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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY, Two Churches Set Activities For Presbyterians The sacrament of infant bap tism will be observed at the First Presbyterian Church Sun day during the 11 a.m. service. Dr. D. Kirkland West will preach on, "God's Book for To day's Problems." The junior choir, directed by Miss Shirley Slater, will sing, "i-raise 10 uoa in Heaven" for both morning services. The senior hich choir will sine. "As It Fell Upon a Night" an English Carol, for the 9:30 a.m. service and at 11 a.m. the chancel choir will present, "Break Forth Into Joy." At 5 p.m. Sunday those plan ning to unite with the church are to attend a class taught by Dr. West on the doctrine and government of the church. This class will meet with the ses sion on Tuesday, Dec. 17. The Cruisers club Christmas program will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m. Caroling will be ac companied by Mrs. Joseph Web ster, Ralph Ettel and Mrs. Dor othy Mae Plumlcy.,A surprise program has been planned by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hundley and each couple is to take cookies or candy. Dr. West conducts a midweek Bible Study Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. Discussion this week will be on the fourth chapter of the constitution of the Presbyterian Church, "How God Created the Earth" and "God's Intention When He Created Mankind." All men of the church are in vited to attend the Thursday noon businessmen's luncheon and take a friend. A short In spirational talk will be given by Dr. West. Westminster "Wise Men for Today" will be the sermon to be given by the Rev. John 0. Reynolds at the Westminster Presbyterian Church Sunday. The service will be held at 11 a.m. The church choir will sing the anthem "Sing We Noel" under the direction of Mrs. Harvey Field. A children's sermon will be given to the boys and girls who attend children's church be fore they are excused for their own activities. The church school meets at 9:45 a.m. with classes for boys and girls from the three-year-olds in the nursery department throueh the senior high. There is also an adult class which meets in the pastor's office. New mem bers or visitors are welcome to any of the departments. The Senior High Fellowship will meet at the church Sunday at 8:45 n.m. in order to go to the Rogue Valley Manor to lead the vespers at 7 p.m. James Rowan. Christy Elmore and John Castcrline will speak on the theme "The Atmosphere of Christmas, 1963." Fireside will be held afterward. The Mariners for married couples will meet at the church at 6:30 p.m. Sunday to go carol ing. They are invited to take their children and they will con clude with refreshments at the home of Dr. and Mrs. L. L. Armstrong, 2101 Oakwood Drive. Westminster Church is located on Oakwood Drive between Barneburg and Grovcland Aves. Friends Church Sets Study Class Medford Friends Church at Meniman Uoad and DcUarr Avenue announces two events for Sunday. A study class for young couples led by the pastor, Jack Willcuts, on the subject, "Build ing a Christian Home," is start ing. An elective course which meets during the Sunday school hour from 9:45 to 11 a.m., the classes will continue until Easter. Using a textbook writ ten by Dr. Henry R. Brandt, a Christian psychologist of De troit, Mich., the periods will be given to both teaching and dis cussion. During the course a Christian physician, a Chris lion lawyer and a certified pub lic accountant will be called in for specialized lectures in their field of Interest, Also Sunday evening there will be a third in the scries of films for young people titled, "Teen-age Crusades." Shown at 6:30 p.m., the film gives in struction on youth problems, home and social relations and other significant needs. Two Christmas programs arc planned, one for the Junior High and teenagers will be given Wednesday, Dec. 1R, at 7:30 p.m. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE RADIO SERIES SUNDAY 9:00 A.M. K-SHA-860 Kc "Who W Jesus?" DECEMBER 13, 1963 Concert Christmas Music Planned Sunday Evening At Church of Nazarene "The Christmas Story in Can dlelight Carols," a Christmas cantata by Don Hustad, will be presented by the sanctuary choir of the First Church of the Naza rene, 520 N. Holly St., Sunday at 7 p.m. and will be directed by Perry Christiansen, minister of music for the local church. SunDortina the adult choir will be the cherub and carolier choirs, directed by Mrs. Chris tiansen. The cherub choir, which Is composed of primary age chil dren, will sing several numbers including "Timothy's Carol" by Jensen. The carolier choir will Feast of Carols Is Sunday Evening "The Search Is On" will be the title of Dr. George Rose berry's sermon Sunday at First Methodist Church. Michael Johnson, soloist, will sing "Christmas joy ai omn morning worship services. The youth choir will sing "O Come, 0 Come. Emmanuel" at the 9:30 a.m. service and the chancel choir will sing "As Lately We Watched" at 11 a.m. The 14th annual Feast of Carols will be held on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The altar, youth and chancel choirs will partlci' nate. as will the congregation, Carols from every land and every period of the Christian faith will be sung and organ music will add to the festival of music. A feature will be color films of many of the great paintings of the Nativity scenes with ap propriate carols. Director of the ministry of music and chancel choir direct or is Mrs. Charles Adamson; youth choir director is Gary Lovre and altar choir director is Mrs. Milton Snow. Mrs. Leslie Boardman Is church organist. Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. will be the regular meeting of the of ficial board. The quarterly con ference will be held at this time with the Rev. Ed Aschenbren ncr, district superintendent, in charge. Refreshments will be served following the meeting. .The Methodist Men will hold their Christmas dinner Thurs day at 6:30 p.m. in Wesley hall. Activities Listed For St. Luke's Christmas activities will get under way this week end at St. Lukes Methodist Church. Saturday the junior depart ment of the church school will have its Christmas party in the nomc of Its superintendent, Mrs Charles Henry, 616 So. Stage noad, at noon. Later that afternoon the Jun ior High Medford Youth Fcl lowship, under the leadership oi Mr. and Mrs. Ab Uressctt will go to the woods to select the Christmas tree for the church. They will bo assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Martin Grier. The group will return to the church to decorate the tree. The church school will bo in full operation Sunday at 9:45 a.m. at the 11 a.m. worship. The Rev. Charles R. McDonald, pastor of St. Luke's will preach on the subject: "Advent's Third Step". During the service Ralph Humphrey, the church organist, will piny: "Confidence" by Stickles, "Hallelujah! Hallelu jah!" by Armstrong, and "A Joyous Postlude" by Mallard. Sunday at 7 p.m. the congre gation will gather at the church for the church school's annual Christmas program. Mrs. Nor man Capsey, chairman of the commission on education, and Mrs. M. Dale Williams, church school superintendent, are In charge. Participants will be from the various departments of the church school. Music for Iho evening will be presented by (ho altar choir under the direction of Mrs. Claude Griffin assisted by Mrs. McDonald at the organ. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald will be hosts lo the members and friends of St. Luke's Church on Wednesday from 8:30 to 11 p.m. at the church's annual parson age open house. The parsonage is located at 3li5 l.indero Ave. Saturday, Dec. 21, the Junior High MYK will leave the Gros sed home, 1617 E. Jackson St., at 6 p.m. for an outing of bowl ing which will be followed by the group's Christmas party at the Alan Jewett home at 6 So. Grovcland Ave. St. Luke's Methodist Church is located at 21120 Siskiyou Blvd. across the street from the Hoover School. UNITY Corner Holly and Haven Streets Affiliated with Unity School of Christianity, Lee $ Summit, Mo. RtV. KATHARINE BOSWORTH, Minister Worship Hour 11:15 a.m. "Magnify The Lord" Luke 1:46 Sunday School, Youth of Unity, Adult Bible Class 9.45 a.m. Office open daily, Monday thru Friday, 10 l.m.-4 p.m. 3777 Jacksonville Hwy. Ph. 772-6902 Everyone Welcome present a cantata for children's voices by Robert Graham en titled "Lo! A Star". The carr iers are junior age children. Cheryl Christianson will be solo ist for this cantata and Allen Foster will be accompanist. Story by Carols The adult choir's cantata tells the Christmas story by using carols from various countries, Soloists will include Mrs. Rex Goble, Miss Cheryl Stewart, Dean von Stein, Jack Delmonte, Walter Vail, and Allen Foster, Organist will be Mrs. William Brewster, and pianist will be Mrs. Christiansen. The pastor, the Rev. Harold M. Sanner, who will give the Scripture narration for the can tata, will speak Sunday at 11 a.m. on "Grace Enough." Music for the morning service will be by the sanctuary choir singing "Brightest and Best of Sons," and a tener solo by Mr, von stein. Mrs. Harold Steele will pre sent the Christmas story to the primary and junior church in their combined worship service Sunday, also held at 11 a.m. Music for their service will be a duet by Linda McMahan and Karen von Stein. Douglas Vail will read the Scripture lesson. Southern Baptist Topics Announced The Rev. G. 0. Skaar, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church, will have for his ser mon topic Sunday morning "Why Jesus Came." At the eve ning service Mr. Skaar will speak on "Basic Beliefs God the Father." Robert Klusman will direct the singing at both services. At the Training Union hour beginning at 6:30 p.m. the adult unions will continue their studies "Understanding the Communist Challenge." The subject for this week's study will be "Church and the State Under Commu nism." Dick Shrciverstcin is training union director. Wednesday, Dec. 18, the youtn choir of the First Baptist Church, Klamath Falls, will give a concert at the local church at 794 Lozier Lane. The 22-voice choir will be conducted by David Ham. Accompanist will be Dennis Coleman. The hour long program will consist of anthems, Negro spir ituals and Christmas carols. The public is Invited. Baptists to Give Pageant Sunday The annual Sunday school Christmas program of the First Baptist Church will be present ed Sunday at 7 p.m. Title of the pageant is, "This Shall Be A Sign." Mrs. Lorctta Brenneman Is director and will be nssistcd by the departmental superin tendents. Each department ot the Sunday school will take part in the play which will be pre sented in the church sanctuary. Sunday at 11 a.m. Pastor Bernard E. Andrews will speak again on the subject, "Why Jesus Came." This is a third in a series on the meaning of the Advent of Christ. Roland Gang stcc will be soloist. He is home on vacation from Biola College in La Mirada, Calif. The chapel choir under the direction of Kent Thielen will also sing. Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. the Men's fellowship of the church will meet for the monthly meet ing and potluck supper. Law rence Cuffcl is president. There will be an election of officers. Pastor Cecil Coins of Ashland First Baptist Church will speak. The midweek service of the church will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Outline studies of Iho books of the New Testament aro followed during the study hour. Four Families To Join Church Sunday Four new families will be re ceived into membership at As cension Lutheran Church, 2617 Barnett Road Sunday. They will be received by adult confirma tion and by letter of transfer. The pastor, the Rev. Vern Hanson, will lake his sermon from Matthew 11, at the It a.m. worship service. The anlhem, "Rejoice, the Uird Is King" will be presented by the senior choir, directed by Mrs. John Hall. Coffee will be served after the service in honor of the new members. 1957 Award of Merit Winner Christmas Meditation Set by Eastwood Sunday at Eastwood Baptist Church Pastor Clifford J. Young will speak on "The Coming of the King," using Matthew 2:1-12 as his scripture, at the morning worship hour. The chancel choir will sing, "Rise Up Early," by R i c h ard Kountz. Missionary Moment will describe "Christmas in Alaska." The annual Christmas medita tion will be given Sunday at 5 p.m. This will take the place of the Sunday evening service. Berean Baptists Prepare Programs "Let's Keep Christmas Chris tian" will be the message theme of the Rev. R. A. Hadeen at the 11 a.m. worship service at the Berean Baptist Church of White City. The Scripture portion will be Luke 2:1-14. Soloist will be Dallas Redding who will sing "The Holy City". Mrs. Lucille Cuddy will be pian ist and Mrs. Hadeen will be or ganist. New members will be wel comed at the conclusion of the morning service. Final rehearsals for the Christmas program to be pre sented Sunday will be held dur ing the Sunday school hour be einnine at 9:45 a.m. under the direction of Mrs. Arlen Rags dale. The Baptist Youth Fellowship meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellow ship Room under the leadership of Doug and Pat Fisher. The pastor's message in the 7:30 p.m. service will be, "Keepers Of The Flame". The Scripture portion is Isaiah 25:9 and Luke 2:38. Other features are si..gspiration, testimony time, and missionary moments. The church meets for prayer and Bible study on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. under the pastor's leadership. Bible study subject will be "In Christ There Is The Fellowship Of Organization." Musical Program Set at Trinity At 7 D.m. Sunday Trinity Bap tist Church will hold a Christ mas service in Scripture and music, entitled, "From the Man ger to the Throne." Included on the program will be a violin solo, "Angels from the Realms of Glory" by Cecilia Wilson; a women's trio includ ing Mrs. Richard Nordquist, Mrs. Marvin Kautz, and Mrs. Herb Hunter, singing "Room In a Manger." Vocal solos will in clude: "Gesu Bambino" and "I Know That My Redeemer Liv eth" by Mrs. Hunter; "Jesus the King is Born" by Dr. lticn ard Nordquist; "It Took a Mir acle" by John Roelfs; "Calvary Covers It All" and "Only Be lieve and Live sung by Mrs. Lester Merriman. Accompanist will be Mrs. Clarence Velt Kamp. Marvin Kautz will be the narrator. Pastor Bruce Rogers will speak at the 11 a.m. worship service on "the 'Truth' of the Christmas Message." Miss Beth Wilcox will sing a solo at this service. Trinity Bautist Church is lo cated at Griffin Creek and South Stage Roads. CP Church Plans Christmas Program CENTRAL POINT -The an nual Christmas program pre sented by the members of the Sunday school will be held Fri day, Dec. 20, at 7:45 p.m. at the Community Bible Church, Fourth and Alder Streets, Cen tral Point. The church choir under the direction of Mrs. Elsie Kroon will present the cantata, "Night of Miracles" at the Veterans Ad ministration Domiciliary Sunday at 6:15 p.m. The Rev. Alex Motes, former pastor of the Christian and Mis sionary Alliance Church, Aber deen, Wash., will be the guest speaker at the 7:30 p.m. service Sunday. Mr. Motes is a member of the Community Bible Church and he and his family arc mak ing their home in Central Point at the present time. First Presbyterian Church Eighth and Holly Phone 779-1711 Worship Services 9:30- 11:00 a.m. Sermon Dec. 15 "God's Book for Today's Problems" Dr. D. Kirkland West Church School. 9:30 end 11:00 a.m. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. CHURCH NEWS National Religious Publicity Council Jacksonville, CP Churches List Music and Sermons CENTRAL POINT Song and the spoken word will empha size the Advent season at the Central Point Presbyterian Church Sunday. The choir will sing "Glory and Praise to God on High", an Austrian carol ar ranged by Perry. The Rev. Don ald Krug, pastor,' will take as his subject "In the Fullness of Time", for the third in his Ad vent series. A coffee hour follows the serv ice. The Youth Fellowship has re scheduled its Booster meeting and spaghetti supper for 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Lampkin, Medford First Church, will show slides. JACKSONVILLE The junior choir will lead the singing at the 11 a.m. worship service at the First Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville Sunday. A duet, "Only a Child In a Manger," will be sung by Juanita Allen and Glenda Cossette. Dr. Earl Benbow, retired min ister from the Rogue Valley Manor, will- speak on "Have Faith in God." Zion Lutheran Topics Announced 1 The 'Singular' Effect Of Christmas" will be the topic for the Sunday morning mes sage at Zion Lutheran Church by the pastor, the Rev. Harvey C. Coovert. The anthem to be sung by the senior choir is "Be Thou Not Still, 0 Lord", by Morgan. Classes for persons interested in uniting with the church will be held on Sundays at 4 p.m. in the Fireside room of the church. There will be five clas ses, the first of which will be Sunday. The classes will end with the reception of members at the 11 a.m. worship on Sun day, Jan. 19. The classes will be taught by the pastor. The Senior Luther League win meet at the church at 5 p.m. Sunday and will go to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thorwald Han sev. 1133 Mt. Pitt Ave., for re freshments after which the first of a group of selected Christmas stories for the eveing's program will be read. The Leaguers will then go to the home of Dr. and Mrs. An drew Foley, 1448 Oleander, who will be hosts for the salad course of the progressive dinner. The main course will be served to the young people at the church by their sponsors, Mr. and Mrs. uicnard uustaison. The final Christmas story as found in Luke will be read fol lowing dessert at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thompson, 3832 Grant Road, Central Point. Musical Selection Given lor Sunday GOLD HILL Ray Hanson, Medford, will play a guitar num ber and present his testimony during the Sunday school hour at 9:45 a.m. at Gold Hill Chris tian Church Sunday. He will also play the guitar during the worship hour at 11 a.m. Dewey V. Jeffrey, minis ter of the church, will give the sermon. The Community Youth Fellow ship group will meet at the church Sunday at 6 p.m. follow ing rcfreshrfifcnts and recrea tion at the Assembly of G o d Church at 4 p.m. Youngsters who will partici pate in the Christmas pageant and junior choir members arc to meet at the church Saturday at 1 p.m. to practice. Members of the Junior Sunday School class will meet in the home of their teacher, Mrs. Leonard Andrews, Upper River Road, from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday to complete work on Christmas gifts. A Christmas party will be held for the beginners depart ment on Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 1 p.m. in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey. Mrs. Thomas Hen derson will assist the pastor's wife. OREGON Apostolic Faith to Give 'Real Light of "T.o Rca! Light of Christ mas" will be the theme of the Christmas story to be presented by the children of the Apostolic Faith church on Friday, Dec. 20, at 7:30 p.m. The program will feature three scenes with musical back ground by choruses, groups and soloists in costume. A toy band of pre school children will pre sent "Jesus Loves Me" and "Gospel Bells" as part of their rendition, with Diane Sprague, conductor. Tim Burchfield will give "A Child's Prayer." The first scene will open with a rec itation of the poem "The Real Light of Christmas" by a group of juniors. Kathy Walden will play "Concerto" by Seitz as a violin solo. Free Methodists Enlarge Nursery At the Sunday School Work ers Conference held on Tuesday at the Free Methodist Church it was decided to move the nursery to a larger room and secure more furniture to care for increase in the attendance in this department. Mrs. Mel vin Lee, superintendent of the nursery department, plans to have the new room in readiness for Cradle Roll Sunday. The Light and Life Men's Fellowship group will meet Sat urday at 7 p.m. at the church. A film from the Bell Telephone Company depicting the progress in the State of Oregon will be shown followed by a brief busi ness session and refreshments. The president of the group, Sam Oetinger, will present the pro gram. In the Sunday morning wor ship service a trio of young people with Alice Mae, Royal and Ruth Harger will present the music. Pastor Roland Stew are will speak on the subject "The Divine Design." During the 6 p.m. family hour the service training course will be continued in the book Here's the Answer." The free Methodist Youth service will be presented by Kathleen Marsh. In the 7 p.m. service Mrs. Gene Covic and Mrs. Lester Marsh will present the music, followed by the message from the pastor on the subject "The End of Faith." Following the service the Christian Youth Crusaders will meet at the Lee home for a singspiration. St. Peter's Events Are Announced "Training Faithful Ministers of the Gospel" is the topic of Sunday's sermon-lecture planned by the Rev. John E. Si mon, pastor of St. Peter's Lu theran Church, 1020 E. Main St. The services begin at 8:15 and 11 a.m. The Lord's Supper will be celebrated in the early service. Rehearsal for the following Sunday's children's Christmas service will be the main item on the Sunday school program, beginning at 9:30 a.m. St. Peter's Christian Kinder garten, a three-hour-a-day school under the direction of Mrs. Edna Tarns, will present a Christmas program Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 7:30 p.m. The church's Christmas party, sponsored by the auxiliaries of the congregation for all mem bers and friends of St. Peter's, is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. IS at 6:30 p.m. Master of cere monies will be Virgil Wolff. The program will be furnished by the church's young people's or ganization. Refreshments will be served, and community sing ing of Christmas carols will be featured. Pastor, Family To Be Honored GOLD HILL The Rev. and Mrs. William Stacy and family will be honored Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at a reception to which every one in the community of Gold Hill is invited to attend. They are newcomers to Ore gon, coming here from New Meadows, Idaho. He is the new pastor of the Gold Hill Com munity Methodist Church. Members of the Woman's So ciety of Christian Service arc hosts for the event which will be held in the Fellowship room of the Gold Hill Community Methodist Church. The MEDFORD ALLIANCE CHURCH Welcomes You Hcdrick Junior High Auditorium 1505 E. Jackson SERVICES: Sunday School Morning Worship Youth Service Evening Service . Mid-week Service 7:30 P.M. Wednesday (Place announced each week) "There Ii a real and positive Christmas' The second seine. "The Ar.?e! Bring Good Tidings," will in clude a solo, "My Secret," by Regie Jones; a recitation, "What are we Doing for Him?" by a quintet of primaries and juniors; a solo, "Christmas Hymn" by Denise Brown; and a trumpet duet, "Star of the East" by Stephen Jones and Ronald Frie sen. In the third scene, "They Found Him in a Manger," Mary and Joseph will be represented by Gail Burke and Barry Wen gren. Debra Teel will represent the angel who announced the birth of the Christ Child to the shepherds in the fields of Beth lehem. Delnres Magel will sing "In a Tiny Manger" and Becky Carver, "The Birthday of a King." The program is planned and directed by Mrs. William With row and Mrs. Coy Bailey. Miss Linda Carver will be piano ac companist. There will be a treat for each child. There will be the usual Christ mas display on the north lawn of the church at Third st. and Central ave. The Colorado blue spruce that is a part of the year around landscaping will be dec orated, and there will be life size figures of Mary and Joseph and the Christ Child, as well as three Wise Men, angels suspend ed overhead, and the Star shining over all. First Christian Sermon Slated "Where Is He . . . Born King" is the title of the sermon which the Rev. Fredrick Ross Evans will preach Sunday morning at the First Christian Church. It is based on Matthew 2:2. The carillon choir will sing the anthem "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" at the 9:30 a.m. service. At the 11 a.m. service the chancel choir will sing "Gesu Bambino" with a flute obligato played by Miss Sarah Matthews. The junior choir will sing "Silent Night" during the offertory. At 2:30 p.m. Sunday the church school departments will present the annual Christmas program. The play "The Shep herds Led the Way" will tell the Nativity story in narration, pantomime and song. Gifts for the North western Christian Home for the aged at Beaverton will be brought and dedicated as part of the program. The Chi Rho Fellowship will meet at 6 p.m. with Barbara Taylor leading their study series on the New Testament. The Middlers and Christian Youth Fellowships will meet at the church at S p.m. and then go to Grants Pass to meet with the youth groups at the First Christian Church there. The Friendship Bible class will have a dessert luncheon and Christmas party with gift ex change at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Fireside room. Third Sermon In Series To Be Given The members and friends ot the Congregational Church will meet for worship and study at 11a.m. Sunday. The meeting place of the church is Hoover Grade School on Siskiyou Boule vard while a new sanctuary and educational unit are being built at the corner of East Jackson Street and Berkeley Way. The Rev. Robert W. Tull. min ister of the church, will preach the third sermon in a series of Advent sermons on the theme "The Christian and His Christ." This week's sermon is entitled "Prepare the Way and Take No Offense." The choir will partici pate in the service, singing the anthem, "Come, My Heart, Canst Thou Not Hear It." Sunday the United Church Youth will attend the 4 p.m. vesper service at Southern Ore gon College, after which they will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bish for a sack supper. The Bishes live on Wag ner Creek Road in Talent. The Laymen's Fellowship will meet for breakfast at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday at Stanley's Res taurant, 510 N. Riverside Ave., and on Wednesday the choir will rehearse at 8 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gatewood Smith, 705 W. 10th St. BETHEL SERMONS "The Wondrous Name of Jesus" will be the subject of the sermon at 11 a.m. at Bethel Assembly of God. 1225 E. Mc Andrews Road. The subject for the 7:30 p.m. evangelistic serv ice will be "God's Love. An swer to Man's Deepest Need.' Pastor L. D. Krause will speak. .. 9:45 A.M. .11:00 A.M. 6:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. help tor your every problem' Pastor ZWIIGART I Ph. 779-1067 Third Lesson in Christmas Series Planned at Unity The Rev. Katharine Bosworth, minister of Unity Church, Holly and Haven Streets, will have for the subject of her lesson "Mag nify the Lord", at the 11:15 a.m. Sunday service. The text is taken from Luke 2:10. This is the third lesson in the Christ mas series, "Preparation in the Great Search, Finding and Fol lowing the Indwelling Christ. Miss Sandra Myers will be at the organ, and Mrs. Genevieve McCorkle will be at the piano. Preceeding the service, they will play an organ, piano prel ude. Mrs. H. H. Bresee will sing "The Christmas Lullaby" by Irwin Rodgers. The Unity Choral group will meet with Mrs. McCorkle, di rector, immediately following church. Due to the many Christmas activities, the Men of Unity will not meet.. The prayer ministry will meet Wednesday, Dee. 18, at 11 a.m. at the church. This will be a prayer ministry Christmas program with music. Those at tending are 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 High way. The Grants Pass and Ashland classes will meet as usual. The lesson topic for all study classes will be "Become an Open Chan nel", from Ernest Wilson's new book, "Soul Power". Unity Church is an affiliate of the Unity School of Christianity at Lee's Summit, Mo. Choirs to Sing Christmas Carols The Rev. R. E. Cull, pastor of First Assembly of God, 1108 W. Main St., will speak on the subject, "You Must Find God For Yourself," at the 11 a.m. Sunday service. The adult choir under the direction of Robert E. Cull Jr. will sing, "The First Noel." Sunday at 7:30 p.m. the sun shine choir for children under 10 years of age and the junior choir for children ages 10-12 will present a program of Christmas carols. The sunshine choir under the direction of Mrs. Peter Graves will sing three selections: "Away in the Manger," "Silent Night," and "Angels from the Realms of Glory." Mrs. Walter Meeker is pianist for this group. The junior choir is directed by Mrs. Cull Sr. and will present three carols as follows: "O Lit tle Town of Bethlehem," "O Holy Night," and "Unto Us a Child is Born." Appearing in vocal solos will be Miss Rhonda Kahl singing, "The First Christ mas," and Miss Carol Smith. Scripture readings will be given by Daniel Hanson and Devin Cantonwine. Mrs. Elmer Rcz nicsek is pianist for the junior choir. During the evening's program a taped recording of "The Frank Folio Story" will be heard. This recording relates the story of the conversion of the entire fam ily to the Christian faith. Christian Science Bible Lesson Listed Jesus' instructions on how to pray will be brought out in Sun day's Bible lesson at First Church of Christ, Scientist, loo Windsor Ave., at 11 a.m. The subject is "God the Preserver of Man." The text will be Psalm 145: 18 and 20 with related readings from the Christian Science text book, "Science and Health with Key to Ihe Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. Youne DeoDle ud to thn of 20 are invited to attend Sun day school. All are invited to the services. btlJjiiVj First Church of Christ, Scientist 100 Windsor Ave., 1 Block South of East Main - Subject: "God The Preserver of Man" Church and Sunday School Services at 1 1 :00 a.m. Wednesday Evening Service, 8 p.m. You Are Always Welcome listen to: "The Bible Speaks To You" Station K-SHA SUNOAYS-9:00 A.M. Concord Chapel Act'n-'.::is Planned GOLD HILL-The Rev. Elvina Colburn, pastor of Concord spiritualist Chape!, will givo the message Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The pastor will be assisted by Mrs. Helen Bush, Mrs. Sidney Miller, and Sidney Jones. Music will be presented by Mrs. Colburn and Mrs. Bianca Corona. They will play piano-organ and solovox-piano duets. Miss Carol McCall will play the clarinet. Academy Teacher To Speak Saturday At Local Church E. C. Harms, pastor and Bible teacher at Milo Academy will speak at the 11 a.m. worship hour in the Medford Seventh-day Adventist Church Saturday. Mu sic for the service will be pre sented by the Rogue Valley Chorale under the direction of Marvin Wilson. 'The Way of the Cross" will be the theme of the Missionary Volunteer meeting at 4 p.m. Saturday. Both the Medford and Valley View Missionary Volunteer groups have completed their portion of the North Pacific Union Conference's Bible Writ ing program according to an an nouncement made by Mrs, Richard Ellis, Medford youth leader. The project, begun with the purpose of spotlighting the scrip tures in a new way, called for the complete copying of the King James Version of the Bible by hand. Blank pages were dis tributed to the young people's groups throughout the confer ence, and members were given the ' opportunity to share in copying portions of the Scrip tures, giving them a deeper ap preciation of the original copies made hen no other method was available. Medford's Portion Oregon's designated portion was Genesis through Chronicles, with the Medford group assign ed Exodus 13 through 25. When the entire Bible is com pleted the pages will be bound and will be kept on display in the Walla Walla College Li brary at College Place, Wash. Medford Pathfinders will meet at the clubhouse Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon to complete the Christmas wreaths begun at their Dec. 9 meeting, and to pack food boxes for Christmas delivery to local families. Members of the Milo Aca demy Choir will be in Medford Sunday night to assist in bring ing Christmas music to Medford residents as church members solicit their aid in their annual world wide missions appeal program. Sermon Subject Is Announced The sermon topic of the Rev. Wililam Wash of the Church of the Brethren, 345 N. Mary St., for the 11 a.m. worship hour is "They Came Looking for a King." The choir will sing, "To Us a Child of Hope Is Born." At 7 p.m. the CBYF will meet to continue their discussion on the Ten Commandments. John Henderson, youth adviser, will be in charge of discussing tha third and fourth commandment. Wilma Toennigcs will be the de votional leader. Tonight the junior high class will meet at the church for their Christmas party. Monday evening the Gideons will meet in the Fellowship hall for their Meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. with a potluck dinner. Speaker for the evening will be Mr. Wash. First Baptist Church Conservative Fundamental On The Air K-BOY 11:00 12:00 B. E. Andrews, Pastor Byron Evans, Youth Dir. I NOW Meeting In The Beautiful New Church, 649 Crater Lake Avenue SUNDAY, DEC. 22 re i 9:40 A.M. g Sunday School for All . . I 1:00 A.M. g "Why Did Jeiui Come?" 7:00 P.M. Annual Sunday School Christmas Pageant Wednesday, 7:30 Bible Study Hour s i i i