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FRIDAY. 'THE REV. ROLAND HUBER Medford Speaker Announce Sermon For 1st Christian Church Sunday "Slirred or Disturbed" Is the title of the sermon which the Rev. Frederick Ross Evans will preach Sunday morning at the First Christian church. It is based on Hebrews 10:24. At the first service Paula Greer and Helen White will sing a duet "With Happy Voices Ringing." The chancel choir will sing "Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled" at the 10:35 a.m. service. Mrs. Nelle Christensen and Mrs. Ralph Cook will be host esses at the coffee hour. The second session of the Schools of World Outreach will convene at 6 p.m.. The subject this week is "How We Work Together in Outreach." There are classes for every age group and the study will end at 7:30 p.m. Several classes of the church school are having parties this week. The Friend ship Bible class will meet in Fellowship hall Thursday noon for a dessert luncheon. At 6:45 p.m. on Thursday the Loyal Workers will have a covered dish dinner in Fel lowship hall and on Friday evening the Lamplighter's will have a Washington birth day party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Allen, 051 South Stage rd. Activities Listed for lion Lutheran "We Are Our' Worst Enemy" will be the theme of the sprmon lo be given by the J?ev. Harvey C. Coovert at :he 11 a.m. worship service, Sun day at Zion Evangelical Luth eran church, Fourth st. and O.iktlale ave. The sacrament of holy bap tism will be administered dur ing the morning worship. Music will be provided by '.he junior choir singing "Day Is Done" and by the senior choir, who will sing the an them: "O Lord, Redeemer". Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. the annual father-son banquet of 1he church will be held In the Fellowship hall. Odd Bjorke will be the guest speaker lor 1he banquet and music will be provided by a teen-age boy's qinrlettc. There will be no catechet ical classes on Saturday, Feb. 23, but both classes will meet at their regular hours on March I!. Spiriitialist Chapel Address Announced Gold Hill "What Spirit ualism Is and What It Teach es" will be the title nf the address by the Rev. Elvina C'olbum, pastor of Concord Spiritualist chapel, 560 Sec ond ave. Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Delmar Myers, Medf'ird, will play a flule solo. Mrs. liiane.i C'nrona will play a piano solo. There will be spiritual communications, ac cording to the pastor. Mrs. Colburn said that per sons who wish lo learn more about the teaching of spirit ualism may receive instruc tions from her at no charne. Persons may make appoint ments by telephoning her at 855-1647. Lift uo vour -. Driver nd your heart f ASTER MUSIC 1 PROGRAM MATERIALS Available Now! (Please Order Early) EVANGEL CENTER 230 S. Central FEBRUARY 15, 1963 Open House Week Set at St. Peter's St. Peter's Lutheran church 1020 East Main St., will hold a five-day Open House week from Sunday through Thurs day, Feb. 21. Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. each day with the Rev. Roland Huber, pastor of Grace Lutheran church, Cres cent City, Calif., serving as guest minister. Similiar services are sched uled In Ashland at Grace Lutheran c h u r ch, Frances lane, according to the Rev. Al bert R. Nickodemus, pastor and in Grants Pass. Speaker for the five evening Ashland services will be tne Rev. IJarl Nitz, Potland. The Rev Henry Wong, Lakeview, will be the Grants Pass speaker. The Open House sarvlces according to the Rev. John E Simon, pasor of fit. Peter's will be informal. They will inclure, beside the sermon, a question-and-answer period, a object lesson for the children, musical number by the chil dren, or youth, and a hymn at the start of the service. Mr. Huber will preach the sermon in both Sunday ser vices at 8:15 and 11 a.m. on the topic, "Rescue Perishing souis His topics for the five con secutive evening services are, No Substitute for Jesus, "No Substitute for God's Word". 'No Substitute for Jesus" I'Np Philippine School Olficial To Talk Sunday at the Eastwood Baptist church evening serv ice the guest speaker will be Jovito Gonzales, director of public relations of the Cen tral Philippine university, Iloilo City, Philippine Islands. Mr. Gonzales arrived in the United States last April and is here to observe the public re lations programs of colleges and universities in the United States. At the morning service the pastor, the Rev. Clifford Young, will give the message: "Concerning the Sabbath," with Mark 2:23-28 as scrip tural background. The class for second and third graders leads the church school attendance contest, with Bn average of 360 per cent for the past month. The Junior High Baptist youth fellowship will meet at 0 a.m. Saturday for an outing to Shasta. They will meet Sunday at 6 p.m. with Will Mauck giving an illustrated lecture. The Senior Highs will con tinue their Navigator Bible contest at their 6:30 p.m. Sun day meeting. Saturday, Feb. 16, the Dlaconate will have its month ly dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Young, 1540 Lcnora dr. Contest Results Are Announced Gold Hill "Futile Foes of the Book of Bqoks" will be the title of the topic for the youth group of the Gold Hill Christian phurch, Sunday at 6:30 p.m. "The Sure Foundation of Faith" will be the title of (he sermon subject by Dewey V. Jeftrey, minister of the church during the 11 a.m. worship hour Sunday. The Red Blanket tribe were winners by two points of a contest carried on recently in the Sunday schqol. Losers were the Green Mountain tribe. The winners will be honored at a Buffalo-berger feed Saturday, Feb. 16, at 6:30 p.m. at the church. Central Church Activities Listed Activities at Central Church of Christ, 1440 South Oakdalc ave., will begin Sun day with Bible school at 0:45 a.m. Following departmental openings there are classes for all ages, nursery through adults. Worship is at 1 1 a m. and Junior worship it conducted al the same hour. John V. llfberling, minister, will con clude his sermon series "Prac tical Persuasions From Peter'1 with a message entitled "For Pastors And People" from the fifth chapter of First Peter. Worship service at 7:30 p.m. will include congrega tional gospel singing. The minister's message will he "Who Am IV" YFC RALLY TOMORROW NIGHT Feature length color musical film stirring Tony and Kerry Fontane THE TONY FONTANE STORY McLoughlin Jr. Hi, 7:30 p.m. Substitute for Faith", and "Be Strong Now and Work." As part of the week's events, many members of St. Peter's Lutheran plan to call on unaffiliated friends and neighbors. A number of the women of the church) will have the evening meals ready for these callers at 8 p.m. Others will baby-sit or furnish transportation. On Feb. 22 after the final service, the lay visitors and the church's evangelism com mittee wil meet to draw up plans (or a more effective and active year-around iliariug Christ program. Heading the Open House week planning are G. J. Wolff, chairman; Mr. and Mrs. Wes ley Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Smith, E. A. Wolff, Cliffprrt Wolff, Hans Hess, Mrs. Al Hunlemann, Hqrner Pleyer, Stanley Snook and Mrs. Roland Holmes. Congregational Church Plans Sunday Meeting 'You Shall Be Comforted" Is the title of the sermon that the Rev. Robert W. Tull, mini ster of the Congregational cpurch, wlH give Sunday. Worship and church school begins at It a. pi. Sunday at Hoover Grade school on Siski you blvd. This is the tempor ary meeting place of the church while plans are being made for the construction of a new sanctuary. During the service of wor ship, child care will be pro vided for those younger than three years of age, in the school health room. The class for three, four and five year olds will meet in the school bandroom, first through sixth grade classes in the school cafeteria, and the junior high class in the lobby of the school office. Meeting Scheduled Immediately following wor ship a congregational meeting will be held. At that time the members of the churh will vote on the recommendation of the building committee re garding the plans for the new sanctuary and educational unit. The choir will rehearse at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Allen, 2110 Capital ave. Mr. Tull will be In Berkeley, Calif., Monday through Friday of next week, attending the annual Earl Lectures at Pacif ic School pf Religion. Baptist Activities Are Announced The Rev. Bernard E. An drews, pastor of the First Bap- list church, will speak al both services Sunday. At the 11 a. ill. service his subject will be, I'Who is At The Center?1' Soloist for the service will be Mrs. Albert Gandt. The chapel choir will sing under the direction of the Rev. Byron Evans. "Unbelieving Disc iplcs" will be the message at the 7 p.m. service. It will be anoth er In a series on the New lcst amenl and will be based on Mark. Music for this service will be provided by Mr. Evans, soloist, and Jim An drews on the trumpet. All the services of the church are held al Wilson school, G rand and Corona aves., while the new edifice is under construction at 849 Crater Lake ave. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews and a number of the members of the church will attend the annual meetings of the Con servative Baptist association of Oregon in Bend next week. The association represents 136 churches. Christian Science Lesson Topic Told Soul," will be the subject of the lesson-sermon Sunday at Firs! Church of Christ. Sci entist. 100 Windsor ave. The service begins at 11 a.m. Bible readings will include the passage from Psalm 42:11. Other passages will empha size the Christian Science leaching that man's real soul Is not something in the ma terial body, but the one infin ite Soul, or God. Young people up lo the age of 20 are Invited to attend Sunday chool. All are wel come to the services. 1957 Award of Merit Winner Philip Getchell To Speak At St, Mark's Episcopal; Here From Toledo, Brazil The Rev. Philip A. Get chell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Getchell, 28 Ashland ave., Medford, and recently returned from the missionary district of Central Brazil of the Protestant E p I s c o p 1 church, will be the guest preacher at both the 9:30 and 11 a m. services on Sunday. Phil, well known In Oregon golfing circles, was ordained to the priesthood In 1959 at St. Mark's, and served as curate at St. Matthew's Epis copal phurch in Portland be fore proceeding lo Brazil where he has just completed three years service. Mr. Getchell has had charge of about IS congrega tions in the southwestern area of the State of Parana close to the borders of Argentina and Paraguay, often referred to as the western frontier of Brazil. He is pow on three months' furlough I" the States to gether with his wife, Jean: and infant son, Mark. He ex pects to return to Toledo, Sweetheart Night Set for Saturday Sweethearts night will be observed Saturday evening by the men of the First Advent Christian church. This has become an annual event. The couples will meet at the church at 6 p.m. and proceed to a restaurant in a group. Know Your Church month continues in the Sunday school. More pieces of the church will be put in place for the number of visitors present In Sunday school. The classes are trying to become record breakers. Each class that has all of its members present, on time, with Bibles and each member having done his Bible reading during the week will be eligible to break a record and receive a seal by its name on the chart. This will continue for the next three months. The pastor, the Rev. Fred O. Sapp Jr., will give the 11 a.m. message. The choir will sing "Who is at My Door Standing." Following the jun ior sermon the children will go to the Junior church chapel for their own service. Duo to the religious census being taken this week end the young adults will not meet Sunday afternoon. Sunday evening the discus sion period for answering questions which arise during tne Chapter A Day readina of the Bible will start at 6:30 p.m. The song service will fol low at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday the second teacher training class will be held at the parsonage at 7 p.m. The pastor will lead the lesson on "Conquering Absenteeism and Enlarging the Sunday School." Witnesses Plan Bible Conference Harlan S. Nixon, local minister of Jehovah's Witnes ses, lias announced that the entire congregation has re ceived an invitation from Leo A. Mahan, southern Oregon circuit supervisor and repre sentative of the Watchtowcr Bible and Tract society, to attend a three-day Bible con ference. The convention, which is lo be held in the Ashland Junior High school, March 8 to lit, will emphasize the need for teachers of the Gospel to be the "Right Kind of Minister.," according to the assembly theme lake from 1 Timothy 4:6. Nixon met with assembly director James Morse of Ash land and other convention per sonnel in Myrtle Creek. Jan. 26, to discuss the organization of the 21 different depart ments needed to provide facil ities for the gathering of the expected 1.000 delegates from the 16 congregations in the southern Oregon circuit. The question 'Who Will Win the Struggle for World Supremacy?" will ho answer ed in the featured talk Sun day, March 10, at 3 p m. UNITY Comer Hrll a"J Haen Streets Affiliated with Unity School el Christianity, Lee Summit, Mo. REV. KATHARINS BOSWORTH, Minuter Worship Hour 11.15 . ni. "Divine Substance" H.bte.slll Sunday School, Youth of Unity, Adult Bible Class V 45 a.m. Office open daily, Monday thiU Friday, 10 am -4 p.m. 995 S Oakdale Ase. ftwe 77;.6902 Everyone Welcome. MUDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON CHURCH NEWS National Religious Publicity Council Brazil in late March, and in the meantime has numerous speaking engagements throughout the diocese of Ore' gon. Among his congregation at the 11 a.m. service Sunday will be 17 young men who will be formally inducted into the Acolyte guild of St. Mark's parish. This will bring the Acolyte guild to a mem bership of more than 100 boys. They will be presented for induction by Mrs. T. C Barker, acolyte mother, and her assistant, Mrs. Walter D, Jensen. National Child Evangelism Week To Be Observed National Child Evangelism week will be observed in this area Feb. 17 to 24, Mrs. Nina Gain, director of Child Evan geljsm fellowship, Medford, has announced. The theme will be "Redeeming the Time,'' taken from Epresians 5:16. The local Child Evangel ism Fellowship committee has distributed 2,000 bulletins to 13 churches for one Sunday of the week. This school year, 18 home Bible classes for children. called Good News clubs, are meeting after school weekly in Medford. Each club lasts for one hour ...id consists of flannelgraph Bible story, visualized songs and Scrip ture memorization, and en courages the children to at tend the church of their choice. The classes are taught by volunteer teachers, host esses and helpers from 12 valley churches. The fellow ship also sponsors teacher's training classes, children's rallies and a summer camp ing program. Gov. Mark O. Hatfield in a statement proclaiming Child Evangelism week for Oregon, reminded residents that the program's purpose is to reach those children un der 13 years of age who do not attend any church. 'It is essential that the in dividual has freedom of wor ship," the governor stated, "but experience teaches us that those who have a firm spiritual commitment are capable of making a greater contribution to the society in which they live. "We should all be willing lo assist and encourage those organizations which bring the vital truths and philosophy of the Bible into homes and lives of our young people.' Speaker, Social Set By Unitarians The Rogue Valley Unitar ian Fellowship will hear a talk Sunday by Clarence M. Crews, program chairman. His topic will be "Stars and Men." The fellowship meets at the Red Cross building, 60 Hawthorne ave., at 11 a.m. Ernest Wander, chairman of the fellowship, has an nounced the social meeting for February wjll be held Friday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. al Kim's restaurant, 2321 South Pacific highway. Reports on the Pacific Northwest Unitarian confer ence and a discussion of topics for future meetings will tol low the dinner. Pastor To Annual Foursquare Meeting The Foursquare churches of the United States and Can ada are holding their 40lh an nual convention in Los Ang eles through Feb. 23. The Rev. and Mrs. K L. Mathcwson are attending from the Medford church. During their absence the Rev. Wesley Moore and fam ily from Grants Pass and James Trimble will conduct the services. The musical Moores will be in charge of the Sunday services and will sing and play several numbers for both services. Presbyterian Men To Attend Dr. p. Kirkland West, pas tor of the First Presbyterian church, Medford, will be among the speakers at the Western Area meeting of the National Council of United Presbyterian Men in Sacra mento Feb. 22 through 24 Twenty men from the Rogue valley will attend. Sam B. Harbison, member of First Church, is national vice president. Other speakers will include Edward Donald Grant, presi dent of the Grant Chemical Oregon Gov, Mark Hatfield will s. ak Monday evening at a dinner meet ing of the Presbyterian Men's group at First Pres byterian church. Eighth and Holly til. The dinner will start at 6:30 p.m. and reservations art necessary. Sine In session will be in the fel lowship hall, only joq tickets will be sold. Infor mation may ba obtained by contacting Lloyd Nijlion, 773-1871. company. Baton Rouge, La He is moderator of the Pres byterian Church in the U.. (Southern), and a vice presi dent of the National Council of cnurches. Three Churches Note Activities Central Point -"The Face They Could Never Forget" is the subject of the sermon by Dr. Earl William Benbow at the First Presbyte ian church Central Point, Sunday at 11 a.m. Care for pre-school chil dren will be provided. A coffee hour will follow the service In Fellowship hall. The church is located at the corner of First and Oak sts., Central Point. ' Jacksonville-The Rev. King K. Jones, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Jackson ville, will begin a series of sermons on the Psalms Sun day at the 11 a.m. worship service. He will be joined in this series by the choir which will sing the Psalm from which he is preaching. The series will be started with the ursi r-saim. his sermon is entitled "The Ul Urn a te Choice." The ' choir will sing Rus sell's arrangement of "The First Psalm." Men of the church will meet Sunday at 7 p.m. in the church for Bible study. The topic will be Acts 13. The church night fellow ship will meet Saturday at b:du p.m. in the church. The evening will begin with a potluck dinner and the follow ing program will center around the children. Phoenix - The Rev. Wil liam Saladin, minister of First Presbyterian church, Phoenix, will speak Sunday at the 11 a.m. worship service on "Our Sense of Justice and Judgment." New officers, elders and deacons will be ordained and installed and new church school officers and teachers will be installed. Sunday at 7:15 a.m. the King's Men group will meet for breakfast. First Methodists Announce Events Dr. George Roseberry will preach on "Look, Who's Here!" Sunday at First Meth odist church at both morning worship services. Mrs. Pauline Bush will sing the "Ninety-First Psalm" at both services. The youth choir will sing "Give Me This Day' at 9:30 a.m. and the chancel choir will sing "1 Will Extol Thee. O Lord" at 11 a.m. The School of Missions will wind up their study classes at 5 p.m. Sunday with a play on the "Rim of East Asia" by the Bccomcr's class under ihe direction of Mr?. Verne Wilson. The chancel choir will have the snack supper and the devotions will be hy members of the Senior High Methodist Youth Fellowship who will give their speeches on "This Hour's Calling." All MVF groups in the slate are competing in this speech con test. The winner of the local group will compete on Feb 24 at the sub-district MYF rally. The MEDFORD ALLIANCE CHURCH Welcomes You Lincoln School Auditorium 401 N. Birtlett SfRVICES: Sundsy School 9:45 A.M. Morning Worship Youth Service Evening Service Midxeek Service iplace announced each weeM "Them li real and ootinVe helo foe your etry problem Meeting The meeting is one of five area gatherings which will be held, throughout the coun try this month and during March. Theme of the meeting is "Stand Your Ground" (Ephe sians 6:13). The meeting will be attend ed by men from California, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon, Wy oming, Montana n4 Wash ington. The Cruisers club of First Presbyterian Church will be visitors at the second service Sunday morning. Wilbur Bushnell, skipper, will assist Dr. West during this service. Dr. West will preach on the theme, "Are You A Fruit ful Christian?" At the 9:30 a.m. service the Senior High choir will sing, "Crown Him With Many Crowns" and the chancel choir will sing, "Calvary's Mountain" at the second ser vice. Westminster The second sermon in a series on Old Testament char acters will be given Sunday by the Rev. John O. Reynolds at the 11 a.m. worship service of the Westminster Presby terian church, Oakwood dr. between Barnpbiirg and Groveland aves. The sermon wil he "jacqh-iiessons on Prayer.' The church choir will sing "Holy Spirit, Truth Divine" and during1 worship the serv ice of ordination and installa tion of elders and deacons will be held. There will be a children's sermon for boys and. girls from 5 to 10 years of age and nursery care is available for pre-school chil dren. The adult church school class will study "Calvin: the Theologian" Sunday at 9:45 a.m. Divine Substance Is Unity-Topic The Rev. Katharine Bos worth, minister of the Unity Church of Medford, Holly and Haven sts., will have for the subject of her lesson at the 11:15 a.m. Sunday service, "Divine Substance." The text is taken from Hebrews 11:1. This is the third of a scries of four lessons on Prosperity. Elmer Whipple,, Santa Rosa, Calif, will be guest organist. Mrs. H. H. Bresee will sing "Spirit of God" by Needlinger. The prayer ministry will meet Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 11 a.m. at the Unity church. Those attending are to take their lunch. At 1 p.m. the study class will meet. Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., at the Unity Center, 995 South Oakdale ave., Mrs. Bosworth will have for the lesson topic Making Contact With Pros perity". The Grants Pass and Ash land classes wjl) meet as usual. Unity Church of Medford is an affiliate of the Unity School of Christianity at Lee's Summit, Mo. Guest Speaker Sunday Evening "A Response to Christ's Love" will be the topic the Rev. G. O. Skaar, pastor of First Southern Baptist church, will have for his sermon Sun day morning. The adult choir will sing. , At the 6:30 p.m. service guest speaker will be Dr. R. E. Milam, Portland, who will also speak at the 15th Anniversary observance at the Calvary Baptist church. Grants Pass, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Dr. Milam is the son of an Oregon pioneer preacher. He has served as executive secre tary of the Oregon and Wash ington State convention and is now serving as secretary of Capital Needs, an organization engaged in financing new church buildings. Beginning Wednesday, Fub. 20 a scries of evangelistic meetings will be held nightly through March 3 at the church at 794 Lozier Lane. The Rev. Kclley Johnson, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, of Renton, Wash., will be the speaker. SECRETARIAL SERVICE Shorthand iteration, rypinf, 19 jl eiperience. letters, it ports, mlilingt statistical. Margaret Kobold Phone 1012 W. 9th 772-5844 .11:00 A.M. ..6:00 P.M. ... 7:00 P.M. Pastor tWIIGART Ph. MM0e7 7.30 P M. Wednesday I Ji: I ia SPEAKER Derek Prince, former professor of Greek philosophy and logic at Kings college, Cambridge university in England, will speak in Medford tonight. He will ad dress the Rogue Valley chap ter of the Full Qospel Bus iness Men's Fellowship at a buffet dinner at North's Chuck Wagon, 1016 North Riverside ave., at 7 o'clock. Communion Is Planned Sunday The quarterly communion service wil be held Sunday morning at the First Church of the Nazarene, 520 North Holly st. The Rev. Harold M. San ner, pastor- of the church, will speak on "For Us He Was Poor." Music for this service un der the direction of Perry Christiansen, minister of mu sic, will be the sanctuary choir singing "Under His Wings," and a tenor solo by Jack Delmonte. During the 7 p.m. service, a mixed quartet composed of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brewster and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Johnson will sing. Olher mu sic will include a solo by Mrs. Cliff Shafer and a duet by Mr. and Mrs. Rod Newman. The- pastors message topic will be "Faith in the Dark " Tonight the Junior High young people hold their an annual valentine banquet at 6:30 o'clock in the church's activity building. Richard Cole, chairman of Ihe Junior High Fellowship will be mas ter of ceremonies and speaker will be Carol Harris. A King and Queen, will be crowned by Jest year's . reigning cou ple, Ron Simmons and Deb bie Pollock, All jupior highs are invited. Thursday the visitation dinners will resume with a potluck dinner at 6 p. m., Sunday school departmental meetings at 6:45, and calling. Study to Conclude At St. Luke's St. Luke's Methodist church, 2940 Siskiyou blvd., will conclude its study of the problems on Asia's rim Sun day. The activities will begin with an Asian dinner at 5:30 p.m. at the church. Mrs. Clar ence Byrd, chairman of the commission on missions will be in charge. Following dinner the group wil join in an Asian festival. The evening will conclude with a study of Hong Kong. The Rev. Charles R. McDon ald, pastor of the church, will be Ihe discussion leader. Mr. McDonald will preach on the theme "First Things First" at the 11 a.m. worship hour Sunday. First Baptist Church Conservative-Fundamental B. E. Andrews, Pastor Byron Evans, Youth Dir Meeting Temporarily t WILSON SCHOOL Grand & Corona SUNDAY, FEB 9:40 A.M. Sunday School tor All 1 1:00 A M. "Who It At The Centerr 7.00 PM. "Unbelieving Diiciplct" B Wednesday Bible Study Hour nyiiii H4ii"ii'i"ii 'i i iiMhui j First Church of xt On the Air KBOY I 11 a.m. 1 I j W) plNl 17 I t 100 Windsor Ave., 1 Block South of East Main "Soul" Church and Sunday School Services at 1 1:00 a.m. Wednesday Evening Service, 8 p.m. You Are Always Welcome listen to: nba Bible Speaks To You" Station K-SHA tj SUNDAYS-9:00 A.M. Discussion Clubs In Sacred Heart Parish Under Way Confraternity of Christian Doctrine religious discussion clubs in Sacrd Heart parish are now in the process of re activating for the eight-week Lenten session of meetings. The text to be used as a guide for discussions is the second half of "What Every Catholic Should Know," a volume of the Practical Cath olic Life Series, edited by Hugh J. O'Connell, C.SS.R. Topics to be covered include parents and the school, how to teach children the sacred ness of marriage, how to fos ter vacations in the home and God's grace - the life of the soul. Other discussion will con centrate on the sacraments as channels of grace, prayer as the sure means of salvation, self-denial and its place in the Christian life and answers to the question "Why must I suffer?" While the discussion club , program is intended primar ily to serve as a means for the adult Catholic to review his religion and their appli cation to the everyday prob lems of life, membership is open also to non-Catholics who are interested, especially those who have Catholic partners in marriage. Anyone wanting to join an already established unit or to start a new club, may call Mrs. Arthur Becker, 773-2659. Others who are interested of the Roman Catholic church in learning the basic doctrines rather than participating in a discussion club may attend a new inquiry forum which is planned to start soon. Elder Attends District Event Elder Harley J. Davidson, pastor of the .Medford branch of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and family were among ten other district pas tors represented at the RLDS Southern Oregon District Spring conference held last week end in Eugene. This year's theme was "Press forward with a stead fastness in Christ. ' Services were under the direction of District President High Priest Noel King, Missionary John Heday, and Apostle D. Blair Jensen. Priest Tomas Schuyler, youth leader of the Medford branch, conducted one class. Apostle Jensen spoke Sup day morning and a service or daining Harry Ruchaber lo high priest was performed at that hour. Sunday at the local church. Tenth and Ivy sis., Elder James Davidson, former pas tor of the congregation, will be the speaker. GERMAN DINNER Shady Cove A German sauerkraut and sausage din ner is being sponsored by Our Lady of Fatima Catholic church. Shady Cove, Sunday, Feb. 24, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets may be pur chased at Acme Hardware company or Walt Young's Stationery in Medford. business, you'll find the problems less trying if you start the week by worship in God's Holv House. 1 lllllllll SSMsAUtsI SUNDAY February 17th 9:30 & 11 a.m. Sermon: "Are You a Fruitful Christian?" Dr. D. Kirkland West Pleaching 1 Christ. Scientist f i i ii-.i;i.g..ii r mmm I I iighth and Hell? 4 lOR. D. KIRKIANO WEST. Pnttorl i