Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 12, 1992 TAG: 9203120350
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: E7 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
\ THE BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE CONCERT CHOIR will present concerts at several Roanoke-area Churches of the Brethren later this month. The 45 auditioned singers and a handbell choir will perform March 20 at 7:30 p.m. at Daleville Church, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Red Hill Church, March 22 at ll a.m. at Cloverdale Church and March 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Ninth Street Church.
Jesse E. Hopkins Jr., associate professor of music at the college, is director. Programs are free, but an offering is taken.
\ UNITY OF ROANOKE VALLEY, 3300 Green Ridge Road, will sponsor a video series, "Homecoming," featuring John Bradshaw. The series begin March 19 and continues each Thursday night from 7 to 9 through May 21. Ann Turner will be facilitator. An offering will be taken.
\ A GOSPEL CONCERT led by the Rev. James Moore and featuring the choirs of several Virginia Churches of God in Christ is scheduled Saturday night at 7:30 at the Roanoke Civic Center auditorium. The program is part of the closing session of the 70th annual Workers Conference for the Pentecostal denomination. Advance tickets for $5 are available at Tracks or the Record Bar. At the door, the tickets will be $7.
\ THE BAPTIST MEN'S UNION, a Christian service group covering the Roanoke Valley, will observe its 53rd anniversary Sunday at Slate Hill Baptist Church, 4352 Elm View Road S.W. The Rev. Enos H. Glaspie of Shiloh Baptist Church in Salem will preach, and the Shiloh choir will sing at the 3 p.m. service .
The group also has scheduled an open meeting and reception Friday night at 7 at Pilgrim Baptist Church.
\ MUSIC IN CHRISTIAN EDUCATION will be the theme of a workshop scheduled March 23-27 at Maple Street Baptist Church, 902 Fairfax Ave. N.W. Open to the public, sessions will be nightly from 7 to 9. Marjorie Olive, organist for the National Baptist Convention USA Inc. and a staff member of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in East St. Louis, Ill., will be the leader. For more information, call 343-3880 for more information.
\ EARL REYNOLDS, a former Roanoker who recently became city manager of Martinsville, will speak March 21 at Holiday Inn-Airport during a banquet concluding a two-day conference for laity of Virginia African Methodist Episcopal Churches.
The meeting will open with a service March 20 at Ebenezer A.M.E. Church starting at 7:30 p.m. Saturday workshops begin at 9 a.m. and are open to the public. To reserve a ticket for the $20 banquet, call 345-1382 or 362-5551.
\ ST. ANDREW'S CATHOLIC CHURCH will sponsor a religion book fair Friday and Saturday at Roanoke Catholic Elementary School, near the church at 631 N. Jefferson St. The books will be sold Saturday from 4:30 to 7 p.m. and the following day from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
\ AWAKENING, an annual Lenten series of spiritual renewal services sponsored by Roanoke-area Churches of the Brethren, will feature the Rev. David Radcliff of the national staff of the church as preacher. A former Blue Ridge resident, Radcliff is peace consultant and director of Korean ministries at the Elgin, Ill., headquarters. This 10th annual series at Central Church, 416 Church Ave. S.W., will be April 5-8, beginning with hymn singing at 7:15 p.m. A portion of the offerings received at the services will be used to jointly build a Habitat for Humanity house.
Child care is available for the services, and special music is planned each night. For information about morning Bible studies, call 342-0337.
by CNB