t MAIL TRIBUNE. Medfori. Oregon, FrWiy. Nsvambw 21, 19SI
Thanksgiving Services Told
By City and County Churches
Three community Thanks
giving services will be held
next week in Medford, Ash
land, and Talent. The Med
ford and Ashland services,
sponsored by the Ministerial
associations in the respective
towns, will be held Thursday
at 10 a.m. The Talent service
will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednes
day. Many county individual
churches have scheduled serv
ices for Nov. 27 while others
will cooperate with the com
munity services on Thanksgiv
ing day and schedule their
own services on Wednesday or
Thursday evening.
The Medford service will
be held at the First Presbyte
rian church with the Rev.
Richard M. Jones of Eastwood
Baptist church bringing the
message. He will speak on
"'Neath the Crust of a Thanks
giving Pie."
The Rev. Melvin Dixon, St.
Luke's Methodist church, will
read the president's proclama
tion and the benediction will
be given by the Rev. James
Neely of First Baptist church.
The Thanksgiving prayer will
be given by the Rev. Edward
Bush of Free Methodist
church and Di D. Kirkland
West of First Presbyterian
church, will give the offertory
prayer and make the an
nouncements. Young people representing
the Interchurch Youth council
and the YMCA youth program
will read the Scripture and
give the invocatio'n.
The chancel choir of the
host church will sing.
Arrangements for the hour
of thanksgiving are under the
direction of Clynton Crisman,
pastor of Medford Friends
church.
Ashland Service
The union Thanksgiving
service will be held in Ash
land at the First Christian
church, Second and B sts., at
10 ajn. with the Rev. Her
chel Hall of the First Metho
dist church speaking. His ser
mon will be "The Cure of In
gratitude." Edward Harmon, pastor of
the Friends church and presi
dent of the Ministerial associ
ation, will give the call to
worship, invocation, and bene
diction. Scripture will be read
by the Rev. Luclle McClaflin
of Four Square church, and
the prayer will be offered by
the Rev. Lawrence May of
First Church of God.
Music will be furnished by
the high school choir and the
Rev. James M. Sinclair, host
pastor, will be soloist. Mrs.
Charles Forrest will play the
organ. '
The offering will go to the
Ministerial association in sup
port of a cooperative Chris
tian witness in the commu
nity, it was reported.
The Rev. Lester S. Libbey,
pastor of First Baptist church,
is in charge of arrangements.
Talent Community
The Talent community serv
ice will be held Wednesday at
7:30 p.m. at the Talent Metho
dist church with the Rev.
J. C. Arnett of the Assembly
of God speaking. Assisting
him in the service will be the
Rev. Earnest Bell, host pastor
Churches participating in
the service will be the
Friends, Assembly of God, and
the Methodist church of Tal
ent. A quartet from the
Friends church, including
Rollie Hartly, A Clark Smith,
pastor of Friends church; and
Mr. and Mrs. Niel Pierson will
sing
The public is invited to at
tend any of these community
services.
Individual Churches
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m
Thanksgiving services will be
? held at the Medford Friends
; church, corner Merriman rd.
-; and DeBarr ave., and at Zion
Lutheran church, Fourth st,
and Oakdale ave. The junior
- and senior choirs will sing at
the Lutheran service,
St. Peter Evangelical Lu
: theran church, Missouri
; synod, will hold services at 8
; a.m. at the church, 1020 East
; Main st., Thursday.
Also on Thursday the Rev
Elvin S. Tollefson, pastor of
; Ascension Lutheran church,
2501 Barnett rd., .will speak
at 10 a.m. on 'Toward the
: End of the Year." The senior
choir will sing "We Plow the
Fields and Scatter."
Holy communion will be
served Thanksgiving day at
Adult Bible Class
Announced by Church
An adult Bible class will
be held at Ascension Lutheran
church at 9:45 a.m. Sunday
using Dr. Philip Dybvig
course "Opening Our Bibles.'
The purpose of the course is
to acquaint the student in
general way with the Bible.
The Rev. Elvin S. Tollefson.
pastor, will speak at 11 a.m
on "Christian Watching". The
boy's chorus from Hoover
school under the direction of
Mrs. Marjorie Blaar will sing
"Bless This House."
10 a.m. at St. Mark's .Episco
pal church, Fifth st. and Oak
dale ave., and the services at
The Apostolic Faith church,
404 North Central ave., will
be held at 10:30 ajn. The Rev.
Loyce C. Carter, pastor, will
speak and a short concert will
be presented by the combined
orchestra and chorus of the
church.
Due to the scheduling of the
PROPOSED CHURCH BUILDING IN VALLEY
$100,000 Structure Located on 3Vi Acres
Adventists Start Church Construction
Construction is under way
on the new Medford Seventh
day Adventist church at Ellen
dale dr. and Crestbrook dr.
The exterior of the building
will be a combination of wood
and red brick veneer, with
windows of stained glass, and
will be built at an estimated
cost of $100,000. Grounds for
the church will extend to ZVz
acres, and parking facilities
will be provided for 200 cars.
In addition to the mam au
ditorium with a seating ca
pacity of 650, the building
will contain a chapel for the
church's youth, and class
rooms for the various depart
ments of the Sabbath school.
Also included will be a moth
ers room, wnere momers
Baptist Series
o Close Sunday
Dr. Ernest G. Malyon, evan
gelist and Bible teacher with
h e extension department,
Moody Bible institute, Chica
go, will speak tonight and
Saturday at First Baptist
church, North Central ave. at
Fifth St., at 7:45 p.m. "The
Rallying Cry of the Church"
will be the evangelist's sub
ject tonight, and on Satur
day, which is youth emphasis
night, he will speak on "What
Shall I Do With My Life?"
Sunday will be the closing
day of the series of meetings,
and the schedule for the day
will begin with a Sunday
school rally for the combined
junior,- junior high, youth and
adult departments at 9:45
a.m., at which Dr. Malyon
will speak. At the 11 a.m.
worship hour, Dr. Malyon's
subject will be entitled, "Spir
itual Decline and Recovery.
A Look Into the Future"
will be his sermon topic for
the evening service at 7:45.
Gold Hill Church
Tells Worship Topic
Gold Hill The Gold Hill
Community Methodist church
will hold Thanksgiving wor
ship services Sunday. All
members and friends of the
church are invited to attend.
The sermon will be Thou
Preparest a Table", which will
be delivered by the Rev. How
ard Walton, pastor of the
church, during the worship
services at 11 a.m. The church
choir will sing, "Father in
Heaven" directed by Mrs. Nor
man Gail with Mrs. John
Bruce at the organ.
A coffee hour will follow
the worship services in the
social room at the church
Members of the Woman's So
ciety of the church will be
in charge.
St. Luke's Pastor
Announces Sermon
The Rev. Melvin Dixon,
pastor of St. Luke's Meth
odist church, will speak on
Spiritual Amnesia" at the 11
a.m. worship service Sunday
- More than 100 persons at
tended a covered dish dinner
earlier this year at the church
following consecration cere
monies of the St. Luke's Meth
odist church. Included in the
service, conducted by Bishop
A. Raymond Grant and Dr.
Meredith Groves, was a me
morial dedication of a bronze
plaque in memory of Dr. Ira
D. Phipps who gave the land
on which the building stands.
SERMON SUBJECT ,
"Soul and Body" 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
welcoma td attend.
Thursday service the usual
Friday night evangelistic serv
ice at the church will not be
held. '
County Services
Services scheduled in other
parts of the county include a
10:30 a.m. program at Grace
Lutheran church, Ashland,
and services in Prospect. Holy
communion will be observed
Thursday at 10 a.m. in a com
with small children may en
joy the worship service with
out fear of disturbing others.
Provision has also been
made for the church missionary-welfare
department. In ad
Presbyterians Tell
Sunday Activities
At both morning worship
services of the First Presby
terian church Sunday, Dr. D.
Kirkland West will preach
'Things I'm Thankful For."
At the first service the West
minster choir will sing "Make
a Joyful Noise." The anthem
sung by the chancel choir at
the second service will be
'Harvest Anthem." The chil-
drens' choir, under the direc
tion of Mrs. Darell Huson,
will sing "Prayer of Thanks
giving" at both services. John
Case will be the soloist.
The fourth church member
ship class in the present ser
ies will be held at 4 p.m. Sun
day. The class for adults will
be taught by Dr. West and
the class for youth by the
Rev. John O. Reynolds. The
Junior High fellowship will
meet at 5:30 p.m. for a pro
gram entitled "A Walk in
Other Shoes." The young peo
ple will do role playing as
parents and teen-agers and
will characterize teen-agers in
current fiction. Mrs. John
Brandenburg will guide the
program.
Westminster Fellowship for
senior high students will host
the youth of St. Mark's Epis
copal church at 7 p.m. in the
Fellowship hall. The meeting
will consist of a panel of
youth discussing the two
church's differences and simi
larities on doctrine, church
government and worship.
Fireside will be held after
wards at the church.
Ashland - "The Sacrifices
of Thanksgiving" will be the
sermon Sunday at both the
9:45 and 11 a.m. worship ser
vices at Ashland First Presby.
terian church. The Rev.
Wayne Julier will be guest
speaker for the morning.
Central Point - The Rev
Bruce J. Weber, pastor of
Central Point First Presbyter
ian church. will speak on "Ci
tizen J.O.B." Sunday af 11
a.m.
Westminster F e 1 1 o wship
for junior and senior high
school young people will meet
at 7 p.m.
A training session for mem
Ders who will participate in
the "every member canvass
Sermon Subject of
Central Point Group
Announced by Pastor
Central Point - "Thanks
giving" is the sermon subject
by the Rev. Paul O. Kroon at
the Community Bible church.
Central Point, Sunday. The
choir, under the direction of
Mrs. Kroon will sing "Ameri
ca the Beautiful." "Prepare
tion to Meet God" will be the
title of the evening sermon
The evening gospel hour be
gins at 7:30 with singing and
personal testimonies. Music
wm De by the senior young
peoples' choir.
William C. Piper
Minister
"
bined service for St. Martin's
Episcopal church, Shady
Cove, and Church of the
Good Shepherd Episcopal
church, Prospect, at the latter
church.
Thanksgiving day services
will be held at the Cascade
Gorge Christian church, Pros
pect, at 10 a.m. with visiting
Evangelist Dale J. Benjamin
speaking.
dition, a large space has been
set aside in the church base
ment for a shelter and relief
center to be available for com
munity use in the event of a
local disaster.
will be held Tuesday, Nov. 25,
at 7:30 p.m. at the church. A
budget of $10,160.68 has been
approved for 1959 by the
church and pledges are to be
turned in by Nov. 30.
Jacksonville .Mrs. Otto
Niedermeyer will be soloist
at the 11 a.m. worship service
Sunday at First Presbyterian
church, Jacksonville. She will
sing "Give Thanks."
The Rev. King K. Jones
Jr., pastor of the church, will
speak on "Thanks? Thanks
for What?"
The young people will meet
at 7 p.m. Sunday and a fire
side will be held at the home
of Tim White. All high school
students are invited to at
tend.
Friends Church Sets
Open House Tonight
Open house will be held at
Medford Friends church to
night from 7:30 to 9:30 o'clock.
Parents of the Sunday school
children are invited to visit
the rooms, meet the teachers
and view the teaching mater
ials. Refreshments' 'will be
served in the social hall.
Sunday, pastor Clynton
Crisman wilj bring a Thanks
giving message in the worship
services at 9:45 and 11 a.m.,
and there wll be Thanksgiving
anthems by the choirs. Dona
tions of food are being solicit
ed for baskets to be given to
needy families on Thanksgiv
ing day.
"Quaker Hour" will be
fbradcast at 9 a.m. over KDOV.
Sunday school is held at 9:45
and 11 a.m. and the three
Christian Endeavor groups
will meet at 6:30 p.m. follow
ed by raise and worship serv
ice in the sanctuary at 7:30
p.m.
Central Point Church
Continues Crusade
Central Point The second
half of the Christian Growth
Crusade now underway at the
Church of Christ, Central
Point, will start Sunday. The
pastor, Mr. Jean M. Shelley,
will speak on "The Elders in
the Growth of a Christian'
at the 10:45 a.m. service and
at 7:30 p.m. on "The Deacons
in the Growth of a Christian."
The junior girl's class,
taught by Mrs. A. V. Thomp
son, will lead the Bible school
in its consecration program
Elders and deacons of the
church will be hosts at the
evening service and will also
be the choir.-
BAR TURK INHABITANTS
Damascus, United Arab Re-J
public - (UPD - The governor of
Aleppo has instructed Syrian
guards to keep Turkish border
inhabitants out of Syrian
border territory, the Middle
'East news agency said today.
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, Ore.
Adventists Plan
Special Offering
Here Saturday
Members of the Medford,
Valley View and Eagle Point
Seventh-day Adventist church
es will join with fellow church
members around the world
Saturday in giving a "sacri
fice offering."
The offering follows the
church's annual Week of
Prayer when members around
the globe meet in churches or
in their own homes for prayer
and the study of especially
prepared subjects.
The Saturday offering is de
signed to differ from usual of
ferings in being a special sac
rifice on the part of each
church member as they con
template the infinitely greater
sacrifice made by Christ on
John D. Trude, district pastor.
Pastor Trude pointed out
that while, in the United
States the offering usually
takes the form of cash, such as
a day's wages, in other coun
tries it may take a very dif
ferent form.
"It is especially fitting in
the United States," he contin
ued, "that this week comes
during the Thanksgiving sea
son that we may become more
deeply aware of God's good
ness toward us, and show our
thankfulness in a tangible
way.
The Bresee - Jones - Turner
evangelistic team currently
holding services three nights
weekly in the Esquire theater
will feature a special Thanks
giving sermon Sunday at 7:30
p.m. entitled "Seven Reasons
for Giving Thanks."
Other week end themes by
Evangelist Bresee and his
team will be "Hell Discovered
25,000 Miles in Circumfer
ence," scheduled for the Fri
day night service, and "Why
Are There So Many Denomi
nations?" Saturday night. The
sermon Saturday night will be
preceded by the film, "Beaver
Valley" ,
Events Set by
Eastwood Church
"The Power of Positive Liv
ing" is the theme of the pas
tor's sermon at the 11 a.m.
service at the Eastwood Bap
tist, church, Sunday. The Rev
Richard M. Jones is pastor.
The chancel choir will sing
under the direction of Mrs
Jones. Immediately following
the worship service there will
be a business meeting of the
church to vote on the Propos
al Goal for 1959.
The Junior High Baptist
Youth Fellowship will meet
with their new advisors, Mr.
and Mrs. Dean Anderson. The
Senior High Fellowship will
meet with the pastor.
The fourth evening of the
Lay. Development program
will begin at 7:30 p.m.. This
will be the final session for
the workshops, with reports
and recommendations to be
made the following Sunday
evening.
Visitors are invited to all
services of the church. East
wood Baptist church is locat
ed north of Hedrick Junior
High school and is affiliated
with the American Baptist
convention.
Rogue River Church
Schedules Concert
Rogue River A concert of
sacred music will be presented
by the children's and youth
choirs of the Hope Presby
terian church, Rogue River,
Sunday at 4 p.m. at the
church.
.Choirs that will participate
will include the Carol choir.
first and second graders; the
Celestial choir, third and
fourth grade students: the
Concord choir, fifth and sixth
graders; and the Fideles choir
for students in the seventh
and eighth grades.
The public . is invited to
attend.
PHOENIX VISITOR
Phoenix The Rev. Tom
Harmonson, chairman of
Evangelism of Siskiyou Bap
tist association, will be guest
speaker at both services Sun
day at First Baptist church.
Phoenix. He will also speak
tonight and Friday at the
church.
LET US BE
Thanksgiving
SUNDAY
Radio Broadcast KMED 9:05 a.m.
Sunday Scbool 9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Young People's
Meeting 3:00 p.m.
Evangelistic Service
With Short Orchestral
& Choral Concert 7:50 p.m.
Loyce C. Carver, Pastor - Phone SP 2-2757
Mt. Pitt Avenue Church
To Be Dedicated in Afternoon Event
Mt. Pitt Avenue Church of
the Nazarene will be formally
dedicated Sunday at 3 p.m.
Guest speaker will" be Dr. G.
Williamson, general super
intendent of the Church of the
Nazarene. Dr. W. D. McGraw
1957 Award of Merit Winner
Three Faiths Plan to
Stress Thanksgiving's
Spirit of Thankfulness
By LOUIS CASSELS
United Press International
Protestants, Catholics and
Jews will join next week m
an attempt to lift America's
Thanksgiving celebration out
of its turkey-and-football rut.
Church and synagogue serv
ices throughout the country
will stress three facts about
the holiday which the Puri
tans instituted:
1. Its historic purpose is re
ligious - to express gratitude
1st Methodists
Set Anniversary
The 73 rd anniversary of
First Methodist church will be
observed in the church Sun
day. Nov. 22, 1885, was the
opening for the local church
in the present Salvation
Army building.
The Methodist congrega
tion moved to their new
church in 1923 and in 1948
the educational unit was add
ed. In 1940 the Methodist
church, south, and the Metho
dist Episcopal church united
after being separated for 95
years.
The Sunday morning serv
ice will take note of .some of
the historical events of Med
ford and Jackson county
Methodism.
Dr. George G. Roseberry
will preach on the subject
Thanksgiving, Past and Pres
ent." Two choirs will sing,
There will be a solo "Grate
ful, O Lord, Am I" sung by
Mrs. Ruth Johnson. The 32
voice youth choir will sing
'Seek Ye The Lord," with the
solo part by Miss Rosemary
Doolen as the feature part for
the 9:30 a.m. service. The
adult chancel choir will sing
"Now Thank We All Our
Lord."
CHURCH NEWS DEADLINE
Deadline for church news
and announcements for the
Nov. 28 edition is 12 noon
Wednesday because of the
Thanksgiving holiday. For
other weeks the deadline
for the church section .of
The Mail Tribune remains
the same. 12 noon Thurs
day. Sermon Series To
Start at Christian
The Rev. William C. Piper
of the First Christian church
will start a series of sermons
Sunday on prayer. The 4itle
of the first sermon to be given
at both worship services' will
be "The Value of Prayer."
At the first service the
choir will sing the anthem
"Prayer of Thanksgiving." At
the second service Mrs. Step
hen Dodge will sing "The Liv
ing God".
The Christian Youth Fellow
ship will meet at 7 p.m. in
Fellowship hall with Howard
Shawer giving the study on
"A Calendar of Special Ob
servances." Miss Judy Elgin
will have charge of the wor
ship period.
Tuesday night at 6:45 the
regular monthly Fellowship
dinner will be held. The High
School department will give
the program.
ASHLAND TOPIC
Ashland The Rev. E. Paul
Riedel, pastor of Grace Luth
eran church, Ashland, will
speak on "It's Time for In
ventory" Sunday at the 11
ajn. divine worship service.
THANKFUL
Week Schedule:
TUESDAY
Evangelistic Service 8:00 p.m.
THURSDAY
Thanksgiving Service 10:30 a.m.
(No meeting Friday night)
Apostolic Faith
Church
asL 3rd and Central Medford
Jr., Oregon Pacific district
superintendent, will be in
charge of the service.
The Mt. Pitt church was
completed in April, 1947, with
first services held in the build
ing April 7. Pastor of the
CHURCH NEWS
National Religious Publicity Council
to God for the blessings be
stowed upon this nation.
2. A spirit of thankfulness
is particularly appropriate
now, because America has be
come an oasis of abundance
in a worldwide desert of want.
3. The most fitting way to
give thanks is by sharing this
abundance with the ragged,
hungry and homeless millions
of other lands.
Each of the three faiths will
suggest a specific way in
which the sharing can be
done.
To Collect Clothing
Protestant churches will
collect special offerings for
the "share our surplus" pro
gram of Church World Serv
ice, the overseas relief agency
of the National Council of
Churches.
Catholics are asked to con
tribute 10 million pounds of
"good used clothing" through
their churches. It will be
shipped overseas by Catholic
Relief Services, a branch of
the National Catholic Welfare
conference.
The United Jewish Appeal,
sponsored by the Synagogue
Council of America, will seek
funds for refugees and other
impoverished groups abroad
Religious agencies are the
principal channels by which
Americans send "person to
person" aid abroad. This year
they will handle more than
80 per cent of all voluntary
U.S. overseas relief.
The Protestant "share our
surplus" program is a good
example of the charity bar
gains offered by all of the
major religious agencies.
Food Provided Free
One dollar contributed to
"SOS" will send 300 pounds
of goods abroad. Ten dollars
will provide daily bread for
600 undernourished children
for more than two weeks.
The reason a dollar goes so
far is that the food is pro
vided free by the U.S. De
partment of Agriculture, out
of its bulging warehouses of
surplus farm commodities.
The government also pays the
cost of ocean freight, so that
private contributions are
needed only for the costs of
overseas- distribution. .
So far, Americans have not
gone overboard in taking ad
vantage of this bargain. Last
year's "share our surplus"
offering totalled only one mil
lion dollars, which figures out
to about 2V2 cents a person
for the total membership of
the 35 participating denomi
nations. Church World Service pro
motional literature stresses
the fact that this million dol
lars will send 300 million
pounds of food to the needy
in 53 countries. But if you
pin down agency officials,
they admit that this sounds
like more food than it really
is in view of the hundreds of
millions of people who are
chronically hungry.
Stop, Look, Listen,
Told as Sunday Topic
The Rev. H. C. Coovert,
pastor of Zion Lutheran
church, will speak on "Stop,
Look, Listen" at the 11 a.m.
worship hour Sunday. His
sermon will be based on the
verse "be still and know that
I am God."
The senior choir will sing
"Give Thanks Unto the Lord''
and the commissioning of
stewardship visitors will be
held.
The Senior Luther will
meet at the home of Karen
Larson at 5:30 p.m. and con
tinue their study of the re
ligions of the country.
Last Opportunity
Dr. Ernest G. Llalyon
Evangelist, Bible Teacher
First Baptist Church
North Central at 5th Street
Friday & Saturday, 7:45 p.m.
SUNDAY-
9:45 a.m. Sunday School Rally
11:00 a.m. "Spiritual Decline & Recovery"
7:45 p.m.-"A Look Into the Future"
Everyone Cordially Invited
of Nazarene
church was the Rev. Dwayne
Bachelor who had arrived in
the valley the previous year
to aid in starting the church.
The present two story build
ing is housing the .congrega-
DR. G. B. WILLIAMSON
Sunday Speaker
tion and will later be used as
an educational building.
Pastor of the church today
is the Rev. Henry I. Brown.
Dr. Williamson will speak
at the morning worship serv
ice at the First Church of the
DR. W. D. McGRAW JR.
District Official Here
Nazarene, 520 North Holly st.
on the occasion of the annual
Thanksgiving rally and offer
ins for missions.
First Church Sunday school
classes have set attendance
goals totaling more than 500
with the foreign missions of
fering goal of $1,500.
General Superintendent
Williamson will be accompa
nied by Dr. McGraw.
Phoenix- Dr. McGraw will
conduct a revival at the Phoe
nix Church of the Nazarene
starting Dec. 1 and will con
tinue during the week at 7:30
p.m. each day.
Convention Planned
In Bend Nov. 26-28
Christ , Ambassador youth
groups from Assembly of God
churches throughout Oregon
will hold their annual Thanks
giving convention this year at
Bend from Nov. 26 to 28, ac
cording to the Rey. R. E. Cull,
sectional presbyter for the
Rogue valley area.
Convention meetings and
programs are scheduled in
the new high school auditori
um. The Rev. Wayne Adams,
Salem, state president of
Christ Ambassadors, is chair
man and the Rev. Murray Me
Lees, Eugene, will be the con
vention speaker. T. Texas
Tyler, television, radio and
movie star has accepted ah in
vitation to attend and give
his personal testimony regard
ing his recent "decision for
Christ."
From 1,500 to 2,000 young
people are expected to reg
ister for the convention in
cluding approximately 150
from the Rogue valley who
will travel via chartered buses
and private vehicles.
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CGI1GREGATI0IIAL CHURCH
United Church of Christ '
Groveland Ave. and Oakwood Drive
NOTICE
Worship Service and Church School
10 A.M. ONLY
Open Bible Church
Notified of Award
The Medford Open Bible
church, 2715 Table Rock
rd., placed second in the
Pacific Coast division en
largement contest for Open
Bible Sunday schools held
in October. The awards
were based on the percent
age increase over the previ
ous October's average.
One year ago the local
church was meeting in the
church parsonage and had
an average attendance of
15 for the month. This
year's average was 61 with
the highest number present
in any one Sunday school
session, 102. The church has
been in its present location
four months.
The church has completed
two units of its building and
is now making plans to
move the parsonage back on
the lot so the corner may
be landscaped and prepared
for parking.
A third and final unit is
being planned.
Loyalty Sunday
Scheduled Here , '
This is "Loyalty Sunday" at
the Congregational church.
Members and friends are re- -minded
to take their pledges
to the 10 a.m. service where
they will be dedicated at the
conclusion of the worship.
Those unable to come to the
service will be called on by
teams of canvassers during
the afternoon.
The Thanksgiving theme
will be followed in the wor
ship. The sermon by the Rev.
Thomas McCamant will be on
the topic, "Praise God from
Whom All Blessings Flow."
Visitors are welcome. The
church school also meets at
10 a.m. . '
The Pilgrim Fellowship
will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday
and will follow a program of
Bible reading as that held by
the members a few weeks
ago.
Cascade Gorge Church
Tells of Scheduled
Evangelistic Meets
Prospect - Evangelist Dale "
J. Benjamin will begin a ser
ies of evangelistic services
with the Cascade Gorge
Christian church Sunday and
continue each evening but
Thursday through Nov. 30.
Thanksgiving day services are
to be held at 10 a.m. and a
special children's service is
scheduled for 10 a.m. Satur
day. Mr. Benjamin has minister
ed to various congregations
throughout the United States
and is presently engaged in
general evangelistic work in
this area.
"God's Kingdom Rules Is
the World's End Near?" will
be the subject of the Watch
tower study Sunday at 6 p.m.
at the Kingdom hall of Je
hovah's Witnesses, 2402 Jack
sonville highway. The Bible
study said this week being
sudied at all service centers
is "Your Will be Done on
Earth."
UNITY CENTER
of MEDFORD
995 S. Oakdale
Affiliated
Unity School of Christianity,
Lee't Summit, Mo.
Regular Sunday
Devotional Services 11:00 JB.
As usual
at
PYTHIAN HALL ,
Stb and Grape Sts.
All weekly classea and Study
Groupa will be held at the
Center. 995 S. Oakdale.
Center Rm. Open Daily
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 P-m.
For Futher Information Call
Katherine Bosworth. Minister
Office SP 2-6902
To Hear
Dr. Malyon
Extension Department
Moody Bible Institute