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; MISS MABEL TYRRELL
, Sunday SpeBktr .
Missionary To Talk
In Trail Sunday
; Trail - Miss Mabel Tyrrell,
a missionary under the Sudan
Interior Mlssioh board in Ni
geria, . Africa, will speak at
; the Trail Community church
. Sunday. . " '
I ; Miss Tyrrell will speak for
a few minutes to the Sunday
ichool and then will give the
messages for both the morn
ing and evening services.
There will be slides shown of
her field and the work she
floes while in Africa, '
5 Miss Tyrrell is widely
1 icnown in the valley, having
grown up here. She is home
on furlough . after having
' served two terms in Nigeria,
Where she is an instructor In
a women's teacher training
college. . ..-
Pre-School Bible
School Set Al
Eastwood Baptist
The Rev. Clifford J. Young,
pastor, will speak Sunday at
the 11 a.m. worship service at
Eastwood Baptist church, on
: "Meditation Upon Calvary's
Cross." ' ,
The scripture will be John
19:19-27 and the chancel choir
will sing "God Is Our Refuge."
' At the 7:30 p.m. service Mr.
Young will speak on "Men at
Work."
Mrs. Naomi Blacketor will
teach the 11th and 12th grade
class Sunday at 9:45 a.m. the
course "Faithfully Yours,
Paul." Larry Tuttle will have
charge of the Baptist Youth
Fellowship program at 0:30
' p.m. V.'
The church will hold a Pre-
School Bible school May 1
through 5 from 9 to 11 a m
Children may be registered
by telephoning Mrs. Harold
H. Hewlett, SPrlng 2-8328.
Mrs. Willie Mauck, SPring
2-2791, is in charge of the re
freshments. .
Children who had their
third birthday prior to last
October and 4, 8, and 8 year
old pre-schoolers may attend.
Offerings received during
the school will tie sent' to
Jesus Velarde Evangelistic as-,
octatlon in Mexico.
Friday at 7 p.m. the Baptist
Youth Fellowship, members of
the basketball team, the grad
uating high school seniors and
their parents will attend a
youth banquet at the church.
Guest speaker will be Jim
Hlnkle, Young Life director.
Tv. a Churches Tell
Cong Activities
Central Point - "Strangers
in Paradise" will be the title
of the sermon to be preached
by the Rev. Robert W. Olm-
ted at the 11 a.m. service
Sunday at the First Presby
terian church Central Point.
The Westminster . Fellow-
ship', will meet at 7 p.m. In
the home of Mr. and Mrs
Olmsted, 20 Crater lane, Cen
tral Point. Lynn Sjolund, the
music director at Medford
High school, will present the
program for the evening. All
high school students are In
vited to attend,
Tuesday, May 2, at 7:30
p.m. the sesson will meet at
the church for Its monthly
meeting.
Jacksonville - "Are You
Living i,ife the Other Way?"
. is the title of the sermon to be
preached Sunday morning by
the Rev. King K. Jones, pastor
of the First Presbyterian
. church, Jacksonville.
The choir will sing an an
them, "The First Psalam."
Mrs. Rafe Anders will sing
. solo during the anthem.
Sunday at 7 p.m. the Jack
sonville Westminster Fellow
ship will meet for its regular
weekly meeting in the church
Wednesday evening mem
bers of the church will join
other Presbyterians around
the Valley to hear the Gen
eral Mission Interpretation
Team in the First Presby-
terian church of Medford. The
meeting will begin at 7:30
o.m.
' Thursday at 8 p.m. the
monthly Sunday School
Teachers' meeting will be
held. All teachers and any
other, persons interested in
helping in the Sunday school
shduld b present.
FRIDAY. APRIL 28. 19S1
Methodists Plan
Two Loyalty Dinners
The First Methodist church,
Medford, for the 1981-62
church year is planning on fi
nancing its program by means
of loyalty dinners on May
and 3, Finance Committee
Chairman Robert Baccus said
luuuy. ajiis meuioa nas prov-
en successful the past two
years.
Glen Duysen is general
chairman.
The congregation will be
invited by co-captains to the
complimentary dinners in the
church dining hall. Each co-
captain is this week inviting
several church families to be
his guests and to sit at his
table.
Following the 6:30 p.m. dln
tiers the budget for the 1961-
62 fiscal year , will be ex
plained by means of a "budg
et parade." Speaker for the
evening will be the Rev. Clar.
ence Forsberg, First Metho
dist church, Eugene.
It Is anticipated that the
Music Minister
To Arrive Next .
Week at Kazarene
Perry Christiansen, who re
cently retired from the United
States coast guard, will arrive
soon at First Church of the
Nazarene. 520 North Holly St..
to assume duties as their min
ister of education and music. -
The Christiansens will ar
rive May 5 and have their
first Sunday with the congre
gation May 7. Mr. Christian
sen will have under his direc
tion the full musical program
of the church and the detailed
directing of the church school
and youth work. Mrs. Chris
tiansen is a pianist. They have
two small children.
May 7 is being called by the
local church as "Welcome
Christiansens Day." ,
The pastor, .the Rev Harold
M. Sanner, will continue his
series of messages Sunday
which are leading up to Pente
cost Sunday, May 21. -
He is now in a series of
studies in the Epistle to the
Romans in the 11 a.m. worship
services titled, "According to
My Gospel." In the , 7 p.m.
song and evangelism service
his messages are on the per
son' and work of the Holy
Spirit under the general sub
ject, Provisions of Pentecost.""-
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Outlines Uirlbuted
"Outlines of the morning
messages are being distributed
to the congregation each Sun
day. The specific topic for the
11- a.m. message Sunday is
Gift of Faith," and the topic
for the evening message Is
"Provision of the Holy Spirit."
Music for the morning serv
ice will be provided by the
sanctuary choir singing "The
King of Love My Shephero
Is," and a tenor solo by Bob
Andersen. Sunday evening's
music will be provided by a
ladies quartet consisting of
Mrs. William Brewster, Mrs,
Rex, Vowell, Mrs. Joe John-
and Miss Velma Myers.
Representatives from the
Gideons will present the de
votions and speak of the
Gideon work In the opening
session of Sunday school In
the adult department at 9:45
ajn, Sunday.
A zone rally and workshop
for vacation Bible schools Is
being held at First Nazarene
tonight at 7)30 o'clock. The
local First Church has an
nounced that their vacation
Bible school will be held
June 12 and 23, from 9 to
11:45 a.m. Mrs. A. M. Miller
has been appointed the vaca
tion Bible school director.
Pastors Attend
District Meeting
The Rev., and Mrs. R. H.
Mathewson, pastors of Med
ford Foursquare church, 2200
Roberts rd., are attending the
annual four-day district con
vention of Foursquare Church
es of the Pacific Northwest,
in Hastings Foursquare
church, Vancouver, B. C,
starting May 1.
The Rev. Roy H. Mourer,
Portland, district supervisor,
will give the keynote address
Monday evening on "Light
For a Darkening Hour." Oth
er speakers are Dr. Vincent
R. Bird, Los Angeles, the de
nomination's International di
rector of youth and Christian
education; Dr. N. M. Van
Cleave, pastor Portland Four
square church, and Philip A.
Gagllardl, British Columbia's
minister of highways.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
100 Windsor Ave., 1 Black South of East Main
Sermont "Everlasting Punishment"
Church and Sunday School
Wednesday Evening Service, 8 p.m.
i - ' You Are Always Welcome
Listen to "How Christian Science Heals"
Station K-BOY . SUNDAYS 9:45 A.M.
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budget will be underwritten
at the two dinners by indivi
dual subscriptions.
Commander for Tuesday is
Everett Faber, assisted by
Charles Thompson, W a 1 1 e r
Higgins, Robert Baccus, Ross
Youngblood, Dick Anderson
and Charles Adamson. For
Wednesday Dr. Milton Snow
is commander, assisted by
Robert Sage, Robert Hostet-
ter, Elliott Becken, Gordon
Morris, John Kent and Ed
Branchfield.
Kitchen Committee
The advance gifts commit
tee Is being headed by Dr. Eu
gene Ray. Mrs. Richard Jew-
ett is serving as chairman of
the kitchen and dining room
committee for both evenings.
In charge of the program is
Mrs, verne Wilson.
Whither Goest Thou" Is
the sermon title of Dr.1 George
G. Roseberry for both worship
services Sunday.
The anthem for the 9:30
a.m. service by the youth
choir will be "Alleluia Hearts
to Heaven Raise." The chancel
choir will sing "Easter Carol
oi the Trees" for the 11 a.m.
service. The music for the 11
fi.m. service will be "Blessed
Are They," sung by the chil
dren's choir.
The Junior High Methodist
Youth Fellowship will meet at
o:30 p.m. The program, "My
Part In National Missions."
will be led by Elaine Daven
port, Susan Turner, Susan
Shelton, and Dorothy Min
shall. Fireside will follow at
the Jim Baumer home, 1517
Velia st.
The Senior High MYF will
meet at 8:30 p.m. with Pat
Myers, Outreach chairman is
in charge of the program,
"Think About These Things."
A fireside will follow.
The Older Youth will meet
at 6:30 p.m. Plans for ways
to increase the membership
will be the program. Fireside
will follow at the home of
Catherine Carter, 618 Cather
ine ave.
The Junior High MYF will
leave Saturday, May 8, at 8
a.m. for a retreat at Indian
Springs. They will return on
Sunday afternoon. -
Christians List
Sunday Activities
"Matthew's Pearl of Great
Price" is the title of the ser
mon which the Rev. Fred
rick Ross Evans will preach
at both services Sunday morn
ing at the First Christian
church.
At the first service ' the
youth choir will sing "This
is My Father's Word." The
chancel choir will sing "Beau
tiful is the Earth" at the sec
ond service and a quartet,
Mr. and Mrs. William Pres
ton, Mrs. Walter Larsen, and
Stephen Parrlsh, will sing
"Spirit of God."
Mrs. James H. Hopkins and
Mrs. Wayne Troxell will be
hostesses for the coffee hour.
Sarah Matthews will lead
the study for the Chi Rho
Fellowship meeting at 6:15
p.m. on the subject "Our
Church - World-wide Fellow
ship." Sharon Tucker ' will
give the devotions.
Saturday, May 6, the Chi
Rho will have a work day
and. give the money they earn
to the building fund. They
Will be available for yard
work, baby sitting, house
work, etc.
, The Christian Youth Fel
lowship will meet at 6:30 p.m.
Sunday. Gary Myers will lead
the study on "What the World
Council of Churches Is."
Tuesday all departments of
the church will meet at 7 p.m.
followed by the official board
meeting.
The Christian Men's Fel
lowship will have their regu
lar breakfast meeting at 7
a.m. Saturday, May 6, in Fel
lowship hall. Donald House
is in charge of arrangements.
Unity Devotional
Subject Announced
"Forgive Us Our Debts"
will be the topic of the fourth
sermon in a series on the
Lord's Prayer being given by
the Rev. Katharine. Bosworth,
minister of Unity Center of
Medford. The sermon will be
given at 11 a.m. Sunday at the
church, Haven and Holly sts.
The Unity Center, 995
South Oakdale ave., is open
daily Monday through Friday
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For
private consultation with the
minister, -.telephone SPrlng
2-6902.
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Services at 1 1 :00 a.m.
1957 Award of Merit Winner
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STAKE SPEAKERS Elder
member of the Council of Twelve Apostles, and Elder John
Longden, (left) an assistant to the Council of Twelves Apostles
of the Church of Jesus Christ
Lake City, will be the featured speakers Saturday and Sun
day, April 29 and 30, during a quarterly conference of the
church's Klamath Stake in Klamath Falls. Stake President
Carroll William Smith, Ashland, will conduct the confer
ence. Sunday's general sessions, to which the public Is in
vited, will be held at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Mills school.
Saturday evening a meeting will be held for priesthood lead
ers and parents are invited to
youth development. ' .; '
Mission Interpretation
Team To Be Heard by
Valley Presbyterians
Forty-eight thousand Pres
byterian churchmen in Oregon
will meet in General Mission
Interpretation during the next
two weeks..
A team will beat First
Presbyterian church Wednes
day, May 3, to explain how
the church is teaching out, not
only in the work in the 30
countries abroad, but In the
many, mission opportunities
here at home.
The . Rev. Raymond Nott,
written up in the Saturday
Evening Post as the "pastor of
THE REV. RAYMOND NOTT
Wednesday Speaker
the Big Horn Basin," will be
one of the speakers Wednes
day at 7:30 p.m. Another re
source leader will be Dr.
Ralph Winter from Guate
mala, telling of the medical.
educational, and evangelistic
work of our world outreach.
The Rev. Burton Alvis will
speak of the work of Christian
Education and its related
fields in the colleges, semi
naries, and church school cur
riculum, and Dr. Dwight Rus
sell, Portland, Synod officer,
will also speak.
There will be a family night
dinner preceding these speak
ers at 6:30 p.m. and the meet
ing will adjourn to the sanc
tuary at 7:30 p.m. for the
General Missions Interpreta
tion meeting.
Sunday Dr. D. K. West will
use as his sermon topic, "Vic
torious Living." ,
Junior High Fellowship will
meet at the church Sunday at
5 p.m. with Dick Ragsdale,
Medford High school student,
guest speaker. Youth Fellow
ship ' for Senior Highs will
meet at 7 p.m. for a report
and discussion on "The Peace
Corps" led by Ruth Mllllgnn
and JoAnn Johnson. Fireside
will follow at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson,
1101 Mt. Pitt ave.
College-career meets at 7:30
p.m, Sunday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Wolf,
1517 South Ivy st. The Rev.
Robert Bridge will lead a dis
cussion on The Lord's Prayer.
Youth Night for senior highs
will begin with family night
dinner Wednesday followed
ST. LUKE'S
METHODIST CHURCH
Welcomes You To Its Services
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
3-Yir-Oldi Through Mature Years
Worship Service 1 1:00 a.m.
Youth . 5:00 and 7:00 p.m.
2940 fart Siiklron leulevard
AcraM the Street from Heerat School
Melvin Dixon ' Minister
MZDrORD
CHURCH NEWS
National Religious Publicity Council
Delbert L. Stapley right,
of Latter-day Saints in Salt
a session on family living and
by choir practice in the church
basement.
Westminster 1
"God Comes First" is the
title of the sermon to be
preached by the Rev. John O.
Reynolds at the 11 a.m. Sun
day worship service of the
Westminster Presbyterian
church. .
The message will continue
the series on the Ten Com
mandments entitled "The Lim
its of Life." Children's church
will be held during the wor
ship hour and the. church
choir will sing the anthem
"My Eternal King."
The adult study and dis
cussion group will meet at
9:45 a.m. in the pastor's study
to consider the subject "Sin,
the Human Predicament." The
children's and youth depart
ments of the church school
meet at the same hour.
. The Senior High Fellowship
will meet at 7 p.m. at the
church Sunday. A panel dis
cussion entitled "In the Spring
a Young Man's Fancy . . .",
dealing with dating, love, and
marriage will be moderated
by Barbara Whalin. Members
of the panel will be Larry
Clark, Mrs. Ray Mencke, Ro
berta Wlllett, and Dick Rags
dale. Fireside will be at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. M. B.
Mullen, 27 North Barneburg
dr..
Westminister Presbyterian
church is located on Oakwood
drive between Barneburg and
Groveland ave.
Truths in Romans
Is Sermon Topic
John V. Heberling. minister.
will begin a series of sermons
Sunday at Central Church of
Christ. The series will be en
titled "Great Truths From the
Book of Romans." Sunday's
message will be on the theme
'The Reality of Sin."
Worship will begin at 11
a.m. at the Knights of Pythias
hall, Fifth and Grape sts., dur
ing construction of the new
building at Oakdale ave. and
Holmes dr.
Classes from the junior high
age and above will view at
the 9:45 a.m. Bible school
hour the filmstrip "Continu
ing Steadfastly." The narrator
will be Carl Hover, elder.
This is the third in a series of
filmstrip studies, "Now That
I'm A Christian." Elementary
school children will meet in
their regular classes.
Mr. Heberling's 7:30 p.m.
message will be on the sub
ject "The Solid Foundation."
Midweek service will meet
at the minister's home, 717
Broad St., Wednesday at 7:30
p.m.
MEETING CHANGE
Eagle Point-The Christ Am
bassador service of the Eagle
Point Assembly of God
church has changed Its meet
ing time to Wednesday, at
7:30 p.m. All young people in
the community are Invited to
attend.
MAS. TrlTBunr., MZC70HS.
Monday Mass To
Honor St. Joseph
The Workman
One of the newest feasts on
the Roman Catholic .calendar
will be observed Monday,
May 1, when St. Joseph the
Workman is honored in the
masses of the day as the noble
example of the dignity of hu
man labor.
Established in 1955 by the
late Pope Pius XII, the feast-
day is intended to counteract
spiritually the usual May Day
demonstrations conducted un
der Communist auspices. Ac
cording to Pope Pius, May
Day "far from being a stimu
lus for discord, hate and vio
lence, Is and will be a recur
ring invitation to modern so
ciety to accomplish what is
still lacking for social peace.
Mass In the Sacred Heart
church on that, day will be at
the usual time of 8 a.m. An
earlier mass may be offered at
7 a.m.
Monthly Devotion
Two other monthly devo
tions will take place at the
end of the week. Friday there
will be the Sacred Heart de
votions in reparation for the
ingratitude and coldness of
men toward the love of Christ.
Masses will be offered at 6:30,
8, and 11:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Saturday the Fatima devo
tions, which have evolved
from the reported 1917 ap
pearance in Portugal of the
Virgin Mary with . the warn
ing that "unless the people
do penance, atheistic Commu
nism will overrun the world,"
will follow the daily 8 a.m.
mass. A special mass for the
children attending Sunday
catechism classes will also be
said that day at 11 a.m. .
Final Sermon
Sunday At
Congregational
The Rev. Thomas McCam-
ant will give his final sermon
at the 10 a.m. service of the
Congregational church Sun
day.
He will move with his fam
ily to . another pastorate at
Hubbard, Ore., early in the
week. The sermon topic will
be "Love So Amazing," based
on two favorite hymns. New
members will be received.
At the close of this service
there will be.a congregational
meeting to hear a report from
the pulpit committee and take
action on It. A plan will also
be submitted to the congrega
tion for supplying the pulpit
during the interim before an
other pastor comes.
Mrs. Wallace Bish, superin
tendent of the church school,
is now attending a meeting of
Christian Education Associ
ates at Pilgrim Firs, the Wash
ington Congregational confer
ence grounds. In her absence
Mrs. Donald Walters Is in
charge of the church school.
The Pilgrim Fellowship will
meet Sunday at 7 p.m. This
group is holding a work day
tomorrow to raise money for
their obligations. Those inter
ested In having them do any
kind of work should call Stan
Hobbs, SPring 2-9394; or Mar
ilyn Harwood, SPring 2-7384.
Friends Church To
Continue Meetings
Evangelistic meetings at the
Friends church will continue
through! this week, closing
with the 7:30 p.m. service
Sunday. Evangelist and musi
cian are Rev. and Mrs. John
Retherford, Wabash, Ind., who
have served as missionaries
in Kenya Colony, Africa.
At the 11 a.m.' service Mr.
Retherford's topic will be
"The Runaway Missionary."
The choir will sing, and there
will be a trio number by Mrs.
Retherford and her daughters,
Patsy, and Mrs. Dan Nolta.
At the 7:30 p.m. service the
junior choir will be featured,
and Mr. Retherford will speak
on, "The Church Faith
Built." '
First Presbyterian Church
Eighth and Holly Phone SP 2-2830
. Dr. D. Kirkland West, Pastor
Sermont "Victorious Living"
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.
UNITY
Comer Holly and Haven Streets
, Affiliated with Unity School of Christianity,
Lee's Summit, Mo.
REV. KATHERINE BOSWORTH, Minister
The last of 4 Lessons on The Lord's Prayer
"FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS"
Membership Sunday Coffee Break after services
Sunday School, Youth of Unity, 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
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Child Evangelism Fellowship
To Hold Medford Conference
About 150 delegates irom j Monday, May 1, through Frl
seven western states are ex- day. , .
pected to attend the Bible con-
ference of the Child Evanee-
llsm Fellowship in Medford
1 st Assembly of God
Pastors Leave For
World Conference
The Rev. and Mrs. Robert
E. Cull, pastors of the First
Assembly of God church, of
Medford, will leave May 1 to
attend the Pentecostal World
Conference in Jerusalem, Is
rael. They will go to Payette,
Idaho, for the dedication of
their granddaughter, Barbara
Sue Cull, then to Los Angeles
from where they will leave
for Amman, Jordan. . ,
While in Jordan, they plan
to visit the sacred places of
Jerusalem, the excavations of
ancient Jericho, the Dead
Sea, the mountains where the
Dead Sea scrolls were found
and other places of interest.
Included in their plans are
several days of sight-seeing in
Egypt. . ;
They then will go to Jeru
salem, Israel for the conven
tion. The conference will in
clude ministers of all branch
es of the Pentecostal churches
and from most of the coun
tries of the world. Between
3,000 and 5,000 persons are
expected to attend.
A number of days will be
spent visiting .the old and
new Israel before their return
by the way of Europe where
they will visit Greece, Italy,
France and England. Mr, Cull
Is planning to take both slides
and movies of his trip and
will show them in the local
church after he returns on
June 11.
Witnesses Make
Plans (or Meet
"Walk in the Name of Je
hovah Forever," is the theme
for j the semi-annual circuit
convention of Jehovah's Wit
nesses. More than 800 dele
gates in more than 17 congre
gations in southern Oregon
and northern California have
started making preparations
to attend the three-day event
scheduled for May 19 to 21 at
Yreka, Calif.
Harlan Nixon, pre siding
minister of the local congrega
tion, has announced that ap
proximately 135 witnesses
from Medford are planning to
attend.
Preparations for the assem
bly started April 15 when con
gregation members from
Yreka and surrounding areas
began a door-to-door search
for rooming accommodations
for the visiting delegates. The
Siskiyou County Fairgrounds,
obtained by the witnesses for
the event, will be used as the
site for the educational and
training program that has
been arranged.
Highlighting the instruction
program will be the public
talk "The Twentieth Century
in Bible Prophecy" to be giv
en by E. C. Kennedy, visiting
speaker from world headquar
ters In Brooklyn, N.Y. - -
Sunday at 4 p.m. at the
Kingdom hall, 2402 Jackson
ville highway, Mr. Nixon will
speak on "Faith Healing - Is
It From God?" i
Youth Crusade Set
At Open Bible
A youth crusade' is to begin
at the Open Bible church, 2715
Table Rock rd., Saturday,
April 29, at 2:30 p.m. ,
Services will be held each
night next week at 7 p.m., ex
cept Monday and Saturday.
The Rev. Howard Gear Is
the evangelist and will speak
on such topics as "The Garden
of Eden," "Two Spies on a
Red Rope" and. "Waiting in
Death Row."
Dr. Frank Mann, Grand
RaDids. Mich., national direc-
tor, will arrive Monday with
, THE REV. R. E. CULL
Leaves for Israel
Town, Country
Meet Scheduled
Corvallis The 1961 Ore
gon Town and Country
Church conference will be
held Oct. 9 to 11 on the cam
pus of Oregon State college,
according to an announcement
from the conference planning
committee.
Theme of this year's confer
ence will be "Renewal in
Change." Program events will
be aimed at finding ways to
renew the vitality of church
es in town and country situa
tions where change is creating
problems.
A second session of the con
ference, to be held at South
ern Oregon college, Ashland,
will be a new feature of the
conference this year, the com
mittee also announced. Speak
ers and program events will
be moved to the Southern Ore
gon area for a two-day ses
sion Oct: 12 and 13.
The Oregon Town, and
Country Church conference is
sponsored by the Oregon
Council of Churches, Archdio
cese of Portland in . Oregon,
Oregon State college and Co
operative Extension1 service,
Oregon Farm bureau, Oregon
State Grange, Oregon State
Farmers Union, and the Ore
gon Home Economics Exten
sion council.
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RELIGIOUS UNITY
"I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, Beseech you
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are
rallpd with all lowliness and meekness, with long-
suffering, forbearing one
ONE faith.
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urn
Dennis Most and In the SAME judgment- (1 Corin
Minister thians 1:10). "Neither pray I for these
alone; but for them also whlch shall believe on me
through their word: that they ALL may be ONE; as.
thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also
may be ONE in us: that the world may believe that
thou hast sent me" (John 17:20-21).
We are glad to see church leaders becoming more
concerned over divisions in "Christendom." And, we
believethe Lord's prayer that all believers be one is
both practical and possible. This kind of unity, how
ever, will never result from inquisitions, coercions,
synods, councils, mergers, unions, or. any kind of ec
clesiastical efforts. To be "perfectly joined together in
the same mind and in the same judgment" we must
return to the Bible for authority in religion. Until we
do this we will continue to be divided and unchristian.
So called "church authority" and traditions and creeds
of men will always confuse our. minds, destroy our
faith in God's word, divide us and lead us from God.
It is no compliment for a "christian nation" to live
In fear of atheism, or an atheistic power. Those "who
are workers together with God" (2 Corinthians 6:1)
needjiot be fearful, for there is no power on earth as
potent as the Gospel of Christ (Romans 1:16) and no
way of life as strong as Christianity (Ephesians 6-10)
True faith dispels fear, dissolves division, develops
character, and unites God's DeoDle in ONE hnd i-r-i.
sians 1:18). This one body will preach the Lord's will
(Matthew 28:19-20) which frees all who learn and
obey IT (John 8:31-32).
Too long have we "eaten the fruit of our own doines
and reaped the harvest of our own sowing" (Jeremiah
21:14, Galatians 6:7). Let us learn to speak as the
oracles of God (1 Peter 4:11), for they ALONE can
guide us unto EVERY GOOD WORK (2 TimothvVlR
17). With the Bible ONLY as our rule iT faith nrt
practice we will be UNITED. God will be elorified
Christ will be Dreached tn Ai r .7" D!-ll0,riVed:
and 9trlf uill o;;.
A WELCOME AND THE GOSPEL IN SERMON
AND SONG AWAITS YOU AT THE
WEST MAIN CHURCH OF CHRIST
1701 Wert Main p.0.
Dennis L Mess, minister
p., . ,, SERVICES EACH LORD'S DAY
Bible Clams . . .-
- Worship n'.Ms " " V ? ,?
Mid-week Service W.7nd",y'": .Z '"S IZ'
VISIT THIS FRIENDLY CHURCH OF CHRIST "
YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME! "
Mrs. Mann. He will speak oi
"Children: Our Golden Oppor
tunity."
The Rev. Riedar Kalland
Los Angeles, associate nation
al director of the Fellowship
will be in charge of the con
ference which is scheduled a'
the First Church of the Naz
arene, 520 North Holly st. H
will speak at the first sessioe
Monday at 7:15 p.m.
i Daily 'sessions have beei
scheduled at 9 a.m., 1:30 p.m
and in the evening. The final
meeting will be a banquet a;
1:30 pjn. Friday.
Principal Speaker '
Principal speaker will b
Dr. Kenneth Miles, Seattle
Wash., who will teach morn
ing and evening sessions . Of
"Deeper Life."
Morning devotions will b(
brought by pastors of the val
ley, according to Mrs. Nins
Gain, local Child Evangelism
director. Music will be fur
nished by the Medford Higk
school choir and from varioui
valley churches. ..
Other speakers scheduled
during the week Include Ec
Case from Cuba and Ira Ho
vey from the Philippine Is
lands, who will speak on the
missionary field; Miss Ruth
Turnwall, Pacific Palisades
Calif., managing editor of the
Child Evangelism magazine
who, will teach a course oi
"Child Study," and Miss Glee
Cooper, San Luis Obispo
Calif., who will teach a course
of visual aids and teaching
evangelism. , -. , ,
Wednesday afternoon a tout
of Jacksonville -has been
scheduled by. Mrs. H. A
Berntson, Jacksonville.
The local preparations hav6
been made ; by cooperating
churches through the Medford
Child Evangelism Committee
of laymen. The sessions are
open to the public.
APRIL 30, 1961 .
9:45 a.m. Graded Church School
11 :00 a.m. Morning Worship
Topic: "Meditation '-'
Upon Calvary's
Cross."
6:30 p.m. Baptist Youth
Fellowship
7:30 p.m. Popular Evening
Service". Topic:
"Men at Work." '
May 5th YOUTH BANQUET .
I
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another in love; endeavoring
e 10 Keep me unui ui me optui. in u,c
bond of peace. There is ONE body, and
:UINE spirit, even a ye are uaneu in
- nwr hnim nt vnni- pflllinir- ONE T.nrriV
ONE baptism, ONE God
and Father of all, who is above all, and
through all, and in you all" (Ephes
ians 4:1-6). "Now I beseech you, breth
ren, by the name oi our iora jesus
Christ, that ye all speak the SAME
thing, and that there be NO divisions
among you; but that ye be PERFECT
LY joined together in the SAME mind,
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