Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, September 4, 1993 TAG: 9309040070
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV9 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: RICK LINDQUIST
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
\ ALLEGHANY CHURCH OF CHRIST, 2095 N. Franklin St., Christiansburg, will be marking its 157th anniversary with a homecoming and a revival Sept. 12-17.
On Sept. 12, Sunday school will start at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11.
A dinner on the grounds will follow the morning worship.
Revival services with Jack Hyder, a former pastor, will be held Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. and Sept. 13-17 at 7:30 each evening.
Hyder also will conduct the homecoming service.
For more information, call Porter Riner at 382-9039 or 382-4054.
\ SUNNYSIDE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH will observe the first anniversary in its new sanctuary Sunday.
The Omega Messenger singers from Daleville will be on hand for the morning worship service.
Call Pastor D.L. Board, 382-5995, for details.
\ ANATH BAPTIST CHURCH, 3995 Roanoke St., at the top of Christiansburg Mountain, will have its homecoming Sunday. Jack Sparks of Lynchburg will speak.
A covered-dish dinner will follow in the fellowship hall. For further information, please call 552-1639.
\ GARBER CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, U.S. 11 off Interstate 81, Exit 118, Christiansburg, will celebrate homecoming Sept. 12.
The Rev. Raymond S. Kelley will speak at the 11 a.m. worship service. Lunch will be served at 12:15 p.m., and Gold Rush, a bluegrass-gospel group from Giles County, will perform at 1 p.m.
\ HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH, 201 Lucas Drive, Blacksburg, will celebrate its 10th anniversary Sept. 18-19.
As part of the celebration, Dr. Henry M. Morris, founder and president of the Institute of Creation Research, will make two presentations on the validity of scientific creationism Sept. 18.
in 100 McBryde Hall on the Virginia Tech campus. The seminars are free and open to the public.
At 9:30 a.m., Morris will speak on "Evolution: Fact or Fiction?" At 10:45 a.m. he'll talk on "Dinosaurs and the Deluge."
Morris formerly headed the Civil Engineering Department at Tech.
For further information, please call 552-1267.
\ CALVARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1600 S. Franklin St., Christiansburg, will have its homecoming Sept. 19 starting with morning worship at 11 with the Rev. Raymond S. Kelley. Lunch will be at 12:15 p.m.
This is also "Bring a Neighbor to Church Sunday."
\ GLENWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH in Barren Springs invites all those on their way to the flea market in Hillsville this Labor Day weekend to enjoy a country breakfast this morning, 7:30-10:30 a.m., at the church.
Biscuits and gravy, ham biscuits and sausage biscuits will be served.
To get to there, take Exit 89-A from Interstate 81 to Virginia 100 South and drive 6 1/2 miles.
\ "How Religious are the British?" - A LECTURE on religion and modernity in contemporary Britain by Graham Howes, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge, will be held Monday, 7:30 p.m., in 100 McBryde Hall on the Virginia Tech campus.
This is sponsored by the Virginia Tech Department of Religion.
\ The CHURCH OF CHRIST, 1250 S. Franklin St., Christiansburg, will be sending more than $2,600 in flood relief money to Arnold Church of Christ near St. Louis.
Last Sunday was designated to receive a special contribution for flood victims.
\ There's plenty of GOSPEL MUSIC on the calendar:
Young at Heart will sing at the White Rock Church of the Brethren, Virginia 740 in Alum Ridge, tonight at 7.
For further information, please call the Rev. Kenny Wurzburger at 789-4030.
Gold Rush, a bluegrass-gospel group, will sing tonight at 7:30 at the Robert Sheffey Memorial Campground in Trigg.
Refreshments will be on sale. A voluntary offering will go toward purchasing the campground.
It's The Martin Family Fall Festival Sept. 11, 7 p.m., at Auburn High School in Riner.
The Brazells of Georgia and The Nippers of Pulaski also will perform. Admission is free.
For further information, please call 381-1137 or 382-1954.
The Vaughan Singers will be at The Lord's Full Gospel Mission Church, Virginia 621, Pilot, Sept. 11, 7 p.m.
Gospel Strings, Highland Gospel Singers, Strings of Faith and Gospel Truth will be featured Sept. 11, 7 p.m., at the monthly gospel concert at the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers building, Peppers Ferry Road, Fairlawn.
Admission is free and video cameras are welcome.
For further information, please call Carl Ratcliffe, 382-7571 or 382-4654.
The Pilgrim Gospel Singers will perform Sept. 14, 7 p.m. at the Bisset Park gazebo. The event is sponsored by the Radford Parks and Recreation Department.
Bring a blanket or lawn chair. For further information, please call Mary Jane Harmon at 731-3634.
\ JAY SIMMONS, a veteran professional quartet bass singer, will share his testimony of how God delivered him from alcoholism, Sunday at 6 p.m. at Riverview Baptist Church, Ripplemead.
For further information, please call the church at 626-7721 to find out more.
\ CHRISTIANSBURG CHRISTIAN PRESCHOOL still has several openings for 4-year-olds for the fall.
For further information, please call Joan Wolf at 382-5896 or Shelia Kidd at 381-2147.
area churches have announced their fall schedules:
\ PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF RADFORD, 201 Fourth St., holds Sunday worship services at 11 a.m.
\ NORTHSIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 1017 Progress St. N.W., Blacksburg, holds morning worship at 11. Church school classes resume Sept. 12, starting at 9:30 a.m. with a fellowship coffee. The church school assembly will be at 9:45 a.m., and individual classes - nursery through adult - will meet at 10 a.m.
\ ST. JUDE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, 7318 Peppers Ferry Road, Fairlawn, celebrates mass on Sunday morning at 11 and Saturday evenings at 5:15.
People interested in the Roman Catholic faith or in joining the church are welcome to join a St. Jude inquiry session Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the CSA House, 1016 Fairfax St., Radford.
For further information, please call 639-5341.
\ BLACKSBURG PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Church and Eakin streets, holds worship services at 11 a.m., with a fellowship after the service. Nursery and extended session are available for children up to age 5. Church school classes resume Sept. 12 at 9:30 a.m.
For further information, please call 552-2504.
\ LUTHER MEMORIAL LUTHERAN CHURCH holds morning worship services Sundays at 8:30 and 11, with Holy Communion weekly at the 11 a.m. service.
For further information, please call 951-1000.
\ CHRISTIANSBURG PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 107 W. Main St., holds worship service at 10:55 a.m. Sundays.
\ The Floyd Parish United Methodist Charge will hold its second annual AUCTION, BAKED GOODS AND CRAFTS SALE Saturday, Sept. 11, 10 a.m. at the Haven Chapel Fellowship Hall in Terrys Fork on Virginia 610.
The proceeds will help pay for improvements at the parsonage.
For further information, please call 382-8082 or 651-4490.
\ The Rev. Ray Buchanan of the Society of St. Andrew will be guest preacher Sept. 12, 11 a.m., at WHITE MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Shawsville.
The Society of St. Andrew is a ministry which feeds the hungry.
Buchanan also will speak during the men's breakfast at 9 a.m. and at Sunday school classes at 10 a.m.
For further information, please call 268-5901 or 268-2622.
\ MAIN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, Christiansburg, will hold its Second Wind program each Wednesday, 7-9 p.m., and Sunday school classes, 9:45-11 a.m., at its new youth center. Church volunteers recently renovated the two-story house - between the church and the Kroger supermarket - which once housed the Chamber of Commerce.
The church's youth programs outgrew the existing facilities.
\ The CHRISTIANSBURG PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH youth groups will participate in "The Great Sleepout of '93" Friday at the Rescue Mission in Roanoke. They'll join young people from other churches in the Roanoke Valley for this fund-raiser, which will be to endow a bed at the homeless shelter. The event is sponsored by The Lifeline Foundation.
Participants will collect sponsor pledges and will sleep out in the Rescue Mission parking lot overnight. All gifts are tax-deductible.
Those making the trip should meet at the church Friday at 6 p.m. for the trip to Roanoke for dinner and the sleepout. The group will return the next morning at 7.
\ BIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP will study the Gospel of Matthew this year. A daytime group will meet Wednesdays, starting Sept. 15, 9:10-10:15 a.m., at First Wesleyan Church, Giles Road, Blacksburg. There's also a program for pre-school children (2 to 5 years old) of class members. Please register children before they attend.
An evening Bible Study Fellowship class will meet Mondays starting Sept. 13, 7:30 p.m., at Blacksburg United Methodist Church, Church Street. There is no children's class.
For more information about the day class, call Elna Ribbe, 552-3437 or Dolly Thompson, 552-7378.
To find out more about the evening class, call Jean Vaughan, 951-4209.
\ GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH-MISSOURI SYNOD is forming a Bible study group in the New River Valley.
For further information, please call 381-0173 or 774-8746.
\ VICTORY TEMPLE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD, Christiansburg, will hold an old-fashioned tent revival Sept. 13-18, 7:30 each evening, at 411 Lester St. (at Lester and Forest streets).
Craig Shorey and Todd Syrauws will be among those preaching and there will be music each evening.
The Altar of Prayer Singers will perform Sept. 17.
For further information, please call 382-4370.
\ The WILLING WORKERS at Copper Hill Church of the Brethren will sponsor a fall festival Sept. 18, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Activities will include an auction (at noon), a food and bake sale, crafts, apple butter making, and musical entertainment all day long.
For further information, please call Greg Spangler at 929-4897.
\ The annual CROP WALK in Radford is set for Oct. 17, sponsored by the Radford-Fairlawn Ministerial Association. Volunteer walkers get pledges throughout the community to raise money to help alleviate world hunger through Church World Service programs.
Twenty-five percent of the amount raised during Radford's 6.2-mile trek will be divided among the Women's Resource Center, Radford-Fairlawn Daily Bread and the Radford Food Pantry.
The hike starts Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. at the Dedmon Center at Radford University.
For further information, please call call Polly Jackson, 639-1279, or Gina Rhea, 639-3288.
\ CHRISTIANSBURG UNITED CHRISTIAN AID is seeking clothing for needy Montgomery County children in kindergarten through high school. The group especially needs cool-weather jackets, jeans and tops in smaller sizes and husky sizes.
Donate clothing in good condition, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays, at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 220 W. Main St., next to Duncan's Texaco. Go in the covered side door and down one flight. Place clothing in the box next to the stairs.
New clothing and cash donations also are welcome. Send donations to Osie Sowder, 945 W. Main St., Christiansburg 24073.
The clothing bank also needs additional shelving.
For further information, please call Alice Alley at 382-3071.
\ Church names in the news:
\ DIANE WORRINGHAM of Christiansburg - a member of Grove United Methodist Church in Radford - has been commissioned a "US-2" by the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries. She was one of 40 young adults commissioned nationally. Participants in the US-2 program undertake a two-year term of Christian service and leadership development in the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. US-2s get food, housing and a stipend for their service.
A 1993 graduate of James Madison University, Worringham has been assigned as a community developer with the Neighborhood Services Organization in Oklahoma City, where she'll work with the homeless.
She's the daughter of Richard and Shannon Worringham.
\ The REV. GORDON WOOLARD will be formally installed as the new pastor at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 416 Alleghany St., Blacksburg, on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the church. He succeeds the Rev. Don Clements.
Most recently, Woolard spent several years in Belgium working with The International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, which is better-known in the U.S. as the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. He hopes to continue his ministry with students in the New River Valley.
Woolard, 42, is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and the Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia. He's married and the father of four.
\ The REV. RICHARD BETHUNE has joined the staff of Blacksburg United Methodist Church, where his primary duties will be in the area of visitation.
Bethune recently retired after 10 years as pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Pulaski. He also had held pastorates in Victoria, Danville and Front Royal.
His wife, Virginia Redhead Bethune, has been the organist at Blacksburg Methodist since 1989.
\ The REV. JOEL P. WRIGHT has taken over as interim pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Pulaski. Wright, who is from Richmond, has just completed work on his doctorate degree at the Presbyterian School of Christian Education. He has pastored churches in Iowa and California.
by CNB