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6 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford", Oregon, Friday, December -3, 1958 CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM - Work was started several weeks ago on the clearing of property near Zion Lutheran church, Fourth st. and Oakdale ave., "for the con struction of a new $95,000 Sunday school building. Razed was the former primary building and two other Sunday school Zion Lutheran Church Starts 5 Year Construction The primary department at Zion Lutheran church, Fourth st. and Oakdale ave., was razed during the past sev eral weeks to make room for a new $95,000 Sunday school building planned by the church. The old building, immedi ately west of the church build ing, is the first of three build ings to be torn down prior to the start of the new project. Two other classroom build ings on the rear of the lot will be torn down after the first of the year, it was re ported. The new three-story struc ture will provide in addition to Sunday school rooms, a din ing room, kitchen, offices, 1957 Award of Merit Winner Presbyterians Schedule Events; Local Church Receives Members More than 70 new mem bers will be publicly wel comed at both the morning services of the First Presby terian church Sunday. Many of these members have been attending church manship classes for the past month to learn the basic be liefs of Protestant Christian ity. They will be identified Sunday morning by red carna tions and will be welcomed at the coffee hour after each service. The Rev. John O. Reynolds will preach at both services on the theme "Shall We Look for Another?" At the first service the Westminister choir will sing the anthem "Thanks Be to Thee" and, at the sec ond service, the chancel choir will sing "Lost in the Night." Mrs. o. Melvm Hoover, so prano, will sing an old Ger man carol at both services. The Junior High Fellowship will meet at 5:30 pjn. at the church for a meeting "Re flections of the Summer" to be led by Carol Slater and Sue Moore. These girls attend ed a Westminister Fellowship Mission tour of the Southwest for several weeks last sum iner and will show slides alone with the narrative of the tour- Westminister Fellowship for senior high youth will meet at 7 pjn. at the church for an opening worship serv ice. The meeting to follow consists of reports of the West minister Fellowship Oregon Assembly which 23 of the young people attended last week end at Portland. Fire side will be held after the meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Mayfield, 1 Black Oak dr. Ashland The Rev. B. J. Holland, pastor of Ashland First Presbyterian church, will speak on "Jabez and His Sorrow" at both the 9:45 and 11 ajn. worship services Sun day. Ceniral Point "Let's Ex plore Your Soul" will be the CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH United Church of Christ Groveland Ave. and Oakwood Drive NOTICE Worship Service and Church School 10 AJVl. ONLY pastor study, church board room, and recreation hall. The building will be 100 by 45 feet and extend from the set back line on the property to the alley. It will join the church building. The pastor, the Rev. H. C Coovert, reported that Sun day school classes will be held in other buildings in the area during the construction peri od. He explained that there is only one small Sunday school room in the church building itself. Following the completion of the Sunday school building the church building will be renovated. Mr. Coovert said that the construction program has been planned for a five CHURCH NEWS National Religious Publicity Council sermon subject Sunday by the Rev- Bruce J. Weber, pastor of the Central Point First Presbyterian church, at 11 a.m. Mr. Weber was recently ap pointed chairman of the social education and action commit tee of the Presbytery of Southwest Oregon and is also a member of the Presbytery's committee on Christian educa tion. Sunday 6:30 p.m. the West minister fellowship will meet for worship and work on the Christmas pageant. Jacksonville First Presby terian church, Jacksonville, will be host Sunday to the Triple Trio from the First Presbyterian church, Medford. They will sing "While Shep herds Watched Their Flocks" Ascension Lutheran Announce Activities "Look Up" will be the ser mon Sunday at 11 a.m. at As cension Lutheran church, 2501 Barnett rd., with the Rev. El- vin S. Tollefson, pastor, speak ing. The senior choir will sing "O How Shall I Receive Thee." At 7:30 p.m. the young peo ple's Luther League will elect officers. Tomorrcw from 9 ajn. work day will be held at the church. Persons planning to attend should take their own sack lunch. Coffee will be furnished. The board of trustees will meet at 7 pjn. Monday and Sunday school teachers and the board of deacons at 8 pjn. Tuesday. A congregational meeting will be held Monday, Dec. 15, at 8 pjn. The doors of the Ascension church are open daily from 9 ajn. until 9 pjn. for daily worship. buildings will be torn down in February. Two workmen, Elmer Denzer, Phoenix (left), and Lyle McGinnis, Dark Hollow rd., em ployees of Gordon Logan, contractor, work among the rubble of boards from the old building. The church building is at right. Program year period. Partitions in the church building will be re moved, Mr. Coovert said so that the sanctuary may be en larged. The main entrance to the building will also be changed, he added. The church property, which includes the church building and various small buildings, were purchased and built over a period of years starting in the early 1900s. The . primary department building was the former par sonage for the church. The first Zion Lutheran church on the site was built in 1897 and in 1927 was moved to the corner of Haven and Holly sts. where it is now the First Church of God. Workmen tearing down the Sunday school building dis covered the old type of square nails in some parts of the structure and found postcards and newspapers in the walls dating to pre-World War I days. under the direction of Mrs. H. D. Field. The Rev. King Jr-, pastor, will speak on "From One Man's Faith to Every Man's Blessing" at the 11 a.m. wor ship. Other Sunday actvities in clude the first meeting of an adult Bible class which will be held by the pastor in the manse at 9:45 ajn. All in terested persons may attend. The young people will meet at 7 p.m. in the church and the second of a series of three meetings of instruction class es will be held at 8 pjn. in the church. The classes are open to all interested in learn ing more about the Presby terian church. Phoenix The Rev- William A. Saladin, pastor of Phoenix First Presbyterian church, will speak on "The Fiery Tongue" at the 11 ajn. wor ship Sunday. The young peo ple will meet at 7 p.m. and the evening service will be gin at 8 o'clock. The church is sponsoring a high school basketball team and if enough adults are in terested will also sponsor an adult team. Persons interested in the adult team should con tact Robert Foster, Eddy Meeker, or Mr. Saladin. A watch night service is planned at the church on New Year's eve. Ministerial Group Meeting Set Tuesday Tha Medfoid Ministerial association will meet Tues day. Dec. 9, at 10 a.m. at the First Methodist church. A fellowship hour will be held until 10:25 a.m. fol lowed by devotions and the program at 10:30. The busi ness session will start at approximately 11:15 a.m- The association and its meetings are open to minis ters of all denominations and churches in the area. William C. Piper Minister Episcopal Bishop Of Oregon Here For Sunday Event The Right Rev. James W. F Carman D.D, Bishop of Ore gon, will visit St. Mark's Epis copal church Sunday to ad minister the rite of holy con firmation to a class of 35 adults and young people. This will be the Bishop's first visitation to St. Mark's since becoming Diocesan last August on the retirement of the Right Rev. Benjamin D Dagwell. The class to be pre sented has been under prepa ration for the past three months by the rector, the Rev. George R. V. Bolster; the Rev. John S. Power, Mrs. G. W. Allingham, and Robert S. Rix. The confirmation service will be held at 11 ain. with a reception following in the church markade for the can didates and their families and friends. The Bishop will also preach at the church school family service at 9:30 a.m. and will be present at the Men's Ad vent corporate communion at 8 a.m. when the corporate offering of the men will be devoted to extending the work of the church on col lege campuses. All confirmed men and boys are invited to attend this service, and those not yet confirmed are to pre sent their offerings at one or other of the later services. The junior members of the confirmation class will be the guests of St. Mark's Young People's Fellowship on Sun day at 7:15 p.m. in the church annex where they will attend an exhibition of "mystery and magic" by George Pierce, ma gician and illusionist. Feast of Carols Set for Sunday The Advent Season opens at First Methodist church with the ninth annual Feast of Carols, in which the three choirs and the congregation will participate. The theme this year is "Christ Around the World. Carols from 20 countries, be sides the U.S.A., will be in cluded and many old favor ites, as well as unusual carols will be sung The choirs will be directed by Mrs. C. R. Adamson, direc tor of music for the church. Ray Lewis will direct the youth choir, and Mrs. Milton Snow, the altar choir. Mrs. Les Boardman is organist and piano accompaniments will be played by Mrs. Milton Snow and Mrs. Robert Baccus. The Feast of Carols begins at 7:30 p.m., with the tradi tional procession of choirs singing the 14th Century carol,, "Good Christian Men, Rejoice." The service is open to the public. Evangelistic Event Ends Here Sunday Concluding services of the Evangelistic Crusade at the First Church of the Nazarene, 520 North Holly st., will be held Sunday. The Rev. Eu gene S t o w e, international president of Nazarene Young Peoples societies and pastor of the College Church of Northwest Nazarene college at Nampa, Idaho, will preach at 10:55 a.m. and 7 p.m. Music will be directed by Lowell Bassett, youth and music minister of the Eugene First Church of the Nazarene. Mr. Bassett will sing solo selections in both services. A teen-aga choir under the direction of Mr. Bassett, will be featured in the Sunday school opening assembly at 9:45 a.m. The adult, junior high and .senior high depart ments will hold a joint as sembly for this rally. PHOENIX SERMONS Phoenix - "The Finger of God" will be the 11 a.m. wor ship sermon topic Sunday at First Baptist church, Phoenix, by the Rev. Perry M. John son. At 7:30 p.m. he will speak on "Personal Soul-Winning." JACKSONVILLE TOPIC Jacksonville "Tears on the Altar" will be the ser mon subject Sunday ... at the Assembly of God church, Jacksonville. The Rev. W. E. Irby, pastor, will speak. 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. Eastern Orthodox Church Listed as Maior Reliaion By LOUIS CASELS United Press International It comes natural to most people to speak of "the three great religions;" Protestants, Roman Catholics and Jews. This national habit is a source of considerable irrita tion to some 5,000,000 Ameri cans who are members of the Eastern Orthodox churches. They believe that Eastern Orthodoxy is entitled to pub lic recognition as a fourth ma jor confession. Mowly but steadily, they seem to be get ting their point across. The U.S. armed forces now use the letter "EO on dog tags to identify Eastern Orth odox Christians, who were previously lumped in with Protestants. President Eisen hower invited an orthodox prelate to offer one of the four prayers at his second in augural. The legislatures of 17 states have enacted resolutions offi cially recognizing Orthodoxy as a fourth major faith. Simi lar legislation is pending in other states and will be intro duced in the U.S. Congress next January. Not Pride To Orthodox Christians, this is not just a matter of pride, but of bringing popu lar usage into line with the facts of history. For the first thousand years Westminster Church Organized With 122 Members At a ceremony Monday evening held at the First Presbyterian church, the Presbytery of Southwest Ore gon officially organized the Westminster Presb yterian church of Medford. Dr. D. Kirkland West, pas tor of the local church and also a moderator of the South west Oregon Presbytery, guided 122 members as they repeated the covenant: "We hereby desire to be constitut ed and organized as a church, which is to be known as the W e s t m i n ster Presbyterian church. We do covenant and agree to walk together as dis ciples of Jesus Christ in a church relation according to the provisions of the Consti tution of the United Presby terian church in the United States of America. We prom ise to maintain this church by our attendance at its services, our support of its work, our gifts, our efforts, and our prayers, and to seek in its fellowship to glorify the name and further the cause of our Lord Jesus Christ." Dr. John Furnas of Port land spoke briefly at the be ginning of the service. The Rev. Harold M. Roberts also spoke, commenting "It is good to see another church which is the result of multi plication and not division." Until such time as the West minster church constructs its own building, the two church es will worship together at First Presbyterian with Dr. West and the Rev. John Rey nolds as ministers. Elected as elders of the new church were Theodore Barss, Laurel Case, Lawrence Clark, Mrs. Scott Davis, John Dellenback, Kenneth Den- man, Jack Edson, Albert Jam es, Stuart, McQueen, James Rowan, Donald Whalin and Richard Wyatt The board of deacons will include Kenneth Cook, Mrs. Garner Haupert, Stanley Lacy, Raymond Men cke, Stewart Milne and Earl Lawson. ANOTHER BIG. WEEKEND P " 'jy f '"J""" " '""1 1 'H' Hfirrnisj--iir jr ' Friday How the Bank of Heaven Was Robbed Saturday The Prodigal's Father Sunday The Mark of the Beast what is it? of its existence, the Christian church was undivided. But friction developed between its two main centers of ecclesias tical power Constantinople in the East and Rome in the West. The patriarch of Con stantinople, and the Greek- speaking Eastern churches which followed his leader ship, refused to, acknowledge the claims of the Pope of Rome for supremacy over the entire church. In 1064, the estrangement was formalized by what his torians call "the great schism.' The Roman Pope ex communicated the patriarch of Constantinople, and the p a t r i arch excommunicated the Pope. The Latin speaking Western churches ' remained under the Pope, and became what is called today the Ro man Catholic church. The Eastern churches became the Orthodox communion. Orthodox Christians say they did not split off from Rome - Rome split off from them. Their churches claim to be the "direct heirs and true conservators" of the or iginal Christian faith as it was spelled out at the seven great councils of the primitive church. Recite Nicene Creed The familiar Nicene creed, formulated at the Council of Nicene in 325 A.D., is one of the fullest expressions of Or thodox doctrine, and is recit ed at each liturgy. Orthodox worship is ela borately ritualistic. The The church recognizes seven sacraments: Baptism which is administered to infants and adults by triple immersion; Anointing or confirmation, which immediately follows Baptism; Penance; Commun ion; Holy Orders; Marriage; and Holy Unction which is administered to the sick, but not necessarily as a last rite. Candidates for the priest hood may marry before they are ordained, but not after wards. All Orthodox bishops are members of a monastic order which, practices celi bacy. Orthodox churches have never been governed by a single head. Since the time of the great schism, the patri arch of Constantinople has shared ecclesiastical author ity with four other patriarchs of major Eastern cities. Eastern Orthodoxy has tended to divide into indepen dent, self-governing national churches, which have remain ed in full communion with one another. The largest na tional churches grow up in the Middle East and the Slav ic countries, notably Greece, Russia, Bulgaria, Romania and Albania. The first Orthodox church on American soil was built by Russian monks at Kodiak, Alaska, in 1792. The Russian missionaries won many con verts among Eskimos, and built a cathedral at Sitka, be- Sermons on Advent Continue at Church The Rev. Thomas McCam- ant, pastor of Congregational church, will give the second in the series of Advent ser mons at the 10 a.m. service Sunday. It will be based on the hymn "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" and will devel op the thought of "A Bible Centered Christmas." The Pilgrim Fellowship will be going out at the close of the church service on a project of gathering mistle toe. This will be sent to Port land to be sold by another youth group there as a money-raising project. , at the BRESEE Evangelistic Series Esquire Theater 7:30 P.M. fore Alaska passed into U.S. hands. ' The growth of Orthodoxy in the continental United States was slow until the present century, when immi grants began to arrive from the Balkans and Eastern Eu rope. These immigrants trans planted to America the na tional church loyalties of their homelands. Today there are 21 Eastern Orthodox bodies in the Unit ed States. Their total mem bership, as reported to the Yearbook - of American Churches, is just over 2,500, 000. But most Orthodox churches count as members only adults who are heads of households. If women and children are included, the to tal is probably between five and six million. Men's Fellowship Set December Meet The Men's Fellowship group of First Assembly of God, 1108 West Main st., will hold its December meeting Satur day at 7:45 p.m. in the church annex. John Pederson, super visor of the Klamath Falls Rescue Mission, will be guest speaker relating his exper ience in mission work and the operation of the Klamath Falls mission. Neighboring Assembly Fellowship . groups and pastors have been invited to attend. At the close of the meeting a social hour will fol low and refreshments will be served. New officers for the First Assembly Men's fellowship are M. E. Stansfield, presi dent; Wallace Nylander, vice president; Dan Smelser, secre tary; and Myron Hanson, treasurer. .- Central Point Group To Honor Teachers Central Point Sunday evening at the Church of Christ, Central Point, the Bible school teachers and of ficers will be honored. The junior high school boys class will host the evening service and will sing 'in the choir. The class attending with the highest percentage of membership will rceive recognition- The Christian Growth Cru sade will end next week. At the 10:45 a.m. worship Sunday the minister, Mr. Jean M. Shelley, will speak on "The Place - of God in the Growth of a Christian" and at 7:30. p.m. "The Need of Steadfastness in the Growth of a Christian." UNITY SPEAKER Rose Emery, Unity minister and lecturer, formerly of San Jose arid the Bay - area, will speak at the Unity Center of Medford, Pythian hall, Fifth Grape sts., at 11 a.m. Sunday. REVIVAL SERVICES v-.ii0 ft tilt. LOWELL BASSETT will be directing the Crusade Choir. He is Youth and Mu sic Minister of Eugene First Church of the Nazarene. FIRST CHURCH OF THE I1AZAREIIE 520 North Holly Rev. R. W. Hum, Pastor MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE - BROADCAST - K-DOV Christmas Carols Set For Residential Areas Christmas carols will be heard in the residential areas of Medford next week as members of the local Seventh day Adventist churches begin their annual World Missions Appeal. For 55 years church mem bers have been once yearly inviting friends and neighbors to participate in their world mission and welfare program which has grown from a small beginning to be conservative ly estimated at a value of $24, 562,401 in 1957. This figure includes hours of volunteer services, articles of clothing, and food baskets in addition to cash used during the year. Volunteer workers will call at doors in Medford for the next three weeks to the ac companiment of the tradition al Christmas hymns. Accord ing tov Lewis Corwin, Home Missionary leader of the Med ford church, although there will be some personal carol ing, carollete machines will largely be used to facilitate a better quality of music over a longer period of time. The machines were used last year with good success, and en abled workers to cover a much larger territory in the annual appeal. Operate Center The church operates a wel fare center locally behind the Medford Seventh-day Adven- Greatest Book is Sermon Topic Here The Rev. William C. Piper will talk on the subject "The Greatest Book in the World" at both morning worship ser vices at the First Christian church Sunday. The choir will present the anthem "Rise Up Early" at the 8:30 a.m service. Mrs. Robert Reaves will sing the solo "His First Love" at the 10:55 a.m. ser vice. A coffee hour will be held following the second ser vice. The Christian Youth Fel lowship will meet for their study at 7 p jn. in the church. Their Youth Fireside will be at 8 p.m. at the Daigle home, 710 Dakota st The regular monthly meet ing of the church board will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m. Advent Communion Planned for Sunday Advent holy communion will be observed at the 11 a.m. worship service Sunday at Zion Lutheran church. The pastor, the Rev. H. C. Coovert, will spek on "A Humble Car penter Accepts." The senior choir will sing. Sunday at 7:30 pjn. a film, "The Difference" will be shown by the Senior Luther league for all interested per sons. Thursday the Intermed iate Luther league will hold a roller skating party at Ash land. The group will leave Medford at 6:30 p.m. H'EA.R REV. EUGENE ST017E Nations! President of Nazarene Young People's Society. Pastor of Northwest College Church. Friday 7:30 p.m. Sunday - 10:55 a.m. - 7 p.m. Morning Worship Servioe Broadcast - K-DOV tist church building located on the corner of Edwards and Beatty sts. Accoring to Mrs. A. J. Miracle, co-director, a total of 781 persons in this area have been given aid dur ing the past year. In addition to the local help, many ar-. tides of clothing were ship ped to the large supply depot at Watsonville, Calif., for dis tribution to disaster areas throughout the world. Persons in need of assist ance, or knowing others need ing material aid in this area may call Mrs. Miracle at SPring 2-7206, Mrs. B. F. Blank, SPring 2-5906, or visit the welfare center between the hours of 10:30 ajn. and 3 p.m. on Wednesdays. Guest Speakers at Saturday Services Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Voll- mer, California neaitn ana nutrition lecturers will speak at the 11 a.m. worship hour in the Medford Seventh-day Ad ventist church Saturday. They will discuss the Chris tian's responsibility toward healthful living. The Vollmers will present a series ot lectures sunaay through Thursday in the Med ford Pathfinder clubhouse. The opening lecture will be presented Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. and classes will be held from 7 to 9 pjn., Monday through Thursday. Services will continue be ing held at 7:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday in the Es quire theater by Evangelist Floyd Bresee and his Gospel team. "How the Bank of Heaven Was Robber" is the title of the sermon for Friday night. The second half of the Mar tin Luther film will be shown Saturday night preceding the story of "The Prodigal's Fath er." Sunday night Evangelis Bresee will discuss the "Mar of the Beast" as spoken of Revelation 13:17. i ASHLAND SERMON Ashland - "Christ's Adv to the Individual" will be t topic Sunday at the 11 a.f! worship service at Grace L I theran church, Frances Larji Asmanct. xne itev. js. t? Riedel, pastor, will speak. UNITY CENTER! , of MEDFORD 995 S. Oakdal Affiliated Unity School of Christianity, Leo's Summit. Mo. Regular Sunday Devotional Services 11:00 an. A usual at PYTHIAN HALL 5th and Grape St. AH weekly classes and Study Groups will be held at the Center, 995 S. Oakdale. Center Hm. Open Daily 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 pjn. For Futher Information Call ' Katherine Bosworth. Minister i Office SP 2-6902 Nazarene ! ( ' ' C. ''''
