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Congregational Meeting
Scheduled Sunday Noon
The Congregational church
will meet for worship and study
at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Hoover
Grade School on Siskiyou blvd,
.is the temporary meeting place
of the church and church school
"God's Way With Man" is the
title of the sermon the Rev
Robert W. Tull will preach for
the service at 11 a.m. The choir,
under the direction of Charles
F. Martin, will offer the music
for the service with Mrs. Ray'
mond Powers as organist.
Following the morning service
a congregational meeting will
be held m the auditorium, nee
ommendation of the building
committee regarding progress
toward construction of new
church facilities will be pre
sented.
Sunday at 7 p.m. the United
Church youth, ninth through
twelfth graders, will meet at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. Por
ter B. Lombard, 1115 East Main
st. Dr, and Mrs. Lombard will
lead the group in first use of
the study course for senior high
young people of the United
Church curriculum. Refresh
ments will be served.
The parents of children in
the church school will meet at
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Duane Richardson, 749 West
14th St., Monday at 8 p.m. This
meeting will be an opportunity
for this year's teachers to in
terpret to parents the new cur
riculum materials now being
used in all grades of the church
school, and to discuss the edu
cational ministry of the church
Southern Baptist
Topics Announced
The Rev. G. 0. Skaar, pastor
of First Southern Baptist
church, has chosen for his ser
mon topic Sunday morning
"Complete In Him." In the eve
ning he will give the ninth in a
series of sermons on the Ten
Commandments. He will speak
on "Respect for Truth." Robert
Klusman will lead the congrega
tional singing.
Sunday will be promotion day
with pupils advanced to new
classes and departments In both
the Sunday school and Training
unions.
Fifth Sunday fellowship will
be observed in the Sunday
school annex with potluck din
ner immediately following the
morning worship hour.
Mr. Skaar, in company with
other Associational officers will
leave Monday to attend an As
sociational officers conference
which will be held at Camp
Mcnucha near Portland. He
plans to return in time for the
mid-week service Wednesday
evening.
Advent Christian
Activities Announced
"Home of the Spirit" will be
the message by the Rev. Fred
0. Sapp Jr., pastor of the First
Advent Christian church, at the
11 a. m. worship service Sun
day. Promotion exercises will be
held during the closing part of
the Sunday school hour. The
children will go to the junior
church at 11:30 a.m. for a mis
sion study. The 7 p.m. service
will be led by the Mission La
dies. A singspiration will be
held and games will be played.
Faff Round-Up Is
Slated in Gold Hill
GOLD HILL The Fall Round
Up in observance of Rally day
at Gold Hill Christian church
Sunday school will be held Sun
day at 9:45 a.m. The rhythm
band and junior choir will be
featured during the Sunday
school program.
Dewey V. Jeffrey, minister of
the church will give the sermon
during the worship hour.
Following the worship service
a barbecue will be held at the
church.
First Assembly
Lists Sermon Topics
Pastor Robert E. Cull will
speak at both Sunday services
at First Assembly of God, 1108
West Main St.
At the 11 a.m. worship service
Mr. Cull will speak on the sub
ject, "Conformed Or Trans
formed." A vocal trio composed
of Mrs. Gerald Smith, Mrs.
Walter Meeker and Mrs. Robert
Cull Jr. will sing, "He Washed
Mv Eyes With Tears."
Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Cull
will speak on the topic, "Boast
ers." Unitarian Fellowship
Announces Subject
The Unitarian Fellowship,
which meets in the Red Cross
building, will continue Its dis
cussion at 11 a.m. Sunday, with
Dr. James Doerter of the art
department at Southern Oregon
college. He will speak on "Self
Fulfilment The Expressive
Act and The Transcending Experience."
SEPTEMBER 27, 1963
CHURCH NEWS
National Religious Publicity Council
for the coming year. Refresh'
ments will be served.
Thursday at 8 p.m. a meet
ing will be held at the First
Congregational church, Ashland
The speaker will be Dr. Willis
E. Elliott. New York, secre
tary of the division of evangel
ism and research of the United
Church of Christ board for
homeland ministries. The meet
ing is planned for representa
tives of the four Congregational
Churches of southern Oregon,
Ash land, Roseburg, Klamath
Falls and Medford.
Guest Minister
Set at Bethel
The Rev. Wayne M. Butchart,
Yakima, Wash., will be the
guest minister Sunday at Bethel
Assembly of God, 1225 East Mc-
Andrews rd. He will speak at
11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The church's Sunday school
department will issue promotion
certificates at 9:45 a.m. to Sun
day school members from the
nursery class and up to and
including the junior high class.
The church will be open all
day Wednesday, Oct. 2, for Na
tional Day of Prayer.
Thursday, Oct. 3, will be the
first service of a three-day mis
sionary convention. The Rev. R.
i-arl Book, pastor of the Assem
bly of God, Albany, Ore., will
be the guest speaker. He will
present the "Faith Promise
Plan to the church at 7:30 p.m.
The Rev. James M. Robinson,
Nigeria, West Africa, will speak
7:30 p.m. Friday. The Rev.
Harry G. Downey, Nyasaland,
Central Africa, will speak at
both services, Sunday, Oct. 6.
Medford Friends
To Host Team
Medford Friends church will
host members of the George Fox
college, Newbcrg, football team
Sunday morning. George Fox
college plays Southern Oregon
college Saturday night and team
members will speak in the
Friends churches at Medford,
Ashland and Talent in Sunday
school and church Sunday morn'
ing.
Coach Earl Craven, who trans
ferred this year from a Quaker
college in Iowa, has served as
safety committee chairman of
the National Coaching associa
tion. He will address the Med
ford Friends youth department
Sunday morning. Other students
on the team will provide musi
cal numbers and other presenta
tions.
Two of the players, Lonny
Fendall, Newberg, and Stanley
Louthan, Kansas, will each
preach at the Ashland and Tal
ent Friends churches.
Dr. Milo C. Ross, president
of George Fox college, will fill
the pulpit at the Medford
church. He served as the first
pastor of the Medford Friends
church several years ago. The
Quaker college has the highest
enrollment of its history this
fall, more than 300.
Eastwood Baptist
Events Announced
Sunday at Eastwood Baptist
church at the morning service
the Pastor, the Rev. Clifford
Young, will speak on: "What
About Humble Servant?" using
Mark 10:41-45 for scripture.
The chancel choir will sing,
"Praise to God! Alleluia I" by
Camllle Saint-Saens.
At the 7:30 p.m. service the
Pastor will speak on: "On Re
ceiving Sight."
Pastor's classes are being held
tomorrow at 11 a.m. for boys
and girls and Sunday at 9:45
a.m. for adults.
The Baptist Youth Fellowship
will resume Its program on OC'
tober 8.
Jehovah's Witnesses
list Public Talk
"Studying the Word of Life"
will be the subject of the public
talk Sunday at 5 p.m. at the
Kingdom hall of Jehovah's Wit
nesses. It will be on the Bible.
iriciay, Oct. 4, a service
meeting and theocratic ministry
school will be held. The Tuesday
weekly study groups meet at
8 p.m.
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Ordain Pastor
ROGUE RIVER The Rev.
Robert D. Parrott, new minis
ter of Hope Community Presby'
terian church. Rogue River, for
merry of Gardens, Calif., will
be installed in his new pastor
ate this evening at 7 o'clock at
the church. Ordination service
will be held at the same time,
The Rev. John O. Reynolds,
Medford, moderator of South
west Oregon Presbytery will of
ficiate. The sermon will be preached
by the Rev. Bruce Kurrle,
Compton, Calif., who was pas
tor of St. John's Presbyterian
church there where Mr. Parrott
and his family attended prior
to his attending San Francisco
Theological seminary.
The congregation of the Hope
Presbyterian church will be
given the charge by the Rev.
B. J. Holland, Ashland, and Mr.
Parrott will be charged with
his responsibility by the Rev.
Donald Krug, Central Point.
Mr. Parrott and Mr. Krug at
tended seminary at the same
time.
The Women's association will
be hosts for a reception to fol
low the service in Barnett hall
at the church.
'John Wesley'
Film Scheduled
The life story of John Wesly
will be portrayed in a film,
"John Wesley" at the Trinity
Baptist church, Griffin Creek
and South Stage rds., Sunday at
7:45 p.m.
The film was produced by J.
Arthur Rank for the Methodist
church. The title role is played
by Leonard Sachs.
The story follows John Wes
ley's activities throughout his
life as he travels more than
250,000 miles on horseback and
by stagecoach and in 53 years
in the ministry.
The public is invited to the
showing.
At the 11 a.m. worship service
the Rev. Bruce O. Rogers will
speak on "The Way Through
the Impossible." This will be
the third in his series of ser
mons from Joshua.
GH Minister
Is Transferred
GOLD HILL Bishop A.
Raymond Grant, Methodist
Bishop of the Portland area has
appointed the Rev. Lochlen L.
Gregory, pastor of Gold Hill
Community Methodist church, to
serve the Gardiner Reedsport
Methodist church.
Mr. Gregory will replace the
Rev. Raymond Baines, who is in
Alaska after serving the Gar-diner-Reedsport
church.
Sept. 29 will be the Gregorys
last Sunday service at the Gold
Hill church. They will be at
Gardiner-Recdsport on Sunday,
Oct. 6, World Wide Communion
Sunday for their first service
there.
The Rev. Ed Aschcnbrenner,
superintendent of the Eugene
district, did not know at this
time who will succeed Mr.
Gregory.
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory moved
to Gold Hill three years ago
from Great Barrington, Mass.,
where he served as student pas
tor while attending seminary at
Drew Theological school, Madi
son, N. J.
Central Church
Activities Listed
Sunday activities at Central
Church of Christ, 1440 South
Oakdale ave., begin with Bible
school at 9:45 a.m. Worship
follows at 11 a.m. John V. Hc
bcrllnR, minister, will speak
on "What Jesus Thinks of His
Church: Part II Christ Com
mends The Church."
Mr. Hcberling's message at
the 7 p.m. service will be
"What Is The Spirit's Greatest
Gift?", a study from I Corin
thians 13.
Wednesday the congregation
will meet at 7:30 p.m. for a full
planning session. Ideas and
evaluations will be shared on
all phases of the church pro
gram. Refreshments and child
care will be provided.
RALLY DAY
TALENT - Sunday will be
Rally day In Talent Methodist
church Sunday school held in
conjunction with homecomlne
in the church worship sen xt .
following. All newcnnv?:v hm.i '
friends are Invito? to a: rr.U. I
First Presbyterian Church
Eighth and Holly Phone 779-1711
Worship Services 9:30-11i00 a.m.
September 29
Sermoni The Chrllin life In Everyday Action"
Dr. D. Kirkland West
Church School: 9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Two Farewell Testimonials
Scheduled Sunday Evening
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DUDLEY LEE BELL
Brazilian Mission
First Christian
Activities Noted
'If A Man Dies Shall He
Live Again?" is the title of the
sermon which the Rev. Fred
rick Ross Evans will preach
at the First Christian church
Sunday morning.
At the 9:30 a.m. service the
carillon choir will sing Men
delssohn's "Here, O My Lord."
The chancel and junior choirs
will sing "Evening Prayer" at
the 11 a.m. service.
Mrs. Clarence Hunter, Mrs.
George Swinney and Mrs. Ches
ter Parker will host the coffee
hour following the second ser
vice.
Pupils in the church school
nursery through the sixth grade,
will be promoted Sunday.
The Chi Rho Fellowship will
meet at 5:30 p.m. Their study
is "My Community Life in the
Church" lead by Gail White and
Jim Perry. Ray North will give
the devotions. The Middlers
Fellowship meets at 6 p.m. with
Kathy and Gene Taylor having
the study and worship on "Peace
and Justice. Dale Carson is in
charge of the Christian Youth
Fellowship's meeting at 6 p.m.
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. the
church school teachers and
youth fellowship leaders of the
seventh through twcltin grades
will meet.
The seventh grade church
school class will have a party
Friday evening in the church
parlor. Tonight at 8 o'clock the
Lamplighters class will have
a party in the church parlor.
Roundtable Topic
Is Announced
The questions to be considered
Saturday at 9:30 a.m. on KMED
TV's Ministers' Roundtable are
'Is there any difference between
the counseling of a psychiatrist
and that of a minister?", "Do
they use the same methods?",
and "Will the results be the
same?"
Appearing on the prgram as a
guest will be Dr. Joseph W. Ball,
a graduate of the University of
Oregon Medical school who took
his psychiatric training under
Dr. Maxwell Jones of the Oregon
State hospital, Salem, and Dr.
George Saslow of the University
of Oregon Medical school. Dr.
Ball recently moved to Medford
Appearing with Dr. Ball will
be the Rev. Frederick R. Evans,
pastor of First Christian church
and president of the Jackson
County Mental Health associa
tion, and the Kcv. Wilton E.
Martin, pastor of First Church
of God and past president of the
Medford Ministerial association.
Serving as moderator for the
program will be the Rev.
Charles R. McDonald. Mr. Mc
Donald is pastor of St. Luke's
Methodist church and is a mem
ber of the pastoral services com
mittee of the Oregon Council of
Churches which each year co
sponsors a mental health confer
ence for the clergy of Oregon.
Mr. McDonald serves the con
ference as registrar.
The program will also be
heard over KME1) Radio on Sun
day at 8 a.m.
Concord Spiritualist
Schedules Address
GOLD HILL The Rev. Elvina
Colburn, pastor of Concord
Spiritualist chapel, will give the
address Sunday at 8 p.m. The
following week, Oct. 6, the ser
vices will be hold at 7:30 p.m.
Mrs. Colburn will be assisted
by Robert Routh, Sidney Jones.
Miss Susan Swmv nH Mrs.
Helen "r-;.
TMkiii; x potluck dinner will
- V!d tit the chapel at 6:30
o'clock. Attendance will be by
invitation onlv.
MEDFOKO MAIL TRIBUNE, MEOFORU.
Two farewell testimonials, one
in each of the two wards of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints, will be held Sunday
evening honoring two young
men who will leave next month
for mission assignments.
Scheduled at 5 p.m. will be
a testimonial honoring Dudley
Lee Bell, son of Mr. and Mrs
Oral L. Bell, 1617 Corona ave.
At 7 p.m. Jimmie Clifford Pow
ers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleve
C. Powers, 1509 South Ivy St.,
will be honored. Both will be
at the Medford chapel, 648
South Ivy st.
Powers, member of the 1st
Ward, will leave for two years
in the Irish Mission with head
quarters at Belfast, Northern
Ireland. Bell, member of Hie
2nd Ward, will leave for his as
signment in the Brazilian Mis
sion at Sao Paulo. Both will
leave Medford Oct. 12 for Salt
Lake City where they will at
tend the home mission before
leaving for their mission fields
in late October.
Stake Official
Douglas W. Shephed, mem
ber of the high council of the
Klamath stake, oroiher-in-law
of Powers, will speak at both
services.
Other speakers for Bell's testi
monial will be Bishop Thomas
G. Huffman, former Bishop
Dwaine E. Nelson, Mrs. Eunice
B. Mayes and Carlos Bledsoe.
Speakers for Powers testi
monial will include Bishop Da
vid L. Peterson and Bendt W.
Johnston, former missionary
for northern California and
southern Oregon mission.
Both young men are graduates
of Medford High school, Bell
in 1961 and Powers in 1963.
Bell attended Brigham Young
university and has been active
in the Mutual Improvement as
sociation and Ward teaching.
Bell will join seven other
members of the 2nd Ward who
are in the mission field. There
are three others in the mission
field from 1st Ward.
Pastor Assumes
Duties in CP
CENTRAL POINT The Rev.
Floyd Lindacy has assumed du
ties as pastor of the Pilgrim
Holiness church, Central Point.
Mr. Lindacy, who arrived in
the Rogue Valley from Rose
burg, where he was pastor of
the church for two years, re
places the Rev. Clarence Jack
son. Mr. Jackson, who is re
maining in the valley, is cur
rently preaching in Grants
Pass.
Mr. Lindacy started in res
cue mission work in St. Louis,
Mo., in 1917. He has served as
an evangelist in the Midwest
and first moved to Oregon in
1937. since that time he has
lived in California where in
1957 he retired from Westing-
house company as a mechanical
inspector.
Mr. and Mrs. Llndacv and
their daughter are making their
home at 611 East Pine st.
Zion Lutheran
Sermon Title Given
"There Is Glory in Tribula
tion" is the title of the worship
message to be given at Zion
Lutheran church by the Rev.
Harvey C. Coovert, Sunday at
the 11 a.m. service, using Ro
mans 5:3 as the scriptural ref
erence. The senior choir will present
the anthem "Holy Art Thou"
by Handel.
Promotion Sunday activities
will begin at 9:45 a.m. with a
general assembly in the church
sanctuary. Promotional certifi
cates will be presented to the
children by the Sunday school
superintendent, John Masson,
after which they will be dismis
sed to go to their individual clas
ses to meet with their new
teachers.
The Senior Luther League
will meet at the home of the
sponsors, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Gustafson, 925 West 13th St.,
Sunday at 5 p.m.
Christian Science
Topic Is 'Reality'
"Reality" will be the subject
of the Bible lesson Sunday at
First Church of Christ, Scien
tist, 100 Windsor ave., at 11
a.m.
A prayer from Psalm 119:18
will be included in the Bible
readings with related passages
from the Christian Science
textbook.
Young people up to the age of
20 are invited to attend Sunday
school. AH are invited to the
services.
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Irish Mission
Dramatization
Planned Sunday
A dramatization entitled "One
Bread" will be presented at
both morning worship services
Sunday at First Methodist
church in preparation for World
wide Communion Sunday, Oct. 6.
The Junior High youth will pre
sent the play at 9:30 a. m.
and the adult choir at 11 a.m.
Dr. George Roscberry will
participate and his sermon will
be "The Power of An Idea."
Sunday is also Rally day for the
church school.
Soloist will be Miss Linda
Johnson, who will sing "Come
Ye Disconsolate. The youth
choir will sing "Praise Ye the
Father," by Gounod at 9:30
a.m. and the chancel choir will
sing "Behold! I Stand at the
Door" by Noble Cain at 11 a.m.
Following the 11 a.m. wor
ship service there will be a
membership potluck dinner in
Wesley hall in honor of all the
new members who have joined
the church recently. The com
mission on education will show
a film entitled "A Man Can
Change." All members and
friends are invited; and take a
hot dish, and a salad or dessert.
The Junior High Methodist
Youth Fellowship will meet at
the church at 6:30 p.m. with Jo
Anne Blair, and Carol Carver
in charge of the program. The
Senior High MYF will have a
council meeting at 4 p. m. Sun
day followed by a snack supper.
St. Luke's Plans
Class Promotions
St. Luke's Methodist church,
2320 Siskiyou blvd., will mark
the beginning of Christian Edu
cation week Sunday with the ob
servance of Rally day in the
church school at 9:45 a.m.
Children will be promoted to
their new classes at that time
and begin their academic work
for the new year. Mrs. M. Dale
Williams is the new superintend
ent of the church school. Mrs.
Norman Capsey serves as the
new chairman of the commis
s i o n on education for St.
Luke's.
The entire II a.m. worship at
St. Luke's will center around the
presentation of Bibles to the
members of the new fourth
grade class. The Rev. Charles
R. McDonald, pastor of the
church, will make the presenta
tions assisted by Mrs. Wil
liams. Mr. McDonald's sermon theme
will be "Book of Books". During
the service Ralph Humphrey,
church organist, will play "A
Celtic Pastorale" bv Lindsay,
"Cantilene in B Flat" by Hos
mer, and "Postludc" by Kern.
At 6:30 p.m. the Junior High
Youth Fellowship will meet in
the home of its counselors, Mr.
and Mrs. Ab Gressett, 1617 East
Jackson st. The Senior High
Youth Fellowship will meet at
the church at 7:30 p.m.
Evangelist Plans
Sunday Meeting
Evangelist Wesley L. Moore,
Provo, director of "America for
Christ" and president of Songs
of Calvary records, will speak
Sunday at a public meeting at
McLoughlin Junior High school
auditorium at 2:30 p.m.
Evangelist Moore has held
America for Christ rallies in the
western stales and has appeared
at Medford churches.
A number of vocal and instru
mental numbers are included on
Sunday's program.
Communion To Be
Observed Sunday
At 1st Nazarene
Communion of the Lord's Sup
per will be observed Sunday at
11 a.m. at the First Church of
the Nazarene, 520 North Holly
st. The Rev. Harold M. Sanner,
pastor, will speak on "The Al
tar." Music for the morning serv
ice, under the direction of Per
ry Christiansen, minister of
music, will be the sanctuary
choir singing "The Lord's My
Shepherd", and a tenor solo by
JacK uelmonte.
The stewardship enlistment
program, which has been going
on for a number of weeks will
end Sunday. This has been a
laymen's movement under the
theme "Tithing Puts God First".
Lisle Young is general chair
man. During the 7 p.m. service, mu
sic will include a clarinet solo
by Judy Arnold, a vocal solo by
John Finkbeiner, a vocal duet
by Mr. and Mrs. Christiansen,
and a mixed quartet by Mrs.
Rex Goble, Mrs. Rex Vowell,
Jack Delmonte, and Walter Vail.
The pastor's message is titled
"Our Spiritual Barometer."
Story Sermon
George H. McUne will present
the story sermon to the juniors
during their worship service
which is held in the church's
activity building simultaneous
with the adult worship hour.
The children participating in
the service will be Deborah
Shafer and Sue Slates, who will
sing a duet, and Karen von
Stein will present piano prelude
music.
Services are also held for
primary children each Sunday
from 11 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. Their
activities are under the direc
tion of Mrs. Harold Steele and
Mrs. Bill Brewster.
A Sunday school worker's con
ference will be held Sunday
from 5 to 6:45 p.m. Among the
features of the program will be
devotions by Lisle Young, Sun
day school superintendent, a
film strip on the new record
system recently adopted by the
school, and a presentation on
Christian service training by
Mrs. Lowell Shephard, local di
rector of the training program.
Thank Offerinq
Al St. Mark's
Sunday at the 11 a.m. service,
St. Mark's Episcopal church will
join Episcopal churchwomen
from the entire United States
and other countries in present
ing their Fall United Thank
offering.
This marks the 74th year in
which coins have been dropped,
day by day, into little blue box
es as an expression of thank
fulness of women everywhere
for the blessings of life.
The several million dollars
which are given triennially in
the United Thank offering are
used to train young women for
church work. It also provides
for doctors, nurses, and teach
ers, helps repair old church
buildings and pay for new ones,
and provides retirement pen
sions for women workers in the
church.
Mrs. William Andry, UTO
custodian for St. Mark's, has
asked all women participating
in Sunday's offering to transfer
the contents of their blue boxes
to the envelopes provided at the
church and to retrain the blue
box itself for future use.
Brethren Church
Events Scheduled
The Junior High Sunday school
class, will be the worship lead
er at the 11 a.m. Sunday wor
ship hour at the Church of the
Brethern, 345 North Mary st.
The Junior High girls will sing,
"The Lord is My Shepherd."
"Christ's Survey of Our
Church" is the sermon topic
chosen by the pastor, the Rev.
William Wash.
Promotion tor all the Sunday
school classes, along with an in
stallation service tor all Sun
day school and church officers,
will be a part of the worship
service.
Pilgrim Holiness
Scnedules Revival
Revival services will be held
Sept. 29 through Oct. 6 at the
Medford Pilgrim Holiness
church, corner ot East Jackson
and Bessie sts.
Evangelist (or the meeting
will be the Rev. Marion B. Hill,
from Walsh, Colo. Mrs. Hill will
be in charge of singing
Services will be conducted the Rogue Valley Unitarian Fcl
each night at 7:30 p.m. lowship of Medford.
The
MEDFORD ALLIANCE CHURCH
Welcomes You
Hedrick Junior High Auditorium
1505 E. Jackson
SERVICES:
Sunday School 9:45 A.M.
Morning Worship 11:00 A.M.
Youth Service 6:00 P.M.
Evening Service 7:00 P.M.
Mid-week Service 7:30 P M. Wednesday
tP'ece announced each week)
'There h a real and ftttve hale .r your every problem"
Presbyterians To
Dedicate Teachers
A staff of more than 75
teachers, officers and workers
in the church school of the First
Presbyterian church will be ded
icated for the work of the com
ing year during both morning
services Sunday.
Dr. D. Kirkland West will
preach on, "The Christian Life
in Everyday Action," using Ro
mans 12 as his text.
Mrs. D. G. MacDougall will
sing, "There Is A Balm in Gil
ead" for both services with the
senior high choir singing the
anthem, "My Eternal King" at
the 9:30 a.m. service and the
chancel choir singing, "Be Gra
cious Unto Me" for the 11 a.m.
There will be no meeting of
Senior High Fellowship Sunday
as the Youth council and Youth
Work committee will meet to
gether at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ward Lampkin, 944 Alta
St., at 7 p.m.
Senior High Fellowship will
hold its regular midweek meet
ing Wednesday, starting with
Unity Church Sets
Annual Meeting
The annual membership meet
ing of the Unity church, Holly
and Haven sts., will be held
Sunday, Sept. 29, immediately
following the morning service.
There will be an election of
new officers and yearly reports
will be read.
"The Fullness of Life" is the
subject of the lesson the Rev.
Katherine Bosworth has sched
uled for the 11:15 a.m. Sunday
service. The text is taken from
John 10:10.
Miss Sandra Myers will be at
the organ. Mrs. Richard A.
Schuchard will sing "The Lord's
Prayer" by Malotte.
The prayer ministry will meet
Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 11 a.m.
at the church. Those attending
are asked to take their lunch.
Coffee will be served. The study
class will meet at 1 p.m. The
Wednesday night study class
will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the
Unity Center, 3777 Jacksonville
highway. The Grants Pass and
Ashland classes will meet as
usual.
The lesson topic for all study
classes will be "When Your
Ship Comes In," from the new
text book "Magnificent Deci
sion" by James Decker.
Unity church is an affiliate of
the Unity School of Christianity
at Lee's Summit, Mo.
Event Tonight In
New GP Building
The Foursquare church Cru
sader groups in six of the south
ern Oregon churches will be
honored with an installation ban
quet in the newly remodeled
educational building in the
Grants Pass Foursquare church,
tonight at 7:30 o clock.
The Crusader organization
within the Foursquare churches
is designed to meet the needs of
the different ages. Crusader
youth, or CY's, is for ages 13
through high school; Cadets, 7
through 12; Challengers, adult
ages. Each group has its own of
ficers and services each Sunday
at 6:30 p.m.
The Rev. Daniel Moncivaiz.
missionary pastor in Monterey,
Mexico, will be guest speaker
for the evening following the
banquet. Mr. Moncivaiz is on a
tour in the United States.
The Monterey Foursauare
church is one of the larger
Protestant churches in Mexico.
The kick-off for the 99 plus
Fall enlargement program was
held by the superintendent, Mrs.
Loyd Rasmussen, last Sunday.
The program challenges each
member to go out and win one
each Sunday. At the 9:45 a.m.
Sunday school hour each one at
tending will be given a 99 plus
pin to identify the theme of the
program.
Members to Attend
Eugene Conference
The annual fall Religious Ed
ucation conference of the Pacif
ic Northwest District of the
Unitarian Universalist associa
tion starts today in Eugene.
During the week end meeting,
which ends Sunday, teachers
and church school administra
tors will attend group workshops
to discuss and participate in
practical methods of liberal re
ligious education.
Delegates are expected from
Oregon. Washington, Idaho,
western Montana and British
Columbia. Mrs. Carl George,
Mrs. Rodnev Miller and Mrs.
; Herschel Barnes will represent
Pastor I
ZWtlGAUT I
Ph. 779-1067 I
choir practice at 5 p.m. and
followed by a potluck dinner,
fellowship and worship.
A new class in church mem
bership starts Sunday, Oct. 6.
This class will be taught by Dr.
West and all who are planning
to unite with the church are in
vited to attend.
Thursday, Oct, 3, an elder in
the United Church of Pakistan,
Arthur Gill, will arrive in Med
ford to visit the churches of the
area for several days. Mr. Gill
is a magistrate of the criminal
court and practiced as a lawyer
and advocate of the high court
for seven years at Gujranwala
before becoming a magistrate
in 1947. He will meet with the
elders and deacons in the home
of Dr. and Mrs. West, 2550 Old
Military rd. He will also assist
in the serving of communion
next Sunday morning.
WESTMINSTER
Christian Education Sunday
will be observed at the West
minster Presbyterian church
Sunday during the 11 a.m. wor
ship service. The teachers and
workers in the education pro
gram of the church will be rec
ognized and commissioned dur
ing the service.
The sermon by the Rev. John
O. Reynolds will be on the sub
ject "Man's Knowledge and
God's Wisdom." The church
choir will sing under the direc
tion of Mrs. Harvey Field and
children's church, with a ser
mon, will be available for boys
and girls from 5 to 10 years of
age. Nursery care is also pro
vided. A church membership course
for adults and senior high youth
will be taught by the pastor for
four consecutive Sundays at 3
p.m. beginning Sunday. Basic
Christian doctrine will be dis
cussed in order to acquaint
prospective members with the
Christian faith. Any who would
like to attend but who do not
contemplate joining the church
are also welcome.
Wednesday, Oct. 2, a church
family dinner will be held at
6:30 p.m. A panel of ministers
from other Presbyterian
churches will tell of their pro
grams and plans. Present will
be the Rev. King Jones, Jack
sonville; the Rev. William Sala
din, Phoenix, and the Rev. Rob
ert Parrott, Rogue River. .
Adventists Plan
Mission Offering
Sabbath school members of
the Medford Seventh-day Adven
list church will join with those
of like Sabbath schools through
out the world Saturday in a mis
sion offering to Damascus,
thought to be the oldest contin
ually inhabited city in the
world.
Many Biblical stories center
in Damascus. Today Islaam is
the religion of the masses, and
many of its 400,000 inhabitants
have never heard the story of
Christ. The Saturday offering
will be used to establish a
church center with welfare,
medical, educational and temp
erance facilities.
Elder A. P. Ritz will lead
church members in the observ
ance of the ordinances of hu
mility and the Last Supper at
the 11 a.m. worship hour.
Prayer meeting topic Wed
nesday at 8 p.m. will be "Know
ing the Message."
Eastside Church
Sermon Announced
"Who Is My Neighbor?" will
be the sermon topic Sunday at
the 10:45 a.m. worship service
at Eastside Church of Christ,
132 Vancouver ave. Mr. Jean
M. Shelley, will speak.
The adult class at 9:45 a. m.
will study the holy place of the
tabernacle in their course on
typology.
At the 7 p.m. service II Cor
inthians 9 will be studied.
SERMON TOPIC
SHADY COVE - The Rev.
Stanley Welsh, vicar of St.
Martin's Episcopal church,
Shady Cove, will speak at the
9:15 a.m. service Sunday on
"Angels."
First Baptist
Church
Conservative
Fundamental On The
Air
K-BOY
11:00
12:00
B. E. Andrews, Pastor
Bvron Evans. Youth Dir.
NOW Meotine, In The
Beautiful New Church,
64V Crater Lake Avenue
SUNDAY, SEPT. 2?
"Wheels Ovot India"
:40 A.M.
Sunday School tor All
11:00 A.M.
'Someone You Should Know'
7:30 P.M.
'A Consistent Testimony'
Prayer Servfee
Wednesday 7:10