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Newspaper Page Text8 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, March 13, 1959 Administrator of Hospital Speaks To Local Ministers Charles Gustafson, adminis trator of Rogue Valley hos pital, reviewed the history of hospitals and the Rogue Val ley hospital in particular at the Tuesday meeting of the Medford Ministerial associa tion. The meeting was held at the Salvation Army shelt er. Gustafson explained that in comparing hospitals with in dustry they are the fifth largest in industry in the coun try. He said that the local hos pital, one of 78 in the state, has a half million dollar an nual payroll. In the Medford area a per son is admitted to a hospital every 70 minutes, the speaker continued. He said the Rogue Valley hospital employees 190 persons and has 80 doctors on the staff. In reviewing the history of hospitals Gustafson said that Buddha, 500 years before Christ, built a chain of hos pitals in the Orient. Temples as Hospitals In the early days of the Romans and Greeks temples for the gods were used as hos pitals, but it wasn't until 460 B. C. that medical records were kept. This was continued until 130 B. C, the speaker continued, and stated that medicines was on a more fac tual basis during that period than any time in the next 1500 years. He explained that opening a person's body was considered sacrilegious. During the 11th through 12th centuries holy orders organized hospitals This was disbanded during the 13th century, Gustafson said, when a church edict forbade the clergy from practicing medicine. Following this time barbers took over the practice. The Royal College of Sur geons in England was started in 1506 while the first hospital on the North American con tinent was in Mexico City in 1524. Philadelphia Hospital The first hospital in the United States was established In Philadelphia in 1754 by Benjamin Franklin and was followed in 1769 be one in New York City. Around 1900 he said many great hospital were started. Since that time the population of the United States has doubled while the number of hospitals has increased fifty times. Gustafson explained that Rogue Valley hospital is a non profit community hospital. He added that is is not an Episco palian hospital. He said that since the Episcopal church owned the original Communi ty hospital, St. Mark's Episco pal church appoints one di rector to the Rogue Valley board of 20. Hospital Budget In mentioning the financial side of hospitals, Gustafson ex plained that 70 per cent of the budget goes for salaries. He mentioned that in 1920 donations paid the majority of hospitals expenses, while today less than a half of one per cent of the hospital's in come is from donations. Prior to the talK ministers toured the Salvation Army shelter. Capt. William Ricken, commanding officer of the local Corps, explained the rules for the shelter. He ex plained that August and Sep tember were the months when capacity of 35 were reached nightly. The shelter, built 11 years ago, is located on Crews rd. Choir Schedules Concert Saturday A concert of religious and secular choral music, both contemporary and classical, will be presented at the Med ford High school auditorium Saturday, March 14, 8 pjn. The program will be pre sented by the La Verne col lege, La Verne, Calif., a cap- pella choir. Sponsor of the concert will be the Church of the Brethren. The Rev. Escil Hiser, pastor, said that no ad mission charge will be made but a free-will offering will be taken. Director of the choir is Douglas McEwen, who for the past five years has directed a community chorus of 150 voices in two annual concerts. The Saturday program will include selections from com positional periods as early as tne 13tn century. FOUR SPEAKERS Talent x"our guest speak ers will be at Talent Friends church Sunday. They include Ralph Chapman, who will speak at the 11 a.m. wor ship service; Orval Winters, Sunday school period; Dean Gregory, for the 6:30 p.m youth service, and Jack Will- cuts, for the 7:au P-m. service. The Corps serves breakfast, dinner and supper, he said, and during the past 12 months have served more than 9,000 meals and furnished beds for 4.000 persons. Work Required He mentioned that follow ing supper each man is re quired to do a half hour of work at the shelter. During the business meet ing the association approved the designating of one Sunday in May as Bible History Sun day. During this Sunday the program of the Jackson Coun ty Board of Christian Educa tion would be explained in the churches. Hours and speakers for the Good Friday service to be held March 27 at the First Assem bly of God church were an nounced. The service will be held from 12 noon until 3 p.m. and is open to the public. The next meeting of the Ministerial association will be held April 14 at Church of the Brethren, 345 North Mary st. Council of Circulates By LOUIS CASSELS United Press International Circulating among major Protestant denominations is a 32-page mimeographed "work ing paper" that may turn out to be one of the most signif icant documents of the year. Drafter by a special com mittee of the National Coun cil of Churches, it is the first step toward a united Protes tant stand on the thorny ques tion: How should public schools deal with religion? Catholics and Jews long ago took firm-and directly opposite positions on this is sue. Catholics say public schools should forthrightly teach faith in God and obed ience to moral laws. Jews say tax - supported institutions mast follow a strict hands-off policy toward religion. Set Up Committee Although Protestants con stitute a large numerical ma jority in the United States, their influence in this debate has hitherto been negligible. When Protestantism spoke on the subject at all, it spoke in a babble of voices. In an effort to remedy this situation, the National Coun- Phoenix Church to Hold Easter Service Phoenix Members of the Phoenix Church of the Naz arene Sunday school classes will call on people in the Phoenix area to extend an in vitation to attend the Easter sunrise services March 29 in the fireside room of the Com munity hall- Following the early ser vice a waffle and pancake breakfast will be served. During the absence of the pastor, the Rev. Marvin Lum ley, who is holding a revival at Florence, Ore., the Rev. Leonard Harnan, Ashland, will speak Sunday at the -11 a.m. service. The, Rev. Gerald Garner, former pastor of the Prospect Church of the Naz arene, will speak at the 7:30 p.m. service. During the absence of the pastor, the Rev. Marvin Lum ley, who is holding a revival at Florence, Ore., the Rev. Leonard Harnan, Ashland, will speak Sunday at the 11 ajn. service. The Rev. Gerald Gardner, former pastor of the Prospect Church of the Naz arene, will speak at the 7:30 p.m. service. Mf. Pilt Church Sets Meeting Series The Mt. Pitt Avenue Church of the Nazarene will begin a series of meetings Sunday. One unusual aspect of the series is that the per sonnel will be furnished by the local congregation. Serving as evangelist will be the pastor, the Rev. Henry I. Brown. Jack Klukkert, mu sic director in the local church, will be in charge of the music. Another unusual feature of the meetings is that no termi nation date has been set. This follows the pattern bf earlier revivalists who "came and stayed" until churches were revived. Services will be held each night, except Mondays and Saturdays, at 7:30 pjn. SERMON SUBJECT "Substance" will be the serman subject Sunday at the First Church of Christ, Scien tist, at 11 ajn. at the church, 100 Windsor ave. Everyone is welcome to attend. I ' ' ' t I f f f ' 1 ? Y 5f ' " wk -ifh m W3k Jsl Ell WILLIAM HOWARD Local Superintendent faster Sunrise Service Scheduled The Easter sunrise ser vice for Protestant youth will be held at Huener's Butte at 6 a.m. March 29. The annual service will be conducted by the Interde nominational Youth Coun cil, and is open to the pub lic. Parking service is avail able in the site with super vised parking provided. Churches Document cil of Churches last year set up a Committee on Religion and Public Education, com posed of representatives from 25 major Protestant bodies. This committee has taken on the formidable task of working- out a policy statement that will be acceptable, if not to all Protestants, at least to a respectable number of them. The "working paper" is the first fruit of the committee's labors. Comment is being in vited from the participating denominations. It doubtless will undergo considerable re vision before it is presented for official adoption by the National Council. But even in its present preliminary form, it is a noteworthy document. Should Use Influence It asserts that public schools should use their influence to sustain the "basic view of life" held by most Americans -"that God is, and that he is the creator and sustainer of human life and of all its pre cious values." The report recognizes that even this simple affirmation of God's existence would con flict with the beliefs of a small minority of Americans -about 4 per cent, according to census surveys who classi fy themselves as atheists. But it says that it is "prac tically impossible" for public schools to "maintain a strict neutrality" on the question of God's existence. "The actual results of a' studied neutrality is practical support fry the view that God does not count." It points out that there is no historical justification for any argument that the U.S. constitution requires such neutrality on the part of pub lic institutions. The founding fathers did not hesitate to ex press their belief in God in the Declaration of Indepen dence. And in every genera tion since, American govern ment at all levels has profess ed belief in God by open ing courts and legislative ses sions with prayer, by inspec tions on coins and currency, by providing chaplains for the armed forces, by exempt ing churches from taxation. While calling for a forth right acknowledgement of God in public schools, the Protestant document warns that "it is probably not pos sible for the public schools to go much farther than this" without violating "our cher ished American principles of separation of church and state." . "The public schools cannot corporately be committed to the Christian God," the re port says. "The Jewish child must in no way be embarrassed for his Judaism. No preferment, overt or implied, of one reli gious establishment over an other should be tolerated for a single school session." Bethel Assembly to Hear Guest Speaker The Rev. Paul Finken binder, Assemblies of God missionary form El Salvador, Central America, will be the guest speaker at the Bethel Assembly of God Sunday at the 11 ajn. service. Mr. Finkenbinder began his ministry in El Salvador in 1943. One of his major proj ects is the founding and 'di recting of Latin American Evangelism, a Spanish-speak ing gospel radio broadcast. The Bethel Assembly of God is located at 1225 East McAndrews rd. The public is invited to attend. ospel Mission Plans pen House-Dedication The Medford Gospel Mis sion, 33 South Front st., will be dedicated this week end with an open house and din ner scheduled Sunday and Monday. Open house will be held at the Mission at the South Front st. address from 2 un til 5 p.m. Sunday and Mon day. During those hours in terested persons may tour the building. Monday at Hedrick Junior High school at 7:30 p.m. fol lowing the potluck dinner the Rev. C. M. Shaughnessy, su perintendent of the Tacoma, Wash., Rescue Mission will speak. Also speaking will be James H. Wahlbrink, superin tendent of the Yakima, Wash., mission and president of the North Pacific district of In ternational Union Gospel Missions, with which the Medford Mission is affiliated. Presbyterian Pastor Mr. Shaughnessy has been in mission work for nearly 40 years, having been ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in 1931. Prior to assuming the superintendency of the Ta coma Mission he worked 23 years with the Union City Mission of Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Wahlbrink has held the district presidency for seven years. These men will arrive in Medford from Klamath Falls where the North Pacific Dis trict conference will be held today through Sunday. Sev eral local officials in the mis sion and other area residents are attending part of the con ference. Monday the potluck dinner will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the junior high school. Per sons planning to attend are asked to take a hot meat or vegetable dish if their name starts with letters from A to M and the others to take sal ads and desserts. Local Superintendent Superintendent of the Med ford Mission is William How ard, 'Bakersfield, Calif., busi nessman, who arrived in the valley last month. He was a Topic Announced By St. Peter's "The 'How" of Church Work" is the topic chosen by the Rev. John E. Simon of St. Peter's Lutheran church, 1020 East Main st., for Sun day's sermon at 11 a.m. Mrs. Richard Smith will serve as organist, and the choir, under the direction of Al Huntemann, will sing the introit and the gradual. Sun day school for all age groups begins with a brief service at 9:30 a.m. Joe Jarvis serves as superintendent. The Sixth Saying of Christ from the Cross, "It Is Finish ed!" will be the subject of the lenten service sermon Wed nesday at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Ed. Guetlaff will be at the organ. St. Peter's pastor has been requested by the members of Grace Lutheran church, Ash land, to serve! as their vacan cy pastor. Grace's pastor, the Rev. E. Paul Riedel, has ac cepted a call to St. Paul's Lutheran at Wenatchee, Wash-. SI. Luke's Tells Sermon Topic "Warming Ourselves at the Wrong Fire" is to be the topic of the sermon at St. Luke's Methodist church, 2940 Siski you blvd., Sunday. It will be given by the Rev. Melvin Dix on, minister, at the 11 o'clock worship service. The choir will sing an an them, and nursery for pre school children is conducted during the service. Church school convenes at 9:45 a.m. for all ages. At 3 pjn. Sunday a member ship class is held for youth at the church study. The M.Y.F. meets at 7 p.m. at the church with counselor, Leon Myers. Inquirer's class for adults meets on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Visitors are welcome at the services. Senior Youth Group Plan Tuesday Outing Central Point - The sen ior youth group of Central Point Church of Christ will hold an all-day outing Tues day, March 17. Members of the group will receive their assignments at the Sunday evening meeting. Sunday at 10:45 a.m. Mr. Jean M. Shelley, minister, will speak on "What Is the Talent?" At the 7:30 p.m. service he will speak on "Bi ble Geology or God Among the Rocks." member of the board of the Bakersfield Mission for sev en years serving as secretary for five years. He and Mrs. Howard are currently making their home at the Robinson hotel. Born and raised in New York state, Mr. Howard lived in eastern Montana 18 years before moving to Bakersfield. Mrs. Howard lived in North Carolina prior to moving to n i mi. nuniiijumiii , I.WSJUU hhmmijm' n w? &- - 4, : THE REV. C. M. SHAUGHNESSY Keynote Speaker 1957 Award ot Merit Winner Members Join Medford Presbyterian Churches; Pastors Announce Topics Sunday at the First Presby terian church more than 100 new members will be publicly welcomed into it and the Westminster Presb y t e r i a n church. These members have been attending churchman ship classes over the past five weeks and met with the ses sion of each church last Sun day. At the coffee hours after both morning services, the new members will be wel comed and identified by the pink carnations they will be wearing. Dr. D. Kirkland West will preach at both services on the subject "Horizontal and Ver tical Religion." At the first service the Westminster choir will sing "Blessing and Glory" and the chancel choir will sing the anthem "Psalm 86" at the second service. John Frohnmayer, baritone, will sing "O Lord on High" at both services. The Junior High Fellowship members will visit the junior high groups of other churches in the community Sunday. Eastwood Baptists Announce Sermon Passion Sunday will be ob served March 15 at the East wood Baptist church, North Keene Way dr. at Ridgeway ave., with the pastor, the Rev. Richard M. Jones, speaking on "I Am Teacher and Lord." This sermon is the seventh in' a series often under the gen eral theme "An Autobiogra phy of Jesus." The series will conclude the Sunday following Easter. The choir, under the di rection of Mrs. Jones, will sing. Following the morning worship hour a coffee hour will be prepared and a time of fellowship will be held by those attending the worship service. Nursery care is pro vided at this service. The young people of the church will be meeting at 6 p.m. for Dine-A-Mite, a light supper, and the Junior and Senior High Baptist Youth Fellowship programs. Eastwood Baptist church is located north of Hedrick Jun ior High school and is af filiated with the American Baptist convention. Visitors are always welcome to its services. , SERVICES SCHEDULED The Rev. Ray L. Williams, Lebanon, Ind., will speak at the Pilgrim Holiness church at 7:30 p.m. each day starting Sunday and continuing through Easter. A chalk artist, he will paint a picture at each service. Mrs. Williams will assist him with the music. William C. Piper Minister Bakersfield where she met Mr. Howard. Mr. Howard is a veteran of World War I. , The local Mission includes a chapel and prayer rooms, staff rooms for private con ferences, a laundry, rest rooms, kitchen, dormitory areas, and a staff apartment. Aid Unfortunate The Medford Gospel Mis sion will operate for the pur pose of reaching the "unfor tunate" with the preaching of the gospel, and to assist in the feeding, clothing, and lodg ing of those who are need. Remodeling of the Mission, the former San Louis hotel, has been done by volunteer labor on Saturdays and week day afternoons. Other Mission superinten dents and their wives who will attend the Monday dedi cation include Mr. and Mrs. John Pederson, Klamath Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Heath, Bakerfield; Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Phillips, Fres no; and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Reeves, Stockton, Calif. All persons interested in the local gospel mission are invited to the open house and dedication. CHURCH NEWS National Religious Publicity Council March 22 they will report on the visits. Westminster Fel lowship will meet at 7 p.m. for study and discussion of a film entitled "Should a Christian Go to War?" The meeting will be conducted by the citizen ship commission under the di rection of John and Jim Lacy. Fireside will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Pierce, Pierce Heights. Ashland - The Rev. B. J. Holland, pastor of First Pres byterian church, Ashland, will speak on "The Genealogy of Hope" at both the 9:45 and 11 a.m. worship services Sunday. Central Point - New hymn books will be dedicated at the 11 a.m. service of the" First Presbyterian church, Central Point, Sunday. The Rev. Bruce J. Weber, pastor, will speak on -the subject "Sleeper Awake" at the service. At 7:30 p.m. the third class in preparation for church membership will consider "Presbyterian Government." At the close of the class, the session will meet to receive new members into the church. Public reception of these members, and baptism of in fants and children will take place on Palm Sunday, March 22. Members of Westminster Fellowship will view the film "This High Calling," follow ing a worship service at 7 p.m. Jacksonville -The triple trio from the First Presbyteri an church, Medford, will sing "In the End of the Sabbath" during the 11 a.m. worship service Sunday at Jackson ville First Presbyterian church. The Rev. King K. Jones, pastor, will speak on "Be trayal." Sunday at 7 p.m. the Jack sonville Westminster Fellow ship will meet at the church. Final plans will be made for their snow party Tuesday. Portland School To Present Concert The a cappella choir of Pa- Icific Bible college, Portland, will give a concert of sacred music in the First Church of God, Haven and Holly sts., Palm Sunday, March 22. The concert will be held during the morning worship hour. The 40-voice choir, under the direction of - Lauren B. Sykes, will sing classic, ro mantic, and modern choral music. Featured numbers in clude. "The Church's Jubilee", written especially for the group by W. A. Goldsworthry, New York composer; and the Negro spiritual, "Little David." The public is invited to attend the program. 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. AdvenHsis to Hear Guest Speaker Saturday The Seventh-Day Advintist church members in the Med ford area this week join their world arganization in raising $100,000 for "Missions Ad vance." This annual offering is used to establish and main tain publishing, educational and medical projects through out the world. Guest speaker at the Med ford Seventh-Day Adventist church Saturday at the 11 a.m. service will be Edward Johnson, dean of boys at Milo academy. At the same time Floyd Yost will be in charge of the service at the v Valley View church on South Stage rd. The Missionary Volunteer meeting will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday in the chapel at Rogue River academy. Camera Club The Valley View Camera club will present "Our Fa ther's World" under the lead ership of Mrs. Fred Wilbur. Colored slides will be shown to illustrate songs and other musical numbers. Featured will be a mixed quartet and a pantomime. Saturday at 7:30 p.m. the Ashland Seventh-day Advent ist church members will spon sor a social evening for all the members of the Rogue Valley at the clubhouse in Ashland. College Official Is Sunday Speaker The Rev. Herbert Ruthrauff , church relations director of the La Verne college, La Verne, Calif., will speak each evening next week at the Church of the Brethren. Mr. Ruthrauff, veteran pas tor in the Church of the Breth ren, has served pastorates in the states of Kansas and Cali fornia. Before taking his post at La Verne college he was pastor of Calvary Church of the Brethren in Los Angeles. He will present messages on Christian Doctrine and the approach of the church in its mission to today's world. The public is invited to the serv ice which will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday through Friday. Congregational Church Tells Plans The Pilgrim Fellowship of the Congregational church will have a work day Satur day to earn money to pay their pledges to the state Pil grim Fellowship. They will work at window and car washing, garden digging or other odd jobs. To obtain their services contact the Willard Harwoods, SPring 2-7384, or the parsonage, SPring 2-8680 The sermon of the Rev. Thomas McCamant a"t the 10 a.m. service Sunday will be on "Knowing God." The Pil grim Fellowship will meet Sunday at 7 p.m. Miss Celia Walker will speak on "What Makes Delinquents." Nazaranes Tell Easter Schedule Three special events will take place at First Church of the Nazarene Easter Sunday. These include a program pre sented by the children of the Sunday school at 10 a.m., at 11 a.m. the sanctuary choir will sing Easter music with the Easter sermon by the pas tor, the Rev. Raymond W. Hum, and at 7 p.m. the youth and sanctuary choirs will com bine to present the Easter cantata, "The Dawn of the Kingdom." The several choirs are un der the direction of Mrs. Joe Johnson, and practices are be ing held several times each week. REVIVAL Central Point - The Rev. Glen Colter will conduct a revival at Gibbon Acres Pen tecostal Church of God, 115 Gibbon rd., beginning Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The nightly meetings will also be held at the church. Mr. Fisher is the author of four books, "The Time is Now, iecond Hand Religion," "Wake Up and Lift!," and "Why I am a Nazarene. FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 520 NORTH HOLLY - MEDFORD, OREGON Speakers Announced For Medford Friends Church Guest speaker scheduled for the morning worship services at the Friends church, 9:45 and 11 a.m. Sunday, is Jack L. Willcuts. He has served two terms as a missionary on the Friends field in Bolivia and is now editor of the monthly church publication, "T h e Northwest Friend," as well as being pastor of West Che halem Friends church near Newberg. Mr. Willcuts is in Medford for the Friends Unit ed Missions conference which begins tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Another member of the six- man conference team, Freder ick B. Baker, secretary of the Friends board of evangelism and pastor of the Hillsboro church, will speak for the service at 7:30 p.m. General Super intendent Dean Gregory, Portland, will address the opening assem blies of Sunday school meet ing in Harmony hall at the 9:45 and 11 a.m. hours. "March to Sunday School in March" is the theme of the current attendance drive lead ing up to Easter. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Chap man, returned missionaries from Bolivia, will speak to th junior and intermediate Christian Endeavor groups at 6:30 p.m. Senior C.E.'ers will have as their guest Orville Winters, First Christians Tell Sunday Music The Rev. William C. Piper will preach on the subject "God's Word and The Lord's Supper" at both morning serv ices Sunday at the First Chris tian church. At the 8:30 serv ice the youth choir will sing the anthem "Our Father in Heaven." At the 10:55 service the chancel choir will present the anthem "Go Where the Master Calls." A coffee hour will follow the second service. The sermon at the 7:30 pjn. service will close the series of sermons given this week on the doctrines and beliefs of the Christian church. The sub ject of this sermon will be "God Expects a Decision from Us." The Christian Youth Fel lowship will meet for then study at 6:30 p.m. Miss Pris cilla Shafer will given the lesson on "Christian Baptims." The regular monthly meet ing of the official church board will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m. lion Lutherans Tef Sunday Sermon Topic "Christians in Spite of Any thing" will be the sermon topics Sunday at Zion Luther ar church by the Rev. H. C. Coovert. The senior choir will sing. The Senior Lutherleague will be hosts to the Episcopal youth group at 7 p.m. Sunday at the church. The Wednes day 7:30 p.m. lenten service will be entitled "Mary of Bethany at the Cross." Listen to THE GOSPEL OF GOD'S GRACE KWIN 845 a.m. Sunday Sponsored by Griffin Creek Community Bible Church GRIFFIN CREEK GRANGE Sunday School 10:00 A.M. Church Service 11:00 A.M. Church For Sale! Phons Sun. through Thurs. SP 3-1471 feii! urn HEAR ... REV. WILLIAM FISHER In His 5th Evangelistic Crusade in MedfordMarch 13-22 Week-hights (except Saturday) 7:30 P.M. Sundays 10:55 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. Traveling constantly Mr. Fisher's work of evangelism has taken him around the world with recent meetings held in Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands. former assistant pastor and youth director of the local church who is now pastor of the new Tigard Friends church. He will remain in Medford through Tuesday, in terviewing prospective stu dents for George Fox college, as the Oregon recruitment representative of the college. Tuesday evening he will ad dress a group of high school seniors at a dinner at Ping'g Garden restaurant given by the George Fox college alumni of southern Oregon. Passion Sunday To Be Observed Dr. George Roseberry will preach on "The Terrible Meek" March 15 which is Passion Sunday. This theme will explain how goodness is arrived at through meekness. A membership service will be observed on. Palm Sunday at 4 p.m., for those who are joining the church through transfer, confession of faith and the membership classes. There will also be the sacra ment of baptism for adults, youth and babies. Those who are not able to attend the ser vice will be received into membership at the services on Palm Sunday morning. The board of trustees will meet at 7 p.m., March 17 and the official board at 7:45 p.m. The Passion Sunday music for the 9:30 a.m. service will be an anthem "Unfold Ye Portals" by the McLaughlin Junior High school ensemble and an anthem "The Lord Is My Shepherd," by the altar choir. At the 11 a.m. service the chancel choir will sing "Hide Not Thy Fare." The lenten evening service will have a speaker the Rev. Melvin W. Dixon of St. Luke's Methodist church. His subject will be "The Stew ardship of the Cross." The McLoughlin Junior High choir will sing "Lead On O Soul" and the "Holy City." Building Campaign Continues Locally The Rev. W. E. Martin, pas tor of First Church of God, will speak on "Let Us Rise Up and Build" at the 11 a.m. worship service Sunday. The building fund campaign is currently underway at the church. It was reported that each Wednesday has been set aside as a day of prayer for the building program. Campaign committee chair men are Glenn McCullough and Roy Hoover who are also working as chairmen of the visitation committee. Pete Ryn is listings chair man, while other committee chairmen include Melvin Murray, publications; Mrs. Don Tesdal. fellowship din ner; Mrs. T. O- Satterfield, la dies brigade: Mrs. Murray, hostess, and Sam Davis, follow-up and monitoring.