Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, July 22, 1993 TAG: 9307220666
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Reared in Birmingham, Ala., she was educated at the University of Maryland and the University of Baltimore for a career in radiology. After 10 years in that field, she began her theological education and recently completed studies at Virginia Union University. She has served churches in Richmond and Harrisonburg and is the mother of two grown sons.
\ THE REV. JO ELLEN HETHERINGTON has begun her pastorate at Rockingham Court United Methodist Church in the Garden City area. She has come from a four-year pastorate at Mount Zion United Methodist Church at Mount Solon, near Staunton. Hetherington, who was disabled by polio in 1950, spent six years in Washington as a U.S. Senate advocate for people with disabilities.
Later she was a director of Christian education at churches in Danville and Richmond. She was educated at Radford University, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Christian education and at Eastern Mennonite Seminary. She was ordained an elder at the recent Virginia Conference in Hampton.
\ A COMBINED CHILDRENS' CHOIR from Cave Spring, Raleigh Court and South Roanoke United Methodist churches will present the musical, "Oh Jonah," Aug. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Cave Spring church, 4515 Hazel Drive S.W. It is free.
\ JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH is observing the 11th anniversary of the coming of the Rev. J. Eugene Young as its pastor. Tonight, the Rev. Joseph Keaton of Central Baptist will preach, and the Friday guest will be the Rev. E.T. Burton of Sweet Union Baptist. Both services will start at 8.
Two services also are planned Sunday. The Rev. George Hamilton, chaplain at the Salem Veterans Administration Hospital, preaches at 11 a.m. and at 3:30 p.m. worship will be led by the Rev. Dwight Steele and singers from Pilgrim Baptist Church.
\ HOLY WIND, a gospel singing group, will perform Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church, Sixth Street at Campbell Avenue Southwest. An offering will be taken.
\ HIGHLAND PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH has received the Rev. Louis A. Timmons, 52, as its new pastor. He has come from a four-year stay at Mead Memorial United Methodist Church in Lynchburg. Reared in Southeast Delaware, Timmons spent seven years in the Navy before taking his ministerial education at Virginia Wesleyan University, Wesley Theological Seminary and Eastern Mennonite Seminary. Since his ordination in 1986, he has served congregations in Portsmouth and in the Winchester area, as well as two in Maryland and Delaware, before going to Lynchburg.
Timmons, married to the former Faye Morse of Pungo, said his interests include pastoral counseling and racial justice advocacy. The family includes three grown children.
\ COLONIAL BIBLE INSTITUTE, a ministry of Colonial Baptist Church at Blue Ridge, is open for registration. The first classes will begin Friday at 7 p.m. The institute offers a diploma in general Bible studies for those who complete a three-year course in Old and New Testament and Christian history from conservative Christian perspective.
A certificate also is available for those who complete a year of selected courses. A nursery. Call 977-5683 for more information.
\ THE 2OTH ANNIVERSARY of the coming of the Rev. Kenneth B. Wright to First Baptist Church on North Jefferson Street will be observed beginning Aug. 5 with a 7 p.m. concert. The following day at 6:30 p.m., the congregation will honor the pastor at a buffet dinner. The celebration continues on Aug. 8 with a service at 11 a.m.
During Wright's pastorate, the church relocated within the Gainsboro area to 310 N. Jefferson St.
\ WOMEN'S AGLOW FELLOWSHIP'S day group will hear a Salem woman, Linda Carper, speak on "Life Without Bars" at its meeting Wednesday2 The event will be at the Woodmen of the World Building from 9:30 a.m. to noon. A $2 donation covers continental breakfast. Call 362-4849 or 362-4849 for reservations and child care.
by CNB