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o o o 0 With EoQfdnng off Appointments Robert Dowrey has beete assigned as assistant irner at First Methodist church, Medford, it was Qnounce Sunday during the readinA of appointments at the clos of the annual conference of tht Methodist churc!held in Ma& ford last -week. Mr. Dowrey is ct-ently Q student at Garrett Biblical In stitute, Evanston, 111., and is expected to arrive in Medford later this month to assume his new duties. The only other change in the Eugene district was the appointment of James (J". Eu- banks Jr. as minister of the Gold Hill Methodist church. Superintendent Assigned c The Rev. Meredith A Groves, superintendent of the Eugene district for several years, was assigned to the Coordinating Council of the church in the Portland office. The Rev. E. J. Aschenbren- ner, pastor of St. Paul's Meth odist church in Spokane for 10 years, was appointed sup erintendent of the Eugene dis trict. Mr. and Mrs. Asclftnbren- ner moved to Eueene todav. Mr. Aschenbrenner is imme diate past president of Great er Spokane Council o f Churches The Groves were honored at a luncheon Saturday at First Methodist church at tended by more than 170 per sons, q Portland Sit The Oregon annual confer ence next year will be held in Portland. More than 345 lay and ministerial delegates registered for the five day conference here. This was the first Methodist conference held in Medford in more than "I have faiS in the victory of man predicated on Him who is our leader," Bishop A. Raymond Grant declared Sunday in, 'Vie final sermon of the Oregon Conference of the Methodist Church The bishopQtf the Portland area discussed On to tne Next AdvenWre" at the serv ice held in tne Medford High school auditorium. He pointed to the need of "the deep root age in the past" andCfcf cog nizance of the present in look ing into the future. "God is counting on vfjp Ira surenot to make tne n t x t gelation $ie 1 a s L" Grant said. He spoke of Christian love or eonipassion as a reason for living and &s a basis for courage and stated, "It is Cjftist who brings thg Church Needs u The bishop told his congre gation that "the church need. us tirelessly committed to deathless causes" in th chal lenging and demanding pres ent. "We can be depositors in a spiritual bank and, when needed, ' draw upon the re sources," he said. Grant called for creative Schedule Change At St. Luke's Sunday St. I's Metho-(J dist cnurcn win oegin tne summer schedule for services, with both Sunday school and church service meeting at 9:30(1 a.m. Sunday school will be held oQy for the childroa's de partment. The Rev. Melvin Dixon, pastor, will speak on ."The Supremacy of the Spiritual" at the morning servi. A youth membership train ing class is held Sundays at 3 p.m. Methodist Youth Fel lowship will meet atT p.m, Monday the commission on education and the Sunday school 'staff will meet & 8 p.m. Methodist Men meet for breakfast at the churc Iflfour veang old ni igQ ie neuuesuay u.tj a.m. jwr cers for the Men's organiza tion will be electedO St. Luke's is located aj 29g Siskivou blvd- across -the , 7 street from the nevr Hoover Elementary school. The pub- lie Is invited to all services. First Church of the Nggare&o Tolls Plans for VacaHon Piblp School "Adventures in Work and Worship at Church" will be the theme of te Daily "Qca- tion Bible school to be held at the FLKt Church of the Nazarene,H20 ortft Holly sL, beginning Monday, J$ne 8, at 9 a.m. The purpose of the Bible school is to' help children in their understanding of the church, to learn to act in church, and to find ways of helping in the church work. The Bible school will Oe gradsd with classes for all children 4 years through jun ior high school. All - classes will include Bible study, Bi ble memory work, music and crafts. Mrs. Joe Johnson will be in charge of all music classes and is planning a choir to take part in the Sunday worship service at the con clusion of the school. . lose Conference living ir MVSisU end (or struslisi 'horuUy rather &en hcftwleseir ." lit brought out thejt "ftre f th eritic are meliaTaat and the fears $f the create art benign.". Beal Veil. Th eritte oe to waits for things 'to happen and is playee instead pawn, tne bishop seia and declared that such Critics timxg surrendered their "spiritual masculinity." "We need ot be men and women whe wait tot things 1957mA&$ pf Mftt Winntr ff!7 CHURCH NEWS Natjonat Episcopalians Plan Sunday CoWee Hour Dune Stuart Alvord, new assistant at St. Mark's Epis copal church,will be honored St a coffee hour Sunday fol lowing the 11 a.m. worship service at St. Mark's. Mr. Al vord, who is en route to Port land with his parents for his canonical examination, will assume his duties in the val ley later this month. Also to be honored during the coffee hour will be the Rev. and Mrs. John Smith Power. Mr. Power, former as sistant here, is now vicar of St. Martin's Episcopal church, Shady Cove, and Church of the Good Shepherd, Prospect. Visiting in the valley1 this week end with Mr. Alvord faepresenfstive To Assist July Convention Lloyfc AUrfch, watfehtowe Society sapsasefttativa 4 circuit minister for Jehovah's Witnesses) in gouthent Oregon and nprthan ColiSor&ia, fee rfeeaa appointee by the Brook lyn, N. ff., Vett Meadviftf tenfl to carvoe wwiafafit ni agdr for the "Aeafce Minie ters" conv&atioajta b told i& &uejena Jul 6KLS. QMr. (&nd Jgre. Aldriclt art known te MeflSofd y their frequent isfts which" are for that purpose f tvi& counsel smd sugaestiop it Jehovah's Witnessed jot impCovifif reeth od df home KCJe teaching. 3 Shomott, presiding minister eft Hm Ibojtl congre gjiflon, lea traxki&g close ly ith Aldfich in aiding rrny froA fhefa to) Attend the cdhveniiotv Hie ai4 that all Wehoven' tntneeeee from &edrfl se pltfininf to t- tQnaCaUSbBuf 4ex . AJdridh . left XoX EufenB Tuesday te tcgifit hi duties on the convention etaft there. H tt'ig holy te etjeniz thf many eSSamBW defiartmentf. fincludinej lodfing of the ex- pctd 4.000 to 4)00 delegates coming Srom 69 0BfXtftia& ino Oreejon, (Northern Cali fornia, evuthan "7ahinftoD, and meny othas etee. Central PoM&foup Sets Piblo School Ceiftrfl Point Yaeetio Bi ble school begin Monday at 9 ajn. at tht Cefnmunity Bi-. ble church, Vourtfc tt A14e sts entrl PoiM. The Bible mcao iU fee held for t4 vette VeAdey through' Fridey rei d V 11:30 a.m. The echeel 1 opes to all bovs end 9rl he are uesnman la maa rbsbi. tm Sunday school feueee vill b used to help byjpsj e ehtl dren to he echeol. Miss He Mae Sttfuifeothem is th diect(jp e ifte school 611 boje bA ealij ore in vitad to extend. Seeded ftjitUM of tt- ble school include etripe on Bible etoriee m eacej ftt- pertmqfit eal he Seer. Libbsy, Aahland, vill rirt the Bible cehooland e fees fit ft majiO s&oVr with syilrituel application. TheoRev. Waltet Morris, ftummar assistant ee tqs at Fint Nezerene, will speejf in each depamet tut in a the acfiool. TheiSible cchoc te fie Mltf at irsi i-xszarene viu ainmi daily Monday through STriday from 9 to 11:46 e.m. houii June 19. The Sunday, achool buses ViP euB theht Aeela route ench day to pit; t$ children nding traaiyeK tion. br iniermation ealj frue supervise, . V Mcrtlh , SPrinf 3-2715; Bible echool sunervisor. Mrf A. M. MiUet. SPrin 3-5130 er'the hud 5fice senng to happen. Grant empha sized. "You and I can never live very impressively unless we remember our yesterday," Grant told the conference gathering . Grant spoke of tha virtues, values and creeds and the "aonga of dedicated men" heard from the past and of Methodists "carrying with them the fire of their fath ers." Me counseled, "Never let tht fir die." LUiigjovt Mikity Council PUANE 8. ALVORD Ateuteat t St. Merk't ro hie parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Alvord, Oregon City. They will also attend the coffee hour Sunday as well a Mr. Alvord's fiancee, Miet Nancy Louise Newton. Misa Newton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Dale Newton, 016 Whitman at., Medford, will also be honored et the event. Mr. Alvord end Miss New ton are scheduled to be mar tied August 1 at St. Paul's church in Selem. The new assistant received his bachelor of divinity , de gree yesterday from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. He is scheduled for ordination to the dieconate June 17. Catholic Classes Set for Children Summer vacation school for Catholie children attending public grade schools will be gin Monday, June 8, and con tinue through Friday, June 19. First holy communion will be received on Sunday, June 21. Classes will be held in St. Mary's school Monday through Friday each of the two weeks, from 8:4$ to 11:45 ist. According to the Very Rev. Carl Mai, attendance at all sessions of the school, ex cept for reason of illness, will be required for all children preparing for their First com munions. Teaching class ee and assist ing vitn otner arrangements tor the scnooi will Be mem bers of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Those needing transporta tion to or from claasea for their children mey cell Mrs. B. J. Batxer,' SPring 3-3463, me Eton Sweeney, SPring 1-7428. Volunteer drivers are te call the same numbers. ' Southern Baptist Schedules School The anpual two weeks vaca tion Bible School will be held et First Southern B e p t i s t church, 794 Loiier lane, June t through June 18. . The Rev. J. W. McCraw, ftaetor, will serve as principal nd Mre. Wallace Freeland, assistant. General Assembly rll be held daily at 9 a.m., followed by Bible study, mu sic, Bible stories, and handi craft in each department until poop. There will be classes for edes 3 through 16. All chil dren who have no church affi liation, or whose churches do fwt conduct a Bible school are invited to attend. Friday noon, June 12, a pic tc ranch will be held for the children The faculty will meet Saturday morning at the church for- preparation and r$LrUetioo. - "Cod the Only Cause and Creator" will be the sermon eubject Sunday at the First Church of Christ, Scientist, at It m. at the church, 100 Windsor eve. Everyone it wel otM to dtUod. i MAIL TtlBUNf, Medfe, Of. A f i4r. Jeae S. .ltSf Advenlisls Tell Plans for Two Bible Schools Registration for Vacation Bible school at both Medford and Valley View Seventh-day Adventist churches is now un der way. The school will be held at both churches from June 15 through 26, and will be non denominational in scope with all interested youngsters in the area invited to attend. At the Medford church, corner of Edwards and Beatty, classes will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 am. Monday through Friday, and will be divided into two divisions, under the direction of Mrs. Clarence Hayward, superintendent. Children from 4 to 6 vears of age will study "God's Won derful World." "The Lord is My. Shepherd" will be the theme for boys and girl from 7 to 10. Each day's program will in clude a devotional period, songs, stories and games cen tered around the divisional theme in addition to hand work geared to the different ages of the children attend ing. Valley View Group The Bible school sponsored by the Valley View church will be held in the Rogue River Academy building on South Stage rd. and the hours will be from 9 to 11:45 a.m. There will be three divisions in. the Valley View school, planned for youngsters from 4 to 14 years of age. Mrs. Fred Wilbur will be general superintendent. Songs, games, crafts, and stories for the entire group will center on the study of God in the things of nature. Transportation will be provid ed for children who desire it. Parents wishing to enroll their children in the Medford school may telephone Mrs. Clarence Hayward, NOrman dy 4-2295 of Mrs. C. R. Helms, SPring 2-8676. Those wishing to register them for the Valley View course may call Mrs. C. L. Nogle, SPring 3-3102, or Mrs. Elmer Fjarli SPring 3-2696. Friends Church Tells Activities Daily Vacation Bible school will begin Monday at the Friends church and will be held each week day from 9 to 11:30 a.m. through June 19. Children from age 4 up through eighth grade gradu atei are eligible, to attend. Two buses will furnish transportation, one taking the regular Sunday route and the other going out Table Rock rd. and through Central Point, Pastor C 1 y n t o n Crisman will be director of the school. and the staff will include over 30 teachers and helpers. The Melodettes girls trio from George Fox college will ar rive Saturday to assist in the Bible school. A dedication service for the Vacation Bible school leader will be conducted by the pas tor during both the 9:45 and 11 a.m. worship hours Sunday. The youth choir will ting for the first service and the adult choir for the second. The pas tor will bring the message for both services. Three Service : At 7:43 p.m. the three choirs will present several numbers as their final appear ance for the season. The choirs do not rehearse during the summer months. The mu sic will be followed by the pastor's message. The Senior C. E. lesson topic at 8:30 p.m. wfll be "The Church and You-th". Inez V. ers will lead, and officers and committee chairmen of the church will be interviewed by the young people and will tell of their work- Installation Planned Here by Methodists The formal installation ser vice for the official board of First Methodist church will be held during the 11 a.m. service Sunday. Fifty persons will be installed. Following the installation service Dr. Georse Roseberr will preach on the subject "On tne witness Stand." Keren Paschke will sing "Wholly, Trust in God" and the youth choir will sing "Re joice, The Lord Is King" at the 9:30 ajn. service. The Chance! choir will sing "Praise Ye the Lord". Karen Paschke will also sing for the 11 a.m. service. The commission on mis sions will meet on Monday at 7:5 p.m. and the Woman's Society will conduct an offi cer't training session Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the church. The finance commis sion will meet Wednesday at 7:43 put. at tha church. Presbyterians Announce Activities and Sunday Topics for Four Churches The Rev. John Reynolds of Westminster P re s b y terian church will be guest speaker at the First Presbyterian church at both services Sun day. His topic will be "Love Your Enemies?" New mem bers who were received by the sessions of Westminst and First Presbyterian churches last Sunday will be received publicly at the morn ing worship services. The Westminster Fellowship will join with city wide group for e picnic in Med ford Sunday sponsored by the Interchurch Youth Council at 3:30 p.m. to be held in Tou Velle park. The Junior High Fellowship will meet at the home of Clifford Voight and Dr. West will lead the dis cussion. Vacation church school of First Presbyterian church will be held June IS through 26. Children may pre - register June 7 or June 14 at the church school office during Sunday school hours. . Classes will be held for all children age 4 through grade 6. Kindergarten 5-year-olds will meet during the first week only and kindergarten 4-year-olds will meet during the second week. All other children including those en tering the first grade in the fall will attend both weeks. Children who are not affilia ted with any church are also invited to attend. Mrs. James K. Hoey is gen eral superintendent. The Jun ior High Round-up will be held Aug. 10 to 15 with Miss Marilou Garner in charge. Theme of this year's school is "The Bible" and the project will be "New Churches". In addition to Bible studies the program will include recrea tion and refreshments. Anyone who desires trans portation or anyone who can furnish transportation is ask ed to call Mrs. Howard Phil lips, SPring 2-6331. Aebland - "Victory of Faith" will be the sermon top ic Sunday at both the 9:45 and 11 a.m. worship services at Ashland First Presbyterian church. The Rev. B- J- Hol land, minister, will speak. At 6:30 p-m. the senior high Westminster Fellowship will meet at the church to go to Jacksonville. The Daily Vacation Bible school for kindergarten and primary departments begins Monday at 9 a.m. and contin use daily through Friday. Centrel Point - Holy com munion will be celebrated at the First Presbyterian church of Central . Point Sunday at 11 a.m. A communion medita tion will be given by the pas tor, the Rev. Bruce J. Weber, entitled "The Master's Cup." In addition the sacrament of baptism wilt' be administer ed and there will be a public reception of new members. All young people are en couraged to attend the recent ly re-organized Westminster Fellowship program. It will begin- at 7 p.m. and will be led by Judy Gebhard, Rena Offut and Carole Crenshaw. Working with this program are 16 adults. Jacksonville - "Christ of the Upward Way" will be the hymn-of-the-month to be sung Sunday by the choir of First Presbyterian church of Jacksonville. The minister, the Rev. King K. Jones, will speak on "Why do we Baptize Babies?" and Ten to Join Church In Sunday Ceremony Five juniors and five adults will be received as communi cant members of St. Peter's Lutheran church Sunday at 11 a.m. by the rite of confir mation. The Rev. John E Simon, pastor of the church, will speak on "The Superla tive Worth of the Word of God.V Holy communion will also be celebrated in the serv ice. The Sunday school for young and old will begin at 9:30 a.m. Monday morning St. Peter's vacation Bible school will open its doors and con tinue for two weeks. The school is open to boys and girls 4 years old and up. Fa cilities do not permit accept ing younger children. ANNIVERSARY Anniversary services will be held Sunday in the New Age church on Hammel rd. There will be a fellowship dinner at 1 p.m. and a musi cal half-hour at 2 p.m. At 2:30 pjn. Dr. Dell E. Millard will speak on "What the New Age Church Believes and Teach es." The public is invited, The Chfistedelphiwis Preunt Tfcis It Yo:r Dills' SUNDAY NIGHT 7:1 - KGO- 910 on the Oil from San francisco will begin a series of sermons entitled "Perplexing Portions of Presbyterian Belief." The last in a series of class es for new members will be held at the church Sunday at 6 p.m. The topic for discus sion will be Presbyterian his tory and government. Jacksonville Westminster Fellowship will be host at 7 p.m. Sunday to the Ashland Presbyterian young people at a fireside meeting at the home of Eddie Graham. livplilBllii! 4a?l '- LEE A. HICKS In Central Point Student Minister At Valley Church Central Point The First Presbyterian Church of Cen tral Point Sunday will wel come Lee A. Hicks who will help with various aspects of the church's program and will assume preaching responsibili ties while the pastor, the Rev. Bruce J. Weber, is on vaca tion. His church activities will be carried out evenings and on week ends. He will work at Elk Lumber company dur ing the day. Mr. Hicka is a member of the Los Gatos Presbyterian church, Los Gatos, Calif. He received a bachelor of arts de gree in journalism from Stan ford university and has com pleted his first year of study at the San Francisco Theologi cal seminary in San Anselmo, Calif. At seminary he holds the office of student body treasurer. Eastwood Baptist Has Guest Speakers Guest speaker at the 11 a.m service at the Eastwood Bap tist church, North Keeen Way dr., at Ridgeway ave., Sunday, will be Otis Swisher, teacher at Hedrick Junior High school and formerly a Presbyterian minister. Mr. Swisher , will speak in the absence of the pastor, the Rev. Richard M. Jones, who is attending the American Bap tist Convention annual session in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Jones will speak here again June 14. The chancel choir, under the direction of Mrs. Jones, will sing. Nursery care is provided. During the summer months there will be no evening serv ice. The young people of the church begin this week to hold their weekly meetings on Monday instead of on Sun day during the summer months. Eastwood Baptist church is located north of Hedrick Jun ior High school and is affiliat ed with the American Baptist Convention. Christian Endeavor Schedules Car Wash Young people of the Friends Church Senior Chris tian Endeavor will have a car wash Saturday at the Kruggel Texaco station, cor ner of Fourth st. and Central ave. with proceeds to go to wards the group's pledge of $150 to the Yearly Meeting missionary projects. The C. E. groups of Oregon Yearly Meeting of Friends churches are contributing 9300 to help build new churches in Bolivia and $300 toward purchase of a trailer house to be used by workmen in the building of new Friends churches in the northwest. The local Senior CE.'ert huve already paid 81 00 of their pledge, with the remainder due by June 30. In the Near Fwfur There Will le.A ... GRACE CHURCH IN MEDFORD AREA Those Who Are Interested In . . . BIBLE STUDY end FEUOWSHl WITH OUt CROUP CAU SP 3-2646 er S 24077 Meeting te Organise Will B Held On MONDAY, JUNI !Sh, 1959-7 30 P.M. At Beyd lowteVs, 311 $. Newtewn, Medford School Project To Increase Membership Told A four-week campaign to increase Sunday school at tendance is in progress at First Baptist church. An In crease in attendance was not ed May 31, the first Sunday of the "'Show Your Faith" emphasis. The campaign seeks to en list consistent attendance on the part of the members in the Sunday school and to en roll new members. Climaxing the effort will be a week of evangelistic meetings, June 14 through June 21, with the Rev. Haddou Robinson, of Dallas Theological seminary, as speaker. Mr. Robinson was formerly assistant to the pas tor at the Medford church. Christmas in June Pastor of the church, the Rev. James Neely, has an nounced the "Christinas in June" all-church missionary fellowship, to be held Wednes day, June 10, at 7:45 pjn. The annual affair, which pro vides gifts for missionary giv ing at Christmas time, will emphasize gifts of money for supplying food for people in Haiti this year. Gifts of food and used clothing for, the Medford Gospel Mission will also be received. Miss Alice Sturz, who is a Conservative Baptist mission ary on furlough from work fii French West Africa, will tell of the missionary need and activity in that country. Also included on the program' will be a tape-recorded message from the Rev. and Mrs. Larry Johnson, missionaries in West Pakistan. The Medford church contributes to the support of both the Johnsons and Miss Sturz. Adoration Group to Enroll Catholic Men Enrollment of new mem bers and re-enrollment of present members of the Noc turnal Adoration Society of Sacred Heart parish will be First Christian Tells Subject "The Organization of the New Testament Church" will be the subject of the sermon by the Rev. William C. Piper for both services at the First Christian church Sunday morning. The sermon will be of spe cial significance to all the new officers, elders, deacons, and deaconesses of the church. The chancel choir will pre sent the anthem "Lord, for Thy Tender Mercies' Sake." Mrs. Floyd Cary and Mrs. Roy Henry will be hostesses at the coffee hour which will follow the second service. Children's Day will be ob served during the Bible school hour. AH the children's de partments will present a pro gram in the sanctuary at 9:45 a.m. At tha annual business meeting held Tuesday night Wayne Wakefield was re elected chairman of the church board. Other officers elected are Pavl White, vice chairman; Price Shafer, treas urer; J. F. Evans, financial secretary; Mrs. Glen Allen, secretary; and Mrs. Elmer Gott, historian. The congrega tion voted to go ahead with the next step of the building program. The church has property in the Brookhurst addition. Mr. Piper will be in Eu gene this week attending a board of director's meeting of Northwest Christian eollega. He will also attend the grad uation exercises of the col lege while there. . lion Lutheran Church Schedules 2 Services Worship services will be held at 8:30 and 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran church start ing Sunday. The minister, the Rev. H. C Coovert, will speak on "I Would Like to Lord, But . . ." from the parable of the great supper. New mem bers will be received at the U a:m. service. Central Point-Mr. Jean M. Shelley, minister of Church of Christ, Central Point, will peak Sunday at 10:45 a.m. on "Micah 6.8" and at 7:30 p.m. on "Two Men With the Same Name." o Lo$f Minister tcf) Attend Annual Conference The BevP Escil Hiser, pas- lot of tha Medford Church of the Brethren will leave this week to attend the annual conference of the) Church (of the Bxetbred to be held at Ocean Grovg, N.J., June 16 through gX. Mr. Hiser will drive with his fanajle Q, Ohiofle will then g on toihe conference aas me iamuy vacations with relatives. On June 14 aod 15 he msu serve on the standing eommittee in prepar ing tha conference business agenda. Highlights $f the confer ence will include' addresses by Andrew W.Cordier. the executive assistant to the sec retary general of the United Nations;. John A. Maclwy, president of Princeton Theo logical seminary; and Henry PitnejP Vn Dusen, president of Union Theological semi-1 nary, New York City. Gaest- Ministers The Church of the Brethren will have two guest ministers in the pulpit during the month of June. Speaker Sunday will be the Rev. Willis O. Neff, moderat ing elder of the Church of the Brethren, Grants Pass. Also this week end the youth department of the church will be host to Miss Joanne Lett of Myrtle Point who recently returned from two yftrs service in Germany with the Brethren Volunteer Service program. She will meet with the youth on 'Saturday evening when they give a party hon oring the senior graduates of their fellowship. Miss Sett will be combined as she pre sents an interpretation of Brethren Volunteer Youth Service in America, Europe and Asia with the use of col ored slides. Tfjie public is in Hero Sunday held in the church Sunday at d p.m. AH man of tha parish are invited to join. The Nocturnal Adoration Society is en international so ciety for Catholic men Founded in Rome in 1810 by a layman who had noted that it usually eras) Women, not the men, who spent many hours in prayer in the church es, the Society has spread, to nearly every country !n t&9 world and has a membership, of more than 55,000. The Med ford chapter has been active for more than two years. There are no dues in tha society 'and no obligations; other than the one to speng a designated hour enea 9 month in public orave .and meditation in the church. O Knights .of Columbus will observe their June m on tally communion Sunday dtthe 7 p.m. mass immediately fol lowing the enrollment serv ices rather than at the: usual morning hour. Ascension Luihefan Plans Two Services Starting Sunday at Ascen sion Lutheran church two worship service!: will be held. They are scheduled at 8:30 and 11 a m., according to the Rev. JSlvib S. ToUeton, pas tor. Sunday's topic will be "The Fatal Refusal." O The church will meet at 8 p.m. Monday and Thursday the adult class n Christian doctrine preparatory to church membership will be held at 8 p.m. Vacation Bible school will begin Monday, June 8 and continue through June 19. Ses sions will be held from 9 until 11:30 a.m. daily on the theme "We Believe." The school will be held for children from kindergarten age through 14. The work will include memory work, songs, work books, and Bible stories by the use of f Ifitinelgraphs. Men's Fellowship to Meet Here Saturday The Men's Fellowship of First Assembly of God cwill hold it June meeting Satur day at 7:43 p.m. in, the church annex. 1108 West Main a, according to M. 2. Stansfield, president. Following a business ses sion and group singing, W. A. ' Howard, superintendent ot the Medford Gospel Mission, will speak. Refreshments and a social hour will follow. You Are Jnvited to Vacation Bible Sehool June 15-19 UT. PITT flAZABEUE CHURCH 9 a.m. - 11:30 am. vited to these meetings. Sunday, June 14, the Rev. L. G. Weaver, Medford, will be guest minister. Guest speakers for the following Sundays will be announced later by the ministry and wor ship commission. The Hisers plan to return to Medford July 3. Congregational hurch Plans Work Dai Sunday d y A Sunday there will be (9) "work day" following the regular 10 a.m. worship serv ice at Congregational church. Plans are for the congrega tion to stay and participate. A wiener roast is planned for about 4 p.ra. and all who stay are W take wieners and buns for this meal. Coffee and Koolaid will be furnished for both meals. Work clothes may 0 be appropriately worn to $ church. . f Mrs. Don Bohnert, chair man of the Fun and Fellow ship club, is coordinator of the day's plans. Emmett Bull ard, Dnane Richardson and Ed Foulon will direct opera- 10ns. Children's activities will be supervised by Mark Smith, Paul Norris, Mrs. Don Bohnert and Mrs. Duane Richardson. Mrs. Mark Smith, Mrs. Judd Grenman, Mrs. C. C. Furnas and Mrs. E. H. Du- senberry will be in charge of coffee. Painting The main project will be refinishing the slaters and window trim on the church and parsonage. Workers are asked to take wire brushes, paint brushes and ladders. Paint is being donated. Weed cutting tools may be taken. The. sermon by the Rev. Thomas McCamant, "A Creed for Today" will be based on a new statement of faith to be presented to the United Church of Christ in its Gen eral Synod next month. Bethel Assembly to Host Monthly Meet Bethel Assembly located at 1225 East McAndifs rd., Fedford, will be host church for the, monthly Fellowship tneetinajrpf Assembly of God churches' in the Rogue valley lection Monday, according) to th Rev. R. E. Cull, sectional grfsbyter. Guest speaker for the Mon 8ay service starting at 2:30 B,.m. will be the Rev. Gurnie Noah from the Merlin Assem bly. Speaking at the 7:30 p.m. service will be the Rev. Wil liam Garner, Glendale, who is sectional presbyter of the Umpqua area. The pastor of Bethel Assembly is the Rev. Lawrence D. Krause. q The public is inviiad to both services. q BIBLE SCHQCL The Free Methodist Sunday schol is sponsoring a Daily Vacation Bible school at the church, 1266 South Peach st., for children between the ages of 4lnd 15 years, beginning June 8 and ending June 19. School will begin at 9:15 and be dismissed at 11:30 ajn. All children are invited regard less of chih or Sunday school affiliation. REVIVAL Jacksonville-Evangelist G. W. Minton will speak on "Liv- ing toQthe Praise of His Glory" Sunday at the 11 a.m. service at the Assembly of God church, Jacksonville. At 7:30 p.m. he will speak on Lazarus Loosed." The Rev. W. E. Irby, pastor, announced that the revival services will continue through June 14. UNITY CENTER OF MEDFORD 995 South OakdaU Affiliated Unity School of Christianity, Lee' Summit, Mo. T? (i 1 1 or" SttnHv Devotional Services ll:00fci Sunday School v-' PYTHIAN HALL 5th and Grape its. Al Weekly classes and Study Groups are held at the Center. ffo S. OakdaJe. Center Open Daily 10:00 am to 4:00 pjn. (J) Radio Progranaj-:25 to 44 ajn. on K-DOV-li.00 on our dial. Tune in for Daily Vord. for Further Information Call Katherine Bos worth. Minister Office SP 2-6902 4 o i O 0O n o O
