Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, January 28, 1995 TAG: 9501300016
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: RICK LINDQUIST
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Many of the volunteers this weekend and next are members of a YMCA Open University carpentry class using the project to gain practical experience, she said. Additional volunteers are being sought for the remaining Saturdays in February.
Ground was broken for the new dwelling last June. Area Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations in Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Dublin, Fairlawn, Narrows, Belspring, Pearisburg, Pulaski and the Roanoke Valley are cooperating in the venture, the first four-bedroom Habitat house in the New River Valley. The churches are contributing money and the volunteer labor to build the house. A donation from the Speer Fund to the Presbytery of the Peaks was used to purchase the lot.
Original plans called for the Christiansburg house to be completed last fall, but bad weather and other problems intervened.
Plans are being formulated for a Habitat for Humanity home in Blacksburg to be built entirely by women. A site for that house hasn't been chosen yet. For more information on Habitat for Humanity, call 382-8621.
SERVICES
``A Universal Ethic of Human Rights'' is Fred Folvary's topic Sunday, 10:30 a.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the New River Valley, 1301 Gladewood Drive, Blacksburg. A discussion and coffee follow the service. 552-3785 or 552-8050.
The Rev. Jack Perdue is the guest speaker Sunday, 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., at Walton Pentecostal Holiness Church. The Rev. Nathan Phillips is pastor. 789-4476 or 382-9106.
Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court of Our Lady of Lourdes 2305, will hold a memorial Mass for Mary J. Kelch on Monday, Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Christiansburg. Friends and neighbors are welcome.
HAPPENINGS
New Mount Zion Lutheran Church building committee sponsors an indoor yard sale and hot dog sale today, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at the church on Mount Zion Road. Louise Long, 552-3230.
Lutheran Campus Ministry, the Newman Community and Cooper House at Virginia Tech are among the sponsors of a ``World Game Workshop'' today, 1-5 p.m., in the Commonwealth Ballroom, Squires Student Center, Virginia Tech. Game participants interact on a huge world map that serves as a game board for events simulating global problems, resource distribution and politics. The public is welcome. 552-0066 or 552-2015.
Christiansburg Presbyterian Church observes ``Souper Bowl Sunday'' this weekend. Worshipers are asked to give a can of soup or $1. The soup goes to the Montgomery County Emergency Assistance Program's food pantry. The money helps the Two-Cents-a-Meal program to fight hunger.
A Bible study class on Colossians begins Feb. 7, 9 a.m., at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Tyler and Fairfax streets, Radford. Virginia Buckland, 639-6202, or Karen Brown, 980-8658.
MAKING A JOYFUL NOISE
Streams in the Desert sing tonight at 7 at Vicker Pentecostal Holiness Church, Peppers Ferry Road (Virginia 114).
The Pilgrim Gospel Singers and Young at Heart sing tonight at 7 at the East Radford Church of God. Donations benefit the Church of God Home for Children in Sevierville, Tenn.
Second Chance visits the Street Light Cafe, 300 N. Franklin St., Christiansburg, Feb. 10, 7 p.m. On Feb. 11, 7 p.m., the Southern Gospel trio appears with the Chandlers of Corrington, Tenn., at Wytheville Pentecostal Holiness Church. Feb. 12, 7 p.m., the group sings at Back Creek Pentecostal Holiness Church, Pulaski. 639-6271 or (800) 664-2423 evenings.
SHORTS
Congregations of the Presbytery of the Peaks contributed just over $133,250 last year to TWO-CENTS-A-MEAL, a program originated by Presbyterian women to provide a way for families to respond to world hunger. Participants put aside two cents at each meal. Money goes each month from the Presbytery to St. Croix Hospital and St. Barnabas Agricultural School in Haiti and to meet other national and international needs.
Blacksburg Presbyterian Church has joined the NEW RIVER VALLEY CHURCH HOT LINE, which offers recorded church announcements, schedules and devotions. Other churches include Main Street Baptist, Trinity Baptist and St. Paul United Methodist churches, Christiansburg; White Memorial United Methodist Church, Shawsville; and Christiansburg Mennonite Fellowship. Call the hot line at 382-2046.
In Religion is a regular Saturday feature of the New River Current. Please send news of your church or religious organization care of Rick Lindquist, New River Current, Roanoke Times & World-News, P.O. Box 540, Christiansburg 24073. Fax: 381-1656. E-mail: Currentbev.net. Clear, sharp photographs accompanying news items are welcome. Items must be received by noon Wednesday for use in that week's column.
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