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Newspaper Page Text6 A FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 23. 1962 Guest Speakers Are Scheduled Sunday For Presbyterians Due to the meeting of the Youth assembly of Oregon In Medford this week end, some changes will be made for the 8:30 a.m. worship service at First Presbyterian church. More than 3S0 young people will attend the first service so the entire lower floor will be reserved for them, it was an nounced. Adults will be seated in the balcony and the fellow ship hall. Seating will be the same as usual for the 11 a.m. service church officials said. Dr. James Robinson, New York City, will speak at both services. He will also speak four times during the Youth Assembly. These youth meet ings will be held in the Med ford High school auditorium and are open to the public The times are today at 4:20 and 6:30 o'clock and Saturday 9:15 a.m. and 1:45 p.m The youth choir will sing two anthems Sunday for tne first service, "Canticle of Peace" and "Open Our Eyes" with tenor solo by Phil Frohn- mayer. The chancel choir will sing "Christian, the Morn Breaks Sweetly O'er Thee" with incidental solos by Mrs. Charles P. Champlin and Rob ert Wright for the 11 a.m. service. Moderator of the Youth as sembly is Joel Gregory, fresh man at Harvard university, who arrived home from that eastern college to preside at the meeting. Westminster The Rev. Burton Alvis, field director in the Synod of Ore gon for the board of Christian education, will be the guest speaker at the 11 a.m. wor ship service of the Westmin ster Presbyterian church Sun day. Before assuming this po sition Mr. Alvis pastored churches in Portland and Klamath Falls. During the service the church choir will sing the an them "To Thee We Sing," and the Rev. John O. Reynolds will lead children's church. Nursery care Is available for pre-school children. Church school will be held at 9:45 a.m. in all depart ments. The adult class meets in the pastor's office and con tinues Its study of the subject "The People of God In the Bible." New members are wel come. The Junior high fellowship will meet at 5 pm. at tne home of Dr; and Mrs. Ralph First Baptist Church Constrvatlvc-Fundiminral B. E. Andrews, Pastor Byron Evans, Youth Dir. Moetinq Temporarily at WILSON SCHOOL Grand It Corona SUNDAY, NOV. 25h 9:40 A.M. Sunday School lor All 11:00 A.M. Dr. Gtorg. Col Sr. 7.00 P.M. Dr. Rufui Jones Wednckdav 7:30 P.M. BibU Study and Prayer Sflrvica ATTEND THE "OPERATION GO" Misiionary Rally ir 3:00 p.m. First Baptist Church 241 Hargadini, Aihland rZ&i'' I On the ('':"'.- ( Air W ri1 KBOY UNITY Corner Holly and Havtn Street Affiliated With Unity School ot Chrutianiiy, Lee i Summit, Mo. REV. KATHARINE BOSWORTH, Minuter Worship Hour 11:15 a m. "Your Greater Self" I John 4.4 Sunday School, Youth ot Unity, Adult Bible Caw 9.45 a m. Of tic open daily Monday thru Friday, 10 a.m. -4 p.m. 995 S. Oakdalt Ae. Phone 772-6902 EVERYONE IS WELCOME Firs! Church of Christ, Scientist 100 Windsor Ave., 1 Block South of East Main Subject: "Soul and Body" Church and Sunday School Services at 1 1:00 a.m. Wednesday Evening Service, 8 p.m. You Ara Always Welcome listen tos "The Bible Speaks To You" Station K-SHA SUNDAYS-9:00 A.M. Hibbs, 190 White Oak dr. to see the second half of the film on "Martin Luther." The sen ior high fellowship will not meet tnis Sunday. A church school workshop for teachers In all departments and interested parents will be held Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 7:30 p.m. Subjects to be covered will be the use of visual aids, music, storytelling, and the creative arts in the churcli school. Special leaders will direct each one of these nub jects. Ashland Church Lists Events Ashland - "The Conniving Steward" will be the sermon Sunday at the 11 a.m. worship service at the First Methodist church, North Main at Laurel sts. A bethel of the Interna tional Order of Job's Daugh ters will be guests during the service. Dr. P. Malcolm Ham mond will speak. A coffee hour will follow the service. Kurt Engstrom will lead the Junior High Methodist Youth Fellowship meeting at 5 p.m. Sunday. The Senior High MYF will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the church before leaving for Connie Felger's home at 200 Tolman Creek rd. Monday at 6:30 p.m. the Methodist Men's dinner will be held at the church. Con gressman Edwin R. Durno, Medford, will speak. Tuesday at 8 p.m. the Bible study group will meet at the Lytle nome, 740 Walker ave. Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. all officers of the church will meet at the First Methodist church in Medford for a sub- district conference. A church potluck dinner will be held Friday, Nov. 30, at the fireside room at 6:30 p.m. Those attending are to take a hot dish or salad or dessert and their own table service. Missionary to Speak at Baptist Dr. George Cole Sr., mis sionary statesman from Whea ton, 111., who is in the valley this week to speak at a Bap tist rally in Ashland Sunday, will speak at the 11 a.m. serv ice that day at First Baptist church, Medford. The church is temporarily holding services at Wilson school, Grand and Corona aves. The Rev. Bernard E. Andrews Is pastor. Miss Julie Gandt, soloist, will sing at the morning serv ice as will the chapel choir. At 7 p.m. Dr. Hufus Jones, general director of the Con servative Baptist Home Mis sion society, will speak. He is responsible for missionary work from Alaska to Panama. Also speaking at the same pro gram will be the Rev. Marvin Cowan, missionary in Utah. During the evening service Mr. and Mrs. Jack Coster will sing a duct and a French horn trio will be played by Jerry Goddard, Doug Bartholomew and Jon Andrews. Editor to Speak For Unitarians Eric W. Allen Jr.. managing editor of the Mail Tribune, will be the speaker at the Rogue Valley Unitarian Fel lowship M the Sunday service. "Milestones" will be the sub ject of his address. The Fellowship meets each Sunday at the lied Cross building, 80 Hawthorne ave. at 11 a.m. Ernest Wander is chairman. Church school meets at the same time. Following the serv ices a reception honoring Al len will be held. ' lnTi"1 1 ' J ? - -si. " i ' -- .... . rTv NEW CHURCH -Work is progressing on the new First Christian church being built at 1900 Crater Lake ave. The congregation, still meeting in their building at Ninth st. and South Oakdale ave., hope to be in the new church by Easter. Shown here u the sanctuary. The "bonnet" at left will be 49 feet high at its peak and stained glass will Commandment To Be Sunday Topic "The Great and Second Com mandment" is the title of the sermon which the Rev. Fred rick Ross Evans will preach at both services Sunday morning at the First Christian church, Ninth st. and South Oakdale ave. The youth choir wllj sing "We Would Be Building," at the first service and the Caril lon choir will sing "O Come, O Come, Emanuel" at the 10:55 a.m. service. Mrs. Harold Otlosen Sr. and Mrs. Charles H. Craver will be hostesses at the coffee hour following the second ser vice. The Chi Rho Fellowship will continue the study of looking toward a career at their 6 p.m. meeting. Gene Taylor will lead the study and Nancy Bo gener will give the devotions Carol House will lead the Middlers Fellowship study at 6 p.m. on "Children in Need." Carolyn Bailey is in charge of the worship period. A film strip on how to lead a discussion will be shown at the Christian Youth Fellow ship meeting at 6:30 p.m. Mr. Evans will attend a board meeting of the Oregon Christian Missionary society In Portland on Wednesday. He is chairman of the evange lism commission for the Chris tian churches in Oregon. Church Year Ends At St. Peter's The last Sunday of the old church year will be observed Sunday at St. Peter's Lutheran church as a service of repen tance and prayer, according to age-old custom. The Rev. John E. Simon, pastor of the church, will preach on "Return to God!" in both services at 8:15 and 11 a.m. The Sunday school will begin at 0:30 a.m. The first briefing session for the (cbruary Open House Mission, participated in by the three Missouri Synod Lu theran congregations of this area, will be held Sunday at 7 p.m. at St. Peter's church. The Rev. Win. Schroeder, evangel ism head of the Northwest dis trict of the Lutheran church Missouri Synod, plans to be present on this occasion. Com mittee members from St. Paul's Lutheran, Grants Pass: Grace Lutheran, Ashland; and St. Peter's will attend. The Walthcr League, St. IYter's trcn-age youth group, will meet Sunday at 7 p.m. in the basement auditorium of the church. Church of Brethren Sermon Topic Told The Rev. William Wash, minister of Medford Church of the Brethren. 345 Mary st., will speak Sunday at th'c 11 a m. worship service on "Do What Pleases Him." Mr Wash will tell the children's story. "A Hidden Secret." Delores Pool will assist the pastor during the service. Cheryl Williams and Syrena Whitehead will plav a flute duet. Eugene Music will he in charge of the Youth Fellow ship meeting at 7 pm The evening's topic will he "The Spotlight on You." First Presbyterian Church Eighth and Holly Sermon: "Faith . , . Alternative to Doubt." Dr. Junes Robinson Worship Services: 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. Church School: 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. 1957 Award of Merit Winner DR. GEORGE COLE Missionary Statesman Rally Scheduled Sunday by Area's Baptist Churches Conservative Baptist churches of Southern Oregon will participate in a Mission ary rally Sunday at 3 p.m. at the First Baptist church, 241 Hargadine St., Ashland. According to the Rev. Ber nard E. Andrews, pastor of the Medford First Baptist church and rally general chairman, the rally, entitled "Operation Go," will feature missionaries and mission ex ecutives who will give infor mation on the current status of missionary work around the world. Dr. George Cole Sr., past president of the Conservative Baptist Foreign Missionary society. Whaton, III., will be the rally's principal speaker. Other speakers will be Dr. Rufus Jones, director of the Home Mission society; the Rev. Hubert Morden, mission ary to Brazil; the Rev. Marvin Cowan, missionary to Utah, and the Rev. Ken Cumings, former missionary to Portu gal and now Northwest rep resentative of the Foreign Mission society. The purpose of the rally is to inform local church mem bers about what they can do to help the missionary cause, Mr. Andrews said. Cooperat ing in the rally are churches in Medford, Ashland. Grants Pass. White City. Selma and O'Brien. It is one of more than 70 rallies being held dur ing November and December in all sections of the country by the society. Dinner, Program Held by Men's Club Wilderville Some 20 cou ples attended the Methodist Men's potluck dinner recent at the Wilderville Methodist church. Stanley Glenn was in charge of decorations and the program. Mrs. James Lindsay read the poem by L. Maria Child, "Thanksgiving Day." and the Stardustrrs sang "Silver Bells". The St.irdustcrs in clude Sanrii and Alana Rand and Linn Faulkner. Phone 779-1711 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON be Installed both in the front and back. Also under con struction at the site are an educational wing and church offices. Expected to be erected soon is a 70-foot high steel cross which will be in the center of the drive-around on the grounds. The cross will be embedded in 18 feet of con crete and steel. (Knackstedt photo) CHURCH NEWS National Religious Publicity Council Guests Noted For Sunday Services "Forgive and Forget" will be the subject of Dr. George Roseberry's sermon at First Methodist church Sunday. Honored guests at the 11 a.m. service will be the mem bers of Shady Cove bethel, International Order of Job's Daughters. Miss Marsha Ack erman is honored queen, Mrs. Fannie Snook is guardian, and Ted Flury is associate guard ian. Ralph Van Horn, Portland, son-in-law of Dr. Roseberry, will be guest soloist at both morning worship services. He will sing "My God and I." The youth choir will sing "Sing a Song of Joy" at 9:30 a.m. and the chancel choir will sing "Thus Speaketh Christ, Our Lord" at 11 a.m. The Senior High Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold their monthly council meeting with their advisors at 5 p.m. at the church, followed by a snack supper and their regu lar program at 6:30 p.m. The Rev. E. J. Aschenbrcn ner, Eugene district superin tendent of the Methodist church, will be at the church Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. to ex plain the nature and objec tives of the new program, "Our Mission Today," spon sored by Bishop A. Raymond Grant and the cabinet of the Oregon conference. All church members and friends Interest ed in churchmanship are in vited to attend. Central Point Group Announces Topics Central Point - Mr. Jean M. Shelley, minister of the Church of Christ, Third and Oak sts., Central Point, will speak at both the 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. services Sunday. His topics will be "Lost in the Presence of God" and "God s Love." Friday the Winsome class of the Bible school will hold a progressive dinner starting at 7 p.m. Slides of the Kia michi Mountain mission will be shown at the close of the program. Sunday is the last day for members of the church to take good, usable clothing to the church to be sent to the mis sion. SERMON, FILM SET Central Point-' When Will the Rapture Take Place?" will be the title of the sermon Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Com munity Bible church. Fourth and Alder sts., by the pastor, the Rev. Paul O. Kroon. The film "Martin Luther" will be shown at 7 p.m. No admis sion will be charged but a goodwill offering will be taken. See Film . . . "MARTIN LUTHER" The story of a mn , . . The Reformation tht changed the world. A picture th.t revetli the heroic nd devout struggle of the mn who dared to proclaim "No man can command my commence . . . HERE I STANDI!" COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH 4h & Alder Streets, Centre! Point SUNDAY, November 25, 7:00 p.m. No admission charge - Free Will Offering Central Church Activities Noted Services at Central Church of Christ, 1440 South Oak dale ave., will begin Sunday with the Bible study hour at 9:45 a.m. Departmental open ing exercises will be followed by classes in which the Bible is presented on each age level from pre - school through adults. John V. Heberling, minis ter, will be the speaker at the 11 a.m. worship. His message will be entitled "The Mirror of God's Word." Junior wor ship service is also held at 11 a.m. There is a nursery pro vided for babies and pre schoolers. At 6:30 p.m. three young people's groups meet at the church building. The groups are for high schoolers, junior high schoolers and elementary school age children. At the 7:30 p.m. worship hour Mr. Heberling will con tinue his series of messages of modern lessons from the an cient tabernacle, this third one being called "The Ele ments Of Worship." The ser mon will deal with the signifi cance of the part of the taber nacle called the Holy Place. Midweek services are held each Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Fellowship hall. The group is currently studvinu Old Testament background material and at the present are studying the book of Exodus. Spiritual Baptism Planned at Unity Spiritual baptism will be given for new members affil iating with the Unity Church of Medford, Holly and Haven sts., Sunday, at the 11:15 a.m. service. "Your Greater Self" Is the subject of the lesson the Rev. Katharine Bosworth will speak on at the service. The text is taken from I John 4:4. Miss Sandra Myers will be at the organ and Mrs. D. G. MacDougall will sing "Hold Thou My Hand" by Briggs. The prayer ministry will meet Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 11 a.m. at the Unity church. Those attending are to take their lunch. At 1 p.m. the study class will meet. The Grants Pass and Ash land classes will meet as usual. Unity Church of Medford is an affiliate of the Unity School of Christianity at Lee's Summit, Mo. Pathfinders Group Schedules Meetings O'Brien - The Pathfinders group of the Seventh Day Ad ventlsts of Illinois Valley, will meet Sunday, Nov. 25, for their next regular meeting. At thci1a.it meeting they carved soap figures to repre sent a variety of marine life, which the group is now study ing. The group is also studying cookie baking. Mary Johnson is working for honors in this division. The group will meet this week to complete a Thanks giving basket. Evangelistic Campaign Continues for Nazarenes Tonight's service at 7:30 o'clock and the Sunday serv ices at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. will conclude the evangelistic cam paign that has been under way at the First Church of the Nazarene, 520 North Holly st. Congregational Services Slated The Congregational church will hold its service of wor ship and its church school at 11 a.m. Sunday. The church continues to meet at Hoover Grade school, just east of the intersection of South Modoc rd. and Sis kiyou blvd., while plans are being made for the construc tion of a new church at the corner of East Jackson st. and Berkeley way. The Rev. Robert W. Tull, minister of the church, will preach a sermon entitled, "The Sins of Adults and the Souls of Youth", based on the ancient Hebrew proverb, "The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge." Immediately following the worship service a congrega tional meeting will be held at noon. The purpose of the meeting of the membership is to establish the operating budget for the church for the year 1963. The church school will hold classes at 11 a.m. during the worship hour. Children younger than three will be cared for in the health room of the school. The three, four and five-year-olds will meet Sunday in the school cafe teria. The first through sixth graders will meet in the school bandroom where Nat Etzel, teacher of the fifth and sixth grade class, will show pictures of churches which he took on his tour of Europe last summer. The Pilgrim Fellowship will meet at Skakey's Pizza Parlor at 6 p.m. Following a pizza supper, the group will go to the Welty house, 2940 Hillcrest rd., for its regular meeting. Fourth in Series Planned Sunday "Reality or Mythology?" will be the 11 a.m. message Sunday by the Rev. Fred O. Sapp Jr., pastor of the First Advent Christian church. This will be the fourth ser mon in the member rededica tion series. At 11:30 a.m. the children will go to the junior church chapel for their own service. Sunday school classes will begin at 9:45 a.m. The con test continues with the Adult Bible class still in the lead. There will be a Sunday school business meeting at 7 p.m. with the church business meeting immediately follow ing. Monday the pastor will travel to Portland for the quarterly business meeting of the official board of the Wil lamette Valley Advent Chris tian conference. Pastor Sapp is president of the conference and head of the board. Ac companying him will be Mrs. Gertrude Shlde, Jacksonville, secretary of the conference. Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. prayer meeting and Bible study will be held at the par sonage. The 23rd chapter of Ezekiel will be studied. WEEK OF PRAYER Yreka - The Seventh Day Adventist church of Yreka re cently observed Week of Prayer with nightly meetings scheduled in various com munities. Meetings were held in Montague, Hornbrook. Yreka, Etna, Fort Jones and Little Shasta. As f V f l i. Jl I . f J' j I-1 ' f L i JAMES G. CRABTREE SPLENDID EVANGELIST of SPRINGFIELD, OHIO FRIDAY-7.30 P.M. "The Redeemer venwi the Destroyer" SUNDAY-11.00 A.M. "The Dimensions of Deliver.nce" (Brotdctst over KDOV) 7:00 P.M. "Behold the Bridegroom Cometh" FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 520 NORTH HOUY, MEDFORD H. M. SANNER, PASTOR Attend Crus.de's Fin.l Service NOVEMBER 23 end 25 The Rev. James C. Crab- tree, evangelist from Spring field, Ohio, has been the guest speaker. The evangel choir has been singing in each of the services and other Indi vidual and group musical numbers have been presented. Music has been under the di rection of Perry Christiansen. minister of music and educa tion at the local church. The pastor, the Rev. Harold M. Sanner, has announced that the last of the special recognition nights, which have been emphasized throughout tne campaign, will be held tonight with an "All Sunday School Night." The various departments of the Sunday school will be seated by classes with their leadership in certain areas of the audi torium. Music will be furnished by the evangel choir and Dean von Stein will present a tenor solo. Mr. Crabtree's message topic is "The Re deemer versus the Destroyer." There will be no service Sat urday night. Messages announced by Mr. Crabtree for the Sunday serv ices will be "The Dimensions of Deliverance", and "Behold the Bridegroom Comet h." Music for the morning service will be the sanctuary choir singing "Jesus, I Come", and a tenor solo by Bob Hansen. During the evening service a girls' trio will sing, and Vel ma Myers and George H. Mc Une will present a duet. Trinity Baptist Activities Listed "The Joy of a Thankful Heart" will be Pastor Bruce Rogers' sermon topic at the 11 a.m. worship service of Trin ity Baptist church, Griffin Creek and South Stage rds. The scripture passage will be, Philippians 4:10-23. Dr. Rich ard Nordquist will sing a solo. At the 7:30 p.m. service a message by Professor Haddon Robinson of Dallas Theologi cal seminary will be given by means of a tape recording. His subject is, ."The Problem of Worldliness." Youth groups will meet at the same hour. A nursery is provided for infants and pre-school chil dren during the Sunday school and morning worship services. You Are Invited To Hear CHRIST PREACHED NOV. 25 to DEC. 2 EVERY NIGHT 7:30 P.M. SUNDAYS 11:45-7:30 P.M. HEAR EVANGELIST ANDREW HOUSE Of Oakland, California CHURCH of CHRIST LITHIA PARK Women's Civic Club House WOODBURN WAY across from LITHIA PARK ASHLAND jlVllATlOtQ You Are . invirea 2 Churches Give Sermon Subjects Cantral Point "Pilgrims on the March" will be the title of the sermon to be preached by the Rev. Robert W. Olmsted Sunday during the 11 a.m. worship service at the First Presbyterian church, Central Point. Following the service a coffee hour will be held in the Church fellowship hall. The Junior and Senior High Fellowship will meet Sunday at 6 p.m. at the church. Jacksonville Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in the First Presby terian church, Jacksonville, the church night fellowship will meet. The evening will begin with a potluck dinner and be followed by a pro gram. Business of the group will include the election of officers and the selection of a representative to serve on the church's nominating commit tee. Sunday at 9:45 a.m. the church school will meet. All persons who are planning to attend have been reminded to take their gifts for the Christ mas baskets. At the 11 a.m. worship serv ice, the Rev. King K. Jones will continue his series of ser mons on Paul's letter to the Ephesians. His topic will be "A Plan for Your Dream Home." Mrs. Dave Allen will sing "Bless This House." The Men's Study group will meet Sunday at 7 p.m. to con sider the sixth chapter of Acts. Monday at B p.m. the regular monthly meeting of the church school teachers will be held. THE BEST J$$5f OF ALL fjaf IS THE BIBLE We imprint all Bibles we sell with 22k gold while you wait. We carry many kinds and translations. EVANGEL CENTER 230 South Central Cordially mm m 10 near at 7 U-M.