the home of Don Mac
intosh. The sermon Sunday by the
Rev. William A. Saladin, pas
tor, will be "The Faith of
God."
Monday the chairman of
the daily vacation Bible
school met with the teachers
and distributed materials to
be "used in the school. The
next meeting of the group
will be June 9 at 7:30 p.m.
at the church. The school
will start June 16 and con
tinue for two weeks.
The communicant class for
young people is being held
at the church Saturdays at
9:30 a.m. with the class
taught by Mr. Saladin. The
first session was held last Sat
urday and interested young
people may still join the
group.
. Last Sunday the high
school graduates who are
members of the church were
honored. They were intro
duced during the service and
a coffee hour was given in
their honor following the
service.
In charge were Mrs. Rod
ney Johnston, Mrs. J. O. N.
Poling, and Mrs. Carl Bis
mark. School colors of blue
and white decorated the ta
bles. The students were each
presented with a Bible. Hon
ored were Marilyn Beeson,
Margaret Chisum, Glenna
.Haggard, Dale Haggard, Lynn
Johnston, Elizabeth Pramann,
Henry Scott and Charles
Swingle. Also Randall Sto
thers, Ashland High school,
who recently moved to Ash
land from Phoenix.
Sunday evening Mr. Sala
din gave the baccalaureate
address for the high school.
He spoke on "The Ordered
Life."
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No Evening Service
At Central Church
Evening services at Cen
tral Church of Christ, , 608
Central ave., will not be held
Sunday so that members may
attend the high school bac
calaureate services scheduled
for that time.
Sermon topic Sunday as 11
a.m. by the Rev. Dexter Wil
liams, pastor, will be "After
Death, What?" Mrs. Ronald
Hansen will play a marimba
selection during the v service.
Students May Attend
College Overseas
A plan to enable Meth
odist college students in the
United States to spend their
junior or senior year in uni
versities or colleges overseas
has been announced by the
department of student work
of the board of missions of
the Methodist church.
The program will "allow
an American sudent to learn
about another culture through
personal experience and to
make his Christian witness
in an academic community
overseas."
Applications should be sent
to Miss Dorothy Nyland or
the Rev. R. C. Singleton, 150
Fifth ave., New York 11,
N.Y.
The first group of students
is expected to be approved
in January, 1959, to begin
study abroad in the late sum
mer or fall of 1959. The de
partment hopes to begin re
ceiving applications in Sep
tember. Universities in which the
program will operate the
first year include the Inter
national Christian University,
Tokyo; Philippines Christian
college; University of Ha
waii; University of Mexico;
and a college in India.
William C. Piper
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Choir Scheduled
At Church June 4
Central Point The 40
voice Renanah choir of Simp
son Bible college, San Fran
cisco, will present a sacred
concert at Community Bible
church, Fourth and Alder sts.,
Central Point, Wednesday,
June 4, at 7:30 pjn.
The choir is under the di
rection of Russell J. Marshall,
head of the music department
at the church. The choir will
present choral numbers, hymn
arrangement and Negro spirit
uals. Featured with the choir
will be various small ensemb
les including a male quartet,
ladies' trio and soloists.
The public is invited te at
tend.
Roily Clark will play an
instrumental selection during
the 11 ajn. worship service
Sunday at the church, Central
Point. Communion will be ob
served. Tuesday at 6:40 p jn. fathers
and husbands of the church
will be honored at a dinner
served by the Ladies Mission
ary society.
UNITY CENTER
of MEDFORD
Affiliated
Unity School of Christianity,
Lea's Summit, Me.
Sun. Devotional Service 1 1 a.m
Sunday School Childen
All ages 1 1 .00 a m
at
PYTHIAN HALL
WEEKLY CLASSES
Thursday Mid-Weelc Service
7:30 p.m.
Friday Morning 11:00 a.m.
in Center Room
Center Open Daily
10 a.m. til 4 p.m.
HOLLY BUILDING
Katherine Bosworth, Minister
Residence TA 6-2098
. Office SP 2-6902
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 ana Oakdale Medford, Or.
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SP 3-7301
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