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

DATE: THURSDAY, April 11, 1991                   TAG: 9104120778
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W-20   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: By Frances Stebbins
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

RELIGION BRIEFS

UNITY OF ROANOKE VALLEY, 3300 Green Ridge Road, will sponsor a three-hour workshop, "New Beginnings for Men and Women," April 27 starting at 9:30 a.m. The leader will be Peg Webb of Blacksburg; she is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice with Alternatives. A $10 donation is suggested. Call 562-2200 for more information.

\ SIDNEY AND HELEN CORRELL, both 83 and now affiliated with Green Ridge Baptist Church, have been honored with the key to the city from Roanoke Mayor Noel C. Taylor. The couple worked in Christian missions for 66 years and are founders of Correll Missionary Ministries. They moved to Roanoke from Springfield two years ago. Their son, Mike, is a Roanoke Valley entertainer.

\ A \ CHOIR FESTIVAL, another in a series of centennial programs of Calvary Baptist Church, is scheduled at the church, 608 Campbell Ave. S.W., on April 21 at 2 p.m. The free event will feature the John Rutter work, "Requiem,"which will be performed by the Calvary Sanctuary Choir directed by Helen F. Robertson and by three other choral groups directed by men trained by her.

These are Taylor Harvey, who will bring the Asbury United Methodist Choir of Salisbury, Md.; Douglas Slusher and musicians from Indianola Presbyterian Church of Columbus, Ohio; and Garnett Carroll and the choir of Williamson Road Church of the Brethren. The directors' service to their churches totals 140 years.

\ THE SECOND ANNUAL MEDICAL MISSIONS CONFERENCE is scheduled Sunday through Tuesday at Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church, 1837 Grandin Road S.W. Led by the Rev. Paul Eckel of Atlanta, the conference will include nightly sessions at 7:30 at which time seven workers will promote giving to overseas and domestic missions. Eckel also will preach at the 11 a.m. Sunday service and will meet with several church groups for the three days.

\ INSTITUTIONAL CHAPLAINCY MINISTRY of the Rev. Richard Harris will benefit from a yard sale April 21 at St. John Lutheran Church, 4608 Brambleton Ave. S.W. Harris coordinates ministry to inmates of the city and county jails and to patients of the public nursing home at Coyner Springs; his $35,000 budget is raised entirely by church and individual gifts.

\ A LAY SPEAKERS TRAINING PROGRAM has been completed by nine United Methodist adults who join others who updated their certification. Those qualified in the basic course are: Alfred C. Anderson, Karen Holmes, Ron Hoppaugh, Nina Medley, James Merrill, Bob Moffitt, Joanne Peatross, Margaret Robinson and Diane Young.

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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