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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1963)
(0i (9$utick ft PAGE U HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Orr. Friday, August !, 19C3 IBM" fflf 0 w Methodist Service To Community To Be Commemorated With Plaque iiL YOUNG CHORISTERS A concert of sacred music featurlnq the Bel Canto Sing ers is scheduled at the local Church of Christ on the evening of Aug. 7. Rep resenting a church-sponsored children's home in Quinlan, Tex., the singers are current ly on their 14th annual summer tour, which includes appearances in 21 states and Canada. Touring Texas Singers Schedule Local Concert Hie nationally known Bel Canto Singers of the Boles Home in Quinlan, Tex., will present a con cert at the Klamath Falls Church of Christ, 2205 Wantland Ave., on Wednesday evening, Aug. 7. The Bel Canto Singers, an a cappella group specializing in in spirational hymns, spirituals, and other familiar church songs, is currently on its 14th annual sum mer tour. Seven concerts are pre sented each week under the di rection of Dan Parkcrson. The first half of the current three-month tour included appear ances in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Caro lina, Norlh Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Wash ington, D.C. Now in the second half of its tour, the group has performed in Oklahoma, Colora do, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Wash ington and Canada, winding up with Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas engage ments. The program, beginning at 7:30 p.m., will be given free of charge as a service of the local Church of Christ. The public is invited to attend. The Bel Canto Singers is com posed entirely of residents of the Boles Home, a home tor children which is supported by members of the Churches of Christ. It is composed of two units; the ori ginal one located at Quinlan where 255 children live and the Foster Home at Stephenville, Tex., where 32 children live. Boles Home is a community within itself, with 12 grades of public school conducted on the campus. Services are rendered to boys and girls from pre-school ages through college or vocational training. ALC's Goo For Mission Field Named A $75,000 worship offering for world missions is the goal of! some 3,000 women of The Amer ican Lutheran Church when they meet lor their first triennial con vention in St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 15-18. The ALC official women's aux iliary set the offering goal to help meet needs on each of the 12 world mission fields of the denom ination. The total offering has been earmarked to meet special needs in education, health, and missionary housing on the foreign lields. Convention business will be transacted by 324 official dele gates elected on the basis of two from each of the ALC's 162 con feronce units. The five Oregon delegates are Miss Margaretha Sass, Baker; Mrs. George Olsen, Pendleton; Mrs. Walter H. Brunner, Glad stone; Mrs. Philip Berg, Eugene; and Miss Hannah M. Olson, Sil- verton. Leading Clergymen Question Internal Discipline Of Churches By LOUIS CASSELS United Press International Should churches purge their membership rolls of people whose, lives flagrantly contradict the teachings of Christ? That question is under serious debate in church circles for the first lime in more than a gen eration. One of the church leaders who raised the question is Prof. Frank lin H. Littcll of Chicago Theolog ical Seminary. He told a recent church conference that m a jor Protestant denominations have virtually abandoned membership standards and are "incapable of maintaining the most elementary internal discipline." He said that lack of discipline makes it impossible for churches to play an effective role in the struggle for racial justice. Near ly every denomination has con demned racial discrimination as un-Christian, ho pointed out. But, he asked, how often do you hear of a Protestant church expelling a member for preaching or prac ticing bigotry? Excommunication Rare " Even in the Roman Catholic Church, which theoretically has stricter standards of internal dis cipline, excommunication for dis obedience of moral teachings is comparatively rare nowadays. Witness the nationwide sensation which resulted last year when the archbishop of New Orleans denied the sacraments to three people! who had openly challenged the church's stand on integration of parochial schools. But the breakdown of church discipline is not confined to such fields as race relations, where there are strongly held differenc es of opinion. . Prof. Glenn Hinson of the South ern Baptist Seminary at Louis ville, Ky., observed recently that churches are not even cracking down on such blatant acts of im morality as adultery and drunkenness. Hinson said many Christians to day seem to feel Uiat there is something "distasteful, almost un civilized" about telling people they must live up to the church's mo ral standards or get out. Writing in the Texas Baptist Standard, Hinson noted that the same tendency to look the other way existed in the early Christian church at Corinth. Writes Blistering Letter St. Paul found out about it, and wrote a blistering letter to the Corinthians about the maintenance of church discipline. 'I actually hear reports of sex ual immorality among you," said the shocked apostle. Ho proceeded to lay down stern rules for "rooting out evil-doers from your community." Have you never heard the saying, A little leaven leavens all the dough'? The old leaven of corruption is working among you. Purge it out. . . You must have nothing to do with any so-called Christian who leads a loose life, or is grasping, or idolatrous, a slanderer, a drun kard, or a swindler." St. Paul made clear that he was not anvicating that the church turn its back on sinners outside its fold. To do that would be to abandon its whole mission, for Christ said repeatedly that it was precisely for sinners that he came and died. Not Vindictive Act It was nominal Christians- hypocrites who claim the name ot Christ while making a mock- cry of his teachings that St. Paul said were to be "rooted out" of the church. And even in their case, the withdrawal of fellow ship was not to be a vindictive act, It was the same kind of pun ishmont that a loving parent ad ministers to an erring child, to bring him to his senses. St. Paul specified that any church mem bcr who was expelled for wrong doing should be welcomed back with open arms if he sincerely repented and sought forgiveness. The reluctance of modern churches to follow St. Paul's stern advice is not motivated solely hy a desire to hang onto every pos sible member. Many church lead ers fear that any attempt to re store "discipline" would open Ihe door to sclf-rightcousncss, Pharisaism and heresy hunts. On the other hand, they recog nize that churches are being hob bled in their efforts to bear wit ness to Christ because their ranks are riddled with people who are not even trying to be Christians. We know that discipline is needed," said Prof. Hinson. "The question is: Dare we take the risk?" Guild Meets BONANZA - The Guild of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Lan- getl Valley, held its rccular monthly meeting on July 25 at tne Home ol Dorothy Peterson of Bonanza. Fourteen members were present. During the brief business ses sion conducted by tlie president, Lois Monroe, it was voted to give the reception for a September wedding and to sponsor a card party on Aug. 1. Proceeds from the party will be used to install the bell donated to the church by the Clements Ranch of Bonanza. Members decided to hold the next meeting on the fifth Thurs day of the month instead of the fourth Thursday because of a con- llict with the 4-H fair. The Aug 2!l meeting is slated at the home of Donna Gift of Upper Lancell Valley, and each member is re quested to bring a white elephant. To commemorate 92 years of service to tlie community by the Methodist Church, a plaque will be dedicated and placed near the cornerstone of the First Meth odist Church in memory of the late David A. and Ruby Kenyon, who were instrumental in the growth and development of the church. The ceremony will take place on the church grounds at Tenth and High streets on Sunday, Aug 4, at 10:45 a.m., between the morning worship services. A 1 1 friends of the Kenyons and mem bers of the church are invited to attend the dedication. No members have been recog nized as more devoted workers for the Methodist Church than Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon, since 1871, In that year the Methodist Con ference appointed its first Cir cuit Rider to conduct services in the Klamath and Goose Lake basins, while at the same time filling the positions of Indian agent and missionary to the Klamaths and Modocs. ' Wiht the groundwork laid, Methodism in 92 years has pro gressed from a membership of 13 in 1893 to the present roster of 780 names, and from meeting a small frame show house' on tlie corner of Main and Third to the present modern structure. Much of the church's progress can be attributed to the finan cial aid and sustained service of the Kenyons. The present church, dedicated in December, 1929, was financed under favorable circumstances, hut during the depression in 1932, u was oinicuit to make pay ments on the mortgaged indebted ness. Individual members were asked to become responsible for the necessary money, and Mr and Mrs. Kenyon are listed as two of the 19 signers of the note uer ncr nusDana s flcath in 1942, Mrs. Kenyon continued to serve the church in various capa cities. She died on Jan. 31 of this year at the age of 70. J lie bronze plaque, the first memorial plaque to be affixed to the church building, was present ed by the children and grand children of Mr. and Mrs. Ken yon. It bears the following inscription: fo the glory of God and the service of man, this plaque, com memorating 92 years of Chris- Man service to tlie Klamath Bas in by the Methodist Church, is placed in loving memory of Da vid Ames and Ruby Lee Kenyon by their family. A.D. 1871-A.D. l!l3." Past Pastor Sets Return A former pastor of the First Baptist Church for nine and a half years will return Sunday. Aug. 4, to conduct the 11 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. worship services. Dr. b. M. Causey, who was associated with the local church from 1951 to 1901, has been minister of the First Baptist Church, White Center, in Seattle for tlie past two years. He now plans to leave for Mississippi where lie will serve as a mis sionary with the Southern Bap tist Convention. sw rf.v - iA .1 fT : . V --1 " WO Kff w w num -am. a m WSJk W'i ' J4"' i UM4 Vim Ifarfl &fJ t tm -4sa Meet Held For Laymen Area delegates to tlie Pacific Northwest Laymen's Congress of the Seventh-day Adventist Church were Mrs. Lottie Budden, Klam ath Falls, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Standley and Mr. and Mrs. George Standley, all of Lake view. The three-day workshop was held July 24-27 at Gladstone, the church-owned campground near Portland, to instruct laymen in avenues of Christian service. Stu dy emphasis was placed on health and welfare activities, in cluding civil defense programs and Bible evangelism. The workshop was attended by 800 delegates representing 40,000 Seventh-day Advcntists and 310 churches in the North Pacific Un ion. The theme of the congress. "This Is The Time," was explored by the two keynote speakers, R. S. Watts, vice president of the church's world conference, and J. Ernest Edwards, director of the denomination's laymen activities at the Washington, D.C, head quarters. COMMEMORATION OF SERVICE The first memorial plaque of the First Methodist Church will be placed near the cornerstone following a dedication service on Sun day. It commemorates 92 years of community service by the Methodist Church and was presented in memory of the late Mr. and Mrs. David A. Kenyon. The bronze me morial is displayed by Mrs. Ralph Ovgard, chairman of the Wills, Legacies and Memorials Committee. Couple Serves In Taiwan On Volunteer CWS Staff Volunteering for a two-year Church World Service assignment early this year, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Berry are now serving on the staff of the Taiwan Christian Service. Mrs. Berry, the former Sandra Spear, is the daughter of Mrs. Terrell O. Chase of Klam ath Falls. Tlie Berrys, both Graduates of La Verne College. La Verne. Calif., are working with CWS through the Brethren Service Co mittee. Following his graduation. Bcrrv took the Brethren Volunteer Serv ice training at New Windsor, .Id. Further preparations for the as signment included language stud ies at Columbia University in New York. Church World Service is the inter-denominational agency through which major Protestant and East ern Orthodox communions carry on cooMiralive world-wide pro grams of service to the hungry, homeless, and disaster-stricken. HEARING AID BATTERIES Annual August get ac quainted sale. All batteries reduced 15. Zenith qual ity batteries at no extra cost. 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"I i n .n r n I vg v&r-v s i First Church of Christ, Scientist A Branch st the Mother Church, The First Church el Christ, Scientist in Boston, Mast. ' Olh end Washington Services: Sunday Service 11.00 e m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Evening Testimony Meeting (:00 O'clock Leiion-Sermon Subject Aigut 4, 1963 "LOVE" Golden Teiti Piolma 36:7. Haw eicellenl Is thy loving kind liest, O Godl Therefor Hit children of men put their trust under the thedow at thy aingt. Nursery focilitlet avolloble during church ttnrlcei. FOOD FOR THOUGHT Worihip muit bt meditation, the calming of saint, the doting out of distroctiont, icitemtnti, appttitot, and arguments. God cannot be pleated with confusion. "For God is not m God of confusion, but of peace." (I Cor. 14:33) The development of the loul and spiritual enrichment is regulated by regular appointments for intimate commun ion with God. In oil worship there must be decency and order. Each of us can help to improve the hour ot con g ret to no I worship. The wandering eye, the empty gate, the worried countenance, the pre-occupied look, the erti. tude of disguit, the hypocritical store and frequent levity must nevtr become part of our worship. Let us resolve to help keep such contusion and disturbances out of pub lic service to God. C. W4YNI L0WI. Ivertfftitt CHURCH OF CHRIST 220S Wontlond Ave. Ph. TU 2-0174, 2-457 You Are Cordially Invited To Worship With Ui Stimulate sluggish summer appetites. Live in the crisp, clean, healthful atmosphere of an air conditioned home. Eat better, feel better, live livelier! Modern electric air condition ing . . . your passport to health and comfort. air-condition See your favorite CalOra Eleclrkal League dealer. ir; B&B Radio & Electric TU 2-4434 Cascade Home Furn. Co. TU 4-8365 Home Appliance Co. TU 4-8183 Leach Service TU 2-2528 Shaffer Electric TU 2-5503 (A Ej IE33 rri : m ' - "51 m : "4 2. 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