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4 B 1957 Award of Merit Winner Hi CHURCH NEWS National Religious Publicity Council Former Missionary To Speak at First Baptist The Rev. Kenneth Cum ings, former missionary to Portugal, will speak at the First Baptist church on Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 7:30 p.m. He is now representative for the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society in the northwest area of the United States. During the five years that he served in Portugal, turn ings conducted a widespread evangelistic ministry. He also served as business manager of a theological seminary at Leira, Portugal, and directed a farm program which help ed support the seminary and a girl's training school. "Security in an Insecure World" will be the sermon subject of the Rev. Edward C. Slauffer, pastor, at the 11 a.m. worship hour on Sunday. Miss Carol Gresham will pre sent a vocal solo and the chancel choir, directed by Maynard Hadley, will sing an arrangement by R. J. Hughes of "Lead On, O King Eternal.' The young people of the church will have charge of the afternoon worship serv ice at the Jackson County Farm Home. Those partici pating in the program have been asked to meet at the church by 2 p.m. Baptist Youth Leagues for those of junior through college age will meet at 6:30 p.m. Pastor Stauffer will speak at the 7:45 p.m. gospel hour on the subject, "All Things Made New." Mrs. Charles Church will sing, and Curtis Vanbebber will present an electric guitar number. The First Baptist church is located in downtown Medford at the corner of North Cen tral ave. and Fifth st. THE REV. K. CUMINGS Wedneiday Speaker Zone Training School Scheduled By Nazal en es Activities Set By 1st Christian ' "Surprised With Joy" Is the title of the sermon which the Kev. Fredrick Ross Evans will give at both services Sunday morning at the First Christian Church. 11 is based on the twenty-fifth chapter of Matthew. The youth choir will sing "Speak To Thy Child, O God' at 'the first service. At the 10:55 a.m. service the chan cel choir will sing "Thanks Be To God" and Mrs. A. H. Schmechel will sing "The Lord's Prayer." Mrs. J. C. Bradberry and Mrs. Floyd Cary will be host esses at the coffee hour which Will follow the second service. The annual School of Mis sions will begin Sunday eve ning and continue for six Sun days. The study this year will be on the different religions of the world. Classes for all age groups will begin at 6 p.m. Mrs. Robert Randies will be the study leader for the adult group on Hinduism. The Christian Youth Fellowship will have a panel on "The World About Us." Jim Os born will be moderator and the panelists will be Julie La tham, Julie Parrish, Bill Ed wards, and Howard Slmfcr. From 6:45 to 7:30 p.m. classes will meet together for devotions and a short pro gram. Miss Marjory Collier will be the guest speaker for the first session. Tomorrow morning the Christian Men's Fellowship will have a breakfast meeting at 7 o'clock. There will be a panel discussion on the out look for the coming year. Mr. Evans will act as moder ator and members of the pan el will be Wayne Wakefield, J. F. Evans and the Rev. Glenn McKerrow. Lutherans To Install Officers Sunday Ashland - During Sunday's service al Grace Lutheran church, Frances lane, Ash land, newly elected officers of the congregation, are to be installed as announced by Ihe congregation's pastor, the Rev. Albert Nickodemus i The officers to be installed are: Jackson Amnions, presi dent: Roland Roberts, vice president; Ray Harder, secre tary; Merrill Schilling, treas urer; Harry Daudt, financial secretary; Theodore Guctzlaff, three year term as elder George runups, three year term as trustee; Roland Rob erts, Sunday school superin tendent; Ovc Blrkland, Evan gelism chairman, William Cody, stewardship chairman; Delmar Bohn chairman of board of young people's work; Vern Bnckens, member of board of education, and Harry Dn-.idt and Walbcrt Fln;kus, head ushers. i The Churches of the Naza- rcne in the immediate area of Medford are planning a com bined Christian Service Train ing school to take place Mon day through Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. The meetings will be held in the First Church of the Nazarene, 520 North Holly st. The Rev. E. E. Crawford, pas tor of the Ashland church, is the chairman of the school and Mrs. Lowell Shepard will serve as dean. Two one-hour class sessions will be held each evening with a 10-minulo opening devotion al period led by the several pastors, and a 20-minute gen eral session between the class periods. Pertinent information regarding Sunday school work, films and "swap shop" will take place in the general sessions. The classes for each evening which are being pre sented are "Teaching in the Sunday School" and "The Mis sion of the Church of the Nazarene." The two classes on teaching In the Sunday school will be taught by the Rev. James Gordon, Mt. Pitt Ave nue church, and Mrs. Shepard. Mrs. Shepard will instruct those who are Interested in the kindergarten through junior age group, and Mr. Gordon those who are inter ested in the Intermediate to senior adult group. The class on the mission of the church will be taught by Mrs. Walter C. Morris, Phoenix. The pastor of the local church, the Rev. Harold M. Sanncr, will speak Sunday at 11 a.m. on "Living in the Faith Realm." In the 7 p.m. song and evangelism service, "The Basis for Good Living will be the subject. Music in the morning service will be provided by the sanctuary choir singing "Rock of Ages" with Bob An derson as soloist. Church Starts 'Book of Month' Jacksonville - "The Gospel of Deliverance" is the title of the sermon which the Rev. W. Elwood Irby will preach at the Assembly of God church, Jacksonville, Sunday at Ihe II a.m. service. Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Pastor Irby will speak on the subject "Abraham's Request." The junior choir will sing during the morning worship service. 'Read and Heed the Word" Is the theme for the newly formed "Book of the Month Club." Membership is not limited to any age or church affiliation. To be a member In good standing of this club one must first sign the club pledge and then read the as signed book of the Bible, memorize the minimum of one verse from that book and answer an oral or written test. Genesis is the book to be read for January, Exodus for February, Isaiah for March, the Gospel of St. John for April, Acts for May, and I Corinthians for June. Three Churches Announce Sunday Topics, Events Central Polnt-"Response to the Gospel" will be the ser mon title which the Rev. Rob ert Olmsted will deliver Sun day morning at the Fir3t Pres byterian church, Central Point A coffee hour will follow the morning worship service, The Adult Bible class will resume both Sunday morning and Monday evening sessions, Both groups will meet in the pastor's home at 20 Crater lane. The Sunday class meets at 9:49 a.m. and the Monday group at 7 p.m. The Westminster Fellow ship will meet at 7 p.m. Sun day in the church. A Bible study will be led by Mr. Olms ted. All high school students are invited to attend. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 6:30 p.m. a family night potluck dinner will be held at the church. The men of the church will be in charge of the ar rangements under the direc tion of Dr. Bruce Turner. Fol lowing the dinner a steward ship program will be present- ed and explained by Dr. Max Flowers, financial committee chairman. Beginning Sunday, Jan. 15, a communicants class will be held for those who are inter ested in joining the church There will be a series of three two-hour classes from 3 to 5 p.m. These people will be re ceived into the church on Feb 5. All who are interested are asked to contact the pastor Jacksonville-'The Slate of Ihe Church Message" is the title of the sermon to be preached Sunday by the Rev. King K. Jones at 11 a.m. at r irsl Presbyterian church. Jacksonville. The choir will sing the anthem "God Is Our Refuge." Following Ihe mornine serv ice a potluck dinner will be held in the fellowship hall. The dinner will be followed by the annual meeting of the church congregation and cor poration. The purpose of the meeting will be to elect church officers, determine a budget for 1061, and consider any other business which might come before the church. At 7 p.m. the Jacksonville Westminster Fellowship will meet in the church. Lynn Sjolund, Medford High school music instructor, will discuss tne place of music In Christian worship and the influence of Christian faith upon music, Phoenix-The annual congre gational meeting and potluck dinner of First Presbyterian church, Phoenix, will be held Sunday. Sermon topic to be presented by the Rev. William Salndin at the 11 a.m. service will be "Looking Toward Lent." Snday at 6:30 p.m. Miss Jeannie Thorp will sponsor the first junior high school group in conjunction with the high school youth group. The church is sponsoring an adult basketball team to play In the YMCA league. All In terested men should contact Raymond Swingle or Rod Fowler. The new carpeting has ar rived, It was announced. Gold Hill Subject Given For Sunday Gold Hill - "Wholeness and Health" will be Ihe sermon subject by the Rev. Lochlcn L. Gregory, pastor of the Gold Hill Community Methodist church, Sunday at 11 a.m. This will be the first in a series of five sermons on the topic "Because Christ Came." "Whispering Hope" will be Ihe title of a selection to be sung by the choir Sunday. Mrs. C. Norman Gail, choir director will direct and Mrs. John Bruce will be organist. The minister listed the titles and dates when each sermon will be given during the series. "Freedom From Fear" will be given Jan. 15, "Judg ment and Forgiveness," Jan. 22, "An Open Door," Jan. 29 and "The Hope of Heaven" on Feb. 5. Feast of Lights Scheduled Sunday The traditional Epiphany Pageant, the Feast of Lights, will be presented at St. Mark's Episcopal church Sun day at 7:30 p.m. The production will be di rected by Mrs. Scott Hamil ton, assisted by Mrs. Margaret Philips, Mrs. A. Douglas Roach, Mrs. Robert D. Dames, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford M. Cros by, Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Jensen, Mrs. J. A. McDougall, Scott Hamilton, Jerome Mc Dougall, and Elwood B. Hed berg. Children of the church school will provide the cast for the pageant, which will be narrated by Fjed Lorish with Royce Payne playing the role of the Messiah, and Sar ah Matthews and David Elm gren as Mary and Joseph. Ac companying music will be provided by St. Mark's Chor- Ann Julie Isters, directed by Mrs, Wirkkula with Miss Yoakley at the console. The pageant will relate the chain of prophecy which fore told the advent of the Messiah of God, unfolding the story of the Nativity and the visit of the Magi, and concluding with the founding of the Church, and the spread of the Gospel of Him, who came to be "The Light of the World." The finale will be the dis tribution of candles, lighted from the altar, to the congre gation as they leave the church, symbolzing the obliga tion of Christians to spread the "light" to the uttermost ends of the earth. Approxi mately 70 children of the church school will be involv ed in the presentation. The presentation is open to the public. Medford Presbyterians To Observe Holy Communion How a Christian Ought to Live will be the subject of a communion meditation by Dr, D. Kirkland West Sunday at the t irst Presbyterian church At both morning services, the sacrament of holy communion will be observed. At the 9:30 a.m. service the youth choir, under the direc tion of the Rev. Robert Jacks, will sing "The Beatitudes' and the chancel choir will sing " O Bread of Life" at the 11 a.m. service, directed by Lynn Sjolund. Mrs. Charles Champlin will sing "Psalm 84" at both services. Junior Highs will entertain their parents at a fellowship meeting at 5 p.m. Sunday with a program and worship serv ice in the new Youth chapel, followed by a reception. Miss Marjorie Collie will be guest ASHLAND (SPEAKER Ashland-Dr. Edward J. Aschenbienner, district super intendent, will be guest speak er Sunday at the 1 1 e at First Methodist church, North Main and Laurel sis. The Junior sermon Sunday by Dr. P. Malcolm Hammond, minister, will hp "Tim Mir. Ruch Church To Hear Victor Fedosky Applcgate Valley - Victor Fedosky, with World Missions to Children, will conduct the service at Ruch Community church Sunday at 11 a.m. Mr. Fedosky, who will leave soon for the mission field in Austria, also will speak at Ihe Young People's meeting at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. A banquet at Ruch Com munity church at 7:30 p.m. Saturday highlighted the New Year's eve watch party, which was attended by about 3S per sons. The Eighty-fivers' class (young married people) was honored at the banquet, which was given by the young peo ple. Devotions were led by Fred DeVos, on vacation from Prairie Bible Institute, Three Hills, .Iberia, Canada, and singing and games occupied tlir remainder of the lime until midnight. Central Church Topics Listed Services at Central Church of Christ, North Central ave. and Jackson st., will begin Sunday with the Bible school hour at 8:45 a.m. Children's and adult classes will follow departmental opening exer cises. "The Beginning of Mir acles" is the theme of the les son which the adult and youth classes will study from the second chapter of John. The minister, John V. Hcb erling, will speak at the 11 a.m. service on the question "Who Is the Boss?" Mr. Heber ling will also give the message In song entitled "My Saviour's Face." At 6 p.m. the senior youth group meets for games. Sen ior, intermediate and junior youth discussion groups con vene at 6:30 p.m. "Help Wanted" will be the title of the sermon by Mr. Heberling at the 7:30 p.m. worship hour. Immediately following morning worship on,-'Jan. 15 complete building program re ports will be made at a dinner to be held at the church. The afternoon program will con clude with a brief ground breaking ceremony at the new building site, South Oakdale ave. and Holmes st. Juniors To Conduct Opening Exercises The Junior High Sunday school class will conduct the preliminary exercises for the Sunday school Jan. 8 at 9:45 a.m. at St. Luke's Methodist church, 2940 Siskiyou blvd. The worship service begins at 11 a.m. The pastor, the Rev. Melvin W. Dixon, will speak on the subject "The Onvtted I n g r e dient." Mrs. Richard Sehuchard will sing, "The Stranger of Galilee." Supervised nursery is pro vided for pre-school children during the service. The Junior and Senior Methodist Youth Fellowships will meet al the respective times of 5 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. the commission on missions will meet and the Official 'Board will meet at 8:15 p.m. The choir rehearses al 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Inquir er's class meets at 8 p.m. the same evening. speaker for the evening. Richard Lichti, moderator of the senior high Youth Fel lowship, will lead the Fellow ship in an informal discussion session entitled "Ideas Unlim ited" at 7 p.m. at the church This will be a time for evalu ating, suggesting, planning for the future and improving the senior high program. Fireside will be announced. A four week training course for those who work with nursery-age children will be gin Sunday at both the 9:30 and 11 a.m. sessions taught by Mrs. Gary Boshears and Mrs. Dale Coverstone. Parents and others interested in this course may enroll Sunday. Westminster The sacrament of holy com munion will be observed Sun day at the Westminster Pres byterian church during the 11 a.m. worship service. "The Great Shepherd of the SheeD will be the theme of the com munion meditation by the Rev. John O. Reynolds. Children s church will re sume this week for children from 5 to 10 years of age. This program is held in con junction with the adult wor ship service. Separate nurse ries for infant children and those from three to four years of age are also maintained. The church school meets al 8:45 a.m. with classes for all ages of youth and adults. Par ents of church school children are invited to attend a class studying the Gospel of John under the leadership of the pastor. The Junior High Fellowship will meet Sunday at 5 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cunningham, 24 North Groveland ave. The Senior High Fellowship will meet at 7 p.m. at the church to hear Joel Gregory tell of the Ore gon Synod meeting. Fireside will be at the home of Katie Leavitt, 416 Windsor dr Communion To Be Served By Holy communion services will be held at First Metho dist churth Sunday at the 9:30 and 11 a.m. services. The sermon title, "A Psalm of Praise," will be the message given by Dr. George Rose- berry. The-music for the services will be a solo, "Save Me, O God," sung by Otis Swisher and the anthem by the adult choir, "The Sacrament Divine." The third annual School of Missions will begin at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. There will be interest groups for all ages. "The Heritage and Horizons in Home Missions" will be the topic for the entire school The topic, "Our Changing American Culture" will be the subject for the first session of the six week study for Sun day night under the chairman ship of Mrs. Eudora Pierce There will be a snack supper at 6:30 p.m. The evening will close with a devotion brought by Dr. Roseberry. The Junior High Methodist Youth Fellowship will meet at 5:30 p.m. The Senior-Hi will attend the School of Missions and have the devotional meet ing at 7 p.m. Janice Taylor will lead the meeting on the subject "One Nation Under God." OYF will meet at the church at 6:30 p.m. for their meeting and. go to the Verne Wilson home for a social hour at the close of the meeting, 'Longsuffering' To Be Sunday Topic Gold Hill - "Longsuffering" will be the sermon subject by the Rev. Charles Pearson, pastor of the Gold Hill As sembly of God church, Sunday at 1 1 a.m. The young people's group, Christ Ambassadors will re sume meetings Sunday at 6:30 p.m. as will the evangelistic meetings at 7:30 p.m. led by the pastor. Both will be held at the church. The prayer and Bible study group will meet Thursday, Jan. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the church. Mis. Charles Pearson will be in charge of the les- Joanne Hilkey To Be Honored Sunday Gold Hill - Miss Joanne Hilkey, member of the junior class of the Gold Hill Chris tian church Sunday school, has been named the "most willing worker." Mrs. Rex Allison, superintendent of the Sunday school, plans to honor one person each month in recognition of various activi ties. Miss Hilkey was the first to be honored. The Bible reading contest was won by the junior class of which Mrs. Leonard Andrews is teacher. The primary class taught by Mrs. Clarence Free man placed a close second. Miss Jean Cunningham, minis ter of the church, said Mrs. Freeman's class will have the award, a picture, for awhile before the winners receive it, due to the efforts of the young er children. "The Motif of the Gospel -The Passion" will be the first in a series of sermons on the topic "The Master's Mandate" by Miss Jean Cunningham, Sunday at 11 a.m. Bible study and prayer serv ice will be held at the church Thursday, Jan. 12 at 8 p.m. Jubilee Services Planned by Church Jubilee services will be held at Ascension Lutheran church, 2501 Bamett rd., Sun day at the 11 a.m. worship hour. New members will be received and the service will include adult, child and In fant baptism and confirma tion. On Jan. 1 a new Synod was formed to be known as The American Lutheran church. It is composed of the American Lutheran church, Evangelical Lutheran church of which Ascension Lutheran was a j member, and the United Evan-i gelical Lutheran church. Headquarters for the new Synod is Minneapolis, Minn., d will include 5HH) congro-j gallons in United States and Canada. Membership is ap proximately 2.00,000. Missionary Emphasis Set For Gold Hill Gold Hill - "Into All the World Together" will be the theme of the missionary em phasis throughout the Gold Hill Community Methodist church and church school be ginning Sunday. Mrs. Roy Eskew, chairman of commis sion on missions for the church, announced the pro gram that has been outlined. "Matter of Fact," in keeping with the missionary emphasis, will be the title of a film to be shown during church school at 9:45 a.m. Commencing at 7:30 p.m. the Rev. Lochlen L. Gregory, pastor of the church, will con duct a series of lessons from the study book entitled "One World, One Mission." These meetings will be held each Sunday evening at the church through Jan. 22. "The World In a Word" will be the title of the film shown during the first session Sunday. Mrs. Eskew listed the titles of film strips, and one movie that will be shown in addition to those already mentioned. Sunday, Jan. 15, during church school, a film "About People" will be shown. During the evening meeting on that date "Brother's All" will be the film. At 9:45 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, "Village Reborn" will be the film shown to members of the church school. Missionary emphasis will conclude with a family night, Jan. 22 when a potluck supper will be held prior to the eve ning lesson and movie en titled "People Without Fear" shown. fate of Sunday Closing Laws To Be Decided by U.S. Supreme Court Soon ernmentatbody in the United By LOUIS CASSELS United Press International Sometime during the next few months, the U.S. Supreme Court will hand down a de cision that could change your way of lite It will decide whether Sun day is constitutional. Not Sunday as a day of the week, but Sunday as a day of rest and worship, recognized and protected by law. Pending before the court are four cases challenging Sunday closing laws in Massa chusetts, Maryland and Penn sylvania. But the basic issue is much broader than the specific statutes of these states. It is whether any gov- Observance Set For Holy Family Feast Sunday Sunday, the feast of the Holy Family, will be ob served in a special manner by members of the Knights of Columbus and their families. The men, accompanied by their wives and children, will attend the 8:30 a.m. mass in Sacred Heart church and will receive holy communion to gether. Following this, the families will have breakfast at the Jackson hotel. The family communion and breakfast is an annual Janu ary function of the fraternal organization. Tomorrow the regular first Saturday Fatima devotions will follow the 8 a.m. mass in the church. The prayers, con sisting of rosary and litany of the Blessed Virgin, are of fered particularly for the con version of sinners in compli ance with the requests made at the apparitions of Fatima according to the Very Rev Carl Mai, pastor of the parish. Sunday, Jan. 15, a day of recollection has been sched uled for the women of Sacred Heart parish. Women, includ ing non-Catholics, are invited to attend all, or at least a part, of the spiritual exercises which will take place that day. ' Details of the recollection day program will be an- nounced later. Annual Meeting Set for Jan. 15 The annual congregational meeting of St. Mark's parish will be held on Sunday, Jan. 15, following a potluck dinner at the Guild hall at 6:30 pm. The Rev. George R. V. Bol ster, rector, will preside. Re ports will be heard from all departments of the parish work, and will elect four men to the Church Vestry to re place those retiring in the or dinary course of rotation. Those retiring this year are Robert C. Beatty, Robert D. Dames, Mark Taylor, and Dr. Thomas C. Bolton. Delegates will also be nominated to rep resent the parish at the 1961 Diocesan Convention. Follow ing the general meeting, the new Vestry will meet briefly for organization. On the lighter side will be the presentation during the dinner period of musical selec tions by the "Margollimar anns," a quartette which in cludes Mrs. William F. Her man, Mrs. Jake Walch, Mrs. W. H. Fischer, and Mrs. Ann Wirkkula. Eastwood To Hear Guest Speaker Sunday at the 7:30 p.m. ser vice at Eastwood Baptist church, the Rev. John Rey nolds, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian church, will be guest speaker. His topic will be "In Him Was Life." This is a part of the service of Sunday services in which Eastwood is becoming better acquainted with its neighbor ing churches. At the 11 a.m. worship ser vice, the pastor, Rev. Clifford Young, will speak on the theme "But We See Jesus," using Hebrews 2:1-10 as his scriptural background. The chancel choir will sing a num ber for the New Year, under the direction of Carroll Gra ber. During the Sunday School hour at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, Wil lie Mauck will teach the les son, "Jesus Brings Joy." The Baptist Youth Fellow ship group will meet Sunday night. Eastwood Baptist Men, or ganized this past week, have selected Carl Jones as tem porary chairman; Dr. Paul Walker, associate, and Mr. Young, publicity chairman. The annual business meet ing of Eastwood Baptist church will be held Wednes day at 7:30 p.m. Officers for the year will be elected, the church budget will be voted on, and a ""constitutional change will be considered. States has a constitutional right to accord a special legal status to a day which is con sidered holy by many but by no means all Americans. Constitutional Violation Jewish groups and some small Christian bodies like the Seventh Day Adventists, who observe Saturday as the Sabbath day, have long con tended that Sunday observ ance laws violate the First Amendment's guarantee of governmental neutrality in matters of religion. In the past, with a single exception, lower courts have upheld the constitutionality of Sunday closing laws. They have ruled that states have a right to enforce a shutdown of general business activity one day a week, not for re ligious reasons, but to protect the health and welfare of workers. The choice of Sunday for this day of rest may have been prompted originally by the tenets of the Christian faith, the courts have said, but it can now be justified on the grounds of social cus tom and long-standing tradi tion. The single exception was a ruling in 1959 by a federal court in Boston. It held Massa chusetts' Sunday law uncon stitutional on the grounds that it furnishes special protec tion to the dominant Christian sects" and discriminates against those who observe a different Sabbath. Some Washington observers believe there is a betler-than- fair chance that a majority of the Supreme Court justices win take the same view as the Massachusetts court. Rude Alteration Possible If that happens, the rela tively small minority of Amer icans who observe a Saturday Sabbath will feel that a great injustice has been corrected. But the vast majority of Americans-not only the prac ticing Christians who go to church on Sunday, but also the millions who regard Sun. day as sacred to other pur poses such as golf, late-sleeping or family outings-may find their way uf life rudely altered. The trend toward "business- as-usual" on Sunday -which has been very conspicuous in recent years-would doubtless be tremendously accelerated Dy tne total removal of pres ent legal restrictions, however riddled with exceptions and loopholes they are. Without Sundav rlndno laws, it is hard to see now downtown department stores, chain groceries and other re tail and service businesses could long resist the competi- uve pressure to keep open seven days a week. And if Sunday becomes just another shopping day for customers, it will perforce be iust an. other work day for millions of employees. There may he a wav n,,i of the dilemma-a solution that nenner destroys Suilday as an institution nor denies the rights of minorities. Twelve states have adoDted awe which exempt from compul sory Sunday closing rules those who observe another day as their holy day of rest. wnen a law of this kind was challenged in Ohio in 1959, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review the case on tne ground that no "substan. tial federal question"-i.e., no major constitutional issue - was involved. Congregation Attends Eureka Circuit Assembly Virtually the entire congre gation of Jehovah's Witnesses in Medford will be in attend ance at the "Be Taught by Jehovah" Circuit Assembly at the Municipal auditorium, Eu reka, Calif., Jan. 6 to 8. Harlan S. Nixon, presiding minister of the local group, pointed out that it has been necessary to cancel all meet ings this week end at the Kingdom Hall. Regularly scheduled meetings will re sume Tuesday, Jan. 10. The convention program if an advanced ministerial train ing service rather than a re vival or crusade. The keynota address, "Be Taught by Je hovah," will be heard this evening, and the baptism and ordination of new ministers will take place Saturday af ternoon. The climax of the three-day Bible conference will be on Sunday at 3 p.m., when Lester M. Dugan, New York minister, gives the pub lic discourse, "Is God Inter ested in the Affairs of Men?" Minister To Begin Series The Rev. Thomas McCam- ant begins a series of sermons on "The Sermon on the Mount" Sunday at the Con gregational church. The first sermon is on "The Character of the Blessed," based on Matthew 5:1-16. Members of the congregation have been encouraged to read and study the Sermon on the Mount in connection with the series of sermons. The service is a 10 a.m. with the church school meet ing at the same hour. The annual meeting of the congregation will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m., starting with a dessert. Brief reports will be given concerning var ious departments of the church life and new officers elected. This year for some positions the nominating committee is presenting more names than there are positions to be filled. Members of the nominating committee are Mark Smith, Mrs. Clarence" Miller and Duane Richardson. At the Pilgrim Fellowship meeting at 7 p.m. Sunday Stan Hobbs will lead a dis cussion on "The Pros and Cons of Social Drinking." JANUARY 8, 1961 9:45 a.m. Graded Church School 11 :00 a.m. Morning Worship Theme: "But We Se Jesus." 6:30 p.m. B.Y.F. 7:30 p.m. Popular Eveninq Serv ice. Theme: "In Hint Was Life." Guest Speaker: Rev. John Reynolds, Westminster Church WEDNESDAY 7:30 p.m. ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING CHAPEL OF STAR The Rev. Marie Headlee, pastor of Chapel of the Star. 89 Janney lane, will speak Sunday at the 3:30 p.m. serv ice on "Church or Cult." At the New Year s service at the chapel Elmer Whipple of Santa Rosa, Calif., was guest organist. His son, S. M. Whip ple, lives in Medford. First Presbyterian Church Eighth & Holly Phone SP 2-2830 Dr. D. Kirkland West, Pastor Sacrament of Holy Communion Sermon: "How a Christian Ought to Live" A cordial welcome awaits you Sunday morning. Services 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. Church School classes for all ages 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. GUEST SPEAKER Central Point - The Rev. Charles Keith will be the guest speaker Sunday at the 7:30 p.m. service at Pilgrim Holiness church, corner Pine and Sixth sts., Central Point. First Church of God W. E. Martin, Pastor - Phone SP 3-5449 Temporarily Worshiping wilson School g Grand and Corona Until New Building H ComplelfK at Crater Lake Avenue and Robert! Road CHARLES E. FULLER W EVERY SUNDAY For over 36 years, minister ing to a world-wide congre gation. A richly rewarding spiritual experience of music and Bible inspired messages on , , , KBOY Old Fashioned Revival Hour ffit Radio Lg P.O. Bftx 113. Lei AngaUi $3, Calif, UNITY (New Location) Corner Holly and Haven Sti. Affiliated with Unity School of Christianity, Lee's Summit, Mo. REV. (CATHERINE BOSWORTH, Minister SUNDAY 11:00 A.M. "In the Beginning jd" Genisis 1:1-14 Sundav School, Youth of Unltv, adult Bible Class 9:30 a m. Office open daily, Mon. thru Fri., 10 a.m. . 4 p.m. 995 S. Oakdale Ave. Phone SP 2-6902 EVERYONE IS WELCOME " L O I o O f Q
