ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Saturday, May 25, 1996                 TAG: 9605280012
SECTION: RELIGION                 PAGE: NRV11 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
COLUMN: Religion briefs 
SOURCE: KENNETH SINGLETARY 


CHRISTIANSBURG CATHOLICS TRAVEL TO GILES NEXT MONTH

SERVICES< Christiansburg's Holy Spirit Catholic Church will celebrate Mass at 5 p.m. today at Our Saviour Lutheran Church on Cambria Street. The service for June 1 has been postponed to June 2, when the church will travel by bus to Holy Family Catholic Church in Pearisburg. Buses leave Holy Spirit at 9 a.m. Starting June 8, the Saturday Mass will be at 6 p.m. 382-8028.

St. Jude Catholic Church on Tyler Road in Radford will change its Mass schedule to one service at 10 a.m. Sundays, beginning June 2. The Saturday Mass at 5:15 p.m. will remain the same. 639-5341.

Blacksburg's St. Mary's Catholic Church on Harding Avenue will celebrate Mass at 5 p.m today and at 8:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Sunday. The readings will be Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11; Psalms 104; 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13; and John 20:19-23.

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the New River Valley on Gladewood Drive in Blacksburg will host Bob Underhill, who will speak on "The Challenges of Building and Maintaining Community" at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Dot Burgess will lead a discussion on the book "The Scandal of Pleasure: Art in the Age of Fundamentalism," by Wendy Steiner, during a roundtable at 9 a.m. 552-2717.

Blacksburg's Metaphysical Chapel on Lee Street will have Sharing Sunday at 7 p.m. 951-4848.

St. Thomas Episcopal Church on East Main and Roanoke streets in Christiansburg will have a special Pentecost service at 9 a.m. Sunday, followed by a catered lunch and the presentation of its building plan. 382-4365. JOYFUL NOISES

Auditions for summer music camp for kindergartners through 12th-graders will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church in Pulaski. 980-0563.

Holly Robinson of Bessemer City, N.C., will perform at Radford Wesleyan Church at 11 a.m. June 2 Robinson is a teen-ager who has recorded 14 albums and was one of the youngest musicians ever to have a song debut in the Top 40 of the Christian Music Charts with her 1993 release, "Heaven Must Be Proud." 639-4273. PEOPLE

Joseph Edward Terrill, a senior at Christiansburg High School, is the winner of Blacksburg's Northside Presbyterian Church's first Educational Incentive Award. The $1,250 award was based on character, motivation and scholarship. Terrill will attend New River Community College and major in police science. 552-4327.

Zion Hill Baptist Church in Radford will celebrate the anniversary of their pastor, Nathaniel T. Perkins, today and Sunday. A.T. Crawley of Waynesboro will speak at a service at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, and The Gospel Keys of Waynesboro will perform at 6 p.m.

In Religion is a regular Saturday feature of the New River Current. Please send news of your church or religious organization, along with photos, to Kenneth Singletary, New River Current, Roanoke Times, P.O. Box 540, Christiansburg 24073. Fax: 381-1656. E-mail: Current@bev.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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