Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 9, 1993 TAG: 9309090484
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BY FRANCES STEBBINS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The first session of the evening class will be Monday at 7:25 p.m. at Southview United Methodist Church, 3539 Peters Creek Road N.W. The day class will begin Wednesday at 9:10 a.m. at Grandin Court Baptist Church, 2660 Brambleton Ave. S.W.
A children's program, for which registration is required, is provided for women in the morning class. For evening class, call 343-8836, and for the morning call 774-4973.
\ WOMEN'S AGLOW DAY CHAPTER has scheduled author and evangelist Wilda Sue Marple as its speaker Wednesday, at the Woodmen of the World building, 2306 Peters Creek Road N.W. A $2 donation is asked for the 9:30 a.m. to noon meeting, which includes a light breakfast. Child care also is available by reservation. Call 345-2359 or 362-4849 for reservations.
\ MELROSE BAPTIST CHURCH, 3520 Peters Creek Road, is dedicating its new facilities Sunday. The $800,000 project constructed over the past year, includes an enlarged worship area that will seat 500, administrative offices and an education wing with choir suite. The Rev. Larry Sprouse, pastor, and the Rev. Kirkland Lashley, executive director of the Roanoke Valley Association of Southern Baptists will conduct the dedication of the building that has been in use for three months.
The service will begin at 10:45 a.m. and will be followed by an open house
\ FOUNDERS DAY will be observed Friday night at 7:30 at Guiding Star Church of God in Christ, 804 Madison Ave. N.W. The service will honor the founding bishop of the denomination, the late Charles Harrison Mason. Several choirs will perform. For a ride call 342-5029.
The church also will sponsor a prayer breakfast for women Saturday starting at 9:15. A donation of $3 is requested.
\ THE REV. DR. ISAM BALLENGER, professor of Christian mission and world religions at the Baptist Theological Seminary of Richmond, will deliver the Harry Y. Gamble Life Renewal Lectures Sept. 19 and 20 at Calvary Baptist Church, 608 Campbell Ave. S.W. Ballenger is a former mission worker in Germany and Switzerland and supervised Southern Baptist ministries in the Middle East and North Africa. He will speak at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship and on Monday night at 7 in the Calvary chapel. On Monday at noon, he will address a luncheon for Roanoke Valley clergy.
\ JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH, 1014 Norfolk Ave. S.W., will observe Woman's Day Sunday. Speaker at the 11 a.m. service will be Ernestine Brown Jackson, principal of a Christian academy in the Memphis, Tenn.
A former Roanoker, Jackson was educated in the city school system as well as Virginia State College and Memphis State University. Her husband, the Rev. Alvin Jackson, is pastor of a Disciples of Christ congregation in Memphis with more than 6,000 members. She is a former member of Jerusalem.
\ A PRAYER AND RESTORATION SERIES is in progress through Friday at Greater Hope Temple at Albemarle and South Jefferson Streets. Services are at 7:30 each night with Elder E.M. Covington the host pastor.
\ RALEIGH COURT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1706 Grandin Road S.W., will open the new church season with a Come Back Celebration Sunday. It will include worship services at 8:30 and 11 a.m. and an informal time for the community from 9:30 to 10:45 with food and entertainment for children.
\ UNIQUELY YOU, a seminar to enhance spiritual growth and personal gifts, will be held Sunday through Wednesday at Cave Spring Baptist Church, 4873 Brambleton Ave. S.W. The seminar, led by Mels Carbonell, costs $15 per person.
Carbonell, who has a doctorate in human behavior and leadership techniques, has presented the seminar for many business, service and church organizations throughout the nation. He will speak at the 8:45 and 11 a.m. services Sunday and will address adults at 9:45 a.m. Evening programs will be from 7 to 8. Call 989-6136 for more information.
\ PEOPLE OF THE COVENANT, an adult education program, will hold a training meeting Saturday at Oak Grove Church of the Brethren, 2138 McVitty Road S.W. The initial program is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bible study, as well as personal experience, are incorporated into the 10-week program. The initial program is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call 774-3217 for more information.
\ THE LIBERATING TRUTH: A STUDY OF HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CHURCH, is scheduled Sept. 22 and 29 at 7 p.m. The Wednesday night studies are sponsored by Metropolitan Community Church of the Blue Ridge. For meeting places, call 366-0839.
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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