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MAJL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, December 26, 1958
PFive More Giving Days This Year
Churches Should Remind Taxpayers
i ; By LOUIS CASSELS
. United Press International
' If churches operated like
'department stores, they
'would run ads in the papers
.today pointing out that there
are "only five giving days
-left before the new year."
This is the time of year
.wfien foresighted taxpayers
jbegin to brood about the fact
.that they will soon have to
'rander an accounting to the
; Internal Revenue Service of
Tttieir income and their de
IducBons f or 1958.
Gifts 'td churches are tax
; deductible. They come under
special provision of the in
Eternal revenue laws which
permits deductions of up to
- 30 per cent of adjusted gross
'income for contributions to
'churches, schools or hospitals.
. No one is likely to give to a
church solely for tax pur-
.poses. Giving always costs
something, no matter how
high your -tax bracket. But
Tthe tax deductibility of re-
.ligious contributions is an ad
tded inducement for anyone
'who feels like making up
with ' a year-end check, for
some of the Sundays when he
put nothing in the collection
plate. - .
'Cites Examples
. : Here are a few examples of
.how the tax laws operate to
make it easier to give liberal
ly to your church:
Suppose you are married
land making a joint tax re-
turn. If your taxable income
"ia $5,000 a year, you can give
$100"to the church for an out
-of-pocket cost of $78.
In the $10,000 a year brack
Set, the same $100 contribution
costs you only $74.
The wealthier you are, the
less it costs you to give. Those
t whose taxable income is $30,-
000 a year recover, in tax sav
Tlngs, almost half their religi-
,us;' contributions.
; The taxpayer's share gets
progressively smaller until, in
"t he- 1-elatively uncrowded
$400,000 income bracket, he
lis giving-dollars that actually
cost hint only 10 cents.
- -.Tax savings : can be even
'greater if,: instead of giving
.cash to the church, you sign
over some " kind of property
-line SIOCK3, DOI1U5 or real
!tate which has gone up ! in
value since you acquired it..
This way you (1) receive a
tax deduction for the f air
"market value of the property
and (2). avoid having to pay
f the capital gains tax which
.would "have been due if you
. had converted the property
into cash.
J Can Liquidate Property -
v The church, being . a ' tax-
exempt institution, can liqui
date the property without
Shaving to pay a capital gains
'. tax.
. If the property you want to
' give to the church is valued
;at more than 30 per cent of
'.your income, you can spread
the gift over a period of two
or more years by assigning
'fractional interests, one-third,
, one-half, etc. each year.
In recent years, churches
have been learning to publi-
cize these facts in their build-
ing fund campaigns. But the
j tax laws are seldom mention-
ed in connection with ordi-
nary, giving for operational
' expenses.'
One reason is that most pas-
tors know, from experience
" that" an-overwhelming per
centage of the church's finan
cial support comes from tne
hard core of faithful givers
who- make up an annual
Dledee and keep it paid up,
' week by week. Whether their
I contribution amounts to a
tithe, or something less than
that, it is the result of a con-
'. scious choice about how mucn
Ithey will give to the church
Acolyte Conference
Scheduled Sunday
SundayrHoly Innoncent's
Day, - - the regular - Sunday
' schedule of services will be
; f ollowed at St. Mark's Episco
pal church. At 7:30 pjn. a
service of Festal Evensong
will be held marking the op
ening of a conference for the
acolytes of the parishes and
.missions of the southern Dean
:ery of the Diocese of Oregon.
Between 75 and 100 boys
'are expected to attend, and
;the public is invited to at
tend. The Rev. George R. V.
.Bolster, rector of St. Mark's,
is dean of the southern convo
cation. St. Stephen's day and St.
John's day will be reserved
. for administration of the
holy sacrament to the sick and
shut-in members of the parish.
- NEW SERVICES USED
The new chalice and paten
.were used for the first time
at; -St. Martin's Episcopal
-church, Shady Cove, at the
'Christmas service observance
of holy v' communon. The
! chalice and paten were gifts
'cFseVerarmferes'ted persons.
during the year. It is not like
ly to be affected by year-end
tax thoughts.
Overlook Potential Sources
This reasoning, however,
overlooks one of the largest
potential sources of financial
support for churches the
Church Membership
But Genuineness is Questioned
Boom conditions prevailed
in 1958 in all areas of Ameri
can religious life that can be
measured by statistics
Church membership rose to
a new high of 104 million per
sons, 61 per cent of the popu
lation.- Sunday school enroll
ment, Bible sales and contri
butions to religious causes set
new records. Church building
snapped back from a brief
recession to equal 1957's
breathtaking outlay of $865,-
000,000.
Not all church leaders
found these figures comfort
ing. Some. . felt, with the
Christian Century magazine,
that America's popular piety
was superficial and self-centered,
that it was often no
more than a vague "faith in
faith."
But an increasing number
of clergymen saw a genuine
quest for ultimate truths by
millions of people who no
longer believe that science
has all the answers, or that
material prosperity is all you
need to be- happy.
Despite the external evi
dences of a continuing reli
gious . revival, few church
leaders were ready to say
that America had already be
come a "nation under God."
For 1958 also witnessed out
breaks of hatred and violence,
a rising incidence of crime,
divorce and alcoholism, and
other symptoms of moral de
terioration in American, soci
ety. Most disturbing develop
ment of the year, to many
churchmen, was a sharp rise
in racial tensions. Leaders of
every major denomination ex
pressed concern about the
ugly passions aroused by the
school desegregation dispute.
They appealed to church
members to work calmly and
courageously for a Christian
solution. ' .
This attempt to carry out a
"ministry of reconciliation" in
the racial crisis is likely to be
a major preoccupation of the
churches in the coming year.
. For America's 35 million
Roman Catholics, 1958 was a
year of bereavement. Samuel
Cardinal Stritch of Chicago
died of a stroke soon after he
had been called to the Vatican
as the first American prelate
to hold a high post in the
Roman Curia. Pope Pius XII,
revered by millions of Protes
tants as well as Catholics, died
in October. Edward Cardinal
Mooney of Detroit suffered a
fatal heart attack while pre
paring to attend the conclave
at which a new pope was
elected.
But there was good news,
too. Pope John XXIII, the
former Cardinal Roncalli of
Venice, quickly won the affec
tions of American Catholics
by his easy manner and com
mon touch, and by the vigor
with which he set about re
organizing the Vatican's neg
lected administrative machin
ery. At a Dec. 15 consistory,
Pope John created 23 new
cardinals, including Arch
bishops Richard J. Cushing of
Philadelphia and John O'Hara
of Philadelphia.
Protestants also got new
leaders. Dr. Edwin T. Dahl
berg, a St. Louis Baptist pas
tor, took over as persident of
the National Council of
Churches. Another St. Louis
clergyman, the Rt Rev. . Ar
thur C. Litchtenberger, was
elected Presiding Bishop of
the Episcopal Church. Mrs.
William Sale Terrel of West
Hartford, Conn., was elected
President of United Church
Women.
The church unity move
ment continued to make slow
but steady progress. The Pres
byterian Church in the U.S-A.
and the United Presbyterian
Church formally merged in
colorful ceremonies at Pitts
burgh to form the, nation's
third largest j Protestant de
nomination. Lutherans reach
ed major agreements looking
toward a four-way merger in
1960. Methodist and Episco
palian negotiators came up
with a long-range program
for moving-toward inter-communion
and .-. exchange . of
clergy.
The November elections
provided strong evidence that
religious prejudice is a dimin
ishing factor in American poli
tics. A number of Catholic
candidates won major offices
in . predominantly non-Catho
lic states, and a Jewish candi
date ran up the biggest guber
"casual givers" who toss a
dollar bill in the plate when
they attend church. Many of
them, presumably, are sin
cerely interested in maintain
ing the institution which they
periodically patronize, ,
Calling their attention to
natorial plurality in the his
tory of his state.
As usual, the churches stood
together on some issues, and
split sharply on others. The
strongest . unity was evident
on the moral necessity of
sharing America's abundance
with less fortunate people
abroad. Church' leaders of all
faiths urged Congress to ap
prove an expanded U.S. for
eign aid program. On their
own, religious organizations
sent overseas nearly $300,
000,000 worth of food, cloth
ing and other private relief.
The sharpest division ap
peared on the issue of birth
control. Protestants and Jews
lined up against Catholics in
a heated New York City
quarrel over the right of a
doctor to prescribe a contra
1957 Award of Merit Winner
Communion
Saturday at Valley
Adventist Churches
Communion services will be
held at 11 a.m. in the Medford
Seventh-day Adventist church
Saturday.
A number of the valley
church's young people are
home for vacation from vari
ious denominational acade
mies and colleges. At 3:30 p.m.
there will be a young people's
Missionary Volunteer program
in the Medford church.
Miss Sharon Koch, student
at Walla Walla college, Col
lege Place, Wash., will have
charge of the meeting. Don
Wilson, assistant pastor of the
The New Year
Is Sunday Theme
The New Year will be the
theme at the Friends church
Sunday, both in Pastor Clyn
ton Crisman's messages at
9:45 and 11 aon: and in Sun
day school opening assemblies
at the same hours.'
Three college students home
for the holidays will speak in
the praise and worship 'serv
ice at 7:30 p.m. They are Carl
Koellner, Oregon State col
lege, Dan Nolta, George Fox
college, and Don Chitwood,
Southern Oregon college. A
duet will be sung by Mrs.
Kenneth Boshears and her
father, Floyd Peterson, visit
ing from Homedale, Idaho.
Christian Endeaver groups
will meet at 6:30 pjn. with
youth leaders. Seniors and In
termediates are making final
preparations for Mid-winter
C. E. convention to be held at
Tillamook Air Base Dec. 30
to Jan. 2. A delegation of
young people from the local
church, accompanied by the
pastor, plan to attend.
Central Point Group
Plan Watch Night
Central Point - The Com
munity Bible church, Central
Point, will hold a Watch
Night service at the church
New Yeare's Eve beginning at
9 pan. A full program is being
planned with the young peo
ple and adults taking part.
The highlight of the even
ing will be the showing of the
icture "The Great Light"
filmed in Germany by Ken
Anderson. It is a story of post
war Germany.
Following the showing of
the film, an hour of fellowship-will
be enjoyed in the
Fellowship hall. Refreshments
and impromptu singing is
scheduled for this time.
The evening will be cli
maxed by a Bible meditation
and a season prayer.
The public is invited to at
tend. - - . 1
ASHLAND SERMONS
Ashland - The Rev. E. Paul
Riedel, pastor of Grace Luth
eran church, Ashland, will
speak on "We Are More Than
Conquerors." At the New
Year's Eve communion ser
vice at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
he will speak on "Taking
Spiritual Inventory."
the tax deductibility of re
ligious contributions is one
way of getting them to stop
and think for a moment about
how much-or how little-they
have actually' given, to the
church in the course of the
past year.
Hits Peak
ceptive device for a Protes
tant woman patient in a city-
owned hospital. The bishops
of the Anglican communion
issued a firm endorsement of
planned parenthood which
drew widespread praise from
Protestants and sharp criti
cism from Catholics.
The coming year may see
a sharpening of this conflict.
Many Protestant leaders be
lieve the time has come 'to
present a positive case for
birth control as a "Christian
responsibility" in a , world
whose population is growing
explosively. Catholics are
standing firm on the teaching
that all "artificial" methods
of birth' regulation are con
trary . to natural - law and
therefore sinful.
CHURCH NEWS
National Religious Publicity Council
Services
four valley churches will be
principal speaker, choosing as
his subject, "When Prayer Be
comes Real."
Miss Jewel Thompson, who
is a student in the School of
Physical Therapy, College of
Medical Evangelists,. at Loma
Linda, Calif., and Darold Big
ger, Rogue River Academy
student, will be soloists for
the afternoon service.
Flags from China, Ireland,
Italy, Hawaii, Holland, Mex
ico and Scotland will join the
United States banner in the
-Pathfinder clubhouse Sunday,
at 7 pan. as members of Med
ford's. Junior Sabbath school
division meet for an All Na
tions party.
Food, games and costumes
from the countries represent
ed will be a part of the even
ing's entertainment, with each
of the seven classes in the
Junior department portraying
a different country. -
According to Ersel Hallsted,
department leader, the party
has been planned for the boys
and girls as a reward for their
excellent record of daily Bible
lesson study.
Student Recognition
Sunday Scheduled
Student Recognition Sun
day for all college and uni
versity students will be ob
served in each morning serv
ice at First Methodist church.
Several college students
will assist in the worship
services. More than 50 young
people from the church attend
colleges and universities. Dr.
George G. Roseberery will
preach on the subject "The
Limitless Christ"." '
The youth" choir will sing
"Praise Ye The Father" and
the vocal solo at both serv
ices will be 'by Rosemary
Doolen. The chancel choir
will sing "All Hail the
Christ."
There will be a Watch
Night service at the church
from 11 to midnight on New
Year's Eve Wednesday: The
youth of the Methodist Youth
Fellowship will assist in the
service. The service Will close
with communion. There will
be music for the service by
the youth choir.
Ministers Exchange
Pulpits for Sunday
Guest speaker Sunday , at
Central Church of Christ will
be John Bigham, minister of
the Church of Christ in Cres
cent City, Calif. Mr. Bigham
and Dexter Williams, local
minister - of the church, will
exchange pulpits for both
services. ' - -; . .
The Phoenix Church . of
Christ will be guests of the
Central church New Year's
Eve for a Watch Night party
end service. The two church
es have been having a Sunday
school contest during the
month of December. The los
ing school will . provide the
program for the Watch Night
service.";. ".'
Mid-Winter
Concert Planned
At Local Church
The Annual Mid-winter
concert of the Apostolic Faith
church, will be presented by
orchestra and choruses of the
church at North Central ave.
at Third st., Tuesday, Dec.
30, at 8 pjn.
The program will feature
the orchestra of 36 pieces, a
mixed chorus of 50 voices, and
a male chorus of 22 voices.
The Negro Spiritual, "Little
Innoncent Lamb", will be
sung a cappella by the mixed
chorus, followed by "Supper-
time" with narration by the
Rev. Clifford Freisen.
The soloist of the evening
will be Judy Carver, student
at the Medford High school.
She will play "Cuju&Animan"
from the cantata "Stabat Ma
ter." William E. Walden is
director of music. The public
is invited to this concert and
a supervised nursery is avail
able for children. -
The Rev. Loyce Carver an
nounces Sunday servce as us
ual on Sunday mornng and
nght, and on Wedesday, Dec.
31, the church wll be open
from 8 pjn. untl midnight
for regular preaching services,
including congregational sing
ing, personal testimonies, re
ports of missionary activities
of the church, both at home
and in foreign fields, .t and
prayer as the New Year- is
ushered in. ' V
1st Christian
Tells Sermons
"Frontiers of Faith" is . the
title of the sermons to be giv
en by the Rev. William C. Pi
per for both services at the
First Christian church Sun
day morning. . .
At the 8:30 service Mrs.
Walter Larsen will sing
"Prayer" and at the.l0:55 ser
vice Mrs. Ralph Matlack and
Mrs. Robert Reaves will sing
a duet "Legend." College stud
ents home " for the holidays
will be honored at both the
services and at the coffee
hour following the later ser
vice. Nursery care is provided
for both worship services
The Christian Youth Fel
lowship will meet at 7 pjn.
Miss Sara Hinkle will have
the study on "Special Day Ob
servances." John Alansky
will conduct the worship ser
vice. : .
Service of Old
Things Planned
Members of" the First
Church of the Nazarene will
participate in the annual serv
ice honoring -elderly people
Sunday at 7 at the church lo
cated at 520 North Holly st.
' A look at the past will in
clude a display of old things
of religious significance.
Friends and. members of the
church are being urged to
bring art objects, Bibles, hym
nals, anything of religious sig
nificance, for the large dis
play. Oldest persons present
will be honored as will also
those who' have been Chris
tians for the greatest number
of years. Music will be pre
sented by elderly people of
the church. '
Watch night services are
planned for Wednesday, Dec.
31 from 11 p.m. to 12 mid
night. 'The Road Ahead'
Sermon at Eastwood
"The Road Ahead" will be
the title of the New Year's
Sunday sermon by the Rev.
Richard M. Jones at the East
wood Baptist church, North
Keene Way dr. at Ridgeway
ave., at -the 11 a.m. service
Sunday. Mr. Jones will also
sing a baritone solo. The
chancel choir will lead the
worship in song.
At 6:30 pjn., the two youth
groups for junior high and
senior highs will meet.- -
Dec. 31, -New , Year's Eve,
the church will have its an
nual Watch Night party and
communion service. This New
Year's Eve will mark the be
ginning of the Baptist Jubi
lee Advance, a five year em
phasis on evangelism being
planned by six major Baptist
bodies, the American Baptists,
the Southern Baptists, the Ca
nadian Baptists, two Negro
Baptist groups, and the Ger
man Baptists.
Eastwood Baptist church is
located north of Hedrick
Junior High school and is
affiliated with the ' American
Baptist convention. Visitors
are always welcome to any
of its services. '.:
PHOENIX SERMONS ; ;
Phoenix The Rev. Perry
M. Johnson, pastor of Phoenix
First Baptist church, will
speak on "The Sufficiency of
Grace" at the 11 ajh. worship
service Sunday. At 7:30 p.m.
he will speak on "Christian,
Come Back." "..7 '
Valley Presbyterians Tell
Activities for Week Ahead
At both morning services
of - the First Presbyterian
church Sunday, Dr. D. Kirk
land West will preach on the
subject "Present Tense, Fu
ture -Perfect". The chancel
choir will sing the anthem
"And The Glory of the Lord"
at the second service and Miss
Janet Jamison, junior student
at Willamette university, will
be the soloist at both services.
The Junior High Fellowship
will meet at, 5:30 p.m. for a
program and. discussion. All
junior high young people are
First Baptists
Schedule Watch
' The annual Watch Night
service at First Baptist church
will begin Wednesday, Dec,
31, at the church. Included on
the program will be a "get
acquainted" time with new
members who were received
into the church during 1958.
Refreshments will be serv
ed during the fellowship time,
and the hour-long Christian
film. "Centerville Awaken
ing" will be shown. The clos
ing moments of the year and
the opening moments of the
new one will be spent in a de
votional and prayer time. Any
interested persons in the com
munity are welcome to attend
the Watch Night service.
High school and college
youth of First Baptist church,
Medford, will join with those
from other churches in the
southern Oregon area in a
youth rally to be held Dec
31 and Jan. 1 at the Bible and
Immanuel Baptist churches of
Klamath Falls. The youth pro
gram will . include a - New
Year's eve banquet and wor
ship time, and a skating and
fun time on New Year's, day,
Douglas Coe, of the .-Naviga
tor's organization, - will be
speaker. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Wilson, youth : advisors, will
accompany the Medford
young people, who will make
the trip by Greyhound bus.
Zion Lutheran Tells
Sermons and Events
"What's in a Name?" will
bethe sermon question Sun
day at a.m. at Zion. Luth
eran church. The .Rev. H. .C.
Copvert,; pastor, will speak
and the senior choir will sing.
Sunuday at 6:30 pjn. the
Intermediate. Luther ; league
will hold a dessert meeting
at the home of Pat Brewold.
Monday at 6:30 p.m. a skating
party will be held in Ashland
sponsored by the group.
The following Sunday holy
communion will be included
in the service. The sermon
will be the first of a series
on the Ten Commandments,
entitled , "Beginning with
God."
Superintendent to
Speak Here Sunday
The Rev. Meredith Groves,
district superintendent of the
Eugene district of the Metho
dist church, will speak Sun
day at the 11 a.m. worship
service at St. Luke's Metho
dist church, 2940 Siskiyou
blvd.
Guest soloist will be Gerald
Darby, choral director of
First Methodist church, Sil
verton. He will sing "The
91st Psalm." -..'-..
Supervised nursery is con
ducted for pre-school children
during the church service and
Sunday school convenes at
9:45 a.m.
The public is invited to all
services.
Ml. Pitt Church Sets
Watch Night Service
The Mt. Pitt Avenue
Church of the Nazarene is
planning a combination social
time and Watch Night service
on New Year's Eve. The social
activities will be held at the
Red Cross building, 60 Haw
thorne ave. There will be a
covered dish dinner, begin
ning at 7 pjn., followed by an
informal time of fellowship.
The Watch- Night service
will start in the local church
at 10:45 pjn and will con
clude just past the midnight
hour. At this time there will
be congregational singing, and
a message by the pastor, the
Rev. Henry L Brown. .
William C Piper
Minister .
Night Service
invited to attend.'
Westminster Fellowship for
high school youth will meet
at 7 pjn.- for an opening wor
ship service which will be fol
lowed by a panel discussion
entitled "Christianity on the
College Campus". David
Frohnmayer, Myrna Calla
way, Pat Rushton, John Jones
and other graduates of last
year at Medford Senior High
school, will for a panel. Fire
side will be held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Tur-.
pin on the Old Military rd.
Ashland The Rev. B. J.
Holland, pastor of First Pres
byterian church, Ashland, will
speak Sunday at 9:45 and . 11
a.m. worship services on "Es
sentials of Our Faith."
Jacksonville "The Day
When . the Heavens Were
Opened" will be the sermon
topic-Sunday at Jacksonville
First Presbyterian by the Rev.
King K. Jones. At 7 p.m. the
young people will give a pro
gram which will include the
college students who are home
for the holidays.'
Saturday at 6:30 p.m. the
monthly fellowship night din
ner will be held at the church.
Central Point "A New
Look for a New Year" is the
sermon subject of the Rev.
Bruce J. Weber, at the First
Presbyterian church, Central
Point, at the 11 a.m. service
Sunday. Church school class
es for all ages will be held
at 9:45 a.m. and the young
people of Westminister Fel
lowship will resume their
meetings at 7 p.m.
Mr. Weber was installed as
pastor of the church by the
Presbytery of Southwest Ore
gon last Sunday afternoon.
Ministers Of the Presbyterian
churches in Medford, Jackson
ville, Phoenix and Ashland
took part in the installation.
Holiday Musicale
Set at Local Church
A holday Musicale will be
presented at the Medford
Friends church tonight at 7:30
o'clock. This .. program will
feature the vocal and instru
mental music of Mr. and Mrs,
Myron Tweed and Professor
and Mrs. Leo . Thornton. In
eluded, in the program will be
a variety of sacred and gospel
splos, ensembles, and instru
mental numbers.
Mr. and Mrs. Tweed are
presently , the ministers of
music at th$ Anaheim, Calif.,
Evangelical United. Brethren
church. The" Thorntons reside
ae I Jennings Lodge, '. Ore.,
where he is also a vice-presi
dent of Western Evangelical
Seminary.
CENTRAL POINT NOTES
' Central Point - Mr. Jean M.
Shelley, minister of Central
Point Church of : Christ, will
speak on "This New Year" at
the 10:45 a.m. worship service
Sunday. At 7:30 p.m. he will
speak on "They Had Thorns
in Their Sides."
On the last Sunday of the
year at Congregational church
the Rev. Thomas McCamant
will preach on the question:
"Do Things Work Together
for Good to Them that Love
God?". The Pilgrim Fellow
ship will meet at 7 p.m. with
Ray Foulon as the leader.
SERMON SUBJECT
"Christian Service" will be
the sermon subject Sunday at
the First , Church of Christ,
Scientist, at 11 a.m. at the
church, 100 Windsor ave. Ev
eryone is welcome to attend.
Russia Broadcasts
Religious Message
London -(DPD The officially
atheistic Soviet Union broad
cast a religious Christmas
message Thursday.
Alexander Karev, head of
the Union of Baptists of the
USSR, delivered the Christ
mas message to Britain over
Moscow Radio..
"My best wishes at this
joyous Christmas season to
all the people of Britain on
behalf of the Union of Bap
tists of my country," Karev
said. . '
'.'The angels in Bethlehem
who sang the wonderful song
of peace at the birth of Jesus
Christ remind the faithful to
pray earnestly for; 1 world
peace and do all they can to
build that peace," he said.
The reference to Jesus was
unusual for Moscow Radio,
which usually echoes the offi
cial Soviet . line that Jesus
never existed and that stories
about him are pure capitalis
tic mythology. ' ,
First Christian Church
"The Friendly Church"
a . - .
Welcomes You
TO ALL SERVICES
Two Morning Services
8:30 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. j.
Bible School 9:45 a.m.
Christian Youth Fellowship 6:30 p.m.
No evening service
9th and. Oakdalelt Medford, Ore.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
"And the shepherds
praising God for all they had heard and seen, .
as it naa Deen 101a mem.
APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH
North Central ave- at Third (t.
Loyce Carver, pastor
Sunday:
9:05 a.m. Radio broadcast KMED
' 9:30 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Morning worship
" 3 p.m. Young people's meeting.
7:50 pjn. Evangelistic service
Tuesday:
8 p.m. Evangelistic service
Wednesday :
8 p.m. Watchnight service.
Friday:
8 pjn. Evangelistic service
ASCENSION LCTHEKAN CHURCH
ELC
2501 Barnett dr. .
Elvin S. Tollefson, pastor
Sunday : . .
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
11 ajn. Divine worship
BETHEL ASSEMBLY OF COD
1225 East McAndrews rd.
L. O. Krause. pastor
Sunday:
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Worship service
6 pjn. C. A. youth service
7 pjn. EvangelisUc rally
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CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST
608 North Central ave.
Pexter Williams, minister
Sunday:
9:45 a.m. Bible school
11 ajn. Morning worship
fi:30Djn. Study classes
7:15 pjn. Evening evangelistic
service
Wednesday:
8 pjn. Watchnight service.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
1056 Court street
8:30 ajn. Radio program, KMED
10:3C ajn. and 720 pjn. Wor-
Wednesday:
730 pjn. Bible Study
CHURCH OF CHRIST ' .
1701 West Main sV.
Rosse V.Long. minister
Sunday:
9:45 ajn. Bible classes
10:45 a.m. Morning worship
7:30 p.m. Evening worship .
1:30 P.m. Ladies' Bible class
Wednesday
7 pjn: Midweek Bible study
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF'
LATTER DAY SAINTS
648 South Ivy st.
D. E. Nelson, bishop
Sunday: '
9 ajn. Priesthood ;
- 10:30 a.m. Sunday school
7 pjn. Sacrament meeting
CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN
345 North Mary st.
Escll Hiser, pastor .
Sunday:- ': - ' '"
10 ajn, Church school '
11' ajn. WorshiD
6 :30 p.m. Youth -choir; adult
study ana cmiaren s ciDie nour
7 p.m. Youth fellowship. CBYF
ana junior xuga leuowsup.
Fridav:
8 pjn. Booster class watch
party. - " .
EASTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
American BaDtistl
North Keene Way dr. at Ridgeway
Kicnara M. Jones, pastor .'
Sunday"! ' '" " :Z V "
9:45 a.m. Church school '
11 a.m. Morning worship
6:30 pjn.-r-Junior and Senior high
Baptist youth fellowship. . .
Wednesday:
8-30 pjn. New Year's eve watch
night party and communion.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
(United Church of Christ)
300 Oalcwood dr.
(1 block south of East Main on
Groveland ave.)
Thomas McCamant, minister
Sunday:
10 a m Sunday school '
10 a.m. Church worship '
7 pjn. Pilgrim fellowship. .
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
(Conservative)
North Central at Fifth
.James W Neely. pastor 1
Sunday
9:45 a.m. Sunday school '
11 ajn. Morning - worship with
sermon (KBOY)
6:15 p.m.. Combined Baptist
leagues.
6:30 p.m. Adult Bible study.
7:45 pjn. 'Evening evangelistic
servic-:.
Wednesday: . .
830 pjn. ' Watchnight service
and fellowship. - . . --
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Ninth at Oakdale
William C. Piper, minister
Sunday:
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
8:30 & 10:55 a.m. Morninr wor
ship
7 pjn. Christian youth fellow
ship. ...
8 p.m, Youth fireside
Monday:
7 n.m. Bov Srnute '
Wednesday:
730 pjn. Choir rehearsal. -
Annual Uid- Winter Concert
Presenting a Varied Concert of Music
and .Song by .
Orchestra of 36 Pieces
.-''''".'- i
Mixed Chorus of 50 Voices
Male Chorus of 22 Voices
Concluded with the well-loved Halleluiah Chorus '
i. By Handel .
Tuesday, Dec. 30, 8:00 P.17I.
EVERY
Radio Broadcast, KMED. ...
Sunday School
Morning Worship ....
Young People's Meeting.:
Evangelistic Service
Wednesday, December
Service, beginning at
until 12 midnight.
APOSTOLIC
FAITH ,
CHURCH
Love C. Carver, Paster
Phone SP 2-2757- ' 3rd and Central, Medford
returned, srlorifvincr and "
iuKe Z:ZU.
FIUST CHURCH OF THE
NAZARENE '
520 North Holly st.
itaymona Hum. pastor
Sunday.
930 ajn. Program. KDOV
9:45 ajn. Sunday school
KDOV "
7 DJllIVMilnff wnrsVifm
Wednesday:
11 pjn. watchnight service
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
West Main at Laurel sts.
George G Roseberry, minister
Sunday: . . ;
a:ju ajn. uiurcb school and
adult classes
930 & 11 ajn. Worship services
11 ajn. Senior and iunlnr hlsh .
church school, kindergarten, nur
sery, primary church
&:au p.m. junior high MYF - -
-.30 p.m. Senior hich MYF
Wednesday: t
11 p.m. watchniimt service
Friday:
i pjn; woman s Bible class
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST,
atlbniisi
100 Windsor ave
(1 block south of East Main st.)
Sunday:
11 a.m. Church service
11 I m.K-KiinHav u.knnl
available Sunday and Wednesdays
Wednesday:
. 8 p.m. Testimonials ot healing
Reading room 228 West Sixth St.
10 a m In S.nm n;iM
Sundays and holidays)
FIR ST1 PRPKRVTrpli v rmnra
Eighth and Holly sts.
P Kirkland West, pastor
Jabn O Reynolds, assistant
Sunday:
9:30 & 11 a.m. Church school
9 30 & 11 a.m. Worship services
11 ajn. Children's church
530 pjn. Junior high feUowship
7 pjn. Westminster feUowship '
Monday:
6 pjn. Holiday supper for col
lege students
Wednesday:
1 p.m. Winter conference for
college students
communion.
FREE METHODIST CHURCH
1294 South Peach St.
E. C. Bush, pastor
Sunday
9:45 ajn. Sunday school
11 ajn. Worship
7 p.m. Family hour
7:43 p.m. Evangelistic service;
8:30 p.nru Singspiration - -Wednesday:
830 pjn. Watch night service
(Corner of DeBarr and Merrinias)
Clynton Crisman. pastor
Sunday:
9 a.m. "Quaker Hour""" broad
cast KDOV
' 9:45 & 11 "ajn. Church school
. 9 4S & 11 a.m. Worship
630 pjn. Christian Endeavor'.'.
730 pjn- Praise aad worship. '
FULL GOSPEL TABERNACLE "
609 Western ave. . 4-
(McAndrews rd. at W. Jackson st).
V BU iUVVVJ SBBW. . a
7:30 a.m. Program KDOV
11 a.m. Worship service -7:45
pjn, Evangelistic ervice
Tuesday: v ' '
7:45 visas Midweek services
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MT. PITT AVENUE CHURCH
Mt, Pitt at Chestnut '';
Henry I. Brown, pastor .' 1 t
Sunday:
9:15 a jn Prayer time
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
6:45 pjn. Juniors and young
people .
Wednesday: . '"
730 pjn- Prayer meeting
Thursday: .
11:30 ajn. Prayer and fasting, .
UNITY CENTER
of MEDFORD
995 S. Oakdale
Affiliated
Unity School of Christianity,
- Lee's Summit, Me. -
Regular Sunday
Devotional Services 110 aJn
- As usual .
at .
PYTHIAN HALL
5th and Grape Sts.
All weekly classes and Study
Groups will be held at the
Center. 995 S. Oakdale:
Center Rm. Open Daily
10:00 ajn. to 4:00 pjn. .'
For Futher Information Call :
Katherine Bosworth. Minister
Office SP 2-6902
SUNDAY
9:05 a.m,
9:30 a.m.
.11:00 a.m.
3:00 p.m.
7:50 p.m.
31,. Watch Night
8 p.m. and. continuing