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

DATE: THURSDAY, February 28, 1991                   TAG: 9103010386
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: E-6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: By Frances Stebbins
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

RELIGION BRIEFS

MINERAL SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH, near Vinton, is enrolling children 2 to 5 in its early education program. Fall hours will be 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday. Rates vary according to the number of days children attend. For more information, call Renee Harris, director, at 890-4465.

\ A PROPHECY CONFERENCE, led by the Rev. Dennis Gardner of Muncie, Ind., is scheduled Sunday through Tuesday at Bible Baptist Church, 2929 Garden City Blvd. S.E. Gardner, a Marine veteran of the Vietnam conflict and now chaplain of Mothers Against Saddam Hussein, will preach on Sunday at 10 and 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. and weeknights at 7:30. A nursery will be available.

\ OPEN DOORS, a national evangelical Christian ministry that has been taking Bibles into the Soviet Union for 26 years, will be promoted March 12 during a free dinner at the Sheraton Airport Inn. Alastair Barr of the ministry team will speak of its work and request donations. For more information, call David Leaman, 345-5345.

\ TWO WORKSHOPS FOR CHOIR MEMBERS, open to the public for a $5 registration fee, are scheduled March 8 and 9 under the direction of Michael Kemp of Nashville, Tenn.

Supported jointly by the choirs of Raleigh Court United Methodist, Raleigh Court Presbyterian, First Presbyterian and Virginia Heights Baptist churches, sessions will be for youth and adult singers.

The Friday evening training session for youth will be from 5 to 9 at the Methodist church, 1706 Grandin Road S.W. The Saturday adult workshop will be from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Baptist church, 2014 Memorial Ave. S.W.

Advance registration is needed; call Phyllis Wampler, 344-6011.

\ UNITED METHODISTS OF THE ROANOKE DISTRICT through the Volunteers in Mission program, plan to erect a Habitat for Humanity house May 20 through June 1. A goal of $10,000 has been set for construction materials. The group annually undertakes home repair and construction projects for those who cannot afford decent housing. Contact Woodlawn United Methodist Church, 774-8126.

\ PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN'S HOME IN THE HIGHLANDS is forming an alumni association for former residents and staff at the Wytheville facility. The first meeting will be June 15 at the home. More information is available from Wynette Yontz, (703) 228-2861.

Deadline for religion briefs for Neighbors is Thursday. Material must be delivered to Neighbors Religion Briefs, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke 24010, by noon in order to run in the following Thursday edition.

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