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

DATE: THURSDAY, March 28, 1991                   TAG: 9103290539
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: N-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: By Frances Stebbins
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

RELIGION BRIEFS

THE REV. R. TYLER BURKETT has joined the staff of Green Ridge Baptist Church as minister of education and youth. He came from Huguenot Road Baptist Church in Richmond where he worked with youth. A graduate of Mary Washington College and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Burkett also was minister of education and youth at the Oak Grove Church of Richmond for more than three years.

His wife, Annette, formerly of Christiansburg, has worked for the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board in Richmond and WDBJ-TV in Roanoke.

\ RODNEY FERGUSON has left the staff of St. James Episcopal Church after being the part-time organist for more than 13 years. Sharon B. Capps has been named interim organist. Her husband, William, is choir director.

\ VILLA HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH, 4080 Challenger Ave. N.E., has scheduled revival services April 7-10 nightly at 7:30. Guest evangelist will be the Rev. Vander Warner Jr. of Grove Avenue Baptist Church of Richmond. A nursery will be available.

\ EASTER SERVICES AT UNITY of Roanoke Valley, 3300 Green Ridge Road N.W., will include Good Friday devotions from noon to 1 p.m. On Easter morning, a sunrise service will start at 6:30 on the patio. Breakfast and traditional flower services will be at 8:45 and 10:45 a.m.

\ EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH, 7049 Thirlane Road N.W., will have revival services Monday through Wednesday beginning with prayers at 7 p.m. Leading worship will be the Rev. Perry Medley of the High Street Baptist staff with music by choirs from High Street, Central and Sweet Union Baptist churches of Roanoke and First Baptist of Hollins.

\ OAKLAND BAPTIST CHURCH, 3623 Round Hill Ave. N.W., has scheduled revival services April 7-10 with the Rev. Joe McKeever of Kenner, La., as guest preacher. Services are at 11 a.m. on Sunday and nightly at 7. A nursery will be staffed.

\ "POLICING OUR COMMUNITIES IN THE '90s" will be the theme of Jeffrey B. Spence of Richmond for the April 8 meeting of the interfaith Roanoke Valley Ministers Conference.

Spence, who, since 1978 has been regional director of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, will speak at First Presbyterian Church, South Jefferson at McClanahan streets, at 10:30 a.m. Spence is ordained in the United Church of Christ. He plans and leads programs for better human understanding, especially in the fields of police training, youth leadership, intergroup relationships and applied ethics.

\ THE REV. ALVORD M. BEARDSLEE of the Hollins College religion faculty will present a lecture, "Islam," for the April 5 service at 8:15 p.m. at Beth Israel Synagogue, Franklin Road at Highland Avenue Southwest.

\ CHILDREN AS PEACEMAKERS will be the theme of a workshop April 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bonsack United Methodist Church. Kathleen and James McGinnis, founders of two ecumenical national agencies and authors of "Parenting for Peace and Justice," will be the leaders. The workshop is especially for parents, Christian educators and church planners. Registration is needed by April 8; call 977-4212.

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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