8 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.
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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
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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."
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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.