Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, April 22, 1993 TAG: 9304290508
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N-7 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
A public reading of victims of the Holocaust will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. An ecumenical service, sponsored by the Roanoke Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Jewish Community Council and a group from Hollins College, will be held at 3:30 p.m.
The service marks the 50th anniversary of an uprising in the Warsaw ghetto in which Jews sought unsuccessfully to escape from Nazi extermination policies.
\ ETHICAL CHOICES: REFORMING THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM will be the theme of the Church Women United's May Fellowship Day program. The program will be at Westhampton Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 2515 Grandin Road S.W. on May 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
\ ROANOKE AREA MINISTRIES, an interfaith agency to help those needing day shelter, a hot noon meal and various emergency services is seeking volunteers to prepare food, serve meals and receive clients. The agency also need food and equipment donations.
Meal help is especially needed on the first, third and fifth Fridays in May from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Call Susan Adams, coordinator, at 345-8850.
\ THE JOHN HUBBARD MEMORIAL ENSEMBLE will observe its 19th anniversary Sunday at 4 p.m. at Pilgrim Baptist Church, 1415 Eighth St. N.W. The Stewart Jones Ensemble will be guest choir.
\ THE CHRISTIAN LEAGUE of Maple Street Baptist Church has scheduled a special program May 2 at 4 p.m. to observe its anniversary. The Rev. Wallace A. Saunders and a choir from Macedonia Baptist Church will lead the observance at Maple Street, 702 Fairfax Ave. N.W.
\ THE J. EUGENE YOUNG MASS CHOIR of Jerusalem Baptist Church, 1014 Norfolk Ave. S.W., will observe its sixth anniversary Sunday at 5 p.m. at the church. The Unified Voices for Christ, directed by Philip Price, will be presented in concert.
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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