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i 6 A FHIDAY. 1957 Award of Merit Winner 1 CHURCH NEWS mm National Christmas Festival Is Scheduled Sunday The Cnnerpeational church will meet lor worship and church school at 11 a.m. on Sunday at Hoover Grade school on Siskiyou blvd. at South Modoc rd. The Rev. Robert W. Tull, minister of the church, will preach the second in a series of Advent sermons dealing with the meaning and the message of the persons in volved in the birth of Jesus. This week's topic is "The Wise Men-They Offered Him Gifts.' " As a part of the morning service of worship, the mem bers and friends of the church will make their pledges of financial support to the church's budget lor 1963. At the congregational meeting Nov. 25, the budget for the coming year was set at $13,936 for operating ex penses and benevolences. Those who are not able to make their pledges duruig the church service this Sun day will be visited during the Victory Dinner Planned by Vied ford Friends Church Mcdford Friends church,' Merriman and DeBarr aves., will hold a victory dinner Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. In the new Fellowship hall. The event marks the completion of a three-year building drive during which a new sanctu ary and social hall were con structed. A similar dinner held three years ago In the Medford hotel resulted in $50,000 be ing pledged for this puroosc. The victory dinner report will show more than $51,500 has been paid plus an addi tional $50,000 on the church operating and program fund. First Baptists Give Subjects The Rev. B. E. Andrews, pastor ol the First Bnplisl church, will givr a message Sunday at 1 1 a.m. on the sub ject, "Are You a Friend of the World or a Friend of r.nAt" n will be his fourth message from the Book of James dealing witn tnc prac tical aspects of the Christian faith. A mixed trio will sing for the service and Maynard Hadley will be soloist. S vices are being held at ., ilson School auditorium, id and Corona aves while a new church is under con struction on Crater Lake avc. near Stevens si. I The Sunday 7 p.m. service j will be highlighted by me pastor on "How The Heathen Natives of United States Cel ebrate Christmas As Seen Uy An African Christian." A trumpet solo will be played k nnn Mi'ilnp nnri Mrs. Waa ler and Linda Scott will sing a duet. Young people of the church will conduct the afternoon service at the eountv farm home. Their work is directed by Ihc Rev. Byron l'.vans, minister of Christian educa tion, and their sponsors me Mr. and Mrs. Darrell F.rvin. Thursday evening the m-iii-rl Adult Sunday school class will have a dinner meciing at North's Chuck Wimim. Mrs. Glen Kenworthy, class secre tary, is in charge of arrange ments. lion Lutheran Topic Noted for Sunday The Rev. Harvey C. Coo vert will deliver the message "The 'Silent Sermon' In Holy Communion" at the 1 1 a m. worship service for (lie Sec ond Sunday In Advent at Zinn Lutheran church. The sacrament of the altar will be administered during the service. The senior choir will sing the anthem "O Lord Have Mercy " The third In the series of Instruction classes lor persons desiring to become members rtf the church will meet at 4 p.m. Sunday In the Fireside room. The Senior Luther League will meet al :30 p.m on Sun day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Telmond Hassmann, 2532 Country Club drive Church of Brethren To Hear Missionary The Rev. William Wash will speak Sunday at the Church of the Rrethren. 345 Mary St.. on "His Name Shall He Called Wonderful " At 7 p m. a combined meet ing will be held to hear the Rev. Garland Sliinn, Gold Hill, district missionary for the American Sunday School DECfcMiiLrt 7. IE62 Religious Publicity Council following week Christmai Festival The fourth annual all church Christmas festival which had to be postponed last Sunday because of the flood conditions, will be held Sunday from 2:30 to 6 p.m The festival will be held at the YMCA building. A Christmas craft work shop will open the festival at 2:30 p.m. It will be followed by caroling and worship at 4:30 p.m. and a fellowship supper at 5:15 p.m. Those at tending the festival will be expected to take table service, a salad, and a loaf of French bread, buttered and wrapped in foil. Tuesday the newly organ ized mid-high study fellow ship for ninth and tenth graae young people will meet from 4 to 5 p. m. in Mr. Tull's study at the Welty house. Tuesday evening the regu lar monthly meetings of the board and committees of the church will be held. The master of ceremony for the dinner will be Dr. Claude Lewis, Central Point, chair man of the Friends church fi nance board. Speakers in clude former pastors, Dr. Milo C. Ross, now president of George Fox college. New berg, Oregon, Clynton G. Crisman, now assistant su perintendent of the Friends Church of the Northwest, and J. L. Wlllculs, present pas tor of the Mcdford Friends church. The dinner will be catered by North's restaurant for approximately 150 adults. Fu ture plans of the church will be presented. The congrega tion, with a Sunday, school attendance of around 275, will discuss securing a full time Christian education and youth director and a full-time church .secretary instead of the parlime personnel which have served ill the past. Junior Choir to S'mg dtSt. Luke's The newly orffnnlzed Junior choir at S!. Luke's Methodist church will sing for the first time nl Ihc 11 a.m. worship hour on Sunday. Mrs. Claude Griffin, chairman of the music committee, will direct. She has chosen for the choir's first nnthem the Polish carol: "W Z 1 o b i e Lezy". Mrs. Charles R. McDonald will ac company the Kroup. Following the lighting of the second candle in the Ad vent wreath, the Rev. Charles R. McDonald, pastor of the church, will continue his Ad vent series of sermons by preaching on the theme: "lin mnnucl". The congregation will be singing tin Advent hymns: "Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne"; "O Little Town of nethlehem"; "O Come, O Come, Immiinuel"; and "Joy To the World." Ralph Humph- rey will be at the organ Dur I ing the service he will piny: i "Agnus Dei" by Iiizet, "Abide ! With Mr'' by Spross, and "I'osllude In D" by Scanno lin. Richard tlannaway is the church's choir director. ! College Life Group Member to Speak Representatives of College Life, a student group from Southern Oregon college, will have charge of the 7:110 p.m. .service at the Trinity Rapt 1st church Sunday. At the 11 a.m. worship service Pastor Bruce O. Rog ers will speak on the subject, "The Will of God and Your Christian Service ". This is the second in a scries of messages from the Book of Nehemiiih on the "Kffective Christian ". Mrs. Helen Merriman will sing a solo. Trinity Baptist church is lo cated at Griffin Creek and South Stage iris, Nursery care is provided for infants and pre school children during the Sunday .school and morning worship hours. I 'The Enduring Word' To Be Bethel Topic "The F.nduring Word" will he the title of the message during Ihc 11 am. service Sunday nl Bethel Assembly of God, 1225 Fast Mi-Andrews id During Hie 7.10 pm. evan gelistic service there will be a message entitled. "The Change That Conversion j Brings." The Rev. L. I). Krause. pastor, will speak at i both lerviccj . Retired Missionary To Be Guest at First Christian Kenneth C. Hendricks, re tired missionary to Japan, will be the guest speaker at both services Sunday morn ing at the First Christian church. Sunday is observed as Wo men's day and members of the Christian Women's Fel lowship will assist with the services. Mr. Hendricks will preach on the subject "God's Power at Work in Japan.'' Entering the world mission in U121, Mr. Hendricks and his wife were stationed in Tokyo. When the disastrous earthquakes and resulting fires swept the city hi 1923 Mr. Hendricks worked in emergency relief service. They returned to the slates in 1932 and Mr, Hendricks studied at Yale University. They returned to Japan in 1948 and Mr. Hendricks join ed the faculty of the Chris tian High School for Boys in Tokyo. The Hendricks' retired from active foreign mission work in June 1962 after 28 years of service and now re side at Woodburn. The youth choir will sing at the first service and at the 10:55 a.m. service the combined chancel and caril lon choirs will sing "My Sheep Were Grazing." A meeting' of the official church board has been called for 9:45 a.m. Sunday. Fellowship Dinner There will be an all-church fellowship dinner at 12:30 p.m. Sunday immediately fol lowing the second worship service. During the afternoon Mr. Hendricks will show slides of his work in Japan. Southern Baptists To End Week of Prayer Toni "Adults for Christ" will be the topic of the sermon the Rev. G. O. Skaar, pastor, First Southern Baptist church, will preach Sunday morning. The adult choir will sing. In the evening Mr. Skaar will choose another topic from (ho Book of Acts on basic Bible beliefs, "Rcpent ence and Faith". The youth choir will sing. Tonight's session will end the week of prayer for for eign mission!, sponsored by THE REV. G. E. ROBINSON Missionary Advisor the Woman's Missionary Un ions and societies of Southern Baptist churches, It precedes a fund raising program being held during December. The offering is called the Lottie Moon offering in honor of a young missionary who died while working with the Chi nese. The meetings will end with a dinner for nil adults. It will be held at the church dining room nl (:.!() o'clock. Speaker will be the flew CJordnn K. Robinson, South ern B.iptist missionary art j visor (or the Wnrri Nigeria a rea. Tins area Include three R a p t i s t associations and about 100 churches and preaching stations. Mr. Uobmson, a native of Klamath Kails, attended Har din Simmons university, Ab ilene, Texas; Wayland Rnptist college, riainview, Texas, and ('.olden Gate seminary. Mill Valley, Calif. With his wife and daughter he is now on furlough serv ing as missionary deputation representative in Oregon for the foreign mission board, He is studying Ht North western Christian college at Kugene. Mrs. Skaar. missionary NEW AGE CHURCH , (Vi.ntiv., T1mm'h!.P;ittirns ; of the New Age," will be the subject of a lecture at 2:30 n in. Sunday by Dr. Dell K. Millard, al Ihc New Age church, north ot Kagle Foinl, : on Hamincl rd. Preceding the ' lecture there will be a fel lowship dinner at 1 pin. and a musical half-hour at 2 p m. UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP William A. Stilling will speak Sundav nt Ihe Rogue Valley Unitarian Fellowship. His topic will he "Individual ism and Collcclivism. ' The J fellowship meets at the Red ! Cross building, HO Hawthorne j avc , at 11 a m. Coffee will be served following the I'l-us-sion period ? X miJM The Chi Rho Fellowship and the Middlcrs will both meet at 8 p.m. Pat Evans and Crystal Wynter will be the leaders for the Chi Rho group; Cathy Hearrell and Al vin Cravcr will lead the Mid dlers. Both groups will make preparations for their Christ mas activities and projects. Andrea Smith will be ;n charge of the Christian Youth Fellowship meeting at b:Ju p.m. A new study series on "Tnc Changing Concept of Man" will begin Wednesday at 7 p.m. Dr. George Breece will teach this mid-week class. The Rev. Fredrick Ross Evans will begin a week's preaching mission at the Gar den Road Christian church in Salem on Sunday. KENNETH C. HENDRICKS Lived In Japan union prayer chairman, is in charge of arrangements as sisted by the girls auxiliaries and Royal Ambassadors. Mrs. Frances Gilchrist will be soloist. Feast of Carols Rescheduled Due lo the inclement wea ther of last Sunday, the Feast of Carols was postponed, but will be presented by the com bined choirs and congregalion of First Methodist church Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited lo ailend this program of Christ mas music, which has become la tradition at First Church. Mrs. C. R. Adamson, director of music, is in charge of Ihe event. Dr. George Roseberry will preach at both morning wor ship services on "The Bible in Our Day" to commemorate Universal Bible Sunday. Michael Johnson will sing "Birthday of a King" al both services. The youth choir will sing "O Come, O Come, I'm manuel" at 9:30 a.m. and the chancel choir will sing "Sing Yb Noel" at 1 1 a.m. The Methodist Men will hold their monthly dinner meeting Thursday at fi:30 p.m. Dave Allen, television announcer, will give a Christ mas reading, and devotions will be by Maj. William Rick en of the Salvation Armv. Central Point Topics Given for Sunday Central Point "Our Con fession -- It's Magnitude" will be Ihe topic Sunday of the sermon by Mr, Jean M. Sii"llcy. minister, at the Cen tral Point Church of Christ, Third and Oak sts. at 10:45 a.m. A business meeting of thr congregation will be held immediately following the morning service. Mr. Shelley's 7.30 pin. topic will be "Standing on the Promises." At the Wed nesday midweek hour of pow er the study will be from the Book of Proverbs. Ashland Minister Announces Subject I Ashland Dr. P. Malcolm II a in m o n d, minister, will j speak Sunday at the 11 a.m. I worship service at First Mrth ! odist church. North M ini and J Laurel sl.v, Ashland. His (op ! ir will be "Pictures from Job." ? 'lV"!"r ,,;h ''"t ' 1 1 at 5 pm, Sundav when t!v will discuss "Interview with Jesus," Connie Felger will lead the Senior High MYF session at fi;,10 p.m. First Church of Christ, Scientist 100 Windsor Ac . 1 Block South of East Main "God The Only Causa and Creator" Church and Sundav School Services at I I CO J.m. Wednesday tsenmg Sen, ice, S p m. You Are Alwayi Welcome listen to: "The Bible Speaks To You" Station K'-SHA a I ' a i c a - f U.ii MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDfi.. Presbyterians List Sermons; Music lor Sunday Dr. D. Kirkland West will preach on the topic, "Does Man Need A Savior?" at the First Presbyterian church Sunday. The youth choir will pre sent "Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God" for the 9:30 a.m. service and the chancel choir will sing for the sec ond service. Senior High Fellowship will hold a Parents' night in the Fellowship hall Sunday at 7 p.m. All parents of Senior Highs are invited to hear the panel discussion. Geneva Fellowship will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker. 58 No. Tenth St., Central Point, at 8 p.rn. Sunday to hear the guest speaker, the Rev. Rob ert Bridge, discuss the Ref ormation in England. Junior High Fellowship meets at the church each Tuesday after school for church school, fellowship and dinner. First Presbyterian church will be open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday for a Day of Prayer. All who wish are invited to stop in for prayer and meditation. From 4 to 8 p.m. Greg Smith will be heard at the organ, playing at 15 minute intervals. Weatminsler The Advent theme, "God's Light for Your Darkness," will be the sermon subject by the Rev. John O. Reynolds at the Westminster Presbyter ian church Sunday. Attending the 11 a.m. worship service will be Bethel 14, Internation al Order of Job's Daughters. Pat Ellis, a member of the church, is the honored queen. During the service the church choir will sing "Open Our Eyes" and there will be a children's sermon for boys and girls from five to ten years of age. John Collins will be lay assistant for the service. Nursery care for pre school children is provided. Special pre-Christmas plans and studies are being conduct ed during the 9:45 a.m. church school hour. There is a class for adults which meets with the pastor in his study. The Junior High Fellow ship will meet Sunday at 5 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Rowan, R28 Min nesota avc. Ladd McQueen will lead the meeting on the subject "What Are Angels'.'" The Senior High Kcllowsnip will meet at 7 p.m. al the church lo view (he slides of Korea taken by Dr. John Wat son when he visited there this summer. Dr. Watson vill also speak about his work. Fire side will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Garner Hau pcrt, 222 Valley View ave. Westminster church is lo cated on Oakwood dr. be Iween Barneburg and Grove land aves. Voters' Meeting To Be Held Sunday Universal Bible Sunday wilt be observed Dec. 9 a St. Peter's Lutheran church with an appropriate sermon by the pastor, the Rev. John E. Simon. Sl. Peter's church schedules two morning serv ices -at 8:15 and 11 a.m. The annual voters' meeting in which the church budget for lOtiH is approved and the new officers elected will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The pastors and wives of the Southern Oregon circuit of the Lutheran Church- Mis souri Synod will meet at St. Peter's Monday for the reg ular monthly circuit confer ence. Pastor Simon is coun selor of the circuit. An annual kindergarten Christmas program will be held Friday at 7:;i0 p.m. in the basement auditorium of the church. Mrs. Edna Tarns, teacher, will supervise the program. Friends and rel atives are invited to attend. Wafcfifower Study Subject Announced Paul's words in Titus 3:1 will be discussed in the Watchtowcr study at 5:15 p.m. Sunday at the Kingdom hail of Jehovah's Witnesses. Preceding the Watchtowcr study scriptural council will he given in a public talk on how to curb delinquency by A Long of Ashland. Friday's meeting will carry the theme of "C enrage Through Faith and Hope in Jehovah." A discussion of Jesus' lite on earth continues Tuesday. SUNDAYS-0 00 A.M. . Oni.O0. Name of Joseph To Be Said in Mass First Time Dec. 8 The usual Saturday cate chism classes for grade school children attending public schools will not be held to morrow, Dec. 8, according to a Confraternity of Christian Doctrine announcement. Classes will resume accord ing to schedule on Dec. 15 in St. Mary's Grade school. Dec. 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on the universal calendar of the Woman catholic cnurch. is a ; holy day of obligation for all members of that faith resid ing in the United Slate. Masses In Sacred Heart church will be said at 6, 7, 8, and 9 a.m. and at 12:10 and 6 p.m. so that all parish oners may meet that require ment. The Feast of the Im maculate Conception com memorates the Catholic belief that the Virgin Mary, because she was to become the mother of Christ, was from the time of her conception preserved from the effects of the sin of Adam and Eve. Joseph's Name Added This year the fcastday has been selected by Pope John as the date for the solemn closing of the first session of Nazarenes To Observe Bible Sunday Universal Bible Sunday, an- n u a 1 1 y observed throughout the church world on the sec ond Sunday of December, will have special emphasis in the First Church of the Nazarene, 520 North Holly sl. Pastor of the cburch, the Rev. Harold M. Sanner, will speak at the morning service on "The Triumph of Faith." The young people's society sponsors the annual offering for the American Bible socie ty which is to be received in Meetings to End At Advent Christian Tonight at 7:30 o'clock will be the last of the meetings being held at the First Advent Christian church. "The Mighty Minority" will be Ihe evening message by the Rev. Joe Tom Tate, pas tor of the Pasadena, Calif. Advent Christian church. A time of fellowship wilh Mr. Tate will follow the evening service in the parsonage be fore he leaves for Pasadena. Saturday at 5:30 p.m. the Sunday school members will meet at the church to have pictures taken in preparation for the Christmas program. This activity was postponed due to the storm last Sunday. Sunday morning a rcdedica tion service will be held for those members who have re dcdicalcd themselves to God this past week. The Rev. Fred Sapp Jr., pastor, will speak on "The Time For Renewal." This will close the Rcdedica tion month services. At 6 p.m. a family fellow ship will be held in the church basement. A singspir ation will follow in the sanc tuary. Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. prayer meeting and Bible study will be held in the par sonage. The group will be studying the 24th chapter of Ezckicl. Phoenix Church To Hear Sermon Series Phoenix - The Rev. Jack . D. Quails. paslor of the i Church of the Nazarene, i Third and Pine sts.. Phoenix, j will speak on "Getting In The Christmas Spirit" in the mor ning service Sunday. This is the first of a series for the j month of December. The pastor will again speak : in Ihe 7 p.m. service. A Christmas nrocram civen , by the various departments of the Sunday school is planned ! tor tnc morning ot Dec. 23 'p. Thta evening, the younj; pie will present their i cant. Mrs. l.cnora Coffman is ! the program dircc'or for both : programs. BUS FOR RALLY Evans Valley - On Dec. 8. the V imp i Community church bus will leave the church at ti:30 p.m. for the Youth for Christ Rally held at the MeLouchlin Junior Hi;:h school in Mcdford. Anyone in Rogue River wanting to go. will be picked up at the VFW hall in Rogue River, First Presbyterian Church Eighth end Holly Sermon: "Does Man Need Savior?" D' D Ki'Vtd West Worship Services: 9:30 and 1 1 ;00 a.m. Church School: 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. the Second Vatican Ecumen-! ical council. Also on this date 1 Catholics attending mass throughout Ihe world will hear the name of Joseph, the foster father of Jesus, read in the Communicantes of the mass for the first time. The addition of Joseph's name is the first major change in the part of the mass known as the Canon since the sixth century and was accomplish ed largely through the efforts of priests and laymen alike, who, since 1815, have been petitioning for this honor for St. Joseph. In 1870, at the time of the First Vatican council, Pope Pius IX hon ored a petition by naming the saint the patron of the Uni versal church. Last year Pope John proclaimed St. Joseph the protector of the coming ecumenical council. Tomorrow will also bu the Saturday of the monthly ador ation program in Sacred Heart church. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will begin at 1 p.m. with general parish adoration continuing until 9 p.m. and the men's nocturnal adoration beginning at that time and continuing until 6 a.m. Sunday. at Service the 7 p.m. service. Sunday night the pastor begins a se ries of pre-Christmas mes sages on "They Heard the An gels Sing." During the morning service the sanctuary choir will sing "Room in the Manger," and Mrs. Rod Newman will pre sent a soprano solo. Other mu sic during the evening service will include a mixed trio by Mrs. Perry Christiansen, Dean von Stein and Mel Johnson, a vocal solo by Mrs. Cliff Shafer, and an instrumental number by Karen Mapes. Christmas Program Christmas program plan ning is well under way at First Nazarene and the first full practice of all the chil dren's departments for the Christmas program will be held Rt 9:30 a.m. Saturday. This annual Christmas pro gram is to be presented Dec. 21, with Mrs. John Finkbciner serving as Ihe pageant direc tor. Mr. Christiansen, minister of music, has announced the calendar of Christmas musi cal events. In the 7 p.m. serv ice Dec. 16 the sanctuary choir will give a full Christmas can tata and the several children's choirs will hold a vesper serv ice at 4 p.m. Dec. 23. This year a large Christmas card has been placed on the Missionary bulletin board. Many members are not send ing Christmas cards to one another this year. Instead they are giving the money to world missions which normally would be spent for cards and postage. Then their names are signed on the large Christmas card in the vestibule of t h e church. Program of Bible Films Is Announced Ashland - The Church of Christ, which meets in Ash land across from Lithia park, has announced plans to organ ize a program of Bible films. These films may be shown to individuals in their own home, on a schedule mutually agreeable to those wanting to see the films and to the evan gelist. Fred Riemer, Ashland. Mr. Riemer said that the se ries of pictures includes five filmstrips. The first three are on the Bible: the fourth deals with God's plan to save man, and the last one is a brief sur vey of church history. Persons wishing to see the films should contact Mr. Rip. . n1cr 8t 4R2-0424 Christian Science Lesson Topic Told j "God the Only Cause and I Creator" will be the subject ; ot the lesson-sermon Sunday at 11 a.m. at First Church of Christ. Scientist, 100 Windsor ; ave. Scriptural readings will in i elude verses from Romans. Young people up t j the age of 20 arc invited .o attend ; Sunday school. All are wel come to the services. Phona 779-1711 Former Valley Resident Returns From New Guinea Central Point - Missions and missionaries will be em phasized next week at the Community Bible church, Fourth and Alder sts., Central Point. The Rev. William Mallon, missionary to New Guinea and a native of the Rogue val ley, will speak Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at the church. Mr. and Mrs. Mallon will also be featured at a Tuesday program when the cantata, "The Greatest Story Yet Un told," will be presented by the church's choir. The cantata will be Tues day, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m. and will be under the auspices of the Women's Missionary so ciety. The cantata was written and compiled by Eugene L. Clark. It will be presented un der the direction of Mrs. Wal lace Sousa and will take the place of the customary Christ mas cantata. The Christmas gift offering for the missionaries sponsored by the church will be receiv ed at the close of the eve ning's program. Mr. Mallon left the valley in 1959. He is a graduate of Crater High school and took his theological training at the Prairie Bible Institute at Three Hills, Alberta. He is currently home on furlough after completing his first term of missionary ser ice under the auspices of the Regions Beyond Missionary Union. Eastwood Baptist Activities Noted Sunday at the morning wor ship service at Eastwood Bap tist church, the pastor, the Clifford J. Young, will speak on: "That Extraordinarily Common Man," using Luke 2:1-20 as scriptural back ground. The chancel choir will sing, "Heavenly Light." The chil dren's message will be "Shar ing." The junior Baptist Youth Fellowship will have its Christmas program dress re hearsal Sunday at 6 p.m. The Senior High BYF will meet at 6:30 p.m. with a Christmas hymn program with Linda Morse as presi dent. At the 7:30 p.m. service the pastor will speak on. "How Can These Things Be?" based on John 3. The Senior Highs will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday, for Study 'n' Sup. At the 7:30 p.m. midweek service, the pastor will review I Corinthi ans VI. Dec. 15 is Ihe night for the Fellowship class Christmas tree decorating party. The an nual Christmas program will be held Sunday, Dec. 16, at 5:30 p.m. with Mrs. Naomi Blackctor and Mrs, Janice Bunting heading the program. Meetings Listed For Unity Church The Rev. Katharine Bos worth, minister of Unity Church of Mcdford. Holly and Haven sts., will have for the subject of her lesson, at the 11:15 a.m. Sunday serv ice. "The Inner Vision." The text is taken from Jeremiah 31.33. This is the second of a series of four of the Messia nic unfoldment. Miss Sandra Myers will be at the organ, and Mrs. Rich ard A. Schuchard will sing "1 Wonder as I Wander." Immediately following church, the Christmas carrol ers will rehearse with Mrs. Thomas Lowe, director. The board of directors will meet Monday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m. at the Unity Center. The prayer ministry will meet Wednesday, Dec' 12, 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 Mcdford Is an affiliate of the Unity school of Christianty at Lee's summit, iuo. FINAL er"vTc"e" The Rev. E. L. Bradhurst will conclude his series of services at Gibbon Acres Pen tecostal Church of God. 139 Gibbon rd., tonight. His topic will be "The Sin Against the Holy Ghost" with his scrip tural text from Matthew. UM!TY Comer Hc'W Jtnd Hafn Svcc5 A'fil.jlcd With Umtv School ct 0'iit:a-wv Lees $un.,r REV KATHARINE. EC5W0RTM. V, -,-,, Worih'O HcurI 1.15 a m "The Inner Vision" Jfc-"MH 31 .'3 Sunday Sch-vl. Vou'h rf li'v. Adull Bib t C'ais 9 45 a C"'ce open da.lv Monday t-u Ffdav. 10r.4em. 95 S. Cakda e A.e Ptv-ne 7?2-c?C2 EVERYCSE IS WEI.CCVE Three Churches iList Activities Central Point "Hoping Is Not Enough" will be the title of the sermon to be preached by the Rev. Robert W. Olmsted during the 11 a.m. worship service Sunday at the First Presbyterian church in Central Point. A coffee hour will follow the worship service in the church fellowship hall. Church school begins at 9:45 a.m. and pre-school nurs ery care is provided during the worship service. The Jun ior and Senior High Fellow ship will meet at the church Sunday at 6 p.m. Jacksonville "Prepared for War" will be the topic of the sermon to be preached by the Rev. King K. Jones dur ing the 11 a.m. worship serv ice in the First Presbyterian church, Jacksonville, Sunday. This sermon will conclude his series of sermons drawn from Paul's letter to the Ephesians. Mrs. Rafe Anders will sing during the service "In the Lonely Midnight." Sunday at 4 p.m. the first class for those desiring to be come members will be held in the Fellowship hall of the church. At 7 p.m., the Men's Study group will meet in the church to consider the sev enth chapter of Acts. Phoenix An addition to the worship service at the Phoenix Presbyterian church Sunday will be a solo by Mrs. June Harrison. The Rev William Saladin'a sermon will center around the question, "Are All Men Really Sinners?" The Sunday school has be gun preparations for its an nual Christmas program and will be devoting much of their time towards it during the next two weeks. The adult study group which meets on Sunday eve ning at the Manse will begin discussions on the topic, "Love of God and Missions". Central Church's Services Announced Services Sunday at Central Church of Christ, 1440 South Oakdale ave., begin with Bible. School at 9:45 a.m. Fol lowing classes for all ages, worship begins at 11 a.m Min ister John V. Heberling will speak on the topic "Thy Kingdom Come." A junior worship service for elemen tary school children is held at the same hour. Also pro vided is a nursery for babies and pre-schoolers. First Baptist Church Conservative-Fundamental B. E. Andrews, Pastor Byron Evans, Youth Dir. Meeting Temporarily at WILSON SCHOOL Grand & Corona SUNDAY, DEC. 9 9:40 A.M. Sunday School for All 1 1:00 A.M. "Friend ot the World or Friend of God?" 7:00 P.M. "How The Heathen Nativei of United Sfatci Celebrate Christmas (as seen by an African Christian)" Wednesday 7Y30 P.M Bible Study and Prayer Service mmtitfiHiit SEE OUR SELECTION OF RELIGIOUS RECORDS PERFECT FOR CHRISTMAS GIVING AT THE EVANGEL CENTER 230 South Central 1 IV -.ih" Air jr) mN1 kboy m 11a-m-
