CHURCH DIRECTORY
"And they went with haste, and found Mary
and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manager."
Luke 2:16.
ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH
West Jackson and Welch st., near
Holly st.
Fred O. Sapp Jr., minister
Sunday :
9.45 a.m. Sunday school
U a.m. Worship service
11:30 a.m. Junior church
7 p.m. Christmas program
Wednesday :
7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting
Thursday:
7:30 p.m. Mission study
Ai'OSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH
North Central ave. at Third st
Loyce C Carver, pa-stor
Sunday:
9:30 B.m. Sunday school
U a.m Morning worship
3 p.m. Children's meeting
7:50 p m. Evangelistic service
Tuesday : '
8 p.m. Christmas service
Friday :
8 p.m. Evangelistic servict
ASCKNS1U NLUTHERA N
CHURL 11
2tii7 Barnett rd.
Vernon Hanson, pastor
Sunday . . ,
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m Worship service
4:30 p.m. Sunday school pro
gram 5:30 p.m. Luther League carol
ing party
Tuesday:
10 a.m. Christmas worship
service
Wednesday:
7:30 p.m. Choir rehearsal
BETHEL ASSEMBLY OF GOD
1225 E. McAndrews rd.
L. D. Krause, pastor
Sunday.
9:45 am. Sunday school
11 a m. Worship service
7 p.m. Christmas program
Wednesday:
7:30 p.m Bible and prayer hour
CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST
1440 South Oakdale ave.
John v. Heberling, minister
Sunday
fl-45 a.m. Bible school
11 a.m. Worship service
7:30 p.m. Christmas program
CHURCH OF CHRIST
1056 Court st.
Eston Catlett. minister
Sundav ..... ,
10:30 a.m. Worship service
7 p.m. Bible study
Wednesday:
7 p,ni. Bible study
CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN
345 North Mary st.
William Wash, minister
Sunday:
9:45 a.m. Church school
11 a.m. Morning worship
4 p.m. Sunday school Christ
mas program
6 p.m. Choir rehearsal
7 p.m. Youth fellowship
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
(United ihurch of Christ)
Hoover school, Siskiyou blvd.
Robert W. Tull. minister
Sunday: , , ,
11 a.m. Church school
11 a.m Worship service
Monday:
7:30 p.m. Christmas eve family
service
Thursday:
10 a.m. Junior High winter
outing
EASTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
(Anipriran Baptist)
North Keeneway dr. at Rldgeway
Clifford J. Young, pastor
Sunday:
9:45 a.m. Church school
11 a.m. Morning worship
5 30 p.m. Christmas meditation
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD
1 10b W. Main St.
Robert E. Cull, pastor
Sunday
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
U a.m Worship
615 p.m. Christ ambassadors
7:30 p.m. Evangelistic service
Wednesday:
7:45 p.m. Midweek service
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
(Conservative!
Wilson school,
Grand and Corona sts.
Bernard Andrews, minister
Sunday:
9:40 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Morning worship
6 p.m Family hour
7 p.m. Evening service
FIRS1' CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Ninth at Oakdale
Fredrick R. Evans, minister
Wendell Wagler associate
Sunday .,..
9:45 a m Sunday school Christ
mas program
8:30 & 10:55 a.m. Worship serv
ices 6 p.m. Middlers
(i p.m. Chi Rho fellowship
6:30 p.m Christian youth fel
lowship i :ju p.m. nriBimB tuiu.su
FIRST CHURCH OK CHRIST,
SCIENTIST
100 Windsor nve.
(1 block south of East Main it.)
Sunday:
11 a.m. Church service
11 a.m. Sunday school, nursery
available Sundays and Wednesdays
Wednesday;
8 p.m. Testimonials ol healing
Reading room 22 West Sixth st.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Daily texcept
Sundavs and holidays)
first church op tub
n.az arum;
520 North Holly st.
Harold M Sanner, pastor
Perry Christiansen, music minister
Sundav .
7 a m Intercessory prayer at
aitr
: 45 a.m. Sunday school
11 a m Morning worship
-1 p in Vespers service
Wednesday;
7 1.) pm. Caravans
7 30 p m. Hour oi praver
8 30 p.m. Sanctuary Choir prac-
Thursday
P a.m
nliar
-Intcrccssory prayer at
FIRST MKTIUilllSl CHURCH
West Main at Laurel st.
Cvnrne G. Roseberry. minister
(itrald Nelson, associate
Sunday
u 30 a m Adult classei end
church school
!t no 11 a m Morning worship
n ;. a m. College youth
HMj a in Junior high
11 a in Senior high, nursery
and primary church
3 pm. Christmas program
Mondav
U pm Candlelight Christmas
eve service
Saturday.
8 P in. College Age fellowship
dinner
VIUS1 PKKSHYTI.KIAN CHURCH
Jjiihth mid Holly sts
D Kirkiand West, pastor; David
Brown and Robert T. Bridge
Sunday
'Km Ac 11 a m. Church school
P3(i At 11 a m Worship service
.i p m. C hrlitmii vesper
servir?
nm Senior hish caroling
7 p m Geneva fellow ship
and K'unnia caroling
Thur-nay
12 Ml p m Colic Be see luncheon
'jn o.m Chancel choir
FIRST snt'THIRN BAPTIST
71-4 Loner lanr
Giibrrt O Skaar, paster
Sunnav
u 4,'i a m Sunday school
li a ;n M.irnire worship
?'i p in Training unions
K ,in p m Evening service
Wedneriav
7 p m Group meetings
8 pm Midweek prajer service
IRFF METHODIST CHURCH
12'J4 South Pch t
pr,;,m Stewart pastor
i a tr Suniav scnol
io :,ri am Sunday school
Cr-r:.-:r.a prof -aril
. a rr Worship
5 p:n Vesper service
MEDFORD
FOURSQUARE CHURCH
2100 Roberts rd.
W I . Maih.iL'tnn naitf.r
Sunday:
SA5 a.m. bundny fenoo
10:30 a.m. Christmas program
6:30 p.m. Youth meeting
7:30 p.m. Christmas program
Wednesday;
6:30 p.m. Orchestra practice
7:30 p.m. Bible study and pray-
FRIENDS CHURCH
(Corner of UeBarr and Merrimanj
Jack L. Willcuts, pastor
Sunday:
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Worship service
6:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor
7:30 p.m. Praise and worship
Wednesday:
7 :30 p.m. M idwetk prayer
meeting
8:30 p.m. Choir practice
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
Kingdom Hall
2402 Jacksonville highway
H. S. Nixon, congregation servant
Sunday:
4 p.m. Public talk
5:15 p.m. Watchtower study
Tuesday:
8 p.m. Bible study
Friday:
7:30 p.m, Theocratic ministry
school.
8:30 p.m. Service meeting
OPEN BIBLE STANDARD
2715 Table Rock rd.
Virgil Harsh, pastor
Sunday :
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m Worship service
6:15 p.m. Overcomers Youth
service
7 p.m. Evangelistic service
Wednesday:
7:30 p m Bible and prayer hour
PILGRIM HOLINESS CHURCH
1123 East Jackson st.
George Moran, minister
Sunday:
9:45 am. Sunday school
11 a.m. Morning worship
6 p.m. Young people's service
7 p.m Evangelistic service
Wednesday:
7 p.m. Prayer meeting
RE-ORGANIZED CHURCH OF
JESUS CHRIST OF
LATTER DAY SAINTS
Tenth and Iyy sts.
Harley J. Davidson, pastor
Sunday:
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Christmas program
Wednesday:
7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC
326 South Oakdale ave.
Priests: Fr. Carl Mai, Fr. John A.
Ilg. Fr. William McLeod, Fr. Gil
bert Lulay
Sunday:
6, 7, 8:30, 10 & 11:30 a.m. Mass
2 p.m. Baptisms
5:45 p.m. Public high school of
religion
7 p.m. Mass
Monday:
1-5:30 & 7:30-9 p.m. Confes
sions 12 midnight Mass, at church
and St, Mary's High school
Tuesday:
6. 7, 8:30, 10 & 11:30 a.m. Mass
Wednesday
7:30 p.m. Perpetual help devo
tions and benediction
Saturday :
1-5:30 & 7:30-9 p.m. ConfesBion
Daily.
6:30 & 8 a.m. Mass.
ST. LUKE'S METHODIST
2940 Siskiyou blvd.
Charles McDonald, pastor
Sunday
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
11 a m. Worship service
7 p.m MYF
Mondav :
10:55 p.m. Christmas eve can
dlelight service
Wednesday:
7:30p.m. Adult choir
ST. MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Fifth st. and N Oakdale ave.
G R V Bolster, rector
4th Sunday in Advent
8 a.m. Holy communion .
9:20 & 10:45 a.m. N unery
schools
9:30 & II a.m. Pre-Nativity
service of praise
12:15 p.m. Coffee hour
12:30 p.m. Holy baptism
7 p.m. Young people's fellow
ship Monday:
11 p.m. Midnight Christmas
Eucharist with sermon
Tuesday:
10 a.m. Family Eucharist with
sermon
Friday:
11 a.m. Holy communion
ST. PETER'S LUTHERAN
(Missouri Synod i
1020 East Main st.
John E. Simon, pastor
Sunday :
9:30 a.m. Church school
8:15 & 11 a.m. Worship service
2 p.m. Caroling
Monday :
7:30 p.m. tChildren's Christmas
service.
Tuesday:
10 a.m. Christmas festival
service
Thursday:
7:30 p.m. Choir
SEVENTH-DAY AO VF.NTIST
1900 Greenwood dr.
C. C. Weis, pastor
Saturday :
9:30 a.m. Sabbath school
11 am. Worship hour
Wednesday:
10a.m. Dorcas
SALVATION ARMY
Beattv and Edwards sts.
Maj William Picken.
commanding officer
Sunday:
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
II a.m. Holiness meeting
11 a.m. Junior soldiers
11 30 a.m. Junior legion
2 30 p.m. L e a g u e of Mercy
service.
4 p m - Corps cadets class
5:30 p.m. Young people's legion
6:30 p.m Open air service
7 p.m Salvation meeting
Tuesday:
7:30 p m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday:
7 p.m Teenage club
Fridav
6 pm Junior youth activities
7 pm Songsters practice
Saturday:
8 p.m. Bible study.
TRINITY BAPTIST
(Conservative)
2fi45 South Stage rd
Bruce Rogers, presiding pastor
Sunday:
10 a m. Sunday school
11 am Worship service
7:30 p.m. Christmas carol ling
t'NITARl N-l NIVERS I.IST
FELLOWSHIP. ROGUE VALLEY
Red Cross building
60 Hawthorne ave.
Ernest Wander, chairman
Sunday
II am Church school
11 i ni. Service
I'NITV CFNTER OF MEDFORD
Corner Haven At Holly, church
995 Oakdale. center
Katharine Bosworth. minister
Sunda
9 45 a m Church school
11:13 a.m Worship servica
7 pm Christmas party
SAMS VALLEY CHURCH
Sams Valley - Sams Val
ley Community church will
hold services Sunday from 10
until 11:30 a.m. that will in
clude the annua! Sunday
School program and the
Christmas menage by the
Rev. John RoeMs. pastor.
Christmas songs will be sung
by the congregation.
HE5T.MINarfc.lt PRESB VTLR1AN
2000 Oak wood dr
John O Reynolds, pastor
Sunday.
9:45 a m. Church school
1J a.m. Morning worship
7 p.m. Senior high fellowship
Monday:
9 30 pm. Christmas vesper
service
Thursday:
7:30 p.m. Choir rehearsal
'AOS LUTHERAN CHURCH. ULCA
Fourth and Oakdale
Harvey C. Convert, pastor
4th Sunday in Advent:
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Worship service
4 p.m. Sunday school Christ
mas program
Monday :
7:30 p.m. Christmas eve wor
ship service
COUNTY CHURCHES
ASHLAND
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
North Main and Laurel sts.
P. Malcolm Hammond, minister
David Coulter, associate minister
Sunday;
9:45 a.m. Church school
11 a.m. Morning worship
5 p.m. Junior High MYF
6 p.m. Family Christmas ves
pers 7 p.m. Choir and Senior High
MYF caroling
8 p.m. Senior High MYF
Wednesday:
7:30 p.m. Choir practice
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
Frances lane
Albert R, Nickodemus, pastor
Sunday:
9:45 a m. Sunday school and
Bible class
lla.m Worship service
Monday:
7:30 p.m. Children's Christmas
program
Tuesday:
10:30 a.m. Christmas worship
I ITI11 A CHURCH OF CHRIST
Women's Civic Clubhouse
Winburn Way
Fred Riemer, minister
Sunday:
9:45 a.m. Bible classes
10:45 a.m. Morning worship
7:30 p.m. Evening worship
Tuesdny
7:30 p.m. Bible study
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
Kingdom hall
700 North Main st.
W. D. Holman, presiding minister
Sunday:
3 p m. Public talk
4:15 p.m. Watchtower study
Tuesday:
8 p.m. Bible study
Friday:
7:30 p.m. Theocratic ministry
school and service meeting
CENTRAL POINT
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Third and Oak sts.
Mr Jean M. Shelley, minister
Sunday;
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
10:45 a.m. Worship service
6:30 p.m. Youth groups
7:30 p.m. Evangelistic services
Wednesday:
7:30 p.m. Midweek hour of
power
COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH
Fourth and Alder sts.
Paul A. Kroon, pastor.
Sunday:
9:45 a m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Morning worship
7:30 p.m. Christmas program
Wednesday:
7 p.m. Bible study and prayer
hour
8:15 p.m. Choir practice
Thursday:
7-10 p.m. Work night
FIRST PRESBYTEMAN CHURCH
Robert Olmsted, pastor
Sunday.
9:4a a.m. Church school
11 a.m. Worship service
12 noon Coffee hour
7 p.m. Christmas program
mi ri n i it ii "i i ivtree ruitttru
Corner of Pine at Sixth st.
Clarence Jackson, pastor
Sunday:
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Morning worship
7 p.m. Young people's service
7-.10 n m. Eveninc service
Wednesday:
7:30 p.m. Prayer service
EAGLE POINT
COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH
B street
Warren L. Chrlstensen, minister
Sunday
9:45 a.m. Sunday icnool
11 a.m. Worship
3 p.m. Primary and Junior de
partments Christmas program
6:30 p.m. Young people's meet
ing 7:30 p.m. evening service
Wednesday:
2:45 p.m. Bible story nour
7 :30 p.m. Prayer meeting and
Bible study
SHADY POINT SEVENTH-DAY
Crater Lake hwy. near Sams Valley
C C. Weis, pastor
oaiuroay .
9:30 a.m. snnnam scnooi
11 am Worship. Pastor C. C.
Wii nnH Fit-tor W. E. AtkinS
speakers
wennesaay :
10 a.m. Dorcas welfare center
open in Eagle Point
GOLD HILL
ASSKMRI.Y OF GOD
t if 111 nvn
Charles Pearson, paste?
Sunday:
!:45 a m. unurcn scnooi
ii o tn Cnnriav irhnnl orocram
and Christmas sermon
6:30p.m. Junior cnurcn
7:30 p.m. Evangelistic services
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
rri,p TTntirth b! nnH Sivth Ivf.
Dewey Jeffrey, minister
bunday :
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Worship service
8 pm. Sunday school program
Thursdav:
7 30 p.m. Bible itudy and
prayer meeting
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
OF GOLD HILL
Fifth st. and 4th ave.
Sunday:
!I 3n am Sunday school
11 a m Morning worship
COMMUNITY METHODIST
corner 4th st. and 4th ave.
Locklcn Gregory, pastor
Sundav
9 45 a m Sunday school
U n m Worship service
6.30 pm. Senior MYF
CONCORD SPIRITUAL
CHAPEL NASC
,Vif) 2nd ave.
Mrs. El vina Colhurn. pastor
Sunday:
7 30 p m. services
JACKSONVILLE
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Fifth and Btackstone
O E Summers, pastor
Sundav
9 45 a m Sunday school
II am Worship
7 pm Christmas program
Wednesdav:
no pm Bible ttudy and
prayer hour
FIRST PHISHVTKHIAN CHURCH
Km K Jont-M Jr., pastor
Sunriav
M.1 i m Sunrty tthool
11 A m Wnr.hiD
4 p m ChmtmM program
Mnnriav
7 p m Candlelight communion
service
ST. .lOSKt'll S CATHOLIC
Fr William McLeod
SlinrinV :
3am Maui
12 rridniKht Maat
Tuprly
9am Ma
ROGUE RIVER
As MM. V Or OD
Rrf'jrtwv t!
C'hJr Ftillcr. pator
45 h m Suri1y echool
11 m ChriStm program ind
i rt"."n
? 31 p m Chrut Ambcsttdor
Chritml pity
MEDFORD
Grace Lutheran
Set Candle Lighting
Ashland - Christmas ob
servance at Grace Lutheran
church, Ashland, will include
a Christmas candle lighting
service presented by the Sun
day school on Christmas eve
at 7:30 p.m.
There will also be a Christ
mas worship service on
Christmas day at 10:30 a.m.
The choir will sing several
numbers for the latter service
and the pastor, the Rev. Al
bert R. Nickodemus, will
speak on ''The Birth of Jesus
Christ."
Christmas Festival
To Be Held Tuesday
Services at St. Peter's Lu
theran church, 1020 East Main
St., will begin at 8:15 and 11
a.m. on Sunday, according to
the Rev. John E. Simon, pas
tor of the church, who will
speak. The Sunday school be
gins at 0:30 a.m.
This year St. Peter's Chil
dren's Christmas service will
be held on Christmas eve at
7:30 p.m. The sacred program,
"Light a Candle on the Alter,"
will be presented by the chil
dren and young people of the
congregation.
The Christmas festival serv
ice will be held on Christmas
day at 10 a.m., with the mes
sage by Pastor Simon. The
Lord's supper will also be
celebrated during the service.
CHURCH OK GOD HOLINESS
Third and Broadway sts.
Hubert D. Htllsman, pastor
Sunday:
10 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Christmas program
6:45 p.m. Young people's meet
ing 7:30 p.m. Evangelistic service
Wednesday:
7:30 p. in. M Idwetk prayer
service
HOPF. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
515 Broadway it.
Robert Maxon, pastor
Sunday:
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Worship services
7 p.m. Church school Christmas
program
ftionoay :
7:30 p.m. Candlelight commu
nion SHADY COVE
GOSPEL CHURCH
( Nondenominational)
Mallory lane
Clayton Fields, pastor
Sunday:
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Church service
7:30 p.m. Christmas program
Wednesday:
7:30 p.m. Midweek service
OUR LADY OF FA TIM A
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday:
10 a.m. Mass
Monday:
12 Midnight Mass
ST. MARTIN'S EPISCOPAL
Stanley Welch, vicar
Sunday;
9:15 a.m. Family service
Monday:
7 p.m. Choir practice
Tuesday:
10 a.m. Morning worship
TALENT
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
First and Wagner sts.
Mrs. Violet Bolliger. minister
Sunday:
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Worship service
6 p.m. Junior and senior MYF
Wednesday:
7:30 p.m. Bible study
FRIENDS CHURCH
A. Clark Smith, pastor
Elmer Weitzel, assistant pastor
Sunday:
9:45 a.m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Christmas cantata
7 p.m. Evening service
Wednesday:
7 p.m. Prayer meeting
B p.m, Choir practice
Thursday:
10 a.m. Women's prayer meet
ing
PHOENIX
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Second and Church sts.
William S. Saladin, minister
Sunday:
9:45 a.m. Church school
11 a.m. Morning worship
2:30 p.m. Christmas program
7 p.m. Junor class caroling
7 p.m. Youth fellowship carol
ing 7:30 p.m. Adult study group
Monday:
7 pm. Christmas eve services
Wednesday:
7 p.m. Choir
8 p.m Bible study
RURAL CHURCHES
BKHEAN BAPTIST CHURCH
(Conservative)
White City
Crater Lake Hwy. & Avenue A
Richard A. Hedeen. pastor
Sunday :
9 45 a m. Sunday school
11 a.m. Morning worship
R .m n m Bantist vouth fellow
ship
7 .in pm. evening service
Wednesday:
7:30 p.m. Midweek service
BROWNSBORO
UNION SUNDAY SCHOOL
Brownshoro
Robert S. Sanderson, pastor
Sunday :
10 a.m. Sunday school
11 am. Mornine worship
6 p.m. Young people's meeting
pin, cnrmmai prugiaiu
Thursday;
7 p.m. Prayer meeting
COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH
Butte FM
Rnhcrt Daniels, pastor
Sunday:
50 a.m Sunday school
11 am. Morning worship
7 p m Evening worship
Wednesday:
- pm. Young people. Daniel'
home
Thursday:
7 pm Choir
7 30 p m. B i b 1 1 study and
prayer
AMI VAM.F.V COMMUNITY
i Interdenominational)
John Rnelft. paator
School house
Sunday :
10 a m Sunday school program
and Christmas message
rnopKtT BAPTIST
(Souihern Baptist!
Community hall
Kirk Snider. Interim pastor
Sundav :
10 a m Sunday school
11 am Worship service
6 pm. Raptist Training unir-n
7pm F.vening worship
Wednesday .
7 30 pm. Prayer meeting
TR ML roMMLMTY CHtRCB
John s Kissee. pastor
Sunday
0 43 am Sunday school
11 am Morning wor.hlp
6 p m Teen choir practice
6 30 p m Pre-pra er service
7 p m Evening service
Tuc.'lnv
7 30 pm Young people s meet
ing Wednesday:
7 3n pm Bible study end
prayer service
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MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD,
Pastor To
Sermons on Advent
The Congregational church
will observe Christmas with
services at 11 a.m. Sunday
and at 7:30 p.m. on Christmas
eve. Both services will be held
at Hoover Grade school on
Siskiyou blvd. at South Mo
doc rd.
The school auditorium
where the church meets for
worship is sufficiently large
that only one service has been
planned. The children of the
church school are invited to
attend the opening portion
of this service with their par
ents before going to their
classes for the rest of the
hour.
The service will include the
baptism of children, music by
the adult choir and the light
ing of the fourth Advent can
dle. A Christmas offering will
be received for "The Veterans
of the Cross," elderly minis
ters and the widows of min
isters whose pension income
insufficient to meet the
rising cost of living.
The Rev. Robert W. Tull,
Methodists To Repeat
Christmas Play at Manor
Was This the Christ Child
is the title of the Christmas
play to be presented Sunday
at 3 p.m. in the sanctuary of
First Methodist church. The
play is under the direction of
Leslie Boardman.
Mrs. Milton Snow and the
alter choir of young children
will sing between scenes, as
will a double quartet from
the chancel choir.
The presentation will be of
fered once again Sunday at
7 p.m. at the Rogue Valley
Manor for its members.
Dr. George Roseberry will
preach at both morning wor
ship services Sunday on "Star
Out of Orbit." A French carol,
"Sing We Noel" will be sung
by the youth choir at the 9:30
a.m. service, and the Girl's
Ensemble will sing "It Was a
Night of Wonder." The chan
cel choir will sing "What Is
This Lovely Fragrance" and
"Today There is Ringing" at
11 a.m.
The annual Christmas eve
candlelight service of song
and worship will be held in
the sanctuary at 11 p.m. Mon
day. The Rev. Gerald C. Nel
son, associate minister, will
Central Point Group
Announces Program
Central Point Sunday
evening the Church of Christ
Third and Oak sts., will hold
its Christmas program. The
youth will present through
son gand poem the message of
Christmas from many lands.
The program will conclude
with a film, "Holy Night."
Treats for the children will be
given at the close of the serv
ice. At the 10:43 a.m. worship
service Mr. Jean M. Shelley,
minister, will speak on "The
Christ of Prophecy.
Aubrey Stith will lead the
Bible school program at 9:45
a.m.
The Book of Proverbs will
be the bases of study at the
Wednesday hour of power
service at 7:30 p.m.
Program To Be Held
During School Hour
Phoenix The Christmas
program at the Church of the
Nazarene, Third and Pine sts.,
Phoenix, will be given during
the Sunday school hour Sun
day.
Recitations will be given by
the children of the various de
partmcnts. The young people
will give their program dur
ing the evening service Sun.
day.
The Rev. Jack Quails, min
istor, has organized a basket.
ball team and all boys of Jun
ior high school age arc invited
to practice each Saturday at
9 a.m, at the Phoenix Grade
school gymnasium.
During the Sunday evening
services an evangelistic theme
is being stressed during De
cember. 'Holy Footsteps' To
Be Sunday Sermon
Ashland At the 11 a.m.
service Sunday at the First
Methodist church, North Main
and Laurel sts., a ,'10-mlnute
service of Christmas music
will be given with a sermon
entitled, "Holy Footsteps."
Dr. P. Malcolm Hammond,
minister, will speak.
Sunday at 6 p.m. family
Christmas vespers will be
held by the children of the
Sunday school. At 7 p.m. the
choir and Senior High Youth
Fellowship will go caroling.
At 8 p.m. the Senior highs
will have fireside at the home
of Sami Everett, 813 Beach it.
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minister, will conclude his
scries of Advent sermons,
preaching on "The Holy Fam
ily." Christmas eve the church's
annual family candlelight
service will be held at 7:30
p.m. The service will include
the singing of carols, the
lighting of the last Advent
candle, an anthem by the
choir, the reading of the
Christmas story, and a cere
mony of candlclighting. The
service is planned so that
everyone, from small chil
dren to adults, will find it an
important part of their Christ
mas celebration.
Thursday Dec. 27, a snow
party is being planned for the
seventh and eighth grade
young people of the church.
Under the leadership of Mr.
Tull and John Smock, the
group will leave Medford
about 10 a.m. for Crater lake.
They will return in the late
afternoon to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Emmett Bullard for
a chili supper.
give the Christmas message,
"The Guiding Star," and will
be assisted in the worship
service by John Stratford,
Pat Longmore, and Mrs. Don
ald Stratford.
The College Age Fellow
ship will hold a progressive
dinner Saturday, Dec. 2D, end
ing at the church for dessert.
All college age students who
are in town for the holidays
are invited to attend.
'Messiah' To Be
Broadcast Sunday
The Medford congregation
Reorganized Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints,
Tenth and Ivy sts., will join
with more than 1,000 church
es in sponsoring the national
broadcast of Handel's "Mes
siah over radio station
KBOY Sunday at 9 p.m.'
The choir will be the Inde
pendence, Mo., choir, head
quarters of the denomination.
This will be the 40th annual
performance by the 250-voice
choir accompanied by mem
bers of the Kansas City, Mo.,
I'nnnarmonlc orchestra.
The program is a 1V4 hour
rebroadcast of a Nov. 17 per
formance at the RLDS church
headquarters in Independ
ence.
'Incarnation' To Be
Subject of Sermon
A Christmas message en
titled "The Necessity of the
Incarnation" will be delivered
at 11 a.m. Sunday at Bethel
Assembly of God, 122S East
McAndrews rd. The Rev. Law
rence D. Krause, pastor, will
speak.
The Sunday school depart
ment will give a Christmas
program at 7 p.m. De Anna
Morgan of the nursery class
will give the welcome. Mem
bers of the junior, junior high
and senior classes will give a
poem play, "Where Glory
Dwells."
All classes of the Sunday
school will be represented in
recitations and in vocal and
instrumental music. The pro
gram will be under the direc
tion of Mrs. Juanita Hugcman,
superintendent.
Adults' To Give
Christmas Program
The adults of Reese Creek
Community church will give
the play, "Kay's Christmas
Vision" Saturday, Dec. 22, at
7:30 p.m. at the church.
The play, in a modern set
ling, was written by Dlanche
M. Collier who is also direct
ing the production. Stage ef
fects and lighting are by Ken
neth Dufour and the Rev. W.
H. Collier.
Preceding the play a Sun
day school program will be
presented by the students.
Following the play treats will
be distributed to the chil
dren attending.
The church is located one
mile from Crater Lake high
way on Butte Falls rd.
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We will be closed
Monday, Dec. 24th and
Christmas Day
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Area Churches To
Observe Birth
In Sermon Topics
Ctntral Point - "God's
Greatest Gift" will be the ti
tle of the sermon to be preach
ed Sunday by the Rev. Rob
ert W. Olmsted during the 11
a.m. worship service at the
First Presbyterian church,
Central Point. Mrs. Ned
Starnes will be guest soloist
during the worship service.
A coffee hour will follow the
service.
At 7 p.m. Sunday a Christ
mas program will be present
ed by the entire Sunday
school. A pageant will be pre
sented by the Junior and Sen
ior High Fellowship.
Jacksonville - The Christ
mas Sunday message to be
given by the Rev. King K.
Jones in the First Presbyter
ian church, Jacksonville, is
entitled "The Miracle of
Christ's Birth."
During the service, the
choir will sing "And There
Were Shepherds," with solos
by Mrs. Rafe Anders and Mrs.
John Bean. Also during the
service Mrs. Dave Allen will
sing "He Shall Feed His
Flock" from Handel's "Mes
siah." Sixteen new members will
be received into the fellow
ship of the church during the
worship service.
Sunday at 4 p.m. the church
school will present its annual
Christmas program. All age
groups will participate, and
featured will be a play, "The
Star-Lighted Path," presented
by the Junior department.
Following the program, re
freshments will be served
downstairs.
Christmas Eve, at 7 p.m.,
the church will hold Its an
nual Christmas Eve Candle
light communion service. This
brief service will have carol
singing, Scripture reading and
a meditation leading up to
the observance of communion.
Phoenix - Phoenix Presby
terian church Sunday school
will present its Christmas pro
gram on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
During the worship service
at 11 a.m. on Sunday the
choir will sing, "Christ Was
Born To Save." Gary Beard
will sing a solo, "What Child
Is This." The Rev. William
Saladin's sermon topic will
be "A Gift For Jesus." There
will be infant baptism and a
white gift offering for mis
sions and relief.
Sunday at 7 p.m. the Youth
Fellowship and the Junior
Sunday school class will go
caroling.
Monday, Dec. 24, there will
be a Christmas Eve service at
7 p.m.
Elder to Speak at
Shady Point Church
Eagle Point "The Sweet
est Story Ever Told" is the
title of the Christmas sermon
to be given by Elder W. E.
Atkin Saturday, Dec. 22, at
the Shady Point Seventh-day
Adventist church, Crater
Lake highway near Sams Val
ley Junction.
Music for the occasion will
be by Jim Kempster.
The annual Christmas ser
mon for the church has been
given by Elder Atkin for sev
eral successive years.
Medford Friends Plan
Christmas Services
Medford Friends church
will hold Christmas service!
Sunday with the children'!
program at 9:45 a.m. Young
sters of the pre school and pri
mary departments will par
ticipate. A Christmas message will
be given by Pastor J. L. Will
cuts following a choir anthem.
The combined service of the
Sunday school and worship
will conclude at 11:30 a.m.
A full evening program of
Christmas music will be given
by the church choir Sunday
night, featuring John Peter
son's cantata, "Night of Mira
cles." Given under the direc
tion of Mrs. Claude Lewis, the
cantata will feature soloists
Deane Roberts, Mrs. Richard
Krupp, Dr. Wayne Roberts,
Kay Johnson, Richard Logan
and Dr. Claude Lewis. Organ
ist will be Mrs. Orrln Oglcr,
and pianist Mn. Theron Gor
dcn. The service itarts at 7:30
p.m.
FRIDAY. DECEMBER
Nazarenes Plan Pageant,
Vesper Service During
Christmas Celebration
The children and youth de
partments of the Sunday
school will give their annual
Christmas program tonight at
7:30 o clock at the First
Church of the Nazarene, S20
North Holly st.
Along with several choral
numbers presented by the
cnlldren, a Christmas pageant
under the direction of Mrs.
John Finkbeiner will be
given. The choral reading will
be directed by Carol Harris
and the primary and junior
singing under the direction of
Mrs. Perry Christianson. Pa
geant portrayals will be made
by the Junior High youth.
L. V. Young, Sunday school
superintendent, a n n o u need
that treats will be distributed
at the close of the program.
Sunday First Nazarene will
hold a full Sunday school ses
sion and morning worship
service instead of a combined
service as in past years. The
Sunday school begins at 9:45
a.m. with a Christmas empha
sis in each of the depart
ments. The Chlrpers' choir
will sing in the adult depart
ment session at that time. In
the 11 a.m. service the pastor,
the Rev. Harold M. Sanner,
will give a message on the
subject "They Heard the An
gels Sing." Music for the serv
ice as announced by Mr.
Christiansen, minister of mu
sic and education, will be the
sanctuary choir singing Hus-
tad's arrangement of "The
First Noel" and a solo by
Dean von Stein.
Vesper Service
A vesper service, sponsored
by the graded choirs of the
church, will be held in the
sanctuary from 4 to 5 p.m.
Sunday. The choirs are direct
ed by Mrs. Christiansen and
include the Chlrpers' for pre
school children, the Cherubs
for primary age, Caroliers for
Junior children, Junior High
choir, and the Clarion Singers
consisting of Senior high and
college youth. The Junior
Pilgrim Holiness
Program Announced
Central Point A Christ
mas program of recitation and
songs will be given Sunday at
the Pilgrim Holiness church,
Pine and Sixth sts., Central
Point, by the children and
young people during the Sun
day school period.
The Christmas sermon will
be given at 11 a.m, by the
pastor, the Rev. Clarence
Jackson. During the 7:30 p.m.
service Christmas songs will
be sung by the young people'!
group.
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High and Clarion Singers will
be combined for a number an
well as presenting several
songs in their individual
groups. A number will also bo
presented by the sanctuary
choir.
Doris Young will play the
organ for the program, and
Mrs. Cliff Shafer and Mn.
Sanner will be pianists for the
evening. The pastor will con
clude his series of messages
on "They Heard the Angels
Sing." Following the vesper
service a buffet will be held
for the combined youth choirs
at the church parsonage.
Minister io Tell
Christmas Story
The Rev. Frederick Ross
Evans will tell a Christmas
story "The Herald Angel" at
the First Christian church
Sunday morning.
The youth choir will sing
"What Child is This" at tha
first service. At the 10:55 a.m.
service the chancel choir will
sing "Gesu Bambino." Mrs.
Asa Lemon, Mrs. M. E. Olson
and. Mrs. E. R. Harris will bo
hostesses at the coffee hour
following the second service'.
The Church school Christ
mas program will be given
Sunday at 9:45 a.m. All de
partments of the Church
school, nursery through high
school will participate.
At the Chi Rho Fellowship
meeting at 6 p.m. the spon
sors, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brooks,
will have charge of the pro
gram. The Middlers Fellow
ship will elect officers for iha
next six months at their meet
ing at 8 p.m. Douglas Mann
will give the devotions.
Barry Goodroad will lead
the Christian Youth Fellow
ship study at 6:30 p.m. on tha
subject "A Christian Looks at
Christmas." Monte Cook will
lead the worship.
The annual Christmas con
cert will be presented Sunday
at 7: 0 p.m. It is called a
"Christmas Carol Sing" and
will feature the three choirs
of the church, ensemble and
quartet numbers and congre
gational singing. Mrs. Ralph.
Matlack will be the soloist
and Douglas Mann will nar
i rate the program. Mrs. Evans
directs the youth choir and
the Rev. Wendell Wagler di
rects the chancel and carillon
choirs.
Following the concert thera
will be a Christmas dessert in
the Fellowship hall. Favorita
Christmas desserts will bo
served.
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