FRIDAY,
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.
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"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.
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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.
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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
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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
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