Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, February 25, 1993 TAG: 9303040495
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: E-9 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
RELIGION BRIEFS
A MISSION AWARENESS WEEKEND involving several United Methodist churches in the Roanoke area is scheduled March 5-7. Marie Russo, director of The Neighborhood Center, a nationally-supported inner-city ministry of the church in Utica, N.Y., will be the featured guest.The event will begin with a breakfast for clergy at Huntington Court Church. A community forum will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Greene Memorial Church.
The $5 fee covers lunch and registration. Call 345-7351 or 345-6781 by Friday for reservations. The March 5 activities will conclude with a tour of several Roanoke Valley service agencies.
Events on March 6 will include a talk by Russo at 9 a.m. at Bonsack United Methodist Church. She will talk about the work of the center, and several others will discuss their involvement the Neighborhood Center.
The awareness weekend will conclude March 7 when staff workers from the center will speak at several churches, including Thrasher Memorial Church in Vinton and Highland Park in Roanoke.
\ WORLD DAY OF PRAYER, an annual program of Church Women United, is scheduled March 5 at Belmont Presbyterian Church, 1005 Ninth St. S.E. The service, which opens with registration at 10 a.m., was written by Guatemalan women.
The women's group is ecumenical and interracial.\ \ BETHLEHEM BIBLE COLLEGE, which offers evening classes to enhance spiritual growth, will observe Founders Day Saturday at 7 p.m. with a program at Hill Street Baptist Church, 111 Madison Ave. N.W.
The Rev. Frank Feather of Forest Park Baptist Church will speak. Special music also will be presented.
\ CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE will be the theme of a retreat for couples April 16-18 at Camp Alta Mons Center near Shawsville. A United Methodist trained couple, Dick and Pat Faris, who have led similar retreats throughout the Virginia Conference, will lead the group.
Cost of the three-day event is $115. The retreat, intended for couples with stable marriages, will be from 7 p.m. Friday through lunch Sunday. Call 989-3335 before April 1 for registration information.
\ BELMONT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 1005 Ninth St. S.E., will observe Lent this year with an evening service each Wednesday night in March. A 6:30 meal also will be held. Donations will be accepted for the meal. Prayer, music and study will follow until 7:30.
For transportation, call the church, 342-3652, in advance.
The church also plans a Maundy Thursday service on April 8.
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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