Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 19, 1992 TAG: 9203190358
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: W-11 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
\ EARL REYNOLDS, a former Roanoker who recently became city manager of Martinsville, will speak March 21 at Holiday Inn Airport during a banquet concluding a two-day conference for laity of Virginia African Methodist Episcopal Churches.
The meeting will open with a service March 20 at Ebenezer A.M.E. Church starting at 7:30 p.m. Saturday workshops begin at 9 a.m. and are open to the public. To reserve a ticket for the $20 banquet, call 345-1382 or 362-5551.
\ AWAKENING, an annual Lenten series of spiritual renewal services sponsored by Roanoke-area Churches of the Brethren, will feature the Rev. David Radcliff of the national staff of the church as preacher. A former Blue Ridge resident, Radcliff is peace consultant and director of Korean ministries at the Elgin, Ill., headquarters. This 10th annual series at Central Church, 416 Church Ave. S.W., will be April 5-8, beginning with hymn singing at 7:15 p.m. A portion of the offerings received at the services will be used to jointly build a Habitat for Humanity house.
Child care is available for the services, and special music is planned each night. For information about morning Bible studies, call 342-0337.
\ LAKESIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, 447 Dalewood Ave., Salem, has scheduled revival services Sunday through Wednesday. Evangelist David A. Wood will preach on Sunday at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. During the week, services will start at 7 p.m. The final service will include a drama of Jesus' crucifixion. A Wednesday youth program starts at 6 and includes a powerlifting team from Liberty University. A nursery will be available.
\ A WASHINGTON PILGRIMAGE to the Roman Catholic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is scheduled May 2. Reservation are needed by March 30. The pilgrimage is part of the observance of the 500th anniversary of Columbus' claiming the Americas for Catholic Christianity during his 1492 discovery. The bus will leave Salem at 6 a.m. and return at midnight. The trip costs $27.50. Call 380-3338 for reservations.
\ EDGEWOOD CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 1006 Peck St. N.W., has scheduled revival services March 29 through April 1. Gerald Stemm, minister of Botetourt Church of Christ, will be the guest preacher. Sunday services will be at 10:55 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. with those during the week starting at 7 p.m. A nursery will be staffed.
\ MOMS IN TOUCH, an organization in which women meet for an hour weekly to pray for their children and the schools they attend, is compiling a directory of such groups in the Roanoke Valley. For more information, call Bettye DeBerry at 366-8123.
\ WOMEN'S AGLOW, an organization for women of charismatic Christian preference, will hear a Codie Williams of Lynchburg at its Wednesday meeting at the Woodmen of the World building, 2306 Peters Creek Road N.W. from 9:30 a.m. to noon.
Both Williams and her husband are active in the evangelical Christian United Marriage Encounter. Admission is by $2 donation at the door. To reserve child care, call 774-6214.
\ A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE,"Government Under the Influence Of . . . " is scheduled Sunday at 4 p.m. at The Roanoke Marriott conference room. It will be given by Barbara B. Holliday, of Gaithersburg, Md., and a representative of the Christian Science Board will speak. The lecture is sponsored by the Roanoke Christian Science congregation. The lecture is free, and child care will be provided.
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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