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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore.
Friday, February 8, M6J
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH The ground-breaking for
the Southern Baptist Church, located at Homedale and Independence,
was Oct. 25, 1962. In less than four months the exterior of the brick
Young Church Climaxes
Growth With Expansion
By JUNE A. JOHNSON ilco church and approved by the
Rev. D. J. Mead, pastor of the Southern Baptist Convention.
snih Alannr Rantist Church in As the mother church. South
Roswcll, N.M., came to Klamath Manor supplied the mission with
Kails in June, 19ti2. to conduct a teaming materials, ftunaay scnooi
books, BiDie scnooi literature, ana
building has been completed, and the members expect to meet in their
new sanctuary by Easter. The cost of the structure is estimated at $40,
000, not including plans for the addition of a fellowship hall.
series of revival meetings at a
Baptist mission sponsored by his
church. Three months later he
returned with his family to estab
lish a permanent home and as
sume the position of minister at
the mission, known locally as
the Suburban Heights Baptist
Church.
Within the next month, lite mis
sion will receive Its charge and
become a sanctioned church body,
and before Eastor the new minis
ter and his congregation plan to
bo in their own church building,
which is now under construction.
These major achievements in the
formation of the fo'irth Southern
Baptist Church in Klamath Falls
have been accomplished in less
Uian two years.
The short history of Suburban
Heights Baptist Church dates back
to 1061. For several months 20
people had been holding worship
services in the Shasta Grange
Hall. The group was unsponsored,
but carried on as a Baptist mis
sion with the intention of forming
an established church affiliated
with the Southern Baptist Conven
tion. However, to be recognized
by the convention, il was neces
sary to be sponsored by a church
holding membership in the S.B.C.
In the summer of Mrs.
Carl Jncohson and family were
i.silcd by her mother from Bos-
well, N.M., who wai a member
of the South Manor Baptist Church
in that city. The Jacobsons were
active supporters of the small mis
sion, and Mrs. Jacobson a moth
er was so impressed with the
group's efforts that she offered
to ask her home church In spon
sor it. By July, 1961, Suburban
Heights Baptist Church was de
dared a mission of the New Me
moral support. It was not neces-
sary to give financial aid, because
the mission was able to support
itself. In return. Suburban Heights
Baptist sent all gifts of money
to Baptist missions and the de
nomination s cooperative program
through South Manor.
Minister Remains
Suburban Heights Invited the
minister of the mother church
Itevercnd Mead, to lead its re
vival services scheduled for the
month of June the following year.
When he arrived, members of the
mission had no idea he would ac
cept an offer to remain as their
minister, but on Sept. 23, 1H62, he
brought his wife, Betty, and three
children to Klamath Falls as the
first family of Suburban Heights.
In explaining his reasons for
coming here, one of the members
said that Reverend Mend has al
ways been interested in mission
work and enjoys working with
small churches just getting start
ed. His church in Itoswcll is a
larger church and well-established
so lie felt that he could he of
greater service to a young group.
he added.
Reverend Mead, who has been
in full-time ministry for six years,
has already attained an impres
sive record in promoting growth
and expansion in his former pas.
tonnes. As minister of Mt. View
Baptist Church in Alamognrdo.
N.M., he assisted with three build
ing programs during the three
years he was there. Serving as
pastor of the South Manor Bap
tist Church for two and a half
years, he completed a $100,000
building program.
A native of New Mexico, Rever
end Mead attended the Linda Vis-
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ORGAN INSTALLED -. Mrs. Elwyn Rice, Bible Baptist
nurcn orgemiT, admires tne new church organ which
will bo dodicatod Sunday eveninq. Rev, Freeman Schmitt
said it was necossary to construct special rooms behind
the auditorium to house the Baldwin organ.
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Elder Boyd K. Packer, an as
sistant to the Council of Twelve
Apostles of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt
Lake City, will preside at a quar
terly conference of the Klamath
Stake Feb. 9-10 in Medford.
Accompanying him will be El
ders Paul C. Child, a member of
the General Welfare Committee,
and A. Leslie Derbyshire of the
Genealogical Society Conference
Staff. They will address special
meetings for welfare and genea
logical leaders on Saturday.
General sessions of the con
ference will be conducted Sunday
at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. by Stake
President Ronald Earl Phair of
Klamath Falls. Visitors are wel
come to attend these meetings.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS FAMILY Rev. D. J. Mead and family arrived in Klamath
Falls in September and found themselves immediately caught up in the construction
of the new Suburban Heights Baptist Church. Taking time out from a busy schedule
to pose for a picture are, from left, Mrs. Betty Mead; Rev. Mead; Dinky, 3; D. J. Jr.,
14; and Vicky Lynn, I I.
ta Baptist College and Seminary
in Linda Vista, Calif. While pas
toring in New Mexico he held
numerous offices in the Baptist
convention and association of the
late, Including State Executive
Board, three years: State In-
low Youth Camp Executive Com
mittee, four years; Slate Chair
man of Evangelism, one year.
Association Chairman of Evangel
ism; Association Chariman of the
Mission Committee, and Asso
ciation treasurer and vice moderator.
Itevercnd and Mrs. Mead re
side at 21.24 Watson with their
children, D. J. Jr., 14; Vicky
Lynn. 11; and Dinky. 3. Betty
Mead, originally from Texas, has
shared the experiences of church
building programs with her hus
band numerous times, but the ac
celerated pace of the Suburban
Heights program might amaze
even a person accustomed to the
ush of activities.
Church Construction
The ground-breaking ceremonies
or the church building were held
Oct. 23, 12, following final pay
ment on the three-acre building
Plans Made
For Banquet
The Sweetheart Banquet of the
irst Bantist Church will be held
Saturday. Feb. 16. at 6:30 p.m. in
the Willard Hotel. An annual event
fnr nil mnmhprs of the familv. the
banquet will includo a program
(coloring entertainment ana spe
ial music.
Hcv. Harry Bonner of the
irant Street Baptist Church in
'nrvallis has hern invited to be
the guest speaker for the evening
He will lead a series of revival
meetings at First Baptist for one
eck, beginning reb. 17.
site in May. Construction of the
40 by 100-foot brick building be
gan almost immediately, and the
exterior was completed several
weeks ago.
Located at Homedale and In
dependence, the size of the $40,000
church reflects the positive atti
tude of its members. It is de
signed to accommodate 250 for
worship services and 250 in the
Sunday school departments. Sub
urban Heights now has approx
imately 50 members, and the Sun
day School enrollment stands at
39.
The walls of the sanctuary are
brick, and the pews, which have
been ordered from Arkansas, are
of natural Arkansas pine. The
color scheme for the carpel:
and other furnishings has not been
decided as yet. but r.lans are al
ready being considered for further
construction.
Tlie Sunday school rooms and
nursery are located in the back
section of the central building, and
the sanctuary is in the front
section. Little or no space is avail
able for large social functions and
meetings, so the need for a fellow
ship hall has been anticipated
and steps taken to correct it.
The fellowship hall will be added
as a wing to the main build
ing, and will be built as soon as
possible. If the work develops
according to plans, the hall will
be completed by the time the
church building is completed and
furnished.
Another item on the expansion
and building agenda is an organ.
The church now has a piano, but
the purchase of an organ has not
been deemed necessarv until serv
ices are conducted in the new
sanctuary. Services are still be
ing held in the Shasta Grange
Hall.
Charge Slated
All phases of the establishment
of Suburban Heights Baptist
Church have been running
schedule. The membership has
gone through the formality of
petitioning the Roswell church
for permission to withdraw as a
mission and has received an af
firmative answer.
The date the church will re
ceive its charge and achieve a
full-church status has not been
set, but the ceremony is expected
to be conducted in the next few
weeks.
All of the Southern Baptist
churches in the area will meet
together for the occasion, and the
charge will be given by the mem
ber groups. These include those
belonging to the Klamath Asso
ciation: rirst Baptist, Calvary
Baptist, and Stewart-Lenox Bap
tist of Klamath Falls; First Bap
tist of Tulelake; First Baptist of
Dorris, Calif.; and Trinity Bap
tist Church of Lakcvicw.
Following the ceremony, the vis
iting churches will present Subur
ban Heights Baptist Church with a
gift, a traditional custom to wel
omc a new churcn to the con
vention.
Quarterly Klamath Stake
Meeting Set In Medford
Talks Slated
On Missions
The First Church of God, 2802
Altamont, will host two guest
speakers from the field of mis
sions, Mr. and Mrs. Ruben C.
Schwieger, at special services
Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m.
Born in Hitchcock, Okla., Mr.
Schwieger received his bachelor
of science degree from Central
Slate College in Edmond, Okla.,
and his master of arts from
Phillips University at Enid, Okla.
He was converted at the age of
12, and from early youth had
shown interest in the mission field
as his parents had once been mis
sionaries in Canada.
In JH35 Mr. Schwieger married
Nora Benson, who had also been
reared in Oklahoma and attend
ed Central State College. She
pent one summer at the Uni
versity of Honolulu in Hawaii,
where she became acquainted with
people of various nationalities and
cultural backgrounds.
After teaching in a number of
schools, Mr. Schwieger became
principal of Hobart High School
in Hobart, Okla. A short lime
later he and his wife felt a defi
nite call to the mission field. Mr.
Schwieger was ordained in Au
gust, 1U52, but they began their
foreign service in the spring of
1947 when they went to the Kenya
Colony.
Two other Klamath Falls men,
Dr. Harold Catmull, counsellor in
the Stake presidency, and Merlin
Bleak, Stake clerk, will also
participate in the conference pro
gram. Approximately 400 people
are expected to attend from the
First and Second Wards of the
local LDS Church.
Elder Packer, a professional ed
ucator, has been an Air Force
pilot, a city commissioner', and co
ordinator among students from
American Indian tribes. He was
later an appointed assistant in tht
United Church System and a mem
ber of the Administrative Council
of Brigham Young University,
Provo, Utah.
The last Klamath Stake con.
ference was held in Klamath
Falls in November. With a mem
bership of 4,300, the Stake in
cludes Grants Pass, Medford,
Ashland, Klamath Falls, and Lake-
view, Ore., and the California
cities of Alturas, Tulelake, Yreka
and Etna.
Sponsors Film
T. L. Osborn's film. "The Mir
acle Worker," will be shown at
the Klamath Temple. 1007 Pine
Street, on Tuesday. Feb. 12, at
7:30 p.m. No admission will be
charged and the movie will be
open to the public.
The film, in color, is a dynamic
sermon film made during an his
toric evangelistic crusade in Mex
ico. Rev. Elmer KreUinger said
the film will present a real chal
lenge to young people.
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CONFIRMATION 1IKI.I1
BONANZA Members and
friends of St. Barnabas Episcopal
Church. Langoll Valley, met at
the parish hall Jan. 27 for a pot
luck supier, followed by confir
mation services conducted by
Bishop I.aiie Barton. Fourteen peo
ple were confirmed at the eve
ning services which featured se-c-ial
choral music.
A dedication service for the new
org.in at B:Me Baptist Chinch
w ill lie held Sunday evening, Feb.
Id. at 7 o'clock. The organ is a
gift from a family within the
church.
With Iko tone chambers and
the wmvusmoii feature, the in
sliumeiil is installed in rooms
especially built for the purMsr
behind the front wall of the au
ditorium. The music enters the
auditorium through four nrnincs
near the lop of the front wall.
The orpan is a Baldwin.
The iist organ of the church
was a gift from l'r. and Mrs
ltovd F. Spragur, presented In
1954. It has been ;n use until
the present time. It will be re
membered by a picture which will
lie placed in the prayer room
with oilier pictures of interest to
church members. The picture will
also contain a brief slatcmcnl
concerning Hie descrntinn and his
tory o( Hie lirsl organ
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cups is only one of the many details confronting Mr. and
Mrs. John Pedersen, directors of the Klamath Falls Gos
pel Mission, as they prepare for the fifth anniversary
celebration of the mission. To commemorate the five
years of operation on Feb. II, an open house will be
held Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m., with a brief chapel serv
ice at 3 p.m. Members of the Board of Directors will con
duct tours of the plant for all visitors. The Pedersens
invite everyone to visit the mission and enjoy a slice of
birthday cake.
Church Elects Vestrymen
The annual business meeting of
St. Paul's Episcopal Church on
Jan. 24 resulted in the unanimous
election of four vestrymen and
a junior warden. John Mochl, Dr.
George Nicholson, Elbert Stiles,
and Larry Watkins were elected
to serve on the vestry for three
years, and William North was
elected to a one-year term. James
Clark was re-elected to the posi
tion of junior warden. The rector.
Rev. Robert L. Greene, reappoint
ed Dr. Merle Swansen as senior
warden.
Following the meeting, the ves
try held a brief organization ses
sion and elected officers. Larry
Watkins was named clerk of the
vestry, Bill North, pledge secre
tary, and Carl Barllett, treasurer.
Bartlett succeeded Pat Turner,
who retired after three years of
service.
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