
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, July 26, 1990                   TAG: 9007270316
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

RELIGION BRIEFS

\ SALEM'S CLOTHING CLOSET for the needy, housed at First United Methodist Church, is now serving 50 to 100 people weekly. The closet, an ecumenical project, needs volunteers to work Mondays from 9 a.m. to noon. Call 380-2819 or 387-0707.

\ CHRISTINE GREGORY, Virginia Southern Baptist lay leader and trustee of Southeastern Seminary, will speak Sunday at 11 a.m. at Fort Lewis Baptist Church, 4215 W. Main St. in Salem. Gregory, of Danville, holds two honorary degrees and is a former officer on both state and national Baptist levels.

\ AN AGAPE JUBILEE FESTIVAL to raise money for TAP is scheduled at Victory Stadium Aug. 5 at 5 p.m. The program will include selections by several gospel-singing groups as well as by a choir made up of members from many churches. For tickets, call 981-2889 or 342-5058.

\ A NAZARETH MARKET PLACE REPLICA, which is open to the public Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m., is on display as an opening for vacation Bible school at First United Methodist Church in Langhorne Place, Salem. The school, for children 2 through 11, will be in session Monday through Aug. 3 from 9 a.m. to noon.

\ THE REV. DR. ARTHUR THOMAS has concluded a three-year ministry at New Hope Presbyterian Church of Salem. Thomas is enrolling in a Washington seminary for further study in spiritual direction.

\ SALEM CAMP MEETING, established in 1896, will be in session Aug. 18-26 at the tabernacle at 208 Third St. in Salem. Night services will begin at 7:15 with those in the morning at 10:30. World Mission programs are scheduled on Sundays at 3 p.m. Evangelist will be the Rev. Wilbur Dayton of Macon, Ga., with Dick Whitener of Bessemer City, N.C., the song leader.

Missionaries participating will be Jim and Grace Smyth, workers in Colombia, South America, and Marjorie Campbell, who has served in Kenya. Call 389-1661 for more information.

\ WARD HAVEN RETREAT CENTER, owned by the Roanoke Association of Southern Baptists, has employed Richard McDaniel as its supervisor. The center on Catawba Mountain includes two all-weather dormitories and was used in 1989 for 22 overnight retreats and 25 picnics.

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