Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, January 18, 1963, Page 14, Image 14

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    Christians Achieve Unity Move
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LANDMARK SOLD The historic old Federated Church
building, en Alturas landmark lince 1910, will vanish
.from the corner of First and Court streets before Dec.
31, 1963. Purchased from Federated Church officials by
the Alturas Southern Baptist Church, it will be used by
the Baptist group until their new building is completed
sometime next fall.
Southern Baptists Buy
Old Alturas Landmark
: ALTURAS-Chris Slarr, chair
man of the Board of Control of
the Alturas Federated Church, an
nounced Jan. 8 the sale of the old
Federated Chinch building to the
Southern Baptist Church of Al
turas. The Southern Baptist group
was high bidder in the sale of
the Alturas landmark. The struc
ture was offered for bid near the
end of Novcmlcr, after the con
gregation of the Federated Church
had moved to its newly com
pleted buildings.
The bid was unconfirmed until
a meeting of Federated Church
and Baptist Church representa
tives with tlie Modoc County
Board of Supervisors on Monday
afternoon. Jan. 7.
The old church is situated on
land owned by the county, and
previous agreements with the Fed
erated group and the county stat
ed that the building was to be
Pope John
To Perform
Canonization
Pope John XXIII will exorcise
his supreme authority of inlalli
bility when he presides over a
five-hour canonization ceremony
and declares Vincent Pallottl a
saint this Sunday. Thousands of
pilgrims from throughout the free
world are expected to attend the
rites at St. Peter's Basillica lor
Pallotti. the founder of modern
Catholic Action.
Vincent Pallotti was born in
Home in IT'.io. the son of a middle
class family. Ordained a priest
at the age of 11. he became a
teacher at the Roman I'niversity.
Within a short lime his reputa
tion began In flourish as a result
of his work among his students
end with prisoners and soldiers.
In IMS. Pall"tti founded tile So
ciety of tlie CallMilic .ostolatc to
"aid the church in her most press
ing and immediate needs, what
ever and wherever they are." At
first the society was an informal
group of Palloiti's religious and
lay friends, but alter receiving
papal approval from Pope (ireg
ory XVI in the summer of 18.1 j,
tlie society rapidly grew in Home
Within a few years the Society
of the Catholic Aoslolute had
spread throughout Kurope, and at
present numbers ever 200.000 in
ils membership made up of
priests, nuns, brothers, and the
laity. At the center of the society
are 2.200 I'alloltme Fathers and
Ilrollicrs. with western province
headquarters in Milwaukee, Wis
who work in schools, missions and
hospitals.
Among Ins accomplishments,
Pallotti established numerous
homes and schools for orphans
and children of the poor. He also
reorganized the ancient trade
guilds of ttunie, the foi eriiniiei s
of modern labor unions.
. In 1ffi7-:is. billow ins the great
cholera epidemic of Rome. Pallot.
ti established two oi plumages for
wails who had lost tlicir parents
during tlie epidemic. The women
wlw siiiervised in these orphanag
es eventually became the Pallot
tine Sisters. At least four religious
congregations can trace tlicir be
ginnings to Vincent Palloiti's
works.
Pallotti died in his native Rome
at Ui age of ,V on Jan. 22. law.
He was bealilird. the second
stage in his canonization in hu h
tit was declared entitled to puhln
religious honor, IdO years later
to the dav.
Ask about daily
"Busineai Cord"
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moved from its present location
not later than June 30, Iftfi.l.
The Baptist congregation re
quested an extension of the time
limit for removal of the church
and the adjoining annex, formerly
the parsonage, until Dec. 31, 1903.
The request was granted by tlie
supervisors.
The Baptists have been using
the facilities of the old church
(or their Sunday meetings since
I he destruction of their church by
(ire in October.
According to the Southern Bap
tist minister, Rev. L. K. Chism,
plans are now being drawn for a
new Southern Baptist Church to
be built on the site of their pre
vious church at Main and Fourth
streets. Chism said until the new
church is completed, the Baptists
will continue to hold their services
in the old Federated building, with
Sunday School at 9:45 a.m.; .Sun
day morning worship at II a.m.:
training union at K p.m.; and
evening worship at 7 p.m.
We hope to be in our new
church by early fall, but there arc
still a lot of details to be ironed
out," Chism said. He added that
Ihcy will remove the Fcderaled
Church building Iron, its present
location sometime in the fall.
Steeped in history, the old Fed
erated ( hurch was constructed in
HMO as the First Baptist Church
on land owned by the Donis
brothers. The site was then nnth
ing but prairie. In 11)40. the First
Baptist Church and the Congrega
tional Church merged to become
the Federated Community Church
The building has ben in continu
ous use lor 32 years.
The Southern Baptist buildin
committee, also concerned with
Ihe purchase and relocation of
the old church, consists of six
members. James Hinchey is chair
man. and other members are Hill i
Thomason, John Ksans, Itussel
Royd. Lee Sides, and Rev. L. E.
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LDS Push Youth
A physical education program
designed to promote interest in
youth litncss will begin in Ihe
Klamath Falls area within the
next several weeks. Sponsored by
the Church of Jesus Christ o(
Laltertay Saints, it will be direct
ed by two l.DS missionaries, El
der Cloy Jenkins and Elder Kent
Kcllcrshergcr.
Open In all bovs from 12 to l.i
years of age, the program will
include such activities as boxing,
wrestling, gymnastics, and bus
kclhall. The missionaries said the
idea lor the project stemmed
Irom the physical fitness policies
outlined by President Kennedy
Tlie mission headquarters of the
church in San Francisco has set
up the program scheduled lor the
Northern California area, and
young missionaries in each lo
cahty will siqiervise the activities
Elder Jenkins, a native of
Idaho, has only been in Klamath
Falls for one month, and Elder
kcllcrsbcrger. from Wyoming, lor
dure months, yet they have made
a great deal of progress in es
tablishing the training program.
The Lions Club has given them
permission lo use its gym when
niH-e.ssai y. and otherwise Ihe
sessions will be conducted in Ihe
church gm at Home and
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By LOUIS CASSELS
lulled I'rrsi International
Christians of every communion
Protestants, Catholics. Anglicans
and Orthodox will join Jan. 18
25 in a week of prayer for Christ
tian unity.
This has become an annual ob
servance. When it began on a
small scale in 1940, it seemed
like a very far-fetched idea for
Christians of different denomina
tions to pray for unity. Their re
lations were so strained by cen
turies of mutual distrust and am
mosity that it was hard to see
how they could even achieve a
truce, let alone reunion.
But a tremendous change has
taken place during the past two
decades. How far and last events
have moved is witnessed by the
fact that in 1913, it does not
seem particularly remarkable
perhaps not even newsworthy
that all of the branches of Chris
tendom will be praying during the
next seven days for God to lead
them into that "oneness" which
is the expressed will of Christ.
In our lifetime," says the Rev.
Dr. W. A. Visser 't Hooft, sec
retary general of the World Coun
cil of Churches, "we have wit
nessed developments that one
would have considered almost im
Local Missionary Leaves
For Thailand
Miss Dorothy Uhlig, a medical
missionary with 11 years of serv
ice, will leave from the San Fran
cisco International Airport on Jan.
25 to begin her third term of serv
ice in Thailand. Daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Uhlig and a
native of Klamath Falls, she is
sent forth as a missionary by her
home church, the First Christian
Church of Klamath Falls.
Miss Uhlig returned home in
October, ISM, for a furlough of
just over a year and has spent
her time working closely with the
local church and speaking in
churches throughout the state con
cerning the work being ac
complished in Thailand. Youth
camps and Vacation Bible Schools
were included in her busy sum
mer schedule as she helped the
boys and girls become acquaint
ed with Thai children and the
general work on the field.
As a medical missionary in
Chicngkam, on the Thailand Plat
eau. Miss Uhlig served plateau
(aimers and their tribal neigh
bors in the surrounding moun
tains. As she returns to he Held
she anticipates working in (he
same area in Northern Thailand
where her training as a registered
nurse proved a valuable asset
Her duties included giving shots
and dispensing pills in the clinic
below her living quarters, locat
ed in a one-time mansion.
She also took frequent trips to
nearby villages to give medicine
and to teach Sunday Bible classes
On Saturday afternoons she would
have the local village children in
lor Bible classes, instructing Ihem
primarily through the use of visu
al leaching aids. Tlie people in
Northern Thailand siieak North
ci n Thai, a dialect all their own
so Miss Ihlig spent a great deal
of time translating scriptures.
She hopes In pubhsh Christian
i Martin. They already have some
of the necessary equipment.
Irom the church and various
members, but not enough for the
number of hoys anticipated: so
tlu'V have liecn contacting local
i!Hirting goods stores for dona
tions The missionaries said the lo
cal LDS Church is not financing
the project, hut is making all ol
its lacihtics available. They do
not intend to ask lor contribtiiions
of money.
The program, which will got
underway as oon as all the equip
ment is ohtaiued. will last lour
weeks for each groop of boys.
The missionaries will probably
start the sessions with church
youths and their Iriends, who will
in turn draw other interested boys,
thus promoting a continuous pro
gram with new parlicipants.
Three sessions will be held each
week, Mondays and Wednesdays
iil be devoled to workouts, and
on Saturdavs the group will be
divided inlo teams lor inlra-miir-al
games. Elder Jenkins and El
der Kcllei sbemer ho(h slresscsl
that Ihe program was concerned
with sclf-imptovcmen' rather than
competition.
As some of Ihe lim will be
older and more eciicnccd in
spoils, emphasis will he placed on
First Church of Christ, Scientist
A Branch of The Mother Church, Th Firtt Church of Chmt,
Sotnttit in Beiton. Mots. 10th ond Waihingten
Sorvicct: Sunday Strvict 1 1 00 .m.
Sundav School 1 1 00 m m.
Wtdnttdov Evtnmf Ttifimonv Meet. no. 8 00 O Clock
Lesion-Sermon Subject, January 20
"LIFE"
Goldn Jtt: Matrhtw 4 4 It it written, Man thai) not tio
hr hrtad olona, but by fvtrv word that procradcth out t
tho mouth ol God.
NurMry rocititiet ovoilablt dunno, church itrvicoi
possible only a few years ago
Council Cains Strength
The World Council of Churches
itself is one of those developments.
Prior to its establishment 15 years
ago, there was little cooperation,
and still less understanding,
among the non-Roman Catholic
churches of the world. Today more
than 200 Protestant, Anglican and
Orthodox denominations are work
ing together amicably in the World
Council.
Although they have found prac
tical cooperation easier to achieve
than doctrinal unity, they are
working on the latter, too. Next
July, more than 500 of the world's
leading theologians will meet in
Montreal to spend two weeks ex
ploring the differences in "faith
and order" which exist between
member churches of the World
Council.
Long after non-Catholic Cliris
tians began to draw together, in
what ecclesiastics call the "ecu
menical movement," the Church
of Rome remained alooi. It did
not even formally recognize the
existence of the World Council of
Churches.
Then, four years ago, Pope John
XXIII ascended to the chair of
St. Peter.
Pope Changes Pattern
Almost immediately, unprece-
Assignment
literature In the language and
has worked on a Northern Thai
English dictionary. Bible classes
and work on scripture transla
tion will again be part of her
regular routine.
Miss Uhlig will deliver the eve
ning message on Sunday, Jan. 20,
at the 7:30 p.m. service at First
DOROTHY UHLIG
( linslian Church, Ninth and Pine.
The service, a farewell address
to the congregation, will be fol
lowed by an informal coffee hour
in her honor. The public is invited
to attend.
Her return trip w ill include stop
overs in Tokyo and Manila to visit
lellow missionaries, and she will
be met in Bangkok by a group of
missionaries with whom she has
worked in pat terms of service.
Correspondence from Thai friends
indicates those in Northern Thai
land are anxious for the return
of Miss Uhlig. whose years of
service have given her a keen
insight to the needs of the people.
Fitness
Ihe progress made during the
month bv each individual ac
cording to his capabilities and
physical filncss upon entering the
program, they added.
The majority of youths train
ing are not exjiected lo he mom
Ixrs of the LDS Church. However,
follow ing completion of Ihe four
week program, all buys may ad
vance inlo Ihe regular church ath
letic program, regardless of their
church allilialion.
According to Ihe missionaries,
participants will he given an op-
jHii'luinty to learn some of the
teachings of the Church o! .Icr.nr.
Christ of Latter-day Saints av
well as a knowledge of physical
litncss.
lnsiiiulion tieriods will be con
ducted alter the Monday and Wed
nesday woikouts to acquaint the
Iwvs with the LDS Church, if Ihev
are intrresled They also said tl'.at
even though hoys o( other de
nominations decide to play on the
church Icim. whether or not they
join will be enliicly up lo Ihcm
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dented things began to happen.
Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox-
Christians became "separated
brethren" rather than "schismat
ics and heretics." The Vatican
established formal liaison with the
World Council o Churches, and
sent official observers to its 1961
asssmbly in New Delhi. The Arch
bishop of Canterbury called on the
Pope blazing a trial which many
Protestant leaders were to follow
and was very warmly received
Protestant bodies were invited to
send observers to the Vatican
Council. They accepted, and their
delegates were treated with a cor
dial hospitality which made a
profound impression on all of
protestantism.
It is no exaggeration to say that
more barriers between Catholics
and Protestants have fallen dur
ing the four years of Pope John's
reign than in all of the preced
ing four centuries since the Re
formation.
Reunion Far OK
Despite the swift movement of
events, nearly all leaders of the
ecumenical movement agree that
lull reunion of the Christian fam
ily is still a very long way off.
In fact, it may be said to be
so far off as to be presently out
of sight, since no human eye can
discern solutions for the deep
and sincere theological difleren,ces
which divide Catholics and Prot
estants. Realism also requires the ac
knowledgment that there remain
many practical causes of friction
between Christian groups for ex
ample, the divisive dispute over
aid to parochial schools in the
United States, or the issue of re
ligious liberty for Protestants in
predominantly Catholic countries
such as Spain.
But Christians distressed about
these things should remember the
adage about the man who
couldn't see the forest for the
trees.
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Fellowship
Organized
A Weslcyan Fellowship was r
ganized by Oregon Technical In
stitute students and Kingsley
Field Airmen at the First -Metho
dist Church on Jan. 6. One of their
first activities will be a lunch
eon meeting at the church on
Sunday, Jan. 20, immediately fol
lowing the 11 a.m. worship serv
ice.
During the luncheon, a speaker
will lead discussions concerning
the topic, "Various Aspects of a
Christian Individual in Our Com
munity." A time limit of an hour
has been set for the meeting.
The group is open to any OTI
students, both single and married,
and Kingsley Field personnel.
Church Women
Benefit Cubans
DUNSMUIR - The Women's
Missionary Council of the Duns-
muir Assembly of God Church
recently contributed 297 articles
of clothing for Cuban refugee use.
The women washed,, repaired.
and packed suits, sweaters, dress
es, and other garments donated
by local residents. These articles
made up part of a truck load of
clothing collected by Northern
California A-ssembly of God
Churches. A church member liv-
ing in Escalon donated a truck
and time to deliver the clothing
to Miami.
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YOUTH LEADERS New officers of the Klamath Luther League,, who will lead the
youth group of Klamath Lutheran Church, are from left, Sheryl Kurth, treasurer; Karen
Hoyt, secretary; Barbara MeKinny, vice president; and Ken Galloway, president. Len
nea Sundquist,- not pictured, was elected chairman of the Pocket Testament League.
Activities planned by the officers for 1963 include Bible study, service projects,
church missionary work, and social activities.
GUILD TO MEET
LANGELL VALLEY - Virginia
Kent will entertain the Guild of
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church on
Thursday. Jan. 24, at 2 p.m. in
the parish hall. Anyone interested
is invited to attend.
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NEWS. Klamath Falls. Ore.
NEW FOR TOTS
A new canned juice combination
for babies is prune-orange, slight
ly sweetened, and with added vi
tamin C. The pasteurized juice is
finely strained so that it can be
served in a baby bottle or cup.
GOOD kLLWlNUE.
Friday, January 18, 1963
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