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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.
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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 .