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MAIL TRIBUNE, MerfforJ, Ongon, Friday, February 27, 1959 Methodist Church Representative'' By LOUIS CASEELS United Pieu International Theodore Roosevelt once described the Methodist church as the "most repre sentative" of America's relig ious bodies. The description is still valid. The nation's largest Protestant denomination has nearly 10 million members in 40,000 congregations from coast to coast. It is typically American both in its strength and its weaknesses.. The strengths include a genius for organization that has produced one of the most efficient administrative struc tures in the realm of religion; a driving determination to get things done that has built the largest Sunday school sys tem, the biggest foreign mis sionary force, and the most far-flung religious publishing operation in Protestantism; and an acute social conscience that has put Methodists in the forefront of virtually every 1957 Award ot Merit Winner Valley Speakers Told by United Presbyterians for Sunday; Events Scheduled The rnen who attended the Western Area Conference of United Presbyterian Men at Sacramento last week end will lead the worship and speak at both morning servic es of the First Presbyterian church Sunday. The theme of the conference will be used as the theme of the men's talks, "Build On Your Most Holy Faith." Har old Snodgrass and Robert Ru kovina will be the speakers, and Dr. D. Kirkland West will also talk. At the first service the West minster choir will sing "Praise Ye The Lord," and at the sec ond service the chancel choir will sing the anthem "Sing Al leluia Forth." Mrs. Bud Hoov er will sing the solo, "Herz liebster Jesu" at both services. The fourth session of the current churchmanship class es will meet Sunday at 4 p.m. Dr. W s t will continue to teach the adul(s and the Rev. John Reynolds, the youth. These classes will meet the sessions of First church and Westminster church Sunday, March 8 . The Junior High Fellowship will meet for fireside discus sions at 5:30 p.m. The seventh and eighth grades will meet at the home of Karen Rhul, 2500 Capital ave. Bob Moore will be in charge of the meeting. The ninth grade will meet at the home of Joel Gregory, 609 Catherine st. and Ruth Milli- gan will be In charge of the program, Westminster Fellowship for senior high youth will meet at the church at 7 p.m. A pro gram and discussion will cen ter around a play to be put on , by the young people called "The Accusers." Fireside will be at the home of Sandy Clark, 2118 Dellwood rd. Central Point - The Rev. Bruce J. Weber, pastor of First Presbyterian church, Central Point, will speak ' on "God s Watchmen at 11 a.m. Sunday fro m7:30 to 8:30 p.m. sing. A nursery for pre school children is provided and a coffee hour will follow the service. The first of three member ship orientation classes will be conducted by the pastor Sunday from 7'30 to 8:30 pjn. in the sanctuary, for those con sidering church membership, At 7 pjn. members of West minster Fellowship will be hosts to the young people from the Jacksonville Presby terian church. Robert Kuest will lead a study of the Dead Sea Scrolls.- - Jacksonville A Centennial theme will be used through out the church night fellow ship potluck dinner Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at Jacksonville First Presbyterian church. Old time decorations will be used and the program will include modeling of dresses more than 100 years old. A whisker judging contest will be held and guest speaker for the evening will be Miss Claire Hanley, curator of the Jacksonville museum. Persons attending are ask ed to wear old . fashioned clothes if possible and to take one family heirloom for the table. Tonight at 6:30 o'clock Cub Pack 35, which is sponsored by the church, will hold its annual Blue and Gold banquet in the Odd Fellows hall. All Cubs and their parents are invited to attend. major reform movement in U.S. history. The weaknesses were blunt ly summarized by Methodist nisnop F. Gerald Ensley of Des Moines, Iowa, in a recent series of addresses on "Meth odist characteristics." This de nomination of doers has been so preoccupied with "prac tical" matters that it has tended to neglect the doc trinal roots of its social ethic. Originated in England It would be difficult to compile even a brief list of distinguished Methodist theo logians; it would be still more difficult to formulate a de tailed statement of beliefs on which Methodist ministers could agree. So said the bishop. The Methodist movement, which now has some 25 mil lion adherents around the World, originated at England's Oxford university in 1729. A group of students, led by John and Charles Wesley, CHURCH NEWS National Religious Publicity Council Sunday Dr. Clifford Miller, social science professor at Southern Oregon college and former missionary to Africa, will speak. Following the service a coffee hour will be held. The choir will introduce the - second "hymn-of-the- month" which will be "Praise Ye the Lord." The Jacksonville Westmin ster fellowship will attend the youth activities at the Central Point Presbyterian church. Phoenix-Sam B. Harbison of the Medford First Pres byterian church's Men's club will speak Sunday at the 11 a.m. worship service of the First Presbyterian church, Phoenix. Pastor Leaves io Attend Conference The pastor of the Church of the Brethren, the Rev. Escil Hiser, will speak Sunday on the thought, "From Comfort to Concern." Soloist, John Henderson will sing. In the evening worship the sermon topic will be, "The Man Who Did Not Want to Succeed." Mr. and Mrs. Hiser will leave early Monday morning with an Oregon delegation to attend the Pacific Coast Con ference of the Church of the Brethren at La Verne, Calif. While there Mr. Hiser will at tend the meeting of the re gional board of the Pacific Coast conference, and the spring meeting of the Board of Trustees of La Verne col lege. Two Missionaries To Speak Sunday Miss June Pearson and Miss Bonnie White, women mis sionaries to the Navajo and Hopi Indians of Arizona, will be guest speakers at the Beth el Assembly of God Sunday at 11 a.m. They will also relate some of their experiences on the Navajo reservation to the boys and girls at the opening serv ice of the Sunday school which begins at 9:45 a.m. The Misses Pearson and White travel to the Navajo reservation each week to car ry on their missionary work among the Indians. In addition to their outstation work they have built a church at Wins low and minister to the In dians there. The public is invited to at tend the service. UNITY CENTER of MEDFORD 995 S. Oakdale Affiliated Unity School of Christianity, Lee's Summit, Mo. Regular Sunday Devotional Services 11:00 ajn. An 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. Unity Radio Program, 8:25 to 8:30 a.m. on KDOV 1300 on your Dial. Tune in lor Daily Word. For Further Information Call Catherine Bosworth. Minister Office SP 2-6902 Called Group banded together to read the Bible, discuss theology, and pray. Other students, derid ing their methodical habits, gave them the nickname "Methodists." John Wesley was an or- dained priest of the Church of England, and remained one until his death. He did not intend to start a new denom ination. He wanted to launch a reform movement within his own church. For 50 years he traveled throughout Eng land and once to the far-away British colony of Georgia in the new world preaching the Gospel. He emphasized-as Method ism does to this day-the im portance 6f a personal relig ious experience of conversion, simple trust in Jesus Christ as sole source of man's salvation, and high moral standards. The "Methodist societies" founded by the Wesleys spread to America. After the Revolu tionary War, they formally broke with the Church of England. The Methodist Epis copal church ' was organized at Baltimore, Md., in 1784. Denomination Grew The denomination grew with young America. Its fa mous "circuit-riding" minis teers, among the most heroic missionaries of all time, fol lowed the pioneers as the fron tier moved westward. By the time of the Civil War, Abra ham Lincoln described the Methodists as the largest and "m o s t important" religious body in America. Agitation by northern Meth odists for abolition of slavery split the church in 1844. The breach was not healed until 1939, when the principal northern and southern branch es merged to form the present Methodist church. Methodism once claimed to be the "church of the poor." Its churches now are predom inately middle-class in mem-bership-so much so that a na tional conference was sum moned last year to study ways of reviving a Methodist minis try to working people. The Methodist church no longer casts an official frown on dancing and card playing. But it still teaches total ab stinence for alcoholic bever ages. Its boaic"; of temperance seeks to further, in local op tion elections, the cause of prohibition which Methodists like Carrie Nation and Bishop James Cannon Jr. once suc ceeded in writing into the national Constitution. In Thick of Controversy Methodists are, naturally, in the thick of the currently controversy over racial seg regation. Machinery was set in motion at the 1956 general conference to eliminate the "central jurisdiction" in which most Negro members of the Methodist church have previ ously been grouped. The list of Methodists-you-know is long. It,, includes 105 members of the present Congress-more than any other de nomination can claim. It also includes four presidents of the past-Polk, Grant, Hayes and McKinley; two present cab inet officers, Treasury Secre tary Robert B. Anderson and Welfare Secretary Arthur S. Flemming; Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Whit taker; chain store magnate S. S. Kresge; and baseball's Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson. SERMON SUBJECT "Christ Jesus" will be the sermon subject Sunday at the First Church of Christ, Scien tist, at 11 a.m. at the church, 100 Windsor ave. Everyone is welcome to attend. Evangelist Dale FAITH TABERIUCLE Highway 99 So. Ashland See God's Miraculous Power in Action Nightly The Blind Eyes Opened! Sick are Healed! Deaf Ears Unstopped! Bus runs from Medford EVERY SERVICE. For transportation Call MU 2-3401. Listen to KWIN Every Sunday at 4:30. Leo C. Wine Pastor Sermon Topics Told by Church Through Easter The Rev. Thomas McCamant has announced the sermon topics at the Congregational church for the month of March, concluding with Palm Sunday and Easter. The topics deal with funda mentals of Christian faith and j hope. They are "Peace in the World," "Peace in the Heart," "Knowing God," "Suffering with Christ," and "Joy in Christ." Services will continue at 10 a.m. unless otherwise an nounced. Church school meets at the same hour and there is also nursery care for younger children. The time of the two services on Easter will be an nounced later. The Pilgrim Fellowship meets Sunday at 7 p.m. The prayer study group continues to meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. A new membership class is being organized and will meet for the first time Friday at 8 p.m. Six sessions are held and any person is welcome to enroll whether or not he has decided to join the church. The discussion method is fol lowed. Topics deal with basic issues of Christian faith and practice. St. Peter's Tells Sunday Subject 'Christ the True Refuge for All Sinners" is the sermon top ic chosen for Sunday's servic es by the Rev. John E. Simon, pastor of St. Peter's Lutheran church, 1020 East Main st. The service begins at 11 .a.m. Church school for all age groups begins at 9:30 a.m. . Christ's fourth Saying from the Cross, "My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?" is the text and topic for the fourth special lenten ser vice Wednesday at St. Peter's at 7:30 p.m. The adult instruction class continues with its audio-visual lessons in the fundamental teachings of the Bible at 4 p.m. Sunday in the church parlors. The junior confirma tion classes meet on Saturday morning. The Lutheran Hour is heard every Sunday at 5:30 p.m. on radio station KWIN. Dr. Os wald Hoffman is the regular speaker. Sermon Series Ends At First Christian "I Am the True Vine" will be the title of the sermon by the Rev. Richard "M. Jones, at the 11 a.m. service Sunday at the Eastwood Baptist church, North Keene Way dr. at Ridegway ave. This is the fifth sermon in a pre-Easter series under the general theme "An Autobio graphy of Jesus." The chancel choir, under the direction of Mrs. Jones, will sing "O Bread of Life." The Lord's Supper will be observed. The young people will meet at 6 p.m. for Dine-A-Mite, a snack supper, before dividing into junior high and senior high groups for planning and program. A history of the church in a slide and script presentation will be part of the churchman ship class which begins at 7:30 p.m. The class is for all new members, inquirers and others who might be interest ed. Robert Balk, moderator, and Dean S. Anderson will lead the class. Eastwood Baptist church is located north of Hedrick Jun ior High school and is affilia ted with the American Baptist convention. Visitors are wel come to any of its services. Rollins Adventists Schedule Service Tonight; Academy Schedules Events Saturday The Bresee Evangelistic company will hold its regular Friday night service in the Esquire theater tonight. It will begin with the song serv ice at 7:30 o'clock and fol lowed by Pastor Bresee's Bible study. There will be one more meeting in this series. Seventh-day Adventists will discuss one of the nation's top public health problems Saturday at the 11 a.m. wor ship hour. The problem is alcoholism, currently America's number four health menace. Alcoholics Study "With 5,000,000 alcoholics Special Services At 1st Baptist Two special services are planned for the coming week at First Baptist church, North Central ave. at Fifth st. in Medford. Sunday at 7:45 p.m. the latest feature film produced by Moody Bible Institute, en titled, "The Quest," will be shown. ' The film depicts by means of recent pictures taken in the Middle East and by artistic reconstructions, the ancient civilization of Egypt, Syria, and other na tions. Dr. William Culbertson, president of Moody Bible In stitute, who narrates the film, tells the stories behind these classic civilizations, the men who built them, and the rea sons for their downfall. Musical Program The Eppley Sisters Gospel Quintette of York, Pa., will present a musical program at the church Wednesday, March 4, at 7:45 p.m. The program will include vocal quintettes and solos, piano playing, and numbers on the vibra-harp, violin, electric Hawiian gui tar, saxophone, accordion, ca thedral chimes, trumpets, mu sical saw, and organ. The public is invited to at tend both of the meetings. The Rev. James Neely is pas tor of the local church. " Sermon Series Continues Here The final sermon on the series of "Frontiers of Faith" will be given at the First Christian church Sunday morning. The Rev. William C. Piper will preach at both services on the subject ''The Last Frontier." At the 8:30 a.m. service Mrs. Walter Larsen will sing "How Lovely Are Thy Dwell ings." At the 10:55 a.m. serv ice the chancel choir will sing "Jesus, Lover of My Soul." There will be a coffee hour following the second service. Nursery care is provided for both services. During the week of March 8 services will be held each night except Saturday. The talks will be on the doctrines of the Christian church. They are designed to enlighten those who are interested in the church, as to its beliefs. Topics Announced By Unity Center Sermon subjects at Unity Center of Medford during the next four Sundays will be on subjects taken from the Charles Filmore book "Keep a True Lent." The subject Sunday will be "Conservation and Youth." The service is held at 11 a.m. at the Pyth ian hall, Fifth and Grape sts. The Unity Center is open daily Monday through Fri day from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at 995 South Oakdale ave. DALE ROLLINS Nationally Known (Voice of Healing Assoc.) BEGINNING: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 1st; con tinuing every night at 7:30 through March 15th. 1 in the United States, accord- ing to the Yale School of Al coholics Studies, and some 3, 000,000 'on the way,' the church must do something un usual and effective to curb this growing blight on our na tion," Pastor John Trude said in announcing the services. The Saturday service, ac cording to Pastor Trude, is designated as Temperance Commitment day, and all members of the church will be asked to pledge themselves to a program of enlightened education of others in rela tion to the public health prob lem of alcoholism. "One out of every four mentally disturbed persons is an alcoholic," Pastor Trude said, "and one out of every seven persons who take their first drink becomes an alco holic. The church cannot stand idly by and watch." Literature Distributed The minister said members of the churches will be asked to participate actively in the future in distribution cam paigns of educational maga zines and pamphlets aimed at the prevention of alcoholism in addition to giving financial support to educational cam paigns for schools, clubs, churches and governmental organizations. Missionary Volunteer meet ing will be at 3:30 p.m. Satur- Friends Church Starts Campaign "God's Road Blocks" will be the theme of pastor Clyn ton Crisman's messages at the Friends church Sunday in the two worship services at 9:45 and 11 a.m. The choirs will sing an arrangement of the familiar gospel song, "In the Garden." Nursery will be con ducted by Mrs. Milo Hardin and junior church by Miss Rita Miller. "March to Sunday School in March" is the theme of the attendance campaign which begins Sunday, leading up to Easter. Guest speaker for the opening assemblies of Sunday school in Harmony hall at 9:45 and 11 a.m. will be the Rev. Lewis Collins, Central Point, who recently made an evangelistic tour of Japan. The monthly missionary of fering will be taken for the work of Miss Irene Webster Smith, an Irish Friend, who has served many years in Ja pan as missionary. At 6:30 p.m. Junior, Inter mediate and Senior Christian Endeavor groups will meet. Subject for the pastor's mes sage at the 7:30 p.m. praise and worship service will be, "Compromising with Evil." Salvationism Day Set at Local Corps The film "The Life of Wil liam Booth" will be shown Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Salvation Army, 326 North Bartlett st. The film will show the history of the Corps.' The day will be a day of Salvationism, it was reported, in connection with the Salva tion Army's Evangelistical Crusade which is being con ducted throughout the west ern United States. Other activities Saturday will include a young people's dinner at 12 noon, a united open air service at 2:30 p.m. and a potluck dinner at 5:30 p.m. Another open air serv ice at 7 p.m. will precede the film showing. 1 with Word of Life Fellowship, New York City At McLoughlin Junior High School 320 West 2nd Street, Medford TONIGHT-FEBRUARY 27-AT 7:30 P.M. Former Bandleader, Jack Wyrtzen, International Youth Leader (well known in the east and middle west and many foreign countries, with crowds over 40,000 in Yankee Stadium, and over-flow crowds at Times Square and Madison Square Garden, and as many as 1,000 Decisions, Word of Life broadcasts over 265 radio stations from coast to coast every week end. Over 8 million listen to this Word of Life Hour from Times Square, New York City, also supports 65 foreign missionaries. Norman Clayton, organist, a familiar name to all hymn lovers, he has had over 25 sacred hymn books published. He began playing the organ at age 12, and continues organist in many of the New York churches. Ken Nanfelt, tenor soloist while attending Wheaton Academy, Wheaton, Illinois, traveled as soloist with the academy in many foreign countries, since joining the Word of Life he is solo ist on the coast to coast week-end broadcasts and now is traveling with Evangelist Wyrtzen T United States in F O R etJGIST the Valley View Academy Program The Rogue River Junior Academy will give a patriotic program Saturday at 7:45 pjn. in the Lincoln school gym nasium. Admission is free. Several rooms will present entertainment with the main feature of the evening being a musical concert. The school band and chorus will perform under the direction of Music Teacher Prince Baker. Also presented will be in strumental numbers by stu dents of E. . C. Root, who teaches instrument at the school. Former Resident To Speak Here' The Rev. William O. Walk er, former resident and mem ber of First Methodist church who is now pastor at the Drain church, will speak here Sunday night. He will preach on "Conquering Inner Space." Mr. Walker was- graduteed from Willamette university and Boston School of Theolo gy. Dr. George Roseberry, local pastor, will preach his second pre-Easter sermon on the theme "True Judgement." A solo "If With All Your Hearts," will be sung by Otis Swisher. The youth choir will sing "None Other Lamb" at the 9:30 a.m. service while the chancel choir will sing "Let All Things Now Living." The Commission on Chris tian Education will hold their monthly meeting at the church on Tuesday, March 3, at 7:45 pjn. The choir rehearsals will be at the church Wednesday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. Ascension Lutheran Schedules Events "The Almighty Jesus" will be the sermon subject Sunday at thel 1 a.m. worship service at Ascension Lutheran church, 2501 Barnett rd. The Rev. El vin S. Tollefson, pastor, will speak. Mrs. L. Phillips will be so loist for the service. The Deacons will meet Mon day at 8 p.m. and the Sunday school teachers meeting is scheduled Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The lenten service will be held Wednesday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. with the sermon sub ject "Jesus On Trial Before the High Priest." Thursday Ernest Johnson, teacher from South ' Africa, will show motion pictures and slides of his work in the in dustrial school, medical and church work. The public is in vited to the 7:30 p.m. pro gram. District Fellowship Meeting Scheduled Central Point - There will be a district fellowship meet ing at the Pentecostal Church of God 513 Pine St., Saturday, Feb. 28, with services at 2:30 and 7 p.m. A junior church will be held at 6 p.m. Churches will be represented from as far north as Canyonville, it was reported. The women of the churches will serve a basket lunch at 5 p.m. in the American Leg ion hall. Speakers will be included at the services and the. public is invited to attend. , day in church. WELCOME to SDCn YOUTH RALLY and Canada. Zion Lutheran Plans Burning of Mortgage A mortgage burning cer emony will be held Sunday at Zion Lutheran church. The mortgage, which orig inally dates back to 1927 with refinancing in 1943, was on the church building in the amount of $30,000. Taking part in the cere mony will be the pastor, the Rev. H. C. Coovert. Chris Wolff. Hugo Guenlher, Paul Rynning. and Otto Ewald sen. The sermon will be based on the eighth command ment, "thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." It will be entit led "Judgment Is Out of Our Hands." Th Junior Luther League snow party will be held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Monday at 6:30 p.m. a potluck supper will be held at the church followed by a talk by the Rev. Melvin Langleland, m i s i i o nary from Africa. Mission to End At St. Luke's The last three services of the Lenten Preaching Mission now being held at St. Luke's Methodist church, 2940 Siski you blvd., will be held Friday and Sunday, with the Rev. Robert Guthberlet of Austra lia, evangelist. Tonight a covered dish sup per will be served at 6:30 o'clock followed by films of Australia and a meditation by Mr. Guthberlet, "Are You a Praying Family?" Those participating in the supper are to take their own table service, a hot dish, and salad or dessert. At the 11 a.m. Sunday wor ship service, Mr. Guthberlet will preach on "Sir, We Would See Jesus!" Mrs. L. R. Smith and Mrs. Larry Horton will sing a duet, "In the Garden." Sunday at 8 p.m. the ser mon will be "Are You Look ing Around the Corner?" Church School meets at 9:45 a.m. and nursery for pre school children is conducted during the church service. The Rev. Melvin Dixon is pastor of the church. William C. Piper Minister Lessons for Today From Ancient Civilizations muff tww :Sfw?V - - ; i if PURUCKER MUSIC HOUSE 111 North Central Ave., Medford, Oregon has donated the use of a Hammond Organ, requested by Word of Life and favored by Norman Clayton. Nazarenes to Hear Pre-Easter Sermon The Rev. Raymond W. Hum, pastor of First Church of the Nazarene, will continue the series of pre-Easter ser mons on "Crosses of Calvary" in the worship service Sun-" day at 11 a.m. The service is broadcast on radio KDOV. The sanctuary choir under the direction of Mrs. Joe Johnson will sing "O, What a Wonderful Saviour." Also featured during the service will be the male quartet. Pastor Returns From Convention The Rev. R. H. Mathewson, pastor of the Foursquare church, East Jackson st. and Biddle rd., returned this week from the 36th annual conven tion of the denomination held at its Los Angeles headquar ters. The convention lasted eight days. ' Among the reports present ed during the convention Mr. Mathewson reported that dur ing the last year there were 82,511 converts and that the average Sunday school at tendance for the denomination is 69,774. According to the local pas tor there are 723 Foursquare churches in the United States and Canada and 806 mission stations and meeting places in 28 foreign countries. The denomination also has three Bible training centers. The denomination also con ducts 28 youth camps. Youth Choir Plans Camp White Service The youth choir of the First Southern Baptist church will present a song service Sun day at 2:30 p.m. at Camp White. The choir includes young people between the ages of 13 and 21 and is un der the direction of Maynard Hadley and John Mitchell. The monthly meeting of the Siskiyou Association of South ern Baptist churches will be held at the First Baptist church in Grants Pass Friday, March 6. Empahsis will be on training union work. The Rev. J. M. McCraw is pastor of the local church. 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. "THE QUEST" Newest Feature Film By Moody Bible Institute FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH N. Central at Fifth Sunday, March 1 7:45 p.m. Public invited i VrT r 1 JACK WYRTZEN
