Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 23, 1960, Image 13

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Presbyterians
Here Announce
Scheduled Events
"Is Faith Without Works
Possible?" will be the subject
: of the sermon by Dr. D. Kirk
. land West at the First Pres
byterian church Sunday.
The chancel choir will sing
"Psalm III" at the 11 a.m.
'. service and the youth choir
will sing "Go Not Far From
Me. O Lord" at the early serv
ice. Dr. and Mrs. Milton Snow
. will-sing "The Prayer Perfect'
for both services.
Junior High Fellowship will
' meet Sunday at 5 p.m. in the
. Youth chapel for an informal
session of planning for the
fall. At 6 p.m. those who wish
may attend the movie, "All
' the Way Home," to be shown
at the First Methodist cnurcn,
' sponsored by the Medford Hu
man Rights Council.
Youth Fellowship for senior
i highs will meet at 7 p.m. Sun-
f day in the Fireplace room.
The meeting will De leu uy
Gail Voighl and will be a
(' means of preparation for next
Sunday's World-Wide Commu
nion service. Fireside will ful-
' low at the home of Mr. and
'f Mrs. Louis J. Ruhl, 2500 Cnpt-'-.
tal ave. Youth night Wednes
day will begin at 6 p.m. with
! supper followed by Bible
: study at 6:30 p.m. and choir
practice from 7:15 to 8 p.m
Westminster
The teachers and workers
In the church school will be
, dedicated in a ceremony Sun
day at the 11 a.m. worship
services of the Westminster
i Presbyterian church.
There are more than 50
adults that are working with
j the children and youth of the
i church in various capacities.
) The Rev. John Reynolds will
i preach on the subject "What
i Do You Think About Christ?",
! and the adult choir will sing
! the anthem "Festival Hymn."
; Children's church will be
; held during the 11 a.m. wor
1 ship hour also, with the chil
; dren from 5 to 10 years sitting
t in the front of the sanctuary
; until after the children's ser
: mon by the pastor. Pre-school
i children are cared for In the
nursery during the service.
At 8:45 a.m. there are class
.' cs for children, youth, and
( adults. New students are ask
j cd to enroll with the teachers
in the departments.
J Sunday from 3 to 4:45 p.m.
' the final half of the current
' church membership course
will be taught by the pastor,
. and at 4:45 p.m. the elders of
. the church session will con
i vene 1o admit new members
! Into the church. Those who
' are transferring ,thcir mem
j bcrship from other churches
-, should be present at this time
also. Public reception of these
i new members will take place
j on Oct. 0.
The senior high fellowship
:; will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday in
-the youth building of the
'. church. Judy Van Gordon will
lead the discussion on the top
i lc "First Things First," and
!the members of the fellowship
of the Central Point Presby
' tcrian church will be guests.
Fireside will be at the home
j of Mr. and' Mrs. Stuart Mc
J Queen' 2136 Hlllcrest dr.
' "
j Medford Advenlists
I To Hear Guest
t Guest speaker at the Med
.) ford Seventh-day Adventlst
5 church worship hour Sntur-
day morning will be E, J.
j Bergman,' Portland.
Pnntn. RfirBmsn I n-r,.
tary of the Oregon Confcr-
ence oaopain scnooi acpari
' menl.
; Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4
I p.m. Pastor Bergman will
j conduct a Sabbath school
i workshop at the Pathfinder
clubhouse on the Rogue River
j Academy grounds. All leaders
. and teachers of the Sabbath
f schools In the area will al-
, tend and receive new ma
tcrials and suggestions for the
fourth quarter and to ex
change patterns and Ideas
; Those attending are to take
a sack lunch.
Missionaries Speak
At Trail Church
The Rev. and Mrs. R. H.
, Ekstadt, San Francisco, Cal
J if., will leave soon for the
i Island of Curacao where they
will be missionaries under the
i auspices of the Evangelical
J Alliance Mission,
I The Ekstadts, who have
i completed four terms as mis-
llonarles, spoke last Sunday
) at the Trail Community Bible
( church where thoy were
j guests of the Rev. and Mrs.
i Ernest Evers.
I Mr. Ekstadt spoke at the
t morning service and Mrs. Ek-
itadt was guest speaker for
5 the Trail church evening serv
I Ice. Mr. Ekstadt and the cou
1 ple'l .two ions sang, , . . . . ;
i Last evening the couple
I were commissioned for their
! new assignment at services
i h c 1 d at the Central Point
i Community Bible church.
First Baptist To
Have Rally Day;
Harvest Dinner
First Baptist church will
observe Rally and Promotion
day for the Sunday school at
a program beginning at 9:40
a.m. Sunday. Children and
young people being promoted
from one department to
another will be recognized.
Ted Graham, Sunday school
superintendent, will have gen
eral charge of the program
assisted by departmental su
perintendents, Mrs. Cecil
Heard, Mrs. Bill Kocpke, Mrs.
John Morris, Mrs. Donald
Zimmers, and Fred Landers.
"What Is God's Good?" will
be the sermon subject used by j
Young People
To Convention
More than 250 young peo
ple registered for the Oregon
District Wanner League con
vention held earlier this
month at St. Peter's Lutheran
church, Medford.
Wayne Duchow, Portland
district president presided at
the session. Aaron Sorrels,
Corvallis, and Miss Janice
Brokcns, Bcavcrton, were
elected as vice presidents to
represent the southern and
northern regions, respec
tively, Larry Leibcnow, Cor
nelius, was elected treasurer.
The group voted to change
the time of the fall convention
from the first part of Septem
ber to the last full week in
September. The change will
have to be ratified by the
Oregon District W a 1 1 h e r
League before it becomes ef
fective.
The Medford and Ashland
Walther Leagues were co
hosls for the convention.
The Rev. Ed May of Wheat-
ridge, Colo., International rep
resentative, was principal
speaker. Another speaker was
Professor Arthur Wahlcrs,
principal of the high school
department of Concordia col
lege, Portland.
Master of ceremonies at the
Saturday banquet was Allen
Nielsen, Concordia college
student and member of Grace
Lutheran church, Ashland,
Brethren Church To
Start Church Year
The Medford Church of the
Brethren will start the begin
ning of the new church year
Sunday with special events.
The new yea will begin of
ficially Oct. 1.
Events Sunday will include
promotions in the church
school under the direction of
Charles Nelson, church school
superintendent and the Instal
lation of teachers and newly
elected officers of the church
and church school. The instal
lation service will be con
ducted by the pastor, the Rev.
Escll Hlser, vlio will also
conduct the communion sacra
ment. At the noon hour the con
gregation will hold a potluck
dinner In the fellowship hall
to be followed by the "annual
meeting," a review of the past
years work and the adoption
of the program for the coming
year.
The Church of the Brethren
Is located at the corner of
Mary and Saling sts., one
block east of Crater Lake ave.
'One Thing Needful'
To Be Sermon Topic
"One Thing Needful" will
be the sermon subject Sunday
at the 11 a.m. worship service
at Ascension Lutheran
church, 2501 Barnett rd. The
'Rev. Elvln S. Tolletson, pas
tor, will speak.
The ' Luther League Gold
Hunt will be held Sunday
afternoon. Leaguers are to
meet at the church at 1:30
p.m. with a sack lunch.
Holy communion will be
celebrated the first Sunday
of each month Instead of the
last starting Sunday. Oct. 2
according to Mr. Tollcfson.
The Willamette Conference
of the American Lutheran
church, North Pacific District
will be held In Eugene Sun
day, Oct. 2.
Stalellne, Ncv. - (UPII - Fire
men responding to an alarm
at the El Dorado motel Wed
nesday found peat moss smol
dering In a flower box and
after watering the flowers, re
turned to the firehousc.
CHAPEL of THE STAR
Metaphysical Church, Inc.
. 8 Jannay lont Phone SP 3-7095
' Rev. Marie Headlee, Pastor
Coniulutlort by Appointment 1
Lecture: "The Evolution el Men."
(lit of three peril)
Sunday Worship 7:30 p.m. Thurt. 7:30 p.m. Open Forum
Undenominational Public Welcome
the Rev. Edward C. Shauffer
at the 11 a.m. worship hour.
Mrs. Albert Gandt will direct
the adult choir, and Miss
Claudlne Kratzberg is organ
ist. Miss Carol Gresham will
sing a vocal solo.
The Junior youth group will
meet at the church at 6:30
p.m.. and the Junior high
high school, and college
young people will have a
combined meeting in the
church annex for viewing the
film, "The High Room." Fel
lowship hour for the young
Dcople following the evening
church service will be held at
the Herman Ekerson home,
42 South Groveland ave.
"My Daily Companion" will
be the pastor's sermon topic
at the gospel hour which De
gins at 7:45 p.m. The youth
choir will sing, and a vocal
duet will be presented by
Mrs. Larry Adams and Mrs.
Vern Chapman.
All members and friends of
the church arc invited to the
Harvest dinner to be held at
the church Wednesday, Sept.
28, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Each person is to take their
own service and the following
dishes according to the initial
of the last name, A - M, fried
chicken and vegetable: N Z,
cake and salad.
Promotion Day
Planned Sunday
Central Point - A home
coming and promotion day
program is planned for Sun
day at the Church of Christ,
Third and Oak sis.. Central
Point. It will be directed by
Aubrey Stith during the Bi
ble school.
The various departments
will be honored with those
to be advanced attending
their new department. Pro
motion certificates will be
awarded to each student. .
In recognition of the day,
Mr. Jean M. Shelley, minis
ter, will speak at 10:45 a.m.
on "Our Life's Work Tested."
Mrs. Hester Culbertson will
sing.
Three youth meetings win
be conducted at the 6:30 p.m.
youth hour. Young people are
invited to attend the groups
for senior, junior high and
lunior grades.
The 7:30 p.m. evangelistic
service will feature a musical
program by the church or
chestra including the organ
and piano. Mr. Shelley will
speak on "Pilate and Christ."
Saturday. Sept. 24, has
been designated as paint day
for the church. The new
building will be painted dur
ing the day.
Brethren Pastor To
Speak at Eastwood
During Eastwood Baptist
Church Loyalty month's sec
ond Sunday, Sept. 25, the Rev.
Escll Hiscr, pastor of the
Church of the Brethren will
speak at the evening service
on "Primary Loyalties.'' Mr.
Hiscr is Immediate past presi
dent of the Medford Minis
terial association.
At the 9:45 a.m. church
school hour, John Yungen
will conclude his course wltn
the Builders' class on "Mi
cah's View of True Religion."
It la the last in the series on
the "Prophets and Problems
of Life."
At the 11 a.m. worship the
pastor, the Rev. cntiora
Young, will speak on "My
Father's Business. His text
will be Luke 2:49. The chan
cel choir, under the leader
ship of Carroll Grnber, will
sing the anthem, "To Thee
We Sing."
At the midweek service
Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.m. the
film, "Footsteps of Living
stone," will be shown.
Gold Hill Christian
Church Lists Topic
Gold Hill - "Why Christ
Had to Die" will be the ser
mon subject by Miss Jean
Cunningham, minister of the
Gold Hill Christian church
Sunday at 11 a.m.
Something for the "teen
agers" will be a featured part
of the Sunday school hour at
9:45 a.m.
The adult Bible, study
group will meet at the church
Thursday, Sept. 29, at 8 p.m.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
1957 Award of Merit Winner
rm
lia.llls National
JOHN NOBLZ
To Tell Experiences
Russian Prison
Life Is Topic
John Noble, one of the few
Americans ever to return
from a Russian slave labor
camp, will give an account of
h 1 s experiences when he
speaks Tuesday, Oct. 4, at
Hcdrick Junior High school
gymnasium, at 7:30. p.m.
Noble, whose visit is spon
sored by evangelical churches
of the area and the National
Association of Evangelicals,
will be accompanied by the
Rev. Wllmer N. Brown, NAE's
regional director.
Noble, who was born in De
troit, Mich., accompanied his
parents to Germany in 1938
and the family was interned
by the Germans. When the
Soviet Army occupied East
Germany they were imprison
ed by them, his parents were
later released. After 14 months
in the Dresden prison he was
sent to Camp Muehlberg in
East Germany and later to
Buchenwald. In 1950 he was
sentenced to 15 yars impris
onment and sent to Poland
where he worked for 4V4
years in the arctic slave camp
Vorkuta working In the coal
mines. He was able to smug
gle a postcard out of Russia
to his parents afcr the upris
ing at Vorkuta and was lib
erated after personal interven
tion by President Eisenhower.
Noble received the 19 5 9
Freedom Book award for his
book "I Found God in Soviet
Russia."
The public is invited tq at
tend his talk here.
St. Luke's Church
Slates Promotions'
Sunday is Rally day at St.
Luke's Methodist church, 2940
Siskiyou blvd.
The Sunday school session
will begin at 9:45 a.m. with
Venetia Kyle, superintendent,
in charge of preliminaries for
the adult and youth depart
ments. There are classes for
all ages. Promotion certifi
cates will be presented to all
who will be promoted to a
higher grHde class. The last
portion of the session will be
a time of orientation of t h e
pupils with the new teachers.
The church service begins
at 11 a.m. The Rev. Melvin W.
Dixon, minister at St. Luke's.
will preach on the subject
"Promises that God Keeps!"
A nursery is conducted for
pre-school children during the
worship hour. Coffee hour
will be held after the morn
ing service.
The Junior Hi Methodist
Youth Fellowship will meet
at 5 p.m, with Counselor Mar
tin Gricr. The Senior . MYF
meets at 7 p.m. 'With Counse
lor Al Cole.
The chapel choir meets for
rehearsal Wednesday at 7:30
p.m. Director Is Richard Gan-
naway.
Council President
To Speak Sunday
Mrs. Fred Walton, Port
land, the prcsldont of the
Women's Missionary Council
of the Assemblies of God of
OrcRon, together with Mrs.
Morris Devln will speak at
the First Assembly of God,
1108 West Main St., Sunday
at 7:30 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Devin have
served a number of years In
the Indonesian Islands as mis
sionaries among the natives.
Dr. Devin was raised on the
Islands as his parents minis
tered for over 25 years as
missionaries in the Islands.
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First Presbyterian Church
Eighth & Holly Phone SP 2-2830
, Sermon; "Is Faith Without Works Possible?"
Dr. D. Kirkland West
A cordial welcome awaits you Sunday morning.
Services 9t30 and 11t00 a.m.
Church School clones for all ages
9i30 and IliOO a.m.
iprn nfws
Religious Publicity Council
Eagle Point Has
New Minister
Eagle Point-The Rev. War
ren Christensen arrived in
Eagle Point last Saturday to
assume duties as pastor of the
Eagle Point Community
church.
Mr. and Mrs. Christensen
and their family spent sev
eral weeks in Eagle Point the
latter part of July meeting the
congregation and delivered
sermons both Sundays while
here before accepting the
church position.
Mr. Christensen was gradu
ated from the Fremont High
school, Oakland, Calif., and
spent 3Vi years in the United
States Air Force. While in
England he married an Eng
lish girl.
Graduating from the Simp
son Bible college, Seattle,
Wash., in 1951 with a bache
lor of arts degree, he was
later ordained under the
Christian and Missionary Al
liance. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Christensen spent five years
helping with the American
Sunday school union during
the summer months.
Mr. Christensen served
three years as minister of a
community church in Para
dise, Calif., and later in
Bakersfield.
The Christensens have
three children, Lois, 13; Paul,
12; and David, 4.
Pathfinders Attend
Annual. Camporee
The Pathfinders of the
Medford club, which is made
up of the junior boys and
girls in the Medford and
Valley View Seventh-day. Ad
ventist churches, will attend
the annual Camporee which
started at Honeyman State
park, three miles south of
Florence. It will continue
through Sunday.
About 1,000 Oregon Path
finders with their counselors
and directors are expected to
camp at the park. Forty left
by cars from Medford.
The young people will
pitch tents and each group
with its counselor will cook
meals in the open. Events
will include the Pancake
Flip, Pioneer Knots, Fire by
Friction, and the Woodsman
Walk.
On Saturday the group will
have its own Sabbath school
and worship service.
The Conference Pathfinder
director Is Pastor Richard
Schwartz. Leaders in the
Medford club are Oral Tuck
er, director, ana joe noyt,
Mrs. Oral Tucker, and Mrs.
John Trude as deputy direc
tors.
There are a number of
men and women who serve as
unit counselors who will
have charge of their individ
ual units during the cam
poree. Minister To Attend
Leader Conference
"The Kingdom of God
Grows!" is the topic chosen
for Sunday's sermon at St.
Peter's Lutheran church, East
Main st. and Vancouver ave.,
by the Rev. John E. Simon,
pastor of the church. Services
will begin at 8:15 and 11 a.m.
The Sunday school begins at
9:30 a.m.
The adult membership
class, organized Tuesday eve
ning, will continue Tuesday
at 7:30 p.m. The confirmation
classes will continue to meet
at 10 a.m. on Saturdays.
Pastor Simon plans to leave
Wednesday for Portland to at
tend the Leaders' Conference
of the Northwest District of
the Lutheran church - Mis
souri Synod on Thursday. He
is the counselor of Circuit
1 of the district. On Friday
he and Ralph Brock, chair
man of the congregation, plan
to attend the district's Fiscal
Conference at Concordia col
lege, also Portland.
WITNESS TOPICS
"A r e Jehovah's Witnesses
Christians?" will be the topic
Sunday at 6 p.m. of the pub
lic talk at the Kingdom hall
of Jehovah's Witnesses, 2402
Jacksonville highway. At 7:15
p.m. the Watchtowcr study
topic will be "Watch Yourself,
For You Are Being Watched!"
Catechism Classes
Start Saturday for
Catholic Children
The 1960-61 session of cate
chism classes for Catholic
children attending public
grade schools will begin Sat
urday at 10 a.m. in St. Mary's
school. Plans have been com
plcted for an expected enroll
ment of 150 students.
According to Mrs. Don
Miller, Confraternity of Chris
tian Doctrine chair man of
teachers, parents should note
that an earlier class dismissal
time has been set at 11:15 a.m.
this year.
Promotion Event
Planned Sunday
A promotion program for
all Bible school pupils will be
held Sunday at the First
Christian church at 9:45 a.m.
Sunday is also the beginning
of Christian Education Week.
Mrs. Curtis Stockstill, as
sistant Bible school superin
tendent, will be in charge of
the program. Departmental
superintendents of the Bible
school are Mrs. Keith Temple
man, Mrs. M. R. North, Mrs.
Howard Gault, Mrs. Claude
Haggard, and Earl Purdy.
Mrs. L. George Bannister is
superintendent of the school.
Pupils will meet in their class
rooms and then go to the
sanctuary for the exercises.
The Rev. Fredrick Ross
Evans will preach at both
worship services on the sub
ject "The Richest Man in the
World." The youth choir will
sing "Morning Prayer" at the
first service and the chancel
choir will sing "Heavenly
Father, Bless Me Now" at the
10:55 a.m. service.
Mrs. Vance Russell and Mrs.
Paul Andrews will be hostess
es for the coffee hour follow
ing the second service.
The Chi Rho and Christian
Youth Fellowships will meet
at the church at 5:45 p.m.
Sunday evening to go to the
Methodist church to meet
with their youth groups.
Tuesday at 6:45 p.m. there
will be an all-church fellow
ship dinner. It will honor the
new members of the church.
Tomorrow evening Dr. Wil
liam Pearcy of the board of
church extension will meet
with a committee of church
people to make plans for a
building fund raising pro
gram.'. St. Mark's Starts
Instruction Classes
Classes of instruction in re
ligion and the basic tenets of
the Christian faith designed
for adults, will start at St.
Mark's Episcopal church,
Thursday, Sept. 29, at 8 p.m.
in the parish hall and will
continue for 12 weeks.
The classes, which will be
conducted by the Rev. George
R. V. Bolster, rector of St.
Mark's, and the Rev. Theo
dore J. Ehrlich, assistant, will
be open to all who care to
attend and will involve no
commitment to further associ
ation with the church.
Subjects which will be cov
ered in the course of instruc
tion will include church his
tory, doctrine, worship and
practice, the Christian sacra
ments, Holy Bible, Book of
Common Prayer, organization
of the church, meaning and
purpose of confirmation, and
a concluding class on personal
religion. The classes will be
informal and questions and
discussion wijl be included.
For those who desire, these
classes may lead to a commu
nicant membership in the
church.
ASHLAND SERMON
Ashland - "The Christian
Life" will be the sermon topic
Sunday at the 11 a.m. worship
service at Grace Lutheran
church. Frances lane, Ash
land. The Rev. Albert R.
Nickodcmus. pastor will
speak using the text Galatians
5:25-6:10.
You Are Invited To . .
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Cooperating with 30 Ihoujind other Southern Baptist Churches
with 9V4 million members. '
Parents are also requested
to arrange transportation to
and from classes for their
children for this first session.
During the rest of the year
assistance will be given to
those having a serious trans
portation problem. Mrs.
Charles Moore, SPring 3-4389,
may be contacted by those
needing rides, as well as by
those wishing to volunteer as
drivers. .
Sacraments and Mass
Classes will be held for all
grades, one through eight, it
was announced. Doctrinal
emphasis during this year will
be on the sacraments and the
mass. During alternate years
the Catholic creed and the
commandments are empha
sized, with Bible study being
an integral part of all classes
each year, Mrs. Miller ex'
plained. Report cards will be
issued regularly every nine
weeks.
Beginning Oct. 1, a special
Mass will be said at 11 a.m.
each first Saturday of the
month for the students.. On
these Saturdays the children
will return to their classrooms
after attending the services in
Sacred Heart church and will
be dismissed at 11:45 a.m. '
No Wednesday Class
There will be no Wednes
day afternoon religion classes
at Sacred Heart hospital this
year and students in that sec
tion of the city will be ex
pected to attend the Saturday
classes at St. Mary's, accord
ing to CCD spokesmen. Class
es will be held as usual in the
Shady Cove area.
Mrs. Miller named the fol
lowing on the regular teach
ing staff for this year: Mrs.
W. H. Ward, Mrs. Randall
Leon, Mrs. Robert DeLorme,
Mrs. Bob L. Griffith, Miss
Margaret Jones' Miss Jo Whit
man, Mrs. Adam Richter and
Perry V. Rayburn.
Clerical help and room as
sistance will be given by
members of the St. Mary's
High school Sodality. ' Sister
Francis, Marion, SNJM, will
assist the teachers in an ad
visory capacity.
Sermon Series At
Church of Nazarene
"Creeds Come to Life" is
the sermon series now being
presented in the Sunday eve
ning service at First Church
of the Nazarene, 520 North
Holly st.
The pastor, the Rev. Harold
M. Sanner, who is giving the
series, announced that his
theme at Sunday's 7 p.m.
service will be "Man."
This series of doctrinal and
Biblical messages will contin
ue through Sunday, Oct. 9.
An addiional feature of each
Sunday evening service is the
teen-age choir directed by
Robert Hansen. '
The Fall program of the
Church of the Nazarene Is
now being presented through
all ..the departments of the lo
cal church under the general
theme of "Evangelism First."
November will be specifically
the month of witnessing
through the denomination.
A local framing class to pre
pare workers for this work
is being held Wednesday eve
nings and is taught by Mrs.
Lowell Shepard.
The Evangelism First pro
gram is also being promoted
in the .adult department oi
the Sunday school.
'Balance Sheet' Is
Sermon Topic
Gold Hill - "Life's Balance
Sheet" will be the sermon
topic by the Rev. O. L. Ken
dal, pastor of the Gold Hill
Community Methodist church,
Sunday at 11 a.m,
The high school class will
hold election of officers dur
ing church school at 9:45
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Loyalty Sunday Set
By 1st Methodists
Dr. George Roseberry, First
Methodist church, will preach
on the subject "The Call of
the Church" at the 9:30 and
11 a.m.. services Sunday.
This Is Loyalty Sunday for
church membership attend
ance. The youth choir will
sing "God Be In My Head"
and the solo for both services
will be "O Lord Most Holy"
sung by Mrs. D. G. MacDoug
all. The chancel choir will
sing "Cast Thy Burden Upon
The Lord" for the 11 a.m.
service.
Methodist Youth Fellowship
services are screduled for 11
a.m. and 6 p.m. for showings
of the film "All The Way
Home." The OYF will begin
their Sunday evening meeting
with a social at the home of
Judy Sanford, 1119 East Jack
son st.
The opening of the fall
season will be celebrated with
a potluck dinner Sunday at
12:30 p.m. in the Fellowship
hall. All members and friends
are invited to attend.
Junior-Hi will neet at 6:30
o'clock tonight for a hayride.
This will be a welcoming par
ty for the new seventh grad
ers. They will meet at 5:30
p.m. Sunday for the regular
worship.
Congregafionalisfs
Announce Activities
The Fun and Fellowship
club of. the Congregational
church will meet Saturday at
7:30 p.m. at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Stanley Y. Shepard,
316 Havana st. This is not a
closed organization, but open
to any who are interested in
activities such as the name
implies.
The sermon by the Rev.
Thomas McCamant at the 10
a.m. service Sunday will be
on "How Is Christ Doing with
His Church?"
The Pilgrim Fellowship
will join with other young
people of the community in
attending the showing of the
film of the Human Rights
council at the First Methodist
church at 6 p.m. Afterward
they will go to the home of
the advisors, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Grey, at 2000 Woodlawn
ave., for discussion and a so
cial time.
A new membership prepa
ration class will hold its first
session Wednesday at 8 p.m.
at the parsonage. Additional
people may enroll In it if they
desire. The topic of the first
discussion is "God and Man."
Adventisfs Plan
Three Films Tonight
Tonight at 7:30 o'clock in
the Medford Seventh-day Ad
ventist church three color
films will be shown. They
include an investment film,
one on wild animals of the
Canadian Rockies, and a new
film "The Cry of New Guin
ea." The New Guinea film shows
the rugged ranges of the in
terior. The Sabbath schools have
made New Guinea their mis
sion project for this quarter.
Although the denomination
has several small clinics
there, and helps to staff , a
government Hansenide colony
at Mount Hagcn, it has no.
hospital. The overflow from
the Thirteenth Sabbath offer
ing to be given this Saturday
morning in the Sabbath
schools will go for building a
hospital in the highlands of
New Guinea.
FAMILY SERVICE
Talent - Family Day serv
ice will be held during the
worship service Sunday at 11
a.m. at Talent Friends church.
STOP!
What Do You. Really Know
' About Religion?
What Do You' Really Know
About The Church?
' WHY NOT FIND OUT
THE TRUTH?
Come to the
Adult Instruction Class
Starting Thursday
' September 29th 8:00 P.M. '
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
FIFTH AND OAKDALE
No Commitments Whatsoever
r Everybody Welcome
Rv. George R. V. Bolster, Rector
i.Rev. Theodore J. Ehrlich, Assistant
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1960
MINISTER ROUNDTABLE
"Does God give direct reve
lation today as He did in the
Bible?" is the question to be
discussed on the "Ministers
Roundtable" program over
KMED, Sunday at 8:05 a.m.
Panelists will be the Rev.
Kenton Adams, Forest Acres
Community church; the Rev.
John Simon, St. Peter's Lu
theran church; and John Heb
erling, Central C h u r c h of
Christ. The Rev. King Jones,
Jacksonville First Presby
terian church, will moderate
the discussion.
Pastor Attends -Church
Dedication
The Rev. Loyce C. Carver,
pastor of the Apostolic Faith
church, Third st. and Central
ave., Mrs. Carver and Mr.
and Mrs. Duane Jones have
returned from a week of serv
ices in Denver, Colo., in con
nection with the dedication
of a new location of the Apos
tolic Faith church there.
The Rev. Randy Nichols,
pastor of the Denver church,
began his ministry in the
Medford church in 1955. Aft
er his discharge from active
service in the Navy in the
South Pacific during World
War II, he made his home
in Medford and married Nor
ma Bishop, who also served
as minister and church sec
retary when the Rev. Clar
ence W. Frost was pastor
here. She assists her husband
in the ministry and is pianist
and soprano soloist in Denver.
Mr. Carver was assisting
evangelist during the week of
dedicatory services in Denver
and will be heard here to
night and Sunday.
SUNDAY SUBJECT
"Reality" will be the serv
ice subject Sunday at First
Church of Christ, Scientist,
100 Windsor ave., at 11 a.m.
Everyone is welcome to at
tend. Young people up to tha
age of 20 are invited to at
tend Sunday school also ' at
11 a.m. . v
church Loyalty month 1
9:45 a.m. Graded Church School
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship
Message: "My Fath
er' Business."
6:30 p.m. Baptist Youth Fellow-
' ship - '
7:30 p.m. Popular Evening Serv.
Guest Speaker: . Rev.
Escil Hiser. Theme:
"Primary Loyalties."
7:30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 28. Film:
"Footsteps of Living
stone."
WfflSfp MU
UNITY CENTER
OF MEDFORD
995 South Oakdale : (
Affiliated
Unity School of Christianity,
Lee'i Summit, Mo.
Midweek Devotional and Heal.
ln Service every Wednesday
7:30 p.m. Study class every Fri
day 11:00. a.m, at 985 So
Oakdale, :
Regular Sunday
Devotional Services 11:00 a an
Sunday School
Y.O.U.
at
PYTHIAN HALL
5th and Grape U.
Center Open Daily
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p-m.
Prayer Ministry and Counseling
by appointment.
Rev. Katherine Bosworth.
Minister '
Ofrice SP 2-6902