Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, September 11, 1993 TAG: 9309110122
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: RICK LINDQUIST
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
She'll be featured at a benefit banquet and concert sponsored by the\ RADFORD CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST at 6 p.m. Sept. 25 at Custom Catering, 902 Patrick Henry Drive in Blacksburg.
Winans has performed on Broadway and has her own syndicated TV show, "Singsation." She also is a national spokeswoman for several Quaker Oats Company products. Her latest gospel album is "The Lady."
The church's choir and musicians will be on hand for the benefit.
Dress is semi-formal. Tickets are $35 for the public and $25 for students with identification. Reservations are not needed.
Money raised will go into the church's building fund. The church dedicated a new sanctuary on Russell Avenue and Clay Street in Radford in March 1991.
For more information, please call Pastor Ronald A. Watson, 639-5948 or 382-8667.
The Rev. John R. Campbell, rector of\ CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH in Pulaski from 1958 to 1968, will return there to conduct worship Sunday at 8 and 11 a.m.
Campbell later served a Winston-Salem, N.C. parish for more than 20 years.
The celebration day for the new fall program also will include a potluck lunch and a newcomers' recognition.
The\ FIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH in New River will hold an installation service today at 4 p.m. for Pastor-elect Ronald E. Brown Sr.
The Rev. L. H. Lewis of Morning Star Baptist Church in Roanoke will conduct the service.
For more information, call Flosie Brown, 639-6075.
The Mount Tabor United Methodist Men will sponsor a country-style supper today, 4-7 p.m., at\ MOUNT TABOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Walton Road, Christiansburg.
There will be ham, beef, pinto beans, corn bread, salads, beverages and more for $5 for adults and $2 for youngsters.
For details, please call Rebecca Frame, 639-0212.
We have a busy calendar of anniversaries and homecomings:
\ ALLEGHANY CHURCH OF CHRIST, 2095 N. Franklin St., Christiansburg, will mark its 157th anniversary with a homecoming and revival Sunday through Friday.
Sunday school will start at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11. A dinner on the grounds will follow the worship.
Revival services with Jack Hyder, a former pastor, will be Sunday at 6 p.m. and Monday through Friday, 7:30 each evening. Hyder also will conduct the homecoming service.
For more information, call Porter Riner at 382-9039 or 382-4054.
\ FIRST PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH, 1820 Second St., Radford, will observe its 83rd anniversary Sunday. The Rev. David Bain of Buena Vista will speak and the Albano Family will sing. Sunday school is at 10 a.m. The homecoming service starts at 10:40 a.m. Lunch begins at 12:30 p.m.
The homecoming theme is "Our Heritage." The church will recognize those who became members between 1910 and 1930.
For more information, call 639-6287.
\ RADFORD CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Disciples of Christ), 1300 Second St., will celebrate homecoming Sunday, with church school at 10 a.m and worship at 11. The Rev. Dennis Martin will speak. Lunch will be served at 12:15 p.m. A nursery will be provided.
Call 639-3126 for more information.
\ VICTORY TEMPLE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD, 1020 Cambria St., Christiansburg, will hold homecoming Sunday, with Sunday school at 10 a.m., worship at 11 and a covered-dish dinner following the service. At 2 p.m., former Pastor Melvin Wess will preach.
For additional information, call Pastor H.L. Gilmore, 382-4370.
\ GARBER CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, U.S. 11 off Interstate 81, Exit 118, Christiansburg, will celebrate homecoming Sunday.
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 mark its 10th anniversary Sept. 18-19.
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, former head of the Civil Engineering Department at Tech, will speak on "Evolution: Fact or Fiction?" At 10:45 a.m. he'll talk on "Dinosaurs and the Deluge."
For further information, call 552-1267.
\ CALVARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1600 S. Franklin St., Christiansburg, will have homecoming Sept. 19, starting with morning worship at 11 with the Rev. Raymond S. Kelley. Lunch will be at 12:15 p.m.
This also is a "Bring a Neighbor to Church Sunday."
\ PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 306 Park St., Christiansburg, will celebrate homecoming Sept. 26. The Rev. Eugene Carter, superintendent of the Roanoke District United Methodist Church, will speak at 11 a.m. worship. Lunch will follow at 12:15 p.m. Gospel duo Bob and Sandy Mullins, The Second Chance Singers, will sing at 1 p.m.
The Social Justice Committee of\ HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH will hold its annual salad luncheon Thursday, 11:20 a.m.-1:30 p.m., in the Pearisburg Town Hall, Tazewell Street.
Donation is $4 for an array of salads, desserts and beverages. Door prizes will be awarded and you don't have to be present to win. Proceeds will be used to assist the needy in Giles County.
For advance tickets, call Mary Shumate, 921-3295.
There's plenty of\ GOSPEL MUSIC on the calendar:
It's The Martin Family Fall Festival tonight at 7 at Auburn High School in Riner. The Brazells of Georgia and The Nippers of Pulaski also will perform. Admission is free.
For further information, call 381-1137 or 382-1954.
The Vaughan Singers will be at The Lord's Full Gospel Mission Church, Virginia 621, Pilot, tonight at 7.
Gospel Strings, Highland Gospel Singers, Strings of Faith and Gospel Truth will be featured tonight at 7 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 at 7 p.m. Tuesday 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, call Mary Jane Harmon at 731-3634.
Churches holding\ REVIVAL SERVICES this month:
Victory Temple Pentecostal Church of God, Christiansburg, will hold an old-fashioned tent revival Monday through Saturday, 7:30 each evening, at 411 Lester St. (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 Friday.
For more information, call 382-4370.
Presbyterian Church in America, 975 Memorial Drive, Pulaski, will hold revival services with the Rev. Tom Irby of Harvester Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, Friday through Sunday, Sept. 19. Services will be at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday. Call 980-5914 for more information.
West Radford Church of God, 1818 First St., will hold revival services with the Rev. Gary Riggs of Corbin, Ky., Sept. 19 through Sept. 22. Evening services start at 7.
For more information, call 639-5288 or 639-6562.
\ GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, Zigler and East Main, Dublin, will have evangelistic meetings with Albert Pruitt of Haines City, Fla., Sept. 19 through Sept. 24. Services will be at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sept. 19 and at 7 p.m. the rest of the week.
The meetings will begin with a roundup at the church Saturday, where dinner will be served at 2 p.m. There will be games and prizes for the best and worst cowboy boots, followed by an old-fashioned sing-along.
Call Pastor Glenn Arsnoe, 674-2908, to find out more.
Several area churches have announced their fall schedules:
\ CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Church and Jackson Streets, Blacksburg, celebrates Holy Eucharist each Sunday at 7:45 and 9 a.m., with Sunday school after the 9 a.m. service. There's an adult forum at 10:30 and a service of Holy Eucharist at 11:15 a.m., with morning prayer on the second and fourth Sundays.
A nursery is available during the 9 and 11:15 a.m. services.
Holy Eucharist is celebrated Wednesdays at 10 a.m., followed by Bible study by the Canterbury Fellowship for Episcopal students.
For additional information, call 552-2411.
\ PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF RADFORD, 201 Fourth St., holds Sunday worship services at 11 a.m.
\ NORTHSIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 1017 Progress St. N.W., Blacksburg, has morning worship at 11. Church school classes start at 9:30 a.m. with a fellowship coffee. The church school assembly is at 9:45 a.m. and individual classes - nursery through adult - meet at 10 a.m.
\ ST. JUDE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, 7318 Peppers Ferry Road, Fairlawn, celebrates mass on Sunday mornings at 11 and Saturday evenings at 5:15.
For further information, please call 639-5341.
\ BLACKSBURG PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Church and Eakin streets, has worship services at 11 a.m., with a fellowship after the service. Nursery and extended sessions are available for children up to age 5. Church school classes meet at 9:30 a.m.
Call 552-2504 to find out more.
\ LUTHER MEMORIAL LUTHERAN CHURCH holds morning worship services Sundays at 8:30 and 11, with Holy Communion weekly at the 11 a.m. service.
Call 951-1000 for more information.
\ 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 at 10 a.m. today 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, a ministry that feeds the hungry, will be guest preacher Sunday, 11 a.m., at\ WHITE MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Shawsville.
Buchanan also will speak at 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.
Several\ BIBLE STUDY groups are active or organizing in the New River Valley:
The Bible Study Fellowship will study the Gospel of Matthew this year. A daytime group will meet Wednesdays, starting Wednesday, 9:10-10:15 a.m., at First Wesleyan Church, Giles Road, Blacksburg. There's also a program for preschool children (2 to 5 years old) of class members. Children should be registered before they attend.
An evening Bible Study Fellowship class will meet Mondays at 7:30 p.m., starting this week, 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. The first meeting will be Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Blacksburg.
Please call for the location and for further information: 381-0173, or Pastor Hartwig at 774-8746.
The Canterbury Fellowship for Episcopal students of Virginia Tech meets each Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, Church and Jackson streets, Blacksburg. The fellowship meets Wednesdays at 10 a.m. for Holy Eucharist followed by Bible study.
For more information, call 552-2411
The\ WILLING WORKERS at Copper Hill Church of the Brethren will sponsor a fall festival Saturday, 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.
For further information, please call Greg Spangler at 929-4897.
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\ JULIANA SHEFFIELD will be installed Sunday as Christian educator for Christiansburg Presbyterian Church, 107 W. Main St.
Edith Patton, associate presbyter for education and mission, Presbytery of the Peaks, will assist in the 10:55 a.m. service.
Church school staff members for 1993-94 also will be installed. A soup and salad luncheon will follow at 12:15 p.m.
\ NATHANIEL T. PERKINS will be installed as pastor of Zion Hill Baptist Church in a series of services begining with a pre-installation service Friday, 7 p.m., with the Rev. William Weldon and choir of First Baptist Church of West Street. The official installation service will be Sept. 19, 4 p.m., with The Rev. Lewis Jones and choir of Pine Hill Baptist Church, Arrington.
There also will be a pre-installation reception Saturday, 7 p.m. On Sept. 19, morning worship will be at 11, with the Rev. Charles Hodge. Dinner will be served in the fellowship hall afterward.
For more information, call 639-6773.
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 at 2 p.m. at the Dedmon Center at Radford University. Call Polly Jackson, 639-1279, or Gina Rhea, 639-3288.
by CNB