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
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