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6 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford", Oregon, Friday, November 7, 1958 1 NEW BUILDING -The Christian education unit of St- Luke's Methodist church will be open to the public all day Sunday, it has been announced by the pastor, the Rev. Melvin Dixon. Consecration service and St. Luke s Methodists Set Consecration Service The formal consecration service and memorial cere mony of the new Christian education building of St, Luke's Methodist church, 2940 Siskiyou blvd., will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. Bishop A. Raymond Grant, resident bishop of the Port land area, will give the conse cration address. Also partici pating in the service will be Dr. Meredith Groves, district superintendent of the Eugene district. . 1 The Rev. Melvin Dixon, pastor, reported that William Wilson, church lay leader, will present the memorial plaque to the church trustees, The memorial is dedicated to Dr. Ira D. Phipps, who gave the property on which the church has been built. Mrs. D. G. MacDougal will sing, The Lord Is My Light." Supervised nursery is con ducted during worship serv ice for pre-school children and church school meets at 9:45 a.m. At 1 p.m. the women of the 1957 Award of Merit Winner iii" Valley Presbyterians Tell Topics; Ashland Group Plan New Church Central Point t- The Rev. Bruce J. Weber, pastor of Cen tral Point First Presbyterian church, will give the first of two sermons Sunday on "Our Church." It will be entitled "The Man in the Pulpit." Sun day, Nov. 16, he will speak on -The Man in the Pew." Monday Mr. Weber will be guest speaker at a Christian education meeting at the Med ford First Presbyterian church. He will speak, on 'Christmas Education" for the 7:30 pjn. meeting. The Men's Brotherhood of the church will meet Thurs day, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. A thank offering potluck dinner will be held in the basement of the church Nov. 16 immediately after the church service. The dinner will be given by the Associat ed Women and its proceeds will be used to help national and ecumenical mission work, Christian education projects and a scholarship fund of the Presbytery of Southwest Ore gon. Jacksonville-"Three Essen tials for a Happy Home" will be the sermon topic Sunday at the 11 a.m. worship service at Jacksonville First Presby terian church. The Rev. King K Jones Jr.". pastor, will sneak. The women's trio will sing "Sons of Peace" at the serv ice Trio members are Mrs, Rafe Anders, Mrs. Melvin Hall and Mrs. W. A. Worden. Phoenix-Sermon topic Sun day at 11 ajn. at Phoenix First Presbyterian church will be "How Christians Face Uie by the Rev. William A. Sala din. nastor. Th voun DeoDle of the church will meet at 7 p.m with the evening service at 8 o'clock, Ashland-First Presbyterian church, Ashland, will ask its members to raise $45,000 for a building fund and $15,000 for the 1959 budget in a finan- MF.VS FELLOWSHIP The Men's Fellowship of First Assembly of God, 1108 West Main st, will meet in church annex Saturday at 8 p.m. to elect officers. Fol lowing the election and de votional program, refresh ments will be served. Presi dent of the fellowship is Fred Nelson. LUTHERAN TOPIC "Tribute Money" will be the sermon subject Sunday at the 11 ajn- divine worship Ascension Lutheran church, 2501 Barnett rd., by the Rev. Elvin S. Tollefson, pastor. The senior choir will sins "Merci ful Savior." church will serve a covered dish dinner. Participants are asked to take their own table service, a hot dish and salad, or dessert. The doors Of the church BISHOP A. RAYMOND GRANT Consecration Service Speaker CHURCH NEWS National Religious Publicity Council cial campaign this week. The congregation recently voted to purchase land at U.S. Highway 99 and Walker ave. which will locate the new church building one block be yond the campus of Southern Oregon college. Ralph Wood is campaign chairman with Richard Leigh, director of 1959 budget. Sunday at both the 9:45 and 11 a.m. worship service George Bedell, director of the campaign, board of national missions of the Presbyterian church, will speak on "What Is My Share?" Study of Prayer is Planned by Church Central Point - A study of prayer as a growth element in the life of a Christian will be the theme of the 10:45 a.m. service Sunday by Mr. Jean M. Shelley, minister of Cen tral Point Church of Christ. ' The school of missions will be concluded Sunday at 7:30 p.m. with H.. McFarland, edi tor of the Horizons magazine, Joliet, 111., speaker. Visiting the church for the service will be other valley Churches of Christ. The school of missions will close with the evening serv ice. ,The Northwest Mission ary convention will be held in Eugene Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m. and continue through out Wednesday. Theme of the convention will be "Hear Their Cry - See Their Need." TALENT TOPIC Talent - Paul E. Goins will be guest speaker at the Talent Friends church Sunday at the 11 a.m. service. He will con tinue to hold nightly services at the church at 7:30 o'clock next week. SERMON SUBJECT "Adam and Fallen Man" will be the subject of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, sermon at 11 a.m. Sunday at the church, 100 Windsor ave. Everyone is welcome to at tend. William C Piper Minister memorial ceremony of the unit will be held at 11 a.m. with Bishop A. Raymond Grant, Portland, speaking. The windows to the left of the entrance way are of stained glass in shades of yellow, blue and ruby-purple. will be open throughout the day for those who are unable to attend any of the services. The building has been made possible by the donations from First Methodist church, Medford, the national and conference board of missions and church extension, Dr. Ira D. Phipps, and friends and members of the congregation. First Baptists Announce Topics "A Formula for Effective Prayer" will be the subject of pastor James Neely's message at First Baptist church, Sun day, at the 11 a.m. worship hour. The pastor is continuing in a series of sermons from the Christ's Sermon on the Mount. Music will be provid ed by the adult choir under the direction of Kenneth Ray mond. The evening service at 7:45 will begin with an informal song service led by Don Tin- seth with Miss Diane Frank lin as organist. The pastor's sermon will be taken from the book of Ephesians. .Plans are being made at First Baptist church for a se ries of evangelistic services to be held from Nov. 16 through 23. The guest speaker will be Dr. Ernest G. Malyon, who is a Bible teacher and evangelist of the extension department of Moody Bible Institute, Chi cago. Dr. Malyon will speak at the Sunday services and nightly at 7:45 during the eight days of meetings in Medford. Church Building Progress Celebrated Cave Junction - Members and friends of the Cave Junc tion Community church will celebrate the progress on the new church building with a potluck dinner to be held at the church at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11. In addition to hold ing open house in the new building, entertainment is planned for the evening. The two story 40 by 60 foot building houses five Sunday school rooms, furnace room, and an assembly room in the downstairs section. In the upper story is the sanctuary with a seating capacity of 200. On either side of the chancel are choir rooms and the bap tistry. At the rear of the sanctuary is a large glassed in nursery and cloak rooms. Work is now being done on the concrete porch at the en trance. Tuesday night and all day Saturday are designated as work days. Missionary Society Packs Clothes for Foreign Countries' Mrs. Joe Johnson, president of the foreign missionary so ciety of the First Church of the Nazarene, announced that members of the society have packed boxes of used clothing to be sent to foreign fields. Six boxes were packed to be sent to Formosa, each box weighed approximately 25 pounds; two boxes each weigh ing 40 pounds were sent to Japan; one box weighing 11 pounds was packed with chil dren's clothing and sent to the Nazarene Orphanage in Brem ersdorp, South Africa and a 23-pound box of clothing was sent to Trinidad. Mrs. Ella Herman, box chairman and others of the society worked two days to prepare, sort and pack the clothing to be sent to the various places. First Christian Church "The Friendly Church" Welcomes You TO ALL SERVICES Two Morning Services 8:30 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. Bible School - 9:45 a.m. Christian Youth Fellowship 6:30 p.m. No evening service 9th and Oakdale Medford, Or. Religious Said To Be By LOUIS CASSELS United Press International ' Washington -TCPD - Religious prejudice appears to be a rap idly diminishing factor in American politics. That conclusion stands out from an analysis of Tuesday's election results. It has practi cal political significance in that it heightens the possibil ity that Sen. John F. Kennedy or some other Catholic candi date may win a place on the 1960 Democratic presidential ticket. Kennedy's own reelection in Massachusetts, a state with a large Catholic population, does not of itself prove any thing. Vincent J. Celeste, the Republican opponent whom Kennedy crushed by a 3-1 ma jority, also is a Catholic. Other Races Much more meaning can be read into the Senate race in strongly -Lutheran Minnesota where Catholic Eugene J. Mc Carthy (D) unseated veteran GOP Sen. William J. Thye, a Lutheran. Other Catholic candidates who scored major victories in predominantly non - Catholic states were: Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, who unseated Sen. William F. Knowland, a Methodist, in California. Philip A. Hart, who defeat ed incumbent Sen. Charles Potter, Methodist, in Michi gan. Michael V. DiSalle, who defeated incumbent-Gov. C. William O'Neill, a Baptist, in Ohio. Edmunq S. Muskie, elected to the Senate in Maine's Sept. 8 balloting, also Is a Catholic. He defeated a Congregational ism Sen. Frederick G. Payne. Tlie other side of the coin is that Catholic candidate lost in two states which have heavy Catholic populations. They were Frank S. Hogan, defeat ed for the Senate in New York by Presbyterian Ken neth B. Keating, and Thomas D'Alesandro, defeated for the Senate in Maryland by Epis copalian Glenn Beall. A Jewish candidate, Gov. Abraham Ribicoff, won re election in Connecticut by the biggest plurality ever record ed in a Connecticut guberna torial race. , His opponent, Fred R. Zeller, is a Baptist. Not An Issue The candidates' religious faith was not an overt issue in any of the above-mentioned contests. However, there was one instance Tuesday in which voters directly came to grips with a religious issue. That was in California, where the ballot included a proposed constitutional amendment to SPEAKER -The Rev. Arthur Allen, missionary to Japan, will speak at the Apostolic Faith church, Third st. and Central ave., Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 8 p.m. Accompanying him will be his wife, Miriam. Prior to leaving the United States for Japan five years ago the Aliens were in gospel work at the Apostolic Faith church headquarters in Port land. Congregationalists To Conduct Meetings Tell Sunday Topic 1 The - sermon by the Rev. Thomas McCamant at he Con gregational church Sunday will be on "Obligation to Bar barians." The church is con tinuing to have just one hour for church and Sunday school at 10 a.m. The congregation voted to continue having serv ices at this early hour. The Pilgrim Fellowship will meet at 7 p.m. Stan Hobbs and his Fellowship commis sion will have charge of the meeting. , 5 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH United Church of Christ " Groveland Ave. and Oakwood Drive NOTICE . , Worship Service and Church School 10 AJM. ONLY Prejudice Rapidly Diminishing strip parochial schools of their property tax exemption. Some of the supporters of the amendment appealed di rectly to anti-Catholic feel ings. They distributed litera ture that asked: "Should you pay public funds through tax exemption to support paro chial schools that indoctrinate ideas alien to America?" CONVENTION SPEAKERS-Mrs. Carolyn Winslow, Missionary-author, and the Rev. Victor Macy will be guest speakers at Free Methodist church, 1284 South Peach st., during the Oregon Conference Women's Missionary Society convention to be held in Medford Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 10 and 11. Mrs. Winslow, who recently returned from Formosa, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Monday.-Mr. Macy, superintendent of Free Methodist Missions in Portuguese East Africa, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Meetings will start Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the church and on Tuesday will be held from 9:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. Ministerial Association Meet Set Wednesday The Medford Ministerial association will meet Wed' nesday, Nov. 12, at 10 a.m. at Eastwood Baptist church. North Kenne Way dr. and Ridgeway ave. The meet ing, usually held the second Tuesday of the month, was' postponed one day due to Veterans' Day falling on Tuesday this year. The meeting will start with a fellowship hour to be followed at 10:25 a.m. with devotions. The pro- gram, to be announced, will start at 10:30 a.m. with the business session at approxi mately 11:15 a.m. First Appearance of Junior Choir Sunday The 30-voice junior choir of Zion Evangelical Lutheran church will make its first ap pearance Sunday under the direction of Mrs. Leroy Jen sen, assisted "by Miss Linda Slessler. They will sing "O Worship the King." The choir, organized in September-, has been singing for the Sunday school department prior to this time. The senior choir will also sing at the service. The Rev. H. C. Coovert, pastor, will speak on- "The Devil's Favor ite Bible Passage," namely "render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." Sunday at 5 p.m. the senior Luther league will leave the church for the George Ander son home in Ashland for a dinner meeting. A study of different religions is being made. The Women's guild will hold their annual smorgas bord Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. at the church. Evangelist Meetings At Sunshine Gospel The Rev. and Mr.s. Irvin Thomas, evangelists, will be gin a series of nightly meet ings at Sunshine Gospel church Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The evangelists have con ducted revivals throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada and were in the val ley approximately eight years ago. Host pastors are the Rev. and Mrs. Edgard Cruce-The public is invited to the serv ices. PHOENIX SERMONS V Phoenix - The Rev. Perry M. Johnson, pastor of Phoe nix, First Baptist church, will speak on "Old Time Religion" at the 11 a.m.-worship service Sunday. At the 7:30 p.m. serv ice his topic will be "Decisions for Jesus." , in Politics Catholics comprise about 20 per cent of California popula tion. Even though they were solidly mobilized against the amendment, they would have had no chance of beating it without a lot of help from Protestants, Jews and non church members. The amendment was over whelmingly defeated. Building Fund Offering Set At the morning worship services at the Friends church, 9:45 and 11 a.m. Sunday, pas tor Clynton Crisman will speak on the subject, "His Thrilling Mission," Jesus' statement of purpose as found in Luke. Mrs. Clynton Crisman will be soloist the first hour and the adult choir will ' sing "Hope Thou in God!" for the second service. Nursery care is provided during both wor ship hours. Mrs. P. K. Nelson will conduct junior church at 11 a.m. The monthly offering for the building fund will be tak en. The church hopes to re ceive $500 each month in this fund as plans are under way to begin construction of a new sanctuary next spring. Mem bers of the Sunday school are filling dime collector cards to help with the building proj ect. "Book-of-the-month" in the Sunday school reading pro gram is Hebrews. Sunday school will be held at 9:45 a.m. for children and adults and at 11 a.m. for junior high through college age young people. Three Christian En deavor groups meet at 6:30 p.m. In the praise and wor ship service at 7:30 p.m. a la dies trio will sing and the pastor will bring a message. "The Quaker Hour" will be broadcast at 9 a.m. over sta tion KDOV. Cave Junction Sermons on Prayer Cave Junction - The Rev. Harold Mackey will continue his group of sermons on "New Understandings of Prayer" at the Immanuel Methodist church Sunday. A fellowship coffee hour will be held at the close of the morning service. The possibility of an ex panded program to serve the youth of Cave Junction and vicinity was discussed last Sunday in a meeting of the church board. A meeting of parents with boys who would be eligible for the Explorer Scout program will be held and the possibility of a Satur day evening recreation pro gram patterned after the one now operating in O'Brien, will be studied. A request for a work proj ect from the junior depart ment of the Sunday School led to the appointment of a com mittee to begin the landscap ing on the south side of the building. Japanese Missionaries Rev. & Mrs. Arthur Allen Report on 5 Years' Work in Tokyo Tues. Nov. 11-8:00 P.M. Thty Art Returning to Japan This Month 3rd and Central Medford Eastwood Baptists To Hear Series On Stewardship The Rev. Richard M. Jones, pastor of the Eastwood Church, North Keene Way dr., at Ridgeway, will speak on the theme "What About God's Money?" at the 11 a.m. service Sunday. This is the first of a series of sermons on stewardship to be given during the steward ship emphasis being consid ered by the local church. Dur ing the past week three meet ings have been held in homes of the members to present the challenge goal in visual form. The every member canvas committee, under the chair manship of Maurice Tuttle, the proposing the goal of $17, 935.00 for 1959. This is an increase of over $3,000 from the previous year. The publicity committee, under the co-chairmanship of Dean Anderson and Carl Jones, prepared a slide and manuscript presentation which tells the story of the church and its opportunities. Sunday, Nov. 16, will be the date of the vote on the pro posal and Sunday, Nov. 23, will be Dedication Sunday. Other members of the general committee are John Yungen, Dr. L. Paul Walker, Robert Balk, J. T. Johnson, and Mrs. Maurice Tuttle. The Baptist Youth Fellow ship will meet at 6:30 p.m. At 7:30 p.m. Sunday the second meeting of the Lay Development Program will begin. Carroll Graber will lead the song service and the pastor will speak on the theme, "Evangelism What Task?" Following the short worship service four work shops will be conducted. Workshops will consider the work of deacons, deacon esses and the evangelism, un der the leadership of Dr. L. Walker; the work of lay peo ple in Christian education, under the leadership of Dean S. Anderson; the work of lay people in missionary promo tion, Mrs. Oral Harshman, leader, and adult workers with youth, Carroll Graber, leader. Eastwood Baptist church is located north of Hednck Jun ior High school and is affiliat ed with the American Baptist convention. Visitors are welcome to any of its services. Bishop and Pastor To Speak Sunday Bishop A. Raymond Grant, Portland, will be guest speak er at the 9:30 a.m. service Sunday at First Methodist church. He will then give the consecration service at St. Luke's Methodist church at 11 a.m. Dr. George G. Roseberry will speak at the 11 a.m. serv ice at First Methodist church on "The God of Open Spaces." The youth choir will sing "The Way of the Master" and the chancel choir will sing "My God and I." Soloist at both services will be Ralph E. Van Horn. Texas Evangelist To Conduct Meetings Evangelist David Godwin of Texas, who is conducting evaneelistie services at First Assembly of God. 1108 West Main St., will present and narrate pictures of Mexico xo nieht at 7:30 o'clock. Mr. God win spent the year of 1957 in Mexico and had some of his meetings filmed. The evangelist will also speak at the morning and evening services on Sunday according to the pastor, the Rev. R. E. Cull. The public is invited to at tend. , UNITARIAN SERMON A tape on the subject "What Unitarians -Believe" will be the sermon for the Roeue Vallev Unitarian Fel lowship Sunday. The sermon is authorized and read by Richard Henry, minister of the First Unitarian society, Denver, Col. The adult fel lowship and church school meet at 10 a.m. Sundays, at the Sander home, 408 Oak Grove rd.Medford. Apostolic Faith Church THE REV. W. E. IRBY Assembly of God Pastor Jacksonville Church Has New Minister Jacksonville - The Rev. W. Elwood Irby has assumed duties in Jacksonville as pas tor of the Assembly of God church. Both Mr. and Mrs. Irby are graduates of the Northwest Bible college, Seattle, Wash., where Mr. Irby majored in theology and Mrs. Irby in Christian education. The Irbys spent three years in Napoleon, Ohio, and moved to Clatskanie, Ore., in Janu ary, 1955. While in Clatskanie Mr. Irby was active in the local ministerial association and was sectional youth di rector for three years. Mr. and Mrs. Irby and small daughter will be honored at an open house in the parson age Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. All members and friends are invited to attend. Sermon Series Continues at Church The Rev. William C. Piper will continue his series of ser mons on the Psalms Sunday morning at the First Christian church. His subject for both morning worship services will be "The Day of Great Decision." At the 8:30 service the choir will sing the anthem "Thou, O Lord, My Shepherd Art". At the second service at 10:55 Mrs. Vera Selby will sing "Feed My Sheep". There will be nursery care provided at both services. The Christian Youth Fel lowship will meet at 6:30 p.m. Max Johnson, study leader, will talk on "Meet the Congregational Family". Miss Oveta Walden will be the - worship leader. The Youth Fireside will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the H. E. N,ul- ton home, 341 Ardmore ave Sunday School Classes Compete for Award Phoenix - The Sunday school class with the highest number of points will receive an award, it has been an nounced. For three Sundays the award was held by the junior girls due to their high attendance. Last Sunday the young peo ple were winners. All persons in the commu nity are invited to attend both church services and Sunday school. Persons interested in teaching a Sunday school class are asked to attend the teach er's rally scheduled tonight at 7 o'clock at 505 Fifth St., Phoenix. ATTACK ROCK 'N ROLL Berlin -UPD The East Ger man Communists accused NATO Thursday night of us ing an American rock 'n roll band to influence West Ger man youth towards militar ism. The East German news service (ADN) carried an open letter from Communist artists urging West German artists to defend the German national cultural heritage against the influence of NATO's philosophy and culture. let' go together to Sunday Sch6ol at ; 9:40 a.m. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 5th and Central Ph. SP 2-9197 Regular Free Bus Routes Advent isf Services Now Scheduled in Esquire Theater The Bresee Evangelistic team which has been holding services in the Oregon Nation al Guard armory for the past six weeks will move its head quarters to the Esquire thea ter. East Main st., this week. auDject of the opening meeting in the theater at 7:30 o'clock tonight will be "The Coronation of King Jesus." Congregational singing un der the leadership of Evangel ists Harold Turner and Monty Jones will be a part of each night s program, and the au dience will see familiar hymns of all churches illus trated in color on the screen as they sing the words. A chalk illustration by Mrs. Bresee, artist, will be a fea ture of the Friday night serv ice, and musical selections by members of the team will be presented each night. The title of Saturday night address will be "When the Sabbath Was Changed from Saturday to Sunday," and the first half of the Walt Disney nature film, "The Living Des ert," will be shown at the be ginning of the meeting. . On Sunday night the sec ond half of the Disney film displaying the wonders of God's creation in nature will be shown. Following the film. Evangelist Bresee will speak on "Jesus, the Greatest Won der in the World." Sectional Fellowship Set for 1st Assembly The monthly sectional fel lowship meeting for Assem bly of God churches in the Rogue Valley section will be held at 2:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 10, at First Assembly of God, 1108 West Main St., ac cording to the sectional pres byter, the Rev. R. E. Cull. Speaker for the afternoon service will be the Rev. El wood Irby, pastor of the Jack sonville Assembly of God church. At 5 p.m. the ladies of First Assembly will serve sup per in the church annex. At 7:30 p.m. the same even ing, Christ Ambassador youth groups from churches throughout the section will hold their monthly rally, un der the direction of the Rev. Leroy Nidiver, Kirby Assem bly of God church. The public is invited to all services. - ' ' Topics Announced by Jehovah's Witnesses The title of the public ad dress Sunday at 6 p.m. at Kingdom hall of Jehovah'a Witnesses will be "Why Spiri tual Famine in Time of Plen ty?" The Watchtower study subject at 7:15 p.m. will be "God's Kingdom Rules - If the World's End Near?" The Bible studyaid "Your Will Be Done on Earth" is being studied at all service centers this week. ASHLAND SERMON Ashland "Beware of the Modern Sadducee" will be the worship service topic Sun day at-11 a.m. by the Rev. E. Paul Riedel, pastor of Grace Lutheran church, Ashland. UNITY CENTER of MEDFORD . 995 S. Oakdale Affiliated Unity School of Christianity, Let's Summit, Mo. Regular Sunday Devotional Services 11 AO ajn. As usual at PYTHIAN BALL Sth and Grape Sts. All weekly classes and Study Groups will be held at the Center, 895 S. Oakdale. Center Em. Open Daily 10:00 ajn. to 4 .-00 pan. For Futher Information Call Katherine Bosworth. Minister Office SP 2-6902 Sunday Scheot "Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God ... if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another . . ." 1 John 4:15. 1:7
