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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY. Youth To Review Summer Activities Dedication of Ihe church school teachers for the coming year will be held at both morning services at the First Presbyterian church Sunday. Dr. D. Kirkland West will use as his sermon topic "The Goal of the Teachers and Par ents" and Mrs. D. G. Mac Dnugail, soprano, will sing the prayer by St. Francis of Assissi, "Eternal Life." The chancel choir will sing for HARLEY F. BAILEY Bible Meditation Official Guest Speaker Is Listed In Talent Talent - Harley F. Bailey, Oregon representative of the Bible Meditation league, will be the speaker Sunday at the 11 a.m. service at Talent Friends church. The league is an agency that prints and distributes gospel literature to missionaries in 111 countries and in 100 lan guages. He will speak at the Ash land Free Methodist church during the Sunday school hour. Roland S. Hartley, who has been assistant pastor of the I Blent church for the past five years, is moving to Seat tle where he will attend the University of Seattle for the next two years, while there he will serve as assistant in Christian education to Paul Goins of the Memorial Friends church. Methodists List Soloists, Music, Sunday Topics Dr. George Roseberry, min ister, will preach on "The Church Ministry" nt both services Sunday at First Methodist church. Soloist for the 8:30 a.m. worship service will be Miss Linda Johnson, singing "Love ly Appear." The youth choir will sing "The Christian Bat tle." J. C. Kaylor will sing "The Lord's Prayer" at the 11 a.m. service and the chan cel choir will sing "O Re joice, Ye Christians Loudly." September is Loyalty month throughout Methodism. There will be no meeting of the Junior High Methodist Youth Fellowship as they are on a week end retreat at In dian Springs camp. The Sen ior High MYF and College Ace Fellowships will meet at the church Sunday nt 6:30 p m The College Age Fellow ship will have a snack sup per and council meeting in the Youth center Wednesday at fi 30 p.m. The first of six church membership classes will start Sunday at !l:30 a.m. Anyone Interested in joining First Methodist church is invited to attend. Mrs. Anne Gorby will conduct the first one on church history. Saturday. Sept. 20. at 7:30 p.m. there will be a reception in the church parlors In honor of all new members who will Join the church Sunday. Sept. 30. The congregation and any new members who have joined in the last few months arc also invited to attend this reception. J First Presbyterian Church Eighth and Holly Phone 772-2830 Sermon: "Gol o( Ihe Teachers sod Parents" Dr. D. Kirkland West Worship Services 9:30 and 1 1 a.m. Church School 9:30 a.m. Junior and Senior High Classes 1 1 :00 a.m. m a r m First Church of Christ, Scientist 100 Windsor Ave , I Block South of East Main Subject:, "Matter" Church and Sunday School Services at 1 1 00 a m. Wednesday Evening Service, 8 p.m. You Are Always Welcome Listen to. "The Bible Speaks To You" Station K-SHA ) SUNDAYS-9:00 A.M. SEPTEMBER 21. 1962 both the 9:30 and the 11 a.m. services. At Senior High Fellowship Sunday at 7 p.m. Miss Ruth Milligan will show slides of the work project she took part in in San Francisco this sum mer. Fireside will follow at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Harris, 707 South Oak dale ave. The Senior High Fellow ship will meet Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. for Bible Study fol lowed by a potluck dinner and choir practice. Junior High Fellowship meets each Tuesday after school for study and recrea tion. Dinner is served at 8 p.m. followed by fellowship in the upstairs chapel. All parents of children at tending the First Presbyterian Church school are asked to attend the rcregistration and curriculum preview to be held at the church Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, Sept. 25 and 26 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. They may attend either night. Plans for the new per manent and temporary roll will be explained by the Rev. David Brown, minister of Christian education. A curri culum preview will follow in each department. Westminster Christian Education day will be observed Sunday at the 11 a.m. worship service of W e s t m i n ster Presbyterian church. During the service the church school teachers and workers will be commissioned to their positions for the coming year and the Rev. John O. Reynolds will speak on the subject "The . Master Teacher." Dr. Otto Emig will serve as lay assistant. The choir will sing the anthem "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need." Church school meets at 9:45 a.m. New students may enroll in their departments. There is an adult class which meets at this time and Is led by the pastor. The Senior High Fellow ship will meet at 7 p.m. Sun day at the church to hear Gar ner Haupert speak of his ex periences this past summer in Norway as an exchange stu dent under the American Field Service program. Fire side will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Duke McQueen, 213B Hillcrest rd. The midweek study fellow ship will meet at the church Wednesday at 8 p.m. to con tinue the study of I Thessa lonians. Westminster church is lo cated on Oakwood dr. be tween Barncburg and Grove land aves. Foursquare Elects Groups' Officers "Committed To the Har vest" will be the theme in the Foursquare church, Sunday. Oct. 1. This was announced by Superintendent Mrs. Loyd Rasmusscn. Training classes arc scheduled for those inter ested in helping to "reap the harvest of souls," she said. The Rev. K. L. Mathewson, pastor of the church, will speak at the 11 a.m. service Sunday. His sermon topic will be "Evangelism." Election of officers was held recently. Elected to serve for the Crusader Youth group arc Miss Donna Trout, president; Miss Reni Barlow, vice presi dent: Miss Gail Trimble and Bob Greeley, social chairmen; Leon Lemmins, missionary chairman; and Miss Gloria Rasmusscn, secretary treas urer. Officers elected to serve in the Challenger group include E. E. Trout, president; Loyd Rasmusscn, vice president; Mrs. Rama Varner and Mrs. Laura Rogers, social chair men; Billy Barlow, missionary chairman; and Mrs. Mary Trout, secretary-treasurer. A n installation banquet will be held for the newly elected officers in Grants Pass tonight at 7 o'clock. . i i -a. a a. ' , SIDNEY NELSON Assumes Duties Associate Pastor Appointed in Area A new associate district pas tor has been appointed for the Rogue River Valley by the Oregon Conference of Sev- enth-day Adventists. P. Sidney Nelson, 2345 Stearns Way, Medford, recent ly arrived from Andrews uni' versity, Berrien Springs, Mich., where he completed his graduate work, to assume his new duties. Pastor Nelson is a graduate of Walla Walla col lege, College Place, Wash. His wife. Holly, also is a gradu ate of Walla Walla college. They have one son, Paul Sid ney, six months. Pastor Nelson taught high school in Cocur d'Alene, Ida ho, before entering the gospel ministry. His father, Dr. Phil ip S. Nelson, is a medical mis sionary in New Delhi, India He was physician in the Gif- fard Memorial hospital, Muz- ird. India, before going to New Delhi to build a new hos pital. Pastor Nelson spent his boy hood near Seattle, Wash. First Baptists Announce Events Services at the First Baptist church Sunday will be con ducted by the pastor, the Rev. Bernard E. Andrews. The church is meeting temporar ily at the Wilson school, Grand and Corona aves. Mr. Andrews' subject at the 1 1 a.m. service will be "Prayer Problems". Mrs. Al bert Gandt will be soloist. A ladles' trio will also sing for the service. It includes Mrs. Clarence Waglcr, Miss Linda Scott and Miss Virginia Gandt. Sunday Is Family day for the Sunday School meeting at 9:40 a.m. Several family groups will provide music for the opening worship period. The goal is to have as many complete families as possible in Sunday school. A set of color slides of the church's mission work on the continent of Africa will be shown at the 7:30 p.m. serv ice. Mr. Andrews will speak on the subject, "Should a Christian Ever Go to the For tune Teller?" Cottage prayer meetings are being held In the mem bers' homes this month on Monday evenings as a part of the month's emphasis on prayer. Tuesday evening the Men's Fellowship of the church will meet at the Don Mincar resi dence, l!)fl Griffin Creek rd. for their monthly potluck supper and program. Monroe MeGonagle is chairman. The Sunday school teach ers and officers of the church will meet Thursday at the home of Mrs. Doyle FraiiK lin, 401 King st., to plan for the Sunday school fall pro gram. Mr. Andrews will attend a pastor's seminary, beginning Monday, at the Western Bap tist Theological seminary, Portland. The Seminar is an annual affair conducted for the 1.M1 pastors of Conserva tive Baptist churches in Ore gon and provides specialized studies in current theological subjects. 'Parables For life' To Be Sunday Tonic "Parables For Life" will be the 11 a m. message by the Rev. Fred O. Sapp Jr., pastor of the First Advent Christian church. Sunday At 1 1 30 a m the children will go to their Junior church chapel for their own service. They will be led by Miss Carol Clark and Mrs Howard Watkins. Sunday school classes will report on their progress in the Chapter A Day club. Sunday at 6 30 p in a dis cussion period will be held, covering the questions which arise from the reading of the Bible during the week in the Chapter A Day club. A song service will follow at 7:30 p in. Wednesday prayer meeting and bible study will be held at the parsonage at 7:30 p.m. The 17lh chapter of Kickit-I will be studied i p. Klomhauses To Leave For Nigeria; Commissioning Set Dr. A. P. Klomhaus, Rogue River, a member of St. Pet er's Lutheran church, 1020 East Main st., Medford, will be formally commissioned as medical missionary in charge of the Lutheran Mission hos pital, Eket, Nigeria, West Africa, in the 11 a.m. service Sunday. The Rev. John E. Simon, pastor of the church, will read the rite of commission ing. The Rev. Carl F. Nitz, ex ecutive secretary of steward ship and Christian education of the Northwest district of the Lutheran church - Missouri Synod, will preach the ser mon. Acting as the liturgist will be the Rev. Rollin Schaleger, Veneta, Ore., son-in-law of Dr. Klomhaus. Also partici pating and representing the Lutheran Medical Mission association will be Dr. Leon ard Ritzmann, Portland, chief cardiologist at the Veterans Administration hospital. Dr. Klomhaus, a graduate of the University of Illinois Medical school, practiced in Aurora, 111., from 1932 to 1948. In 1948 Dr. and Mrs. Klomhaus and their two chil dren moved to Rogue River, living on the Evans Creek rd. The children are Gretchen, a registered nurse, and Gilbert, a student of theology at Con cordia seminary, Springfield, III., who, with his wife. Don na, is spending the present school year as an intern at Pilgrim Lutheran church, Wauwatosa, Wis. In 1957 Dr. and Mrs. Klom haus left for New Guinea, where they were active in the medical mission work among the natives. After returning from New Guinea in 1960, Dr. and Mrs Klomhaus were active in pub licizing the work done by the Lutheran missionaries in the remote mountain areas. They have given 338 lectures throughout the Northwest. The couple will leave for Nigeria via Chicago and Lon don on Oct. 28. In Nigeria they will join a number of fellow Oregonians, including doctors and nurses, who have in the past volunteered for mission work. So many Ore gonians have served the Lutheran church in this Afri can country that the road to the Eket hospital has been nicknamed "The Oregon Trail". At Commissioning Present among the worship pers at the commissioning service Sunday will be Dr. Klomhaus' mother and sister, Mrs. Fred Klomhaus and Miss Ella Klomhaus, Plainficld, III.; Mrs. Schaleger and daughter, Veneta; Dr. Dor othy Ritzmann and three daughters, Portland; Edet Ituen, native Nigerian and student at Concordia college, Portland; and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brandon and family, Salem, who plan to leave soon for New Guinea, where Brandon will serve as the business manager of the mis sion where the Klomhauses served. The public Is invited to at tend the service and the cof fee hour, honoring the Dr. and Mrs. Klomhaus after ihe service. The 8:15 a.m. service at St. Peter's will be held as usual with Pastor Simon in charge. Brethren Activities Are Announced The Rev. William Wash, minister of the Medford Church of the Brethren, 345 Mary st., will speak Sunday at the it a.m. worship hour on "Christian Joy." The choir will sing. Mrs. Wash will tell the storv "Opportunity To Do Good," for the children. The Booster class of the church will hold a farewell j party for the Felix Sesslcr j family. The Sesslcrs have : lived in the Medford area fori a year and are from Indonesia. I They will leave the valley this! week end. The party will be ' at the Floyd Evernden home. I Apostolic Faith Overseer To Speak Ilie Rev. R Robert Craw ford, Portland, overseer of the Apostolic Faith organiza tion, will speak at the local church at 8 o'clock tonight. Mrs. Crawford is with him. as also are the Rev. and Mrs. Audrey Wallace. Mr. Wallace was assistant minister of the Medford church in 11)49 and Mrs. Wallace was organist. She is now organist at the Apostolic Faith tabernacle. Portland. UNITY Corner Hollv and Hacn Streets AIM.jted With Unity School el Christianity, Lf t s Summit, Mn. REV KATHARINE BOSWORTH. Minuter Worship Hour I I 15 am. "Judgment and Justice" John 7.24 Sun,ijv School, Youth ot Unitv Adult Biolf Olsi (5im. Office open daily Monday thru Friday, 10 a m -4 p m. 995 S. Oikdale Ave Phone 772-6902 EVERYONE IS WELCOME DR. AND MRS. A. P. KLOMHAUS Couple To Leave Area Oct. 28 1957 Award of Merit Winner Two Missionaries To Talk At Community Church Butte Falls - Two mission aries, both under the auspices of the Oriental Missionary so ciety, will speak this week end at Reese Creek Commu nity church, one mile east of Crater Lake highway on Butte Falls rd. The missionaries are the Rev. Joe Rogers, who recently returned from Latin America, and is now serving as North west Regional secretary, and the Rev. and Mrs. Wesley L. Wildermuth, who have been teaching in Tokyo. They will speak and illus trate their talks with colored slides of the fields in which they have been teaching. The meetings will be held Saturday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. services. Following the Saturday service a get- acquainted time will be held. A potluck dinner will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at which time both Japanese and Span ish foods will be served. Mr. Wildermuth will prepare a sukiyaki dinner, it was an nounced. Eastwood Baptists Schedule Events Sunday at the morning serv ice at Eastwood Baptist church, corner of Kecne Way and Ridgeway dr.. Pastor Clif ford Young will share the formula for a successful Chris tian life as he speaks on, "Starting the New Life," bas ed on II Peter 3:18. The chan cel choir will sing, "Trust in the Lord." Sunday is Rally and Promo tion day at the Sunday school, according to Superintendent Dean Anderson. There will be a program in the sanctuary for all who attend the Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. The day has been designated as "Break All Records" Sunday, and the church school is expected to set a new attendance record. At 6:30 p.m. the Junior-Junior High Baptist Youth fellow ship will launch its fall pro gram with the Dale Maucks and the Mel Rennicks as spon sors. The Senior High BYF will also meet at this hour with Stuart Young in charge f the program. At the 7:30 p.m. service, the pastor will speak on "Can We find God in Outer Space?" Tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. the Fellowship class will have a covered dish dinner at the church. A work night for the men of the church is scheduled for Monday. Sept. 24 Work on the exterior of the present ' unit has been completed witli ! the placing of the finishing coats of stucco and the re painting of the building. BETHEL ASSEMBLY "The Indwelling Power of Pentecost" is the sermon sub ject at Bethel Assembly of God's 11 a.m. worship serv ice Sunday. The church is lo cated at 12-5 East McAn drews rd. The subject of the 7:30 p.m. evangelistic service is to be. "Jesus Christ. Mighty To S;ive " The pastor, the Rev. L. D. Krause will speak at both services. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON CHURGH NEWS National Religious Publicity Council THE REV. JOE ROGERS Back From Latin America THE REV. W. L. WILDERMUTH Teacher in Tokyo Youth For Christ Film Saturday ' Goal To Go", a 60-minute film, will be shown tomorrow night at the Youth for Christ rally in McLoughlin Junior High school. This film pro vides a look at life in today's world as a high school foot ball star faces up to the chal lenge of his life. Ibis rally is the first one of the school year. Rogue Valley Youth for Christ plans to continue its program of two rallies each month. Stu dents that want a YFC club in or near their school this year are advised to contact the rally director. TO PREACH TONIGHT Rev. R. Robert Crawford OVERSEER The Apostolic Faith x.v World-Wide Organ- ip" i liauuii ui unurcnes 7 T HI WSTOUC V 3rd and Central 772-2757 loyce C. Carver, Pastor Miss Cunningham To Leave Gold Hill Christian Church Gold Hill-M its Jean Cunningham who has serv ed as minister of the Gold Hill Christian church the past four years will be honored at a potluck lun cheon after the worship hour Sunday. Miss Cun ningham will present the sermon message en that date, which will be the last lime that she will serve the church as min ister. Mist Cunningham has moved to Prospect where she is teaching English in the high school. She had resided in Gold Hill the pest two years. New Building To Be Dicussed At Sunday Meeting "The Meaning of Baptism' is the sermon topic that the Rev. Fredrick Ross Evans will use at both services Sun day morning at the First Christian church. There will be baptismal services at the second service. At the 8:30 a.m. service the youth choir will sing "Fair est Lord Jesus." The carillon choir, made up of ninth and tenth graders, will sing "Un der His Wings" at the second service. Mrs. E. P. Greer and Mrs. George Swinney will host the coffee hour. A congregational business meeting to consider matters pertaining to the new church building has been scheduled following the 10:55 a.m. ser vice. Both the Chi Rho and Mid dlcrs Fellowship will meet at 6 p.m. Mrs. Ralph Cook, chair man of the church worship de partment, will visit the Chi Rho Fellowship and show them how to set up worship centers and how to prepare worship services from mate rials available to the group. Suzanne Brooks will lead the discussion on "These Parents of Ours." Sarah Matthews will give the devotions. The Christian Youth Fel lowship meets at 6:30 p.m. for a study on personal devo tions lead by Norman Camp bell. Cathy Moore has charge of the worship period. Tomorrow evening the Chi Rho Fellowship will have a hard time party at the Brad ford Wynter home, 1919 Or chard Home dr. The Christian Youth Fel lowship is sponsoring a car wash all day tomorrow at Jerry's Union Service station. The proceeds will go to the fund to purchase pews in the new church. Walther League To Hold State Meeting Ashland - Walther League members of Grace Lutheran church, Frances lane, Ashland, have been busy the last few weeks in preparation for the Oregon district of the Wal ther League fall convention to be held in Ashland, Sept. 28 to 30. Karen Hinrichs is general chairman of the convention. Wes Nickodemus, registra tion chairman, reported that 120 registrations have been received, mostly from the Portland area. About 200 young people are expected to attend. To house such a large group the young people are not only asking the assistance of all members of Grace Lutheran church, but are also receiving the help from the Walther League of St. Peter's Lutheran church, Medford. ST. LUKE'S TOPIC "Witnesses of the Spirit Through Participation" will be the topic of the sermon topic at the 11 a.m. worship service at St. Luke's Metho dist church, 2940 Siskiyou blvd. The Rev. Charles R. McDonald, pastor, will speak. United Thank Offering Set Sunday; Reception To Be In Honor of Sunday at the 11 a.m. serv ice, St. Mark's Episcopal church will join Episcopal churchwomen throughout the world in presenting their Fall United Thank offering. The Rev. Leon R. McDougall, curate at Grace Memorial church, Portland, will be guest preacher. This marks the 73rd year in which coins have been drop ped day by day into little blue boxes as an expression of thankfulness of women every where for the blessings and good things of life. The several million dollars which are given triennially in the United Thank offering are used to train young women The J. A. McDougall fam ily. Portland, for many years residents of Medford, will be guests of honor at a reception following ihe 11 a.m. service Sunday at St. Mark's Episcopal church. Mr. McDougall has serv ed ihe church as treasurer for a period of 18 years, in addition to appointments at vestryman, senior ward en, and delegate to conven tion. Mrs. McDougall organ ised the acolyte guild. The guild hat a current member ship of approximately 115 boyt. For ihe occasion the Rev. George R. V, Bolster, hat invited their younger ton, the Rev. Leon R. McDougall to be the guest preacher at both the 9:30 and 11 a.m. services. He it assistant at Grace Memorial Episcopal church, Portland. Also participating In the tervicet will be Jerome Mc Dougall, Medford retident. and an active lay leader in the parish. All friendt and associate! of ihe family are invited to attend the various func tions. for church work, to provide specialized training In social services, medicine, and in rural work, helps repair old church buildings and pay for new ones and provides retire ment pensions for women workers in the church. Series Continues At First Nazarene The Rev. Harold M. San- ner, pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene, 520 North Holly st., continues his series of messages in both the morn ing and evening services Sun day. His 11 a.m. message theme is "Expositions in Ephe- sians and for the 7 p.m. "As pects of True Holiness." Music for the morning serv ice will be the sanctuary choir singing "What My Soul Seeks" and a soprano solo by Mrs. Rod Newman. Organ pre lude and offertory music will be furnished by Mrs. Arnold Kornstad. During the 7 p.m. service, music will include a duet by Mr. and Mrs. Dick Horton and a vocal solo bv Mrs. Perry Christiansen. Judy Arnold will present a clarinet solo and Mrs. Bill Brewster will play the organ prelude. The Senior High youth will start tonight the Fifth Quar ter parties after the Medford High school football game. This will be held in the activi ty building where games and refreshments will be provided. The Men's Fellowship will begin their fall program Tues day in the activity building at 6:30 p.m. Rod Newman is president of the fellowship. Speaker for the evening will be Gordon Olsen, Eugene businessman. 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 27, 8 P.M. St. Mark's Episcopal Church FIFTH and OAKDALE No Commitments Whatsoever Th Rev. George R. V. Bolster, Rector The Rev. leRoy E. Cox, Assistant McDougalls Mrs. Harold Gilbert, UTO custodian for St. Mark's, has asked all women participating in Sunday's offering to trans fer the contents of their blue boxes to envelopes provided at the church, and to retain the blue box for further use. Classes of instruction in re ligion and the basic tenants of the Christian faith, designed for adults, will start at St. Mark's, Thursday, Sept. 27, at 8 p.m. in the parish hall. The course will continue for ten weeks. The classes which will be conducted by Mr. Bolster, rec tor of St. Mark's and the Rev. LeRoy E. Cox, assistant, will be open to all who care to at tend and will involve no com mitment to further association with the church. Subjects to be covered will include church history, doc trine, worship and practice, the Christian sacraments, Holy Bible, Book of Common Prayer, organization of the church, meaning and purpose of confirmation, and a con cluding class on personal re ligion. The classes will be in formal and questions and dis cussion will be included. For those who so desire, these classes may lead to a communicant membership in the Church. Zion Lutherans List Activities Sundav at thf 11am urnr. ship service at Zion Lutheran church, the Rev. Harvey C. Coovert. nastor. will snealf nn "Handicapped Christians". new members will be re ceived into the church riiirinc the worship service. The sen ior cnoir will sing, "Praise The Name Of The Lord". Mr. Coovert. anH Leon Evans, vice president of the council of the church, will at tend a meetine of the SvnnH. ical Constituting convention of the Lutheran Church in America, in Seattle on Wed nesday and Thursday. They are the delegates from thu church. Two classes of instruction in the catechism for young people desiring to become members of the church will start Saturday, Sept. 29. All youth who will be entering the seventh grade or higher are eligible to loin tho first year catechetical class, which will meet in the Fireside room every Saturday at 9:30 a.m. The second year catechet ical class will meet at 10:45 a.m. everv Saturdav anH i open to all who have finished one year of catechetical in struction. First Baptist Church Conservative-Fundamental B. E. Andrews, Pastor Byron Evans, Youth Dir. Meeting Temporarily at WILSON SCHOOL Grand & Corona SUNDAY, SEPT. 23rd 9:40 A.M. Sunday School for All 11:00 A.M. "Prayer Problemi" 7:30 P.M. "Should A Believer Ever Go To A Fortune Teller?" Wednesday 7:30 P.M. Miisionarv Proaram ) Now t) iuN1 Wilson Sch00'