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Newspaper Page TextG r MAIL TgllUNE, M.e,J, Qn,on, SriJay. Juno IT, H3 Cfiurch Membership Here Rises PEG?j HUTCHINSON Vil Tribune Church Editor Church membership con tinues to rise in Medford. an. cording o a recent survey of 43 of the 44 churches within : the city conducted by the Mail Tribune. The churches report a total membership of 13,920 compared to 13,224 a The gain of 696 is equal to - a. IB per cent for the year The number of Protestants re ported increased 5.46 per cent over the previous annual total - with the number of Roman Catholics increasing 4.68 per cent. Three churches with more than 1,000 members were re ported. They were Sacred Heart Catholic, 3,200; First Presbyterian, 1,616; and First Methodist, 1,334. Churches with more than 500 members included Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 848, irst Christian, 710'; and irst .Baptist, 636. St. Mark's Episcopal report ed a 9.7 per cent increase in Qmembership but gave no spe cific membership statistics. All churches reported a slight increase since this time last year although many churches held about even due to trans 4ers and deaths. s Idvenlist Gain An example of this is the Seventh-day Adventist church in Medford which reported 416 member in May, 1957. Current figures show a mem bership of 418 although the church had added 40 members ' during the year. The listing ef these data gives rise to the usual ques tions about definitions of membership. The" Roman Catholics count all 'baptised persons, includsing infants. UJost Protestant bodies count only the person who have at tained full memberhip and all but a small minority of these are over 13 years of age. Statistics Not Available The Church of Christ, Sci entist, did not furnish mem bership figures because of a regulation of that body that forbids "the numbering of people and the reporting of ' such statistics for publica tion." ' Of the total reporting slight ly more than 100 are from Je hovah's Witnesses. That body designates all of its members as ministers. One of the churches includ ed in the statistics is the Unity Center of Medford which was parted three years ago. It re ports a membershp of 85 with a regular attendance of ap proximately 100. Membership in Unity is unique in that there are no requirements other than a desire to know God and to understand, love, and obey His laws of being. It is not necessary for a person to discontinue membership in any other organization in rder to become a Unity , member. New Groups Reporting Of the total increase of 696 persons reported over the 1957 figure, 40 members are reported by two churches that were established here during the year. They are the Open Bible Standard church and the Aquarian Hall of Truth. Two of the larger churches reported an increase of more than 10 per cent. They were First Baptist, 11 per cent, and First Christian, 10.9 per cent. Largest percentage increases, naturally,, were found in the churches with less than 100 members. Although the churches in cluded in the survey are Med- Promotion Day Set Al Congregational This Sunday will be Pro motion day at the Congrega tional church school. Pupils will graduate to the grades that they will be in when classes resume in September. For the rest of the summer the church school will meet in unified sessions which will mak use of filmstrips and specialized activities. Both the church school and church worship are held at the one time of 10 a.m. dur ing the summer period. The Lord's supper will be celebrat ed at the church service. The sermon of the Rev. Thomas JlTcCamant will be on "God's Covenant with Us". Mrs. Archie Pierce will sing. The final session of the cur rent membership class will be held Tuesday at 8 pjn. ' ASCENSION LUTHERAN The Rev. Elvin S. Tollef son, pastor of Ascension Lutheran church, will speak on "A Great Witness" at the 11 ajn. divine worship service Sunday. That evening at 7:30 p.m. he will give a report of the Evangelical Lutheran church convention that was held recently. 5.18 During Year ford churches, membership in these bodies is not confined to Medford residents. Members attend churches from various points in the county, it was discovered, with some Med ford residents attending smaller churches outside of the city. Therefore, an accu rate percentage of Medford's population who are church members is not available. Attendance Larger Many of the churches con tacted reported that their 1957 Award of Merit Winner Former Assistant Pastor Sunday Speaker at Church The Rev. Hadden Robinson will bring the messages at both worship services of the First Baptist church Sunday in the absence of the pastor, the Rev. James Neely, who is attending the National Con servative Baptist meetings in Denver. Col. At the 11 a.m. worship hour, Mr. Robinson will speak on "Scandal in the Par sonage,'.' based on the book of Hosea. "Get Up and Grow" First Christian Tells of Events For the Sunday morning worship service of the First Christian church, the Rev. W. C. Piper will preach on "The Voice of God." Mrs. Walter Larsen and Warren Fairbanks will sing, "Take Up Thy Cross." For the even ing service, Mr. Piper will preach on "God and Amer ica." ' Today the high school young people are leaving for Pierce's cabin on Squaw lake for their annuaj planning re treat. About 15 young people will be accompanied by their adult sponsors. Vacation Bible school will be held from July 14 to 25 this year and will include four years-olds and those who have completed the sixth grade in public school. It will begin at 9 and end about 11:45 a m. each day except Satur day and Sunday. The school is under the direction of Miss Eleanor Bower and will have the theme "Exploring God's World." Nazarene Pastor Going on Vacation x The Rev. Raymond W. Hurn, pastor of First Church of the Nazarene, 520 North Holly st. will speak Sunday at 10:50 a.m. on "Drawing Nearer to God." Communion will be observed during this service. Assistant pastor, the Rev. Walter C. Morris, will speak in the evening worship serv ice. The Hurn family will leave for a three weeks trip to Kansas Monday where they will visit Mrs. Hum's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kirk- patric in Hutchinson, and Mr. Hum's parents, the Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Hum in Jerome, Idaho where his father is the pastor of the Church of the Nazarene. The Hums ; will return to edf ord for Sundav. July 20. Medford for Sunday, July 20 Mr. Morris will fill the pulpit in the absence of the pastor. Central Point Group Tells of Activities Central Point The Rev. Mr. Jean M. Shelley, minister of Church of Christ, Central Point, will speak on "Robes and Sackcloth" Sunday at the 10:45 a jn. worship service. The 7:30 p.m. service will be conducted by the daily vaca tion Bible school members as their closing program. The junior high and senior youth of the church are at tending a pre-camp rally at Dead Indian Springs today and Saturday. CAMP WHITE SERVICES Camp White The Rev. J; J. Munshaw, pastor of Eagle Point Community Bible church, will conduct a 6 p.m. worship Sunday at the thea ter. Camp White. The general Protestant worship service will be held at 10:15 ajn. in the Veterans Administration chapel with the Rev. Perry M. Johnson, chaplain, in charge. average church attendance exceeds that of their total membership. The percentage increase in Medford for Roman Catholics is higher than the national 3.81 per cent increase for the church as reported by the of ficial Catholic directory for 1958, published recently. There are 141,000 Roman Catholics reported in the Archdiocese of Portland, ac cording to the Catholic Sentinel. CHURCH NEWS National Religious Publicity Council will be the sermon title for his message at the 7:45 p.m. service. The adult and youth choirs will provide special music for the two services. Mr. Robinson, formerly as sistant pastor at the Medford church, is now engaged in evangelistic and Bible con ference work, while he and his family maintain their home in Medford. On Saturday, June 28, the annual Sunday school picnic of the. church will be. held at TouVelle park. A bus will leave the church at 5 p.m., and a potluck picnic will be served at 6 p.m. Games, rec reation, and a devotional pro gram will complete the even ing. Friends Church Gets Promotion Sunday will be Pomotion day in the Sunday school at the Friends church, with cer tificates being given .to those graduating into new "depart ments. The regular schedule of the Sunday school hour will be reversed, so that the classes will go directly to their rooms upon arrival, and will not gather for assembly until the close of the class period. At this time the certificates will be warded to those entering the first, fourth and seventh grades, and each class will be introduced to its new teacher and shown, its new classroom. The same schedule will be observed in both Sunday school hours, 9:45 and 11 a.m. A special feature of the first hour will be Scripture mem ory work recitation by the sixth grade classes. ' Subject of pastor Clynton Crisman's message in the two morning worship services, 9:45 and 11 ajn., will be, "Grieve Not the Holy Spirit." Mrs. P. K. Nelson will be soloist. At 8 p.m. the pastor will bring the concluding mes sage in the series from Ephe sians. A girls trio, Sonja Han sen, Rita Miller and " Janet Johnson, will sing. Missionaries To Speak in Ashland ' Ashland The Rev. and Mrs. Elmer Reimnitz of Can oas, Brazil, currently on fur lough in the United States, will speak at the Grace Luth eran church of Ashland Tues day, July 1, at 8 p.m. .Their lecture will concern the work of the Lutheran church in South America and Larticular A olored film o K. . their work will be shown. The public is invited to at tend. Sunday at the 11 a.m. wor ship service at the church the Rev. E. Paul Riedel, pastor, will speak on "Heaven's Front Office." Each Saturday is work day at the new church building on Frances lane. Dedication of the new building will be held July 13. FOUR GREAT HOURS "Four Great Hours" is the subject for the sermon as, Dr. George G. Roseberry preaches on life's decisions and the im portant events in the span of a life time. The officers of the Woman's Society of Christian Service will have charge of the coffee time reception for Dr. and Mrs. Roseberry who have returned to Medford for another year. Mrs. B. Rankin and Mrs. Everett Faber and charge lay leader, Richard Fanger, will be in charge of the reception. ; SERMON SUBJECT "Christian Science" will be the subject of First Church of Christ, Scientist, .sermon at 11 a.m. Sunday. Everyone is welcome to attend. Presbyterians In Medford Tell of Coming Events ' At both services, of the First Presbyterian church Sunday Richard E. Hanna, a recent graduate of San Fran circo Theological Seminary, will speak on the subject "Bear the Evangel of Christ". The sacrament of . infant baptism will be administered at the 11 ajn. service. At the 9:30 service the Westminster choir will sing "O Lord Most SAM B. HARBISON Keynote Speaker . Holy" and at 11 ajn. the chan cel choir will sing "The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune." The soloist for both services will be John Frohnmayer who will sing "Repent Ye." At 8 p.m. a service of ordi nation to the gospel ministry of Mr. Hanna will be conduct ed by the Presbytery of South west Oregon. The current church mem bership class will meet Sun day with the session in the sanctuary at 5 pjn. Dr. West will give a brief message on the sacraments of the church, LAWRENCE CLARK Scheduled on Program and those coming by confes sion of faith for the first time will be baptized. On Sunday afternoon a group of men from the church will travel to Brookings to as sist in the "junior version" of a Western Area Conference of Southwest Oregon Presbyter ian Men Sam Harbison, local' attor ney and vice president of the National Council of Presby terian Men, will deliver the keynote address Sunday afternoon in the new Presby terian church there. More than 75 men from Presbyterian churchts will at tend the meeting. Purpose of the meeting will be stated by Lawrence Clark, past presi dent of the Presbyterian Men's group of First Presby terian church, Medford, with the Rev. John O. Reynolds, assistant pastor of Medford First Presbyterian church, giving the closing address. Fellowships The junior high fellowship for seventh and eighth grade young people will meet at 6:30 pjn. at the home of Miss Marilou Garner, -619V& E. Main st. The program empha sis will be reports from jun ior high campers, who spent the week at . Lake ... of the Woods. Freshmen fellowship tor ninth grade students will meet at 1:30 p.m. for their an nual picnic. At 7 p.m. the Westminster fellowship will meet ; at the church to hear a talk by Du san Pasic the Yugoslavian student who is, making his home with ' the Chandler Drews. The Geneva fellowship will meet at the church at 8 p.m. to attend the ordination of Mr. Hanna. Fireside will be held afterwards at the home of Miss Billie Wood, 112 South Keeneway drive. Vacation church school will continue into its second week on Monday. Children four through eleven years of age, except five-year-olds who met last week only; may enroll and participate in the second week of school. Classes will be held each - day Monday through Thursday beginning at 9 and dismissing at 11:30 a.m. Scholar Says Not to Start Reading Bible With Old Testament Editor's note: Dr. J. Car ter Swaim, subject of this week's United Press Inter national religious news col umn by . Louis Cassels, was one of the principal speak ers October. 1957, during the use and understanding of the Bible conference held in Medford. Dr. Swaim spoke at the Medford High school auditorium during a Bible hymn festival held the first evening of the con ference and conducted a workshop on God and the Bible. By LOUIS CASSELS United Press International One reason why many peo ple have difficulty in reading the Bible is that they begin at the beginning. That's the wrong place to start, according to Dr. J. Car ter Swaim, a noted biblical scholar who heads the Eng lish Bible department of the National Council of Churches. Swaim has composed a lit tle handbook on Bible read ing. His suggestions on under standing the scriptures in clude a sort of roadmap to enable the reader to get through the whole book with out "bogging down in the begats." . "Since the Bible is supreme ly a book about Christ, it is important to begin with those sections which tell what he did when he was here among men," says Swaim. That means beginning with the New Testament Gospels. But Swaim would not have you read them in order Matthew, -Mark, Luke and John. Read Mark First "Mark, earliest and shortest of the Gospels, ought to be read first and at a single sitting,"' he says. "Here we are confronted at once by 'The Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.' "Luke's account should be read next, noting Jesus', con cern for all sort of . people, and how, by teaching and ex ample, he 'went about doing good.'' ' Next, Swaim recommends, read John, the most "theo logical" of the Gospels. Then you are ready for Matthew, a book which contains the sermon on the mount and many familiar parables. ' In Swaim's sequence, as in the Bible's, the Gospels are followed by the Book of Acts, which records the early his tory of the Christian Com munity, and by the letters, or "Epistles,'; which Paul and other Apostles wrote to the young churches that sprang up in Asia Minor during the first century A.D. "We are ready now to ex plore the Old Testament which . . . looks forward to the Messiah's coming." Don't Begin With Genesis But Swaim says, it is best not to begin at the Book of Genesis and read straight through the Old Testament. Start with the Prophets whose writings are referred to in the New Testament: Isaiah, Micah, Hosea, ,; Jeremiah, Malachi, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Ezek iel, Zachariah, Kings, Samuel. After the Prophets, read the books in which the law of Moses is set for : Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deu teronomy. Consult Bible com mentaries or the footnotes in a good edition of the Bible to see how these books are Campaign Closes At Free Methodist Pictures of the missionary work in Haiti will be shown Sunday at 7 p.m. at Free Methodist church, 1294 South Peach st. At 7:30 p.m. the Rev. M. C. Bidwell will, con clude his evangelistic cam paign at the church. . Themes of the three remain ing services will be "What Lackest Thou" which is sched uled tonight, "What Are You Waiting For," Sunday morn ing; and. the last sermon Sun day evening, "Missing God's visitation." During the campagin Mr. Bidwell and this three chil dren have been singing quar tets and Mrs. Bidwell present ing her chalk drawings dur ing congregational singing. District Fellowship In Central Point Central Point A district fellowship meeting will be held at the Pentecostal Church of God, 513 Pine st., Central Point, Saturday. The services will start at 2:30 p.m., with junior church at 6 p.m. and the evening service at 7 p.m. The Rev. John Sarrett from California will be the evening speaker and ministers from various church will be preach ing in the afternoon. A .basket lunch , will be served at 5 p.m. The public is invited to attend. The Rev. W. H. Johnson is host pastor. dealt with in the New Testa ment. Now go on to the miscel laneous "writings" preserved in the Old Testament the poetry of the Psalms, the mov- DR. J. CARTER SWAIM ing stories of Job and Ruth, the wisdom of Proverbs. Next to last in Swaim's list is the book which comes first in the Bible Genesis. The last book of the Bible, Revelations, also comes last in Swaim's list. The bewilder ment which this book of "apocalyptic vision" often produces can be avoided, Swaim says, by remembering that the writer of Revelations was using symbolic figures, "well-recognized" by men of his own era. Eastwood Tells Topics-Events What's In A Name" is the title of the sermon for the 11 ajn. worship service at the Eastwood Baptist church, North Keeneway dr. at Ridge- way ave. This is the third sermon in a series on the Lord's Prayer since begun by the pastor, the Rev. Richard M. Jones. Mr. Jones will also be singing the baritone solo "If With All Your Hearts" from the "Elijah" by Mendels sohn. This will be the pastor's last -sermon before leaving for a two weeks vacation. There will be Baptist Youth Fellowship meeting or even ing service during the pastor's absence. Eastwood Baptist church is located north of Hedrick Jun ior High school and is affiliat ed with the American Baptist convention. The public is in vited to its services. The final program of the vocation church school will be held at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the Eastwood Baptist church. Children in the kind ergarten, primary and junior age groups will participate and a display of the materials they have made and used will be presented. This program will conclude the two week school which has been under the direction of Mrs. John Yungen. Members to Attend Annual Camp Meet The Rev. Loyce C. Carver, pastor of The Apostolic Faith church, Third st. and Central ave., announces the opening of the annual camp meeting convention of the denomina tion in Portland Sunday. It will continue for three weeks concluding on July 20. Delegations are expected from all parts of the United States, Canada, .Hawaii and Japan,, including 192 who have registered to attend at least part of the meeting from Medford. '- The service schedule at the local church will be changed during the camp meeting pe riod. Sunday school will be held at 9:30 a.m.; morning worship service at 11 a.m. and the midweek prayer meeting on Wednesdays . at 7:30. The regular full schedule of meet ings will be resumed July 27. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY Eagle Point Clifford Tur vey will speak Saturday at il a.m. at the Eagle Point Seventh-day Adventist church. His topic will be "Religious Liberty." The prayer meet ing Wednesday evening will be held at 8 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Gan der. William C. Piper Minister iiim im in Amazing Return Told to Minute Meditation Plan An "Amazing" response to the telephone ministry of First Presbyterian' church, Medford, which started the week of March 14, is reported by church officials. During the first several days of full operation the re sponse was so great it was necessary to install an addi tional machine, according to Ross Gilkison, member of the deacon committee in charge of the "minute meditation" service. A devotional message is heard as individuals dial the telephone number SPring 3-7331. This can be heard day and night. Each day a brief message, scripture, and pray er, by either Dr. D. Kirkland West, pastor; the Rev. John O. Reynolds, assistant pastor, or George Selleck, summer j seminary student . assistant, may be heard. Throughout Valley People from throughout the Rogue Valley have been call ing, it was reported. During the day and evening two trunk lines and machines are now working to capacity. - Due to the tremendous num ber of calls, pgople who dial, often hear the busy signal. Pacific Telephone and Tele graph equipment recorded a high of 1,037 busy signals dur ing one 24-hour perior, it was reported. This has now drop ped to around 132 busy sig nals. ' With the response continu ing at the rate when the serv ice was first installed, the additional machine was in stalled so that it is possible for people to receive the mes sage without having to dial a number of times, Gilkison said. "A great number of people have expressed their grate fulness for this ministry and have advised , that they are receiving a blessing. It is our hope and prayer that a great multitude may find help for their spiritual lives through this medium," Dr. West said, Methodist Minister Arrives at Churches Cave Junction The Rev. Harold Mackey who is re placing the Rev; Robert Kings bury at Cave Junction and Wilderville will preach his first sermon there June 29 at 9:30 a.m. in Wilderville and at 11 a. m. in the Immanuel church at Cave Junction. The appointment was made at the Oregon Annual Confer ence of The Methodist Church in Portland last week when Mr. Kingsbury was designat ed to serve in Eugene as the director of Wesley Founda tion, the Methodist student program at the University of Oregon. The Kingsburys moved north Wednesday and the Mackey family are expected to move into the parsonage at Kerby today or Saturday. Mr, Mackey has served in Molalla since 1953. He began his min istry in Michigan in 1943 and from there he came to the Northwest where he has served churches iri Idaho be fore coming to Molallo. Mr, and Mrs. Mackey have two children, Margaret who will be in the eighth grade, and David, a fourth grader. Mrs. John W. Smith is ar ranging a coffee hour follow ing the morning worship serv ice at Immanuel Methodist church to give the congrega tion an opportunity of meet ing Mr. Mackey and "his fam ily. Choir Scheduled By First Baptist Here "The . Biola Heralds", of Biola Bible College, Los An geles, will present an inspira tional program in word and song at the First Baptist church, North Central ave. at Fifth st., Wednesday, July 2, at 7:45 p.m. The musical group is , composed of four young men. and three young women who are students of the college. Biola is an interdenomina tional college which offers de grees in liberal arts, 'music, Bible, Christian education and missions. The college, current ly observing its 50th anniver sary, is constructing a new campus 22 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles to be ready for occupancy in 1959. 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. r- Evening Service 7:30 p.m. 9th ano Oakdale . Medford, Ore. i) 4i '-;. V'' liftliifW NEW PASTOR The Rev. Ernest R. Bell has assumed duties as pastor of Talent First Methodist church, suc ceeding the Rev. Alice May Woolley. Mr. Bell, who re cently was graduated from the Boston University School of Theology, is a graduate of Oregon State college. He has lived the majority of his life in Oregon and California. The minister is making his home at the parsonage, 202 Wagner avenue, Talent. Ministers Attend Retreat July 1-3 The fourth annual retreat of the Methodists . ministers and their families will be held July 1, 2 and 3 at the Meth odist summer camp. District Superintendent Meredith Groves will be in charge of camp with Dr George Rose berry, Medford, in charge of the program. The Rev. Clar ence Forsburg of First Meth odist church, Eugene, will be the featured evening speaker. Dr. Dallas McNeil of Klam ath Falls will lead a group discussion on stewardship as expressed, in the every mem ber canvass and loyalty din ners. Loius Boeve of Coquille is in charge of the missions seminar. The Rev. James Jenkins, Roseburg; and the Rev. John Ginter, Sutherlin, will be iff charge of work shops on education evangelism and visual education. Dr, Rosebury will be in charge of a discussion group on the art and technique of . public worship. There will be nearly 50 ministers and ther families at tending the Eugene District of the Oregon Conference annual meeting. Mrs. -Meredith Groves will lead the minister's wives in discussing the "Life of the Minister's .Family" in the home antt in the parish. Local Group Plan To Attend Convention Jehovah's Witnesses from the Medford and Central Point congregations today an nounced plans are underway to attend an international convention of Jehovah's Wit nesses in New York City this summer. T. R. Thompson, presiding minister of the local group, said the convention could be the largest in the history of Jehovah's. Witnesses. It is scheduled for July 27 through Aug. 3 and will be held in Yankee Stadium and the Polo Grounds simultaneously. Thompson stated that it is not yet known how many Witnesses from the area will attend, but, he added, ar rangements are- being made for travel by plane and train. He added it may be necessary to make limited meeting ar rangements or cancel local meetings altogether during convention time. Church Music Topic Tonight of Group, . The new rules on church music in the Roman Catholic church will be discussed to night at 8 o'clock at the meet ing of the Young Christian Workers of Medford at St. Mary's school annex. A demonstration of a mod el meeting will be presented to the group. Members are re minded to take note books and magazines for Overseas Missions. Miss Delores Zelez nik is in charge of the project. The group will attend a steak -fry Saturday evening. For further information con tact Miss Eileen M. Doherty. Last week end the group had a picnic at Brookings, Ore. CtKlGnEGATIIML CUM United Church of Christ Groveland Ave. and Oakwood Drive NOTICE Worship Service and Church -School now for the summer .10 AM. Events Told By Presbyterians Ashland "The Drama of God's Love" will be the ser mon topic Sunday at both the 9:45 and 11 a.m. services at Ashland First Presbyterian by the Rev. B. J. Holland, min ister. Communion will be ob served. Phoenix "Where Liberty Was Born" will be the sermon topic at the First Presbyterian church, Phoenix, Sunday at the 11 a.m. worship service, by the Rev. William A. Sala din. The daily vacation Bible school, which has been in pro gress for the past week, will close tonight with a program at 7:30 o'clock. Topic for the school was "Bible Sea Ad ventures" and the children of the three departments, begin ners, primary, and junior, will display their hand work and give memory work that they learned during the school. The Sunday school officers and teachers will meet at the home of Mrs. Ray Cleflin, superintendent, Tuesday, July 1, at 1 p.m. Two members of the high school group attended the young people camp at Lake of the Woods last week.'Th students, Charles Swingle and Carol Morin, reported at the Sunday morning service .of their experiences. This week Cynthia - Owens, Jimmie Marrs, Mike Gardner, and Ste wart Vencill of the junior intermediate group will at tend. Jacksonville Dr. Clifford R. Miller of Southern Oregon college will speak Sunday at the 11 a.m. service at First Presbyterian church, Jack sonville. Saturday, June 28, the monthly fellowship dinner will be held at t'je church at 6:30 p.m. , , Adventists Tell Scheduled Events Opening date of the annual Oregon ; Conference Seventh day Adventist summer camp meeting at Gladstone park was announced this week by conference headquarters. ; The annual ten-day event will begin Thursday, July 17, and will close on July 26. Featured1 at the meetings this year will be a number of mis sionaries who have returned to the United States to attend the world session of the Gen eral conference, of Seventh Day Adventists now being held in Cleveland, Ohio. The Oregon camp is one of the largest Adventist gather ings in the United States with week end crowds of 15,000 persons. A baptism for new mem bers of Medford, Eagle Point and Valley View churches will be conducted in the Ash land Seventh-day Adventist church by Pastor John Trade at the 11 a m. worship hour Saturday. - At 5:30 p.m., Medford and Valley View Missionary Vol unteers will meet at Rogue River Academy grounds for a nature hunt. Prizes will be awarded those returning witli the largest number of speci mens in a given time. The hunt will be conducted by Mrs. Almon Archer who returned this week from a youth leadership training course at the denomination's nature camp at Anacortes, Wash. GUEST SPEAKER Talent ' Edward F. Har mon will be speaker at the 7:30 p.m. worship service Sunday at Talent Friends church. UNITY CENTER . of MEDFORD Affiliated Unify School of Christianity, Let's Summit, Mo. Sun. Devotional Service 1 1 a.m. Sunday School Childen All ages 11.00sm at PYTHIAN HALL WEEKLY CLASSES Thursday Mid-Week Service 7:30 p.m. Friday Morning -1 1 :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 ONLY .