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Fosfer Receives Mission Assignment From Church ; A call to serve on a full-time Uiisaon (or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has ben received by David Louis Foster. Assigned to the Northern Far Ea:t Mission of his church, Foner left Nov. 28 for Tokyo where he will perform mission ary duties (or a period of 30 months. His address is lt-2 fijroo cho. Azabu, Minato-Ku, Tckyo. Japan. I The 20-year-old missionary, a 12 graduate of Klamath Un ion High School, has attended Prlpham Young University in Provo. Utah, (or the past year. Completins his freshman year as a physics major, he plans to return to BVU upen return ing from the mission field. A farewell testimonial was giv n in Foster's honor in the Klamath Falls First Ward, LDS Church, on Oct, 27. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Louis Foster. Food Drive Aids Needy The Holy Nome Society of the Kingsley Field Chapel will col lect canned food for the needy durint; the Christmas season. Tw o barrels, located at the base commissary and the base liiea tre, will be available to deposit the cans. On the nicht of Dec. 19 tliere will he a '"li;ht up for Christ mas" drive in Falcon lleiphts. At this tame, each house display ing a porch light is expected to contribute a can of food. A Kiddee Matinee is also scheduled at the base theatre on Dec. 21 at 3:30 p.m.- Admission will be one can of food. The matinee will feature nine cartoons. Tri-Community Choir lans Sunday Concert The Tri Community Choir, 'composed Of vocalists from the Merrill, Malin, and Tulelake areas, will present Handel's "Messiah" on Sunday, Dec. 13. The public is Invited to attend Third Week Of Advent to Be Noted Zion Lutheran Church will begin the third week of the new church year this Sunday by lighting the tiiird violet can dle on the Advent Wreath dur ing tlic opening service of the Sunday School session at 0:43 am. The Advent Wreath, which holds (our violet candles on the wreath circle and one white candle in the. center, was placed in the chancel on Ad vent .Sunday, Doc. 1. where it will remain through the Christ mas service. Tin first violet candle was lit on Advent Sunday to signi ly Hie beginning of the lust week of Advent, and each Sun day another violet candle is lighted to begin each of the three remaining weeks of the observance. The white candle irt tho center of the wreath will be 'lighted at tile Christ mas Festival service. "Fighting to the Finish?" will ht Rev. Norbert E. Uey's third Advent sermon topic at the 11 a.m. worship service on Sun day. 'YE. Ml OF TIIK I.ORK' .The Slh-eentury mmk Dion; slus Exiguus, who worked out tile "Year of the Lord." unfor tOnalcty worked it out wrong, tfje Catholic Digest linds. The Ihble stales lli.it .Icsus was born "in tlu days of llorod the King," and Heicd died in what we now call 4 B.C. FOOD FOR "Neither will I otter burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of thet hich cost me nothing." U iom. 24 24). Herein lies o secret of our devotion to Christ ond the Kingdom of God. Too often we try to get along with a religion fhot doesn't cost ut anything, or ot least with utt os little os we think possible. Of couno it is true that we con't buy our way, but if our devotion is deep enouqh to mean much we will not went to come before God with that which cost us nothing. Let us realise fhot vital faith it t costly one. If our faith is dull and lifeless, let us recoqmie it os being the result of a holttng, dead devotion, faithfulness is based on absolute commitment to the course of Chmt. It is costly in time ond money, as well as in service. C WAYNI LOWC, fvififtlitt CHURCH OF CHRIST 2205 Wontlonrf A... Ph. TU 2 0374, 2-4379 You Ar Cordially Invited To Worship With Ui DAVID LOUIS FOSTER Malin Group To Sponsor Spaghetti Dinner, Bazaar MALrN Plans for the annual spaghetti dinner and bazaar were made by the Women's As sociation erf the Matin Presby terian Church at its December workday meeting. The annual event Is slated Saturday, Dec. 14, from 5:30 to B p.m. in the .Malin Community St. Barnabas Slates Cantata LANGELL VALLEY - The choir of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church will present a Christ mas cantata, "The Dawn of Christmas" by R. E. Nolle, on Friday, Dec. 20, at 8 p.m. in the church sanctuary. Mrs. Martin Gift is director of the group, and Mrs. Oscar Peterson is the organist. the Christmas concert w hich w ill be staged in SI. Augustine's par ish hall in iMomll at 3 p.m. Tlie choir of approximately 50 persons is under the direction of Mrs. Byron Brown of Tule lake, with Mrs. Jerry Groenc veld of Merrill as the accompa nist. Mrs. Holierl I). Scbnieich H, Morrill, is chairman of the program. The oratorio was first pre sented two years ago in Merrill by interested members of the three communities, and proved so successful that it was decid ed to organizo a choral group again this year. The featured soloists include Mrs. Solimciohcl, Mrs. Brown, Sirs. Moily O'Keefc. and Rev. Wayne WatUnan. pastor of the Tulelake Presbyterian Church who was the tenor soloist in l'Jfil. Running about an hour in length, the performance will be followed wnth a silver tea con ducted by Hie women of several churches represented in the Tri Connniinitv Choir. Clothing Results Doubled The community's donations to Iho anniLiI Church World Serv ice clothing drive were dou bled this year, according to the local chairman, Uoss Ragland. Churches participating in Hie recent drive collected approxi mately fiOCHl pounds of clothing fur distribution to men, women, and children in distressed areas overseas. Donations (ran the Message Given In Song, Story The message of the "Restora tion" will be given in narration and song at the 11 a m. worship s e r v i c e of Hie Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ninth and Plum, uu Dec. 13. Elder George Kiuiiikt. pas tor, extends all members and friends a special invitation to at tend the Christmas program . iiu ii it ! ip i imp; THOUGHT (0i l'W,K6A Church Women Arrange Party Klamath Lutheran Church women will hold their annual Christmas Party on Tuesday. Dec. 17, at 8 p.m. in the church basement. A special program has been planned, including group carol singing, and there will be I brief business meeting. All women of the church are invited to attend and bring a friend. Hall. Dinner will be $1.25 for adults, 75 cents for children 6 to 12. and no charge for chil dren under six. Mrs. George Smalley w as se lected chairman of the dinner committee. The bazaar commit tee includes Mrs. Perry Haley, Mrs. Charles Johnson. Mrs. Emma Wilson, and Mrs. Bess Ann Smith. In other business. Mrs. Haley was nominated to represent the Women's Association on the church nominating committee and to serve on I lie long-range planning committees. Mrs. Milo Smith was selected to serve on the association's nominating committee, re.plaoing Mrs. A. E. Street. Other committee mem bers are Mrs. Francis Street and Mrs. Jim Pokorny. It was voted to send $5 tn the orphanage, "Ming Quong." at Los Grtos. Calif., and to donate $23 for Christmas treats for the Sunday School children of (he church. The association's Christmas party will be lield at tlie home of Mrs. Gerry Brown on Dec. 10, with Mrs. Bill Hays. Mrs. Haley, and Mrs. Evelyn Hagcr ly as co-hostcsscs. A FIRST NEW YORK UPD - The first public pawnshop in history was founded in HtB by a Fran ciscan friar, 'Bernardino dc Fel tic of Perugia, Italy, according lo the Catholic Digest, its pur pose was charitable and thus it gained the church's approval, the Digest said. Cooper Finds Prayer Near Close Of Flight llv ItOBKRT M. ANDRKWS United Press International Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr.. a church-going Methodist, told recently how lie went through "stacks and stacks" of paper trying to write a suitable Klamath Ba.-in totaled 3 0 0 0 pounds in lOiB and Mioo pounds ui l'.n.l. The discarded garments, packed in 200 boxes, were trans ported free of charge to the nearest CAVS center at Vancou ver. Wash., for processing and shipment. MARIONETTE SHOW and VISIT from SANTA FRIDAY . . . 7:00 P.M. SATURDAY ... 3 SHOWS 10:00, 2:00 and 4:00 JOIN SATURDAY SING 10:00 a.m. Fairhovcn Students 2:00 p.m. Ferguson Students 4:00 p.m. Altamont Junior High OPEN NITES 'TIL 9:00 734 So. 6th 0uuiAek HEKAI.U AM) CONCERT TOUR After weeks of paper work and rehearsals, the 22 members of tho First Baptist Church Youth Choir are ready to leave on their first concert tour. The itinerary includes five churches in Oregon and Washington. Assisting the director, David Ham, right, with the preparations ere two of the choir's officers, Nancy Os trum, vice president, left, and Beulah Welch, president. 22 Baptist Youth Choir Members Comolete Plans For Concert Tour The 22-vnice youth choir of the First Baptist Church will leave Dec. 18 on a five-day concert Imir which will take it Irom Mcdlord, Ore, to Van couver. Wash. The tour will be financed by Hie music and youth depart ments of the church and by in dividual contributions desig nated for tour purposes. Planning Hie itinerary and the program of sacred music is Hie choir's director, David Ham, a three-year resident of Klamath Falls who studied mu sic at Georgetown College, Gcoriytown, Ky. He also serves as director of music at First Baptist. Dennis Coleman will accom pany the youth choir on Its lour. A sophomore at Klamath Union High School, he is the prayer before his record 22.9 orbit space flight last May. He finally gave up. Then, near the end of his ac tual flight, a prayer came to him spontaneously, and he said it into the tape recorder of his capsule. Faith 7. He repealed Ihe humble prayer later when he addressed a joint meeting of Congress that honored him. Tlie prayer, he said, "doesn't stand as a significant prayer in design quality, but it was my prayer and 1 meant it." Cooper told the story before a meeting of the Nalional Meth odist Council of Evangelism in Louisville, Ky., where he re ceived a medallion from tlie World Methodist Council. R1 ! K Kl K l R1 K K R K R R -! R R R R; S1 R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R K THE Ph. TU 4-4197 R NEWS. Klamilh Falls, Oregon regular church organist. The musical accomplishments of the choir have steadily in creased since it was reorgan ized in !!Xil after a period of inactivity. At that time it was under the direction of M r s. Mack P. Jones, w ife of the for mer minister. Ham became as sociated with tho group in Aug ust of this year. Tlie elected choir officers are Beulah Welch, president; Nan cy Ostrom, vice president, and Judy Weinberg, librarian and robe chairman. Tlie 22 mem bers range in age from 1.1 to 24. The prugram slated for the tour will be presented at the church on Dec. 15 at 6: 15 p.m. It will feature 12 numbers per formed by tlie entire choir, a trio, and a quartet, including "Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose," "Joshua Fit the Bat tle of Jericho," "I Was There W h e n They Crucified My Lord," "E z c k i e I Saw De Wheel." "J e s u s Christ Is Join Bank of America's 1964 Christmas Club. If you'd like to have more money to spend next Christmas, start now with a Bank of America 1964 Christmas Club account. Just make regular payments to your Christmas Club account, or authorize your branch to deduct payments automati cally from your Bank of America Checking account. Next November, the postman will bring you a check for the full amount. See your nearest branch for full details. Friday, December 13, 1963 Born," and "Go, Tell It On The Mountain." The trio is composed of Cher yl Rutherford. Beulah Welch, and Vivian McKcehan, with Ron Robbins, Duane Larson, Norman Harvey and Dave Ham making up the quartet. Concerts are scheduled at Ihe First Southern Baptist Church, Mcdford. Dec. 18; First South ern Baptist Church. Ilosoburg: Grant Street Baptist Church. Corvallis; Trinity Bap tist Church, Vancouver, Wash.: and Trinity Baptist Church, Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Ham, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Robbins, Mrs. Viv ian McKcehan, and Sara Wis dom will chaperone Ihe choir. 10:10 A.M. SUNDAY KFLW 150 K Get in the driver's seat. TULELAKE BRANCH, Hemming Arthur S. Flemming, presi dent of the University of Ore gon, was elected a vice presi dent at large of the National Council of Churches during tlie council's triennial general as sembly in Philadelphia, Dec. 1-7. Christmas Cantata Set Song and the spoken word will be woven together to pre sent an unusual adaption of the Christmas story at Hope Lu theran Church on Sunday. Dec. 15. at 3 p.m. Under the direction of Jackie Backlin. the Junior Choir and the Cherub Choir, composed of children 4 years old through the second grade, will join the Senior Choir to provide tlie musical highlights of the Christmas cantata entitled "A Song Unending." William Hagerman will be the narrator, and Mrs. Hager man will accompany the choirs at the organ. Soloists in the Senior Choir are Pat Isensee. Linda Sorlien and Robert Sorlien. with Susan and Shcryl Michaelson as tlie Junior Choir soloists. The program will also fea ture a flute trio made up of three members of the Junior Choir, Bonnie Dodaro, Debie Sorlien, and Marsha Pechman. Following tlie cantata, there will be a fellowship coffee hour for all members and guests. Pastor's Home Toured By 120 An open house was held at the newly acquired parsonage for the assistant pastor of the Bible Baptist Church on Sun day afternoon. Nov. 24. Located at 5370 Harlan Drive, the four bedroom home now oc cupied by Rev. and 'Mrs. John Fenderson has been extensively remodeled. After a brief service of dedi cation conducted by the pastor. Dr. Freeman Schmitt, the par sonage was shown to some 120 guests by the assistant pastor and his wife. Refreshments were served following the tour. First Church of Christ, Scientist A Branch of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Mass. 10th end Washington Services: Sunday Service 11:00 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Evening Testimony Meeting 8:00 O'Clock Lesson-Sermon Subject, December 15, 1963 "GOD THE PRESERVER OF MAN" Golden Text: Psalms 145:18,20. The Lord ii nigh unto oil them that call upon him, to all that call upon him In truth , . . The Lord preserveth all them that love Him. Nursery facilities available during church services. - 2ptz55 AM Or AMBMICA KATtONAU TWUOT AMD OAVtNOO Main and C Streets, Elected To Council Post More than 5.000 church lead ers from all parts of the nation attended the week-long assem bly. They represented the coun cil's 31 constituent denomina tions, major Protestant and Eastern Orthodox bodies with an aggregate membership of 40 million persons. President Flemming was also elected vice chairman of the councils General Board, the policy-making arm of the body between triennials. The Special Youth Conference Staged By Klamath Stake A special Youth Conference, sponsored by the Mutual Im provement Association of t h e Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was held Nov. 16-17 at the Ferguson School for LDS young people from the Southern Oregon and Northern California area. The conference activities were directed by Joseph Stiickling and Ida Stewart, Klamath Stake leaders. Approximately 475 youths at tended the opening program on Saturday evening. Following dinner, a play entitled "Free dom of Truth" was presented by the Grants Pass Ward of the LDS Church, featuring speeches MYF Holds Elections CHILOQU1N The newly or ganized Youth Fellowship of the Chiloquin Methodist Church has elected officers for the coming year. Micki Wolff will serve as president, with David Van Wormer, vice president; Sher ry Lough, secretary; Candy Freid, treasurer; and Paul Oh lund. MYF fundleader. Adult leaders for the group are Mr. and Mrs. Ron Harrison and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ohlund. The fellowship has a mem bership of 35 teenage youths and an average attendance of 20 to 25 at each meeting. Future plans include Christmas carol- ing on Dec. 22 and a hayride. AQC . tn Tulelake, foiifarnia chairman of the board is Bish op Reuben H. Meuller. senior bishop of the Evangelical Unit ed Brethren Church, who was elected council president. A vice president of the Na tional Council of Churches from 1950 to 1934. President Flem ming was elected president of tlie Oregon Council of Church-1 es at its 29th annual general assembly held last month in Eu-. gene. He is a Methodist lay-; man. by Karen Bleak and Carolyn Calhey of Klamath Falls. A two-hour concert by "The 3 D's." a professional folk sing ing group, highlighted the pro-' gram. The three musicians, all graduates of Brlgham Young University who have served as LDS missionaries, concluded . their concert with testimonials.; Tlie second part of ihe eont ference began at 9 o'clock Sun day morning when some 350 young men and women, between the ages of 12 and 22, attended separate sessions. Later they assembled to hear guest speak ers from Salt Lake City and Portland. The conference ad journcd at 1:30 p.m. Local members of the Mor mon Church served as hosts for the out-of-town youths Saturday night, and the Kla'nath Falls Ward provided sack lunches for the guests to cat on their trip home the next afternoon. AT SHAW'S "JUST RIGHT" See our variety of quality H all mark Christmas cards in convenient boxed assortments. ' SHAW STATIONERY 729 Main .c, coeTw.
