ROANOKE TIMES 

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

DATE: THURSDAY, June 24, 1993                   TAG: 9306240405
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: E-7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

RELIGION BRIEFS

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS from the Roanoke Valley will meet each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. during July and August in the faculty lounge of Turner Hall at Hollins College. The group of Quakers will resume its meetings for worship in Meditation Chapel in early September. For more information, call 342-9950.

\ HOLLINS ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, 3502 Old Hollins Road N.E., has planned a community patriotic celebration July 4 from 6 to 9 p.m. on its lawn by Tinker Creek. The Rev. Mark Washington, pastor, will speak, colors will be presented and recognition will be given veterans.

Participants are invited to bring supper. The church will supply soft drinks and dessert. Call 362-5969 for more information.

\ RABBI JEROME FOX of Beth Israel Synagogue has returned from a national conference for Conservative Judaism held in Montreal. There he was on the program and shared in presenting, "The Role of the Rabbi in the Greater Community."

Fox spoke on his teaching Hebrew classes in West Virginia and in the Roanoke Valley for the past 18 years to both Jews and non-Jews interested in enriching their knowledge of the Judeo-Christian heritage.

\ BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH, 3017 Ivyland Road S.E., will have a special program for deacons and deaconesses on Saturday at 7 p.m. Ella Mae Wade of Reed Street Baptist in Vinton and Donald Andrews of Central Baptist of Roanoke will speak. Several choral groups also will perform.

Homecoming at Bethlehem Church, which serves the Delaney Court community, will be July 4 with the Rev. Thomas A. Woods Sr., pastor, speaking at 11 a.m.

The Rev. Antonio D. Thomas and a choir from Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church in Roanoke will lead a 3 p.m. special service. Lunch will be available.

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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