Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, May 1, 1993 TAG: 9304300243
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-8 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Rick Lindquist
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
This annual event offers everything from yard and bake sales to dinner theater. Throughout the weekend, actor Frank Roughton Harvey will portray various Biblical characters at a series of appearances at the church.
Harvey, who also is an Methodist pastor, has devoted his ministry to dramatizing Biblical figures from Jesus of Nazareth to Judas Iscariot. He also founded the Living Word Passion Play in Cambridge, Ohio.
Harvey will perform at the Spring Dinner Theatre tonight at 7:30 as "The Roman Centurion." Dinner is at 6, and advance tickets are required.
He will portray Jesus delivering The Sermon on the Mount during Sunday morning worship services at 8:45 and 11. Sunday evening, he will assume the role of Joseph of Nazareth, and Monday evening, he will play Judas Iscariot. Performances both evenings will be at 7:30.
Other activities include a bake sale and yard sale today at 10 a.m. and a car wash from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m., followed by a chicken dinner at 4 p.m. All events will be held at the church.
All proceeds from weekend activities will go toward mission work. For more information, call 382-2410.
It's also a special weekend for Pulaski's FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, which will consecrate its recently renovated buildings Sunday at 11 a.m. The church is at 408 N. Jefferson Street.
The Rev. Richard E. Bethune will conduct the service, and the Rev. Dr. George Magnuson of the Presbytery of the Peaks will be the guest speaker.
All three of the church's choirs will sing, and Virginia Bethune and David Jones will perform a duet of music from Beethoven's Brandenburg concertos.
A reception and tours of the newly remodeled facilities will follow the service. Renovations include aesthetic and functional changes to the sanctuary, new offices, activity rooms and a large meeting area in the former manse, and modifications to the fellowship room and kitchen to make both accessible to people with disabilities.
First Presbyterian runs the Daily Bread program to feed the needy from its kitchen.
For more information, call Nancy Bushong at 980-4404.
\ ST. JUDE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH of Radford has signed a contract for construction of a new building, which is expected to be completed in the fall.
This also will mean a relocation for the parish, which is now on Tyler Avenue across from Radford University. The new building will be on Virginia 177 in Radford.
The congregation, which has outgrown its present site, has awarded the construction contract to Martin Bros. Contractors of Roanoke. It will be a two-floor, steel structure with about 12,000 square feet.
The new building and relocation has been in the church's plans for several years.
If warm weather outdoor activity is working on your appetite, stop by the hot dog and bake sale today from noon until 6 p.m. at\ CONGREGATIONAL HOLINESS CHURCH, Denby Street, Radford. Local gospel groups will sing while you eat. For more information, call 639-6711.
Other culinary events this weekend include the annual pig roast at 5 p.m. today at MOUNTAIN VIEW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH on Wilderness Road.
In addition to roast pork, there will be baked beans, cole slaw, potato salad, dessert, rolls and beverage.
This event is sponsored by the Lord's Acre Committee. Donations will go toward special projects and the parsonage building fund.
It's revival time at the CHRISTIANSBURG CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN, 310 S. Franklin Ave. The Rev. Preston Naff of Salem will preach during revival services Sunday through Wednesday.
Naff will speak during the Sunday morning worship service and each evening at 7:30 p.m.
The church's Homecoming '93 will continue tonight at Christiansburg High School auditorium at 7. The Martin Family will be featured. Tickets are $7 in advance or $8 at the door. For more information, call 381-1137 or 382-1954.
Making a joyful noise at several New River Valley locations during May and June will be BOB and SANDY MULLINS, a Southern gospel duo from Christiansburg. The couple belongs to Belview United Methodist Church near Christiansburg. When they're not singing, Bob Mullins is a social worker for the Salvation Army in Pulaski, and Sandy Mullins is a nurse at Radford Community Hospital.
On Friday at 7 p.m., they will appear at the BREAD OF LIFE CHAPEL, Robinson Tract Road, Pulaski. The next evening, May 8, they will perform at BACK CREEK PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH at 7 p.m. On May 9 the duo will sing at DUBLIN GOSPEL TABERNACLE on U.S. 11. at 7 p.m.
The Mullinses have scheduled other appearances for Speedwell and Pulaski before they perform at their home church in early June. These dates and times will be in next week's column.
More music! CAROLE AND BREN will perform songs of love, hope and vision Sunday, 10:30 a.m., at the UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP, Gladewood Drive, Blacksburg.
\ THE IMPERIALS, with special guest HOLY WIND, perform May 14, 7 p.m., at the Christiansburg High School Auditorium. Admission is free, but a $5 donation is suggested. For more information, call Straight Street NRV at 381-1006.
Straight Street is a interdenominational teen center that opened in 1991. The idea is to provide a place where young people can socialize in a positive environment. It's at 300 N. Franklin Ave., Christiansburg, a block north of the Pizza Inn.
The West Salem Baptist Church Adult Choir presents "God With Us," Sunday at the 11 a.m. worship service of BIG SPRING BAPTIST CHURCH, on Roanoke Road in Elliston. Call Phyllis Walters at 268-2252 for more information.
The Gospel Strings will sing at the DUBLIN GOSPEL TABERNACLE tonight at 7:30. The church is on U.S. 11 at Cougar Drive, which leads to Pulaski County High School.
Several churches and chapels will hold special observances this week.
The VIRGINIA TECH MEMORIAL CHAPEL will observe the National Day of Prayer Thursday with a prayer between noon and 1 p.m. at the chapel on the campus. For more information, call 231-6240.
Church Women United of LUTHER MEMORIAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, Prices Fork and Toms Creek roads, will observe May Fellowship Day, an annual worship service, Friday at 10:30 a.m.
The program will be "Human Touch - Divine Healing." Participants are encouraged to bring a symbol of healing.
A pot luck salad luncheon will follow.
For more information, call Elizabeth Brown, 552-3386.
Bishop William deJarnette Rutherfoord of the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic States will celebrate Holy Communion and Confirmation Sunday at 10 a.m. at ST. FRANCIS ANGLICAN CHURCH, Wilson and Progress streets, Blacksburg. A reception will follow the service.
For more information, call 552-1771.
A young-adult retreat sponsored by CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Radford, will be held Friday and May 8 at Camp Dickenson in Fries. This retreat is open to those age 18-35, married or single. For details, call the church at 639-3529.
Spring weather means church yard and rummage sales.
In addition to the sale today at St. Paul United Methodist Church already mentioned, bargain hunters might want to check out the yard sale sponsored by the Wesleyan Men today at 8 a.m. at FIRST WESLEYAN CHURCH, 1406 Giles Road, Blacksburg. Proceeds will help finance the men's mission trip to a South Dakota Indian reservation to help with building projects. For more information, call Phyllis Barnett-Olinger, 231-4483.
The spring rummage sale at FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH in Narrows will be Thursday and Friday at the church on Main Street at Memorial Boulevard. Hours Thursday are 6-8 p.m., and Friday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. The sale is sponsored by the United Methodist Women. For more information, call Cornelia Smith, 726-7428.
\ PILOT PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH has a free clothes closet that is open every Wednesday from 9 a.m. until noon. The church is at 4491 Old Pike Road, Pilot. The clothes closet offers mens, women's and children's clothing and shoes for those in need. Call Marlene Bennett at 382-4443 to find out more.
Virginia Tech Economics Professor Nicholas Tideman will speak on "Economics, Justice, Peace and Metaphysics" Sunday at 11 a.m. at the BLACKSBURG METAPHYSICAL CHAPEL, Lee and Church streets. Tideman will examine the concepts of peace and justice and attempt to arrive at a spiritually acceptable definition of justice.
For more information, call 951-4848.
The PULASKI COUNTY CHRISTIAN COALITION meets Monday at 7 p.m. at New River Community College, Dublin. This is a local grass-roots organization promoting Christian values. For details, call Bob Wysor at 980-4405.
In Religion is a regular Saturday feature of the New River Current. If you have news from your church or religious organization, write in care of Rick Lindquist at the New River Current, Roanoke Times & World-News New River Valley Bureau, P.O. Box 540, Christiansburg, Va. 24073. Clear, sharp photographs accompanying news items are welcome.
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